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      April session of the above court com-*! i on Monday morning before the Lord J ** -t he Recorder , Aldermen Six G . Carroll , _^ _Vhallis . Carden , & c Jin * " 3 ' _^ th ' e BWaes of 212 prisoners for trial on _fte Ca ' eBa -ar- st _^ _CreRGYHAN , __ Richard C _^ _S an elderly person of gentlemanly _ap-•> nd _? _tuiered to take his trial upon an v _***® t fnr misdemeanour . —Mr . Ballantine _l _^ S and Mr . P «* y aPP eaMd for lhe de - p _rosecuK' " ' _* BaHan _iinej in bis address to the fend * * : * - ? _jetted very much to be compelled _M' , o 9 _rffirson in the position of the prisoner _"Jo _piosecutea _^ _^ g dergyman of _fte Church _wfco , be _iw" * : 0 ffence of this description , but of "finS laEfl ' _jjg he was afraid that when they bad _at tbe * _f fBCts 0 { tbe case it would he impossible h _^ _. n-. _nme to any other conclusion than that r __ , _ihtni * - "_ _T-. t . _tt . _^ _« ' ... a . < r .. -1 J _tii ci

      _» ° * _i « . with wmcu mc . _ouucx _nu uuarg--ftto _^ f _™ Je _eut ;—Mr . "W . Smith deposed that tr 8 scle _* ' _" _* - . merc ] jantl _can-ying on business in _jewas _^ a _„ _d was acquainted with tbe _^ Ontne 12 ih of "February , 1849 , the _P _^ r ' _nioduced a cheque for £ 2 upon Messrs . prisoner V- _^ gigned by _himself an ( _j _^ _hed _^ _TraJh it , and he-accordingly gave him the iim to c . r _* , _cheque was presented , and il turned SB °° i ! f t " -e ' nrisoaer kept no _accoust at tbe bank . 0 Mr Parrv : Bad known the Prisoner for y . «* and _•* on very fl * enAly terms _™ th _&>* - _« ' _; ] _, ad asked him to lend him the _*" " _** ' _t be should certainly have done so . —Mr . _""T _^ Cos cashier , at Messrs . Drammond ' s , de-A frat ' the p risoner kept no account at tbeir fi ! p wo * when tbe cheque in question was pre-Tri be wrote upon it to tbat effect . —By Mrkn that the prisoner kept no

      TO ? : lie ew Sat with tbe bank , from having examined the Zl . The books were not here . —Mr . Parry witted that the books themselves ought to have C _'SS . - Mr . Ballantine contended tbat _Evnis quite _suffici ent _^ rima / a _cw evidence to " o the jury . If the books had been produced Ey would only prove a _non-easting fact , which wa _? q « _itec learly _published by the evidence et fte SneS-The Recorder said the case must go to _thejnrr . —Mr . Parry accordingly addressed them for the defence . He said he was sure tbey _trould not blame him for endeavouring to

      _jgcae the unfortunate gentleman at the bar , _* * _io bad been truly described by his learned friend as clereyman ofthe Church of England , from the _de-jra-hug position in which he stood at the present moment . The learned counsel then remarked upon _Ae _circumatasces of the case , and the fact , that ifce prosecutor would have lent tbe prisoner the money if he bad asked him , without the cheque hang at all resorted to ; and he earnestly called upon fteiary _, U they could find ground for reasonable donbt as to the intention of tbe prisoner , that tiev wonld give him the benefit of that donbt , and

      acquit him . _~ The Recorder having summed up , the jmy deliberated for a short time , and they then tr _i-hed to be informed of the reason why tbe charge had not been brought forward before the present time . ' —Mr . Ballantine said the prosecutor was not desirous to prefer auy charge . The prisoner was ia custody npon some other matter , and Mr . Smith was _summoned by the magistrate . —The prosecutor _vas recalled , and , in answer to a question put by the court , he said he did not see the prisoner from the period when the offence was committed till he uas in custody ; but be might bave done so if he 5 ad p leased . —The jury , after a short further

      _deliheratioB , returned a verdict ef 'Not Guilty . ' The p risoner was tben charged upon another indictment , with obtaining money by false pretences . In this case it appeared that the prisoner went to the Sabiionere Hotel , in Leicester-square , accompanied by a lady , and having dined be tendered in payment a cheque , wbich was made payable at Messrs . Currie and Co . _' s , and received £ 4 15 s . 2 d . change . It turned out tbat the cheqne was altogether fictitious . —Mr- Pany took some ingenious objections to the indictmen t , founded upon the form of the cheque , bnt they -were overruled hy the court . —The jury returned a _vardict of « Guilty . '—The prisoner was then

      charged upon a third indictment , with an offence of the same character . —It appeared in this case that he had gone toHa * chett ' s Hotel , Piccadilly , and having mn np a bill of £ 3 3 s . 6 d , he gave a cheque for - £ 14 13 _sl Id ., aud being known as a customer of tbe house , no suspicion _vas entertained , and the difference was handed over to him , the cheque , as in the other cases , turning out to be of no value . — The jury again found the prisoner' Guilty . '—Mr . Ballantine stated that there were no less than twelve other charges of a similar character against him . — The Learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to be imprisonsd and kept to hard labour in tbe House of Correciioa for one year .

      _Chasge of Defrauding a "Railway Com-PAXT . —Henry Kelly , 30 , builder , a respectable looting man , surrendered to take his trial on an indictment , charging him with Laving defrauded the Souih Eastern Railway Company of the sum of £ 710 s . —Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Robinson appeared for the prosecutor , and Mr . Ballantine defended . — The fact ? of the case were these : —In tbe course oi the past year the company in question received from an agent , named Giles , residing in Upper Kingstreet , _Bloomsbury , five copies of the Post-office Directoiyi and npon the period arriving for the payment , a letter was sent from the office of the South

      Eastern Railway to the agent Giles' address , bearing the superscription of the publishers of the Directory , Messrs . Kelly . The agent was not known by the name of Kelly , and the only person of that name in the immediate district was the prisoner who carried on business as a builder in Gloucester street , near where the agent Giles , lived . The letter , was in consequence , taken there , and received bv the prisoner . It contained a request that an application mig ht be made for payment of the sum in question , and on the following day a man named Humphreys came to tbe offices of the company , and presented a blank receipt signed Colin Kelly , which

      he filled up and received a cross cheque on the com . pany for the amount . On 22 nd of December , three days after the letter was sent , the agent Giles calling , it Ws found tbat the money had been paid . Upon this Captain Graham , the treasurer of the company , sent to the _countisg bouse at tbe prisoner a clerk named Ludlaw _, who saw the prisoner , and asked him if he had received a letter on the day in question , and he denied that he had- The carrier who delivered the letter then came in , and the prisoner admitted that he bad received it , but tbat finding it was not for bim had thrown it on his desk , tbat he had afterwards asked for

      it but could not find it . Tbe receipt was tben shown to prisoner , and be said the writing was _somethirg like his father ' s . The affair was then placed ic the bands of the police , and several were set to watch the prisoner ' s place of business and his movements , and they ultimately apprehended the man Hump % e ** _s who had obtained the money . _"Whfljt Humphreys was in custody prisoner went to Captain Graham , and said tbat the police were doing him an incalculable amount of injury , and that sooner than ranain an « longer under their espionage he would repay tbe amount . Humphreys then stated that he had . received the receipt from the prisoner ,

      sad had brought him back the cheque , wbicb , being crossed , he had some difficulty in getting changed , but did so upon allowing Jive percent , discount . There being corroborative proof of Humphrey ' s statement , he was admitted evidence , and prisoner , after some remands , was sent for trial , bail being taken for his appearance . The most remarkable part of the affair was the numerous volcntary statements made by the prisoner , ail tending to implicate To some of the witnesses he said he knew all about it , and who had it ; and to Giles said , < Of course I know all about it ; it was never intended to defraud

      _thecompsny . I thought it belonged to my father , and I meant to bave kept it from him for a time to have a spree with/—In the course of _cross-eiaminafoa Mr . Ballantine elicited from the witness Hum . phreys that he had not borne a good character , and had been in trouble , but otherwise failed to shake th * " tesnaony of the witnesses as to the facts . — _-Serial peisona of respectability were called , who gave _toepruoneran excellent character . —The Common Sergeant having summed up , the jury , after a short deliberation , retired , and , having heen absent for _aometime , returned , bringing in a verdict of 'Hot

      Guilty . ' _Misdemkakotik . — James Callaghan , John _Jeffi-eys , Robert Horlock , and "William Horlock , surrendered to take their trial for a _misdemeanonr _^ -Mr . _Bodkm _. in opening the case , said that the misdemeanour imputed to the defendants was , that they had conspired together to defraud their employers of money to » considerable amnunt . The prosecution was instituted by 4 _Jie directors of the two riser steam-boat companies , known as the City Siam-bat _Coa-any , and tha London , _Westmfui tet , snd _VauxluU _Cosjpany , and the _-Jefesdanti » w ia ftek _foriee , Ths Jetmed counsel then

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      proceeded to explain , thatajthongh these , companies were entirely separate eslabVuhments , so far as the business of carrying passengers was concerned , ye » , for the saving of expense , and with a view to prevent rivalry , whieh might be dangerous and inconvenient to the public , they arranged that atthe several piers or landing places joint servants should be employed to deliver and receive the tickets from the passengers . The fraud imputed te the defendants was , that by collusion with each other and other persons , after a ticket had been issued at London-bridge , or any other station , the same ticket , after it was given npby the passenger atthe end of the journey , was returned to the original station . . j . a * - - — _ i .: __ _«! .,. « . _ m . _ t _ ., .

      and re-issued—this system offrand , according to the case for the prosecution , being carried on to a very great extent ; and occasioning serious loss to tbe companies . It appeared tbat tbe alleged fraud was discovered in rather an accidental manner , from the circumstances of a gentleman , named Oldfield , who was acquainted with one of the directors , taking notice tbat the ticket which wa 3 given to him at the City pier appeared very crumpled ; and this exciting his suspicion , he retained the ticket , and having communicated with the company , inquiries were set on foot , and Jacksoii . the ticket taker at the city pier , was directed to attend the directors , and from the inquiries that were

      made of him , further suspicion was created , Jackson , it appeared , was allowed to depart at the time , and nothing more was heard of him until six weeks afterwards , when his body was found in the Thame ? , and from the circumstance of stones being found in his pockets , there was no doubt tbat he had committed self-destruction . The defendant Callaghan , it ap . peared , was the ticket taker at the Cadogan pier , Chelsea , and it would seem that suspicion being attached to him , he was questioned , and he then made a statement which ultimately led to his apprehension upon the present charge , the effect of tbat statement being , that ever since 1848 this system of fraud upon

      the company had been carried on' to a very great extent , and as the result the present charge was preferred against tbe defendants . The evidence against Jeffreys appeared to depend entirely upon the statement made by Cailaghan , without any corroboration ; and with regard to William Horlock , all that was shown was , that he was in the service of one of tbe companies , and tbat he vas employed in conveying messages backwards and forwards between tbe parties . —Evidence having been adduced , tbe Judge addressed the jury , and expressed an opinion ihat the charge of conspiracy had not been made out ; and under his lordship's direction the jury returned a verdict of « "Not Guiltv . '

      Robber- ? . —Jane Griffin , 19 , was indicted for stealing a gold watch value - £ 30 , and a gold chain value -E 8 , the property of Lester Garland , in the dwelling-house of our lady the Queen—It appeared from the statement of the case by tbe counsel for the prosecution tbat tbe prosecutor is a lieutenant in the 11 th Hussars , and in September last be was stationed with a detachment of his regiment at Hamp . ton Court . The prisoner had been employed in a subordinate capacity to wait upon the officer ? , and , therefore , had an opportunity of taking the property ; bnt it was admitted that a number of ether persons had the same facility to do so ; and it likewise appeared that she had openly disposed of the watch and chain , and gave her true name and address . —The Recorder having summed up , the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of 'Not guilty . ' _

      Robbery in a _DwrxtiNG-BOOSE . — Benjamin Davis , aged 20 , was indicted for stealing in the dwelling-house of William Layman Cowan , three brooches , valued at -63 , his property . —It appeared that the prosecutor , who is secretary to the Shropshire TJnien Railway Company , resided ou tbe second floor of some chambers , No . 9 , Great Georgestreet , "Westminster , and tbe property was stolen from the apartments on the 6 th of February . — The evidence being insufficient as to tbe prisoner ' s

      identity , the jury acquitted him . —The prisoner was again indicted for stealing a silver fork , the property of the same prosecutor . — The jury found tbe prisoner ' Guilty on this charge . — The Common Sergeant sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for twelve months . Charge of Embezziement . _—lohn Gregory , 8 , stationer , was indicted for embezzling the sum of £ 1 Is . the monies of John Thomas Smith and another , his masters . —The Jury acquitted the

      prisoner . DlTERRING A FORGED ACCEPTANCE . _—GeOTge Lyon , 32 , clerk , pleaded * Guilty' on two indictments charging him with uttering a forged bill of exchange , with intent to defraud "William Miller Christie and others- —Judgment was postponed . The _Argyus Rooms . —This case is postponed until the next sessions , in order to know the result of an indictment removed by certiorari to the Queen ' s Bench . A Wife killed by her Husband . —Alexander Lovey , 43 , gunsmith , was indicted for the wilful murder of Charlotte Lovey , his wife , by stabbing ber in tbe neck with a knife . The prisoner by tbe

      coroner s inquisition was charge with the offence of manslaughter only . —Mr . Clarkson conducted the prosecution by tbe direction of the court . The prisoner was defended by Mr . Parry , through the humane intervention of the Sheriff ;—The learned counsel having briefly opened the case for the prosecution , the following evidence was adduced in support af tbe charge . —John Woolcot deposed that he lived at No . 13 , Crown-court Wbitecbapel . He knows the prisoner , who is a gunmaker , and was at work for him on tbe day when this occurrence happened , in February last . The prisoner and the deceased lived at No . 4 , Boars ' s Head-court , "Whitechapel . On Tuesday , tbe 19 th of February , the

      deceased went out in tbe early part of tbe day . He and tbe deceased had had a quarrel the same evening . The deceased did not return home until about dusk , and the prisoner then asked ber where she bad been , and she replied that she had been at his mother ' s . The prisoner then said if she had been there , they would have a comfortable tea , aud be added tbat he would give her a drop of wine if she would be comfortable with bim . The deceased told him to fetch the wine , and the prisoner took a stone bottle and went out as she desired , and he came back with the wine and some meat also—a sweetbread . Deceased took the stone bottle , and poured some of the wine into a tea-cup ,

      and drank it , and while the prisoner was engaged frying the sweetbread , with a knife in his band , tbe deceased told him she had been up to the court to get a warrant out against him . The prisoner replied , with an oath , 'Ton want to swear my life away , ' and immediately stuck tbe knife in rfer , close to her breast and shoulder . He stabbed her once . The deceased cried out ' He bas stabbed me , ' and ran into the street . At the time the prisoner stabbed her she was sitting against the fireplace , in a chair . Witness followed tbe deceased info tbe street , ard saw her taken to a doctor ' s shop near Petticoat-lane . There was a great deal of blood in tbe street tbat had flowed from her

      person . Witness accompanied a police sergeant back to the prisoner ' s house , and found him sitting by tbe fire , in the act of finishing his tea , and witness pointed him out to the sergeant , and he took him into custody : He was using the knife be stabbed the deceased with to cut bread , and tha sergeant took that away also . There bad been a deal of quarreling between tbe prisoner and the deceased the same morning , and he svw the latter sharpening the knife in question upon an earthenware pan , and she said she was going to cnt her throat . The prisoner said , ' Do it , ' and then took the knife away from her . She was a sober woman . — Mr . Thomas "Wyatt deposed tbat he was house

      surgeon at the London Hospital , and remembered the deceased being brought there on the evening of the 19 th February . Upon examining her be ascertained that she was bleeding frora a wound onthe right side of the neck , and was in a state of partial collapse , and very much exhausted . It was a punctured wound , and snch a one as might have been produced by the knife in the hands of the officer . The wound was abont three quarters of an inch long , and three inches deep . At first be did not consider that the wound was mortal . The deceased lingered from the 19 th to the 27 th February , and then died .

      Her death waB occasioned by inflammation , caused by the wound . Upon a pott mortem examination , he found that the gullet had been completely transfixed , and the knife bad passed through to the other side , and had passed so close to the . carotid artery that its pulsation was visible . —Several witnesses were examined , and a statement made by the de . ceased was read , which confirmed the evidence already given . —The jury , after deliberating for five minutes , returned their verdict , finding the prisoner * Guilty' of manslaughter . — Mr . Justice Erie ordered the prisoner to stand down , and said he wonld consider what sentence ought to be pronounced upon

      AGGRAVATE ) _Assauxt . — Charles Cartwright , 25 , wis indicted for feloniously catting ud wound * ing Daniel May , with intent to resist bis lawful _apprtbesBOO . It _fppured that May , who ia a City

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      poHceman , was on duty in Ludgate-street on the morning of the 12 th of March , in plain clothes , when he saw tbe prisoner and . another man named Judge prowling about , and having some knowledge of their character he watched them , and saw them goto the shop of a tailor " named Hayes , in Farringdon-street , where they both bandied a coat that was outside and then walked off . They shortly afterwards returned , and Cartwright boldly took down the coat and put it under the one he bad on , Judge in the meantime « covering' him , and they were both about to decamp with their booty when May came up and seized Cartwright , and on an alarm being raised tbe other prisoner was also secured . The constable was then about to proceed to the police station with Cartwright , who at first went quietly j but just as they got to the Snow-hill end of Farring-_

      don-street , he stopped and said , that if the constable would not let bim go he would kill him , and at the same moment he drew a clasp knife from his pocket , and inflicted several severe and dangerous cuts upon his hand . The constable , notwithstanding the injuries he had received , still retained hold of the prisoner , who was eventuall y secured and lodged in tbe police station . —The jury found the prisoner « Guilty ' ol wounding the prosecutor , with intent to prevent l » _is lawful apprehension . —Cartwright was then charged by another indictment , jointly with tbe other man , Judge , with the larceny of stealing the coat . —The same facts , with the exception of the wounding of the coustable , were put iu evidence , and the jury found both prisoners ' Guilty . '—Mr . Baron Piatt sentenced Cartwri ght to be transported for fifteen years , and Judge was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to h ard labour for one year .

      Post-office _Robberv . —W . Stephenson , 22 , a Post-office clerk , was indicted for stealing letters containing money , the property of the Post-master General . —The prisoner , by the advice of his council , pleaded ¦ _GuiltyZ—Sentence deferred . Obtaining Goods bt Fraud . — Richard Price , 42 , was indicted for feloniously uttering a forged order for the delivery of a quantity of cloth , value £ 23 , with intent to defraud Messrs . Bull and Co . — Tha prosecutors are warehousemen carrying on business in St . Martin _' s-lane , and it appeared that on the 15 th September last an order was presented at their house purporting to come from another firm , _Jtfessrs . Boyd and Co ., with whom they were

      in the habit of doing business , requesting that a quantity of a peculiar description of cloth should be sent by the bearer , which was done . The prisoner it appeared was not taken into custody until the 28 ih of March , and he was then positively sworn to as being the person who presented the order . It was also proved that about the time when the forged order was presented , the prisoner had requested a person named Hatton , who was in tbe service of Messrs . Boyd and Co ., to get him a bill head of tbat firm , saying tbat he wanted it to decide some wager , and it appeared that tbe forged order was written upon a paper of this description . —Mr . Cockle endeavoured

      on behalf of the prisoner to show that tbe witnesses might be mistaken as to his identity , and it also appeared that he had previously borne a good character . —The jury , without any hesitation , returned a verdict of' Guilty . '—The prisoner , with a dreadful imprecation , declared that he was not the person who presented the order to Messrs . Bull and Co . — Mr . Justice Erie told the prisoner that his conduct was an aggravation of the offence be had committed . The evidence was quite conclusive , and not tbe slightest doubt could be entertained of his guilt , and but for the good character he had received he should certainly have sentenced him to transporiation . He then ordered the prisoner to be kept to hard labourer for fifteen months .

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      THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERY DISTRICTS . Informations under the Truck Act were again brought before the county magistrates at Wolverhampton on Wednesday ; the dissatisfaction consequent on the persistence in the " tommy " system seems to be so far ripened , that in all probability there will be full employment for the justices for some time to come . To-day there were new points to be raised and decided on , and the increased amount of interest felt was evidenced in the large

      attendance at the magistrates' room . It is quite true that the Truck Acts are explicit enough , but that they are nofc simple enough to answer all the purposes required is equally clear , inasmuch as the truck-masters manage to evade the act , and to escape the penalties , by tbe ingenuity of lawyers , and the numerous loop-holes afforded for their escape ; nevertheless , there seems to be good grounds for the assurance that the system—fraudulent and wrongful as it is—will before very long be put down . Tke magistrates on the bench to-day were John Leigh , Esq . ( stipendiary ) , J . Barker , W . Baldwin , W . Foster , C . B . Dimmack , aud G . B . Thorneycroft , Esqs ., and Dr . Dehane .

      _ISFOKMATIOX FOR ILLEGAL CHEQUES . —The MeSSrS . Greswell are large ironmasters at Tipton , in this county ; they have , it seems on their premises a Tommy shop , and . until a very recent period , their plan has been , through the agency of one Mr . Silver , their pny clerk , to issue cheques for sums under 20 s . each to their workmen . On the 29 th of March last , a workman named Dims , a puddler , sent his daughter to the works for 15 s . on account ; the sum was paid to hor by cheque upon the Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company , this cheque being , as was well understood , not for presentation at the bank , but at the Tommy shop-of Messrs . Creswell . Instead of this , however , . the wife of Hims carried the cheque to a prrson named _Hipkiss ,

      from whom she received the amount in money , and 2 s . 6 d . as a bonus . In consequence of this circumstance , an information was laid by the Tipton Anti-Truck -Association , for an infringement of the clause in the act which provides that cheques issued for less amount than 20 s . are illegal . The information was laid under the act of 48 Geo . III ., and the facts above set forth were fully proved . On the part of the defendant it was contended by Mr . Bolton , solicitor , Wolverhampton , that the cheque issued did not partake of the character of a promissory note , or bill of exchange , and that consequently it was not negotiable and transferrable as necessary to bring it within the meaning of the act . It was further contended that no evidence

      had been offered to prove the existence of a partnership between the Messrs . Creswell , or that the cheque had been paid by their authority , or with their consent , and upon these technical grounds it was sought to get rid of the information . Silvers , the pay clerk , on being called , swore tbat he bad not issued cheques for a less amount than 20 s , within the last nine months , with the exception of the instance now before the court ; but he admitted that for sums due to workmen of 10 s ., 12 s ., and 16 s . he had issued cheques for 20 s . in discharge of the same . He also admitted that the profit to the Messrs . Creswell on all goods bought at their Tommy shop by means of the tickets issued from their office was seven and a half per cent . Such

      were the means taken by these ironmasters forthe infraction of the law . In answer to this , it waa proposed by the prosecutor ' s attorney to show that cheques had been issued by Silvers on behalf of the Messrs . Creswell for a less amount than 20 s . within even the last three months ; the magistrates , however , separatinng the points raised in the information , gave their judgment upon one fact , reserving the other for consideration . In giving the decision of the court , Mr . Leigh reviewed the various acts of parliament which exist for the suppression of the iniquitous truck system ;

      these acts commenced so long since as the loth Geo . III ., and have since been modified or altered to suit the circumstances of the times . Tho act , however , mainly relied upon , and upon which the information was laid , was that of 48 _lh Geo , Hi-Having regard to it , the magistrates said that the bench were unanimously of opinion that cheques issued for sums of less than 20 s . came within the statute , and were illegal , but they left the question open for consideration as to whether there had been sufficient evidence offered in this case t © prove the publishing and uttering by these defendants , one or other of which was necessary to completely

      substantiate the charge . _ There are a great many other informations for truck against this firm , and others , and although for a time the dofendants may obtain a temporary success upon technical points , there is little doubt that in the long run they will be beaten . It is satisfactory to announce tbat at the Shrubbery , and ono or two large works , the truck system has been abolished .

      The Ensuing Easier Teem.— On Monday Next...

      The Ensuing Easier Teem . — On Monday next , the commencement of the Easter Term , the several law and equity courts will resume their sittings . The arrears in the three common law courts amount to 204 , consisting of 130 in the Court of Queen s Beneh , 31 in the Common Pleas , and 43 J _« the Court of Exchequer . In the Queen's Bonch there are of special cases and demurrers 1 for judgment and 50 for armimeut . In tbe new trial paper there

      are _^ l for judgment and 78 for argument . In the Common Pleas there are three enlarged rules in the remanet paper , 9 for new trial , 3 for judgment , and 16 demurrers entered . Inthe Court of Exchequer there are four matters in the peremptory paper , 8 causes and motions for judgment , 1 demurrer lor judgment , 9 special cases for argument , and 21 rules nisi for new trials . Lord Campbell will take his seat for the first time on' Monday in the Court of Queen ' s Bench as Chief Justice of England . what uakxs treason reason , and causes distress is Ireland ? Answer _* _Tho _absen ( t ) ee .

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      THB CONDITION OF _BNGLAJTD . ;¦ _" _QUMyipNi ; _' : _^;; _,:: •; , ' ( _Ctn _* JMNd fr # _* o the Morning mrohicU . ) _^ _S _^ _S T KING AT THE UPHOLSTERY BU SINESS-DISTRESSED GENTLEWOMEN . The cloak , skirt , and ladies' _night-cap . maker is anothei-class of "hands" dependent on their needle for their living The following may betaken as a fair average statement as to the usual earnings of pe _„™ ° nn tT _* r ln tnis brancl" ° f business ., The &\ T m { ot _*? _& _^ her _landlord ,, was a hardworking , sober , and thrifty _widow-^^^ _- _*****™™* ** _************* , ** ' _** a ****** ' _*****^

      ; _tn , JBT t , _' r Wllh four children . My eldest is au i V 5 Fr _^ the youngest is a girl , foura _ltS , M A y / i CldeSt b ° y earns 33 . a week . He is _, ww _kn * % SeC T ° r b ° y is _«« _t at the print _ff _& _wSwV - Be- " Is .-6 d . a-week . This if _" _J _- . " n S _^ Ployed . I have no other _?™ l SIS . ? _. what I _set bv ffly ° wn needle _* I am a _cloakmaker-ihat is , I make up mantles for a warehouse _. m the city . My employer pays somewhat less than the other houses do , because he supplies other warehouses who supply the linendrapers , and they are , _consequentf y , three profits to come out of his goods , instead of twoas is the usual custom 1

      , . get from 8 Jd _., to . la . 3 d . each for such as I general ! v matte . 1 Have had _more- _^ indeed , I have had as much as 5 s . for some , but then they take me much onger to make so that my earnings is no moro at the high price work than it is at the low . Those mantles at 83 ( 1 . are tor children , and very common ones . The work is so flimsy that they pay equally as well . as tlie best . 1 should say , with a little assistance , I could make two of those at 8 Jd . in a day . Wiih my own single hand I could make one a dav , that is , if I wns o Bit for long hours at it . Take one day with another , 1 sit , upon an average , at my work from nine inthe morning till eleven at night ; often _lonser

      seldom lew . 1 _'ourteen hours is my usual day ' s labour . Out Of the 8 d . I find all the sewing materials ; they come to about Id . a cloak . It will take about _* lb . ot cotton to a dozen mantles , besides cotton-cord and hooks-and-eyes . I generally use about 141 b . of candles in a week , and that ' s _J"Jd . I can m _« ke about six of the 8 id . mantles every week , and they'll come to 4 s . 3 d . Out of this there ' s 6 d . for sewing materials and 7 id . for candles , so that at that ' work I can earn 3 s . 1 id . per week when I ' m fully employed * , and the 8 Jd- mantles will pay better than those I ' m _rioine now . 1 can earn more money at the others . I get for those I am about now ls . 3 d . each . The expenses

      are much ahout the same . I get _h . 2 d . clear out of each one 1 make . They are children's cloth mantles . It takes two hands' to make one of them in a day . It would take me myself two days to make _onet I have to sew eight yards of braid to every clonic , and it takes me an hour to do two yards of it . At this work I can earn upon an average Id . a day , or , deducting candles , I get a little less than 6 d . clear , or 2 s . _lOJd . a week—that ' s about my earnings , taking one week with another . I sometimes have ladies ' mantles to do . _^ For some in the same style as tliese I am now making I got 2 s . Cd . But they didn ' t bring me in any more than the children ' s—rather less ; indeed , I was obliged to throw them up . "

      I was referred to a person living in a court running out of Holborn , who was willing to give me the information I desired respecting the prices paid to the female hands engaged in the _upholstery business . Her room was neatly furnished and gave evidence of her calling . Before the windows wore chintz curtains tastefully arranged , and in one corner of the room stood a small easy chair with a clean brown holland case over it . On a side table were ranged large fragments of crystal and spar upon knitted mats or d ' oyleys . and over the carpet was a clean grey crumb cloth—indeed , all was as neat and tasty as a person of limited means and following such an employment could possibly make it . The person herself was as far above the ordinary character of workwomen , both

      m manner and appearance , as her home was superior to the usual run of untidy and tasteless dwellings belonging to the operatives . I found her very ready to answer all my questions . ' I am a widow . " she said . " 1 bave been so for five years . My husband was an upholsterer . I was left with one child twelve years old . My husband was in considerable difficulty when he died . Since his death I have got my living by working with my needle at the upholstery business . I make up curtains and carpets , and all sorts of cases , such as those for covering the furniture in drawingrooms . I also make up the bed furniture , and feather beds and mattresses as well . My present employer pays me for making up window curtains 2 s . per pair . I have nothing to find . Upon an average

      I can make a pair of curtains in two days . I might do more of the plainer kind ; but if the curtains are _Rimped , I shall do less . Taking one wiih the other , I can safely say I can make a pair of curtains in two days . It is impossible for me to give an estimate as to the eases , because furniture is of such various descriptions . We generally charge such things by the time tbey take us . It is the envelope that goes over the article of furniture , and protects the silk or satin that the chair , " sofa , or ottoman may be covered with , that I call the case . These cases , or overalls are generally of chintz or holland , and are made by females , and sewn together . The satin or damask cover of the furniture itself is nailed on , and made by male

      bands . . By working at cases for twelve hours I can make about ls . 6 d . a day . I do my work always at home . There are some shops send their work out , but the generality have it done at their shop . The wages given to the workwomen at the shop are from 9 s . to lis . per week , and the time of labour is twelve hours per day . I don't think any house gives less than 9 s . to any one who understands the business , and lis . I believe is the highest price to the workwomen in the upholstery business . Forewomen who hold responsible situations of course get more—they get 12 s . a week . For the making of cases we who work at home are paid by time and not by piece-work . The rate is lid . per hour . Those who do the work at home are seldom more than half their time em

      ployed , and those who work in the shops are discharged immediately a slack occurs . There is more fluctuation in the upholstery business than in any other in London . It used not to be so ; but of late years it has fluctuated extremely from the competition in the trade . The _linendrapers have taken to supply furniture ready made . There are many large houses who do a great trade in this way , . and they sell at prices tbat the others cannot compete witb . I think the slacks are in consequence pf the times and the general want of money . You see persons can do without furniture when they run short , whereas they must have other commodities . My earnings for this last year have been so trifling that I have been obliged to do many things I never did before . I

      have gone back dreadfully . I have been obliged to pledge my things and borrow money to make up sums that must be paid . I must keep a home above my head . If it hedn ' t been for the Queen ' s intended visit to the Coal Exchange , I don ' t know what I should have done . It was a little bit of help to me ; but , at the same time , it doesn't free me from my difficulties . Still it came like a _Protidence to me . I got about 35 s . for what I did there . I was at work all Sunday . I was between a fortnight and three weeks engaged upon it . But I was not paid equal to what I did . 1 don't tell my affairs to everybody . It ' s quite enough for me to struggle by myself . I may feel a great many privations that I do not wish to be known . I got about 35 s . in three

      weeks , and for that I had to work from eight in the morning till ten at night , and one entire Sunday . Tbe female hands employed in the business are generally middle-aged people ; there are not many young people employed in it . A great many are widovrs , but the majority are old maids . I do believe there aro more old maids employed in the upholstery business than in any other . They are generally sober steady people ; in fact , they wouldn ' t suit if they were not . The principal part is upon very expensive matemls—silk , satin , and velvets—that it requires great care and nicety . Thc prices paid to the workpeople have decreased materially within the last five years , to the extent of one half in bed furniture . " We are now paid 10 s . for making up

      the furniture of a four-post bedstead , and formerly we used to have - £ l for the very same thing . The wages of the women working in the shops were 12 s . a week till lately , now they are mostly 9 s ,, though : ome are lis . Window curtains ( plain ) used to be 5 s . per pair , now we have 2 s . And the price paid for making up the other articles has decreased in veiy nearly the same proportion . I don ' t know the cause of this , unless it be that there is less work to be done in the trade I don ' t think it arises from an increase of hands , but from a decrease of work . The slacks occur much more often now than they did formerly . I think the hand 3 are out of employ now one-third of their time throughout the year , there ' s such very great fluctuation in the business . "

      I had seen all classes of needlewomen but one . I had listened to the sufferings of the widow , the married woman , and the young unmarried girl , who strove to obtain an honest living by their needle . I had also heard , from their own lips , the history of the trials and fall of those who had been reduced to literal beggary and occasional prostitution by the low price given for their labour . Still it struck me that there was one other class of needlewoman whose misery and privations must be more acute than all . It was tbe distressed gentlewomen — persons who , having been brought up in ease and luxury , must feel their present privations doubly as acute as those who , in a measure , had been used to poverty from their very cradle .

      I was directed to one of this class who was taking care of a large empty house at the west end of the town . I was no sooner in the presence of the poor family than 1 saw , by the manner of all present , how differently they had once been situated . Tbe lady herself was the type of the distressed gentlewoman . I could tell by the regularity of her features that her family for many generations past had been unused to labour for their living , and there was that neatness and cleanliness about her costume and appearance which invariably distinguish' the lady from the' labouring woman . _Agaia , there was a gentleness and a plaptivcne » _ia _tbc . toiie of her TOice that _afcove all things _aarH . _( J _^ _refioemeat of a

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      woman ' s ; nature . The room in which-th »< fi > * . 'lv ture and comfort than any I had vet visited wb « « t least untainted by the atmosphere of poverty' I wns no longer sickened vrith that overpowering _^ th always hangs abont the dwellings of the very noor The home of the distressed gentlewoman consisted ' literally of four bare walls . There was no table _andonly two chairs in the place . At the foot of the lady , was an . old _travellin' * trunk , on which lay a few of the nightcaps that she and ber daughters were occupied in making . One of the girls stood hemming by tbe window , and tbe other seated in a

      corner of the room upon another trunk , busily engaged in the same manner . Before-the frnder was a piece of old carpeting about the size ofa napkin . On the mantel-piece were a few balls of cotton , a small tin box of papers , and a Bible and Prayer Book . This was literally all the property in the place . It was not difficult to tell , by the full black eyes , olive complexions , and sharp Murillo-like features of the daughters , that their father , at least , had been of Spanish extraction . Tho mother herself , too , had somewhat of a foreign look , thought this I afterwards discovered arose from long residence with her husband abroad ,

      It was not till now that I had found my duty in any way irksome to me , but I must confess , when I organ to stammer out the object of mv visit to the distressed lady , I could not help feeling that my mission seemed like an impertinence , and to . betray a Is 1 !? ' ? int 0 tlle miseries of the poor that was wholly foreign to my intention . Icould see by the proud expression ofthe gentlewoman ' s features , that she telt the privacy of her poverty had been violated by my presence , and I was some Utile while endeavouring to impress upon her that I had EOt come to her . with the _me-m object of publishing to tlie world the distress of individuals , which 1 was well aware was made doubly bitter from the fear of its becoming known , even to their friends , much more to the public At

      generally . length I informed her , that whatever she might communicate to me would be given to the public in such general terms that it would be impossible to _recos-mse that she was the person alluded to . Upon this assurance she told me as follows :-'' I work at needlework generally—I profess to do that , indeed tbat is what I have done ever since I have been a widow . But it is shocking payment . What I am engaged upon now is from a private lady . I haven ' t , as yet , made any charge . I don ' t know what tbe price will be , I did intend to ask 3 d . each . The lady has been a great friend to me . I can ' t say exactly how long it will take me . Persons call to look at the house , and I have interruptions . They are plain night caps that I am making , and are for a

      lady of rank . Such persons generally , I think , give the least trouble for thoir work . I can ' t say how long they take me each to make . Latterly I ' ve had no work at all , only that which I get from an institution for distressed needlewomen . They were children ' s chemises . I think I made seven , and got 7 s . for the-n .- _^ I have also made within this time one dozen white _craTata for a shop ; they are the wide corded muslin cut across , and the very largest . I have 6 d . a dozen for hemming them , and had to find the cotton of course . I Lave often said I would never do any more of them—I thought they would never have been done , there was so much work in them . Myself and daughter hemmed lhe dozen in a day . It was a day ' g very hard work . It was really

      such very hard work that I cried over it , I was so ill , and we were wanting food so badly . That is all that myself and daughter have done for this lost month . During " "that time the two of us ( my daughter is eighteen ) have earned Gd ., and 7 s ., and 2 s ., making in all 9 s . 6 d . for four weeks , or 2 a . 4 _$ d . per week , to keep three of us . I have not been constantly employed all the month ; I should say I have been half the time occupied . The nine and sixpenco may be fairly considered as the earnings of the two of us , supposing we bad been fully occupied for a fortnight . My daughter and I have earned at plain needlework a good deal more than that . But to

      get more we have scarcely time to eat . I have with my daughter's labour and my own , earned as much aa 10 s . , * hut then such hard work injures the health . I should say an industrious quick hand might earn at plain needlework , taking one thing with another , 3 s . 6 d . a week , if she were fully employed . But there is a great difficulty in getting work—oh , yes , very great . The schools injure the trade greatly . Ladies give their work to thc National Schools , and thus needlewomen who have families to support are left without employment , That , I think , is the principal cause of tho deficiency of work—and many othors I know consider so with me . I think that is also the cause of the

      prices being so low . Yes , I know it is , because ladies will tell you plainly , I can have the work done cheaper at the school . Generally , tho ladles aro much harder as to their terms than the tradespeople ; oh , yes , the tradespeople usually show more lenity towards the needlewomen than tbe ladies . I was obliged to take the blankets off the bed , and sleep with only a sheet to cover us . I sold my bedstead for 3 s . 6 d . to a person , who came herself and valued it . That very bedstead , not a month ago , I gave 8 s . Cd . for . It was what thoy call a cross-bedstead . Our bolster we were obliged to pledge . That was quite new ; it cost 2 s . 6 d ., and I pledged lb for a shilling . Our blankets , too , we pledged for ls . each ; they cost me 6 s . the pair ;

      but I ' ve taken one out since . Of course , now we sleep upon the floor . Our inside clothing we have also disposed of . Indeed , 1 will tell you , we are still without our clothing , both my daughter and myself ; and I have chewed camphor and drank warm water to stay my hunger . My pains from flatulence have been dreadful . We have often had no broakfast , and remained without food till night , nil of us ; and at last I have made up my mind to pledge my flannel petticoat ; , and get Gd . on that . Once we were so badly off that I sent for a person to come and pledge my bed . She pledged it for half-a-erown . This person told a lady in the neigh _, bourhood what I had done , and the lady came in the evening and brought me 5 s ., and-with that the bed was redeemed . What I want is a situation for

      my eldest daughter . She can speak Spanish , and sho works well at her needle . I myself speak Spanish and French . You won't put that in the newspaper , will you ? " she asked me . I told her I would insert nothing that she wished to keep secret . She said , "I am afraid they will guess it is I . I would rather starve than it should be known who I am . I do not wish to be mado a public spectacle of . I am nofasharoed to be poor , understand—for I am so through no fault of my own—but my friends would be ashamed to have my poverty known . " I told her I would do as she wished , and I told her I had come there to alleviate rather than to aggravate her distress . __ After a little hesitation she consented to the publication of

      what she might communicate to me , and continued as follows : — " You may say my father was an officer in tho English army , and my-grandfather was an officer in the English army , too . I have a brother-in-law a clergyman . It ' s not in his power to assist mc . My husband was an officer in the army as well , but he was in the fore ign service , Ho has been dead five years . He left me penniless , with three children . My son is in tbe West Indies . Ho is doing well there : he is but younghe is only seventeen . He has 436 a year and his board . He assisted me last year . I was in hopes to have some assistance this year . Thoy only pay them now once a year , according to the last letter I had from him . I do feel it very hard that Lwhose father and grandfather have served the

      country—should be left to suffer as I do . Thank God , I ' m not in debt—that is a great consolation to me . I don ' t owe any person a penny . " ' She was afterwards kind enough—for the sake of others situated like herself— to let me sec the dup licates of the different articles that her poverty had compelled her to make a meal upon . They told so awful a tale of want that I begged permission to copy them . The articles pledged , and the sums lent upon them , were as follows : —Gown , 19 . j bed , ls . ; petticoat and night gown , ls . ; gown , ls . ; gown skirt , ls . ; two books and apron , Is . ; shawl _, ls . j gown , ls . ; umbrella , ls . ; petticoat and shawl , le . ; bolster , Is . petticoat and shift , ls . ; ditto , Gd . ; counterpane , 2 s . ; cloak , 3 s . ; a whittle , ls ls

      3 s . ; gown , 3 s . ; sheet and drawers , . ; gown , . ; p etticoat , Is . ; petticoat and piece of flannel Od . ; wedding-ring , 2 s . _6 d . Tlieladj also took me into the garden to show mo the window by which the thieves had sought to enter the house at midnight . On the flagstones immediately beneath it , and which were green with damp . ind desolation , wero the marks of men ' s hobnailed boots . It is but right , for tho poor gentlewoman s sake , that I should add that her statement has been fully investigated and corroborated . She seems a lady in every way worthy of our deepest commiseration , As I had an introduction to another needlewoman , a maiden lady , who had boon reduced from a position of great affluence and comfort to one of

      absolute want , I thought it would be better to see ber , so that the public might have a further insight into the distress ofa class of persons who perhaps suffer not only moro privations , but feel moro acutely the pain of them , than any who depend upon their needle for their daily bread . At first sight tbe distress of the second gentlewoman was not so appa rent as that of the first—indeed , you would hardly have believed , from tho neatness of tho room in which sho lived , and the dress of the lady herself , that you _wftj * in the presence of one absolutely in want of brem And yot from tho bedding on tho

      floor that was rolled up and covered over with a cloth in one corner ofthe room , the handful of fire , about the size of that in a smith ' s forgo , that was smouldering in the grate , and the thin face and pinched features ofthe gentlewoman herself , it was not very diffioultto infer the distress that she was in . Moreover , it was plain , from the general _spareness and chilliness of the frame , that _sTio was suffering from insufficient nutriment . _gW-gS _» selmed to be little or no animal warmth _^ intho body . Over her shouldera was thrown an _mrta-twa _^ _ghetland shawl , evidently more _te * " _$ _X _ffi 2 S £ Her _namtivo waa _Wf _^ _Wft _^ Sift _?« m forts had onw hm greater , and her _twaMttoo team

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      extreme wealth to extreme _poyei-ty hVd been mora sudden , than the lady I had visited but a day or twqj before . . : .-" | I iivo entirely by my . needle , " she said . " I do any plain ' work 1 can get . I make chemises , chiU dren ' s drawers , nightcaps , shirts , petticoat bodies , Ac , I am a good needlewoman , aiid nothing comes amiss to mo . I get for the chemises Is . 3 d . if they ' re plain ; and if there's much stitching , ls . 6 d . For . children's drawers I have about 6 d . or 8 d . per pair ; nightcaps , full trimmed , about lOd . ; petticoat bodies , about Is . ' There ' s a great deal of work in a petticoat body . If they ' re trimmed , I get ls . ;« d for them . For hemming pocket handkert _™? , i g ? ¥ ' ? si ( _Je , and Id . a side for towels . fl _S ° about a , twolvemonth back some habit-shirts :

      rZd ? _£ ' i ?? d down the front * and , a << 0 Ilnf ' _, _^ d to cut them out _entirely and the people only gave mo 2 s . Gd . for a dozen Well , I began them about ten one day , and I had to fini _^ Spm fm S _"" > - » R » d then I couldn't finish them . till four " tho next day-there was so much work in thom . I have now been five or six years engaged m needle-work , doing it wherever I could obtain it . Yes I ' m very anxious ; I never let anything pass mc if I can get it . For the last year the outside that I have made in any one week is 5 a For many weeks I have done nothing—1 could m ' t get anything to do . I went round and . _-ilmosfc begged for work—entreated of thc shops—but thoy said they hadn't it . Taking one week with another , I may have made through thc whole year

      from 2 s . to 2 s . Gd . a week ; but not more , I am certain . I know I havo not mado enough to pny my rent . I havo boen living , till the last few months , on a little money I made from keeping a school in the country . Thc trade is over-stocked . There arc more hands than tbey have work to give to them . Tho charity schools do a great deal of injury to us . They got almost all tlie work to do , and do it at such a price that we can't live by it . My father was an East Indian . Ho was a native of Calcutta , but I was born in England . I was brought up in every comfort anu luxury . My father was a man of large property . He had £ 140 , 000 in Ferguson ' s bank when it failed in India . He died the week before the bank broke , and we heard of it for the first time when ho was lying dead in thc house . Will this be published ?

      What i in the papers ? Well , if there will be no name attached to it , I do not mind , becauso I should not like any name to appear . My father was an officer in the Queen ' s service . My mother was an Englishwoman , and living at tbe time of my father ' s death . My father died In England . We lost every sixpence we had in the world by the failure of the bank . After that , I went alone into the country , and opened a day school . For four years I kept on very well with it , until my health forsook me , and I was compelled to leave , unless , as" tho doctor told me , I wished to be buried in tho town . My mother is still Jiving . She resides with my brother abroad . He is an artist ; but then he gets very little for his painting , and is wholly unable to assist me . I have often been four or live days together with a piece of dry bread and a little water to drink . " ( To be Continued . )

      Medals Of James Morison, Tiie Hygeist, A...

      MEDALS OF JAMES MORISON , TIIE HYGEIST , AND GREAT MEDICAL REFORMER , May be had of all the Agents for the sale of Morison's PiUs MICE OME SJIILLINO BACH . In Bronze , 10 s . Cd . ; in Silver , 2 * . ; in Gold , 181 . JAMES MORISON , the Hygeist proclaimed—THE IMMORTAL lstly _.-That tbe vital prin , . _„ ,, _^ , r ciPIe is ia the Wood . HARVEY 2 ndly . _ Tl « it all diseases arise from impurity of the PROCLAIMED THE Wood . _Srdly . — That snch _im-^ CIRCULATION OF THE purity can only be eradicated by a purgative sueh as BLOOD . Morison ' s Vegetable Cni . versal Medicine of the British College of Health , New road , London .

      4 thly . — That the deadly poisons used as medicines by the doctors are totally unnecessary in the cure o £ diseases .

      The National Debt.—The Lords Commissione...

      The National Debt . —The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for tbe Reduction of tbe "National Debt , in pursuance of the act 10 th George IV . <• . 27 , sec . 1 , that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , beyond tbe actual expenditure thereof for the year ending the Sth day of January , 1850 , amounted to the sum of £ 2 , 098 , 126 2 s . Id . The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice , that the sum of £ 524 , 53110 s . Cd . ( being onefourth part of the said surplus of £ 2 , 098 , 1262 s . Id . ) will be applied under the provisions of the said act , between the 7 th day of April , 1860 , and the Sth day of July , 1850 , viz . : —To be applied to the purchase of stock , - £ 524 , 53110 s . 6 d . j add interest receivable on account of donations and bequests , to be applied to the purchase of " stock , £ 1 , 945 5 s . lid . —Total , - £ 526 , 476 16 s . 5 d . —J . Haioham , assistant controller . National Debt Office , April 4 th , 1850 .

      Highway Robbery in Francs . —In the night of the 3 rd instant a most audacious robbery was committed on the van of the _Messageries Nationale , on the road from Lyons to Avignon . The van contained specie to tbo amount of 100 , 000 f . It had scarcely passed Pierrelate when the postilion was called upon to halt by a number of persons placed in ambush on the branch road to St . Esprit . Yi \ e armed men and three women rushed upon tho carriage , and ransacked it for the money , which no doubt they were informed was part of its contents , and eventually gained possession of several parcels , forming a sum of 3 C , 000 f ., with which they de _^ camped . As soon as the event was reported to tbe authorities of Pierrelate , measures were

      immediately taken for the capture of the culprits , who , in all probability , belonged to the locality . Thc Gendarmerie prosecuted the search with so much zeal that in a short time six of the robbers were arrested , three men and three women , and they were on the track of the other two men , who cannot fail falling into their hands before long . Thanks to a garde chamj & tre , who saw two of thc women digging in their garden , and was struck with the notion of searching in the newly-turned up earth , 23 , 000 f ., which he found buried there , have been recovered . —Constitutionnel . Strikes . —Tho strike among the woollen weavers at Langholm is now gradually giving way the

      union formed at its commencement having virtuall y terminated by the voluntary return of a considerable majority of the members to their accustomed work . The ship carpenters of Whitehaven , after standing out hopelessly for some timo for an advance of wages , have turned in again at the old rate . * * Never '' says a Protectionist contemporary , " never was a strike for wages so ill-timed and uncalled for—ill-timed inasmuch as it is notorious tbat ship-building is unprofitable and uncalled for because the present wages are greater—taking into account thc unpreccdentedly low price of provisions -than for many years past . " The ship carpenters of Workington have turned out for an advance of

      wages . Tbe Asm-state Church Cokfebencf , are calling upon their supporters to send delegates to the approaching second triennial conference of tho Antistate-church Association . This association originated at a conference of upwards of 700 delegates from all parts of the country in 1844 , and that ita constitution provides for similar assembly every three years ,, at which its plans of action are subjected to a general revision , with a view to suit them to tho varying circumstances of the times . The Anti-state-church Association disavows al the theological or sectarian preferences , while tho committee " wish it to be distinctly understood that all persons—whether previously connected with the society or not—who concur in thc society's fundamental principle , and in tho propriety of organised efforts for giving it effect , are eligible both to ap « point and become delegates . "

      Regimental Fracas . —It appears that the appointment of an old captain , who lately joined from halt-pay a regiment stationed at Portsmouth , has given much umbr _. igo to tbe junior officers of the corps . They have , in consequence , been in the habit of annoying him in every possible wny and occasion . A few days ago the regiment gave a dinner , and somo of the juveniles , being elevated with wine , took it into their heads to break o * jen the door of the captain ' s room , who , on appearing to inquire what thoy wanted , was saluted with the contents of a tub of water in bis face , and otherwise insulted . Two of tbe ringleaders were placed in arrest , and tbo whole aftair fully investigated . The captain , however , not wishing to press the matter further , the officers were released from arrest with a severe reprimand . —United Service Gazette .

      Tub Swobd of Charms I - Mr Planehe inquires ( No . 12 , p . 183 ) , " When did the real sword ofCharU the First ' s time , which , but a few years back , hung at tho side of that Monarch s _equea _, trian figure at Charing-cross , disappear" It disappeared about the time ofthe coronation of her present Majesty , when some scaffolding waa erected about the statue , which afforded great facilities for removing tho rapier ( for suoh it was ); and I always understood it found its way , by somo means cr other , to the Museum , so called , of the notoriously frolicsome Captain D — , where , ia company with the wand of tho Great Wizard of tho North , and other well-known articles , it was carefully labelled and numbered , and a little accoun appended of the circumstances of its acquisition and removal . — -John Strbbi . [ Surely then Burke was right , and the " age of chivalry ia past , !" - —Otherwise , the idea of disarming a . statuo would never have entered tbe head of any man : el arms , even in hU _aoatftolicsome of . _woodsJ—Ntoe wid _fyerivt ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 13, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13041850/page/7/