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      Ireland. State Of Tnh Country. Destituti...

      returning home leaving some wheat at Ennis mill to be ground into flour for the use of his family . Ano ther poor man named _Whelan , who had also brought in an ass load of wheat for the same purpose , had his ass shot at Cranoher , when returning home . What is peculiarly _distressing with regard to such outrage .- * ia the confidence with which these lawles ruffians perform their deeds of violence . —Clare Journal .

      PROSPECTS OF THE SHALL FAR 1 _IEIIS . A parish priest in Down draws a very gloomy picture of the condition to which the small farmers arc likely to be reduced by the failure of the _petato crop , even in the eoun ' y of Down , which may be called the garden of Irish agriculture . The reverend g entleman also points out the absurdity of exp ecting permanent , or indeed any matcril benefit , to result from the undoubted sacrifices made by some proprietor s in the diminution of their annual incomes . Speaking of the baronies of if caghhe thus writes :-

      —, "This portion of country is not an unfavourable specimen of an _agricultural population ; there is in it much -vealth , great industry , unquestiona ble _morally , general snbrictv , and strict honesty . Ihe Ian i for the ino-t part h good , aud comparatively well cultivated . It may , therefore , be fairly assumed , that , if the small fanner is verging upon rum here , he cannot be better off elsewhere throughout the kingdom . Yet it is an undeniable fact that this class strug _<* leil through last year , after paying their rent , b obtaining meal and other necessaries , upon the

      y credit which rheir habitual honesty had earned for them with the shopkeepers ; but more frequently they were compelled to have recourse to the unfeeling usurer ; and , owing to the failure of tho potato crop , this second year , they are unable to meet their demands . Their credit , too , is annihilated , and they ars to be left without resource . It may be said that fiey have their cattle stock to fall back upon ; ay " , out what will seed their land ? Would it be for the interests of the landlords , or society , to permit this most useful and industrious class to sink into the

      mass of pauperism , to which 4 , 000 , 000 of our peo-. de are already reduced ?" Thk Queen ' s College is _Ujlsteb . —The government have consented to endow four additional professors of theology , for the education of candidates for the ministry , in connexion with the General Assembly of tho Presbyterian Church in Ireland , at a salary of £ 250 a year each . Two professors have also been appointed for the Unitarian body ; to teach , of course , Unitarian theology : the _students of the latter seldom exceed seven or eight each year .

      _R"kpboductit _£ _Wokks . —At a late presentment sessions held in Ennis , for the barony of Island , a memorial was forwarded to the Lord-Lieutenant , praying that hia Excellency would issue a proclamation for holding a second sessions for the consideration of new and reproductive works for the employment of the destitute labouring poor of the district . The answer was unfavourable , his Lordship thought the £ 17 . 000 already granted for public works in that barony would be found sufficient lo meet the distress of the winter months .

      Kerry .- —The practice of killing sheep by night , and taking away the carcases , is becoming very general in parts of this county—more particularly at the Ken-mare side of the county , in two or three cases the police have discovered mutton well salted , concealed in old dry ditches . —Kerry Evening Post . Alleged Military Outrage . —The Cork Examiner has the following , in reference to a most disgusting outrage alleged to have been committed upon a female of light cha-acter by two officers ofthe 67 th

      Regiment;" An application was made on Saturday evening last , and that in a very peremptory manner , bv Colonel _Bereafor _l , ou thc part of Lieutenant-General Turner , Commander of the District , to his worship the Mayor , for a copy of the informations sworn in th ; case of 'Mary Anne Waterman v . two gentlemen bearing Her Majesty ' s Commission in the 67 th Regiment of the line . * Iiis worship , after consulting some of his brother magistrates , granted the application , an ! by this time the informations are on their way to the Horse Guards . " _Goversment Aid . —Seed Urn — The Belfast Chronicle savs : —

      " Atthereque 3 tof anumber of _resL _^ _- _^ table farmers in the lower part of the county oi Antrim , Mr . George Macartney , of _Lissauoure Castle , applied to the authorities at Dublin Castle , to know whether it was their intention to supply seed rye , at cost price , fo small farmers in the north of _Irel-md . The reply , we understand , was to the effect that Government intended to limit their supply of rye seed to the sowers in the south and west of Ireland , thereby leaving the poor occuniers of the north altogether io their own resources . "

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      Fisb . —The extensive farm of Mr . Palmer , near Salisbury , was discovered on fire on Monday morning ; the wind was brisk , and the whole of the ricks and barus were consumed . The origin of the fire -was accidental , and arose from one ot the carters placing an unprotected candle too close to a wooden partition that separated the stable from a large barn containing upwards of 30 tons of straw . The wind being brisk , a current oi air attracted the flame through an aperture , and instantly ignited the whole heap . Short norms . —The hours off business have been considerably shortened in most of the principal merchants and factors warehouses in Wolverhampton .

      _Cixr _Impbotbhexts . —A meeting of the inhabitants of the ward of Farringdon Without , was held on Wednesday , at the New Court , Old Bailey , for the purpose of taking into consideration and protesting against the recently proposed enormous outlay ofthe corporation funds in the formation of ( a new street , whilst the conservation of the health of the citizens generally , and of the poorer fellow citizens especially , demanded the adoption of the be-t means for securing snch sanitary regulations as the present painful exigencies of the case _required . Resolutions in accordance with the object of the meeting were adopted , as wis also a memorial to the Common Council , which was ordered to be entrusted to Dr . Lynch for presentation .. The Represkstatiox of Bath . —Itis contemplated to bring forward Lord Ashley , as a Conservative candidate for Bath at the next election .

      _La oxch of the _jSiger Steam Sloop . —On Wednesday _moraim- _* , the _Siger , steam sloop , designed and built by Mr . Lang , master shipwright , was launched from Woolwieh _Dockyard . _Revmt ik theBosman Districts . —We find the following in the Agram Gazette of the 3 rd : — "The neighbouring Bosnian district ! are in full revolt against their governor . The soul of the rebellion is the Cadi of Bihac , Mehemed Bey Rnstaubegowitz , who has before been at the head of a revolt , and whom the Pasha had vainly endeavoured to remove from Bihac . Lately the party in opposition to him had assembled at Casta , and summoned the Cadi to lay down his office , and go to tlv * Pasha at Trawnick .

      But the Cadi suddenly appeared among the Bosniacs , and convinced them that they were in the wrong . They thereupon abandoned their leader , who surrendered at discretion . On October 12 , the Cadi marched , with a great number of his partisans , towards Oloka and Zezersko , and ordered each proprietor to send _^ an armed man to join him . On October 15 he arrived at Novi with numerous followers , and ou the 20 th had nnder his command from 5 , 000 to 6 , 000 men . Several Turks who attempted to make resistance , were taken and thrown into prison , and their houses burnt to the ground . The Turks of Banyaluka , it is said , made common cause with the Cadi , but bis real intentions are not yet known . At all eveuts this state of things interrupts the

      course of commerce on the frontiers . - " Frightfdj _* . _Suicibe . — On Tuesday evening Mr . Wm . Payne held an inquest at Mr . Cross ' s , the George , Beech-street , Barbican , on the body of Mr . Benjamin Henry Croot , aged fifty-nine , lately re-Biding at No . 11 , Bridgewater-square . City Police Constable , No . 15 , said that on the evening of Sunday last , about eight o ' clock , he was sent for to the house in which the deceased resided , and found him lying on the floor of his bed-room , with blood flowing from his body . A sword was lying near bim , and also a , knife , both of which were besmeared with blood William Lovell said that he had been in the service

      ofthe deceased about nine years . Whilst he was in the room adjoining his master's sleeping apartment he heard a heavy fall , and upon going into the bedroom he found deceased on the floor . He lifted him , and held him up until tlie police and two surgeons arrived . A sword was on a chair , and the point projected over the elbow . Mr . John Bellingham Great Cambridge-street , Hrggerstone , said deceased lately entered into partnership with him , having left the service of Messrs . Harmers and Pearsons for that purpose . He considered that the leaving his situation and entering into business bad preyed on his mind . Verdict " * Temporary Insanity . "

      Bigamy . —Avery respectably-dressed female , tbe wife o' Mr . John Tyson , the proprietor of an extensive shoe-shop , iu Liverpool , was last week brought before Mr . _Rushton , on a charge of bigamy . The prisoner wore her black veil so much over her ffaee , that it was with difficulty that a glimpse of her features could be gained . She seemed to be about fort v years of age , and remarkably well-looking . Mr . James _tTyson deposed tbat he was present when she was married to bis brother John , on the 30 th of October , 1327 , at St . Mary ' s Church , Edgo-hiil , by the Rev . Mr . _Swainson . Thc prisoner continued to live with his brother until within the last four or

      five years , when they separated . In cross-examination , the witness stated that the prisoner had not had a family to keep . J . Simpson , clerk at St . Martin ' s church , stated that he had not known the prisoner prior to thu morning of the 10 th instant , when she called at tho church and was married to a person of the name of Thomas Holmes , by the Rev . Mr . Harper , the curate . She stated herself to be a widow , and «& ve her maiden name , Lydia Martin . Witness produced a copy of the second marriage certificate . Thc prisoner , who declined to say a word in her defence , was committed for trial . — Liverpool ChroiiicVi .

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      MONDAY . _MASSION-HOUSB . — " Magsmen . ' _'— -Three men , _wlio looked like farmers , but have been long known as victiini-SerS Of country people , alias " n . _ajjsmeri , " were charged with having robbed a countryman of seventeen £ 10 notes . Inspector Woodruffe stated , that a countryman named Smith , who is at present in Edinburgh , was , on the 13 th Of October , robbed of £ 170 , which he had just received at the Bank , and there was good reason for believing tbat the prisoners , who were known to be constantly associated together , were concerned in the robbery , which took place in Barnard ' s Inn coffee-house , immediately after the return ofthe countryman from tbe City , to and from which he had been accompanied by one of the fellows at the bar . Two policemen had followed the prisoners from _Cheapeide to London Bridge , iu the expectation that others ofthe gang to which the prisoners notoriously be ' onced would join them . Su other p _.-irt

      of the gang , however , appeared , and the witness took tin three men into custod y , and conveyed them _totliest-. _ition-house , whereupon one of them was found several counterfeit sovereigns , and upon anoilier some humbug bank notes , which had the appearance of being the issue of the Brank of England , but were manufactured in tie mint of the Bank of Elegance ; and a puck of cards was also found _, which had no doubt been played oft' on ninny a poor countryman . A lad , who had been potboy at the Barnard ' s Inn Coffeehouse at the time the cuHutryiiinii was robbed , stated that two of the prisouc-rs had been sitting with the countryman , while the third was at Unbar , aud that a stamp was sentfor , and the prisoners sud denly disappeared all together leaviHg the countryman without bis money . The prisoners wtre remanded _, llillington , who is G 2 years of age , is very clever at imitating provincial dialects , so that he is considered a sure card with a countryman .

      Dabing _Roberbv . at a Jewelleb's . —Henry Gibbs and John Ireland were charged with burglary . The shopman to Kr . Mott , of Cheapside , jeweller , stated that between three and four on Saturday he heard a knocking and smashing at thc window , and saw the glass broken . Gibbs put his hand into the window , and took out one of the three gold watches produced . The witness ran out and seized Ireland in tbe act of taking his hand from the window , Gibbs was stopped by another person , and was seen throwing a watch , value £ 12 15 s ., with great violence upon the pavement , and a watch dropped from Ireland , value £ 10 5 s . Immediately afterwards a third watch was picked up by a gentleman in the gutter on the spot where Ireland was apprehended . The value of the third watch was £ 13 16 s . Committed for trial .

      _SOUTHWARK Dabing Stbeet Robbebt . —* Cor nelius Collins , a stout young fellow , with the gunpowder marks between bis forefinger and thumb denoting that he belonged to a gang infesting the south side of thc water , called tbe " forty thieves , ' ' was charged witb having been concerned in a highway robbery attended with violence . William Everett , tbe captain ofa steam vessel , stated tbat on Sunday night he and bis wife were walking np _Tooley-s . treet together , when they arrived at that part ofthe street near the wall of the Dover railway his wife walked on a little in advance , and she had scarcely left his arm when the prisoner and two other men rushed upon him from behind . lie attempted to defend himself , but the prisouer rushed upon him in front and struck

      him a blow in the mouth tbat knocked him down , and while he was falling a snatch was made at his watcli , which was torn away from the guard chain with tbe violence of the pull , and at that moment his assailants ran away . Previously , however , to the attack , he observed tbe prisoner and his two associates pass in a contrary direction , and they must have turned round and followed him until he came near the railroad , at which spot it is darker than in any other part of the street . Policeman 71 M _, stated that hearing the cry of " Stop thief , " and seeing three men running with great speed up Tooley . street , he succeeded in securing the prisoner , who exclaimed " that they were only running for a lark , and implored him to let him go . " The magistrate committed the prisoner for trial _.

      GUILDHALL . _—SuspiciocsMasqderaders —Two per . sons who had been masquerading in female attire , were charged with stealing a pin from Frederick Newhurst , of Newcastle-street , Strand . One of them appeared at the bar in walking costume , and the other bad thrown away the false curls , and turn up the bonnet and dress , and appeared iu a shirt , but still he had the shawl to protect him from the cold , and from the waist he was still clothed like a woman . Among the articles tbey had cast off in . the cell were a pair of stays . The one who still wore Uncomplete dress , and who gave the name of Emma Anderson at the station , now said his proper name was John Anderson , and Jane Wilson became Edward Sulli van . The latter was recognised as a strolling tumbler . A City policeman , stated that he saw the two prisoners standing on _Holborn-hill with a gentleman about

      halfpast twelve ou Sunday night . After walking a few yards op the hill , Sullivan stopped for a " [ couple of minutes aad then overtook her companion again . They immediately left the gentlemen , crossed thc street , and turned up Shoe-lane . From their leaving the street he suspected tbey had robbel the gentleman . In a few minutes a constable came up with the gentleman and " said he had been robbed of a pin , and the prisoners were overtaken in Shoe-lane . The pin was not found . One of them wore silk stockings , and had long black hair , and their true sex not being suspected , a female was directed to search them thoroughly . The searcher very soon cried out , " officer , come in—they are both men , " and she was relieved from further trouble . The gentlemen did not appear that morning to support his charge . Mr . Alderman IfUfgrove asked the prisoners why they had assumed this

      disguise ? Anderson , who has rather a feminine voice , said it was _altogether a false charge preferred by the gentleman , because , knowing they were not women , they would not let him pull them about . They dressed as females by nay of a joke , to prove that they would dare to walk t : i the Angel , at Islington , in that dress . They had been as far as that place , and were returning , without speaking to any one , when the gentleman accosted them . Mr . Alderman Musgrove said , he should be happy to be convinced the whole was a joke , but he was apprehensive that they really intended to lure men to their haunts , under the pretence of being women , for some dreadful purpose . Such gross outrages upon the public decency and feeling must be checked in time , and he should remand them till Friday that the police might make a full inquiry into their past lives and habits . They were conveyed to gaol in a cab , amidst the jeers of

      a crowd . On Friday the prisoners were again brought up , and committed for trial ou the charge of stealing a gold l > ia from Wm , Parry of Houghton-street , Clare market .

      TUESDAY . MARLBOROUGII . STREET . —Bbutal Assault on an Oid Woman . —David Cleary was charged with having brutally kicked Rebecca Martin , an infirm woman upwards of seventy years of age . The complainant said she was standing in little Earl-street , Seven Dials , the previous evoning , when the prisoner , who was a perfect stranger to her , came up and said , " Well , old woman , what ' s the matter now V She replied that he must know best ; and this answer having given offence to the urisoner , he deliberately kicked her on the lower part of her person . He was about to repeat his unmanly assault wben a soldier , who was passing , came to her assistance ,

      and protected ber . -Her cries having attracted the attention of the police , two constables now made their appearance . The prisoner immediately attacked them , and it required the united efforts of three or four ofthe force before the prisoner could be overpowered and lodged in the station-house . Mr , Long said tbe assault on the aged complainant was most cruel and unmanly in its character , and for this he should inflict the full fine of £ 5 , or two months' imprisonment . It had also _bsen proved that the prisoner had attempted to strike one constable and had actually struck another . For the latter assault he should send the prisoner to prison for one month without fine .

      THAMES-STREET , —Assault , —Daniel M'Fadden , a powerful man , was brought before Mr . Broderip on a charge of assaulting Mr . Arthur Browning , who keeps a coffee house at Ratcliff-highway . The complainant whose jaws were tied up , aud who appeared to have sustained a very serious injury , stated tbat on the evening of the _Stli inst ., several panes of glass in the front of his house were wantonly smashed , he went out to see the offender , and a young man was pointed out to him as the person who had done the mischief , lie asked him for payment , and tbe man refused to make any compensation , and swore at him ; a mob collected , who behaved in a very disorderly manner , and the man who had broken the windows retreated into a bouse in a narrow alley called Blue Anchor-court , Ratcl ' ff ; he was about to follow him and tbe prisoner intercepted bim and stopped him , and asked

      him who he was ; an old woman , who was present , and who knew complainant , said "Its only the tallyman . " The prisoner looked miuutely into complainant's face , and after scanning over bis features drew himself up , and struck him a tremendous blow on the face with his clenched fist , and said , " take that for a tallyman . " His mouth was severely cut , and his under lip divided by the blow , which also loosened two or three of his teeth ; he bled profusely , and while staggering under the _effects of the blow he received another on the jaw which nearly dislocated it ; the prisoner then ran away ; he remained upon tbe spot some time , and thc prisoner soon afterwards returned in another dress ; he attempted to secure him , in which he was frustrated by several of his companions , and the fellow got away ; he afterwards learnt his name , and that be was a coahvhipper , and obt ? . ned a warrant against him . The defendant asked Mr . Browning if he couUl swear he was the person who struck him ? ami he replied in the affirmative . Thc

      complrmant added that he had been very -U ever since he was strnck , and had great difficulty in eating anything ; he was obliged to feed _hiins'lf with liquids for several days afterwards by means of a spoon . The prisoner said be was not thc man who struck the tallyman , and had two witnesses to provo it . Mr . Broderip sa d , as the case would be one of mistaken identity he should send it to the sessions . Mr , Browning said he was a collector for a linendraper and was called a tallyman ; he wished the ease tobe disposed of summarily ; lie bad a witness in attendance who would prove M'Fadden was the person who struck him : he had no time to attend the sessions . Mr . Broderip said , if the defendant had been guilty ofthe assault attributed to him , it was one of too serious a character to be disposed of summarily - morr over , the defendint stoutly denied ho was the person who struck the blows , fcr these reasons he should send the case to a Jury ; the defendant _wes then held to beil himself in £ 20 . and two sureties of £ 10 each ,

      Monday. Massion-Housb.—" Magsmen.''—-Thr...

      _SOUTHWARK . —Attempted Mdbdeh at Islington . —The dangercus state of Mrs . Haines , the woman whose life was recently attempted by George Wiltnot , in tho magistrate ofthe Clerkenweil Court to visit her on Monday for the puruoseaf taking her depositions . At six o'clock in th _^ evening Mr . Greenwood arrived at the cottage of Mrs . Haines , who was found l ying in a most _deplorabli condition . The cottage is situated in a most solitary place , a long , and dismal alley leading from the Liverpool Road to Pocock ' s Fields , adjacent to the spot where the late Mr . Templeman was murdered , and at tho northern extremity of the road . Every arrangement having been made , thc prisoner was brought in , and placed at the foot of tbe bedstead , where he had a clear view ef Mrs . Haines , who viewed him with evident terror , whilst he seemed to shun her and turn aside . Mr .

      Greenwood inquired whether she knew the name of the prisoner t Mr , Haines ( faintly ) : I believe his name is Wilmot . In answer to further Questions , she replied—He formerly kept this house . On Saturday evening last , between five and six o ' clock , I was alone in the parlour _jrntting my husband ' s supper ready , when I heard a tap at the window . The door was fastened . It was very dark , I wilt to the window , and inquired , "Who is there V Tiie prisoner replied , "It is me , " I said , " Hallo , muster , is it you ; is anyboily with you 1 " Ho said , " No , 1 am alone , " I opened the door . He entered and placed his back against it , He said , 1 want a bit of paint if your husband has got a bit to give me . 1 said he has gotnone , and asked him to sit down . I asked him to have some tobacco . He took some . There was an iron candlestick on the table with a lighted candle . Ho smoked _about h ' ve

      minutes . He said , you will be too late with your husband ' s supper . Igot up to put the meat in the saucepan . I turned round and was going towards the fireplace when I heard the _prisiner ' s footstep behind me . I turned round and he looked very pale . I felt very much frightened when suddenly the light disappeared , and I felt a tremendous blow on my head , I screamed " Murder , " and he struck me with some instrument on the head , which cut me six or seven timeB . He struck me repeatedly on the head . I must have received upwards of a dozen blows . I bad my bonnet on at the time . ne got me into the comer of the _roon-i and beat me on the head ; he caught me by the throat , and I thought he would have killed me . The prisoner , who seemed quite perturbed and agitated , here turned pale , walked about , exclaiming , " Oh ,

      dear ! ob , dear ; " at length he seated himself on a trunk in the room , and hid his face in his hat , stooping down—Witness : I struggled witb him , and got his head under my arm , and I had strength enough left to drag bim to tbe door , and opened it . ' I cried " Murder " as well as I could , when he ran off , leaving me Insensible . —Mr . Greenwood : Did he ever talk to you of money , as if he wished to fish out of you whether you carried money about you t—Witness : On Friday night he called and he asked how we thought we should pass our Christinas . I told him my husband had resolved on going into the country to see his father and mother , and it would cost him £ 6 . About a month ago my cousin was robbed . He said he was surprised we bad not been robbed . I told him there was no fear of that , as I always carried my money in my pockets . I occasionally lent the prisoner money , a sovereign at a time , because we thought he had met with misfortunes . —Mr . Greenwood : Did ho say anything while he was beating you ?—Witness : He never

      said a word from the first to the last , My shoulders , my stays , and all my clothes were soaked with blood . My nose bled very much . Mr . Greenwood inquired if the prisoner wished to ask the witness any questions ?—Prisoner ( tremulously ) : Ask her if she said anything to m * about any man that used to call here . —Witness : I never did say anything about any man . —Prisoner : Ask her if she never said she would give information to the parish officers that I deserted my wife , and cause my arrest?— . Witness : I never did anything ofthe kind . — Prisoner : Ask her if she did not seize me by the throat . —Mr . Mould ( to Mrs . Haines ) : I suppose you considered it a death struggle to save your life ?—Mrs . Haines : I did so . She added , the first blow he struck her was on the front of the head . She here became very Weak and her examination was closed . The prisouer was then conveyed to tbe House of Correction , under the commitment of the magistrate . The prisoner is said to have been formerly a lieutenant in the navy ; he is about five feet four inches high , thin , pale , aud fifty five years of age .

      Singular Case _« f thbeatened suicide , — "William Jones , a man about thirty years of'age , was charged on his own confession with having stolen a half-pint measure atthe Elephant and Castle , at Newington _, and also with having threatened to destroy himself . Policeman 196 M , stated , that while on duty iu Hig h Street tbe preceding afternoon , the prisoner walked up to him and said that he had stolen a half-pint measure out of the tap-room of the Elephant aud Castle , atthe same time , producing the article , and added that he committed the offence for the purpose of being sent to gaol . He then insisted on being taken into custody , and threatened that if ho was not taken to the station-house , he should certainly lay violeut hands upon himself , aud that he had prepared to do the deed with a knife which he had sharpened for the purpose , if he was not apprehended for the former offence . The prisoner appeared to be perfectly sober at the station house he complained of being in the depth of distress , in fact , starving , and he took the measure with

      the view of procuring the shelter ofa gaol in preference to wandering about the streets , and sleeping in the miserable receptacles for tbe casual poor in the workhouses . In answer to Mr . Seeker , the prisoner said he was brought up to no profession or trade , that he was a native of Bristol , in which city his father , who was well known and respected , resided up to tbe period of his decease . He came up from Bristol in the expectation ot finding something to do in London , but having _completely failed in all his applications , he was reduced to such a state of distress , that he adopted the alternative of committing a felony , in order to be sent to prison . He admitted that he meditated self-destruction if he had not succeeded in being taken into custody . He was adjudged to find bail , himself in 401 ., and two sureties of 201 . each for three months , for threatening to commit suicide . Prisoner expressed his gratitude , saying that he would have shelter , and not be compelled to apply for admission into the workhouse .

      WEDNESDAY . MARYLEBONE . — John Graves was charged with having stolen nearly £ 40 , the property of Ml ' . James Ilawkins , a grocer , residing at Burfield , Berks . The prosecutor stated that , on Tuesday , he came up from Peterborough by railway , and reached the Eustonsquare terminus about noon . He was a perfect stranger to Loudon , and ou making his egress through the gates he saw the prisoner , of whom he inquired the way to the Paddington station . He ( prisoner ) volunteered to show him , and they proceeded on together ; they at length went into a public-house , and he paid prisoner Is . Cd . for his trouble , aud they had sometiling to drink . While in the room , prosecutor fell asleep , and on awaking , ho found that hia moneybag , which contained 38 sovereigns , a half-sovereign , and

      silrer , had been stolen from the side pocket of his coat ; the prisoner had also left the place . Prosecutor added , that when paying for the drink , he took some silver from the bag , and the prisoner had therefore an opportunity of noticing that there was a great deal of money in it . Curtis , 43 S , stated that , from information which he had received relative to the robbery , he felt satisfied that the prisoner was the man who was " wanted , " and on going to his lodgings , found him in bed ; wituess took hiin into custody , and while he was dressing , he found between the bed and the sacking a bag in which were 33 sovereigns and a half . The amount in question was produced by the officer , and prosecutor _. _' on looking at the bag , said it was not his ; he , however , was quite certain that the prisoner was the man by whom he was

      plundered . It was further shown that the prisoner had , upon a former occasion , been convicted , and that he had been also charged at this Court with robbing a sailor , under circumstance nearly similar to the preceding . The prisoner ' s answer to the charge was , that the money was all his own , and that he had received it from a friend who wished him to pay for a quantity of _potatoes . HiB friend was now in the country , aud he was therefore unable to produce him lit _prt-BUllt . His Only reason for leaving the house , which was near the Paddington station , wa ? , that he was fearful , if he stayed any longer , he should have been unable to have walked home , as prosecutor seemed to cure not a pin as to what he exp . uded . The prisoner was remanded . till Saturday .

      THURSDAY . MARYLEBONE . —John Lestor , clerk to Messrs . Deacon and Co ., "White Hor 6 e , Cripplegate , aud who , as carriers , have extensive warehouses at the Camden-town station ofthe London and _North-Wnstcrn Railway Company , was placed at the bar before Mi . Long , on the charge of having committed numerous robberies . The prisoner , who was a night clerk , was , at 7 o ' clock in the morning ofthe 12 th instant , met in the Hampstead-road , at which lime he was coming in the direction from the station , and had with him a brown paper parcel ; information was given to the foreman , and ou tbe prisoner being spoken to he denied having carried away any parcel at all . It was at length decided that he should be given into custody , and he was accordingly conveyed to the police station ; his apartments in

      llartland-terrace , Kentish-town , were subs quently _sea-ched , and in them were found two handsome shawls of Norwich manufacture , and also a new hat . The articles alluded to were now produced , as were also six expensive half shawls . The latter were picked up shortly after the prisoner was taken in charge , and were lying wrapped up in paper in thc path along which he ( prisoner ) was taken while in custody , and the supposition , therefore , was that he had dropped the said parcel , which at the period in question he hail in his possession . The property was identified as having been sent from various houses in the city to customers in different parts of the country , and it was stated that some persons to whom the goods were consigned had missed numerous articlesfrom tbe packages . Tin-prisoner was committed for trial on three distinct charges of robbery .

      HAMMERSMITH , —The Fall / if Houses at Brompton . Mr . Madden introduced to the notice ofthe mag istrate , a young girl , neatly dressed ill mourning , who , he said , was Catherine Casscy , aged twelve years , only child of James Cassey , who was killed by the fall of three houses in Alfred-place , West Thurloe-squarc , Old _Bromptoiii on Thursday , the 12 th instant . The girl whs previously motherless , anil by the unfortunate accident , was now an orphan , And without a relative or i ' t-ieud iu thu world ,. Since her father's' death , she had been taken euro of by Mrs . Bryan , a poor woman , _living in _Jciiiiiug ' s-buildiugH , who was herself a recipient of ptirochialrelief . Hehadadvisedherto take the girl to Messrs , Emmens , the builders , iu whose employ her father was , to

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      see if they would not do something for her , but all the * had done was to take her to a shop and give her a pair o shoes . He had , therefore , brought her before his worshij to see if he could enable him to gcthtr into some _asylun where she would be taken care of and putout in the world The poor girl appeared an intelligent child , but quiti broken down b y the calamity which hud befallen her ii the death of her only earthly protector . Mr . _Paynttl commented on the kindness of the woman Bryan , win was present , and advised Mr . Madden to try _Manor-housi establishment , Fulham , which he promised to do . Th < worthymagistrate also ordered Mrs . Bryan 54 . _fl'Om till court poor-box , which , he snid , was in reality a " poor box , being at tbe present moment , empty .

      FRIDAY . WORSHIP-STREET . —Mibebt and Ckimb . —Mr . Wil li » m Snell , a tradesman at Ipswich , made application ti Mr . Bingham , in great mental distress , for his adrio and assistance under the following peculiar circumstan _ces . The applicant stated , that about twelvemonths » g _< he received as a temporary lodger in _hishouseat lpswict a man named Charles Elson , who suddeuly took his de parture after a short residence , on the pretence that 111 w _» 3 called upon urgent business to London . During tlie period of his stay he had never observed any act of famili arity between the lodger and his wife , to whom he hac been married and lived on the most affectionate termi

      more than 20 years , but on his returning after a shorl absence , a few days subsequently be found that _sbc had absconded , with ber 3 children , and had carried off tin whole of the furniture in the place , He had been sine * engaged in incessant efforts to discover her retreat bui without success until the preceding evening , when he al length traced her to a house in Castle-street , Shoreditch i where he fouud her living under tho protection of thc man Elson , in apartments stocked with his ( applicant's ) own furniture . On remonstrating with them upon then perfidious conduct towards him , they both answered him . with derision and defiance , and hating pcrtina _. _cieusly refused to restore either his children or his property , he found it necessary to solicit tho magistrate ' s intervention . Mr . Bingham immediately directed

      Holland , the warrant officer , to accompany the applicant to the hou 8 o to adopt such measures as appeared most expedient under the circumstances of the case . — The officer soon afterwards returned and reported to the Bench that , on reaching the house , he found tbat hehad arrived too late , aa the woman and ber paramour had again absconded , delivering up the key ofthe place to the landlord , and removing the whole of the furniture ; but , after considerable difficulty , he had traced tbem to a lodging-house in Whitechapel , where he discovered the wife and children , with all the property , but her accomplice bad effected his escape . He had left the property _undtr the care of another officer , but a « tbe complainant positively refused to pardon _1-is erring

      wife , who was now abandoned by her paramour and hai no place of shelter , he had brought her and the _childrei to the Court to ascertain how they were to be disposed ol Mr . Bingham said , that the husband was clearly enti tied to exercise an absolute control over tbe children an all the furniture in the place that he could identify as hi own ; but nith regard to the wife , as the immoral condue she had pursued had reduced her to the condition of ; pauperjand absolved her husband from all legal liabilit for her future support , the only course now open to he was to apply to the parish for admission into the work house . The misguided woman , whose appearance wa rather attraotlve , made an imploring appeal to her hus band for forgiveness ; but he turned contemptuous ! away , and left the Court with his children .

      THAMES STREET Assault . —William Kiffin , residing in Brick Lane , Spitalfields , a well-known associate of thieves , wns brought up by police-constable Kelly , 119 H , charged under the following circum * stances : —Kelly saw the prisoner with a crowd of pros _, _titmtes and bad characters near Church Lane , in tbe Commercial Road . Knowing what they were , hecautioned them to move on , upon which the prisoner struck him a heavy blow . On attempting to arrest him the pris « ner ' _s hat came off , and two handkerchiefs fell out of it . The prisoner then snatched a parcelof silk handkerchiefs out of his pocket , and threw them amongst the crowd of vagabonds , when they wero quickly made away with . A des . perate struggle then ensued , during which the

      prisoner kicked at the constable and attempted to bite him . Another constable came up , but the crowd pressing in on them , whilst the prisoner threw himself on his back , and kicked out furiously , they would have been soon overpowered , and most probably murdered , had not some gentlemen come to tbeir assistance . Kelly subsequently ascertained that tbe prisoner and another bud stolen a quantity of boots and shoes from the house of a Mr , Baines , No . 23 , Cannon-street , but having been pursued , and Mr . Bainesrecovering his property , he refused to appear against him , Mr . _Ballantine ordered a summons for his appearance , upon which he attended , and the case was fully proved against the prisoner . The fellow was fully committed for trial .

      LAMBETH . —Religious Deathbeds . —The Rev . Ten " nison Cufl ' e , the Minister of Carlisle Chapel , in Kenning * ton-lane , applied for a warrant against Captain . Wills , for having made use of _threatening and offensive language to bim . From the statement of the Rev . Gentleman it appeared that be had been sent for to attend Mrs . Wills , an aged lady , who had been a member of his congregation , who was in a dying state . On going to the house he found Mrs . Wills very ill , and while reading some passages of scripture to her , four young ladies , her daughters , behaved themselves in what he considered to be a very improper manner , so that he had to remonstrate with them on the impropriety of tbe conduct while their purent was in a dying state . He soon discovered that their conduct

      arose from their being Roman Catholics , and from their having an aversion to him as a Protestant clergyman attending their parent . On the following day ( Thursday ) he again called to see the dying lady , on seeing the nioce of Mrs . Wills , who was a Protestant , he was told there was no use in his going up stairs again to the dying lady , as a Catholic priest had been called in since he had been there the day before j he , however was anxioua to see the lady , and was about to proceed up stairs , when Captain Willis made his appearance with a stick in his hand , abused bim , and asked him who had sent for him , and told him that if he attempted to go up stairs he should fling bim

      down-Mr . Elliott : Did the captain strike or assault you at all ? —Rev . Mr . Cuffe : Not at all , Sir , but be made use of very violent language and threats . —Mr . Elliott : Were the threats made use of in the house , or were any of them made outside the door ?—Rev . Mr . Cuffo : They were made in the house . —Mr . Elliott : Had the threats been made use of in the streets , or out of doors , I could grant you a summons ; but having been used in the bouse , the law docs not allow me to interfere iu the matter . [ Were it not that custom has dulled our perceptions , such an abominable system of domestic intrusion as that which exists under the name of " religious consolation" would not be tolerated for a day . ]

      Fire At Southampton — At Half-Past Eight...

      Fire at Southampton — At half-past eight on Thursday evening a fire broke out in the extensive carriage factory of Mr . \ V . Jones , almost close to the ancient bargate in this town . The _prcmisca extend from the High-street to Spa-road , and in a short time the whole were a mass of fire ., Fortunately there was scarcely any wind , or nothing could have saved n great portion ofthe above street from being destroyed . A scanty supply of water in Spa-road prevented any operations in that quarter , but the engines in front were of great service . A great many valuable , carriages and all the expensive wares of the shopkeepers were destroyed in removing . The loss to the poor people who resided in Spa-road is distressing . By eight o ' clock 10 small cottages were completely gutted .

      Fiiies at _Suj-berland . —On Wednesday , a fire broke out at a glas 3 manufactoiy which occasioned destruction of property to the amount of £ 300 . On Thursday a fire broke out at a pot loft , which occasioned some damage . MEmoroLiTANlMPR'iTEMESis . _—TheCoiomissionets of Woods and Forests have given notice that application will be made iu the next session of Parliament for powers to make new street . ** in various parts of the metropolis , and also for the construction of a new bridge over the Thames , in lieu ofthe present Westminster bridge . _Commencing wit ' i the westward part of the metropolis , it is the intention of the _Commissionew to construct a new street from the southeast end of Charing-crops "to the north bank ofthe

      Thames , near the end of Whitehall-place . From this point the new bridge is to fee erected , and a new street , formed to the York-road , near Sutton-street , and continued to the Westminster bridge road , into which place it will come out nearly opposite Masonstreet . The next improvement is the construction of a new street from the west end of Long-acre to King _, street , Covent-garden , coming out into that street opposite Bedford-street ; it will cross Rose and Hart street , and destroy a great many small court * , aud alleys . The next improvement is forming a street from Westminster Abbey to James-street , Buckingham-gate , by thc desti notion of those dreadful dens of infamy lying between Toth' ! ' . ind Orchard-streets . Going to the east end of London , the most important

      is the formation of a carriage way from Great Tower Hill to Little Tower Hill , by the removal of Postern row ; at the present time a person wishing to get from the former to the docks having to make a circuit of somewhat l'ke a mile and a half : The next improvement in that part oftlie town has reference to the approaches to Vietmia Park . On the south side of thc Park a new street is to be formed fiom the East India Docks , at Poplar , to Bow Common , and from thence , passing by the East London Cemeti _' . v , across the Mile End-road , pud form u junction with Grove-road , which is to be widened to the south entrance of the Park . From the western ' entrance

      a new street will be formed across Bishop Bonner ' s Fields and Old _Ford-rood to the Bethnal Green and Cambridge Heath Roads , _neau tho new church at Bethnal Green . _Another road is to bo formed from the Haekney-road , near the junction with the Cambridge Heath-road , to tho _Bishop _' s-road , anil , crossing the Regent ' s Cana , cominunicnte with a vond across the west corner of the Park to Grove streetlane , lL > 3 kney . [ All this is very well in its way , bnt what _isto become of the inhabitant ** ot theconv-s and . alleys it is intcnd'cd to deprive of dwellings ? Liave the _Comroissio-aei-s made any provision _tbi thorn 1 ]

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      Chartist Assembly Room. This Room Was Fi...

      CHARTIST ASSEMBLY ROOM . This room was filled to overflowing on Sunday evening last , with a truly respectable audience to hear a lecture from Mr . Ernest Jones , on " the Seven Ages of Government . " Mr . Edmund Stallwood occupied the chair . Mr . Jones delivered a brilliant and most powerful oration , occupying one hour and a half in its delivery . He traced the origin of Governments from their pristine state down to the present period , commencing his seven ages with the patriarchical or family form , and proceeding down to the present mongrel system , which he denominated the sixth age , the seventh age being that which will speedily , and surely come , the purely popular , democratic , or Chai list form of Government . A vote of thanks was unanimously awarded to Mr . Jones for his able and eloquent address . The like compliment was paid t _<*> the chairman .

      ROCHDALE . On Sunday afternoon , the discussion w » s resumed on the various instructions for the Dclesratc of this district to lay before the forthcoming Conference . It was the most numerous meeting ever held in Rochdale on the Land question . Mr . M'Grath was in attendance and gave great satisfaction ; several shares were taken up , and many members paid up their shares . The meeting stands adjourned to Sunday afternoon next , at two o ' clock , _Vhen all members are requested to attend , to elect their Delegate , The Secretary will be in attendance every Sunday afternoon , at two o clock , ' to receive subscriptions and enrol members .

      CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMPANY . At a meeting of the members of the Westminster district , held at 83 , Dean-street . Soho , on Sunday evening , November 15 , Mr . Hitchen in the chair , Messrs . James Grassby and William Cuffay were duly nominated forth .. ' office of delegate to the ensuing Land Conference . The members expressed a desire to have a public meeting at which all the candidates might attend and express their opinions , previous to the day of election . IIammehsmith District . —At a meeting of members , held at the district office , on Sunday morning , November 15 , Mr . Henry Ross was nominate" ! as delegate to the ensuing conference .

      Kensington . —At the meeting of the Land Company , held at the Duke of Sussex , High-street , Kensington , on _Monday _evrnin" _-, November 16 , Mr . Henry Ross was nominated as delegate to the ensuing Land Conference . City op LoNBON . —At a meeting of the members of this branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , on Sunday , November 15 , tne balance sheet was read and approved of . and James Knight , of Lambeth , was nominated delegate to the ensuing Conference .

      Kirraldt . —The members ofthe _Kirkaldy branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , met on the 15 th inst ., for the purpose of nominating a delegate to the ensuing Conference , also to hear the Balance Sheet read . After some discussion , as tothe instruction ** " to be given to the delegate , it wa ? moved and seconded , that Mr . James Smith of Glasgow , be nominated as a candidate for the office of delegate , carried unanimously .

      BETnNAL GREEN . Mr . A . Hunniball lectured at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , ou Sunday evening , November 15 , on the Wars of Ignorance and the War of Philosophy , to a crowded room , and made a good impression . Mr . James Illln- " , worth was nominated as delegate to the ensuing Conference ,

      CAMBERWELL AND WALWORTH . At a meeting held at the Montpslier Tavern , Wal worth , on Monday , November 16 th , Mr . John Simpson resigned the sub-secretaryship of the National Charter Association . Mr . J . Knight having taken up his card , was unanimously elected secretary . After considerable discussion the following resolution was passed : — That this _meeting deem Daniel Whittle Harvey , Esq ., a fit and proper person to be placed in nomination as one of the Representatives for the Borough of Lambeth at the next election .

      A meeting ofthe member .-: of the Chartist Land Company of this district , was held on the same evening at the above house , when Messrs . William Cuffay and James Knight were nominated as delegates to the ensuing Conference , and the following persons recommended as trustees for the ensuing vear _: — T . S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P , John Sewell , Esq ., T . Alison , Esq , and Mr . James Rhodes .

      CENTRAL REGISTRATION AND ELECTION COMMITTEE . A meeting of this body was held on Tuesday evening , _AWember 17 tli , at the Assemblv and Reading Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , Mr . Milne in the chair . The forms of Claims to bo Rated , prior to the registration as Parliamentary Electors , together with all necessary instructions for the same , _biing now ready , it was resolved , that the same be issued at the rate of 2 s . Gd . per hundred ; and all persons desirous of extending the Elective Franchise can be supplied with the same by forwarding an order , prepaid , to the secretary . Mr . J . Grassby , 8 , Noah's Ark Court , _Stangate , Lambeth ; or at the meetinghouse , 83 , Dean-street . The Committee at its rising adjourned until Tuesdav , December the 1 st .

      METROPOLITAN _COMMITTEE . At the usual meeting of this body on Tuesday evening , it was resolved : — - That the several Metropolitan Localities be hereby requested to abstain from holding meetings on Tuesday evening , December the 8 th , and to give all their _support to the Benefit to be held at the Royal Marylebone Theatre , in aid of the funds of the Assembly and Reading Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Seho , That all Localities be hereby requested to take prompt and efficient steps for the obtuinment of signatures to the "National Petition . "

      SOMERS-TOWN . On Sunday evening last a crowded audience met at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , Newroad , Mr . William Perry in the chnir ; Mr . T . MWheeler delivered a spirited and able Lecture , on "The comparative condition of the American Slave and the ' free and independent' English Labourer . " The Lecture gave great satisfaction , and elicited the rapturous applause of an intelligent and attentive assembly . BRISTOL . At a meeting of the shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company in this city , held for the purpose of nominating a delegate to the ensuing Conference , and to consider Mr . O'Connor's proposition of being allowed to buy and sell estates , Mr . Pitman was called to the cha ' ir . The following resolution was moved by Mr .

      Valentine"That our secretary , Charles Rebbcck , be nominated as delegate to represent this division in the ensuing Conference . " Mr . Ford seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Valentine , after commenting on the wellknown honour , honesty and integrity of Mr . O'Connor , concluded by moving the following resolution : — "That Mr . O'Connor be allowed lull power iu buying and selling estates " Mr . Clark , seconded the resolution . After which several shareholders addressed the meeting in approval of the resolution , and _giving it as their opinion that Mr . O'Connor would never sell au ' estate _th-it was suitable for tlie company , the resolution was put and carried unanimously .

      It was then agreed that readings and discussions on subjects calculated to promote the welfare of the Company and on agriculture , should take place on every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . Several persons then took shares , making our number of shareholders seventy-five holding one hundred shares . Messrs . M'Grath and Clark's visit has added twentythree to our number already . Thc members are _partiiulai'ly requested to attend on Monday next , to elect a delegate and consider the programme of thc business to be brought before the next Conference .

      MANCHESTER . On last Sunday evening , Nov . 15 , Mr . Richard Marsden of Preston , delivered a very eloquent and instructive lecture on " The Present Dearth and its causes , " in the People's Institute , to a large and respectable audience .

      CITY OF LONDON . On Sunday evening , the usual weekly meeting of the City Locality , was held at the hall , Turnagain Lane , Mr . George Cooper , in the chair . The reports from the delegates were given in , when it was announced that the Committee for the Registration and adopting the National Petition had decided upon taking the Milton-street theatre , on Tuesday , the 31 st of October . —[ We presume our City friends mean Tuesday , the 1 st of December . — Ed . N . 5 . ] Notice was then given by Mr . Tucker , for next Sunday , the 22 nd . That wg the Chartists of the City of London , consider tho suggestion held out by Mr . Doyle , at John-street , should be carried out as regards the Registration Fund . ' A notice of motion was also given by Mr . W . Salmon .

      That we the City Chartists , recommend to the Char- 1 tists generally , the necessity of having a National Subscription for the Veteran _Patriots , and Widow , and Orphans Fund , on Christmas day uoyt _, in order that a _pavmanentfund may be raised to alleviate their sufferings . 'Ihe meeting adjourned to Sundav eveniiv _* , the 22 nd inst , at G q clock .

      IPSWICH . _ _Tlie Land members have passed a resolution highly approving ofthe course pursued by the Directors , and approving of Mr . U'Connor having full power to purchase and sell lands , and that ten per cent , be allowed Mr . O'Connor on tho profits of such urcha' _-es and sales ,

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      V DUMFRIES . _^^*^ At the ordinary weekly meeting of thp r > and Maxwcltown-Working Men ' s AS 50 cia £ _^ Monday _eveiing last , alter the Rettlonien * » _^ other matters of less importance , the coriwu _^ whom had been intrusted the arrangement _^ _-O meeting to launch the National P etition , u _*' _* l their report . A committee was also named to »» _*** the preliminaries of the . annual soiree of thp 4 & tioH . A member called the attention of the In • * to an announcement in the Star intimaiimr I" * O'Connor ' s intention to visit Glasgow on the _: ' ' of the forthcoming Conference . The settleml _!!^ both questions was delayed until it shoul , h ¦' _** certained whether or not "the lion of freedom" _*** make it convenient to look in upon us on his J ? ** or from the western metropolis . Should the _?„*> cation which has been madeto Mr . O'ConnorV ' _cessful the soiree which it wan _intendedI to 2 > _usuai

      _rt 8 w , memDen and friends will he conduZ on a scale that will embrace the general nuhZ H state of pubhe feeling , and other circumstances e only difficulty , and that not altogether an _umt _mountabicone _, will be to get a place _larS _eSS to contain the guests . We have been in the hZ of singing the _Marselloise at these gatherings 3 however , a translation _^ tho French words ft avoid the awkwardness of this , it was _suggested th the secretary of the soiree committee shout , ! , " _„«? of the association , represent to Mr . Ernest J _»^ tuu _uesirauieness

      ot a _gathering song which Brit _& democrats might connect with the hallowed and 2 inspiring music of the Marseilles Hymn , and 2 the assistance of our Chartist bard lor that en Hiai has also been done . Among other imDrlZ ' ments a set of maps has been ordered , w hich wht mounted and varnished , secundum artem willS hung up m the reading rooms of the association and prove alike ornamental and useful . '

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      pi . opnir . Ton , jib . lovehidoje . LESSEE , MB ; JOHf * DOUGLASS . ON MONDAY , and during the week , ( Tuesday e _, cepted ) , to commence with "Th _<) Coiner ' s Dog-,, ' the Old Toll House - * ' in which the celebrated Dog , _\\^ tor , will appear . Principal characters by Messrs . Cons ,. * Blanchard , T . lee , Pennett _, Liekfold , Mrs . Campbell , aw Miss Martin . To he followed , on Monday , Wednesday , and Thurday , by the " Widow Machree , " supported by Mr . T . Lf j and Miss Martin . ' l On Friday and Saturday , by a favourite Farce , in _wliirl . Mr . T . Lee and Miss Martin will appear . lcl 1 To conclude all the week ( Tuesday excepted ) with "Captain Hawk , the Highwayman ; » in eoiiswmwi ce S its extraordinary success . Supported by Messrs Cowl . J . Rayner , Gates , Pennett , Mrs . Campbell , and Mi « Martin . '**" On Tuesday , a variety of entertainments , for thebencfil of Mr , Lovendge _, proprietor . " Boxes 2 s . ; Pit Is . ; Gallery Gd . Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at _Seren A cting manager , Mr . T . Lee .

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      SADLERS WELLS . Shakespeare ' s play of " The Merchant of Venice " was revived at this theatre on Thursday ev e * iin ° _' We are compelled by an extraordinary press of mat . ter to postpone all comments bevond the simple announcement that Shylock , Rassaiiio , Antonio and Portia , were admirably represented by Phel ps Marston , Bennett , and Miss Addison . The minor characters were also well sustained ; and the scenery and appointments were in every way excellent . A . house crowded to suffocation rewarded the perfor mance with unanimous and enthusiastic applause .

      Immense Fire Atgravesend. *-Tiiiltty Fiv...

      IMMENSE FIRE ATGRAVESEND . * -TIIIltTY FIVE HOUSES DESTROYED . Yesterday ( Friday ) morning , shortly after _twelve o ' clock , _Gravesend , which has of late rears suffered severely from frequent fires , was again the scene of another calamity , far greater in magnitude , as regards the destruction of property , than anv of the former , consuming no less than thirty-five houseand numerous other buildings to a great extent Its locality is the snme as the former fires , West-street The fire commenced at Mr . Pettit ' s , _eating-home keeper , West-street . Notwithstanding the arrival of several engines , aided by tbe police , and the _mili . tary from Tilbury Fort , all efforts to stay the progress of the fire were for a long time of no avail The scene by four o ' clock was most awful . The flames had crossed the street , and seven or _eiaht houses were on fire . At the same time the work of

      destruction was _progressing westward , the Jointstock Bank , kept by Messrs . Hills and Co ., bein » on fire from the bottom to the top , while the large hotel , in the occupation of Mr . Lovell , and known aa the Pier Hotel , was enveloped in flames , the i ) n having also communicated by the roof with the large ironmonger ) ' establishment of Mrs . Troughton , in the High-street . Shortly afterwards the valuable range of building , called the City-pier-row , at the bottom of and iu a line with the High-street , consisting of houses in the occupation of Messrs . Rac and Co . clothiers , No . G , Mr . Saward , general agent ( 5 ) . and Mr . _Tufnell , fislimonger ( 4 ) , were on fire and thefLmei revelled in the midst of them until they were entirely burned through from the firstfloor to tbe roofs , During the whole of this time the utmost _constet-na . tion prevailed . Persons in the _neighbourhood of the fire , and indeed those at some considerable _distance therefrom , began as with one accord , to move every

      article of portable furniture to snme place distant , while the poor creatures residing in the many courts and alleys in the vicinity , ran about in a most _deplorable state of fright and destitution . Hundreds of chairs , _tables . and other articles of furniture , were desposited for safety in the church , while the iron chest and valuables of the bank were sent to tha Talbot inn . Onward , however , _despite nil opposing power , the flames _progressed , roaring with indescribable fury , and illuminating the hemisphere for so many miles , that in Loudon in consequence the _ensine 3 were called out . At length , about nine o ' clock , the flames were somewhat stayed , but up to to dusk yesterday evening the fire was not wholly extinguished . Not the _sli-rliiest vestige of We * tstveet remains beyond the rubbish of the burned houses . The precise origin of the fire is not known ; it is , however , supposed to have been caused by the _OTiTlieatinffofafluc upon the premises of Mr , Ptttitt .

      LATEST PARTICULARS . The following is a statement of the names , residences , and damage sustained by the sufferers : — Mrs . Troughton , _ironmonf-er , 57 , _Iliirh-streeti house and stock considerably damaged ; insured in the Alliance . Messrs . Hills and Co ., bank , insured in the Kent , burned down . Mr . Richard Taylor , baker , burned down ; insured in the Kent . Mr . R . Goodsall , hairdresser , house in the Kent , contents in Sun . Mr . W . II . Owen , surgeon , No . 4 , West-street , burned down . ; furniture and stock not insured ; house in the Kent office . v J \ . ichard Pettitt , eating-house , burned down . _JSo . o \ Ust-street , furniture not insured , house in the Ivent office . Mr . George Beard , butcher , No- 0 , burned down , house and furniture in the Kent office

      Mi ? .. W Edwards , grocer , N 0 . 7 , bnrncd tfVn _, house m Atlas _. _tuiuicure not insured . Mr . W . _Skilliiu ' , green-grocer , No . S , burned down , house insured in the Kent , furniture not insured .

      Mr . Benjamin Rackstraw , back premises sunposed m the Phconix , contents supposed in the Mr . Tuffnel , fishmonger . No . i . Town-pier , house in tho Kent , contents not insured . Mr . Say ward , agent , No . 5 . house insured inthe Kent omen , contents not insured . Messrs . Itoeand Co ., clothiers , No . 6 , house in tho Kent , contents Atlas ( supposed ) . The three houses above are gutted , the side and trout walls only remaining standing . Mr . Lovell , Pier Hotel , corner of West-street , contents and building destroyed ; stock and furniture insured m the Licensed Victuallers' office , house in the Kent . Mr . _Ciwliurst , 37 ,. West-street , greengrocer , burned down-house in the Kent ; contents iusui _'* _''* to the amount of £ 25 onlyin the Atlas .

      , Mr . Garrett , 36 , grocer , burned down ; content * and buildinc insured iri the Norwich . Mr . Pettitt , 35 , eating-house-keeper , burned _deW _* —not insured . Mr . Gould . 34 , licensed victualler ( Pope ' s Hesd _layern ) , burned down—house , not known ; costent * . m the Kent Fire- office . Mr . Dixon , 33 , general dealer , burned downbuililing insured in the Atlas ; contents not . insureu . , 32 , empty house ( lately occupied by Mr . Lumber * - inn keeper)—house insured in the Atlas . Mr . II . _ETOfstield , corn-merchant , _Jarge _^ re ' houses burned down—buildings and contents iusuvett in thc Atlaa office . Mr . W _. Carlin , hatler , 31 , West Street , burneO down—insured in ihe Kent . Mr . B . Rackstraw , ( back ) _warehouse—i'isured lithe Kent .

      -Mr . James Parfit , ( Beehive , ) burned down , OS _« ilso My . Clewitt , victualler , and Mr . Fclluiu , coope _** The insurance in their cases is not known . . Besides these , there are not less than seven cottages , and three small warehouses destroyed .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 21, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21111846/page/8/