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      Looked Him In The Faceat Tha Enfrlish Go...

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      Wtyt -Metropolis.

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      Health Of The Metropolis. —The Deaths In...

      Health of The Metropolis . —The deaths in Iiondon registered during the week endin <* Jan , 13 , were 1 , 448 , or 270 over the weekl y average of five ¦ winters . The excess is produced to a great extent by the sudden increase of mortality from bronchitis and inflammation of the lungs , the deaths from which were 279 ; those of the former weeks having been 170 , while the average is 181 . But the excess is principally due to epidemic diseases ; the deaths enumerated in this class were 407 , and amount to nearlv double the average . Scarlatina , which is on the _decline , was fatal to sixty-three persons , or double the average ; hooping cough to sixty-eight , the average beiug forty-two ; typhus to eig htythree , the average being forty-two ; and cholera to ninety-four , though this disease , when ic is not epidemic , carries off on an avorage less than one in a _fortnight at this season of the year . The mortality

      from small-pox corresponds _exaetiv with the average from this disease . Mr . Leonard _states that _« scarlatina of bad tvpc exists iu the district to which he is one of the medical officers . A family m Castie-Strect , Leicester-square , has lost sue t _*^ = _?* ° f seven , three from the form called < cyaiichc maligna and three from dropsy after scarlatina . Ihe children were of uncleanly habits , and the atmosphere of their apartment was intolerable from ammoniacal gas The rest of the house , though adjoining stable ' , was unaffected and free from unpleasant odour ' ' Mr . Robertson , ofthe Berwick-street subdistrict , also mentions a family of eight persons , all living and sleeping in a room of about ten feet by fourteen , at So- 7 , Green s-court , in which three ohildren have died of the same disease witliin eleven days ; and a fourth was afterwards attacked . The _average temperature of the week was 39 . 3 .

      Melancholy Accident ox the Rivkh . —About four o ' clock on Friday morning week , whilst the storm of wind was raging most violently , a light brig , the name of which is at present unknown , ran foul of a sailing barge whieh was lying oif Erith , and damaged her so seriously that she immediately began to settle . Thc only person on board the barge were the captain , his wife , and an infant child , who were sleeping below at the time of the collision , but , roused by the shock , hastily started to the deck , which was then on a level with the

      water , and sank immediately after . The poor woman and her child were carried rapidly down the river , whilst the captain , who was no swimmer , clung to the _rigging and saw his wife and child floating away . The moonlig ht enabled him to see them for a considerable distance , the violence of the element bearing them up , and the poor woman holding the infant above her head with all a mother ' s energy . The captain , when rescued from his perilous position , stated that the bri g which did the damage kept on her course without either heaving to or _lowering a boat to render assistance .

      CoEfiXG . Information having been received that coining and smashing practices were carried on to some extent at a house situate 99 , Upper Whitecross-street , St . Luke ' s , Sergeants Brennan , Harvey , and another officer of the G division of police , on Saturday evening last , proceeded thither , and ou their arrival thev entered the place , where they met a man in the passage , whom they questioned , aud his answers not satisfying them , they took him into custody , and on searching him a counterfeit shilling was found in his possession . On reaching the Second-floor apartment , where he lived , they discovered a large fire , and on the mantle-shelf they found four newly-made counterfeit shillings , with the same impression as the ono found on him . He exclaimed to the woman present , " Good God , I have been sold ! " She said , " _Xot by me , Jones , " and he made no answer . He was taken to the

      station-house , where he gave his name "William Jones . Some melted metal was foand mixed with the ashes , under the grate . On Monday he was placed at the bar at Clerkenwell police-court , and full y committed for trial .

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      Dsstrtctiox Op A Familv.—At Penkndge, St...

      DssTRtCTiox op a _Familv . —At Penkndge , Staffordshire , on Thursday week , the coroner held an inquest at the Boar Tavern , where evidence to the following effect was given : —A family , consisting of an aged man , named CressweU , with his wife , and two sons—the eldest an idiot , and the youngest about nineteen—resided in a cottage near the turnpike-road . On the previous Tuesday morning , a bricklayer , who had been engaged the preceding day setting a stove in the kitchen _^ went to the cottage to remove his tools . Upon going there , he was rather astonished at not finding any member of the family up . He , however , waited at the door for nearly an hour , when he commenced knocking , but not _reeeivinir an answer , he _< rot a ladder and made

      to the bodrooin window , and on looking through , he saw the inmates lying in bed . Ee caned to them , but no one answcredliim ; he therefore forced an entrance , when he found the mother lying on the bed quite dead , and her husband was at her side perfectly insensible . In another bed he found the idiot boy lying unconscious , and in au adjoining bedroom he found the youngest son dead arid cold . Medical aid was instantly sent for , but the husband , who was eighty years of age , died during the evening without being able to relate anything respecting this very mysterious affair . The inquiry was adjourned . Serious Case or Bigamt . —On Thursday week , Henry Stanton _Pykc , solicitor , was brought before F . B . Williams , Esq ., at the County Magistrates '

      Offiee , Palace-yard , Worcester , on a charge of marrying Miss Eleanor Moss , of that city , during fee luc ofa former wife . It appeared that he originally Jived at _Scwport , in Monmouthshire , lie afterwards practised as a solicitor in the county of _Norfolk , where he became acquainted with Miss Emma Robertson Ifowlett , of Marsham , a young lady of most respectable connexions , to whom he was married oa the 4 th August , 1 S 24 . He lived with her , but not very happily , up to the year 1839 , when he was tried for forgery at . Norwich , and sentenced to fifteen years ' transportation . Ilis ill health and other circumstances procured for him a commutation of that sentence , and he was liberated after an imprisonment of two years . Immediately upon

      his release he left the city , and his wife never _saw biin again . Having obtained a situation as assistant clerk to the magistrates at Stourbridge , he was accustomed to visit Worcester frequently , and thus became acquainted with Miss Moss , the third daug hter of ih * . Moss , of Great Malvern , a young lady of considerable personal attractions , to whom , after paying his addresses for some twelve months , he was married at Claines , on the 12 th March , 1844 . Thev lived together about two years , when , hi consequence of ~ the exhaustion " of his finances , she was obfoed to return home to her father ' s house . Some time afterwards he sent for her to Loudon , where he very shortly deserted her . Since that time he had been lost sight of . When the officer

      proceeded to Ins lodgings , he found him sitting at his table with a couple ol decanters of wine before Mm , and living in first-rate style . lie was arrested at Liverpool ; and when Mr . Lloyd told him his errand , he seemed thunderstruck , but said he should _srive no trouble , and begged him so to comport _lunisclf as to sparo the feelings of a lady who was living with him , and of whom he took an affectionate parting , telling her that pressing business required Ins absence from home for a few days . At the examination on Thursday , Mr . Howlett , brother ofthe prisoner ' s first wife , " proved the marriage with Ms sister , and Mr . Moss , father of his second bride . He made no sort of defence , and , as stated above , was fully committed for trial at the

      ensuing March assizes . His first wife had no family by him ; his second has one . * Stole *} Jewjelleht . —Upwards of twelve months ago the house of Mr . Itevell , watchmaker and jeweller , at Slough , was broken into , and property , consisting of watches , brooches , and other articles of jewellery , of the value of upwards of £ 200 , wa 3 stolen and carried away . The robbery , from the skilful and systematic manner in which it was effected , was evidently perpetrated by experienced London thieves , of whom , however , no traces were discovered until very recently , when suspicion rested upon a man named Benjamin Isaacs , the landlord of the Blue Anchor , a low public-house , in Fetticoatlane , London . This man was apprehended upon a

      warrant granted by the Eton magistrates , before whom he was charged with receiving the stolen property in question . The evidence not being complete against him , he was remanded till the 7 th of last month , but liberated upon bail , himself in £ 500 , and three sureties , conjointly , in a similar amount . On the day appointed for his re-examination he was not forthcoming . His counsel , Mr . J . j . Williams , and his solicitor , Mr . Hudson , were , however , present , and expressed considerable surprise at the absence of their client , Mr . Gwynne , one of his bail , who was also present , denied all knowledge of the fugitive , The whole of the recognisances were ordered to be estreated , and a warrant was issued for the apprehension of Isaacs , Mr . Gwynne _goffering a reward of £ 25 for his capture . A few days since he was apprehended by Mr . Charles Barker , ' inspector of the S division of the Metropolitan police , at the

      house of Mr . Lazarus , his brother-in-law , who resides near Petticoat-lane . Benjamin Brown , a convict , undergoing his sentence for another offence in Milbank Prison , stated , that he and a man named Charles Constable , now a prisoner in Wakefield Gaol , broke into the house of Mr . Re veil , atSlou < -h , during the night of the 2 nd December , 1847 , and carried off a quantity of watches and jewellery ! with which they proceeded to the Blue Anchor , in Petticoat-lane , a public-house kept b y thc prisoner , to whom they had been previously introduced by a man known by the name of " Silly Romaine , " who had told them that the prisoner " would buy anything they took him . " Upon calling at the Blue Anchor , they were requested b y the prisoner to follow himto a private room at the top of the house where they showed the watches , brooches , & c After considerable higgling , they agreed to take £ 1-5 for the stolen property , the prisoner refus-

      Dsstrtctiox Op A Familv.—At Penkndge, St...

      ing to give more , and the money was paid them m sovereigns . Before they left , and while they were drinking some beer , the prisoner told them that no had removed the property _^ om bis hou _^ _. and stowed it away in aLfe _" p lace . _W _*}" | v _jjffig ; roborating the above , was g iven , _"" fi _^ _Sf _^ fuUv committed the prisoner to _^^ J _^ _lJ ? take his trial , as a receiver of the produce of tim robbery , at the ensuing assizes foi _Uucks . llail te tho amount of £ 1 , 000 was offered , and refused In the case ofthe forfeited recognisances , it having been _^ oved that Mr . Gwynno had paid Inspector Barker the reward of £ 25 for the apprehension of the prisoner after he had absconded from his bail ,

      i the estreat was withdrawn against Mr . Gwynne . The other two bail , Mr . Davis and Mr . . Levy , who wero present , and who applied to be similarly favoured , were ordered to pay the amounts for whiuh thev had made themselves liable—viz ., Mr . Davis £ 100 , and Mr . Levy £ 150 . Duubeiute Suicide . —We reported last week the fact that an elderly gentleman had thrown himself from the breakwater at Ply mouth . At tho inquest hold on Monday , it was deposed by Mr . Markes , tho postmaster , that the name of tho deceased was itichard _Xewcomc Alger , that he was sixty-six years of age , and at one time possessed of large property , which he had lost . Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . "

      Death of a _Batlwat Guard . —One nig ht last week , when a coal train was passing along the Tork Newcastle , and Berwick Railway , the last _throei . carriages accidently became detached , and were left behind . The careful guard immediatel y ran back with his lamp , exhibiting a red light , to give warning of danger . Unhappily , entering the west end of the tunnel at Heworth , near the Felling station , just _a-s an engine was entering it from tho east , the smoke and steam prevented the light from being visible , and he was run down ; and when , __ shortly afterwards , his body was found , life was extinct .

      Fatal Flood . —During the night of Saturday last some very heavy rain fell in various parts of West Yorkshire , by which thc rivers were much swollen . Owing to the force of the carrent between Brotherton and Castleford , a little below the confluence ofthe rivers Aire and Calder , a vessel , laden with wool and a general cargo of drysalteries and groceries , named the Torkshircman of Bradford , and belonging to Mr . Wood of Bradford , broke from her moorings during the absence of the master on shore . She was carried some distance down the river with great impetuosity , and was eventually sunk , the captain ' s wife , who was far advanced in pregnancy , and two children , who wore also on board , being drowned .

      A Womax Haxoed bt her Husband . _—Wisax , Fbidat , Jaxuakt 12 _tu . —On Friday Mr . Rogcrson , the coroner , resumed , at the Royal Oak Inn , Standishgate , the adjourned inquiry respecting the death of Rebecca Kayo , who died from strangulation on the morning of New Year ' s Day . When tho inquest was commenced it was generally supposed that thc deceased had committed suicide , but at the second adjourned inquiry a fresh string of evidence was produced . Several persona living in the immediate vicinity spoke to hearing cries of " Help , and " God save me , " proceeding from the kitehen where the body was subsequently found . In consequenco

      of this evidence the husband was taken into custody , and confined in prison . He was placed in a cell along with a man named Joseph Mousdell , who , last night , upon being sworn , said that he knew nothing of the husband until he was p laced in his cell , when he told him that he had pushed his wife down stairs , and had _aiterwards hanged her . Several witnesses Eroved having heard screams proceeding from Kayo ' s ouse , and that they went to thc door and knocked , but no one answered them . —Mr . Latham , surgeon , proved that death had resulted from strangulation , and the inquiry , after lasting to nearly one o ' clock this morning , was adjourned for additional evidence . A verdict of " "Wilful Murder" has been roturned

      at Wigan , by the coroner s jury , against Bernard Kaye , accused of strangling his wife . The Manchester Examiner reports that the deceased , when Kaye married her , about eight months ago , was maintaining herself in a repectable manner by letting apartments . Kaye was always considered a dissipated man , and at the time of the marriage he left the party in the chapel , previous to the arrival of the priest , and was absent for two or three hours . On his return he was intoxicated , but the ceremony was proceeded with .

      _Fhightful Accidext . —A coroner ' s inquest was held on Thursday week before F . Badger , Esq ., at the Cricket Ball Tim , Burton Head , Sheffield , respecting the death of a boy , fourteen years old , named John nague ( son of Thomas Hague , of Walker-street , Wicker , a fitter in the employ of Messrs . Walker , Eaton , and Co . ) , who on Wednesday afternoon lost his life bv a frightful accident at the Cyclops Works , at which establishment he was employed . The room in which the deceased worked is the enginohouse , in which the operations of spring rolling and steel cutting are carried on . The steel cutting machine is a very powerful piece of mechanism , capable of clipping in pieces lengths of steel five-eights of an inch thick and four inches in breadth . On the

      afternoon of Wednesday the deceased and some other boys , taking advantage of the absence of the foreman , gave way to a youthful love of frolic , and in tho course of their gambols repeatedl y put out thc gasli ght of one of the workmen named Hawcroft . The man was informed that Hague , the deceased , was the offender . Hawcroft was employed at a punching machine , which stands opposite to the fatal cutting machine . Whilo sitting on a low seat at the machine Hague walked up to him to clear himself from thc accusation , and stood between the machines . Hawcroft , believing Hague to be the delinquent , suddenly sprung up and made a dart at the boy , probably intending to chastise him . Hague , in his haste to escape , stepped backwards , and ran with

      his heels against some long bars of steel that were lying on the floor in front of the cutting machine . He was tripped up , and fell backwards with his head against thc cog-wheels , one of which was revolving at the rate ol 120 revolutions in a minute . His head and the upper part of his person wero drawn in amongst the cog-wheels , and ground through a space not more than three or four inches in width . _Uis death must have been instantaneous , for he was not heard to utter tho sli g htest sound . The body became so firmly wedged between tho wheels , that thc whole machine was stopped , andthe mangled limb 3 could not be extricated till the machine was taken to pieees . When freed from the wheels , the body presented a spectacle that would have struck terror to the stoutest heart . Several of the workmen were so shocked by the sight , as to be unable to render any assistance . Tlie evidence of John

      Hawcroft corroborated the above statement , and the jurv immediately agreed to a verdict of " Aecidental _' Death . _Extraordinary Suicide . —At Northwich , a gentleman of the name of Green , late in the employ of the Andcrton Carrying Company , and who had , it was supposed , nearly recovered from a mental aflection , put an end to his existence in an extraordinary manner . On Wednesday evening week he rose anil was about to dress for the purpose of attending a party . His wifo having left the room for a short time , he started off , almost in a state of nudity , direct to a rock salt mine in thc nei g hbourhood , and precip itated himself down the shaft . The men had just before descended the shaft , and had gone down about forty yards , when the unfortunate man fell upon them . One of them was severely hurt , and Mr Green was so severel y injured that he died in a few hours .

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      Mr. Dcpfy's Trial.—Another Argument In T...

      Mr . Dcpfy ' s Trial . —Another argument in this protracted case took place on Saturday . Tho judges again postponed their decision until Thursday . More Writs of Error . —Tho case of Gogarty and others , convicted during the war mania of illegal drilling and training to arms , promises to cut out more work for the lawyers . At tho rising of tho Court of Queen ' s Bench on Saturday , the _assignments of error on the part of Gogarty were handed in , but not read . The principal objections relate to the alleged defects of the _nidictinent against the prisoner , for not negativing the exceptions in the statute in reference to those tried for illegally _drillinsr .

      Decision o p the Judges on toe Writs of Error , TS THT . case of W . S . O'Bbie . y , F . MnAonER , < fcc . —The Judges delivered their decision on Tuesday , the appearance of the city was perfectly quiet . Half-a-dozen mounted police rode outside on the Quay opposite the court , and a few constables were placed about the hall . The Court of Queen ' s Bench was closely filled , the bar mustering very numerously to hoar the Judges deliver their decisions seriatim . Whenever in any cause of importance Chief Justice Blackburn is to deliver judgment , the court is crowded by the profession , as he has an admirable mode of _traversing much ground in little time . The state prisoners , Messrs . W . S . O'Brien , T . F . Meagher , T . B . M'Manus , and Patrick O'Donohoe , haying been conducted to the side bar , the Chief Justice remarked that in these several causes writs of error had been

      brought to convictions obtained at a Special Commission held in the county of Tipperary . He then proceeded to state the grounds upon which those write of error had been raised , with respect to the caption and the appointment of the three judges , who presided at the commission , the particulars of which have alread y so oftcd appeared in our columns . He declared that the first objection raised M s to the caption , could not be sustained , _jilted that he , as a legal depository of that co _* H * _tHfeifel , was bound to say that the judges who _presided there aad been _rightly and legally appointed to hear and determine , and , therefore , tlie first objection was not valid . " The second objection he decided to be wholl y insupportable , and he undertook to pronounce his judgment upon the plea of Mr O'Brien on the question of his ri ght to rave notice of trial served ten days before

      Mr. Dcpfy's Trial.—Another Argument In T...

      he was called upon to plead , and that copies of the indictment should nave been supplied him , with the list of witnesses for the crown endorsed thereon , within the same ten days , before he should be called upon to plead . Tlie lawg under which the prisoner in error had been tried were still in force in Ireland , and the acts of 25 th of Edward III ., and thc acts of 7 th and 8 th of William III ., and ol Queen Anne , entitlod prisoners accused of hig h treason to have copies of thc indictment ten days beforo trial ; but these provisions did not apply to Ireland , and the Irish act * , which bore upon the question , enacted that prisoners so charged were entitled to have copies of thc indictment only five days before they could be called upon to plead ;

      and , therefore , on these and several other grounds he declared that the third objection had not been sustained . The laat objection was that named on the aUocutus , as to why the question had not been put to the prisoner why sentence of deathand execution should not be pronounced upon him , which the learned judge also declared to be unsustainable . Judge Crampton next delivered judgment , and proceeded to review the same grounds gone over by tho Chief Justice , on each and all of which he declared himself of the same opinion , and pronounced it as his _oninion that the writ of error in all its bearings

      should bo disallowed . Judges Perrin and Moore followed , agreeing in opinion with the preceding judges . The court were unanimous in overruling the errors assigned , and confirming the judgment of the court below . The government have long since announced their determination to commute the sentence of death pronounced at Clonmel ; but the exact extent of thc punishment to be inflicted will not transpire until the jud gment at Clonmel ' shall have been finall y confirmed . The prisoners intend to appeal to the House of Lords , if they can obtain tne necessary certificate from the Attorney General .

      Depreciation in Laxdbd Property . — In the office of Master Litton , on Monday , a portion of the property of Count Magawley , situated in the King ' s County , was submitted for sale , under a decree of the Court of Chancery ; and , after several vain attempts on the part of the Master to induce a purchaser , thc sale was adjourned , there not being a single bidder present . The property is situate in tho baronies of Ballyboy and Eg _linh , and is ofa very eligiblo description , comprising valuable land mills and household tenements , some of which lie in the town of Franckfort . The p laintiff in the cause is a Mr . Searle , who holds a mortgage on the property , to the amount of about £ 8 , 000 , the rental of which , at present , yields an income , it is stated , of about £ 750 . This was not a property in the destitute districts of the west or Boutn _, but in one of the midland counties .

      Embarrassed Landlords . —The Freeman says : — " From every side we hear the crash of falling families and fortunes . Members of the old patrician houses , some of the most ancient and most aristocratic in the land are outcasts and _beggars . One southern commoner has fled in disguise from his ancient castle , alone and unattended , without host or retainer , to avoid the inconvenience of the Gazette . He was supposed te be the wealthiest and safest proprietor of the south . He turns out to be penniless , and his incumbrances hard upon a quarter of a million ! Another instance of a reverse of

      torture was lately brought to our notice . A gentleman , with a nominal rent-roll of £ 10 , 000 per annum , who lately filled the office of high-sheriff in a most important county , and represented one of the most honoured Protestant families in Ireland— a family , too , to which the Catholic _pi'oprietors of Munster owe no small debt of gratitude—this gentleman , we have heard , is now waiting at the office of the poor-law commissioners , looking for a vice-guardianship !" _Retributitp Justice .- —The decay of the landlords continues . Within the last few days the lord lieutenant of a county in Munster had

      thirteen executions against him . Meeting- of the Irish Members . —Mi-. Henry Grattan , has called this meeting for Tuesday the 23 rd , the Lord Mayor has granted the use of the Mansion House for the purpose . _Tiie Mock Rotaltt . — Amongst the questions which will be brought before the House of Commons in the ensuing session will be the propriety of abolishing the vice-royalty . An English member for an important constituency , connected by property and marriage with Ireland ( Mr . W . Osborne , we presume ) , intends , he says more suo , " to make a dash at it , "

      Roman Catholic Endowment . —It seems not to be very certain whether Mr . Keogh , the member for Athlone , will persevere in bringing forward the endowment of the Catholic clergy . That subject is as little popular here with any great party as in England . The landowners are not it favour of it , and the popular organs cry out against it . The Poor Law . — Poor-law reform , in all its branches , is still the chief topic of discussion in this country . It would be amusing ( were not the matter too serious for sport ) to contrast the opposite views and contradictory ideas of the professed reformers of the poor-law . There would , probably , be a greater outcry amongst the gentry , only for the number amongst them who are looking for places under the system . A provincial journal recently stated that on the list of candidates ' for the office of

      vice-guardians , there were thc names of a thousand mag istrates . Certainly the crumbling of the old structure of society in this country is a most extraordinary moral spectacle . Upon the results of this social revolution it is almost presumptuous te speculate . The Tipperary Board of Guardians were dismissed last week by a sealed order of the poor-law commissioners , for refusing to strike a rate including the re-payment of the Treasury advances . The average annual rate for the last three years of the famine was le 3 S than 2 s . in the pound . It is said the vice-guardians will now lay ona rate of Ss . in the pound . The Fat Bot . —Mr . John O'Connell has , if possible , p lunged deeper into the mire . He has now written a most abject apology to the "state prisoners" for the terms of contumely which he applied to them in a recent lengthy letter . He mi g ht safely plead in mitigation , that very few people read his letters , or remember them when read _.

      Disastrous Storms And Shipwrecks. Ahebde...

      DISASTROUS STORMS AND SHIPWRECKS . _Ahebdeen , Jan . 11 . —The coast of Scotland has this week been visited by a most disastrous storm . On Monday there was a change ; the morning was mild , the barometer fell about an inch , and the wind eastward . As the tide rose a heavy sea came rolling in , and by mid-day , it was not safe for vessels to be on the coast . About tide time the Union , of Stonehaven , a schooner from Newcastle , with coals , in taking the harbour missed the channel , struck on the broakwater outside thc pier , and in a quarter of an hour was in pieces . Thc crew were saved by means of life-buoys thrown from the shore . A poor little boy was observed clinging to a spar , then to disappear , and twenty minutes afterwards , when he was given up for lost , he was washed up on the

      pier , and his life saved . About the same time the fine schooner Mansfield , of and for Aberdeen , got embayed to the southward , and having carried away her foremast , drove ashore at John ' s Haven , near Montrose . The crew were with great difficulty saved , the vessel has since become a wreck . On Tuesday the wind moderated . As ni ght came down the wind settled in thc south-east , and yesterday morning it blew a gale with a tremendous sea . A " good number of vessels were seen in the offing labouring hard . In the afternoon the Isabella , of Dundee , from Riga , for Ireland , with linseed , had to run ashore on the sands . Tho vessel took the ground well , and , an efficient crew having manned the life-boat , tho whole of the shi p ' s crew were

      rescued from the wreck . About seven o ' clock the Elizabeth , of Aberdeen , also came ashore , but owing to tho darknoss of the night , and the sea making a clean breach over hor , tho life-boat could render but small assistance , and the captain , thc mate , and a boy were drowned ; the other men were saved . Early this morning a third vessel , the Dahlia , of Newcastlo , coal laden , came ashore on the sands ; the tido being up the vessel was well beached , and the crew got safely to land as the tide receded . To the southward of the _Girdleness a vessel is said to have foundered on the outer rocks of the Bay of Ni gg . From tho north tire accounts are of the most distressing character . Several vessels have been wrecked in Peterhead Bay . At Bodham near the

      , Buchanness Lighthouse , about nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning , two schooners and a bri <* were seen standing to tho northward , the sea running mountains high It soon became evident that the brig would not clear tho Buchannoss . When about three quarters of a mile from the Ness , and about a furlong from tho shore , she went down w th all hands . The vessel appeared to be about 140 tons with white paint streak and fi gurehead . Three or four men were seen in the boat on deck _^ and one or two cm the ship ' s quarter . Fragments of the boat came on shore shortl y after the vessel foundered . It was an old boat , fir plank outside , and painted black , inside a brown-rod , gunwales li ght blue or lead grey ; the stern had no shi p ' s name on it . A large vane came ashore at the same time . It was

      of red woollen stuff , with " C" in white cotton wove into it . About two o ' clock the two schooners got into Peterhead Bay , and were driven on shorethe one is the Catherine , of Aberdeen ; the other , the Hero , of Fraserburg h . One man was drowned from the Hero . A bri g , with seven men , is lost at the Scores of Cruden . The damage done alone * this coast is great . The brid ge of communication between thc Buchanness Li ght-house and the shore is carried away . The barometer , put up here bv Lord Aberdeen , is at 28 . 55 , and _appearing to rise At Peterhead'ten men , who were on tSe quay " in readiness to assist any vessel that mi ght attemnt the harbour , were swept into the basin fy a heavy sea , and three of them drowned . The coast is strewed with wrecks ; twelve- ships are wrecked between Aberdeen and . rnworhurgH , " _^ v < .

      Disastrous Storms And Shipwrecks. Ahebde...

      Worces _tershire—Thunder Storm . —The _Eiactkic Ty . tEORArH .-The weather has been exceedingly changeable in the Midland Counties for ho last S but about one o ' clock thc sky became overea t and a hurricane of wind and ram , accompanied by thunder and lig htning , swept over this part of the country . At Defford , on the line of the Bristol ana _BirmUg ham Railway one of the _egtoo _£ J « _» £ posts was struck and broken off . 1 _^ _^;; L ° wed and lower part of the Severn have overflowed

      Avon the adjacent country to a considerable _« tent Kent .-A Distressino _Suii'vtreck asd LOSS of LiFE .-The Albion lugger left the harboui ol _Broadstairs , with a crew of nine men on _Wednesday week in pursuit of her _calhng-viz ., to attend aid to vessels in distress , or to save the lives of _shipwreckea seamen . On her return on tho following day , when about three miles from shore , a heavy sea struck her , she filled , went down , and all her crew , save one ( who clung to the keel of the punt for twenty minutes , and was picked up by a Yarmouth boat ) , perished witliin sight of their homes . Iho eight persons drowned wero all married , and have _lelt widows and twenty-five children .

      . Storm * is _Morecambe Bat . —Last week witnessed a most severe storm and a hig her tido titan has beon know for many years . On Wednosday tho gale rose to a perfect hurricane , and the hig h tide occasioned serious damage to the works of the Furn ' ess Kailway , near Barrow , and also to the embankment between Roe Isle and the main land . Tho force of the water rushed over the embankment , and ripped up and carried away the upper pavement on the westside to a great extent . In some places tho rails and sleepers were whirled into the air . Great damage was also dono to several vessels on the coast .

      _Rkportbd _Dustructiox ov Govbrxmkxx Works . —The Isle of Alderney has for somo years past been regarded by the war authorities as a place where extensive fortifications ought to be erected , since , in case of a war with Franco , wo should bo able to command from that island a great portion of tho coasting trado of France . For the last three years , therefore , a large number of workmen hare been engaged in extensive government works at Alderney ; a pier and breakwater wero forming , in tho completion of which considerable progress had been made . Intelligence has roached Southampton that tho whole of those extensive works , together with a number of vessels that were near them , were entirely destroyed duri » g a hurricane which raged in the Channol during Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday week last .

      Letters from Messina of the 2 nd inst . stato that on tho ni g ht of the 2 Cth and 97 th ult . the wind blew a perfect hurricane from N . N . E ., which wrecked some twenty English , Danish , American , and Sicilian vessels . There has been a violent storm at Malta . Tho total damage on shore and on board will be at least £ 20 , 000 . Shipwreck at _Cardigan Bab , asd Loss of Tex Lives . —On Thursday , the llth inst ., it blew a violent gale from the north-west . About three , p . m ., a large brig was seen to run into the breakers . The vessel was ascertained to bo the Agnes _Lnc , of North Shields , John Clarence , master , bound from Alexandria , with wheat . She loft tho Cove of Cork on

      Tuesday morning laat . Tho sea beating very high , no boat could go out to render any assistance , although several attempts wero made . There is no life-boat at Cardigan . The crew launched the jollyboat , which was failed with eleven of the crow , and captain , wife , and child , ono of the crew taking to the rigging . Thc boat swamped after leaving the vessel . The fishermen , boatmen , and others on the shore , under the direction of Mr . George Bowen , master mariner , joined hands , and went into the water at the risk of their live 3 , and saved four of the individuals . When brought on shore , they were quite insensible . The bodies of two of the crew and the infant child were washed ashore , one of the parties saved being the mate , a native of Cork , named John Fortune . The night of Thursday being very dark and boisterous , no boat could

      go out . On Friday morning they put oft , and found the man in the rigging , in a very exhausted state . The body of the captain ' s wifo and one of the crew were washed on shore on Friday , one body on Saturday , and three on Sunday , leaving only the body of thc captain to come ashore . It a lifeboat had been there , the wholo of the crew would have been saved . One was promised after tho disasters of 1843 , and every year since we havo had accidents upon thc Bar , and nothing is ever done to obtain so desirable an object as a lifeboat . It is now promised again , on the eve of an election , but when that is over we shall have the same complaint . On Sunday five of tho bodies were interred at St . DogmcII's church-yard . The vessel still _lios beating where she struck ; the cargo is floating up each tide .

      Destructive Fires, In Lixcoln's-Ix.V.—On...

      DESTRUCTIVE FIRES , In Lixcoln ' s-ix . v . —On Sunday morning , about half-past four o ' clock , a fire broke out in Ncwsquare , Lincoln ' s-inn . The police-constable on duty was passing down Bishop ' s-court , and saw a strong light in the basement floor of one of the houses . He alarmed the porters of the inn , and with them proceeded to make an investigation . They soon discovered that a fire had broken out on the basement floor of No . 2 , New-square , the chambers being occupied by Messrs . Harrington and Kebble . The latter gentleman , it appears , was the only person who slept on the premises , but he can give no account 01 the origin of the fire . As soon as it was discovered , Mr . Kebble was aroused , but the flames having encircled the greater portion of his chamber ,

      he was unable to make his escape , and remained in his rooms fully twenty minutes , while messengers were dispatched for tho _firo-oscapo . As this did not arrive , Mr . Kebble leapod from his bedroom window into the garden , and at length effected his escape without any very serious danger . When tho porters were informed of the fire they called out the engines belonging to the Inn , but , from being in a bad condition , they were comparatively useless , and much confusion and delay were the consequence . It is stated also that every disposition was manifested to keep the knowledge of the fire from the brigade or other parties outside tho walls , and even on the arrival ofthe brigade engines at the gates admission was for a time refused . Owing- to the quantity of

      timber and the walls being encased in oak the fire spread with great rapidity . Many papers and books were saved hy means of exertion of the firemen , but these form a very small portion of those which were on the premises . Thc want of water thwarted in a great degree the exertions which were made to save thc buildings . When the engines were got into play , several of the brigade men very narrowly escaped with their lives . They bravely attempted to carry tho hose into the centre of the buildings , and had nearly accomplished their purpose , when the stone staircase fell with a fri g htful crash , burying everything in the way under its ruins . This event cut off all communication with the chambers above ; thc flames raged uncontrolled throughout the building , andthe greatest fears were entertained that thc whole

      range of buildings would be consumed . By Mr . Braidwood _' s directions , engines from the whole of thc metropolitan stations were sent , and , on their arrival , the most complete measures were adopted for arresting thc progress of tho fire . It was not _utatil ei ght o clock that apprehension was allayed . Between nine and ten o clock fear waa again excited , several stacks of chimneys , and a portion ofthe front wall , having fallen , leaving onl y one , between fifty and Bixty feet in hei ght , resting upon a very slender basis . That fell in shortl y before two o ' clock ' . The destruction of property is variously estimated at from £ 15 , 000 to £ 20 , 000 . Most of it was insured in the principal London fire offices . The premises were built in 1666 , immediately after thc great fire of London .

      ADDITIOXAL PARTICULARS . Not fewer than nine fire-proof boxes have been taken out of the basement ofthe destroyed building , where they had fallen from the first-floor , and upon opening them on Monday morning , the deeds aud other documents wero found uninjured . This is exceeding ly fortunate , aa the papers had reference to property of considerable value . The account books belonging to Messrs . Jones , Bateman , and Bennett , with several drawers filled with important writings , have been taken out ofthe premises but trifling !/ injured ; but a great number of tin boxes , containing legal parchments , _« tc , have been entirel y destroyed . The present unfortunate circumstance will cause the question to be again agitated to obtain a general registry of all deeds and mortgaged

      property , as is the case in Scotland , in Ireland , and most parts of the Continent . Tho oldest firemen can scarcely remember a fire of similar magnitude burning for so long a period . Although the engines were kept at work during the wholo of Sunday mVht and Monday , there remained at seven o * clock on Monday evening a considerable body of fire on the basement , and also in tho walls ofthe _building Mr . Kebble , a barrister , had a narrow escape from bein" _- burned to death . He slept ou the ground floor - at thc back ofthe premises , and before any alarm was given inthe front , he was awoke by hearing a slight noise , like the dripping of water , in tlie _nett

      room . lie immediatel y jumped out of bed , and on opening the door found the passage full of smoke and of such a suffocating nature that he could not pass through . He therefore ran to another door , and found that the fire was breaking into tho passage , so that lus escape in that direction was likewise cut off . lie then made for one of the windows , but even his escape was in that direction cut olt _. for had he jumped down a distance only a few feet , he would have had to climb up a _waU * twelve ? h _» WW f < * Not knowin _S _^ to do _^ r he best , Mr . Ivebble sat upon the window sill , where he remained calling " Fire" and "Help " for upwards of a quarter of an hour , during which time the _tlRiucs broke , through the door of his room , and

      Destructive Fires, In Lixcoln's-Ix.V.—On...

      nothing but destruction looked him in the face . At lengthrhowevor , alamphg htor s ladderwas brought , and by its aid he managed to effect a retreat , Ilis opinion is , that tho fire must have occurred in the area floor . At half-past nine o ' clock on Monday evening the firemen were still engaged pouring water upon the ruins ; and so dangerous were the walls that they woro expected momentarily to tall , _ine houses on either side have sustained less damage than was at first expected . During Monday forenoon , whilst tho firemen were employed upon this firo , an alarm was g iven that another had broken out in Chancery-lane . Ono of thc engines was immediately taken thero , when it was ascertained that some of the burning flakes had been wafted by the .... ... . .. . __ e . .

      wind upon the roof of the law chambers , J » o . 77 , in tho lane , and having melted the gutter plate had come in contact with the timber underneath and fired the roof . When the brigade arrivod , the flames were raging with sueh fury that the two roofs atthe least wore in great danger of _boing consumed . With thc aid , however , of p lenty of water , the fire was extinguished , but not before considerable damage was aono by fire and water . _Ix _SriTAtFiELDS . —On Saturday morning , shortly before four o ' clock , a fire broke out in the cabinet manufactory belonging to Messrs . M . and J . Mahony , in Brown ' _s-lano , Sp italfields . The flames , when first discovered , wero raging in the factory , a buildin g nearly 150 feet long , immediately at the

      rear of the dwelling-house , which contained property of considerable value . Owing to the highly inflammable character ofthe stock , but few minutes elapsed ere the greater portion of thc factory was enveloped in flames . When the engines arrived , not onlv the manufacturing premises of Messrs . Mahony were completely wrapped in flames , but Jirell Chapel , with tho private house of Messrs . Mahony and the back workshops of Mr . L . B . Ogers , were also blazing away with great fury . The various engines wero as speedily as possible set to work , when the firemen conveyed the hose of their enginos around tho adjoining houses , and succeeded in cutting off the further progress of the flames in the

      direotion ofthe chapel , but not until they had burned some of the gallery windows out , and the building was materially damaged . Having succeeded in stopping the fire in tliis quarter , " the next object was to extinguish the main body of flames , and that was a work of no little difficulty , for , besides the premises being on fire , the destructive element had extended to tho p iles of timber in thc opemyard . It was nearly eight o clock before the fire was wholly extinguished , and not until tho factory of Messrs . _Mahonv was burned down , thc chapel extensively damaged by fire and water , and the workshops of Mi' . Ogers much burned . Fortunately the sufferers were insured in the West of England Fire Office . Tho cause of the outbreak could not be

      learned . _Ix Broadway , Deptford , anothor fire occurred nearly at the samo time . It commenced in the large range of premises belonging to Mr . Watts , a linondraper and silk mercer , carrying on business at No . 19 , in the Broadway . The building was of considerable magnitude , and , owing to the easily ignitible character of the goods , the house , in the course of a few minutes , was in a blaze from the base to tho roof , so that the various inmates had the greatest difficulty in effecting a retreat . When the engines arrived , they found the entire range of Mr . Watts ' s premises in a broad shoot of flame , and the adjoining property of Mr . G . Couzens , No . 18 , and Mr . J . w . _Hasley , grocor , were also on fire . _Nearly three hours elapsed beforo the firo could be extinguished

      and not until the whole of Mr . Watts ' s premises were levelled with the ground , his stock-in-trade , furniture , and other effects reduced to ashes , besides whioh , tho upper part of Mr . Couzens' premises was destroyed , the front and roof of Mr . tlasley ' s house extensively damaged by fire and water , and the stock-in-trade materiall y injurod . __ At Hampstead Water Works . —• On Saturday night a fire broke out on the newly-erectod premises termed the _Hampstead Water Works , which was attended with a destruction of property valued at several thousand pounds . The premises in which the firo began were of vast extent , being about ei ghty feet square , of considerable altitude , and fitted up with most costly machinery , the weight of which is estimated at 30 tons . How the calamity occurred is enveloped in mystery .

      Gloucestershire . — Incendiarism . —At an early hour on Sunday morning it was discovered that two barley mows and oue wheat mow , belonging to Mr . l ' amphlin , of Queen ' s Charlton , about five miles from Bristol , were on fire . In a short timo the Keynsham fire-engine was on the spot , and was immediately followed by several engines from Bristol . The conflagration by this time had reached a great height , and it was with the utmost difficulty that the firemen succeeded in preventing the extension of the flames to the homestead . About thirty sacks of wheat and ei ghty sacks of barley were " totally consumed .

      _DusTRVcrim _Fiuk _xearOuoiitbkidce . —On Thursday week , about nine o ' clock , intelligence was received at both fire-offices at Sheffield , that a firo was raging in tho farm premises of Mr . John Redfearn , at the Gate , near Oughtbrid ge . On the arrival of the engines the roof of the barn had fallen in . The barn was a large , long _building , and it contained about twenty tons of fodder , besides a quantity of oats and seeds , and some farming implements . Fortunately the work of destruction was limited to tho barn , the roof of which was quite destroyed , and likewise a large portion ofthe contents . The fire is supposed to haTo originated in the act of an incendiary .

      To The People Of England. Letter Xi. Fel...

      TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND . Letter XI . Fellow _Countrtmen _*—The industrial operations of tho whole world are , indeed , too vast and numerous for observation . I will , therefore , on resumin _g the consideration ofthe results of " Free selling , as well as freo buying , or Fr _» e Trade fully and fairlv carried out , " select one branch of our manufacture for remark . I think there are circumstances connected with the _manuf _veture of merinos that call for particular notice ; itis , moreover , a branch of national industry with which Mr . William Rand must be well acquainted . It is very remarkable that , while the measures of government have tended very much to depress that branch of British manufacture , it has received the honour of her Majesty ' s patronage .

      Before the tariff' of 1846 , great improvement was made in the English merinos . Those improvements wero suddenly checked by that tariff . The low price of wool , the great want of work , and the s mpathy of the Queen , who , early in this year , ordered the ladies attending her Majesty ' s drawing rooms to appear in articles of British manufacture , _encouraged the revival of the attempts to improve the manufacture , which have resulted in producing meriuos of finer quality than those of France . Mr . William Walker , of Bradford , Yorkshire , has produced the most superb article , which has entirely removed prejudice from buyers , and even foreign buyers admit its decided superiority . The price is higher than that of thc finest forei gn merinos . Her Majesty has been pleased to patronise that manufacture , and is supplied therewith by _Mossrs . Itichard Brook and Co . of Bradford .

      Merinos were originally _manufactured in Saxony They are now made in England ( princi pally in Yorkl shire ) , Scotland , France , and Saxony . They are produced from German , French , English , and Australian wool . The principal consumption of merinos is in England and her dependencies . Europe and America aro also consumers . Beforo the Free-trade tariff of 184 G , an import duty of 15 to 20 per cent , was charged here on foreign merinos . France prohibited the introduction of English merinos , and granted a bounty of 10 per cent , on the export of French merinos to England . Germany and America charged a duty of about 30 per cent , on all merinos imported . Under these regulations , tha manufacture of

      merinos in Yorkshire and other parts of Great Britain increased and waa generally remunerating The French , having the " fashion" in their favour wove enabled te pay the dut y , but only on the finest qualities . As nearly as can . bo computed , the number of men women , and children then employed in the manufacture of merinos in Yorkshire and other home _disrni _^ _,, 80 , 000 ' j" Vt ! \ and Sa * ° _« 7 about 50 , 000 Tho _eapitol © jnplc-yed in that branch in Great _Britem was supposed to be about £ 5 , 000 , 000 in Saxony and France , about £ 3 , 000 , 000 . In 1840 tho duty charged in England was entirely abandoned The French have latel y increased the bounty on their exported merinos from 10 to Io Der cent . _r

      The import duty in Germany and America remains the same as before , about 80 per cent . The wages of labour in France are ' 30 to 40 nor cent , lower than m England . They have disadvantages in coal , Ac ., wluch amount to about half tho difference in _wageB . Some idea may be formed of tho value of continental labour ( and of the price to which _English 1 ST Tl \ J ° _- re by CODJ Ptition _therewith bv the fact that , m building a brid ge over the Danube 2 , 000 persons were _empfoyed at _^ d . each per day t ' The worshippers of tho god « Cheapness" will in _wUL C 3 wn * "l ucnt on ««¦* disparities

      The capital of £ 5 , 000 000 , and tho labour of 1 il , _H-n _, - _>^ lded « flair of which Mr Wil-SpS-7 S ° nU 5 h _J'Wtiw aad so much force

      To The People Of England. Letter Xi. Fel...

      Tha Enfrlish government _haye thus given a groafc _impotus to the French trade in merinos , as well as a favourable position to tho Saxons ; and now , not only the fine , ' but the middle and low qualities of French and Saxon maitufacture inundate one markets , flow into every town of importance , and are to be found , instead of English merinos , in almost evory British draper s shop ! At the same time thc English manufacture has encountered a withering blast from its own government ; many thousands of the people ( forming a part of those masses of unemp loyed operatives alluded to by Mr William Rand ) , hitherto engaged in tho manufacture of merinoa being now sustained out of the poors' rates , and many hundreds of thousands of pounds invested in mills , warehouses , cottages , and otherwise , inthe manufacture of merinos , having been destroyed by an act of our own government . rri , « T >„_ i : „ l . _< _vn ,, n * nmnnt _hnvp thllS [ rimn . 1 (

      _Trnif-The manufacture of merinos in Britain , _wheTO continued , is now almost profitless , not because ours is an inferior article , but because our wages are higher than those of our rivals , and our government is resolved to maintain an unequal corn-It would , I think , be very difficult to find another peop le that would designate such proceedings "common sense . " . ,., ., „ The En'dish market is now inundated with French merinos of all qualities . They are _^ so much " cheaper " than our own that they ( the French ) sell readil y overv p iece they send , whilst our own manufacturers are left just to supp ly the residue , _lowered in price bv these imports nearly to their prices . Our skill , labour , and cap ital are thus rendered valueless bv the act of our own government , who ,

      when complaint is made , taunt their victims with a sarcastic jeer , saying , " Surely you can manufacture as cheaply as vour rivals I " Is it asked—What have these facts to do with our presont question , we having now to suposo that all duties and bounties are removed , that there is " a clear stage and no favour ?" I allude to those circumstances because they formed the subject of conversation a few weeks ago , with a kind friend , who was in 1846 extensively connected with the manufacture of merinos . Ha was justly complaining of the robbery of himself and his workpeople by the English government allowing the free importation of French merinos , when the French government prohibited the introduction of English merinos , and granted a bounty of 15 per cent , on the exportation of their own .

      " I ask for no protection , "' said my friend , " only g ive me a clear stage , even-handed reci procity , and I should , as an English manufacturer , be ashamed of myself if I could not moet my foreign rivals ia any market . But it is too bad to be forced b y our own government into such unequal competition with the French in our own market , when we are prohibited , on anv terms , f rom entering the French market !"— " My friend , " I replied , "the question is not whether ' you would be ashamed' or no ; but the solemn question you hare to ask yourself is , could I afford , in equal competition with the French or other rivals , whose wages are so very much lower than those I have given—could I afford to give my workpeop le such wages as would fairl y remunerate them for their skill and labour , remembering that no manufacture can be nationally advantageous that does not allow a sufficiency for those employed therein V

      That observation gave a new current to my friend's thoughts . It is in that direction , fellowcountrymen , I wish your thoughts to flow ; now , while leaving things as they are , I would turn your attention to the period when duties and bounties will be no more . A vulgar error has been planted in the national mind , viz ., an idea that our manufacturers need HO protection—that the landlords and farmers were unreasonable in requiring what was said to be an _evolutive protection , _t would eradicate that untrue supposition by showing that our manufacturers cannot be nationally beneficial if they are not protected ; in fact , that every nation must , to secure prosperity , protect its industry . Under the system of absolute freedom , there are only two modes of procedure for thc choice of tha manufacturers of merinos . They must either at

      once yield the palm to the " cheapest producers , or , acting in the spirit of rivalry , drive the competition to its utmost limit , until those manufacturers who can exist on the lowest possible wages and profits should destroy the property and tin ; value of the labour of their vanquished rivals , and thus gain tho prize . I will endeavour , without exaggeration , to show the effects that would be produced in cither case . Should the first sacrifice be preferred , thc British manufactuaers would immediately prepare for a retreat . They would adopt the most prudent measures for releasing their capital from an unprofitable employment , and , as soon as possible , engage it in some gainful occupation . The 80 , 000 persons forming the body engaged in our manufacture of merinos would strive to find another craft , wherein profit , or better wages , would be their reward .

      Of course , great loss and destruction of property would be consequent on these changes . Without doubt , terrible sacrifices would be made by those 30 , 000 unhappy individuals . According to thc doctrine of the Economists , those evils are more than counterbalanced b y the gain resulting . Cheap merinos would be the universal reward ; and the maxim , "The few must lose for the gain ofthe many , being admitted among the lessons taught by " common sense , " those "few" must not repine ! How different are those lessons taught by the unerring Spirit of Truth!— "Love worketh no ill to his nei ghbour , " and , "As you would that others should do unto you , do ye even so to them . " On

      that princi ple , " the many " ( the consumers of merinos ) would prefer to pay rather more _mons-y for their dresses than drive "the few" ( the 80 , 000 of "their nei ghbours" ) into so much suffering . But mark the retributive hand of justice ! It ia not clear gain to " thc many . " In the transit , those 80 , 000 persons would become verv burdensome , "eating up" the ratepayers , " crowding the gaols , " increasing the army of the discontented _, and requiring troops and police to watch their movements and check their crimes . Those costs are never calculated by the " philosophers ; " thev do , notwithstanding , form a yerv heavy drawback from the profit made by "the many" at the expense of " the few . " *

      When those losses have been incurred , and the season of trial and of suffering is ended , the remnant ot those people and of that capital will have found employment in sonic other branch of industry , which may , in its turn , be required to yield to the cheapness of a forei gn rival ! I need * trace their wanderings no farther . It is enough—merinos are now " cheap" all over the world . t _i _?^ p _r ! t 0 Mr * W - lland - UaTe " - exaggerated _? 1 think I have fairly stated tho case should the firrt alternative bo adopted .

      _r-nnn _^ A _^ howcTCr * ima g that the owners of £ o , 000 , 000 , of British capital , and that 80 , 000 British operatives will _quietly surrender to the owners of £ 3 , 000 , 000 of forei gn capital , and 50 , 000 foreign operatives . I think the second mode of action will be adopted-that the god " Cheapness " will urge his votaries to engage in the strife of competition for the mastery—and that years of struggles , of losses , and depressions will be eon « e-• iction ° ° ad 0 pti 0 n of tho free Princi ples © f Space is wanting else I would now watch the operations in that field of strife ! l This part of tho subject is too intercstin ° - to be merely glanced at . Tho cxtremo foll y of those who fancied the manufacturers of England needed no protection is proved thereb y . l The subject shall be resumed in my next . I am , Englishmen , Th » friend of your manufacturers , „ ,. „ _.,., _Ilic-iARD _Oastibr , Fulham , Middlesex .

      A Novel Fromcutiox. -At Th« Woodstock Pe...

      A Novel _FRomcuTiox . -At th « Woodstock Petty Sessions , last week , Robert Barton , 'huxterer " of _Ensham , wa 3 charged , on the comp laint of Ilenry Jordan , _'whee-ofheer of that plaee , under the Lord ' smm- of hff * t ? cmber _excised certain worldly la-Itfn _^ V _^ l _^ J eUin » half p _enny worth of cakes to Josiah Wall , of that place . The case created considerable interest , and thc room was crowded . Mr . _YMignor , solicitor , Oxford , conducted the de * 5 S , V CaSC ' i an , ¥ * IIunt of Witney , thc complainants on behalf of the police inspectors of r _^ _vm _^ ' t 0 , n lm Wn nned h Y * hc Ber- W- S lnicknell , tho clergyman of the villa-re , on similar charges , and removed the _proceeding Into the court

      _ZrliT _, \ rZ ' Betorc the Pro _^ nt case was gone into , Mr . Wagner referred te thc former proceedings being about to bo argued in a superior court , and urged tho magistrate * not to decide others wi the decision of the court above was known . Mr . Hunt urged that the case should be proceeded with , on tho _. ground that Barton b y keeping his shop open ior sale on Sundays caused others to have excuses tor SO doing , but offered to allow the ease to stand over provided the defendant would not in the mean time offend . This promise was not given , and the complaint was heard . It was proved that the boy

      named did buy a half pennyworth of eakes on the day in question . Mr Wagner submitted tliat it was not an offenco within the act in question , and that tl * 0 selling of cakes to children was not contemplated by it . The magistrates postponed their decision till after the decision of tlie Court of Queen ' s Bench shall havo been recorded . [ Why should the " Lord's Day Act" of the infamous Charles II . lie allowed to remain on the statute-book ? Why does not Parliament do its duty by repealing snob ' abominable laws ? —Ed . N . S . ] Fullness of Jot . —A _ gentleman observed to hia wife that sho wa _$ beautiful , youthful , _plentiful , and anamiful _, *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 20, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20011849/page/6/