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      _ Thea.Tmiiot Of The Poor In St Pancius ...

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      •The Edinburgh Chartist Trials. On Satar...

      • THE EDINBURGH CHARTIST TRIALS . On Satarday last , the High Conrt of J _* - _*^™* "met f or tbe _purpose of passing sentence on Kooert Hamilton and Henry Rankin , who were found milty on Tuesday hut of gedition in so far > _uithey nsed words calculated : *© promote _jjopulardi-affaetion , and _reastenca to lawful authority , * The Jadges _m-essnt were the Lord Jastioe Cierir- and Lards Mackeorie , Medwyn , and Wood . Mr _Mokcbkr ' , for the prisoneri _, asked if the jary , ia returning tbeir verdict , had not declared , on the _qnesBoa bera _? put to them , that they had purposely left out the word * intended * in the verdict . The Loan Justice Chhkreplied in the _amrma-£ r _*** A The Low * _Advocate then moved tbe court for

      sentence against the prisoners . .- Mr _Losas , for the prisoners , opposed the motion in respect of the termi of the verdiot , whicti he eontended , did not amonnt to a verdict of guilty . The prisoners were charged in the indiotment with _do-nit eertain things which were -intended and calculated to excite popular dfeaffeotion , commotion and vio lence , aud tt-Mance to lawful authority . ' The ehargeof 'intention' was therefore meant to override all the previous narrative in the indictment , out the jury had merely found the prisoners guilty of ¦• edition in so far as they used _laaeusge calculated to excite disaffection , & 3 _., and they had purposely left the word 'intended ' out of their verdict . He contended farther that by the law of _Strilwi' _loteu-Uon * was the essence of the crime _ofSedition , _fcnd that the jary , by th * omission of that word , _nsd found a verdiot , not fer the Crown , hut for the

      pri-Mr _M-jKcann followed on the same side . _^ Mr Crawford , on the part of the Crown , contended that sedition wu a crime well known to the law , and one requiring no explanation , and that itceuld never be understood to mean an innocent or unintentional act . The verdict was , therefore , good , aa a verdict against the prisonera . Supposing that tte word intended' had not been in the indictment at all , snd that it simply charged then with doing what waa calculated to excite disaffection , & e ., still it would have been a perfectly good indictment , and s verdiot of guilty founded upon it would have been received . The learned gentleman _eapported his views of the case by a variety of arguments and authorities .

      The Loan _AnvcoitKfolIowedontheeame side- To impeach _gaccegsfnlly the verdict it wss neoessary for hit friends on the other Bide to show that it was bis doty to have libelled 'intended , ' aa something different from what waa meant by ' calculated : ' and also that it waa his duty to hare libelled specifically the Intention . lie bad heard , however , no authority urged for this coarse . It woald , iadeed . be a strange thin ? , if , after the prisoners had been found guilty of sedition , any qualification with whtoh the verdiot was accompamed shonld have the absolnte effect of nullifying it . The jury had need tha word 'guilty * —that was to say . that the prisonera had in their mind a seditious intent , and therefore he held that they had fonnd all the criminal intent whioh itwas necessary for them to infer .

      After a few words from Mr _Moscrtefp in reply , their lordships retired to consider their judgment , ** . d returned into court in aboat three-qaartera of an hoar , when the _LordJcstick Clbrk stated that they would give their decision on that day week . - The Court thea _*^ _joarced , and the prisonera were lent back to prison .

      Tee Late Fatal Collision Oi Ths Kicbhobd...

      Tee Late Fatal _Collision oi ths _kicbhobd is * Datchzt Like . — Thursday having been appointed for the re examination of William _Watkins , the fireman of the Vulture engine , who stood charged with driving that engine _againstthe Hornet engine , tad thereby causing the death of Richard Perry , ( full particulars of which will be found in oar sixth page ) , the prisoner was brought up before a full bench of tbe Richmond magistrates , of which Mr Penrjbn was chairman . Seversl witnesses were examined , and the bench agreed that the prisoner should stand committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court toe tha msn & luightoc of _Richsxd Perry , but that he shoald be brought ap again on Saturday next for the depositions to be completed . It was stated that the driver would not be able to undergo an examination for a fortnight or three weeks .

      _ Gkxat Fibs is the _Hstssuhd Road . —An alarming fire brake ont oa Thursday morning , in the Floor Cloth Manufactory of Mr _Lawson . Watts Buildings _, near the Canal Bridge , intheKingsIand Road , and owing to the inflammable nature of the materials , the flames speedily spread to a number of small tenements in Wilmer Gardens adjoining . The manufactory was entirely consumed , and Wilmer Garden ? , Nos . 1 to 10 inclusive , let oat in tenements , were all damaged fay fire .- We understand that _neithr ths premise * nor contents wera insured . Mr S-mdalL on tha other side of ( he row . premises tuned down ; insured . — No . 22 , Northaapton Street , great damage to premises by fire ; not in lured . —Wilmer ' a Gardens ( opposite aide ) , No . 18 , and 29 . to 37 , _ineloiive , let out in tenements , til severely dtmsged by fire , water , &* . ; the occu piers not insured , buildings not known whether inlured ox sot .

      Tax _CotroH _Lonns , ahd rax Tea Hours Bnx . — Ms Emtos , —As yoa have before recorded the doings of G . and M . Andrew of _Mesaley , I will give the pablio another specimen of tbe workings of these Cheap Bread , High _Wsgej , and Plenty to do ' _-renOeatea . They begin to work ten hoars per dsy , tl think ) on the 1 st of May , and in accordance with their mnal generosity , _reduced the wages of their werkpeople proportionately . Abont a fortnight ago this firm of G . and M . Andrew began to work what they call ten hoars per day on the relay system ; which

      m reality » mora than eleven hears per day ; so the 17 th berng the pay day , the workpeople went to receive their wages , and Mr Mark Andrew of the above Sum , paid thera _tee-hour wages . Some of the men remonstrated with him , and asked him to pay them ( the cardroom hands ) for eleven hours per day , being the time tbey had worked , bat ha very obligingly said —* If jou . don't like it , mend yourselves . ' 1 his Mr Mark Andrew is a very religious character . —By the insertion of the abave facts , you will very much oblige —Yours truly , ACqmt & xt _Rxas-s .

      Thk Soma _Laucastuu Turn Aunts . —We lean that the commission for the approaching winter aiilx'i for South Lancashire will be opened at Liverpool , on Saturday the 9 Jh ot December , aud the real _buttaett of tfae _aulx-- ) will commence oa the moraing of Monday , the llth of that month . The jn _l ge * are Ur Boron Atder & oa and Mf Jastice Erie . The chief cases of iaterest at these _ajsisu will be tbe three indictments from Liver _, pool , Manchester , and _Ashtoa . nnder Lyne , against a great number of perions for conspiracy , unlawful assem-King , sedition , _& c . The Manchester Chartist indictment , as it is called , Includes no fewer than 46 indvid . ub ; that from Liverpool _incladesi , and that from _A-iton-nnder . Lyne 34 . Independent !** of these trials , however , the criminal bnilnets at the approaching winter _atilxes is said to bs heavy ; that frora tha borough of His Chester is quite as Urge aa at an ordinary _auisu .

      Standard Theatre. A Bmnn Nnder Peculiar ...

      STANDARD THEATRE . A _Bmnn nnder peculiar eirennutanees , _u regards two of tha victims , wss taken on Wednesday evening at this theatre . The play wu the immoral Byron's Mabthid , the hero being personated by its original representative at Covent Gird * - Theatre asms years ago—Mr Denvil— and fee _Mjltttltaiaed it by hi * able _dahneation of tha ehtnwter . The play wsi followed by the nautical drama of Ths Sou cr the _Wavs . This drama abounds with hair-breadth scapes — broad-sword combats— nautical hornpipes—and concludes with the destruction of a vessel ( 60 feet in length ) by fin _presenting an awfully grand spectacle . Ths leasee ( John Dot-gists ) , played the hero . 'Hick Drake , the eo-awaia . ' He hits off the saUot ' s character to the life , and his hornpipe elicited aa unanimous ( moot ? .

      He w _« ably supported by Mrs B . Honnor u the Pinto Boy , * 'Mr B ; Honnor _u a ' Yank * ped iar ; Mr H . Lewis , as * a footman toned author with his novel in nine _ToJimeer * Mr Joseph Ray ner as the Captain ; ' and that _langhter-creatin _g _astre * —Mas E . Terry u « Lucy Laurel , the waiting wotnan . T * iUpKoe , wbidihM already had a run of fifteen nights . -was announced for every _eveningunttl further notice . Tha evening ' s _amnsc-ncnt _eenelvded witb Taw . _Vjcsair , hu Wm ahd _Fauos , mwlaoh the anting of Mr Chirks Freer , supported jj ytte _titetri-Km- _^ y _. _gavennbounWtttiifwtiOT Tbe hoose wu , u tt deserved to be-well attended Butwhile we congratulate the gctters-up of ths ben * fit for their aebva philsnthropy , we mast not fail to _ooaoeed the Standard Theatre to tha patronasa « our friends ; u ws cannot forget that its present _fPHited lessee ( Mr John Douglass ) , has more than ° _ce » guen his aid and subscription to the good cause ** « _-r * wer «* - f #

      Hit^Nsli R?It 0a , Frid *7» Mrfwliog, Of...

      _Hit _^ nSli r ? _iT 0 a , Frid * _7 » _MrFwliog , of tha

      The Oholera, The New Cases Of Cholera Re...

      THE OHOLERA , The new cases of cholera _reported to the Board , of Health on Saturday were—S _^ pney , 1 * , Camberwelli 2 . fatal ; Peckham , 6 , \ fatal ; Edinburgh , 12 , T fatal ; Leith , 3 . Tot- ; , w cases , 24—10 deaths . Cholera has , it is _aVJd , entirely disappeared from the Penitentiary at _Uillbank . The official accounts from Woolwich are , _aho of a much more favourable character . _Ittdted _, the disease is not only limited in its extent , hat muoh mitigated in severity . A goad deal of this is probably owing to the propitious state of the weather .

      ! On Monday only one case ef eholera in Lendon was reported to the Board of Health . It occurred in Kensington , and was fatal . From tha provinces reports were received of five cases at Blytb , of which two were fatal . In Scotland the disease is still a * tive . The return is :-Edinburgh , 21 , 12 fatal ; L ? itb , 1 ; _Dysatt , 1 . Total new ewes , 28—16 deaths . On Taesday the following cases were reported to the Board of Health : Whiteohapel , 3 , 1 fatal ; Lambeth Workhouse . 1 fatal ; Kennington ;} fatal -Newiugton , 1-fatal ; Chelsea , 1 ; _Barbingside , Essex , 1 ; Blytb , 2 new cases . 4 deaths ; Edinburgh , 11 , 2 fatal : Leith . 5 , 2 fatal ; Glasgow , 4 fatal . Total new cases , 30—16 deaths . Taesday night ' s Gabehb * contains a third notification from the Board of Health stating thatithasaBDeaied to them * desirable that the

      special orders and regulations ( previously published ) shonld hereafter take effect , without further notifica-? don , in ell places forthwith , npon the _»* Aual occurrence of cases of cholera , and by theee orders aad regulations they do so provide . In all oases , however , if these orders are acted npon , immediatonoticeof the fact must be sent to the General Board of Health , snd the medical officers will be required to notify , from time to time , for the information of the board , any progress whioh tbe epidemio may make in tbeir respective districts . '—The total number of deaths in London daring last week was 1 , 184 , the average being 1 , 154 . Scarlatina and typhus killed 189 persons durine the seven daya—cholera destroyed only 5 i

      On Wednesday , only one case of oholera in London was reported to the Board of Health . That case occurred in _BAttereea fields , and was fatal . The disease , however , seems to have manifested itself with mich virulence ih the parish of _Chesham , Books , where 20 cases and 8 deaths are reported . At Sunderland another fatal case has occurred . From Scotland the acconnts specify in Edinburgh 9 new _ea-es . 5 deaths -Lefth , 2 eases , 1 death . Total new cases , 33 ; 16 deaths . On Thursday , the following were the only cases of cholera reported to the Board of Health : —Hackney Workhouse , 2 , fatal ; Great Grimsby . 2 , fatal ; _Edinburgh , 7 , 3 fatal ; Leith , 4 , 2 fatal ; Total new cases . 15 . deaths 9 . »

      On Friday , the following eases were repsrtod to the Board of Health : —Stepney , 1 fatal ; Lambetb , 1 ; Lowestoft , 1 , fetal ; Edinburgh , 5 , 4 fatal ; Leitb _, I fetal ; _Gkugew , 8 , 2 fatal : total new cases , 10 ; 9 deaths .

      West Riding Election. Resisnation Of Mr ...

      WEST RIDING ELECTION . RESISNATION OF MR FIT Z WILLIAM . Lesw , Wednesday . —The extremely unfavourable reception Mr Fiizwilliam met with at his canvassing debut in Leeds yesterday , bas had the tffeot of inducing tbe Hon . Candidate ' s _reaignatien . This fact waa thia morning communicated to Mr Edward Baines by Mr Tuoam William Tottie , the legal agent at Leeds of the Fitzwilliam family , in a letter , of which tfae Mowing is a copy : — Leeds , Nov . 22 . 1848 .

      Dear Sir , —I have this moraing rece . _ved a letter from Mr George W . F tzailliam , authorising and reqaeiting me te announce that after the hostility exhibited towards hli brother Charles at Leeds , yesterJay , ha hu oome to tbe _re-olation that it is prudent far him to withdraw from a position which is to likely to provoke a contest and that he will therefore ditcoutinue his canvass . I hasten to communicate this intelligence to you with the view that you may make it known Immediately , and as extensively ai possible . Tours faithfully ,

      Edw . Baines , Esq . _Thoi , wu . Tenia . Something more than a probability exists that Mr Beckett Denison , who retired at tha general eleotion upon the nomination of Mr Cobden , will be brought forward by the Conservative party . The Liberal party held this morning a meeting of delegates from tha various polling distrusts of the Biding , at Normanton , for the purpose of considering the steps to be taken in tha - present position of affairs , and of deciding whether or not J . A . Roebuck , Esq ., the ex-member for Bath , shoald be pat in nomination . Mr Franois Carbntt , late Mayor of Leeds , occupied the chair . The name of Mr Roebuck waa reoeived with the utmost _enthnsi

      asm by nearly every delegate present . His , however , wu not the only name mentioned ; bat , as reporters were excluded , it wu impossible to obtain tha p _*^\ cul * _im in _"dma for _tiie express train . Atthe moment , however , at which the express left , it waa reported that Sir Calling Eardley wu the candidate fixed npon . Mr Edward Baines haa written to the editor of the Sun , stating that Sir C . Eardley , Bart ., hu accepted & e invitation of becoming a candidate for the representation of tfae West _Riding . At « meeting of _Coniervitivfl and Whig electors held at Leeds , on Friday , ( festerday } it wu resolved ii put Mr Denison in nomination for the Wat R : dur .

      The New Executive. Observing In Last Wee...

      THE NEW EXECUTIVE . Observing in last week's Stir a suggestion by Mr Lowery _, of Carlisle , tbat tho members Of the EX _8-entire appointed atthe late _Birmingham meeting shoald be confirmed in their office by election in their respective localities ; I have to apologise for _bavisg omitted in the report , that snch was the , universal feeling and desire of the delegates , although no speoifio resolution wu passed to that effect . T . M . Whkkub , Secretary to the meeting .

      Sbal Fight.—As Three Lads From Cambeltow...

      Sbal Fight . —As three lads from Cambeltown , in pursuit of sea-fowl , and one of thera armed with an old musket , were sauntering along the north shore of Ardersier some days ago , they descried , at the edge of the receding tide , a large dark objectstrongly relieved by the brightness of the yellow sand—and surrounded at a little distance by a flock of sea-mews . Their first impression wu that tbey bad fonnd a prize of a stranded _bottlenose ; but a nearer survey altered their opinion , and the elder sportsman , determined to be prepared for all contingencies , drew from his blunderbuss the small shot with which it wu loaded , and having increased the charge of powder . substituted a musket ball

      and some slags . Thus armed he proceeded stealthily along the beach , until nearing his game he discovered it to be a huge seal , which , soothed by tbe comfortable temperature of -the sunny beach , and luxuriating io the grateful digestion of its late breakfast , and , withal , anticipating future successful interception of salmon on their way to Chanonry Point , had fallen fast asleep . Facts are stranger tban fiction , and in the scene which followed Cap ? tain Macintyre ' _s encounter with the Phoca , so humorously described in the * Antiquary , ' is thrown into the shade . The musketeer , Simon , having dispatched a companion by a circuitous route to a mussel scalp , vrith instructions to cut off the retreat

      of the seal from his native element , shonld the pending assault prove scatheless , he , in concert with _tb-jthird , formed his plans and cautiously advanced : tfae second having attained his position—the marksman , excited by the prospect before him , proceeded with less . caution , until observed by the gulls . These snowy sentinels took to flight , and in their mazy whirls screamed go loud that the seal awoke from his luckless slumber , and edged away . Click went the ponderous doghead , off went the overcharged musket , and backwards fell the sportsman into a thicket of whins . The thirdseeing from

      , the convulsive motions of the animal that he was wounded , rushed at him and seized him by one of the hind paws . Onward bounded tbe seal dragging the prostrate wight as a dog does an old kettle , pattering aud scattering showers of sand behind him . The second , who started from his ambuscade on hearing the report of the musket , now confronted the phoca , armed with a cudgel hurriedly manufactured from a whin stalk , with which he harmlessly belaboured the animal until the stick wu wrested from him , he being upset in the struggle . Tbe shooter , now somewhat recovered from the

      concussion and pain of his overthrow , came tardily to the rescue , and with all the emphasis of which be was muter , inflicted on the head of the poor seal several blows with the bntt end ef the musket . Still the goaded animal , actuated , by a powerful instinct , and possessing wonderful tenacity of life , progressed towards the sea ,, dragging his adhering enemy after Mm . How long the warfare ; might have lasted , or . what the result would have been , is uncertain , had not the shooter changed his mode of assault , and used a clasp-knife , with which he

      enlarged the gun-shot wound . The bleeding animal bellowed and struggled , but at lut gave in . The conflict lasted fifteen minutes , and one of the party was dragged through the sands sixty or seventy yards , persevetingly keeping hold of the seal till the last . The lads were so hurled and bespattered that an ardent geologist might have mistaken tbem for encrusted _ontropoliles or specimens of new red sandstones . The seal measured seven feet four inches in length , five feet ton inches in _f-vcumfeience , and yielded fourteen gallons of oil .

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      Marlborough Street.-^ C'Pt- Grb Or Gambl...

      MARLBOROUGH STREET .- _^ _C'Pt- _GRB or _Gamblbrb -James Hatt , 13 , White Hf , tt Street , Drur y Lane ; Thomas Dreme , cigar _dealer , 24 , John Street , _Tottenham-csurt Road ; Arthur Mathews , law stationer , 27 , Cumberland _| _Streetr Camberwell * John Seyfort , 13 , Sherrard Street , elerk ; John Holland , saddler , 16 , Ratabone Plaoe ; Jamea Thompson , 22 , High Street , Kensington ; Wm . Olark , 22 , PorterStreet , waiter ; John ' Saunders , _U Commercial Road East , tailor ; W . _^ Mordaunt , 15 , Belgrave Street , Pimlico , commission _WBt' _-jW ' . Howard , Stromboli Cottage , Pimliro , _, b _^ tmaker , and George Caldwell , 15 , Little _Gnildford . Street , Russell _Seaare , teacher of music , were brought PeforMr Binghamoharged with having been foand

      e , in a common gambling house , No . 17 , Castle Street , Leicester Square . Mr Henry Beresford . superinteadent of the C division of _polioer _aaid _^ I produce the report made b y me to-the Commissioners bf Polioe , and the order of the _Commiisioners to enter the honse No . 17 . Castle Street , I _* icester Square . In compliance with this order I went . about a quarter past nine last night to the house ,. _ncc-diapanied by Beveral constables . On arriving at the door , I foand it secured by a strong chain . I knocked severs * tiroes for admission , and not receiving any _answer , 1 directed the constables to break the . door open , which , after some difficulty , waa done . I then went into a room oa the ground floor , where I saw the defendants Hart , Mathews , Seyfort , and Holland .

      Idincted tbe constables to secure them . I then forced an entrance through a thin partition leading tothe stairs . On arriving at the top of the staircase I found all further ingress secured-bj a trap door which wu strongly fastened . I direoted it to be forced open by crowbars , aad after . aometime a bole sufficiently large wu made , through which _u constable wu nut , who broke open the door with a crowbar . I then want into . a room and found tne other defendants Bitting round a table covered with green baite . f here was a fire in the room , and I distinctly saw papers burning in the Mato . anda quantity of metal in a state of fusion . I direoted a constable to throw some water on the # re which extinguished it . I then saw one of _theeonstables

      take the portion of the roulette _foheel , produced from a sink in tbe room , I also found an engraving , which fitted into tha frame of the ronlettea _wheej _,. Which , _whenhanging nphad alltheappeaiaHOO of _ajcture . In another partof the room I found the baflk _ooxea and the metal produced , which wu taken frem uuder tha grate . The whole of the prisoners were then secured and taken to the _atatiop . —Freeman , 178 C . said . —On the previous evening , about five o ' olock , I _oammenced watohiog the house in Castle Street , and saw Beveralof the defendants and others knock at the door . The door was on the chain , and when a signal wm given it wm opened to tne defendant Hart , the doorkeeper , and thei defendants were at ence admitted . The door was then chained

      again immediately—Police constable 0 C said-By the order of my superintendent Iaearched the ground floor of the houae in _Cutle-atreet . ¦¦ In the baos room I found Howard sitting at the table , and Caldwell standing behind the door . I took them into custody , and conveyed them to the station . — Mr E . S . Edwin , solicitor , 85 , Long Acre , and Mr Ballantine , the barrister , who appeared for the dafendants , then addressed the magistrate at some length en behalf of their respective _olients , _oonteadinn that suffioient proof had not been offered w to the honse being a common gaming-house , and that their clients were entitled to their discharge . —Mr Bingham , after recapitulating the whole of the evidence adducedsaid he was perfectly convinced tbat

      , the hoose wu a common _gamiag-honse , and that the defendants were there for an unlawful purpose . As it hadbeen proved that Hart had acted _aTdoorkeeper , he ( Mr Bingham ) shonld conviot him in the penalty of £ 100 , or , in default , to be imprisoned for six months . The others he fined 40 s . eaoh , —Mr Edwin said he shonld appeal against the sentence apon Hart at the sessions . _' ' _*" ' THAMES . —Rivbb TaisvES . —Thomas Jdhnson alios _Ribinson . with aeveral other aliases , and Jehn Collins , better known along the river-side by the cog . nomen Jacketty , ' were brought up ns suspected person * , charged with being found on the river Thames with intent to commit * felony , and also with assault ing sod wounding Inspector Fqb , ofthe River police ,

      and _Symons , one _efhis men . Tbe prisoners , who ara powerful young fellows , when placed in the dock , though they had evidently suffered considerable punishment , looked round with an air of defiance . Johnson ' s face waa covered with blood . —Inspector Fen stated that whilst on duty , on the south shore , near East Lane , he heaid ones of ' Police ! ' He , and the two men in his boat , instantly proceeded towards Downes ' _e Upper "Wharf , at _"tapping , when a voice cried ont .-They are gone downwards , ' on which he rowed to Union Stairs , wbere he saw two men getting ont of a beat into one of the barges . He _seiz-d the prisoner , Collins , _whsm he gave in oharge to one of his men , whilst SvmonB _, another constable , went in pursuit of his companion . Before a minute

      elapsed the inspector heard Symons ory out , 'Msster , master , he ' s murdering me . He has some weapon , ' When the inspector got to the spot he saw Simons down , and the prisoner Johnson over him , paying Him off about his head and body with a life _preservi r « The moment he saw tbe inspector he left Symons and struck witness aboat the head , _inflicting Beveral severe blows , which nearly rendered hira insensible . He however , seized the prisoner , who was secured after considerable _difficulty , some bf the land police coming to assist—Potter Btated that Johnson boasted that though they had him now they could not lag ( transport ) him yet . He ( Potter ) knew both prisoners to have been previously convicted . Johnson had been twice sentenced totwe' . _ve months '

      imprisonment , and six times to three months . Cor lins alia * Jacketty , had also been tried at the Maidstone Jaly assizes , for robbing three ships in the Medway . The robbery wu accompanied with great violence , the parties beiog armed with life preservers , and one ofthe captains was struck down into tbe hold . Jacketty wu acquitted for want of sufficient proof of identity , bat his two companions were transported for ton years each . —Mr Yardley : Well , Collins , what have you tosay?—Collins : Me ! why bless yoa , there ' s nothing against me ; All I have to say is , that they treated this mad here shameful ( laughter ) . —Mr _xardley : I commit you for three months for being on the river for an unlawful purpose , and I shall send Johnson to trial for the

      assault on the police , —Johnson ; Commit meat once ; I would rather hot goto another court . '—Mr Yardley : You arecommittedforthreemenths . —They were thea looked np , bat Johnson wag again plaoed in the dock , when the depositions oh the oharge of assaulting the police were read , and he wu committed on that charge also . ¦> ¦;¦ THAMES . — SKRiattt Ceases or _RoBBEsr , — Mar . shall Ktanaird , a respectable looking man , aged thirty , was brought before Mr Yardley , charged with stealing 3 lbt . _63 z , of tea , value 1 ft . the property ot Mr Christie , whole-ale and retaU _tesdealer and grocer , ffo _, 9 , Sigh _, street , Whiteohapel . —George Christie , nephew to the prosecutor , said the pritousr had been in his uncle ' s emmploy as town traveller about eighteen months , and

      wu paid by commiision , He had fer some time rospected tha prisoner of stealing tea , and directed he should bs . watched . That morning he was informed that . the prisoner had entered the tea room , and filled his pockets , with tea . He went to tha prisoner and immediately put his hands in bis pocket * , and found they , contained tea , ' He uhed the prisoner what he was about , and If he had anything to _saj ! to which he replied , ' Its no use saying anything , itis found upon me . ' He direoted the ' prisoner to turn ; out the contents of bis pockets ,, and from one he dUlodged lib . Uos , of green tea , worth Us ., and from the ether lib . 8 o » ., ef black tea , valued at 6 s , He asked the prisoner how long he had been in the - praotice . of stealing tea , and he at first refused to say , and said it

      might be produoed in evidence against bim , and : ho then said hehad been three weeks about It ; . Wittiest obserrsd , 'Three months , van mean , ' and thef'prisoner tald , ' No , three week *; I can teU jou within a quarter of a Bonnd wbat I navs taken . '—The prisoner , on Wng atked if he had any _qaestions to put ti Mr Christie , said , ' Ton know , sir , you put several questions to me to iu . dues me to confess and say what I did , . You entrapped me . '—Mr Yardley : How . is that , Mr Christie ? —Ur Christie : No . I merely s « id it would bemacb wotse for him if he concealed anything , —Mr Yardley ; How was he paid !—Mr Christie ; By commission on what he cold . —Jamea Inglia tald he was in the employ of IfoThomu Christie , and wu _dbteted Uwatok the prisoaer . for that purpose he stationed himself in the

      lamp room , whleh is divided from tke tea room by a glass partition ; A few minutes pest eight o ' clock tke prisoner entered the tea room and filled bis pocket * from rwo chtita of tea , one black aad the other green . Tbe tea was produced by police constable Ho . 178 ] L and was Identified by Mr George Christie . —The prisener . on being called upon , said be had no defence to make and Mr Yardley committed him for trial . It wu stated ' that he l _! a 4 _beennlMyiars tothe service ofthe most emlnint firm in tho City , before he wu engaged by Mr Chrlttle . andthatgrestoonfidencehad beea plaoedtahtm I BOW _STEBBT—WiitDow B _* u- _* _m- ... On _BatruBa * four wretched looking _iadlvlduals , aamtd _Jolnr asd Sarah Sullivan , ( man and wife ) , . Richard Bitot , and BrianDqnneJJ ,, were charged withbreaking windows at the offle . of tho Strand Union In Bow Street-It anpeered from the evidence of Bush , the porter , ' that the

      pr » on- _» .. _CT »™ xor , _nigM . , , ag iaf | ttaoBMMW _^ _••»* « that th . car .,. ! ward in the workhouse was- ub . dirgolng repair , aad that orient had been slnn " that lu-ihcteractots should _noi be admitted , they u _» i verv threateiilnglaiipage _, and threw several stone 7 at the windows , breaking several pane , of _glatii-lir ' Henry saldthateverj one _musthaveobserved that be « _arswere to be met with in every street , whose ' answers to ner . sons who questioned them were , that they were driven away from every workhouie where they applied for _re-Uet—Lockhart , the relieving officer , observed that tbe prisoners belonged to a olus of persons who went from _mntoatounlen , andgot their living _i _« that manner - He added thlt there was a law whioh authorised him t _« refuse tbem relief . —Mr Henry informed him that he believed he wasin tha habit of paying too muoh _attentloa to the Poor . law Commissioners' letter alone , whiob wu not tbe hw , and in consequence of tbs law being so

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      Imperfectly known or acted upon ,, many , destitute per . sens were driven to resort to , Vlolenoo to . obtain' relief , beeam o ; the porters of workhouses were . ordered to drive them from ths doers , and eaute . t hem to wander about the _stteatSy . aaa shelter themselves where . they could . — _Lookbsrt replied tbat suoh persons were never allowed iuto the workhouie aftor a certain hoar , as their praotloe was well known , —Mr Henry said , addressing [ Lookhart : ' Tou know nothing of their _obaract « r » , esoept that they are poor and destitute , and compelled te seek shelter tn a quarter where the money of tke ratepayers ia oolleoted for the purpose of affording relief to all deitl tute person * . The objeot of the union officers dearly is to throw . the burthen upoa the next parish . This drives tbe poor to break windows , and thus our prisons ate

      daily filled with ' such characters ' who are driven to commit crime by the very persons whote duty It Is to protect tbem . '—Sullivan said he arid bis wife had wandered aboat the streets for _slk nigbu , in the greatest misery , and unable to obtain a night ' s lodging ,-Mr Henry consideredthat the Poor law wasnot properly carried out as to the pasting ef casual paupers to their QW & pMfobe 3 , a & d _* . ttch b . lng tho . caie , they had » tight to be supported by a parish in which they might happen to become chargeable , instead of the expense being thrown en the county , at it would be to this Instance , The prisoners , however , had no right to take the law in their own bands , and he called npon them to pay ; a fio . 0 of 10 ' . eaoh , and in default ordered them to be im . prisoned for ten days .

      WORSHIP STREET , —Highway _Robiest . —Two brothers , . named William and Daniel Ward , were qBarged with highway robbery , —The prosecutor Said that about ten o ' clock on Monday night be went with a friend to a publio houte concert room , where he re . _malned about an hour and a halt , and . was uot qalte sober when he left . Ho lad observed the two prisoner * in the room , and when he had left the houae they followed him , and one of them , he could not say whioh , struck him a violent blow , whioh knocked him down and nearly stunned him , As he lay . on tbe ground they stooped over htm , - aud made a snatch at bis breast pin , and seising bis guard chain pulled the watch out of his pocket , and having by a violent jerk broken the chain , they made eff with the properly . Ho , however , caught one of them by the coat , and the robber broke away from him , leaving the coat tall la his hand . —A witness

      named Pettet , friend of the _proiecntor , said they parted about twelve o ' olock , atthe deorof tbe house , and the prosecutor then had his watch in his pocket , attached to the guard chain , He had also _vtoema tbe two prl . _eontri in the room , —Sergeant Brannan , of the B division , said that in oouifquenca of Information he went yesterday morning to a lodging , In _NewingtonBulldingi , and apprehended the prisoner WilHum , who on being told that he was oharged with having , ln oompany with another person , attaoked a man and robbed him of his watoh and appendages , exclaimed—• Oh , my God t I was oaly I a hts oompany two or three minutes , ' Ths other prisoner , when afterwards taken , denied tbat they were together st all the night before . Witness bad found no trace of the missing property , nor had he fonnd any coat with a torn skirt .-The prisoners were remanded .

      LAMBETH . —An . Umuckt Blow , —George Crome , a decent-locking _meohanlt _, was charged with violently assaulting his wife . —From the evidenoe given in the oase , and the admlttlon ef the prisoner himself , it appeared that , on the night before , he ( the prisoner ) and hit wife bad tome disagreement , when be gave ber a violent bUw on the temple , whioh ' knooked her down , and rendered her Insensible for some time , When aroua-d , she became perfectly frantio , aad still continued iu suoh a Btate of madness that U required the united exertions of four or five persons to control her . —The prisoner , who seemed huioh . affected at the awkward position In which his passion and want of temper had plaoed bim , said that hia wife's unfortunate jealousy had caused it all , and , after a ahort examination , he was remanded untUMehday next . _.

      , GUILDH & LL , _—Isisa Pi . Dpsis .-f here were no leas than forty-nine charges on Monday , thirty-eight consisting of Irish paupers ' , for begging In the streets . The reason of so _mariy being taken up was , the Importunity of the beggar * ia every part ot tbe City , more particularly on the Sabbath , . when they name from St Giles ' s , Whiteohapel , Moor Lane , and , in fact , from almost every Irish locality , to carry on their avocation . In consequence ofthe number tbat oame , aod the pitch the system had arrived at , It at last induced the _cemmlssloner to Issue au order directing all constables to take parties into custody fonnd begging .. If it was evident they were really destitute then they were to be taken to the work _, house , but if known m impostors they were to be on . veyed before the maglttrates and dealt with accordingly . Oot of the whole batch yesterday , only two were discharged , as they were going to Wales . The rest were sentenced to terms of Imprisonment _vsrylnj ? from seven

      to fourteen days ; aad one man , who found he could not succeed In ' getting money from several gentlemen , commeiced . trylng their pockets , and for hU pains received two months . _Twe _. of ths prisoners had juat _arrlvrd in London , their fares ( 2 s . 6 d . ) by the steamer from Cork having been paid for tbem in Ireland . Finding such numbers are arriving in this country , steps are now being taken te punish them all at rogues and vagabonds . At this season oi the year numbers come over , and oa b ; _ing passed boms return in a short time and throw themselves on the parish again ; eaoh time of their being sent home oosting the authorities between £ 2 and £ 8 ; while to come here they get over for , 2 a , 6 d _, However , by the late aot , a stop , will be pat to this practice , as if they return a second tlmo they can be imprisoned as rogues and vagabonds ; and if a third time , they otto either be whipped as incorrigible vagabonds , or be sentfor trial to the sessions , where they will get six months _.

      MARYLEBONE . — Bs « oino . ieiti « _Impossobs . — 'A well-dressed man , who at the station house gave his name _Thomst George Bell , but who now ssld tbat hit real name was Bew , was placed atthe bar before Mr Broughton oharged with having by fraudulent representations endeavoured to obtain , money , from General Head , IB , _BrvBOBton Ssuare . The begging letter left at General Mead's residence by the prisoner contained a pathetlo appeal on behalf oi a ' widow , ' purporting ; to have emanated from , _< Ur Franois , ohurchwarden of Sc _Mary'i _f Lambetb , ' together with a long list of subscribers . Hertford , the chief and very aottve effioer of the Men dlclty Sooiety , proved that the prisener had upon many occasions been convicted at police conrts for similar fraudulent attentat !; be bad obtained , amongst other

      sums £ i from her Royal Highness the Daohess of Kant , and had alto endeavoured to Impose upon the Duke of Cambridge , Witness added tbat many of the nobility and gentry had recently been _victimised' by a person whohad left at their residences printed _ctrde _, purportlag to ba those of * Mr G . GUI , overseer of Marylebone ' ( there lino officer in the _pvlth of that name ) , and he ( Horsford ) wat of opinion that If the magistrate would remand tbe prisoner , he might be able to substantiate more charges against bim , . —Mr Bronghton ( tothe prisener ) : bave you anything to say to tbit ! Prisoner : I own tbat I am guilty of trying to obtain money from General Mead , but I know nothing ot any other case that the officer speaks of . I also own that tbe list of subscriptions is not a true one , The prisoner wat remanded till Monday next .

      Tbe Romahcb or thi Rhwb , —Some time sinoe , Sir John Hare charged the Baroness St Mart wltb stealing two diamond ringt from him . The Baronets , formerly Mist Todhuater , and daughter of the Countess _Grabowakl , alleged In . defence , that the rings were given to her by Sir John just before her marriage to the Baron , who ita _Portogaese gentleman . Sir John after ln vain demanding the restoration of bit property , traced it to a pawnbroker , and produced a discharged servant ofthe Baroness , who swore tbat an tbe 80 th of April , 1847 , ahe pledged the rings by _thedlrecttsn of her mistress . Other criminating evidence was adduced , and the esse , whioh has excited muoh attention during the latt week or two , came on again for a third and final examination on Wednesday , w hen an unusual degree of excitement wss caused , aud a great many of the nobility and gentry

      were attracted to tbe court , in whioh they took seats on and near tho bench ; the space behind the prisoners ' bar wat crowded to excess . —At a qaarter paitoue , tbe magistrate signified tbat he wat ready to go into tbe oase and accordingly the Baronets wss led forward by her husband . She took her _ttatloa In front ofthe felons'bar and was accommodated with a ohair , tbe baron aad her mother aad the rest of her friends remaining in close _proslmUy with ban — Mr Clarkson attended at before on the part of Sir John Hare , and Mr Ballantine for the Bareness , —The particulars _conasoted with tbis very mysterious affair , as tbey have hitherto transpired at tbit eourt , have been already given at _tuob length in our column * , that it Is _unnecessary to repeat them , —A fresh _witaeei , named Mary Potts , was called , and stated that the lived u a servant with Mr Purcb _, 8 ,

      Cavendish Soad , St John ' s Wood . On Friday , the 30 th April , last year , the lived with Mr Swan , » t Bentinck Terrace , Regent ' s Park . He It a metal broker . —Witness knows Bliss _Bassell . ; _Thitis the person who , u alleged , had pledged the rings by order of the _Baroneat , but who nude no mention of ber having done to until after the had been discharged from service at the Countess ' s houae Thayer Street , owing to her having beta , strongly tuspeoted of stealing some jewels belonging to her mis . treat . —Mr Clarkson : Was the in the same houte with you In Bentinck Terrace on ths 30 th of April ? Yet . — Do you remember that while you were in Ur Swan ' s service the Baronets came thera in a oab ! I remember

      that she did . It was on a Friday , but the day of the month I oan ' t recollect . —Wbat more doydu know about this matter ? Let us know all about it . El _' xt Russell wat Invited to the Bareaets ' t wedding ; but Mrs Swan tald she could not think of lettlng _^ hergo—Were you at home ths whole of that day ? " i was , and to was EIli * _Rneiell , who . oa sbe _a _* st day went to tbo wedding of the _Barbneei . — Are yoa quite sure As did not leave the house on the _Frldsy f I am positive the did not . —Mr Broughton : Then If that be true , aha oould not have pawned the rings ou tbe 80 th af April , Mr Charles Tleay watnext oalled , Mr Clarkton : Where do you reside , sir t At Paddlngton Green . —Are you related to Sir John Htret Yes—I am hit first cousin .

      —Do you remember calling at No . 17 , Thayer Street at anytime upon the subjeot of theie diamond _rlcgt f I do . —Whera did you tee there ! The _Ceuntese . — -What conversation took plaoe f I aaid I had called at ths re quest of Sir John Hare to demand two rings which had pitsei from hit hands to Mist Todhunttr ( now _Bsront-a St Mart ) . —Did yoa ipeak to tho Baroness or the Countess f To the Baroness . —Now tell the magistrate what transpired npon the _oeoat ' on . She taid _Ihe had net the _rlngt then , and thst tbey bad been pasted to Sir John ; she had tried one of them on her finger , and re-

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      marked , w _^ i _^ _wMi _Mj Hare must have had averysmaU aoger Indeed If that fitted her - _^ _bath the ringt were returned to Sir John Immediately _afterwarda . —Mr Ballantine : I believe that , at the time you apeak of , you took an account Item _$ _•» J *** . _Hwe to the tealdene * of tbe Countess , and tbat the amount wat 13 « . 8 d . I did , and was paid It , to the best of my belief . —Was anything taid by the Countess or the Baroueat as to their being ashamed of the conduot of Sir Jobn f No , —Sid not tbt Baroneat * ay that Sir Jobn had been very ecoenttlo In hit manner ever since hit wife's death 1 Na . — WUl you twear that ! Most positively , —Mr Broughton _; Wat Sir John Herewith you at tbo period of yonr going to Ae house in Thayer Street , when it wat tald that the ringt were returned ! No , —Was it tald by whom the ; were returned _f I oan't oharge my memory a * to that . —Mr Clarkson here Intimated that this was the whole of the evidence whioh in tbe present stage he intended to

      bring forward . —Mr Ballantine ( addressing the magistrate ) ; Then the Baronets , acting under my advice , will reserve anything she may have to aay to a future occasion , you having upon a former occasion stated that it was » matter which mart go for trial—Hr Broughton remarked thst he should not give any oplnlou of bis own at to the case in question , whioh was certainly one of a mett singular and extraordinary nature , and he felt that it was a matter entirely for the contideratien ef a jary ; he should , therefore , tend the accused for trial , —Mr Ballantine : 1 presume , sir , you will take the eame ball at before!—Ur Broughton : When the evidenoe whlob hat beea taken in full shall have been read over ball will then be oonaldered . —Mr Ballantine : Ball in any sum ban bo given , _ilr ; _tatre will be no dimoalty about that . —Mr _Olarkaenand Mr Ballantine here quitted the court . —In the course of half an hour , Mr Fell , the chief elerk , who bad completed the deposltioni , read them over , after whioh Sir John Hare and the rest of the witnesses in the

      case were bonnd over in the usual manner to be forth * coming at the trial atthe next sessions of the Central Criminal Court . —The ball for the Baroness ' s appearance to take her trial were Mr George Duplex , surgeon Coram _S . reet ; Russell Square ; Mr Pennington , 73 , TJfpp ° r Norton Street , solicitor ; and Mr Maolure , surgeon , 17 , Harley Street ; one of them in _£ 200 , aud the other two gentlemen in _£ 100 each . SOUTHWARK— _Woixhoote _Ssetrxa . —An sged man , named _Waghorne , employed for many yeart as a messenger at Guildhall , applied for relief . He said he wat seventy . two yeart of age , and being in bad health he wat unable ta foUow any ocoupatlon , and compelled on that account to sill bis little _artloles of furniture for food , That ha wat obliged to lie upon the floor with

      scanty covering over him , and be begged that-some relief might be extended to him from the poor box ofthe oourt . —Mr Cottingham tent Murray , the summoning officer of the conrt , to the unfortunate man ' s lodging in Xing 8 treet , aad on Us return be confirmed hit account of the wretchedness apparent within ; AH the farnlUxe was gone , and there was nothing to be seen . in the room but a bundle of old rags , upon whioh he slept . —Mr Cottingham said that ia a oaae of such a nature he felt every disposition to afford relief to the applicant , hat that it could only be of a temporary nature . Ho therefore advised the old man to obtain admission into tbe _workhouse , [ where he woald not be exposed to suoh dreadful privations at be mutt inevitably uadergo If he remained oat during the winter . The _tcsgittrate finding , however , that the old man had a strong objection to entering a workhouse , assured him that be would meet wltb different treatment there to that wbich he seemed to thinkthat the workhouse was intended for aged asd infirm

      persona , like oppllcaat , who from age and Infirmities were Incapacitated from earning tbeir bread , and that a strong prejudice existed in the minds of tho publio aB to the treatment whioh _tuch persons as theappllcant received when admitted into tuch places . —Tbe Applicant—who teemed to be in a starving condition , and paused for some time—tald tbat his family had been _respeotable , and he never thought he should bave been reduced to a workhouse . He therefore requested that he might have a day or two to reflect upon tbe advice given by the magistrate before he went to the workhouse , — Mr Cottingham humanely told bim that his wishes should be compiled with , and that he should be furnished with money to pay the rent he owed , ao ss to quit the plwe not in debt ; and tbat he thought It wastueha oase at the benevolent contributors to the poor box of that court woald join with him lu the opinion that a portion of tbe fundi ariting from it wtre well bestowed in tbis instance . —The applicant , having _expretsed bis heartfelt gratitude , thea retired .

      _PoVSllX AHD _DE-rAia . —Joiepb Stokes , a poor man , was brought before Mr Cottlogham , charged with attempting to destroy himself , —A policeman ttated tbat , while on duty that morning , he observed the v _* ltoner sitting at a doer in High Street , in tbe act of _taking oxalio add . He ( the policeman ) immediately snatched the greater pardon ofthe _poltoa out of bis band , and took bim to tbe station houae , where antidotes were _admioiftered _, aad , owing to the small quantity he had taken , he soon recovered from the effects .-The prisener said , that being destitute he applied for admission Into the workhouse , but wat refuted , and desired to go on the tramp and seek hit bread ; that , being tired of life , owing to the privations be had undergone , aa soon aa he went away from the workhouse he purchased a

      pennyworth , of oxalic aold at Mr Warren's , the droggfst , h Bigh-itreet _, with tbe view cf poisoning hiatal If , but was prevented by the * policeman , as already described , —In reply to Mr Cottingham , the prisoner aaid that Mr Warren aeked no questions of him at the time ef the purchase of the oxalic add , but merely wrote ' poison' on tbe paper In which it waa wrapped up . _—The magistrate sent for lie Warren , and he ad . mltted that he sold the oxalio acid under the circumstances mentioned , writing ' poison' en the paper la whioh It wu contained , —Mr Cottingham expressed bis surprise that any _druggfat should vend ao dangerous an artiole , particularly to a peraen of the prisoner ' s destitute appearance , without making any enquiries on the subjeot . —Mr Warren said they were in tha habit of selling oxalic aold toolean bonnets , and that he

      supposed It Wit for that parpoae it wbb required on tbe present occasion , —Mr Cottingham tald that it was Mr Warren ' s duty to bave strictly questioned snob a man at the prisoner before he plaoed In hit hand * the almost immediate meant ot destroying himself ; if the man had accomplished bis objeot , the teller of auoh an article under suoh _otrcumstanoss would have plaoed _hlnsaolfin a very serious situation . The magistrate added , tbat he trusted in future Mr Warren would not aot so incautiously in diepenalng poiaon auoh at that be had told to the unfortunate men at the bar , but that he would make a very rigid Inquiry beforehand , and if be bad reason to suspect tbe person of wanting it for the purpose of _self-diaiructlon , thea he was bound to call a policeman , and give bim into cuetod / . The magistrate then remanded the prisoner iu order that Inquiry might be made respecting bim .

      Mv » v _^^//« -aak _^ x * i' /// A _*/ v /< Education anb Cams in Lancaster , —By the courtesy of Mr Wright , the aotive chief constable of the borough , we are enabled to present onr readers with the statistics of ctime ia _La-scaster , for the munioipal year ending 8 ; a November . The total number of offences wbi _<* h have formed the inbjects of judicial inquiry is 348 , viz ., —felons , 66 ( under whioh head burglaries , _boaee-bresking , stealing from dwelling-houses , persons , dY *( are comprc hended ); misdemeanors , 143 ( comprising criminal assaults on females , 3 , bigamy , 1 , uttering counterfeit coin , 1 , obtaining goods under false pretences , 2 , robbing gardens , & c „ 10 , illicit distilling , 1 , vagranoy , 25 , illegal pawning , 1 , insubordination in

      _workhooBe , 39 , disorderly prostitutes , 25 , assaults on police , 13 , common assaults , 3 i , malicious damage to property , i , drank and disorderly oases , 125 ); Insane persons found wandering , 1 . In regard to the ages ot the ofienders , 3 of them were nnder 12 years of age , 39 under 20 , 143 ander 33 . and 60 under 49 . The predisposing influence of ignorance and orime will be seen from tbe following statement : — 47 able to read well , 176 , imperfectly , and 107 not at all ; 21 were able to write , 15 i indifferently , and 156 were entirely destitute of this qua * _lificstion . Of the total number , 296 were acquainted with the Lord ' s Prayer , bat 13 were unable to re *

      peat it . 395 recollected the days of tbe week , and 14 were in ignorance of that fact , 208 knew the months and the year , and 120 were wholly ignorant of them . 175 were firat offences , and 166 of tbe prisoners had had previous oharges preferred against them . 271 were efieaoes committed by the inhabitants ef the coanty of Lancaster , and 77 by natives of other parts of the kingdom . The table must not , of course , be regarded as including all oases wbioh have ocoupied the attention of the borough magistrates , as many are summarily disposed of , of . whioh no note is taken . _—Laneoeter Guardian .

      Patjpbbism in Paiblbt . —The borough parochial board of this town has juat completed the assessment for the support of the poor for the current year . The rate required to raise the necessary sum of £ 7 500 is Ci per cent , on heritage and means and _snbitanoe , being the third mode provided by the aot . About two-thirds of the schedules have already been returned by the ratepayers ' . From the above figures it woald appear that the whole of the assessable income in the burgh will not amount to more than £ 120 , 000 . The population at last census , ezolusive of tbe Abbey parish , amounted to 32 229 individuals , so that the rateable income of the whole community does not amount to more than an average of JE 3 15 _j . on each individual of the population , Latt week the plant for an addition to the Town ' s Hospital were approved of by the board of supervision , and estimate * for the completion ' of the building will be taken in

      immediately _, it is ue _wtentisn ot wis ward to give relief in prepared food to auoh ef their out-door poor as are _anspeoted of misappropriating their allowances , and also to supply the inmates of the _hotpital with work . The abbey parish is , at the same time , assessed to very heavy amount , and they are also at present ena gaged in the ereotion of a new hospital , to the south of the town , for the reception of paupers . The weight of _tyP _Wi ? _»? the effeot of l 0 ff _«•• ' « veil con . siderably the value of property in thu neighbourhood , and the inhabitants look for relief to an extended _boundaty , or national assessment , for the support of the poor . There is more than oae pariah in the neigh * . _MOraooOi and withiu a few miles of Paisley , which _areMasslessed for the support of the poor . . HoutfiiJTH .-Mr 8 S . Tiieob-. ld delivered a lecture in the _SehoM-room at Soholes , and -received the hearty Uumka of the meeting ;

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      CORN . Mitt Lane , Nov . _adttu— The grata trade remained < a very languid state throughout the past week at n « sent there are no symptoms of improvement . The ean ofthe depression has unquestionably been themajmiin _^ of the importations from abroad ; the supplies have far considerable period been greater tban Wh at hasbeen r ? quired fer immediate consumption , and bb there h been a general distrust as to the _foure , parties c * , naM of holding bave not been disposed to invest their _caniti ? In corn speculations . There has consequently hep more pressing on the different markets than could ha placed , and prices bave naturally receded . " _*•* GENEltAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH ennvr For the Week , ending November 23 rd , 1818 , madan from the Returns of the Inspector * in the differ * _T * Cities and Towns in England and Wales , per ImD „ i „ , Quarter .. _v mi I Wheat I Barley I Oats I Rye I Beans I p _^ PRICE 1 52 s 3 d [ 31 s Id | 20 _s 5 d | _SQslOd 188 sId 4 osM DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN . Wheat I Barley I _Oata j Rye I Beans I pen-6 _s od j 28 Od ) 2 s 6 d J 2 s ya I 28 Od _IssOd

      BREAD . The prices of wheatea bt ead in the metropolis are _frnm 7 jd to 8 d , of household ditto 6 Jd to 7 d , some bakers a » selling from 5 _£ d to fld , and League Bread _Compan- ' _s fill per 4 lbs loaf , weighed on delivery . r ¦'" S ' V CATTLE . SifiTniiEH _) , Nov . 2 th . —Compared with that exhibit ** at some previous corresponding periods of the year th * supply of foreign stock in to-day ' s market was very modal rate . In the quality ofthe beasts not the sli ghtest _ Z provement was noticed ; . indeed , we may observe _thatat least _three-fourths of them were beneath tbe tniadll quality . Scarcely any calves were brought forward Sheep , generally speaking , were in good condition _rn the middling and inferior breeds , as well as Jn bead * .

      exceedingly _lit'le . business was doing , at a decline in ' prices of quite 2 d per 81 _ba . Calves were nominal in value . The arrivals of beasts fresh up to-day trom our variouB grazing districts were again on the increase The _primeet Scots , ise . were quite 2 d per 8 lbs lower than on tbis day _se ' nHight _, while the inferior breeds were difficult to sell , though offered at Id per 8 lbs . less money At the close of the market nearly 500 beasts were turned out unsold , To show the prevailing heaviness here , wo may observe that beef ia selling at from 8 d to is , _matton 4 d to 8 d , veal , 8 d to is , and pork , 2 d to 6 d per 3 lbs * less money than at the correspondingperiodin 1847 , when the supplies , as a whole , were equal to those now brought forward ,

      Fer Bibs to sink tbe offal , Coarse and inferior beasts 2 s 6 d to * Zs Sd , second QUB _. Hty 28 lOd to 8 s 2 d , prime largo oxen 3 s 4 d to 3 s 8 d , primo Scots , lie , 3 s lOd to 4 s od , coarse and inferior _sheep 3 sto 8 s 4 d _, second quality Ss Sd to 4 s 0 d _, prima coarse woolled 4 s 2 d to 4 s 6 d , prime Southdown 4 s 8 d to 4 s lOd , large coarse calves 3 s 4 d to 3 b fid , prime small do 8 s 8 d to 4 s Od , suckling calves , each 18 s to V 5 a , lame hogs 3 s lOdto 4 s 4 d , _aeat small porkers is Gdto 4 « 8 d quarter old pigB , each 16 s to 21 a . Total 6 _iippl _* es-BeastB 3 , 838 , sheep 21 , 160 , calves 119 , pigs 210 . Foreign _sunl plies-Beasts , 853 , sheep , 980 , calves , 89 . Newqate and Leadenhall , November 23 . — These markets were very dull to-day , at barely stationary prices , Beef , from 2 b id to 3 s ed ; mutton , Ss 4 d to 4 s idveal , 8 s ad to 4 s ; and pork , 3 b 8 d , to 4 s 8 dper 81 bs „ b ? the carcase . *

      POTATOES . Sotjthwabk , Nov . 20 . —The arrivals of the past week have been quite equal to the demand . Many of the Scotch arrive in bad condition , and have to be told at a very low figure . A feiv very superior York regents are making a high price . The following are this day's quo . tations : —York regents , 80 s to 140 s ; Scotch , Ioob to 12 b cups , 7 ( Jb to 90 s ; reds , 40 a to 90 s ; whites , 70 b to 868 ' French and Belgian whites , 70 s to 99 s .

      HAYS , _SHiTBViEin .-Meadow hay , £ 2 8 s to £ 3 13 s ; clover ditto , £% Us to £ _« 17 s -and straw , £ 12 s to £ 18 s per load A moderate supply , and a sluggish demand . ' WHiTUflHAMt . —Meadow hay , £ 2 IPs to £ 8 l " a clover ditto , £ 3 10 s to £ 5 ; and straw , £ l 3 _g to £ 1 9 s per load . Tradesteady , at the above quotatiens . COLONIAL . Scoab . —The market continues without alteration . 190 hogsheads West India have been sold . ] _, 0 S 7 bags low brown Mauritius brought 28 s _6 d to 29 s ; 221 cases , 1 . 862 bags Maccio , and fill * bags , 859 cheats , and 250 bales Pernambuco were nearly all bought in ; low to good white 87 s 6 d ta 42 s 6 d j brown 86 b to 87 s per cwt . ComE .-Of 655 bags , forty . sevea casks plantation Ceylon offered , about 600 bags and caBksBold at stead ; rates , 34 s to 60 a 6 d floe ordinary small to middling-ni bales , 117 half bales Mocha , nearly all sold at rather cheaper prices , via ., 44 b to 50 s for fine to fine ordinary clean garbled , "

      COTTON . _Livwrooi , Toesday ,-To . day _* e sales amount to about 5900 bales , 209 « of which were taken on speculation and 600 for export . They may be said to consist of 3509 American , v | d . to 4 Jd ; 150 PernamB , etc ., 4 id to 43 d 10 _* Egyptians , 5 jd toCd ; 1 C _09 Borate , 2 id to 31 d 60 Sea Islands . 7 _^ d to 9 d . The market closed firmly , ond with animation , prices of all sorts being a shade higher .

      State Of Trade. Manchibieb, Nov. 21. — B...

      STATE OF TRADE . Manchibieb , Nov . 21 . — Buyers bave recentl y shown great willingness to operate at the quotations of last week . On such terms , orders of considerable extent have been offered . Both spinners and manufacturers , how . erer , hare made an almost general demand forauadvance upon those rates ; and this has had the effect of keeping the transactions _uisder tho amount to which It is evident they would otherwise have attained . Mer * chants look at tha checks to _consempti-n which must eome in to play with a rise of prices , and they naturally hesitate , Still a large and varied business has been done . Rochdale , Nov , 23 , — Tbe flannel market continues brisk , and many pieces have been gold at former prioej , The wool market may be aaid to be a shade better ; there is a little more inquiry , andrather more sold , but little or no change of prices .

      _Huddebbfield , Nov . 21 . —Trade continues very dull both in the Cloth Hall and warehouses . More goods were shown to-day than for some weeks past , but the attendancc of buyers wat limited . The sales of wool , so far , may be stated at an advance of Id to '} per lb . we have here a more steady demand , at a slight improvement ia price . Halifax , Nov . 18 .-Very little business has b-en done today , either in plain or figured goods , and our Piece Hall has presented altogether a very blank appearance . In the warehouses the sale of goods is not much better tban in the hall , and prices remain extremely low . Dundee . —For some time _paaf our markets not having presented any new feature , we have not bad occasion to report on them ; and they yet remain without

      _chanirebusmeaa Being still in alanguishing state , and complaints of unremunerating prices general . _Tbadb or the PoTM _« ifis .-This week is Martinmas the _potteries ' new year . We wish we could say itopened with brightened prospects ; but we are unable to mention any decided improvement of trade . The autumnal American orders have furnished brisk employment for a feiv nrmg , aad some of the houses principally engaeed in thebome and ' continental trades show no symptoms of slackness . These , however , are but partial exceptions ; generally Bpeakmg , employment is scanty , and i » likely to _continueso through tbe winter . Some attempts have beea made to reduce wages , chiefly in the printers ' branch , and in a few lUBtancet the reduction has beea acquiesced in by the men .

      Bankrupts

      _Bankrupts

      (From The Gazette Ot Tuesday, November S...

      ( From the Gazette ot Tuesday , November SI . )

      BANKRUPTS , Martin Hunn , Regent ' s Circus , Oxford-street , ehildbed linen warehouseman-Robert Wynne , Brentford wocer -Samuel Mark Halfhide , _Cheahu _' nt , HertfoffieSen _^ draper-John Butler , Botolph . lane , builder-Joseph Harvey , Catherine , street , Strand , artists' colourman-Fraacis _Keates , Waterloo-road , Lambetb , draBer-Henry Rogers , Southampton , draper-Thomas _M-nuington , _^ _i » _* . toba ? S ? . ~ John Cockey , jun ., Portsmouth , ship bu ( Ider-W lliam Henry Wallham , ' _chapeLatreet _^ Clerkenwell , builder-Frederick Both Stacy , _EmoW »? . _nn-Fieids , statio ner-Thomas Norton Brown , Fetter _, lane . pawnbroker-Alfred Powell . MttteHav . ' Stafford .

      : £ _« ' _nnS _« _TT _^ m Wsl 1 ' _Brid-nbury . Hertford . _S _«'™? ii » d ! t r Th 2 _^ Booth - - _^ _- ey . Stafford _, shire , _mU ler-AbrahamBethridge , Birmingham , _manuif _^ hlll S fthe _Bn"s !> P , _**" _* _^ P joint wellid iron tube-K " ? » , ? ttn . 4 W & Uam _** - _*» _> Trowbridge , Wiltshire , _tallowchandlers-John Roles , Maiden Newton , Dorsetshire , linen and wooUen draper - John Jones Kingdon , _Bldgway , Devonshire , aadler-John Pearson , _Costa-mill _, Yorkshire , mlUer-Bobert Hebblethwaite and James Hirst , Southowram , Yorkshire , dvers-WUliam Carpenter ,. Liverpool , shipowner-Matthew " ffarren , Mac _clesfield _, silk dyer-Francis Deflinne , Manchester , check and gingham manufacturer .

      SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . John Neill and Co , Glasgow , merchants — James _M'K isBOck and Co ., Glasgow , manufacturers .

      Deaths: Died, At Aberdeen, On The 3rd Of...

      DEATHS : Died , at Aberdeen , on the 3 rd of October , and buried d iu St Petert Burial-ground on the 7 th of the same month h r ?? A u _$ ! L ? 8 ed 87 * Tl _* e _^ oeased waB unmarried , 3 , but left behind him many sorrowing relatives and friends is t A _« T . n _n t _m- ! , f oath ' n WD , cl , ' _^ P it 8 » nd _Bieters _, is is a wavy atuieuoa . _Seoboe _Uoss was at ardent Demo- _ociat- _'ponticalaaa social ; » for he desired the social as is well as the political emancipation of bis order . Ha wat it a Chartist of the right stamp : he was not ' wedded to to moral force , ' nor to any other delusion . He wa > a ' paid * _iup' 'four-acre ' shareholder in the Land Company , and a a constant reader of thi > _Northebn Stae . He was a' man in whom no tyrant could rule , and no priest deceive' His is faith in his principles never deserted him , and he viewed id the approach of death with calmness and resignation , n . Hit path through life was not always strewed with roses , is , but unmixed happiness falls to the lot of few . _Be-ldes , ts , he wat a man ot tr _» e people , and , therefore , naturally Uy shared the _aufferinrt of his class . His sterline Qualities ies

      will long live in the memory of sorrowing friends . He He was emphatically a _« virtuous man , ' and , as the poet > et says— ' Great in his humility , askings _ Are littie in their gTandenr . " . . In the whole course of his life he was never guilty of a ; a dishonourable action—what wonder that his end was < as peace f Most of those be loved were near him in hia last _ast 111061 " . and he received their attentions with gra * it » _te"te ¦ na affection , Ou Sunday morning , Elisabeth , the wife of _EdwanJinJ Lee , of _Eckiugton , near Sheffield . She was an ardentent supporter ofthe cause of Democracy , and assisted by all all the means at her disposal for its ultimate triumph . J » * " _% . Nov . 17 th , at Otley , aged 42 , Mr Jaoes r-M Chippendale , formerly of Halifm , He was one of the tbe flfty . nlne tried at Lancaster in 1842 , an active memb-r _*« of the Chartist Association in this distriot for _severaleral years , a _slncare friend , a kind aud affectionate parent-tent and husband , and hat left a widow and seven cnildKWrea to lament his loss .

      In ¦ Mt-T**T***T*Mt*A**T&Lt;*- L *Qt*Am** 8***----M Printed By William Kider, Of No. 5, Ma Ccleafield-Ield

      in ¦ Mt-t _** t _*** t _* Mt _* _a _** t _<* _- l * qt _* am _** 8 _*** _----M Printed by WILLIAM KIDER , of No . 5 , Ma _ccleafield-ield

      Bwees Tne Pariah Of St. Anne, Westminste...

      Bwees tne pariah of St . Anne , Westminster , »« , » the Printing Office , _1 « , Great _Windmill-atreet , _Hay-Jay market , in the City of Westminster , for the Proprietor , ' tor FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and publisheCthe by the said WiitUM Rideb , at the Office , In the sanrtami Street aud Parish , —Saturday , November 25 tn , lM 8 , , 8 ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25111848/page/8/