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      ""Tl rk for the reduced : sum offered ,. . ' and f-L and inexperienced hands were engaged to ^ Aor p laces—that is , in other words , to he imsied with the lives and property of the tffic--5 ° order ^ hafc a ^ ew shillings more V . j ~ * hg paid in dividends a £ £ he end o £ ihe idf-vear , The result was a collision of a iSfearral character at the North Bridge Son , Edinhnrgb , on Saturday , the . 11 th 7 \? and which was clearly attributable to aT Incompetency and ignorance of the new a Vers- ^ ° P 11556 ^ 61 , 8 ty * U o ' clock Za \ train for London had taken their seats , ^ the signal having been given for the train ZT ^ rt , the ? ' knobstick" driver turned on the at once with such forcethat at the first

      rf ^ in , Solution of the machinery , the crank of the * 1 C ofthe driving wheel snapped in two , by f fcich the engine was completely disabled . Another eng ine was sent for from the works fjalittle distance , and , in the mean tame , the j jaju , consisting of carriages with passengers , L ocks with cattle , & c , was removed to the Litre hue , leaving the disabled engine on the jrolihe rails . Scarcely had this been done , I ^ en the expected engine dashed up the centre fine at the rate of more than twenty mfles an hour , and wished into the train with oreat force . S ccnensaon was tremendous , and spread the greatest 4-mr among the passenseis , some of whom , as the engine iSoe oft seeing the danger , vainly attempted to escape cattieiracin irora oi tne train

      Zgn the train . The - * , Sch experienced the fall shock ofthe collision , was ttarlysmashedto pieces , and the unfortunate pigs were itownKsMatothe air . Itdoubled , ia . a manner , over & S » ie van , and separatinginto tiro parts , the upper ^ fett OTer on thesonth hne of rails , leavins the wheels paries on the line wherethe collision occurred , deeply ftiheddedin the ground . Thelngsagevan ^ sustained scarry less injury , the roof aud sides bang dreadfiilly shattered , but ; singularly cnuugh , the iramework remained jipon the Hoe , and ( the couplings connecting it with the ? raAbavingbeen broken ) with the train , which also escawd being thrown offthe rails , receded backwards from ftesererity of the shock twenty ortbir ^ r yards . Toe encine was found-to have remained on the line , but the filter was thrown off . when the wheels sunk in the ground jo some depth . ' " - -

      To this last accident the passengers owe their lives , and the fact that they marvellously escaped -with merely " Severe Contusions " . Jecause the engine and tender -were thereb y Jjrought to a stand . The explanation of this second accident is , £ hat the second engine was also driven by a " Knobstick , " who , in his excessive anxiety jo show how clever he could be in an emergency , turned on full steam , came u p at a rapid speed , and , seeing his danger when too sear the train , lost all command of himself and any little comand over the engine ,

      which , in his coolest moment ? , he might have " possessed . The simple recital of these facts is sufficient to point the moral we wish to convey . It is quite clear that no trading Company , for the sake of their personal profit , should be allowed to endanger life in this wanton reckless manner . The law is hard enough against the workmen when they combine for their own benefit , and , in prosecuting that , do anything which can be construed as dangerous to the public peace or the public security . "Why should its terrors and its penalties be reserved for them only ? When wealthy Directors , and greedy Shareholders , combine to pull down the fair remuneration of those upon -whoseexperience and knowledge the

      whole safety of railway traffic depends , are they not committing a grave offence against ihe community for purely personal and selfish purposes ? Are they net , in the worst sense , the enemies of life and property , because the position they occupy induces the public to trust them with both , to a greater extent than ihey would otherwise be ? If twenty or thirty Eves had been lost through the'ignorance , nnekilmlness , and inexperience ' of the "Knobsticks , who supplanted the regular drivers at lower wages , we wonder what the verdict of a Coroner s jury would have been ? If we had been on such a jury oar answer to the question would , at least , have been *' aggravated manslaughter . "

      DIPLOMATIC QUARRELS . . The French Ambassador has been- suddenly recalled , and for the moment a rupture of the amicable relations , formerly subsisting between the two Governments , has taken place . The explanations given in both Houses of Parliament by Lord Laxsdowxe and Lord J . Russeix , were extorted , as it were , piecemeal , aud were at last by no means of a very explicit or satisfactory description . Lord Paimeksiox—the . monkey who used them as cats' paws to touch ihe hot chesnuts—kept out of the way till all the questioning was over , when he made his appearance , looking as innocent , unsuspicious , and child-like , as if there were no such things as diplomatists , or diplomacy , or quarrels , in the world . Since that time the broad sheets

      ofthe morning papers have been filled for two or three days with a monster correspondence , which has passed between the French Foreign Minister and the representative of the French Government , at the Court of St . James ' s . We have not done more than glance at the interminable columns which it fills , and if we had , in mercy to our readers we should have spared them the infiiction of even a resume of what appears from beginning to end to be a trumpery quarrel , got up for the very purpose of cutting out a little work for the diplomatic gentry .

      -We may brieSy , however , state , that the British Government , having for some years madecertain claims on the Greek Government , the settlement of which the latter have as constantly slurred ofij upon one plea or another , " Lord Palmeksxos resolved to bring the shilly-shally to a close . Some time since , therefore , the Greeks were astonished with the sig ht of a fine and powerful British Fleet entering ihe Pirasus ; and by shortly after finding that Mr . Wtse , the English Mnister , had taken up his quarters with the Admiral , Sir W . Parker , and from " his

      flagship sent the alternative of an immediate settlement- of all claims in full or a blockade , and the seizure of all vessels leaving the port . Iu these circumstances , the Greek Foreign Minister solicited the " good offices'' of the French Minister—the French Minister , with the consent of his Government , gave-his " good offices . " The case gave rise , of course , to frequent communications -between the French Embassy and our own Foreign Minister , and the upshot of ail is , that General De La HiTrEjaccusesLordPAiMERSXOX of having "jockied" France , and breaks off formal diplomatic intercourse , as far as the presence of a Minister is concerned .

      Great was the rejoicing of the Times and ihe absolutist journals at this denouement ; they Eaw in it , no doubt , a very clever coup de theatre for the purpose of diverting the attention ofthe people of France from the execrable Electoral Bill by which it is proposed to confiscate the one half of the franchises of the French people , to what they hoped would be an exciting theme—a war with England . The Tinmitiffatcd scoundrel who daily concocts a budget of the most wicked , intended , but in themselves , silly lies for the Times , represented all Paris as literally falling into an exstacy of

      joy at the prospect of such a war . The news , according to hun , had driven everything else dean out of everybody ' s head , and made ions Xapoleox and his tools the most popular of men . Since that time , indeed , the fool as well as knave , who concocts these fictions , has been compelled to eat his own "frords , a process he is very much accustomed to , and to confess that the whole of the Mountain held aloof from any manifestation ° f approval . Their stem silence showed they ^ oderstood the new dodge , and were not to be Seated by it .

      The Times calls loudly for the removal of f ^ rd PA tMEEsxcoif . whom it accuses of playing Clothe hands ofthe French Socialists . If * ° > for the first time ia our lives we rash his foJdshi p may remain in office . He is no great favourite of oars , hat his being 50 cordially

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      lated by the mouth-pieceof the - Coturtr ' of ' StPetersburglrand Vienna ;' would cover ¦ ¦ " £ multitude of sins -with . xts . . ' Shall we have a-War , that is the question ? Not at all . The railroads and steamboats that have made a tri p from Par is to London , and from London to Paris , cheaper in money arid less in point of time than a journey be- , tween Birmingham and London was onl y a few years since , has , however , put a stop to that course . The people have made each others acquaintance , arid all the diplomatists in the world wont be able to set them at Ioggerheads . In future diplomatists . must fight their own battles ^ That is both the most

      natural and the most economical plan . When our statesmen and diplomatists quarrelled with the French rulers . about half a century ago , they set other people to cut each others throats , who knew nothing at all about " the matter , who had no earthly interest in it whatever , and they saddled unborn generations with a debt , which threatens , in the long run , to pull down all the institutions of the country—Throne , Church , and Three per Cents—unless it be dealt with timeously and -vigorously . TVe cannot afford any . more of ibisTh is

      . ere no reason why the ploughmen , shoemakers , blacksmiths , and weavers should , be taught to murder scientifically , and then be placed in front of an equal number of French ploughmen , shoemakers , blacksmiths , arid weavers , similarly trained , in order that they may there and then mutually slaughter each other , to gratify the said diplomatists , and to save their "honour . " If these said diplomatists are so very punctilious—so very susceptible—and their honour is only to be kept pure by washing it away now and then in blood , let it be their own ^ r-

      v Let those who make the quarrels be the only men to ; fi s hti" . . , . - ; ,. :, No doubt General DeLa HrrxE is panting to revenge himself on «' * perfidious Albion' ^ in the shape , of Lord Palme ' ssion . - ! Nb"doubt M . Drouyk D'Lhuys is irate at the i ' dea of being "done" by that astute diplomatist ; Mi Likdos , the Greek : Minister , Baron-Brusow ^ the 'Russian Ambassador , ' may' all for one reason or another feel very sore upon , the subject "Well , let us suggest to them a cheap and very satisfactory way of terminating the-aflair Let them fi ght it out themselves . Of course Lord Paluersxos's colleagues in ; the Cabinet will , back him in the field , if need be * and invitations to that effect would be cordially accepted by- " men of honour . "

      As , however , the English magistracy and police have lately got an inveterate distaste to parties seeking ' " satisfaction , " for real or imagined wrongs , by the aid of the pistol , and as it is possible , thatj if the rencontre came off in . this country , > it would-be prevented by these meddling and officious people , we advise that it should not take place here . We are anxious that

      the honour of these gentlemen should be kept stainless , and , therefore , suggest : fee Bcisde Boulogne , the place where the irascible and valorous members of the ' French Assembly retire to settle their differences . It is : a very pretty wood , conveniently near to Paris , and in its pleasant alleys they will find numerous spots fit for the purpose , where they will run no chance of interruption .

      If they take our advice , they . will have the glorious satisfaction of fighting their own battles—of saving their respective countries a great deal of money , and whoever kills the most will of course be the victor . . As for either the people of France or England having the slightest interest in the matter , as Burchell says— " Fudge . "

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      MONIES RECEIVED Fob ihe Week Ending Thurbdat , Mat 23 , 1850 . TIE HONESTY FUHD , Received by W . Hides . —James Laraont , Dalkeith 2 s 6 d —Nottingham , per J . Sweet Sd—Messrs . . Mitchell and James , Southampton 2 s—Newcastle , per M . Jude 14 s 6 d—Chartist Association , Burnley , J . SutcIiffe'i'Z 5 s—B . Chaffer , Burnley , per J . Sutcliffe 5 s . * Mr . Sutdifie , Burnley , desires us to state that the books are open for inspection . < - > ' £ 4 . a Received bv TV . Rider .. . .. 3 9 8

      TO EXEMPT E . JONES FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . Rideb . —Chorley , perS . Smallwood 6 s . FOR MRS . FUSSELL . Received by W . Rrora . —Nottingham , per . J . Sweet 5 s 3 d , FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Received by Jons Ansorr . —VVm . Symmoads 2 s ud . DEBT DUE TO MR . NIXON . Received by John Absott . —A mason , per E . Stallwood Is . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by John Absott . —Per Mr . Stallwood—Mrs . Austin and Mr . Brett Is 6 d—A few friends , Sheerness , 6 s Sid—Joseph Sansom , shoemaker 3 s—A Friend 2 s 6 d—Al'riendls—W . P . ls .

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      METERS PUBLIC MEETING . A public open air meeting of the miners of Wigan , was held in the Orchard ofthe Horse and Jockey Inn , on Monday last , for the purpose of petitioning the House of Commons to pass a law enforcing a better ventilation and inspection of mines . Mr . David Swallow wa called to the chair ; and the meeting was ably addressed by Messrs . TV . Daniells , M . Jude , E . Lawfcon , W . Kelsey , & c . A petition to the House of Commons was unanimousl y agreed to . 'After the public meeting , a delegate meeting of one from each pit in the Wigan district , was held at the Horse and Jockey Inn , and a most excellent spirit of union was displayed .

      THE CONFERENCE Was held at the large room , Horse and Jockey Inn , Wigan , Lancashire , on May 20 tb , 1850 , and following days . Martin Jude , President ; William Daniells ; Secretary . The following districts were represented : — Northumberland , Martin Jude ; Durham , John Fell ; North Staffordshire , William Daniells , William Kelsey ; South Staffordshire , Edward Lawton ; Bolton , John Lyon ; Pemberton , Edward Watkinson ; Oldham , William Else ; Bradford , Charles Winstanly ; Ashton , John Lloyd . A society called "The Oldham Miners' Friendly Society , " was represented by Thomas Harrison . Yorkshire , by letter . Several resolutions were passed for the guidance of the conference . ' . ¦

      OBJECTS . - ; J The general association being only fur general purposes it will be necessary to specify what may be so consideredthat is , tbe regulations of the miners' day ' s work ; tbe wages , to be earned per week ; the state of tlie coal trade in each district ; how many days per week have been the average for the last hall year ; what quantity of coals are worked in the district and how many tons per week each man works ; what are the number of men employed in getting or hewing coal ; also , as before stated , to take cognisance ofthe ventilation question ; to take any necessary steps to prevent strikes of an imprudent character ; in short , to'do all in its power to make themselves , and the members generaUy , acquainted wuh the real state arid condition of their brother mimrs , and to bring about , as speedily as possible , a harmonious and brotherly feeling among all miners .

      A vote of thanks was given to Charles Colwell , Esq ., for his services generallytothe Miners of Great Britain . After the number of organized Miners were given in , the conference adjourned , the delegates being required to address a public open air meeting .

      TUESDAY . ^ The conference assembled this morning at nine o ' clock , when the Secretary called over the names of the delegates , and read over the resolutions passed yesterday , which were confirmed , after which the following Preamble of the General Laws was agreed to : —

      PREAMBLE . That to the warfare of classes may safely be ascribed all the evils which in the shape of poverty , misery , and starvation , afflicls the-working classes of this country , is so apparent and so obvious , that no successful contradiction need be apprehended therefrom . The miners of every district have ample and sorrowful experience of the truth of the above statement audits effects , even when locally felt , are of such magnitude and extent as to surprise and alarm those parties accustomed to reflect upon , the ultimate results which the absence of union and concert among tlie working miners must

      ensure . . .,... , , - , It istherofore intended to raise tlie standard of aNa , tiona ! Union among the miners of this country , and to

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      bring about a general and-correct feeling vamopg that usei ful bodyof men ; toerase the bickering , the : hatred , ? and the jealousy which has so long prevailed ,: and to create a healthy harmony of action and a brotherly feeling of duty t 0 each-other , both locall y and general , the association having for its object the elevation and improvement of the working collier ; to procure for him ' a more healthy and safe atmosphere to work in ; to shorten the boursof labour ; to diminish the excessive toil ; and to obtain , the best ppsable remuneration for the labour of the miner . To effect which purposes , the' following General Laws were passed _ by a National Conference !' of Miners ., held at the Hors ^ and Jockey' Inn , - ¦ W igan , Lancashire / on Monday May 20 th ,-1850 ; and following . days ; and to be generaUy confirmed at next conference , and then to become laws for tie government of the Miners' National Association .

      The following General Laws were then passed-: — ••' ¦ ' - •;¦ ¦¦ - ' >¦ ¦ ' : . ; ¦ - •¦ - 1 . —That all miners joining this association , shall become subject to the rules and provisions legally . and constitutionall y made and adopted by the proper authorised parties , as stated in a subsequent rule ( see rule 2 nd ) and shall faithfully ; adhere to the same , and assist in promulgating .. ! and extending the . benevolent objects ofthe society to all his brother miners atd tllow-workn en . 2 . —^ That all rules and regulations- shall

      receive the sanction ofthe representatives of the miners of each district in conference ) assembled , and shall be adopted by . the ballot { any delegate having power to demand . the sameon any question before the conference ) of the majority so represented ; who shall have paid their levies due at the meeting of such conference . Also all officers shall be chosen by ballot , if more than -one person be nominated to any office . The conference to decide all motions for altering the rates of wages , and fo ? limiting the hours of labour by the same plan .

      3 . —That when auy question of importance has been decided by the conference , the manner of voting by each delegate shall be recorded , together withthe numbers given in , so that each constituency may see the way in which their delegates vote .

      , AVIEHS 00 N SITTING ; The delegates re-assembled . at two o ' clock , and the following laws were passed : — . - ; . ; •"• £ . —That each county bear the ' expense of its own organisation and- choose their own lecturers and agents , the general society lending assistance when requested , and to . be .. repaid all such monies expended thereon by a small enrolment fee , to be paid when tbe miners of tbe district set down their names and become members of the union .. Application to be made to the general secretary , and he to lay the same before tbe conference , who alone shall have pbyyer to expend any money for that purpose : but mall cases where a district forward cash to the treasurer , an efficient agent to be sent , who shall labour among them , so long as money can be raised to meet the expenses incurred ; all above which

      shall go to the funds ofthe district . .. ' 5 ;— That . each organised conniy , so far as they can . assist to organise their neighbouring counties , and that , the delegates attending the next confer rence come prepared to decide whether the objects of this law . shall be extended , ( i . e . to pay agents from a general Board ) and a levy laid to carry it out , - 6 . —That there be a council of three appointed to carry out the rules and regulations adopted by conference , consisting of president , treasurer , and secretary , one of whom to be a perambulating lecturer , to visit and organise districts , and to return to meet the executive council when any important business is to be transacted ; tbe other two also to visit districts when not otherwise , engaged . Next conference to elect and fix the wages of tho above officers ;

      . 7 . —That this conference appoints three corresponding secretaries , one for Northumberland and Durham , one for Lancashire and Cheshire , and one for Staffordshire , who shall correspond . with the several mining districts and the public press , on the subject of , the Miners' National Union ; one of these to be appointed as chief corresponding secretary , in whom all correspondence shall centre , and who shall act in concert with the other two upon all important matters in relation thereto . Each county board to grant them a proper pecuniary consideration for that purpose . That Martin Jude be corresponding secretary for Northumberland and Durham ; Charles Meadowcroft for Lancashire j and William Kelsey for North and South Staffordshire ; and who are only to hold office till next conference . The conference here adjourned . " . •' .

      WEDNESDAY . - The conference met this morning at nine o ' clock , when ' the roll was . called and the minutes of the previous day wore road by the secretary ; it was then resolved that all the rules and regulations passed by conference shall be printed in the minutes , also the preamble , in order to give satisfaction to our constituents . : ' Resolved that a petition bo drawn up to the House of Commons for the better ventilation and inspection of mines , and signed by the delegates . •; -Swo letters were here read , one from Messrs . G . Brdwn and Anty , conjointly , of Yorkshire , the other ( a copy of which ) had been sent to Sir George Grey ; both of which gave great satisfaction . ' The following general laws werethen passed : — 8 . —That this conference resolve that the various

      mining counties forward to the next conference one penny per member to meet the liabilities thereof , and to form the nuclus of the general fund . The surplus , when all liabilities " are paid , to be handed over to the general treasurer . 0 . —The conference to constitute a court of apr peal in all cases of general , import , upon which there may be ai difference of opinion between any of the members , or where the general laws have been infringed or wrongly understood ; but all questions , if possible , must be settled by the district delegate meeting , and only when they cannot be fairly

      decided by the latter to be taken up by the conference , whose decision shall be , final . ' In all cases of appeal to conference , as above , the parties losing to bear all expenses ; , both parties to deposit the respective " amounts , previous to' hearing , in the hands of the general treasurer . ' 10 . —That districts may exchange lecturers , and , by mutual agreement , to bear the expense of the same ; each lecturer , so desired to change , to be informed of the relative wages , and other matters connected therewith ^ before such change is made but this conference resolve that to facilitate such exchange of lecturers the wages of lecturers be

      uniform . 11 . —That tho next conference be held on Mon-f day , August' 19 th , 1850 , at Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Every Conference to appoint where and when the subsequent conference shall be held . Conferences to be held in every district or county in rotation ; where two or more have equal merit , the question shall be decided by ballot : 12 . —That in order to diminish the expense of conferences commensurate with the welfare and safety of the association , every organised county shall not be allowed to send more than one delegate for every 500 menvbers ; but that a county in the infancy of its - organisation may send one , ' it being distinctly understood that each locality pay its own representative or representatives .

      AVIERN 00 S SITTING . -The conference met at two o ' clock , when it was resolved , — " That the 10 th resolution on the programme , follow the preamble in the minutes , and be called objects . That the . llth rule on the proframme be dispensed with , as its spirit has already een entertained by this conference . The following rales were then passed : — ( That conferences take up all questions from the counties or districts , bearing upon the general affairs of the association ; such questions to be sent to the general secretary one month previous to ' the conference meeting ; the same to be printed and form a programme of business for conference , one copy to be forwarded to each lodge or colliery , that their votes may be taken thereon , and'instructions given to their delegates in accordance therewith , before they goto conference . ! '¦' : ¦" .

      IS . —That the national association take no cognizance of strikes , nor encourage them in any way ; but in case any county , or . portion of a county , shall have been obliged to cease work legally , according to county regulations , then the general secretary shall do all in his power , by writing and distributing handbills , persuading the other miners not to come near until such affair is settled , and the workmen all employed again at the place where they were on strike , or in the neighbourhood . ' 14 . —That at each conference meeting the books of the association shall be audited , and if found correct , to be signed as such with the names , of the auditors attached ; any discrepancies to bc ' made good , or otherwise accounted for , at the time .. ' The secretary to have the books postedup at tho meet-, ing of the conference , and to produce vouchers for all monies paid away , and a proper receipt be given for all monies received from the districts or

      otherwise Tlie Conference then adjourned , to allow the delegates to address meetings at Hindloy , Blackrod , & c . _ EARinquAKES .-The earthquakes in Stango , a small town in Dalmatia , continue to spread rum and destruction . Between the 10 th and 29 tu ol April no less than sixty-three severe shocks were felt ; they were all preceded by loud reports similar to thunder . ' The worst was felt on the morning ot the 19 th , at nine o ' clock ; it was so violent that but few of the houses which then remained were feltstanding . Since then the number of inhabztab ' e houses has been reduced to seven . Itagusa hascxperienccd a similar visitation , but less violent and more interrupted . In the latter place , the p henomenon displayed itself on the 3 rd inst ., in a wavelike motion of the earth , which lasted more than half a minute at a time . .

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      .. ; ,- fcy ^ r ^ ^^ .: lr . i ! : -- />^ ^ . y ' . ; SOUTH ^ AilK ^ ATiBMpkD HionwA t , ' : Ro ' nBERy . —James ,: Hiokoy , ! a powerful young-. man , ¦ ¦ ¦< was chargedwitb violentl y assaulting Mr ^ Heriry Da Costar and h , wife , and attempting to rob - the former . — The complainant ; stated -that ag . ho ; was returning home on Sunday night , accompanied by his wife , the prisoner ckmo , UP to . them , ; near the Qf ™ ! $ the : bottom of Biackfriar ' s-road ,. and solicited alms . Complainant ,, having no change , went into a public-h ' o . use noar . the . spot , and called for . P ° f porter ,, which heigav ' e to tlio prisoner ^ and then gave him , twopence besides .: Ho and his wifethen

      , walked . on towards Great . Union-street , where they hved , ; but : had ' . not proceeded ihauy yards when the prisoner came up to .. them again , and ' " g off his cap , said the twopehce : was of ho use to him , and begged that he ; would give him sixpence . Complainant , astonished at . the impudence of the prisoner , said , that he . certainly should not give him any more , upon which the latter ejacttm £ '' " Tlieu > I will have " what you have got . " The moment ho uttered these wordsj he struck Mrs . Da Costar a blowbn the breast | . which knocked her down , and then rushed upon me , and struck me several times , . when- 1 loudly balled for assistance ,-and fortunatel y a policeman ,: 272 M , hearing my cries , came up and secured my assailant on the spbt .

      jne complainant found that ' , his watch had been : dragged out of his waistcoat pocket , and was bang-: tmj by tho guardrohain to which it was attacked round his neck ; and . he added that the prisoner must have followed . ' them for some distance arid availed himself of the opportunity of attacking liim and his wife when thoy go ' t ' to a father unfrequented spot , and not far , from his abode ; that he ( complainant ) had not lost any , money ,, which ho attributed to the timely . arrivai ofassistance ,. as hestood no chance of defending himself agaiiist . so powerful an assailant as . the prisoner !— Policeman 272 :. M stated that , ' on . hearing the cry of " Police , " he fan to tho , spot , ; ah'd saw the complainant in the . ' act ' . of defending himself as well as he could fromtho

      prisoner , wHom . be charged with attempting to rob' him ! He ( policeman ) saw tho complainant's watch hangingloosely by ' the guard-chain outside his ' waisteoat ; and he at once took his . assailant "iiito custody , When thoy got to the station ' -hduseho heard the prisoner exclaim that hekhewwhefethe complainant livcdyand that he would serve him out when he got hisjiberty . —Mr . A ' . Beckett said . that it was a ; very daring assault with intent' to' commit . robbery , ' and that untfti that charge he should ' commit the prisoner for triaWCommitted accordihglvT '"'"" ; ] MARYLEBONE .- ^ An Unpleasant tisiioi £ -G . Lewis was charged , ' with . having stolen' a gold brequet ' chain and key , the property of Miss Butler , whose father is the chief secretary at the Ordnaiice Office ,, and resides at 162 , ' Albany-street ,

      Regerit'spark . —Prosecutrix stated that on Saturday night last ,, after winding up her watch , she ^ ut . the gold chain arid key in a box in hwbedroora , and tha . t' on the ( following night she missed ' the articles !' . " On the next ^ morning / after ; breakfast , she v / entup into her sleeping apartment to ' mako a further search for them , and found the prisbuerunder her bed . —Mr . J . Blackwell said that iii consequence of the cry . which was raised ho went into the ; house' and assisted Iii pulling tho prisoner from / his hidihg : placo ; beheath the bed . —Police-constable ;; 191 S , said thatwhen he . went into the premises , lie found the ; prisoner

      secured , in ; the parlour , by the . ' last witness arid another : ' Prisoner / told him ( the officer ) that'he had been in the house tAvqwholq days . . At the , station he was . searched , and the stolen - " property was found in his possession ; It was further stated that the prisoner was the son of an old servant in the family , and that he ( prisoner ) had upon a former occasion been charged with felony , and convicted . The-property was produced . by the cons ' tablo , ' ahd identified by the prosecutrix , and the prisoner , who had nothing to say , was ' remanded in ' order to ensure the attendanceof the officer whocouldgive full proof of tho previous conviction alluded to .

      BOW-STREET .- ^ The . Charge , of thbowino a Woman oot of WiNDOw . HDaniel Donovan , who has been in custody since the 28 thult ., oh . the charge of throwing his wife out " of-window at No . 19 , Short's-gardens , Dfury-lane , ' with'intent to murder her , was brought up for further'examination , ' . iind remanded for a week , his , wife not being out of danger . ¦ . '"'• • " ; - \ ; i ;> . "i ; 'i- ' ' >¦' - : ' ; The ExposunE of the Sham ; Agency Offices . —Edward Wright , - the proprietor of a mock agency office , No . 16 , Upper"Wellingtbri ' -stfeeti Strand , who stood charged with defrauding several young men of their money by means of newspaper advertisements ,

      was brought up for further examination . — -Thecourt , as oh former occasions , was crowded by young men , principally from the / country , who had parted to the prisoner and his associates With sums of money , varying from £ 3 to £ 50 , as cash securities on accepting situations , which turned but to be fictitious . — Sergeant Thompson said he had oilier witnesses to examine who had been defraudedof their money by the prisoner , but—Mn Jardine asked him if they were connected with Stanley ?—Sergeant Thompson repliedin the affirmative , 'and said he could prove two cases in Upper-Wellington-street , in ; which Stanley and Wright were both concerned . —The prisoner , was femahded . ' '•••— - - "• - - - . ¦ .. ¦ . - .. ;

      MARLBOROUGfl-STREEr . - As' " ExoitbdV Husband . —H Postlethwaite , an artist , residing at No . 70 , Margaret-street , ; Cavendish-square , was charged with violently assulting his wife Henrietta . —The complainant stated that on Saturday evening , when she and hcr'husbahd were sitting at dinner , the latter , without' the least provocation , started up and' said , in a most excited . manner , that he would-kill-all foreigners , as . he thought there would be a war between Prance and England ,, and as a beginning ho would kill her by shooting her through the neck . He then rushed upon her , and ; catching her-by the throat with both hands , tried to strangle 'her .- ' With great exertions she contrived to iret from his clutches , and rah to the window .

      He followed her , and , throwing up the sash , ' said if she did not throw herself out ho would do it for her . She screamed most violently , and ran towards tho . door , when ho ; took up a loaded pistol which was lying on tho sofa , presented ' it ¦ at her , and swdre ' he would shoot her . Before he presented the pistol he put a cap on the nipple . She ran out of the room . ' A constable was sent for , and the prisoner was secured . She did not how wish to harm him ; all she wanted was protection from his ' violence , as ho had on many occasions threatened to take her life . —Mr . Bingham ordered him to find two sureties , tokeep the peace for six months , and

      directed that a medical man should see him , in order to examine him as to the state of his mind , Bail not being forthcomming , the prisoner was about being led from the dock , when the complainant rushed from the witness-box , and , crying bitterly , threw her arms round her husband's neck , and begged the officer not to take him from her . The husband likewise begged of ; the magistrate not to separate him from . his " dear" wife : They embraced each other so closely that it took the united strength of . two officers to Separate them . —The complainant was then carried out of court in a state of insensibility .

      Assault on the Police . —Emile Roshay was charged with creating a disturbance at-24 , King ' splace , St . James ' s , and assaulting police constable 114 C—The constable , ' whoso face was severely contused , stated ( haton Tuesday morning , about two o ' clock , lie was called to No . 24 , King's-place , to take charge of the ' prisonerfor creating a disturbance there and refusing to leave the place ; . On seeing the prisoner , who was rather the worse for liquor , witness requested him to . go away peaceably / 1 He refused to do so , and rushed upon witness , seized him by the throat and threw him down . ' Whilst he was lying on the pavement the prisoner struck him on the face ,

      and kicked him with much force about the body . By great exertions complainant contrived to ' get on his feet and sprang his rattle for assistance . The priso ; rier then seized him by the left hand with his mouth , and bit his forefinger completely through . Witness was becoming nearly exhausted , when another constable ca'iie to his aid , and the prisoner was conveyed to the s ' tationV—The prisoner , in defence , said . the constable was the first aggressor , and as he wasmuch hurt , he thought , being a foreigner , he had aright to defend himself . ' —Mr . Bingham told tbe prisoner lie was mistaken in that idea , and committed him for a month . ¦¦¦ •"

      LAMBETH . —The Robbery axd Alleged Murder at . Clapiiam . —W . Knight and H . Stark , who have been in custody for some days , oa suspicion of being concerned ; with a third party not in custody ; in a robbery at the house of Mr . Maddle ^ No . 14 , Claremont-place , ' Wandswofth-road , on Sunday , the 28 th of , last month , when Sarah Snelling , the housekeeper of that gentleman , was found dead in so mysterious a manner , were brought up for examination . The prisoners , with a third man had been observed in the Wandsworth-road , in the forenoon of th * o day of the robbery ; and not a : great distance , from the house of Mr . Maddle , by'Cook , the gaoler of this court . This circumstance , together with the notoriety of their character , caused suspir cion to rest on them , and in a few , days after Stark was secured ; but tho fact of his apprehension was kept secret , so as not to drive tho other away . On

      the evening of Sunday week tho other prisoner ( Knight ) was secured , and on his person were found a perfect set of housebreaking implements . The third man , who was tho most remarkable of the three ,. and who it is said could have been spoken to by more than one person who had seen him close to tho house of Mr . Maddle , during church hours on tho morning in question , has managed to evade the vigilance ofthe police , ' and therefore the evidence to fix . the prisoners with a participation in the robbery fell to the ground . —Mr . Elliott , addressing the prisoner , observed that there could be no doubt , from tho implements found upon him , that his intention was to commit a robbery on the evening he was taken . into enstodyj and he should therefore commit him to the House of Correction for three calendar months . The other prisoner he should discharge ,

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      - .: CLEREENWELIi . ^ Jame 8 . Pitzgerald , aged 19 , ' was ! put ;; to the baubefore Mr . ; T yrwhitfc , on a warrant ; charged , ' at the instance of the Royal Society for . the Prevention of Cruelty : t 6 , Animals , with excessive cruelty-to ; a ; oat ' . Mr . Thomasj-aeoretary to the Sooioty ; attended . to ; conduct : the . ease for tho prosecution . - Itappeared . froin the : evidence ; that last Pfielay three weeks - the prisoner was seen by a little girly : Harriet Glover , to seize a cat belonging to a Mrs . Philips , of No / li Walter ' s-court , Islington , . when he ' held it up by its neckj and set fire to the poor animal-with a lighted paper . He subseque . utly beat it in a most furious' manneruntil it was lifeless/—Mrs ; Maiy Philips , . the owner of the cat , said-that the prisoner , entertaineda grudge towards her in consequence of her -having , prosecuted his mother ! ten years ago , and he had sworn to _ berevonffed . and threatened to take away the : lives ol

      her family ; : He had killed a cat on another occasion under similar circumstances . —The prisoner in his defence said , that the cat was thrown out . of the window . by : Mrs . Philips * daughter , when it clung to and scratched his little brother . It then ran . into the house ' of a Mrs . Herring ,. who told him to kilut . as it was in a rabid state ,- which-caused him to kill it , but he ; denied having set fire to it . —Mr . Tyrwhitt inquired of Mrs . Philips whether it was true . that , the animal was -rabid?—Mrs . Philips : Lor ! bless your honour , no ; he . could eat and drink as well as you . or me , yourworship . ( Laughter . )—Mr . Tyrwhitt severely- remonstrated with . the prisoner and said it ; was evident that he was an unfeeling brute , and sentenced him to pay a fine of twenty shillings ,, or , in default of payment , one month ' s imprisonment , with hard labour , in the House of Correction . —The prisoner could not pay , and was conveyed to prison , . -.-, --

      Cowardly Assault . —James Crane , a labourer , residing i in . Peter-streefc Saffron-hill , was charged with . haying violently ; assaulted his wife .,, It appeared , from the evidence of--the . wife , whose head was severely injure . d , that at : half-past one o ' clock on Tuesday . morning the prisoner returned home intoxicated , and whilst she was in bod he commenced abusing and . boating , her in a . brutal , ; manner . . Hor . cries of " . Murden ! ' ? -. brought to , her assistance , several of the ; neighbours and the police , . who . tpok the ,, prisoner to . the station-house . . She was conveyed , to , the . hospital covered with blood , andnearly insensible , where , a desperate woiihd ,

      which'was inflicted by a poker on , the : backof the head , was dressed . The prisoner she said ' was a drunken fellow , whp Ifved entirely upon her industry . She felt her" lifojto' bo in danger , and she begged that he * mightMje-bound , over tokeep the peace , as he was continually treating heivunmercimlly without the least provocation . —Margaret Finney , a lodger . inithe same house , corroborated-, the evidence of the prosecutrix . —The prisoner denied the assault , and ; after a great deal of f edriraination , Mr ; Tyrwhitt ; fined , him 40 s ., or in default of payment six weeks' imprisonment in the House of

      Correction . ; - ; - - . - , ¦ : .: •; .,:, -,.: '! . ' :: ; , ¦; ' . - . -Impudent RoBBESiES .-rWilliam Smithy alias Bill Pony , ' , alias ,-: Bill Sheen , alias , John Bedhauiji a smooth-faced ,. well-dressed young ; man with , good address , was charged by Mr ; H . Yondeick , jeweller and i . watch-maker , : of v . Pickering-terrace , Bishop ' sroad , ' Paddington , with having . stolen . a . valuable gold watch , and George Redwood , an elderly man of respectable appearance ^ i was . also charged , with having received and disposed of the property knowingiit to have been stolen , —The prosecutor . having been , sworn said-that on- the ; 27 th of March last he was in : his shop , when the prisoner Smith'entered , and producing ia watch , to his ( witness's ) , notice said it was . out of repair , and his ¦ . «¦ ' mamma , " who

      resided / at "Woodford House , Woodford-road , narrow-road , " had sent him to witness in order , to have it repaired . While , he was cowvevBVBg ¦ w \ th the prisoner , two ladies came in , ; and ; upon whom he was attending when the prisoner said he was in a hurry , and requested witness to write out instructions and a list of prices that he might show them to his ( "mamma" on . his . return-, home ,- Witness did so , handed them to the prisoner , and ho'leffc the shop . The ladies left ,, and shortly afterwards . witness , missed a valuable gold watch from the window , which he must have stolen during the time , the witness was engaged at his . desk writing out the instructions , & c , for tho prisoner . Information was , immediately communicated to the poljce , when Brown , . . 67 , and . Kemp , SI , ofthe S division , traced

      the watch : to . have been pledged by the prisoner Redwood at'Mr . Hill's , a pawnbroker in the neighbourhood of Brunswick-square . —A shopman in the employ of Mr . Hill identified the prisoner Redwood as : having pledged the watch at . his master ' s shop . ^ - Redwood owned having pledged the watch , but he was not aware , that it , had been , stolen : —Mr . Tyrwhitt , said ho should . fully commit both prisoners . to . take their trial at the Old Bailey Session , A : second . charge was then preferred against the prisoners by Dr ; Andrews , of Briinswick-place , Brims ^ wiekrsquare , for having been oonoerhod in stealing a quantity of silver- plate and two sovereigns . —Mr . Tyrwhitt said he should remand this case until the officers could mako inquiries to trace , if possible , the property , ; and for the attendance of Dr , Andrews . :.- ,. ' ,:

      , GUILDHALL . —Picking Pockets . —John Keats , Henry Posset , and Matthew Noble , member ' s ofthe London Swell mob , were brought up in the custody of DahielMay , one of the most active officers in the city . % detective , force , charged with . attempting to pick the ' pockets of several ladies . Daniel May stated thati-. on . Monday , about twelve , o ' clock , ho saw the th ' ree ' prisoners proceeding , down Ludgatehill , towards Fleet-street ; ho followed them as far as , Fetter-lane , when they turned back , ran into Bridge-street ) and took up their station on , Blackfnai' 3-bridge , where a crowd had collected . He saw Keats cross the road , followed by Noble , and place himself elbso' to the parapet' of the bridge ,. and attempt several ladies pockets as they passed .

      Posset remained on the opposite ; side pi the bridge performing the , office of sentinel , and oh seeing witness approach gave the signal to Noble , who immediately crossed over , witHKeats to join Fosset . He ( May ) directly gave Keats , and Noble into custody of another officer , while lto secured Fosset , and they were . all taken to the'Station , " where they were searched . On Keats was found 7 s . ' 6 d . in silver , on Noble 2 s . Id . and an empty purse , and on Fosset seven sovereigns , ia sixpence , threepence in copper , ah . empty purse , a watch and key , two rings , and seven . decoy " sovereigns . ; . One of . the purses was made of blue silk ,, witti steel beads and netted , about twelve inches long ; the .. other was netted with black silk , steel beads , and about half the

      length . The prisoners were observed by May on Saturday plying their , " profession , " but they all ran away as soon as he ^ ade his appearance . He saw them again on the samp day planting themselves orieither side and behind a , lady for the purpose ofrobbing her , but they abandoned their game on seeing him ( May ) . He had known Keats about twelve months , and he generally went by tho name ofJackeytho Groom , " because he . practised in that character generally . —The prisoners , who were all dressed respectably , and evidently newly rigged out for the Whitsun holydays , were remanded till Wednesday , in order to give time for the owners of the purses to appear and identifythem . THAMES , —Charge of Infanticide . —Elizabeth

      Barker alias Isaacs , Edward-Bailey , her paramour , Harriet Campbell , 'a midwife , and Sarah Cooko , a nurse , were finally examined on suspicion of having been concerned in the murder of a female child , two days old , the offspring of the prisoners Bailey and Barker . —The first witness called was Dr . Godfrey , of Mount-place , Whitcchapcl , who stated that from ixpost mortem examination of the body , which he had made with ' Mr . Mure , a surgeon , he concluded that'deceased had lived two days . There was no malfrirmatioti ; , bu ' t there were marks in the , throat , arid also on the ; scalp ; in thoarea of the forehead there was congestion ofthe brain , but nothing to account for death from natural causes , and ; taken collectively the whole of the appearances were

      calculated to create a suspicion that death was occasioned by a falf or a blow . The . witness was ' examined a t great length by Mr . Yardlcy , and the result- 'of the investigation was that though the marks . on the body were consistent with violence , thoy were riot inconsistent with a more innocent mode ; but they were more like the result of violence . There was a ci-case across the neck an inch and a half in extent , which , in his belief , occurred during death and whilst tho body was as yet warm . Tho cervical vertebral were arched , as if the head had been forcgd round : ' which would account for the crease in the neck . There was little or no ecchymosis under tho marks ; but that' would not make aeiiinst the fact ' of strangulation , as it did not

      exhibit itself iu many instances of persons who had been hanged ' . A fall on the floor would account for the marks onthe forehead , but not for the curved appearahco of the cervical vertebra ? . It was pos sibie , but not probable , that the marks mi ght have been made in removing the umbilical cord . In so young a subject the ecchymosis would not bo so great , as . the cartilage was nioro flexible . —Mr . Mure -concurred generally with Dr . Godfrey . The conclusion to which he -had come was , that the appearance of the body was consistent with strangulation . -ahd also with natural . causes . —Dr . Godfrey : The _ reason I attach so little importance to ccchymotis is its absence in tlie cases of a number of people who were hansed . —P . Wanzvski saw the

      prisoner Barker after she was delivered of the child , and also saw tho infant . Mrs . Barker told her not to say anything about it ; but at tho same time said it was fortunate that clothes for it were brought to her in the shop , without the trouble of making them . Sho also said that she would keep the child a month or two before sending it to nurse . —Ihe prisoners Cook and Campbell were then discharged , and tho latter was called as a witness and examined at some length . Her evidence tended to exculpate the prisoners . —Mr . Tardloy said the medical evidence was not of a nature to sustain the charge ot murder , and the child had been seen by so many persons that the charge of concealment was also dono-away with .- Though thero were several marks of apparent violence , which the manner of the birth

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      might account-for , and as there was a doubt , the prisoners must bo discharged . —On getting into . the street Bailey ' kissed the-female prisoner , on ' which the crowd , greater than usual owing to the proximity of Stepney Fair , tittered a loud cry of mdignsti tion , " and they Vers' followed'by alargeand throatoni ing concourse , who would have done them some injury , had / they not" taken shelter in ; -a neighbouring publicrhbuse . ' "';"" ; j ' : , ; r '"' .. ' . „ '" -J . WANDSWdRTH ^ JtiiFmxLT OuiRAGE .-r-Hugh Davis ,. who described himself as a general dealer residing at . Chelsea , whs charged with a cowardly assault on a respectable married , lady ;—Mrs . Mary Withal , of No . . 1 , "York-cottages , Battersea-fields : one of w hose eyes ' was most frightfully discoloured and lacerated , stated that on the previous after ; noon she ' was' with her children in "Jews' -rowy Wandsworth , near to the fair . ' There were some

      donkeys there , arid she was treating her children to a ride . The defendant came up and pushed and pulled the donkies about . Complainant said he must be a " wrong" man to try and throw the children off , when ho directly struck her on the eye and knocked her down . Ho struck at her more as if she had been a man or a bullock . —The evidence of complain 3 " * having been corroborated ; Mr . Beadon said is was the most unprovoked assault he ever had before him , and he did not think he should be doing hhvduty to the public if he were not to impose the highest ' penalty which tho law allowed ; The defendant ' would ,- therefore , pay £ 5 for- the assault , or bo committed for two months . —The defendant , not being provided - with the money , was reinoved to the cells . Prior to Mr . Beadon leaving the bench , the prisoner made an earnest entreaty for the mitigation of the fine ; but the magistrate peremptorily refused . :

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      . MEDALS OF JAMES MORISON , ..., '¦ '' . . THEHYGEIST , ¦ ' . AND , GREAT MEDICAL KEFORMER , . May be had of all the Agents for the sale , of Morison ' s Pills . PRICE ONE SHliiMNff EACH . , In Bronze , 10 s . 6 d . ; in Silver , 21 , ; in Cold , 181 . ¦; " JAiffiS MORISOJT , the Hygeist proclaimed— , THE IMMORTAL " Isfly . ' -That the vital prin-: f . ¦ ¦ ¦ - •¦ ciple isin'the Wood . HARVEY ; - ' 2 ndly . —That all diseases ¦ -. arise from impurity of the

      PROCLAIMED ' : THE blood .. -. . : •• . 3 rdly . —That-such-im-CIRCD'IATIOiN' OF THE , ' . purity can only be eradi"• ' criteobya purgative such as BLOOD ^ : , Morison ' s . Vegetable Uni-¦ i- „ versa ! Medicine of the Bri-¦ , ¦ - .- ¦ ' ¦ . . tish'College of Health , New-,-. . - . ' . ¦ rbad , London . ; ' . . ¦ , , , . ' ' . ' : ' . itiily . ^ r That the deadly poisons . Used as medicines ' " ¦ " ' ¦ '; ' . . .. . '* ' ' . " ¦ by ' . the'doctors are totally '< ri : - ' -. ' " urineecEsary-inthe cureof "¦'¦ ¦ ¦' . - . diseases , j- ' - •¦ ' » - ¦

      The' Evil Eye'.—Going One Day Into A Cot...

      The' Evil Eye ' . —Going one day into a cottage in the . village ' of , Catteriek , in Yorkshire , I observed hung up behind the door a ponderous necklace of ' ' lucky-stone ' s , " i . e . stones with a hole throughthem . . On hinting an inquiry as to their use , ' I found the good lady of the house disposed to shuffle off any explanation ; , but by a little importunity I discoveredthattheyhad thecreditofbeing able . 'to preserve , the house and its inhabitants from the baneful' influence of- the " evil eye . " " Why Nanny , " said I , " you surely don't believe in witches riow-a-days ?" . ; ' * No ! : Iz don't say ' at ; I do ; but certainly , i' former time ' s there ti / as ' widzards ' an ' buzzards ; and them sort o' things . " " Well , " said I , laughing , - ' but you surely don ' t think there are . any now ? " "No ! I don't say ' at ther * are , butldo believe in a evil' eye . "; After a little time I extracted from poor Nanny more particulars on . the subject , as follows : —How that there was a woman in the village whom she strongly suspected of being

      able to look -with an evil eye ; how , further , a neighbour ' s daughter , against whom the old lady in question had a grudge , owing to some love affair , had suddenly fallen into a sort of pining sickness , of which tho doctors made nothing at all ; arid how the poor thing fell away without any accountable cause , and finally died , nobody knew why ; but bow it was her ( Nanny ' s ) strong belief that she had pined away in consequence of a glance from the evil eye . Finally , T got trom her an account of how any one who chose could ' themselves obtain the power of the evil eye , and the receipt was , asnearly as lean recollect , asfollows : — "Ye gangout ov' a nightivery night , while ye -find nine toads—an' when ye ' ve getten t'hine' toads , ye hang ' em up ov' a string , a . n ' y a make a hole arid buries t' toads ft ' hole—and as t' toads pines away , ' so' t' person pines away ' at you ' ve looked upon wiv . a yevil eye , an' they pine and pine away while they die , without any disease at all ' , "— 'Note ' s and Queries ,

      Angling on ihe MoV . —The season for salmon fishing on our fine river has commenced propitiously for anglers this year . The number , of fifth landed up to this time far exceeds that of any- ' previous years within the same period , and- we are glad to say that the greater share of this sport has fallen to the lot of Mr . Smith , - an English' gentleirian- 'attended by Hea ' rns , who has been so singularly fortunate in hookinga good many of the large- spring fish now running . ; It is confidently expected that the summeranglirig will be proper tionably good . — BallinaChronicle . ¦¦ . ' . ' .. ¦ ' ... ' . " ¦

      Bujrnino or the Ocean QoEErr . —Another instance of spontaneous combustion of coal , by which a ; fine vessel , the ; 'Ocean " Queen , belonging to London , upwards of 800 tons burden , was . totally lost , was reported on Monday , at , Lloyds . The unfortunate vessel had a full cargo of Newcastle coal , and waa bound to , Suez , for the supply of tho . Indian steamers . / Ontho 21 st of December , the . captain was informed byoncof the orew . that smoke was issuing forth from tho hole forward , and he suspected , the coal had ignited . The hatches were , at once removed , when instantly flames burst forth ,

      and every effort made to subdue them proved unavailing , Thojshipwasthen in lat . 22 , 30 south , and Ion . 53 east , some , 700 or S 00 miles' distant from land . The crew , after nn unsuccessful attempt to confino the fire to thehold , " were compelled to take to the boats , and after enduring much suffering they were picked up by a French homeward-bound ship , 400 miles from " the spot where the Ocean Queen was burned . They- were safely landed at the Mauritius . By a recent return there appears to have been no fewer than fourteen ships destroyed by fire from similar cause during the last four years , . ¦

      Irish Catechism . —Question-. —Who were the last representatives of Majesty in this country ? Answer ; — " Tho turnip-feeding Hardwicke , " " the drunken Richmond , " "the , dancing-master Whitworth , " " tho mangolwurzel Talbot , " " the spindle-shanked ,. rouged ; and Hessianed Wellesley , " " the gun-brig - and Algerine Anglesey , " " the trunk-making Northumberland , " " the shave-beggar Leveson Gower , " tho shin-of-beef De Grey , " " the humbug Heytes- bury , " tho cut-thrOat Castlereagh , " "the Orange i Peel , " " the swivel-eyed Goulburn , " "the scorpion-1 Stanley , " and " the butcher Clarendon . "—Times of ; Tuesday .

      The Window Taxing of Lodging-houses . — As-i at present regulated , the Window-tax ' falls particu- . larly heavy on model lodging-houses . A house > having less than eight windows'is . exempted from t duty . ; a house having eight windows pays nearly r 2 s Id . for each window ; beyond that number , riofc i only is each window bhargeable , but tho rate of E tax per window increases with the number ^ thus a i model lodg ing-house having 100 windows would be i charged £ 29 8 s . Cd ., that is , at the rate ' of no less J than os . 10 d . per window . The immense produce a Ofthe Window-tax is the ! objection to its repeal ; . ; but in the spirit of tho . act itself , lodging-houses 3 on a large scale for the . labouring classes should be a exempted from duty . Distinct chambers in the inns- S of court are so ; so are those in universities and in a public hospitals , as also houses divided into different it tenements , . being distinct properties .

      Tub new Act respecting Brick . Duties . —The o new act , to repeal the duties and drawbacks ot ') t ' excise on bricks ( 13 th Vic , cap . 9 ) , which received d the royal assent on Friday , was issued on Monday , j From and after the passing of tho act ( the 17 th ih inst . ) , ; all the duties and drawbacks of excise onm bricks ; and ' also tho act 2 and 3 Vic , cap . 24 , 4 , relating to bricks , aro declared to be repealed , d , except as to arrears and penalties in respect thereof , if . A moiety of the duty charged on bricks is to be al-tllowed to makers on stocks in their possession when en the act was passed ; and purchasers of bricks under er contracts niade before the 27 th of March last are to to bo allowed by the . seller an abatement from tha tie price thereof equivalent to the duties from which Jh the latter is relieved , and to allow tho same to the be persons with whom they have contracted . The Convict Annette Myers . —This criminal , J , who was convicted at the Old Bailey in , 1848 of the ie

      murder of Henry Ducker , a Guardsman , by whom m she' had been seduced , by shoting him in St . lt . James ' s-park , and sentenced to death by the Lordrd Chief Baron , was , upon the commutation of that at sentence , and tho substitution of the punishment of of transportation for life , ordered by the Secretary of of State to be imprisoded in tho Westminster Bride-lewoll for tho space of two years . That period having Qg expired " on Saturday , tho prisoner was removed ed from the Bridewell to the Millbank Penitentiary , y , preparatory to the sentence of transportation being ng carried into effect , and she will bo . sent amongst jsfi the next batch of convicts to Van Diemen ' s Land . id . Hor health is now much improved ; but during the ha first part of her imprisonment she suffered veryiry much , aiid . was continually , in tho deepest grief andnd melancholy . It was at one time thought that her ler reason was affected , but-the authorities hav . e satis-iiafied themsel ves that such is not the case ..

      Extraordinary Blast of Rock . —At the Silverrer Mine Lime-works , Linlithgowshire , 3 , 700 tons of oft stone were recently raised at one blast . The quan-antity of powder used to detach this immense weightghti of stone was five cwt . This ,- we .. believe , is thothoi most extraordinary blasCof rock which ' has everver been effected in Scotland .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 25, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25051850/page/5/