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      its order of the day . ( Hear , hear . ) The President : The Assembly adopts the order of fhe official paocLUimos of thb ranPiosHi c ? thb raKKGH KEP 0 BUC- —HSBIGN 1 TI 0 * OF THE HBBIHT " . Pabis . Wednesday Evening . —Fears being entertained of an outbreak , it was resolved that tho new President should be proclaimed to-day . The ceremony took place in the National Assembly , at ioor o'clock , after readin- tbe Report of tbe Committee , whit * stated the votes to teas follows :- . Louis Napoleon Bonaparte 5 - > f { Z Cavaignac ... — «•••••••¦•••••••••»• - i , 4 w , iu * General Cavaignac announced the resignation of the Ministry , and of himself . Louis Napoleon Bonanarte was then proclaimed President , and took the oaths to tbe Constitution , after which he delivered a The ^ ew Prssident was then conducted to the PaloUbe Elysee Bsiixban . 1

      aw ..,.,-The Paris papers of Wednesday , contain the list of the Ministry formed by tha new President of the Republic , which differs in no respeetfrom that which appear * in ours . venth pa e . Pans was perfectly tranquil . MOBS FJtBSKCOTOIf OF THB OTMOCBATS . ( From ths lime *) The French government is adopting active measures to suppress aU secret or open meetings held in eioHtion of the decree against elutopublished in July last On Friday riigbt lasta meeting was held at tbe office of the journal La RbvoltjiiosDsuocbwiqcem Socule by certain persona styling themselves members of the Society for Consolidating the Republic . A Commissary of Police shortly afterwards made his annearanoe . and . havine exhibited a warrant from the

      Prefect of Police summoned tbe meeting to disperse . M Jolv , a representative of the people , protested ; bnt , the Cammissarv of Police havine persisted , the meeting was compelled to disperse . The same evening tbe CInb of tbe Revolution , which held its sittings in the Salle Montesquieu , was closed by order of the Prefect of Police . When the members of the club arrived they fonnd the hall occupied by a number of gzrdkus de Paris , who informed them tbat tbe government had determined to prevent any popular meeting during tba excitement caused by the election of the Presideat of tbe Republic The joarnal La Revolutcoh Dsmcckatique at ScrfALE was seised on Friday at the post office and at the printer / a . The sause assigned for the sei-are is an article on an anmasty .

      IHB BSD REPOnuCThe Red Rcpubu ean members of the National Assembly have published the following address : — Citizess , —We did not wish for a P .-esident because vw wished for tho aalty of power ; the contrary opinion has prevailed ; tbe people has pronounced ; we bow to tbe eUcii ion . No w , we will not believe that the Eepufellc bas bsen tfereatentd—tbat tbe isstitations which are tbe foundation of it cen be attacked . We will not believe It . If , nevertheless , parties , bsfngthe enemies of Iib : ry , Interested in disorder , should renew their mad proj ; cts , the people , we hope , would resist tktir perfidious tuggestioas . As for us , we will never fjrget that the mission which we have received ia to found the Republic , and to defend it , should teat be necessary , at the neril cf our Urn . ( Signed ) Astaix , Bic . Divro ( d'Asgem ) . ( tCMUBD , Joiy , Mic , Ltvav BOLLIN , L » HE *» AIt , & C . ( In all , sixty-one member * .

      A Red Republican Banquet was lately held at Cherbourg , ai which eight hundred persons were present . After tbe fat , when they drank to Rsspail , Ledru Rollin , and Cabat , they marched round tbe tree of liberty , singing 'Mourir pour la Patrie / and retired to their respective abodes quietly . The Club of tbe Revolution , of which 15 . Barbes was tbs original president , was re-opened on Saturday nieht but Tbe members then proceeded to elect officers by ballot , wben the following were chosen : M . Barbes , president ; MM . Herre , Tbore , and Texier du Molten , tice-presidents ; MM . Dambel and Gauaohe , secretariei ; MM . Beaune , Jany , Laparte , Gompaing , Levy , and Lasglois , assessors . The patriot Barbes bas addressed the following letter to the Revolutios Dshocbahque et Socials : Dongeon of Vincennes , D « . 12 , 1818 .

      ' Cities . * Editob , —Is appears tbat my mme figures also on . these famous lists ef national recompense , of of which so much has been said within the last few days . I feel no annoyance or anger against the authors of those papers for having placed me in company witb those who have been called asiasdns snd thieve * . The widow and children of Pepin , tbe rclatioas of the harolc Alibaad and of Harmes , carry with them no stain , tbe contact witb which csn soil a Republican , asd I do cot know tbat any ene has made it a crime to Atheni to have adopts ? and supported , at tbe expense of the State , i * e f * muies of Harmodius and Artstogiton .

      ' Neither does my modesty revolt against being placed by the side of certain other pretended malefactor ; , such as , for instance , Station , tbat unfortunateprofetaire , who , before being condemned te tbe gallles for having fought ia tbe days of May , 1639 , bad been subjected to a pr . ceding condemnation for having taken fmm the ruins of a house , of which be was digging the foundations , some bits of old iron , estimated ( the Precareur-General admitted it to tbe Court of Peers ) at If . 25 c . To fire mu « ket shots cgtmit tyrants , and to suffer afterwards martyrdom io a prison , are as powerful , I imagine , in absolving from all anterior faclts , as to believe in themiisioa of a friend of humanity , who dies of tbe game punishment an you on the cross , and Jesus , for tbat sole fact , has given place to tbe goad thief in tbat BepnbUc from share , which be calls tbe Kingdom of his Patbtr .

      Bat , in reality , if I bare done my duty as a citizen in the struggles of my country , against a government which oppressed and degraded it , it was never tor tbe sake oi a recompense ; and as tbe acceptance of pecuniary succour would be to commit a theft , to the prejudice ef so many other nnhappy ex de ' . ems who have more need of it than I have , I declare , cltfz'n editor , that it is against my wish , ant wittaut my Mug informed , of it , that my came was placed oa those lists , Ealutetfratercite , A . BiEBES .

      GERMANY . CONTINUANCE OF THE REIGN OP TERROR IS VIENNA . The correspondent of fhe Times under date , Vienna , Deo . 8 th writes as follows : — ' The enemies of the state of siege are grievously disappointed ia their hopes , which If theyclnagto , there have been two facts to convince them of their utter futility . One of these facts is a proclamation very similar to one which was pablished av few weeks ago , warning thapublie to abstain from inflammatory languageia coffeehouses and other places at resort , and threatening those who make use of such language with the pesalttes of a court martial ; the other is the execution of a journeyman smith , a native of Hungary , who was found guilty of

      possessing and biding a loaded carbine and a score of ballcartridges . He was arrested early yesterday morning , and tried , condemned , and shot before sunset . The people express their disgust at this summary proceeding , and argue , very unreasonably , that this man ought to bare been pardoned , or else that all other possessors of weapons oaghtto have suffered the same punishment . I have heard many dark threats of vengeance uttered , in spite of the proclamation against inflammatory language , and in spite of the numerous informers that are said to be prowling ( bout . You are aware of my liberal opinions , an Ineed not therefore hesitate in easing that the p t entmilitary government oi Vienna is its greatest Visaing . [ Yes , we are perfectly aware ef your liberal opinions . ' Yob are as liberal u the rest of your assassin c'ass . 1

      ' A . few weeks of that stern mlehave already sufficed to restore confidence ; trade is daily reviving , the thoroughfares are again swarming with active and busy people , and the town presents if sot a prosperous appearance , yet one entirely different from its former dssolstjoe . So apparent are these advantages , that I understand the merchants of Vienna are getting up a petition for a prolongation of th * state of siege . [ Ttve la bourgeoisie ] ' The drawing up and signing of this petition is labour vainly spent , for then is no idea of any alteration of present measures so long as Hungary remains in a state of rebellion . The Imperial army cannot afford to leave a city of daabtfol and even hostile sentiments in its rear while engaging in a war whioh is likely to be both protracted and bloody . Unmistakable signs of acerbity have already been given on either side . Prises Wiadiiohgratz proclaimed bis intention of beating all the officers fo

      the Hungarian army as traitors — tbat ia to say , he threatened to shoot them . Tba Hungarians have notoaly threatened — they have actually done the thing . No battle has as yet been fought , but there has been no end of skirmishing , and all the Austrian officers whom the Hungarians captured have been shot on the spot . ' [ Remember Blum , Metseahanser , Dr Becher , the poor journeyman Smith , and'thouasnua of other martyrs ! Remember them , patriots « f Hungary , snd act accordingly . ] -Describing the march of the troops to Hungary this « onesnontttUi » uya : —• Thalast regiment , a corps ottMas , marched yesterdsy morning . I had gone toaee them proceed thrauga the Jagerash , when I wrtaesesd an gxtremaly shocking wenrrenee . V ^ hen tha * apa was placed in ranka , and just wbsa tae ewer to march was about to be given , one of the ripemeatoTelled hispieoa and shot a corporal dead oatbespot . Tha report eftha rifle and the fall of the nnriered sua was followed by atewininutes of pain fpJiai p 8 nae , for it was u if erarjbod , felt thatsoaw

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      dreadful punisbmeat mast follow the dreadful deed . At length a superior offi - ¦ er advanced and muttered a few words , which I sould nst understand . Bat their meaning was well understood by the soldiers . Two files turned oft ; the murderers , who seemed perfectly collected , placed himself in their midst , and they proceeded round the corner of the street to the ruins of a house that was burned down during the siege . The unhappy man stood against the blackened wall , bis comrades fell back , three mea advanced and levelled their muskets . Their comrade fell dead , and the next moment they walked quietly back to the regiment , which then proceeded onwards on its march . I understand that the corporal had been the cause of co : D » al nnnisbment being inflicted on his wretched

      murderer , who while smarting ; under the lash vowed he would have his revenge . Corporal punishment is abolished bylaw , but soldiers are beaten every day , and most unmercifully too . I have often heard their piteous cries when passing % y the temporary barracks iithe Leopoldstadt . ' [ Yet this same villanous correspondent' declares that ' the present military government of Vienna ia ita greatest blessing . ' As regards these wretched ruffians of soldiers , they deserve all they get , both in the way of beating and shooting . Recently they slaughtered their own fathers and brothers , and spared not even women and children . If they will do the work of blood drinking , tbey deserve all they suffer , and may they suffer still more /]

      IssuBBEcnoHS . —A peasant , of the name of Kibalitzka , who was returned as deputy to the Austrian Diet , bas raised fhe standard of revolt in Bukowania , and excited the peasantry to commit great excesses . At Kratna terious disturbances have broken out ; they were excited by tbe students in the first instance . Two regiments have gone off express to quell the riots . Fbiohifoii Psrsicctios . —An ex- lieutenant of the Austrian army ( Lesczynski ) has been sentenced ^ to twelve years' imprisonment in a fortress , for having taken part in tbe late insurrection . Another individual named Urban has also been condemned to twelve years' hard work in chains for a similar offence .

      Popoxab , Revenge . —Events have taken place at Vienna within the last few days which may not be spoken of openly . An officer waa killed by a gunshot , which was fired from the window of a hou < e in Josephstadt . The same evening one of the patrols was likewise fired at . Attempts of this nature are not

      STATE OF BERLIN . General Wrangel has , by proclamation , given- permission for all the Christmas exhibitions and amusements to take place aa usual ; a great feature in tbem were the puppet theatres , with dialogues containing allusions to the political topics of the day ; bat the proclamation expressly forbids such pieces to bs acted this year , nnder the penalty of closing the exhibition altogether ; yet almost side by side with the order appears an advertisement of a' Political Christmas Evening , ' to be given daily during the holidays in Mylins ' s Hotel , with twoof thesepuppencomodie , and a series of' transparencies' illustrating

      ' satsive resistance , " the Camarilla , ' ' the German Fleet , ' * the Free and United Empire , ' the broadest foundations , '' There is no reaction , ' ' Monument to the Memory of ali we got ia March , 'J and other topics equally suggestive . If the annonce is anything more than a squib ( advertisements of public amusements are allowed to be placarded ) , a file of Grenadiers suppressing a puppet-show will bo a ' Christmas spectacle' worth the seeing . —Times . A Royal decree was published on the Uth . abolishing in toto , from the 1 st of January , 1849 , all stamp duties upon the political press , whether native or foreign , in compliance with the article on this subject ia the new constitution .

      MOBE FEBSXCCTI 0 H 5 . Dr Borchhardt was tried and found guilty of treason on the 7 h inst , and sentenced to twelve years ' imprisonment , and to be deprived of his national cockade ; and DrO < ch was tried and sentenced to OBo year ' s imprisonment fer endeavouring to excite insurrection . The arrests in Monster and other parts of West phalia are very numerous . The parties ave charged with attempting to organise an armed resistance to the government . Entire districts of Silesia ( in

      consequence of tbe excesses committed by some peasantry , in two places , on the persons or property of landed proprietors , have been declared ia a state of siege . The Silesians ask why the same fate did not befall those districts in which Baron von Falkeahaoses , Count von Reichenbaob , ( not tha deputy of that narae . ) Lieut , yon Carney , and the large landed proprietor , Von Sohweinichen , were legally convicted of having committed great ( in two oases fatal ) excesses on the persons of unoffending citizens or peasants ?

      Tbe Berlin Criminal Court having concluded its examination of the numerous witnesses in the prosecution of Dowiat and his companions for the riot and attack oa the hotels of two of the Ministers in August last , bas pronounced sentence in tbe sitting of to-day . Dowiat , as the leader , is condemned to six years' imprisonment ; Muller , another ringleader , to the same term of puaishment ; tbe others found guilty of participation in the crime are sentencedtwo to three years , two to one year , and one to six months' imprisonment ; six are acquitted . Tbe censorship has been established in those portions of Silesia whioh have lately been placed in a stateof siege . Amongst tbe one hundred and twenty persons recently arrested in various parts of

      Westphalia , are several of considerable influence-editors of newspapers , raemb ^ ra of town councils , councillors of justice , teachers , clergymen , and even military officers . The cstessible grounds of their arrest are that tbey formed part of a congress , at Monster , having in view the carrying out of the decision of the National Assembly respecting tbe non-payment of taxes ; bnt it is suspected that , by imprisoning those democratioal leaders , government hope to prevent them from exercising any influence on the forthcoming elections . Tbe arrest of the editor of the WisTPHAiiiN Mercubt , the referendary Loker , gave rise to an alarming riot at Paderborn . Barricades ware erected in various places , but chiefly for the purpose ef preventing any further attacks on the

      part of tbe military , who had employed unnecessary violence in dispersing the crowd assembled before the prison in which HerrLoherwas detained . The democratical party must not be considered , howsver . asholdingthemselves vanquished . Rumours , not without foundation , are afloat of several secret societies being formed , and ef these societies holding meetings in defiance of the police . This is not improbaV . e , and may account for arrests of persons that take place now and then , and for the expulsion of others . Among the latter is M . Oppenheim , a doctor of law and philosophy , of the Jewish persua sion , and one of the principal founders and directors of the suspended journal , Reform . —Morning Chronicle .

      Dowiat and the rest of the prisoners sentenced to various terms of imprisonment for rioting have gives notice of appeal against tbe judgment . They will badefendad before the Court of Second Instance by the lata deputy Jung .

      THE WAR IN HUNGARY , A correspondent of the Times , whose aceonnt of the state of affairs in Vienna ' we have already quoted , gives the following respecting the war in Hungary ;—I cannot vouch for the authenticity of my latest news from Pestb , but there is an internal evidence of circumstantial truth on the face of It whioh almost enforces belief . It is tbat the news ef tbe abdication of tbe old and tbe adveat of tbe new Emperor bad no sooner reached Pesth than tbe Hungarian Parliament assemble ? , and resolved unanimously that they accepted the King ' s abdication , wbicb , since they hid aot been consulted , fiey must consider in tbe light ef au unconditional resignation of tbe Cronn ; tbat they refused to recognise Francis Joseph as tseir Kins , for that it was expressly stipulated in the Pragmatic Sanction tbat no person under twenty years of age should sacceed to the Hungarian Crown ; and that far the future Hungary

      should be a Republic . Ii this news be confirmed , as I have no doubt it will , tbere ia little hopes for any impretsionthtt the Emperor ' s manifesto may make , and there is no alternative but war to the knife , For this war tbe Hungarians have been incessantly preparing . They have fortified Presturg and Pesth , added to tho fortification of Somorn , undermined all the roads to their principal cities ; aud I understand , though it Is hard to believe , they have buraed all tbe towns and villages from Brnok en tbe Leltba to Presburg , so aa to starve tbe Imperialists in their winter campaign . Prince Wiadiscbgratz , on tbe other hand , seems sensibly alive to the difficulties of bis undertaking . Njt only is the whole expedition devoted to endless procrastlsation ( it is now fire weeks since the troops first marched upon Brack ( niToebsn ) , bnt ba is collecting all tha troops be can from aU corners of the empire , and bas even geae so far as to reduce the forces at Vienna to the ordinary strength of Its garrison—tbat is to say , to twenty-five tboaiand men .

      A letterfrom Pestb . of Nov . 24 th , says .- —Kossuth has formed a ministry ' , of which he is the head . His colleagues are : Lsd . Madaraiz , Interior ; Paul Nyary , Foreign Affairs ; Joseph Madarass , Commerce ; Ernst Riss , War ; Dian-Pazmandy , Public Worship , Edm . Palaeky , Justice ; and Barth . bs-mere . Finance . We letra from Vienna , under date Deo . lltb , that hostilities had commenced in earnest in Hungary . On tbe 8 : h tbe imperialists had taken possession of tbe castle of Soblosshof , three German miles from Presburg . JeUaehich had arrived with bis army on the banks of the Leitha . The Magyars are still bnsy making their land a desert . They burn their own towns aud villages , destroy roads and bridges , and prepare to conquer ths invading enemy by cold , hunger , and fever .

      ITALY . thb ECTWiN Banaisar . Tbe Cekcoasia contains the following , dated Milan : — Uarabal Badefxky bas ordered tie Municipal Condi of our city to euvdowa all the trees which adorn the publ ' e promenade ioob s the castle . The Council entreated bim not to insist on an order , tbe eiecu' . len o £ which .-would impoverish the city , already so macb distressed by military exaottoag . The Mar-

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      that returned the following reply to « , ) £ anioJpal Council : — - - As I am in the habit of never suffering resistaaoe to my orders , and whereas tbe city continues in a state of siege , I enjoin tht Municipal Council to re move all tbe trees surrounding tbe cattle , to which I have already directed its notice , before tho 165 b instant . In that interval all the trees moil be felled and carried away at the eipenw of the Council , The Csnnoll sballbe liable to a fine of 5 , . llvres for every day ' s delay . ( Signed ) « B » ehm . The MitA . tr GiZEirn of the 9 tb , publishes officially the sentence of death pronounced by Couit Martial against four individuals found with arms upon tbem , in a suspicious attitude , by a patrol . A fifth has been condemnjd to death for having a stiletto , and a fowling-piece and ammunition in his house ; but , coaeidering his irreproachable life , his sentence bas been commuted to five , years' bard

      labour in irons . ROME . —Letters from Rome , dated tbe 7 th inst ., tatethat the greatest quiet reigned there . The Upder Chamber and the Lower have made common cause . How long matters will remain in statu qw it is impossible to say , but the conduct of the King ot Naples cannot evidently be tolerated long , He hss stopped all intercourse between the Pope and his Bubjeots , by arresting tbe further progress of tbe Roman deputation on the Neapolitan frontier . Tbe French fleet appearing off Oi vita has caused indignation at Rome , where Mamiani made it a matter of comment iu the Lower Chamber on the 6 th . WSJfAIION OP A PBOVISIOWt GOVBBBMBKT AT

      ROUS . Roms , Dec . 11 . —A Provisional Government has been proclaimed . It is composed of the senators fer Rome and for Bologna , and of the Gonfalonier of Ancona . The Pope has been declared as deprived of all temporal power . The Minister Sterbini hat addressed the people ; he said that the Pope alone , under the title of Bishop , would have the right te enter Rome , but tbat aU tbe cardinals and prelates would be strictly prohibited from entering tbe city . The people , in tfceir enthusiasm , ran about the streets crying ' Djath to tbe cardinals . ' Garibaldi has been called to Rome by the ministry .

      THE DANUBE PRINCIPALITIES . It ia difficult to imagine ( iaya a correspondent at Bucharest ) how the Russians are lording it over the poor Wallaohians , in spite of remonstrances . The Turks have refuted to have any punishments inflicted far political events of the last four months , so that the Russians just send a party of Cossacks to all suspected persons , and those implicated in the late movement , quietly arrest them , and send them off right and left without form of process to the various monasteries—no matter if they be Rayahs or foreign subjects . One English subject has been so dealt with in face of the protest of the representative of his nation .

      REFUSAL OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA TO RECOGNISE THE QUEEN OF SPAIN . The National states that General Vasco del Valle has addressed a dispatch to her Catholic Majesty , of the date of the 15 th Nov ., stating , that on the 17 'h be and ali bis suite would qsit St Petersburgh , The general could not obtain the recognition ot tbe Queen—neither could he obtain the favour of an interview with bis Imperial Majesty , either alone or in presence of his Minister , M . de Nesselrode .

      EGYPT . His Highness Abbas Pasha , the new Viceroy of Egypt , returned to Suez from Mecca on the 25 : h ot November , and reached Cairo on the following day , when he qnietiy assumed the authority without opposition or any infringement of the generally prevailing tranquillity . On the 27 ch , hia highness received officially all the European consuls . UNITED STATES . THE PBESIDMT ' b MESSAGE . Liverpool , Wednesday . —Tbe Cambria has arrived ; she has brought the President ' s Message . The Message is one of the moat Ieugtby documents that has been presented to Congress for a long time . It will appear in next Saturday ' s Star . Tbe establishment of a Republic in France , and the effort to unite the German states , are hailed as auspicious events . Friendly relations ate established with Mexico .

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      Notice to the Pdbmc—General Post Office , December , 1848 . —On and from the 1 st of January , 1849 , the following alterations , & c , in the rates of postage , & c , will come into operation in conformity with the warrant of tbe Lords Commissioners of ber Majesty ' s Treasury , dated the 13 th of October , 1848 : —The postage on letters to and from the Cape . de Verde Islands , when conveyed by packet , will be at the rate of Is . lOd . the half ounce ,, except when posted or delivered at tbe port of departure or arrival of the packet , in which case tbey will be chargeable at the rate of Is . 8 d . the half ounce . Letters for parts abroad , posted with stamps of less value than the full amount of postage to

      wbicb such letters ma ) be liable , if addressed to places to which pre-payment is not compulsory , will be forwarded , charged with only such amount of postaze as shall be equal to the difference between the value of tbe stamps and the proper rate of postage , instead of being charged , as heretofore , with the full amount of postage to which they would be liable if they bore no postage stamps whatever . If tbe letters are addressed to places to wliich pre . payment is compulsory , they must be sent to the Dead Letter Office , as at present Printed votes and proceedings of Parliament may be transmitted by post between tbe United Kingdom and Hamburgh ,

      Lubeck , or Bremen , when conveyed by the Hamburgh packet or by private ship , under the following regulations ;—1 st . The postage must be paid in advance . 2 d . They must be sent in covers , open at tbe sides . The rates of postage on such printed votes and proceedings will be as follows : —Not exceeding two ounces in weight , a uniform British rate of Id . ; above two ounces , and not exceeding three ounces , a uniform British rate of ( 3 d . ; above three ounces , and not exceeding four ounces , a uniform British rate of 8 d . ; and 2 d . for every additional ounce up to the weight of sixteen ounces , beyond which weight no printed votes and proceedings can be forwarded .

      State of St Margaret ' s Churchyard , Westminster , —I may venture to affirm , from my own observation , that 300 corpses are about the number annually added to the limited area of this pest spot . I have often witnessed scenes revolting to human feelings , when tbe grave diggers were seeking an eligible space for another interment by forcing a borer , something like a huge gimlet , into the earth . And when a space is found where an addition to putrescent matter can be received , bones are turned up in heaps , with fragments of muscle attached , not yet decayed and skulls intact , As every fresh coffin displaces a portion of this highly infected earth , it is usually wheeled off and placed in a heap against the railings on the north side of Henry the Seventh ' s Chapel , where it remains until

      sun and ram occasion its dispersion . When the wind is westerly the breeze is so sickening that the inhabitants of the apartments above the Rolls Court , and in the other parts of this building fronting tbe churchyard , close their windows to shut it out , be the weather ever so fine . The cabmen even feel its baneful influence , and , after nightfall , urge their jaded horses , when they have taken up « a member , ' to gallop through the cut , ' as this part from the doors of the House of Commons to Bridge Street is named by them , that they may get quickly away from tbe deleterious atmosphere . Yet this is the air which our senators respire when they leave the Houses of Parliament , with fatigued lungs after long speeches , abstinence of refreshment , or dreary hours of attendance . —The Builder .

      Shocking Case . — On Monday ni ght an inquest was held at St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , touching the death of Mary Ann Morrison , aged 18 . The deceased , a straw bonnet maker , resided with her parents at 10 , New Hall Street , Lower Road Islington . On the evening of the 13 th instant she ran , with her clothes on fire , into the room in which her ather was sitting . Ho extinguished the dames , and urgical aid being called in the unfortunate girl was put to bed in her father ' s house , in spite of her entreaties to be taken to the hospital . In the course of the night her sister-in-law asked how the fire had occurred , and the deceased replied . ' Let no one be blamed for it , I did it myself , but not witb an

      intention to destroy myself . ' It further transpired , from questioning her , that she had been inveigled into a house in Windsor Street , City Road , by a fellow who said he was a commercial traveller , where he had seduced her , and she was in the family way . She said she could not bear the jeers of her friends , and she thought if she set fire to her c ' otbes she should be taken to the hospital and get well without their knowing anything about it . The next morning , from the great severity of the burns , if was thought desirable to take her to the above bospital , where she expired the same night . The Jury returned a verdict , 'That the deceased died from burns caused by setting her clothes on fire , but not with an intent to destroy herself . '

      The Pictures at ihe Tuilebieb . —Some of the pictures yet remain , and it is curious to observe the direction of popular fury with regard to the pbrtraits . Those of the Due de Nemours are battered most wofully , while the likeness of the Prince de Joiuviiie has bem everywhere treated Yfith great respect . The Queen of Spain and the Duchess de Montpensier have both had their neses cut clean otiMndLouis Philippe ' s head is mbing in every

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      National Charter Association of Great Britain . —The Executive Committee met at the rooms of the National Lund Company , IU , High Holborn , on Friday evening , December 15 tb ., Present—Messrs M'Grath , Clark , Stallwood , Ross , Dixon , and G . J . Harney . Mr Kydd was absent , pursuing his mission in Yorkshire . Mr Stallwood acted as secretary , pro tern . 'Mr Julian Harney was called to the chair . The chairman read several letters he had received on the vacancy ih | £ e

      representation of the borough of Lynn , also requesting that a Chartist candidate might be started- to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lord G . Bentinck . After the subject had been spoken on by most of tbe members present , it was unanimously agreed tbat a suitable reply should be forwarded . The chairman suggested that an address be forthwith issued to the public on the vacancies in the representation , with a view to their being filled by Chartist members . Mr M'Grath moved , and Mr

      Dixon seconded , a motion m accordance with the chairman ' s suggestion . The motion was carried , and Mr M'Grath was appointed to draw up tbe address . The chairman suggested the propriety of getting up a grand Chartist demonstration , 'in the shape of a public dinner or soiree , in tbe Metropolis , just immediately preceding the opening of the en * suing session of Parliament . Mr Clark moved ;—' That some public demonsttation be got up prior to the opening of the ensuing session of Parliament , and that all the members of Parliament , favourable

      to Chartist principles , be invited to attend . ' Seconded by Mr M'Grath , and carried unanimously , Mr Clark moved : — ' That one member from each Chartist locality ! in or near the Metropolis , be hereby invited to attend tbe Executive Committee meeting , at the rooms of the National Land Company , 144 , High Holborn , on Friday evening , the 29 th instant , with a view to aiding and assisting in getting up such demonstration . ' Mr Ross seconded tbe motion , which was carried unanimously . The committee adjourned .

      ' " Westminster . —An adjourned meeting Of tbe members of tbe Westminster locality , was held on Sunday , the 17 th inst ., at the Partbenium Club Rooms , St . Martin ' s Lane , for the purpose of adopting the new Plan of Organisation . —Mr T . Clark was called to the chair , and an animated discussion ensued , after which the New Plan was unanimously adopted , with a strict understanding that one-half of the receipts should be punctually handed over to the Executive Committee . —A number of members

      enrolled their names , and the amount of entrance was twelve shillings and twopence . —After disposing of a quantity of tickets for the theatre , distribution of books , & c , for the victims , the meeting was adjourned to Sunday , the 31 st instant , at seven in tbe evening , when a lecture is to be delivered , and on each succeeding evening , which will be duly advertised . —N . B . Tbe following members were elected as Council : Messrs Milns , Murray , Black , Miller , G . Wilks ; John Marshall , treasurer ; James Gwtsby , sub-secretary ,

      Birmingham , People ' s Hall . —At a numerous and attentive audience on Sunday evening , Messrs Goodwin , Ward , and others entered at some length into the proceedings and objects of the Emigration meeting , held on the previous Thursday , in the Town Hall , complaining of the false impression the reports in the Journal and daily papers must make upon the country , the meeting being so very small , the speeches of the lowest order of talent , and the feeling of the meeting being decidedly opposed to the object of its promoters . —Mr Eydd ' s speech at Wakefield , elicited great applause , and the Executive were promised support . —The chairman then announced the lecturer for Christmas Eve ( Mr Mason ) , and tbe meeting separated .

      Hoxton . —Tbe members of the Hoxton National Charter Association met atBridport Place , bn Sunday evening , the 10 th inst . The following proposi . tions were carried unanimously : —1 . ' That we adopt the plan of organisation as recently published in the Northern Star , and resolve to carry out the principles of the Charter as far as possible . ' 2 . ' That five shillings be sent to the Executive as a first instalment for tbe above purpose . ' A local council of five , consisting of the following , was elected : — Messrs Daddo , Broomfield , Parker , Young , and Brisk ; Mr Bidwell , sub-treasurer , and Mr Summer , sub-secretary . After an animated discussion on the best means of carrying out the objects , the meeting adjorned until Sunday , the 17 th instant .

      Morpeth . — Arthur Trevelyan , Esq . of Wallingtor , near Morpeth , has presented the members of the Democratic Societyjwith a valuable collection of works on various blanches , of literature , amongst others treatises on the different arts and sciences nor is there wanting in this truly liberal present , those undying works which contain the sentiments of every true Democrat . Ernest Jones Locality-. —At a meeting held on

      Sunday night , after transacting our local affairs , the address of Mr Kydd to the electors and non-electors of the West Riding having been read , tbe following resolution was proposed and carried : ' Tha " , tbe thanks of this meeting be given to Mr Kydd , for the talented manner in which he defended our principles and exposed the fallacy cf hia opponents . ' —A vote of thanks was likewise passed to Mr Hawkins , for his liberal contributions to the Victim Fund .

      Camberwell and Walworth . —At a meeting of the members of the National Chatter Association ! residing in Camber well and Walworth , held on Monday evening , the J 8 th inst . It wis resolved . — ' That we return our sincere thanks to the Executive Committee , for the able and praiseworthy manner in which they have placed the Plan of Organisation before tbe public' « The Charter and no Surrender' is our motto , snd we hereby resolve— ' Never to cease in our exertions until the object is obtained , but to render all the assistance in our power to the Executive Committee , in the accomplishment of the good work . ' It was also resolved that the meeting nights shall be on Wednesday instead of Monday , as heretofore .

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      Bradford (Yorkshire).—At A Meeting Of La...

      Bradford ( Yorkshire ) . —At a meeting of Land members held on Sunday , it was resolved i— ' That no member shall be admitted to the Land meetings , who has not paid bis levies one month from this date . ' Knarbsbro '—At a meeting of this branch of the Land Company , a resolution agreeing with the members of tbe Hawick branch was passed . We think , under present circumstances , it would be unjust to our poor members , to expel them at the end of a quarter for non payment , a great portion of them being out of work . We also think the Directors ought to give the membeis some account how the cott-. pany's affairs are going on weekly , in the Star .

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      Unexpected Compensation . — A curious case of robbery occurred on the night of Saturday laat , in the neighbourhood of Sunderland . A working man named Reed , who resides in Thomas Street , Sunderland , was returning from Seaham Harbour , where he had been working , and on arriving within two fields of Byhope Dean , was attacked by three men apparently ' navies . ' They demanded his money , and after throwing him down , rifled his pockets of 18 s , the whole of his week ' s wages . On getting to bis feet again , however , he told them he was a poor man , and that having been out of work for some time he had nothing else for his wife and children . He therefore begged hard of the robbers to g ive him but two shillings with which to buy a stone of flour . Two of them returned a stern

      refusal , and all three of them walked on towards Seaham . Shortly , however , one of them , commiserating the poor fellow ' s plight , stepped behind and slipped him two shillings . Reed proceeded enwaids , but , on arriving at Ryhope Dean , he heard the footsteps of three men running at a rapid rate behind . He took shelter at the back of a hedge , just in time to see the rascals hurry past , and hear two of them swear that 'they would have the money back . ' Afraid of losing his couple of sb .

      illings , Reed plunged into Ryhope Dean , and took to the beach . On arriving at home he dolefully reiated his misfortune to his . wife , and put his hand in his pocket to draw out his' little all ; ' when , lo ' there appeared , instead of two poor shillings two * bright golden sovereigns ! We haveao doubt the lucky fellow would consent to be robbed every Saturday night , for a long time to come , provided the , robbenes were invariabl y followed withi similar recompense !

      Abandonment op a Liverpool VEssEL .-Intelhgence was received on Wednesday , that the ship Bornhohx , , from New Orleans for Liverpool w a abandoned » l « t . 40 , long . 41 . The captain and Calq «^ , nded * CWk b > ^ H «« . largo 981 bales of cotton and 6082 sacks of corn . We hear that Mr Baines , Q . Q ., will succeed the late-lamented Charles Bulier , ftt tbe head tf . the Pom Law Board . —Glole .

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      MARLBOROUGH STREET , — Aiixoio PMJiioia of th Toitiaies , a »» « " Chat « a » m Nebi « . t . — E , Saulnicr aad Marie Doraliee were te-ashmiuei , for bavins unlawful possession of property valued at about £ 30 , 000 , belonging to King Louis Philippe and the member * of hit family , aisunied to bave been abstracted from the royal palaces of the Tullerles and the Chateau de Nouilly at the commencement of the recent revolution in Franca , —Mr Bodkin , on behalf ef the present ex-klng of the French , addressing Mr Hardwlck , said : Sir , tbo par . ties before you having agreed wben last here to appear again on their own recognisances , I am glad to bars an opportunity of mentioning some circumstances which

      have occurred since last week . It will ba recollected that under a warrant from this court possession was taken of a variety of property supposed to belong to King Louii Fbilippe and the members of his family . Among othtr things were some articles of jewellery which were produced here on the last occasion , Theae articles of jewellery were shown to a member of the royal suite , General Ghabannes , who , on examining the property , stated tbat be confidently believed tbe articles to be the property of tbe royal family , It was desirable , as I then intimated to yon , that tbe articles ibonld be submitted to tbe dis tinguished claimants or others who weuld be the most competent to speak decisively on the question , beoauae General Chabannes could only speak as to bis belief , judging from tbe general appearance of tbe property , In

      consequence of this determination it was considered that the most tatiifactory and conclusive mode of obtaining ibis testimony would be te send to Paris for M . Bapst , an eminent jeweller , who , In bis capacity of jeweller , was acquainted with tbe jewels of the royal family . It wai supposed tbat M . Bapst was the person who could ipeak with most confidence as to the ownership of the jewels , aad he immediately oame over here . M . Bapst alter examining the articles , stated , that although there was a close resemblance between those produced and articles of tbe ssime bind belonging to the royal family , yet they were no * , jewellery belonging to the royal family , though the articles had been made in imitation of the royt . 1 jew els , and bore so close a resemblance to them , that tbey might properly be described as fat similes , and nobad ;

      but a jeweller could distinguish tbem from ttmlla ? articles belonging to tbe royal family . Considering that these articles present all the appearance of articles belonging to the royal family , it is a strange coincidence that they are found in the possession of parties who bave also possession of a picture about which there is no question of ownership . But as in M . Bapit'a opinion the property only resembled the royal jewels , and reference having- been made to the royal family on tbe subject , It was at once decided tbat all claim on the part of the royal family should be withdrawn . In adopting ( his course I am acting in pursuance of instructions from my royal clients , it being proper tbat individuals In their d ' s . tinguished station of life should at once withdraw their claim ' of ownership where a shadow of doubt arises .

      With respect to the other articles , tbe same f > rbtarance in not claiming the property aa belonging to tbe royal family will be exerclaed , and the same ceursa taken , as in the case of tbe more valuable articles . So far then , sir , as your jurlsdictioa is concerned , this matter wlllbs withdrawn from your notice , and I shall not trouble you to make any adjudication under tbe aot upon which the proceedings have been founded . —Mr Hard wick : Do I understand that this withdrawal applies to tke picture ? —Mr Bodkin : I withdraw all claim : o tbe proptrty on der this act , and I withdraw all appeal to your jurlidic . tion , for if you were to order the picture to be restored , it wonld not confer a title to the property , and it woold only be in Ihe nature of a guarantee for its detention . Tbe aot does not bar our civil claim , aad at tbe claim to tbe articles ef greater value Is withdrawn under existing circumstances , ao I ask to withdraw all claim to the smaller articles . —Mr Wontner ia ! d , as the professional adviser of the Baron de Bassagnei , who wti not present .

      he should feel that he neglected his client ' s interest if he allowed tbe proceedings to terminate without tome further explanation . The baron had been held out as an impostor . He was stated to be no baron , but something else . He waa desirous , therefore , that the public mind should be disabused on this and on some other points . Tbe baron was a native of the Isle d « Bourbon . Iu early life he rendered important services to his country by establishing sugar plantations in that colony , and by introducing British macblnesy for tbe purpose of titrading the sugar with greater facility . So eminent were bis services , tbat Louis XVIII . made him a baron of tbe realm . The Baron de Biasagnea naturally felt annoyed that it bad gone ferth to the world that ho was some , body witb an alias , and he complained generally of the treatmnt he bad received . —Mr Hardwick said , so far as hl « recollection served him of what passed in court at tbo last examination , he waa not aware that any reflec . tion whatever bad been cast on the character of Baron de

      Bassagnes , or that any doubt had Been cast on his title , —Mr Wontner said he had seen ths baron described with an alia ; . The baron came over to this country witb articles of jewellery in bis possession to dispose of . He bad been compelled to do this , because , as one of the first acts of the Ropubllc was to abolish slavery , h « had been deprived ot his property in 500 slaves , and caving received no remittance from bis estate , he bad been obliged to dispose of . some of tbe costly articles whioh he had brought over to this country for the porpose of sale . Tbe baron had bought soma of these very articles from the jeweller of King Louis Philippe , The police came to bis room and took possession of bit property on a grouudlets suspicion . The barou f tit that ba bad been grievously treated , and that not the

      slightest pretence existed for assailing bis character , or taking post eastern of his property . The baron had tent to M . B « pit , and te other jewellers from whom he bad made purchases , and he was ready to show how he became possessed of the articles found in hit keeping . But be would aot go into that matter as tbe charge had been withdrawn . He would content himself with saying that bis respectable client was ready to show tbat he was the lawfal owner ef tbe jewellery , With respsot to tho picture , tbat was not In Baron de Basssgues ' t posses * tion , and be need not enter into that question . Tke picture was not part oi the baren ' t proptrty , but bad been committed to the care of bia secretary , Eugene de Bauloler . —Mr Bodkin said bis observations at tbe last hearing were expressly limited to the two Individuals

      present , who had assumed tha title of baron and bwonets . He bad not thrown any doubt ou the title of Baron de Bassagaes . —Mr Woatner subsequently referred to a French newspaper , and found tbat be bad bten lo error—that it was tbe defendant Sau'nler who was described with an ' otherwise , ' and not Baron de Bastagnes . Mr Wonlner admitted tbe mistake Into which he had fallen . —Mr Hardwick said It waa an extraordinary circumstance to dad a portloa of the property known to have been lost in one of the royal palaces in France in tbe hands of ' parties who had other pro . perty of their own to dispose of . Thit naturally threw a suspicion on the parties , and led to ioqulry , aud the circumstances which bave bten stated justified that inquiry . The proceedings , however , bad been immedla < ely withdrawn , when a competent witness came forward and stated that the articles were only similar in

      manufacture to the royal jewels . —The defendants were about to be discharged , wben a Custom House officer came forward snd claimed to selzi tbe whole of Ihe property , on the ground that tbe articles consisted of foreign goods waloh had come into thit country without paylog duty . He wished to impound the goods , and to hare them taken fer safe custody to tbe cuttom-housc , until the owner could prove tbat the duty had bten regularly paid . —Mr Wontner » ald all the articles had come over with the baggage of tbe owners . —They had betn ezki . bited at the custom hnute either at Dover or Folkestone , and had passed as passeagft' baggage . —The custom bouse officer said if tbe articles had pasted ia the regular way the parlies could produce tbe necessary proofs . He would seta ? tbe property oa tbe part of the crown . — Seals were accordingly placed on the property , *—The defend & nts were then liberated .

      LAMBETH , —' PaoiBsstoKAt * Jbuocst—J . Lawson applied to tbe Hon . 6 . C . Norton for an assault summons against Samuel E ' manaels . Tho applicant , who described himself as s professional voeallst employed at the Royal Standard , P . urllco , stated that on the sight before , at the conclusion of the performances at the Royal Standard , Mr Emanuel , Mrs Emanuel , Mr Willy a mutual friend , and himtelf , rode In a cab from Pimli ' co to the Hero of Waterloo , in the Waterloo Road , aud on getting out of tbe vehicle , they went iato Mr Okey ' s to have a parting glass , Oa entering the house , Mr Etnanuel exhibited considerable Bareness and jealousy toward * bim ( applicant ) , arising out of the circnmttsnees ef his having sung a comic song during tho performances with Mrs Taylor , one of the professionals Emanuel

      He ( Mr ) said the song was sung by himself and Mrs Emanuel , aad that , therefore , he ( Mr Lawson ) had no right to sing it . He replied that ke had a muck oetur right to ate * the song , Inasmuch as he had been a m e mber of the Royal Standard prof , „ i 0 „ . i 8 at least Sm'li ?! . ^*? ( Mr Em » l ) *»* Hue * them , upon which the latter struck bim , e „ r , i ««„ ' lip ver , badly , and knocked him down—Mr Norton : What was the name of tbe song that has thus created the jealousy of Mr Emanuel ? - Mr Lawttn : ' Mr and Mr . ^ 4 V 1 ? « or 8 hlp ' com , ° » et—Mr Nerton : Com pond by M . Emanuel , I pretntn . ; or perhaps by your . self ! -Mr Lanson : By neither , your wertbln it it quite au old thing but Mr Emanuel cann ^" ndur th applause I receive in it , asd this doubtlet . makes bim jealous .-Mr Norton ; Take your summoas .

      MASSiON HOUSE . - * . Sx « -AccD , xi > MuaDBBS 6 B -Mary Harris , otias Manner , , was brought up on " i . folonmg 0 harrei-George Kin . ey , CitypoHcemau £ was on dutyon Friday morning , ln Tbr . adneed " eStmt n m ' anfif ' ? - ° re ** f ** "hen * he *»« w 52 hira , and having crossed to the other side of the street returned . nd ^ saW to hlm- 'You are r Polcem « nhave murdered m , ehltd ; l threw it over Louden Brt / gt wbb 3 h , he policeman put to her , the prisoner , aid ke 'Jf i * , Uowr * "? of taWw

      : . * •««« " » « " > , end that the did the aot on account of great dlttrett . upon being taken to the stationbou . e she repeated ber telf-ttccuMtion , and said that she was a tingle woman ; that the father of the child was a valet , and that tbe child was a git ! abontG years old ; tbat bar own age wat 28 yean , and that she bad no fixed residence , hot that the last workhouse In whioh she had been was St Pancras't , at which tbe called on Tuetday morning . She alto ttid that tbe child ' * name was Maria , and that bertlster bad treated her 111 on aceonnt oi tbe child , adtheeadeaTouredtocjaefaUjpfoo , of paper which

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      ft * pollowsan found to be aa trdtr from the muter of th « F * dul « gtonworkbomtefotth » delivery of a thlld who wat at the house In Norwood , to which parishes are ia the habit of sending the children depeadent upon them te be reared and Instructed . —The Matter of tha Paddlngtoa workhouse ttattd , tbat be knew the prisoner as Maria Uanmre , and be also kuaw there had been a child at the workhouse , whose name waa Mary AqO . 6 , Manners , —The prisoner t Her name was Maria not Mary Anne . —The witness continued : He was on ' Wed . netday called to the Board of Guardians iu the board room of the Paddington wcrkbouse at twelve o ' clock , and he received directions , in consequence of wklch he A » polteeaan found to be an trdtr from thu n ... t _ -

      wrote tbe note produced , as having been found upon too prltoneir , and handed It to her . The child to which the order referred had been in hit charge for twelve months , and had been sent in one of tbe vans about two months ago to Norweod , according to tbe practice of parishes . On tbe chemise of tbe child was written the name' Mary Anne Manners . ' The othtr clothes were marked a » belonging to tho Paddlnrton workhouse . —The prisoner , who at first refa « d to give a description of the child , said upon being questioned by tbe station inspector , that ber eyes and hair were dark , tbat the wore a plaid cotton pelisse and a white straw bonnet , with blue rib . bono , and striped leather shoes , over white cotton socks . —Remanded .

      80 UTHWARK . —AiiMsn Robbest of Gol » . — Mary Ann Shaw , iu the service of Mr Wainwrlght , gold beater and jeweller , wat charged witb stealing a qaas » tlty oigold and gold leaf , the property of btr master ; and Louisa Brown ( ber aunt ) with receiving tbe tame , knowing it to be stolen . Tbe younger prisoner bad beea in tbe prosecutor ' s service about three months , doting which time he bad lost considerable properly , On tha 6 th November , ba placed a large lump of gold in a closet . A few day ! afterwards be had occasion to use it , when he found that It had been stolen . Having several ap . prentices In tbe bouse , he was puuled whom to suspect and , consiqueatly , he said nothing about tbe rebbery , A month afterwards be pat sovereigns in his cask . box ,, and having securely locked It , placed it in his bedroom , and oa tbe following morning whence unlocked It , ha missed one of tbem . Having tbe key in bis pocket alt tbe time , be wat confident that tbe thief must be some person In the house , and perceiving tbat latterly tbe pri .

      aoner had had several new dresses , be suepeottd her » He accordingly questioned her about ber clotbtt , when she Informed . bim that ber aunt ( tha other prisoner ) bad given them to ber . He proceeded to Brown , who denied tbat she bad given ber anything of the sort . M » Wainwrlght confronted ber with Sbaw , wben the latter confessed tbat she had stolen the gold and gold leaf , and had given it to her aunt , who had sent her the new clothet In exchange . On searching Sbaw , a ke ; , fitting the cath-bex was found upon ber . Mr Wainwrlght wag unable to state tbe weight of the lamp of gold , or the exact quantity of gold leaf stolen , but it was to a very Urge amount . —Brown denied having bad either money or gold from Sbaw , or tbat she bad ever taken h < r any clothes , or even seen ber duriag the time the bad been In Mr Walnwrlght ' s service . —Mr Seeker said there was no proof that Brown had in any participated in tbe iob » bery , and he should therefore discharge ber , but SbaiT be must remand for a week .

      A WiiNiHQ EXiHFH . —Divld Baird , a yonng man of respectable appearance , who described himself to be in the employment of Messrs Cook and Jackson , outfit . ten of St Paul's Churchyard , wat brought before Mr Cottlngham charged with robbery attended with violence . Gaorglana Bowers ttattd , that on tbe preceding nigbfr at she wai walking iu Blackman Strtet , tbe was accosted by tho prisoner , who treated her to tome liquor at a public bouse in tbat street , and afterwards accom . panisd ber home . On their arrival at ber house io Swan Row , tht prisoner gave her three shillings , An & when be wat about to quit the place he demanded back the mosey , which she refused to return , upon wblch he threatened ber that ii tbe did not be would make ber ,. but she Hill persisted In . her right to keep it , when he

      tlezed ber , threw her on tbe floor , and attempted to strangle ber , swearing tbat be would do to If tbe did not rettere tbe money . Fearful tbat he would carry bis threat into effect , she promised to let bim bave the three shillings back , ia order that he might let go hia hold of btr , so that she might have an opportunity ox getting to the street door to give tbe alarm . Tbe mo * ment , however , that she tried to run down stairs be pur . sued btr , aad selling the back part of ber dress , palled bar back Into tba room , and throwing her down again on tbe floor a tecond time , caught her by tho throat , exclaiming at the tame time ' Will yoa retarn me tha money V Apprehensive that he weuld have mar . dered her if the did not comply , the then told him that tbe thrte iblillngt were on tbe counterpane of tbe bed ,

      and he then liberated ber , and by an effort she rushed out of tbe room down stairs , and opening tbe street door called for assistance , wben a gentleman , who wat patstag , stopped , to whom she communicated what bad oc . caned , and btgged of him to protect her from the fury of her assailant . The gentleman accordingly did enter the house , but the momeat the prisoner heard bim , be vociferated that If any man attempted to come near htm he would knock out bit brains , and he stood on the top of the staircase with a steel fender ( n bis hands read ; to attack any person that Interfered with bim . The complainant added that the gentleman , on heating tho threats need by the prlsoaer , did not venture up-stairs , but called a policeman , who took him into custody . In answer to Mr Cottlngham , tbe complainant said there

      were no o ^ ber persons Iu the house bat the prisoner and herself . —The prisoner declared that there was no truth In tha charge made against bin . ; that it was true be bad unfortunately accompanied tbe complainant to her house ; that the demanded more money than he felt inclined to give her , and tbat , nnder tbe apprehension that the wa * about to call some men to attack him ior sot complying with her demand , he certainly armed himolf witb a fender , the only weapon at baud , in order to protect himself in ease ef an attack ; that he did sot attempt to strangle her , as she represented , — The complainant was recalled , and Mr Cottiogbam having pointed out to her tbe terious consequences of making such a charge if it was net founded in tiutb , then asked ber if she still adhered to her former state .

      ment of the alleged faott ?—She replied that tbe circumstances were precisely at the bad described them . —Mr Chtrlet Hart was then called , aad he stated that ho was passing the house in question about a quarter past one o ' clock that morning , when he heard a female voice calling fer help ; that be went to the door and taw tbe complaisant , who seemed to be dreadfully alarmed , and informed bim tbat tbere wat a msn ap stairs who had attempted to strangle her , and at tbe same time tbe described the circumstances under which the alleged at * tack was made upon ber . Witness then entered tbe house , but on perceiving the prisoner standing on the stain with a lar * e fender in hit hands uplifted and ready to strike , and moreover bearing him exclaim tbat he would knock out any person ' s braiot who attempted

      to approach him , he ( witness ) considered it tbe most ad . vlsable step to call a policeman , and ha was then taken Into custody . —The prisoner still asserted his innocence of ihe charge , and in reply to Mr Cottlngham said ho waa a married man , and had been five years in tbe em . ploymeat of Messrs Cjok and Jackson , in St Paul ' s-Cburebyard , that be lived In Ana's Place . Hackney Road , where he wat going , when he unfortunately met with Ike complainant , He added , that he trusted tho magistrate would not place credence on the unsupported history of a woman in her situation of life , in preference to bis statement of the circumstances exactly aa tbey transpired on the occasion . —Mr Cottlngham asbtd the prisoner what he wat doing at that aide of the water , at to late an hour at tbat ou which he met the com . phinant t He replied that he had been to visit a sister at Deptfotd , and being too late for tbe trainhe came up by

      , the omnibus , aid was set down at the Elephant and Cag » tie , from whioh point be was walking when he met the complainant , aad would net have had the tully to accom * pany her boms if he had not been under the influence of liquor at the time . —Mr Cottlngham laid that tbe charge was one of a most terlcus description as affede a the prisoner . The complainant had given ber evidencein a perfectly clear and consistent manner , and the latter portion of it waa confirmed by the witness who had come forward , and to whom she communicated the circumttancea precisely as she bad described them in tba coutte of ber examination . He regretted to ite a man in the prisoner ' s situation of life place himself in tueh a potitloa , but be bad no other alternative left than to ttnd the case before another tribunal . He should therefore commit the prisoner for trial at the prosent session of tbe Central Criminal Court .

      THAMES . —8 oA . Kn . wroa Hoax . —Mr Harris , a gen . tleman residing at Ltmehouse , applied to the magistrate to knew what course he had best adopt under tbe follow , ing circumstances . —Some time ago a Hnendraper b e . oame tultor for tha band of his sister , butbls ( applicant ' s ) father , a respectable watchmakor , advanced in jean , and residing at Ne . 11 , Upper East Smlthfield , declined the connexion . Ever since the llnendraper bas continued to annoy tho family , thrutting his face under the young lady's bannet , whenever he met ber in tbe ttreet , and making facet at the old gentleman , whom he followed even iato the church , and with his companion tat meek . ing bim in tbe opposite pew . In Jily last a best of tradesmen , directed , by circulars , which he ( applicant } was tare he could trace to the llnendraper , besieged the old gentleman ' s house . The family were kn « cked up at five e ' clock in tbe morning by a number of

      chimneysweepers , who attempted to enforce an entrance . Then oame tha butcher , the biker , tbe costermonger , and a number of ethirt , one of whom said he wat ordered to take measures fer wedding gear , whilst an undertaker , who hid to be assured by Mr Harth tbat he was all' * and kicking , brought up the rear . Tke applicant said that the tame trick wat repeated yesterday , aod though this sort of practical joke waa very annoying to bis father , who wat an old man , tbe raoonvesleace mutt fall much mere heavily npoR the tradtimen who were made the Instruments of the liiiendsaper ' a malice . It was * very curious fact that , amongit all the orders receive ^ ' only one parson came to ascertain whither or no tbe direction was genuine . —Mr Yardley said It wat an old and a stupid trick , but he could not render my as-is' * anoe under tbe circumstances . If a crowd were created I and tbe applicant could trace out tbe party that occn- : tlontd It , tho law would afford him a remedy .

      Printed By William Rider, Of No.», Macclesfiew* I Ttreet. In Tbe Pariah Of St. Anne. Westminster, &Lt;»R

      Printed by WILLIAM RIDER , of No . » , MacclesfieW * i ttreet . In tbe pariah of St . Anne . Westminster , <» r

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23121848/page/8/