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      . Mansion House. Fighting Tailors.—Three...

      "" tpmnce , sufficiently indicated the intensity of his sufferings even c ffKe present time . He was accommodated while giving his eyiaia ttn s ttnB ^ gdafc at the solicitors table , and his superintendent was ddeW <* ^ hegx the evidence , for the purpose of prosecutiu ? . —Mr . ? S ; Ett in committing the prisoner for trial , observed that it could CrTSbe supposed that in a civilised country , such a scene as that 55 7 Sed by the constable who was the complainant could have oc-! r Sd and be carried on for half an hour , in the presence of thou-»?„ l ' without a single individual going forward to assist a man so ! S ? iously ^ M * / P ^ se . utor Dwyer evidently was , and re-Z train the violence and ruffianism of the prisoner . —The prisoner ssffstr 77 jieI 1 fully committed , and the witness bound over to prosecute . XX c ° urt during the investigation ' was cr ° wded to excess .

      SOUTHWARK . 1 Illegal Pledging . —Emma Wright , a dissipated-looking young * o Ionian , was charged with illegally pledging two sheets , the property ! f ! f J ames Culling , a lodging-house keeper , in Kent-street , South , wa wark' Prosecutor said that the prisoner had for some few weeks Si Tired ' a famished apartment in his house , but on Saturday night she k Lamped . On the following morning her room was entered , when th the sheets were missed from her bed . He then gave information to ih ihe police and -the prisoner was apprehended last night . She at

      , oi once acknowledged that she had taken the sheets and pledged them , aHt the same time handing witness the pawnbroker ' s duplicates . — X The sheets were produced and identified b y the prosecutor . —In ai answer to the charge the prisoner said she took the things because she n ^ as in poverty , but she had intended to redeem them to-day . —Proseci cutor said he had been robbed to a great extent by lodgers , and he b believed the prisoner pledged the articles for drink . —Mr . A'Beckett H fined her 10 s . for illegally pledging the sheets , and ordered her to t tiav the money for which they were pledged , or to suffer fourteen

      \ days' imprisonment at Wandsworth House of Correction

      THAMES . Colonial ^ raiid . —two Indians * coolies , named Acmachillan and T hungain , man and wife , came before Mr . Yardley on Monday and stated they emigrated , with many others , from Madras to Jamaica , in 1846 , on an engagement for five years , with an understanding that they were to be sent back to their own country on the expiration of that term , instead of which they were shipped , against their wish , on

      hoard the Flora , Captain Levick , and brought to this country with another coolie , who was in the same condition as themselves . They were now destitute , and had no means of obtaining food and shelter . —Mr . Yardley directed Taplin , a police constable attached to the court , to relieve the applicants at the expense of the poor-box fund and make inquiries on the subject . —Taplin informed the magistrate that he had been informed by Captain Levick , the master of the

      Flora , that the three coolies had been shipped at Jamaica as passengers , and that he agreed to bring them to this country for £ 9 , which was paid him at Jamaica , and that ihe had now done with them , and intended to send the other coolie on shore . —Mr . Yardley said it appeared to him to be a very hard case on the coolies , who were entitled to our countenance and protection , and requested a sight of their papers , which were handed in by Acmachillan . Having read the papers , Mr . Yardley asked the applicants if they wished to return to India , and on their replying in the affirmative

      the magistrate said it was quite evident , from the contents of the papers before him , the . applicants were emigrants engaged for a term of five years , which expired in April , 1851 ; aud they were clearly entitled to a free passage at the expense of the colony of Jamaica to Madras . It was a case for the interference of her Majesty ' s Secretary of the Colonies , to whom he should communicate on the subject . He directed Taplin to send the coolies back to the ship Flora , arid request the captain to keep them on board until it was determined what should be done with them .

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      Charles Legrange, The Well-Known Revolut...

      Charles Legrange , the well-known revolutionist , has been expelled the Belgian territory . Bail-way Excursions to Ireland . —It is stated that upwards of 250 , 000 persons have visited Ireland during the last year through the cheap excursions by railway . . A German gentleman , named Leidersdorfr , who has jnst died , has left 400 thalers a year to the heirs male of Schiller for ever , as " a tribute of admiration to the poet ' s genius . " _ . Billeting the Militia . —There is a provision in the new Militia Act to the effect that the militia may be billeted in the beer-houses in which soldiers may be billeted . instant writs of execution

      Writs op Execution . — After the 24 th are p otto remaiu in force for more than a year , unless revived . This is an important alteration in the law . ,. „ , Additional Forts at Jersey . —The heights commanding bt Catherine ' s Bay , in the island of Jersey , and Callow ' s Hill , commanding the Bay of St . Helier , in the same island , are to be fortified . . The Duke of Wellington . — Advices from St . Petersburg of the 2 nd October state that the whole Kussian army had been ordered to wear mourning three days for the late Duke of Wellington . The Betting-office Nuisance . —The result of the . Cesarewiteli ( run on Tuesday at Newmarket ) has had its effect upon the London list houses , the shuttings up at the West-end being more numerous tlian usual on the issue of a great race . .

      , ,, Anh-Malthosians . — Twelve individuals chanced to meet tlie other lay at the Swan public-house , Bidgeway , when the conversation turned upon children , and on " taking stock" they found that their total progeny numbered 99 ! n „ _ . , . , Meeting of PAPj , miEXT .-Mr , Wilson Patten , M . P ., is to be proposed by the Governmentas Chairman of Committees of Ways and Means . 1 here is some expectation that Mr . Baines will be put forward in opposition to Mr . Patten by the liberal party . , . . . ' . , Foreigners ix Jersey .-Two hundred and forty foreigners presented themselves to the constable of St . Helier , Jersey , on Tuesday and Wednesday last , in compliance with the requirements of his Excellency the Lieut & nant-Governor . —Jersey vapor . ., = ,. , , , „ have lied to the

      The General Screw Steam Navigation Company app Southampton corporation for the purchase of a piece of land belonging to that body , near the docks , to build offices similar to those built by tlie Peninsular and West India Companies in that town . Bills of health bein * required in Sweden from all travellers from Copenhagen , the Danish steamers between the latter city and Bornholm have ceased stopping at the Swedish town of Ystadt , which has caused some considerable inconvenience to persons of business . Conference of the Friends of Peace . —A conference of the friends of peace and international arbitration is to be held at Manchester towards the middle of January . A very large . representation of those who sympathise with the movement is expected to assemble on the occasion . Writing L \ Ks .-It may be stated that , as a general rule , writing inks containing logwood do not flow readily from the pen . A solution ot creosote in rectified snirifc of wine or pyroligneous acid is the best

      preservative of ink from mouldiness . — Pharmaceutical Journal . The Baroness Poerio , mother of Poerio , died at Naples , a few days since . Grief had , Ion * before her removal from this . world , entirely undermined her reason , and she only remembered ner son as a visitor to the island ot Jsebia . She had never been told that he was in chains . Iiabilitv of Cabmen . —At the Southwark police-court a few days since a cabman was fined 40 s . and costs for refusing a fare . taGEvrrr .-At the ordination of a Dissenting minister at Churchtown , Bear Southport , Lancashire , on the 7 th of October , four old men of that nei ghbourhood were present , whose united ages amounted to 338 yearstwo were eighty-nine each , the other two were eighty each .

      Charles Legrange, The Well-Known Revolut...

      > . Movmx . -The fearful inundations of the valley of Chamounix have given an additional interest to that magnificent district this season Many travellers have since they occurred been turned back from an imnni " - stbility to pass across the valley , the roads of which were in very many places almost destroyed . y y ^ T A f \^ ^ lALS AT MANCHESTER .-The two men who were XESr * J ? V ? , hester a f weeks since , for receiving embezzled cotton , etc ., mto their possession , have been committed to prison for a Election of Chancellor .-A Convocation was holden on Tuesday w iv ^ rp 0 S u of electi nS a Chancellor in the room of the -late Duke " of Wellington , when the Earl of Derby was unanimousl elected

      y The International Postage Association has requested its honorary secretary , Don Manuel de Ysasi , to proceed to the seats of government of the principal countries on the continent , including Turkey and Etrvnt with n view to collect information as to the difficulties which mav " stand in the way ot carrying out the views of the association , Joint-stock EwTBBPBBB .-The total capital required by the various omt-stoek companies , including gold , railway , banking , W mS t o ^ ten ^^ i ? "Ki * F ? " -l- ' esti , nated t 0 amoun & t to £ 30 , 000 000 , independent ot the usual supplies in the shape of calls and loans for established companies .

      CoaiPULSOBT EXFRANCHESESIENT OF COPYHOLDS .-The 116 W Copyhold Act does not provide for the compulsory enfranchisem ent of coo / holds until after the 1 st of July next . At any time after the next admittance to lands on or after the 1 st of July , 1853 , either party , the lord or tenant , may desire the lands to be enfranchised iu the manner provided by the act The Canterbury Association .-The Canterbury Association ceased its colonising functions and its land sales in this country on the 30 th of beptember . The circumstances which have led to this result are—first a misunderstanding with her Majesty ' s Government ; and , secondly , with the directors of the New Zealand Company , to whom the association is largely indebted . The Militia . —Leeds , Oct . 13 . —Placards were posted in this bdrouab . yesterday afternoon announcing that tlie 2 nd Begimerit of Militia or the West Riding of the county of York will assemble at the head-quarters , at the city of York , on Wednesday , the 20 th inst ., for twenty-one days' training and exercise . This shows that the full number of volunteers have been obtained for this regiment .

      A Curious Pair —In Dauphin County are probably the smallest specimens of humanity in existence ; two brothers , perfect in every respect the elder . three years old , seventeen inches in height , and weighing only seven pounds ; the younger six months old , weighing only three pounds . The parents are very large persons , the father weighing 204 pounds , and the mother 19 C > pounds . Banking Institute . —A meeting of the members of this association was held on luesday evening at their rooms , 53 , Threadneedle-street , for tlie purpose of hearing a paper read by Mr . Francis , of the Bank of England on " The advantages of commercial crises . " The chair taken by Mr . Alderman Challis , M . P .

      No Female Boxapartes !—Our English journalists are copying tlie style of the Montieur . The Times of Wednesday published the following telegraphic dispatch : —" Her Majesty , together with Prince Albert and the royal children , reached Edinburgh at a quarter to five o ' clock this afternoon , amidst the acclamations of the people . " The Bears at BERNK . —The InteUic / em-Blau states , that the < rood people of Berne have for some time been in a state of profound affliction at the comparatively deserted state of the fosse , wliich contains but one bear . Measures are being taken to restore the bearditch to its ordinary welltenanted condition , when the citizens will once more rejoice over the livim * ensigns of their cantons . D

      • Inauguration of the Salisbury Exhibition of Local Industry , Arts , and Antiquities . —On Tuesday the Salisbury Exhibition of the Works of Local Industry , Arts , and Antiquities , was duly inaugurated by the Mayor of Salisbury , attended by the members of the corporation , and a large body of the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood Pickpockets in Places of Worship . — At a missionary meeting held in Queen-street Chapel , Leeds , last week , a lady had her pocket picked of a purse containing 8 s . 6 d . The day before , another lady had a sum of money taken out of her pocket during the service at another chapel in the town . The offence is becoming common .

      The Long Range and the Caffres . —Captain Warner has sent a letter to the Times , in which he says : " The more the war has progressed the more I feel assured that the only check to Caffre incursions , and the only means of obtaining a firm and lasting peace with them would have been the acceptance of the offer I made on the 13 th of March , 1851 , to Earl Grey , which was to go oxit to Caflraria with my inventions myself , with which I am confident I could not only have quelled the war , but also have placed the colony in a state of perfect security . This I offered to do without fee or reward , leaving that to the liberalit y of the Government after having effected my object . This disinterested object was refused by the Colonial Secretary without any consideration , merely writing that he must decline to avail himself of mv oiler . Now ,

      Sir , to establish proofs of what I could have done , and as Mr . Adderley has the welfare of the colony so sincerely at heart , I beg to make this proposition : —If Mr . Adderley will make ' an appointment with Lord Combermere and Sir Harry Smith , ! will meet him in company with those two able generals , and so explain my mode of operations , and the means by watch I should have effected my object , that I stake my reputation and character , if I do not convince . all three that within two months after my arrival at the seat of war , the enemy would have been so subdued that we should never again have heard of any attacks either from Sandilli or any other chief . I have named these two gallant officers because of their professional and colonial knowledge , as well as independent and honest characters , and because they have both some knowledge already of the nature of my inventions . "

      Extraordinary Operation . —A poor man , named Brien , living- at Spalding , had for some time had a large tumour on the lower part of his cheek , and a diseased jaw . To save his life an operation was performed by Dr . Morris . One of the front teeth was first extracted to admit the saw , aud the cheek was cut through nearly to the ear , in order to get at the other end of the jaw , when b y means of the saw it was taken out . The operation lasted thirty-six minutes . The poor fellow is said to be doing well . The Militia . —Upwards of 1 , 100 men have volunteered for , and been

      ehrolied , in the Warwickshire Militia ; another hundred are now waiting to be attested in various parts of the county ; aud there appears to be very little doubt but that the whole number required ( l , 8 oG ) will be forthcoming , should exertions be made in those country parishes which have not already provided their men . ^ Government has sent orders to the Lord-Lieutenant to assemble the militia for twenty-one days with as little delayas possible , for the purpose of being trained and exercised . We understand they will assemble at Warwick in two divisions , about 800 each time , the first division , consisting of those men who were first enrolled , probably at the latter end of the present month .

      Discovery of a Large Erfsco Painting in IJildeston Church . — During the past week a number of persons have been employed in scraping and cleaning the pillars and walls of this noble building , and have discovered several fresco paintings in various parts , but in such an imperfect state that the subject of them cannot be ascertained ; at the west end , however , one measuring thirty feet by twenty-nine , is discovered to be St . George and the Dragon , life size ; on the left hand side is a building supposed to be a castle , with persons on it , who are looking down upon the combat ; a group on the opposite side seems intent upon the same object .

      — Ipswich Express , A Dental Curiosity . —There is afc present a servant in a family in Perth , a girl about thirteen years of age , who is in possession of a double row of teeth in the under jaw . The two sets of teeth are beautifully regular , but are not easily noticed unless a hearty laugh happens . The ftont and inner teeth have each their fellows ; and the possessor , as may be suppposed , has good hiasticating powers , and feels no inconvenience from her additional stock . The Militia Pay Act . —It is provided by the Militia Pay Act , which is to continue in force until the 1 st of September next , that the officers and non-commissioned officers , drummers , and private men of the regular militia shall , for the period or periods during which they shall be called out for the purpose of exercise or training , be entitled to the same pay and allowances as the officers , non-commissioned officers , drummers , and private men of the militia when embodied .

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      U — The Marseilles Plot.—Incorrect Accou...

      u — The Marseilles Plot . —Incorrect accounts of the discovery of an infernal machine having appeared in our contemporaries , we " arc happy to supply the following authentic defails , which we have had " communicated" per horse-marine electric telegraph : — " Marseilles , Friday , one second to sis , p . m . —Our adorable Prince has this moment arrived . —Six o ' clock . —Mis-highness is alighting . Marseilles salutes him with her million lungs , Vive V Empercnr !—Five minutes past . —The shout has caused an earthquake : the ears of thousands—even the deaf-are split . —Quarter-past . —Curiosity is

      on tiptoe . The Emperor has recognised an old woman in ' the crowd , and is now affectionately embracing her . — Thirty-five seconds later . —It is the washerwoman of his infancy . What memory ! What condescension . ' The populace is charmed with it . —Ten o ' clock . —The Prince is opening the ball . His chosen partner is the venerable laundress . Rapture surrounds him . All in serene . —Midnight—Horror has seized' us I An infernal machine has heen discovered by the police . The hair of the city stands on end . —Half-past . —At present all is locked in secrecy . — -Six and

      three-quarters , a . m . —At length I ' ve got the key . Listen . My ink runs cold as . I narrate the details . Calmly our beloved Prince was coming from the ball , when a sudden explosion was heard in an attic adjacent . Rushing on the instant up twelve steep flights of stairs , the police discovered an infernal machine of the most diabolical description . It consisted , in effect , of a whole volume of Punch ! France pants for vengeance ! Let these authors tremble . Perfidious Albion too long has shielded them . Too long these execrables- " Here , from modesty , we break off . —Punch .

      A Mayor's " Daily Bread , —Louis Napoleon continues his progress through France . The egg is chipped , and the ea » le is already half hatched : the bees are beginning to swarm , and in due season will alight upon the purple—bees , doubtless full of honey from the historic lilies of France ; although the lilies are still in " tho shade . Nevertheless , Louis Napoleon marches towards a throne—marches in a golden haze of purchased lying . Never was so much f . iUa emotion got up at so great a cost—never did printer ' s ink ( Government ink , be it remembered ) reek with such falsehood . Honest men stop their noses at the official histories of th ^ triumph . Everywhere , mayors are on their bellies , licking the boots of

      Napoleonlicking them like spaniels—as though there was the taste of manna in the blacking . And the basest of all these is the mayor of a commune in the department of Hainanlt . Hear how the ' impious dog yelps!— " Our Prince—You who are in power b y ri ght of biitb , and by the acclamation of the people , your name is everywhere glorified ; may your reign come , and be perpetuated by the immediate acceptance of the Imperial Crown of the great Napoleon * may your firm and wise will be done in France , as abroad , Gir . r us this day our daily bread , by— " We have given enough ; aud would , had we the power , assuredly give to the mayor daily bread

      and after this fashion , for some ten days or a week at least . In punishment of the impious rogue , we would have his hands tied fast afc his back ; then we would have him laid gently—very gentlywithin a few yards of a tolerably dirty gutter . Into this ' guttnr we would break up , in small morsels , a couple ' of pounds of bread per diem—and this should be the " daily bread " vouchsafed to the Mayor of Hainaulfc . Of course he would have to wriggle , and twist , and crawl towards the gutter , and then to have to duck for the fragments . But crawling and ducking are the mayor ' s specialaty ; and then for his reward , would be the " daily bread , " though not quite of the sort he blasphemously prays fox , —Punch .

      Ihe Empire of Beadledom . — Long encouraged by events "over the water , " the elected beadle of one of our arcades—we will not say which—has struck a blow whose aim is to plant the staff ol beadledom for ever in his own family . He has recently been making a progress from the north entrance to the south , and the following are some of the bulletins that have reached us : — " Arcade , Number One ; The beadle has just gone by the door of number owe , amidst cries of a million times , repeated of Vive Bumble " 2 . As he approached the shop the master presented the following address : ' We

      hail you , Sir , as the legitimate heir of the Bumbles . The inhabitants of this arcade feel that their happiness is in your hands , typified by the staff that you grasp between them . ' The beadle was much moved by this touching proof of sympathy . His health is excellent . " " The Toy Shop : The reception of his High Mightiness at tho toyshop was admirable . Young girls belonging to the establishment , and dressed in Orleans cloth , came out to offer him a bouquet . Tho beadle seemed to he greatly affected by this mark of confidence . His health continues excellent . " — " The China Warehouse : His

      Highness has just drawn up at the Cheap China Warehouse , where a sort of triumphal pile of breakfast cups , jars , vases , and other objects of industry , has been raised to do him honour . The beadle inspected the pile with much interest , and astonished all present by his sage remarks on the mode in which tho chi ; j ; . ' . ware had been heaped up . His observations struck every uv . c with the conviction of his being a first-rate engineer , and he left amid a perfect storm of enthusiastic cries of Vive Bumble ' 2 . His health continues excellent . "— " Jewellery Mart : His High and Mightim-ssi is now at the Jewellery Mart , where the same enthusiasm follow ;; him . He has just recognised an old officer of the sheriff , who served under the beadledom of his uncle , lie has riven the officer three

      pieces of copper amid frantic shouts , five million times repented , of Vive Bumble 2 . His health is excellent . "— " J Faff . past Six : The beadle has just returned from a visit to the desk and tea caddy showroom of the locality . At every turn he was met hy young girl * , many of whom offered him bouquets . He afterwards visited lhe stuck anil collar establishment , where he passed under an inscription "To the . Preserver of the Arcade and of Family Ties , " worked in silk cravats , , stocks , and handkerchiefs . His Highness has just started for the < toy bazaar , where he has promised to accept the hall—a lame foot-

      ball—prepared in his honour . " It will be seen from the prcccdim ; z reports that the hereditary beadledom is only a question of lime ; ; and indeed it would have been declared long since , but for the e jealousy of neighbouring powers . The police inspector on tlie beat . it . adjoining , though he takes no step " to prevent what is going on , is is evidently no indifferent spectator of the events ill progress . Should Id the independence of the Savoy be threatened , lhe chief of that limited ml beadledom will , no doubt , have the sympathy aud assistance that , at may be required for preserving his authority , ' and keeping up the he proper balance of power . "—Punch .

      " Has the cookery book any pictures ? " said Miss , to a book-k- - seller . "No Madam , " was the answer . " Why , " exclaimed the he ; witty and beautiful lady , ' ' what is the use of telling us how to make ke a good dinner , if they give us no plates ?" Erratum for France .-At the end of certain address pre-re--sented to Louis Napoleon , for " Amen" read ' * ' No men . "—Punch , h . The President ' s Progress . —The following is the stereotyped > edi . official bulletin : " The President is Progressing as favourably as ass can be expected . " —Punch . Tie up a vein , and sickness ensues ; clog up a stream , and theth « . ' « : water overflows ; obstruct the future , aud revolutions break out . —t . — Victor Hugo .

      A Forward Child . —The other day one of widow B . ' sadmirerirerj : was complaining before her of the tooth ache . Mrs . B . ' s smart bo ? bo \>; immediately spoke . "Well , Sir , why don't you do as madoesoess She takes her teeth out and puts ' em back whenever she wants . to / to .. V A few minutes afterwards the boy was v / hipped on some pret- ^ ice qze oq other , " ' ' " - ' " ¦ ''¦'

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16101852/page/7/