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      ixq . uf . sh . . IFaiFatal Stkam-Boat Accident . —An adjourned lnnicsMcs' has b en concluded by Mr W . Carter , at tho Miseoseand Cro-n . B < -rni » nilsey , on Samuel Evans a aateaterman . From the fe . rtimony of Supcmtendetu tvanvan ? , » nd other witnesses it appear- thatttte de saaradon the 2 nd of March bad tbr ^ e s ^™ £ <\ uiraaimale . with their Injure . ^ Bl | D ? t ^ w " uocltocl-a , a «« clic * t , ic ., as passenger in h . s « ner y lie vfc very inudiciouslv had the fore starboard scnil , nd nd a bov the larboard aft . They **» w ™« EEaiEairStaatrons u > v . dtide , and when M » r theW ST ; i nnnel Pi-r . the Waterman steamer No . 1 , llSS ^ k " Se Uutoland her ^^ rsJhere .

      fr ,, eKestiamer . topped her « npn <» w «*«» £ !* £ - lutrutsaw Evans , and trid him to row a fa ad Jibtcud if tlf this he swerved his boat out , and a crilis-pntnok .. laolace between the stem ofthe steamer and thestar-<« aioard hindqnarter ofthe boat , and she went doivn . Ihe he stilor in the first instance havme jumped up . Hfieffie d eceased was in the water a ven -short time , ind nd nil tbe others were instantly cot » - » t The o ' eeeaseasedwent hom e . an » * in a few day * was ^ vken ill . lie dc di d on the 17 "h ult ., from brain frver , which , dd th the opinion of the surceon , was thr- result uf the Ihodiock to the system from immersion . The captain : ad ad a number of passengers to call a * witnesses , but the he jorv were satisfied , and returned a vi-rdict of " A' Accidental death . "

      A A Drcskard ' s esd —By adjournment , before Mr W . V . Biker , at the Grave Maurice . Whitechapel-( oawad , on Samuel Salter ( 31 , ) who died in the Lonvonon Hospital , on Tuesday , of injuries received in an trTriffrav with Charles Prankish , who is in custody . and uasiasbeen remanded , nn a charge of wilful murder , [ rhfhe deceased resided with Frenkish . at 24 , London-( erierrace , Commercial road , East . For fome time past ne te bad been leadinc a dissipated life , and was contalantly in * state of intoxication . On Friday , 19 th , i dblt , he was very much intoxicated , and being unable Y . Q vn walk , was assisted home by Mrs Prankish , whom neie abu-ed and struck . When Prankish returned : innnme . and accused him of assaultine hi- " wife , an ulahercation took ihcc , and they fought for several itnvninutrsin the kitchen , in the dark ; and durin ? Iththe stmgcle a table was broken . The deceased bled

      lprprofu > ely from the m-nth , and in the morning he was Ibrbreuehtto the London Hotpital , where he expired . ! MMr Day , house surgeon to the London Hospital , ststated that when the deceased was brought int » th < - Ibctuppital . heappeared to be intoxicated . The upper IMOart of his bidy was much discoloured and bruised TIThe appearance of the stomach indicated that de-¦ ejea sed had been a great drankard . The immediate saause of death was an effusion of Hood on the brain , aaused by violence ; he had no dnubt from blows . -A f afall might caibe an effusion of blood on the brain . Fffhe coroner then summed up , and the jury returned inn open verdict—that the deceased "died from an 'frffasion of blood on the brain from violence , bnt ho * it it was caused there was no satisfactory evidenc ? e > eforethe said jurors . " The inquiry lasted sevei > idours .

      Sotfocawos bt Gas . —By Mr Bedford , at the UUnicorn , Henrietta-street . Covent-garden , on Henry ( nrarrrn , aged 26 . the unfortunate young man who wras killed by falling down a well opposite Covent-Ecarden Theatre . The deceased went down the well frfor the purpose of cuttinc off a pipe . The well ha < bheen only opened but a short time previous bo thddeceased's going down , and on lights being put ddown after the deceased fell they were imroediaately extinguished by foul air . The well had tbeen opened several times before , and the men had fpoue down on the instant without feeling any effects . ( On the present occasion the generation of the fon ' sair In the well was attributed to a large escape of g . i « ffrorn the main pipe . Mr Brooks proved the death to Ihave been caused by imbibing impure and noxious i air . Verdict— " Accidental death , " the jury , at the ( same tim <> , expressing an opinion that in ali cases of ( opening wells proper caution should be used for the 1 future in testing their safety .

      Sisgclib asd Fatal Accibest . —By Mr Wakley . 11 P ., at Middlesex Hospital , en Bridget Connor , i { SS ) . the wife of an ostler . The nuree of the ward stated that she was admitted on the 7 th , sufWinn from a deep wound at the lower part of the back , whence blood flowed so abundantly that it could not be stopped , and even forced out the lint with which it was plugged . She died on Monday . She told witness that afie fell on some creckery in her room , which she broke , and a splinter entering her b » ck . inflicted the wound . The house surgeon deposed that the wound , which was very deep , was one and a half inch in length , and appeared to have been inflicted by a sharp stick . Every effort wan ineffectuaVy made to stop the blood , which rushed out in cashes . At length an attempt was made , by cut ting into the wound , to discover the wounded vewel , but ineffectually . Is consequence of the flow nf blood she ultimately died . It was ascertained that the internal puder had been half cut through . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      Death xh Westmisstbr Bridewell from Alleged Neglect . —By Mr Bedford , at the Westminster Bridewell , on Martha Doran , a sick prisoner . The deceased was admitted into tbe prison on the 13 th of March , from Marlboraush-sre' -t Police Court . On tbe 17 th she was attended by M > Lavies , tha sureeon , for general debility , but . in crnisequence of some offensive odour emitted from her person she was not placed in the innVmary , but in a ceil beneath it , and on the 25 th she appeared so well that Mr Lavies allowed her to go up to thi Middlesex Sessions and take her trial . She was

      convicted , and being an old offender was sentenced to nine months' imprisonmeri with hard labuir , sine weeks to bs solitary . On her return to the prison she was kept all night in the reception room and the next day was removed to a cell beneath the infirmary , where she could receive better attention than in me of the ordinary wards . She appeared very ill , and , although known to be so , was not seen from six o ' clock in the evening nntil seven o ' clock the next mo- nine , when she was found sitting np in bed dead . Mr Lavies said the cause of death w . is rupture of the heart , and even if she had been visited daring the night nothing could have saved her . He had ordered , however , for the future , that a !

      prisoners upon the sick list should te visited in their cells up to ten o ' clock at night . If he had thought the deceased to have been in any danger he should have left special directions with re jard to her . Verdict , " Natural death from disease of the heart . " Faiaj . Acciotst At Bvrasira . —By Mr J . Payne , at Guy ' s Hospital , on John Biggs , a lighterman . The deceased lived at Pike-gardens , Bankside , and the evidence proved that about a fortnight since ho -was standing at Bankside , and attempted to sit down on the chain near the shore , which suddenly gave vrav , and he was precipitated backwards , and thereby sus " tain ? d a broken leg , and other injuries , which caused his deathat the above institution on Sunday last Verdict , «* Accidental death . "

      Tme supposed Mcedeb is St . Lckb ' s . —On Wedne-dty evening , Mr Baker resumed , at the Green Gate tavern , City-road , an adjourned inquiry respecting the death of Elizabeth Richardson , ( 29 , ) whose body was found in a cess-pool , belonging to a water-closet in Broad yard , Golden-lane , St . Luke ' s , oa the morning of Thursday last . The particulars of the case have already appeared in this paper ; further evidence having been adduced , the coroner addressed the jury , and said that in the absence of further evidence there could be no difficulty in coming to a conclusion as to what verdict they should return ; he would advise them to return an open one , which would , in the event of anything fresh transpiring , leave the case in a position that further inquiries could be instituted before the magistrates . The jury having consulted , they returned a verdict "that tl' 6 deceased was found dead in a cesspool , without sufficient marks of violence to account for death , but how she came therein there was not sufficient evidence to prove . "

      Mtsteriocs Suicide . —An inquest was held on "Wednesday , before Mr W . Carter , the coroner , at the Torbay Tavern , St Mary , Rotherhithe . respecting the death of Richard Constantine , aged 53 years , who was found dead in the river , nnder very mysterious circumstances . William Constantine , of No . 32 , Britannia-street , City-road , deposed that the deceased was his father , and had carried on business at the above place for many years . lie was of sober habits , and lived on the most affectionate terms with his wife and family . On the morning of Wednesday , the 17 th . of February , the deceased left home to transact some business at an auctioneer ' s in Newgate-street , where he left in the afternoon , and was not seen alive afterwards . Information was forwarded to all the London and suburban police stations , bills were posted , and advertisements were inserted in the newspapers , but no clue could be obtained of him . Witneffl was unable to account for

      his death , unless it was that he had precipitated himself from one ^ of the bridges , whilst labouring under some aberration , which was brought on by the illness of his wife , which proved on his mind . The deceased on several occasions had been heard to say , that if his wife died he could not survive her many days . William Gardener stated that on Monday evening last tbe bodv of the deceased was found floating in the river , oTDoir and Duck stairs , Rotherhithe . It was in a dreadful state or decomposition , and had bees ia the water at least six weeks . There were no marks of YioVnce on his person , and his pockets vfere filled with small stones , which the deceased had placed there to secure his object more effectually . Informtion of the finding of the body was forwarded by the pi . lice in the usaal manner , and in a few hours the ¦ friends were made acquainted with the fact . Fhe croner having taken other evidence , remarked on th » -mysterious nature of the case ; after which the jury returned a verdict of" Temporary insanity . "

      Sciciok of a Reiirso Tradesuax . — An inq ; est was held on Wednesday , bv Mr Bedford , at the White Uart , Little Windmill-street , Haymarket , on Mr J Stewart , a retired master bootmaker . The decea « ed resided at 30 , Little Windmill-street , and for tlie last three weeks , the deceased had been in a low and desponding state of mind , arising from his having invested a large sum of money in some houses , w ; . ieh he feared would turn out a failure . Ho was ast seen alive at eleven o ' clock on Tuesday forenoon ,

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      and at four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day was discovered suspended iu his bedroom by mentis of a leathern strap , fastened round his neck , r * nd attached to a hook in a closet door , only four , feet from the ground , lie was cut down immediately , and Mr Uardinge , surgeon , was promptly in attendance , who pronounced him to have been dead some hours . The iffcea > ed had some time before made an attempt on his life , arising from a similar cause . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "

      A . CCIDEHT 8 ASD OTFENCJS . MstAscnoLT Fall from a Window . —On Monday afternoon an accident of a most melancholy nature occurred to a painter named Ilingham , residing at 4 , M'Dougall-terrsce , Chelsea . The unfortunate man was engaged at ( the house 36 , Edward-street , flampstead-road . painting the first floor winc ' o-v , when he by some means fell therefrom , aud was conveyed to the University College Hospital , where it was ascertained that he had sustained a compound fracture of the left thigh , a dislocation ofthe collarbone , besides a fracture of the right clavicle , and some severs contusions of the head , with other injuries , so as to preclude the slightest hope of recovery .

      Serious Accidbsd at the New Cross Railwat Statics —On Monday an accident attended with very serious consequences , occurred on the line of the Croydon Railway , to William Jenner , residing at 3 , Martha-place , Deptford . The unfortunate man was a stoker in the service of the company , and was engaged on one of the locomotive engines . He has latterly been employed in working an engine between the Surrey Canal and the New Cross station atDeptford , which conveyed large quantities of coal , Ac , from the barges for the use ofthe various engines on the line , and , whilst they were going up an inclined plane , he got down from his berth to arrange some deficiency in the couplingirons , when his right arm was drawn in between the

      machinery , and before he could be extricated , bis arm was most seriously injured . He was taken to a surgeon's and subsequently put in one of the carriages for London Bridge , from which place he was taken to the accident ward of Guy ' s Hospital , where it was ascertained that he had fractured the limb in two places . He is not however in immediate danger . Tax Bpdt or a Gmtlsuas Found » thk Regent ' s Canal—A gentleman , fair complexioned , having brown whiskers and lig ht eyebrows , and wearing a black dress-coat and pantaloons , a shawl-pattern vest , and a black silk-figured vest underneath , and Wcllin-ton boots , has been taken out of the Regent s Canal , and is now awaiting identification in tbe vault * of Islineton church . _ _ . .

      Robberies . —On Monday the police received information of the following robberies : —On the 25 th instant was stolen from a bedroom , at No . 19 , Paddington-street , Edg ware-road , a mahogany desk , containing a cheque for £ 26 lis . 3 d . on Sir Claude Scott ' s bank , a £ 10 Bank of England note , five sovereigns and £ 15 in silver , besides papers and memorandums ot value . On the same day , from tbe nantry of No . 19 , Westbourne-terrace , 8 silver tablespoons , 2 silver desserc ditto , 3 silver table forks , a olated knife rest , crest a griffin rampant holding a crown in paw . Also stolen from the pantry of the house of Lady Synot , of Clapham-common , 10 silver teaspoons , 1 dessert ditto , and a gravy spoon , crest a swan and arrow . On the 24 th , from the Old Barge public house , Woolwich , 21 teaspoons , 6 table ditto , 2 gi-aw ditto , 2 salts , I pair of sugar tongs , 2 fish slices ,

      all marked'' H , " and 7 s . 6 d . in silver . Firs . — Fat » i . Accidemi to okb of the Brigade . —On Wednesday night , a fire brcke out in Denmark street , Soho , which originated in a chimney , and was making great progress to the roof , when the Crown-Mreet Brigade engine , with Mr Girrard , the enin-er , the deceased ( Benjamin Cummings ) , and other firemen attended , and the deceased , while proceeding up the ladder , from some unknown cause at present , fell off the top of the house into the street . No time was lost in procuring medical assistance , but so dreadful were the injuries , that the twwr fellow lingered hut a short time before he died . The deceased , who has long belonged to the London Fire Establishment , has left a wife and five children to lament his loss . He was highly respected by the officers , and all belonging to the Establishment , as a very sober steady mnn .

      NuuEReca Fearful Accidents . —On Tuesday afternron , between one and four o'clock , the following fearful accidents , some of which are expected to orove f : ital , occurred : —The first happened to a roan named W . Hughes , a mechanic , who was proceeding alons the Strand towards Charing-cross , when , in crr > s * ine the roa , he slipped and fell , thus sustaining a brok-n leg , a fracture ofthe right arm , and other injuries . He was removed to th » Cearing-cross hoopital and placed under the care of the bouse surgeon ; but remains in a dangerous condition . —About three o ' clock a second accident occurred at Messrs S-avs and Co . ' s , Meritans Wharf . Mill-street , Dock road , to John Chandler , a carman , who at that period was . iscendinira van filled with peas , when the

      horses suddenly darted off and the unfortunate man was thrown , one of the loaded sacks coming upon him . He was picked up insensible and conveyed ; to St Thomas ' s Hospital , when it was aseertained ^ hat he had received a severe injury to the head , with a fracture of the chest bone , and other contusions . — Another accident happened ta % respectable looking person , whose name did not transpire . He was en devouring to ' cross the road at the eastern end of Lombard-street , when one of Hansom ' s patent c . ibs came up at a moderate pace , but before he could get out of the way was knocked down ; and , upon being taken into a neighbouring surgeon ' s , it was found that he had broken his right arm , besides receiving some severe contusions about the face .

      Alarui . no Fibe is tub Curtain Road . —On Wednesday afternoon , an alarming fire broke out in the upper part of the premises belonging to Mr W . Wallace , willow bleacher , 7 , Chapel-street , Curtain-road . It was caused by the boiling over of a pot of sulphur , which set the contents of the dryimr room in a blsze . Several engines of the brigade attended , as well as one of the parish . The firemen made an attempt to enter the room , but owinc to the « uff > catin « , nature of the burning sulphur they were unable , and it wan found necessary to set an engine to work . That having been done , the flames were confined to the premises in which they commenced , but they were not extinguished until tbe whole of the stock therein was consumed . Fortunately , the sufferer was insured .

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      New Ragged School . Cls . be-Market—On Monday a ragged school was opened in Yeates ' -court , Clemeiit ' s-ku ^ The vicinity ofthe school is a most wretched and crowded locality . The school is on a novel plan : parents may send their children from six in the morning until ten in the evening , where they will , free of any charge , be taught to read and write , and be trained to habits of industry and cleanliness . Hun « ebfordSuspbnsmn-bkidoe Stram boat Pier . —All that part of Hungerford Suspension-bridge ^ situate between the market termination and the north turret is divided by iron railing , the west side of the bridge , on and after Easter Monday being to be thrown open to the public landing or embarking in steam boats , free ot charge . The directors of the Bridge Company have ordered a toll-house to be placed at the north turret , for the convenience of persons wish' no to pass over to Lambe *>

      Txucrt DisntiATi'N . —From information received Messrs . Lewins and Humphreys , excise officers , on Tuesday proceeded to premise * belonging to William Skinner , ( who has been already fined £ 100 . ) at 2 , Sidney-street , Mile-eBd-r » ad . Upon obtaining admission , they proceeded to the room in which they seized an illicit still 05 the 25 th of ) a 4 month , where they found a large still , t » et in brick-work , fully charged , with fire under it , and at w « rk , Skinner and his daughter were attending the working , and were immediately arrested by Ihe officers . Ih

      the still-room was a large quantity ot molasses , molasses wash , tubs , & c , < 5 se ., and the usual apparatus of a distillery . It' was evident that not the slightest suspicion existed ia the mind of the owner tbat he should receive a second visit from the same officers so soon after his former detection , as the stock of raw materials were laid in for carrying on an extensive trade . Having secured their prisoners , the officers obtained a vau , and the whole of the seizure was conveyed to the Excise warehouse , in Broad-street .

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      London Misbo t . —Though 1 wish to return to London in " the season" when that city is an adequate representative of the state of things in England , 1 am glad I did not at first seo all that pomp and parade of wealth and luxury in cnntiast with tbe misery , squalid , agonizing , ruffianly , which stares one in the face in every street of London and hoots at the gates of her palaces more ominoui a note than ever was that of owl or raven in the portentous times when empires and races have crumbled and fallen from inward decay . It is impossible , however , to take a near view of the treasures created by English genius , accumulated by English industry , without a prayer , daily m « re fervent , that the needful changes in the condition of this people may beeffected by peaceful revolution which shall destroy nothing except tbe shocking inhumanity of exemsivenexs , which now prevents their being used lor tho benefit of all . May their present possessors look to it in time ! A few already are earnest in a giiod spirit . For myself , much as I pitied the poor , abandoned , hopeless wretches that swarm in the roads and streets of England , I pity far more tho Enuli . ilt noble with this difficult problem before him , aud such need ofa speedy solution . Sad is his life if a conscientious man ; sadderstill , if not . Poverty in England has terrors of which I never dreamed at home . I felt that it would be terrible to bo poor there , but far more so to be the possessor of that for which so many thousands are perishing . And the middle class , too , cannot here enjoy that serenity which tbe m ^» hare described as naturally their peculiar blessing . Too close , too dark throng the evils they cannot obviute , the sorrows they cannot relieve . To a man ot good heart , each day must bring purgatory , which he knows not how to bear—yet to whkh he f .-ars to become Insensible . —Correspondent of the New York Tribune ,

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      LANCASHIRE . Manchester . —Cutting and Wounding . —On Mon « day a serious charge engaged the attention of the magistraten . A young man named Irish , had gone to a public-house in Liverpool-road , on Saturday night , where he met with a companion of about his own age , Thomas Willett , with whom he had w > me drink . Willett ' s sister came in , and Willett subsequently accused Irish of having insulted her , and n fight took place between them in the street . Irish was no match for his opponent , but after they had been { separated , he declared that if he could not " mill" Willett , he would cut his head off . He appears to have laid wait for Willett at a later hour of the night , and to have attacked him with a knife , as ho left the public-house . Before they could be separated he inflicted several severe cuts on his victim , one of which extended from the right eye down to the chin . The prisoner was committed for trial .

      Incendiarism at Todmorden . —Durin ? the nights of Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday , of last week , the plantations of J . Taylor , Esq ., Todmorden Hall , were set on fire , notwithstanding the example set forth by the magistratss in the committal of those previously taken . The police had been ' on the watch every night during the week until a late hour . The fire on each of the abo ve ni « hts commenced immediately after the constables had left the premises . On Friday , a police-scrpeant determined on a stratagem , with a view to entrap the

      rascal , if possible , which was put in operation the same evening , and the constable succeeded by this 1 manoeuvre in catchine ; the young fox in the very act . His name is James Lord ( IT ) , a tailor ' s apprentice . Immediately after being collared he was ' searched , and a box of lucifer matches was found in his pock ' t , with which he acknowledged to having set fire to the wood , and that he had watched the police go off tbe ground , and had fired the plantation every night , — adding , that he did not care if he was transported . He was committed for trial .

      Reprksbstation op Warrikgtoh . —A meeting of the liberal electors took place on Monday , for the purpose of selecting a suitable candidate to represent the borough in parliament . It was resolved that William Allcard , Esq ., should be requested to offer himself , and a committee was appointed to acquaint him with the wishes of the electors . The meeting then adjourned to ft future day , that a reply might be received .

      DURHAM . Daring Outrage—An attempt was made to break out of the gaol at Durham late on the night of Sunday last . It appears that a person named Isaac Dawson ,, who is undergoing two mouths' imprison , ment , rang his bell , and when Robinson , the turnkey , answered the call , Dawson told bim tbat his bedstead was broken , and upon Robinson stooping to look at it , he immediately received a most severe blow from theprisoner , who was in possession of the leg of one of the stools used in the prison . Robinson instantly

      ran out ofthe cell , but not until he had received another blow , and getting the gate at the end of the passage locked , gave the alarm , and with assignee secured the prisoner , who , upon his examination the following morning , stated tbat he and some others , who were under the sentence of transportstion ( who left for their destination by the mail train on Monday night , ) had agreed to disable the turnkey who should attend tbe call , get possession of the keys , and let themselves out , but at this they were fortunately frustrated .

      HOM-OIK . Stamford . —Accident at Woubwell ' s Menagerie . —A few days since directly the "intrepid female , " or "lion qneen , " made her appearance in the den , the lion sprang at her , and bit her face , but not severely . She screamed loudly , and the scene which ensued is difficult to describe . The arena was nearly full of respectable persons of both sexes . The keepers did all they possibly could to beat off theinfuriated beast but were some time in accomplishim . ' their object . The lion , the keeper , and the woman , were all do « n and struggling together on the bottom of the den , and again the animal seized the woman and bit her at the lower part of her b ; ick . To make the occurrence appear more dreadful , the whole of the beasts and birds assisted in the uproar . Ultimately the keeper rescued the daring woman , and the assistance of a surgeon was immediately called in . She was induced in the evening again to enter the den . Nothing , however , occurred this time to injure her .

      Murders et Poison . —On Saturday evening last , Mrs Pearson , the wife of a farmer of thai name , at Tibbenbam , invited a Mrs Everett , the wife of another farmer , in the same village , to take tea with her . She accepted the invitation , and these women and other persons of the family sat down and took tea together . Soon after each of the women , and several others ofthe party were taken ill , and we reorefc to eay Mrs Pearson and Mrs Everett ars dead , and others ( whose names we are not able to give , nor can we say how many in number , ) are lying in a very precarious state , and some of those also may be dead by this time . At present we have no knowledge whatever of the means by which the poison ( which , we understand is arsenic ) could g t into' the tea , or by whom it was administered . A coroner s inquest has been since held , but no suspicion has as yet been thrown on any parties . The ether parties , who were so ill , are getting better .

      BERKSHIRE . Sudden Death during Divine Service , — Considerable alarm was created at the church of St John , Windsor , during divine service on Sunday morning , in consequence of a lad named Henry Doe , the son of Mr . Doe , in the department of the Master of the Horse , at Windsor Castle , being seized with death just after the commencement ofthe sermon , which was preached by the Rev . Mr Gould . The unfortunate lad , who was not more than fourteen years of age , fell from his seat , in the gallery , upon the floor . He was immediately conveyed to his father ' s residence in the Royal Mews , and attended by a medical man . Human aid , however , was of no avail , and alter remaining in a state of total unconsciousness for not more than four hours , he breathed his last . An attack of apoplexy was supposed to have been the cause of death .

      KENT . Cautiojt to Young Females . — The Maidstone Gazette ssLjaz—We have this week to record a case of heartless depravity upon the part of a female seldom heard of , and which has been happily frustrated by discretion and prudence . A young woman , attending the markets in Paris , from some cause not explained , became in great distress , and unable to purchase goods to se"l , as heretofore . She applied to a female friend for advice under her distressing circumstances . Her friend advised her to go to London , and she would assist her with some money and a letter of recommendation to a lady , who would take her as a general servant . The young woman , overjoyed at her good fortune , immediately set out for Boulogne ; on her way thither she was taken ill , and

      obliged to remain until she got better . Hav ing paid her fare in the first instance to Boulogne , her illness exhausting the remainder , when she arrived there she was usable to pay the extra fare demanded , and was obliged to leave her bnx of clothes . She then came to Folkestone , where her tale and her interesting and simple appearance gained her friends ; a subscription was raised to redeem her box , and assist her to London . On Friday evening she made her appearance again at the Pavilion Hotel , to the surprise of those who had befriended her , and explained the treatment she had received in London . It appeared she was directed to go to a house in Gerrardstreet , Soho , and inquire for the lady . She was informed she had removed a few streets off , whither she repaired , and upon presenting her letter of recommendation , she was shown into a stylish apartments ' where there were several gentlemen and finely-dressed females . The lady ( who spoke French ) inquired if she knew what shu had come for ? her reply was , to

      bo her servant , nurse her children , Ac . She was informed she could do much better for her than that , and she could earn plenty of money , and be dressed like the ladies she had seen , if she would follow her advice . The truth and the object of the wretch at once flashed across her mind , and she peremptorily refused to be made her victim . The woman , finding her persuasions useless , immediately commenced abusinu her in the most shameful and heartless manner . The poor girl left the house sobbing bitterly , andby some means found her way back to the railway station , and arrived at Folkestone , where a subscription was again raised to carry her back to France , and she left here on Saturday evening bv steamer , full of gratitude . Thero is no doubt but that the ruin of this poor creature would have been accmplished , had not the fact ofthe kindness she received in England on landing impressed her mind that her sad tale would be believed , and she would be again assisted to Uer native country .

      CHATHAM . A Soldier Found nbahly Dead . —On Wednesday morning a soldier was discovered lying in the trench at the east end ofthe fortifications surrounding the garrison at Chatham lines by some workmen going to work , and they gave information of tha circumstance , to some soldiers on duty at the guard-room-Assistance was promptly rendered , and with the aid of a ladder , the soldier was got up , and he appeared to be lifeless ; he was , therefore , without loss of time convejed to the military hospital , where his person was examined . Ono kneo was found broken , and

      also a leg , besides being otherwise seriously injured about tho body . This soldier was attached to the Invalid Depot , and had been at Brompton the night before , drinking with some of his comrades , and on returning to his quarters at the Casmate Barrackn he must have mistaken the path leading thereto , and accidentally walked into the trench , a depth of thirty to forty feet , and there remained in the greatest suffering until the morning , when he was found as described . The name of the soldier is George Foley , of theoOth regiment , and has recently returned from India to be pensioned off , after a servitude of some years ,

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      8 TJSB 1 X . , Cruel Chastisembnt .-A schoolmaster , named Wharton , residing at Adelaide-crescent , Brighton , was tried before the magistrates for treating a boy in a cruel manner . The decision of the magistrate will fully explain the nature of the case > -Major Willard said they had gone quite sufficiently into this case to be satisfied , without tbe examination of any other party , that the offence was clearly proved . The . bench was also of opinion that the child had been chastised without any necessity . There was no call at all for the severe " punishment that the defendant gave him . Supposing the boy had been forgetful . and that the defendant being out of temper , had a weapon in his hand , he might have struck him

      with it ; but that was not all , for lie asked a boy to fetch a stick or a cane to beat the lad with , and with that weapon he laid about the child till he broke it ; and he was not satisfied with that but he asked a boy for his whip , and when the boy refused to go forit , he went up stairs for it himself . One might have imag ined that in that interval he might have soft , ened down in his temper ; but they found that with that weapon he punished tbe boymostscvereJy . Biueh more than the occasion called for , and much more than a schoolmaster had a right to do . Under these circumstances they : lelt it necessary , for the protection of children who were under a master that could not command his temper , to impose the full amount of the fine that the law required . He was fined £ 5 .

      DBV 0 NSH 1 RX . Extraordinary : Case . — "Sprwo-herled Jack . " Teignmouth was greatly excited on Monday , in confluence of a ' spring-heeled jack" investigation before the magistrates . A delinquent _ « f this genus occupied himself during tho winter in frightening and annoying defenceless women , some of whom were rather roughly handled . The police having been on the alert for some time , suspicion fell on a Captain Finch , of Shaldon—a man of alleged ill health , and apparently sixty years of age , about the last person that could have been suspected . He was summoned before the magistrates . Mr Tucker , in opening the case for the complainant , said it was not only difficult but mot painful to him ; his client belonged to the humblest rank , and the defendant , Finch , had been considered highly respectable . Should ho not

      succeed in establishing the charge , the effect of the girl ' s evidence might prejudice her through life ; should ho succeed , the moral character of one who had hitherto moved as a gentleman would be blasted . He had two charges of assault to prefer . His client , the servant of Miss Morgan , a lady living in Macfarlen ' s- 'ow , Bitton-road , had been twice assaulted in January , between nine and ten at night , by a man disguised in a skin coat , having the appearance of a bullock ' s hide , skull cap , horns , and mask , and the alarm had produced serious fits , Evidence having been given in support of the charges , the bench expressed pain at finding an old soldier guilty of such an assault , but there was no material refutation to complainant ' s evidence . He was fined seventeen shillings for each assault . Defendant thanked the bench for their impartiality . The case lasted several hours .

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      the riots . In the North the authorities are busy in the apprehension of parties involved in the late food riots , and the truit of their efforts will duly appear at tbfi approaching Inverness-circuit . The military still continue at Wick and Thurso , but without requiring to be called outt > The youne man who was apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the Achow murder has been liberated , and as yet no clue to the real murderer has been discovered .

      EDINBURGH . Dhfaming a Ladt . —Lant week , in Edinburgh , a case was tried before the Lord Justice Clerk and a jury , in which Miss Sarah Marie M'Neill , Charlottesquare , Edinburgh , was pursuer , and the Rev . Gilbert Rorison , Episcopal clergyman , Peterhead , as defender . The issue was , whether , in a number nf letters written to a third party in Leith , concerning the pursuer , she was falaMy and calumniously represented to be a person of immodest or unchaste character and conduct , and euilty of falsehood or deceit , to the loss , injury , and damage of the pursuer ! Diimages laid at £ 2 , 000 . After hearing evU dence , ' the jurv returned a verdict for the pursuer , damages , £ 500 . The trial excited considerable intcrest . The majority of the crowded court-room were ladies .

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      The Distress—Irish Landlords. The Dublin...

      THE DISTRESS—IRISH LANDLORDS . The Dublin Evening Post contains the following from a Flit'O correspondent : — "In your paper of the 23 rd inst ., you expressed a desire to know how much Mr Ormshv Gore , M . P . for Shropshire , and father to the M . P . for county Sligo , has contributed to the relief of the poor on his estates in the upper haif-barony of Ley » y . To satisfy your curiosity , I beg to inform vou that bavins an estate

      worth £ 8 000 per annum in rh « disf rrct , he gave £ 10 last July , and nothing to the funds of the Relief Committee since that time ; and thatMinet * Christmas the committee hav * expended ab-mt £ 300 in relieving destitution on his estates . It is proper , however , to add , that I have ascertained that tbe honourable member gave £ 15 hv < t Christ mas , throuchothw chan - nels , for the relief of the poor on estates yielding the above-named £ 8 , 000 per annum . N «> seed of any description having been provided , the lands , for the roost , are lying waste , and will , probably , so continue . "

      THE DISMISSAL OF LABOURERS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS . " At Newmarket-on-Fergus , while Captain Fishbourne strove to explain his instructions from government , which ho said he should strictly act upon , the other gentlemen of the committee endeavoured to quiet the people , and remove their ill-feelife aeafnst him , but to no purpose , the peop ' e sayine he was the cause of having them disemployed . At last the gentlemen rose , and it was said loudly outside that ' Captain Fishbourne had £ 500 a year for starving the people . ' No sooner had this got afloat atnnne them , than they shouted ' pull him out , knock him down , trample him , kill him , ' a > d many like expres . sions . The people * leaped at him , somp saying' blood is better than starvation , ' and as the uentlomen wore

      coming through the crowd , he was struck violently , but his foes being so numerous , could not by the press do what they intended , but pulled off the hair of his head in handfuljs—some dragned him this way , and some that , striking at him with sticks and stones , and cutting him severely , while Sir Lucius O'Brien , Mr Studnert , Gead-constable Armstrong , and others , rushed about him to save him . The crowd dn-vo them on a heap of broken stones near the river , the mob striving to push him off the stones into the ri v » r , and in theeffort made to keep out the head constable was precipitated into the river on his back , and much injured . Sir _ Lucius and Mr W . Armstronir were put into it also on their knees , but the shout ,

      was given , — 'RespectSir Lucius and Mr Robert ; boys , don't crush or hurt Sir Lucius . ' and thos >> in tlv river resisting , Mr Fishbourne fortunately escaped being drowned or trampled to death . Mr Studdert , by courage unprecedented , was determined to save tlie stranger or share his fate , and succeeding in tho former , hurried towards the police barracks , while tbe persons thus saving him received many of the blows intended for him . On airiving at tlie police barrack he got a jaunting car and drove away , escorted by Mr William Armstrong . The wh « -le town was one scene of uproar and alarm . Fires were lit on the hills around Newmarket on Tuesoav ni < -ht , as signals , it is said , for a vast assemblage of people to meet near Drumline .

      DALLINA . The working classes of society in this part of the country are every day falling victims to fever and dysentery in prodigious numbers . The workhouse too ia tho scene ofthe most awful mortality . It is reported that 220 persons are now ill within its walls . For the last few weeks the deaths which occurred there averaged between 40 and 50 a week .

      NENAon . The Popular Armauent . —The following placard has been extensively circulated through the above town during the assizes , and persisted in with impunity , in the presence of that judce who denounced it as au impudent and audacious document . A bellman was sent about the streets , awl the ' re < omraendations' given to the description of a long-barrelled gun , which-he carried on his shoulder as a specimen of those offered for sale , was , that it wnn ! d shoot a parson , a bailiff , or a proctor at 150 yardstake down a pay clerk at any distance . and * was a receipt in full for the November rent ! " The following is a copy of the placard—it is headed with a Queen ' s arms : —

      " "Vbebeas , Many evil-disposed persons avail themselves ofthe present scarcity ot food as a pret' -xt to com . mit acts of violence against property , and otherwise ( lis . turning the peace of the country , His Exci-Hen <' y tlie Lord Lloutenantis plcaeed to grant all Her Mnjesty's peaceable and loyal subjects , without distinction , tin- power to have and to keep every description of firearm * for the protection of the public peace , and likewise their onn homns and property , without any restriction , except an invoice or certificate ofthe person from whom the arms are purchased . Thomas M'Grade ia privileged by his Bicell- ncy .

      and fully empowered by the honourable Board of Excise , to offer for sale by auction t « the penceable inhabitants of this town , at tho house No . 80 , Castlw-street , five hunrtr >< d double and single barrel guns of various sorts , one thousand pair of pistols , warranted all double tower proof , finhundred thousand best percussion caps , and a larpe quantity of powder flasks , shot bags , and belts , wnsh rods , turn-screws , nipple wrenches , &? , "Sale tooonMnenceon Saturday , snd following days , "Thomas U'Okade , "licensed Auctioneer .

      " 4 , CASTLE St ,, P 0 UL 11 * . "U . B . —The auctioneer ' s Invoicois nil tbe license re quired by purchasers for keeping arm * . " CHIMB IN TlPPERAUr . The a ^ sizss for the North Riding have terminated

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      and , although there was no capital conviction , nc less than 52 persons were sentenced to transportation , for various periods , while at the January quarter sessions nearly 40 prisoners received similar sentences . ; "Thus ( says the Kpperary Vindicator ) , in the course of a few months , upwards of 00 individuals have been doomed to expatriation from one division of this great county . Crime is , indeed , truly deplorable , and we sincerely hope that the examples that have been made will have the good effect of checking its perpetration for the future . " BELFAST . March of me Pkstilcnce . —Fever continues to advance in Belfast . ^ From the 1 st t » the 25 th ult . inclusive , one district medical assistant sent 81 cases of fever into the hospital . Dysentery is increasing in all the districts , and the medical gentlemen consider it to be contagious .

      CARUICK-ON-SUANSOX . In the poor house here en Monday last , 20 dicd , and 15 tbe following day , and there are upwards of 300 cases of fever and dysentery in the house . The pestilence is so virulent , that tbe guardians have to hold their meetings in the Court-house .

      ATIILONS . Contagious disease is fearfully progressing in this locality . For some time past the poor have suffered severely from fever of the most virulent nature ; hundreds have alread y fallen victims to its influence , which is extending its ravages to the middle and npper classes , and from which the troops in garrison are not exempt . The cause of this epidemic must bs attributed in a great measure to the crowded state of the burial grounds , in which tho dead aro so promiscuously thrown , with scarcely a covering of earth—in fact , so near the surface that the / amiahed dogs arc literally dragging the bodies hardly decomposed from their resting place , and this cemetery is situated in the centre of a densely populated town , over whi- h , from the . causes mentioned , an effluvium ftVts sufficient to create a pestilence , and spread contagion throughout the country .

      BAHDOS . At a recent meeting of tbe guardians they closed the house against further admissions , in consequence of the increase of illness among the inmates . The doctors state as follow : — Number in hospital during the week ending 20 th March . Fever Females , 108—Males , 39 Diarrhoea Females , 71—Males , 28 Old and infirm ward Males , 22 -Females , 28 Total sick in male , female , and old and infirm

      wards , 335 ; besides 100 cases reported by the master and matron among the inmates afflicted with diarrhroa that would require hospital relief , making in nil 435 sick out of 1 , 096 in the house . The state of the town is daily becoming more alarming from the influx of the destitute from the country district ? , numbers of whom take up their abode in miserable huts in the suburbs . Private subscriptions aro becoming inadequate to meet the mass of misery and disease which exists . Deaths from want of sufficient food are numerous . Epidemic disease is on the increase .

      DViiLlx , An Election Hint .- ~ T 1 io result of the division on tho tst-ofjkio clause of the Irish Poor-law Amendment Bill has been received with great dissatisfac tion in Ireland , aud will probably lead to the expulsion from Parliament of several of the pseudo Irish patriots . It appears that of the entire Iwdy of Irish Members only fourteen voted against the Ministeiial preposition for placing the control and actual administration of the law in the hands of the Irish landlords , while nearly half that number voted with Ministers . The remainder of the '' patriotic band " were absent ; in other words , they were either traitors or cowards , and , as such , ample justice will be dealt out to them hereafter , should they be presumptuous enough to face the constituents they have so shamefully betrayed . Misgovbunmbst and its Epfects . — The return

      tide of immigration is beginning to set in , and will be in full force , as soon as the Poor Law Bill , sanctioning the principle of out-door relief , becomes the law of the land . The poor Irish , who have wandered in shoals to England , will then , as a matter of course , be re-shipped by the authorities in England to Dublin , Drogneda , & o . As the new measure gives no right of removal or settlement , these poor people , to the number of 40 , 000 orCO . OOO , will naturally locate themselves wherever landed , and the obligation of their maintenance devolve on those already sinking under the weight of daily accumulating burdens The steamers from Liverpool have already brought over about 600 destitute-looking creatures , who have arrived in sufficient time to be placed on tho parish lists now preparing under the directions of tho newlyformed committees for carrying out the provisions of the temporary Relief Act .

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      DESTRUCTIVE AND EXTENSIVE FIRES . Blackwall . — On Saturday last , Blackwall was visited by the outbreak of an extensive fire , at the large manufacturing premises of Messrs . Samuda , Brothers , the engineers and atmospheric patentees , situated in Crakerd-place , between Bow Creek and the East India Docks . The fire was first discovered by a private watchman , a few moments after six o ' clock , when a portion of the centre floor of a newly erec ed building , three stories high , was in flames . A vigorous effort was instantly made by the workmen , who had just assembled , to stop thefhmes , but without effect , and very little of the goods therein could le rescued from their ravages . An engine from the neighbouring glass-works was the first that arrived and got to work , but tbe flames quickly penetrated to tho top story , filled with patterns of a

      most costly character , and difficult to bo replaced , At the same time the fire descended into the lowei floor , used as the riveting department , and in a very brief period the whole of the immense building was wrapped in flames . The dock engines were quickly put into a working condition , but from there being no water-mains laid down in the district , their services were of little avail , the tide being down in the river . Subsequently Superintendent Braidwood with several engines arrived , and a powerful muster of firemen n-aehed the spot , but they were of little use , so great was the want of water , that until the tide rose they emild not be got into operation . At length the roof fell in with a fearful crash , carrying along with it all i hat remained of the floors , after which the front wall bulged considerably , and it was found necessary to set men to work to prop it up and prevent it

      topi-ling over into the street . Although every person exerted himself to the utmost , the fire was not wholly exinguished until late in the day . The origin of tne calamity cannot be accounted for . Two men were at work in the lower floor , as late as ten o ' clock on Friday night , and when tbey left they state that t . itt building appeared perfectly free from lire . The exact . - imount of damage is unknown , but it will no doubt reach several thousand pounds . The second flo < T , termed the store , contained prepared leather va u . a at £ 4 , 000 . The brass castings in the rivetins ; department were valued at nearly £ 1 , 000 , independently of the loss of iron blocks , tubes , and the valuable patterns . Insurances will partially cover the loss . The remainder of the manufactory , including the steam-works . and turning compartments were uninjured .

      N „ TtrisonAM . —A few days since a fire broke out in a hoii-e occupied by an old man of the name of Milter , residing in Fox-lane , Nottingham , which in a very » liort time left nothing but the outside walls Htauding . Miller is of penurious habits , but though po > si- « ed of several houses in different parts of the t > iwn , as well aa the one he occupied , he would not use a morsel of coal , and for the last three years has iiht pun-based an ounce of fuel , but has collected , wile * e he could , woud and shavings to burn . While milking a fire on Friday afternoon , about five o ' clock , a "park flew upon some shavings , and as the house and b d-chamber had large quantities of the ** con \ - busliMes in them , the flames soon raged with great fury The old man did not give any alarm , fancying he could extinguish the devouring element himself .

      lint ( to th < i fire soon made its way to the roof tho neighbours perceived it , and an alarm was raised . Every < fPirt was used , and the engines sent for , but in a short time every vestigo of furniture , & C , was d stvt . ytd . The roof fell in , and the house was completely gutted . The damage cannot be very well ascertained , as Miller is apparently half stupid , and will not answer questions ; but his deeds , papers , and considerable sums of money hid in the house must all ha"c been sacrificed . A month before the last abSiz-s Miller was robbed on the highway of £ 7 , but declined to appear before the Grand Jury to prosecute . Baron Parke ordered his recognizances to be estr-.-ated > o that he is now in a double difficulty , haviru £ 50 to pay to the Queen and his house burnt to the ground .

      MriisRious Fian . —Tho village ' of Ilanley Castle , between lJpt'in-oa-Severn and Malvern , in Worcestershire , was * tbr . > wn into a complete state of consternation at an early hour on Saturday last , by an alarm of fire . It soon transpired that the larmbiiildings on the premises of Mr Tomlinson , near to the Roman Catholic chapel , were on fire , and the Uj . tt :, engines were immediately sent for , but before their arrival , the destruction of the building in which the fire originated was complete . The Barn and imi-howe , however , were burnt down , and six cows and ntlicr farming stock were burnt in the ruiiis . The origin of the tire is quite a mystery , but rumours » f incendiarism are abroad .

      Infbbsal Machink . —A diabolical attempt ) has lati l > been made to fire tho large stack-yard oV Mr , -Ult-z . of the Bordsges , St . Saviour ' s , who has been recently released from prison for contempt of court . On remiivina a stack a few days ago on his premises , a bundle of cartridges of powder , bound together with slow-match , and covered with loose hay , was fnund uwdci neatli . The amadoux , or match , had evidently lieua lighted , but appears luckly to have hum i'Xi int . niched from being tuo tightly bound to the packet attached to it ; otherwise , no doubt , ono oi the l » rg < st * t 3 ckyards in Guernsey would have been reduced to ashes . — Guernsey Sun .

      Mkagre Diet-It is declared that Soyer must have pit paved the . New Prussian . Diet , for it U so like his soup—there ' s nothing in it . —Punch ,

      The Fast And The Famine By Wittiak Nowir...

      THE FAST AND THE FAMINE by wittiAK nowirr , "There were present at that season some th , u him ofthe Galileans , whose blood Pilate had Z k ] i with their sacrifices . And Jesus answering J u ** them . Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinm * . J" " all the Galileans because they suffered such thin " i « tell yNU , Nay : but except yo repent , ye shall all p ! * . * perish . Or those eighteen upon whom the tom ' Siloam fell , and slew them ; think ye that they wtr . ** ners above all men tbat durelt in Jerusalem t I ton Nay : but except ye repent , ye shall all likewise D S —Luke Xlli . I . Verily

      When This Paper Issues From The Prcm, Tb...

      When this paper issues from the prcM , tbe r ,,, claimed by Government for the avertance of the f i will be solemnizing ;„ . nd the remarkable word , »«?* above will bo In the act of utterance from ten tlZ . ' pulpit , throughout this country . What a scaneVH present to the eye of a just and discerning Heaven ' 7 prB >« against fanm , e _ a famine which the service ft tt . eocca . lon tells U 8 hai been inflicted b y God , nmll

      - "" - " 7 neni ' rom <»> e end to the other , 7 country so fertile , so wealth ,, so full of food , . an coumr , was since the foundation ofthe world Them fom ae-fierce , unprecedented , terrible fsminc-in I » laud ; the people perish , and are taken by a Ice andI , '' arm , aud are nun * into tbe earth , not dug d « enon !! toeov « . rthvm . There it famine in the Highlinilirt Scotland ; there Is famine in Manchester and them ™ fucturing districts : and does ft come from God ! Let th gmnaries of the united empire antwer that ! L ' tti corn ivhich is ioarded up—ay , even in Ireland in th ! very midst of these human horrors — answer it' Let on bonded-warehouses , Icadtd with corn till the floors at . obliged to be propped , waiting for a yet higher prt M aaswer that ! and let the Government , which hesitated u tear away the last rag of the infamous Corn-laws , aai bt corn come in free , answer it ; and finally , let « , ! speculator * In corn , and the hangers-oa for high prictl while their brethren in thousands , with their fnintinn !

      wives and famishing ; children , aro perishing before their eyes , go and put up at the footstool of God that fearful mocker j of a prayer . Nuvcrwas theresuch an awful instance ofthe darij . of » national hypocrisy exhibited before Heaven and th ' nations . There is no fact better known than that llie U in this country at thia moment food—abundant food q ( all kinds—for all its inhabitants j and the certain & sjur , ance of the arrival of more bow the winter in Araorlci and on the European continent has broken up : —and * dare to tell the God and Father of us all , whese eyes art continually going to and fro in the earth , and who look ( into <« ur naked hearts , that he tithe Author ofth « famine which is charing our brethren like smoke before the wind ! Instead of going to churches and chapels to

      mock God , and to insult our starring fello * . creature * , we should have gone to our ware ' , houses , and unloeked them * to the public gai , and have let the eye of the hungry feed itself oa the enormous stores there laid up . We should hart shown our corn , our butter , onr cheese , our rice our coffee , our teas , our American flour . We should ha »« poloud to our markets crowded with fatted cattle and sherp , and to the cattleon a thousand hills , and hare said , "Wthare sinned , O Godl in tbe sight of men and of thee , in tbat we bare withheld thy bounty from the suffering and tbe dying , from tbe father and the child , from the mother and her suckling ; but we stand re . bu '; eil , and cannot dare tobeap on thy holy name there , proach of our own hardened selfishness !"

      what ! are the Irish more wicked than the rest of us ? Are the Highlanders more wicked than we EngUah , who arerolling in down , and wallowing In every luxury ! Are the famishing people of Manchester and of Paisley more criminal than the Government who have brought about by their neglect and their selfish measure * for years oa years this d ; eadfut state of things !—more criminal than the speculators and extortionate landlords , the rcgraters and the wealthy indiffertnts ! No ! And If that be true , then it cannot be that these dreadful inflictions are thi inflict ions of G od . A just G od will send bis punishments on the guilty , and not on tbe innocent . If , as this form of prayer says , we are guilty , and that God has sent thia chastisement for us , why as it sot fallen onus ? Why has it fallen on the Irish and the Highlanders , and not

      on tbe EiiglUhaadtheLuwlaadml Why on tbe go . vern' <" , and not tb « governors Why on the poor , and not on the rich ! No . ' were it an infliction from Gud . bi assured it would have alighted elsewhere . It would hare fallen on the proud and lofty dwellings—on tbe palacs and the hall—and not on the cotUge and the cabin , It would h .-ivc fallen on the mis-governors , and not the misgoverned—on the exacting landlords and not on the exhausted tenants—on tbe haughty , and not on the humble—on those whose eyes stand out with fatness , and not ou those who are dri « d by famine into mere human locusts which , tbe first strong wind will sweep into the sea of Death . No ; it is not a rotten potato that can ruin and desolate a country—it is rotten government . What besi < les the potato has faiitd us , and that but partially ! Ni . ver were there finer crops than last autumn wared on tho plains of the united kingdom ! Let us

      hasten to put away this mockery of Heaven—this 'ham fnst on the best fish , and the richest pastry , on the finest desserts , and the moat delicious coffee , and on the strongest wines ; and let us remember that the poor of Ireland , of Scotland , and of England , bare buen fasting while we Iiave been feauing too long ; and if we will not do juM . penance for our wickedness , let us fast that tbey may feast . Where ia tbe man amongst us that will fast as a pour Irishman did the other day 1 He had been for weeks and months without work , and without half enough food , when a gentleman of our acquaintance set biin to a job ; and , to enable bim to begin it , placed before him cold beef , aad bread , and beer . But it was a Friday , the poor man was a Catholic , and in the midst of his ravenous hunger he turned away his eyes from the beef , and took only a piece of dry bread , and went to bis labour !

      Are these the men who have sinned , and for whom thia Affliction is sent ? And yet it is on these that it bas fallen . No ! it is a famine of ages and misrule ; a famine of heartless landlords , who have let four millions of Irish acres lie waste , while tkeir poor brethren had not food or work , and have charged them for what little plots tbey did allow them from £ 7 to £ 10 per acre ! Let us then pray in earnest , and let this be our prayer : let it be boueat , and hearty , and national ; let it be sent up from palace , and hall , and gay terrace , from shop , and cottage , and from under the hedges of a blessed spring : " O Lord God 1 the great and common father of us all , inspire us at least with a sincere desire to be what we have so long professed to be in vain—Christians , Look down into our hearts with thy bright and immortal countenance , and light up all tbe thousand retreats of our old aud inveterate hypocrisy , and put it aad us to utter shame . Make us coafeis iu dust and ashes that

      we havo never really believed in thy Son , whom tbou did fctnii down to teach us to love our neighbour as ourselves . To do justice , to love mercy , and to walk humbly before thee . Make us ushatued , O Lord , of our sclti'h maxims and practices of government ; make us ashamed of those great w . irs iu which wo bare slain the poor , and tnvi ' . 'hec ! thj neb ; in which we bar * heaped dangerous honours on those great warriors whom one of our poets has so justly styled , ' butchers in great business , ' thereby dreadfully increasing tbe cannibal thirst ot blood , Hake us ashamed of tbe debts that we hare heaped thereby ou the suffering poor , and on the wiegs of commerce ; aud which bow down our very women and children iu misery and endless labour ; which dry up the hope of lite in millions , and snatch the torch of knowledge out of their bittrr paths . Make us ashamed , O God of Truth , ofthe laws which we hare passed to fetter trode , aud make dear the necessaries of life ; and

      instead of rending our clothes as recommended In this form of prayer , { inspire us with a sincere determination to send them to the Irish , who have none to rend , no nor even to cover them , Make us ashamed , O Father of all life , that we have so misgoverned Ireland ; tbat we hare dealt lier such hard weasura ; tbat we have , from ago to age , refused to listen to her cries of distress , and to the cries of all the goo . l men who have , from « gc to age and year lo year , pleaded with us on her behalf . Make us heartily ashamed of our criminal neglect ; and that we have let thy heritage He Hk « a desert , when thousands of happy families might have lived and praised thee for thy bounties upon it . Make us blush and burn in shamo before tliee , tbat we have at length out-Heroded Kcrod , out-Ffaaraoed Pharaoh , and created a famine of locks ami warehouses , oi Corn Laws and other restrictions , of speculators and regrater > , and have dared to heap the reproach of it upon Thee . "

      Such is the prayer which as a nation we must send up , and that iu all sad sincerity , before we n . ay hope to be heard ; and before we shall have a response lither from Hearen , or the hearts of a great and wronged people . We must resolve , if we will put an end to the recurrence ofthe famine , which is now stalking not alone through Ireland , but through the manufacturing districts of England , to look Truth and God in tbe face—confess the errors of our policy , rend away the last rags of restrlctlre laws , and set our many millions of poor brethren In

      Great Britain and iu Ireland , to work on the neglected soil , to feed our rrtisans , aud thereby to set to work all our factories to clothe them . If wo did this , there need not bean idle band , or an unfed mouth , or an unclothed back , or an uninstructed mind iu this great empire . On this subject I have much to say , but at this moment I say only let us resolve to bo honest , and to let an honest peoplo have free scope for its energies , and w « shall hate laid the foundation of that new era , of great and general diffusions of labour and of employment , which must , ere long , come ,

      Abson.—J. J. Bond, Found Guilty Of Arson...

      Abson . —J . J . Bond , found guilty of arson at the recent Liverpo ol assizes , has been sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . AxUNiowaRD DRKAM . — A respectable auctioneer of Ch esterfield was so troubled a short time back with a dream , as led him to inflict upon himself * serious injury while under ifa influence . He dreamt that he was much troubled with a nutshell that bad become jammed between his teeth , and m > sirong wa » that impression that he tugged violentl y at the supposed shell to relieve himself from it ; awakening with his efforts , he found to his great const ernation that he had pulled out a sound double tooth , which had been the night before a firm-set and serviceable grinder , but which ho then held between higji ogfr and thumb . * . Lord C . J . F . Russell has beeen elected , withou t o ^ oft ' tvon , Mf . fov Betifordshire , iu the worn " ' the late lamented Mr Astell .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03041847/page/6/