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      Makcii 24, 1349. Th£ Northern Star. ^

      Makcii 24 , 1349 . TH £ NORTHERN STAR . ^

      To The Qhautists A3sd Readers Of The. "S...

      TO THE QHAUTISTS A 3 SD READERS OF THE . "SOUTHERN STAR . "

      "Wliat breastnlate-ike heart untainted ? llince is he arm'd wlh hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked—though lock'd np in steel—Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted . " SHAKSPEBE .

      Mr FRifijfDg , Such you have been , and such I have MO doubt you will continue to be , notwithstanding Mr . O'Connor ' s letter in last Saturday ' s " Northern Star . " I must remind yon howthis controversy commenced . In the « Star" of March 3 rd , Mr . O'Connor published a letter , which partly consisted of animadversions on " Republicanism , " and partly of beseeching appeals to yon to " wean your minds from the consideration of foreign questions , "—accompanied b y warnings against " the apple of discord , " which , according to Mr . O'Connor , some persons whom he did not name , were about to

      throw " amongst our ranks , " b y raising " the cry ofRcpnblicanism . " In the " Star" ofthe 10 th of March , there appeared an address in repl y to Mr . O'Connor , signed b y Mr . Bar-^ nnd five others " on behalf of the Republican * j 0 ~ f Nottingham . '' In the same paper appeared a k ^ a ( uTresseu * " To tke Working r * in « o « » cf <* ne < i "L'Ami du Peuple , " also SStingtn ^ VP ™?; * * previous wlek , correcting that gentleman errors of argument , « uf ^ 0 Vnn B <*** *«? ™* no attempt being made—oT < ttntemp » . atl 0 n — by those who cheiished Repu ,, lican principles to supersede the Chartist agittT ^ 7 ^ movement or " cry" for Republicani ' '

      If you will carefully re-read the No'Jtmghain address , and my letter signed " I / ALTU du Peuple , " you cannot fail to come to the conclusion that both were respectfully worded . M y letter , from the beginning to the end , -was unsullied by anything like offensive personality . From the first line to the last , my dissidence from Mr . O'Connor ' s views was expressed in " the language of courtesy and good feeling . " And how has Mr . O'Connor responded ? I leave to you the reply . If the " apple of discord" has been thrown amongst yon , it has not been thrown by me . If evil arises from ibis controversy , the responsibility thereof I disclaim .

      In last Saturday ' s " Star" I gave sufficient explanation of the course I pursued in publishing the Nottingham address and my own letter , without submitting both , or either , to Mr . O'Connor before publication . Mr . O'Connor ' s complaint concerning the Tower Hamlets Chartists committing the sin of addressing their communication to the Editor with the words "A letter having appeared in YOUR paper of the 3 rd , written by Mr . O'Connor , " & c , can only provoke a smile . How would he have the public address their communications to the Editor of HIS paper ? Bid not the Tower Hamlets Chartists follow

      the universall y recognised rules Take up any paper—daily or weekly—and you will see correspondents writing " to the Editor" as follows : — " Sir , —A letter ( or ' an article ') having appeared in your paper ; " or , — "I shall be obliged by the insertion of the fellowing letter in your paper ; * " or , "The Committee of the request the insertion of the following address in your paper , " & c , & c . Sometimes these introductions are not contained in the body of

      the address , or letter , but are sent m private communications to the Editor , in which case they are usually omitted , but invariably , in the one shape or the other , the request for insertion in " your paper" accompanies every document sent to an editor for publication . When Mr . O'Connor asserted that which waa nnfounded—namely , that the men who cherished Republican princi p les were about to

      throw the apple of discord amongst our ranks , it was but charity te presume that he had been misled b y some fool or designing knave . Indeed , he says in his letter of last week , that he has received many letters assuring him that a Republican party was doing much damage to the cause of Chartism . I assert , that the writers of those letters , whoever they may be , have furnished Mr . O ' Connor with false

      information and impressions unwarranted by facts . Such writers , I can only regard in the light of knaves or fools . But I most earnestly protest against what appeal's to me to be an insinuation on the part of Mr . O'Connor , that I have ever condemned Mr . Buncombe as a fool or desiping faiare . Mr . Buncombe says , " that Chartist advocacy of Republicanism would raise hosts of enemies . " Perhaps so , but up to this time , at any rate , there has been no Chartist advocacy of Republicanism . It will be observed that Mr . Duncombe objects to mirino-up " Repeal" or any other question -with that ofthe Charter . If the policy of mixing up Repeal with the Charter was un--wise , Mr . O'Connor knows who was chiefl y responsible for that policy .

      It is no part of my design to review the " arguments" advanced by Mr . O'Connor , in opposition to those advanced b y me , in my letter in the " Star " of March 10 th . If Mr . O'Connor is satisfied with his arguments , I am satisfied with mine , and am content to leave the decision with yon . I confine myself to questions of fact . Mr . O'Connor , speaking of " L'Ami du Peuple , " says : — ' 'But latterly , every line of this writer which has appeared in the " Stab , " so far from keeping the Chartist movement distinct , has been devoted to foreign policy , and the anticipated glories of Republicanism .

      By turning over the " Stars" for the last three months you will see for yourselves , that of twelve letters signed " L'Ami du Peuple , " only two , and a portion of a third , have been devoted to foreign questions . Mr . O'Connor says , " Tour friend appears to be in very extensive communication with foreign countries . " I have not that good fortune , but I must , nevertheless , correct Mr .

      O'Connor ' s mistake , embodied in the asser- j lion , " That the mechanics , artificers , and artisans of Ghent are just as much subject to priestly dominion as the rural peasants . " ^ He mig ht just as well assert that the proletarians of Lyons are as priest-ridden as the peasantry of La Vendee ; or that the working men of Manchester are as ignorant as the ag ricultural labourers of Buddngharnshire !

      Mr . O'Connor ' s strictures on his successive editors—the sums he paid them—and the conduct ofthe agents and correspondents ofthe " Northern Star , " cannot have anything to ¦ do with the subject under discussion . "What has Mr . So-and-so ' s salary , or Mr . Such-anone ' s conduct , to do with the question of Republicanism ? Mr . O'Connor announces that he employs three editors , and writes all the articles himself , On the other hand , he complains not less than six different times in the course of his letter , of "irresponsible writers" presuming to poach on the domains of " responsible teachers . " He intimates that the principal Editor and " L'Ami du Peuple , " are one and the same person .

      -As to Mr . O'Connor writing all the editorial articles , he must , as the sailors say , tell that story to the marines . 'Tis true , that Mr . O ' Connor writes much more than he need to do , if he would allow the Editor to do his own vork . I write less editorial matternov than When I wa * Snb-Editor of & e " ® Z'l } tbat is not my fault . I firstjomed the Star in the week ending September 13 th , una , and that very week wrote , at Mr . Hotam b r equest , a short article on "The Victims . Whilst Mr . Hobson continued Editor , Mr . O'Connor only occasionally contributed editorial matter , whilst I generally contributed one or more articles . I remember one , wnicn ,

      although on a " foreign" question , and con ; tahring , perhaps , some " exciting language ^ nererfheless , I flatter myself , did the " Star a > m » credit ; at any rate , I snow it was lery cenerallv awrored of . It was en-

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      titled " Has Rome now no Brutus ? Has Italy no Tell ? " That was written so fer back as April , 1844 , long before I ceased to be sub-editor . It would not be ditncult to point out many articles contributed by me , both before and since I became Editor , which have elicited the expressed approval of Mr . O'Connor . Yet it is true that I write fewer articles now than at the time I had far less control oyer the management of the paper . I repeat , that is no fault of mine . For some time after Mr * , fiobson left the paper , Mr . O'Connor so plied the office with editorial matter that there was , generally , no room for any one else to say a word . I remember that on the occasion of Mr . O'Connor raising my salary after Mr . Hobson ' s dismissal , I wrote

      ¦ to Mr . O'Connor , apprising him that I wished to write at least one article weekly ; when I received for answer that he would rather that I confined myself to the general management of the paper . Still I occasionally wrote articles . Subsequently , Mr . Ernest Jones was engaged to assist in " getting up'' the " Star . " Mr . Jones was supposed to write two articles weekly , which , I should add , he was ever as ready as he was able to do . Sometimes , however , I wrote one or more articles , and then Mr . Jonea only wrote one . I desire here to pay a passing tribute of respect to a man with whom , during our connexion , I had a perfect community of feeling , and whose more than ordinary talents , thorough courage —and , I believe , genuine patriotism—I am proud to acknowledge and pay homage to .

      Mr . Jones writing one or two " I ^ T " weekly , Mr . Fleming contributing one weekly , and Mr . O'Connor often contributing one , and sometimes more , often placed me in the awkward position of finding myself " shut out , " yvhen I desirtJd to write / hut could not do so for " want of room . " Having reason to believe that my manner of writing pleased not a few ofthe " Star ' s" readers , the thought struck me that I might , with credit t ^ i myself and the paper , give utterance to my vie \ T 6 in the guise ofa correspondent . I determined to act on this notion , and assumed the signature of "L'Ami du Peuple . " M y first letter appeared in the " Star" just one year ago , March 25 th ,

      1848 , and had for its subject , the life and knaveries , overthrow , and flig ht of Louis Philippe . The sittings of the Convention , and the turmoil of agitation prevented the appear ance of a second letter until a few weeks had elapsed from the publication ofthe first . The lettersthen appearedpretty regularly until ! had themisfortune—a misfortune shared b y othersto libel Mister Fowler . M y letters then ceased for a time , but I did not cease to write in the paper j for instance , in one number of the " Star , " published two or three weeks after the appearance of my libel on Mister Fowler , I had four columns of editorial articles from my own pen . The abuse heaped upon the " Star" by Messrs . Drummond and Hume in the House of

      Commons , induced metoresume my letters , but this time I wrote under my own name " G . Julian Harney . " I continued this course , and wrote several letters with my own name attached thereto . I did so because I desired to take upon myself all the moral—though I could not take the legal responsibility of what I wrote . I abandoned that course onl y when desired to do so by Mr . O'Connor , who himself suggested that I should resume my old signature of '• L'Ami du Peuple ; " his reasons I do not presume to divine . I presume that after this explanation , you will come to the conclusion that Mr . O'Connor ' s oft-repeated complaints in his last week ' s letter , of the presumption of irresponsible writers , was uncalled for . I am as anxious as

      man ever was , to take upon myself the responsibility of all I write , say , or do : if lam forced into an irresponsible position , it is my misfortune , not my fault . I have written but few "leaders" lately , hardly anything , indeed , beyond appeals for the Victims and their families . Mr . O'Connor ' s volunteer editorship was one reason for abstaining from the use of the "WE . " There was another reason , which at present I do not think it necessary to name . Confining myself almost exclusivel y to my Letters , I had the satisfaction of finding that those Letters were appreciated . Thus far " L'Ami du Peuple" has had ample encouragement from the people , to persevere in his labours for the advancement of the people ' s cailSC .

      This plain , unvarnished statement of the history and mystery of my editorship , and the letters of "L'Ami du Peuple , " has been forced from me , b y the utterly uncalled for comments of Mr . O'Connor . I have now to call your attention to the Mowing paragraphs , extracted from the seventh column of Mr . O'Connor ' s letter : — I hare often told you hon- easy it was to tickle tlie fervid imagination of brave and suffering mUlions with excitin < r appeals , Which may drive the feeling , the enthusiasticand

      , brave to face death in any shape , while the exciter may shelter himself under the mantle of irresponsibility , and smile at the woe that he has created . What would you say of me , even you—you brave Republicans of Nottingham —if I appeared before an enthusiastic and excited audience in a garb descriptive of nationality and valour , and said , " AVhen you see me next I wHl come to proclaim the Charter , or this national badge shaU be saturated with the blood ofthe martyr ? " And what would you say If 1 did not make my appearance before the same audience , al-Oiongh the Charter was not proclaimed—although blood was not shed in the struggle to achieve it ?

      What would you say to me now , if , in 1839 , 1 had appeared heforej'OU with the Cap ofLiberijr , and declared Hint I w « 5 ready to tuck up my sleeves and go at it , and if , when the struggle came , 1 was non est inventus ? What would you say , if , during the Lancaster trials , when rampant Toryism and Whiggism looked for a large Chartist sacrifice , I had turned a puling spooney , with my face bathed in tears , lest I should suffer the penalty consequent upon my struggle for freedom ? What would you say , if , upon the 9 th of April—when I was assured by scores that 1 was to be shot upon the 10 th , —I had called a secret meeting of delegates , and if I had proposed to that meeting that the meeting on Kennington Common should not take place ? Oh , in such a case , how poor and pitiful are the strictures now written by enthusiastic Democrats , compared to what their denunciation , their just reviling , and reproach would then have

      been . That in these paragraphs Mr . O'Connor aims his blows at me I cannot assert , but I know that not a few of his readers consider me the aggrieved party , and foull y wronged by these unfair and unjust imputations . It is for Mr . O'Connor to say who he means . In the meantime , supposing that he may mean me , I embrace this earliest opportunity to reply—First . —That I did wear the Cap of Liberty , and am no ways ashamed to own it .

      Second . —Mr . O'Connor knows that I have , before now , refuted the lying story abouttucking up my sleeves , & c „ when it was applied tome . I do not pretend to understand what he means by the particular " garb descriptive of nationality and valour . " I have yet to learn that there has been any " struggle " which would have warrantedfolkin either d ying themselves , or dying their badges . My Cap of Liberty , and some other matters which Mr . O'Connor may possibly allude to , belong to the year 1839 . Eight years after that date , I find Mr . O'Connor writing to the " Old Guards of Chartism , the Fustian Jackets , the Blistered Hands , and Unshorn Chins , " as follows : —

      "And see , again , what advantage I myself derive from the knowledge ofthe past ; it has taught me men « characters , men ' s vatoe , and men ' * honesty . You remember how Wiliiam Kider was denounced for his proper estimate of fte ^ haracter of the Convention of 1839 ; you remember how the young and enthusiastic Harney was denounced for his enthusiasm ; and how , rather than be suspected among the suspicious , Rider abandoned his large weekly salary as a delegate , and betook himself to poverty ; and now that man has the sole , the entire management of my money affairs . Thousands , and tens of thousands a year pass through his hands , while I am devoting my time to themanagement of your affairs ; while the principal management ofthe Northern Star has devolved upon the denounced wthusiatt , George Julian Usanej . "—Northern Star , Sept . Z & , 18 * 7 .

      Leaving " Lancaster " to the last , I come to the alleged " secret meeting of delegates . " I will only say , that if in this paragrap h I am the person pointed at , I am ready to meet Mr . O'Connor ' s constituents—who were my constituents when I sat in the Convention—at any time they may think fit to call upon me to ap-T > ear before them to answer for my conduct as &• delegate . Even Mr . O'Connor appearing as my accuser would not cause me to shrink

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      from the ordeal of inquiry . For J l f ™^ content myself with quoting the folio * -=, - written by * Mr . O'Connor , five months alter the Kennington Common meeting * . "Of all the delegates who advocated physical force in 1839 , William Rider , Richard Marsden , and Hakxey , are tlie only three who lm ; P REMAINED FIRM to tlie cause of Chartism t and who , Ibeliev . ? , have long since discovered tlie folly of measuring questions by other mens enthusiasm : —Northern Star , Sept . 16 th 1818 .

      The strongest language would fail to express my wounded and bitter feelings when I road the paragraph concerning the Lancaster trials , under the supposition that it was intended to apply to me . If it was intended to apply to me , I can only pronounce the cha rge therein contained as calumnious as it is offensive , and utterly devoid of truth . This I shall prove not by mere assertion , or declamation , or denunciation of any one , but by evidence which cannot be controverted . of the

      Mr O'Connor himself , in the report Lancaster trials—a volume edited by him and published under his superintendence—says m the " Preface" thereof : The friend of Chartism rejoiced at the | tandinff-the bearing-aSSu *™ d * f *? Tt £ ffi « to d 2 ail » of such a s ^ asSj S Ma-K-saa SSSSffiSSSBSSfiK- * ' - VPSlllt There is no except /** 1 made , > the C ° f ' w xnere is no excepn . COUrage and noble tors axe praised for ^ } / of the bearing , and m the ve ^ f « - £ Ve to the volume Mr . O'Connor tenders . . vitations t 0 valiant crew who refused all m-

      abandon the tossing vessel that we wex > barked in—for then * valour in the storm , ana ^ Air mildness in the calm—for their bearing , their de ^^ ^ ' * ' * l ° 1 uenCG and ^ courage . " . ,, , But here the conspirators are spokeii of generally , I am spoked of at page 215 28 follows : — It would , perhaps , be invidious to poii ? t particular attention to the address of any individual where aU acquitted themselves so well : but the speech of llAlttf . BY v > Mbe read wxtK peculiar interest , akd fuhy justifies THE position WHICH HE OCCUPIED as tbe fust speakek .

      This is not the way Mr . O'Connor should have written ofa " puling spooney . " I dare say I have said and quoted sufficient to satisfy you that the puling spooney , whoever he was , was not G . Julian Harney . To set this matter at rest , I will , however , add the testimony of two of my co-accused at Lancaster . iETTEB fSOH WILLIAM DEESLEr . " Aecrington , March 20 th , 1849 . " Mr Dear Harney , —I caunot to-day get to see the numbers ofthe Star you mention , namely , those of March 3 rd , 10 th , and 17 th , but I will at once say what I have often said , that a mgretmnly defence fftanjfours was never made . t * e # Thine Fraternally , William Beeslev . "

      LUTES . FItOJI JAMES LEACH . " Kirkdale Prison , March 21 st . " Mr Dear Habnet , — I cannot think that that portion of O'Connor ' s letter referring to the Lancaster trials can be intended to apply to you , I am certain that every man who witnessed your conduct on that occasion , must have admired the manly and honourable manner in which you acquitted yourself . » * « a Accept my best wishes for your welfare , and be assured that I am , Yours most truly , James Leach . "

      A few more words will suffice . I have now been employed by Mi * . O'Connor for two years and upwards as Sub-Editor , and three years and upwards as Editor of the ' 'Northern Star . " I am not in the habit of boasting , but I can truly say , that to the best of my ability I have faithfull y performed my duties . My conscience tells me that I have acted justl y by Mr . O'Connor , but my conscience also bids me act justl y to myself , by stedfastly adhering to principle , fearless and regardless of consequences .

      " I have always held , " said Mr . O'Connor , in the " Northern Star , " of March 6 th , 1847 , "thata virtuous , independent public writer was the most valuable of all public functionaries . " It is my aim to be such a writer , and whether hi this world ' s struggles I perish or succeed , I shall , under all circumstances , have the crowning pleasure of an approving conscience .

      I am , Friends , and Brother Chartists , Your devoted fellow-labourer , C . JULIAN HARNEY , Editor of the " Nokthebn Star , " and Author of the Letters of " L'Ami du Peuple . " Northern Star Office , March 22 nd , 18 * 49 .

      Earthquake In New Zealand. Advices Of No...

      EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND . Advices of November 17 th , from Wellington , Now Zealand , bring the important news that Port Nicholson had been visited by a series of earthquakes of a most alarming and prolonged nature , and by VfUlcll tbe flourishing town of Wellington had been reduced to all but a heap of ruins . Friday , the 13 th of October , was a fine day , but very sultry , and on Saturday there W . 18 wind and heavv rain . This lasted all day on Sunday , and at half-past one on Monday morning , a distant hollow sound was heard , the sound tzvivelling at a most rapid rate , when almost instantly , and in the course of a few "Seconds , the whole town was labouring under the most severe shocks of earthquake ever experienced . This continued at intervals until halfpast seven . Two-fifths of the chimneys were thrown down , and various public buildings were damaged . On Tuesday , the shocks were again felt , and the houses quivered like ships in a gale , one or two parties being killed b y the falling ruins . Tho colonial

      and military hospitals , the gaols , & C , were SO much injured that the patients and prisoners had to be removed . On Wednesday all was tranquil , but on Thursday renewed shocks were felt , and , being more violent than ever , completed the destruction . The Wcsleyan chapel and other buildings were thrown down , several cracks appeared in the earth , especially along the beach , and in the sky there was a fiery g lare . On Friday , the 20 th October , thirteen successive shocks were felt , and on Tuesday , the 24 th there was a renewal . - On that day the earthquake appeared to have subsided , and up to the 17 th November nothing more was felt . The shipping had afforded refuge to the inhabitants ; ana the officials , in conjunction AvitU the residents , were malting great efforts to repair the damage . The earthquake was felt in other parts of New Zealand , but we have no particulars of damage done .

      Curious Discovbbv Of Akcibkt British Coi...

      Curious Discovbbv of Akcibkt British Coins . —Whaddon Chase , which was long the resort of Nimrods for hunting deer and foxes , has become the land of gold-hunters . About a week ago some men ploughing in a field belonging to Mr . W . Lowndes , found gold coins scattered about rather profusely , tbe report of which soon got into circulation , as well as some of the coins , which led the neighbouring people to lend a willing hand in such a ploughing match . Some hundred coins , it is said , were found , and were clearly those of early British kings . The one shown to the writer of this paragraph was struck in the time of Cunobelin or Kymbelin , about fourteen years before the Christian era . The weight of it is ' about 180 grains , and a good representation of it may be seen in the Penny Cyclopaedia , article "Britain , " copied from a coin in the British Museum . A horse rampant is on the obverse , and a thistle or wheat-ear on the reverse . Cunobelin is said to be the first British king who had his effigy stamped on his coins ; sometimes with two faces like Janus , whose temple was closed during his reign . Six others bear one face only . Three have the name "CVNO" on them , and another the horse and wreath , similar to the one now found . Cunobelin is said to have fougbt a battle at Thornborough-brWge , within three miles ot Whaddon , and near tbe site of the battle are two tumuli or barrows , one of which was opened about seven years ago , when many British curiosities were discovered . —Bucks Herald of Saturday . Tub Attempted Burglary at Stretuall hall . —The circumstances of this transaction bave . it seems , brought to recollection the fact ; of thei elder Mr . Perry having twenty-five or thirty W » S » married a eipsy , by whom he had two daughtcis , KotU &_ % riL at Strethall Hall , an Ae and his wife at an off-hand farm of his own > t Oatmao End about three or four fields from the halL r rom h «¦ ^' subsequently again taking up with the wan-Snlf trife , they quarrelled , and Mr . Perry obtahief a legal divorce , a mouft etthoro , and never after took the slig htest notice of her . One daughter has lately mamed a respectable surgeon in that £ rt 3 ti * ^ untry- < ho oUme *" dead - Th 6 W wife it appears , still resides at the Catmere Endfarm r and on Saturday last , in reply to an individual who was on his way to the inquest , when asked whether that was Strethall Hall , said , «* No ; Mr Perry don't live here , but he ' s my master . Mr Perry , the husband , it seems , has not been withniif ' his apprehensions , that some of tho gipsy tribe miffhtvuit him with revengeful feelings , and tothat uDoosition ja to be attributed his arming himself and Jaousebold in the manner described . —Cawbridgt Independent'

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      Mau1leb0xe. - Shammiso Fits. - Hannah Ii...

      MAU 1 LEB 0 XE . - Shammiso Fits . - Hannah iicily was charged with imposture . On the pre-- ° "lt > 'V i P rison-ev was in Uanover-tcrrace , ltb . J * ' on seeing some ladies and gentlemen coming towards her , she suddenly threw herself down ^ « o road , apparently in a fit . In a few minutes sho . somewhat recovered , and one ofthe ladies gav » her * ° me money . She ( prisoner ) presentl y went o % and entered a public-house , where she was met by another i ! 'J »< do » with whom she partook of some gin , A eonb ^ W ^ in plain clothes waited till she came out , and in Cprawall-terrace she played the same trick as before . The officer then told her she must consider herself in custody

      . Upon which she jumped up and abused him in the most gross and infamous language , She had stated to the lad y who had assisted her in the first instance that she had had nothing to eat for a day or two , and in consequence was seized with a violent attack of spasms , which caused her to fall down . It was shown that the prisoner had upon many former occasions been brought up to this and other courts for begging . The prisoner was sent to hard labour in the House of Correction for three weeks . An Adybj-tuiie with "Boz . "—C . Ileane was charged with attempted robbery . —Mr . Mark Lemon said : On Monday evening , as I was walking with my friend , Mr . Dickens , along the Edgcware-road , i leit a hand m my coat-pocket , and iu turning d

      rounsaw the prisoner draw his hand therefrom . I gave him a rap with my stick , when he abused me and ran away . I and Mr . Dickens ran after him , and he was shortly afterwards taken . He was extremely violent , and he kicked me very severely on the knee . Nothing was taken from my pocket . —Mr . Charles Dickens : I was with Mr * Lemon , and saw him turn suddenly round upon the prisoner , who ran away . We pursued him , and when he was taken he was most violent . He is a very desperate fellow , and ho kicked about in all directions . —An - deposed to having known tbe prisoner for office * routed thief . He had been tried and years «? 9 R » - * - .. . ~ r ¦— . " "ike * police alsosumm ' ^ ywttricted at this and other poi cbin * ts . -Mr . > mon : While going to the station prisoner said to n / J ** D J ? P , * sa * £ »* my hand was in your pocket . "~ Mr . Dlck < ms : When at the station , I said Ithoughtlki . ?*^" Prisoner , and that I had seen him at the House " of Correction . —Prisoner : Now , your worship , ' ho n ? ust have been in

      quod there himself , or he couldn't lia > "' .

      Charge of Cruelty to a Child . —Mr . J . Thomas ( secretary to the Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution , Edward-street , Portman-sqware ) , and his wife Caroline , were re-examined , charged with cruelty towards Sarah Anne Thomas , aged ten , the daughter of the first-named defendant by n former wife . —Mr . Broughton , addressing the male defendant in reference to an offer made by a lady residing at Ilampstead , to take the child under her protection , asked if he was- now willing that she should go . He replied in the afiu-mative , adding that he had no doubt that sho would be well taken care of ; his wife also gave her assent . The magistrate said a clear case of cruelty had been ma . de out , tvud as

      he was bound to afford all the protection in his power to the child , he should order Mr . Thomas to enter into his own recognisance in £ 50 , and to find two sureties in £ 30 each , for himself and his wife keeping the peace for twelve months . —Mr . Thomas : I am afraid I shall not be able to procure the bail , sir , for , owisg to the notoriety caused by tho publication of the matter in the papers , many friends to whom I have applied to assist me have refused to do so . —Mr . Broughton told him that the warrant would be allowed to stand over till next Thursday , and that in tho event of his not then being prepared with the required bail , he would be committed to prison . —Inspector Humphreys said that he would himself take tho child to her future home .

      SOUTHWA 11 K . —Robberies at Coffee Shops . —W . Embleton was charged with plundering several coffee shops . —Mr . W . Dormer , landlord of the Durham coffee shop in Gray ' s-inn-road , stated that on the ni ht of the 25 th ult . the prisoner engaged a bed at hi ? house , and desired that care should be taken to provide him with linen sheets . He then requested to bo called at an early hour the next morning ; and when he went away , it was discovered that he had carried off a pair of sheets , a blanket , a towel , and a looking-glass . Information of the robbery was given at the station-house , together with a description of the prisoner , who must have concealed the linen articles by swahing them about his body underneath his clothes . — Ml * 3 . Louisa Hatch stated that she kept the Waterloo cofi ' ecshop , in the Waterloo-road , and that on Saturday

      night last the prisoner engaged a bed lor the night . The next morning he wiis heard to go down stairs in a hurry , and she ( complainant ) followed him , suspecting that something was wrong . The prisoner attempted to leave the house , which she prevented by insisting on his remaining until the bedroom was examined . The prisoner became very clamorous , and finding that lie had no chance of escape , ho knocked her down and ran to the door to get away . He was ultimately secured , and two pairs of shoots were discovered wrapped round his body . — Two other similar cases having been proved , the policeman stated that there was a former conviction against the prisoner , who was tried for robbing coffee shops , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment . The night after he was liberated he committed the robbery at the house of the first witness . —Committed for trial .

      Til AMES . —Violent Assault . —W . Bowles was charged with assault . —J . Hincks , a seaman , was coming through North-street , Commercial-road , on Saturday night , accompanied hy two friends , when the prisoner , who was with . a gang of other follows at the corner ofthe street , knocked him down with a heavy blow on the left eye , and then gave him a kick on the right eye , which inflicted a severe wound . One of tho complainant ' s friends interfered , upon which the prisoner knocked him down also , and kicked him in so brutal a manner that he at present lies in a dangerous state , in the London Hospital ; witness had his cap and handkerchief taken from him after he was knocked down . The other fellows forming the mob assisted in the outrages , but the prisoner was the most prominent . A constable hearing a disturbance , found complainant lying in the kennel , and the prisoner who was the worse for liquor , but not drunk , over him . Witness

      attempted to remove him , when he struck him a heavy blow , which felled him . Another constable came up and found the man who had been removed to the London Hospital , apparently lifeless , and the constable , Welch , stretched beside him . The prisoner became very violent , flung himself on his back and kicked out furiously . The constables were almost exhausted , and it took upwards of an hour to convey him to tlie station-house . — Mr . Yardley said , that as he never bad been charged before with felony , he would acquit him and all connected with tho cap and kerchief . For the assault on Welch be would sentence him to seven days * imprisonment , seven more for the assault on Kearney , and order him to pay a fine of £ 4 : or to be imprisoned for six weeks for the assault on the sailor . These punishments were irrespective of what he had rendered himself liable to for the assault on the man in the hospital . —The prisoner was then locked up .

      HAMMERSMITH . —A Father in Search of his Daughter . —A person of respectable appearance applied to Mr . Boadon for his advice and assistance . Tho applicant Said he was a resident at Liverpool , and that his name was Arnold . About three months ago he was absent from home in another part of the country , and on his return he found that during his absence a gentleman of the name of Gavbinelli , living in Kensington , had induced his wife to consent to his taking a daughter , fourteen years of age , with him to town , as a Kind of servant , for three years , at £ 6 a year . His wife told him that Mr . Garbinelli was introduced to her as a respectable gentleman , and he wrote out a sort of agreement , which applicant had left at Liverpoolas to the

      , term he would keep her , her wages , and also that she would write to her parents every week . He very much diaap-jvoved of what his wife had done , but some of his friends persuaded him not to interfere with tho arrangement made unless he had reason to do so . The first letters that were sent were in his daughter ' s writing , she having had an excellent education ; but about three weeks ago the letter sent was evidently in a man ' s handwriting and last week no letter at all came . He felt alarmed ' came to town , and on making inquiries in the neighbourhood , he received un favourable information respecting tho person in whose hands his

      daughter was , and on going to Mr . Garbinelli ' s house he was refused admittance , or even an in « terview with his daughter . He , however , saw her at a distance , in the passage , and she afterwards called to him from the top ofthe house , " Father , I dare not come to you ; I am forbid to see you . " He Wished to know how he ought to act under the circumstances , as he was most anxious to soe his \ r' S remore ner from Mr . Garbinelli ' s house . "" Mr- Jfeadon told tho applicant that he had an undoubted right to see and also converse with his daughter , but ho doubled whether ho could remove he "without a writ of habeas corpus . / Ho had also a doubt whether , after the azreenwat bis wifo

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      had made with Mr . Gavbinelli , a charge of abduction could be sustained . Mr . Garbinelli had however , been some months since charged at that ' court with misconduct towards a girl in his service , on which he was discharged . He would advice the applicant , under the peculiar circumstances of tho case , to apply instantly to a judge in chambers , and get an order to see his daughter , and ascertain from her if she had any complaint to make respecting her treatment . WESTMINSTER . —A WoMAS aitemptiso io THROW HERSELF UXDEU THE QUEEX ' S CARRIAGE . — Mary Cowdry was charged with heing drunk and incapable of taking care of herself . A police

      sergeant said that on the previous evening lie was on duty in the Vauxhall Bridge-road , when , as the carriage of the Queen was leaving the bridge , he saw the defendant step off tho pavement into the road and go towards tlie centre immediately after the escort had passed . He called out to her to get out of the way , as did also the outriders , instead of which she went on , and ultimately threw herself down on her side three or four yards in front of the horses . The postillions pulled up at the instant , and witness dragged her out of the way . She was drunk at tbe time . In reply to tho magistrate , tbe sergeant said that she was not offensive to the public in any other way than that ho had described , and he was not aw . iro that she bad ever been in

      custody before . —Mr . Broderip said that under these circumstances he should discharge her . WORSHIP-STREET . —Scandalous Outrage . — A well-dressed , elderly man , named John Stokoe , described as a mechanist and tool-maker in the Curtain-road , Shoreditch , was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with having conducted himself with gr ^ impropriety towards several unprotected air spectacle young females . On the preceding r . ' as Alice Hunt , 14 years of age , was proceed * ' » through Iloxton Old-town , the prisoner advinccd towards her , and , without uttering " a w « I seized hold of tho lower part of her dress . and ind ' ecer * raised it . His conduct adapted , the indign * - "' J servation of several passerby , but , befo- - *< nt 00 " time to secure himth £ prisoner wal * i * e : nev had

      , . . to the ebpp of a tradesman r ^ hastily up ^ **««? v Sdir ^ Z ' whose dau ^ ... - The prisoner ma ' dQ sailed her in a similar mamus ,. •* - ' % L £ )»' a blow at her , and then hurried away , uUt . ~ JC sued b y a man who had witnessed the procee ^ ° l and was so exasperated at his infamous conduct tbat he was about to inflict summary castigation upon him ,, when the prisoner was at the same time seized by a woman who resolutely held him until a policeman came up and took him into custody . —A third girl , named Louisa Scupping , ten years of age , also deposed that tlie prisoner endeavoured to entice her j into a secluded piece of waste ground , but that she

      reiiiseu to accompany him , and succeeded m making her escape without personal molestation . —Upon being called upon for his defense , the prisoner observed that it was impossible fw him to gainsay anything that had been alleged against him , as lie was so much inebriated at the time- that he had no recollection of anything that had occurred . —Mr . Tyrwhitt animadverted on the disgraseful condocfc the prisoner had pursued , which he considered to be greatly aggravated by tho position in which he stood , and he should therefore order him to pay a penalty ot twenty shillings for each of th « assaults that had been proved against him , or in default he must stand committed for a month to the House of Correction . —Both penalties were immediateiy paid ,

      and the prisoner thereupon liberated . Furious Driving . —Mr . Thomas Furze , a wine merchant in John-street , Crutched-friars , was brought before Mr . Hammill upon the two-fold charge of furious driving , and having violently assaulted a gentleman named Cowley , residing in Cavendish-street , I \ ew North-road . —The substance ef the evidence , as given by the complainant and several respectable witnesses , was , that while the former was crossing the road from Finsbury-square to the end of Worship-street , at ten o . clock on the preceding evening , a gig , in which the defendant and his groom were seated , came suddenly upon him with such velocity that tho off-wheel struck his arm and foot , nnd it was only by a strenuous effort

      that he escaped being seriously injured . Witness expostulated with the defendant upon such reckless driving , when he immediately pulled up , and exclaiming , "You — old fool , why did ' nt you get out ofthe way ? " commenced lashing him unmercifully with his whip until the complainant succeeded in catching hold of the handle , which was broken in the struggle . The defendant then drove off , but was overtaken by the witness , who seized hold of the groom ' s coat , and tenaciously clung to it , at great personal hazard ; upon which the defendant , who continued driving rapidly on , called out to the groom "to knock his hat off , " an order which was promptly executed by tho servant , but , finding that ne still retained his hold , the groom was

      directed by his master to alight , and " give it to him . " The servant accordingly jumped out , and made towards him in a threatening attitude , but was deterred from inflicting any personal violence by the interference of several bystanders , and hastily re-entered the vehicle , which again proceeded on its course , but was pursued by the complainant and his witnesses , who at length succeeded in stopping ii , and , after a rene ^ iyed struggle , in which the defendant and his servant both cut at him with the broken fragments of tho whip , a polieeman arrived , and the defendant was given into custody . In reply to the charge , the defendant declared that the case had been greatl y over-stated , and that the facts were , that while driving at what he considered

      a very moderate pace , tlie complainant , who was in a dooidod state of intoxication , rolled suddenly against his off-wheel , and at the same moment seized his whip , which was lodged in tlie socket , with such violence that the handle was snapped , and the upper part remained in his hand . He directed his groom to get down and recover it , which he succeeded in doing after some resistance , and if the complainant had sustained any injury , it originated entirel y in hig own intemperate conduct , arising- from the condition he was in at the time . In support of this , the defendant called his groom and another witness , who partly coincided in " his account of the transaction , and expressed their opinion that the complainant was inebriated . The latter allegation , however , was positively contradicted by the whole

      of the complainant s witnesses ; and both tho policeman , who received the chai-ge , and the sergeant upon duty at the station-house , deposed to his perfect sobriety . —Mr . Hammill considered that the defence set up had entirely failed , and , as the public must bo protected from such reekloss behaviour , he should inflict the full penalty of 40 s . for the furious driving , and with regard to the assault , as the defendant , instead of apologising for the original aggression , as ho ought to nave done , had treated the complainant with both outrage and indignity , he should also order him to pay a further penalty of £ 5 , or , ih default , he must stand committed for the term of three months to tlie House of Correction . The fines were at once paid , and the defendant thereupon liberated .

      GUILDHALL . — Alleged Frauds at Coiyee-Shofs . —A yourg man , about twenty-five years of age , was charged with victimising several coffeehouse keepers . —Louisa Crainfield , waiteross at the St . Paul ' s Coffee-house , 95 , Newgate-street , said that on Thursday evening the prisoner hired a bed , and the next morning had his breakfast . As he was about to depart , he was asked for the amount of his bill , and he declared that he was unable to pay , but he expected a friend would have called at halfpast eight o ' clock , and as he had not arrived he would go and seek him , and they would rest assured lie would return , Witness offered to send to any of his friends . The prisoner declined tho offer , and having made several excuses he was conveyed to the

      station-house , where he gave his name as James Robinson . Tlie bed and breakfast amounted to Is . 7 * d . —An officer , who took him into custody , found in his possession a bill that had been run up at tho " Larder" to the amount of £ 1 2 s . 9 d . There were also found on him three dunning letters . He was in custody on a similar charge on the 11 th of March , when he gave his name as Jackson . —The prisoner , in his defence , said that he came up from Northampton to seek for a situation , but failed , and being without money he ran in debt with the intention » of paying as soon as he received some money from the country . At the present time he had no doubt a letter was waiting for him in Oxford-street , containing a money-order . He implored the

      Alderman not to ruin his prospects in life by sending him to prison , as his friends were highly respectable , and he should be disgraced for ever . He refused to say who they were . — Alderman Garden directed an officer to go to Oxford-street , and get the letter , if Ono had arrived , for the prisoner . On his return Adams said , he had got two letters , one from Oxford-street , and the other from tho " Larder . " He had also ascertained that the prisoner had run up a bill at No . S 3 , Aldersgate-street . — Mr . G . T . King , living at the latter place , deposed to the prisoner hiring a bed from him on the 11 th of March , and the following morning ho had breakfast , but had no money to pay for it and ran away . He was given into custody , but let go again , on a promise that he would call in a few days and settle his account , which was between 2 s . and 3 s . On tho followinc Wednesday he came again , and , without

      offering to pay what was already due , wished to hire a bed , which was refused , and he left . —Alderman Garden ( to tho prisoner ) : I aeo by the directions of these letters they are for a person named Angus . Is that your name ? Prisoner : It is . Alderman Garden : Shall I open them ? Prisoner : I wish you would not ; I would like to aeo the contents myself . I will open them . Alderman Garden : No ; I will do that . Prisoner : Then if you keep the contents to yourself you will much oblige me . Alderman Garden : I see the first is from your sister . Prisoner : I should feel obliged if you would only read what concerns tho matter in question . Tho rest is only about famil y affairs . Alderman . Garden I don't know yet . It is a very . long letter ; but for your information , thero is a Post-office order for £ 1 Prisoner : I hope you won ' t read the letter . Alderman Garden : There can be no harm in my reading it privately , ftmm \ BttUiave a Mttrlof *

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      , ] eehon to your doing so . Aldcnnafi ^ . Sideii : Xo doubt you have . The Alderman l « ivi ! i < f perused the letters , said to the prisoner , thai it appeared to him that he , Angus , alias Robinson , alias Jackson , ought not to be in London at all , and that his friends were not aware of it , nor did his parents know whore he was . II 0 could be hero for no sood ; Prisoner : I don ' t wish them to know where I am until I better myself m life . My sister knows mv movements Alderman Garden : Yes . and she has foracd II lew letters , not only to deceive her parents , but also other parties . Prisoner : You misunderstand her letter altogether . Alderman Garden Do I *•* shall I read to you ? Prisoner ( rather quickly ) : No , I would rather you would not in public : Alderman Garden * . I shall remand you until Thursday , when perhaps , without your aid , we may ascertain who you are . —Ho was then removed " to the

      Compter . CLERKENWELL . —Mary Watt , alias Mary Wilkins , alias Mary Mathews , ahandsome , fashionablydressed woman , forty years of age , who was remanded on a charge of stealing a banker ' s parcel containing £ 300 in gold and silver money , was again p laced at the bar before Mr . Combe for further examination . The case , excited considerable interest , the court beine * crowded to excess . Several ladies were allowed " seats during the proceedings . The parish authorities of St . Pancras were also nr to the Bankers

      attean } 3 D ' ce Mr . Hush , the solicitor ProSi-e * . ion * Society , attended for the prosecution ; aad Mr Parrv , the barrister , for the defence . --S' - nce the last examination , tho officers Areher and ' hockerby , traced the prisoner to have taken lodgings about three weeks ago , at » o . 2 , Bridge-street , Lwnboth , where she went by the name of Miss Mat-hews . On searching the place , a number ot empty jewel cases' were louna , wiilCI . , ? J ^ £ W will lead to the discovery of other fPBB ? nt ;!? ' .. *? appears that after taking the nfc' »—* '" *' a 9 driven to thi » »• - ..., « „ ., sinra „„„ .. da umw . i kv »« - ..-o . u ' vuxinirs . stio

      trui ' " * , . - " . "Use m cabriolet . withVvin « il So c ^ tfoS 3 $ tt ? ^« W ? ££ injuries , SnVU t £ L ^^ entttul" S W ss ^^ a ^ sH ^ « wX 3 Tp ^ robbery had been commi SS % S ^ £ ] S' ^ * secretl y conveyed to the « bWwi ' Tii ^ dence adduced communicated no 7 eTfeto n tZ ca V , ana' was merel y corroborative tftft ct ° s dt poseu' **»* ft * ft 84 examination , as to theino- j oug way in wh- 'ch the prhofipr and her male confederate had attempted to obtain possesion ofa the parcel at the Cros > Key ? Inn , St . John-street . The man is not yet in custody . — - 4 ifter the evidence had been heard Mr . Combe & * 3 , cl , he ' shottld commit the prisoner for trial on the chr % e , -and ths witnesses were bound

      over to prosecute at the Central Criminal Court . — Mr . Parry said , by bis advice , the prisoner would reserve her defence . He now applied for the restoration of the six sovereigns , & c , found in the prisoner ' s possession aiier her apprehension . — Lockerby , tbe officer , said , that some of tlie directors of the poor of St . Pancras parish were present and they bad reason to stnrpeefc that the moticv was the produce of a robbery which took place ; it the workhouse , a short time sin ^ -e , and if he were allowed , he ( Mr . Lockerby ) cou'd give his reasons why the money should be detained , . and the prisoner remanded . —Mr . Parry said , the onieC ** - had no ri ght to prejudice the * prisoner by such statements . Was there any other sharge against her ? line-officer ought not to have * said what ho had in the presence nf fkf > nrpca nnrl -ihe . -mil . li / . * M » . f 1 n . » l . h , ' i . ^ : C .. I jfvutj willfllli / iiv i 111

      , v . v .. ~ . nuu , . .. VjUIUUC ^ UtUUlCU ! the officer . —Mr . P . trry : Then I waive my application , and I will apply to a judge , and I Jave no doubt as to the results . —Mr . Combe said , as the police asked for a remand , he should remand the prisoner for a week . —Sergeant Archer : There is another party yet wanted . —Mr . Bush said , he had instructed the officers to exert every effort to trp . ee and apprehend the man alluded to , and if possible th ey ought to do so before the sessions . —Mr . Parrysaid , if it was the determination ofthe bench tocom- - mit , and to remand the case , which certainly required further investigation , he would say nothino * more . —The prisoner , who was allowed to sit during the investigation , conducted herself with the utmost coolness and self-possession . She was conveyed to the Honso of Detention ,

      LAMBETH . —Chauoe op Pelosy aoaixst a Cleugtmax . - The Rev . J . G . Hounsfield was charged , on suspicion , with stealing two silver table snoons and two silver salt spoons , the property ol Mr . W . Curtis , a market gardener residino * at Norwood . On the 20 th of March , last vear the prisoner took a furnished house , Cedar Lodge , Norwood , of tlie prosecutor for twelvemonths , and not having paid his rent regularly , the prosecutor got into the house on Tuesday morning , and fiiidinir the above property , which was in the inventory signed by the prisoner , missing , gave him into custody . —The prisoner complained that the prosecutor broke into the house , and gave him into custod y on f t charge of which he was perfectly innocent . —Mr .

      Curtis , jnn ., admitted that the house had been entered by force , but said that his father had not been able to get any rent from the prisoner , and his period of tenancy having expired on the day before , his father , acting on the advice of his solicitor , forced a way into the house . — The prisoner declared that be had never seen nor signed any inventory of the goods , and whether tlie spoons in use were silver or pewter he was unable to say . — Mr . Norton asked the rev . gentleman if he could find bail to appear on a future day , as the prosecutor required time to examine thoVliolo of tllO IH'Operty in the house , and compare the different articles with the inventory . —Mr . Curtis , jun ., hero remarked that he had no doubt whatever that a . number of articles would be found niissinet from tho

      house when the goods and the inventory were compared . —Tho prisoner repeated that he ' had not seen nor signed any inventory , and said , that in so far as his knowledge of the things extended , fifty spoons or forks might be missing . —The policeman who took the prisoner into custody said that- he ( the prisoner ) was indebted in large sums to all the tradesmen in Norwood , and , therefore , it was not likel y that he would be able to find sureties amongst them . —The prisoner , with some warmth , said that it mattered little to the present chame whether he owed £ 5 or £ 5 , 000 . —Mr . Norton replied that it did matter this much , that , after heaving the constable ' s statement , he ( Mr * Norton ) should not think of taking his own bail . It was ultimately arranged that the prisoner should remain at the stiltwn-houso for the night , " Raising thf . Wind" bt Advertisemkxt . — J .

      Parton was charged with obtaining £ 10 from R . Waller , under false pretences . About the beginning of the pvesent month an advertisement appeared in a morning paper , for a respectable young man to fill tho situation of clerk nnd collector , at a salary of a guinea a week . The complainant Waller , who at the time was clerk to his father , replied to the advertisment , and received an answer , stating that the situation was open to him , provided he was able to deposit £ 10 with the advertiser as a security . Tho result was that he came to town , deposited £ 10 in the hands of the prisoner , who assured him he had plenty of business for bim to do in collecting vents , and had represented himself as a house agent and a collector of rents . On the following Monday the complainant entered on his duties , which turned out to be exceedingly light , for all he was requested

      to do was to write replies to the advertisements which appeared in the morning papers from servants , tothc * ncctthat if the advertisers could not get suited they mi g ht call , and on Saturday nig ht he was paid his guinea . On going to resume his duties on the Monday , the prisoner told the complainant that it made no particular difference to him whether he was at the office or not ; and this circumstance having opened the eyes of the latter , he requested his £ 10 back , but this was not convenient . The prisoner ultimately wrote a note to the complainant , stating that certain circumstances prevented him from returning tho £ 10 on the day he had named , but declaring that he should on another day named ; and this had evidently been in the hope of eliciting such a reply from the complainant as would make the matter one of mere debt . Tho

      complainant , fortunately , did not reply . —The officer who apprehended the prisoner said the whole of the things in his office were not worth five shillings , and produced a county court summons , returnable on the 14 th inst ., and a distress put in by his landlord on the 12 th , for 13 s . Od ., and all the money found on the prisoner was 3 iJ . The prisoner was remanded .

      MARLBOROUGJI-STREET . — Robbkuy at a Lodging House . —Mary Ann Dunn was charged with having stolen a sovereign , the property of the Princess Lucien Buonaparte . — Maria Fretwell said she was lady ' s-maid to the princess , who occupied apartments in U pper John-street , Golden-square . The prisoner was servant to the landlady of the house . A sovereign having been missed from a purse in tho apartments ot tho Princess , the prisoner was suspected , in consequence of a £ 3 note and other articles belonging to other persons , in the house having been stolen . On being searched , a sovereign , presumed to be the one stolen , was found : n a small canvas pocket fastened to her stays . — Tho prisoner admitted that sh » took the sovereign , but she denied having stolen tae £ 5 note alleged to have been lost by her mistress . —She was fully committed .

      Gold In Fbance.—In Carrying On Works For...

      Gold in Fbance . —In carrying on works for improving the bed of the river , at Strasbourg , tho engineers of the Ponts-et-Chaussees , a few days ago , turned up some stones containing marks of metal . An examination having been xaado hy M , & opp , ehemical professor in the Academy , it was found that a piece of freestone contained large incrustations of a yellow , ductile metal , which turned out to be massive gold , with a little silver , and some other metal , probably iron or confer . The gold was not in thin flakes , like , those-vrhwh . gold-seekers find in the sand of tho . Rhine , h « ti . in dense massive hits , and in , large ( uiwtitiea Ja . proportion to tho quartz , r _

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24031849/page/5/