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      N^G Speaker.—The Hon. Gentleman Is Entit...

      Crawford ' s demand that nut-door relief ' should be extended in IrelandI not only to tbe aged and infirm , bit ali-o to tho sible-b 3 died , by a compulsory rate , he obseiTtd that he could not for one moment entertain a jjivpi'siiiou which be-believed would introduce a most perilous aud noxious sy-teui into that country . That system was dangerous in principle , and had been firand prcsnant with mischief when carried into practice in Eng land . After a short conversation , in which Mr . Shaw , Col . Conoliy , Mr . F . French , and Mr . M . O'Ferrall took part , Mr . S . Cbawfoed briefly replied , and withdrew his motion .

      Lord G . Bestixck , in moving for " a return giving the numberand the iiam ««<» f tbe impoi ters of foreign grain now in bond in the Queen ' s warehouses in Great Britain and Ireland , together ™ th thequanthies held bv each individua l . " observed , that , 1 ns object w « s to ' show the number of FJ ^ SSJSJ be benefited by the measure then <*&» * £ » " % ! for the immediate reduction of th * torn ,. " ; "' au miration of that measure would i mraed ' ^ er and tbe duty on wheat . from Ids . to ^ q e consumers , the difference would be gamed , not . ¦ ^ tLat the bat by the eorn-dealcrs . He ert y -. e iaJf a practical result of the measure «~ which . inimoutosome ^ or 4 W mer | am , ^ rf « were not to go >« to ^™ tbe distressed better expended in fining «¦"" * U : B . fet- ^ to Lord G . Bentinck the expediency of asking for a further return to that for wh'di he had moved—namely , for a return ef all the individuals who were to eat the corn in bond .

      The CnAScetuou of the Exciuqukr declared his readiness to accede to the motion . He entered into a statement to prove that there was no ground for the noble lord' s apprehension , that the holders of bonded corn would receive such enormous advantages from the proposed alteration iu the corn autiis . Mr . iVEwnEGATE would rather see the revenue given to the people of Ireland than sacrificed in the way pointed out by his noble friend . He suggested to Mr . Esco ' -t thai he should himself undertake the rain task which he had recommended to his noble friend—namely , that of procuring a return of the pirsons who would ent the corn now in bond . Afierafewwords from Mr . Wobehocsk and Mr . S . O'Brien .

      Lerd G . Bextixck insisted on the correctness ef his former argument . The suggestion offered to Mm by Air . Eseott was as iHcomprchensible as the conductor that jientlcman in retaining his seat and voting for the abolition of the Corn Lsws , knowing , as Lc did , that he had been returned for . Winchester In opposition to two honest supporters of that measure . He ( Lurd G . Beutuick ) should canceive himself mad to follow such a leader , or to be guided in anvtiiiug either by his advice or his example . Mr . Etc or defended himself from the sarcasms of the nobie lord , who , from the language which he had just used , was evidently quite ignorant of the cirtUKistsncea under which he had been elected . The return was then ordered , and the house adourned .

      HOUSE OF LORDS—Thursday , Feb . 12 . STATE OF 1 RELASD . The Msrquisof Ci . * XBic » ia > j : niovtd , pursuant to notice , tor returns with ras-pect to tbe c ^ mmissiou of Climes in Irihiud . He was shocked to « ee the increase of crimes of tbe deepest dye ia that country , and ha ejuld tot but think that great blame was due to tbe government . It was not only tbe combination against life , bui against property , in Ireland , that ought to be pat down by the government . Tbe greater put of Ire-12 nd , be avstrteJ unhesitatingly , was in a state of insur-TeCiiou , and no step bad been liken by the government to pn : it down , lie cou « id « red that it was high time that soifctthiug should be done with respect to tbe criminal law in Ireland .

      Earl -St . Geehass said , it was the intention of the government , at au early priiod , to lay on the table of tbe house a bill which , lie twisted would have the effect of reinedtiii ^ the evils complained of by tbe noble marquis , lie would observe , in reference to tbe charge of supineness brought against the government , that it was no Pent matter to set aside the oilier laws of tha land , or to abridge tbe liberty of tbe subject . It was a matter of deep consideration whether tbe exist ag state of tke — - ' ( try juctified a measure of this extraordinary nature . Bv . U ; ij \ st }' * government ka

      E / . rl Gcet said be was glad to bear that it was the intention of tbe government ta introduce a measure upon the snivel that had leenititroducod hy his noble friend , lucre was something radically wrongiu lbs statv of Ireland . « hicb required Legislative enactments to remedy , Oat these leii-lative enactments murt not be wbollyofa fOrrcive character . The returns were then agreed to , and the bouse adj OUIlitQ . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tw : r . si ) iT , Feb . 12 . Tiu-Manjuisof CSiNDOS took the oaths and his seat fin liuvkinyhism , and Lord Henry Lennox for Chichester . 0 : s tbe motion of Lord GtASVtLtE SoiiEKSET , tkt second report of the cotnmitte on raiinavs was agreed to , after a short . 'iscussion .

      sir Jamcs Geaium , in reply to Admiral Dundns , said the joiemuieut had no power over Captain Johnstone , of the Tor ? , lie having been acquitted ou ibe ground of iiisan-. y , except to keep him in clo < ecoi : linemen tin Bedlam for Hie . He also stated that it was the intention of go .-i-rnnifciit to take ineasurvs for examining the Waiters O ; merchant vessels before their appointuieut , Mr . Ucxcokbi : gavr notice Uiat on Tuesday nest be s :: ou ]< -: : uove li . r leave to brills in a bill to amend the law- ivlauus U » friendly Mjritvies .

      THE i'OUS LAWS . —ADJOnRXED DEBATE . The r . < 1 j .. urutd debate on th « - quet . tK-: i " that the bouse de r ^ ilvc itsch into committee on the Customs and Corn lu : p » rtat ; o : i Act-, " was couiw need by J 5 r . C . iQCHorK . who entered into an explanation ol n' . sv . 'te iu 1 M > 3 , iu support of Mr . ViliieisV motion for a to ::: nrit : ee to inquire into tbe proj-ru-ry of repealing the Com Lans . Sir II . Peel bud e ifircly inifkkni his p « st anii ills pnstut opinions . He had u > : ver . utevtained tbe o ;> : i : i « 'iis s « , consistcutlj entertained by Mv . Villiers ; and lie l' » d Jic'vr pa = sid lroin them to the o < x . lriiies of high Tirotecti « is . Ha had alwavs cousideied tiie question ot fa-.- C- * n Lsws a mint a ; ix ' mus and perplexing question ; aad : n 1 S ;< , n . < t tieing in r « il : xKieiit , auJ havitu much leisure tim-, he liad studied it with all tiie diligence aud

      impartiality he c . m' . d rouunsud . He had come to the c ^ nc : nsi < m that ; . r . > ttcrion was uen-ssat jr for the interests o : agriculture ; and harii . g come to that conclusion be had d . dared himself an advocate lor a fixed duty on t-uiii . Aft . r the occurrences « f the last lew moutlis , it 6 ve :: icd j . r « . lialife that bis notion of a fixed duty , had it K-tn sdoj-t d , woa ; d lisre no <« been deemed preferable t- » that t . f u sliding scale . After applying himself to refute Sir It . red ' * argument * respecting pricis and wages , hi- j . riK-eid . u to couaueat on the speech de : iv < re ( l bv Sir 1 . ( i .-. Ui : ; in ., a Tuesday evening . Sir J . Graham had then d " i . -p .. seii v . ry .-u :: m . inlj « it ail his former nr ^ urotnts on li . is sul = j-. c ;; aud bad said that as he vouiesitd that he ttsd ci ( wig .-ii his opiuious . there was au end of his

      lurai-r leasmiii . gs . 5 o , there was not au end of them ; f-r a stat . B-.: ia : t who spike like Sir J . Grahau , with t ' . » Hjari : c-- a-.: d ^ eUus , xught to i ( collect that bis v . o . -d- ' v . irr niugtu slia'ts which « ud ; deeply iu n . e « V l-. eaits . Ti . ey had made msuj convtrts , aud bad ii : ih ! eiirt . d and were ii . ilueuciag thousands of Lis fellow cuuturuuen ; and he ( Mr . Colqahoun ) wag <» f « . p . n :-. < i that ^ Sr Ja : jieK ' * tipliVa rei-. iutat : « n of hi « i-. nrjvr . al words « o « ld not ruiiviuce the o-uutry that L- c-uhiiszs- vajfi-s orei . lt the nnai « aal coiiditionof the i-ii : iar . i = j ! po ;> uhiti .. it ! . y Ii-s jr ^ se ut wie « -ureR . U « - wis a : r .: i . { that iho > e tm-itiiitt , w .. uld L .. 4 „ << n tn » cut ::: v « v . l- oi a iiiml ti nhich ils att .-ution ought to b .-, jvt Una not be * n called . Wh « t « ou ; a be their effects i-u tl . ec- oi- si iutc-rstj ; Theprorevii-m « u timbsr atd

      tiajar w .. uM not 2 v : i ^ scnjre t ' j e protection of «> rn ; i-jd tin-ii th-- uianef « c : r . rer « ot EiigUtud would find tinnts-: v . s t : « : o .. ? cr ill ; Hi « se » siun o' fie idtantage . s which t !« y now j ^ . ss-seil iu tfce eolouial mar ' tieu Under men « r . sc-m « ai-. c : F , wliat would be tfce ciiiiifou of the country if , ia addition to a tailing harvest , it should have t » atrassi-:, es ia ISi , Mg 4 iu-, t a tilling revenue ! But v . hat re- «* ou was th ^ re to ia . l-.-c ; the house t 4 i give its ss-s'iit t » a commercial ciic which even Mr . Villieis c » nM «« -t rrcvna-. tnd to his conMitntRits as a perfect coue , f . s it »» : il eiiliircca protct' : i « u on silk , on sugar , o : i ti « : 5 > cr , on copper , ati . t vuti « us otbtr j- . tttclcs ?• If , then , pn . t-c :: on Were left oa si . tn- fahncs . why waft all protection t » be taken ! r ^ w that manufacture—for

      cm Iwd hi-ea ja * t !» c * l ! . d by L- ) rd V . Eg . rtou * ini .-itauu' . — « Licit was , ^ ' all others th * Hu . st pivt ^ rious in its com }* : at . d the uoist uticrlBiu iu it- ; reinnis * K- rerct . e . ; that ever siuvtf i , c had taken his scat on the Ki » i * ti-rial bencfa asiirul ! urj-. i jrtote . tion had never received froai Sir R . IV . l imytht ,,- like a stattre « 5 w fw : c » . He iiud no autipati-y to him . B „ , i „ v , „ . rin . t-er .-ri-.-ir , ! / or many of Li < coil-agUe ! i ; hut | . i / ,. « . p 5 : ; ,. i . !•> S : s Ii . lW ' a :. d .-niuifir ^ tii .: i would hi fU UfC \ t £ ti ;« - | iiv hTUWcd and M » . < Llv anhrrrd to ; for , aslimg as Sir U . ln-it decUu ^ d < ii- < us » i „ n « a a u t » , . rt tai „ . tior . s nliirli agifj- 'cd thu luiudg of Ea-U » t > . v . ivin , * t > \ nv . » } ie . slioul-I r . « _ promise fcitnau , ad hesion , nor repose in llWi F . nv rol . fldci . v * .

      ifr . h tss iutimat .. 4 his intention of siding with th * g . cruitucat >! r . Gl Hi iiccoTt i ^ in «» d obi the il !( ( insistency of tbe gMvti ; : tH-.. t i-u «; . p . aing t . u eight shjll-n- duty , and now { . *<•; , vlng : * of tour shtii-n-s . and eiprcsud his dtter . inii ^ lioti to o ; . ]»^ e lie uiearbie of the for , runtnt , as lteh--i lef lie lU . t « f h . s nobie fiicv . d the nienibcr for I » : idoii . . Sir . <' . ' ¦ * - * !*?«* ' snpp < irt « drlie ti : ta * crc , andeontended that «« i ! = J 5-. iv of corn Iiom the n .-rth « f Etax-pe and tiie U . ; it- « S « i * . r « of A-. iieriK . was tu , t ir ^ , ) y to occur . ^ r . TnoMiS 3 amkc regretted that " | . should ciff * r fro-zi JJ-ose wiils « Ji' -ra be l . ad i ^ , ; ., iilK IihU . „ f 5 , ^ 5 ,, ^ Iintiief ' -t'teiv . ' .: himself bound , on i * : Kcipl .-, toeppose Sirltc'it'tt T »< 1 V uie « sutei < .

      L'ir . i ; . < ol : r « H observco , that tfce ! lWtfc htit-w b < fore that * run . -5 that Mr . T . li .-t . 'in ^ « r . s a f : i-. j . d to free ttai- = ji sj ;» - a . 'Slract , bnt after hi- irce :. t s ; . ; tch it Mould b < = « K « .-J : to pc . "suadc tbe c < . ui . t : v that be wss a friend

      N^G Speaker.—The Hon. Gentleman Is Entit...

      to it eithwin the abstract or in the detail- Mr . Bairng had told tire bouse that the greatest want of the countrj last autumn wne the want of a Minister . At the present moment that want was most seVewly felt by that partj of which-Mr . ilaring was n member , and whieh was now leftwittiontleadersnnd mttientahend . Mr Baring had proposed a compromise on this quest . on . The time for , t was gone by ; bntit bad been offered onee by the leadersof tbepartynith which he ( Lord Morpeth ) bad acted , and had been insultingly and ignominious !) ' rejected bj those who bad bailed Mr . Baring's speech with such triumph . Since he bad last the honour of sitting in that bouse he had travelled much in America ; he had lived two years in the heart ef an agricultural district , and he had lost and regained the / epresentatiou of Yorkshire . That last circumstance told its own moral and its own meaning , and

      £ required no comment of his to explain it . In Yorkshire was the greatest woollen trade , the greatest linen trade , the greatest steel trade in the empire . The withdrawal of protection from these trades was immediate ; and yet they bad all of them met before tbe hustings at "Wakefield , and had declared by his return , " Competition we have to meet , and all we ask is a fair field and no favour . " Why should not that interest which plumed itself on be . ing eminently English , take a leaf out of the book of these begrudged manufacturers , and why should it be the only-interest , which scorned fair odds in order to keep its own ! He said that he had lived two years in the heart of an agricultural district ; and that circumstance bad led him to tha conclusion that the protection , which you profess to preserve for the benefit of the farmer nnd the agricultural labourer , was nothing but a

      misnomer aud a positive injury to both . The interest of all classes was identical ; but the real interest of agriculture must always depend on tbe well-being of the community , and on the effective demand of the working classes . Thai effective demand always existed when the price of bread was low . The fact was—and it could not be denied—that with cheapness of bread there always came an increassd demand for labour . He made a syllogism on this subject do the work of a speech .. It was impossible to deny that there was not a sufficient quantity of food grown in this country for our population . There was a daily addition of 1000 children to that population , or an addition of 3 G 5 , O 00 iu a year . Then there was not an addition every year of 865 , 000 quarters of wheat to our native growth of corn . Ought we not then to procure a supply of corn from abroad , and at the cheapest possible rate , in order to be able to furnish the poorer classes of our community with a cheap and abundant

      supply of food ? If a flaw could net bo d « tect « d in these premises , then he maintained that . ' the aristocracy of England , in spite of their prepossessions and prejudice * , must see that they could not persist in their resistance to this change without infatuation , and he had almost said without ruin . lie then proceedsd to explain to the house the impressions which had been made upon his mind with refer . nce to this question by his travels in th « United States . Much that be had seen in the United States , and much that he had heard since he left them , hat ! not given him much faith in the good to . be derived from unmitigated democracy ; and he had not returned home with a diminisbed attachment either to the monarchical or to the atistocratical institutions of England ; but he had felt most sensibly in America that xce conld not confront in Enpknd tlwt appearance of ease and comfort which , from the cltcapnest of food , teas titibte in ( lie great mass of the American people . He bad also telt thai W £ CODXD NOT HHT TBE WAXTS AKD WISHES OF ODB OWN

      PEOPLE IF WE DID KOT WOBK OCT OO * AE 1 STOCBATIC IKSTlTtmovg IN HOSE OF A DEMOCRATIC 6 HEIT . No chl £ S which propped itself on Btlfish interests could escape from downfall in this age of intelligence ; and no aristocracy—not even an aristocracy as illustrious as our own—could stand under the pressure of a system of Corn L w . , if those Corn Laws werejprohibitory . lie , therefore , conjured the aristocracy to rise above their own special interests , and to bear their pert in the consideration of this question , which , if not adjusted with them , would be adjusted in spite of them . Our system enabled us to embrace within the active energies of industry , the steady forethought of the middle classes , the privations and patience of the working classes , the busy agency of a frse aud eulig & ten « d press , and the progressive intelligence of an advancing age . Let tbe aristocracy throw in their lot together with these interests , and let it be their prid » , as it would be their safety , to be the leaders and not the laggards in the onward march of j the great community of the British ectphte . Hi : ( Jabkeix opposed the government measure .

      Air . Koebcce entered into an ela ' sorate refutation of the leading arguments adduced by the advocates of protection throughout the debate , premising that he had no opinions to explain away—nothing to defend—but everything to assail . The cry ef protection , he contended , was simply for tbe benefit of the landlords , and without concurring in the opinions which had been expressed , as to the beneficial consequences to follow a repeal of the Corn Laws , he assented to the measure , earnestly trusting that her Majesty ' s government would take this opportunity of introducing a large measure of national education . Mr . Hodgsos nisnx supported the amendment . On the motion of Sir H . Bovclas , the debate , was adjourned till Friday . The Fishery Piers and Harbours ( Ireland ) Bill passed through Committee , and was ordered to be reported on Friuay . The Citations ( Scotland ) Bill was read a third time and passed .

      The Drainage ( Ireland ) Advance of Monty Bill went into Committee , aud several new clauses having been added , was ordered to be reported on Friday . The Committee on the County Works Presentments ( Ireland ) Bill was postponed till Monday . The bouse then adjourned at half-past one o ' clock .

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      Poor Removal.—On Tuesday Last, In The Ho...

      Poor Removal . —On Tuesday last , in the House of Commons , a return was ordered on the motion of Mr . T . Duncombe , " specifying the number of families and persons removed " by any local order , or other authority , to their place of settlement from each manufacturing town in Yorkshire , Lancashire , and Cheshire , during the years 1 S 41 , 1842 , and 1843 , the date of such removal , the name of the parish to which removed , and the occupation or trade , and length of rvsidcucc iu tUe town ftora which sucb families and ptrtous were so removed . "

      Desperate Affrays Between English And Ir...

      DESPERATE AFFRAYS BETWEEN ENGLISH AND IRISH LABOURERS . : PKiBITH . TCESOAT NlGHT , Xl . VE O'ClOCK . — Ever since tha commencement of the Lancaster and Carlisle , mid other railways in the north , a most determined aud inveterate animosity has unfortunately existed amongst tiie English and Irish labourers , the former refusing lo allow the . latter to work with them , by reason of the latter working for under wages and other grievances . About one o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon the English working at the great cutting near Yew ' s-crag , on the Lancaster and Carlisle Una , about two miles distant from

      Penrith , on account of a number of the Irish having on Monday us : d on « of the Englith " gangers" very ill , rose e < i i . xutfe and drove the Irish off the works to Yanwath , whence they again routed them , and pursued them to the workiugs on the other side of the Eamont , and attempted to drive thtm there , but the Irish mustered a strong force and obliged the English to retreat . In the evening tho Irish having assembled at Plumptin , marched into Penrith to the number of SOO , five in a row , armed with knives , sticks , clubs , pokers , pitchforks , scribes , and oihtr weapons . So further disturbance took place that night .

      wajutEStrAT Erisixe . —About a quarter past eight o ' clock this morning upwards of l ( i 00 of the English entered Penrith in atady , allurmed withscithas , pokers , sticks , hammers , picks , pistols , and various other weapons . On entering the town they proceeded up tha front ( . treat into MiddHgate , where they turned into Surrogate and Sandgnte , the streets where a number of the frith lodge . But they found none of them . Thence they proceeded up Albert-street to the town-bead in search . -i the Irish , where they found three or four , who were most dreadfully kicked and beaten . Leaving the town , the mob , which hy this time bad amounted to UpwATdS of a . ceo , proceeded on the Caxtishy-TOftd to Milestone . house , nhere a number ff the Irish early in the morning had mn ? icr « d , but on hearing of the approach of the

      English had fled . Several individuals were captured and dreadfally beaten and ill-used . Wherever the Irish could ba found , the ; were bunted out and shockingly maltreated . The English had to a considerable axteHt departed , when it « aine to lie known that abwrt & Q 0 faith , all armed , w * re within two milvs of the town , when the Rujlish all renins tend , and prec « edwd to meet them . A dreadful conflict was now apprthendtd , but in the meantime the yeouiaury aavalry had be * n called out , and forthwith proceeded to me * t the Irish to prevent then : entering the town . The Irish , however , did not corns . On the return of the cavalry the K : ot Act was read , and the troops tight a-breast cleared the streets of tha Er . g . lish . It was feared that the Irkh would re-enter tin town on Tredacedar nfcbt

      The Alleged Murder At Greenwich. On Thur...

      THE ALLEGED MURDER AT GREENWICH . On Thursday Mr . C . J . Curttar , coroner for "West Kent , rewintd nnd concluded the inquiry touching the death of a male infant , found buried in the garden , lately in the occupation of William Richardson , assistant " to tho Astronomer Royal at the Observatory , Greeuwicb-park . Several witnesses wore ex-• RWied , but their evidence addod nothing to what i > already known . The coroner summed up the evidence , and aitor addressing the jury from four o ' clock until a quai ter-nast nine , expressed his opinion that the case was complete aa to the guilt of some person or persons , leaving the jury to consider to whom hi ? observations pointed , and to their own conviction under all the circurastenose . The jury then retired , ami at half-past nino o ' clock returned a verdict 0 ! " Willul Murder" against William Richardson .

      The I.Oxdos ^Iokxikg Jocumls The Morning...

      The I . oxdos ^ Iokxikg Jocumls The Morning Chronicle is the oldest ef the morning papers , having exited for wventy-teven jeers ; the Morning Post , Btventy-livc ; Herald , sixty-three ; Times , sixty-one ; and the Advtrtiscr , fifty-one years . Street Chsistb . mkg . —We learn from the French papers that a new street has been built in Paris called the J . ' w « 1 / Mg . "We advise our lively nei g hbours to christeu their next street the Ihtsd' Abdcl-Kader , for that is their only chance , we think , of ever teeing him in tl . e streuteof Pari ? . —l \ mch . CmcBsszsB ' EtEcnoK . —Lord Henry Lennox was elected , o » f utsuay itei , mealier for OMeuesu-r .

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      Bbadf011d. We Have Had A Very Numerous M...

      BBADF 011 D . We have had a very numerous meeting at the Temperance Hall , called by requisition , signed by a largo number of electors . Th » const . iblo , named Oxley , refused to call tha meeting , and the originators proceeded with tha business . Th * resolutions and memorials in favour of tho release of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis were unanimously agreed to , and the Chartist council have procuvtdvipwatdson'l . QW signatures up lo this titnt . ; On the following week we bad Busfield Ferrand ia the Odd Fellows' Hall . The Whigs and Free-traders created an uproar of a most disgraceful character . At tho

      conclusion of Mr . Ferrand ' s address , a resolution was propossd in favour of a total , immediate , and unconditional repsal of the Corn Laws . Mr . G . Whit * moved an amendment , " That this meeting is opposed to aUmonopoly , but more especially to that monopoly which deprives the working classes of the right of voting for Parliamentary representatives . " Mr . Mens forth seconded it , and it was carried unanimously . Three cheers were given for Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . Mr . White then moved a vote of censuro on Mr . Oxley , who was on the platform , for refusing to tail a public meeting to petition Parliament for the release of the exiles . The rote was carried

      unanimously

      STOCKPORT . A public meeting took place on Wednesday last , in the Chartist Institution , Bomber ' s-brow , to petition Parliament for the restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . The «? ual resolutions and petitions were ably proposed and supported by Messrs . Ranter , Webb , Wood , house , Scrag , and Dixon , of Manchester , and unanimously adopted , The members for the borough have been written to to support the petitions . Mr . Edward Clark , of Manchester , delivered a lecture in the Chartist-room , Borober ' s-brow , on Sunday last , and gave general satisfaction . A lecture will be delivered on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock ,

      OLDHAM . On Sunday last Mr . J . K . Cooper lectured in the school-room of the Working Man ' s Hall . LAMBERHEAD-GREEN . On Wednesday last a public meeting was held here for the purpose of petitioning Parliament on behalf of the Exiles . The petition was unanimously adopted , and above 700 signatures obtained . SHEFFIELD . A meeting was held on Sunday evening in the Demo , cratic Reading-room , Fig Tr «« Lane , to form an Anti-Militia Society , when a committee was appointed . , It was resolved to hold a public meeting on the subject . The committee meet again on Tuesday arming next .

      YORKSHIRE . West Riniso Dsleqatb Mbbtiho . — This meeting was held in the Workiwg Man ' s Hall , Halifax , on Sunday last . Mr . J . Charleswortb in the chair . The following resolutions were agreed to : — "That we approve of the Executive Committee's determination to publish the political works of Thomas Paine , and b « g to suggest , that the sub-secretaries of each locality in the West Riding , will exert themselves to get the work ae extensive a circulation as possible by canvassing for subscribers , and bring a list of the number of subscribers to the next delegata meeting . " "That Messrs . Charleswortb and

      Cole audit the accounts . " " That Mr . Cropland be secretary to the West Hiding Meeting for the next tvt « lv « months . " " That tho secretary write to the s « v * ra ) localities requesting , them to send delegates to the . next West Riding Delegate Meeting . " "That the thanks of this meeting be given to the secretary for tbe faithful discharge ef his duty for the past year . " "That this meeting bt adjourned to the second Sunday in April , b « t , if circumstances occur that it is necessary to call one before that time , the secretary be empowered to do so . " The thanks of the meeting being given to the chairman , the delegates separated .

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      TAVISTOCK . On Thursday evening week a public meeting was held in the Guildhall , when a petition was adopted in opposition to the proposed embodiment of the militia . A second meeting was held on Monday evening last , when a still stronger petition was adopted . It ia now ia course of signature , and will be sent to Mr . Duncombe for presentation .

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      THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith , are held every week on the following days and places : — BUKDtt evesiso . ' South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Pnrthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . M »* tin's- ! ane , at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . — Tower Hamlets : at the Whittineton and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Mw-ulelone : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halfpast seven , MONOAT EVENING . Camberwett : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely . TiraSDAT KVEXIKG . Greenwich : at the Georgcand Dragon , Blackheatliliill , at eight o ' clock . Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land ' Society meet in the house of Alartin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , trom seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members .

      A Socih Lancashire Delegate Meeting Will...

      A Socih Lancashire Delegate Meeting will be held in tho Chartist room , Bentinck-etreet , Ashtonunuer-Lyne , on Sunday , February 15 th , at ten o'clock in the forenoon . —All letters for the district secretary to be addressed to Mr . James "Williams , No . 9 , Lancestreet , Hillgate , Stockport . Macclksfielb . —A public meeting will be hold in the Chartist room , Stanley-street , on Sunday ( tomorrow ) , at half-past six o ' clock in the evening , to petition Parliament on the Ten Hours' Bill . Mr . John West will address the meeting . Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . A . F . Taylor will lecture in the School-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , at six o'clock in the evening . Subject— " Agrarianism . " Hull . —A public meeting will be held on Wednesday , the 18 th inst ., in the Freemasons' Lodge , Myton-} iate , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the restoration of the exiled patriots . —The branch of the Co-operative Land Society will , in future , meet every Tuesday evening , at the Ship Inn , Churchlane , at seven o'clock .

      Horrible Murder And Suicide. Bctwean Six...

      HORRIBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE . Bctwean six and seven o ' clock ou Thursday morning tbe inhabitants of Arbour-squar * , Commercial-road , werealarm « dby loud calls for the police and screams of murder issuing from tbe house , No . 16 , in the squaro , occupied by a respectable man named Baxter , employed as a clerk in Templeman ' s coal wharf . Police constable Sutherland , who was passing the house , which is within abosct eighty or ona hundred yards of th « Thames Policecourt aad station-house , immsdiatcly entered , and , on descending to the back kitchen , received in his arm * the body of a young woman in the last gasp of death , from a frightful wound on the right side of the throat , which gaped to tbe extent of several inches . She died almost immediately , without uttering a word . Having laid the body ou the-floor , h « proceeded to the next apartment ; which was furnished lu

      the way of a parlour , and mitre , on the floor doss to tho nre- ¥ l » ce , lay the bod 50 f a man about twenty-six years of age , with his head nearly severed from his body , bis throat being cut quite across , A pool ' of blood had Usuad from the wound , and where the woman lay in the other apartment tbt plaoe was also deluged with blood . There was a pond of blood at the foot of the staircase , aud the door , tbe table * , and the chairs , were epattersd and « mear « d with gorn . The fender , fire irons , and furniture , were scattered about in every direction , and all tilings ketok « n « d a silent but terrible struggle . , It seems the deceased young woman , who bad not yet attained her sixteenth year , wag the daughter of Mr . Baxter , the proprietor of the house . Against the father ' s consvnt she married her murderer , Jeremiah Spefcee Stark , about nino months sinus . Tin ugh avers * to tbs

      match , h « r poor father took thera into the hoaso , in the hupa that he might further their future prospects ; but ihe son-in-law was of a gloomy aad morose temper , and apparently idly dispossd . The only discoverable grounds for tbe terrible tragedy , which bus fearfull y alarmed the neighbourhood , are tiese ;—A little , brother of the jeusg woman Ellon Baxtsr , alias Stark , slept in tbe same apartuisnt with her and her husband , and on tha previous night beard the latter abusing her and calling her odious names . This ho told to his father , who mildly remonstrated with Stark on the impropriety of his conduct . It would seem this gulled the fellow , and must have rankled all night in his mind . From the ap .

      pearanca of the trout kitchen , which seemed to be the breakfast room of the family , the jouag woman must have been at work in the place when Stark made tha attack upon her , and the silent struggle between them » mst have been t * rrlble . Her hands were cut in several places through the gloves which she had on doing her work . The poor young woman , who is supposed to have b » eu in the family way , is said to have been a sweet , good-?? mpered girl , of v « ry prepossessing appearance , anfl her life might have been saved had not her too great love for the murderer and suicide prevented her giving a ( iaioJy alarm , at there were several persons in the house at the time .

      [ foetmb rabticolabs . ] The inquest on the bodies was held Thursday afternoon at thr *« o ' clock , before Mr . W . linker . No new facts were elieited front tha evidence produced , which related principally to the demeanour of Stark , and his conduct >« his unfortunate wife during the last few days . Tho oorener karing summed up . the jury , after a short delibtratikf ) , retarned a verdict" that the deceased Jeremiah Spenee Surk killed his wife while labouring under insanity , and that afterwards he inflicted a wound upon bimeeflr while io the came state , of which he died . "

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      France. The Discussion On The Address In...

      FRANCE . The discussion on the address in the French Chamber of Deputies was somewhat unexpectedly brought to a close on Friday , after occupying no l ess than seventeen sittings . The final vote on the ensemble of the address gave a majority of ninety-one in its favour , the numbeis being 232 and 141 . On Saturday evening the address was presented to the King . The grinding middle class tyranny to which the working classes of Franco are subjected is to be further strengthened by a new and infamous law , introduced into the Chamber of Peers on Monday last .

      The bill provides for the establishment in all manufactories , workshops , & c , of stamped books , delivered by government , containing an account of each workman ' sage , labour , conduct , die ., and which are called UvreU . By the bill in question no workman can leave his employment without having received his livret from his former master regularly tilled up , and if a manufacturer take a workman who cannot produce nlivnt , he is liable to a fine , and the workman himself is liable to imprisonment . The discussion was proceeding on Tuesday . The Minister of the Interior presented on Monday a project of law , demanding l , 000 , 000 f . for secret sorvico purposes .

      GERMANY . The Grand Duke of Saxe Gotha had assembled the states on tho 1 st inst ., for the first time since his accession to the throne . The most important passage in the discourse from the throne is that wherein the Duke manifests a desire to give a constitution to the country more in conformity to the wishes of tho people than that at present in force . The King of Hanover has resolved to convoke tho estate of the kingdom , and fixed the 24 th of February for their meeting .

      ITALY . M . Rienzi , one of the leaders in the Rimini insurrection , has beengiven up to the Popo , by the government of Tuscany . Letters from Florence of the 2 fth ult . state , that his extradition hat ) caused a very unfavourable impression . Placards had been posted up in the stftets of Florence denouncing death against the Ministers . The Grand Duke , visibly affected by those demonstrations , had left for La Maremma , a district situate along the Mediterranean , where he was still on the 27 th . The Auoeourxjf Gazette of the 2 nd , states that the police of Tuscany have arrested , at Leghorn , a coilee-houso keeper , in whose house they found a correspondence with tho conspirators of the Romagua . Several other arrests were made after this discovery . Tho same journal states that a police agent has been assassinated at Ancona .

      SWITZERLAND . According to the . latest accounts from the canton of Berne , the population had declared , by an immense majority , in favour of the convocation of a constituent assembly . The excitement was very great ; trees of liberty had been planted on different points . Muller , the murderer of M . Leu , was executed at Lucerne on the 01 st ult .

      POLAND . IsTEKDED DeBTBCCTIOK OF THE LAST VESTIGES OP Ancient Poland . —Polish Frontiers , Janoarv 20 . —The kingdom of Poland is to undergo the following alterations .- —First , the frontier line between Poland and Russia is to be effaced in the course of this year . Secondly , between this and the 1 st of Jan ., 1847 , all persons in office must be able to speak the Russian language , and every one who in this sense has not learned to speak it well enough to transact the business of his office in Russian , will be dismissed . 3 . The government intend entirely to abolish the Vice-royalty of Poland , and to make the country , under another name , a Russian province , and thus to efface all traces of ancient Poland . —Mitotan Journal . —[ Such is to be the work of Queen Victoria's ally ; the monster worshipped by the base English aristocracy . The miscreant will fail . There is an indestructibility in Poland which will resist even these damnable measures of the scoundrelly Czar . ]

      RUSSIA . The people ef the Russian provinces bordering on Prussia are so much exasperated , that even the axe of execution suspended over their heads cannot prevent them from desperate struggles . Tho army sympathises partly with the people ; riots are breaking out ; several regiments ot Lithuania positively refused to obey the order of joining the army of the Caucasus , where Russia carries a war against the Tschercassiaiis , unequalled in history ou account of its folly as well as of its barbarities .

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      THE ALLEGED HORRIBLE MURDERS ON BOARD THE TORY . TRIAL OF CAPT . JOHNSTONE . Friday . — The judges took their seats shortly after ten o ' clock , and the prisoner was immediately placed » t the bar . Mr . Jervis then rose to address the jury . The learned counsel ( aid the main point upon which he rested the defenco of the prisoner was that his mind had become in such a state , that when ho killed the deceased ho was not criminally responsible , and that it would bo tbedutyofthejury to acquit him upon that ground . lie wished them to understand that he did not mean to contend that the prisoner was in point of fact a madman , without any lucid intervals , but that what had occurred on board the vessel had the effect of rendering him subject to paroxysms ol

      madness , and that iu one of those paroxysms he destroyed the deceased . The evidence for the prosecution clearly proved the prisoner ' s conduct te have been most outrageous and extraordinary . He appeared to have attacked theicrew without any provocation , cutting them most cruelly , and acting altogether in a manner totally unaccountable . He was the captain of a vessel containing a valuable cargo , said to be worth eighty thousand pounds , with au unknown crew , whom lie had very good reason to believe wero in a mutinous state , lie knew that there was a scarcity of provisions aud water , and he might very naturally suppose that this would increase the discontent of his crew ; and , while things were in this state , he was led to believe that the crew

      intended to destroy his life and seize . vessel and cargo . What was the immediate effect of this ? Why , from bein ^ akind , and mild , well-conducted man , ho was at once changed to a state of wildnoss , and intemperance , and apparently to be regardless of his actions , lie became furious and raving . The three men whom he supposed to be concerned in the mutiny , he put iu irons ; aud while in that condition , accord ing to the testimony of one of the witnesses , he eut at them fifty times ; and afterwards , with a drawn cutlass in his hand , ho pursued the chief mate Rarabei't , wounded him , and eventual drove him into the sea ; and his whole conduct at that time , he should submit , was such as to show that he was then clearly not accountable for his

      actions . It might he said that after this , which occurred in the month of September , the prisoner conducted himself perfectly quiet and calmly for a month , and until the vessel had sailed from Fayal ; but he should contend that tho blow upon the mind of the prisoner had been struck , lus reason was affected , and ths moment the chord was again struck , a paroxysm of madness was the consequence . If the prisoner really desired to gratify any vindictive feeling , would he " have sent for the man into his cabin , and destroyed him in the presence of a number of the crew ? He first sent for him at seven o ' clock , and then , without any provocation , ho attacked him and cut him in a most brutal manner . At twelve o'clock the same night he again sent for him , and immediately , and without a word

      being said , again attacked him , and while several persons were standing by , stabbed him to death . Were not Vbeee the act * ot a madman—ol a person bereft of reason and judgment ? He did not mean to deny that afterwards his mind recovered , asd that at the present time he might be perfectly sane , but the exciting cause had passed away , and this was tho manner in whieh that would be accounted ibr . Mr . Justice Williams having summed up tho evidenc # > the jury retired at one o ' clock , and at twentyfive minutes after two they returned into court . Mr . Straight , the deputy clerk of arraigns , then inouired whether they had agreed upon their verdict ? The foreman replied : We find the prisoner guilty , bat that he was not at the time in a sound state of mind .

      Mr . Justice Williams : Am I to understand that you think he was not in a sane state of mind when he committed the act ? If so , that would be a verdict of not guilty , on the ground of insanity . Is that what you mean to say , gentlemen ! The jury returned no answer , and did not appear to understand what was said by th « learned judge . Mr . Justice Williams said if they had not agreed upon what verdict they should declare , they had better retire . The jury wished to know what woald be the effect of finding sueh a verdict as that mentioned by the Court . Mr . Justice Williams said the jury had nothing to

      do with the consequences of any verdict they might deliver . The jury then again deliberated for a short tinw , when , Mr . Justice Williams said they had better re tire and discuss the matter . Accordingly , the jury ogain left the court . They were absent about haAfan hour , when they again returned , and gave o verdict of Nat Guilty , on the ground that the prisonerwaainastafcof insanity at the ti ' . ie he committed the offanoc . The orisoner wrts then removed , . the usual order being given that he should be kept in safe custody until her Majesty ' s pleasure should bo made known respectinghim .

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      Lord Asiiust . —lho rumour to which wo referred yesterday , to the effect that Lord Ashloy was about to be called up to the House of Lords and made Chief Commissionerof tha Woods and Forests , is without foundation ;—Morning Chronicle of Thursday . Chiw-Murdkr . —On Friday , a woman named Lvary , living near Lough ( Ireland ) , mur < kro « l her stepdaughter with a poker . Tile child was only two years and a half old ..

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      Mansion House. Mondjtt.—Forgery. — A You...

      MANSION HOUSE . MoNDjtT . —Forgery . — A young man named ! louis Phillips , who was stated to bo known in very respecUblu society , was brought before Alderman Tarebrotlior , charged with having forged the acceptance to a bill ol exchange for £ 97 . Mr . Mulling , of the firm of Bush and Mulling , solicitors to the committee of bankers for protection against forgeries and frauds , attended for the prosecution . Mr . F . Borton , clerk to Messrs . Frescott and Grote , bankers , produced the bill of exchange , whieh purported to be the acceptance of Messrs . Crayhurst and Co ., of 128 , Regent-street , and stated that Mr . Prescott discounted it for Mr . Aaron Ljon Michael , a gentleman who cashed at the bouse . The bill appeared noted , and was marked as a forgery . It was drawn by the prisoner . Mr . A , L , Michael stated that the prisoner gave him the bill , and that it was discounted at tbe banking-house ; that he had ssen the prisoner write , and was convinced that tbe name of the drawer was written by the prisoner . Two similar charges were preferred against the prisoner , who was remanded till Monday nest ;

      GUILDHALL . Toesdat . —Pidtr-ocSSTs . — Two lads named John Rixon and William Lawson , were charged with stealing a purse , containing rings and other articles , of the value of £ 10 , from Mrs . Collie , of Cross-street , Hatton . gardea , —Mrs . Collis stated , that on Saturday week , as she was passing through Long . lane , in the afternoon , she noticed two lads walking close to her , and shortly after received information from the son of a tradesman in Long-lane that her pocket had been picked of a purse , the colour of which he described . He went in pursuit , and in consequence of his information , a third boy , who resided in Fisld-lane , was apprehended in the evening . On the following morning an overture was made to her husband , who is a glass-dealer , and of the Hebrew faith , b y a

      person of the same persuasion , that it was probable the property could be obtained on payment of £ 2 . Mr . Collis refused to pay a farthing . On the next morning , however , the purse with its contents ( except a sovereign ) was thrown Into the shop . While the young woman who was in the place at the time was looking about to ascertain what bad been thrown in , the party who threw it in got clear off . The boy who was in custody at that time wag committed to Bridewell , being known to tbe police . With respect to tha Vr « jh \« hj «» at tiie bar , she fully recognised Lawson as one of the two who were walking behind her . —John Succomb , the . son of a saddler , in Long-lane , stated that he was standing at his father ' s door , and saw Lawson pick the lady ' s packet . The other prisoner was with him , and they ran away together . — Committed for trial .

      CLERKEHWELL . MonDAT . —Atkmpt at Vio & atioh . —Two beys , nanaed Holland and Slater , were charged with attempting to violate the person of Mary Brown , aged 16 . The girl , who looked exceedingly ill , deposed that she had been in service for tbe lust tno years , and returned home on Sa . turday last to her mother ' s dwelling , in the Colonnade , Brunswick-iquare . On the previous night , about nine o ' clock , she was standing near her own door , when the prisoners eauie up and entered into chat with her . They asked her to take a glass with them , and arter some pressing she went into a public house bard by , where they gave her a glase of gin . They then took her into another public house il Wihnotstreet , and sho could recollect no mors until she found herself on a stretcher

      at the worlnhouss-gate . A young man named Wilson deposed that about eleven o ' clock on the previous night he heard cries proceeding from a saw-pit in a field near Camden town , and on approaching it the prisoners ran urvay . Witness pursued and overtook Slater , whe said it was only his sister . Witness went back to the saw-pit , after having given Slater Into custody , and there saw tha prosecutrix lying at the bottom of the saw-pit . There was half a feet of water in the jit , in which she was lying , her head imbedded in tbe mud . She was nearly naked , her clothes , which appeared to have been torn off , were lying in the water beside her . She was quite insensible , and did not knew what had happened . She was moved on a stretcher to the workhouse . Other evidence was given eonfirmatory of the above , and the ease was remanded for the attendance of the surgeon .

      Tussdai . —Tm Gusen-Etbp Monster—Ann Cater was fined ten shillings and costs , for having committed a vielent assault upon Matilda Slackwell , of Focock ' sfields , Ilington . The parties were neighbours , and in consequence of jealousy the defendant waylaid the complainant in Barnsbury-park , and with other persons maltreated her . BtGAitr . —Samuel West Alabaster , master baker , of Ray-street , Clerkenwall , was committed for trial on the charge of having intermarried n'ithllartba Clark , whilst bis first wife was living .

      MARYLEBONE . T ubbdat . —Important to Servants . —Samuel Bailey , footman to the Kev . Dr . Sprangcr , 80 , Green-stwet , Grosvenor-square , was brought up by inspector Tedman and Uardwiek , of the D division , on a warrant , and placed at tha bar , charged under the 82 nd Geo . III ., cap . 5 fi , sec . i , with having obtained a situation at the residence of Jat . Durham , E « q ,, 74 , Gloucester-place , 1 ' ortman-squara , by means of a false character , for which offence he had rendered himself amenable to a penalty of £ 20 , or three months ' imprisonment . Tbeprisoner did not deny the offence charged against him . The full penalty of £ 20 was inflicted , and in default of payment he was committed .

      LAMBETH . Tuesdav . —The Charge or Attempted Murder . — Frederick Munton , a master tailor , who has been twice befora examined on a charge of cutting his wifVs throat , was again placed at the bar . Inspector Collier deposed that he had seen Mrs , Munton at her own request that morning , and she apprarcil to him not only in an Unfit state to appear and give evidence , but that it was very doubtful whether she ever should . Her voice was so feeble that she could only speak iu a whisper but she distinctly said in his presence that she had committed the act herself . She also seemed desirous to say something more , but appeared so weak as to be unable to do so . Mr . Otw & y , surgeon , and Mr . Mason , another medical gentleman , suid that Mrs . Munton was going on

      favourably . Mr . Mason said it was his impression that Mrs . Munton had inflicted tbe wound hcrsrff . Harriet Casper suid that on Tuesday week she . went to attend to Mrs . Munton , aud alter being with her a short time , Mrs . Muntou told her that she bad committed the act herself . She said that on tha Sunday morning-, about a quarter past eight o ' elock , she got out , and was proceeding to the kitchen te light the fire , and prepare breakfast , when she met a dark figure , who told her to cut her throat . Hint passed into the kitchen , and seeing her husband ' s razor on the mantle-shtlf , she opened it , and commenced cutting her throatthere . This witn « s , upon being questioned by Mr . Henry , admitted that Mrs . Munton might

      have been been waadering in her mind at the time she made this statement . Mr . Collier observed , that it was very improbable , indeed , that Mrs . Munton had committed any wound upon herself in the kitelisn , as there were no marks of blood there . Mr . Henry ultimately remanded the prisoner for a weak , observing - that the death of the mother-in-law of the prisoner ( see our report of Accidents , Inquests , dec ) , whe was tbe most important wituess , would make a considerable difference in the case . He eousenUd to accept bail , two sureties in £ 200 each , and the prisoner himself in double tliatsum , with tweniy-four hours ' notice of tho solvency of the parties offering themselves as sureties .

      SOUTHITARK . MoNDAr . —Charoe of-Makslaughthb . —Samuel Coleback , a sailor belonging to tha Mary sloop , of Goole , was brought before Mr . Bingham , charged with causing the dtath of Thomas Townley , a seaman . —William Kidd , landlord of the Vine publichouse , in Vine-yard , Tooley . street , stated that on Saturday night the prisoner and t » e deceased were in his house , and left it a little after twelve o ' clock . They , however , had scarcely got Into the street when he ( witness ) , hearing a noise , went outside , and saw the men fighting , He law them fall down together , and tha last time the prisoner ' s antagonist was unable to rise without assistance , and when he was raised up he appeared to be in a dying state . A policeman was then called , and Towaley was conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , where on examination it was discovered that he was quite dead . —The prisoner , a stoat-built sailor , said that he had no recollection of what took place ou the oevasion , —He was remanded .

      Chauob or MDiiArriNG a CuitD . —Jane Wilson was placed at the bar , charged on suspicion of kidnapping a little girl , aad taking her about tows for the purpose of exacting compassion . —A gentleman named Daritx , ki passiag along tha Borough that morning , had his attention artested on seeing the prisoner chastibing a little girl , a oraole , of investing lappearance . Tha witness approaehedthe place wlrtre » ' »* parties were standing , aud tho moment the child B {^ him , she ran to bin for protection , and said ibe woman who was beating her was not her mother , but had taken her away from her home , and that she ( the child ) did not wish to remain with her any longer . Tha witness questioned the prisoner , who claimed the child as her own offspring , and said , although there was such a difference in the colour of their skin yet that they were mother and daughter ; and saying this she suatehed the child up in her arms , and was making a

      BMiy r » treat , -when she was pursued and glYfU into ouitody . —The child aald the prisoner was not her parent , but that she had been living with her for some time and did not wish to stop any longer from h « r own mother . — Tho prisoner declared the child was her own , and accounted for the difforenca in their complexions by savin ? that it was the Illegitimate offspring of a man of colour vdth vrhoai she ( utisonet ) formerl y lived-that the man referred to had fines left hor and tha child and had gone off to Ws owa country , and that she was compelled to maiatoia them herself b y selling lucifer matches . about tho streets . —The child , however , still said the prisoner was not her mother , and as there appeared to be oonsldwable doubt with regard to the accuracy oi thoprigoner ' s account , directions were given to make the necessary inquiries in order to obtain a clue to the dis-• ortry of the real parents of the child .

      Tur * oav . -. WowHou » a Revolt . - Enghsumbn Praiiko to re sent to Gaol . _ No leu than twentv fire youag men , t » rmed " casual poor . " were V ,. ii . rl , i before ^ r . ^ , i „ gb . m flftMnofi cL JSt * fusing to pick th « fibre of the cocoa-nut , « dI the rt mainderfor refusing to work at th . pump , ! u 8 t . Saviour ' s Union Vorkhout . In return for their night ' s lodging and SSo ^ JS 77 T " P ^ tbat onth , ad . SlaZsd ? d fend » nt » ° » tbe preceding night they all agreed to perform four hours' work severallv from men 1 « the morning „« , *« ^ ~> * T

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      dation and food afforded them . When they got up the next morning , and after they wtre provided with fioz . of bread and a pint of , gruel each , they refused to perform tbe above work , and were therefore given into custody . Ia reply to the magistrate ' s interrogations , it appeared that all the defendant * had come up from various parts of the country in quest of work , but being disappointed in pro . curing any , they were reduced to their present destitute condition . The grounds of their refusing to work at the tocoa-nut picking aad at tbe pump in Hie work , house were , that some of them wanted to proceed towards tkeir homes In the country when they got up in the morning , and that the accommodation and foad they got were of the very worst and scantiest description , Mr . Cottingham said that the defendants having agreed to the terras on which they were admitted , they ought to

      have performed the work . He added that they had all rendered themselves liable to a month ' s imprisonmentbut as the majority of them were strangers at that work , house , be should only select three out of the number , and commit them for ten days each to the House of Correction , as they wore perfectly cognizant of the rules of the workhouse . Upon hearing tho decision , most of the other defendants who were included iu the list of tho discharged , expressed their disappointment , and said they wished to be sent to gaol , for they ' eould not return to their native places , having to walk back , sonce from sore feet , and others from bodily illness ; and that they preferred the gaol to the workhouse . The magistrate , however , would not accede to the wishes of tbe unfortunate men , who were then set at liberty , and they were again thrown upon their own resources , to wander about the streets in a rag . ged and starving condition .

      Wednesdai . —Lovbm Woman . —A woman named Breasenden , tbe wife of a tradesman in the vicinity of this court , applied to Mr . Cottingham under the following circumstances }—The applicant stated that about three weeks ago she was committed from this court for aisaulu ing and threatening the life of her husband , in default of procuring the necessary sureties for keeping the peace * That she was discharged by proelamatwn that day , and her object in making the present application was to ascer . tain whether the magistrate could not compel her husband to support her , as she was destitute , and incapable of procuring her own- livelihood . Mr . Cottingham , in reply to the application , said that he recollected the occasion upon which the applicant was brought before him , and that in the course of the investigation that then took place her husband had adduced proof of her having committed crim . eon . Under such circumstances it was

      not compulsory upon her husband to maintain her . The applicant became very excited , and declared that if her husband refused to maintain her now that she came out ef gaol , she would proceed to his house and maim him for life . She then quitted the court in a hurry . Mr . Edwin , the chief clerk , on perceiving the great excitement in which the applicant went away , thought it rieces . sary to dispatch a policeman to her husband ' s house , to prevent her from carrying her threats into execution . When the policeman arrived there , he found that the applicant had a short time previously rushed into the presence of her husband , and was proceeding to acts of violence , when she was taken into custody and brought up to this court . The husband , who seemed to be very much alarmed , having deposed that he went in danger from the threats uttered against him by the defendant , she was accordingly held to bail , and in default was again , committed to the county gaol .

      WORSHIP STREET . Weiwesdat . —An Irish Assault . —Timothy Tobin , a rough-looking Irishman , was charged with having assaulted Mary Cochrane , a married woman , living in King , street , Spitalfields . From the evidence ef the prosecutrix , it appeared that about six o'clock on the morning of the 13 th ult ., her husband went out to his daily labour , soon after which she was aroused from sleep by the intrusion into her bed of a strange man , whom she afterwards discovered to be the prisoner . She instantly raised an outcry , and endeavoured to escape from the prisoner , who had seised hold of her throat , declaring that he would strangle her if ( he offered any resistance , and in spite of her struggles he forcibly effected his purpose . The prisoner then hastily left the house , and succeeded in eluding pursuit until Monday last , when a policeman , who had received information of tha outrage , accidentally encountered him in the street , and took him into custody . Tho prisoner was committed for trial .

      THAMES . Monday , —Thb Captain anb his Ladies . —Two young women , named Kate Wilkins and Eliza Kanet , were charged , tbe first with stealing , and the latter with receiving £ 119 , the property of Captain Davis , the master of the Oralto . Though the prosecutor did not appear , Inspector Donegan suggested that it might be desirable to hear tho case as far as it could be carried . It appeared the captain met the woman Wilkins , and went with her to a house in George-street , Tower-hill , where he went to sleep . About twelve o ' clock at night , when he awoke , he missed a cheque for £ 113 and five pounds in gold and silver .

      A constable , accompanied by ( the captain and the servant of the bouse where the money was missed , went in pursuit of Wilkins ; and on Saturday traced her to No . 3 , Plumbers-street , Commercial-road , where she and the other prisoner had taken lodgings . On searching the room , although their bed consisted ot only a little straw , nine pounds were found in their apartment . Whilst taking them to the station-house the captain gave them the slip , nor had the constable seen him since , though he had promised to be in attendance to prosecute . The constable had been several times to the ship , but no one on board knew of his whereabout . The prisoners were remanded , that further evidence might be procured .

      Tuesdai , —Workhouse Rebellion . —Thomas Wilson , Charles Wood , and ffm . Arnold , were charged with refusing to perform the " two-pound task , " in return for a night ' s lodging and a breakfast , at the Mile-end workhouse . —Mr . Simons , the master of the workhouse , said the prisoners were casual paupers , and presented themselves as such on Monday night . They were provided with s night ' s lodging aud the usual breakfast in the morning . They were required to pick two pounds of oakum , which they refused to do . They cursed the guardians , and as a climax cursed the Fosr Law Commissioners themselves . Mr , Simons added , that since the frosty weather set ia the number of casual paupers bad greatly increased , and on Monday night as many as 160 of them claimed admission . —Mr . Broderip sentenced the prisoners to II days' imprisonment and hard labtur .

      WANDSWORTH . Mokdat . —AtTEMriED Scicide . — Amelia M'Dougal Fringle , a young woman about twenty-eight years of age , was brought up again for examination upon a charge of attempting self-destruction , by throwing herself into the Seven Islands Pond , Wandsworth-common . On the morning ef the 15 th of January the defendant was found floating in the above-mentioned pend , and taken out by some labourers on tbs South Western Railway , aud conveyed in an apparently dead state to the Wandsworth Union , where , however , the judicious treatment of the master and matron restored her to life . Ou the 27 th

      ult . she was brought before Mr . Clive , and her answer to the charge was , that ( he had been three years in the service of Mr . Rankin , on the Common ; that about four months since the left to marry a plasterer , who deceived tier in his circumstances , and having expended what money she had , and pawned her clothes , she determined upon destroying herself . She also accused her husband of having tried toper * uade her to eut her throat by tiring her an open razor , and bidding her to kneel down and do it . Sho was remanded , that the lady of the furnished room she and her husband had occupied , might attend and speak to tbe husband ' s conduct . On Monday week Elizabeth Singer , of 51 , Praed-street , Paddington , proved that the defendant had lodged at her house for three months , during which time she hud thrice atteaipted to destroy herself ; once with poison , tbe nrxt time with

      a rope , and tha last time with a razor ; she did not considcr that the husband was to blame , he gave her nearly all his wages when iu work . She considered defendant of a very desponding nature . Other witnesses ware called and proved that prior to the defendant ' s marriage , * h « had been of a happy and cheerful disposition . The huebaud said he would do his best to support her , and Mr . lUnkin authorised polica constable Daley , 127 V , to state that he would take h « r back into his service if the husband was not permitted to conio near her . The defendant was again remanded for the attendance of the medical officer of the union to speak to her state of mind , —Dr . Connor stated that the defendant was , although labouring under no delusion , decidedly depressed in mind , and ho considered naturally inclined to melanohotjv— Police constable Daley said that Mr . Rankin was still desirous to receive the defendant back into his s « r .

      vice ; and she having expressed her wish to return , Ur . Clive , after addressing the defendant in the most feelimr maunw , and pointing out to her tha enormity of her offence , said he would return h 8 r into tho hands of a good master , and trusted that sho would regain her cheer , fulness . —The defendant was then discharged . TUE 6 bAV .- ^ A « OTHSR WORKHOUSE REVOLT . — Eirflt wretched-looking individuals , charged with refusing to work , were brought from the Wandsworth Union , Lowe the porter , having proved that the prisoner * had bad theirsupper , bed , and breakfast , and then refused to work . Alien the prisoners were called upon for their defence , one of them complained that there was no glass , or scarcely any , in the window frames / ond that thej wtro almost perished with cold . Mr . Clive asked if this State , meiit was true . Tha porter admitted that the windows m beth wards ware broken , but they were to be mended . In the meantime there was a bit of rug nailed up to keep the told out . Mr . Clive observed that as breaking the windows of tbe casual wards had become a matter of sueh

      constant recurrence , he should have thtoght lhat ere now a gratiag would have been fised to preserve them . He was desirous of knowing how these wards were warmed . Tho porter replied that there wero two fire , places , but no fires . The inmates wero , however , sup . plied wkh three rugs each . Mr . Clive said , under ordinary circumstances , he should have had no hesitation m convicting tho prisoners and sentencing each « f them to a month ' s imprisonment , but when he found that such gross neglect existed , that windows were allowed ( as ho had been given to understand ) to remain unmended for nearly a fortnight , and Va & UUe comforts of these people were m other respects neglected , he should inflict no punishment , but discbarge the prisoners .

      Vinca Printed B Y D0ugal M'Gowas , Of 1«, Great Windmill, Street, Uayumrkct, In The Oity Of Westminster, At Tiie

      vinca Printed b y D 0 UGAL M'GOWAS , of 1 « , Great Windmill , street , Uayumrkct , in the Oity of Westminster , at tiie

      , in tue same Street and Parish , for tie Proprietor , FEARGUS O'COKWOH , Z * 1- > » nd published by Wiiauh Ha \ TiTT , ; of Jo . 18 , Charles ^ treot , Ur « o ! don-street , Walworth , in the Pariah of St . Mary , MewJ ington , in the Coantvof Surr « . r , at the , ( Mice , No . 16 , GvtvA Yfmchniu-strW , Haymarketf in ^ tlte City ot Westminster . Saturday , February It , 1816

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 14, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14021846/page/8/