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      Ii^Jim , 1847. ^ The Northern Star. 7

      _ii _^ _jim , 1847 . _^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 7

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      k ii am * and 1 wiU war , at least in words , ( _VinlAna—ilMOM-Bry chance bo happen—deeds , ) Wi With _ajTwho war with Thonght !" [ ( tor tin ' s I hear a little Wrd , who sings lae pe ie people by and by will be the stronger . - B _** ° *'

      REVELATIONS OF AUSTRIA . * so . n . ... IK iA most wretched state of things exists in AUSTRIAN _rOLAXD . _« _miiprof the Austrian govern-1 H « Having _^_^ coiLing myself by the , M » t-eat , I riadan op _^ rtan ty of con _^ _^^^ _^ _aathutbentic ac _^ -aenu of _l- » . much er _bbortor _^ l pop _^^^^ _^ . aa tha the year of _*«¦** _££ _„ of tta conscription , selects : i : he : begoveromen _^ ndsoniegt an d most robus t of _^ innaina _carnes oQ maitsry service ; the nobles are "' _"t _^ tf- » cruelly ill-treat a portion of them , a great _^^ _ate So «* to perish from wan t and inanitio n , _"Xl only those are suffered to live in the country who are _b-e-A-oluMy necessary fbrtbc cultivation of theland .

      G Gallicia after _seventy-three years of the paternal adsrfliainiaUtraf ion of Austria , is found at this moment to be in sin in infinitely inferior state , with regard to national « M ealtb than it was in the seventeenth century , af er the _rriTtiTSie 5 cf the Tartars , Turks , aad Swedes . ] rOOD 8 ABITATI 0 SS AND CLOTHING OF THE POLISH _rEASASTBT . I Darinc tbe months of April , May , June , and July _, ceeaoewlv all the Polish peasantry , without exception , live _tcfflcfon " roots and herbs—it is only those amonest the pea teaoeantrv who are termed rich who can afford to eat bread iinainade * of buck-wheat , oatmeal , barley , and sometimes irjerre . Tbe poorer people live upon potatoes witbout any _incre ase-. ... than two millions of

      ( Gallicia exports annually more I beibectolitrrs of wheat , but does not know anything of mtffheatenbread . Tbe proprietor * themselves , witbout leiier ceptior , eat rye bread . The cakes and small wbeaten _(» 1 tolls whieh are made in the more considerable towns , ; ar , are highly taxed , looked upon as articles of luxury , and ] ss ss such cot submitted to the tariff regulations as to price . i 0 ' 0 * i the other hand , tbe surplus of exports over imports , wl which constitutes a clear revenue to the Kaiser , is facilcilitated ind allowed evea dur ' . ng a period of famine . St _Scsreity is thus the normal state of Gallicia . Tb habitations ofthe Polish peasantry ** ho are under ti tiie p ternat Austrian government since 1772 , are cotts rases thatched with straw , sometimes constructed with 8 a few deals , or trunks of trees placed one on the other a ; aad b ound at the corners witb oisers ; atother times thoy aire made of wattles plastered inside and out with mud . L Lizht is admitted into their cottages through a hole furn nished with green glass , from three to six inches U

      dian meter . _Gsnenlly speaking there are no chimneys , but in the c centre ofthe room there is an oven or hearth , on which t the fire is fit to warm the room in winter , and to cook the f family victuals all the year round . The smoke escapes through the interstices of the < door . The locks of tbe cottage , barn , and all other rustic 1 _b-iildin _^ s are of wood ; iron is very dear , and is only sold ; by confidential _Germani . _Termi'sion to sell iron goods , m * establish a magaxiae or shop far the sale of tools or any iron instruments , _toait be asked from the Aulic Chancery at Vienna , and as s precautionary measure _thesa _establishments are only allowed in the chief places of the circles and towns here _thjra is always a garrison and well organized police . In winter , the swine , calves , fowls , and men , live _titt-Sher , and skip on the ground promiscuously .

      Tbe peasantry , and in general all servants , even those » f noblemen , and all workmen , have neither beds , coverings , nor pillows . They cover themselves at night with the clothes which thsy wear in the day time , a little straw serves them as a mattress . AustriMi Poland does not want either wool , cloth or bather : but the paternal government forces the inhabitants to _itork for exportaticn , and not fir their own necessities or benefit . The costume of a PoH _* h peasant consists in summer of a shirt and trowsers of coarse c » nviS 3 , completed by a peculiar hat of we » ten or rye straw , _fn winter , the peasants wear above tbe shirt a brown , woollen , felt , seamless wrapper , a _sbeepsWn cap , aal thin , cow-hide boots . The wealthiest arrary themselves in sheep-kins in this season . The kitchen utensils consists of two or three pots in baked clay , one or _tu-. _J earthen pans , a tripod , and a few spoons in common W 00 d .

      This is the state of three millions , five hundred thousand Austrian Polish peasants , who are without question —aiore unfortunate than the Prussian or Russian peasants , mare miserable than tha negroes brought up or sold in Atrica . Yet there exists in Paris an association of generous Frenchmen for the emancipation of the negroes , but none for the emancipation of the Polish peasantry , white slaves of the paternal Austrian _governmsnt . Th * se white Polish slaves who exist only on roots a Hd _herl-s give to the Kaiser a clear revenue of from seven , o ten millions of florins a year . I call a clear revenue what remains to the Kaiser after da ducting all expenses for th * administration of _Gallictai . SF 1 _S 0 C 9 _TSEATStEKT OF THE WOEKISC CLASSES .

      S itbtr tailors , shoemakers , nor carpenters , 4 c ., are allowed ? o establish a workshop or to work , either pub Iidy or privately , for o'hers , without first obtaining the _penniss ' nm , and paying the tax to the Emperor . The workmen who _transgress this order , are punished with the _conScation of their tools and blows with thc cane . All ihe police soldiers and all the provincial drastoons , are _prorileJ for this purpose with canes , which they always carry about them . The servants of both sexes , workmen and workwomen , std in general all persons who have no tangible _property _, or establishment , or workshop , are liable , for any infri _' _-igeineutof the police regulations , to corporeal _punit * : _* B eot , the men to blows with canes , the women to wbipp ng on their bare backs . The burgomasters , the police agents , those of their district , and ali nobility , and their agents have the _power cf administering this punishment witbout any inquiry , or without any written decision .

      _JSIGBATIOS . So Austrian subject is allowed to emigrate without the permission of government , aad this permission u only granted on a high ransom being paid to the Emperor—the ransom being regulated according to the rank of the party . The Austrian frontier is guarded by foresters , provided day and night witb a loaded gun , and they are _authorised to shoot upon the spot any individual attempting to emigrate or even to pass the frontier , without having paid this ransom to the _Emperor .

      _fSCEL Ta . _EATSE'ST OV TW . V . VEASS . _'STW'i . The peasants of Podkamien , in the circle of Zloczow , refused to work a greater number of days than was ordered by the befehl . Their lord , Mr . _JCetner , an Austrian" Count , caused Mr . Charles Sacher _. Commissary of tbe Circle , to be sent f r _, who presented himself with a squadron of dragoons . sir . Sacher called before bim the deputies , who are always tlie elders of tbe viBage , and advised them _yo obey their lord without comment , and to execute his orders without delay . The peasants remarked that the dams-ads of their lord were unjust and contrary to the be fehi of his Majesty . " Tou have a right to complain _**> your _I-. rd , " rejoined the Commissary . ' ¦ " _-Tetaveeomplainedforthe last thirty years , " answered tlie p . asant deputies , " we pray to be allowed to ' lit our rillage with onr families , and be allowed to seek aaotlier muter . "

      The Commissary thereupon ordered the deputies to hi stretched one after the other on the ground , aud beat j with the stock by two corporals . j J > ot « ithstanding the advanced age of the deputies , tfc » youngest of whom was seventy years of age , they ' suffered patiently and with resignation the first six rounds apiece . During the execution , the peasants , book in band , ehaunted litanies . The stcoud round of twenty strokes each , by two cor-• jtirals tfcey could no longer endure , but declared themselves guilty , and submitted to the arbitrary will of their ford . The observation was made to tbem in cruel jest , "You see that you must not in future trust to your saints , _saintes _^ _es , and Virgin _fiothers . " This instance ' s one of a hundred thousand wliich I

      -could have cited , because one I happea to _r- _'member as bavin , ' tiken place beneath my own eyes . ' ESFBiXeU'SEXE . NT OF THE PIA 3 _ASTSI _fOBBIDDEM . j Itis strictly forbidden the lord ' s to free their peasants in a btiij from forced labour . i It is however allowed to enfranchise any individual peasant , but then the permission must be obtained of the authorities of the Circle of ' the Gubernium , and of the tribunal of justice . Enormous taxes must be paid oa stamps , and the travelling expenses of Commissaries , * tc _., * etc , "defrayed . So that since the occupation o ? Poland by the Austrian * in l <« 2 up to the present day a single instance of enfranchisement has perhaps not occurred . The towns , burgs aud villages which at the period of the Austrian invasion were free , that Is to say had no lords , fe I a prey to the Kaiser , who declared them to be tsrt of bis property and domains .

      Tfce K aiser sold by degrees to private persons these tr - > v . as , burgs , aad villages , including the lands and _inbakit- _ints _, * * Irl'i or lS 27 * an extraordinary "instance occurred _, f or Use first time since the establishment of the Aus-, r' * "i _government in Poland , an entire village , the name _*¦ _ wliich I do not recollect , being put up to auction by the ** _»! sir , tfered him the price at which it was valued , and _'' ' _i-its-ed permission to purchase itself , Prince Lob"''» _* ' ¦ - » . Oovernr of Gallicia , sumbitted this extraordinary _u to the _deciiion ofthe Kaiser Francis , who answered , _•**¦* ¦* it _* .,- impossible to grant any parish the right ef N & _cbasij . _-j itself . The village was , therefore , put up to "JKio _; : like many others , and sold to a private individual , _" _^ o became its propr ietor . T _** _-- Polish nobles , Vincent Zabolicki , Leon Zalewski ** n' 1 _Mhers , who , in 1 S _54 and 1835 , emancipated of thei ° " _- * 1 artxrd tbe peasantry , their own countrymen _anr _**•*¦— — - d

      * "Herelations "Of Austria, *'By Ii. Kou...

      * "Herelations " of Austria , * 'by II . _Koubrakiewicz , * _* Austrian functionary . London : T . C . Kewby , 72 , 0 rti * J . « r-str « et , Cavendish . tq . uare .

      * "Herelations "Of Austria, *'By Ii. Kou...

      erfs were arrested and condemned ad carcerem , _tfarutf _emm , as guilty of rebellion . * _**" They now expiate this misdemeanor ia the Fortress Our author gives a deplorable account of the the _wretchedness and ill-treatment of the Jews of Gal licia , but for this portion of his revelations we must refer the reader to the work itself

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      France, Dearth Asd Disturbance. The Scar...

      FRANCE , DEARTH ASD DISTURBANCE . The scarcity and high price of provisions threaten seriously the public peace in Franco . In the west and middle of France the price of grain has within the last tew days been rapidly rising , and in several places serious riots have taken place in consequence . In tbe department of the Indre the disturbances have been very serious . In some places farmers were attacked on their way to market , their grain was pillaged , and themselves maltreated . In others the people attacked those having grain in the markets , and forced them to sell whatever price they ( the mob ) chose to set upon the commodity . In one place , the name of which is not given , but which is stated to

      be ia the department of the Indre , a proprietor who waa carrying a large quantity of corn to market having been attacked by a crowd of peasans who attempted to pillage his waggons , fired upon the people , but he was immediately seized upon by the infuriated mob and ma * -sacred upon the spot . At Rennes the disorders have been suppressed , and for the present the town is quiet , but the price of wheat in that market is greatly increased . At Nantes grain of all kinds has risen 5 f . per hectolitre . At Lignieres a serious riot took place on the 11 th inst ., which was market day . The people put the police

      to flight , but were in turn repulsed by a party ot dragoons ; and number were taken prisoners . The hospitals of Paris are crowded to excess with patients chiefly the victims of starvation . The bank of France is in a state of serious difficulty , and has been compelled to borrow from certain London houses 20 , 000 , 000 francs for three months , and at the same time has raised its rate of discount from four to five per cent . On Saturday the Paris boucaa _"kba ia a . complete panic , and the fall , both in the funds and the priceof railway shares , was almost unprecedented . The debate on the " Address" commenced iu the Chamber of Peers on Monday .

      PROGRESS OF THB DISTURBANCES . A letter from Chateauroux ofthe 17 th says : — Notwithstanding that tbe attempt at riot wbich was commenced in tbis place bas been put down , matters appears to be getting worse iu several arrondissemrnts . Alarming intelligence has arrived from Chatillion , Blanc , Mezier , Vendeiuvre , Palluan _, and Buzansais . Properties have been entered aad pillaged by bands of insurgents . The riot of Buzane-ais has spread to the arroudissement of Blanc -, _repulsive-loohing men scour the country , forcing the farmers and landowners to sign an engagement to seli their corn at less tban half tbe current price , that is , for 3 francs , in place of 7 francs .

      SPAIN . The Spanish government shrink from the conflict , they challenged M . Oiozaga to by arresting him . Orders were sent from Madrid to the military authorities at Fampeluna to conduct M . Olozago to the frontiers of France under an armed guard . This order has been put in execution . M . Oiozaga arrived at Bayonne on the 13 th . He wa 3 to leave that town on the following day for Paris . The Girona journal , of the 5 th , informs us tbat two _Carlists , named Caballe and Carrera , who had been condemned to death by a court martial , were executed on the 4 th . They displayed great firmness , and at the place of execution shouted " Long live Carlos V . !"

      PORTUGAL . THE CIVIL WAB . The accounts from Lisbon , of the list instant , bring no news of military movements save the evacuation of Coimbra by Das Antas , for the purpose of joining his friends in Oporto . It was expected that some effort would be made by the Queeu _' s forces to make him give battle on the way ; but as the signs of energy on their part were not very visible , it was thought most likely that he would reach Oporto uninterrupted , and thus strengthen very materially the insurgent garrison in that town . SWITZERLAND .

      INSOLEJiT IM 8 RVS . MI 0 . V OF IHE ABSOLUTS _TOWER-I . The ministers of Prussia , Austria , and Russia , have addressed notes to the Swiss Vorort , whieh , though not collective , are drawn up in terms so nearly identical , as to show that they were written in concert . The following is a translation of the note ofthe Russian Envoy ; the two others contain exactly the same sentiments : — " TO THE ' _-RSSlDEST AND _EXECITTIVE COr . VCIL OF THE

      CANTOX OF BERNE FEDERAL DIRECTOR * . " The undersigned , envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of all the _Russiasto the Swiss Confederation , has received from the government of the Canton of Zurich , at that time federal directory , the usual notification announcing that from the lst January of the present year the directoral functions with which it was in ' rested ' wouldibe placed in the hands of the Canton Berao . ' According to the orders with wliich he is provided , the undersigned is under the necessity of having the honour of announcing to the new directory of

      the Swiss Confederation that , seeing mit the authority which , in virtue of the 10 th article ofthe compact concluded the 7 th of August , 1 SL 5 , is called on to conduct tha general affairs of the Confederation , Rus-ra will maintain with it her accustomed friendly relations through the organs of the present directory , as long as the basis upon which its powers reposes shall not be disturbed in its essence or vitiated ia . its spirit . This basis is the federal compact of 181-5 , and the spirit of that act is only maintained in its integrity as long as the sovereignty of the cantons guaranteed by the compact , and limited only for cer tain specific ends , which the federal constitution indicates , shall be scrupulously respected . ¦ _* ¦

      The more grave the circumstances under which the canton of Berne assumes the high functions which are imposed upon it , the more the Imperial Court considers itself obliged not to leave any doubt as to its sentiments , and as to the consequences which will naturally follow . " In thus acquitting himself of the orders of his government , the undersigned seizes upon tbis occasion to offer to his Excellency the President and the members of the Executive Council of Berne , federal directory , the assurance of his highest consideration . " Zurich , Dec . 2 _« J , 1316-Jan . 10 , 1847 . ( Signed ) " _Krudener . "

      GERMANY . The accounts from all parts of the interior of Germany relative to tbe high price of bread , and the general scarcity of food are truly alarming . Some of the accounts _repressnt the state of the poorer inhabitants as little better tban in the worst districts of Ireland . A letter from Bielefeld informs us that extreme misery prevails in that district , which is one of the m » st celebrated in Prussia for the manufacture of cloth . In consequence of this state of things , there is an immense increase of crime , nay , numbers of poor persons have had recourse to robbery , in order that they might thus procure breada nd au asylum in prison . Letters frem Pesth state , that the distress is bo great in Hungary that the people aro grinding nutshells lo make into bread .

      POLAND . News _ha-t been received at B » rlin , that by an order ofthe _Russian government . Poland has really ceased to exist , and is to be incorporated with the Russian empire . Warsaw is in a state of consternation . A commission has been appointed to settle the affairs of finance , and . as soon as it shall have completed its labouis , the public announcement of the incorporation will be made . It is said that the disturbances created bv the discontented peasantry of Gallicia have recommenced , and threaten to extend more widely . We learn from St . Petersburg that the Emperor of Russia has ordered au increase of one-half in the land tax paid by the free peasants in erery part of Russia . UNITED STATES .

      An American "People's Ciiaiitek." From Y...

      AN AMERICAN "PEOPLE'S CIIAIITEK . " From Young America of December 19 th , we extract the following moat interesting and important document : — AN ACT To establish the equal right to the use of the Land aud its natural products ; to afford a refuse to the landless population ofthe United States ; to secure Homesteads to individuals , families , and associations ; to provide for the increase of population ; to make Labour the master instead ofthe slave of Capital ; and to perpetuate tlie . Republic . 1 . He it enacted , etc ., That the Lands of the United States shall no _losgeb , be Sold .

      * . ' . Tbat tbe Public Lands shall henceforth be surveyed into townships of sis square miles , subdivided into farm lots of si quirter section of _ltid acres each , except oue section in each township , which shaU be surveyed into village lots in sufficient quantities for the farms , and a rublic Park for Town Hall , groves , and other public buildings or ornaments . j . That where there may be no natural obstruction tbe village shall be laid out in the centre section of the township , unless there be natural advantages in some other locatiun to warrant a departure from the general rule ; .

      4 . That there shall be Public Koads between the townships S'x rods wide , and also roads of equal width diagonally through each township , except when the vil . lage location or natural obstructions may render partial variations necessary _.

      An American "People's Ciiaiitek." From Y...

      5 . That any landless native of the United States , mala or female , or any other adult landless person who will legally testify thathe or she has taken the necessary steps to _become a citizen , and intends to be so as soon as possible , may , on payment of five dollars to cover expenses of _sarvey and registration , at the land office of the district , enter one farm or village lot , of any surveyed and not previously entered , except such as may be settled atthe time tbis act shall become a law , and p _'sse-gg the same by actual residence ; provided , that in case of mar riage , where both parties may b _: in possession of pubic lots , tbe settlement of one or other must be disposed of within a year or forfeited to the United States ; _andProvided further , that the purchase or possession of land shall be a forfeiture of the right of _poasessio public lot to the United States .

      6 . That each legal settler on a public lot shall havo a right at all times to dispose of his or ber right of possession , but if a married male only with the consent of his wife , by deed _legally executed , to any landless person qualified as hereinbefore provided , who shall then stand in the same relation to the Unite ! " States as the previous settler . 7 . That the right of possession of a public lot may be heiredor willed as may other property uinler the laws of the State or Territory , " in which the lot may bo situated ; Excepting always , that it enn pass into the hands of none but a landless person . 8 . Tbat any number of persons qualified asaforesaid may hold their portions of land in common ; Provided the Asaocia'ion shall have no power to eject a member except in accordance with a written agreement , duly authenticated previous to his or her settlement .

      9 . That any settler proved guilty of destroying trees , either in person or by proxy , on any public lot other than his or her own possession , shall forfeit the possession to the town in which such offence may have beeu committed if settled , or to the nearest settled township , which shall then as soon as possibls dispose of the same to a person holding no other land . 10 . That as soon as forty lots in a township may be legally settled , thc people of the township , in their corporate capacity , shall have power to regulate or take possession of water mill , cities , or other natural facilities for the use of water power , on compensating the settlers of the lots containing such advantages for tlieir improvements thereof , as msiy be agreed upon bj arbitrators mutually chosen , or by a jury selected out of tbe township .

      \\ . That mines oiscovsreA on puVAic lots aay ue worked by the settlers , the town , the county , or tbe state , the superior organization always having the right to take pissession on paying for Ue uncompensated improv-ments at a valuation agreed upon mutually , by arbitration , or by an impartial jury . 12 . That as soon as any State or Territory containing public lands shall provide by law that no one shall _thereafter acquire over 1 G 0 acres of farm land , or one city or village lot within its borders , tbat State or Territory shall be entitled to the jurisdiction of all unsurveyed public lands within its limits , to survey and _sattl * the same under the regulations herein provided , or such other regulations for the security of an individual riglit to the soil ami its natural products as Congress may from time to time * make .

      12 . That all _actual settlers with pre-emption rights a . the time this act shall become 9 law , if possessed of no other land , shall be entitled to the possession of the lots upon which they have settled , on making proof of settlement at the land office . U . That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be hereby repealed .

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      England. Dreadful Powder Mill Explosion....

      ENGLAND . Dreadful Powder Mill Explosion . —Exeter , Saturday Night . —A tremendous explosion , involving melancholy consequences , took place on Thursday morning last , at the Kenna Vale Powder-mills , the property of Messrs . Sameson and Lanyon , at Kennal , in the parish of Stithian ' s . The explosion took place in the stamping mill , which was almost a new building , and was blown to atoms . Two men were working ia the _' mill , named Martin and Duustan , and these unfortunate individuals were shockingly mutilated by the force of the explosion . A number of

      persons on hearing the report congregated around the spot from the neighbouring village of _Ponsworth , and great was the lamentation among tbem , it not being known what family had been bereaved of its members . The bodies of the two men were soon known . Part of Dunstan ' s body was blown into the river , his arms and and one of his legs were rent from his body , his face frightfully disfigured , and the whole remains in such a mangled condition that tbey were obliged to be taken up in a sheet . Martin's body also presented a shocking appearance , the skull being blown entirely off . Both men were married hut have left no children .

      Bibminoham . —1 _ainlkss _Sbboert . _—bthertal vapour , as an antidote to pain , was tried at the Queen ' s Hospital , Birmingham . The subject of the operation was Mary Ann Chambers . She wa 9 suffering from scrofulous ulceration of the foot , implicating some of the most important of its bones . The disease had existed above two years , nine months of which she had passed in the hospital , under the care of Mr . _Knowles . Before entering tiierein , various remedies had been used , but without avail , and after her admission , other plans having proved ineffectual , amputation was determined upon . Professor Parker kindly lent his inhaling apparatus ( a modification of Robiu 3 on ' s . The patient easily imbibed the ether , when the knife of the operator , Professor Knowles ,

      made a sweep through the integuments of the anterior part of the leg ; a sudden but transient frown was all the change that passed over the features . The knife was next passed through the teg , close behind the bones , whence it was directed backwards , slantingly , cutting all before it . During this part of the operation the patient uttered an audible moan , but it was evident to those who heard it , that it was very different to the cry or shriek of an individual in a state of consciousness . There was no bandage over her eyes , and it was quite clear that she was in no degree apprehensive of what was passing around her . Directly that intelligence returned , she asked if the foot was off ? On her being told in the affirmative , she seemed to doubt the truth of it , and asked to be raised that she might look . In a short while , when the effects of the inhalation had further passed away , she complained ot the pain she suffered from the exploved stump , _though , of course , at this time the

      pain was incomparably less severe than it had been a few minutes previously . She was now asked , consciousness having fully returned , whether she felt the operation , or was in any wise apprehensive ot it ; when she unhesitatingly said , "No . " Two or three times was she requestioaed as to whether she had felt any pain during 'he amputation , and she invariably answered in the negative . To further try , however , the other , the patieut was again put under its influence , prior to the sutures being placed in the Haps of the stump . This operation is often a very painful one , if tbe needle be passed through the skiu trom without iuwards ( as was intentionally done in this case ) , yet the patient gare no proof whatever of being affected by it , and on recovering _herself was totally unconscious of what had been done . She was very comfortable after the completion of the operation , and we understand is doing remarkably well .

      Manchester . —State of Trade . — luesday , Jan . 10 , Half-past Two o'Clock . —Our market to * day presents features ef unusual dulness and stagnation ; and a disposition is evinced by some parties to accept slightly lower prices than they were inclined to take la 3 t week . Reductiox of _Waoes . —Notwithstanding the high price of provisions , some of the farmers of Bicester have recently reduced the wages of their labourers from Us . to Ss . per we k , and married men but 7 s . per week . Bread 8 id . the 4 lb . loaf , and wages 7 s . per week , ill accord . We believe that many persons around us are on the verge of starvation . — Bucks Advertizer and Aylesbury Nuns .

      The I _' oiso . _nisqs at Clavekixo . — 1 he woman Chesham , who , as our readers will recollect , was committed to prison some time since en the charge of having poisoned a child at Clavering , has , since her incarceration , led to the apprehension of Thomas Newport , the supposed father of the infant . Nowport was examined before the magistrates on Monday last , and ultimately remanded for the attendance of witnesses . STOCKroitT . —Murder and Suicide . —On Thursday a coroner ' s inquest was held at Heaton Norris , a parish a short distance from this town , concerning the death of Amy Ci-kely and her infant daughter ,

      aged eight months . It appeared in evidence that tbe unfortunate parent committed suicide by throwing herself into the river Mersey , with the infant in her arms , which perished with the mother . The unhappy creature cohabited with a man named Barlow , and lived in _Sheppard's-buildings . The jury returned the following verdict , there being no conclusive evidence of the deceased having thrown herself in the river : — " That the deceased were found drowned in the river Mersey , with divert injuries upon their bodies , but how those wounds were occasioned there was no satisfactory evidence to show . " The coroner severely censured Barlow for his conduct to the deceased .

      Wakefield . —Asti-Slavkry Meeting . —On inday evening a very large meeting was held in this town to receive a deputation from the Anti-Slavery League , consisting of Frederick Douglass , Wm- R Smith , and Mr . Wright . The Rev . J . Kitby occupied the chair . Frederick Douglass , who was received with loud cheers , commenced by stating that the enslavement of our portion of the human family cannot exist without affecting the whole human race , therefore , it is the duty of all to do all they can to

      excuse their brethren from the horrors ot slavery , the gag , the thumb screw , the whip , the rifle , and cat-o _' _-nine-tails . We said that there were three millions of men in a state of slavery , in the nineteenth century , in civilised , enlightened , Christian , and Republican America , men who possess minds capable of receiving instruction , and developing some of the _highest and noblest attributes that men can possess . We denounce the slavebolding parsons of America as murderers , thieves , and robbers . After aiimadverUainK in strong terms on the

      England. Dreadful Powder Mill Explosion....

      conduct of members forming the conference , lately held in London , to form an " Evangelical Alliance , " for receiving as members of that conference , and joining with slaveholders , and upholders of slavery , and separating without expressing their abhorence ofthe awful traffic in human beings . He concluded a long and powerful speech by describing some of the horrors and cruelties of slavery , which he had undergone himself , and which he had seen inflicted on others . He resumed his seat amidst loud cheers . The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr . Smith , Mr . Wright , and others . The resolutions were adopted .

      CnAROK OF FllAVD AOA 1 NST A MAJOR ' S DAUGHTER . —On Wednesday , Miss Matilda Brew , twenty-six years of age , tho daughter of Major Brew , residing on Uxbridge Moor , was finally examined before Messrs . T . Dagnall and R . U . Cox , the sitting magistrates at Uxbridge , on thc following charge of obtaining goods under fraudulent pretences . The first case g"ne into was for having obtained two cap fronts from the shop of Mr . G . G . Western , milliner _, at Uellengdon End . It appeared that , on the 2 nd instant , tiie prisoner went to the above shop aud asked to see some cap fronts , saying they were for _Mi-3 . Bcilborough , the wife ofa large grocer in Uxbridge , and that one of them must be a pink satin one , as that was for a young lady who was staying at Mrs . Bedborough ' s , who had a fair complexion , and had fixed on ono of that colour . She selected two fronts ofthe description she wished , and Miss Western l « nt her a box to take them in- After she had

      left with them , another cap front , made up of thc blue satin ribbon , was missed from the shop , which led to inquiries being made at Mrs . Bcdborough , and the discovery of the fraud . On the 4 th instant , Bcachey , a policeman of tho T division , executed a distress warrant at the house of Major Brew , and there found in a cupboard two pieces of tlie two cap fronts , and the blue satin one , which had been stolen . The prisoner was not at that time at home , but the policeman traced her to tho house of Mr . Lovejoy , at lver , Buck " , and from there to the house of another friend , in _Andrew's-buildings , _City-road , where he took her into custody . In the second case the evidence proved that the prisoner , on the 8 'h of October last , went to the shop of Mr . Jesse Jones , draper of Uxbridge , saying that sh _« was Miss Hem * ing , of Ililliugdon , anil upon that _representation obtained a shawl , for which she did not pay , which shawl was found at her father ' s house when searched

      by policeman Beachey . In the thud case , it appeared that , on the 30 th of October , the prisoner also went to the shop of Mr . George Lane , draper ol Uxbridge , and asked to see some dresses for her sister , saying that her name was Western , and that she was the daughter of the prosecutor in the first case , and upon that representation , obtained three _dresses t 0 9 how , wliich had never been returned . The prisoner was committed for trial , on each of the three charges , but on the application of Major Brew , who attended the examination , she was admitted to bail , herself in £ 50 , and two sureties of £ 25 each , in each case .

      Fatal Accident o . v the Easterj * Counties Railway — Cai * u 3 idoe , Wednesday night . — _Yesterday evening about hall ' _-past seven o ' clock , an accident of a deplorable character occurred on this line , at the Whettlestord station , by which the daughter of a respectable yeoman , named Coleman , of Duckworth , a neighbouring village , met with a frightful death . The unfortunate female , who was about 24 years of age , it appears , ace _impanied by hersistei , went to the Whittlesford station to see a Mrs . Martin , of Saffron Walden , off by the three o ' clock train from Yarmouth , she having been on a visit at the residence of thc parents of the unfortunate git 1 . The train was due at Whittlesford at 21 minutes past seven o ' clock , but from some unexplained

      circumstance it was ten minutes behind tune in its arrival ( so the repjfter was informed ) , and but for that circumstance the melancholy occurrence would probably not have happened . Mrs . Martin having paid her fare the sisters went on io the platform and saw her into the carriage , when the train proceeded on its route to town . Before it , however , had cleared the front of the station , the deceased replied to her sister , ' Now , my dear , let's cross , " and as the last carriage of that train passed them they jumped on to _thepermanjnt way , and made an attempt to cross over to the opposite platform , where the gate was situated through which they had to pass on their return home , thc road ( London and Newniarkei ( _crossinsj the line on a level- At that moment the six

      o ' clock evening express train from London was coming up at the usual speed of 30 to 3-3 miles per hour . The station-master , Mr . Jackson , and the porter , seeing the perilious position of thc two females shouted to them to return . The porter , who was on the line at the same moment , springing forward und . M-izing tho clothes of one ot tbem pulled her back , thus saved her life . Uuhappity , however , such was not the cae with her sister , she was caught by the engine aud met with an instantaneous death . Search was made for the body , when the first thing that attracted attention was a bonnet , and on the porter ' s lifting it the head of the poor girl fell out ; a few yards higher up the lino was found the trunk of the body shockingly mutilated , one of the arms severed and part of the right leg . As quickly as possible they were gathered together , and removed to the Red Lion Inn , adjacent to the station . At 1 _o'elock

      to-day a coroner ' s inquest was held at the Red Lion Mr . Richardson , the superintendent of the traffic department , was present to watch the inquiry on the part of the Company . The evidence adduced confirmed the facts previously mentioned . The regulations of the Company were produced to the J ury , which showed that necessary precautions were * taken where the line _crosssed roads on a level . Iu aecordance _. ' with the regulations at the time of the accident a porter was standing between the two line of rails to prevent pcrsous passing over the line , but tlie sisters were so rapid in their movements , that it was impo _* - sibla to save the one who perished . The Jury were satisfied that no blame was to be attributed to the Company , and by the _regulation they were of opinion that the directors had adopted every precanticw for the security of the public . Thev found a verdict of" Accidental death . "

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      TWC . l ' . ATCTl IRELAND . TIIF . LANDLORDS MANIFESTO . The resolutions announced in our last as having been provisionally adopted by the Reproductive Committee , were submitted to the general meeting of landowners on Thursday , held at the Dublin Rotunda . AU parties were represented , and apparent unanimity characterised the proceedings . The attendance was very numerous , comprising noblemen , members of Parliament , and country gentlemen . The Earl ot Ormond presided .

      RHrt-AL ASSOCIATION . The usual meeting was held on Monday . Mr . Somers , the member for Sligo , was called to the chair , and took the opportunity to renew his pledges of fealty to the Old Ireland section of repealers . Mr . Costello adverted to the great meeting on Thursday , expressed his sympathy with this new and propitious combination of Irishmen , commended the Earl of Ormonde as one of the best of Irish landlords and most benevolent of men , and finally spoke of Mr . Holmes ' s pamphlet " On thu State of Ireland . " lie now claimed Mr . Holmes as a repealer , whose accession was particularly valuable after fortyseven years of political silence . He had indulged , however , in two "flings , " one at the Catholic religion , the other at Mr . O'Connell . These he ( Mr . _Oostciio ) , of course , thought to be unwise and

      ungenerous . Mr . O'Connell was glad that Mr . Holmes had awoke at all after his sleep of forty-seven years . ( Laughter . ) Tho gentleman was a very excellent lawyer , and of liberal opinions ; but it was an odd circumstance that on the only two occasions when prosecutions wero instituted against him , ( Mr . O'Connell ) , Mr . Holmes was found to be among the counsel for the prosecution . Adverting to the Young Irelanders , be said they were " as eloquent and as silly a set as he ever knew . " ( Laughter . ) After a little of the usual abuse ofthe Young Irelanders by Tom Steele ,

      Mr . O'Connell said he was going to Parliament , but not to support either Whigs or Tories ; he would support either Peel or Lord John Russell , if thev would give food to the people , lie had beer . " delighted at the noble convention of Irishmen , held in the Rotunda , last week ; and it was their principle , as well as his , to oppose any Government that would not give food to the Irish _pnople . ( Cheers . ) He would be in Parliament this day week , antl would then and there insist on adequate measures being taken to save the people . Jn the deaniy of _Cloyne ami Ross alone , live thousand persons had perished

      of famine , twice that number were rapidly approximating to the same late . He advised the Young Irelanders that their proposed " council" wouid be an illegal body , and liable to a prosecution under the _k ' ° . _' _* vent'on Act . He read part of a speech of Mr . Mitchell to show the dangerous language indulged in by the 1 oung Irelanders . With regard to the famine in Ireland , nothing less than an expenditure of forty or titty millions would be 3 uftiotent to meet it . Tiiere would be a great rally for Ireland by Irishmen now united as oneman-a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . J . O'Connell echoed the sentiments of his father on the subject of not supporting Lord John Russell in the event of his disappointing tho hopes of the Irish people . The proceedings were protract cd to a late hour . 'Iho rent for the week was £ 128 ( 5 s . 7 d .

      JJOX-CULTlVATION OF THE SOIL . This alleged evil is exciting tho greatest apprehensions . The danger as the season advances is , fo course , becoming more imminent . _CAPTAIS STARLIGHT . *—KXTiUOltDINARV SCEXK . A presentment sessions for tlie barony of Cor' _-mre , county of Clare , was held last week , and while the proceedings were pending Captain Francis _Macnamara handed to the chairman a _threatenin-5 - _^ _et , which had been given into Captain Wynne ' s hand by some person in the court , as he was passing among the crowd assembled in the body ofthe mceiJDg . The _letter bate ike representation of a coffin , with

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      a death ' s head and _crossbones on the top , and tvas written with red ink , or probably with blood . The following is an exact copy : — Captain Wynne , —Captan Starlightsends you notice to lave thes parts or if you dont i give you the end of Mesters Currig blood and co „ they say your a _undsnted man but I have forty rifel men at kind as ever puled a thriker so go on with the works at ruan aud quit the country if you dont wish to go home to the mistres a corpes which by the mortal _i'lgend you if you come to thes parts agin take this _warnin or _you'l be a dead man in no time _i'l wach you . Your obedient servant , _rr-u _. nt * _ i . Captain Starlight . ?¦ J ™ _™ 7 a n _- _tT * ly deno « nced the author of the aoove , and said he was ready to off .. ** _eoo „ lu _„^ for information that might _leadKis apofe e fsS Captain Francis Mac . vamaba . _ I will . _" ive _^ Ot „ _" r I will m « ct the villain , if he choose , at 1 * o ' clock to-night , armed , and will pledge _mynelf to ¦ ., _' * alone . _•" ¦

      Captain Wynne then said , —Gentlemen , you will excuse my making a few observations on the document that has been handed to me . If Captain Starlight thinks that he will in this may intimidate me , or turn me aside from the path of my duty , he little knows the individual with wh"m he has to dn . ft has been my wish to relieve the poor , and oppose the employment of the rich man , and in this course I shall persevere . I now hold a poor man ' s petition in my hand , which shall receive immediate attention , but if I did not hope Captain _Starlight ' s communication would lead to the discovery of the writer I

      would tear it in pieces , and trample it under my feet ; and , aa he is now present , 1 beg leave to inform him that I shall be on the road to-night , and happy to meet him , when he will find me well prepared * . but if through any of the causes which shake tho assassin ' s hand , he should fail to execute his purpose , it do it ineffectually , I pledge myself to him that that moment shall be his last . Captain Wynne , accompanied by the officers of police , proceeded afterwards down through the bodv of the meeting , but could find no clue to the discovery of the person who served him with the letter .

      After some further remarks , a resolution was passed a reward for the discovery of " Captain Starlight , " and a sum of £ 127 was _subsce ' eeei for that purpose on the spot . Tipperary is described as beine in a state ol anarchy . The Tipperary Const " _wwtMnsays : — "The Boberniore ' Feuciblcs' have _comiiKuce' -J hostilities . Armed—trained—disciplined—they he _sitate _n-it to rush into collision with the authorities , and in the mid-day fire upon the police . "

      proorbss of famine ASH DEATH . The last accounts from the Queen ' s County and midland districts generally , _areextremefy uu favourable . On Monday last a conference of the relief committee of the Queen ' s County was held in the Court-house , Mary borough , " for the purpose i f making the most impressive representations of the extreme destitution existing in the county , an . ) earnestly soliciting tbe immediate application of more effectual remedies than those at present tu operation . " Themeeting was attended by all the leading proprietors of the district , and . after considerable

      discussion , a " declaration , " setting forth the present posture of affairs , was unanimously adopted . The _ilt'clarationiats say , — " The humbler classes in this country now present an aspect of physical want and mental distress hitherto _unknownamongst our people , already unfortunately too notorious for an habitual absence of the comforts and decencies of life ; their energies of mind and body are rapidly declining ; and it cannot be otherwise—a large number being kept alive only by a scanty allowance of unwholesome food ; many families subsist solely on turnips , in small quantities , and these , in too many instances , they are unable to obtain by any other means than theft .

      " The committees witness with dismay the continued transmission of provisions in large quantities from amongst a famine stricken people , while they unhappily eannnt observe the introduction of even coarser articles of food in return . " The committees feel called upon to express their firm conviction , that on the Prime Minister of England rests the responsibility ofthe perishing of thousands from want of food throughout Ireland . "An immediate supply of food , to be sold to the poor at reasonable prices , and also accessible to t * . e totally destitute , _appsars to be the present remedy required . —a remedy the application of which cannot with safety be delayed .

      " The committees deem it proper to declare tbeii strong conviction , that the Labour Act has proved eminently injurious in its operation . Icing faulty and unjust in principle , inefficient a 3 a means of affording relief to the poor , demoralizing to the labourers , prejudicial to tha public works , and but too strongly calculated to corrupt the officers employed in its administration . "One ofthe most disheartening facts to be laid before the public of the British empire is—that urgent distress and poignant want have driven the

      working class to seek means of sustaining life , by the scanty wages to bo obtained upon public works , as the holders of small farms ave no longer able to employ inem ; the soil is uncultivated , the crops unsown ; the seed , which should have been deposited in the land , ha * been devoured by the hungry , or sold to obtain means to meet the most irresistible of their necessities ; the obvious consequence , unless a vigorous remedy be promptly applied , must be—misery tenfold _^ increased during the approaching season , und extending to persons whose _impoverishment must involve the general _solvenry of the country .

      A letter addressed to the Cork Examine ;; dated Ballydehob , Jan . 10 th , and bearing tlte signature of ' Jeremiah _O'Cailaghan , " says , — Since my last report , deaths are fearfully on the increase in this locality . Four have died in the immediate vicinity of this village withiu the last few days . In the mountain districts tiiey die unknown , _unpitie-d _, and , n most instances , uuburied for weeks . Yesterday a man was discovered half concealed in a pigstye , in such a revolting condition that humanity would slunk at a description of the body . It was rapidly _deeomposius - , but uo neighhour has yet offered his services to c * ver the loathsome remains . Death has taken forcible possession ofevery cabin , Poor Coughl _.-in , of tbe board ot worka ,

      was crawling home a few _nn-hts aj ; o , when hunger and exhaustion seued him within a few yards of Lis hou = o , where he was found the following _morning a frightful example of road mortality . If the present system of roadmaking be obstinately persevered in , West _Carbe-ry may be properly designated an universal grave-yard . I have just learned that in the neighbourhood of Crookhnven they are buried within the _ivalb of their hut 3 . They have in most eases forgotten tho usual ceremory of in . torment . The living are so consumed by f . iiiiine they are unable to remove the dead . The Examiner eould scarcely contain the names of tell who have perished for the last month . I shall trouble you with no more particulars ; but sendyou tho gross number of victims when I write aprain .

      VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER AGAINST LORD JOHN

      _IIUSSKI . L . At an inquest held at Galway , on a person who had died from want , the jury found a verdict of wilful murder against Lord John Russell and Sir Randolph llouth ! but the Coroner refused to receive the verdict . The jury wet e finally obliged to content themselves with the " verdict that " deceased died from want and thc inclemency of the weather . "

      SCOTLAND _, r ' _nisnuncu—ExmonniNARV Trial on thk charuk of _t-MiiK / . zLt . MKNT and Tiieft —On Wednesday Ronald Gordon , late secretary anil accountant to the Exchange Hank of Scotland , was charged with the following acts of breach of trust , embezzlement or theft , viz ., bv obtaining , as secretary of the said bunk on the 7 th of May last , the sum of . _£ 1 ") 0 , in payment of certain calls on railway shares , which he appropriated to his own uso ; also , a sum of £ 350 , paid to him on the 15 . b of May ; also , a bank elieck for £ 280 , delivccd to him on the Uth of May ; also , a bank check for . i' 100 , paid on the loth of June ; also , a bank check for . "" 283 . Is ., paid him on the 12 th of May ; and , also , a bank check for £ \ y 20 , paid

      on the liUh of Jnne . The prisoner luiving pleaded "Not guilty , " a number of witnesses gave evidence , from which , with the admissions of the prisoner , it appeared that , having embarked in railway - _spectil-A tions , he became embarrassed , and in order to meet his liabilities _retainet ! certain sums of money which he ought to have paid over to the cashier of the bank , and that he obtained the manager ' s signature to i check for £ 050 , on pretence of paying it to a party in Dingwall on account of certain railway shares . These facts were clearly brought out in evidence , and the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of—Guity of theft on all the charges . " Ou Thursday the prisoner was sentenced to fifteen years transportation . The trial excited very great interest .

      The Rf . _I'R'jsentatio' - of _Gla-uow . —A paragraph appeared in the Scotch Reformers' Grzatc of Saturday , stating that Mr . Macgregor , ol the _Boird of Trade , and Mr . _Lutnsden , the late Lord l ' rovost , were spoken of as candidates forthe representation of Glasgt > T / at the ensuing election , l ' he _W-uyd-v Arqus say * * , it is quite Hue that the name ot ' the former gentleman has been mentioned as the _probable succes > or of one ofthe present members , iu theevent of a vacancy—but we have the authority nf Mr . Lurasden for stating that a most . * uiwavrautaWe use has been made of Id ' s name . Risk in the Price of Bread is Glasuow . —The incorporation of bakers will this day raise thc price ofthe lib . loaf—fine loaf , to lid ., hoiischold bread , 10 d . —Glasgow Arqitsof Monday .

      Berwick . —Effects of Ethkr . —On Monday the influence of the inhalation of the vapour of ether in a dental caso was tested iu this _ttiwn The _patieat who submitted himself to the operation of having a tuoth extracted was Mr . Jonathan Priestman , jun ., who , being placed in a chair , inhaled the ether from a temporary apparatus fitted up % by Mr . B . Gilpin , and in a few minutes was so completely overcome by the effects of -the narcotic , that Mr . Nightingale txtractcdouecf his doublo teeth without , as Air . _Friestman afterwards doctored , tho le _* sat pain or iucouvenience ,

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      _MOr-CAY Guildhall , —Cuai > qe of Forgery . —On Monday two _fashionably-dressed young men , namud William John Lainsun and Samuel _Geiodenough , residim : at So . 7 , John ' _s-road , _Il-tmnmsmith , were placed nt the !> ar , before Alderman F .. i \ rbrofher , _ehsr-jed with i . Wainiiig silks , satins , etc * , to the amount or £ 52 16 's „ from ihe firm of John Falshaw und P . iwson , _linendrapi-rs St . Paul ' s Churchyurd , byjineans of a forged or _. ler , under the following _ci-eumstances : —William Stanley , sup _rintendent of the packing department at Messrs . P _. nrson ' s , stated tbat on the 9 th of January , his employi rs received a letter by post purporting to come from a _enstoine-r of theirs named Mr . J . icksjn _, of Debenlinni , in Suffolk , requesting that they would send him , by ihe Eastern Coun .

      tic 3 Railway , three o'clock train , the following articles to be lefc until called for at the _Norwii-li station : —Fifty yards of Satinette , at 2 " . 3 s ; 50 yards ditto at ' Ja , 9 < i .: 50 yards ditto at 3 =.. Id . ; four lengths of fancy check Kros _, about 28 or 30 yards , at 2 s . fid . <> r 2 s . Bel : one dozen gentlemen ' * collars at 6 s . ; one dozen coloured hid gloves . : t 0 s . ; three black satin se rfs at 10 s . ouch ; si * black _'iCinc ' i satin kerchiefs ; three War ) . - satin shawls ••* 12 s . ii _, i . three difo at lOt . 6 . 1 . ; and two r ' * 'c ** s of fancy India rubber corahs at '' 4 s . Gd . The letter was signed " W . Maberly for Mr . Jackson . " The order was execute d ami duly fient ( m the same day , which was a Saturday , and the _i-ivoi-e sent per post on the following Wednesday tn Mr . _J-. ckson , when they received a communication from -. _* „ _, re , lues _.- , lg an exlanation

      p , ns he had never sent for any goods , authorised any _.. nc to _n-ud for him , nor had ba received any . lu e . vnfeqilM 1 Ctt ¦ _.,.,, „ _•„ . _„ be („ made , and it was ascertained that the box duly arrived at tho Ipwieh station , was duly called for , directly alter the train had arrived , by a party aii < mer ' n the description < in . ttinso ! i _, und taken awny . h was tr . _iced to n public liouse in the _neighbourhood , in the possession , as it was _supposed , of both the prisoners , and from thencu the next _moriiiiijl ( Sunday ) by train tu London ; after which _, it was lost _s-ght of , Information was then given to the police , which resulted in the apprehension of the prj . soneM that t _^ oruim _.-, while at breakfast at the houso of _Goodi-noiiijh ' s mother . Mrs . Clark , tbi _; wife cf Mr . fj . _Oiiirk , Draper , Great _Dover-street , Borough , _stad-d that

      Liinson had been in iheir employ as assistant , fur about _i-ii _f bt years , and id _.-ntified the letter si gned _ilal-i-rl y as in that prisoner ' s _h-. nd writing . C- Frew deposed to taking them into custody , and _finditij , ' in Lu ' msnlT ' s box two pieces of silk , a pitce of satin , two satin h : i ! idj ( erchiet ' s , five pair of kid glove 3 , besides slnrt collar * , and other articles in some drawer * , tie . Alderman Fair _, brother observed that it tvas a mo't airious _thargo _against the prisoners , and advised them , in this stage of the procee . _linirs , to say notlnmr , as they mi _; ht let fall some expression which might _lu-reat it he used ug . _emst them ; which _udvire tbey timk _. aiid thev were remanded tor a few days to get all the parties connected with the c-4 ss , both in Ipswich and London , as well as at the railway stations , to come forward nnd gim their evident ' - ' . Thev _nvre then remanded .

      _ButLOiXG _SeictimES James Robert _JI'Arthui- wan _sumni'ined before the Lord Mayor and _Aldprman Gibbs to ansiver the complaint of John Oi ' es , _Kohurt _I'it-yolin , and George Mi ler , the trusted ofa friendly society called the Second _Te-n : peraiicoBenefit _Beiildiiif Assoc ! ttioii , for that h ' ' , being the secretary to the _soe-iaty , dhi receive and take into his possession outhe 2 Sd of October , 1845 , the sum of £ 15 _belonging to the society , and _hiving it in his possession did unlawfully and fraudulently withhold it from the society against the statute , it * ., _whereby he beeama liable to pay double the amount of the money so withheld . A . certificate copy «) f the _rulesliatitig been ymtin , Mr . L . Bentley , of Brentwood , E _* se . v , wis called as a witness . He said , I am a shareholder in . the society , and on the 23 d of October , 1845 , t paid the defendant £ 15 on

      account of'he shares I held . Hegave me the memorandum I produce . I bought the shares of Air . Catlin . I asked the defendant what amount was due _. and lie said he would look over the atcount , and let me know ; and he afterwards nave me a paper with the figures _, £ ' _) 13 s . 71 . upon it , and said that _atiuiunt was due , and I paid him that sum . Mr . G . It . _Moluit-uut stated that he was a diiector of tho society of which the defendant was secretary , in October , 1315 , and it was the duty of tl . e defendant to receive money forthe society , and pay it over on the monthl y n ' ' _tts , having first entered it in the bock , and then to re-enter it in another book . He had been _Iii . king through the books , and eould hnd no entry of the sum of

      £ 15 received from Mr . Bentley . In due course it would have been entered ia the _Novembtr account . The tooks were _hure produced . Mr . _Sextant Joue 9 , after having made some _ieg--l ohj t-ctions t _» the ease , said that his client had all alou _^ expressed a w ish to submit thi ; mat . ter to arbitration , and was still desirous to that mode of _settlerueiit which was hkeiy to be more satisfactory , in consequence of the complexity of aece . nnts . The I _. f , rd Mayor and Alderman Gibbs said the case appeared to tileia to be very clearly made out , and the defendant hae ! made no answer to it , They should therefore ordar hira to pay the sum of £ 30 to the treasurer of the _Society , and 2 * . costs , iu ose calendar month , or to be imprisoned fvr three calendar months .

      WESTMINSTER . — . John Alder , a chimneysweep , living at 36 , _Coburg-row , Westminster , was charged with having compelled a poor boy to go up a chimney to the imminent peril of his life . William , James Moore , a boy between 9 and IO _jeais of age , who was evidently suffering from tho effects of a recent fright , said , thatthe defendant , who is his master , took him that morning to a house in Warwick-street , V 3 _uxhit'l-bridge-road , and told him to go up a kitchen chimney there _. Complainant said be could not as t her j was a lot of mortar about , but defendant insisted that he should , and declared that unless he did he _weiuld beat him severely when begot him heme . Complainant then went up and swept the chimney , but as he was coming down the machine broke , and , falling , caught him near the breast , und jammed him tight ia the chimney , where

      he was fortunately extricated by a hole beitig cut ia tho wall . Stephen Ilamsbottom , a master sweep , proved having been bent for to the house , when he found tho buy jammed up thoehimney . At the time the poor fellow was got out he was _nearly suffocated , and both knees _wera hurt by the skin being off . _Def _.-ndant , in answer to the charge , said there was someuuwt ' . tr in thc chimney , and the lady of the house wished to have it got down , iu consequence of which he sent tbe boy up , but as it rvas his first time of ascending a _cliimncj lie broke the machine ; Mr . Broderip said tlie ease came clearly within the _meaning of the statute , and in consideration ofthe peril to which the boy bad been exposed fined defendant £ i . As it was perfectly useless to issue a distress warrant against the goods of defendant he was committed to prison for six wetks .

      TUESDAY , WORSHIP STREET . _—Fuaious _Daivisc . — Yesterday , Mr . John Spencer , a surgeon , resident at Nelson _, terrace , Stoke Newington , was charged bef-re Mr . Bingham , the sitting magistrate , with furiougly driving ' a hoise and chaise , and injuring a boy named Henry Emntcrton . Mr . Hill , of Bruce Cast ' s , Tottenham , inspector of _postage stamps , aud brother of Mr . Rmvlant ! Hill , of the General Tost Ollice , proved , that on Monday evening he was proceeding home in a phaeton , driven by his son , when the defendant passed them in a chaise at a furious rate ; mid presently thty heard an outcry somo distance ahead , and found that u hoy , and a donkey ha was upon , had been run down by the chaise , and appar . entry seriouslv hurt . The defendant , instead ofstopping ,

      or relaxing his speed , drove on nt the same furious rate , and the witness and his sou drove after him as far as Stamford Hill Gate where tiiey found the chaise stopped to pay toll , and the defendant and a fricnel with bim were then standing by thc side ofthe horse . Witness then told him about the injury done to the boy and the donkey , hut after somo impudent reply , ihe defendant and the other jumped into the _elniisw again , and drove oil ' as before , followed again by the phaeton as far as Tottenham Cross . The witness thin alighted , but his son having obtained the assistance of a policeman , concoutiimcd in pursuit as far as the Angel Inn , at CdmuHton , where they found the chaise put up , and the defendant and his friend in the house-. Tin- il _.-iVmlimr , who

      then denied all knowledge of any mischief den " , was taken in charge , In the meantime the lad bad beeu tiikcn to a surgeon , nnd was found to be much nr . and contused about the head and fiii _' _c . The liny _Kilimciuui , a baker ' s son , was prescut , and nave evidence ut fit * in . juries be had sustained ; and the i _. wner e-f ihe _a-. imal ho was riding at the time , said it was i valuable' _mili-h ass , aud lud been so VAVieYi _wvjnvvil _vhiit i > v . _i >* i \ ti not be sir . _vii-eable for some time to come . Ti . e defendant was lined 40 s for furious diivinj . _* , ami _»> - ' ei >•>) n > _^> a > hesibes , £ 2 fur the injury to tin- but . unit i'i tu the- owner of the ass . The money was tinuitdiiitt iy paid , and the _defendant , who bad also tc p ; iy the _girt-n _^ _-inl . spenses lor his _herse and chaise , wn _* . _thi-iiii-M'huri . 'e'il .

      LAMBETH . — sun . is t'iuin . 1 . tt ' . u * .. _*)* a livufim —Alexander M'l . _tish . a j . iuiiieumui b'tUer . « . < _li-. has been in custody _.-. iine 1 ' i . _ii-tiiias , wat placed at the bur before Mr . I ' lli . dt t ' uv _ti-. u . l _vxiimiiimioii , on a _rbargpof savagely assaulting Mis . Xlsu ' _ie Wood . L ' _rein the evi . deuce it appvared that on buMiig . day , or rather em the evening of the- - -Jelt ( if I . st itn . _iitii _, the prisoner _le-iuined lo his lodgings in a state nf intoxication and a tit uf bad temper , and his _ttite lulling fr . t- _, : iviitl v experienced the ifYects eif hie _luut-ility while in that stair , went out of the-wat tu avoid hint mid len . i _. _st . d tllv _e'oii'pl ' . _lilMnt to attend on bim , The i-oiup . aiiiaut was entering the loom tor ihv purpose , when tbe pn-oii _i oil hearing her appioach , urn . ed hnii .-ell wiih a p ., kt-r _, and under tho

      impression that ii Was Lis wite gate her a i ! e »; einte blow with the weapon em thi * he _.-n * _* . The poor woman instautly dropped , and wa * _.-. ooii cim-ivd with blood from a d . cp wound _iiitlicted with the jwker . *> o serious was the _ttVei'ts of the injury that Mr . King , the medical genii , man who attended _l-. ei , felt it _iit-ei-ssaij * to have her evidence taken , . 'Hid Mr . Xoiton attended »* her beelside for that _puipnse . At that time it was thought impossitile she eould have survived ••••••¦ y bouts , as she was seized with _erysipelas , but her disease took a . favourable turn , ami _yesi-rdaj she was enabled to attend and gW <* _, her evidence-against thc prisoner though she is it'll in a very weak slate . The evidence having been committed to writing , tho _I'risi tier was committed to take bis trial .

      THAMES . —" _CimtsTuN _MEucr _Iuusibated bt a CftainiAK _I'biest . —June _Xoatosaged 24 _^ brought botore Mr . Yardley on rem . iud rious small articles , the Franklin Spencer , L . L . D ., th _7 f t _ffc / 4

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 23, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23011847/page/7/