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    6 THE NORTHERN STARm. January 4, 1851.

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    6 The Northern Starm. January 4, 1851.

    6 THE NORTHERN STARm . January 4 , 1851 .

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    Health cf London during the Week . — -The return for the week ending last Saturday shows that 1 . WC deaths were registered in the metropolitan districts ; in the first three wetks of December they ¦ were 1 , < KU , 1 , 090 , and 1 . 1 G 6 . This increase is considerable , and must be attributable in part to tbe character of tbe weather , which has been unfavourable to the public health ; but , as in ibe previous week , it is also due to some coroners' returns , which were not completed , as regards legistration , when the inquests w « re heS-1 , bat have been sccumulating till tbe end of the quarter . In the ten corresponding weeks of the year .. 1550 « , tbe returns varied fri-m 010 deaths in lS 4 "i , at a period of rather higher than the avtrase

    ttii-peia ' nre , to 1 , 403 in ISIS , when scarlatina and ty ; diu 3 - were rife , and cholera had begun , these epidemic * have succeeded to the influenza of ihe torruer jcais . Amongst children , however , ho ping cough , diarinc ? .--, and small-pox appear on tbe increase . The deaths from the first cf U : cse complaints were 01 , fr < -: n diar-l « ei ( princip-l'y amongst infants } 31 ; ivliiie * 2 . "i children awl 5 adults died of small-pox . Tins i ! . ss >;« e sill ! presses severely in Lis-cn Grove , t here it was agsh fa'al in seven casts I etwetn ihe 2 r't " i and 2 . V . h « . f December . Only one of ; Le sufferers . six « i rls and a b v , had apparently bi e : i vaccm-ited . With reference to a death ' . rem * n * ali-pi > x , without vaceimliun , which oeturnd to a bey in High-street , Si ; adwei ! , Vr . Rossobservsthat " lour outer

    children are sufferb g fioru the same complaint in the fcuv . lv ; the faiber refuses to give his c-V . dien the protection of the cow-pox , and such is the rfcull : but tbe mischief does not end litre , kr tbe deadly peisor . is di-svminatcd through the neiihbourl . o -d . ' Another death from sina' 1-pox without vaccination , is rec ided by the- 'am ? resistrar in a hiiiue at Elm-row , Shadwell , and here also " four «> ther children are suffering uul « r small-pox . the father entertaining objections to vaccination . " The registrar of Hagg < rstone West meivious a family at ILtfton . in which tbe wife , son , daugbtf r , and servant died of scarlet fev « r , all within a sh « rt period . A child in Chaptl-street , Woolwich , died , Etcoidiiig to the medical certificate , of " miasmanc poisoning . " Ti-e etas of" diseases cf the

    respirat « TV organs , " c nij . r . ' res Ia yngiiis . bronchitis , pleurisy , pneumonia , as'l . ma , and other diseases ol the " urnis . exclusive of phthisis , and numbers in this return 2 G 4 deaths , which is more than the average . Iron * . bronchitisthere « eve 12 ' ) , from pneumonia 90 ; tiie former showing an ucrease ou the previous week , the l & t'er a decrease . Tiiree deaths are ascribed to jrivst-on of feed < r clothing , 11 amongst children to want of breast n . iik , 2 to neglect , aud 2 to in'empc ranee . Ti : e death of a jiirl , aged 7 years , is reported Ly the medical attendant as caused by " bydroperic . ^ niiutn - fiuii * nroihced by a boy wearing a mask . "

    Til- births of CSS hoys a : < l 712 girls—m ell 1 , 370 ( Li ' urt n—were registered iu tbe week . The average oi five corresponding weeks in 1845-9 , was 1 , 12 ? . At tbe Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was about 30 in . on every day , except Wednesday . On Monday it rose to 2 > t Oof in . ! and ibe meau of the week was 30 ' 192 in . The : iie » si temperature of the week was 35 * 3 , which is nearly the average of tbe same week in seven years . On the first three days of the week , the mean temper ature was below the average ; during the remainder it was above it . The wind was principally in tbe south-west .

    Death from Starvation . —On Saturday evening 31 r . Waklcy , M . P .. held an inquiry of several hours' duration at the Three Johns , White Lion-* tre « -i , l ' ei . wnville , touching the death of John Berktcli , aged sixty , who was starved to death . Tun paroch'al authorities and a large number of rate-payers attended the ii quiry . tbe jury were horrified at the awful spectacle which the body prc-BemeJ . The body lay in a room at 4 $ , White Lionstreet , shrivelled r . n « J cramped up , on a heap of sacks . The shirt which deceased had on was purchased by a iicighbour who sold a sheet to enable her to

    been sleeping : sbout in carts and cellars until pcrjxnitted to occupy the empty room iu which he died . When in work his wages bad been sixpence a day . He hail been ill for some time . —Mr . Mann , the parish surgeon , said that he saw deceased on Christmas Day , on a parish order . He found him in a naked room , in an exhausted state , requiring not food but medicine . He wrote a certificate of tbe poor man ' s situation , and endorsed it" Urgent . ""Mr . Crowdcr , overseer , said be was in the workhouse when the order came , bat it was written so illegibly that he could not read it . —Tbe Coroner said that the surr , eon could have ordered nourishment . it once had l . e so chosen . —Mr . Crowder said he sent deceased a shilling aud a loaf . —The

    Corencr Mimmcd up , and the jury , after half an hour ' s deliberation , returned the following verdict : — " John llcckiiell died from exhaustion caused by the want of tbe common i ezessarics of life . And the jury beg to tell Mr . Mann that be is much t « blame for not having acted with promptness and precision , and for not having seen performed what should have been done for deceased . And they hope that in all future similar cases he will act with more promptness , and immediately order admission to the house . The jury further expect that Mr . Mann -wiil act upon these suggestions . " After the inquest , the learned and worthy ' coroner endorsed the summonses of tbe several poor witnesses who gave evidence with a certificate of their being j roper

    objects for parochial relief , which benevolent act was highly lauded by all present . I /> ss of Life by Fins . —On Saturday last Mr . H- M . Wakley held an inquest at tbe Duke of York , ""fork-place , St . John ' s Wood , on William Ball , aged four years , the son of Mr . Ball , architect and land surveyor , 12 , Elm Tice-road . Deceased was left for a short time by himself in the parlour when lie ocg . tn playing with the fire , and he was quickly enveloped in flames . The nurse , attracted by bis sci cams , soon extinguished the flames , but the little sufferer sustained such injuries that he only survived one day . Verdict , " Accidental Death . " * Death of a SrExninRin . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Wakley concluded , at the Old King ' s Arms , Shoit ' s-gardcns , St . Giles ' s , an adjourned inquest c » n Samuel Townsend , aged fifty , ' sou of the late 3 Ir . Townsend , well known at Tattersall ' s and on

    the turf , and celebrated as a horsedealcr . —James Brain , deceased ' s companion , stated that deceased was so destitute that he skpt in cellars , doorways , or any where he could . Oa the night of his death Le slept with witness on a bench ol a taproom in an unoccupied bcershop in Wyld-street , and before goii g to sleep complained of his condition , aud declared that he would destroy himself . Missing him in the middle of tbe night , witness went in search of deceased , whom he found lying dead iu ihe dustbole , his face buried in the dust . —It was further stated that in early life deceased drew a cheque for £ S , 000 on bis father ' s bankers , which he soon spent in folly and dissiration in Paris , after ¦ whi ch his family discarded him . —Mr . Bennett , surgeon to St . Giles ' s "Workhouse , deposed that he perforinc-1 a post mortem examination , and thatdeceased died of aneurism of the heart . —Verdict , " Natural death . "

    Suicide of a Prisoner is the Hoese of Deientios . —On Saturday last Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the House of Detention , Clerkenwcll , to inquire into the circumstances attending tbe death of Christian Schmidt , aged fifty , a German merchant , who commuted self-destruction by hanging himself in bis cell in tbe above prison . ' The deceased was charged at the Marlborough-street Police-court , on tbe previous day , with obtaining valuable property from Mr . A . Marks , silversmith and jeweller , of Fargafe , Sheffield , to the amount of £ 200 , by means of forged Austrian Coupons . He was remanded for a week to the House of Detention ,

    at which place he termiuated his existence . —I . lugcnteen , a sub-warder , said that on Christmas morning be opened the cell door , and found the deceased banging behind tbe door . He was suspended from the gas pipe by his scarf and some tape belonging to his drawers- His neck was close to the pipe , and his feet were about three inches from the ground . The deceased was quite cold , bet his arms were warm . There was a chair close to iim , from which he had thrown himself . The jury , who thought that some of the officials bad been to blame , returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased destroyed himself , but ia what state of mind there was no evidence . "

    Scicide w the Miilbask Prison . —On Monday an inquest was taken by Mr . Bedford , in the Miil"bank Prison , on the body of John Jones , aged twenty-two , whodestroyedhimself under very singular circumstances . —From the testimony of Capt . Gambler , R . N ., the deputy-goveruor of the prison , and tbe wardens , it appeared that the deceased was a watchmaker by trade , and was received there on the 5 th of July , having been sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to seven years' transportation after a previous conviction . On the ISth of October lie was observed by Capt . Garubier to be in a desponding state , and at his recommendation he was taken into the infirmary . Here his conduct was at times very strange ; he was exceedingly dirty in his irtbits , as some of tbe prisoners thought " with a view to obtain his liberty , and he would occasionally

    refuse his food , so that it had to be given by the ¦ warder . Ou tbe 24 th ult . one of the prisoners had his pardou sent , and before he went out a convict shaved him and put the razor iu a desk . The deceased alluded to the other having got his liberty , aud appeared to regret it was not his fate . He suddenly went to the water-closet , and ' it seemed he had taken tbe razor with him , for a minute or two after be was found with his throat dreadfully cut , froai which he died on the 27 th . When asked why Le had committed the rash act , he wrote on a slate , " Can ' t eat , that is what I have done it for . " Capt . Csmbier siated that it was contrary to the express rules of tbe prison for one prisoner to shave another , and a report of this case would be made to the inspector of prisons . —The jury then returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity " . " A second inquest was held on the bodv of Reuben Nottingham , aged

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    seventeen , a prisoner sentenced to seven years ' transportation , and the jury returned a verdict of " Natural death . " Death of a Child from Dovfr ' s Powder . — On Saturday last Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the George Tavern , Brewer-street , Golden-square , on the body of Laura Abrahams , aged one week , who was poisoned through the mistake of the nurse , who administered a powder intended for the mother , to tbe infant . The jury returned a verdict , "That the child died from the effects of an opiate , administered in mistake . ' '

    De . vtu from Burning . —An inquest was held on Samrdav last , before Mr . J . Payne , deputy coroner , at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on view of the bedy of Harrier , Smith , a poor woman , aged seventy-two , who received such frightful injuries from bet dress catching fire , as to cause her death in a few hours afterwards . Philip Jenkins , a compositor , wa * passing throug h Luke-street , Paul-street , Finsbu ' ry , on the 2-Jih ult ., when he was startled by observing a strons z ' are of lkht in a room occapb d by tbe deceaseil , ~ at "No- 11 , in the said street , lie looked through the window and saw that the table cloth on

    the table , ami something under the windo- " , were on fire . He imnied ' ately knoekt d r . t the door to alarm the in mates , and upon gaining an entrance , succeeded in extinguishing the table cloth which was on fire . Upon looking at tbe corner where the fire was rasing , he was horrified to find a woman , burnt in a mest shocking manner about the upper part of her person . She w .. s put in a cab and driven to theabove hospital , where she died within three hours of her admission . Evidence was given to show that the deceased was subject to fits . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "

    The Recent Collision' ox the Eastern Counties Railway . —James llolfield , the driver of the Enfield expiess train on the night of the 23 rd ult , when the accident occurred on the above line , was on Monday re-examined at Stratford , on a charge ol negligent driving . Several porters , guards , drivers , station masters , signal men , and others were examined , and at tbe conclusion of the evidence defendant ' s solicitor called upon the magistrates to dismiss the charge on the ground that the accident had resulted from the want of proper arrangements on the line , and notby thefaultof the accused . —The magistrates then retired , and after being absent about a quarter of an hour , they returned . —Mr . Cclton ( the chdrman ) said they had been anxious to elicit the

    whole facts of that very important case to the public , and he would give the company credit for their desire to assist in the fullest investigation and so arrive at a just and satisfactory conclusion . Although they did not entirely exonerate tbe defendant from some blame , yet they could not overlook tbe fact that express trains had been permitted to pass stations at a rapid rate without any notice being taken of them . And again the bench could not close their eyes to the irregular and rapid manner some of the trains were despatched , and at a time when punctuality ought to have been more observed than otherwise . It also appeared that there had been a laxity in carrying out the rules , and , indeed , it was stated that some of them could not be

    performed . He would not impute negligence to the company , butit was evident , from what had occurred , that there were other parties to blame as well as the defendant ; and taking into consideration that an express train was following him , the signals given at the junction , and the fact that trains had been permitted to pass over the junction at a quicker rate than was sanctioned by the rules , they thought that the defendant might have done what he did for the best . He was not sorry for the time the investigation had occupied , and he trusted that the facts elicited would lead to some important advantages . He bad the houour of knowing several of the

    directors , and he felt sure that they would be as anxious as themselves to adopt every possible precaution . They would not consider the question of despatching rIow trains after express trains , but how far they were justified in sending express ones immediately after slow ones , and how far their efficient arrangements would permit such a traffic . He again repeated that the bench did not exculpate the defendant from some blame , but seeing that others were not free from neglect , they felt , bound to dismiss the complaint , and the defendant was therefore discharged . { Some applause followed the announcement , but it was immediately suppressed . ) The proceedings did not terminate till late .

    Death of Mr . Osbalmstox . —The death of Mr . D . W . Osbaldiston , the well-known theatrical manager , and till lately lessee of the Victoria theatre , took place somewhat unexpectedly on Sunday afternoon about one o ' clock . Deceased , who was fifty-six years of age , had been ailing for three or four weeks , but hopes were entertained of his recovery until late on Saturday evening , when Mr . Robert- ' , his medical attendant , intimated to his family that the symptoms had assumed a fatal character . Mr . Osbaldiston has been manager of the Covent Garden , Sadler ' s Wells , Surrey , and City of London Theatres , and , as lessee of the Victoria , reproduced for tbe holidays the Christmas piece which had succeeded at the first mentioned theatre just fourteen years before . Miss Vincent , Mr . G . O .-baldiston , and Mr . Scarbrow , all of the Victoria Theatre , were with him in his last moments .

    The Marble Abch . —On Saturday last a number of workmen commenced pulling down the railings and the lodg e at Cumberland Gate , the entrance to Hyde Park from the top of Oxford-street . At the same time they began building a smith ' s forge and workshop , together with sheds for the accommodation of bricklayers and masons . On inquiry it was stated to be the intention to erect the marble arch which bad been taken from the front of Buckingham Palace upon this site . —Observer . Fire at St . Johx ' s Wood . —On Saturday afternoon last , shortly before five o ' clock , the neighbourhood of St . John ' s Wood was painfully excited owing to a very alarming fire breaking out in the private residence belonging to S . B . Hodganson ,

    Esq ., Xo . 5 , Hamilton-terrace . The disaster was occasioned by a brick having been left out of a flue of the adjoining house , which allowed the fire to rush into the second floor of Mr . Ilodgkinson ' s residence . Owing to the firm hold the fire had obtained before it was discovered , but few minutes elapsed before the flames shot in a huge body through the roof , and for some time tbe surrounding houses were greatly jeopardised . An abundant supply of water having been obtained , the firemen by great perseverance succeeded in extinguishing the flames , but not until the upper part of the building was burned out , and the lower part , with its costly furniture , extensively damaged by fire and water and hasty removal . The property was insured in the Royal Farmers ' Fire-office .

    Accident at the Crystal Palace . — On Saturday meriting last an accident occurred at the building in Hvde Park . A ma , named Smith , was at work at one of the gutters , when he fell to the ground , between fifty and sixty feet below . He was picked up in a senseless state , and conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where it was discovered that both his legs were fractured , and his head having come in contact with a prelection of the ironwork , one of his eyeballs was dreadfully injured ; but notwithstanding these and other injuries , great hopes are entertained of his

    recovery . Robbery . —On Saturday night last some expert thieves effected an entrance , it is supposed by means of skeleton keys , into the premises , 28 , Cravenstreet , Strand , and carried off a large iron chest , containing £ 65 in gold , £ 31 10 s . in silver , and several Bank of England notes . Thy must have had some difficulty in removing the chest , as it weighed several hundred weight . Attempted Murder of a Policeman in Holbobji * . —On Tuesday morning , shortly after one o ' clock , an attempt to murder a policeman was made by a man in High Holborn , nearly opposite Warwickcourt . It appears that Police-constable A 332 ( of tbe reserve force ) , was on duty near the spot

    indicated , when he observed a man coming towards bim apparently intoxicated . The next moment the fellow reeled up against the officer , who cautioned bim to be careful , and admonished him that he did not believe he was so drunk as he appeard to be . The man instantly turned round and threatened the constable if he interfered with him he would do for him . On the officer advancing towards him he became more violent , and exclaimed , " I have a stiletto here which you know nothing about—your life is in my hands , and if you touch me I will have it ; " at the same time brandishing his hands , and striking at tbe policeman . The conduct of the fellow was observed by two or three persons , and one of them , remarking that he had some bright weapon in his hand , warned

    the constable to be careful , and ran off to obtain additional assistance . Before he had gone many yards he met Police-constable 22 F , who , on learning the circumstance , hastened to the assistance of his comrade , who was still parrying with his assailant . Relying on their joint power they closed upon the fellow , and , during a violent struggle which ensued , the villain stabbed Police-constable 22 F . in thegroin . The poor fellow cried out that he was stabbed , and the other constable , being assisted by two or three bystanders , succeeded in securine the prisoner , who was immediately taken to Bow-street police station . On being charged before Inspector Dodd , the prisoner first gave his name as Charles Dunn , and afterwards stated it to be Charles Smith . He refused to give any other account of himself , and behaved with great

    violence while the witnesses were giving their testimony . The names of the witnesses are George Crow , a sailor boy , of No . 4 , George-yard , Whitecbapel ; and Mr . Alfred Brimble , of King-street , Holborn . The latter picked up and produced an open clasp knife , about fi veinchesin length , which fell from the prisoner during his scuffle with the officers . The wounded policeman was conveyed in a cab to King ' s College Hospital , where , on a surgical examination , it was ascertained that he had received a wound in thegroin , about an inch and a half long and two inches deep , from which the blood flowed profusely . The house surgeon stated that , had the knife entered an inch lower , it would have sever ed the femoral artery , and instant death must have ensued . On Tuesday , at the Bow-street Police Court , Charles Harden , p . respectably dressed young man , aged

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    twenty-six , who gave the name of Dunn when at the station , and who said he was the landlord of the Somerset House beershop , No . 101 , John-street , Tottenham-court Road , was charged with feloniously stabbing Calip Davis . Police-constable No . 22 , F division , with a clasp knife , while in the execution of his duty . The evidence of the police , and other witnesses , corroborated the above statement , and the prisoner was remanded until Saturday ( this day ) . The prisoner sdd he was so drunk that he could not tell what he did . It was stated that the policeman was so ill , that be would be unable to attend for some time .

    Madness and Bankruptcy . —On Saturday last Mr . Hamber , the messenger to the Court of Bankruptcy , reported to the Court that a bankrupt , named Ephraim Gonboit , had died raving mad that morninv . Ephraim and George Godbolt were builders and carpenters , at 14 and 15 , College-walk , Che ' sea . and on Thursday last were made bankrupts , for a debt due to Mr . Joseph Lambert , merchant , of Pim ' ico-wharf . Notices of adjudication were served upon thy bankrupts on Friday evening . The bankrupt . Ephraim Godbolt , bad previously laboured under ill health ; and the fact of having been made a bankrupt produced such a shock upon the nervous system , that he expired in a state of raving madness on Saturday morning . The first meeting appointed to be held , under the bankruptcy , for the choice of assignee and pr-of of deb's , is the 11 th instant .

    Death from Alleged Fright . —On Wednesday a long inquiry was taken by Mr . Bedford , the coroner , at the Anchor and Star Tavern , Warwickstreet , Regent-street , as to the death of Mrs . Ann Wheeler , aged thirty-four , which was alleged to have been caused under very extraordinary and cruel circumstances . It appeared the deceased resided with her husband , who is in the employ of Messrs . D . and J . "Sieoll , of Regent-street , in Leicester-street , Regent-street . The day before Christmas-day a hamper was sent to him , which he supposed to be from the country , and his wife , who was enceinte , opened it . At the top was straw , then shavings , two bricks , and at the bottom , a large dead black cat . She was much alarmed at

    the time , and . called some one in to witness it . In the evening he ment ' oned the circumstance to a friend of his , when tho deceased fainted , became very ill , and was put to bed . Delirium came on , and she was seen by Dr . Wcgg , of Maddos-strcet , but it was found almost impossible to keep her in 1 cd , from the strange nature of her madness , and she died on Saturday night . A post mortem examination of the body was made , and all the viscera of the stomach and chest were healthy , but on opening the head , matter was found to be formed on the arachnoid membrane of the brain , which clearly accounted for death . Dr . Wcgg was of

    opinion that the time from the opening the basket to the period of her death , about seventy-six hours , was sufficient for the formation of the matter , but it was very difficult to say . Some evidence was gone into as to the sender of the hamper , but nothing positive was elicited . Tlie coroner said he was not sure , if the party sending the hamper had really believed at the time that , the fright at opening it would have produced death , he would not have been guilty of murder . There was no positive evidence what had produced the inflammation of the brain , and lie must leave the case to the jury . An open verdict was returned , that the deceased died of inflammation of the arachnoid membrane of the brain .

    Loss of Life by Fire . —On Wednesday an inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at St . George's Hospital , on the body of Anna Maria Taylor , aged six years , who resided with her mother , in the Kew-road ; and on Christmas Day , at a party , one of the children threw a lighted piece of paper on the deceased ' s frock , which , being of muslin , soon ignited , and in a few seconds all her clothes were burnt from her . She was dreadfully injured about the face , neck , breast , and arms ; and , being taken to the above hospital , died there the next day .

    Suicide in St . Bartholomew s Hospital . —On Tuesday , Mr . W . Payne held an inquest in St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of David Spikesly , aged thirty-six , who committed suicide in that institution , under the following circumstances : —The deceased was admitted in October last , suffering from paralysis of the spine . He went on well , but was very low-spirited . On Monday morning , about half-past three o ' clock , the night nurse heard a strange noise proceeding from deceased ' s bed , and , on going to learn the cause ,

    she found that he had cut his throat in a frightful manner , with a pocket knife . The sister of the ward tried to stop the hemorrhage , when deceased attempted to get his hands up to pull open the wound . He lived only ten minutes after committing the act . The wife of the deceased , who resides at Hatfield , came up by railway on Tuesday to take her husband home , thinking he was cured , when , on her arrival at the hospital , she was made acquainted with his death . The jury , after consulting together , returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

    Death of Mr . "W . Srguin . —Weregrettoannounce the death of this eminent singer , which took place on Sunday last , after a short illness . Mr . Seguin ' s professional attainments are well known to the musical world . Possessed of a fine base voico , ho was a sound musician , of pure and cultivated taste , and especially distinguished as a performer of sacred music . Bis untimely death at tho age of only six-and-thirty , will be much felt , as the loss of an accomplished artist , and a worthy and amiable man . Cardinal Wiseman has received autograph letters of congratulation from their Majesties the Queens of Spain and Portugal , completing the number of the Catholic Sovereigns of Europe who have addressed his Eminence on occasion of his appointment . WVSvfsft / l ^ ' ^ v ^ r ^ te *''' - * *¦ - *** - ** '• " " *¦*

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    Forged Bank Notes . —A forgery has been committed on the £ 5 notes of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company . A number of these notes have been passed at Derby ( where two persons are in custody on the charge ) , at Newark , and other places . The forgery is lithographed , and is exceedingly well done ; but the paper isVery inferior . None have yet been met with purporting to be issued from any of the branch banks ; but they all bear the signature of " T . II . Smith" and " H . W . Wilcockson . " Persons accustomed to the genuine note will easily detect the forgery .

    Dariso Burglaries . —Two men were apprehended on the 27 th ult on suspicion of having committed , in the early part of the week , two burglaries on the borders of Essex and Herts , which , though not serious as regards the property carried off , were of a most daring character . The first was in the house of a person named Law , at Furncaux Pelham . Law is in the employ of a lady near by , and in consequence of the alarm of robbers which prevailed was staying at her house to help and protect it if attacked . At midnight his wife was called up and summoned to open the door for

    tbe gang , and on her refusal tbe window was smashed in and two men entered , who forced her to her bed , and nearly smothered her beneath the clothes and pillows , which they heaped on her to prevent her giving an alarm . They then ransacked the house , carrying off a quantity of food and apparel , and some money . On the night following they attacked the bouse of tbe farm bailiff on the estate of Mr . R . Dawson , at Allbury , openly smashing in the front door and ransacking the rooms . On their leaving the bailiff endeavoured to give an alarm from the window , when two guns were discharged at him .

    The Rectory of St . Mary ' s , Southampton . — This valuable living , recently vacated by tbe rcsignation of the Earl of Guilford , has been presented by tbe Bishop of the diocese to the Venerable Archdeacon Wigram ( not Wragham , as stated by a contemporary last week ) , who will shortly enter on bis duties . Arrangements are in progress for dividing the immense parish into four or five districts . Papal Aggression . — County Meeting at HuniiNGTON .-On Saturday last , in pursuance of a

    requisition to the high sheriff signed by 150 of the principal laity and gentry of the county , a crowded meeting was held in tbe Sessions Court at the Town Hall , to consider an address to be presented to her Majesty on the late proceedings of the Bishop of Rome . J . Lawrence , Esq ., under-sheriff , presided . The Earl of Sandwich , Earl Fitzwilliam , the Rev . W . M'Ghee , the Rev . Mr . Baines , Mr , Bright } - ( a Dissenter ) , took part in the proceedings , which resulted in the adoption of an anti-Papal address to the Queen .

    Alleged Manslaugh ter at Bristol . —A man named Thomas King , an in-patient of the Royal Infirmary , died on Friday week under circumstances , which have induced suspicions that his death was the result of injuries inflicted on him b y some lumpers on the quay . The deceased , who was a quay porter , had been , it is stated , so generally patronised in his business as to excite the jealousy of some of the men working in the same vocation , in the early part of last month ho got into an

    altercation with some of these fellows , who attacked him , and much ill-used him , inflicting some injuries of the head . The poor man went on till the 17 th ult ., without applying for medical relief . Upon that day , however , he felt himself so unwell that he went into tbe infirmary , where he was carefully treated by the faculty , but died of delirium , which it was thought probable was induced by the injuries . The deceased stated to his father-in-law that he should die , and that his death would have been caused by the maltreatment he had received on the

    occasion in question . Puseyism in Leeds . —The Bishop . of Ripon is taking very decided measures for checking the prevalent Puseyism in his district . Some days ago the incumbent of Shadwell was ordered to desist from certain Papal practices within his church , and during tbe past week the still more notorious St . Saviour ' s Church ,. Leeds , has been specially under

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    his lordship ' s consideration , and has led to severe measures against the priests . The bishop baa ordered the Rev . Mr . Rookc to desist from taking any part in tho performance of divine worship in any episcopal church within the diocese ; and * has threatened the Rev . Mr . Beckett ( another of the curates ) with the same sentence within fourteen davs unless he can satisfactorily justify his conduct . The Rev . Mr . Minster , the vicar , has likewise received notice that further steps will be taken in reference to his church .

    Another Plate Robbery at Nottingham . —On Monday last the neighbourhood of Goosegate , "Nottingham , was excited in consequence of tho shop of Mr . John Lamb , pawnbroker and general salesman , having been entered during the night and the following valuable property stolen : —Between forty and fifty gold and silver watches , sonic pieces of plate , a number of watch chains , brooches , and jewellery of every description ; in fact , they cleared the place of almost every thing valuable . This is the most extraordinary robbery that has taken place here lately . The thieves effected an entrance throimh tho roof of the house , and as Mr . L'imb does not sleep on the premises , thoy had full play at everything . There was a large bull-clog in one of the rooms' ! which they cut and maimed m the most brutal manner , thereby silencing the animal and disabling him from biting them . The neighbours arc quite alarmed , as there have been four robberies of this class within the last month .

    The York and North Midland IUilway . Accident . — The inquest over the bodies of the three men killed by the collision at the Old Milford Junction a week ago was hold at South Milford before M . Pearson , Esq ., of Selby , coroner , and a respectable jury , on the 27 th ult . The jury could not agree , and after some deliberation were dismissed , on their own recognisances of £ 40 each , until Monday . On that day they re-assembled at the White Swan Inn , at noon , when they returned a verdict of manslaughter against the guard of the luggage

    train , part of wnich it will bo remembered broke away on a strong incline , and came into collision with a passenger train , just emerging from a siding at the Old Milford Junction , the result being that the driver an I stoker of the passenger train engine and a pointsman were killed upon the spot . The neglect of the guard was in not having brought his break-van with him , when tho engine came back to fetch the second portion of the luggage train , which had been divided ; and ho also rode upon the engine , where he had no right to be . Suicide in the Manchester Borough Gaol . —

    An inquest was hold in the Manchester New Prison on Monday before Mr . Ilerford , coroner , upon the body of a man who was supposed to have committed suicide under the influence of tho solitary system of confinement there practised . Tho name of the deceased was Obadiah Tunicliffe , aged twentyone years , and he had been committed to prison in default of bail which he had been required to find on the 18 th of December for assaulting his wife . On the 27 th of December he was left in his cell , in solitary confinement , at ten o ' clock in the morning by the warder , and in consequence of the sub-warder of the corridor in which his cell was situated being absent at the sessions court , there was no officer in attendance for upwards of two hours and a half in that corridor . On the return of the

    warder , he was passing by the door of the prisoner s cell , when lie found ' the band plate of the door turned up , and thinking there was something remarkable in the circumstances he unlocked the door . lie then found the unfortunate man suspended by tho neck from a gas-pipo at a point whore it is about three feet six inches ^ from the floor , quite dead . The deceased had thrown himself into a partly recumbent position to effect his destruction . The jury made some inquiries to ascertain how far the system of punishment adopted in the gaol might account for the rash act , and with that view , Mr . Walker Golland , the official medical man and the Rev . P . J . O'Leary , tho gaol chaplain , were examined . —Mr . Golland said the

    deceased had been subject to epileptic fits , and had been attacked with one on the Monday before his death . He wasofopinion that there wasnothingin the system of discipline adopted in the gaol ( tho silent system ) , to lead to attempts at self-destruction , unless after a year and a half or two years' confinement , when , if it was found that despondency or disease ensued , it was a rule to relax the system . — The Rev . P . J . O'Leary said he had sometimes noticed despondency from compunctious visttitigs of conscience , which were more likely to operate in solitary confinement , and in such cases had reported it to tho officers , that they might remove the means of self-destruction . An officer in tbe gaol named Andrews said ho saw the prisoner that morning at twenty minutes past nine . The prisoner had rung his bell , and he ( Andrews ) had answered it . His object was to ask for work , and witness

    told him ho would send an officer to supply it . The governor of the gaol was questioned by the coroner and jury as to bow long tho prisoner was out of his cell each day for recreation , and he replied that each prisoner was out of his coll three-quarters of an hour at chapel , and one hour for exercise , in the twenty-four hours of each day ; but he was not allowed to communicate with other prisoners during those periods . Ho had sin < S 6 Ascertained that tho prisoner had not tho use of a bible or other book in his cell . _ The jury , after being left alone to consult upon their verdict , handed a written paper to the coroner , in the following words : — " Self-destruction . As to the state of the prisoner ' s mind , there was no evidence to show ; and the jury wish to express an opinion that solitary confinement seems unjust when a man is waiting bail for a common assault . "

    Attack upon the Hon . and Rev . G . Spencer . —On tbe 27 th ult ., whilst the Hon . and Rev . Mr . Spencer ( Father Ignatius ) was passing from St . Patrick ' s Chapel , Park-road , when opposite Albertstreet , Liverpool , he was assaulted by two men , one of whom cast his his arms around his neck , whilst the other tripped him up . One of the party subsequently at ' empted to kick the rev . gentleman whil-t he lay on the ground , but was prevented by a female , who struck him a severe blow with a basket across the head . A few blowes passed between the attacking party and some by-stmders , but the arrival of the police put an end to this disgraceful scene . A constable accompanied Mr . Spencer from tho spot to protect him from further violence .

    The inhabitants of Sunderland , at a meeting last Monday , determined to memoraliso Lord Palmerston to use his influence with the French Government to effect an equalisation of the duties on coals imported into France , which impose a proportion of five times the amount on British coals , being seaborne , to what is imposed on Belgian coals , being inland borne . Attempted Murder of a Wife bt her Husband and Suicide of the Husband . —Very early on Monday morning , about three o ' clock , the inhabitants of Upper North-street , Bri ghton , and its neighbourhood , were alarmed by piercing cries of "Murder" and " Police , " and in a short time the police discovered at the spot whence the cries

    proceeded the dead but still bleeding body of a man , stretched on his back in the middle of the road . One of the nei ghbours , Wootton by name , was tho first on the spot , and at his request , Mr . Richardson surgeon , promptly made his appearance . His aid , however , was unavailing . The man had suffered from a fatal wound which severed the windp ipe and principal arteries , and death must have been instantaneous , or nearly so . The deceased was named William Henry Marshall . He was a butler out of place . His last engagement was in the family of Captain Preston , a magistrate , where it appears he was not comfortable , and his wife states that he had several times stated his apprehension that he should in consequence take his own life . This service he had left about ei ghteen months , and ever since he

    had been in a low way . Within the last few days he bad obtained temporary employment in the family of Mr . Lawrence . Here he had conducted himself remarkably well j he appeared elated at the circumstance of his having at length obtained employment , but Mr . Lawrence believes that he neither slept nor drank during the time he was in the house . He was as usual on Sunday night ; and at eleven o clock turned off the gas from the main . At three o ' clock in the morning of Monday the wife of the deceased was awoke by a knocking at the door , and having descended the stairs and ascertained that her husband was at tho door , she admitted him into tho house . On opening the door she observed that her husband was almost in a state of nudity . He was even without bis trowsers . " What did he return home for in that state ?* ' she inquired . He replied , " To kill you ;" and suiting the action to the word , he seized her

    by the shoulders , and then grasped her throat . Nearly naked as she was , she rushed into the street followed by her husband , who caught her in the middle of the road . They there struggled together till she fell , and he upon her . She raised the cry of "Police , " and a lodger that of " Murder and thieves , " and tbe wife then effected her escape . As she ran off she saw a razor in his hand , and he having raised himself , again fell . She then returned to him , and found the blood gushing from a large gash iu his throat , and a razor lying beside him . By this time assistance came to the spot , and the surgeon was sent for , and soon arrived , as stated above ; but death speedil y followed the infliction of the wound . An inquest was held in the evening at the Windmill Tavern , before S . H . Gell , Esq ., coroner for East Sussex , when the above facts having been elicited in evidence the jury returned a verdict of Temporary derangement .

    Poisokino at Southampton . —On the 27 th ult . a lad named William Wren was charged with attempting to murder the famil y of Mr . " Clarrage a gentleman ? esiding at Millbrook , by mixing poison in some milk which he was intrusted to take round It appeared that the milk was observed to be of a bluer cast than usual , which induced Mrs . Clarrage to send it back'by Wren , and she told him to inquire whether skim milkfezd not been sent instead of new E 9 & iauaeA 9 m > aUmtarfo , and said the milk was

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    quite fresh . Something was found floating on the Surface , and . the lad appearing confused , he was given into custody . On the way he dropped a piece of paper , on which was written the word " Poison . " The poison , it was subsequently found , had been mixed in the milk * , and , from the fact of its being required to make a pudding , the whole family had evidently had a narrow escape . The pnsoEer was remanded . „ v „ . ~ The Condemned Convicts at Iork . —The Governor of York Castle has received a reprieve from the Secretary of State for the two culprits , Goddard and Whitaker , who were left for execution by Mr . Justice Patteson , at the last assizes , for an abominable offence at Lockwood , near UudderstieUt . It

    Falmoum .-Oh Friday last the Mayor and . R . Broad , Esq ., J . P ., sat at the Guildhall , to hear the complaint of Mr . James Rodger , master o the ship Sobaon , against sixteen of the crew of his vessel . The master said that the seamen had been shipped on December 7 , at Liverpool , to proceed in his vessel thence to Bombay , and back to England , the voyage not to exceed two vears . From stress of weather , and having had the misfortune to suffer damage , she put into this port . On the 25 th , and on tbe day following , the men refused in a body to do duty , and although it was not intended on the Christmas day to keep the men at work , yet they refused even to pump the ship out , and he was asked by some of them for their discharge . These men bad received

    advance notes at Liverpool , of which , although ! one was d-tted payable ten days after sailing , and the other was payable sixty days after their departure , the sailors had had the advantage of both notes , by allowing a discount on the latter notes . To corroborate the master ' s complaint , David Low , the chief officer , was examined , when , after the kindest expostulation from tlie bench to the men to induce them to return to their duty , the following w ere committed to the boniudi gaol for thirty days : —Chares Moffatt , Alexander M'Farlane , James Sidmore , John Springham , and James Kelly . The following for twenty davs-.-George Coles , John Buwey , Ham * Rowett , Martino Brown , Henry Hanna . The following for fifteen days : —Charles M'Carc , Henry Manning , Peter Craft , Charles Appleby , and Arthur

    IlirVfiV Affray with Poachers at Eastwell . —On the morning of Christmas-day , at about half-past two o ' clock , as William Peach , head gamekeeper to Lord Winchilsea , with his son , Thomas Peach , accompanied by a young man named Scott , who was on a visit to Peach , were on the lookout in his lordship ' s preserves , Eastwell Park , they heard the firing of guns . They went in the direction where the shots were firing , and soon came up with a body of men . about nine in number , armed with guns . Young Peach seized one of them , who bad a gun in his hand , upon which a scuffle ensued , the poachers endeavouring to rescue their comrade , whose name is George Ranes . The old man Peach , who is sixty

    years of age , endeavoured to keep the gang back , by intimidation , but to no purpose , and upon calling upon them to stand back several times , to which they paid no heed , Peach , who carried a bayonet on the end of a stick , stabbed two of tho poachers , and threatened to shoot at the gang if they did not desist . This had the desired effect , and they decamped , leaving Ranes in custody . Superintendent Gifford soon received information of the affair , and in the course of the day apprehended a man named Darrell , at Wye , who was wounded in the hand , and who had in his possession a loaded gun . He also searched the house of a man named Edward Ranes , of Withersden , brother to George , and there found a smock frock , jacket , and tiwsers smeared

    with blood , and fifteen wires used in snaring hares , also a powder flask containing powder . Ranes and Darrell were examined on Thursday , at Mr . Furley ' s office , before W . Burra , Esq . and the Rev . N . Toke , and sentenced to three months' hard labour , and at the expiration of that time to find securities to be of good behaviour for the following six months . From directions which the superintendent gave to the constables of Wye , they succeeded in apprehending the whole of the remainder of the gang , who were examined before Dr . Carter and W Barra , Esq . ; four of them were discharged on recognisances , and two of them , named Barham and Itanes , were remanded for further evidence . Ranes has a bayonet wound in his thigh . Some of the gang are noted poachers , and great credit is due to Superintendent Gifford , for the exertions which he has used in causing their apprehension , and for the

    assistance rendered by him to tbe constables . Prize Fighting in Surrey . —At the meeting of the Surrey magistrates on Tuesday , a lengthened discussion took place with reference to tho conduct of tho South Western Railway Company , in giving a special train for the use of the combatants and their friends on the occasion of the recent fight between the Tipton Slasher and Paddock . One of the magistrates , Mr . Scott , who is also a director of the company , on the part of that body stated that they bad no knowledge of the purpose for which the train was used on the occasion referred to , and gave an assurance that no facility for a similar " demonstration" should be hereafter afforded by the railway authorities . On the faith of this assurance the indictment for a misdemeanour has been withdrawn ,

    New System of Robbery . —On Monday evening last , about five or six minutes before seven o ' clock , as Mr . Barlew , who resides at Patricroft , was proceeding to the Victoria Railway-station , Manchester , in order to go by the seven o ' clock train , while proceeding along Todd-street , on the opposite side of the street , and nearly opposite the Cathedral School , he perceived some one rapidly approaching him from behind , and immediately a right arm was flung round his neck , and tightly compressed by tho thiei ' s other hand grasping the right wrist . This is described as being most powerful in producing instantaneously the first symptoms of strangulation , stopping the breath , and inducing speechlessress and almost utter prostration of strength . Per severed in for a little time death would , doubtless ensue . In tho present case , no sooner had this human bow-string been applied than two accomplices appeared in front of Mr . Barlow , one of whom

    snatched his watch from his vest pocket , and jerked the guard chain , a silver one of more than ordinary strength , with such force as to break it , and possessed himself of the watch . The other took a sovereign from some cash in Mr . Barlow ' s pocket ; but , fortunately , at this moment , before the robbery had been completed by rifling other pockets , Mr . M'Clure , who was about to proceed by the same railway train , came up , and the thieves hurled Mr . Barlow down , his head and face striking the wall with great force , and ran off in different , directions . As Mr . M'Clure saw them throw Mr . Barlow down , he pursued and overtook one of tbcm , but was unable to detain him , and all three escaped . Mr . Barlow has since been very ill from the effects of the outrage ; he has not yet recovered his voice ; his throat is much swollen and his head hurt , and he has suffered repeatedly from attacks of spasms , caused by the strangulation to which he was only for a few seconds subjected .

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    The Late Dr . E'Fadyen , of Jamaica . —We observe that this gentleman is among those who have fallen victims to the appalling ravages which cholera hasbeen making in Jamaica . Dr . M'Fadyen was t " «*»« of Glasgow , and son of the late Air . J M iadyen , well knwn as the oldest music-seller i * Scotland . The doctor went to Jamaica in 1824 . Having been highly respected by all classes , his death would have been deeply regretted under any circumstances ; but falling , as he has done , under the heavy professional labours imposed on him by the prevalent epidemic , his removal has affected all with ateehngof peculiar sorrow . Dr . M'Fadyen was a member of the Linntean Society of London , and had attained much distinction as a botanist . He was author of the well-known "Flora" of Jamaica , a new edition of which he was preparing for press when be was suddenly cut off . —Daily Mail .

    Employment for the Barra Highlanders . —The poor Barra Highlanders , to whom the Edinburgh night asylum has afforded shelter and support for the last ten days , have been offered employment by Mr . William Dunn , contractor , East-Calder , who has undertaken the management of extensive drainage and trenching operations on waste land , on the estate of a nobleman in the north . From what we have learned of the contract there is reason to expect that the employment will continue for a very considerable time . —Scotsman . The Bishopric of Moray and Ross . —We understand that the Right Rev . D . Low , L . L . D ., Bishop of Moray and Ross , has intimated his resi gnation of that office—his advanced years and increased infirmities having rendered him unable fer the due discharge of his duties . —Elgin Courant .

    Right of way at Hawick . —Great excitemen t has prevailed at Hawick regarding proceedings connected with the shutting up ' of a path by William Laidlaw and Sons , which has been opened from time immemorial . Earl y on Saturday morning last , when the work people were passing by the usual way , thev found that the road was boarded up , and that no path was provided for them . On ascertaining these proceedings , a band of work people armed themhl ^ T ! Bledge bammers and P icks and demolished the barrier . In consequence of these proceedmgs , fresh litigations are commenced F

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    The late Mr . Raphael , M . P — The Lublin Evening Mail contains tbe following - " Tho " hte member for St . Albans died without : signi g £ ? nAf A . ? femng th ? , cl , urchcs at Kingston ana St . Albans as well as Prior-park , near Bath , to the Cardinal The delay » said to have been caused by the Cardinal ' s objecting to Mr . Raphael naming the clergyman , and the result is that he has gat about . £ 70 , 000 worth of property . Mr . Raphael s sister died on Sunday , so that his nephew comes in for all . The personal property has been sworn at £ 250 , 000 and the landed property is estimated at 2 , larger figarc ,

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    Pros pects of Imfkovkment . — Tho Christmas season has afforded a pretty accurate mode of testing the condition of the people , and of comparing the purchases of necessaries and luxuries with those of the preceding four years of unexampled suffering and depression . Doubtless a great deal of distress still prevails , which is fully shared with tbe humbler classes by the encumbered landed proprietors and many of their creditors ; but it now appears to bo admitted upon all hands , that the condition of the hulk of the town population is gradually and steadily improving . The Cork Reporter has an exceedingly

    gratifying statement of the symptoms of reviving prosperity exhibited at the Christmas markets , The accounts from Belfast are still more satisfactory , showing increasing prosperity in this fine com * mercial and manufacturing town , which had suffered comparatively little distress in the wor & t period of the famine . Tho Banner of Ulster states that " so extensive are tbe building speculations in Belfast and its vicinity for the next year , that much additional ground suitable for brick-making has already been broken . In one new line . of itrcetalonc , building contracts to the amount of between £ 20 , 000 and £ 30 , 000 ( including that for the new Corn Exchange ) will be commenced early in spring . "

    The Queen ' s Colleges . —Comparatively little attention has latterly been given to the progress of the Queen ' s Colleges , in consequence of the excitement produced by the agitation now in progress in Enaiaud , and which , it had been supposed , would prove detrimental to those institutions . No such effect , however , is yet apparent ; on the contrary , the colleges are steadily proceeding , with an increase of Roman Catholic students , even at Galway , where the system of mixed education has received tho most decided opposition . Rj-rKESESTATION OF THE ClTY OF LIMERICK . —

    There is a chance that Mr . John O Connell will not retire from Limerick after all . The Limerick Reporter has the following announcement : — " At this moment an active and energetic movement is on foot to enable Mr . O'Connell to go to Parliament and fight the good fight for the civil and religious liberties of ' his fellow-religionists menaced by an apostate and unprincipled Minister . That his pecuniary moans are contracted is well known to all men . Many causes have conspired for some years to interfere with the proverbial generosity of our countrymen , and their ardent attachment to the memory of the great O'Connell ; but we are certain that in Limerick the . ever true and faithful citizens who stood by his father in the worst of times will remove every obstacle that may lie in the way of Mr . John O'Connell ' s taking his seat in Westminster on the opening of larliament ; and

    in the language of Mr . Lisle Phillips , showing to the world that the spirit of Ireland is not asleep when the religious immunities which O'Connell wrested from the reluctant grasp of a hostile Cabinet are in peril . " Reduction of Rents . —The provincial journals announce further reductions of rent , which arc described as quite satisfactory to the tenantry . The immense emigration which , even in mid-winter , is continued in some districts , has had a decided influence in bringing about a better understanding between the owners and occupiers of the soil . The landlords , in fact , find it necessary , by reasonable and prudent concessions , to encourage their tenants to remain in the country , and at the same time to deprive the Tenant League of their strongest arguments for agitation , Those reductions extend to most parts of the country , to the "Soft ' h as well as to the South .

    The Late Insurrectionary Movement . —It appears , by an official correspondence in tho Galway Vindicator , that the Lord Lieutenant has relieved that district from a prohibitive proclamation , issued in 1848 , under the . Crime and Outrage Act , which rendered it penal for any person to carry arms without being duly licensed . Encumbered Estates . —Tho commissioners aro proceeding with the new arrrnngement of telling small lots of land and house property in the localities where they arc situated . Sales of this kind have taken place in Limerick and Monaghan , and hig her prices have been obtained than had been , ottered in Dublin .

    The "Sew Rate jn Aid . —The circular of tho Poor-law Commissioners for another rate in aid of twopence in the pound on the valuations , to raise £ 99 , 302 , for the relief of the " distressed unions ;" has been received by all the boards of guardians , The only union that has yet objected is that of Ballinasloe and the South Dublin ; and the ground set forth in the resolution of tbe guardians of tho former union is the illegality of the proceedings , "inasmuch as the act is only entitled 'An act to make provision , until the 31 . * t December , 1850 , for a g eneral rate in aid of certain distressed unions , anil electoral divisions in Ireland ; ' " from which it is inferred that the time for legally levying such a rate has lapsed . Declaration againstNewPenalLaws . —The JV < y-

    man x Journal states that a circular has been addressed to members of the House of Commons connected with Ireland , by Messrs . M'Cullagh , Dcvel'GUX , iilid O'Fl & lietty , sugset-tin ^ the propriety oi adopting the following declaration -. — " We , the undersigned , deem it our duty at the present juncture to declare our unalterable attachment to the principles of civil and religious liberty , and our determination to oppose , by every constitutional means , any measure tending to interfere by legislative enactment with the discipline or doctrine of any portion of the Queen ' s subjects . " The Freeman adds— "We understand that a great number of signatures have been already affixed to this timely and important manifesto . " Agrarian Crime in Ulster . —For some weeks

    past a spirit of insubordination has been apparent in some districts of the counties of Armagh and Donegal , and it is stated that the Ribbon system prevails to a considerable extent amongst the peasantry . On the application of the local magistrates , the government have proclaimed several electoral divisions of Donegal under the Crime and Outrage Act , and an increased police force has been placed in those districts . . In one of the most remote parts of that county , the wild and mountainous region of Groscdore , where Lord George Hill has effected really wonderful improvements , at an expenditure of about £ 25 , 000 , symptoms of agrarian disturbance have recently been manifested , and there has been some opposition to the payment oi

    rents . During last week a constabulary force have proceeded to that quarter . In tho county of Armagh the spirit of insubordination appears to bo extending On Friday week a numerous meeting of magistrates of that county took place at tho Court-house of Ballybot , to consider the state of the baronies of Upper Orion and Upper Fcws , and the expediency of recommending the Lord-Lieutenant to increase the constabulary in these district ? , which , it is stated , "have become a hotbed of Ribbonism . " I t was resolved that a recommendation should be forwarded to his Excellency , through the lieutenant

    of tho county , to have two new police stations erected , and the constabulary stations generally strengthened . In addressing the quarter sessions prand jury at Ballyboton the sameday , the chairman of Armagh , Mr . Tickell , referred to the numerous cases of Whitcboy or tumultuary character . "He bad ( he said ) looked through the informations in one of those cases , and he found that bodies of people went through the district , called at people ' s houses , and desired them not to pay any rent ; he found that in that district threatening notices had been served ; and a most atrocious murder had been committed within the last twelvemonths . "

    A gentleman in London , who , as the Evening Mail . says , " possesses good means of information , " writing in that journal , mentions the . manifesto of the Irish members , to which wo have already alluded . He says : — " Lord Castlereagh , and soma others of keel Toryish tendencies , are said to have signed it . " He adds : — " Lord Stanley takes his stand on the income tax renewal next session , which he intends to oppose ; and as the government ; contemplates its extension to Ireland , which tho Irish members will of course vote against , it is " throught that that may be the field on which Whiggery may fall . "

    Abolition of the Vice Royalty . —A correspondence , upon the abolition of the Vice-Royalty , between Mr . G . A . Hamilton , M . P ., and Colonel Dunne , M . P ., has been published . After the opinions expressed by both , in their places in Parliament last session , upon tho proposal , it can hardly be expected that their letters will exhibit much novelty . The Colonel announces his readiness to afford his humble co-operation in anv way with a view of resisting the measure , if introduced next session ; and Mr . Hamilton hopes that as its unpopularity is no longer doubtful the Government will abandon it .

    The Repeal Association , —The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held in Conciliation Hall on Tuesday , Mv . G . Spelman in the chair . Mr . John O'Connell said he would be happy if liberal Protestants joined in the movement which was proposed to be made against the contemplated revival of penal laws , and expressed a hope that the Roman Catholic members would be united in' the ensuing session of Parliament , arid that they would not be divided as to their interpretation of the Catholic oath . He maintained that that oath did not bind Catholic members to abstain from dealing with tho revenues of the Protestant chuacb . He also

    remarKed that the subject of Catholic education was one with respect to which the Roman Catholic members ought to be agreed before they went over to Parliament . At the meeting of those members , to take place iu January next , he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would himself propose that point , and tho one as to the Catholic oath should be taken into consideration . With regard to the penal laws , if tho same meeting of members should come to no conclusion on the subject , be would himself , on tho opening of Parliament , move an amendment to the address to her Majesty , if the speech from tho throne contained a single indication of the contem-

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04011851/page/6/