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      v-vrVERSARY OF THE POLISH REVOLU-•* $ Sv HORRIBLE CRIMES OFTHERUSg 8 DESPOTISM . xosr by year , ty v ®* 6 or en we have never * 5 j to declare our solemn protest against the < ^ oU 3 wrong done to our Polish , brethren'b y the a ^ Mnberment and enskrement of their country , ? £ he return of the memorable , though ill-fated ^^ ovember , renders necessary the renewal of t ^ protest , did it speak the sentimentaof the " ^ merely , would be of no moment ; butthat pro-* ° jjecames of importance when it sneaks the sentiffl tsofaparty , and makes known thesympathiesand ^ js of the levotationarj aectionof English society , ** .. »; nn whichas snrfi aa time and an ojurtam <> a

      , wh , mil yet be in the ascendant in this country . fn the name , then , of the democratic masses ef risst Britain , whose ideas and hopes weare privi-* S to represent , we declare anew , on this 30 th of vSgnber , 1 S 45 , our unmitigated abhorrence of the Lg tcrhneknownas "the Partition of Poland , " our flense indignation toward the oppressors of that Gantry , our heart-felt sympathy , with our suffering jgothren , and our earnest resolve to aid them by every l eans in our power in promoting the restoration of Mshfreedom and Polishhappiness . ffehave new to place on record in our columns a jjrrative so horrifying in all its details that we Aonld refuse to give credence to its statements did lot experience assure ns that so crime is too

      inodious , no atrocity too hellish , to be perpetrated by & CH 0 US and his barbarous tools , when in pursuit of $ eir darling object , the perpetuation and extension if the slavery and misery of their unhappy victims . Bnt we must add , that the facts we are about to present to our readers are too well corroborated to f-ave even a shade of doubt as to their truth . It appears that in 1 S 37 there still existed in tho cit v of Minsk a convent of humble nuns of the order „ f St Basilins . Their time , like that of the" Sisters ef Charity . " was divided between their religious duties , attendance on the sick , and the education of joor children . Par and wide the suffering and needy tad learned to bless their unassuming benevolence , snd peoplt of all ranks regarded with veneration a

      community , distinguished not by ascetic practices , bat through its active and unwearying philanthropy . Between 1837 and 1845 forty-four nuns perished at the hands of the Russian despotism , out of fifty-eight devoted to duties whose fulfilment appeals so directly to all human sympathies , that a religious sisterhood , analogous to weir own had been spared even during the French reign of terror , which so pitilessly swept avray all social landmarks .. Of the fourteen that remained , eight had either had their eyes torn out or ^ limba broken , and of the other six only four had streng th to attempt , or fortune to effect their escape . The following particulars of this atrocious persecution we give from a work just published , entitled , "Eastern Europe and the EmperorNicholas " : —•

      The Emperor Nicholas , having profited by his influence and privileges in nominating corrupt and ambitious tools to the bishopric of the Basilian communion ( that is to < jv tie Roman Catholics with Greek forms ) , amongst these Senuasho , the bishop of the diocese in which the aorent of these poor nuns was situated , had apostatised ( o tie Greet from the Latin church . Finding that the aeaimassef the clergy , and the whole of their congregation , refused to follow the examples of their chiefs , Rcholas ordered forcible means to be resorted to , and set oifoot a persecution , which caused the females of this religious association great alarm , and induced them to CS tie private influence of their friends in the Russian capital , to be allowed to retire from their convent into the bosoms of their families . Ms boon the Emperor refused , referring them to their apostate bishop .

      Semiasko , after vainly using all his persuasive powers nidi this community , to induce them to pass over to the Sssdan church , showed them alike the threats aud pronaieshe was empowered to make in the name of Nicholas , ari the awful signature appended to a document which { . j mmandedhim to adopt such measures as the interests dreligion might require , to oblige allrecusants to reform . Finding their determination unshakeable , he left them three months to consider the matter ; and then , detaching turn his breast one of the numerous orders with which the Emperor had rewarded his apostacy , he attempted to | . ro it on the bosom of the superior , to whom he held out a M ! ° ; prospect of honours and rewards . These women , it must be remembered , in their devout belief , now saw in their former pastor only an impious seeder from the faith of their fathers . Irena Mieceslas , ( tie superior of the convent , ) therefore , spurning this temptation , said tauntingly to the

      bishop" Keep it , keep it ; it would ill accord with the humble tress which marks my order , and with you it serves to ride a breast beneath which there beats the heart of an ^• estate !* These nuns had been fortified in their , resolution by the exhortation of their confessor , a weak , but probably wfl-meaning man , named Michalewitch . As the persecution became more rigorous around him , Unreen the threats and promises of his bishop , he was influenced to desert to the Bussian communion , and he ks afterwards frequently obliged to take his seat as icanberoi the tribunal which attempted to subdue the iteinacy of these women . It is , however , probable that be yielded more to terror than seduction , for he strove sKrarently to bury his remorse in incessant intoxication ; aaa in this condition he afterwards fell into a pool of truer , where he was drowned .

      Tiireedays after the insulting refusal of the superior U > apostatise , Semiasko came with a detachment of solars to turn the sisters out ofthe convent . Such was tie violence employed—such the terror inspired by the amrant of universal persecution , that a sick nun of their number fell and expired upon the pavement of the cfcapd . Hie remainder ware heavilyironed , hand and foot , and aarched to Titepsk , where they werep lacedin a Russian convent of "black sisters . " These black sisterhoods , which may , in some measure he compared to our penitentiaries , are places of refuge for the widows of private soldiers , and receptacles fur the most disorderly prostitutes .

      Here the thirty-three nuns of St , Basilins , from Minsk , met with fourteen more of their order , transferred from another convent to this abode , where for two years they were kept at hard labour , chained in couples , and exposed to aU the malignity ofthe depraved associates with nhom these women of gentle birth were thus forcibly mingied . IslSSd , all other efforts having failed to shake their resolution , they were transferred to another Russian con-Vent of Mack sisters , in the city of Polock . Here they met with ten more nonconformist nuns of the same irier . The whole number of these women , fifty-seven , "erenow brought up twice a week , on 'Wednesdays and Fridays , before a commission ofthe Russian authorities sad clergy , and flogged before them , receiving fiftj strokes a-piece .

      This was continued for months together , till the "mads upon their backs was an open sore , and that tfaes of the scabs , and then of the raw flesh , adhered to & e instruments of torture . Three of their number died fcaieath this infliction . Ihey were then fed on salt herrings , and refused drink fc favourite Russian mode of torture ) , except on the con-Stisn of apostacy . This punishment , which it appears Uaj found the most difficult to bear , was superseded by a system of starvation . They were only fed once every « lrr day , and driven to eat nettles and the fodder of the <* 2 Tent cattle .

      Tiiey were employed to dig out clay , and not nnderitaadia 5 hgwtoconductanexoavation , theearfhfellinand 'ttned five of their number . With incredible barbarity fce BuEsian authorities not only refused to dig them out , 1 = 4 prevented the nuns from attempting to extricate tfcar companions . They perished in this self-dug grave . Ihe next labour in which the survivors were cm f-cvtd , wasto aid the masons in constructing a palace fa the renegade bishop . Some of thePolish gentry , whese spirit no terrors will ^ ceU , coming to look on , —^ one of their number addressed Sftaewwos ofconsolationtothesepoorwomen . Within twenty-four hours , not only this imprudent individual , bat all those around him had disappeared . Tliefallhig of a wall in the midst of the nuns injured assay , andkflled eight of them outright . A ninth and featfc soon after perished .

      These ten bodies were carried off by the people , and hidden where all the efforts of the Russian authorities failed to discover them . About thisperiod , several monks of St , Basilins were Ironght to the same convent . Their treatment is described as having been more barbarous than even that of * be nuns . Four of these men , Zawecki , Komar , Zile' 1 CZ , and Bnekzvnski by name , all upwards of seventy years of age , were at last , in the full severity of winter , stripped and placed under a pump , where as the water was poured over them it gradually congealed into ice , and froze them to death ; another named the Abbe Laudansld , aged and infirm , whilst staggering beneath a load of firewood , was struck upon the head with such violence by a dnmken deacon that his sknU was fractured , and he died upon the spot .

      It happened that one of these surviving monks of St . Basilins succeeded in making his escape ; and Semiasko , irritated at this incident , resolved to conquer the obstinacy ofthe nuns , and publishing that they were about to read their recantation , caused them to be forcibly led by the soldiery to the portals of the Russian church The curiosity which this announcement caused , led the whole population of the city of Polock to assemble ; notwithstanding the examples which had been made of those who had expressed their sympathy with the sufferers . The apostate bishop , in his episcopal garments , advanc . d towards fe nuns , and bidding the soldiers leave his dear sisters at liberty , spoke to them with paternal kiidness , and offering his hand to their superior , pre . jared to lead her into the church . Irene Jlieceslas then seising one ofthe hatche ' s used by he carpenters who had been working at the reparation of the church , called out to all her nuns to kneel , and addressing Saaiasfco , toft him - » " After having been their shep .

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      hero , to become the executioner ' of these whom he had not alread y done to death , and to strike off their heads before the threshold of that temple ^ which their footsteps would never voluntarily , cross .., - " "¦; . ; . - f . ~ ' .-. '• < \ - . So galling wasthe provocation iofthlir rebuke : to . the Bussian bishop , that unable to contain himself , he struck the superior on the face , and then flung the axe indignantly from him . It chanced in falling to ' wound one' of thearms in the foot ; andamoment after the superior having put her hand to her mouth / which ' was filled with blood , drew out one of her shattCTed teett , - ' ahd ; holdbg it up to him said , "Take it , it will earn you some fresh order from the Emperor . '' , Such was the effect of this scene , that nothing' could restrain the enthusiasm of the people ; and as the nuns were led back by the soldiery , the crowd followed them singing with one accord Hallelujahs and Te Deumtl :

      Such , notwithstanding the repressive terrors , of the Russian authorities , became the feeling ofthe population ofthe city of Polock , that it was fonnd unsafe to continue the persecution of the nuns within its walls , and they were ordered to be removed to the borough of Medzioly , in the province of Minsk . ' """' ' .. This public defeat of the Russian bishop and authorities was , however , revenged oh these poor women by an act of such diabolical malignity as only the most undeniable evidence can render credible . ¦ When the Russian ' soldiers , ' and the newly-made deacons had been rendered drunk with brandy , all these helpless nuns were turned out amongst them as incurably obstinate , to treat as they thought fit , -Then commenced a scene worthy . of pandemonium—theshrieks and prayers of the victims mingling with the oaths , blasphemies , and ribaldry of the crowd , to whose brutal lust they were abandoned . - - " - ' ^ r - •* --

      When the fury of these demons in human form had been exhausted , it was discovered : that . two of these unfortunate females were quite dead . The skull of one bad been crushed By the stamping on the temples of an ironplated heel . The other was trampled into such a mass of mud and gore , that even its human character was scarcely recognisable . Eight others had one or several . bones or limbs broken , or their eyes torn or trodden out : Of the whole number , the superior , ' a woman of iron frame as well as indomitable resolution , fared the , best ; but she was not allowed to attend or console her mutilated sisters except on the condition of apostacy , ' - They were afterwards marched out of Polock by night on foot , and chained two by two , —even those whose eyes had been torn out , and whose hideous wounds were festering . Those whose legs were broken , or who were lamed , were sent forward in carts under the care of Cossacks . -

      A gentleman of Polock , M . Walenkiowitch , having ordered a funeral service to be read for these victims , was seized in the middle of the night and sent to Siberia , his property being confiscated . A monastery of Dominican monks , in another part of the country , -having ventured to pray for them , was immediately dispersed . On reaching Medzioly , the nuns'were again immured in a convent of the black' sisterhood ; and' divided' into four parties . ' Here they were put into sacks , and towed after boats in the water , which was allowed to : rlse to their mouth and nose , - Three more of their number perished in this'manner , either of cold , ' or fear , or drowned by incessant immersion . The'inhabitants : of Medzioly carried off their bodies in thenignt , ai : the earthly coil of holy martyrs which ' men would some day venerate and hold precious . * : ¦ '

      After two more years ' captivity of the fifty-eight nuns ( thirty-four from Minsk , fourteen from Titepsk , ' and ten from Polock ) only fourteen survived , and of these eight were either lame or blind . The superior , Irena Miesceslas , who had fared the test , had an open wound , from which she was obliged to extract with her fingers the carious bones , and which afterwards becoming filled with worms , from want of dress , ing , caused her intense agony . : u >¦• - . - . . - . ? . . At length some relaxation of vigilance having- opened a prospect of escape , this courageous woman persuaded three of her companions to attempt it . withb . er .. In this enterprise these four women all succeeded , enfeebled by disease as they were , and vjithout money or passports , at distance of between 300 and 300 miles from the Austrian and Prussian frontiers . : <

      At the commencement of the present yew , profiting by the scene of riot and drunkenness to which the saint'sday of the protopope of the convent had given occasion , they effected their escape ,- Leaping down a high wall into the snow they alighted in safety , and immediately feU on their knees in thanksgiving . They then separated , to facilitate their flight The superior , in themidst of all the severity of the season , was driven to hide for days together in the woods , without other food than berries , or anything to quench her thirst , but the snow . Once , driven to extremity , she knocked atthe door of a wealthy looking house , and being , received with veneration by its owner , was provided with inoneyi provisions , and a correct map of her route . - She crossed the frontier disguised as a shepherd ; but even then was not in security , as the cowardly government of Prussia gives np even its own subjects to the Czar ,

      It was nottratil she had reached Posen , rn the midst of a Polish population , that she felt in security ; and here she Lad unobtrusively withdrawn to : a convent . of . the . Sisters of Charity , but she was considered too precious , as a living testimony of the horrors daily , perpetrated in that Golgotha which the frontier of Russia' encircles , to be leftinher retirement ,. With her scars , wounds , and personal evidence , she has been wisely forwarded to Paris , where a deputation recently waited on her , to express their sympathy with her cruel treatment . In Posen she wasjoinenbythe sister Tfawrzecka , and shortly afterwards learned that the other two had , in like maimer , escaped the pursuit of the Russian authorities , and been safely forwarded by the zeal of the inhabitants to the Austrian frontier . T : ,

      The above shocking narrative was copied into the Times , the editor of that paper prefacing it with the ohservation- ^ " "We hope and believe these descriptions to be greviously overcharged . " This observation called forth a letter from the author of the work , from which the narrative bad been copied , from which we give the following extract : — The authenticity of the revolting details rest , firstly , on accounts transmitted from the Archbishopric of Posen to Paris , recording the joint deposition , on oath , ofthe nun Wavrzecka and the superior Irena Mieceslas , and establishing the trustworthiness of these deponents ; secondly , on accounts received in Paris direct from Poland confirmatory both of the general features of the case , and of the estimation in which the character of the superior is held in her native city ; thirdly , on the personal evidence of this woman { relating only what regarded herself , and what she had seen with her own

      eyes ) as given by her in Paris , where , till the 10 th of last month , she was residing with the sisterhood of the "Assumption Impasse des Tignes , " Ruedes Postes , a religious community now removed to a new convent at Chaillot , where any inquiries can be made into her story . The facts given by this witness ( who for thirty years has secured the veneration of all with whom she came in contact ) , to the person from whom I hold them , is the . foundation of my statement , Irena Mieceslas was , however , daily called upon to repeat her evidence in Paris , substantiating the personal portions of her narrative , by the ineffaceable scarsandmarks recording the violence of which she had been the victim . On the 9 th of October , the eve of her departure for Rome , where she might have perhaps met facets face with the Emperor Nicholas , she was -induced to make her appearance in Prince Czartorysld ' s drawing-room , and to satisfy the curiosity of a numerous company by a repetition of the atrocities which have been copied into your columns .

      It would be too bad if the very excess of the cruelties of the Russian Government and its agents should , by outstripping the beUef of the civilised world , screen the oppressors from its odium without further inquiry , and avert the sympathy due to its victims . I am , sir , very respectfully , your obedient servant , "Tan Authob or Revelations of Russia . " Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . It appears from an article published in the Journal dcsDebats , a few days ago , that Irena Mieceslas is now in Rome , where her appearance has caused a great sensation . The excitement is so great , that in manv ofthe convents imprecations have been apnended ' to the ordinary prayers , and amongst others

      the following : " A furore Nicolai libera ms , Domme , Jxesa Mieceslas was presented to the Pope , when on hearing an account of her suffering , he affected to doubt that the Emperor could have haoV any knowled ° -e of the atrocities practised towards her and her companions ; but the abbess replied that she had addressed a memorial to Nicholas , describing her sufferings , and that some time afterwards the apostate Bishop SEMUSKOshowed her the memorial , and with it a letter , which he had receivedjn the ^ Emperor ' s handwriting , to the following effect :-- "Holy and Venerable Archbishop , —Tour conduct has been holy and venerable . I approve what you have done , and what you may do . " ., _» . _' .. ' - ¦ .. , „ heartless sheanstocrats

      And now , ye unwomanly ; - , who joined with > ur "lovely and ^ resting . ( Wn that " paragon of a wife and mother , " that " 3 aXraSoB of all the domestic virtues » in feS Jnd ^ rorshipp ing the brutal royal ruffian , SK how will ye answer * 7 ^™ gfr ^ your sex for the foul outrage ye did to both ^ AttempS to shelter yourselves behind thepattrj ^ nlace m-evious to the above horrid tacts Becoming known SeTe abominations are but part and parcel of aTy ' steSfwhich has been longin . 0 ?^ | rthe purpose of utterly extinguishm ^ aj ^ hat is Polish m nationality , religion , mind , ^ , feel f- JSJ that the mothers , wives , and *«^*» . Jfg ^ patriots had been subjected toto « P « ly j similar character . Yeknew that those noble women had h «> r , haniebPd in Siberia , others flogged to death

      with the accursed knout , andi others , stiU more wretched , subjected to the brutal lust of the ruffianly barbarians and slaves who form the armies of » This ye knew ; yet ye thronged T * te <* r f *?™™* ' , andraceconrs ^ to get a look at tho " «^ ellg « ul destrover who had caused these horrors to tall upon your sister women . Oh , shame tc-ye ! Scorn anu retribution light upon ye ! And , Viciobia , too . But ahe " can do no ™ g . " W w m growing wiser ; millions of bearded men will nouor ever be content to be ruled by the things of monarchy . When the day of " settlement" comes , this ; one act of Victoria ' s reign-this feasting andpawning upon the ruffian NicHous-will assuredly be remembered along with the hideous persecution of the nuns ot a J . BAsmvs . ( JbUwiitimH * ' /

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      _ TO THE sniTOK OF XHB NOSTEEBH STAB . ' SiB p-i shall feelvery much obliged if > ou can make room for the inclosed letters in your next publication . , I should not have asked for the insertion of more than the rejected or the mangled letter and my answer , but without the previous correspondence the letter itself would be incomplete , and as all your readers are net readers of the lucubrations of the Cuttle Fish who does the dirty work in the Punning Print , - ! think it but fair that both sides of the question be stated .. _ , * ' J , •"¦ " I am , sir , yours , Ac . London , Nov . 22 , 1845 . John Armll . Extract from Ltader in the "New Moral World " of Nov ; . 8 th , headed the "iVeti ; Organ , ' ? referring to a publication entitled the "Herald of Progress , " pub lished by the officers ofthe Rational Society i—

      Mr , Holyoake says , " the organ is necessary to ordi . nary respectability and the < commonest importance . " The possession of an organ in times past did not make the society-respectable , and very " common" indeed U the importance to be thus derived . He says " All these lessons ,- which during the last eight years have been instilled into us respecting the value of ' our own paper , ' are surely of vglue now . " Certainly , and the lesson is , that aadciety may subscribe for years to sustain a pubUcation , and besides purchasing it weekly , pay the salary of the editor , subscribe to purchase the printing materials ,

      and after all , they discover that all the time they have been paying a person to mislead them and throw dust in their eyes as to the real position of their affairs . The lesson is one which is not likely to be lost on the members , which it would be altogether if they were to adopt a similar course again , and subscribe to set up another paper , which is the advice given to them by Mr . Hetheringtonthe publisher , Mr . Ardill ( of the Northern Star ) , the treasurer (!) and their brethren at the Board , on behalf of whom Mr . John Cramp sighs as secretary , inviting subscriptions . It is only avariation of the stanza quoted by us a few weeks since :- | - ; * - ;¦' : '' .

      On the above assertion being pointed out to me , I immediately wrote , a note to the editor , which appeared in the next number of . the New Moral World , dated , November 15 th , under the head of " Subscriptions for the Rationalists' New Herald" as folloWS>— •• -.: ;

      . SUBSCRIPTION POB THE BATIOUAIIST ' S "NBlV ' ' ' " . HEBAtU . " ; > . ' ¦ :- ' ¦ . . ¦ TotlieEditor . - Sir , —A friend has just directed my attention to a paragraph in the New Moral Tborld , in the article headed " The New Organ , " in which you say I have advised the members of the Rational . Society to " subscribe to set up another paper . " I shall feel obliged if you . will inform me , as early as convenient , upon whose or ' what authority you make such a statement ! . ' . ¦ .-.-.. I am , sir , yours , he . ¦ ¦ . ¦ : Northern Star Office , ; John Abdiii ,. : -16 , Great Windmill-street , London . .- ¦ '; November 8 th , 1815 ..

      [ Our knowledge was derived from the pubhcintimation ofthe circumstance given by Mr , John Cramp , through the pages of the New Moral World .:-It is true , he did hot say in distinct language , Mr . Ardiil advises , the pubUc to subscribe to set up a new papw , but thai which he does state conyeys this impression unquestionably . In No . 67 of this publication appears a manifesto , dated the 29 th of September ,- from-Mr . John Cramp' to the members of the Rational Society , wherein he informs us that he had " stood for . a long time watching the first glimpse of the sun , " which at length had appeared , and our readers wiU smile at this sun being neither more nor less than the ' new ! paper . And , in order to give birth to this ricketty bantling , it is not announced who are the parent birds , ( whether hens , ducks , or geese .

      is not mentioned , ) who sat , and brooded upon the golden egg until it was hatched . First he says , '! Our President has at length taken upon himself active duties on behalf iof those who have reposed their trust : in him , " Those who have reposed their trust in him would have- been better pleased if he could have realised a good dividend for them from the assets rather than bring out-a new paper , and some will -be rather sorry that they have reposed so much confidence in ; him . Then he says , " Mr . Ardill joins us , ex officio , as treasurer . " How much is to be entrusted to him' is not stated .: Then Mr . Cramp in . forms us , "Mr . Hetherington has been nominated a director ! " Nothing is said about reposing ; trust in Mr . Hetherington , but as . he is the publisher for : the Rational Society , of course he is to be trusted for the proceeds of the publication after the members hare

      subscribed to establish it , and doubtless , like all previous officers of the society , -he ; is very trustworthy . And lastly , Mr . Cramp proceeds to say of himself , " I have been appointed general secretary . " The previous com . munication of Mr . Cramp had been signed , by him as secretary of the Congress , bnt he : seems on . this occasion to have become a pluralist , to have been promoted into general-: secretary ; , without relinquishing the office of secretary to Congress . - TiWho knons bnt what Mr , Cramp may . become-Secretary of atato-asirell as" general ' secretary , through the instrumentality of his organ . He then informs the members of the' Rational Society , that" The Central Board nave it in contemplation to issue a periodical , " and he calls upon the members of the Rational Society to transmit funds to him ; to be paid over to the treasurer , that treasurer being Mr . ArdiU ;

      It must be acknowledged that this is very like a recom . mendation from Mr . Ardill , for the members to subscribe to set up a new paper .. We find the commencement of the paper to be the act and deed of the ¦ Central-Board , and we find Mr . Hetherington and Mr . Ardill , one a publisher , and the other connected with the press , added to the council on this occasion , as though . for the express purpose of giving then : aid and experience in the matter , and we find . Mr . Ardill volunteering to hold the stakes , through his secretary , Mr . Cramp . . Then on the 12 th of October , appears another manifesto published in the form of a handbiU , and addressed " To the members and friends of the Rational Society . " " Signed on behalf of the Board , Johk Cbahp , See . ' ? This

      manifesto is a very unique production , certainly very creditable to the Board on whose behalf it is signed , and we regret that we have not now space at liberty to publish it in full . After announcing their conviction that it is essential to the well-being of the society to have a paper , and informing . the members and friends what it is to be called , the secretary publishes the confession . " It may be , perhaps , proper to remark , that the parties to whose care the interests of the society are constitutionally entrusted , have no funds at their 'command" (!) very frank and very honest . Then he says , " The paper will be commenced at their own risk , and any loss consequent upon it , will be borne by them individually . "' If none of them have any funds , they certainly are not risking much in the undertaking .

      But though they are willing to take all the risk , itis announced in the same document that " should any surplus arise from the sale , it will be used as the laws and constitution of the society shall prescribe . " So . that the Central Board are willing to give up all the profit of the the publication to the society , and bear the loss themselves , having told us they have no funds from which to defray the loss ! and then the truth conies out occasionally , in broken sentences , " unless the members feel bound to contribute to a fund for general purposes . " And afterwards . it is added , " Any deficiency that may arise from the paper uM be the only thing charged to the general fund . " lastly comes the climax , " we earnestly entreat the society to rally round the organ . " On reference to the publication itself we find this announcement to be viewed of such importance that a large portion of it is re-published over the leading article both in' the first and second numbers of the Rational Herald .

      Tf Mr . Ardill wishes to repudiate all connection with the undertaking , of course he can do so , and make known his intention . His letter to us manifests that he is , very properly , rather ashamed to be connected with it ; and , if we mistake not , there will be found many others anxious to disclaim any part or lot in the matter . But something more will be expected than a simple disavowal from those who have been most active in launching the project . We find the names of Mr . Buxton , Mr . Ardill , Mr . Hetherington , and Mr . Cramp , appointed or re-appointed to office on the very occasion when the project was finally resolved on , therefore every one of them is clearly amenable for the consequences , though we are no strangers to the fact that others , whose names are less prominent , have been equally instrumental in producing this abortion . ] To this importation of special pleading from the Old Bailey , I wrote the following answer : —

      . Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , London . November lath , 1845 . To the Editor of the Neto Moral World . Sir , —I did not expect that my note to you would have been honoured with a place in the Punning Print ; neither did I expect that so short a letter , asking so simple a question , would have needed so long an answer as you have given to it ; but truth is not easily hid ; and we never depart from the honest and straightforward course without having to pursue a very intricate path , in our

      endeavours to make the worse appear the . better reason . My note of half a dosen lines las required more than a column from you as an answer—a proof to me that you have not any authority for the assertion in your previous number , with respect to " my advice " to the Rational Society . I , however , take the answer , such as it is , and ^ will make the best I can of it . I will also avail myself of your implied offer to allow me to make "known my intention" respecting my " repudiation of all connection with the undertaking , " although this is very much like knocking a man down , and then saying you were mistaken with the person .

      First , then ,. you say , "Our knowledge was derived from the public intimation of -the circumstance g iven by Mr . John Cramp , through ihe pages of the New Moral World . It is true , he did not say in distinct language , Mr . Ardill advises thep . ubuc to subscribe to set up a new paper , but that which / he does state conveys this impression unquestionably , * ' Now , as I do no t read the New Moral World , I cannot tell what Mr . Cramp may have said respecting n ^ e . I know that you said , "I had advised the members o ' j the Rational Society to ' subscribe to set up another paper . * I know also that I did not advise in { he . matUr : and I ' leave your readers to judge who has told the truth in t \ us affair . Further , your answer is an acknowledgm cnt that the authority upon which you made such a ¦ ¦ ' statement does not warrant you in bringing my name so i conspicuously before the pubhc , as an » ndt » id « al who had ' advised tht mblithing of the Herald of Progress ^ ^

      _ To The Snitok Of Xhb Nosteebh Stab. ' ...

      Flnd J 8 ., ' . ™* «« statement wM ' not - true of memo Tidu . » j » yon seek * o screen yourself from the consequences of ha % wing published a falsehood by dexterously shifting grbUnd , and saying , * « . ' The Central Board did the thing , and J , js one of the Board , am clearly amenable . " I have not « fenisd iny responsibility as an ex-offieio member of the board , ; for bringing the paper into existenc e ; but this Is not ' " advising the . members , * c , " yet , lfyou are desirous of knowing how far I did advise , Lnowtell you , and your readers , that neitberinmywdtvtdual capacity , nor as treasurer to the Rational Society , nor yet , as ex-officio member of the CentralBodfd , havelgivtn one wordof advice ! in this affair ; and if you had consulted some of your friends , who are cognizant of these matters

      , they , surely , for the sake of old acquaintance , would not have , let you pnt your foot into it in so foolish a manner as you have done ; however , if going so far out of your way to drag my name before the public , in a manner so uncalled-for , has served your purpose , I cannot but be satisfied arid wish you joy of your new acquaintance ; but you will ^ find me rather a ! 'queer" customer . With respect to my " appointment , orre-appointment , to office on the very Occasion when the project was finally resolved on , " lean only say , that I am not aware of any power but that of a congress that can appoint , " " re-appoint , " or displace me j and if such a farce , as my " re-appointment" has been enacted , which I very much doubt , I can only laugh at the acters , and pity their simplicity .

      The remainder of your long answer chiefly concerns Mr . U-amp , in whose hands I leave his portion to deal with as he pleases . —I am , sir , yours , & c .,

      John Abdili , . * wS ' ^ . Moml World ofNov - 22 nd appears ihe Allowing Jesuitical notice : — '

      • NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS . , J . ABDiw . __ A br « igrn Star Office . —A letter has been received from Mr . Ardill , expressing some : surprise that his former letter had been published . It was addressed i 0 ^ J v 0 r of the New M 6 ral World , ' ana not to us individually , nor was it marked' ^ private , " it was , therefore quite opt ional , with us , to publish it or not , as itis with that which , we have this week received from him similarly addressed , and which , doubtless , he wUl publish in some channel or other , v . We beg to decline it .. He professes to think it strange that so short a letter , as that , published last week , should have required so long an answer . It . did not require so long an . answer or commentary , but we chose to make it serve as

      a text or a peg on which to append a few remarks ; besides does he not know the proverb that , " a fo ' ol may say as much in five minutes as it will occupy a wise man an hour to answer , " in quoting which we distinctly disclaim any intention of classing Mr . Ardill with fools , or ourselves with the wise , but merely to show that there is no > force in this apparent anomaly . Mr . Ardill says he never reads the New Moral World , which is rather difficult to reconcile with his writing to us two successive weeks , to call us to account for what is contained in that publicstibn ' . ' -- ' ' -- '¦ : '¦ ''< ' .---. ;¦ ..:- ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ' . :. ¦ ,,.-,- :-, ; : ¦ ¦ -. v , - ; r : --v

      • The pith of Mr . ArdiU ' s second letter ,, divested of the splenetic expressions against ourselves , is a denial of indiridually advising the members of the national Society to subscribe to set up a new paper , by . attempting to draw an artificial line between what he did as Mr . Ardill , and what he did as ee-qfflcio . member of the Central Board . T 3 & says , '" I Lave not denied my responsibility as an «* . oj ^ ei ' o member of the Board , for bringing ' the paper into existence , but this is not . ' advising , & c . " It appears to us that the responsibility of bringing the paper into existence , - and afterwards having his name given out as treasurer to a fund , the secretary Of which calls for subscriptions , to be passed over to Mr . Ardill , from which the deficiency on the paper , it is acknowledged , is to be charged , does not essentially differ from recommending the members of the Rational Society to subscribe .. ,.

      Now ,-, I must acknowledge that I was not only " surprised , " but rather vexed to find myself figuring away among such dirty water as is known to be belched forth in . the ' print which I have quoted . , It is true I did not use Mr . Hill as he did me ] and address my note to James' Hill ( of Wisbeach , & c . ; die ., ) theeditor (!) ijieither ,, did ^ I mark , it private , ; 'I , aadressed it eimply , to the editor , for it was in the capacity of editor he had abused me by making false statements , ldid so because I was not desirous of attacking a man , by an exposition of his private character ,-in order . to prove that his statements of me to the public , in , his . capacity of editor , were false : proving a man capable ol ' making mis-statements , or of falsifying facts , does hot prove the falsehood of any

      but the particular statements ; and Twos desirous of directing my reply to the statement itself , and not of seeking to heap upon the head of the editor the errors of the man , or the errors of the editor upon the head of the individual . Had Mr . Hill done the same by me , I should not have complained ; had he confined his punning sarcasm ( to give it no harsher term ) , or what he calls his " severe criticism , " to the party which had called the paper into existence , the birth of which seems to have given him so much pain ; I should probably havenever heard of it , or , if I had , should not have noticed it , so long as it was honest ' '• severe criticism ; " but when he descends to personality , as in my case , I can only think there is "

      Something . Sinister" intended ; and , if such , be the case , or if there bo " Something-Secret" at the bottom of allthis , the ! 1 Sad Scoundrel" will find that , he has to deal with one who , though he . may . not be " Something Superior , " is not a' Simple Simon , who will quietly bearthe Spiteful Spleen of a Silly Scribbler , who appears desirous of makinga Sanguinary Sacrifice of all those he Supposes Stand between him and his objects . ,, . He declines my letter , and prophecies I shall publish it in some other channel . It did not require much foresight to prophecy this ^ for the letter he received was a manifold copy , and was intended to show him that if he did not publish it some one else should .

      He says my note aid wot require so long an answer : then why did he give it ? The truth is more likely to be'that it did require so long an answer , for it would not be convenient to say the statement was made , without authority : and if it was a falsehood , it was his , for which he was sorry . He chose the round about method of getting out of the difficulty by getting farther into it . . I say , truly , "I never read the Nau Moral World and do not know what Mr . Cramp may have said respecting me . " I should not have / known of the appearance of either the statement or my letter , had they not been both pointed out to me by a friend . I certainly looked for this number , and when my friend showed me the notice to correspondents , I sent to purchase the three last numbers , which are the first riiave had : and if he intends from this to claim

      me as a reader of his print . he is likely to have a goodly number of subscribers , for I ahi not the only person he has attacked by his Scurvy Scurrility . The next and last paragraph in his notice , is the most cool , impudent , and barefaced falsehood I have ever read . I have riot attempted to draw any line at all ; for I have given li plain denial to the whole statement by saying , that " neither in my individual capacity "hor as 'treasurer to the Rational Society , nor yet as ex-ojfwio . member of the Central Board , have I given one' word of advice in the matter . " Now what more does'he want ? it is plain and understandable , not . mystified by a multiplicity of words , like his answer to my note , its only fault in his eyes I suooose to be its extreme plainness .

      With respect to my responsibility as a member of the Board , he knows that it is unfair to impute the acts of a body to any individual composing that body , where the majority rule the minority , for the individual accused may have been one of the minority ; how much worse is it when , as in this case , the president has complete power , and the Board -are merely appoint ' e'd to carry out what lie . may devise- and determine upon ; and in my particular case , 'it is worse even than this , for my connection with the Board is ex-offi . no , 1 hold my appointment under the congress , by virtue of my appointment I anv entitled to a seat at tlie Board to receive the monies paid tip me as treasurer , and to disburse such monies according totheorder of the president ; if Mr . Hill can

      persuade himself that this is -advising the members of the Rational Society to subscribe to set up another paper , " or anything like it , - lie is easy to persuade , but I think he will find a difficulty in persuading others to think the same way . ' My namcTias not been givea out as treasurjirto any fund butthat ' of the society , that I have ever heard of , except by Mr . James Hill , or the editor of theiVew Moral (?) World , for I find in looking over the number for Nov . 8 th , that I figure again in that number , as the treasurer to a fund , the monies for which fund are to be " paid into the hands of Mr . Ardill , ( of the Northern Star ) , for what purpose we have not been able to discover . " I can only say that I have not ¦ ' discovered " the fund or yet the " purpose" of iti but I think *! " discover "

      that Mr . rlili has been very desirous oi having aside thrust at Mr . Ardill , ( of the NovthernStar ) , for what is best known to himself , perhaps it is for my connection with a paper that has several times given nim a teazing , the last time as "William I wish I may get the title deeds ; if it is so , he ought to know , that from my position with that paper , 1 cannot have anything to do with what appears in it , any more than with what appears in the Neva Moral World . Or it may be that he thinks , me an opponent , and has a mind to give me a Sly Slash ; if such be the case I trust he will always find me willing to bear either his Severe Strictureaor his Savage Sarcasm with Suitable Simplicity , or ready to meet his § wiS « ieming with Superior Subtlety . - - -ni . tr '«•«• - ¦ - -

      Longevity. —On The Estate Of Lady Ileadl...

      Longevity . —On the estate of Lady Ileadly , within a few miles ef Tralee , a woman named Julia Hickey . died on the 4 th inst , having attained the advanced age of 112 years . She retained full possession of her faculties up to the early part of the present year . There are now living of her 'descendants 84 grandchildren ; 160 great grand-children , ' and four great greatgrandchildren , Hydrophobia— I saw a young girl who , while standing at a hall door , had her apron torn by a mad dog that made a snap at it in passing . She got a needle and thread and sewed up the rent , and not having apair of scissorsby her , she cut off the thread with her teeth , and she got hydrophobia and died of it . — Professor Colic ' s Lectures . New House of Loans . —It is understood that at the commencement of the session of 18 ii , the new House of Lords will be ready for occupation .

      — Ii »M M V Ii I -- — Extraordinary Case...

      — ii » m m v ii i -- — EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FORGERY . ^ Duringthe ' past week the inhabitants of Cardiff nave been thrown into a state of some considerable excitement by the discovery that the : sum of £ 240 had been raised from the Brecon Old Bank bymeans ot a forged cheque and that the person charged with having committed the offence ( a female ) had been taken into custody . On Wednesday morning , at the Angel Inn , where tho magistrates hold their meetings , crowds of men , women and children assembled , who were watching for the appearance ofthe supposed ottender , as it was understood she was to be taken lor examination , before the magistrates . However , in this the crowd was disappointed , as the party charged with the offence was declared by a medical gentleman to be too ill to undergo an examination that morning . It that about five

      appears weeks ago a young man , apparently in extreme ill health , called at the Owaelod-y-Garth Arms publichouse , Merthyr Tydvil , kept by Mr . Richard Williams , to inquire where Mr . Harmah , a highly-respectable inhabitant , resided . The servant who answered the " young man" gave the required information , but immediately added to her fellow-servant , "Dear me , did you ever see anybody so like Mary Williams , the Miss of- — -as this ' young man !' " The fellow-servant who was thus appealed to , said " he is the very image of her . The young man , however , proceeded to the residence of Mr . Harman , but upon hearing he was not at home , desired to see Mrs . Hannah , who shortly afterwards made her appearance , and as the " young man " seemed very unwell , was tolerably well dressed / arid in

      appearance something like a minister of the Gospel , Mrs . Harman asked him in . He entered the house , sat down , and then stated that having come to Merthyr for change of air , he had been desired by Mr . Morgan Thomas , of Ynisgoy , to procure from the Brecon Old Bank the sura of £ 240 . He had been to the bank , he said , but the clerk had reiused to let him have the . money , as there was something irregular in the cheque , or written authority , which he had with him ; : therefore it was necessary he should be accompanied by some respectable person , who knew him , and whe . was likewise known at the bank , In this dliemma the " young man" said he suddenl y recollected that he had often heard Mr . Morgan Thomas say that Mr .. Harman was his particular friend ; and therefore , as the money was reouired

      instantly , he ( the " young man" ) had taken the liberty of calling to ask Mr . Harman if he would accompany him to the bank . Itis said that upon hearing the " young man ' s" story , Mrs . Harman was quite indigriantthat the money had not been instantly paid by the clerk at tlie bank , and ( actuated by that generous feeling . which impels women to render assistance to any . person in distress ) instantly , determined to accompany the . " young man" herself .. She did so . Upon arriving at the bank she was told by Mr . Richards ( the clerk ) that the authority produced by the interesting young fellow from Mr . Thomas was not quite regular ; and that if Mrs . Harman would , on her husband ' s behalf , sign the cheque , the amount should be forthwith paid to the young man whom she had accompanied to the bank .

      ; Mr . Evans , the manager of the bank , entered at this particular juncture ; and having' heard the decision of Mr , Richards ; entirely concurred in iti Mrs . Harman signed the cheque as required , and the " young man" ( whose illness at this time became distressing ) received the £ 240 , and placed it safely in his trousers pocket . He did not seem to like notes much , and therefore a large portion of the amount was in gold . " And now , " said Mr . Evans , " as I never had the pleasure of seeing you here before , Mrs . Harman , do step in and bring your young friend with you . " Theparty proceeded to the parlour , and partook of refreshments ; but the " young man " ( poor fellow !) could only take half a glass of wine , and expressed a desire to return home .. Accordingly , Mrs . Harman . left with him in a . few , minutes , but ,

      as he appeared so delicate , very kindl y took him home ana made him a nice comfortable cup of tea , of which he partook but sparingly . However , to ginand-water after tea he paid more attention , declaring that " it did him good . " He then declared it was time to go to the railway station , but , as he was' " so delicate" he yielded to Mrs . Harman ' s hospitable solicitations , and took " one' glass of ginand-water , more . " Mrs . Harman then placed his £ 240 in a , silk handkerchief safely , accompanied him to the station-house , and when ( the " young man" ) expressed a wish to go into a second-class carriage , " she ( Mrs . Harman ) declared emphatically he should dp nothing ofthe kind , it would be enough to give him his death , « Sic ., and insisted upon his going into a first-class carriage , at the same time

      charging the guard to be attentive to him . He was booked for Pentrych , near Cardiff ; but upon the arrival ofthe train at Troeddyrhiw , only three miles from Merthyr , lie tapped the window of the carriage and desired the guard to open the door , as he was too ill to prbesed . The guard heard him and opened the door and the " youhgman" stepped out and Utent away . "Hang me , " exclaimed the breaksman , " if that ere fellow haven't got a voice like a 'ooman . " "Itell you what is is , " said the guard , "there ' s something very queer about him . Three miles back he came in scarcely able to move , assisted by women , as if he was not going to live five minutes ; and now , look he walks ^ -there ' s apace foryou I" Some weeks after the " young man" had so strongly excited the sympathies' of certain kind-hearted folks at Merthyr , Mr . Morgan Thomas went to Merthyr from Ynisgoy , proceeded to the bank , and having transacted his business , was asked by the clerk if they had not better put that £ 240 straight ? " " What £ 240 ? " said Mr .

      Thomas ; "Why , " replied the clerk , "the £ 240 we paid to a sickly young man who appeared like a preacher , who was accompanied by Mrs . Harman . " Of course this produced an explanation . Mr . Thomas most positively declared that he had not authorised any preacher to draw money for him , and instantly , proceeded to Mrs . Harman ' s residence . A variety of circumstances induced Mr . Thomas to suspect that one Mary Williams , a married woman , but who had transferred her affections from her liege lord to a dignitary of the order of odd fellowship , was the party who had personified the delicate , interesting , and amiable youngman , and in this suspicion he was confirmed when ho was informed that the party referred to had deposited at a bank in Merthyr the sum of £ 120 in the notes of the Brecon Old Bank . She was accordingly taken up and lodeed in the station-house , where she now remains . She is , we are informed , the owner of several houses , and has , at one time , moved in a respectable sphere .

      Important Case In The Coubt Op Queen's B...

      Important Case in the Coubt op Queen ' s Bench the Queen v . Richard Johnson . — The defendant in this case was convicted under the SOth George III ; , c . 70 , s . 15 , for having received atthe door of a house hot licensed for the delivery of lectures a sum of 2 d . for admitting an individual to hear a lecture delivered by a certain Emma Martin , upon the subject of "The Follies and Cruelties of the Christian Missions . " The conviction was upon an information laid by a common informer , and did not state upon the face of it the name of the party to whom a portion of the penalty was to be paid . Mr . Parry now applied tothe Court lor a rule to quash the conviction , upon the ground that the 2 nd Victoria , c . 12 , which amended the statute of the 39 th George HI ., provided also that no information

      should be laid for any offence committed under that act ( the act of Victoria ) , and also provided that the statutes of George III . and that of Victoria should be constructed altogether as if they consisted of only a single act . The learned counsel contended that in such circumstances the effect of the provision that the acts should be construed together was that no information under the 39 th George III . could belaid , except in the . name of the Attorney-General , in conformity with the provisions ofthe act ofthe present Queen . In reference to the second objection , the learned gentleman observed that the prisoner bad no means of ascertaining the person to whom a part of the penalty was to be paid , the effect of which may be to cause his imprisonment for an indefinite period . Lord Denman said that the recent act of , the present Queen did not appear to be applicable to the present case , as tlie clause in that act which required information to . be laid in the name of the

      Attorney-General , reierrcd expressly and exclusively to the offences connected with printing aud publishing , in the circumstances prohibited by the act ; and the considerations arising from the ww ? ds of the latter act in this respect were strengthened by the circumstance that separate offences punishable upon information were created by that act . The objection which was rested upon the fact that the . conviction did not distribute the penalt y naght haTC been total if the conviction did not follow the very form which was given in the statute ; but as the conviction was in the very words of the act , and as it was vevy proVxible thai the defendant would hot experience any real difficulty in ascertaining , ia fact , who the person was to whom the remainder e £ the penalty was to be paid , the rule for quashing the conviction would be discharged . The other Judge * concurred with Lord Deiimau , and the application to quash tho conviction was accordingly refused . ¦ ¦ '

      Fatai . Accident on the Gbbai Westeun RailnoAD . — Oxfoud , Monday . —This morning a fatal accident occurred on the Great Western Railroad , at the Abingdon-road station , under the following ci > cumstances ¦ : —a young woman , named Fanny Gosling , ' residing in this city , started by the mail train at half-past ten o ' clock , to pay a visit to her mother at Clifton , which is a short distance from Abingdonroad station . On arriving at i he latter place , instead of proceeding at once to Clifton , she attempted to cross the line for the purpose , it is supposed , of seeins some of her old acauaintanccs , who lived at the

      other side of the railroad , at the tavern . While she was standing on the platform , the mail-train passed her ; and no doubt thinking that the line was clear , she stepped on it ; but the moment she had put her foot on the second line of the rail , the fast down train , which she could not have seen previously , came in contact with her } she was knocked down b y it and killed instantaneously ; her feet were severed from her ancles , and her body otherwise much mutilated . Several persens witnessed the accident , and endeavoured , by calling cut , to make her aware ol i the great danger she was in , but to no purpose , th « poor woman seemed quite . paralysed .

      I (Btmvtd Mwimwire;

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      Death Of A Celkbrated Swiss.— Jacob Stut...

      Death of a Celkbrated Swiss . — Jacob Stute , a Swiss writer , well known for his excellent Pictures of Popular Life , written in the Zurich dialect , recently died near Sternenburg ( Berne ) . His poems are more than a mere happy imitation of German writers , and , although somewhat eccentric , he possessed much talent . He built with his own hands a hut of small planks in the woods , which he christened Jacob ' s Cell , and here he ended his days , after a short illness from disease of the chest . A Pioeox with Foun Legs . —A living pigeon , with / our legs , is exhibiting at Preston . ,

      Mn . TVilhins , the barrister , is about to be made a Queen ' s Sergeant . A Mammoth Horsb , twenty hands in height , aifd weighing 2 , 500 pounds , is exhibiting in London . Fahurb of the Potatoe Crop in Nobth Cujujebland j »» d Durham . —The march of the potatoe disease fa these two counties is fearful . It is supposed to fee ail but universal through the border districts . Free TxteooTt . —Samuel Chambers , convicted at

      Leicester in- 1844 , and now in Van Dieman ' s Landj under a sentence of transportation , has received a free pardon on the-ground that "the conviction was bad . " He will have a . lree passage to tbis country . Approach of Wint *» . —Hast week so severe was the frost that Sochfihe ^ at Jnverary , was covered over a large portion * of jtos surface with ice . The ferry steamer , i »> crossing from Jnverary to St . Catherine ' s passed through a sheet more than balf-amile in extent , wh ; eh < cracked and broke with a great noise as the boat passed through .

      Liverpool Cellars--Last week- seventy-two informations were laid against-owner * of property , and tenants of houses , for letting off cellars as places of abode , contrary to the provisions of the Health Improvement Act . The parties- were ,, in most eases , fined 5 s . each and costs , which the magistrates intimated would not be levied- if' the cellar occupants removed immediately . Warlike Rumours . —Dusuw , Nov . 24—It fe reported in town this afternoon that Government mean to increase the army by 20 , 000 ' men , 10 , 690 ' to boformed into second or reserve battalions , thus effecting n great saving in the number of officers required ) for the additional force . It is also confidently stated , in military circles , that the militia'will be balfotted for early next year , and called out for training .

      Fatal Coal-pit Accident . —On Saturday , the I-5 ihv inst ., two miners , named George Hewitt and John-Garner , were killed in a new pit adjacent to- Duekinneldllall . Fatal Explosion op Gunpowders—On Saturday afternoon , Nov . 15 th , about half-past fbur o ' clock ^ the house of a man named James Rothwell , situate ; in Blackburn-street , Little Bolton , was- blown up by an explosion of gunpowder , which caused'great alarm in the neighbourhood , and occasioned the death ot * boy , aged seven years . ; Hurricanes in the Channel . — Jersey has been visited by a dreadful hurricane . The winter storms * have commenced in the Channel .

      Dangerous Illness of Lord Chanceldor Lticdhurst . —The Lord Chancellor has been seriously ill . and is not yet out of danger . He was firsfrattacke * on Friday the 15 th . During the whole off Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday , ( the 16 th , 17 th , and < D 8 th of this month ) the malady assumed a very alarming character , and a general impression began to-spread that there was no chance of his Lordship ' s recovery . It appears that his illness arose principally from ob- ^ struction of the bowels , an ailment by which he has * on former occasions been assailed . On Wednesdaysymptoms of improvement were manifested ! . 0 a Thursday and Friday he was much better ; on Saturday last he was able to get out of bed ; andisiiice ? then has been gradually advancing towards- convalescence . Lord Lyndhurst is 73 years of age ..

      Early Closing op Shops . —A public meeting ,. convened by the London General Association of all Trades for the early closing of shops , was held-one Tuesday evening , in the theatre of the Western-Institution , Leicester-square , in furtherance of theobjects of the association , when General Sir De Iiacy Evans took tho chair . Mr . Lee , Dr . Epps , and ! other gentlemen addressed the meeting ; and resolutions in accordance with the principles of theassociation were unanimously adopted . 1 Warlike Preparations . —We can state as a fact that a naval ' officer high in command has been privately engaged in taking measurements of the large steamers under mail contract service with her Ma- ^ iestv ' s Government , and with orders to report imme-r >'

      diatcly to the Admiralty on their capabilities for carrying guns of the largest calibre . The the large steamers , forming the fleet of the West India Royal Mail Company ; also the vessels of the Peninsularand Oriental Company , together with the Great Britain and Great Western , arc said to have been quietly but ojjicially inspected . A naval officer , well ' acquainted with the coast of America , has been summoned to London , to give information to the Admiralty . Such a combined force as these numerous and . powerful ships would form , independent of the regular steamers of war , would be one of the strongest ever seen on the ocean . The West India Company ' s ships alone are twelve in number , and of about 1 , 200 " tons burden each . —Liverpool Times .

      Catholic Cathedral in Australia . —A magnificent ( Catholic ) Cathedral , upon a scale of considerable magnitude , will , ere long , bo commenced in Adelaide ; ample funds having been munificentlyr subscribed elsewhere , by friends of the Catholic-Church . A Roman Villa . —The remains ofa Roman villa , of considerable extent , have been recently discovered ! near Wheatley , Oxfordshire , and some excavations * have been made under the direction of Dr . Bromet .

      French Duel . —Ihe Journal de la Cote d'Or ofthe 18 th inst . states that a duel , which created the utmost horror , took place between two privates of ' artillery in garrison at Gray . After one of the combatants had been slightly wounded , and tho seconds * had interfered to put an end to the combat , thewounded man toek an opportunity to attack his adversary , who was not on the defensive , and passed his sword through his body . The victim had sufficient strength to draw out the sword , and then felt dead .

      The Tka Trade , Nov , 24 . —The deliveries of tc » in London last week were 492 , 4811 b ., and this year , to the 1 st inst ., they wete 29 , 706 , 8001 b . The stock on the 1 st inst . was 30 , 360 , 0001 b . The imports this year have been 32 , 418 , 0001 b . —an increase of upwards of 2 , 000 , 0001 b . The stock on tha 16 th inst ., however , was reduced to 29 , 48 S , O 00 Jb . The deliveries ; had increased to 31 , 506 , 0001 b ., and the imports too 33 , 418 , 0001 b . Calling out of the Militja . —A report has beein for some days current of an intention on the parte of her Majesty ' s Government , not to rely so fully . asit has hitherto done upon the- Chelsea pensioners in ? ease of any occasion for their sepvkes , but to call oufe . the malitia for a short period of training . It is saidthat the expediency of forming a better school of- recruits for tho army will be put forward as the ground : for this measure . —Times .

      Dr . NicnoL , of Doctors ' -eommons , died on Monday last . Taf . late Qui Tam AsiaoNS ^—The action commenced by Charles II . Russell asrainst Mr . II . Hill ,, to recover £ 40 , 000 and £ 20 ( 000 ' won on the turf ; ' has . been stopped on ' the payment of costs incurred ,. whicbj were taxed at £ 10 4 s . 10 i The-above named aui . 'tanu informer has since been captured and lodged in Whitecross-street gaol , for- tlie- costs of an action brought by him against Eord- Gl ifentinck , andi tried ! at Guildford Assizes .

      A Relic—A rather interesting relic was discovered a few days ago upon tho shore of St . Brolado ' s . Bay , Jersey . While- Kh <; . Robertson ^ a gentleman who resides in tiat locality ,. v * as ramblim ? upon tho beach ; his eye was- atoactotf by a smalt dark and rusty-Iooking object lying amongst the shingle . Lifting it up ha found it to he a drinking cup , si ' milar > in shape and general appearance to those which are to be seen in the paiati ' ngs-of the old Flemish masters .. Thedateofits-maaufaetttue cannot be assigned to a . period less remote ? than 406 years . It has two > handies , and i & aboutdouble- thesm of a common , claret glass .

      Baths ajw , Wasr-housus , fob tub Laboi-bino-Classks .. —The establishment for tlie poor at Glasshouse-stiieet , Biondon Docks , has now completed the ? first sis montis of its . experiment , and during that perioCi the wann-baShs , wash-tubs ,, and dry bag appara « tus have been usc « L by 29 ^ 880 pevsoas . The builds ings . onthesitcfi » tlie last model establishment at Gouldstous-sauajte ,. WhiieckapeL , w . ere sold by auction yesterday * and are to be cleared away this week , 'Deo Ibucdatioft atone is to be laid there on the lGtii ofDecerflheiv The Ikisb CoiLueBS . —Lord Primate Beresford i has declared his intention of bestowing £ 1 , 000 qn ; each of the three provincial colleges , towards tlie foundation of divinity schools for students of the established church .

      Modess Expedition . —A gentleman did business on the Corn rjcehange , Brunswick-street , on the 19 tk of October , and sailed the same day in the Cal & donia . He arrived at Boston , purchased a cargo of flour , shipped it , and returned in the Great "Western . On Friday he went to the Corn Exchange , sold the cargo and in . the . course of the day the Joshua Bates , con . taming the flour , arrived , after ihe quick passage ot fifteen days from Boston . Ibrahim Pasha has quitted near Pisa , for Florence , where ten days , and then proceed , b tlie baths of Vernet , in the to complete his recovery . Rotal Chaklib . —Mr . has in his possession four some of tlie rebel chiefs of They bear the Prince's p , ° '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29111845/page/7/