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      August ^ 1851. ^ The N:Or^Hehn Usta R 7

      August ^ 1851 . ^ THE N : OR ^ HEHN USTA R 7

      ^^^Rtocociatiojf For Promoting The Th Ep...

      ^^^ rTocoCIATIOJf FOR PROMOTING THE th ep ! al OF THE TAXES OH KNOWl 0 PEOPLB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . ttaiow CousiBxiiES , —For many years past tbe -its of popular education , and the difficulty ^/^ r eeing on any system that ahould he satisfac-4 w the country , have -formed the theme of all . iLner s , philanthropists , and statesmen . - But , f / Lohit is difficult to organise a national mode ( doing a ° f good work , it is comparatively easy to move the hindrances which exist in the' shape of Jf ^ tictive laws . Years must elapse before all Olit Sjmil ation can receive a good and systematic in-Srnction ; but a few months may suffice to abolish r te laws which forbid the cheap newspaper to cir-Jalate among the poor , which hinder the . commu-Mcati ° of mutual wa : its , and which force the'h ' est an thers out of the field of cheap and popular literature . . ' " '

      , . jie taxes on knowledge consist of— ' - The duty on foreign books , which , inthe £ s . & . -rearliHS ' . produced .: - .. .. 7 , 751 0 0 j £ e duty on paper .. .. .. .. 867 , 120 11 74 yM . duty on advertisements ., ., 15 SjHH 16 ; 0 The penny stamp on news- - papers .. .. .. £ 350 , 289 9 s . 4 d . Deduct .. " .. .. . 6 . 1 C 3 2 3 for _ expense of stamp- " ing , and say . .. 1 DJ . 190 7 libr thatoftherost-office .. - .. 150 , 000 0 0

      . - £ 1 , 183 , 030 7 'I Deduct government grant for education , -which In 1850 iraa—For Great Britain .. .. £ 125 , 000 Tor Ireland .. .. .. 12-5 . 000 £ 250 , 000 0 0 £ 9-53 , 030 7 71

      The duty on foreign books in foreign languages is go manifest an absurdity , and produces such a trumpery amount' to the revenue , that we . may dismiss it without further Comment . ' ,.-.. . The duty on advertisements not only enhances the price of every book , but is a revenue destroyerj cot a revenue producer ; a much greater amount than £ 158 , 164 must be lost to ; the revenue . by the mjury caused to 'trade from a want of such means of communication ^ Thousands , misemploy , their time from mere ignorance of tbe wants of others ; the repeal of the advertiseihent duty would tend to correct this evil . There is some reason . for believing that the duty-is retained iu order tb cripple ihe newapaper press ; advertisements are permitted inrailwavs and omnibuses , and jio attempt has

      been made to alter the law . in Musir behalf ; nay , the law , as it stands , requires the duty to be paid on advertisements in every literary worK , btttj bj the laxity of the Board of Inland Revenue , the advertisements in boohs are allowed to go free ; indeed , it would almost appear that there is no crime looked upon with suth an evil eye by ihe governjaent as that df retailing hews , for every possible lindrancels thrown in Its way . Some idea of the effect Of the paper duty may be arrived at by' considering the fact that Charles Knight paid £ 16 V 500 to the excise on . the Penny Oj donadia ,, the cost of which for . literature . and engravings , exclusive of paper and printing , was £ 42 , 000 . In his Struggles of a Book against Execsdie Taxation , Mr . Knight says ;— ""

      Vpon a tolerably accurate calculation , Ihave , from my own unaided resources , expanded , during the last twenty Tears , £ SO , 000 upon copyright and editoriallabour . During tbe same period I have paid £ 50 , 000 paper duty .. And again : — A revolution has oeen effected , in which sound literature might have higher encouragement in the many than in the few , if the government did not stand in the -way . " . . , The duty " paid on the paper , " Hd . per pound , would be enough in a publication pf . large , circulation to remunerate the very highest'talent . ' .. ^ If the paper duty tends ^ substitute luis ' chi . evous uorks of fiction instead of wbolesohje" msiruciign ^ the penny stamp is still " more potent , for it db & olnteiy prohibits a cheap record Of facts , aud throws

      insurmountable obstacles inthe way 6 f communication of ideas between-different" classes of-the community . Letany one who reads this ask himsaf what he knows of tbe opinions and feelings of the agricultural-labouring ' population . We guess at them occasionally by the light of burning hayricks , or by the assistance" of pauper riots . "We may particularly instance the Rebecca insurrection in % ales , which would never have taken " place if tbe asgrieved parties bad had any easier and cheaper method of making known to-government a grievance which was not ' more remarkable for its oppressiveness than for the ease -with which it could

      be remedied . We have no admuratioa for the literary qualities of the rural American press , bat we believe that it saves the gbvermhent some millions annually in the shape of soldiers and ^ police , prevents heartburnings and misunderstandings , ' which would otherwise involve rival districts in deadly feud , arid keeps alive the " power of reading among tbe working classes , so as io lead in time to that literary cultivation , of which we make so much boast , but which , in this conntry , is confined to a few , and , by being thus made a class privUege , inflicts an additional pang upon those whose poverty excludes tbem from it . —

      Above all other knowledge we demand the free circulation of p olitical knowledge .. Millions of : onr countrymen have nothing to do with the laws hut to obey them—tbey have no means of learning the law but through the cheap newspaper , and yet so to teach them is a crime . It is a punishable offence to circulate without a stamp the proceedings in Parliament or in the law " courts . , For many years discontent has raged among the working classes at their exclusion from political-rights ; -they are told they are too ignorant to be '" trusted / with , political power ; and yet thejovernment not only refuses to educate them , but obstructs them in educating themselves ^ - . On the other side , tbe only objection raised by the government , or expressed in the "House of Com mons , isthe want of revenue . .

      That tbe paper duty is a source of revenue cannot be denied , bat in . the face of the present largesnrplus no argument can be deduced from this fact . - Tbe abolition of the advertisement duty would benefit the excise by ; increasing consumption ; and as to the penny stamp , its net revenue is only , about £ 150 , 000 , which . might he made up by admitting not only newspapers but all printed papers , to a cheap rate of postage . But there is another reason not only for demand : in ? but for expecting therepeal of the penny stamp .

      The Board of Inland Revenue , whose motto appears to be " anything for a quiet life , " have gradually allowed a practice to grow Tip of breaking tie law . The Newspaper Act declares that every copy of ajnewspaper shall be stamped ; the Post-office act confers the boon of free -postage on stamped newspapers , but not on mere publications ; it follows that every publication registered as a newspaper ought to stamp every copy . But the practice has grown up of allowing publications to register as newspapers , and to stamp only their country edition .

      The great object of this association is to make this practice general and legal , and the most effective way of doing this . is to demand that the existin ? law be enforced . , -About ten months ago the Board informed John Cassell , the proprietor of the Freeholder , that his paper was a newspaper , both in virtue of its registration and of its contents ,, and that he . must for the future stamp every copy . Mr .. . Cassell has never complied with the demand . And no proceedings have been taken against him . About nine months ago a similar notice was sent to the proprietors of Charles Dickens ' s \ lhweh > ld Narrative , and legal proceedings aro pending against tbat paper . Tbe length of time to which these have been protracted without coming to trial leads to the infereBce that government are not very sincere in their prosecution , and that they have neither tbe grace to repeal the law nor the courage to enforce it ¦ ' . " "' .

      An important exception must be . made to this remark ; tbe law is enforced very strictly in tbe country , where a letter from the Board meets with that respectful obedience which is not one of the characteristics of Iiondon publishers . Mr . ' Hugh Jones , ofLUangollen , was in tbe habit of publishing fort-% htly a penny paper , called IV Ipsyr , of which he used to jell 2 , 300 copies . The Board obliged him to stamp it . He then brought it out monthly , at ibreepence , andthe sale fell to 600 , which caused itsdiscortinnance . Mr . Bucknall , of Stroud , published a monthly paper , of which he sold 17 , 000 . he was obliged to stamp it / its sale was rained , and the paper dropped . -5-he-most flagrant case which has come to our knowledge is that of the

      Koltteld Examiner , which was threatened with a Sue of £# , 000 ( afttrwards commuted to £ 10 ) for Pnblisbimr slips—a practice quite common m Lcn'Kandiot interfered with by the Board , even * hen eop ' Ks are forwarded by informers , with a view to prosecotion . " We confidently appeal to the existing press for fteir support , not only on public grounds , but Debase fron having the advantage both of capital ^ u of possession of the market , they would obtain the largest share of the newspaper trade which * ould spring up " on the abolition of the st amp , ^ his has b » ea already exemplified in tbe case of

      ^ # . 7 « s , which gained an increased ascendancy * len the stamp was reduced in 1 S 1 G . So objection ^ ild be made to a reasonable newspaper copyright to protect the high-priced journals from wholesale piIac r , but while piracy deserves suppression , fi-ee ^ e in knowledge is as essen tial as free trade in ^ n ; and nothing can b-J more absurd and unjust ^ to prevent the public from having as many Jonrnais asihey want , at as many , different prices ^ may suit thvir convenience . ~ Sor do we fear the froarol giitjgj , f violence or of Immorality . The & eat mass of English readers are lovers of peace aad ' etnm and , as BO man tolerates any vice

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      but his own , a paper , intended for general circulation can support no immorality that is not already universal . And , although sectional papers " might indulge in violent language , ' hard words-are better than rough deeds . The aggrieyed , who are able to pour out their comp laints through the press , feel their wrongs , real or , imaginary * ; already half redressed ; and the true statesman will never so well know how to govern , as when the people them-Se-Wes teU Mvn wb & S tbey feel and desire . ! ' Bestir yourselves , then , to obtain tHe repeal of tbe taxes on knowledge ; let every borough , parish , ' mill

      paper- ; printing-office , mechanics' institution , or political association , petition ; and , ' above all , ' importune the Board of Inland Revenue with letters of complaint till they grant " to the benighted districts of the country those privileges which their laziness or their timidity allows to the inhabitants of London . At the next general election , ' demand of every candidate -that he support the repeal pf the taxes on knowledge . Let no' legislature , ' - ' no Minister of the Crown ,- ho member of f ho Board of Inland Revenue rest till the press is exempted from taxation , and liberated from ' all control except that ofacourtof law ; ¦"

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      xxxu jjiiEioijaLSsx . jiu xiiUJiO ja-SUMPTIO > , 4-CT AND ITS AUTHORS . This bill received the royal assent on Friday last . It is the joint production of her Majesty ' s ^ Ministers , Mr . Walpole , Sir Frederick Thesiger , " and Mr . Keogli . The portion , contributed b y-each ia marked out in the copy of the act which follows . The par J which belongs to ; her Majesty's -Ministers is ; printed within inverted commas ; and . the rfe & twith the name of the respected ' author s appended i" Whereas -divers of her Majesty ' s Roman Catholic subjects : have assumed to themselves the titles . of archbishop and - bishops of a - pretended province , and of pretended sees or dioceses , within the United Kingdom , under -colour of an / alleged

      authority ' given to theai for that-purpose' - by certain briefs , rescripts , ' or -letters apostolical'from the see ofBome , and : particularly [ Sir Frederick Thesiger ' s ] . " by a certain brief ,-rescript , or letters apostolical , purporting to havebeen given at Rome on the 29 th of September , = 1850 ; " and whereas , by the act of the 10 th year of George IV ., chap .- 7 . after recitingthat the Protestant Episcopal Church of England and Ireland , and the''doctrine , discipline , arid government thereof ^ and : likewise tbe Protestant Presbyter / an -Church of Scotland , and the doctrine , discipline , and government thereof , were by the respective acts of Union-of England and Scotland , and of Great Britain and Ireland , ;

      established permanently and inviolably , and that the right and title of archbishops to their respective provinces , of bishops to their sees , and of deans to their deaneries , as well in England as in Ireland , had been settled and established by law , it was enacted , that iT any person after the commencement of tbat act ,-other than the person thereunto authorised by law , should assume or use the name , style ,-or title of archbishop of any province , bishop of any bishopric , or dean of any deanery , in England or Ireland , he should for every-such offence forfeit and pay the sum of £ 100 .- [ Mr . IValpoleV ] "And whereas it may he doubted whether tbe recited enactment extends to the

      assumption of the title of archbishop or bishop of a pretended province or diocese , or archbishop or bishop of a city , place , or territory , or deah of any pretended deanery in England or Ireland , not being the see , province , or diocese of any archbishop or bishop , or deanery of any dean ; recognised . by law ; biit the attempt to establish , under colour of authority from the see of Rome or ' otherwise , such pretended sees ; provinces dioceses , or deaneries , is illegal and void : And whereas it is expedient toprohibit the . assumption of . such titles is respect of any places TWitbla . the . United- Kingdom . Be it therefore . deelared and ; enacted by the Qneen ' s most excellent Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the lords : spiritual and

      temporal , and Commoas , in this present ( parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same , that " - ,,, . . ; ... ;;; . ; ,-:. ,: .--,..-, ' 1 . All such briefs , rescripts , or . letters apostolical , and all and every the Jurisdiction , authority , pre-eminence . or title conferred , or pretended io be conferred , thereby , are . -andshall be and . be deemed unlawful and void .. [ Mr .. Walpole . s . *] i .. I :.. 2 .. "And be it enacted ,, that if , ' after the passing of this act / any person" shall obtain , or cause to be procured , from the , bishop ; : or see of Rome , or sball publisher . put in use . within : any part , of-the United Kmgdom ,, anylsuch . bull , ; , brief , rescript , or letters apostolical , or any other , . instrument or writing , for the .: purpose of constituting such

      archbishops or bishops of such pretended provinces , sees , or dioceses within . theVUnited Kingdom , - or any person [ Sir "S . < Thesiger ' s ] '' . other than a-. person thereunto authorised by law in- respect of an archbishopric , bishopric , or deanery , of . the . United Church of England and Ireland , assume or : use 'the name ,, style , or title of archbishop , bishop , or dean of any city , town , or place * or cf any territory or district ( under any designation or description whatsoever ) in the United . Kingdom j ; whether such city , town , or place , or such territory or district , be or be not , the see or the province , or co-extensive with the province , of ony archbishop , or the see or the diocese , or co-extensive -with the-diocese , of any bishop , or . the seat , or place . of the church of any

      dean , or co-extensive with any : deanery of the said United Church , , the person so offending shall , for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of £ 100 , to be recovered as penalties imposed by the recited act may be recovered under tbe provisions thereof , " or by action of debt at the suit of any person in one . of her Majesty ' s , superior courts of law , with the consent of . her Majesty ' s Attorney-General in England and Ireland , or her Majesty ' s Advocate in Scotland , as the case may be . [ Sir E . Tbesiger ' s . ] 3 . " This act shall not extend or apply to the-. assumption or use b y any bishop of- the Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland exercising episcopal

      functions within-some district or place in Scotland of any name , style , or title , in respect of such district or place ; but nothing herein contained shall be taken to give any right to any such bishop to assume or use any name , style ,- or title which he . is not now by law , entitledto assume . or use . " . 4 . Be it enacted , that nothing . herein contained shall be construed to annul , repeal , or iu any manner affect ariy ; provision contained in an act passed in the eight year , of the reign of her present Majesty , entitled— "An act for the more effectual application of charitable donations and bequests in Ireland . " [ Mr . Keogh ' s . ] .,

      * Originally The Words Were'the Said Bri...

      * Originally the words were'The said brief , rescript , Ac . ; ' on the amendment of . Sir ; Frederick Thesiger . the words ' AU such briefs , rescripts , & c . * . were substituted . .

      , Tub Koh-I-^Tooh.—The Editor Of The Cke...

      , Tub Koh-i- ^ Tooh . —The Editor of the Ckemic a Rtcord , \ n answer to a correspondent , says , ; "We have no doubt it is a diamond of large size , and oi moderate translucency or water , but so badly : cut that its lustre is inferior to that . of a dozen diamonds at lea ^ t that our correspondent may see any day in the course of a ramble down Regent-street ..- The diamonds of most Oriental potentates have been remarkably ill cut ; indeed the art of diamond cutting is almost too difficult , for the capabilities of a halfcivilised people . The-most , celebrated , diamond cutting establishment in the world is at Amsterdam . The machinery is rude buteffectual , and the operators , Jews , often exceedingly ; poor ,, have never yet been known to lose a jewel committed to their , charge .

      Lola aoats!—We read in the Assembles mtionale —" A strange , scene attracted a vast crowd of proroenaders to the Round point in the .. Champs Elysees . In . a dashing equipage , two elegantly attired women , assailed each other in language anything but polite , and then set to work with their fists and nails on each other ' s face ? . In a short time both toilettes and features were considerably damaged . At last one of them findingherself vanquished , uttered loud cries of distress , and some gentlemen went to her assistance . The victorious lady , to whose arm champagne had lent strength ; was expelled from the . carriage ,-and the . defeated lady ordered the coachman to drive her to her hotel . She is well known to tbe public by her adventures in : some courts of : Germany . When the people learnt who shewas tbey expressed surprise that she-was not more skilful in : the noble science of

      boxmg . " Pdbuc Ixcosib and Expenditure . —On the 1 st nst . was printed the government belance sheet- of tbe income and expenditure for the year ending-the 5 th ult . The income was £ § 3 , 045 , 267 9 s ., and the expenditure £ 50 , 012 , 480 -13 s . 4 d ., showing an excess of -. income . over , the expenditure of £ 3 , 032 , 786 ; 7 s . 5 d .: The balances in the exchequer , on the 5 th- of July last year were £ 8 / J 0 O , 3 SO Is . 10 | d ., and on the the 5 th ult . tbey amounted to > £ 7 , 934 , 1519 s . 6 | d ., Wbeck of ihe Witch Screw Steamer . —This fine vessel , while on her passage on Sunday night , from Milford Harbour- to Cork , was totally wrecked on some rocks near Tusear Lighthouse .. The , lig ht-keeper perceiving the danger of : the crew , succeeded in passing a rope to her , by wbich thev held on for some hours , and eventually got on shore through the exertions of . the keeper and bis men . The steamer was dashed to pieces by tbe tremendous seas breaking upon her . Unfortunately for the owner , she was not insured .

      Riots is Gkbenock . — The - accounts from Greenock state that there had been more rioting in the streets , but nothing serious—merely smashing of windows and petty squabbles . A number of the Irish are reported to have fled from ; their houses , and slept upon the hills . A party of . the 03 d Highlanders had airivedt . -. - # . -- ' - ¦> R . Blakemore , Esq ., M . R . is recovering from the serious illness under which he has been recently s ^ mog ^ MonmouththireMirUin . ¦

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      NEWCASTLE . GciriKG and Wousdinq , —Henry Howard , a sailor , 16 , was indicted for cutting and wounding John Emerson , at Tynemoutb , ; on the 7 th , of . April last , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . —The ' . prbsecutor , it appeared ,-. was mate of a vessel trading from Newcastle to Rotterdam , called the ; Concord , arid the prisoner was ohe , ; o £ . the hands on board . On the 7 th of April last , whilst the vessel was lying at Rotterdam , ' the masterjost ^ d . in copper , w ; hieh : he " charged i the prisoner-with having Stolen , and ' , some halfpence baying , been : found m tbe ; prisoner ' s trousers pockets , this , led , to an altercation between him and , the ; captain , who ; ordered him into , the forecastle .,-, There ; he began peeling some pbtatoe ' s ^ . and while doing , so the prosecutor , as mate , by . the . captaiu ' a orders , , went forward to rope-end ; hini , ' ; and as ho ' was about . to do so , . the

      prisoner stabbed him in the belly with the knife he was ' using . The . prosecutor j -j . feeling , ; himself wounded , ' immediately rope-ended the prisoner , and on going'dbwn to his cabin ; fainted ; from loss w blood . Oriexariiinirighis i woundifc ; Was [ found that bis intestines were protruding ; nearl y four inches through it ' . - ^ - As the case was proceeding , his . IiOrdship , looiking . at the indictment , said , in his opinion , the case must fail . The crime waa . charged to ; naye been committed at Tynemouth , in the county of Northumberland ,, and not upon ; the high :. seas , in which ; caVe . ' a judge would , have . juri 8 diction .. over .-it , . and the proof was that it was committed .-it Hotterdam in Hoijand , —^ ir , Qt'icr having endeavoured to support the indictment , by a reference to analogous cases , ' his Lordship decided theindictment tp be bad , and directed the prisoner to . be Acquitted , j " " ' : ' ¦' ¦ . ' ., " IPSWICH . :=: . ,-, -.. H ' " - ¦ : !

      Poisoning , i . HnsBiSD . —Maria Cage , was at' -, ranged for the wilful murder pf her husband , James Cage , by , administering to . hini arsenic—The case ' presented [" . features of great depravity . The deceased was an . agricultural , labourer ; ,-. and with his wife , the prisoner , lived at Stonham . Aspal . , They had a family of seventeen children , but ' one ofthemi now a lad twenty years of age , was n ' ot > the . result of wedlock " . The . deceased was imprisoned twelve months ^ arid ; during , his . incarceration prisoner cohabited with another nianj and the result was the birth of a boy .. ' " During "the , last eighteen : months she left her husband not less than three times , and exposed her daughter , sixteen years of age , to , bo debauched . In other respects . she led a _ very disso ] lute and depraved life . About three , weeks befyl ' u

      the deceased died , be was taken . suddenly ill while at work in ; tbe fields . He went home and died , and the funeral procession was onthe way fothe church ; yard , when the clergyman , in consequence of certain rumours , caused the , body to . -fiereturned to : the cottage . , ' A coroner ' s inquest , was ^ called , and ! it was found thatthe deceased bad ' . died : from ) thei effects' of arsenic . It then transpired that while . he ' was ill the . prisoner , visited a S [ rs ., Lambert , who ; lived four mile ' s from her own cottage , ! and induced her to purchase a pennyworth of "stuff" for her . daughter'to kill rats and mice . The stuff comprised a _ compound of arsenic and linseed . enough , to kill six men . . Thedaughter was called , ai ^ d , swore that she never gave her mother ' authority ( to . . purchase the . poison for her . A . vast amount o % eyidence , was given relative to the deceased ' s statejiConfirmatory of poison having been " administered to hirn . -It was : also shoWn-that she had wished him dead ,, and that she should sustain , no loss , as she had the other man

      near . —A strong and conclusive ; . chain , of , faefs having been" adduced , Mr . Cpoper . ^ ddressed the jury for , the . ' , prisoner . —The Chief ifaron . then summed up , and the jury , after being absent nearly half an : hour , returned into court . witbjiv verdict of . Guilty . —HisLordsliip then ' put on . the blackcap . After alluding to the guilt , 0 f the ^ pris ' oner , be said it was melancholy to consider the ] ' number of \ nstances of similar murders that had di 8 graced . ; the domestic and ' p ' rivate history of the , country ., In ; the aborttiinohehnd been on the , benchjit ; had been his great misfortune to liav ' e presided .., at , several of such mvestigatiohs , arid unfortunately , the majority of them'had been bfmufder by poison . on very near relations . 1- . He could' hold ' outn ' o hop e | of mercy to her , ' and in ' . the usual terms he . sentenced ; , her . to . be exeeuted . ^ -The culprit , ' who remained seated during the solemn address ,. rose from her chair apparently very Hveak , and' was conducted ' froni . the dock ... Be- ' veral of her children , were present while , the senT tence was being delivered , i ... .- ' -.., .

      ;; .,., ; - . . . . : : , ,, SHBUWSBURX .,. v . i : . - Buroiakt . —John Doody , Francis Jarvis ; and William Milnenweneindic ' ted for a burglary in the house of , Johit Jones , at Newport ; The jury ' returjaed . a verdict of : Guilty against Doody and . Jarvis , who . were sentenced . to be transported for ten years . .. Milnerswasacquitted . ' ¦•• ¦ - ¦* -i ¦'<•• <• - > Charoe . op Mdbder . —Michael -Tracy } ' 21-, and Michael ; iCorfield , 18 , were indioted '» for the wilful murder of , Wiliam Embleton \ at lfewport , on the 24 th . of May last . —On the ^ night ' . of-Saturdaythe 24 th of Mayj about twelve- o * clbok ; . the deceased and a man named . Hutchinson , , were standing in a dark alley , . called Belmont's alley , inKewport , talking . to aiyo . ung woman named ; Grant , when'Tracy and another man cameup from ono direction , and Corfield ah . d tw ^^ others from- the oppositedire ' etion . Corfieldsaid toHutchinsoni' "Are you . the- 'Libshall chaps . ? " .. andHutchinson . answered , "No , we are natives . " Hutchinson thinking . that' , one ' of them

      was . staring improperly at the-girli . Grant , said , " Why . are you staringi . at my wife ?' ¦ ' and ' gobfor answer , ' , 'f Am I to close' my . eyesV . . Some ¦ few angry . words and looks-passed , andiTraey knocked down Hutchinson , and then struck Embleton on-the back of tbe head with a stone with such force that the skull was knocked in , and he fell and spoke mo more , remaining insensible , for a few hours till he died . All tie five men ran off together when they saw Mm fall . His lordship in summing-up left it to the iuiy . ' tosSy whether :. they were guilty .- of murder or manslaughter / but seemed tointimatetha'thedid not think the evidence sufficient . to establish the charge of inurder . .. The jury deliberated forten minutes , ' and then returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter , with a . strong , recommendation to mercy , on the ground that the death arose outof a streefrbw . His lordship . said that in ; . consequence of this re commendation he would not transport the prisoners . He would inquire about their characters , - and consider the sentence ! -:- - -

      . MASsiADGnxEB . —William Evans -ftas indictedfor tho manslaughter of Mary Dudleston , an . infant nine months old , —Jt appeared from . the evidence that'the prisoner had had some , ; words with . the mother of . the deceased , and that , on the 23 rd of July last he came towards her as . sh e was standing in the street of Oswestry , where she and her husband lived , with her child in her arms , and began to abuse fieri Mrs . Dudleston retreated into her house and shut the , door , when the prisoner passed on down ; the street ; " On the , womari again coming to the door of her bouse , the prisoner returned , and struck her a violent , blow on the . side of her bead . Following ber into the house ,, he again struck at her , biif missed her , and the blow : came on the'head of the child ; . The unfortunate infant . immediately became insensible , and after lingering tbreedays'in great pain , died on the 20 th' frosli the effects of-the blow , ^ he medibal witness who had

      attended the " child , and made n . post , mortem e ' xami ? 'nation , described the injuries as very . severe - ^ Tho prisoner said , in his ; 'defence , that . he was very drunk ( as was the faet . Yand that he h . id no intention to injure the child . —It seemed that he had been engaged to . be married to a young woman who was lodging in Dudlestone ' s house , that she bad discarded hinvand that Mrs . Dudlestohe ' s refusal to admit bim to the house had exasperated him beyond endurance . —The . Jury , found the prisoner Guilty , without hesitation , arid his . lordship said that as he believed the prisoner had no intention of injuring the child , and considering ijie ; bther circumstances of the ease , the sentence would ' be comparatively a light one . Still the striking of a woman in that way was brutal and cowardly ,

      whatever provocation he might have ' received . His lordsbip-senfenced him to one year ' s imprisonment , with hard labour . ' ! ' - J Mubdeh . —Mary - Rogers , 28 , a servant , ' was charged 1 with the wilful murder of her illegitimate child ,- about two months old , on the 6 th' of July . The prisoner " was a servant in the house of a farmer named' Lucas , ' about seven miles from Church Stretton . -: In December last her mistress noticed to her that she was with child , and' she confessed it . Up to that time she had borne an ' excellent character , her . mistress saying to-day that she was as good a servant as ever was in a farmhouse .- -In consequence -of " her good conduct 'in otjier respects she was retained in her master ' s service till , the time of'her accouchement , when she

      went to the house of a . Mrs . Evans ' , who lived abput three miles off at Roundhouse . There , ; on theriightof the 19 th of May , she ' was delivered of a male , child . She stopped at Mrs . Evans' ¦ for- a monthj . and on the 22 d May got the child : registered under the nameofEdwinBogers , and . piit it t . onurse wi th ' a ^ oraa ' n named Martha Holmes , and then re ) turned to her service . Between tbat day and the 24 | hiof June she went twice'to see it at Mrs . Evans ' , where Martha Holme brought it for the purpose : On'the 22 d of June she asked . leave of heir mistress to go and see itonthe ' 23 d ,. and was refused ; but the next day her mistress relented , andagreed to let her on the 24 th . 'On that day

      go Martha Holme took it to Mrs ; Evans ' , and the prisoner came there about three o ' clock and took it from MrsJHolmes ; saying . "I ' "iim going a little w . iy and will take ' it withme . " Witness , did not want her to take it , and said she bad better leave it with her , but the prisoner answered , " I ihust take it ; I bad a letter yesterday and I must . take it . " She-then took it , and paid ' witriess'fe . Sd . for the nursing j She-didnot . take any of its clothes but those that were on it . it was ' a very fine ' , fat , sti ^ ng / healthy , and promising child . The body of the child was afterwards fuiind fastened down in a pool with a stick which formed a natural fork . " The prisoner was seen going towards ' ' the pool on the

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      24 th ; ult . ' . Corroborative evidence having been given , the jury returned a verdict of Guilty . ' His tordship , who seemed deeply moved , - then said ; : Prisoner at the bay , you have been convicted < if the crime , of wilful murder ,-after' a niost careful and patient investi gation , and . upon . evidenee which left . no doubt onthe minds of the jm-v-tand leaves npne on mine . . . For that crime'thefe ' i 8 ' but' One "PnteilCO , ' and thai ; it i 3 my dutyto ' pronounce and cannot hold out to you any hope of . its-commutation . I vmL-notjwld to your pain further thanby praying Of you to devote to prayer the days that remain to you in this wond , and . prono ' uncine'the sentence which ! the Jaw awards , - / Phatrsentence is that you K - n ^„?? t 0 , the Place of execution and there hanged by the neck till you are dead -that vouibody be then removed back and buried within the preemts-ot the gaol , and may God have mercy on y outsoul ... ., ;¦•;; ¦ - ) j i . - ; - -, v-. ) - ,. .,. ;; . ; , 1 ^\ lu ve fe court wbo-were not deeply affectea at the sad . 8 ceno ; i .... i :. ) =. ' . : - , ; i a ••

      Charge or M unDEB—Thomas Baugh , 64 , beer-? 5 ° P ; . ^ e e W" 1 S charged with the wilful murder of William Bentley , at Beckburvion the 25 tb June . The jury acquitted the prisoner . -.- . i >¦ yi £ r : : ¦ : ¦ :. . ¦ . ; . '; ' EXETER . '' , .,: ¦ ' : ¦ - . : '• - ¦! , ' Cn ^? - ?*¦ Mi ! aBER .- \ Villiam Edwards Howe was indicted for the wilful murder of John Bunker , on the 7 th of March , ' at Brixton . —Tho particulirB Otttbis : case will be in . tho 'ireoollection of our readers . The deceased ,, John Bunker , aged eighteen y ^ , v- ^ , ft ™ servant in the employ of the prisoner s father . ' - A report' was'iri cii-eu ' l ' atio ' J . whieh . accused ; the prisoner of cotnmitting' ah mnatural onence ,. and deceased was charged with originating the . report . ; . On , the morningcin - question , the deceased was found banging to -a . tree . in : the orchard , 'dead , and ' the prisoner was charged with the murder— The ' 'trial ; ' which lasted two days ! terminated in the acquittal of the prisoner . ¦ '¦' . ¦¦ ¦

      . .., „ .., : ¦ _ . < : >; - ; WARWI ( JK . \; . ' . : ! - "' - 1 GRIM . COX . —Hiccups ,, y . RniliBRFORD . r'This was an action of crim . con ., to which the defendant had pleaded- " Not- guilty , " and leave and license . " —Tho plain tiff : was formerly erign ge'd at Nottingham as an agent for the sale of lace , and in consequence : of the falling off of-that business' he had afterwards kept a .. commercial bo . irding-bousej which was ^ a good deal frequented by the . det ' endant ; who was ah owner of stone quarries at Wingerworth ,. in Derbyshire ^ . In the month of March last tbe . plaintiff sailed ; for Airierica , and was absent from- this country rather more than three months , immediately , after his , departure the plaintiff ' s . wife arid the defendant went td ' Birmingham , where they

      opened a provision-shop . The plaintiff ' s four children and tne wife ' s sister were brought to tbat house , and just ; before . Easter the . eldest , daughter died . The business was ' managed by . the plaintiff ' s wife , but ' the defendant ; was .. a frequent visitor at the hoiisej and on ail those occasions they lived together , without any concealment as man . and wife . -On Easter Monday , the day after the daughter ' s funeral , they went away together , to a . cotieerhouse in Bull-street , and there . remained for two or three days ; after which they , made an ; excursiori to London to inspect the wonders " of the Great Exhibition . Soon after , they had returne ' d ' to the . provision-shop a letter was received from the plaintiff , bearing the New ' York ' pbstiriark , the effect of which was that

      ih ' a . Tew days . ' the ; wifa . and the defendant , eloped , the w | fe ' s sister , beingjeftiri charge of the . shop and the ' children . '' ' The wife ' s , sister was , the . principal Witness for the plaintiff ; but , on cross-examination , she . admitted ; that ' she had never , remonstrated ejther . with her sister or-the defendant , upon the gross depVavity . of their conduct . .-Upon her admissions ,,. also ,, both the , plain tiff and his wife appeared to have " led very , immoral lives' , and , upon bn 6 o ' cea . si . on , at ; ieast , to have indulged , in mutual impdtatidns . ' of a ,, very offensive kind . ' Several witr nesses were called for the ' defendant , . who , by refe-. reiico ' to , -particular , instances , strongly confirmed this , view : ' , of ' the . plaintiff ' s character and for the

      purpose of supporting , the plea of leave and license , it tras ' showri that the plaintiff , shortly , before his departure , had permitted the defendant totake bis . wife to . Biririingham ' forlhe purposejof finding there a ' shop suitable to . her" . circumstances ,: ' and that the expenses of , this journey had ^ been defrayed , by the defendant ; , but ' the plaintiff h ; imself . had supplied hip ' noy . 'jfor j thejpurpbaeof faking the . shop , and had asked the defendant to stand , bis friend in the matter ; . After the action had been commenced , the defendants at ' tbrney offered , '' to-buy , peace , ' ? by glyirig ' tbe plaintiff £ 25 and , the stock remaining in the shop , but ; this offer was rejected . —Mr . Sergeant Miller , having replied , the Learned Judge summed up , and the jury returned a verdict for , the plaintiff Damages '' £ 15 . , , .. ' -.-.. ' .-. ' ,,. . "" ¦

      , ' . ' . ¦ :. LEWES . - , . - ' - ; i Charob op Mbrd ' er . —John' Payne , 11 , a lad of inoffensive appearance , was indicted for the wilful murder of William Gibson , by stabbing . him with a knife .-rThe , learned , counsel ' said ., that ,. on , the evening of the Hth of June ,, the deceased , who was aladaboutlS ' yoare old , had been ; sent by his mother on an ' eiir ' and into the ' tbwn of Horsham , ; and ' as he . was going . over the causeway near the Church , saw the prisoner sitting- , ' upon the ground with- one . of ; his boot ' s off , andin the act . of sharpening a penknife uporithe ^ tones .- What actually , occurred prior to any assault bavingbeencommitted , did riot very clearly appear , but almost immediately the deceased exelainiied to the prisoner , " You have

      done it now—you have stabbed me , " and-began to cry . The prisoner upon , this said , "I have not hurt you , have I ?—doh't " " cry . " Some persons thencam & up ^ arid ^ oir the . 'deceased again saying that the prisoner had stabbed him , the latter said that the deceased boy had struck him in the face first ,, before he .. touched him . The unfortunate ' deceased . was taken home , -and' itwas discovered that he had ' been ' stabbed in the chest , ' but the wound began ; to ' heal , andat ' nrst it-was thought that'nothing ' serious would - result from' it . ; it turned out , however ; that the liver had been injured-, arid an abscess subsequently forniWiia ; that organ , * and the deceased ' subsequently died on the the 25 bh ' of June from' the 'injury' ho' had received .

      —These facts were shortly proved in' evidence ,, and in addition a statement made' by tHe : de ' eeased boy . a ' couple' of days ' before his death ' wa ' s ' piit iri , in which'ho stated positively , that he " gave . iio provocation , < but" said that- ' -aftev '' he hud '| aSsed the prisoner , - ' while he was sitting iri tbe i . C ' ition deseribedi he got up and followed hinli ; arid , that on bis coming up to bim he'deliberately stabbe ' d him with the penknife that he had been sharpening . — —The Jury , after deliberating a short time , found the prisoner Guilty / of manslaughter , ja . t the same time recommending " Kirri . to . the merciful consideration of the court , on account of his tenderage . T-

      His lordship . sentenced hini to-be transported ; for ten years , - and intfma / ' ited , that the effect , of / that sentence , would be . that he would be . removed to Parkburst Prison , " where , he , would be plajiediin school . and undergo , severe training—a , course ; which was tbe onl y one calculated ; to iuduce . hini to obatige bisbabits and restrain , his violent Jpas ' sions r-It ; was stated in tho court ; that .. the ^ prsqrier . bad ori several occasions exhibitod ^ a , savage disposition by stabbing animals with his knife , and it was also also , said that it was not the first time he had used ,-or endeavoured to . use ,, , the . same weapon to a human , being . - . . i : . .

      iTue Sussex Gako of , Burglars . —Jobp Isaacs , 25 , arid Samuel liar wood , 25 , labourers , were in « dieted for burglariously breaking and entering , the dwelling-house , of . Harriet " , Stoner , , and ,, stealing seven sovereigns , soma , silver money , ; and . other , article s , her property . —The case ' created a ; . , gre . at deal of interest , , from the . fact ' . of . the prisoners being ; the remaining , members , of the desperate gang of burglars who for so long ; a period infested the cburi ' ties of Surrey arid Sussex . . ..-The ; prisoner Samuel Harwood was tried ; with , bis brother : Levi H ^ i'wobd arid a man named . James Jones-forthe inurder " of the Roy . Mr .. llpllest at Frimley , attlie last assizes for Surrey , and upon that . occasion .. he was acquitted , his two coriapanions ^ eipg oonvjoted and executed , —The jury found the prisoners Guilty , arid they were sentencedlto , be transported for . life . '

      ; i . ; ¦ : ; . ' . : Bodmin . , :,. „ . . . . < Jrim , ' pbs . —LisDEasox ' y . fAuEN . —This ; was , an action brought to recover compensation in damages froni the defendant , for having bad criminal c ' onver-. sation witb ' the . . . pliuntiff ' s . \ wife . ' The . plaintiff , ( iri 1843 , being theutweri ' ty-touvycarsof age , married Miss . - -Harriet ' Anhj Hrown ^ . tbe , , daughter '; -, pf . ' a farmer , she ( being jtwerity years of age . He then took the King ' s Arms . Inn , at . Paimouth- aiid .. in ' course of . time his wife . hadtwo ' cbildreri . ' .. The . defendaht at that j time '; was residing ' in OportbV and there he married . ; InVl 844 . ' he . r ^ mouth ,. and sat up in'businessas ' a wine merchant . He yras then twenty-nings year ' s old . ; Ah . intimacy soon sprang " up ' between ,. these ' . parties ' , in . consor

      quonceof . tbe defendant supply ' ihgthe . plaintiff ; wrth wine ..: The plaintiff aiso- j had , a far ' nx ' in ' thenheig ' h : bourhbod ' of Falnidutb . , In oi-der to : cWyTon . the business of the tavern . ' the p laintiff ' s wife " ijsed tb retire to bed at an earl ^ hou ' r , the plaintiff himself , remaining up until the house : was ' closed . " The wife got up early in theinorning , the plainti ' ff con . ' : tiuuing in bed longer .:,, As the farm , had ' to be looked after tho plaintiff was Accustomed , " as soon as he had breakfasted ,, toleave his house and . go to his farm . Time ' passed . ' 6 ^ and the ' plaibtift and his wife appeared to li ye ; bn the , most , affectibnste terms , the . defendant cohtiriually looking ' inT In the year ; 1849 the . 'plaintiff tookl- ' the . ' . ' Bed . ' - ' Lioii

      Hotel , at Truro , tb which house be removed . " The defendant shortly ' afterwards took some wine arid spirit stbres in ' Truro , ' and in order tb '; aiterid ' . 'to these stores he took a sitting ' -rboib and bedrbo ' ni ) h the Red lion ,, _ . Tlie ^ lKin ti ' ff arid' ' his wife still cbhtinued to live on the' most affectionate terms ' , ' but on the 14 th of April ' the plaintiff had : left T ' rurd , ' for the purpose Ol going to ; a ; farm ' -in the heigh bou ' rivopd . It was supposed that ' he . would' be absdrit for many hours , but froni sbrne cause or ' other be shortly returned , ; , Hewentinto ' tbe-Red . Lion , ' and askedfor h , is ; wife ; and . was tbld ' shewas upstairs . ' He therefore went' up ; and ' upon going to ' a . iittirig room , 2 s o .-9 , which fvais occupied by the " defendant ,

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      he found the door was fastened . He asked to be admitted , but could not obtain : admission . Ho proceeded to break open the door , and succeeded in seeing tbe defendant with his dress disarranged and his wife in the room ; the appearances were such as to convince him that his happiness was destroyed - Ho called ; bis . servants and accused his wife of infidelity . .. She said , « ¦! You have not caught us , " ami the defendant ^ said , "Listen to reason . " As soon as this discovery . was made the plaintiff was informed of different facts—that for years before he was down in the morning and after he had gone to his farm , the defendant , who was well acquainted

      with bis habits , was constantly visiting Mrs . L-mderyon ; r they . used-to go into a room together , drawdown the blinds , and remain together for a length of time . She bad been sitting onthe defendant ' s knee ; and he had been seen kissing her , and when ; the plaintiff was from home at night the defendant had remained with Mrs . Landeryon in ; a room in the dark ; for hours . All the circumstances that how heme to . his knowledge , made it clear to the plaintiff that his wife . and . the defendant bad been ' carrying on an adulterous intercourse for years .. ' These facts having been corroborated by { a number of witnesses ,: the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £ 350 .

      : CARLISLE , Snoonso with Intent . — John Beattie , 51 , ' was indicted for having at Skinburncss , onthe 8 th of February last , unlawfully shot at William Gibson , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . — The-jury ,. after . a short consultation , ACQUitteii tllC prl 8 bner ' ,. ''" . '' UliouwAV- Robberies . —Hugh Moriteith , 18 , and Thomas Tihriing , ' 50 , Were indicted for havjngassaulted and robbed Robert Carson , near Carlisle ,

      on the 5 th of Jiilylasfc .-1-TheprisonerMonteithput in . a . written defence , acknowledging : that he , in company . with Tinning ' , had committed two other highway robberies , but denying participation in this particular one . —Tbe jury found both , the prisoner ' s Guilty . ' . . - : -: • -. . ' ¦ ' . . ; They were afterwards : charged with robbing at midday , aoheraist and druggist travelling in his gig , about , a mile from Carlisle , on the 11 th day of July ia st ; ' presoritiriga pistol at his head and demanding his money . —To this charge Monteith " ' pleaded Guilty . " d'he other-prisoner was found Guilty . !

      . There . were , two . other similar charges against the prisoners , to which -, tbey pleaded Guilty . — They were sentenced to be transported for fifteen years . '

      .. ' " ,. ' Social And Democratic Weitln...

      .. ' " ,. ' SOCIAL AND DEMOCRATIC WEITlNGr .: ; [ We take the , following ., admirable instructions from tlio Lender , and trust that class oi , our . correspondents for whom they are intended will benefit byJheni , —Ed ,: N . iS . ] . The suggestions here offered have no relation to the usual correspondents or writers to thenewspapersV . whose proficiency and power are established ; but ' ' are addressed to that increasing class of tho people who are beginning to express their strong opinions and ' personal wrongs through the medium of the press . . When a-man exchanges the hammer forapen , and the . [ anvil for . -a < desk , it is not to be wondered at if he betrays some unskilfulness . He will forge putbisiron better than He will his thoughts , and / as a corisequenco , iwbat'he produces may not be deemed workmanlike' in a literary sense , and ; so be refused . This the writer will put' down to the caprice or polities of the editor , who declines his well-intended communications . He will never

      suspect bis own want of skill ,. The purpose of this letter is to explain the rhat'ter a little . Every attempt at expressing opinion ; however ill it may succeedj is a part of-the process of self-education , and ,-often ; : the only , mode : available : to . the poor ! Whatever shall render this more practicable and , common among the people does good , and to this end a few ' rules are submitted , for the guidance of the uninitiated who attempt writing for ' the press . ; In these days of the growth of Organisation , reports of their proceedings and expressions of their opinions . are valuable . The pen . and the tongue are the hew weapons of the popular warfare , arid the rhultitude . must be trained in their use . Fortunately there is no direct law against "drilling" the populace to the use of these " arms . "

      ¦ Nearly all persons who have penned a letter or an article , afterwards'desire to see it in print . Literature is a Republic' where all eminence is honourable ; for though some may obtain i admission by force of . wealth , none ean maintain station except by . force of genius . But by reason of the necessary conditions . of admission . being overlooked , many sustain disappointment which to them is inexplicable . Such persons may possibly profit by the following directions . Writers too eagei' to wait on rbethod , or whose genius disdains the observance of rules , can , ot course , accomplish success in their own way ; but to the less fortunate a practical word may bo useful , ; and : tO ; . those only do I speak : — rj ' - ' 1 , Use '' notorize - paper , because a large sheet covers the printer ' s . case , and hinders bis work .

      ! 2 "Do not write ori the back of the ' pdper , as tbat doubles the time ' of printing the article—while one side is being '? sct up , '' what is written on the back , cannot be " gone on with . " ^ r 3 . Write with dark black ink , for an editor will read with reluctance , what be sees with difficulty- ; and tbe compositor , for the same reason , will dislike tOSetitUpV '• " ' . ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ; : ¦ . ' : ¦ - > ^ - 4 ; = Always write a plain bold hand , borne hands which are elegant are too elegant to be . understood . If ypil send , an indistinguishable , scrawl , it will be Urowii aside until the editor has leisure to make it out . ' ^ wliich' miy not be until the "interest of the article na 8 ; paBsed away / ' and it may be too late'to printit / . ' .- . :: ' ' ' , ";!''"' ¦¦ ¦ >'¦ ' ¦¦ '• : ¦ ' ¦¦•' . ^ -Kemember j tbati whatever . - gives an ; editor trbuble at ( his desk , doubles his . expense in the printing- . ofiiee . " . The ' pf-inters and '^ rea ' ders waste time in . decipn ' ering'badMS . i and out of ' any failure in interpretation ; commonly grows a charge against the journalfor . ^ misrepresenting "the writer .

      6 . df you know-that-the editor will take any trouble to ; oblige you ,, why give hini any , ' trouble , you please ., Ifiyoii are ' richVand' can sbnd the printer a guinea for making out your letter , you may scrawl like a gen- ' tlemari ; if you have a great name , so that tbe responsibility of anything you write ill will attach to yourself and , hot reflect on the paper , express ' yourself how . y ' ouplease ;' you may scribble with a pin'on your-batterpaper , and the editor will try to make it out , but if the editor is under no obligation to you , if you have no guineas , to , spare , if j you are not so popular ,, tbac anytEing " must . b . e printed that bears your namey , ; why . eleav . e ' t ' o good sense , good taste , correct expression , ; aricfa plain hand ,..-. ; .. ¦ 7 . ^ ever fear ,. ' as some , do , that an editor will omit

      ori ^ 'dgC iyou ' r ; communication without cause . If itbaVe ' value ' he will be glad ' of it ' . If it be , as ah , retationa of facts , ought tobe , ^ briefly toldf > witboufc deeiamatipu , ' digression , or imputation , " it will beimpossible to abridge ' it . A well-written letter ,, or barrative'iis incapable ofbeing altered or abreviated , for the . better . Hardly anything is , ever ' refused ori whatever side written , if well done . The artistic taste df aniedito ^ fpr . tbe . . literary , perfection of his .. paper , is ' a ruling ^ pa / ssipnf stronger than personal feeling , or politicaVprejudice j ; arid , riext the love of fair play , he is attracted by ' tbat which iawe | l d ° n ' fWiese ruks . are given for the guidance of those who

      send occasional ' communications to . the cptemporary prjEs ' s /' and ' afe hot to be ' uridersfqQd ; 9 S intended for the ^ correspondents ,. of , .. the Leader , I have . iao instructions -whatever from , the . editor of this paper to | refer to " this subject . ' That gentleman will , no dottbtj . defSjhoth the laws of natureand ^ necessity in ; deciphering ;) ettersVfrbicb need deciphering—he will pe rsisti as a patriotic ' ediior'is expected to dp , in seeing what cannot be seen , and iri reading c ' aligraphywhichcannotberead ,.. . as-often as he is favoured-wjth such . But ,, should any one , write to otlier ^ pap ereVwhose'edhors are' under 'tbe ^' UEual limits of time and patienceand optical laws , it may be as ; well to ; consult their infirrhities , ; Ion ,

      . In' I Rjonse^Uen Ce Of' Tbo'iiwmevbua ...

      . IN' i rjoNSE ^ uEN CE of' tbo ' iiwmevbua L' suicides' ' which have takehiplace ia ' the'army of ParisjJGeneral : & lagnam ,: the Cbmmanderriri-Chief , ' has iaddressed toithe j troops syfeelin g exhortation -against this sinful and cowardly '' proceeding , and quoted the language ofthe Emperor in ' reprobation ' oi it . ^ -Pam Journal . . —^ A v-M ' i , ^ . ..-. ! -. ; .- . . M . PoiEi .,. a tradesman of Naples , whilst visiting the curiosities , of Paris on ^ Sunday , lost his pockotbobki ' Coritainiri ' g-l . COO--francs . in-notesand -bills . The day after he went to the banker who bad to pay thf bills / knd ; told him of his'loss / To his agreeable surprise he learned that his pocket-book ^ and its contents - 'bad 'been placed in ' that gentleman ' s li ' ahds : ' = > It-hhidibeenfound by M . Soyer ; clerk to'M .

      Sibu , a bu'issier ,- 'and : it'was not without difficulty that tbe'clerk-would consent to accept a present of iOOf . — Qatignanii ¦ - < '¦ :- ¦ •'• ? '! ' - ¦ ¦»¦ ; * ' ' ¦ ; A 'FiEtu on ; FiRE .- ^ The extvaordinavy spectable ofjafieid ,: onifire-was witnessed on Tuesday at Cbleetham . A quantity of cotton , saved from a fire in Liverpool ; liad ( been . purchased by Mr ; - 'John Blair , cotton broker ;; and being Wet and > requiring to'be dried , < and dirty and vequiviug to * be picked ; Mr . Blair had it laid lightly , about six inches'deep , over a field at Ogden ' 8 ] farm ,: OheethamHiH , < and set some sixty persons to ; pick " -iw . A spark'from

      the pipe . of one of these persons is believed' to have caused the loss which Mr .-Blair has now sustained by . ' the burning of two-thirds of the . whole sto 6 k ; there was-about . £ 300 of cotton , "and ronlyiiilOO wdrth of this has been saved ; . ! As . soon , as the fire b > 6 ke out , the fire-engines- 'from . Oiarence-street , Manchester ; were sentftnv ¦ > Mr .-Ross and hismen obeyed the , summons , and took three machines to the bumingfield i but . as , on arriving , - they found that there was no water to be had for the supply of' the ;; engines , ; they . could ; merely be ofnise- in suggesting the , manual [ separation ; of the u ' nburnt frtfm . tbeburning portions , and the carrying of the former to . a place of safety .

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      Saturday, August 2. House Of . Lords.—Th...

      SATURDAY , August 2 . HOUSE OF . LORDS . —Their lordships met at twelve o ' clock . -- .- ' On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE , the Metro * polltan Suwoi'S Aefc was read a second time . The Biittersea Park Amendment Bill passed through committee , and was reported to tho ' house . On the motion of Lord Stanley of Aldisrley , the Mercantile Marine Act Amendment Bill was read a third time , and passed . Several other bills were advanced a stage , and their lordships then adjourned HOUSE OF COMMo ^ S . -Old House of Comjions . —Sir E . N . Buxton asked the noble lord whether it was tho intention of the government to order the present building to be pulled down durine tbe recess ? ¦ s

      Lord J . Russeli . said that when the hon . baronet had first asked him the question he-stated , that in consequence of tho uncertainty which existed in respect to the condition of the new House of Commons , it was not considered prudent to allow the present houselo be pulled down .. From the experience which they had since had ofthe new building , they were of opinion that the experiment Vi'dS BO satisfactory , that they might feel certain Of being able to occupy that house permanently from the next session . The government had , therefore , come to the decision to ; allow this building to bo pulled down ' 'be recess , in order tO Carry OUt thfl architectural arrangements ., ( Hear . )

      Case of Robekt Ekskinb . —Sir E . $ , BuxioN wished to ask the-hon . Under Secretary for the Colonics a question , respecting the case of R . Ersk ' ine on the coast of Africa , towards whom great cruelty had been practised . The young man was accused of robbory , and was cruelly tortured , as it is alleged , by the orders of two officers in her Majesty ' s service , named Murray and Stewart , for the purpose of making him confess , Ho wished tO asfc his hon . friend , whether ho would inform the house Of . the nature ofthe correspondence that had passed between the , Colonial-office and the Commander-inchief , in respect to this matter ?

      Mr . Hawes said that if the honourable baronet would move for the corrrespondence ho would bo willing to assent to its production . The case waa one no doubt of groat atrocity , but being committed by individuals not in the service of the . local government , it , unfortunately , did not come within the operation of tho statute for the punishment of offences committed in tbe colony . Tho ease was brought subsequently under the commander-inchief , and he ( Mr . Hawes ) would read to the house the . concluding paragraph of a letter which he bad received from Lord FJtzroy Somerset , conveying

      tho Duke of Wellington ' s decision on the subject : " la reply , I have to acquaint you tbat his grace also feels that imputations of great seriousness are raised and supported by a considerable body of evidence , against officers in her Majesty ' s service ; but having considered the whole matter with , most anxious attention , and being advised that tho officers in question cannot bo tried or puwished by court martial , for an oftence committed now three years ago , bis grace is at a loss to suggest , to Earl Grey what further , proceedings should be taken against them . "

      Ann Hicks akd the Crtstai . Palace . —Colonel SimiroRP gave notice of his intention on Tuesday next to bring forward the ease of Ann Hicks , and to ask tho government whether it was true that on the Sabhath day certain articles were takeu out of the Crystal Palace for the purpose of being copied ? , The house then adjourned at a quarter past 0 B 6 o ' clock , until twelve on Monday . MONDAY , August 4 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Burial of Unitarians . — A petition was presented by tbe Duke of HicuMosn , from Unitarian ministers and others of the South , Unitarian Society , complaining that clergymen of the Church of England refused to ^ read th e burial service over the , corpses of Unitarians , and praying that they might be permitted to use a service of

      ' their own , or that the ministers \ of the Established Church might be directed to read the burial service over their dead . . -. ! The General Board of Health ( Jfo . 2 ) Bill , and the , Emigration Advances Distressed Districts ( Scotland ) Bill were severally . read a second time . ; On the motion for the second reading of the Me * tropolitan Interments Bill , ' ; The Bishop of Loxnos complained of the ineffi « cient powers that had been assigned to the Board 6 f Health , and the unsatisfactory way in which the commissioners had interfered with many of the existing burial places in the metropolis , where it seemed they had , authority enough co disturb the old system of interment , but not enough . to esta « blish a new one .

      ' ¦ The ; Eavl , oi SHATTBSBuRy vindicated the Board of Health . •• : , ¦ ' . . '• After some further conversation the bill passed the second reading . ; Tho Coal-whippers ( Port of London ) Bill went through committee . ¦ ,-. The Commissioners of Railways Act Repeal Bill was . read a third time and passed , after a short discussion and a division . . I The Customs Bill was also read a third time , and passed . Some other bills were forwarded a stage , and their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes past eight o clock . HOUSE OF , COMMONS . —At thenooa sitting , the General Board of Health ( No . 4 ) Bill was read a third time and passed . The Canterbury Association Bill was also read a third time .

      The Patent Law Amendment Bill passed through committee , after some discussion , of the several clauses . Crystal Palack . —Lord J . Russell brought up the gracious reply of her Majesty to the . address of the house praying for the temporary preservation Of the Crystal Palace .. Jntbis reply the Queen re ferred to-the serious questions which must inevitably be determined before tbe subject could ba satisfactorily settled . Occuratios . . of ; ¦ Rome . —FoREios . Refi'OEES IX England , —Mr . Akbietc , referring ; to a . report in the continental newspapers of an instruction from the court of Rome to its representative , at the court of

      Vienna to endeavour , to effect the replacing of the Preach garrison in . Rome by a garrison . of Austrian and . Neapolitan troops , the avowed object being to preyent . the possibility , of the re-es . tablishment of a liberal government at Rome , asked if any communication on the subject had been brought under the notice , of her Majesty ' s government by . ; the . representative Qf , the . cnurt of Vienna . hv a note as had been reported ? Also , whether ,, in , the same note , as ; was also reported , application had been made to the Eiiglish'governraent for : the expulsion of Hungarian , Italian , and other refugees from London , and for the suppression of the Italian loan « iid to be [ negotiating in London ?

      Lord Palmerston ;—JSo communication of the nature of the supposed note had been made by Austria to her Majesty ' s government-Khear )— and tha result of such-, inquiries as we have m ' ada on tha subject tends to lead us to the opinion , that the note in question , like another which also appeared in the . continental newspapers , is a pure invention . ( Hear , hear . ) , I say another which appeared in tbe foreign newspapers , because I may as well State at the same time ; that there was another'note said t 0 have been presented by the governments of Russia and Prussia to ; the Italian . governments , assuring them , of their ., support , in . putting , . down- any internal convulsions ' that might occur . Her Majesty ' s government' made inquiries . is " to the authenticity of ! that note , and from tho information ? re received

      my belief- is . than there is no foundation for the rei port as ; to the existence of tbat note , i any mora thau there is for the report ,. of . the . existence ' of < the . note to which the hon . arid learned member has rel ' erred . Suclrbeihg ' the . ' case ;; of c . o ' urse ho application'has been made ' - ' to her Ma ^ esiy ^ gbverriment inthespirit of thatnote . ;' ( Cheers . ) ' With regard td the other question , wbetheriny application has been made to her Majesty ' s government to CXpel fo « roignersresident in this country , at . may well be supposed , as my right 'hon ' . friend the ' Secretary ' of State for thd ! Home- Departrnerit " ( who is . ' unfortunately not now in tbe house ) stated-on a formes occasion , thafe ( certajn foreigncgovernmentsvlgoS with concern ; and anxiety tlon the proceedings of . tha foreigners residing here —{ hc " av )^ -but nothing * haa passed which amounts to an application such as " the hon . and learned ' 'member ' supposes to , have been

      made : Had ! such an application' been -uiade , th < $ answer to . . it : is obvious—" jThati . ' the laws ' o f ' this country , g ive no power to her . Majesty ' s government arbitrarily . to expel , any foreigner , who resides here . sojlbng as he does hot ' violate thelaws . df the land . ' * ( Loud cheers . ) »>• ' •¦ - » ' ' : " ' " ! " - . " ' '¦ ' "' ¦ ' l '" Pnrcsuming : at five o ' clock ; ' "; . ••' " - • . •'¦ : . ' : ¦ ' ¦ The ^ houso ^ esolved itself , into committee on thfl Episcopal . ahd . pap . itular Estates ' , Management' ( No ' 2 )! BiIl . '' . ' .. ,. , ,. .. -. . . , The Solicitor- General proposed' the introduction of certain-words' in blause-lj'by which the exi isting rights :. andincerests of the lessees ' of cburcli property , would be protected from iniuryta i •¦ * borS ; rGma ,. ke &' u ^ theSSn , w ^^ priety ofpostponingat for the presenf Eessiob : ^ mJ . ObahAUobserving-that : tberproperty in-: ffi ! ' . TO ^ # millions in- v ^ Z aJdSg

      . ''^^'¦^¦•"'•• roomittedi Wiat"the only doubtfl expressed , had . referred to the- / interests of the les « sees ,, which were , sufficiently protected bythe amendment of the ' Solicitor-General . , Ultimately the committee divided : lor reporting progress / ............. ' »•• 20 Against . ' . ' .. ii . < .:.. ; .,....... ' .. ; .....,... » -- j ® g ' l

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 9, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09081851/page/7/