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      HOW TO ; BE A GREAT LOBD . I Frotn ' w BeanHer of Ike JPtas-J V J z > . - .- t- Oj * * iOTdt i 9 t ib « ibeirToa ^ iocroo ^ tr i-i bon ^ &uebtT . evta- pay : - ¦ ' v' ' -ij » e-i . ^ -i v ~ f artsrae oc pnstitsta sqtjarider , ' - - } - r ^ . > T " ' ^ co ^ < - , -A vouy tibier ptodas , : ¦ . ' ..--it r-T ; .- ^ n b : x , * U 4 j Ij iar JieI « u eril , , .,- . * :. ; i 1 : » K-IE . ' irivepoEttoths devil . 7 .- , : _ : -: ^ r . .-.. -. ^ .- * ., tet Ui 8 baialeton flse / - - £ .-, a- 3 -ib , - , p r * -oi \ j botu the itia tod the - -. •' ¦ ¦ - - •? - - ¦ - i : ^ ---. !'; ttdsws ^ jr , -. " . ¦ ' ¦ : ? - . t * . <* i voiij coactiy—* dagger , . ' . -..: > .:,: e ion" yja . regard lay-advic ,, . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' -. what vc-u iost by t& * dies . , __ - ^ i-I *—vj uik much—your best principles barter , i-. u n . d f a rope be preferred with a garter . : ; -e ca the stage , and becoming your part , : <_ :.- r ' er tct , and be still what thou art _• 1 : genceask ? shot yoor pnraeandyourdoor — :.. -::-. - » i £ so shocking i God d—a all the poor i ' > - - ; : . b for a borooga , noir track for a place , or i-. op to a pension , and rise by ctisgraee Ara : ^ = t to y our friend let your kindness be shewn — Be true to his wife—and be chaste to your own . Now if them art not a great Lord , by St Peter Tfccz art a great rascal , in prose or in metre . „ , _ ^ _

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      SONNETS , Composed on seeing the flag flying at Mulgrave Castle in token that the Marquis of N ormanby waa at home . I . Sbz , the mean , cruel coward ! he has come , The frar-eyed , haggard , tyrant Normanby . Oh , dark-green trees . ' why flourish round his home ? Ok , flsttTing ! why ware Ma flag on high ? ' - Delusion ' s lord : he , in Jamaica ' s isl e , Releas'd blw ± &Uv <* that be might dupe free whites And , to win railing Ban * broad , braxen smile Let loose from prison Irish Mulgraveites , ' Bogues of his elan ; but lock'd up Englishmen

      The good and true . Nature ! neTer canst thou Lore tyranny : —go , breese ! from MulgraTe glen—YMt his Tictims—cool the captive's brow-Fly , redbreast ! from the tyraafs topmost tree , And warble to pent slaves— " Ye « h * u be free >»

      IL Most noble villain ! jailer of the land ! Landed for crimes by crafty sycophants , And dartt thou travel , fesst , and give command While million slaves are dying of all want * ' That make the cup of life flow o ' er with woes ? Tile tyrant-beau ; Hotspurs scorn'd fop art thou See , there , the dandy ! pois o ning , as he goes , The * i r which rudely makes his ringlets flow . Ob ., human civet ! hnntad should ' at thoa be By British mastiffis . Fox of foulest fraud , Compound of treachery and tyranny , Earth tfaee from sight '—why cornest thou abroad ? Alas ! our England sinks . ' and her true heroes Are now the slaves of Claudiuses and Neros . AMaby , Sept 1 st , IS 40 . t . -of

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      BROUGHAM . My name is Brougham : npon Scotia ' s hills Mj father bred andfed me—a sage man Wbo « e constant care was to increase hia tin , And keep his gifted son—myself— at home . ' For I bad beard of politics , and longed To sit within the Common ? House , and get A place ! And luck gaT 6 what my sire denied . Some twenty years ago I wrote for papers , And learned to pen a paragraph and scrawl ; Iflauer-d Jbfpbet , 'and ooo'i , and boo'd and fawned And thus became a member ! I alone With pompons gait , and blustTing tone of Toice , The bullying Cakmng could control , or call The Houx io order J

      Tir-d of my teat , I sought a bolder flight , And grasping at more po-srtr , I kick ' d LTKDHCaST out Who held that place which then I made my own And when King William ealTd bis Parliament To meet him at St Stephen ' s , Westminster , With all my family crowding at my heels , My brothers , cousins , followers , and my crev , I prord myaelf ' Gsa . nd Hciibug" of the country ! My ends attaon'd > My only aim has been To pass a Silt io feather xoell my nest , AM gaasaat thcas that greet my landed name !"

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      Chu-ese Woiefc ' s Feet . —The most unaccountable species of taste is that mutilation of the women's feet , for which the Chinese are so remarkable . Of the origin of this custom there is no rery distinct account , except that it took place about the close of the Twig drnaet j , or the end of the ninth , eeatury of our era . The Tartars have had the good sease not to adopt this anificial deformity , and their ladies wear a shoe like that of the men , except that it has a white sole of still greater thickness . As it would » eem next to impossible to refer to" any notions of physical beaaty , however arbitrary , such shocking mutilation as inat produced by the cramping of the foot in early childhood , it may partly be ascribed to

      the principlfl ¦ which di&tai&s the faeaion of long nails . The idea conveyed by these i 3 exemption from labour ; and , as the small feet make cripples of the women , it is fair to conclude that the idea of gentility which they convey arises from a similar association . That appearance of helplessness , which is induced by the mutilation , they admire extremely , aotwithstanding its very usual concomitant of sickness ; and the tottering gait of the poor women , as ihey hobble along upon the heel of the foot , ihey compare to tte warb g of a willow agitaied by the breexe . We may add that this odious " custom extends lower down in the scale of ? ocie : y than might haTe been expected from its disabling en ,-c ;

      upon those vrho have to labour for their subsistence . If the cuawm was first imposed by tke tyranny of the men , the women are fully revenged in the diminution of their charm 3 and domestic , usefulness In no instances have the folly and childishness of a large portion of mankind been more strikingly displijed than in those rarious , and occasionally very opposite , modes in which they have departed from the standard of nature , and sought distinction even in deformity . Thus , while one race of people crushes vhe feet of its children , another flattens their heads between two boards ; and while" we in Europe admire the natural whiteness of the teeth

      , the Malays file off the enamel and dye them black , for _ the all-sufficien ; reason that dogs' teeth are "faite ! A New Zealand chief has his distinctive coat of arms emblazoned on the skin of his face , as Jell us his limbs ; and an Esquimaux is nothing if ae have not bits of stone stufkd through a hole in e * cn cheek . Quite as absurd , and still more misenieTous , is ine infatuation which , among some icropeans , attaches beauty to that modification of we Human figure which resembles the wasp , and Wtnpresses the -waist until ihe very ribs have been teiorted , and the functions of " the Tital organs irreparably disordered . —Darw ' j Chinete .

      , ^•^ J OLEOSAFTEB Death . —Death had marvellously unproved the appe-aranee of Napoleon ; and every one exclaimed when the face was exposed , How Iv * 7 k *" ^ " i—for * tt present acknowledged taey had never seen a finer or more regnlar and W «} d countenance . The beauty of the delicate Italian features was of the highest kind ; whilst the exquisite serenity of their expression wag in the ttoa . unking contrast vmh the recollection of his Ptat actions , impeiuoua character , and turbulent

      uie . As during his eventful career there was much 0 i the mysterious and inscrutable about him , bo , even Uter death , Bonaparte ' s inanimate rema-sns continued > puzle ! and a mystery ; for , notwithstanding his Pea ; lufferinxs , and the nsual emaciating tizeata of we malad y iha ; destroyed him , the body wju found « onnously fat . The frame was as unsusceptible of ferial disintegration as the spirit had been indojwUbxe . Ovtr the sternum , or breast-bone , which ~ Keaerauy only thinlv covered , there was a >^ a . t of

      a » aiii 5 chand a half thick ; aud on the abdomen j ** o mche »—whilst the omentum , kidneys , and heart , i ^ re loaded with fat . The las : organ was remark-~ 'J _ small and the muscle flabby , in contradiction to ^ ° ai associations , and in proof of the seeming ; wacox , that ] t 1 S possible to be a very ' great man "w a very little heart . Much anxiety was felt at j &d m 10 ^ 0611 * " 11 diseas « of which Bonaparte j & » uL Mr # ° Meara ^^ represented the liver as the **^* y organ , and ibis bad been echoed by Antom- ' . « eai ; though , as wag said before , the illustrious »^ er himself , with better judgment , referred the i ""^ Qiet to the teiomsrh so it& coo * «« ^ c ^ n ^ rt ^ , * A

      IJ » - ^ ~ — — ' ** - UWM * O . UU CUIX&V / Q , AUU ena ^ Ji *? rigilt ' M Ihe eTect P roTed - Tilis ^* z w as lound most extensively disorganized : in ^ , it was ulcerated all over like a honeycomb . « e ioc ^ of the disease was exactly the spot pointed «» "J . Napoleon-the pylorus , or lower end where ^ mtastmes begin . At this place I put my fiuger tkT „ * ¦ to « aide by an ulcer that had eaten through ^ Komach , but which was stopped by a Jixht ad-S ^ to ^ e adjace n ; liver . Alter ail , the liver was ttoajX l Eea 6 e > « "l every organ sound except " the fcebeSV u Ttrai Peculiarities were noticed about an i- ? " appeared at some time to have had j ^ foe opened in the arm , and there was a slight been ^ \ ? oaDd iu tbe le «» bat whicfl mi « lit have BoVton ! I \ EQPP ^ a ^« boil . The chest was Beae » - L lilere waB something cf feminine de-Ss ?^ rou ndness of ihe aims and tmallness of t ionTfnf ? / = et . The head was large in propor-* t * d Tn I dy *** a £ ae » ouuay . capacious fore-Wori r , rcs P ect 3 tll . erewere no remarkable fe , ? " f ° * the gratification of tlie phrenolo-Pvbh , i 5 j seaied 8 tite of lhe stomach was pal-^ f . anu deiLonstratabiy Uie c&ui * ot death ; and -apoieou could have existed for any time with *»* of it Tgia j wonderful , for there was not an W U *» &-Biograp l >* « f a Surges

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      SCRIPTURAL CHARTlSiL . J ^ Bi tt 8 ^^ "W—Speak unto-the children of Ilfctol thai they go forward . " . Ike good Kin ^ Pharoah and his wire minister «••» . "WBMi lMtrumtnlal . under Proririenoe , in saving SSSSl 2 * irir ^ , deaUl - by famine ' not «» lytbS ^ 7 f « u . but the Hebrews who had come into Egypt to buy food . But after this good King- death , there « o * » aew King which knew not Joseph . " An ? bS' ^ L . B 6 e the differenco ^ tween a good and a « Aad the Lord said-Speak unto- the chiM « m nt

      Tfca second Pharwb grew jealous of the strangers b * eau « s they ba < l increased so as to outnumber hla own pwpte . ¦ Tharefore , he set taskmasters over them to mm them with their burthens , and they built for Har ^ h » treasure cities . " So thia King tyranized cwtha - ufaeUteB whom his predecessor had fed and « JOttttd-l » enslaved them , and , with the produce of thek lakar , increased his treasures . Bat the more they were afflicted the more they multiplied . How was tius ? Probably they were strengthened by labour , and dnven to sensuality by the deprivation »{ all rational pleasure . As they increased in ^ number Pharoah ' s taskmasters increased in rigour ; bat in -rain l Those t ^ tthe

      T" ^ ^^ autocracy of day and the officers ppomted rate them . RoolTiag , at all events , to ceck the increase of population which God had proimaed as a basing , but which they feared audteSS into a curse , they next hit upon a Malthusiau , or ratfcT wfJ ? ^ ? dren ttat Bbould be barn <* « ta » eUtM-the females were not feared . But the midwiT ^ s revolted against such an unnatural ordinance , and dis-. bejwl it . Then the God-defying tyrant charged his Hi ^ ^ v thiB done - Mosws ^ ^ ^ hadden . Pharoah ' s daught « r accidentally found him * V ^ . ^ Pwsion on him , and his upcrown sister , who had been watching at a distance , came and asked htr if she might provide a nurse . The princess gave her consent and the sister went and brought the babes mother . Ail this waa providerially contrived AlOsiesgrewup a freeman and pa-trioticallv revived to fre

      » Ms fellow-countrymen . Hia indignant spirit rt ^ e ict-i fcry on occasion of seeing a tyrannical Egyptian mite a prcr Hebrew slave an-l he killed tte Egyptian . The man whom he had thus re . cuwl and revenged , told his feliow-slaTes what Moses bad done , and the next say , when Moses went forth he saw a Hebrew smiting a Hebrew , for the wroDgs done them by their oppressors , instead of uniting them in sympathy had embittered their feelings and rendered them viudictive to each other . Now Moses waa wishful to tavehis brethren , not only from their tyrant * , but also from themselrea . He accordingly inttrfen-d , and the man who was in the wrong was wroth at his interference and asked Moses if he meant to slay him as he had don « the Egyptian . Thus does slavery debase men and render them ungrateful . Moses saw that his deed was known , and he fled from the tyranny of the E ryptians and the treachery of the Hebrews wukh he had equal reason to fear .

      Moses was now a homeless wanderer in a strange land , and he sat down by a well to drink and rest It so happened that Beven shepherdesses came to the well to draw water for their flocks , and several rir ^ l shepherds came to prevent them . Moses delivered the shepherdesses and assisted them . In gratitude for this , their father hwpit&bly entertained him and gave him one of them to wife . The King of Egypt died , but another succeeded him who took no wartdng from this solemn instance of the instability of life ; but acted the tyrant as bis predecessor had done . Moses dwelt in exile ; but his heart still yearned to deliver his oppressed brethren , and , being called of God to that purpose , he left " the shepherd ' s slothful life" and journeyed back into

      Efypt , for he h % d heard that the men were dead who had sought his iife . He knew that the people would put no confidence and have no faith in him if he came among them merely as one of themselves , and , ther » - fore , he declared to them that God had heard their cry , and bad sent him to deliver them from their Sufferings ] and to k&d them oat of bondage into a land flowing with milk and honey . He said , I AM hath sent me j and , by bigns and wonders , he imposed on their credulity for their own benefit . Mosea knew that the more demoralized and brutalized the pe > ple bad become by long habits of slavery , the more difficult it would be to rouse them to manliness and freedom . He con * idered all the dangers and difficulties of the undertaking , ¦ which were increased , or enhanced , by his own personal

      unfitness ; but a consc enlious and enthusiastic zeal in the cause prompted all hb words and actions , net only when instructing and exhorting tbe people , but also when he entreated , remonstrated with , or threatened their oppressors . Moses had a brother named Aaron , who had been bred a priest , and was a gooa speaterl Moses was deficient in this respect , and , therefore , his brother's assistance was indispensably requisite . Aaron listened to his plans and purposes , and agreed with him to convoke a meeting of the elders of the people , who , in turn , assembled all the Israelites altogether It mi resolved that Moses and Aaron should eo to

      Pbaroah and ask him , on behalf of their brethren in bondage , to grant them a sacred holiday , or leave to go into the desert to worship God . Accordingly they did so -, but so far from hearkening to the request of tho 3 t , leaden of the people , Pharoah ~ rraa wroth becaUi * the people had laft tkeir -work to listen to them , and he commanded the taskmasters to oppress them more grievously as a punishment for their seditions assemblage . Their wish to go and serve the Lord was counted idleness in them , and they were admonished not to regard " Viin words . " Thus thi-y Were pnnished for complaining , and , finding that the interposition of Moge 3 on their bebalf had broneht this

      e-m on them , they -were disposed to blame their leaders for the increase of rigOUT Which tile tyrants sow inflicted on them . This was disheartening to Moses ; but he persevered , and seeing that the people were too much depressed , b th in mind and body , to make an effort V > release themselves ( far it is the cunning of tyranny to deprive its victims of all energy ) he remonstrated with Pharoah ; but Piiaroah ' s ministers answered him , yet Moses's arguments prevailed ever theirs ; but Pharoah ' 3 hear t w ^ s hardened , so that , thongh convinced , be "Would not relent . As no con - cessions couidbe wrong from the tyrant ' s sense of justice , there was nothing left but to appeal to bis fears Accordingly , from -words Moses proceeded to deeds ; but here again he was met by the Ministers of Pharctah ' s tyranny , -who , however , were ultimately bafik-d and overcome , aad Pharoab was several times ' induced to five a reluctant consent , -which he has often re scinded when the judgment that had terrified him was pissed .

      > "ow , it is plain that God could at once have delivered the Israelites by stirring them up to deliver themselves ; for they were the gr . ater number , and had been spared those providential dispensations "which hud weakened their oppressors . But God ' s ways are Dot as our ways . He stirred the people to seek deliverance from Pharaoh that thry mi ^ Lt find that there was no help , but rather an increase of suffering to be expected from their earthly rulers—nay the Lord showed his " gns and -wonders , " by Bending famine and pesti lence into the land , that the psoule might see that even these awful judgments had ni / effect in mollifying the bard hearts of their oppressors , and th ^ n , after ali these had failed , then , in man's extrsmiiy , then came God s opportunity—thit the people might know that

      he is the Lord , and that there is none other beside fcini , neither on earth , nor in he&Ten . Thus they would beiiev < i in him and l-e grate . ' nl to him . And tbtu mark ! ho-sr , as the time Crew on , and God mauilesttd himself more and more on the side of the people ; mark , huw Moses increased in his demands of Pharaoh . At first he ha-i simply asked a three day's holiday to serve God in the wilderness ; secondly , he demanded that they should be at liberty to depart not , only themselves , tut their wives and children , and all their caUle , and , last of all , the Egyptian women , who had pined the poor bondsmen , were induced to lend them valuables , which they took a"way as a spoil . We cannot approve of this piece of policy unless the ric . ^ es Uiua borrowed and not returned , were the produce of the u&p&id labour of the Israelites , who , in that case , only took their own .

      • At length , the task-masters , nnding the country had grown too treubled for them to live in it , and fearing a worse thing mii ; ht happen , begged of Pharaoh to let-the Israelites go , which he did ; but pursued them , and perished miserj . b'y . Thus , by the aid of moral force aione , " with Gou ' b help , "were the people delivered and tneir tyrants ^ unishtd . Oh ! w hat a holiday was that day to those who had even feared to complain , or to groan ; because their complaints and groans only brought a sad addition to tiie ETifieriDga which tlius expressed themselves ; only provoked further outrage from their barbarous and wanton oppressors . Motea burst forth in a song of freedom and triumph , an . l appointed certain ceremonies by which the people should for ever thereafter keep in remembrance their crutl

      bondage and happy deliverance . . And , now , let us endeavour to apply this to our own case ; for the people of England are suffering slavery more vile and miserable than that which cursed the Israelites in Egypt , God-bl ^ saod hat King-cursed . The people of Israel were strangers in the land—we do not bear that the native Egyptians were enslaved . A refuge bad been afforded to them from famine and the " best of the land , " the land of Goshen had been ass'gn > -d them , whtre they became very ' iuitful , ana multiplied so as to excte the jealousy of PharocJi , who . instead ot . sending them back their own country , enslaved them . But though they were foreigners and enslaved , he dia not hunger them . He did not take their cattle fr * ni them , nor the land wherein they dwelt He merely made them -work for him , and set them very hard tasks . Ther bad plenty cf flesh-meat and " bread to tbe ML "

      The people of England , native-bom , would be very glad if Government v » ould grant them " leave to toii "' on these conditions . But the people of England are deprived of their hard-fearnings , anu even of the means of earning , by Governors who revel in wantonntss aiid disjdpatiun , and whose very pleasures are derived from the sufferings of their victims . The Israelites were exempt from afflictions which befel thtir oppressors ; bu-ijoar oppressors scoff at the sufferings of the people , and enjoy thefcisht of their miseries , ilost-s and Aar ^ n were permitted to approach Pharaoh , to nnve an audience of him , to speak to him on bthalf of tbe people , nay . to threaten him , and to fulfil tbeir threats . Which of the spokesmen of the people of England is ptrmitted to have access to the Queen , to tell their grievances and to implore redresa ? Have they not been imprisoned for mditien ? transported for treason 1 complaint of wrongs , advocacy of rights , beiag thus unuwL

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      Again , the Israelites sojourned in Egypt above four hundred yean ; bowttuoh of Uiis period tfiey jspont in bondage wa do not know ; but we know that thi people of England hare been in bondage ever Since they weia conquered by the Normans , now aboro wen hundred years . The parallel is perfect , bo far as the criminal despair of the people , and the zeal and courage of their leaden is concerned ; and we hava no doubt that it Is perfect , too , as to the influence of false friend * among them , who would misrepresent their true friends to them , and erase them to misjudge even their best services . Some priests would no doubt say , " Submit to Pharaoh—to rebel against the king is to rebel against Ood —to murmur against tbe ' powers that b » , ' is biasphemy , and to be discontented with your lot , is wicked . " Now , it is evident , that all who preach such doctrines as these are not true believers—they do not trust hundredyeaiB ; bow much of Uiis t » riod tnev imLt ^

      in G » d—they are practical infidels ; because they preach submission to wrongs which are crimes , aud cause great misery , which again causes crime—in endless multiplication . AU that Ood wishes to remove , or to change , they strive to fix and perpetuate . Onr priests ar » ever playing at cross-purposes with divine providence . They love neither God nor man—they love themselves alone . They allow state-tyranny ; because it allows church-tyranny—one delurion countenances aad protects another—the people are their dupes , their slaves , their victims . Such priesta are the worst kind of atheists—they are hypocrites and blasphemers . Will paying taxes enrich us ? or paying tithe save our souls ? Let the people think for themselves , and not take the word of hirelings or trusthirelings who value men's pence more that their souls . Let them think for themselves , and truth will appear to them as God appeared to Moses in the burning bush , enlightening but notconsuming them .

      1 now conclude , with an earnest hope , that our aristocracy will be warned in time as Pharoah ' s lords were , and that they will not persist in obduracy until they see the country ruined , rather than release the peopla Is not their hearts harder than that of Pharoah ? Isnot the Slavery of the people of England worse than the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt . J . W . Aislaby , August 29 , 1840 .

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      WILLIAM LOVETT . To the Editor o / ihe Sun . Sheffield , September 6 . Sm .-The following is a copy of a letter received from Mr . William Lovett in reply to an invitation sent from Sheffield , requesting him to attend a Public Dinner : — " Nowlyn , near Penzance , ceunty of ComwalL " Dear Sir , —I have just received your kind letter , containing an invitation from the Working Men ' s As-Bociation of Sheffield to attend a public dinner , also a paper expressive of your sympathy toward * me under my late incarceration . You may probably not be aware that owing to the great reduction my health sustained by that confinement , I was recommended to

      visit my native place for a short Beason , as a means of recovenng my health and strength ; in compliance with that advice I intend to stop here some weeks longer , and am at present undecided as to the exact time I shall return . But even when I do , my habits rendering me unfit for every kind of missionary agitation , as well as my domestic necessities , will prevent me complying with the kind invitation of the men of Sheffield , as well as of a number of kind friends in different parts of the country by whom I have been invited . But though I shall not be able to attend their dinner , let it not be supposed that I am the less grateful for their kindness , nor that I shall be less devoted to the great

      Cause than I h » VA in fim » o m ^ n „ .,: __ mi Cause than I have in . times past Hoping you will convey my best thanks to the Working Men's Association , ° " I remain your affectionate fellow-citizen , __ , . " Wm . Lovett . " We also deputed Mr . Warden to invite Dr . M'DuuaU and Mr . Collins , but their time was so fully occupied that they could not possibly attend until after their return from Scotland . Trusting you will insert the above in your really use ful journal , " 1 remain , yours , " 05 E DEVOTED TO THE CaUSB . "

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      THE WIGAJN MURDER . The four men , Anderton , Ro-we , Hague , and Austin , who have been for some time In custody on suspicion of murdering Mr . John Coulton , on the 26 th of July , underwent a fourth examination on Wednesday last The magistrates dirt not come to any decision upon the evidence , th > . re being yet a slight breach in the chain ; but the requisite witnesses will be forthcoming on Saturday , until which time the magistmea again adjourned . An examination has taken place respecting three robberies , in which A nderton , Rowe , and Hague are concerned , as well as some women who are charged > rith receiTiBg rome of the property , knowing it to have been stolen . We believe aix women and two men , all from Manchester , are in custody on the latter charge . The case was aojourned .

      ESCAPE OF AXUERTO * . Friday Morning , 2 o'clock . This notorious character has just escaped from his confinement in the Town Hall . He was chained by one Ug , and handcuffed by one arm . to an iron bar which supports the wooden division that runs across tbe magistrates' room , and two policemen were on duty in the place at the same time ; one of whom was especially instructed to look after the prisoner . The chain had been evidently filed off from the ring , and the prisoner ba < l made his flicht with that remnant of his shackles still upon him . The handcuff by which his arm was fastened has , undoubtedly , been opened with a key , and

      is left behind . The prisoner has escaped through the window on to the colonnade , in front of the hall , and from thtnee let himself down into the str « et by tbe assistance of a rope which was suspended from the palisades . A private watchman , named Simin , was standing near the Town Hall , along with another man , at the same time , and hearing a noise , as of somebody jumping , they recognised Anderton descending by the rope into the street . They pursued him down the HaUprte ; but they state that he far outstripped them in running , and therefore discontinued the chase , after following him almost as far as the Rectory gates . Officers have been despatched in various directions in search of the fugitive . — Wigan Gazelle .

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      MA . K 6 ION HOUSE , LONDON . A Daniel come to Judgment . —The folio-wing case , which is a sort of parody upon the principal incidents of the Afercluint of Venice , came on before the Lord Mayor : — A Frenchman , named Albert , who was stated to be a commission agent , was fcunimoned before- the Lord Mayor by his coRntryman , Monsieur Henri Levine , eating-house-keeper in St . Mary Axe . Tbe complainant said , in vi-ry indifferent English , that the defendant had some time ago incurred a debt of fourteen shillings for cookud victuals aad drink , and that he treated all application for the amount with the most annoying contempt . The Lord Mayor—1 am sorry to hear it , but I cant interfere . It is a were uebt , and you must summon him to the Court of lit quests .

      Defendant—Ah , ha , Rare ; it is a debt , sare , and dat vill pay de all of it ( throwing a printed paper on the tabU-, and looking about exulting ! y ) . Mr . llobler—This paptr , my Lord , is Mr . Albert's discharge under the Insolvent Aci . ( A laugh . ) The Lord Mayor— Oh , this is your answer to the demand , ia it ? Defendant—( putting his arms a-kimbo )—Ah , ha , yes , sare ; dat is my an&are . Dat is all de mony I give him . The Lord Mayor—It is very dishonest in you not to pay , for you seem to be well able to do so , und he ia a very poor man . Defendant—( grinning )—Ah , ha , put your eye dOTO Ipushii ' . g tbe paper towards his IjordsJiip ) read , read . You vill see de mony vas paid by dat paper . The Lord Mayor—1 see you have passed through the Insolvent Court since you ran in the poor fellow ' s debt

      Defendant ilanghing heartily)—Oui , « ui ; ah , I did eat and drink before dat paper come to me ; but , my Lurd , dat paper pay all my debts . 1 don't owe noting , noting at all . Tbe Lord . Mayor ( to the complainant )—Well , my poor man , I am sorry 1 cannot prevail upon him to pay you ; he is a very bad fellow indeed . Defendant—Ah , ah , my lor ; your lordship act veilyou cant make a me pay my debt no more . No , no , I pay noting more , sare . The Lord ilayor— I wish . I could compel you . Defendant—Ah , aire , you are de just man ; you know de law ( taking his discharge and clapping it icio his pocket ) , it is good law , sare , vera good law . Tbe complainant , in language scarcely intelligible , regretted bis loss to the Lord Mayor , especially as the defendant had struck him a violent blow when he pressed his demand .

      The Lord Mayor—What ! Did he blacken your left eye in that manner "with hia fist ? Complainant—Ooi . mi lor , he did strike Tera much ; he push hia eye in my left fist , and it knock de fire out , and de black in . D . fendant—Ah , because he talk big words . He come in my house , and he say , " Ah , ah ! you pay me fourteen shilleen vat you owe . " The Lord ilayor—And then you struck him ? Defendant I closing his fist aud striking the table )—Den 1 vnsh him iu the left eye . ( Laught er . ) The Lord Mayor—Then you shall ha-ye the fttU measure of justice . Come , if yon dont immediately pay this pour man his fourteen shillings , and the expenses incurred , 1 shall fine you three times the amount for the Wow . i A geneial burst of laughter ) Defendant—Vot you Bay , sare ? ( pulling out his discharge ) 1 von't pay no fourteen shilleen . Look dere , dat is de law .

      The Lord Mayor—I dont care a pin about that now If you rtfuse to discharge this old bill of fourteen shillings , 1 shall positively fine you forty shillings and

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      expense * , and if you won ' t pay the fine , you shall warm your shins on the tread-mill for a fortnight Come , which will you nave ? Complainant—Milor , he ^ can pay the fourteenshllleen , and he can warm his shin too . ( Laughter . ) Defendant ( with an altered countenance)—Vot is warm de shin on de treadmill . Complainant—It 1 b ven you come up de step de step come down to yon . The Lord Mayor—I shall decide immediately . What do you gay ? ¦ ' itaSsssi" -- ¦* ¦«*¦¦* *»*<»* « - * i ^^ Kssftr 1 which ^ ™ Defendant ( with a very long focej-Four shilleen veil , i vill pay it SE ! " ^?*?^ ^ . * ^^* 8116 ' yonshaU warm

      The Lord Mayor—If you do not pay fourteen this instant , you shall be fined forty . Defendant ( pulling out his dischargeJ—Von'tyoulet ae law pay it ? The Lord Mayor—No ; there is no law in that now . Defendant ( throwing down a sovereign )—Veli . veil sare , date is de money . Give me de change . ' The Lord Mayor—Let the poor man be paid his ronrteen shillings , and four shillings for his expenses . Monsieur Albert , have you blackened the eyes of any more of your creditors . » Defendant-No , sare . I pay the , m vid de law . I pay no more with black eyes . ( Great laughter . )

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      BOROUGH COURT OF BEQUESTS . The Queen ' s Bonnet . ~ The Jackdaw in Pbacock ' 8 Feathees . —What is called the " fashion" is as fleeting and evanescent as a summer ' s cloud , and , perhaps , more so with regard to bonnets than any other article of wear , either male or female . Pasteboard pyramids are in vogue one week , and pigmies the next The " Dnnstable haycock" is succeeded by the " Leghorn Bquat , " and the humble " cottage" is thrust on on © side to make way for the " Queen ' s own , " an arrangement of pink and light blue , which at present appears to be all the rage , from the fact of its bemg the favourite of her Most Gracious Majesty .

      Shortly after the presiding Commissioners for the day had arrived , a very good-looking damsel , with a piercing pair of black eyes , entered the court , leaning on the arm of a sallow-faced youth in a dilapidated white hat , and coming forward communicated the important fact to the Bench thut her name was Caroline Baker , and that she carried on the business of a milliner and dressmaker , ami further that she had summoned one Mrs . Matilda Tubbs for the sum of 12 s . " Baker against Tubbs , " shouted the crier , and Mrs . Matilda Tubbs , a vulgar little pug-nosed woman , stepped forward and curtseyed to the Bench .

      Mrs . Tubbs was the better half of Abraham Tubbs , a chandler's shopkeeper in the vicinity of the Kent-road , who , as the phrase goes , was " well to . do-in the world . " The good lady , therefore , like many other vulgar people , in the plenitude of her urso-proud importance , resolved to ape her betters by sporting a bonnet ulaReine , which she engaged the plaintiff , the young lady -with the Hack eyes , to " make up" for her , but as the s& \ A facsimile of the Royal chapeau , when finished , failed to transform her into a Venus of the first water , Mrs . Matilda Tubbs refused to pay a single farthing for the same , which brought the matter before this Court foi adjudication .

      M . US Caroline Baker , the plaintiff in the case , having received an approving nod from the sallow young gentleman in the damaged white hat , divested her fair digits of the lilac kids , and informed the Court that that vulgar individual ( pointing to Mrs . Tubbs ) sent for her to consult her relative to the colour und ehape of a new bonnet she" was about to treat herself with . " A dark colour , Sir , " continued Miss Caroline , " suits a fair complexion , best , and something light looks best upon dark people . Now , as Mrs . Tubbs . ia not very fair nor very handsome either , I advised her to have pink trimmed with blue . " Upon hearing this reflection on her personal charms , the face of Mrs . Tubbs waxed redder than usual , as she exclaimed , " You're no sich a Wenus mum anyhow , and art « r you conies to be the mother of seven infant babies , us I am , y « u'll look like a regular she witch . "

      Miss Caroline lifted up her eyes in astonishment at the personal vulgarity of Mrs . Tubbs , and would in all probability have fainted had there been any one conveniently by to catch her , the sallow youth in the white bat having temporarily left the Court ; as it was , she contented herself with pronouncing the low consort of the chanuWs-ahopnian to b * & » iwrrld creeohur .-Commissioner—I presume you engaged with the defendant to make her a bonnet ; perhaps you will inform the Court as to the terms of the bargain . The plaintiff said that having convinced Mrs . Tubbs that pink and light blue would " become" her best , she agreed to make her a bonnet of such materials for 12 s ; but when she completed it , and Mrs . Tubbs came to try it on , the latter expressed her dissatisfaction with it , and refused to pay her . " The fact is , Sir , " added the black-eyed architect of bonnets , " she expected that a similar bonnet to that worn by the Queen Would make her look very handsome , and she blamed me because I did not accomplish an impossibility . "

      A Commissioner observed that the adage said "flue feathers made fine birds , " bnt such was not always the case . Mrs . Tubbs , in the Queen ' s bonnet , reminded him or tho fable of the jackdaw dressing himself out in tho peacock ' s feathers , hoping to pass for one of that species . May I speak now , Sir , " exclaimed Mrs . Tubbs , who . seemed almost bursting with impatience at the restraint that had been placed on ker " bit of red velvet , " as Lord Brougham lias it-Commissioner— We are quite willing to hear all you have to say .

      " This here young ' oman , " said Mrs . Tubbs , " agreed to make me a bonnet like Queen Wictoria ' s . Werry good ; perwiding she'd a kept to her bargain , I'd a paid her the money ; but instead of that she made me a thing as makes me look the most awful scare-crow as ever wna seen . , I can only say that if Queen Wictoria wears sich a bonnet as that ere , her taste is ' ns mine , that's all . ( Laughter . ) Mrs . Tubbs having pitted her taste against that of her Most Gracious Majesty in the item of bonnets , glanced round the Court with a dignified air , and espying her husband , Abraham Tubbs , at the other end of the Court , exclaimed , Come this way , Abraham , I shall want to call you as a vitness arter a bit" A summons which the chandler ' s shopman very promptly obeyed .

      Commissioner—Now , Mrs . Tubbs , I think it is very unreasonable on your part to refuse to pay the plaintiff , because you did not consider the bonnet improved your personal appearance . You ought to remember that what might be suitable for a Queen , might not be so to you ; we should all laugh to see a coalheaver or a dustman attired in a court dress , ( daughter . ) Mrs . Tubbs did not seem to relish the commissioner ' s mode of illustrating the subject at all , as she observed with some asperity , that " she didn't aoe vy it should'ut . " Cotumisioner—Is that the enly ground you have for refusing payment ? Defendant—And enough , sir , too , I think , and so you would say if you had seed what a hor » id fright I looked in it ; didn't 1 look Ugly in it , Abraham ( appealing to her toorse half behind . ) " And no gammon , " returned Abraham , " as hugly as a pig in convulsion . "

      Defendant-You're a unfeeling willin to compare your lawfully niaTried wifo to a pig , you are ; but you was always a wulgar feller , and I shall never be able to larn you any parliteness if I tries for ever . ( Laughter . ) The idea of Mrs . Tubbs teaching any body politeness was a joke highly relished , and the gravity of tho court wa » for some time disturbed . " What did ye ax mo any questions for if ye didn't wantine to speak the truth v continue * Abraham ; " 1 ses it agin , you looked the ugliest warmint in that bonnet 1 ever seed , " ( Laughter . ) " You shan't forget this , " said Mrs . Tubbs , giving her spouse a withering look that seemed to convince him that a ' blow up" was prospective for him , " I ' m sorry I ever had anything to do with sich a low feller . "

      Abraham , perceiving that his better half was " getting tbe steam" up , for a " row , " wisely took the piecaution | to walk out of the court under a heavy fire of artillery from Mrs . Matili'u ' s tongue . The Commissioners said they could not allow any further time to be wasted on the subject of the Queeu ' s bonnet , and ordered the reUned Mrs . Tubbs to pay the money . The young lady "with the black eyes then left tho court accompanied by the sallow youth in the " shocking bad hat , " followed by Mrs . Tubbs , who treated them with a specimen of her abusive powers .

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      Commissioner—If he had cheated you on a former occasion , how came you to let him hava anyiiuug withoutth © money t Plaintiff—I . didnt wcolUct him , Sir , at first . When he gammoned me before he was dressed like a softer with niuetoshers , and looked as fierce ss a wild Hiniin , but not half so honest . Commissioner-- ^ Well , Mr . Soaaerville , how came you to eat this man ' s victuals 1 M Because I wds hungry , Sir , " said he , with tho greatest nonchalance . Commissioner—You had no right to eat at other people ' s expanse . Why didn't you pay for what you had ! I had no money ; and being in want of a dinner , I thought I would give him a turn , as I have done a good many others . ( Laughter . ) Pray , how do you obtain a living ! No how at all . Commissioner—If he had cheated you on a former

      Nonsense ! you must live somehow or other 1 No , I don ' t live , I only exist . Sometimes I get a dinner , and sometimes I do not ; it * 8 » 8 uncertain as the wind . During the present hot season I usually sleep in the large iron gas pipes that are lying in the Vauxhall-road , or in the recesses on . Westluin-Bter-bridge . I can recommend these places as very comfortable sleeping quarters , being much cooler than a bed , and there is no fear of being annoyed by the bugs . ( Laughter . ) What have you been used to 1

      Oh , I have been on the stage , but the profession is not worth following now ; the legitimate drama has aunk to riBe no more . If I had been able to transform myself into a wonderful monkey , a learned goat , or an intelligent bull-dog , I might have succee led , as that seems the species of amusement most m Favour with the people now-a-days ; but as I am too big for a monkey , too clumsy for a goat , aud too good-tempered for a bull-dog , I may starve . Well , how can you pay this money t That ' s difficult to say , lor i haven ' t a farthing , nor do I know when I shall have . You hear tliat , Mr . Brovra ? I suppose the fellow was hungry . What do you say to forgiving him the debt i The " proprietor of the hoating-house" hesitated for & short lime , and then consented io forego hia claim .

      Jeremy Diddler , as h « left the Court , observed that Mr . Brown had treated him so well that he thought he must pay him another visit . Thk DiuEcrous of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway have determined to continue the line of the Tewkesbury brauoh from the station-house on the east-side of High-street to the Quay in that borough . To effect this object it will bo necessary to widen Quay-street , and to erect a new bridge over the river Avon , near lo the present irou bridge . The whole oi" the dwelling houses and warehoubes on the south aide of Quay-struct have accordingly been purchased , and are already in course of being taken down preparatory to the immediate widening of the approaches to the quay and the extension ot the railway . — . iris ' * Birmingham Gazette .

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      COMMENCEMENT OF COERCIVE MEASURES AGAINST MEHEMET ALI . ( From the Times of Monday . J The Paris papers of yesterday contain matter of considerable importance . The Moniteur publishes tho following bulletin : — "Alexandria , Aug . 20 . " Commodore Napier , on the 14 th , summoned the Egyptian authorities to evacuate Syria . He issued severiu proclamations , which he addressed to tho Emir Bechir , who sent them to Mehemet Ali with new preiesaions of his devoted ness . " Ailvice 8 , dated Malta , September 1 , announce that tho British steamer , Aleclo , which left Beyrout on tho 24 th , and Alexandria on the 27 th , arrived in Malta , on the 31 st .

      On her departure from Beyrout , Commodore Napier , not having succeeded in obtaining the evacuation of that city by the Egyptians , had anchored farther out with his four ships . The convoy of Turkish troops had not arrived . Syria continued tranquil . Admiral Stopford was before Alexandria with three ships of the line , one frigate , and two British steamers , with tn \> Austrian frigates and a corvette . Mshemet Ali persisted in his refusal . Alexandria enjoyed the most perfect tranquillity . Siiaat Bey waa still there .

      NEWS FROM CHINA , INDIA , AND EGYPT . ( From a Second Edition of ( he Times of Tuesday . ) By an extraordinary express we have received intelligence from Chin ::,, India , and Egypt , in anticipation of the overland mail , which left Bombay on the 23 rd of July , by the Prometheus , which left Malta on Tuesday , at fifty uxinntea past three o ' clock , latof September , aud nrrived at Toulon on Friday afternoon , at ten minutes past foar o ' olock , 4 th inst . The Promelheus put into Toulou , in order to land Mr . Moore , Queen ' s Messenger , with important despatches , not being able to make Marseilles , it blowing a tremendous gale from the WOTth-West .

      The French authorities at Toulon wished to take the Marseilles mail , thus putting themselves in possession of all the Eastern intelligence . Commander Spark very wisely resisted , and forbad any of his people to tell any news . The firut part of the expedition against China sailed on the 30 th of May , and the remaiuder on iho 2 nd June , conveyed by the Welle » ley t Cruiser , Algerine , Contcay , and Atalanta and Queen steamers . The Melville ., Blond , and two oloops of war passod the straits ot Anjeer on the 10 th of June , for China . Admiral Eliot must have arrived there . Additional transports had been taken up at Calcutta , and fres-h troops were to bo embarked at Jdadras for China .

      The English merchants still renuin at Macao . The Americans were preparing to qait Canton . Mr . Snow , the American ConBul , had arrived thence at Singapore . A report prevailed that the Emperor had at length been couvinced of Governor Lin ' s mismanagement , and had degraded him by threo degrees . The Russians had not reached Khiva . The Chillers were still in revolt , and it was feared that a new rebellion would take place in Nepaul . Schah Sooja was so unpopular that it had become necessary to reinforce our army iu Cabul . Five companies of infantry and some artillery had left Bombay lor Aden .

      The Dutch were at war with the Achines . By this express we have Alexandria letters of the 26 th ult ., and Malta correspondence of the Int inst . The Pacha remained inflexible in his determination to resist . Alexandria , Acs . 26 . The newa from Syria iu still warlike . Commodore Napier's declaration to Abbas Pacha , his circular to her Majesty ' s Consul at Beyrout , and his invition to the Emir Beschir , all of which have now reached Mehemet . AH , have only tended to increase his inflexibility , and his reception of the tour Consuls wh « went at ten o ' clock this morning to receive his ultimatum was brief and unceremonious beyond

      all precedent . He would scarcely listen to them ; declared that he had given them the only answer ho intended to give already ; repeated thai he placed his trust iu God , aaked when thoy intended to depart , and wished to hear no further conversation on the niibjt > ct . Pipes and coffee were brought , and the eonf « i \} uce ended in about three minuteB after it began . Tr . e newn of the Pacha ' s warlike intention * will probably reach Commodore Napier in a couple of day * , by the Cyclops steamer , and then in all likelihood doruething serious may be expected to take place . The account sent by the Governor is , that Commodore N : < pier summoned him to evacuate the town in four hours , or

      he would fire upon him and drive him oat ; for which purpose he had laid his ship close to the town . Tho Commodore has with him the Benboic , TZ ; the Thunderery 84 ; Powerful , 84 ; Edinturgh , 7 ' 2 ; the Castor frigate , and the Gorgon steamer ; any of which would suffice to batter down the mild walls ot Boyrout in a couple of hours . The ten days armistice has , however , averted that calamity from the unfortunate residents for the present , aud who . throughout the prolonged struggle between the Sultan and the Pasha , have been chief aud constant sufferers . The following is the official circular of Commodore Napier to the British Resident Consul . &c . : —

      u To N . Moore , Esq ., her MajeBty ' sConsul , Beyrout . u , —I beg you will communicate to the Consul of the different Powers and the British merchants at Beyrout , that Great Britain , Austria , Runsia , and Prussia-, have decided that Syria is to be restored to the Porte . I have demanded that the Turkish troops bo put under my protection , aud that the arms be restored to the inhabitants of Lebanon . I trust the Governor will not provoke hostilities : if he does , tbe responsibility of uselessly shedding blood must fall on his own head . " I have the honour to be , Sir , " Your most obedient humble servant , " Charles Napibb , Commodore . " The only overt act of the Commodore was the capture of two boats of munitions for the garrison , lately arrived from Alexandria .

      Thus stand affairs on the Syrian coast . It was confidently asserted that as soon as the Pacha was informed of the new and prudent line of policy taken by France , he must succumb ; but this morning ' s interview sets all the calculations of the European diplomatists at nought , and now they talk of the necessity of changing the scene of the contest from Beyrout to Alexandria . Ibrahim Pacha is at Damascus , and reckons hia effective force altogether , regular and irregular , at 220 , 000 men .

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      INSURRECTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN PORTUGAL . Lisbon ; Awj 31 , 4 p . m . —Tko embers of revolt nave ^ bten rekindled into a comparative flame . Towards the close of Friday evening last tho telegraph from AbrameR announced to the Secretary at War , thavabout 200 . u » 300 of the 6 th Regiment of th / Lin 0 «' . Caatello Branco , supposed to have been inveigkd by some of the rioters who escaped from tV ; 9 SSiY ^ r 6611 ^ ? ° « ht of tbe n& * ™ t P * - ceeded thvtlier , had turned out , vociferating , "Lots Sf ,, % . S , f- " : to fr-CwMntorttan of 18 S 8 , and dowi with the Ministry . " As a preparatory Bt « p to que : i the insubordination , an order was forthwith tra" - - iNSnBRRra-mviov ' u . Wiup ^ . ¦ »«"

      ; . mitted to the 2 d battalion to hold itself in reading * to march . The unexpected refusal to obey tl s mandate upon the pica that its privates coald not id depended upon , threw the War Minister into coisternation . A conference of the advisers ofth « Crown soon assembled , and Bat in deliberation at tha Home Department until two on-, tha following mo-ling , the garrison of Lisbon boing under arms in the r respective barracks , and the Municipal Guari concentrated in their various quarters , thus leaving the city with scarcely any police for the protection of its inhabitants . Upon its breaking-up , tha Minister of Justice went off to Cinlra , io acquaint her Majopty the Queen of passit . j

      events , as also to point out the expediency of ti . 9 Court returning to tho capital , which was soon accomplished . The 16 th Regiment , with a contiujx-ufc lorcc of 1 C 0 from the 7 th and 10 th Infantry and 30 : h Casadores , sixty of the 2 nd Lancers , and two pier- 3 from the 1 st Artillery , making together 1 , 000 cffi .-. > tive men , being ordered to march , her Majesty ye * - ' terdpy ( Sunday ) , at four o'olooi iu the afternoon , reviewed the whole garrison , consisting of the 1 st Artillery , 2 nd Lanc * ra , 7 th , 10 th , 16 th , and 17 th Infantry , the Naval Battalion , 2 nd andSOA Ca > , - dorea , and the Municipal Guard , in all 2 . 000 , who were drawn up in Rua AngHsta and the Praffa do

      Comercio , passing through their lines in an op < -a baruuche with the Prince Royal , Don Pedro , mcorted by a troop of the 2 nd Lancers , acoompani ( l by King Ferdinand on horseback , who was atteml . d by his staff , the Duke de Terceira , Count de-Bo . M-£ - ' GeueraI Viscount Villa Nova do Gaia , afc-r which the Queen returned to the square , stopp * -i under the windows of the Foreign-office , wh ? r <» the troops passed in review order , and those who were to march taking the lead , and proceeding . o embark direct on board three of . tho Steam Company s boats for Villa Nova da Rainha , and thence to Abrantes .

      It waa remarked that on her Majesty's appearan ^ a among the soldiery , the deepest Bilence prevailed ; not a single viva was uttered , not even from the numerous concourse Of Spectators . This , however , fro ^ n the peculiar character of the metropolitans , ought r . rt to be . taken as a criterion .

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      Caithness Registration . —Detailed statements are given in the John O'Groat Journal , of the Registration Courts for the County of Caithness and Burgh of Wick , from which it appears that Sir George Sinclair will infallibly bo ousted at the next election . Outbagjj by Irish Reapbbs . —On Saturday week , a young woman , a servant in this city , left her manor ' s house , late in the afternoon , for the purpose of visiting her oareuts . who reside some miles to tha

      westward . While on her way , and in the neighbourhood of Winchburgh , she was attacked by a band pf Irish reapers , who took from her a basket containing sixteen shillings in stiver , besides various other articles , and stripped her of nearly all her clothes—the heartless scoundrels leaving her in a state of , dre . adful excitement . The poor . creature was fortunately discovered by a gentleman passing in a g'g > wrio conveyed her to the nearest house , where » fte was supplied with clothing , aud enabled to proceed to her destination . —Scotsman .

      SheffieId . —A very extraordinary performance took place at the Theatre , on Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday evenings , under the patronage of tho worthy Vicar and the resc of the Clergy . Tne candidates for popularity on this occasion were Mr . John Brimlley , against Socialism , and Mr . Campbell , in favour of it . We have no intention of occupying our columns with the arguments advanced by either of the ' speakers further than to denounce such exhibitions as indeceut and unchristian like . It must make sincere Christians , of whatever form of creed , mourn to find their religion thus disgraced ana brought into disrepute . " See how those Christians love one another , " said a heathen in the early ages" See how those Christians hate one another , " might now be said by any disinterested observer .

      Riot at Bahnet Fair , and Despearate Ajsaolj on the Police bt the Swell Mob , —Yesterday intelligence was received by tbe commissioners of police , in Scocland-yard , of the following daring outrage hy the swell mob . On Friday afternoon , about three o ' olook , Mr . Evans , inspector of the Bar net police , was standing at the foot of the hill with two of hia men , when h « observed a number of cue swell inub give a well-dressed man a violent ulow in the face , which cut open his cheek , aud elled him to the ground . The inspector perceiving that the assault was quite unprovoked , and the object of the aggressor and his companions was to attract together a large cot course oi' persons , while others

      plundered them during the contusion , immediately se zed the ruffian , and with one of the constables conveyed him towards the Barnet station-house . The fellow plunged aud struggled with auch force as to exhaust Mr . Evans , but the third officer in attendance , named Cook , No . 69 , of the A divisioa , a powerful young man , collared the delinquent , and was proceeding up the hill , when a signal was given , and between fifty and sixty of the swell mob , armed with sticks , camo np to the officers / and made a desperate attack upon them . Cook ' s hat was cat through with a blow , and a deep incision was made upon his hoad , and the officers were maoh beaten .

      The prisoner was rescued , and Cook was conveyed to Mr . Humphries , surgeon , of Bajmet , who dressed his head , and stated that the wound waa not a dangerous ono > The inspector afterwards collected together twenty-two of the district police , armed with cutlasses , and proceeded in search of the offenders , but none of them could be found . Some exaggerated reports were circulated that 4 he police had been . murdered , but we are happy to say no » e of thorn weie dangerously wounded . Active measures were taken yesterday to discover the ruffians engaged in the outrage .

      A verdict was found by a Jury in Worcestershire upon a prisoner who was convicted of hawn / c tickled another man till he buTst into a fit of hysterical mirth so violent that he died ; the verdict wa » Man's laughter , —Thin is genuine . The KiSF < iRT € NES which arise from the eoncorreuce of unhappy incidents should never be goffered to disturb us before they happen : becajHJJtJjj | iKjiy »> ,: . k breast be once laid open to the dread of W 3 ttmSm ^* f * V& bilities of misery , life must be given a prejbte oS 3 mI R solitude , asd quiet muBt be lost for eveai ^ . ' ^ t , - ; * " | V **^^ T : ' -: . T ^/ Mm ^ mm

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      A Modern Jeremy Diddleii . — -On Monday appeared Mr . Peter Somerville . Mr . Peter Somerville was a gentleman of very " seedy" appearance , his blue surtout was of the sleepy description ( i . e . it had been long without a nap ) , his hat was greasy and dilapidated , aud his hi ^ ii-lovvs were so arranged as to let the air out , and the water in . There was one thing that Mr . Peter Somerville was most plentifully supplied with , and that was impudence ; it was that which led him to pay a visit to the eating-house of Mr . Timothy Brown , and devour divers plates of " biled beef , " with tho usual accompaniment , amounting to 2 s . 3 d ., without uny visible means of paying lor the samo . Mr . Timothy Brown described

      himself as the " proprietor of a respectable heating-house in the vicur . ty ot the New-cut . " Mr . Brown in * formed the Court thut the defendant , Mister Peter Somerville , came to his bouse , and was furnished per order with three plates ot" beet' successively , and a vaet supply of * wogctabks , " which he duly disposed of , but wnen calied upou to pay his reckoning , amounting to 2 s . 3 d ., lie politely inibrmed him that he ** had no tin . " , Whereupon tho plaintiff mentioned a policeman and the Station-house , while the defendant hinted soraething about its being simply a debt , aud talked of actions uud false imprisonment ; eventually he was allowed to depart upon telling his name and address . " He ' s a reg'lar wic'Jraiser , Sir , " added Mr . Brown ; " he sarved me out afore , when he heat fourteen basins of gravy soup and never paid a farden . "

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      INSURRECTION IN MADRID . ( From the Moniteur Parisien of Saturday night . ) By Royal decree , dated Valencia , Aug . 28 ; tho new bpanish Ministry is composed as follows : President of the Council and Minister of Justioe ad interim Senor Cortazor . Minister of War .... Gen . Xavicr a *^ - * . Foreign Affaire Aiitoma Y . Zh vas . Interior SeuorFiruiin Arteia . Marine Senor Armcro . Finance ad interim Senor Secados . " On the news of the formation of this Ministry , which is of the opinion of the majority of the Coru-s ( Moderado ) , tho municipality of Madrid declared itself on the 1 st inst . permanent . The national militia took arms and occupied the principal posts .

      Tho Captain-General Aldama was fired upon ; his horse was killed and his Aide-de-Camp wonnded . He took up positions at the Retiro with two battalions , one squadron , and several pieces of artillery . The political chief of Madrid , General Buerer 9 , wa * arrested and imprisoned under a gaard at tie Hoteide Villo . Notwithstanding the events of the day the aspect of Madrid was tranquil on the evening of the 1 st instant . The Messager also gives the above , and adds : — " Ther-following we some personal details of th « Membera who compose the new Ministry : — " Senor Cortazor , a friend of Isturiz , is President of the Royal Court of Valladolid , and Deputy for Zamora .

      "General Aspiroz , formerly Deputy , and General of the Army of the Centre , under the orders of O'Donnell , was brought up in France , studied at the Lyceum of Pau , and at the school of Suresw . A&piroi was page to King Joseph . " Seuor Zayasisnot a member of the Cortes . E » was pharged'Affaires in Belgium , and was one ot the principal Secretaries at the Office of Foreign Affairs at the time of his nomination . " Senor Aiiela , formerly Deputy Lieut .-Colocel of Engineers , was political Chief of Navarre . " Finally , Senores Arinero and Secades formed a portion of the defunct Ferraz Cabinet , -which r-jsigned at Valencia . "

      "We may add to the Messager ' a notices , " sayg tl , g Moming Post , " that Buereua was tho General whev-e division wa * cut to pieces in September , 1837 , by tha Carlists . Buerens , after this affair , was in dis ^ rac ^ , but retrieved himself afterwards in Catalonia . Ti e conclusion of the Moniteur ' s statement , that tranquillity prevailed on the evening of the 1 st , was p ubably only the precursor of a desperate couilici < a the 2 nd . It must be premised that the Freiicii Cabinet sustains the Moderado party , and may ; a presumed to be reserved in its accounts of then prospects . " ua *^^^^^^ X .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 12, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2701/page/7/