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      Reaction On The Continent. Louis Napoleo...

      rerolntionary activit y of the old world . The powerful elements which , in former times , iave scattered successive dynasties like fiea lards in a storm , have not lost their force The Tery attempt to repress them will , in the s ^ d , augment it , and anew and more terrible exp losion will visit with jost retribution those who have undertaken the dangerous and futile task of making Frenchmen slaves . They have screwed down the safety valve , increased the pressure , and placed themselves on the ton of ihe boiler—their fate awaits them .

      In every other directionon the Continent the desperate determination of the monarchs and ruling authorities to maintain despotism at all fcanxds , is equally ohvious . At Rome , acts of outrage are daily committed which make ihe blood boil with indignation . Arrests are effected b y the sbirri at all hours of the night , and insults perpetrated at all hours of the day . Even women are not safe from the blood-hounds . The correspondent of the

      Daily News , writing on the 18 th , says : " The attention of the loungers on the Piazza . Colonna was yesterday attracted by the unusual spectacle of fifteen or twenty women , who were oeing escorted to prison , and who hid their faces for shame , as they crossed the public square . " The " shame" belonged to the ruffians who escorted these women , and to the yet greater villains by whom they were set in motion . The King of Prnssia has commenced

      a crusade against the Liberal Press , by means of which , under colour of law , not a single newspaper of progressive principles will be allowed to appear . At " one fell swoop" he has annihilated the Press ; and , not content with dooming his subjects to intellectual darkness—as far as instruction in their own journals is concerned—he is so terribl y afraid of the slightest spark of light among them , that even the English Punch is proscribed I We presume that this is by way of showing his

      g ratitude for the narrow escape he had ftom the pistol of Sefeloge . Perhaps he imagines it will make his life more secure in future , and tend to make him rei gn in the hearts of his Jjeople ! If so , ^ hai . a very singular people the Prussians must be . The affection of Titania for Bully Bottom , with his assume ears , was not more glaringl y preposterous than such -an attachment . Does the King repent it ? Or is it not more likel y that violent repression vill be followed b y as violent revenge ?

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      Receipts Of The National Land Company. F...

      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Fob xbk Week Ekdisg Thubsdat , Jose 27 th , 1850 . SHARES . £ a . & ^ r . Clinch , Witney . 151710 W . Ddcon , C . Dons , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Gbatb . Fin . See .

      THE H 05 ESTY FU 5 D . deceived by W . Bora .-R . Minna and W . S ., Sew Leeds , aear Bradford is—Democrat , Chepstow Is 6 d—Hoddersfield , per M . Eastwood 2 s 3 d—Todmorden , per W . Bobinson 15 s—Mr . Morris . North Shields 11—James Taylor , Glasgow 5 s—William Taylor , Glasgow 5 s—Alexander Hannah , Glasgow 3 s 6 d—Kobert M'lsck , Glasgow Is . Received by John Aisott ( per 6 . Julian Harney ) . —Alexandria , per James M'Intvre 10 s . jf & d . EeceJvedbyV . Bider .. .. 216 3 Received by John Arnott .. 0 10 0

      Total £ 3 6 3 AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Beceived by Joss Assort . —Cheltenham , per J . Hsmmin 3 s 6 d—Collected at John-street 2119 s UJd—Cards at John street 6 s 54—Thorpe 8 s—Kewcastle-npon-Tyne , per M . Jnde 5 s 9 d—Emmett's Brigade , per J . Blake 2 s—J . Crawford , Old Cunmocfc 6 d—J . B . Brien Is—John Shaw Is . Eeceived by W . Bides . —Todmorden , per W . Bobinson 3 s . TO EXEMPT & JONES FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by Jobs Assort ( per G . Julian Harney } . —Alex nana , per J . M'lntyre 10 .

      FOR MRS . JONES . 1 Received by Jobs Absott ( per G . Julian Harney ) . —Aleiaadria , per J . M'lntyre 1 Z . FOR OR . M ' DOUALL . Received by Johs Absott . —A few Friends of the Edinburgh League of Progress , per H . RoMnsomSs . Received oy TV Bideb . —HnddeiEfield , per J . Emsallos . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by Joes Aesott , Secretary- — West End " vTomais * Hen Meeting , at the King and Queen , Foley-^ etreet , per Mr . Marsden 23 s 3 d—South fcondoa HaD , after a lecture by Rufifey Ridley 2 s 6 d—Mr . Side ' s Book , per J . Dron Is 3 d—Alexandria per J . M'Intjre ( per G . Julian Harney ) 10 a .

      FOR MR- HOOPER . Received fey John Arnott—Staljhridge , per ffm . Hul , 10 s . The above item was acknowledged last week in the Star as for Mrs . M'Douali , whereas , instead of It , it should bave been 10 s . for Mrs . M'DonalL Mr . Hooper will oblige ¦ by forwarding his address to John Arnott MRS- SHAW Received by Jo ! m Arnott—Mr . Lucas , Marjlebone , 6 &—Hr . Hancock , Ditto , 6 d—Mr . Highley , Ditto , 3 d .

      The Wossnto Tailohs * Association, 34, C...

      The Wossnto Tailohs * Association , 34 , Castlesibeet , Oxford-street . —We recently had the pleasure of visiting the spacious premises occupied or this " model" industrial association , when , with his usual urbanity , the enterprising manager of the ¦ establishment , Walter Cooper , did us the honour to ahow ns over the various departments . The cutting department comprises two rooms , with foldingdoors , forming one large and elegant saloon , and is situate at the front of the premises . In the rear is a commodious building , two stories high—tfaegrcund floor of which is intended for a lecture-hall , and will shortly befitted up with the necessary appurtenances . The first and second floors are occupied as workshops , in which we found some thirty men

      employed . These shops are well ventilated , lighted , * c . have water laid on , and are supplied with basins , towels , soap , < fcc . The stoves for heating the irons , used in the trade , are also most conveniently placed , and the necessaries and comforts of the men seem studied in every particular . A library is also in course of formation ; from the list of books already presented we find it embraces history , science , politics , light reading , & c , and the manager informed us that a friend had just pre--seuted the association with the whole of Soakspeare ' s works , and that he had promises of many more excellent and erudite works . We were pleased to hear that no sectarian dogmatism prevails , but that the mind will here find free scope tor the exercise of its judgment on all things pertaining to the comfort and future well-being of the whole human family . It is also pleasing to find that

      these men , who have started with the idea of becoming masters of the whole product of their industry , work most harmoniously together , and that , in ashort time , they will be enabled to pay off the -capital advanced to start them in business . As we have previously stated , we found some thirty men at work ; they have more trade than they can con . vientlydo , and that , too , of the very best description , supplied by aristocratic and , we may add , a branch of the royal family . Some of the noble visitors and patrons make curious inquiries , and appear much surprised at the intelligence and intellectual superiority of working men . As Mends and advocates of the order of in dustry we most cordially wish success to " The Working Tailors' Association , " and trust it may stand as a beacon to light the way to the thorough emancipation of industry from the trammels of capital and competition .

      PfiiGHiFCi Accidest . — M . Amelot , an exmagistrate , has addressed a letter to the Gazette 4 , ts Trihmaux , correcting some of the details given IB the journals of the dreadful accident which occurred to Madam Bruere , in a diligence on the Lyons railway . He says that neither Madame Bruere , nor her husband , nor her maid , who occupied the ampe of the diligence , had , as erroneously stated , any chemical matches or any spirits of wine , but that the fire must have been * caused by a lighted cinder from the locomotive falling on the truck oo which the diligence was placed ( this truck was very near the locomotive ) , just under the floorin ? of the coupi . He says that M . and Madame

      Bruere had experienced a smell of burning , when all at once the maid saw a dame just nnder her mistress ' s feet . She pulled her away , but at the same moment her mistress ' sgown caught fire . M . Bruere shouted from the window " Stop , stop !' bnt it was five minutes before the train pulled up , and then it was ascertained that Madam Bruere was burnt to death . The writer of the letter suggests that for the future diligences should not be placed near the locomotives , and next , that a cord should be attached to an alarm-bell , as in Germany , or some other means should be established to enable passengers to have the train stopped in case of accident .

      Axuosphbbic HiTKAsraa . —A . whirlwind visited « hoy-field on the farm of lard Braybrook , near Saffron Walden , on Tuesday , and rather astonished ihe troop of haymakers , by hurrying off part of the material upon which they were lohouring , carrying it in fantastic shapes over the tops of the tall trees , and . depositing some of it hclf a mile oh * . —Essex & nZd . - . , _ - Himjressis like wealth ; as soon as we begin Co nurse and care for it , it is a sure sign of its & emgm * precariQw atete .--jEfca CtofcWwrnaf .

      Liberation Of Dr. M'Douall . To The Edit...

      LIBERATION OF DR . M'DOUALL . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB SOHTHEBJf stab . am , —In the last Star you hare very pronerlv put a query at the top of my letter ^ the communication of Mr ^ Costine nn doubt confusing the question of my liberation . The facts of the case are as Mows : —Mrs . M'Douali wrote to Sir George Grey , stating tne death of my child , and representing the illness of the others . The Secretary of State then wrote to the magistrates , informing them that thegovemment , under the circumstances mentioned in the «^ r—which they transmitted und er cover to Kn-kdale—were not desirous of detaining me in prison ! The magistrates sent back a favourable answer and Sir George Grey replied with a discharge unconditionally . Ifo one ever mentioned or dreamt of any conditions being attached to my liberation . '

      The magistrates thought bail would be required , but I told them that , as the Judge had given me no sureties to find nobody else could impose any . I am therefore , perfectly free in every sense of the word . The commi ttee who have been acting in my behalf in Liverpool will wind up their afiairs this week , and will have settled all matters before this letteris printed ; therefore , all future communications may be addressed to me , Post-office , Manchester . I shall have removed to that town before this letter reaches you , consequently any further correspondence between me and the Liverpool committee would be very inconvenient to me . I do not believe that any of the parties who have subscribed for my family , or done anythine material for their

      advantage , desire me to particularise their names , or administer to them any soft adulation . I believe that all honest men consider it their duty to aid and assist the families of the victims . I can safely say that I shall always consider the families of au political prisoners as having a claim upon me , and 1 shall pay it on every occasion . I regret deeply the necessity for support to my family , but the necessity being removed , I can only thank those who have really aided them , and wish well to those who would have done so , but could not . I intend communicating my views on all questions through a weekly periodical , bearine my own name

      and printed in Manchester . So one need expect me to afford thsm any opportunity of making attacks upon person ? , but , as far as principles are concerned , there shall be always an open column . I have now only to repeat , that I shall Join no party or faction ; that I am averse to the life of a lecturer ; and that after a brief tour , 1 mean to refirj from the talking arena , and confine myself to the pen and the lancet . I mean no competition with other publications , or with other men , farther than , circumstances may naturally effect , but I shall neither shrink from it , nor fear the result when it comes .

      Yours in the cause , P . M . M'Douali Kirkdale , June 24 th , 1850 .

      DB . M'DOUALL . to tub xsnoB or ins kobthbrk stab . Dkab Sib , — -I observed an article in last week ' s Star , headed with the question , " Is Br . M'Douali restored to his family or not ? " together with my letter that he was not . This may appear contradictory , and , in explanation , I beg to state that Mrs . M'Douali requested the committee to call in all funds for the . Doctor ' s Testimonial , as he was only awaiting bail . Bail was procured from Manchester , and they waited upon the Governor of the Gaol on Wednesday , the 12 th , but the Governor said he was waiting an answer from Sir G . Grey . It appears that Dr . M'Douali was liberated on the 13 th , from his letter bearing that date on the post-mark ; he , however , not having made that known for some time , was the cause of my letter .

      Tours truly , . L . Costisb Liverpool , June 35 th .

      As Appeal Prom The Committee Of The Lace...

      AS APPEAL PROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE LACEY FUND TO THE GENEROUS PUBLIC . Fellow Cousirtmen , —TVe entreat your attention to the ease of Martha Lacey , wife of William Lacey , one of the Chartists convicted at the Old Baily , at the September sessions , 1848 , and sentenced to transportation for life . When we consider on the one hand how many causes operated previous to the conviction of William Lacey , if not to justify , at least to extenuate his offence , and how entirely disproportioned was the punishment inflicted on him ; on the other hand it will not be difficult to engage your sympathies on behalf of his wife and her six children , who are now endeavouring to join him in Australia . This appeal is made to all parties indiscriminately , with a full and entire confidence in the

      benevolence of a British public . The committee , therefore , submit this address , with a view to raise a fund , by public subscription , to enable Martha Lacy and family to join her husband . Fejlow working men , we entreat of yonr co-operation , not only in London hut in every locality in the British empire , to exert yourselves In this humane and laudable undertaking . Signed by the Committee , H . Argue , E . Booth , W . Hunt , C . Young , E . Parkes , P . Hanley , G . Hill , T . Crow ,

      W . Rogers , L . Barron ; George Wilks , Chairman ; John Sewell , Esq ., Treasurer ; Henry Wilks , Secretary , No . 2 , Rockinghamrow , Kent-road , Surrey . The committee meet every Sunday evening at eight o clock , at the Two Chairmen , Warflonrstreet , Soho . AU communications to be addressed to the secretary , Henry Wilks , 24 , Rochesterstreet , Westminster , London , who will furnish every information . All ¦ monies and Post-office Orders to be made payable to the treasurer , John Sewell , Esq ., at the Branch Office , Bow .

      . National Charter League. On Sunday Eve...

      . NATIONAL CHARTER LEAGUE . On Sunday evening last a meeting of this body was held at their room . No . 5 , Snow-hill , City . Mr . E . Nobbs occupied the chair . The chairman opened the proceedings with a few remarks laudatory of the principles and policy of the League . ^ A spirited discussion then ensued upon the question , "Is the Irish Alliance entitled to the support of the reformers of Great Britain ? " Messrs . Hobden , AUnutt , Clark , and M'Grath took part in the debate , which was adjourned till Sunday evening next , at eight o clock . It is expected by the council of the League that some of those Irishmen , whose hopes still cling round their fatherland , notwithstanding its abasement , will be in attendance to state their views as to what should he done to promote its weal , and to secure for it its proper position amid the nations of the world . On Tuesday evening , June 25 th , a meeting of the National Charter League was held at the

      Boar ' s Head Inn , Duke-street , Stamford-street , Lambeth , when a deputation from the council attended to explain the principles and objects of the League . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Dixon and Clark , in favour of a sound agitation in favour of the enactment of the People ' s Charter . An agitation at once conciliatory and proselytising in its character , and by that means to gather together the good men of every class to join in the demand for the enfranchisement of the whole male adult population of the united Kingdom . At the close of the addresses a number of members were enrolled , after which the necessary officers were elected , to conduct the business of the branch . It was also agreed that the branch should be called the "Lambeth Branch of the National Charter League . " The branch will meet every Tuesday evening , at the above place , for the purpose of enrolling members , and the transaction of

      busi-Q 6 SS The council of the League met at their room , 5 , Snow-hill , on Wednesday evening , the 26 th inst ., for the transaction of business , which having been gone through , Mr . Dixon reported from the meeting in Lambeth , and the formation of a branch there , a letter , containing a donation to the funds of the League , and approval of its objects , from C . Jones , Esq ., of Denmark-hill , was then read , and ordered to be placed on the minutes of the League . The meeting was then adjourned to Wednesday evening next .

      The Poet's House, Bubns'-Street.—In Brit...

      The Poet ' s House , Bubns ' -street . —In Britain the instances are rare indeed in which the dwellings of eminent poets . are exposed for sale by public competition ; yet , -fts will be seen by an advertisement , such is the mercantile fate that awaits , on the 3 rd proximo , the house in which the author of " Tam o' Shunter" lived aud died . When a circumstance very similar occurred in England relative to Shakspeare ' s house in Stratford-on-Avon , such was the aversion to see a shrine so hallowed , devoted to the common purposes of traffic , that a number of gentlemen generously stepped forward in defence of the Muses and their greatest representatative ever cast in mortal mould , paid the p rice demanded , and thus rescued from desecration in all time coming , an abode , however humble , viewed in

      reference to Californian products , priceless in association beyond even the palaces of the great . And two years ago , we were fed to understand , that certain gentlemen in Dumfries contemplated paying the same compliment to the home in which the Bard and his exemplary spouse , "bonnieJean , " closed their eyes in death ; and if the admirers of posthumous renown , wide as the world itself , are still bent on the performance of an endearing duty , now or never , we beg to say emphatically , is the time for action . —Dumfries Courier . It is noted , as the origin of the term haberdasher , that a " berdash " was a name anciently given in England tbaTaort of neck-dress ; aud the person whlmadeor sold such »« k-oWs was called a "berdaeher , " Hence the present term "hafter . duter . "

      Police

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      Lambeth. —Tab Alleoio Murder And Robbkrt...

      LAMBETH . —Tab Alleoio Murder and Robbkrt at Clapham . —After the night charges had been disposed of , Mr . Maddle , the owner of the house in the Wandsworth-road , which so recently occupied the attention of the public as the scene of an alleged murder and robbery , waited upon Mr . Elliott to answer the complaint of a female , who stated herself to be the only daughter , of the alleged murdered housekeeper , for detaining the clothes and other property belonging to the unfortunate deceased . —Last week a young woman attended before Mr . Elliott in company with an e rly female , who alleged that after the funeral of Mr . Maddle ' s housekeeper application was made to him b

      y them for the restoration of the clothes of deceased , which Mr . Maddle , however , refused to give up . In consequence of such refusal on his part , the magistrate sent an officer with them to see him on the subject . He still persisted in retaining them , and intimated his intention of attending at this court to answer the complaint . As soon as the case was called on , Mr . Maddle arose and stated that he was very sorry that the unfortunate affair which had occurred in his house should be again brought , before the public . His reason would be quite sufficient to satisfy his worship why he detainedthe property . The young woman in question was an illegitimate child , and had no ri ght whatever to the property , especially

      when there was a son who might administer to the property . —Mr . Elliot declined to interfere further in the case and Mr . Madle left the court , asserting that he should still retain the property of his deceased housekeeper until he had a proper certificate drawn up in a legal manner . " MARLBOROUGH-STREET . -A Botfian .-G . Jackson , a butcher , residing at No . 9 , Market ^ street , Newport-market , was charged with assaulting his wife Susan Jackson . —Police constable 182 C deposed that on Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , he was called to No . 9 , Market-street , where he found the prisoner ' s wife lying . on the landing of the stairs in a state of insensibility , with blood Sowing from her mouth . Witness procured water

      some , and sprinkled it over her face , and in the course of af ew minutes she was so far recovered as to tell him that the prisoner had inflicted the injuries she was suffering from . As the woman gradual ! j got worse , witness procured assistance , and conveyed her to Charing-cross Hospital . Witness produced the surgeon ' s ceftlaeato , which set forth that the injured woman was not in a fit state to attend at court . —The prisoner in defence said his wife was a most incorrigible drunkard , and was in the constant habit of pledging both his and his children ' s things , and spending the money in drink . He caught her in a state of intoxication on Saturday night , and certainly did correct her—Mr . Bingham remanded the prisoner . Ladv Traps . —A lady asked the advice of Mr . Bingham in the following case . She saw in a shop

      in Oxford-street , a mantle marked a guinea , which suited her , and she went in and bought it . She put down the guinea , but she was told she must pay another half-guinea , as the price was a guinea and a half . She declined taking the mantle at that price , and requested to have her money returned . This was refused , and she was compelled to pay the halfguinea . As she conceived she had been imposed upon she wished to know if she had any mode of obtaining redress?—Mr . Bingham said a magistrate could render no assistance , but he had no doubt she could procure redress at the County Court . —A second lady made a precisely similar statement ; but the occurrence took place in another shop in Oxfordstreet , the number of which was not stated . The lady said she had been terrified into giving the additional price . —Mr . Bingham gave this lady the same advice as he had given to the first lady .

      CLERKENWELL . —Cbusltt to Animals . —T . Wombwell , a cab proprietor , residing in East-place , Hoxton , was charged , at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . — Defendant had sent out a driver with a horse and cabriolet , when he discovered . a most shocking wound on the back of the animal . He called the attention of the police to the state of the animal , and he left the defendant ' s service . —Witnesses were examined to show that the wound was hi ghly inflamed , and that blood issued from it , and that defendant must have been fully aware of its condition . Mr . Thomas , the secretary to the society , was applied to , and the present proceedings were instituted . —Mr . Tyrwhitt said it was a most proper

      prosecution , and he fined the defendant 5 s ., and ordered him to pay costs . J . Powell , a carman in the employ of Mr . William Cooper , carrier , of the City-road , was charged with cruelty towards a horse . " The prisoner was seen driving a horse and heavily laden cart , xlt had two sores on its back , and the friction of the harness caused the blood to run from them . The animal was in great agony , and the society felt it to be a duty to prosecute . —Mr . Cooper admitted that the horse had had a sore on his back , but he had paid a veterinary surgeon to attend to it , and he bad not given his sanction to take the horse out in the state described . —Mr . Trywhitt said it was wilful negligence and cruelty on the part of the prisoner , whom he fined 10 s . and costs .

      Assault on tub Police . —James Chiswcll and Thomas Ball , well known to the police , were placed at the bar before Mr . Tyrwhitt , charged with havinng been concerned in a brutal assault upon William Harding Penfold , No . 233 , N division , by which he is so seriously injured that his life is in danger , and also with having stolen a police truncheon . It appeared from the evidence that oh Sunday night last , at about eight o clock , the prisoners , in company with another man , entered the house of Mr . Smith , landlord of the Sing ' s Arms , fiarnsbury-road , Islington , intoxicated , and called for some liquor , but being known as having before misconducted . themselves , they were refused , on which they became outrageous , and defied and threatened Mr . Smith . They then drew the liquor for themselves , which induced Mr . Smith to call in the police ; Penfold , the injured man , remonstrated with them to no purpose , and on taking out his

      staff to protect himself , the prisoner ChisweU rushed upon him , seized his staff , struck him on the head , and knocked him down in a state of insensibility . He was afterwards beaten and kicked . The prisoners and their companion made off , but being pursued , the p risoners were apprehended and locked up in the station house . Their companion escaped . A surgeon ' s certificate was produced , which stated that Penfold had received severe injury and was in danger . The prisoners said nothing in their de ' fence , but seemed to treat the affair with indiffe rence until Mr .. Tyrwhitt intimated to them that they stood in a very serious position , and if the injured officer happened to die in consequence of the injuries he had received—which was not at all improbable— they might be indicted for murder . The prisoners then changed their tone . —Mr . Tyrwhitt remanded them for a week , with instructions to the police to trace and apprehend their companion if possible before the next examination .

      THAMES . —Assault on the Police . —William Finnis , alias Finney , an Irishman , of'No . 2 , Westrow Limehouse , was brought before Mr . Yardley ; charged with rescuing a prisoner , and assaulting James Jackson , a police-constable , 263 K , by striking him on ihe head with the staff of policeconstable James Whitings , 424 £ , whom he was also charged with assaulting . Both constables appeared to have been most grievously injured . Jackson ' s face was much disfigured , and there was a severe cut aross his nose . The top of the head was covered With plasters , and he was in a very weak state from loss of blood . —Mr . Yardley sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment .

      As Isforiated CONSTABLE . —John Horrigan , 173 H , was charged with being drunk and cutting and wounding a brother constable , named Moseley , 117 H , who officiates as gaoler at the Leinan-street station house . He at the same time wounded his inspector , Mr . Forbes , who . appeared at the court with his arm in ' a sling . —SergeantJackson , 11 H , stated that between two and three o'clock on Tuesday morning , while going his round of inspection , on arriving at New-street , Commercial-road , he saw the prisoner in conversation with a woman , and on coming up perceived that he had been drinking , and was unfit for duty . The sergeant ordered him to proceed at once to the station house ; but , instead of obevine the instructions , he at once drew

      his truncheon and exclaimed in a tone of terrible excitement , " If you touch me , you villain , 111 knock your head off : and , if that won't do , I have a knife in my pocket . " Witness having obtained the assistance of Kelly , 130 H , succeeded in taking him to the station . Whilst speaking there to Inspector Fortes , witness saw the prisoner , who was crouched up near the door , deliberately take a Knife out of his pocket and open it . —Moseley ( the wounded man ) rushed upon him and sei 2 ed his arm , buthe turned wildly round and made several cuts with the knife at his captor ; one of the blows inflicted a deep wound on the inside of Moseley s left thigh —Mr . Thomas Meeres , divisional surgeon , said he had examined Moseley , who had several marks of aknife upon him ; one serious and severe wound on the inside of the thig h was three inches in

      depth and one inch and a half in length , moseiey was unable to attend to give . evidence .-The prisoner , who was still labouring under unusual excitement , was remanded for a week . SOUTHWARD—INTROBUCINO Spirits into the Qdees ' s BKNCH .-J . Montague , an officer ot the Foot Guards , was charged with conveying a bottle of brandy into the gaol , contrary to the rules « p . pointed by act of parliament-Dennis stated that a little after two o ' clock on Saturday afternoon last the prisoner entered the lobby for the purpose of visiting a gentleman of title in the prison , and perceiving something stick out of his pocket , he asked him what he had there , when he pulled forth a bottle of brandy , which ha acknowledged that he intended to have taken to his friend . Witness then took him into custody . —The mag istrate astosd whether wituejs knaw the defendant as hams coaYeyed

      Lambeth. —Tab Alleoio Murder And Robbkrt...

      spirits into the prison before ? Witness replied tnat ho was in the habit of meeting the prisoner aauy and it being known that spirits were conveyed in , suspicion was attached to the defendant . - Ana magistrate asked defendant what answer he bad to make ; to the charga ?_ Defendant said that j ?? told hlm he 8 hou ! d like a little brandy , and not knowing that he was acting contrary to the rul es , he purchased some for the purpose of presently 1 ° - -Th pjagiatrate told him , that aahe nan been in the habit of visiting the prison so often , 2 ? "VyK . - ware ^ at 'h e . was doing wrong , He Should therefore fine him £ S tor the ° offence ? -The di 5 i ,, medla ^ y P 3 id tne money , and was discharged from custody .

      Heartless Conduct or Poon Law Omcim . — inree Irish boys , the eldest not 15 years of iuti l ^ . " ered garments , and in a perfectly destitute condition , were brought before Mr . A'Beckett , navmg been found lying down on the steps of a house in the parish of St . Oiave ' s , Southwark .-Policeman 127 M stated , that while on duty ia the neighbourhood of Tooley-street , between one and two o clock on Tuesday morning he saw the three boys lying asleep together on the ' steps of a door , sum on awaking them he put some questions to them , hJ , Zrn *! l answered V informing him that they nau recently come over from Ireland in quest of work- but not succeeding in obtaining any ^ they were reduced ! to starvation He added that thev

      . also assured him that it was not of their own accord that they came to this country , but that they were phiced on board a vessel at Cork by the parochial officers of the town where they lived , who paid their passage to London , but did not furnish them with the means of support when they'hnded , telling them that as soon as they arrived they would obtain employment and be enabled to live , comfortably . — The three boys , who were without shoes or stockings , and ragged and filth y in appearance , were brought into court . The poor little fellows seemed almost unacquainted with the English language , but the magistrates selected the ' most intelligent lad of the three , to whom he put several questions as to the reason he and his companions left Ireland .

      and the answers will evince the scandalous system adopted by the parochial authorities of some towns in that country in sending over paupers hero and paying a trifle for their passage , so- as to get rid of the burden of their support . —Mr . A'Beckett ( to the eldest boy ) : Where have you come from?—From the county of Cork . —What place »—Duhinanway . I was in the workhouse there . —Mr , A ' Beckett - . Why did you leave that place ? — Boy : Because Mr . Hamilton , one ot the gentlemen there , said that I would get plenty of work and victuals if I left the workhouse and came over to England . — Mr . A Beckelt : Who paid for your passage ?—Boy : Mr . Hamilton , I believe , paid the money . — Mr . A'Beckett : Were there any more boys sent away fron ? the workhouse with you ? — Boy : Yes , Sir ; there were twenty-one boys picked out , and we were all put on board the ship and brought over here as deck passengers . —Mr . A'Beckett : Did they

      supply you with food while on board?—Boy : Yes , Sir , we had some bread given us , but nothing else besides water . — Mr . A'Beckett : Where have you been living since you came to London?—Boy : In no house , Shv We ' tried to got work , but could not find any one to employ us , and so we have been wandering about the town sleeping sometimes under the arches of the railway and at other times on the steps of houses near the water side . —Mr . A'Beckett said , he had heard quite enough to convince him of the injurious effects of sending over from Ireland a number of these poor destitute creatures— the parochial authorities of some places in that country being only desirous of getting -rid of them , careless as to what privations they were subjected to afterwards . The magistrate then directed that the boys should he taken to the workhouse of the parish in which they were found destitute , in order that they might be relieved and : passed over to Ireland .

      GUILDHALL . —Extbnsitk Robbebt . — H . R . Macklin , H . Osborne , M . Macklin , S . Brown , and S . Paul were brought up on remand , charged with stealing a gold chain , value twenty guineas , a quantity of plate , jewellery , and wearing apparel , also a very valuable collection of Roman cameos , and other articles of vertu ^ the property of Mrs , J . Pyncenfc , now travelling in Italy . —Dr . Tilt , of York-street , Portman-square , said he had , according to the request of Sir Peter Laurie on a former examination , written to his . sister-in-law , Mrs .

      Pyncent , at Florence , but he did not expect an answer for at least a week or two . Mrs . Pyncent has sisters in England who probably might identify the property , or portions thereof . —The officer here suggested that Mary Macklin should be put in the witness box against the other prisoners , as he thought it would be quite impossible to carry the case any-further , unless this was done . —Alderman Salomons said he could not consent to a proceeding of that kind , unless by the express wish of tho party desirous of making a confession . —The prisoners were then remanded , till that day week . -

      MANSION HOUSE . — Allkoed Fraud dt an Omnibus Conductor . —John Thorp , an omnibus conductor who had been previously charged , with baring attempted to defrsmd Mr . Griffith , of Bnsinghall-street , by substituting a counterfeit half crown in the place of a genuine piece , appeared for final examination before Alderman Garden . The evidence showed that Mr .: Griffith had handed a genuine half-crown in payment of his fare to the defendant ; that the defendant said the money was bad , and handed to the prosecutor a bad halfcrown ; and when the prosecutor refused to be robbed by such a manoeuvre , called him a smasher , said he got his living by passing counterfeits , and threatened to give him in custody for the offence .

      The proprietor of the omnibus , who is weil known as a respectable man , appeared before the alderman , and gave a most excellent character of the defendant , who he said was . hot only remarkable for civility , but had never before been under any circumstances complained against . —Alderman Garden : I consider the case to be an extremely bad one , inasmuch ; as the conductor not only attempted to cheat the prosecutor , but insulted " him by making a disgraceful charge against him in the public street . I entertain not the slightest doubt that such a punishment should be inflicted upon tho defendant as would operate as an example to those of the same class who attempt similar frauds upon the public , and check him in what , perhaps , has

      been merely the commencement of a- base system , but if I send the case for trial to the Central Criminal Court , Mr . Griffith will not only be put to much , trouble , but to much expense , as it happens to be one of those for the prosecution of which the expences are not allowed by law . I have been considering whether I ought not to direct the City solicitor to take it in hand . However , the character which the defendant ' s master has given of him , and the claims which the defendant ' s wife ahd children naturally possess , induce me to endeavour to protect the public by a course more lenient ' but I trust likely to , prove not less efficacious .,, My sentence is , that the defendant be committed to Bridewell to hard labour for fourteen days , and that his license be suspended for one month . .

      Assault and a False Charge . —A man named Edward Nbwlan , was charged under the following circumstances : —A few nights ago , as a poor hardworking man was returning home from his daily labour , he was met by the prisoner , who walked up to him , and asked him what drink , he was going to stand , and upon being refused treat , struck him violently in the face and knocked him down . The poor labourer upon getting on his . legs determined to complain to the police , and with that object followed the prisoner , who began to move away quickly , hut finding that he was pursued , suddenly turned round , and in the presence of . a policeman , charged his pursuer with having stolen a half-crown . The prisoner , was bound over at the

      station-house in the sum of £ 10 to appear against the labourer , but on Saturday last , when he was to have appeared before Alderman Garden to prefer the charge , his name was called in vain ., The . Alderman immediately discharged the labourer , and directed that the person who had made the false accusation , should be as soon , as possible taken into custody . The police succeeded in apprehending the prisoner , and the whole case was gone into , and , to the evident satisfaction of all present , Alderman Garden not only severely reprimanded the assailant , but sentenced him to hard labour in Bridewell for three \? eekB , in default of the payment of the penalty of £ 110 s . Shipwrecked Sailors and their WAOES .-rArthur Scott ( mate ) , Gilbert Spence , Francis , Henderson ,

      Richard Birch , and John Taylor , seamen of the barque , Jane Lockhart , lately lost at sea , appeared before Alderman Gibbs , and desired humbly to lay their caiee before the Lord Mayor . They were accompanied by a clerk from the office of the Society for the Protection of Shipwrecked Mariners , inBucklersbury , who represented that the secretary to the society was most anxious to know whether the British consul at Malaga was justified in . the course which that . officer , had pursued towards the applicants . '—They stated that their vessel had foundered at sea , near the Island of Abroan ; that they took to their boat , which , however , was stove in on getting out , and was in a sinking state when they were rescued by a Spanish fishing boat , which took them to the island and from thence to Adra , when they

      were conveyed to Malaga , and thence to Cadiz to meet the mail steamer , in which they wereeonveyed to England . They complained that whilst at Malaga in charge of the British consul , that officer constrained tho master to make oat orders for - the balance of pay due to the mate aud each of the crew , which orders the consul insisted they should sign over to him , stating that the Admiralty regulations ordered the appropriation of all wages due to a wrecked crew , for the purpose of paying their passage aud subsistence home ; that on their objecting to the proposition to give up their wages , the consul threatened that if it were not agreed to he would seize the few clothes they had sated , and turn them out in the streets to provide for themselves ; that by the harsh measures thus adopted by the British

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      consul , they found themselves in England without a penny , and under these circumstances they had been advised by the Secretary to the Shipwrecked Fisherman and Seamen ' s Benevolent Society , through whose humane aid they bail been brouglit to . London from Southampton , to state the particulars of their misfortune to the chief magistrate . — Alderman Gibbs : Have you applied to the Merchant Seamen ' s Fund for relief ? The mate replied , that at Southampton the authorities of the Merchant ' s Seainen ' s Fund bad refused to grant them any aid . —AJderman Grbba—What money was due to you at tho time the vessel was wrecked ?—The mate : There were abosfc three pounds due to me . To some of the others there were more arrears due . —Alderman

      Gibba : Have you applied to the owner ?—The mate said they had not made any application to the owner , whosehame was Booth , and who resided at Hackney . But their object in appearing at the Mansion House was to ascertain whether the British consul at Malaga had been justified in the course lie had adopted towards- them in thew distress in a foreign country . —Aldisrman Gibbs having learned from the clerk of tho Shipwrecked Seamen and Mariners' Society that the association was constantly occupied ! in rendering essential service to persons in the eoadition of tho poor men assembled in the justice-room , said he thought the present ease was one in which their interference might do a great deal of public as well as private good . It struck him that a representation of the circumstances should be made as soon as possible to the government , and that it would by that means be speedily ascertained whether tho consul was

      empowered to take from them their wages * for such a purpose . —The clerk to the society said the secretary was of opinion that under these circumstances the consul was not justified , and that the society would willingly be guided by the authorities of the City in obtaining the proper measure of justice for the seamen .-Alderman Gibbs—Very well ; my opinion is that you should go to the Foreign Office and repeat the statement which has been made before me and perhaps restitution will be made ; and it will he also advisable that the owner be informed of the circumstance , ' in ' order that if the conduct of the consul prove to be unwarrantable , the payment of tho order * may be stopped . Much public good may result from the exposure of such a practice . We are not in the possession oi the information that ' a British consul is at liberty to force from shipwrecked seamen , whom it is his duty to send home , the wages which happend to he due to them .

      WORSHIP-STREET . — Attempted Self-destruction . —Frances Walkerj a girl only seventeen years of age , was placed at the bar before Mr . Hammill , charged with the following determined attempt to . destroy herself : —Mary Anne Houghton , a married woman in Grove-street , Bethnal-green , stated , that while engaged in her . household duties at ten o clock on Monday morning she was alarmed by the violent screams of a woman in the adjoining yard , and on hastening out . to ascertain the cause , of them she observed the prisoner ' s sister making strenuous efforts to pullover a water butt , from the top of which the prisoner ' s legs were projecting , her head ; , shoulders , and body being entirely immersed in the water . By their united exertions

      they at length succeeded in tilting over the butt , which was filled with water , and dragged out the prisoner , whose legs were then discovered to be fastened tightly together at the knees by a piece of strong cord .- . She was perfectly , black in the face and apparently lifeless , but upon being carried into the house friction and stimulants were applied for a considerable time , and she at length partially revived , but as she pertinaciously , refused to account for the commission of the act , and there was reason to apprehend that she would repeat it at the first opportunity , if not restrained , a policeman was sent for and she , was given into custody for her own protection . —Sarah Walker , the prisoner ' s sister corroborated the evidence of the preceding witness , and her father deposed that the prisoner had . been for some time past labouring under great mental depression , but he was wholly at a loss to assign any cause for it , and although , she had formerly made

      a similar attempt upon Tier life , from which she was with much difficulty recovered , and had been heard to intimate that she would do so again that morning , he regarded it as an expression of her usual despondency , and was not convinced of her determination until he found her body had been pulled senseless out of the but , and was then lying upon the stones in the yard . —The magistrate tooksome pains in questioning the prisoner , with the view to exact from her the cause of her making so determined an attempt , but she hung down ; her head and maintained an obdurate silence , and Mr . Hammill said , as it would be manifestly unsafe in her present state of mind to allow her to go at large , he should give her an opportunity for reflection , and commit her until that day week to the House of Detention , where the instruction of the chaplain would probably awaken her to a sense of the rashness and wickedness of her conduct . ... i .

      BOW-STREET .. —Attempt at . Suicide bt an Officers' Widow . —A respectably dressed female , of ladyr like appearance , named Catherine Williams , who was stated to be the widow of an officer in the army , was charged with attempting to throw herself into the Thames , . from Waterloo-bridge . —A . Isaacs , living in Drury-lane , deposed that short , after four o ' clock on Monday afternoon , he wa sitting upon the floating-pier at Waterloo-bridge and saw the prisoner disembark from one of the Citizen steam-boats , which came alongside the pier , and proceed up the steps df the bridge . Shortly afterwards witness again saw the prisoner return upon the pier , and she then seemed in a very excited state . Witness watched her , and saw

      her stoop under the chains which are erected on the end of the " . dummy" barge , for the purpose of preventing persons from falling into the river . She appeared as if about throwing herself off the barge , and witness called out to Mitchell , the . pier master , that a female was going to drown herself . ; Witness , who is very small of stature , ran to the prisoner and succeeded in catching hold of her hand as she was about throwing herself off . The prisoner hung over the barge , and would have dragged'witness with her if Mitchell had not rendered his assistance . The prisoner was then taken to the waiting-room of the pier ,: and she frequently said she would drown herself . She said she had lost her purse , . containing upwards of £ 7 , and she

      had not a farthing in tho world . Her purse was safe when she was at London-bridge station ; and while on the boat , a tall man sat down by the side of her , and was very fidgetty near her . She stated that she was the widow of an officer who was killed in India . —Tlie prisoner , who cried bitterly during tho examination of the witnesses , in reply to the charge , said her excited feeelings consequent upon the loss of her money , which left her entirely destitute , caused her to attempt her life . —Mr . Jardinu said he could not release the prisoner unless she had some friends to take charge of her . As she had none , he remanded her . —The prisoner was then removed , almost in a fainting condition , and Mr . Jardine directed that inquiries should be made respecting the alleged robbery of the prisoner ' s

      money .. Brutality bt a Police Constable , —J . Gossney , a coach-painter , whose forehead was severely cut , and covered with , adhesive plaister , was charged with assaulting police-constable No . 94 , E division . —The officer stated that shortly after two on Wednesday morning the prisoner and several young men , who were all drunk , were ejected from the Southampton Arms public-house , a night house for cabmen , in the Tottenham-court-road . They were creating a disturbance and fighting , and when witness interfered , the prisoner struck him several blows upon the mouth , and then ran away . Witness pursued him , but he was apprehended by another constable . —E . Aloore , a respectable

      mechanic , said he had been spending the evening in Houndsditch , and was returning home that morning , when he saw the prisoner running away , followed by the last witness . The prisoner , was caught by another , constable , and when the last witness approached him , he . pulled out his truncheon , and struck the prisoner several most . severe blows on the forehead . The prisoner at that time offered no resistance , and witness , considering it most cowardly conduct , went to the police station , and complained to the inspector . —In answer to a question by the magistrate , Inspector Everard said Moore was quite sober when he complained of the outrage by the constable . —Police-constable No . 77 E , who gave evidence before Moore , had omitted to state that the prisoner was struck by the first witness , on being questioned by the magistrate , corroborated Moore ' s evidence , and added that when he

      caught the prisoner , the constable cama ap and struck him over the left temple , which was . out very severely , and bled . very much . The prisoner certainly ' did not make the lsast resistance . —Constable No . 94 , admitted that he struck the prisoner , but it was in consequence of the prisoner putting his arm out , as if about repeating toe assault upon , him . —Constable No . 77 was again recalled , and denied distinctly thataay resistance was offered by the prisoner . —Mr . Henry said the-: case had now assumed a very different appearance , and looked very much ] like the constable endeavouring to satisfy a fit of vengeance upon the prisoner for striking him . The constable was not justified in inflicting the violence after the . prisoner was secured . . He discharged the prisoner , and directed Inspector Everard ' to report the conduct of the constable ta tlie Commissioners of Police .

      Chaeoe of AmviT Si i Pnocm Sbbvbh . — Ashton Smith , Esq ., a gentleman of considerable property , residing at No . 13 , Hyde Park-gardens , attended by virtue of a summons which had been obtained against him for assaulting J . K . Herring , whose father is a solicitor in Stafford-place , Marylebbne . —Complainant was sent by his father on the morning of the 24 th , to serve Mr . Smith at his reaidence with a writ . He procured an interview with that gentleman after aome delay , and the alleged assault took place when he offered to Mr . Smith the very unpleaeont document of which he wag the

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      bearer , and' consisted in a threat by tho defondant , that ho would give him a thrashing if he brought any more writs to the home . He also held his hand within three or four inches of complainant ' s nose . — Mr . Smith : I deny the truth of the greater part of what complainant has stated . 1 admit having said that I would give him a good licking . —Thefootman and tho butler were ealled , and their evidence , particularly that of tbs-former ( who , however , prevaricated considerably m some instances ) , was contradictory of the moat material portions of complainant's allegation . —The witnesses underwent a severe cross-examination byMr . Herring . — The magistrate ielt that ho should not be justified , lowing to the conflicting nature of the evidence adduced , in convicting defendant , and the summons was therefore dismissed .

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      CoNyicir Adventures . —A circumstance has lately transpired which has exhibited events of no common occurrence . A few weeks since » labouring man was killed on board the Rookery ,. and , to this accident may be attributed the following extraordinary disclosures .- In- My , 1833 , eight prisoners of the crown made their escape from the celony in a small craft belonging to the government . The . little vessel was of about twenty-five tons , and was called tho Badger ;; she was loaded with storss and Christmas supplies , which were to be conveyed to Macqiiarie Harbour . The Badger was maimed by seven prisoners , and was placed under the command of a iman named William Philips , also a convifet , who had ibeen transported for incendiarism in destroying a

      ' ship . Philips had a wife and several children in England , and he' had repeatedly expressed a desire to abscond and- settle in America . Under these circumatancea , the opportunity of July , -5833 , was too favourable to escape ,, and tho vessel was accordingly carried offi ' The absconders were traced to Japan , at which-place they put in for water , but afte ? that nothing was heard of them , and tbey were gives up for lost . What became of them for the first three or four year ? after their escape is not known ; but about that time the Badger suddenly .. visited ' Padstow , , a small sea-port in Cornwall , and Philips , dressed in a ¦ widow ' s habiliments of mournings went oh shore . In this disguise he succeeded- in making arrangements for conveying his wife and family on board , after

      which he immediately put to sea , aud , it is supposed ,, steered for America ; and with his departure fton \ the coast of ( "Jornwall the story of Philips ceases . But the- narrative does not end here . One of Philips ' s comrades , named Lachlan M'Intosb r also longing to' return to his native place , proceeded to Scotland , and being there recognised as an escape ,, was- speedily sent back under sentence of transportation for life . Arrived in-this colony a second time ,, he passed through the various preliminary stages-previous to obtaining an indulgence , and , upon the receipt of a ticket-ofleave ,. he was occasionally employed at the wharf

      in helping to load and discharge vessels . Ho was thus-engaged on board the borque Rookery , when the accidental falling of a block abruptly terminated a life which had often been exposed to dangers a thousand times more formidable and threatening , but which , notwithstanding , had been preserved to be at last laid down in-that country which he loathed .. Such was the end ; of M'lntqsh : what has befallen his seven companions in peril it ia impossible to imagine ? doubtless but few , if any , now survive to record that catalogue of anxiety and suffering incident to the revolution of seventeen years . — Launceston ' s : (? " % » Diemen ' s Land ) Examiner :.

      Wma Thicks .. —Becbpwojf ox ihe Miwstbrs at the House of Commons . — During tho whole of Thursday the principal streets of the metropolis were paraded by men bearingplaonids , calling upon the citizens of Londonto meet ? Eord Palmerston at the House of Commons that evening . Accordingly , at half-past three in the afternoon , a large number of individuals were collected in tho Palace-yard and round the doors of the House of Commons , lining both sides of the way fromPbet ' s-corner to Great George-street . Lord John Russell was the first who arrived , and was received with loud and unanimous cheering . Lord Palmerston arrived at five o ' clock in a close brougham j , and owing to this

      he passed through a great part of the crowd without being recognised . On stepping out , however , he was recognised and saluted with loud cheering from all sides , as well as from numerous members of Parliament who were congregated about the doors of the house . [ Two years agO' it was unlawful for the people to assemble within a mile of the House of Commons to discuss the necessity of , or petition for , a further extension of reform , and an obsolete act was produced to prove the illegality . The Whigs are now in danger , and the people are invited by men bearing large bills , to rush to the'doors of the house , and keep the Ministerial Lords' from tho bleak side of the Treasury . Truly , the case is altered . } ' "' .. '

      Discharge or Mr . Johh Shaw . !—Mr . Cope , the governor of Newgate , attended before Alderman Gibbs on Monday , with John Shaw , who was sentenced to imprisonment for sedition , and produced the original order of the Central Criminal Court , signed by Mr . John ( Mark ,, and the ' original pardon granted , upon condition of recognisances being entered into m the prisoner ' s own name for the sum of £ 100 , and in the names of two sureties for the stun of £ 50 each , that he should keep the pence and be of good behaviour to all her Majesty ' s subjects for the space of five years - The sureties were D- W . Ruffy and John Howard . Mr . Shaw , upon being discharged from custody , bowed to tho Alderman , but did not utter a word . —Daily News .

      SiNSBiAK Will . —We are informed that the lata Miss Margaret Creak , of St . Andrews , in this city , whose death was recorded in our paper of Juno 8 , has left a very singular will , and not so much property as is generally supposed—not more than £ 20 , 000 in value . She has- left Is . each to such of her relations as choose to prove themselves so ; a legacy of £ 20 to one neighbour , and £ 10 to another , and a few trifling legacies of £ 2 : each . She has left £ 50-each to every houseless person in the country above sixty-eight years of age , and all her real estate to found an hospital for aged persons , the hospital to be built and the inmates to be habited as directed . She then gives all personal property to a neighbour , who is appointed executor . It is evident the terms of the will cannot be carried out—the

      property being insufncient .---i ?(> r / oZi Chronicle . Precocious Crime & v Franse . —The Journalde la Haute Loire relates a horrible act of cruelty com ' mitted by a child four years old on an infant of ten months . The little monster being left alone with the infant , seized a knife , and , while it was sleeping in its cradle , cut off its nose and inflicted several severe wounds upon its faee ; . and , after thus mutilating it , covered it with a mask of wood-ashes mixed with water , in order to stanch the flow of blood and stifle the cries of the helpless little sufferer . Meanwhile the mothers of the two children , who were at work in front of their dwellings , attracted by the screams , ran to the spot , and beheld with horror the spectacle before them . The guilty urchin had made his escape , but was soon afterwards found , bis hands dyed in the blood of his victim .

      A Rotal Gist . —It will be remembered by those who have recently visited Windsor that among the many improvements now in progress' in that favoured town is the formation of a new road to Datcbet , intersecting a portion of tho Park on the north side of the Castle , which road' ,, in connexion with a bridge crossing the Thames near Black-pots , now nearly completed , will considerably shorten the distance from Windsor to thah pretty village ; between this road and the Thames there are nearly one hundred acres of tho Home Park , the' whole of which has just been- given up by Her Majesty for the sports and recreation , of tho- inhabitants of Windsor .

      Sift Jamks Brooke . —From & return just presented to Parliament , it appears-that since the 24 th of February , 1847 , to the 1 st ; of February , 1850 , the sum of £ 1 , 321 10 s . 6 d . has- been paid to Sir James Brcoke ,. as the amount-of-his salary at £ 50 ( 1 a-year , as Commissioner and Oonsul-General to the Sultan and Independent chiefs , of Borneo . It also appears , from the accounts of the Government of Labuan , that up to the 3 Ut December , 1848 , ho received- £ 1 , 527 15 s . 6 d .. from that source . The AnouE . Love—WarMi JIeceftion of Visitors , —Five young gentlemen of Bridgewater ,

      anxious for a peep into the mysteries ot the Agapemone , proceeded to that interesting establishment one day kst week , and finding " no admittance except on , business , " commenced an attack on the outer gate with their , walking sticks , when , to their dismaj , instead of the responsive expression of « . ' Who is dat knocking . at the doer ? " f & and themselves surrounded by five- of the brethren armed with hockey sticks and huating-whips . One of the gentlemen , famed for lengthiof limb , made a vapid dap avture ; the others received a aouud thrashing , and were told , with peouliar Princito . politeness , that the sane fate would await them on a similar

      annoyance . Tub Cor , Fishery . . — Our correspondent from Christiania writes , ouithe 7 th June , " The return of the steamer from Hammerfest brings us information up to the 21 st ultimo . They write . that the cod fishery on the east coast of Finmarken promised to be more than usually productive , and that ia consequence no . less than 2 , 50 o boats , manned by 10 , 000 men , had already passed that port on their way to the ftshjng grounds . "—Daily News . Tivertox gaol is at this moment emptx for the

      first time diving ^ the last seventeen years * so that out of a popu lation of ^ , 000 inhabitants there is not now a single felon in custody ; TiiB .. ] jlBPAiJLBBB Ai $ ASSadors . —Afc ' all tho banquets attended by these illustrious foreigners , it is a curious fact that * though seated at the table , they do not partake of food , but remain , passive apecta « tors of the brilliant scene . A . touno man lately died a \ Kirriemuir , from a constant bleeding of the sFever * upon the weakness consequent and the patient died . $ known in tho district .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 29, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29061850/page/5/