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      Jakpary 17 , _^ 1846 . _____ _Tti E N () MIllI _JtA : R . _ 1

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      " And I willTvar , at least « n wds , ( And—should my chance so happen—deeds , ) AVithaU who war with Thousht !" «« I think I hear a little Vird , who sings The people by and hy will be the stronger . —Braes .

      The Great Prussian Revolution Projectuil...

      THE GREAT PRUSSIAN REVOLUTION PROJECTuiL From the articles -which have of late appeared in { his paper on German affiurs , our readers will bave been prepared to regard with no ordinary interest tbe progress of tliat struggle in Prussia between the people and despotism , whieh daily assuming a more threatening aspect , evidently is hastening to a crisis , in which the democratic principle will be beaten back , or kingly despotism be overthrown . The Prussian king seems determined te bring on tbat crisis without further delay , and , however much wc may question his wisdom , we mustadmit bis boldness in provoking a combat in whhk it is morally certain ie will be vanquished . But kiugs are fools—the lessons of history are written in vain for them ; and tis Prussian king-ship is just now exhibiting another illustration of tbe " great fact , " that " tbose whom the gods devote to destruction they first drive mad . "

      Projectors of various schemes bave lately astonished tbe world with their magnificent designs as regards railways , balloons , life-assurance societies , and death-assurance inventions , but of all the _projectors of the present day , the gnat Prussian Revolution Projector bids fair to take thc lead . Eveu luxG Hcbsox will have no chance against Kin ? Frederick . Month by month , week bv week , we have been assured by tbe German , French , and English papers that the _lil-cral ally of Queen Victoria was about to gladden the bearts ofhis people , and redeem Ms fathers honour , pledged in 11313 , by giving to Prussia a constitution which the royal wisdom had devised , and which only tbe royal wisdom could have manufactured . One newspaper

      writer vouched for the fact , that the government clerks were employed day and night in perfecting tbe constitution , and arranging for its working ; another equally veracious journalist declared that the constitution was fully perfected , and , though locked up in the King ' s writing-desk , would be forthcoming at the proper time , which proper time was at hand . Europe stood open-mouthed , gaping to behold the expected prodigy ; when , lo ! instead ofthe promised constitution , bursting like Pallas from the head of the Prussian Jove , we have tbe birth of an ugly monster , which Sin and Death might have manufactured "between them in the depths of Minus ' s HelL In our Summary of tke week ' s news ( page 5 ) will be found a statement often demands which kiid

      been made by the Diet cf the provinces of Prussia to the government _^ and the answers . Amongst their other demands tbe Diet require tbe " meeting of the states general , and proclamation of a constitution for the whole kingdom . " The King answers : — "The Diet , in their address of . March 10 , 1845 , having expressed their confidence in the promise which we made in 1813 relative to the de-Telopment of their constitution , we do not see why tbey make mention of the petitions addressed to them on tlm subject "We thank the minority for having shown the inutility of such a proceeding . " It is difficult to determine whether folly or insolence preponderates in this precious reply . The Times well says , — "This language evinces such childish

      ignorance of the first rights of the people , of the very nature of petitions , and of the relative position of a majority and a minority , that _tve treiMc at the idea that tin men who talk to the provincial estates of Prussia in sudi phrases as this , may ere long have to render an account to the _rcitresentatives of _aii- incensed nation . " The Diet demanded " publicity of tbe discussions of the Diet , within certain limits . " The answer of tbe King is , — " lFe refuse to comply with the prayer of this petition " . The Diet requests tbe government "to communicate to the Diets at lcast six weeks before the opening of tbe session tlie propositions which the government wishes to bring forward . " The King answers , " We shall communicate to the Diets such propositions as wc please , and when we think it advisable . " The Diet request the government " to reduce the amount often years of territorial possession , required as one of the

      conditions of eligibility for tbe representatives of towns in the Diets , and m general to increase the circle of eligibility in towns . " Tbe Ring ' s answer is , " Peremptory refusal . " All these demands are moderate enough in all conscience , and the replies to them artchoice specimens of monarchical insolence . The Diet next ask for a little more liberty for the pressthey do not venture to ask for the real , unfettered , unshackled freedom of the press , the most sacred privilege of civilised and educated nations ; all they ask for is the " Reform of thc legislation relative to tbe press , and less severity in the censorship . " The King answers , the press certainly does need some amelioration , bat in a contrary sense to that of thc petitioners , the intention of thc government being to still further restrict its rights and crush its power . Here is the answer of the Prussian revolution projector : —

      The complaints of the petitioners are anything butwel _* founded . The press , in fact , needs an amelioration , but only to prevent in a more eflhient manner the transgression of tlie limits which are imposed on it , in the interest of public order and of the reputation of private individuals . Tbe Prussian people say to the Kinr , " Thy father made our yoke grievous ; now , therefore , make thou the grievous service of thy lather , and the heavy yoke which he put upon us , lighter , and we will serve thee . " But behold the Prussian _Reboruum answers—'' My father made your yoke heavy , andl will add to your voice - niy father also chastised you with whips , but 1 will chastise yon witli scorpions ! " It needs no prophet ' s mantle to enable ns to predict

      tbe rejoinder ofthe Prussian people , which will eye l > ng ring through ' Europe— " What portion bare we in the house of _Hohexzouxu ? Neither have we _inb-ritance in the son of Frederick , 'the pledgebreaker . ' To your Tents , 0 < _"* _erma .. ii . ' " The Prussian despot ' s answers above set forth have excited no little sensation in tbis country . Tbe Morning Chronicle , tbe representative of the Whigs and other liberal humbugs , deplores , we dare say Bneerely too , thc king ' s answers , and predicts serious c msequenccs therefrom . " Thc King of Prussia and ha advisers , " says the Chronicle , "are engaged in a vicious system—heavy loss to themselves , and _disorder amongst the people must be the result of their presint policy . "

      The Times , the great "leading journal" of Europe , still more emphatically denounces thc Prussian King ' s answers as" rash , " "irritating , " " unwise , " " unjust , " " ridiculous , " and "insolent . " _Thefolbwing extract from the Times article will be read with deep interest , by our readers , both in Britain and ok the continent : — It signifies little whether Prussia has or bas not a constitution at this moment ; hut it is certain that the people of Prussia form a nation conscious of their strength , and ef their rights , and more attached to tlie throne by tbe hope of constitutional liberty under the auspices of an enlightened Princ _^ than by the traditions of passive obedience to Ms progenitors . To reply to such a people in such language as that which we berrow from ths Slate Gazette , of Berlin , is to dash that hop * , to tlie ground , and to gite the sigmt for toy _rf / _jferent modes of fiopular supplicationor remonstrance . We heartily trust that the temper

      and forbearance of the Germans may preserve them _ftx-in _fte dreadful calamity of _intes'ine convulsions ; but a Court which can reply in such a strain as this to the jnsi and united claims of the _]> eojile it governs , giccs tlie signal of a violent reaction , and bg dtlayhig reform it _atxderales _revMlion . The meeting of tlie States of Prussia would have been three or four yenrs ago an event of little more than ordinary importance ; but after the resistance which has been offered to it "bj tbe Court , andthe suspicions now prevailing in the public mind , the meeting of steel a body in the ctpital of Prussia woidiHe scarcely test _porltntonttl . au theconcoeatiyn oftiieElats Gbiiraux of 'France i « _1789 . Ii must be confessed that the historical parallels which an . _suggested to the mind by ihe present aspect of affairs in Prussia , belong to the gloomiest periods of the history ol Europe , and to the lires of themo * t rash and unfortunate princes , whose first fault was to have forfeited the confidence of their subjects by disappointing the hopes which liad shed a brilliant lustre on the commencement of their

      respective reigns . Locis _PrntiprE , who was raised to the throne of France hy a revolution , and placed at the head ol the French nation as the representative of revolutionary principles , by clever treachery , not only defrauded France out of the legitimate fruits of the " tliree days" victory , and placed a yoke upon his countrymen more galling than that which in tin-July revolution they cast from them ; he also , by his successful opposition to democratic principles , made himself tbe grand conservator ef all the throw s in Europe , and his death , whenever it takes place , ¦ will cause fear and trembling in every cabinet . On the other hand , Frederick _Whiiasi IV ., raised to the Prussian throne as the successor of his father , and the natural representative of legitimacy , is , by his insane doings , hastening the explosion which the craftiness of Louis _PmxirrE alone has staved off

      hitherto . The Prussian King must not suppose , that because Louis Philippe has been successful in co rcing the French , that , therefore , he will be equally successful in keeping down the Germans . Fkedebick William is auything but an Elvsses , and in nis struggle against revolutionaiy principles he is much more likel y to imitate the fate of the elder than the younger _Bourbon—Ciukles X . than Lows ifliurrE . It is not at all improbable that , even before the d « ith of Louis Pnuzm ., the strife of nations against their tyrants will commence , and if 89 , it will be the Prussian Jiifl _ r who will rive the . signal of conflict . We are not at all sorry at thc course taken by the Prussian King , on the contrary , we are very glad ! and we _wooW advise the friends of democracy throughout Europe to express tg tbe Revolution _Projector their delight at the course be is pursuin " . Let- him perseverc , ~ and not only will the Germans insist won kavipg a full and real reform—a very dif-

      The Great Prussian Revolution Projectuil...

      ferent sort of reftvrm to that just refused—but al . Europe will speedily be engaged in the struggle—the struggle of the people against class-despotism . No doubt the Prussian King relies upon Austrian and _Russian help to aid him if need be , against his people ; but he will find these but broken reeds to lean upon . Tlie rising of Germany against the _iTussian despotism , and the consequent interference ofthe Austrian and Russian tyrannies , would be the signal for a general uprising . Italy , Hungary , and the many other countries _tnimnledunnn h » Austria .

      would give that leaden despotism plenty of work to do . Ibe Russian Autocrat would not only have Poland in arms against him , and ScilAMTL and his Circassians retaliating the blows struck at them ; even in Russia itself smothered disaffection would burst out and involve the Russian empire in conflagration . Nor is this all ; if the war of principles hail commenced in Germany , and extended to Italy and Poland , what state would France be in 1 and how far would England he off the Charter—or some thing more ?

      The Journeys Of The Czar. [From The Char...

      THE JOURNEYS OF THE CZAR . [ From the Charivari . ] Few men travel—few men have travelled—few men will travel like him . . He wishes to run a race against whirlwinds , hurricanes , locomotives , and cabriolets . His greatest happiness is to arrive , no matter where , before—no matter whom . _. *• _- He is the inventor of a new mode of travelling . Have you ever seen a sovereign travelling 1 What a magnificent spectacle ! Carriages drawn by eight steeds ; ides of carriages , generals glittering at the coach-doors , lancers before , cuirassiers behind , carabiners and chasseurs on each side , andpikemen on all .

      The cortege stops every _mmu-ie , sometimes to lounge beneath a triumphal areh , sometimes to chat witli a countv mayor , like a worthy cortege as it is . If you are in want of him to Iny here and there two or three first-stones , oh ! for heaven ' s sake , do not trouble yourself ! Tbe cortege is in no hurry ; it will willingly go outofits way . Come , gentlemen , get ready the " mallet and the _^ trowel , look over your speeches , the cortege has quite enough time to listen to you . And then , if there is any good old woman in the district , the victim of some act of injustice , or an old soldier refused a pension , must thev not be

      allowed to come and throw themselves at the feet of the King , by whom they will be graciously received ! Beneficence brings happiness on a journey . This is the way in which Kings formerly travelled by short stages , alighting to take refreshments before tbe door of thc notabilities ; breakfasting with the seneschal ; accepting a basket of fruit from the fair hands of the bailiff's niece ; accepting the offer of supper and a bed beneath the roof of some great lord of the country ; and at length arriving , when they had nothing better to do , at the chief town of the province .

      Patriarchal manners are beginning to decline most strangely in France and in Europe ; the Czar ot Russia has just given them the coup de grace . We would say , however , that it is the Emperor Nicholas who has placed himself at the head of this revolution ! The Autocrat does not travel ; lie passes ; he does not stop ; he encamps : he has visited Naples in three days , Rome in twenty-four hours , and one day has sufficed him t _» admire the chefs-d ' _eeuvres of Florence . It is true that the Emperor travels in military fashion .

      " Ah , my jolly King of Naples , have you prepared for me a palace ? Have you hung silk curtains before my windows , and laid down soft carpets upon the floor ? I am about to take you in finely . Orloff ! order three trusses of straw to be prepared ; I mean to make that my bed . Tomorrow at my great levee , I shall receive all the grandees of the Neapolitan kingdom . The autocrat leaves for Rome ; the old Pope places at his disposal a superb suite of apartments in the Vatican ; Nicholas is conducted thither . % " Orloffj what sort of weather is it ?" " Too bad , Sire _^ to turu even a Pole out of doors Tt snows , it blows , it rains , it whirlwinds , it hurricanes _, it waterspouts—it does everything . ' " " Very good , I shall pass the night upon the breech of a cannon ; follow me to the ramparts . " Nicholas sometimes deigns to sleep in a bed , but then he alwavs keeps his boots on .

      " Where , Sire , will you be pleased to sleep touight ?" " On the battle-field of Pultowa—no ! on second _tbougbti , 1 prefer the bivouac of Austerlitz . " That means , that , instead of stretchinghimself upon the floor , and sleeping in his cloak , like the King of Sweden , Nicholas will sleep astraddle upon a chair before a stove , like Napoleon . One ofthe manias of this good Czar is to surprise his people . He will always arrive unexpectedly , and fall like an aerolite upon the noses of his friends . He was expected three months ago at Florence : the Grand Duke of Tuscany was apprised , a grand banquet was prepared , and the authorities were mar _shallsd at the gates ofthe city .

      The amiable Czar—his boots begrimed w ' . th mud , his beard an inch long , and his hair dishevelledpresents himself to the Grand Duke as he is inthe act of curling his old wig . Good morning , dear cousin , how does that do ; not badly ? And you ? Did you not expect me ? Eh '—what a surprise . ' I do come to ask you to supper without any ceremony : take pot-luck , every thing is good to a soldier . " This is how Nicholas arrives . When he departs it is a very different affair . He fulminates eight or ten carriages along different roads ; and clever is he who can guess in which of them tbe Czar is seated . From surprises we fall into mystery , He wants to make his little noise in Europe , and to imitate the rapidity of Casar . Frederick , and Napoleon . Instead of playing tbe great captain on the high roads , we think it would be far better for tbe Czar to place himself at the head of his armies , and give ¦ _Scb-aniyl and the Circassians a few startling surprises .

      The Lord Mayor And Baby Thieves. It Has ...

      THE LORD MAYOR AND BABY THIEVES . It has not for some time been our good fortune to lie called upon to eulogise a lord mayor . We have now exceeding pleasure in acknowledging the wisdom and philanthropy of his present lordship ( the late never gave us a chance ) . A few days since , three lioys—mere children—were brought to the Mansion ilonse , charged with stealing a lew peas , whereupon his lordship eloquently bemoaned the condition ofthe helpless creatures , who , flung in want and idleness upon the streets of London , became , of course the vilest thieves . It is their natural growth . They anas mueh reared for Newgate as many of the beautiful babies , taken their morning airings in the parks , are

      reared for hereditary legislators . Some are born for the House of Lords , and some for the House of Correction ; and a wise , paternal Government _* looks placidly on the infant starveling ofthe street , seeing it giow into a thief , and then with a most virtuous wrath visiting upon the offender imprisonment and iinal slavery . We are quite ready to hear all this called Quixotism—a foolish attempt to make the world better than it is . We only ask , what would society have been , had there been no men with pens in their hands , to put down the _manifjld wrongs committed by society—that society might be shamed into amendment ? Hear the Lord . Mayor of London on this theme : —

      " Society became responsible for the contamination to which poor children were- subjected . There was a total absence of restraint or good example , and the very ingenuity displayed in the little acts of dishonesty perpetrated by those of tender years , was encouraged by the laughter , and in some cases by the approbation , of the lookers on . There was no calamity in his mind comparable to that wliieh sprang from the bringing up of jouth iu habits and practices of idleness and vice , The Legislature spent hours and days in discussing the principle of education . Could tbe minds of the representatives of the people be more admirably , more benevolently employed than in devising Vie means of correcting the awful evil whieh was always before the eyes of the magistrate , and was almost as frequently encountered by men concerned in tbe ordinary transactions of town life . "

      Quite true , your Lordship . The Legislature has talked so long about the principle of education—has so long debated on the theory—that it has quite overlooked the practice . To besure , Parliament has voted money lor the schoolmaster . On one _occasion it absolutely gave £ 10 , 000 for the education of the people ; yes , the magnificent sum of £ 10 , 000 in the very session , if we remember truly , it voted £ 70 , 000 for Windsor stables . Ten Thousand versus Seventy People versus Horses * How much better wouldit have fared with the three destitute children brought before the Lord Jlayor , had tliey only had the good luck to have come into this world as Windsor colts —Punch .

      Fatal Accident Ix Woolwich Dock-Tard.—On...

      Fatal _Accident ix Woolwich _Dock-tard . —On Saturday night Mr . Payne held an inquest at Guy ' s _Hospital , on the body of Fitzhenry Parsons , aged 22 , whose death was caused by failing into one of the dry docks in Woolwich Dockyard . It appeared from . the evidence , that the deceased , who was a policeman , was en duty on the morning of Christmas-day in Woolwich Dockyard , and that they were suddenly alarmed by hearing cries for help proceed from one of the diy docks . They went towards the sound , when they found the deceased at the bottom of the dock , a depth of about ten feet , lie was picked up and conveyed to Guv ' s Hospital , where he died on

      Ihursday last from the effect of the injuries . Deceased stated that he missed his way , the morning being so foggy , and when he fell he thought he was going in the direction of the-bridge . In answer to the Coroner the witnesses said that there were many dangerous places in the dock which were unprotected , and near which there was no light , while the police w-cre not allowed to cany lanterns . The Coroner directed the policeman to inform the superintendent that it was desirable that something should be done to prevent accidents in future , as far as was consistent with the regulations of tlie dockyard . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death

      Dreadful Murder In Jersey. Another Dread...

      DREADFUL MURDER IN JERSEY . Another dreadful murder was perpetrated at Seward ' cafe , Royal-square , on Friday morning , at a quarter past two . The victim of this fearful deed is Mr . Abraham , optician , known for many years in the Channel Islands , which he visited occasionally . In the course of Thursday night , Mr . Nicolle , hatter , of Kintr-street , visited Mr . Seward ' s cafe , and shortly after a dispute arose between them respecting two bottles of wine charged to Mr . Nicolle , but which he refused to pay , using very high language towards Seward , and _challenged to light him then in the square ; but Mr . Seward returned and joined the company iu doors , which consisted of Mr . Jeffery , Mr . Bowdidge , jun ., Mr . C . Du Pout , and Miss Cook , Mr . Seward ' s housekeeper .

      Only _u few minutes had elapsed when a report of fire-arms was heard , thc contents of which had entered the cafe , and in another moment its effect was visible by the almost instant death of Mr- Abraham , he having been struck in tbe back bv three pistol bullets , one ot wliich passed through his bodv , coming out about thc ceutre of his breast . Miss Conk , who stood near the table , was shot through the left hand and hip , the ball having passed between Mr . Seward ' s breast and Mr . Bowdidge ' s head ; fortunately the young lady ' s life is not considered in danger . Mr . Seward and Bowdid ge , on hearing the report , instantly ran out as far as Nicolle ' s liouse , when they heard a door slam ; they then tried the

      door , but found it fastened on thc inside . The police were immediately on the alert , anu made diligent search for the assassin , but to no purpose , not considering it prudent to search his house till daylight . Several of the police keot a strict guard around the house til ! half-past seven , when a watchman entered Mr . Nicolle ' s room , and found him with his child in his arms ; he immediately surrendered himself . In thc room was found a short _pioce , which bad evidently nit long been discharged . A post mortem , examination took place , when it was ascertained that one of the bullets had penetrated the heai t , and tbe other two had entered the right side of the back , and fractured two ribs .

      The name of the unhappy gentleman deprived ol life is Samuel Levi , he having assumed the name ol Abraham from a firm with which he was connected at Liverpool . All these facts were deposed to at the inquest , which was held the same day , and on Saturday the jury re-assembled to consider their verdict , whicli was unanimously " Wilful Murder . "

      Sixteen Persons Of One Family Bled To De...

      SIXTEEN PERSONS OF ONE FAMILY BLED TO DEATH . An inquest was held or . Wednesday week , at Bilston , before T . M . Phillips , Esq ., coroner ,, on the body ot Joseph Revell Pitt , a child about two years and two months old , who had died from loss of blood under the circumstances detailed in thc _following evidence : —Mary Ann Pitt deposed that she is the wife of Joseph Pitt _. atin-plate worker , residing in Templestreet , in that town , and the mother of the deceased child , who had been in perfect health up to Saturday last . About one o ' clock on that afternoon he was playing about a chair , and began to climb up the back ofit ; the chair overbalanced , and fell with thc child to the ground . She raised him up , but could

      notperceivc that he was hurt anywhere , except on the lower lip aud the lower gum , both of wliich were bruised a little . He did not appear to bc in much pain , and soon began to play again . About six o ' clock in the evening she had her tea , and gave her child some , upon which she perceived that the upper gum bled a little . She and her mother took the child to Mr . Dickenson , surgeon , who _dressed the gum , and the bleeding ceased for about an hour ; but about eight o ' clock it commenced again , and continued to bleed all night . About eleven the next morning she again took the child to Mr . Dickenson , who applied something to the gum , and then bound it up with tape . Mr . Dickenson app licdsomething more on Sunday evening , but the bleeding did not cease . Tke gum continued to bleed till Monday forenoon , about eleven o ' clock , when she took tbe child to Mr . Hancox , another surgeon , at whose suggestion she washed the mouth with alum

      water two or three times a day . She continued to do so until the death ofthe child , which took place about six o ' clock on Tuesday morning . The bleeding did notecase from the time it commenced until thc death ot the deceased , except for about an hour on the Sunday evening . Hannah Phillips , grandmother of the deceased , stated that she had lost four children from bleeding to death , and in the lainily twelve other persons , ( making all together sixteen ) had bled to death , not one of tliem having been seriously injured ; the injuries were slight cuts or falls . Some of them had bled to death from teeth being drawn . Medical aid had always been procured , but without effect . Mr . T . W . Dickenson , corroborated the evidence of Mary Ann Pitt , as to his attendance upon the deceased . In his opinion the deceased died from loss of blood , arising from a slight contusion ofthe upper gum , and from relaxation of the system and the watery state of the blood .

      Tue Confession- Of Jonx Tawell.—At The L...

      Tue Confession- of Jonx Tawell . —At the last quarter sessions for the county of Bucks , the confession of this criminal was for the third time brought before the consideration of the bench , presided over by Sir T . D . Aubrey , Bart ., and it was hoped would have been finally settled one way or tbe other . Dr . Lee , thc magistrate who gave notice of the motion , did not attend ; and on thc question being brought forward , J . P . Deering _, Esq ., said he had been desired by Dr . Lee to withdraw the motion , and give notice for bim , " Thatthe chaplain be required to lay on the table of the next quarter sessions tbe confession made by John Tawell . " Upon this , a lengthened discussion ensued , and Mr . Carrington moved , "That tlie magistrates disapprove of thc question

      being any longer agitated . Uns was seconded by the Rev . Mr . Harrison . Another long discussion ensued , several of the magistrates contending thai nothing could . be gained by the production of the confession , and that the proceeding was most unjust to the Rev . Mr . Cox , the chaplain . Sir H . Verney moved , "That the notice on thc paper be withdrawn ; " which having been seconded , Lord Nugent moved an amendment to the effect , " That it appeared to the court that John Tawell was convicted atthe Spring assizes of 1 S 45 , by a jury bf his countrymen , of murder , and suffered tne punishmc nt of death accordingly , and that nothing can be gained for thc ends of public justice by any confession made by Tawell for the relief ofhis confciei . ee to the cii . ipl . ti _ i being made public ; " which was earned , and tht subject diopped . The Dkao Alive . —On Friday evening a woman named Kinnate , occupying a kitchen at No . 23 , Great Barlow-street , who had been out for a short time

      returned home , and found her husband , a man eightytwo years of age , and who had been for some time in ill-health , in bed , apparently asleep . Sheapproached and spoke to him , but on his not moving after slit had vainly endeavoured te arouse __ him for several minutes , she came to the conclusion that he had , during lier brief absence , expired . In a state ol great anguish of mind she called down other ft-mali lodgers , who were of the same opinion as herself with regard to dissolution having taken place . The cer # - mony of " laying out" was then commenced , when , immediately after the jaws were tied up , the supposed defunct suddenly raised his right arm , and , opening his eyes , demanded to know what was the matter . His " better half and the rest of the women , terrified almost to death , rushed out of tin apartment , calling loudly for assistance , and in theii hurry to get into the street , ran violently against Mr . _Newsoti , an undertaker , who had been sent for to take measure of the coffin .

      Petty . _Tykaxsies . — In this countiy , ignorant purse-proud men , who have risen themselves from the lowest ranks , are frequently great tyrants over their men : shouting , swearing , bawling at them ; treating them with contempt , and degrading them in the sight of others . The tyranny exercised by "shop-walkers" over the " young men" in drapers ' shops , particularly in London , is well known . There are houses in which , if a " young man" fail to sell something to a customer , and tbis latter leaves without purchasing some article , the " young man" is instantly " slopped "—that ia , discharged ! It may be that the non-sale is no fault of the " young man ;" he may do his utmost to sell ; but he has got hold ol an " awkward customer , " who , not approving of thc

      articles she or he may have seen or thinking thc price too high , or the quality not good enough , has made up his or her miud not to purchase anything . No matter : if the party leave tlte shop without purchasing , tbe " young man" who attended ou him knows bis own doom the moment the bark of tl'e customer is turned . He is " slopped" and turned on the wide world . This is not so muoh the practice in country towns , though it is sometimes done even in them ; but in a country town the petty tyranny is apt to be noised about ; the employer may find his trade affected by it ; ai _.-d tliis makes him more cautious . In domestic affairs , tliere is much pettytyranny exercised over servants , not so much by persons of education , knowledge , and experience , as

      byupstarts . A lady , in the best sense ol the word , never rates or scolds her servants ; she treats them with mildness and kindness , but she does not expect to have to repeat her orders . But women who have perhaps been servants themselves , having married a small tradesman or perhaps a-mechanic , keeps for the first time in her life a " girl "—a servant , at a shilling a week and ber board . There are nog renter tyrants in a small way than these mhsimes ; uor is there a greater slave upon earth than these poor servants of " all work . " Shut up in an _underground kitchen ; begrimed with dirt from the soles of their feet to the crown of their head ; constantlv scolded ,

      and constantly at work from or before daylight till late at night ; first up in the morning and the last to bed at night , they are , of all classes in England , perhaps the mostmiserable . A kind word is often nover spoken to them ; they are trusted in every respect as an inferior race of beings ; they become degraded in their own estimation . ; and in _do-speration they often quit their service and swell the . ranks of those unhappy beings who swarm in our sti -eets . Their pettytyrants liavc much to answer for , and perhaps the tyranny they have exercised over theii' miserable little slaves will fall on their own children , a " ud , we believe , often does . —Iliighton Herald .

      Tue Confession- Of Jonx Tawell.—At The L...

      THE LATE FATAL A C CIDEN T ON THE NORFOLK RAILWAY . # Thetfoed , Tussday Night . —The coroner ' s investigation respecting the death of William Pickering , engine-driver , and Richard Heilger , stoker , who were killed b y the recent accident on the Norfolk Railway , was resumed this morning , for the fourth time , at the Guildhall , before Mr . Robert Eagle Clarke , the borough coroner , and thejury previously empannclled . It having been known that General Pasley would atten d the inquiry , in order ta give the result of Ms official examination into . the citiseof the catastrophe , more than usual interest was excited by the proceedings . It was remarked as somewhat strange that none of the officials of the Norfolk Railway Company attended to watch the investigation . Major-General Charles William Pasley was then

      sworn . Coroner : TJie jury h . _* ive been informed , sir , that the accident , the subject of the inquiry , was caused by the excessive speed of the train , and the sudden shutting off the steam . Will you have the goodness to give us your opinion ?—General Pasley : My opinion is that the shutting off the steam suddenly cannot possibly produce an accident to an engine . Coroner : Would it cause it to jump ' —General Pasley __ : No , I do not think ft would cause it to jump , providing the road was in good order .

      Coroner : Then to what do you attribute the accident ?— General Pasley : To tlie engine driver proceeding at an imprudent and excessive speed on a descending gradient . Coroner : Did you examine the engine ?—General Pasley : 1 did , - and 1 could not find any apparent injury that could have caused the accident . From what I saw of it , it appeared to be of the best workmanship , and in a perfect stale of repair . Coroner : I am told that these large engines are not generally adapted to the narrow gauge . — General Pasley . My opinion is , that owing to the peculiar construction of the engines , like the one that met with the accident on the Norfolk line ,

      they are not thc most suitable to tho narrow gauge , as they do not admit of great speed without danger . Coroner : But tbe engines on the Norfolk Railway —do they incur any danger at the rate described in tho time-bills ? General Pasley : Oh , no , tliey are perfectly secure on the narrow gauge at a certain rate . For instance , the distance from the Harling-road station to Thetford is eight miles , and 26 ninutes is allowed to accomplish that _distance . Coroner : Then the distance and time noted in the Norfolk Railway Company ' s time-bill can be travelled without any excessive speed?—General Pasley : Certainly .

      Coroner : Can you account for the broken chair ?—General Pasley : I should say that the chair was broken by the motion of the engine . If it was defective before , the motion might contribute to its breaking entirely . Cot-oner : What description of engine was it that met with the accident ?—General Pasley : Oneof the most extraordinaay length—ot such a length as was never used on tho narrow or auy other gauge before . I will mention a circumstance respecting this peculiar class of engines . Some months ago there existed

      doubts as to the safety of express trams , and knowing that the oscillation of the carriages was a measure of danger , I determined torideupon the engines , with a view of more easily detecting their unsteadiness . The only engine 1 fouod having such an oscillation , was one of tlie South Eastern Railway , ofthe same peculiar construction as thc one that run off the rails on thc Norfolk line . I went on that engine at the rate ol" forty-four or forty-five miies an hour , and at that speed she rolled something like a ship at sea .

      Coroner : And what does the oscillating movement indicate' —General Pasley : The oscillation when the train is going at such a rate , implies running off the rail . I told the engine-drivers and other au _^ _thoritiei that if they ran fifty miles an hour _. Jike the express trains on the Great Western Railway , there was great likelihood of thc engine rolling over . I have repeated that opinion to thc gauge commissioners . Coroner : What is the _diffcrencee between the engines you have alluded to and those employed on the Great Western ? General Pasley : The narrow guage not offering so _sreat a diameter of boiler as those on the broad . Mr . Stephenson constructed thc long boiler engines to equal them in power , being four or five feet longer Chan those of original construction . The smoke box overhangs the fore wheels , and the fire box and dome the hind wheels , which will cause tlicm to

      osculate . Coroner : Do you think it safe for such an engine to travel at thirty or thirty-five miles an hour ? General Pasley : I think such an engine as the one in question can go at thirty or _thirty-five miles an liosr , and I think I have gone at forty-five miles upon them ; but when they approach fifty I think they are unsafe , and that is an opinion not hastily formed . Ciirouer : Then you think these loDg boiler engines if they are going at a rate exceeding forty miles an hour , are liable to oscillate , and run over the line

      ?—General Pasley : Yes , I do . think so . _^ Coroner : And what is the cause , tho defect in thc formation '—General Pasley : Itis the wheels huddled together , or the axles under the boiler that give so much overhanging dead-weight at each end , which 1 have not found with any otlier engines . Coroner . Did you ever mention your opinion to Mr . Stephenson relative to his long boiler engines ?—General Pasley : No , I don't think I have . ' I have not seen him , but I have mentioned it to several persons employed by him , as well as his pupils . Coroner : And to the Board of Trade ?—General Pasley : Yes and to the Board of Trade .

      Coroner : Did you ever anticipate an _engine of this description meeting with such an accident!—General Pasley : The fact is that I did not expect such an accident could have taken place . I did not think that such an engine could have gone at- the speed it did in running off the line . It is a rule with engine drivers to shut off the steam on a descending gradient , and in all my journeys in railway travelling I never found them neglect doing so . I have frequently informed the engine drivers of these engines of the danger they were incurring when driving them at a rate verging upon fifty miles per hour . In the north of England , however , I remember heing on one of Mr . Stephenson's long-boiler engines , and two pair of the wheels were coupled together , and in riding upon it 1 fcltmore secure than i would upon tho other ones , as the coupling produces steadiness , and consequently safety .

      . . Coroner : Then you perfectly attribute the accident to the spee d of the engine ?—General Pasley : Yes ; to the Tate of descending a gradient at forty miles per hour , beingsuch a rate that no prudent engine-driver would travel down an incline . 1 never contemplated such an accident occurring . Coroner : Have you got anything further to add , sir?—General Pasley : Yes . I wish to explain why I consider that the sudden shutting off the steam could not have led to the accident ; the grounds upon whicli I differ with other opinions . When a railway train is in motion the engine always exceeds the weight of the tender , and double that of the carriages . When the steam is _ihut off suddenly , more csnecially on a descending gradient , its movement

      will drag the tender and carriages for a considerable distance , and presuming that the engine sliould become detache from the tender , its impetus would carry it far in advance , so much so that the train would fail in overtaking it . The engine , having a greater momentum , would proceed faster than the carriages . In order to . ' show you the effect of suddenly shutting off thc ' stcam—I was lately on an endue on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway with Mr , Connell , the locoinotivo superintendent , the gauge commissioners being in the train , when I desired a _sjreat speed to be put on , and then requested the -team to be turned off suddenly . . It was done so , and

      not the slightest effect was produced . Again , on the Great Western Railway I was on an engine with Mr . Brunei , two tenders attached , and agoods train of two hundred tons , with a speed of thirty , miles an hour . I desired Mr . Brunei , when they had to stop at a station , to shut off the steam suddenly a minute before the breaks were applied . It was done frequently , and not the least effect felt . The tender did not crowd upon the engine , and neither did thc waggons crowd upon the tender . ' In short , shutting off the steam produces ho effect , unless the breaks are applied , more especially iu descending an incline of one in two hundred .

      Coroner : Do you think it probable that the accident could have ' resulted from some other cause to that you have mentioned . General Pasley : If there had not been any excessive speed to have caused the engine to have left the rail , it would not have produced such fearful _effects . The foreman : Then , sir , can you attribute tho accident to the engine driver or engine ? General I _' aslev : I attribute it to the engine driver descending an inclination at an unnecessary rate , and particularly to the peculiar construction of the engine . 1 consider it very doubtful whether a similar accident would have happened to an engine of any other construction .

      There being no other witnesses to examine , the learned Coroner proceeded to sum up the evidence . The court was then cleared of strangers , and the jury after being some time in consultation , sent for the coroner , when the foreman informed him that they had not unanimously arrived at a verdict , and he feared there were little hopes of their agreeing . Thc coroner then inquired how many of thejury were unanimous ? Thc foreman answered , twelve . The coroner said , if the twelve jurors were unanimous he could receive their . verdict , and asked tlic foreman what was their return .

      Thc foreman observed , that their verdict was "Accidental Death , caused by the imprudent conduct of the engine-driver , in going at an excessive speed . " The dissenting jury ( three in number ) remarked that the verdict they were desirous of agreeing towns " Accidental Death , caused by the misconduct of the

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      engine driver , and the defective construction ofthe engine , " and inflicted & deodand of £ 500 on the engine . The coroner accordingly took the verdict of the twelve . The foreman then rose , and said that the jury earnestly recommended the Board of Trade to adopt immediate steps for discontinuing the running of the engines , similar to the one the subject of inquiry on the Norfolk Railway , until such measures were adopted as would render them safe for the con _veyance of passenger trains . The court was then dissolved .

      . „ , Fires. On Sunday Morning, Between ...

      _. „ , FIRES . On Sunday morning , between the hours of three and four , n fire broke out in the Castle Tavern , Bull lnn-coiu _* t ; Strand , theproperty of Mr . Thos . Parker , licensed victualler . The premises , which were three stories high , were flanked on either side by numerous dwelling-houses , and were adjoined at the rear by the Adelphi Theatre . An a _' arm having been raised , a considerable period elapsed before the proprietor and the'different lodgers could be aroused , by which time the whole of the back of the building , composed principally of timber , were comple tely wrapped in flames . Witli such impetuosity was the fire then burning , that it was with the greatest difficulty the inmates could effect a safe retreat . As it wasthe

      , waiter , a man named James Craner , together with a lodger , were obliged to leap from ono of the upper windows into the court , with nothing on but their night-clothes . The waiter , upon jumping out of window , started off in the state he was to the Chandos-street Brigade Station , to civeintelligence . The engines from that depOt were quickly got out and taken to the scene ; these were followed b y others of the London establishment , with Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent , and also those belonging to the West of England and County Insurance Companies . By the time , however , that they arrived , tbe flames bad broken _through tl _^ roof , and ascended so high into the air , aa to illuminate a great portion of tlie metropolis . There being only a latb-and-plaster

      partition between the burning premises and the liouse No . 7 in the same court , a few seconds only elapsed before the latter also became ignited . The hose oi the engines having been attached , the branches were taken down the court , but no water could at that time be obtained from the p lugs . For some time it was feared that the Adelphi theatre would have been consumed , the sky-light and trap-doors on the roof being several times in flames . A number of persons , however , having mounted the roof , a quantity of water , kept there in a tank provided in case of such a disaster , was scattered about , and by that means the theatre was preserved . As soon as water could be precured from the mains , the engines were set at work , under the direction of Mr . Praidwood . After

      labouring for some time , the firemen at length got the fire completely extinguished . The damage done is very considerable , the whole of the . stock belonging to Mr . Parker , together with his furniture and wearing apparel , is totally lost . The furniture of the lodgers in the building , and that belonging to five families in tbe adjoining liouse , is likewise destroyed . The scene at one period was truly distressing ; the residents of at least twenty houses in the court were to be seen running to and fro almost in a state of frenzy , carrying along their children , and what little property they could lay hold of . The origin of thc five could not be accounted for . The only party out of the number of sufferers who was insured was Mr . Parker ; eight or nine families are therefore

      deprived of everything they once possessed . Destructive Fire is tub Walworth-road . — On Sunday afternoon , the premises belonging to Mr . AMous , a corn chandler and seed merchant , situate at No . 9 , Crown-row , Walworth-road , were discovered to be on fire . The flames , it is presumed , originated at the back , ofthe shop amongst the stock , and passed from thence up tbe staircase , and communicated to the first and second floors . The intelligence was without delay furnished to the engine stations , and forthwith the brigade engines , from Southwark and Waterloo Bridge-roads , arrived on tbe spot . By tbe period , however , that the firemen

      eould get to work , the flames had obtained so strong a hold as to threaten with destruction the numerous contiguous buildings . Fortunately the mains of the Lambeth works afforded a plentiful supply of water , and after labouring for nearly an hour , the firemen succeeded in subduing the Sanies , not , however , until the back part of the shop , together with the stock in trade therein , and the staircase , with the first and second floors , were nearly destroyed . The adjoining premises of Mr . Marshal , No . 10 , are also damaged hy water and fire . __ The origin ofthe fire is unknown . The building was insured in the Alliance-office , but Mrs . Aldous was uninsured .

      Destructive Fire is _Clerkexwell . — Saturday morning a fire broke out npon the premises belonging to Mr . W . Farmer , an engineer , carrying on business at 33 , Great Sutton-strect , Clcrkcnwell . It originated from some unknown cause in the factory at the rear of the dwelling . Fortunately the building , a large one , about forty or fifty feet long , was detached , or the most disastrous consequences might have been expected . The engines of the London Brigade , parish , West of England , and County companies promptly attended , and there being an abundant stream of water supplied by the New River Company , thc engines were set to work , and the firemen , after labouring for some time , at length succeeded in extinguishing the flames , not , however , until the premises in wliich the fire began were , to-- gcthcr with the contents , nearly consumed . Mr . Freeman is insured in the Sun Fire-office .

      Fiuk os * Board a Smr . —On Saturday morning about twelve o'clock , tbe barque Tbomas Henry , oi Exeter , Captain Jewry , lying in Messrs . Curling and Young ' s dock , Limehouse , was discovered to be on fire . The issue of a dense mass of smoke from the after deck made the watchman aware of the fact . An instant alarm was spread , and intelligence was dispatched to the different engine stations . Upon entering the after cabin the flooring was found to be on fire , and was blazing most furiously , threatening destruction to the entire ship , The crews of

      several vessels instantly set to work , but so firm a hold had the flames obtained , that they defied the utmost exertions of the parties present . The parish engine was the first to arrive , and was speedily set lo work . This was followed by the brigade engines from Schoohiouse-laiie , Jeffrey _andWellclose-squaves , Watling street _, and the West of England stations . Owing to the combined exertions of all parties the fire was eventually extinguished , but not before considerable damage was done . The origin of the lire has been traced to a defect in the stove .

      FlKB AT THE LOXDO . V AXB _BlUMINOHAM RAILWAY Stores . —A fire , caused by the explosion of Borne fog signal _lijihts , occurred in the above stores , situate near Chalk Farm . There being a quantity of cotton wipings in the place , the same became ignited , and fur some time considerable alarm prevailed lest the entire building should fall a prey to the fury of the flumes . The fire-engine belonging to the company « as quickly got out and soon at work , and by judiciously distributing the wafer the flames were extinguished , but not until the floor of the building was much burned and the contents damaged by fire and water .

      _Destruction ofa _Cottox-spi . vsixg Mill _nr Iire . —The most destructive fire which has occurred in this city or its vicinity for several years past , with the exception of that which consumed tho city Theatre about two months ago , took place on Friday morning in Savoy-street , Bridgeton . The alleged cause of the conflagration is , that a quantity of loose _cottqn ignited in the arms of a _^ irl , as she was passing one of the gas lights . The mill , that of Messrs . Gemmell and Co ., is four stories high , and 230 feet in length , and it is estimated that the loss on the building and machinery will amount to upwards of - £ 6 , 000 .

      Fire is _Bermososet . —A fire broke out on Monday evening in the rope works of Mr . G . Baker , originating in the accidental fall of a lighted candle into a vessel of boiling tar . Tho conflagration extended rapidly , and was not got under without much difficulty ; nnd after having consumed the greater portion of the tar house , and a considerable part of the rigging liouse . Firk at Woolwich . —About half-past one on Monday morning , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Williams , bootmaker , Wellington-street , Weolwich , and an alarm being given , the drums ' were beat and strong parties of the military and police constables from the dock-yard were promptly on tho spot with engines . Great difficulty was experienced at first from want of water ; but , fortunately , the tanks at the rear of the Star public-house were made

      available . The liouse in which the fire originated was completely gutted . The property saved was placed under thc charge of a guard of soldiers . A marine was oonveyed _-to the hospital , hay ing had both his legs run over by one of the fire engines . Destructive Conflagration an Tarlooie , near Tain—On Mondav night last , the corn-yard of Mr . Fergus Ferguson , farmer , Tarlogic , was discovered to be on tire . Mr . Ferguson was at the time absent , and no less than twenty-six saclcs of corn and a large stack of hay were totally consumed . No trace of the cause of this lamentable affair has been found ; but from the circumstance that the corn-yard was a little distant from the square , and near ne house where there was any fire , and the wind blowing from thc west and the fire having commenced in the west part of the yard , there is fear the fire has been thc act of an incendiary . —Rosshire _Advertiser .

      The Governor-Generalship Of Canada.—It I...

      The Governor-Generalship of Canada . —It is said that the governor-generalship of Canada has been offered to Sir Henry Pottinger and refused by him . Holloway ' s Pills and Oi . vtsie . vt . —St . George ' s Hospital . —Mrs . Sullivan , residing at No 2 , Thompson _s-biiildings . Hainmersmitli-eross , Hammersmith , had an ulcer on " the instep , one on tlio shin , and another on thc ankle , for which she was admitted as out-door patient , for three months , at the above hospital , but obtained no relief . She also consulted several eminent surgeons , but to no purpose : at times her Bufferings were so great as to prevent her putting her foot to the ground for several days together . She lias , however , just been cured by tho use alone of these invaluable medicines .

      Alarming Fire.-Attempt To Burn Four Rous...

      alarming fire .-attempt to burn four _Rouses . On Tuesday evening , shortly after nine o ' clock , the immediate vicinity of _Camdeii-town was thrown into a state of excitement by tho simultaneous outbreak of no fewer than four separate fires , which , there is every ground to conclude , were the work of some vile incendiary . From inquiries instituted on the spot , the reporter learned that , at tho time just stated , three policeconstables of the S division were ' goinir their rounds past _Haii'ley-fields , _Camdeii-towti , _wlen one of them had his attention suddenly directed towards the western corner of a pile of four newly-erected houses , situate in the fields , by an unusual light therein . At first the officer imagined that the light was caused by some of the workmen diying tho building , but

      the same increasing in strength he hastened across the fields to examine t .. e place , when he found immense bodies . of smoke pouring forth from the roof and windows . Without delay the alarm was raised in the usual way , and an attempt was made to extinguish the flames by pouring buckets of water upon them . Whilst thc constables , however , were passing the three other houses , they discovered to their no small amazement that the other corner house was also on fire at the back , and in the course of a few seconds afterwards they found that the remaining two houses were likewise in flames . A messenger was despatched in a cab to the several stations of thc fire brigade , and also to the West of England office , with intelligence of the circumstance . Iu the meantime the police exerted themselves most manfully in endeavouring to stop the further ravages of the flames . The flames ,

      however , travelled with such fury as speedily to bring down the roof of the house in which tho fire was first observed . Mr . Staples , the foreman of the London brigade , ' arrived with several engines of the establishment , aud to their exertions may be attributed the saving of a deal of property . The ' West of England engine , from Waterloo-road , with the comyany ' _s firemen , and Mr . Connorton , were brought to the scene with all possible expedition . Tho firemen upon arriving had to encounter _greatdiincultiestogetan engine near the burning houses . They having plenty of fire buckets at hand , a line was formed by the men , and by passing the water from one another , a vast stream was discharged at the buildings , which had the desired effect of getting the flames extinguished . That however was not accomplished until the fire had travelled through tlie first named house , and severely burnt the remaining three , more _especially the staireases and parlour floorings .

      . From thc fact of the four houses being on fire at the same time , not the least doubt remains that the fire was wilfully caused , hut by whom is at present wrapped in mystery . The firemen , upon examining the premises after the fire was got out , found that the flames could not hy any possibility have reached from one house to the other without the aid of some one . They also found that the fire had commenced in every place about the staircases . The houses are said to be thc property of Mr . Marshall , of _Hentwick-place , and it is at present unknown whether or not they are insured .

      Female Convicts In Van Dieman's Land. Th...

      FEMALE CONVICTS IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND . The circumstances under which Van Dieman ' s Land is now placed have attracted the attention of the press , Hut scarcely any one is aware of the intensity ofthe evil . The numbers of convicts which arc poured forth upon that unhappy land are rapidly destroying all sound public opinion , and substituting a code of con * vict morals in its place . A few years ago Lord Stanley felt tlte mischief thus produced , and strongly expressed in a despatch his sense of it , more especially his attention was drawn to the wretched state of female transports when they arrive in that island . Their first home and their plaee of return when out of service was and is a barrack called the Brickfield Factory , an abode of horrors not to be described . As much more dreadful than the Black Hole at

      Calcutta , as moral depravity is worse than physical suffering . It was determined to make a change , and five hundred female convicts were sent out in the ship Anson , under the conduct of Mrs . Bowden , the intelligent and exemplary matron of the lunatic asylum at Hanwcll . Another vessel was to be despatched before the Anson , with male convicts , who , according to thc intention of Lord Stanley , would have arrived in Van Dieman ' s Luntland been cleared from the vessel by the time the Anson had made the island . This second vessel was not , however , despatched until long after the _Anson had sailed , and matters were so _thoroughly mismanaged , that when the last accounts came away , viz ., three years after the convicts had been put on board the Anson , Mrs Bowden and such of the females as had not been placed out to service were still remaining in that vessel ..

      With regard to those who had obtained a service , if for any reason or accident they could not remain with the particular employers with whom they had been placed , they were sent , not to the Anson , to be again under the superintendence of Mrs . Bowden , but to this pandemonium , the Brickfield Factory , to mingle with the most abandoned of their sex . On a visit of inspection made by Mrs . Bowden to this wretched place , the poor creatures who had been under her care implored her , with tears and passionate entreaties , to take tiiem again to the Anson j but this was beyond her power .

      Mrs . Bowden ' s difficulties with regard to the females who remained with her were very great , and would have paralyzed the efforts of any person of inferior zeal and fewer resources . Like all others who have effected any good in their attempts at reforminir prisoners , Mrs . Bowden depends veryniuch on being able to command a supply of useful labour for them . She desired to employ them in making their clothes , but the local government chose to supply her with clothes already made . She then made application to the shopkeepers in the island who sell readymade linen to employ her prisoHers in making shirts , whicli thev were willing to do , but could only afford

      to pay sevenpence per shirt . Tins price she gladly accepted , but the regulations of the government again presented an obstacle . Local wisdom had determined that thc true price for making a shirt was half-a-crown _, and that Mrs . Bowden was responsible for as many half-crowns as the Anson produced shirts , and she was actually surcharged for the difference between sevenpence and half-a-crown as to every shirt made under her superintendence . It is true that after many protocols , much diplomacy , and great misgivings on thc part ofthe local government , Mrs . Bowden obtained forgiveness for the past , but she was obliged to turn her attention to some other pursuit for the future .

      In this perplexity it occurred to her that the island furnished plenty of btraw of an appropriate species for the manufacture of hats and bonnets and there heing no makers of those articles on the island , the local Solons had left the regulation of the manufacture out of their code . It is true neither Mrs . Bowden nor her prisoners had ever learned to plait straw , but the difficulty of acquiring this art was little or nothing compared with that of a conflict against the legislation of the southern hemisphere , so they set about their work and soon accomplished a hat , which was presented to the governor .

      Since that time they havo made hats and bonnets in considerable quantities ; nevertheless , as this task is not suited to all , Mrs . Bowden is still suffering under want of employment for many of her prisoners . We believe this slight sketch of convict managemont , as regards one particular class , will furnish no unfair specimen of the state of our convict population in Australia . — Morning Chronicle .

      Accioent At Messrs. Cubitt's.—Mr. Wakley...

      _Accioent at _Messrs . Cubitt _' s . —Mr . Wakley held an inquest on Monday , at the Royal Free Hospital , Gray's-inn-road , on the body of Michael Cusick , aged fifty-four . Deceased was a labourer in the employ of Messrs . Cubitt , and on Friday last was engaged in removing some timber , when a beam , supported by what is called "sheer legs , " giving way , it fell upon his neck , injuring him so much that he died on the following morning . Verdict—Accidental Death . To Youno Ladies . —Some time ago we published a caution against certain advertisers who ottered great inducements to young ladies desirous of some employment . We now repeat our caution , and if such advertisements seem to demand any inquiry , we advise ladies not to inquire personally or alone . — - Times .

      Middle-Class Hoxesty . —At the Clerkenwell Police office on Monday , Alfred Leonard was charged with stealing a saucepan , value 4 id ., the property of Mr . James Bingley , an ironmonger , residing at 3 , Pleasant-row , Pentoiiville . The offence was fully proved , the prisoner himself admitting his guilt _. The article had been exhibited for sale at the prosecutor ' s door , with the label on it . The saucepan and label were found on the prisoner . Mr . Greenwood ( to the prosecutor)—Read that label . The prosecutor did so aloud . Mr . Greenwood—You have not reRd it all . Goon . The prosecutor read a part of the label describing the article as made of block , tin . Mr . Greenwood—That is untrue , and you _knowN _^ t . Prosecutor—Yes , that is untrue . Mr .

      Greenwood-Then why do you represent an article to be what it ib not ? Prosecutor—We are obliged to tell the public so . Mr . Greenwood—Indeed you are not obliged to do anything of the sort , and it is not the part of a respectable-tradesman . Prosecutor—We tell onr customers so , but if they aik us whether the article really is what it is labelled as , we tell tlicm the truth . Mr . Greenwood observed that it was not surprising tradesmen were plundered , when thoy exposed their property for sale in such a manner outside their shops . The prisoner was committed for trial . —| Wlnch most deserved to be committed fort rial , the poor wretcb who stole a fourpencc-halfpenny saucepan , or the " respectable" swindler , who , in all probability , has been cheating the public for years , by selling his rub- _, bish under falso pretences ? 1

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 17, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17011846/page/7/