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      Monday, Maich 29. House Op Loilds.—Irish...

      till till t' -. _a _> _mtracts _nuele under this act , and an inspector of ¦ _nuisa'aiMiv ¦ : _« , who would have authority to remove such as _urerdrerc injurious to the public liealtU . lie nett _proceeded So J £ o J- _'suibe the nature of the measures which he intended ttovio }•!••; -ne for procuring abetter supply of pure and nrt ; -wl ; - ' _c-eime water . A sufficient supply of water was an unU . inel . si _* iii * able condition to all drains ; for drains without ta . _ria _*? a"i ' ri _« iit supply of water only aggravated the evit iwh ; whic : i *' : icy were intended to cure . The supply 01 " v . *; ter < _er . ere 1 , « ihis mctropulU was scanty and not _regular , lie _tthe-. _the-MiV- proposed that in future the town council * _should _itnpnpplr--rater to each house in our large towns —that th . th ., -... ' _,. a ; . _l construct wattrwurks , and that , if n _* : _« s _* . ary _, tbe they _slv , » td compel tba sale oi existing waterworks _. _necur . in » in" the _listing rats of dividends to the proprietors of _saleJbaw

      thdtho . ewt .-rlM of which they compelled the . n-. nv . ii- _iurovitioB for Vie borrowing of money fort-see _n-StrStru ; , i .. nofsach works , and for the levying of rates , by et-ea . . . _:.-. _* = » _ateienfa _, upon the owners and _occupies of propt ptr-v . :., rthe r _.-paym-ntof it . It was thw questionot rs _i-IVs _, * v ,, ichbad hiih _. rU * been th « great obstacle to . be ho hoy _^ -accim _; sanatory measure , taker , with good heart b * b * th- _^ . habitants of the towns themselves . In the first in * ' _inV-ine some outlay mu . t be incurred if we intended to d . i de . a * .. _'virfng for the improvement of the public heatth . It It -. vs- * i tribute which property ought t pay for tbe he he ; _ei : ! i ofthe pw , and f-r its own superior comfort and cn _cnj . iyiii' nt . It woald also in the long run be productive of of i - * *' -ns n <>' . only of life but of money also , as he proved hy hy r ..: r jncs to a paper of some length drawn up by a pi _pVjs-cian of great _nmnence . Hi * Lordship thus c n . cl _clu-U _' _-. _- — " I feel that in a matter so largo and so com .

      pi plica :-:- ' many imperfections will bs discovered , and that in many ' . _" _-crsights have occurred in the bill which we p : pr 11 * 0 *> to bring in . lean only say that it has been fr fi _* - _< me _* 1 with an honest intention , and with the single vi _vie-. v .. ; the * public good , nnet most thankful shall I bu if tt tt :--it . _M- _* _'ire , after undergoing consideration by _Fatlian m _^ _iit , nd _receiving ultinntely the sanction of the T _T'lroti :. shall in its r _.-sult effect in some _elegr .-e what w We -: a-- - -, at namely , to dimiuish in some degree those H _' - _'x ; ¦ ¦« . influences which now so painfully afflict so Ii las j ? . jiorportion of our towns and cities—to hunt down t to t * _* c ' i - _^ _eurM , if vre can , ' -fie prevailing causes of disease . — _i ¦ .. ' . ; in pure air and supply pare water—to wage war i w * _i-. _reverwecanag 4 inst tilth and stench , and thtir at-1 ten . " r . rit consequences , bodily weakness and . ' epression , 1 fever , and the deathdcaling pestilence , and thus we ! ho , et * !» _-agthen the lives and add tothe happin ss of all cl . _jsses of oar fellow countrymen . " ( Chars . )

      'fr _'Ucxiskon seconded the motion , applauding the eour . _ei _** ofthe noble lord to devising so comprehensive a bc _">¦• me , but cxpres .-ing his fear that more opposition woal . l Is . * offered it . particularly in London , than was an . _tir . i _iA _' vH by the noble lord . He wished to kuow why the _tri'l " did not pnmdefor tbe removal of craerries from the In ? _filiate vicinity ot large towns . I » - . _>* d Mobkth replied , that _intermural interment waa _noiv _uuier the « _msi _<" erstion of the government , and wat of = " . i _"' _e' : rnt importance to be introduced in a separate _biU . T _* .. _-J 3 . rlef _ItscuLK conld not see that , with the except '• •¦> of the provisions tor preventing the nuisance of stn iu-.- _a- _* d for tbe better ventilation of bouses , provisions w ' lk _.-i tb . _« noble lord wojld find it very difficult to carry

      ou ' . ; r .- bill which had just been introduced was more coir : . re *' , nsivethan Vaitbat which he himself had ic . tro ' 'i < v 1 into the house two years ago . He was afraid _tlnx ii . its operations the bill would be fouud to give rise to v . o minute an interference with local interests and _poi'vri . He had an orj . _'Ctioa , on principle , to the con-Btru . _' _ii'fi of new boards- —particularly boards such as that _tX'w pr » posed , witb three paid commissioners . If the _du-. _" * . _*» _' o be devolved upon the board would be sufficiently or . m ou « to justify the pay ing of three new commissioners , ti : ; - _-vnuld be too great for the _Comnilssiajier of Woods am _-fFo-ests . with his ether duties , to _atttnl to as « qfei > _--iia _' rman « f the board . _^ His bill did not provide for _thr-v-i' -. g the whale duty connected with the _ruperioten' _^ -e of its operation npon the Home Secretary . AK th interference on thepartofthatfunctionary which hai keen pr . idded for having been analogoui to principle and _exr-nt _t- > Ihe Interference which he now exercised in

      regar . ] to prisons , an extent to which he thought the Home _Stt-ret . ry should be empowered to interfere , in reference to nny measure _embodyins sanitary regulation--. The _n-eine ofthe proposed board seemed to imply that it was tbe iutenthn of the government to devolve upon it the _auirtriutendence of some great scheme of public norks , and it this were tie caie , be hoped that on tlie second reading of the bill ths government would state what that scheme ? was . He regardod it as extremely desirable that tonne of great magnitude should be excluded from the _operation of a general bill , and that they should be _separately legislated for , If there were difficulties in the way , in _regard to ordinarily large towns , they were increased a hundred fold when they came to deal with London . So far as the metropolis was concerned , he had no hesitation in predicting that the noble lord ' s bill would be a complete failure . In conclusion he declared his intention of giving the bill his consideration , and of assisting the government to bring it to a successful

      termination . Mr _Ac-uossT thauked Lord _Slorpet * . tor bringing this biU forward , but tmimated his opinion that it did not no far enough . His lordship ' * hill was to improve the sanatory condition ofUrgetowns and large cities ; but why was the sanatory condition of small towns , wliich tuo often wanted drainage , paving , and cleansing , to be left unimproved ! Ee reeommended the government to bring in a bill for promoting the health and improvement of all towns , as it would pat an end to the many appli * cations now daily made to Parliament for bills to sane tion local improvement . Mr Geeess remioded tha house that there were at present twenty bills for tbe improvement of towns before Parliament . He thought that they must all be suspended until this bill had undergone consideration .

      Sir W . _Ciat shared io the doubt * of L-. rd L-ncolnas to tbe policy of including the city of Lonion in this bill . Tbe mere notion of placing the supply of watrr to the metropolis in the _hsndsofa new board would excite the jealousy arid fear of every water company in London . Several members having expressed themselves in favour of the bill it was _introduced , and at a later stage : of the _business read a first time . J _* 3 Jtr _Smvic _* But . —Mr F . _Mtris moved that the house resolve itself into committee cn the Army Service

      Bill . Sir _Howasd _DorcLia moved as an amsndment that the house should go into the said committee that day six mont ! : s . The honourabl e andgalUut member said that had the government given tha assurance that this measure had the recommendation ofthe Commander-in-Chief he should not have opposed tha opinion of that illustrious soldier ; but as they had not done _« o , and as he believed the maasure would act most detrimentally to the military service of the country , he felt bound to give it his decided opposition . He considered tho idea of attrscting a superior description of men by offering them the limited enlistment proposed , and turning them oS after _twentv-one or twenty-four yearsservice with a pension of Gd . a day , to be pertectly prep : sterous . On the contrarvhe believed tha t snch a system of enlistment ,

      , and suchamiserab _' e pension , would deter men from _ecterisgthearmyatall The honourable and gallant member _itstsd the remarkable statistical facts , that in tfc _* i _prcseat composition af-he BriiUh army those who had been agricultural labourers , by far the greatest portion , were the best so'diers , those who had been mechanics were gen-rally inferior , those who had been shopman ana clerks were very ind . fiereat , and those who were th--sona of _gratlwnen and professional men wera th _3 very went of all—thus establishing that thepriaciple of _attvmpiiug to draw the army from a better class than that of agricultural labourers was a false one . Voluntary engagement * 3 nd unlimited service , with liberal psnsio = s—these were tbe true _j-rinciptes upou which to maintaia that _aupariority which the British army has attained .

      Major Lst _sao oppose J the _amendment , _expniragthe hardship and injustice of the present system of _enlistma . _' _-t , which was virtually for life—in a _ipeech which elicited frequent cheers _frosn _soms partis ? in thc house , and clamorous objections from others . Mr _S-D-m Hebbest , in stating his objections to the bill before the house , admitted the objectionable cha . _rjvt « r of unlimited enlistment . In practice , bowever , so far as the British army was concerned , the majority oi thos * who left the army , left it . aftar aa average service of _fifteEn year * . If the right honourable gentleman ( Ur Fox * V _" au >) had framed tbis bill with a view to legalize the _diitf-arge of all who enlisted after a service equal In length to that after wbich men naturally left the army .

      it wcuid have been a less hazardous ezpertmeut . There was as objection to the _proposed bill , also , in a civil point cf view , and it wis for the government and the house ta consider how far it would be safe to adopt a _systt-m . the effect of which would be that a large proportion of the population weuld pass _thremgh the ranks , and acquire a knowledge of military discipline . Had ha b * ea prop jsing a bill for limited enlistment , he would have made the term of service fourteen instead of ten yea ** , _nhich _ivou'd enable a soldier to take the fall tour of heme and foreign service previous to his discharge . He trusted the right honourable gentleman wonld rvooneider the bill , and reproduce it in a form which would be less _Heble to objection than it was as it now

      Mr fox Marts defended the principle and details of Hie bill ia its present shape , it being , as he maintained , to tha latter alone that Mr S . Herbert had taken exception , the propriety ofthejfoimer being recognised by him . The _period _^ of 10 years bad not been adopttd without due deliberation . To the proposal of fourteen years he saw this very grave objection—that a _eMarasuding offieer would Lave great objections to re-enltiting a soldier at the are of thirty-two , who had enlisted at the age of eighteen . The consequence would be , that reenlistmtnt wonld seldom take place , aad tbe soldier be discharged , after fourteen years' aerviee , without any chance of receiving a pension , for he bad insuperable ob . jecfious to giving a pension for so shirt a period of service . Public opinion was now ripe for the adoption ofa system of limited enlistment , and it would be _inexpedient any longer to delay it . Sir H . _DorcLAs declined to divide on hia amendment , and it was accordingly negatived .

      The bouse then rewired _it-elf into committee pro _faraia . The chairman was tben ordered to report progress , and ottairied leave to lit agaj « . The Pever ( Ireland ) Bill went through committe . The house adjourned at a quarter past oae o ' clock . _„« _,- „ _M _^ EDSSSI > _AY * _Miacs M . HOUSE OP _COSmOKS—The House au * at _twelve dock .

      Monday, Maich 29. House Op Loilds.—Irish...

      Lwd J . UcssELt . on moving the adjournment of tho house sill M . _iuday , the 12 th of April , gave notice that he pr . 'po . cdto take on that day the Navy Eistiinntes , and alio the Miscellaneous Estimates , should there be time during the evening for both . On _Fri-iay _, the \ 6 \ b , he _irould more the third reading of the Poor Relief iTre-¦ aiiii- Bill as well us that ol the Eluded _I'rop-rty ( Ire lar . d ) Bill , anil w ,. uld , on the folloning Toesdav hliro * duce _theEccle-iastical _CeimmissioiieiB Bill Tlie uob ' e lord also , _atated . in answer to a question put by Captain I _' cdKil , that the Homei _* . cretary evouM , alter the -ee- " * appoint an e , rly day for introducing a * . „ _, th < i _otj _^ V 0 _" winch would bo to sup , rsede * the prc « ut _Poor-lavv c-ir > _nusai-Miers . The „„ _ble lord then _. _nuouueed that the e-v . pe . id . ture on the publie _eve . _rks _, i „ _irehind _, during thc »« k ending the 27 tb . of March , amounted to £ 210 . 508 _iUa . -la . Mr i ) uscoMBE _** ava notice thnt . on Tuesday , the 20 th of April , be should move for a _commiu-e to _wquitc into the operation of the Metr . ipolitan Bu . ld _* ugi Act .

      lEisa _roon-ii-w . —Oh bruiKiHg up the report of thc committee on the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) iliii , a somewhat animated conversation took place , c _ie-fly in reference to the propriety of furnishing t . ie returns of the subscrip . tons coi _. tributedb y the _different Irish Ian Hordi for the relief of distress in that country , which liaii _i _. _^ eu moved for some time ego by SirBu . ijam ' n null . Mr l _. tFttoi stronglyobjected to such returns , on the groutnl that , _whilst the information which would be aifordeii by _tiiero would be partikl aud incorrect , they would place _meeny _law-Uurd _whsae names might not appear appended to any public subscriptions , but who might _nevertheless have expended a great deal of money in their _icspeciivv localities in aets ot * private benevolence , in au uiiiiieritedly Odious position .

      Sir B . Hah thought if tke returns _etiiich had been moved for were laid upon the table ofthe _liou'e _, honourable members would be furnished with _information upon a subject which had given rise to a good deal of discussion and angry recrimination—the conduct ofthe Irish landlords ; at the same time that _nuch of these landlords as had been unjustly attacked , if any ofthem had been so , would be able to point to the returns asked lor as a vindication ot their conduct . Ue thought that such returns « ere ninch needed , ami he could not account for tbe delay which bud already taken place iu famishing them . Sir Q . _Okcx admitted that tbe information which would be furnished by the returns , would We at best but of a partial character , inasmuch as iln-y would not include many meritorious cases of private clmr _' ty ; but he thought that , on tbe whole , much _uteiul information would be conveyed by them .

      Mr P . Sea . ps nas at a loss to _eonceive how any member ofthe bouse could rise in his place and vindicate the conduct of the Irish landlords generally ¦ He had proofs ia his possession which clearly convicted many of thero , during the time of tbe cholera as well as now , ofthe utmost callousness to thi sufferings of their fellow-countrymen and dependents , und ot the _grossest dereliction of their duty . Mr V . Smith agreed with tbe bon , gentleman , that some of the parties alluded to had been guilty of

      conduct , in the present trying emergency , which by no means redounded to their credit , but he also concurred in what had fallen from Sir 6 . Grey , to toe effect that the returns would be but partial , he himself being cogn ' zant of some cases , in which public subscriptions might not have been contributed , but in which large sums had beeu expended by proprietors in giving employment and relief t > the poor on their respective estates . Aaur Service Bat—On the motion of Mr Fox _Macxe , tbe bouse then went into committee on the Army Service Bill .

      After some general observations on the principle of the measure from SirDE _Lact Ewes , who expressed his satisfaction atthe course pursued by tbe Horse Guards , in the liberal promotion of non-commissioned officers , and from Mr Goolbubn . Sir II . _DoooLis moved that the period of enlistment be extended to fourteen years ; upon which question the committee divided , the proposition being rejected by a majority of thirty-fire . After a further amendment from Major LaT & _an _. to the effect , that after the passing of the bill , soldiers who have completed their ten years of service should been _, titled to their _discharge on givms six months' notice , which was opposed by Mr F . Ma CLE , and withdrawn , Tbe report was brought up and _ordered to be taken into consideration after the resets .

      THURSDAY , Araa 1 . The HOUSE OF _COMMONS met at twelve o ' clock . Tbe Army Service Bill passed _throogh Committee , The house adjourned to Monday , April 12

      J-S The No-Rthjsitn,Star. April 3, 1847.

      _J-S THE _NO-RTHJSItN , STAR . April 3 , 1847 .

      Dkeadfci Cerjjebr Accipbst.—Srvks Lives ...

      _Dkeadfci _CerjJEBr Accipbst . _—Srvks Lives Lost—On Wednesday an inquest was held at Church Gresley , Derbyshire , on the bodies of a number of mon who were killed in a colliery the day previously . It appeared that on Tuesday tbe 30 ill ult ., about half-past five o ' clock in the morning , fourteen colliers , mm and boys , got iBto the cage at the Church Pit , Church Gresley , to be let down to their usual employment . Daniel Batch , the engine man , let them do _^ n , but when they ' . had descended tbove forty yards , he heard one of the wheels crack , and " im medi _*

      ately stopped the engine . He ran t <> the pit mouth , and found the drum running fatt , the spur wheel bavin 2 broken _^ and fallen under the drum , The case < vas precipitatrd to the bottom of the pit , wliich is 270 yards deep ; the rope broke off the drum , and went down the shaft , although longer than the depth of the pit . It was between nine and ten o ' clock before a rope could be attached to thc pumping encine , and another cage letdown , when the bodies of the dead and dying were drawn up . Thejurj , after a patient investigation , returned a _reniict to the effect— "That the deceased met their deaths by the accidental breaking of the spur wheel . "

      Bibmisoham . —Weekly meetings are being held in the Public Office , for the public rending of flosvitt ' s Letters on Lab'ur and other schemes of co-operation . The Chartist Land plan has been already commented on , and been favourably received . _Politkchsic _Irstiiutioh . —Within th'se few days Mr _Gustapson , engineer , R . N ., has deposited a mode ] ofan engine iu the museum of this establishment , more particularly adapted to marine service . As part ot the construction is quite new , we advise mr scientific friends to lose no time in paying a runt to the Polytechnic . Pokosko im Essex . —An inquest was held on Tuesday at Co _<* geshall , npon the _Uleuhivflate child of a woman named Porter . The body exhibited all the s n . ptomsof having had poison administered , and the atom-ten was ordered to be sent to London for nnalysatinn . The inquest was adjourned until the report of the chemist should be received .

      The celebrated Dr tinnier , when starting in life , gave Ieetures . His first lecture was attended only by the porter . - "John , " said the great man , unmoved br the circumstance , "take tbat skeleton down that I may say with propriety—' gentlemen . '" A Sheriff ' s Officer _Ouiw'tibd . —An event occurred in Leeds a few days a _^ o , which has excited a good deal of gossip and merriment at tbe expense of a certain sheriff ' s officer , who has hitherto been celebrated for his acutenessand sharpsightedness . In the case , _hawever , to which we refer , tbe well-known officer was completely outmanoeuvred . It so happenrd that the officer iii question was called upon , in the r-xercise of his duty , to "take possession" ofthe household goods ot

      a certain party , whose affairs , from adverse circum . stauecs , had placed him in an uncomfortable position Armed with his "little brief authority , " the officer proceeds to the residence oi his victim , expecting no doubt to take up his quarters for the _nij-ht . Eater _, _tiining . it would appear , sympathy for friends in difficulties , he knockagently at the back door , where he was met by the good young lady of the house , to whom he In sympathetic terms , communicated the purport of hia mission . Sbe , nothing daunted by the serious nature of his _message immediately and frankly proposed tbat instead ofcomtni- on such an errand the back way , he should , in order to avoid the scrutinizing curiosity of the servants _.

      be admitted by the front door , and tben located in one of tho tront rooms , where he might remain , sub siUntio , " monarch of all I survey . " No sooner said than done . Tbe condescending and obliging official at once retired , to go rouud to the frout , and the opportunity was token by the lady to secure the lock and bolt . The unwelcome olikial , who often has the credit of seeing beyond his nose , in this case did not evidently see beyond his spectacles . It is said that a conversation _endued after thia polite ejection , between the two ; the lady being located in a window on the second story , and the officer in the garden . The succeeding rcene and dialogue , it- may b imagined , rather resembled those of" Catherine and Petruchio , " than those of "Romeo and Juliet . "

      Con _. passion for the unhappy is always noble , even when they areguiltj . Thelaw has a rigbt to condemn tbem ; but man haa no right to exult ic their misfortune , nor describe them in colours darker than the troth . Ihe Daily News calls attention to the fact , tbat there is scarcely a school , either public or prirate , in which ( subscriptions have not been raised among the scholars in aid ofthe funds for the relief of the distressed Scotch and Irish . The pupils -of Eton sent £ 170 to the United Relief ABSOciation iu

      Leicestersquare . Civilization is a word that is in everybody ' s mouth ; but few of those who make so frequent use of it , seem to kuow exactly what they mean , or to attach any precise definition to it . The B' -douin Arabs are , as I understand the word civilization , much rnore _eiviiiz'jd than a vast portion ofthe British population . I speak of their conduct only as regards each other , not as _reg-irds their intercourse with the rest of tlw world . —Addison ' s Travels . Death bt tna Bixb of a _Uorsk . —On Wednesday Mr Bedford held an inquest ar the Green Man , Gei . rge . _'* street , _Westmin-oer , on John Reynard , 31 , late of Francis-street , in that neighbourhood . Deceased was a coal merchant , aud on Christmas-day was in a neighbuuring stable , when he received a bite from one ofthe horses in the right arm , and about a week after he met with another accideut , and was removed to Westminster Hospital , where he expired ob Monday last . Verdict _MCortUogly .

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      Landlord And Tenant In Ireland. To Tbe E...

      LANDLORD AND TENANT IN IRELAND . TO TBE ECITOB OF TIIE KOaTHEBtf STAB , Sib , —As _the-suljcct of " Tenant Itiglit" in El ) _' ' - laud , antl " Compensation to Tenants ia Ireland " is now be-fore Parliament , I consider it my duty to lay my case before the public ; may I therefore request you will give insertion to thc following extract trom tho 6 ' un , in wliich my case i » concisely and correctly stated ? I am . Sir , Your obedient servant . William _Bbbwick * Belfast , March 22 , 1847 . ( From the Sun . )

      Ou" attention has recently been directed to a case , _appateatly of great bardBlup anel oppression , by a correspondent , who has forwarded us a _paaiphict detailing the particuhirs of tbo transaction , and who _lmo been pleased to compliment us on the part no have taken on the . landlord and tenant question in Ireland . If the necount is a correct one , and we see no reason to doubt its accuracy , great injustice has been done to the _gcntlemHn who was tlw sufferer oa the occusion . Although it is some time since the circumstance took place , it is still fresh in the recollection of the inhabitants oftlie di > i : ict , and it is said has deterred many from the free expression of avis _polWcaY opinion opposed to that of their landlord . The -case to which we _allade is that of Mr Milium Berwick , foimerly of Lisnabrecn Ilouse , in thc comity of

      Down . It appears that tbis gentleman purchased a farm , held under the Marquis ofDownshire . subject to tbe yearly rent of £ 5816 a ., for the _good-will of which he paid the sum of £ 1 , 060 , and on which he expended a feirtlicrguni of £ 800 , in permanent and lasting _improverueutti . In the course of'he ten years , during which he remained in occupation , Ur Berwick , in his pamphlet , asserts thathe inourred the anger ofthe late Marquis for the active part which be took in getting up aud _forwarding petitions to parliament for the total abolition of tithes aud church cess . Whatever foundation there might be for this statement , it appears that the rent was

      raised most euormously ; and that a rent was imposed on tbe dwelling-house itself , contrary to nil former precedent in that part of the country . Ihe total increase was from £ 58 16 s . per annum to £ 174 0 s . 2 d ., very nearly three times tbe former amount . Mr Berwick found that he wotd ' l bs unable to retain possession ofthe farm at so high a rent , and was in consequence _obliged to dispose of his interest for a sum of 300 guineas , thus sustaining a loss of £ 1 , 485 . Itis said that immediately after his parting with tbe farm the rent was _agiin _reduced from £ 174 0 * . 2 J . to £ 100 per annum , at which rent the new tenant -rag permitted to enjoy the fruits of Mr Berwick ' s expenditure .

      If there should be anything incorrect in ' this statement , it is capable of immediate contradiction . It appears to us the > simple questions are—Did Mr Berwick pay £ 1 , 000 for the purchase of the good will ? Did he expend any , and what further sum iu improvements of a lasting character ? Was his rent increased in the manner above stated , and was tbat increased rent the value of tbe laud in the state or condition in which it . was whan Mr Berwick ' s pved » c «« v ( for _whoas * _apehditure thereon he paid £ 1 , 000 ) enter into possess-on , or was it the rack-rent value , witbout _makisg uny allowance whatsoever for improvements ? If thc latter , it appears to us that Ur Berwick has been treated in a mnst unju 9 t and inequitable minner , aud that he is fairly entitled to some compensation for the losses he has sustained .

      It ' s not our wish or design to . cast any imputation upon t ' ie memory of tbe late Marquis of Do . _vnshire , bowever we may bave differed from him in political _ouiniont . Vfe _always beard tend believed that he was an excellent landlord , a kind-hearted and benevolent _nolleimtu . We have beard a similar account of the inheritor . f his estates and honours . We have alluded to tbe case because we conceive that there must bo some mistake somewhere ( a most _unfortunate one for Mr Berwick , ) and we trust that the liberality and justice of the present Marquis will prompt him to make speedy reparation , if tbe mistake should bave beea on tbe part ot his father , Wc allude to it , iu order that if there be error it may be corrected , aud if not , that what we can . not but consider a most in * urious precedent moy be taken away , mid that the injured man may receive the only amends now in the power of those who reaped the benefit ofhis loss .

      Nationai. Aixianck.—On Wednesday Evening...

      Nationai . Aixianck . —On Wednesday evening , a public meeting of the members and friends of this alliance , for promoting the " real representation of the people in Parliament , " was convened at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street . Wiiliam Howitt , Esq ., having been voted to the chair , proceeded to address the m < eting . The following resolutions were adopted : — "That the safety of a nation depends on the virtue and wisdom of its people , and upon a free government honestly and economically administeredhy representative institutions . Thatthe Uouaeof Commons is not a fair representation of the people of Great Britain , because not above one in six of tho adult male population can vote in the election ofits member-- ; and because tbe small and declining _boroughs ,

      whose elections are made at the dictation of aristocratic patrons , are put upon a level in point of influence and political power with the large and wealthy cities , boroughs , and counties . That the industrious _classes are excluded from the right to elect members , and are deprived of the privilege to sit in Parliament by ' absurd property qualifications . Tbat since the passing of tlte Reform Bill the vexatious operation of tbe tax-paying clauses has debarred many thousands of men from the exercise of their undoubted rights and the refusal of the Whig government to repeal those clauses is evidence of strong hostility to the principles of popular progress . That the increasing intelligence of the people is an additional reason why their claim to the possession ojtheir political rights

      should be at once admitted . That the disorganised state of political parties aud tbe reasons abovo specified , lead this roeetin * - to resolve that the _present is a favourable time for creatine ; a national movement in favour of the full enfranchisement of all classes of tlujpeople . " " That this meeting cordially approves of the formation of the National Alliance for promoting the real representation of the people in Parliament , because it seeks to extend _tuesuflhige to every roan who is of sane rn " -nd , criminals excepted ; to protect his vote by ballot ; to provide equal electoral districts ; to abolish property _qualificationsfnr members ; to renumerate membeis tor services performed , and to procure annual elections . This alliance pledges itself to adopt none other than peaceful and

      legal modes of action to rouse the people and to urge its claim upon the Legislature . " _'"Tnat the suecess of the Alliance will depend on the z _. al , prudence , and 8 clf-8 acrificing spirit of Us members and supporters ) also upon their willingness to contribute freely and continually to its funds . This meeting therefore appeals to the friends of reform to enrol their names as members of the Alliance , and to for . ward the amount of tlieir subscriptions to the treasurer , that the machinery for an efficient popular movement may be at once provided , and active ope _< rations commenced . " The following gentlomen addressed the meeting , Mr _Ebenezer Clarke , Dr Epps _, Air II . Vincent , Mr Bontems , Mr C . Gilpia , and Mr Thomas Cooper . This last-named gentleman , better known as * - ' Thomas Cooper the Chartist , "

      candidly announced that he had been kicked out ot the Chartist movement , and . consequently was no longer" Thomas Cooper , the Cliartist , " although he still had a sneaking affection for the Charter . He had seen many meetings in favour of the principles tbat had been advocated that night , but never one like that before . He hnd beeu present at meetings when the black hands of 70 , 000 colliers wore held up in their favour , but a well-dressed assembly like tbat was a novelty to him , and betokened an advance , of the cause . He was _tteifjiQted to see au association formed , in which , _withoutsaciificing principle , men of ail classes couid unite for the furtherance of this great cause . In the assertion of this right in forme times , they had beeD driven by the pressure of want

      and the impulses of inexperienced enthusiasm into violence , both of language and action , but they now knew better , ic etc . _Yanubs _SPKCciAriotf . —The New York Tribune contains the following — -Au enterprising Yankee at Canton haa recently built a Chinese Junk of 300 tons fitted and rigged entirely after the Chinese mode , which he intends taking to New York , loading her with every species of China knicknacs , curiosities , etc . to be sold on hoard after arrival off that city _, lie takes also a Chinese crew , a theatrical and juggling company , males and females , and everything , curious , illustrative cf the manners and customs of the Celestials . The j unk will have canvass sails and a Christian rudder to make her suitable fur the long

      voyage , but upon arrival at the Narrows , everything foreign will be replaced b y Chinese articles , mat sails , clumsy rudder and all , and the junk anchor oS the city in her entire oriental costume and build , where she will remain as a show-shop , sale room and mountebank exhibition . It is expected she will make tbe passage in five months . The cost ofthe whole affair will be about 30 , 000 dollars , and the " cute " proprietor will undoubtedly realize a large fortune . Hs haw ! lis haw !—Colonel Sibthorpe tells us tbat it takes three years to make a good dragoon . We wonder how man / it takes to make a good member ot Parliament * , but we forget tbat the perfection of the latter depends not so much upon tlte number of years as the length of them . —Punch .

      Bank . Robbbby . — W . II . Biagney , charged with having stolen one hundred ten-pound promissory notes of ihe Leamington . bank _. has been found guilty , and sentenced to be _transported for ten years , Anothhb Amseicasi Portrait . — Mr Corwin , or " Black Tom , " as they call him out West , is a man of about forty-five _years . of age , of dark complexion , dark eye 3 . and dark hail _?; hence his soubri quet . He is one of the best looking- . , men ofthe Senate . llis features have an extreme mobility . When he speaks , the seutimetlt he would convey , or the feeling he would express , is _antiqipjtte . d by the expression of his countenance . Fire dashes from his eye , as he iu augry mood denounces T _Otquity or baseness . A quiot smile is painted on _hU-QQimtenance while Ue holds up to ridicule an _opponetAftc an absurdity ; and all his features are writhed , _in-jstvcra when ha depicts tho low cunning of low wea ,. oj ; . tlw _meMDjaas . of _yic « . — Nein York Tribune . > ..

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      SOUTHWARK . — . A Reloctant _PaosECOToa . — Mr . Tame' 8 , surgeon , "Cnmberwell ; wasebflged with _wounding Carolina Jones last Monday night . The complainant stated thai she lodged in William-street , WaIiror . Ii , and that , on tlie preceding night thc prisohcr , accompanied by another gentleman , called to see her . They were in tho hack parlour together , and after some time the prisoner said _something offensive to her , and she immediately threw the contents of a pot of porter in Ills face . She was about to strike him with the empty pot , when she was thrust out ot * the room by some other person , and then discovered that she was bleeding from a wound across her right hand , and a policeman was cnlletl _, and

      hi r _iissailant given into custody . She added , that she did nut think now that thc prisoner wounded her intentionally . In reply to Mr Cottingham , the com . * ta ' tittut said that she believed the prisoner was _parin-j his finger nails with a penknife atthe time sho was wounded . That she heard him exclaim that ho had a penknife in his hand , and desired her to stand off—this was after she was _H-ounded . Prisoner asked the _complainant whether she did not attempt to strike him with the empty pewter-pot , and that lie put up his hand to ward off the blow , which was the way the accident occurred . Tho reply wus , that she did make such an attempt , and that sho still believed that the wound was accidentall y given . Mr CoUingham . —Then , if that was the case ,

      why did you _aftonvarde give tlio prisoner into custody ? Complainant . —I was in a _pnssion with him then . Mr Cottingham observed that he should not permit a case of so serious a nature to be settled in the manner described . The complainant again interceded in the accused ' s behalf , saying that she freely forme bim , and that sho knew that be did not wound htr intentionally . Mr Cottingham 6 aid that although it was not probable a jury would convict the accused upon the evidence ofthe complainant , yet he should give her an opportunity of preferring an indictment against him at the sessions , and for that purpose should adjudge him to enter into his own _recognizance for j ££ iO ( and find two securities of £ 50 each , to appear at the next Central Criminal Court Sessions .

      A 008 AVATED AND INDECENT ASSAULT . —Mr J . Roderick , a mun advanced in life , was charged with _indecently assaulting Mury Ackery Miet Rebecca Lewis , two married women , residing lu Chsirlotte-s _' reet _, Blackfriars-road . Mrs Ackery stated between 7 and 8 o ' clock on the preceding night _. she was ualking ahmg Charlotte street ; just before she arrived at ber house , the prisoner came behind her and soiled her round the waist witb one hand while with tbe other he attacked her in the most indelicate manner . Sho » _creamed out , he immediately let her go , and walked on at _i . smart pace before htr , and had not proceeded far before she observed him act precisely in a similar manner to the other female . Sho added that immediately after the last attack the prisoner was given Into custody .

      Policeman , 103 M , said that Mrs Lewis was not io attendance that morning , although she pressed the charge against the prisoner at the station-house on theprcceding night . The policeman added , a third female had been indecently assaulted at the same time by thc accused , but she was also absent , Mr Cottingham said that he was quite aware of the repugnance females had to appear to give evidence in such cases . It was a pity , however , for the sake of the public , tbat offenders of such a description should , in many instances , escape the punishment they , _sojustly deserved , _oiring to the abience of those wbo from a feeling of delicacy , did not attend to press tbo charge . The magistrate then inflicted the full penalty of £ 5 on the prisoner , or in default of payment , to be committed for two months .

      CLBRKENVfELL , —A Bakes , —On Monday , Henry Ilillior , leven years of age , was placed at tbe bar charged by Mr Henry Manning , master baker , Graj _' s Inn-lane , Ilolborn , with stealing five two-pound loaves . Tbe prosecutor said , that on Sunday morning , about night o ' clock , thc prisoner entered his shop , took tlie loaves from the shop window , and walked off with them . Oa taking him into custody , he raid his father and mother were dead , and be stole tbe property through hunger . He was going to take them to a _coffee-sho _;' , where he could sell them for 3 d eaeh to the rakers . Mr Hillier , a respectable haberdasher , said that he could notkeep tbe prisoner at borne , in consequence of his propensity to associate with bad company , He bad used mild and severe mea . sures with him to no purpose . He had locked bim in a room , but he escaped through the window at the risk

      ofhis life , and be had not seen him for a considerable time since tbat period . He made an effort to get bim into the Refuge for the Destitute at Hoxton , but they re . fused to receive him , Marriott , 31 G , stated the prisoner wns 8 n associate of thieves , and waa what they termed a " raker . " Mr Greenwood Inquired tbe meaning of raker 1 Marriott said the prisoner and bis companions crept into the sewers , and went for a consider * _, ble distance through them , raking after nails , bones , and property that _miqbt have been dropped or washed down the sink holes , and frequently tbey got into bouses and robbed them . Mr Greenwood said he would commit the prisoner for trial , and he advised tbe father to be present to s ate to the Court what he had stated tbere that day , and the Judge would no doubt adopt somo means to save the boy from destruction .

      MARLBOROUb H-STREET No Law roa the Poor . —On _Monetay , Captain _Sympson , of Lane ' s lintel , was summoned before Mr Bingham , f > r having horsewhipped and kicked Letvis _Nottidgo , bis servant , The complainant said he was Captain _Sympson ' _s groom . On Wednesday afternoon Captain Sympson , after being out for an afternoon ride , brought bis mare into Busbnell's stableyard , and sent for bim ( complainant ) to take charge of the animal . _Complainant attended his master ' s summons immediately , and , on taking the mare into the stable , the dsfendant called him a —— - and a rascal . Complainant asked bis master if he addressed such language to him . His master said he did , and he then told his master if the _scs . ndalouB _numes were repeated he would leave him to dress the maro himself . Captain

      Sympson ordered him out of the stables . He told the captain he would leate the ' stables , if the owner came nnd desired him to do so . The owner was sent for , and complainant , on receiving direotions to leave the stable , was about to comply , when the enptnin proceeded to lash him over the h _<* ad with the riding-whip he had in his hand . Complainant stopped this as _* ault as soon as be could , by wresting the whip from his master ' s band . His master then kicked bim on the legs as be was about to quit tbe stable . The n ; _-i * t day bis master s _^ nt for him to settle the affair , but bo told him he should appeal to the law for the abuse and the injuries he had sustained . An ostler named Stone , said he heard the captain call his servant bad names , _^ nd afterward * horsewhip him . — Richard _Bushne' 1 , the owner of the stable yard , said he

      eva ? not present at the commencement of the difference . He was sent for , and by the captain's desire he told the complainant to leave the . staMe . Witness saw the captain strike his servant with his riding-whip . The complainant was perfectly sober at the time . Captain _Symfson , in his defence , said the complainant proceeded to _handle the mare in such a way as led bim to suppose that tl . e animal would injure itself . He spoke to the compMnaut , who replied he _might dress the mare himself . II ' orderedthecomplninant out of the stables , eing irritated at bis ir _. solence . The complainant refused to go , and then he certainly did give him a slight cut over the shoulder with a light whip which be carried . He denied having applied the filthy namo to the _ce _. mpluinant , as sworn to , and he further denied having kicked the com . plaiimnt . The next morning he sent for the complainant , intending to uive hira a £ 1 for what he had done to him .

      The complainant stopped his good intention ? , by saying if it cost hint £ 50 he would have redress at law . Mr Bingham called up the complainant , and asked him It he was now willing to accept a sovereign ftvm tbe de . fendant . Tbe complainant said his master never made an offer of a sovereign . His object was not monoy ; he would not take a sovereign now ; andjf the complainant were fined , and any part of the fine went to him , he was agreeable to have it placed in the poor-box , Mr Bingham asked the _stable-yard keeper how many blows h > _- saw given ? The witness replied be saw one or two blows . There might , however , have been a greater number . Mr Bingham said tbe assault waB ot a trifling character . Had there been no provocation , a fine ol 40 s . wouldlmw been sufficient on a gentleman oftho defendant ' s station as there appeared to bave been considerable provocation lie _should make the fine 20 s ., and costs ,

      The Ponce—Police-constable J . Pry , P 115 , was nc cused by Mrs H . Watts , the wile of a grocer and cheese _, monger , at 10 , Dudley-street , of having misbehaved him . self in tbe execution of his duty . —The complainant stated that on Friday last a woman coma into her shop , and told ber sho had been paid a bad half-crown in exchange for a sovereign , which had been tendered In pay . ment of articles purchased at tha shop . Complainant had uo recollection of having seen tbe woman before _, and refused to exchange tbe bad money / or goad . The woman left . the shop , saying she would go and fetch her husband , In about an hour or so tbe woman returned with two police-constables one of whom waa the defendant . He said to her , " How came you to give this woman bad money ? I have a bad half-crown which you gave to tbis

      woman , and tbis is not your first offence , for you have been twice convicted before . " Complainant replied , that tbiB was not true . Her husband had been twenty years in business , and never bad a charge against bim iu his life . He had certainly been summoned once to the Court of Requests because he retused to change a bad _fourpenny-piecc , but that was all . Tho defendant told ber sbe must go with him . Conceiving herself to be in custody , she sent for a man to come and shut up her shop , as her husband was ill in bed , The man came , and then she told tbe policemen that , if sbe must go with him , she would see herself righted at any cost . She produced her cash . box , in which were nbout £ 12 in silver , and allowed the onstable to see tbeir was no bad money there . The defendant didnot takeber away , as she

      expected , but liewent out of the shop , saying toher . "You and the other woman had better settle it . " The defendant afterwards told the woman to go home , for h * irould ascertain the rights of the affair , and see her again iu an hour . *—A _witusss named Sarte was called to corroborate the statement of the complainant . Sho said sbe eaw the police-constable in Mrs Watt ' s shon _, ana _« . )> went in . She heard the _police-constabla say to Mrs Watts that it was not the first time she had been charged with passing bad money , for two or three persons had complained of the same thing . —Mr Bingham : Is this all your evidence ?—Mrs Watts : It _iu ,.-, Mr Bingham : I am clearly of opinion that the la _tfc witness ha * put thc case out of court , and tbat the , defendant is entitled to au acquittal . If any bad money was passed , it was pawedt _^ towtftUy' and , jjo _lo-pmailoa _atuwhcs tothe

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      complainant , who had never beeu twice convicted , or proved to have passed bad money intentionally . The constable hearing the woman ' s account of having rec . ived a bad half-crown , calls on the eompluinant , and as alleged without reason tells the complainant she had been twice convicted . Now if the coii 8 taUe - did know the fact from his oivn knowledge , he acted foolishly and improperly . If he did not know the fact , his conduct was still _worso . ' But I am clearly of opinion ho used no such language . —Mrs Watts' . I will swear he did . —Mr Bingham : Hold jour tongue , woman . I understand the mistuke you make ns to what you believe the constable to have said . I Mil bound to acquit the constable ; he did not uso tho words Mrs Watts thought he did , but he used the words deposed to by the _witnesi . —Charge- dismissed _.

      Seduction of a Coal Meiichant Hester _Fi'e and Elizi Black were charged with having unnojed and threatened Mr George ) Webb , a coal merchant , residing in _Clomleslcy-tcrrace , Islington . Complainant stated , that during tho last lour or five weeks the did ! ndants had befell in the habit of _tollowing bim about nnd deiiiuiidiiig money from him , nnd on his refusing to give any , Pile had tbreateud to blow out his brains ; on _M-.-n . day list , when he went to a Mr Patterson's , in Prince _' _sstreeet , defendants came there , when File flew at him and ecratched his face , und swore she would murder him if she suffered for it at the tallows ; the other defendant , iilack , also vowed thnt she would be the death of hinv , in consequence of such conduct he considered himself to

      be * iii personal danger . Fife in answer to the charge , said , that complainant seduced her , and took her away from a comfortable situation in a family in which she was living ns cook , and that sbe was now enceinte by him . He bad repeatedly promised to marry her , and she considered that he had treated her in u most scan _, dalous manner . Complainant said he was not thc seducer but the seduced , and that the young woman , Fife , after falling in love with him , would never let himalon _* _-. Both thu defendants denied the assault and threats imputed to thera , and tbe case was disposed of b y Mr _Rawlinson ordering Fife to enter into her own recognizance iu £ 20 for her keeping tbe peace and being of good behaviour for twelve months . Black , on her promising not to offend in a similar way again , was discharged .

      GREENWICH . —FixoN _* . —A Son _Appbehemded by ma _Fatubk _voa Robbing bis _Masteu . —Wm , Lawson was _charged with stealing a cash box , containing upwards of sixty pounds in gold and silver , the property of Mr _llalsey , a grocer , of Deptford . The prisoner had been about four months iu Mr _Haltey ' g employ . Mr Hal . ey rose about 9 o ' clock last Sunday morning , and nent to breakfast , leaving the cash box on bis dressing table . Tbe cash box waa missed about half . past 10 o'clock . The I _risoner had gone out , and left the door Open . He gave information oftlie robbery at the police station , aud at half past 11 o ' clock he was informed tbat two men had taken tho empty cash box open to the station house , and stated tbat they bad picked it up in a brick field at Mew . cross together with a screw-driver , and a letter addressed

      to the prisoner . The -. crew-driver bad been taken from Mr _Haliej _' g cupboard . Tbe letter purported to be from the prisoner ' s mother , lamenting in strong terms his past conduct , J . Lawson , prisoner ' s father , deposed the letter produced was in thu handwriting of his daughter , who had written it at the request of her mother . He also stated that he met his son ( theprisoner ) in Pimlico , on Monday , riding on horseback . He seized hold of the horse ' s bridle , aud held the prisoner by the leg , and having dismounted him , conveyed them both to a liverystable , in Broadway , _Westminster . He tben searched the prisouer , and took from Lim £ 13 in gold , and £ 9 Bs . in silver . He afterwards delivered up the prisoner and the money to the inspector of the A division , at _** cotIand-yurd Btation . On the way to the station the prisoner said he was alarmed by two men in the fiald , who he waa sure hae "

      picked up tbe cash box , 4 c , On bis way to the police court , thc prisoner said tbat he placed a pair of shoes at his master ' s bed-room door , when he saw the cash box on the drawers , and it suddenly came into his mind to take it ; he did so , and broke the box open in a field and t ok the money , leuving only some papers and a book , an i said that he did not care what was done with him , as ha could not be leading a worse life than he was then . The prisoner bad on at the time a new frock coat , trousers , waistcoat , satin stock , shirt front , and hat , whieh he said he had purchased with part of the stolen monej on Sunday , tor wbich he paeil £% 14 $ . Ur Jeremy said he should commit the prisoner to Newgate for trial on the present evidence , but would remand him fur a week , in the li"pe of getting additional evidence as to the money , eke . The prisoner was accordingly _remaudad to Maidstone gaol .

      LAMBETH _Yootbfdl Psoflioaov . —Three little boys , two of IS , and the third « nly 12 years , were charged with felony . The prisoners bad stolen some new bottles from the stores ef a pickle-maker in _Watwortb-commou ; and sold them at a marine _storodealer ' _s . Two of the prisouers , Edward aud Charles _Joties , a-e the sons of a policeman , wl . u was sent for . The father ad . miited thit hia sous had been twice bofore in custody , and though he had used e . ery possible means to improve them , it seemed all to uo purpose . The youngest , had , be said , been tried at tho Old Bailey , aud since theu was in the & abit of leaving home and stopping away for

      several days together . The _b' _> y went so far as to tell him ( tbe lather ) that it was useless to endeavour to keep him from stealing , for if he saw any article of property ho felt that he could not keep his bauds off it , and tbat he must steal it . —Mr Elliott feared that tbe father had uot corrected the prisoners , and _aske-d him if he had any objection to the gaoler giving them a sound flogging ? The father replied that be had not tho least _objection , but begged to say that bo had himself flogged them to such a degree us to bring up n bim the censure ofthe neighbours , Tbe third prisoner was then discharged , and the Junes'a , having been well Hogged , were also discharged .

      _WoaKHoosa Education . —At Lambeth when Mr Elliott was about to leave the bench , Davis , one of the ushers , brought into court seven young women , who , be said , had been in the outer waiting room tho whole of tbe day , and whoso conduct whilst thero was of the most shameful description , and their language such as was unfit for any decent person to bear , Mr _Elliottreeognised all the parties as persons who bad been frequently charged before him with disorderly conduct at Lambeth Woi kliouse , and whom ho bad as frequently seat to Brixton . They said they bad been turned out of Lambeth Workhouse by the guardians , and told to provide situations for themselves ; but their clothe * were in such a state , that no person would take them into their employment . Mr Elliott sent for Mr Bushell , ot _Kenuingtou-lano , ono uf the ]

      guardians of the parish of Lambeth , and that gentleman recognised all the young women , except one , as _most worthless persons , who , though perfectly able to work , would not look out for situations , nor do anything in tha building ; in fact , tbey act alt law aud order at defiance ; discharged themselves from tho workhouse , when thev thought proper , and perhaps tho same day , after spending the discharge money , came back , and insisted upott being re-admitted . Mr Elliott highly disapproved of the prac tiee of giving discharge money to such persons , for . from all he had heard , it appeared they spent it in prodicacy ; aud , where persons discharged themselves without rea . sonable cause , he did not think they should be received back as a matter of course . They shojdd all be earning

      tlieir own subsistence , and not living upon the industry of tbe rate-payers of the parish . Mr Biwiieli undertook to have _semathing _donofov two of the parties , who ware not quite so bad as the others , whom he * could notaaswer for , particularly one ( Brown ) , who had been froquently committed to prison , and wbo , on tho present _oceaaion , hud discharged herse ' u" from the house ivitliout the slightest cause , i ' _rewn mid unless ' Am was taken into the house , sbe certainly dheuid be aent to prison again . Mr Elliott toid her , that if she was brought befoi c bim , he should gire her tha severest punishment he could , Mr Bushell _ultimatt l y offered to have all tho parties admitted into the _ivorkhoune as casual paupers that night , and have ttwit case brought before ths board on the following day .

      _ExTBACrnoiNAa _? Case oe Sta'as :. —D . _Alii-ror .. an _'ri'hman , upwards uf 60 jears at" _t _. ge _, _evas _-xamitieei cn a charge of bigamy . Timothy _Aheroii , the In-other cf the prisoner , deposed that in ths y * ar 18-. , he was _presentat _iheraarriaiteof his brother with Ann _Fttspatrtck , at Kensington Church . TUo priioaer _, after _shat marriaga , lived with lus wife for two or three years , when they separated , and after this tho prisoner went to live with CiitUcrina Joyce , then present . The woman Joyce was aware that thu prisoner was a married man when she nurtied nim , —Mra Catherine Joyce , alias Regan , deposed tbat in tho year 18 _L' ! I the prisoner visited her as a single man , and made a

      proposal of marriage to her , which sho accepted . Soon after thqjr marriage he ill-used her , and scarcely allowed her the common necessaries of life ; and on one occasioa he was committed for a month for Ui-treaiing her . Had not been told by tho last wituoss or any of his family that the prisoner was a married man . Sophia Craddock stated tbat last year the prisoner paid his addresses to her as a single man , ami believing that he was so she consented to be his wife , aud thoy were mar . ried on tbe _l'Jtb of July- at Batteroea church . Sooc after she discovered that he had Another wite living , and gave tbe prisoner iuto cus ' edy . Tito _polieoman who took the prisoner into custody produced the certificates ofthe three marriages . _The prisoner was fully committed _.

      WESTMINSTER . —Georgo Thorpo , _amaater oaker _. ofj 4 , _Mariborougb-road , _Ciie ' sca _, was brought before the ! magistrate shortly before thu hour of retiring , charged ; with having indecently exposed his person , tn consequenoe of the wife of the sropiietor of the liouse immediately opposite defendant's , and tlio female residents , having repeatedly been disgusted by _deftmlaut ' s ex . ri'b ' uvng himself in a most indecent manner at thc window , tbe landlady applied at tbis court , when Mr Bro . derip directed Mr Taylor , an inspector ofthe B d via ' _tctt _, to take steps to bring tha _effuuder to justice . Joho . Fryer , 81 B , was placed ia the house opposita to detV . _i _dient ' s , and having seen _hi 3 disgusting conduct at the first . floor wlnduw of his liouse , at about 3 o ' alock on

      Tuesday a' . ternoon _. ' mmeiliately proceeded to defendant ' , shop and took him into cuBtody , when he said he should like to make it up . The wife of the proprietor ofthe opposite house and a lady residing ia it , gait * _evidene ** of defendant's conduct , whieh is unfit fir ¦ _outlicatiun . Defendant , in answer to the charge , said ha did not do it with any intention to _offejuil—he was ufc tho oppoiito bide ot the room , and did not think _aaybedy could _ss-c him . The defence was in direct contradiction to the evidence against defendant , which was of the strongest possible nature . Mr Broderip obsar- ; _e > d that it _appi-ared tbat defendant bad b * en _carrju _* . g on this _etfafieisting be ' _navfour for gome length of _Wuie , and ho would endcavuui' to put a stop to it . Ho , then committed him us a rogue aad vagabond for _trjrfi « _uoaths to hard _Iftbvur «

      Painless Oparationst"" Pootik, Donset. —...

      PAINLESS _OPaRATIONsT" " _PootiK , DonsET . — -The patient in this casa was a young sailor , 17 years of age , named Samuel Clark an apprentice belonging to a Sc 'teh vessel , labouring under frost bite of both teet and ankles , who \ v ; _is left , _-tt this port by hi * , * capfain asd placed under thu care of Or Hamilton , the operator , who states that the case was a precarious one , owin _;; to the exi _* _-t nee ofa -evere iufliiinnintoiy fever , immediate !'' _preriotis to aril during tbe development of tbe gangrene , which had reduced the patient considerably , 'ihe rirat operation was performed on the ik'ht log . The pa . tient having been place I on the _tablu tho inhalation commenced ; but owing to the lad not receiving _jj kindly , some time elapsed beforo he was _brought J ' _ulJv- under its in & ueuec—nearly jialf an hour front

      commencement , but only live minutes from the effectual inhalation . _Absolute insensibility being produced , the circular operation was commenced and completed in one minute , without the smallest indication of suffering to tho patient , who , » n being restored to his senses , was nut aware of the amputation having taken place ; nor could be be convinced of the fact until repeatedly assured of it by bis favourite nurse . It was not considered expedent to remove both logs at the same time , owing to the great debility of the - _. aticnt . At the expiration of eleven days the lad consented tothe amputation of the left leg , during which time he had greatly improved in his general health . The second amputation was per . formed by Dr Hamilton , assisted , as before , by Mr

      J . W . West . The usual preliminaries , as in the former cases , having been arranged , the vapour was administered a * before by Mr Ll . Hamilton , dentis t , from an elegant afrparaten , which is a modification of Robinson ' s inhaler , with an improvement in the mechanical appliance and construction of the valve —the most important part of the apparatus ; the fit . neis and safety of which were beautifully shown in _bi > th these operations . After an inhalation of three minutes the patient violently forced the tube from his mouth , at the same time raising himaelt and uttering some wild incoherent expressions , evidently showini ; the intoxicating effect ot the vapour , 'ihe inhalation waa continued for five minutes longer , when the ab-ence ot" all sensibility was clearly shown ;

      the muscles becoming completely passive , acci'inpanied with deep sonorous breathing , the eyes presenting a bright suffusion , tho pupils being fixed up and widely dilated . At this moment the circular incision waa rapidly perfor _* med ( wl \ ich apart from the inhalation of ether is thc most painful part of the operation ) without the least indication of suffering , The subsequent steps of the operation were quickly completed ( occupying in the whole about one minute ) , and this also without tho least indication ofthe presence of sensation ; nor were there any excitorno tory movements exhibited in the stump as in the first instance . The patient was kept under the influence of the vapour for the space of ten minutes from the removal of the leg in both cases ( by alternating the vapour with atmospheric air ) , during which time the arteries were secured , the _tlap stitched up , and the lmnt * a » e applied . As these steps were being completed the patient was allowed gradually to

      recover his consciousness , which he did in the coiitse of ona or two minutes , although still showing t-trong symptoms of intoxication ; so that on being asked how be felt , he replied in his Scotch accent , stretch * ing out his arms and yawning as one just awoke from a deep sleep , "How con a drunken mon tell enything : about it ? " He was then placed in bed ; and aa further consciousness returned , he _nought convincing proof of the operation having been completed by having recourse to ocular demonstration , pulling off the blanket which covered his stumps , and , in this manner , satisfying himself . Very slight depression succeeded the operation , and he quickly regained his usual spirits without recourse to stimulants nf any kind . No _hajraorrhaste followed in either case , nor has there been a single unpleasant symptom from the first operation up to the present period ; on the contrary , the patient has progressed rapidly in every re « pect , and is now able to set up , and be removed from his bed .

      Com I-Tfiarheis.

      Com _i-tfiarheis .

      „,„„,„ , Losutmf ' Fkidat.—At This Day's...

      _„ , _„„ , _„ , _Losutmf ' Fkidat . —At this day ' s market there was so little passing in the wheat trade , and the attendance of buyers so small , that we can only quote prices nominally , The demand f 0 r France and _Belgium has , iu a great degree , subsided .

      Provincial Markets. Iucniiond (Yobxsntne...

      PROVINCIAL MARKETS . IUcniiOND _( _YoBxsntnE ) , Saturday . —Wc only had a thin supply of grain this morning , thc prices were much the same as last week . —Wheat sold from 1 ( U to Us ; oats , 3 s 6 d to 4 s 6 d ; barley , 6 s to 6 s lid ; bcaHS , Cs Bd to 7 s per bushel . . Wakefield , Friday . —The supply of wheat this week is small , and ot other " atircles moderate . There is a fair inquiry for wheat , and ; i disposition to do business at some reduction , hut holders are firm , nnd require last week ' s prices . Manchester , Saturday . —At our market this morning the transactions in wheat were ofa very limited nature , and we repeat nominally the quotations of this day su _' nnight . For both English and foreign flour a fibrin _, quiiy was experienced . Wamhnoton , Thursday . —A very slender attendance of millers and farmers to-day . What little wheat was sold was at 10 s 9 d to lis per bushel , which is 3 d toCdpcr bushel less than last week . There was a fair supply of oats for seed , but a dull sale .

      lieu ,, Tuesday , — The trade has been very inactive during the past week . The fine favourable weather we have experienced has not been without its effect . At this day ' s market the supply of wheat was small , there being a short attendance of ' farmers , who aro much occupied with field work . Livebpool , Monday . —The arrivals since Tuesday last h _' . ive been very largo , consisting cf about _S 3 , 0 " 0 barrels of Hour , 53 , 000 quarters of Indian com , 20 , 000 barrels of Indian corn _tneal , 14 , 000 quarters of wheat , and 3850 quarters of beans , al ! from r ' _oreign ports , and chiefly from the United States . On . Friday tlio business was at irregular prices .

      State Of Trade. Lseds.-The Cloth Markets...

      STATE OF TRADE . LsEDs .-The cloth markets at both Cloth Halls havo been of much the same character as the markets ( luring the last few weeks . The demand continues to be principally for goods of low qualities for shipping ; but fine goods , considering tht season , continues to be _exceedintcly _dullof sale . _MANC'tmE--.. —The state of our Cloth Market is with _, out any decided _channe , hut if any change the heavy pur . chaser has had a slight advantage , whilst the general sales must be noted at last week ' s ratos . Bradford . —There is a steady demand for combing wool , and as the supply is a bare one , prices are firm . Short wools continue in good request at former prices . There is _coHfielerable improvement in the yam marker , both for the home and export trade . _llPODEKsnii-D . —The market has been tolerably brisk to day for goods suited to the season ; but more in particular for light fancies of low and _uiieldliiig qualities . The trade in the warehouses _eluviuj ; th * week has been about an average one of the season . Haujax—Wehave no alteration to notice in tbis market _silica last week's report . Priees of wool are quoted stationary , and stocks rather low .

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      (Prom The Gazelle Of Tuesday, March So.)...

      ( Prom the Gazelle of Tuesday , March SO . ) Edward Marshall , Clifton-street , _Sun-street , Finsbury , pewterer— "' illiam Heath Bonds , Creek-road , Deptford , licensed victualler—Henry Howell , Shrewsbury , draper—Augusta SopM' . _- . Tipper , Henry Roe Tipper , and Alfred Tipper , Upper _Thames-strect , wholesalo stationers—George Atkins Soar , Great Marylebone street , glasscutter—John Haly , Surrey street , Str . iud , merchant—William Swain , Cheltenham , builder—Joseph Chatterton _, Manchester , eoachbuildei _*—James Sharpo , Riddlesden _, Yorkshire , coal merchant—Benjamin Burrows , Sutton-in . Ashlield , Nottinghamshire , farmer—Stephen and James Chuppel , _nunslet , Yorkshire , earthenware manufacturers _—Wtllilliuti Hodgson , ' uu ., Hulton , Yorkshire _victualhr —Tlvrnas _Sivill , Liverpool , publican—John Jebb , _Stanw-irditie - in - the * - Fields , Shropshire , grocer — James Tranter , Jun .. _Utteixeter _. Staffordshire , timber merchant _—WUiuni Henry Lovatt , Wolverhampton , factor .

      ( From the t 7 a « He of Friday , April 2 . ) Henrv Jones , ef 14 , Grosvenor-row , 1 _'imlico , and Smithstreet , _liins ' s-road , Chelsea , oilman—Henry James Cook , of _Hedge-row , _High-street , Islington , linen draper—John Barlow , jun ., and James Gill , of Calvert _' s . buildings , Southwark , and Maidstone , hop _factors—Johu Webb , ot * Stuuwardine . _iu-the . Fields , Shropshire , grocer—Andrew Blrroll , tate of Liverpool , but now of Salford , v ' negar manufacturer—Robert MacouB , of Bolton , cotton _epiiuiei ? —Geeirge Jones , late of Bilston , victualler—John June ' s Price , of Buiith , Breconsbire , tanner .

      Deaths. Tately, In Carlow, Aged 95, Cha....

      DEATHS . _tately , in Carlow , aged 95 , Cha . ' esM'Elroy , He , was present at the battle of Btm ' tst ' ii Hill , nt the comro . enceaont ofthe _Aratrlcan rev » lutionar , v war , was _afterwards engaged in the English expedition in aid of the French royslist 3 , in 1792 , in whieh ho was made prisoner , but effected his escape to Italy . Tho last _scensa , of his military career were laid in Ireland , during tha trouble some times of 1798 . Recently _^ at Lyme Regis , aged 47 , Mary Anning , of Quropeatvfama as a discoverer ot fossils , more particularly those oi the ichthyosaurus , _plesiosaurus ,

      pterodactyle , and many fish in tke blue lias of tbat locality . B _»« a Gull infant , she wns taken bv her nurse , while " * _M iu arms , to an exhibition of equestrian performances ia a field . A sudden shower caused this woman and many others to seek fov shelter beneath a ttee , where the ] were _sti'Ue-k dead hy a flash of lightning . Some one took the _ivifant Mav ; Aiiniug from among tbe group of dead , and put her into warm water , upon whieh _shs revived , and was ever after n lively girl . The history of Lyme Regis coatains many interesting particulars respecting _Ui'S M , Ann ' ng _' s history nnd researches . The great tchthj _osattrus uow at the British Museum , was sold in situ to Mr _llaivkins by Miss Anning ,

      Fruited By Dougal M'Gowan , Of Hi, Great Windmill*

      fruited by _DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of Hi , Great Windmill *

      Street, Ilayniarket, Ut Tho City Of West...

      street , Ilayniarket , ut tho City of Westminster , at "ie Oftiev , in the saint * Street and Parish , for the Proprotor , FEAltGl ' S O'CONNOR , Esq ., and published by _WvuitM Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , _Brandou-street , Walworth , in tho parish of St . Mary , Newington , in th » County of Surrey , at tbi Office , No . 16 , Great _Windmiil-sUwt , Haymarket , iu the City of ffesfr _* tuiiv"Ur . _Satuvd'y April M _, 18 tT

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03041847/page/8/