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      balk of _ExcrnnvBEn estates . ' The landed proprietors of Sligo , _including Colonel _llvivnox Gore , th e li e u enant o f t he c o unty , Sir Robert _GGe-re Booth , Bart ., Mr . Johni Wynne ( one of tl * ©( Devon Commissioner * , ) Mr . Edw ? . rd _cooper , of _SJM a rkr e e and Mr * Cfearks O'Hara , have _J- _yresc-] Mu ' _.. "o _*> _- _' ce _* "d to at a meeting held on the 23 rd ult ., _rerecorded their thanks to Uer Majesty ' s Ministers foforthe liberal _propwitions embodied in the Treasury X ! Minute ofthe lst December , and declared their int tetent onto avail themselves without delay of _itssalutstary provisions . And they further resolved , tha t _tlthcv considered it _abrelutely necessary that mcicreawd facilities should be afforded to the owners oof _estates encumbered with debt of selling portions o of tbtir property with as little delay as possible . VO _* L _* CKTAR ** REUE 1 ? . . .

      _Vthoueli the number of persons employed on the p public works are greatly increased since the return _nnub ' . i _* -hed four or five weeks since , and although _ddrainiut-and other productive works are beginning t to afford a new and far better source of eniployment , * _rtii ! t ' ie destitution has so radi . lly extended , and th e i demands for more employment are so urcent , that t the . Commissioners of the Board of Works find it c _excealingly difficult—nay , impossible—to draw rff t the labourers from the road-work . Some of the I public works bad been stopped in the hope that the 1 ; labourers mig ht be absorbed upon the adjoining _« st tales in thorough drainage or general farming work ; t but the Commissioners were constrained to resntae a a portion of those works , or commence new ones , as t the only alternative to preserve the destitute labourc ers from _t-tarvation . And even still meetings are held , urgentl y dcr manding an extension cf public works . In the east half baronv of Innishowen , Clonmany ,

      a and Douagh , county Donegal , the re _' . iet committee a assembled some days since ami forwarded a memorial tt * thc Lord-Lieutenant , comp laining of delay on the I part nf the Board of Work s and declaring that" if a i speedy remedy be not afforded , we shall shortl y sec t thc frightful scenes which famine and pestilence are 1 _pre-dueing in t he south of t h e kingdom , f o r a lread y i fever and dysentery arc beginning to prevail . " In i reply to this memorial , Mr . Redington , the undert sccn-tarv _, states that tbe Lord-Lieutenant has " called the particular attention ofthe _commissiont trs to the state oftlie district . "

      Tue Flores Expedition. The Thames Police...

      TUE FLORES EXPEDITION . The Thames police-court was on Tuesday the theatre of one ofthe most exciting _senses which has ever teen enacted in it since the memorable caseo Captain Johnstone . Colonel Richard Wright , Consul-general for the state ofthe Equadore , and alleged to be the head of an expedition which was said to be lately fitting out from this country for South America , wa » charged , at the instance of Inspector Evans of tht Thames police , with a violation ofthe 2 ud section of the _Foreign Enlistment Act , _59 ih of George III ., c ap . 69 . Air . Ballantine . the barrister , and Mr . Shaw , of _Fiirnival _' s-inn , attended for the defence , whilst Mr . Pothury , from tbe offioe ofthe solicitor to the Customs _, conducted the prosecution .

      The first witness called was Mr . Harvey Garnett Phi pps Tuekett . Ue described himself ns having b ? en some time since a captain in the 11 th Hussars . He had retired from that service , and about the month of October last , hearing of an intended expedition to the Equadore , he called upon Colonel Wright , to whom he handed a letter , which that gentleman havin g read , he asked witness whether he was desirous of joining in the enterprise ? To which he .-Tuekett , replied that it would all _defend upon the rank _vvhii-h was offered him : to which the defendant rep lied that he should receive the appointment of Lieutenant ColoneL Witness asked what was

      to be the pay ; to which Colonel Wright replied ¦ £ 20 a month . Witness observed that was very small , but the Colonel told bim that at Quito all the articles of consumption were exceeding ly chea p , and that a few shillings would bo sufficient to provide for a large _fauiiiy . Witness asked what part of South America it was intended to proceed to ; to which the defennant replied—to the Equador . Witness ask * ! if there was to be any advance ; to which Colonel Wright replied there would be an advance of two months . Wilness observed that that was too little to defray preliminary expenses . Colonel _Wright _replied that tbat was the sum appropriated for the purpose bv the commissioners .

      Mr . Yardley : What did you understand by the commissioners f—Witness : I understood him to refer to some Spanish commission which had charge of the affair . Mr . Yardley : Under what government did you suppose you were to act ?—Witness : I understood under the Spanish , and not nneler the English govirnment . Colonel Wright told me that I should like General Flores very much ; that he ( the general ) had been in a hundred actions , in all of which lie had proved victorious , I asked the nature of the _cumm-wid 1 should have , -when tbe colonel told me that 1 , 200 men had been raised in Ireland , aud that they should be under my commands , as I was the only person holding the rank of lieutenantco onel going out upon the expedition . Mr . Yardley : Do you know General Fiores ? Witness : 1 understand he is by birth a _Venezeulan . and ex-pres : deut ofthe E quador .

      To Mr . Potbury : I inquired as to the uniform , and Colonel _Wri-iht told me it was to be similar to the English Light Infantry uniform , w i t h bri g ht yellow facincs , which was the Spanish national colour , _cjc-ked hats , and p lume s , and epaulettes of a Spanish fashion . At a later period Colonel Wright directed me * to go to Mr . Gurney , a tailor in St . James _' s-street , who had buttous cast purposel y for tiie service . I procured _s-ime _, and found they had the word Equador _marked upon them , together with the marks G . Del Fres . Here one of t he but t ons was handed in by Mr . P o _tbury , upon which the magistrate asked the witness what he understood tho- _* e marks to mean f Witness : I understood them to be the title ofthe troop 1 was to command , viz ., "The President ' s Guard . "

      On the 29 th of October 1 spoke to Colonel Wright as to the advance which was to be mace , and ou tho next day he gave mc a cheque for £ 50 . bein g two months and a _ha'fs pay which was cashed at the house of G yn , _HaHita - _^ and Co ., after a little hesitation . Witness then proceeded to procure an outfit . Mr . Yardley : Was anything said about _qgms or eq u i _pments ?—Yes , we talked on the subject several times , at . d Colonel Wright said that au order had been sent oKt of rockets , 50 p ound e rs , and 40 , 000 Bland of arms . The witness then proceeded to state that to avoid all military appearances the men were ranked under the following heads : —Overseers foremen , labourers , and youths . The overseers were to receive each . £ 1 bounty on entering , the foremen 17 s . C , the labourers 15 * ., and the youths 10 s . Cd .

      1 proceeded on board the Glenelg on the 20 th of December , where I _f-uitd 220 men ; they were in a dreadful stato of destitution and making a tremendous , uproar . I promved them , on my honour , relying on Colonel Wright ' s word , that they should have _m-iuey next day , and according to my instructions from the Colonel they were divided into watches , and in erery ri 5 i > ect treate I as soldiers , and regularly _padded as such . On the loth of December , by tlio order ofthe officer * of Customs I quitted the Glene _;« _r , and on t'ie 10 th 1 called upon C . lonel Wright Witt the officers under my command , a ud h a ving

      to a him how we bad been compelled to leave , asked wii . it were his further orders ? lie rep li e d , we were I * fleetly free t « to where we pleased , as lie bad no _f-it-taer occasion for our services . 1 replied that the officers were without money , had beeu put to great e . \ ,. i _.-ii-. _"i * iu thc purchase of uniforms , and that it w ..:: ; _. i wi _ni' _-st _unju- 't to dismiss them _without some pr . _v-si-n . I sugge * te ; ei that Ue had belter give mc £ 10 _f-ii * then , " until he could consider the question of leir . Ue . v compensation . In the afternoon of thesame day O-1 iricl Wright sent dowei by Sir James Hay £ ' 2 . i "» _re-ichofficer .

      Mr . Kidiautiue : Ipresums 1 may tike it , Captain Tuckc _' t . that you are the informer in this case ?—Exactly so . Mr . Ballanliuc : And became so _because you could not get £ t > 3 ?—No , 1 _claimed it ou ray own behalf , and that of the other officers . Mr . Ballantine : You » aj" you were a captain in the Uth Hussars ?—Witness : Yes , about eleven years since . Mr . Ballantine : Pray was that the last profession you _followed _?—Witnesi : No ; 1 was a _merchant in the citv . * Mr . _Bil ' antine : Whatmerchant ?—Au East India "merchant . _M- \ Ballantine : In what commodities did you deal ?—In every thing that you cou . d name , ( loud laughter ) . Mr . Billantine : Then you are what ia called a general dealer ?—No ; I was an East India agent , and furnished the messes with wine , plate , and other

      _commoditit-s . Mr . B .: liantine : Oh , that is what you call an East India mereuant . I _believa yen failed in that capacity ?—I el id . Mr . Ballantine : Was not your lady lod ged and _boaided in the vessel ?—She was . Mr . BalUtttine : That lady I presume waa yonr wife I—She is not-sbe passes as my wife . After some further questions , Mr . Ballantine pnt in two documents , the one an answer to some newspaper paragrap hs , the other a petition addressed to the Lore ' s of the Treasury ; m both documents the

      partivs on board the Glenelg , professed tobe « _emigrant-un ' . be strictest sense of the word , aid sent _for-h their anxious desire to be allowed to proceed on their _vovage . Cap tain Tuekett , en being close _q-iestioaed , admitted that he had been a party to tue getting up of both document * , though he knew the statements contained in them to be false . Mr . Ballantine strongly commented on theconduet of tha witness , and claimed the liberation of his client . The magistrate , however , decided aa remanding the ease , _calling on the defendant to put in bail , himself in £ 400 , and two sureties ef £ 200 each . The securities were immediately entered iu » , and the case waa _rejundedforaweek .

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      MONDAY . MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —B » _dtai Assault bt * . _Hc-band . — Harry Thomas , music publisher , Ho . 29 , Rathbone-place , was summoned before Mr . Hardwick for having beaten and _otherwise ill-treated his wife , Julia Thomas . The complainant , a young woman of mild _mnnne-rs and prepossessing appearance , with a tremen . dous black eye , stated that the continued ill-usage she received at the hands of her husband , had at la » t induced her to seek for a separation . As the readiest means of effecting this object , she had , at the suggestion ofh-r friends , taken out an assault warrant against her hushand , although she had ne wish te punish him for the personal injuries he had inflicted on her . Slit had three children , thc eldest six years of oge , the youngest a year and nine months . It was her wish to have an allowance from her husband in order to assist ia keeping the children , which she earnestly desired to have charge

      of . Mr . Hardwick asked the husband , a young man , whether ho would listen to the proposal of his wife t Husband—I ' m come here to answer a charge of assault . Mr . Hardwick—Who gave jour wife that black eye ! Husband ( in a surly tone )—Why , I did . Mr » Hardwick —What for « Husband—Oh , I could say if 1 chose , but I _elon't choose . Wife—1 do not make any complaint agaiust my husband for the assault . Blows from him have been too customary for me to think anything further of them than tho disgraceful marks they leave . If blows were all 1 bad to complain of I should never hara appeared in ihis Court . It is his shocking language to me that wounds me far more deeply . It may be presumption in me to say it , but 1 have been a good wife to him and a good mother to his children . Let him , if he can , say one word against me . Mr Hardwick—You hear what jour wife says . Bo you mean to let hrr hara the children and to make her a reasonable allowance fer

      their support t Husbtnd—I come her about an assault , and don ' t intend to say anything about what I mean to do with the children , except not to let my wife have them . I ara able to maintain them . Wife—If my husband will only let me have my children I will take them withont any allowance at all , I have worked before and I can work again to keep my children . Husband—I sha ' _ntgire up the children . You may go away if jou like , but you shall not have the children . I shall put them out to nurse somewhere . Wife—I hope your worship will older my children to be given up to me , for ( bursting into tears ) , who can take care of them or look after them like a mother . Mr . Hardwick—Your wife wishes to part from you on account of your continued illtreatment . She is justified in refusing to live witb you on those ( -rounds . If , therefore , you do not come to

      some terms with her , I shall certainly put the law in force . Hasband—Oh , I know all about tbat . I ' m prepared for anything the law can do . It can't mak « me give ap my children . Mr . Hardwick—But the law can compel you to restrain jour brutal temper ; and I will take care that its power is exercised . Look at that young woman ' s face , and say whether the unmanly brutality you have exercised on her can admit of excuse . Ifvoudonotgiveupthe children and make terms with your wife , I will fine yon as far as the law will allow for the assault . Husband—I sha ' nt give up the children . Mr . Hardwick—At all events , the youngest being an infant must not be separated from the wife , I fine you £ 5 , or two months imprisonment for the assault , and if ,

      after yan come out of prison , you do not support your wife and child , upon an application from the parish , I will send jou again to prison . The husband waa tben removed , and a few minutes afterwards the wife came into Court , and implored , in the most earnest manner , the magistrate to release her husband . Rather than see him sent to prison , she would consent to him keeping all the children . Mr . Hardwick said the wife was treating her husband too well , ne could not , however , allow h > r , from fee-Hags of misplaced affection , to overlook the general misconduct of her husband . He was determined that such a man should not entirely escape irom justice . Thewifa was too good for bim , and that was the fact . The husband ' s brother consented to enter into an arrangement satisfactory to the wife . The husband was then released on paying a trifling fine .

      WORSHIP STREET . _—Fatois in aa Omsibus . —Mr . Richard King , a merchant , residing in Warren street , _Fittroy-sqnare , was charged before Mr . Broughton with having committed a violent and unprovoked assault upon Mr . _Jabex Woods , an engineer in Bucklersbury . The complainant , a member of the Society of Friends , affirmed that at nine o'clock on the preceding evening he got into an omnibus at Stoke Newington , where he had been dining with a party of friends , and shortly afterwards tha defendant and a lady entered the vehicle , and seated themselves directly in front of him . In order to sit more commodiously , as tha omaibus was crowded with passengers , he found it necessary to stretch out his legs , at which ihe defendant expressed his dissatisfaction , and desired him to remove them . Witness insisted upon his right to retain them in that position , and tbe defendant

      thereupon seized hold of one of his legs , and violently thrust it aside . Feeling indignant at such treatment , witness raised his foot and kicked the defendant , upon which the latter instantly struck him a violent blow upon tbe temple with an umbrella , and caosed a severe wound from which the blood flowed in such profusion as to saturate his dress . One of the passengers immediately wrested the umbrella from the defendant , and on reaching the turnpike where the vehicle stopped , he was given into custody . The complainaut exhibited his handkerchief and various articles of dress he had worn upon the occasion , all of which _wire stained witb blood . Mr . R . Messer , a gentlemen residing in Tbrogmorton Street , and a master builder named Binning , fully corroborated the complainant ' s evidence , and stated that they observed nothing whatever in the conduct or demeanour of the

      mtter to justify such an attack on the part of the defendant , who acted quite spontaneously , aad without any complaint having been made by the lady in his company tbat she was subjected to annoyance or iuconve . nience . In answer to the charge , the defendant said , that after taking his seat in the omnibus , his attention was first attracted to the improper conduct of the complainant by an uneasy feeling exhibited by his wife , who was sitting next to him , and who at length told him that the complainant was insulting her by stretching out his leg _* , and pressing her knees in a most offensive manner . Ha accordingly put down his hand , and finding the complainant ' s legs in a position his wife had described , requested him to remove tbem , but he refused to do so , and he was therefore himself compelled to fotce them aside .

      The instant he had done so , however , the complainant rai _. td bis feet and dealt him a violent kick in the stomach ; he certainly struck htm with his umbrella , and considered himself perfectly justified in resorting to such a course of retaliation . Mr . Broughton said he had no doubt that the defendant had acted under the erroneous impression that bis wife had been insulted in the manner described , but if he felt himself aggrieved his proper course was to remove the lady aud appeal to tbe conductor , instead of taking the law into his own hands in tbe unwarrantable manner be had done . The assault had been clearly established , and he should order him to pay a penalty of COs ., or in default be committed for one month to the House of Correction . The fine was immediately paid and the defendant liberated _.

      THAMES . _—RoBBsat . —A well-drissed man , named Peter Raitt , about 40 years of age who was formerly mate ofa ship , was charged with stealing a £ 20 Bank of England note belonging to Henry Llojd , a seaman . The prosecutor is a n . ative of Aberdeen , where he had formerly known the prisoner . On Thursday afternoon Lloyd and six other mariners , who had been discharged at Whitehaven from the ship Acasto , which had made a successful guano voyage , arrived in London by the railway , and proceeded to the Aberdeen steam wharf for the purpose of _engaging a passage to Scotland in the City of London steam-ship , which was to sail on Satur . day . Lloyd met his countryman Raitt on the wharf , and the recognition was a jojful one ou both sides . The prosecutor _aiked Raitt if he could recommend him and his shipmates to a lodging for a couple of nights until the

      steamer sailed ! The prisoners assured the sailors he would take them to a safe harbour , where they would have a snug berth and good treatment , and accompanied them all to a lodging-house , No . 2 , Smith's . court , Wapping . Soon after the men w * re boused , the prisoner asked Lloyd if he had got any money , and advised him to be very careful , as there were plenty of _land-sharks about . Lloyd said be had a £ -0 note which he had received of his captain , aad the prisoner advised him to deliver it into his charge until the steamer sailed . Lloyd accordingly banded the note to the prisoner , who locked it up in his presence . Ou Saturday morning Lloyd asked the prisoner for his note . Raitt unlocked the box and feigned the greatest astonishment on finding it empty , He said the note was gone ; that he had been robbed of it ; and tbat Lloyd must put up with the

      loss . The prosecutor , howaver , would not do so quietly , and gave the prisoner into the custody of a Thamespolice constable . That officer gave a bad account of the prisoner ; said he had been leading a dissipated life , and cohabiting with a woman of loose character at a liouse in Smlth's-place , oppoiite the one where the sailers had been lodging . Mr . Yardley a _? k « d tbe prisoner what he had done with tbe £ ' 20 note ? The prisoner said , he left the note in a box on his mantelshelf , and It it was stolen during bis absence from home . —Mr . Yardley : I don't believe a ward jou say . Will you give ap the note ?—The _Prisoner : I cannot do so . I hare not got it . —Mr . Yardley : I believe you have _appropriated the note to jour own use ; and if it is aot

      restored I bave the power of punishm _; you severely . The prisoner having Persisted that ha could give no information about the note , Mr . Yardley said , he should enforce the provisions of a very useful act of Parliament , the 8 th and Oth Victoria , cap . 116 , —being , "An Act for the Protection of Searaeu entering on board _Metchant ships ; " and make an order on the prisoner to restore the £ ' 10 note he had illegally detained , and , in default of doitig so before the court closed , to pay in addition a penalty of £ 10 . The prisoner refused to comply with the order , and Mr . Yardley , after stating that the case was a very bad one , sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for six calendar months , and be kept to hard labour , which was the _maninuwi punishment awarded by the act .

      TUESDAY . CLERKENWEL _* . — Distress . —A poor widow with _threa children , one a boy 10 _jears old , a girl 6 , and an infant in a sickly state in her anus , entered the Court and applied to Mr . Combe for assistance . She said her husband was a soldier named Thort « n . A short time ago he died at Canterbury , leaving her and her family in groat _iiitsim , She wat a native of Manchester , and hav

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      ing no meant of subsistence the resolved on tramping with her children to her native place . She had applied to a parish for assistance , but they refused her , and the wat advised to make this appeal to hit worship . The poor creatures were quite exhausted , with scarce any coveving , and had evidently undergone great fatigue and want . The woman was closely questioned , and she answered in a manner that gave the face of probability and truth to , her story . Mr . Combe ordered that the family should receive every immediate assistance and comfort through tbe poor box , and tbat they should be provided for until the case might be properly investigated , for which purpose they were placed under the direction of Mr . Duke , tbe Chief Usher of tbe Court . Thej appeared grateful for the kindness shown towards them , and they were instantly supplied wiih food , clothing aed lodging .

      MARLBOROUGH-STREET Dabing Robbery . — William Cooper , who described himself as a clerk in the service of a tradesman in Mile-end , was charged with thefollowing daring robbery . Miss Ann Burnell , of No . S , Harthind-terrace , said she was crossing from Foleyplace on Saturday afternoon last , when the prisoner suddenlj came inirontof her , snatched a parcel out of her hand , and ran off . She pursued and called " stop thief , " and , in a short time , the prisoner wag stopped . The parcel contained some cloth of little value . She w a s pos it ive th a t t he prisoner was t h e pe r s on who snatched the parcel from her hand . A piece of brown

      paper was found in the prisoner's pocket immediately after he was apprehended , witness , to the best of her belief , declared to be the paper in which the cloth was wrapped . The prisoner , who treated the whole affair with perfect indifference , said he should defer his defence . He was committed . One ofthe witnesses , White , applied to Mr . Long for protection against tbe friends and relatives of the prisouer . While in Court , the parties had conducted themselves in a menacing manner towards him , and anticipated further annojonce from them Mr . Long said , if anj one molested him , to come to the Court , and he weuld take care that anj ene so misconducting himself should be properly punished .

      MARYLEBONE . — The New _Twopenni Omnibus Coa . vitance . —Richard Prior , Thomas Hobbs , and James Clarke , drivers of omnibuses beloaging to the Metropolitan Joint Stock _ConTejance Company , and whose carriages convey passengers for the small charge of 2 d . from the Star and Garter , _Edgeware-road , to Hungerford Market , a distance of two miles and a half , appeared before Mr . Rawlinson upon summonses obtained by Inspector Hunt , of tbe D division , charging thtm witb having stopped in certain thoroughfares , vis : —The Edgeware-road , for a longer period than was necessary for loading or unloading , or for taking up or setting down passengers . Police constable 95 D , gave _evidence in support of the several complainants , and two of the defendans were fined 5 s . each . The summons against the third party was dismissed . Mr . Crawford , the aia *

      nager of the Company's vehicles , complained tbat the pelice did not act impartially , inasmuch as summonses were continually issued against the new company , whilst the proprietors of thc original 6 d . omnibuses were left unmolested by the Police , although tbey were daily acting iu opposition to tbe law to a much greater extent than their less favoured rivals wero , The fines inflicted were immediately paid , and after the case was thus finally di > posed of . Mr . Gran ford re-entered tha Court , and was about to set forth to Mr . Rawlinson the shameful aud unjust means resorted to by the old company , witb the view of putting down the low priced vehicles , when he was told by the magistrate that the cases brought before bim had heen disposed of , and thathe was of course at liberty to indict any parties for a conspiracy if he thought proper .

      GUILDHALL . — False Accusation . — Mr . Richard Thomas Tubbs attended to answer the complaint of Sarah Marks , his nursery maid , for indecently assaulting her on the 16 th and Uth ultimo . Mr . Wontner ap . peared on behalf of the prosecutrix , and Mr . Humphreys for the defendant , a warehouseman in Wood-street . _Cheapside . Mr . Wontner gave an outline of the case , which , he said , did not warrant bim in preferring a charge of rape , hut established aa _ussanlt on one day , aud on the other an assault with intont to violate . She mentioned the matter to her'fellow-servant the next day aud te her mother on the ' 26 th , the first time tha saw her . Her father immediately took her away , had the girl examined by a surgeon on the following Monday , and preferred this charge on the next day . Sarah Marks

      stated that she is over 14 years , and had be- n in the _ser . vice of Mrs . Tubbs , as nursery maid , five weeks . Her master had three children , the youngest being still in arms . _OntheIGthhermastercameifito the nurseryat ten o'clock at night to see if the children were in bed , and finding her standing in her night clothes , he lifted her into bed , and put his hand up her clothes . She told him that was rery improper . On the next day he came into tbe nursery at dinner time to wash his hands . He then threw her on the bed and effected hit purpose . He told ber if she made any noise she would loose her place . Two of the children were playing in tbe passage , and running in and out ofthe room , and the room door was ajar . The child was in her arms , wben he put her in tbe

      bed . She laid it by ber side and tried to get away . Mr . Humphrejs cross-examined the witness at great length but quietly , so as not to perplex her . She said she had not received notice to quit , nor had her master and mistress been continually finding fault witb hex . Her mistress found fault with her one day . So not recollect what it was for . It was for not putting clean drawers on the children . She once brought wrong change from the public-bouse , and htr mistress found fault with her : Those were the only occasions on which she fouud fault with her . Sheremeuibered another disagreement about 10 J . change . Her mistress said she could not tell what witness had done with It , There was another occasion about Sd . wrong ia change for some potatoes . Her mistress came home and told her about it . Her master

      and mistress had frequently complained of her being dirty . Did not hear her master insist upon her getting rid of ber . Heard her mistress tell her brother , oa the 15 th , that if she did not alter she mutt send ber away . On th « ISth her mistress was out all day . Her mistress's father occupies two _roomt on the same floor witb the nursery , and her master sleeps in another room , but her mistress was down stairs In the parlour on tlie night of the 16 th . She supposed her _mistrei &' s father was in his rooms . He was in his rooms the next day when her master assaulted her . Further evidence , was adduced to prove the shuffling and fencing way in which tbe charge had been got up , after which Mr . Hunter of Miluersquare , Islington , surgeon , said he examined the girl on the 28 th December . There were thea no symptoms of violence , nor means of determining whether auy intimacy bad taken place or not . What wat regarded

      as a test bad no existence in some cases . Mr . Humphreys addressed the magistrate at considerable length , contending tbat the motive wliich prompted the girl to make tlie charge was the fear of _baiig dismissed and 6 ent home , her father beiugout of work ; and she therefore framed an excuse for leaving without blame on her part . He dwelt upon her prevarication , and the improbability that a man would behave in the way alleged while his children were playing in the passage , and running in and out of the room , lie fortunately had _witnesses to show tbat bis client did not dine at home on tbe 17 th . Mr . Alderman Hughes Hughes said he would save him the trouble . The charge was totally unsupported by the evidence of the surgeoa _, and the girls _itutcnient embraced such extreme improbabilities , and the had pre . varicated to much , tbat he could not trust to her evideuce . He must dismiss the charge . .

      WEDNESDAY . GUILDHALL . —Sciciot _PaEvaNren sr a Womaiv . --An old man , 70 years of age , named Edward Stuart , was charged with having attempted to threw himself off Blackfriars Bridge , with the intention of destroying bis life . The poor-man appeared to be halt imbecile , half blind , and in great distress . Harriet Mars , stated that about four o ' clock tlie previous afternoon , while _passiog over Blackfriars Bridge , she observed tbe prisoner sitting with one leg over the parapet , to all appearance engnued in prayer . Presently she saw him put thu other leg over , and be was in the act of throwing _hiunselt otf , when she rushed forward , and catching hold of him , detained him until two gentlemen came to her _ausistance , and got bim over on to the pathway , after which he was

      _(¦ _ivtii iato custody . John Webb , 845 , said that , _nading a letter in the prisoner ' s pocket , he went to hiB residence , Thomas . street , _Grosvenor-sqnare , and there found his wife , au old woman , iu the _greiatest distress , unable to get up , and evidently near ner dissolution . The woman's sister was in attendance _« u hvr , but she said , as her only means of subsistence was by doing a little cbarttig , she should be compelled to go out aud do something , avd consequently to leave her djidg sister bj herself . _Alelcrman Hooper said that , if that was the ease , it was requisite that prumpt steps should be immediately taken for their relief . He then instructed the officer to proceed at once to tbe parish in which thty resided , and call the attention of tbe officers to the destitute ktate ot thu poor woman . In the meantime tbe husband should he

      remanded until Saturday , aad be taken care of until it was ascertained what the parochial authorities iutended to do . The prisoner waB tben removed frem tke bur , apparently _umoncious of all that was going ou m tho Court . SOUTHWARK FtMAiH _HieuwAV _Robbsm . —Two respectably-dressed females , named Mary Keefe aud Elizabeth Brown , tha former with an infant in her arius , were committed for having rtolen a purse , containing eleven sovereigns , a pair of gloves , aud seme silver from th » person ofa gentleman named Gooding , they were

      also charged with the following highway robbery : —A gentleman holding a situation in the Stump Office , aud that one night in September , 1845 , he was attacked by two females near London Bridge , and robbed of a valuable gold watch . He identified Keete as ihe female whu knocked him down , and he believed that the prisoner , Brown , was with her . His watch bad not heen found . The gentleman above alluded te exhibited to the mii ' _gintrate a scar on his temple , resulting _froai a wound he received from Keefe , so de _* _pet ate was the blow he received They were committed for trial .

      General _Fiobe ' s _ExrsniTieN . —Four _squalid-lookinc young men covered with filth , who formed a part ol General Flore ' s expedition , were charged yesterday , with having broken some windows in St . George ' s workhouse , They were _committed to prison for 14 days each .

      THURSDAY . SOUTHWARK . —Dennis Sullivan , John Muir , and Joseph Callagban , three powei _ful-lookiug young _fellowf , well-known thieves , were placed at the bar before Mr , Seeker , charged with two others net in custody in rescuing a prisoner from tbe custody of the police , and

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      _smnshing a policeman ' s head in with brick-bats , betides dreadfully injuring several otheri . It appeared from the evidence that on Sunday evening one of the prisoners ' companionf named Witty ( who has since been transported for seven years ) stole a quantity of cigars from _ashop in Gravel lane , Sonthwsrk . He was taken into custody a short time after the robbery in the Red Houie publichouse , when he wat rescued by the prisoners and hit associates . After Witty wat rescued , a mob of two or three hundred persons surrounded the police mostly thieves and bad characters , a nd c ommenced , throwing brick-bats and stones at them . ' Richards , 44 M _, perceiving Muir throwing a brick-bat , and knowing him to be one who rescued the other prisoner , caught hold of him , when he was kicked bj several persons

      behind , and was struck in the forehead with a brick-bat , which rendered him insensible . He was carried in that state to Guy ' s Hospital , when it was ascertained that his left eye wat cut , and that a portion of the bone above had been forced in . So _frightful was the wound thathis eyesight was despaired of , and he was ordered to remain in the hospital , Police . oonstable 134 M wat struck with a brick-bat on the head while assisting the last witness . He also received several kicks en the lower part of the body , rendering him incapable of performing bis duty _. Police sergeant 7 M said that when he was informed of the riot he proceeded to travel-lane and found upwards of 200 persons surrounding the constables . As soon as he arrived they attacked bim , and while he had Muir in custody a brick-bat struck the latter ( evidently intended for him ) , and rendered him insensible . Witness was compelled to convey hira to a surgeon's to restore him to his senses . The otber prisoners and those

      who escaped were the wors . William Morgan , a lad about ten years of age , said that he saw bricks thrown about from all parts . Sullivan threw a large one nt Richards , who instantly dropped down like a dead man . He saw the prisoners and the others who escaped throw stones and kick the police . In answer to the charge the prisoners said thej knew that Witty was not guilty ofthe offencethey charged him with , and that was the rtason they rescued bim . They did not deny committing tbe assault , but tbey did it n self-defence . It was stated by one ofthe constables tbat the prisoners were most desperate characters , and bad been frequently in custody for felony and other offences . Mr . Seeker said , that it was a most diabolical and brutal outrage on the police . The officer was in such a state that the loss of hie eye was expected from their brutality towards him . He should commit them for trial , but as other men were implicated , he wonld remand them for a week to give tbe officers an opportunity of apprehending tbem .

      FRIDAY . MARYLEBONE . — Ruffianly _Outbaqes on a _Maibiid Woman . —Richard Hosken , a confectioner , in Albany-street , Regent's Park , and Samuel Corns , a cigar dealer , in William-street , in the same neighbourhood , were charged with assaults of a most violent and brutal nature on Mrs . Catherine Hosken . wife of the firstnamed defendant , who was taken into custody by the police for tho outrage which he had committed . The other defendant was brought up on a warrant bj Whipp , the officer . Complainant , who had evidently _suktaiaed _verj severe injury , gave evidence tothe < ffect , tbat for a long time pastherhome had been render , d . completely miserable , in consequence of her husband neglecting his family and business , and spending the greater portion of his

      time at the shop of Corns , where be was in the habit of smoking and drinking , and he afterwards ill-used bor . On the same morning , ( yesterday ) , at one o'clook , she went to the house alluded to , an ! requested him to re . turn home ; when , after being abused by Mrs . Corns , she was laid hold of by the defendant Corns , who thrust her into tbe ttreetwith to much force that she fell with her head ever the kerb stone into tbe mud , and received such severe hurt on the back , as to render it ntcssary to cull in the aid of a surgeon . It was further stated that tbe complainant , on retiring to rest , lecked her door , and that , at three o ' clock , her husband , who had returned

      home , burst it open , and , laying hold of her savagely bj tbe throat , attempted to drag her out of bed , He also struck her several times , and on cries of "Murder' ' proceeding from her and her children , all of whom were terribly alarmed , Hill , the officer , entered the premises , and took tho husband into custody , Hosken was fined 50 s ., in addition to which he was ordered to enter into his own recognisance in £ 100 to keep the peace towards his wife for six months . The other defendant , Corns , who said that he put out complainant gently , and tbat she slipped down , was fined 40 s . The penalties were paid , and the required surety having been entered into , the parties left the Court .

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      Melancholt Dbath op a Miritorioob Waterman . —An inquest was held on Monday at Rotherhithe , on the body of Thomas Cornish , aged 28 The deceased was a waterman , and plied at the Kin- ; and Queen Stairs . He bad been the means of saving m a ny lives . On Monday night he went down to moor a boat , or alter her position , and he was no more seen alive . A watchman heard a splash in the water about the time the deceased went after the boat , but the night being dark he could not see what it was . The deceased was not missed till the next day , and as it was found he had not been home , it was feared he had caused the splash the watchman heard . His body was subsequently found near thc stairs , and it is supposed that in passing along a boom to get his boat he -slipped and fell into the river . Verdict— " That the deceased was found drowned , but without evidence to show by what means . "

      CRina Treatment op a Servant Girl bt _heh Mistress—On Monday , an inquest was held on tin body of Mary Ann Camp bell , aged H , who , it was alle g ed , died from ill usage she received from htr mistress , Mrs . Ann Levy , fruiterer , of North-row , Covcnt garden . Ann Campbell of 19 , Church-cornt , said , that the deceased , her daughter , had been in the service of Mrs . Levy , in Covent-garden for the last eleven weeks . On Wednesday , December JCth , Mrs . Hughes , who keeps theBhop next to Mrs . Levy , came and told witness that the deceased was being dreadfully be : i ten by her mistress , and to interfere immediately , if she would not have her killed . Witne s s went , and found the deceased in the shop , screaming . She asked what was the matter , wh e n

      the deceased answered that her mistress had kicked her in the back , and that while . she was scrubbing the floor , she ( her mistress ) had put her hcao under the grate , and burnt her forehead ; she showed witness the ashes still on her hair . Witness went up stairs to Mrs Levy , and asked what the girl had done to deserve such punishment , and the reply was , that she ( deceased ) would not clean the place , and that " she had not been treated bad enough . " As her mistress promised not to beat her again , she went away , leaving the deceased ; but at twelve o ' clock that night she ran home to witness , and immediate !' upon entering the room fell down in a fit . After recoverin g a lit t le , she vomited a lar _^ e clot of blood , the size of her hand . Her back and shoulders were

      quite red and black with bruises . Deceased remaincel in bed for several days following , attended by Mr . Brooks , the parish surgeon , and on Wednesday last was taken to King ' s College Hospital , in which sh e died the next day . Mrs . Eleanor Hughes , fruiterer , said she resided next door to the deceased , in Covent _* garden . On Wednesday fortnight , she heard deceased cry out" Oh ! don ' t beat me , " and oh ! don ' t burn me , ' , ' at tbe same time heard Mrs . Levy make use of the most horrible language . Mr . Walter Gill _, liouse physician of King ' s C o llege Hos p ital , said , the deceased was admitted on Wednesday last . He found a yellowish mark upo n her back , the effect ofa bruise .

      -She was then too weak to allow of an examination , and kept gradually sinking until the next day , when , at one o ' clock she died . No post mortem examination had been made . The Coroner said it was absolutely necessary that the cause of deatk should be proved by upost mortem examination , and adjourned the inquest for that purpose . On Tuesday the inquest was resumed , when medical evidence was tendered , upon which the jury , after ft long deliberation returned a verdict of "Died from disease of tho lungs and heart , " with the following remark : — " And we are of opinion that there was great cruelty on the part of Mrs , Levy in her conduct to the said Mary Ann Campbell . "

      Sudden Death in a Pdlice Gull—An awful instance of the above kind occurred in ono of the cells of _Vinc-Btrcet Police-station , on Sunday morning . The deceased , whose name is supposed to _bs Thomas Distant , was brought to the station about seven o ' clock on thc previrus evening , in a state of intoxication . He was locked up in one of the cells , and visited by the jailor every half hour during the ni gh- " . On Sunday morning , when tho jailor vi ited him for the last time , he found him dancing and singing , and told him to be quiet . The deceased made use of an indecent expression , and turning round towards the jailor , fell to the ground with great violence . The jailor picked him up , and placing him on ono of the seats , wns alarmed to find that the man was dead . A surgeon waa soon in attendance , who pronounced that death had taken place during a fit of apoplexy .

      Logic of Drunkenness . —A disciple of drunken * _ntss , when charged before the magistrates with his favourite offence , made the following defence : — " li I war drunk , and Raid 1 war not drunk , then I war druuk . But if I war drunk , and said I war drunk , then I war not drunk . " A Curb . —Corpulent persons , desiring to regain their sha p e should apply to some newspaper esta . lishment for the office of collector . Tuk Root of all Evil . — ' How long did Adam remain in Paradise before he sinned V asked an amiable cara _sposa of her loving husband . ' Till ho got a wife , " answered the husband calmly .

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      [ From the Gazette of Tuesday , January 6 . ) M . C . Johnstone , Lamb ' s Conduit-street , draper— W . _ltie-hardsi _Old-street , retailer of beer—E . Snowden , Alton , Southampton , painter , plumbw , and glazer—J . Terry , _Wjcli-street _, Strand , licensed victualler . — J . Davis Tewkesbury , Gloucestershire , haberJasher . —II . Green Sirmiugham _, button manufacturer .

      [From The Gazette Of Tuesday, January 6....

      IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO WISH TO POSSESS THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE . At a meeting ofthe Central Election and General Reg istration Committee , held at tho Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean Street , Soho , on Tuesday evening , January the 5 th , Mr . John Milne in the chair . The President of the South London Registration and Election Committee , brought forward , according to notice , a synopsis ofthe Reform and Registration Acts , also a letter prepared for the overseers of the parishes of England .. He commenced by saying—The subject of registering the compound householders has occupied my mind and attention for three or iour years past , and I am happy to say , that great success has attended my labors . Gentlemen , I contend that if you pursue the same course that I have

      done , you might cause that righteous document , the Peo p le ' s Charter , to be enacted in the space of three years . In the parish of St . Mary , _Newington , the constituency has been doubled ; and in the parish of St . George the Martyr , Southwark , one thousand five hundred electors hare been plared on the list of voters in one year . In the year 1845 , 1 called together a few friends , we then foimed a Registration Society . We met regularly every week , and attended to the work we chalked out to do . A deputation attended the parish vestry , and referred the parochial authorities then present to their duty , as it regards the placing of every compound householders in the parish on the rate book ; and every compound householder or occupier of property of the clear yearly value of not less than ten pounds per annum on the list of voters for members to serve in

      Commons House of Parliament . We also waited upon and corresponded with the overseers of the parish , and informed them that a society was in-Ktituted to watch their proceedings . We where received , both at the vestry , and by the respective _eterseers with great courtesy , and at our suggestion they honourably performed their duty as by law required , and canvassed the whole of their parish , and p laced the qualified persons on the list of voters , which passed the Revising Barristers Courts . Wc acted only partially on the parish of St . George ' s , and yet we thereby obtained the right for one thousand

      five hundred persons . So you see Gentlememen , the plan is very simple , and also very efficient ; if the _patochial authorities neglect to do their duty , your next step is to arraign them before the Barristers Courts , and also before the . Courts of Westminster for " wilful neglect . " I would recommend the Gh . _rtist body earnestly to press the attention , and procure the energies of the Chartist Executive to lay themselves out whenever opportunity serres to carry out this most important movement . The speaker concluded by submitting the following circular : —

      Circular to the Sub-Secretaries of tbe NatioRal Charter Association . _ThefCentral Election and Registration Committee would feel _themselves guilty of a derilietion of duty were they not , at this juncture of political affairs , to make an appeal to the country for carrying the principles ofthe Charter into the Legislative Assembly ofthe Empire . The dissolution of parties , and the perplexities of class legislators , offer a fair field for contesting and carrying elections in favour of the Chartist interest , the committee therefore suggest to you , and the Chartist public , the propriety of adopting the following means without delay , in

      furtherance of this great and desirable object : — I . —The formation of Election and Registration Committees in all Chartist localities , not only where the Election may be contested with a fair prospect of success , but even where it is not intended to attempt a trial of strength , since it is only through the cooperation of the entire Chartist force , ( by way of contributions and otherwise , ) that _successful results can in any instance be obtained . Moreover it will be advisable to make a public stand , and to proceed as far as a show of hands , ( even when a contest is not contemp lated , ) thus to take the sense of the community , and promulgate the principles of the Charter .

      IL—The raising of Funds . —The Central Committee are in correspondence with several boroughs where the Chartist party possess sufficient elective power to ensure success , but are not possessed of commensurate pecuniary resources for the legitimate expenses of a contest , Some such plans have collected large , but not adequate sums and the subcommittees will see the necessity of a general subs cri ption to make available the local power of such boroughs . Ill- —The carrying the re g istration of compound householders and others into effect , thousands being deprived ofthe franchise , through the neglect ofthe _oarish officers . The Central Committee refer to the fact , that in the parish of St . Mary Newington , and St . George the Martyr , Southwark . Voters have been put upon the registration lists , who were hitherto disfranchised , owing to the neglect ofthe Parochial officers .

      The local committees will be put to neither trouble nor expen s e since the parish officers are bound under severe fines and _pen-lties , to carry into effect the amended clauses of tho Reform and Registration Acts , for the purpose of better enabling you to define the powers and provisions of which , a synopsis of the same in subjoined . Enclosed you will receive a circular letter , which you _. are requested to send without delay to the parish officer , " of your several locality . To effect a careful revision of claims before the revising barrister at his court , should an election not previously have occurred .

      The committee cannot conclude , without expressing their earnest hope that this appeal will be suitably responded to . Now is the time to prepare for tho general election , which will probably take place before the usual duration of Parliament has expired . It will soon be too late for adequate preparations . Again you are reminded , let the opponents lind us not only willing but ready for tho contest .

      rilE CENTRAL REGISTRATION AND ELEC TION COMMITTEE , 83 , DEAN STREET , SOHO , LONDON . President—Thomas _Slinosbv Duncombe , M . P . Vice President—Thomas Wakley , M . P . Secretary—James Orassby .

      The Local Registration and Election Committee Chairman . Sab-Secretary . Committee Room . To the Overseers ofthe parish of GbNTI / EMBN . —• I hereby inform you , that this above Committe was formed for the purpose of seeing the objects of the Reform Act and Registration Act carried into effect by the parochial authorities , in reference to placing the names of compound householders and others on the rate book , ana on the list of voters for members to serve in Parliament .

      I am further directed to inform you , that by the Reform Act and Reg istration Act , 6 Yic . c . 18 , s . 13 , the duty devolves on the overseers ot every parish , _ito perform under a high penalty of £ 5 before the Barrister , nnd £ 100 additional before Courts of Westminster ) , of causing to be made out an alphabetical list of all persons who may be entitled to vote in the election of a member to serve in Parliament , in respect of the occupation of premises of the clear yearly value of not less than £ 10 , situate in the parish , and to perform this duty , they must necessarily place on the rate book the name of every occupier , as the foundation of such list .

      liy _s . 57 ot the last cited act , it is provided that all _expences incurred by the overseers in executing such duties , shall be laid before the revising Barrister atthe Court , where the list of voters shall be revised , thatthe Barrister is to certify the amount , and that it shall be lawful for the said overseers to receive the sum so certified to be due to them out ofthe first monies thereafter to be collected for the relief of the poor in the said parish er township . I am , " gentlemen , on behalf of Committee , Sub-Secretary .

      Ihe circulars having been moved , seconded and adopted , together with a synopsis of thc Reform and Registration Acts , ( which we will give next week)—the secretary was authorised to take the necessary steps to cause it to be inserted in as many papers as possible . A letter was read from Colonel Thompson , to which a reply was ordered to be sent . A strong appeal was made for funds to carry out the necessary operations , and secure the franchise to as many as possible . The Committee then adjourned until Tuesday evening , January the 12 th .

      Iii'manity Of British Seamen. — Lately, ...

      IIi'MANiTY of British Seamen . — Lately , whilst her Majesty ' s steam-sloop Bloodhound was lying at anchor in the Bosp horu s _, a Turkish cai c k or small skiff , laden with _pasticci , or slippers , was observed from on board the steamer to have capsized off the Seraglio Point , ond three men and a boy were seen _buffetting with the current . Half a dozen British tars , as though with one accord , immediately plunged overboard to rescue these unfortunate _beim-s from a watery grave . A stoker , of the name o ! Howe , showed himself to he the most expert of thc party , being the first to reach tho spot , when he had the satisfaction of seizing two men by the hair , whom

      lie contrived to keep afloat until he reached the steamer . The third man was also saved , but the boy trom his diminutive size , was lost sight of by the seamen in the water ; not so , however , from tho vessel ; Captain Phillips , seeing that there was not a moment to be lost , threw eff his coat , _instantlv jumped overboard , and , making dkectfor theurchin , reached him at the very moment he was sinking into a watery grave . This act of humanity was for several days thc sole subject of conversation in the _lurkish capital ; but , strange to say , his Highness the Sultan—by no means parsimonious in costly gilts for services of much less importance—did not mark his sense ef the gallant act in the manner in which it richly merited

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      Thi Chartists Of Uvu Wm Meet At Th _ •**...

      Thi Chartists of Uvu wm meet at th _ _•**• Inn , Church Lane ,, on Sunday evening next , itl o ' clock , when the following subject will be discu _^ " Thc people ' s rights and thc means bv which _thT are to be obtained . " The members of the Co-or _!? ratire Land Company will meet every Tuegivt evening at 7 o ' clock . _**» Bolton . —A general members' meeting of tb « Chartist and Land Association , will be held on Sua . day next , the 10 th of January , 1847 , on business _r _f great importance . Chair to be taken at 6 o ' clock 2 the evening . > * Huddersfield . —A meeting ef the Chartist Co . operative Land Company inthe Hudders field district will be held at Turner ' s , Temperance Hotel _Ch-nS Hill , on Tuesday the 12 th of January , when it i proposed to form a second section , to give those ne !! sons who have made applications an opportunity of becoming members' } *

      The Chartists of Bristol are informed that tha weekly meeting of the association is held at Mr Niehoi ' _a Coffee-house , Rosemary Street , every * w * day evening at 8 o ' clock . They are specially _» quested to attend re -, ularl y . ' " Manchester People ' s I . vstitdtk . —The annual general meeting of the shareholders will bo heW in the large hall , Haywood Street , _Ancoats , on Tues . day evening , January 12 th , 1847 , to commence at 8 o ' clock ; for the passing of the accounts , and the election of a new Board of Directors for tbe _ensuing Stockport . —Mr . D . Donovan of Manchester will lecture here at six o ' clock in the evening , on tha 10 th instant ; subject— " Reply to One who has Whistled at the Plough . " A meeting of the members oftlie National Chartist Association will be held in their room , at half-past two in the afternoon wIim

      every member is particularly requested to a ttend ai there is business of importance to be brought before them . Nottingham . —The Chartists' meeting , at the Se . ven Stars , will commemorate the birth-day of Thomas Paine by a publie supper . Tickets and every information can be obtained on application being made at thc bar of the aforesaid house . A meeting of the Land Company will be held at the above hou ° e on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock precisely . Halifax . — Mr . Alderson will lecture here on Sunday ( _to-morrotv ) evening , at six o ' clock , The Anniversary of the Birth day of Thomas Paine , will be celebrated by a soiree in the Hall of Science , Rockingham-street , Sheffield , on Tuesday , February 2 nd , 1847 .

      Bethnal Gkeen . —Mr . T . Clark , director of ths Land Company , will lecture , at the _Whittinglonanil Cat , Church-row , on Sunday evening , at ei ght o ' clock . Shbpfibld . —The adjourned discussion on Co-ope , ration will be resumed , on Sunday evening , January 10 th , in the Democratic Temperanoe Room , 33 Queen Street , chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . South London Chartist Hall . —Mr . E . Jones will deliver a lecture at the above hall on Sunday , next , January 10 . Chair taken at eight o ' clock in the evening . The Dkmocratic Committee for Poland ' s Regene . ration will meet on Friday evenin g next , January 15 th , at the Chartist Assembly Roomt , 83 , Deanstreet . Chair to bo taken at 8 o ' clook . Bishopsoate . —Mr . C . Doyle will deliver » public lecture at the Pewter Platter , White Lion-street , on Tuesday evening , January 12 th , at eight o ' clock : precisely .

      Borough of Greenwich . —A public meeting will be held in the splendid amphitheatre , known as the Lecture Hall , R o yal Hill , on Wednesday evening next , January 19 , to commence at half-past 7 o ' clock , Messrs . M'Grath and Clark , trfo of the directors of the Land Company , will attend and address the meeting . The Central Registration _anh Election Com . mittee will hold its next meeting at 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Tuesday evening next , January 12 , at eight o ' clock precisely . The Aged Patriot , Victim and Orphans _Reubi * Committee will assemble at 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Wednesday evening next , January the 13 th , at ei ght o ' clock .

      South London Chartist HaIl . —Thb Charhsi Debating Club still holds its meeting every Wednesday erening , at the above Hall , commencing at 8 o ' clock ; one of the important subjects agitating the public mind is invariably selected for discussion . Sooth London Chartist Hall . —Mr . Ernest Jones will deliver an Historical Lecture at the above Hall , en Sunday evening next , the 10 th inst ., at 8 o ' clock precisely—subject , " The Last ofthe Tribunes . " Assembly Rooms , Dean-street , Soho . —Mr . Philip M'Grath will deliver a Public Lecture on Sunday evening next , January the 10 th , at _half-past 7 precisely—subject , " The Benefits to be derived from the National Co-operative Land Company . "

      Tower Hamlets . —Mr . T . Clark will deliver a Public Lecture at the Whittington and Cat , Church row . Bethnal-green , on Sunday evening next , January the 10 th , at 7 o ' clock . _Somkks-Town . —Mr . C . Doyle will deliver a Public Lecture at the Bricklayers ' _-armi , Tonbridgestree- , New-road , on Sunday evening next , the 10 th of January , at half-past 7 precisely . Marylebone . —Mr . Ruffey Ridley will deliver a Public Lecture—subject , " TheHistory of Democracy , " on Sunday evening next , January the 10 th , at the Coach-Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at 8 o ' clock precisely .

      Mr . C . Dotle will lecture , at the Old Pewter Platter , White _Lion-strcet , Norton Fol gate , on Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock precisely . Mr . Mitchell ' s committee are requested to meet at the _abovehouse , on the same evenini ? _, at seven o ' clock . Lambeth . —A quarterly general meeting of the shareholders will take place on Sunday evening next , upon business of importance . The _Fhaternal Democrats will hold an _extntmeeting on Monday ovcuing next , January 11 th , st the German Society ' s ilall , ( White Hart ) , Drarr Lane , three doors from Holborn _, to hear an address from Christopher Doyle ( ofthe Chartist Executive ) , on the state and prospects of democracy in Scotland . Chair to be taken at 8 o ' clock . Ernest J ones will preside , The new rules and regulations will bt submitted for adoption .

      Royal Marylebone Theatre. This Elegant A...

      ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . This elegant and commodious temple , in which _moraus holds her revels , causing laughter to _shuke both her sides , has been exceedingly well filled during the holidays , we recently witnessed the representation of " Robert Le Grange , " a smartly written and deeply interesting episode , taken from the events of the French Revolution of 17923 , and rarely have we seen a piece better placed on the stage , or better acted . Tbe Pantomime continues its popular career , _supporred as it i « , by excellent scenery and splenid tableaux . ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE , WESTMINSTER ROAD . At this theatre the Demon Horse continues to run his highly popular and successful career , whilst the Tintomime spcctuble of " The Forty Thieves ; er , Harlequin and Ali Baba" is , to say the least , equally luecsssl ' _ali One attraction consists of the Wellington Statue drawn by forty real horses . _Crewded audwnces nlghly _rswatd _tliemanagerlorhis spirited exertions to please .

      The Cooitators. —A Numberof Friends Unde...

      The _Cooitators . —A numberof friends under the above denomination , meet nt the house of Mr . Geo . Willand , the White Hart Tavern , _Market-street _, Oxford-street , every Wednesday evening . Thequcs _* tien tor Wednesday evening next is , should the franchise , or a » _j * 8 tem of rational education take tho precedence . Severe . —• ' Doctor , why have I lost my teeth ?' inquired a talkative female ot a physician . ' _YoU have worn them out with your tongue , ' was the «*

      ply * „ A Bun . —Was there ever a better bull perpotrated than the following one 1—" A new stove had been invented , and a gentleman soliciting order for its wns praising its comfortable and econ o mical qualities , in the highest terms to Mr-V _Sliaughnassey , who listened with tho greatest attention . As a climax to his eulogium , the in terested party declared that tho use of one of the said stores would save thc purchaser one half the quantity otiuel he at present consumed . "' Do you mane to say , ' earnestly inquired iVr-U Shaughuassey , that one of the stoves would save halt my tuel ?' II ' . _^ _e 081 d _** cidedly I J ° * I will answer fov it . ' lhcu give me your hand , my friend , ' said he delighted , ' and I'll tell you what I'll do : HI hav « two stoves and save it all . '

      Lancashire Miners —The general delegate meeting ot Laucachire miners will be held on Monday next , Januarv the 11 th , 1847 , at the sign of _*•• _<• Legs of Man Inn . Market-place , Wigan , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock iu the forenoon . Tho ball yearly Conference of the general association will commoucc immediatel y after tho termination of the county business , at the above mentioned house , an '* _continue sitting each successive day , till thepropoBij tions sent from the different localities aro disctis _** - _* _- and decided . All communications for the Conference , must he addressed to Mr . John Ilall , Legs of _Ma-j Inn , Market-place , Wigan . There will be severa l public meetings during the sitting of tho Conferew _* wliich will be addressed by W . P . Robert , Esq ., _M * other gentlemen .

      L'Rinteabydoligalm'gowak, Ofhi, Great Wiiuinii-J Ill

      _l'rinteabyDOliGALM'GOWAK , ofHi _, Great _Wiiuinii-J ill

      Street, Ilayniarket, In Tlio City Of Wes...

      street , Ilayniarket , in tlio City of Westminster a '; ' _- s Ofiice , iu tlie same Street and _i'aricli , for the l ' _" , : urietor , _l'EA'U'liS OTU . WNOlt , _Kfy ., aud publiiH- _' l » by Wlliam Hewitt , ot * No . 18 , Cliarles-strcet , Ur «» >' _ueni-sirett , Walworth , in the I'avisli of St . Mary , * _** » ' * iugton , in the County of Surrey , at the Ofh'ee , No . - ° ' ° Great _WindiiiitUu- ' et , _llayiuatket , in " _. ttio " , _** itJ * ¦¦ * ¦¦ _Wcttta lister . 8 _aturtla . v . January 9 1 H ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 9, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09011847/page/8/