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      Reaction On The Continent. Louis Napoleo...

      c _Wwutioiiary abfirit _^ of the old _- world . ... Tie _^ _poweSul _elemental which , in former times , lain , scattered successive d ynasties like sea . lords in a storm , have not lost tiieir force . -The very attempt to repress them will , in the end , augment it , and a new and more terrible _^ xp _IoajOu will visit with just retribution _thoge yibo _haTe ' uudertaken the dangerousand futile task of making Frenchmen slaves . They have screwed down the safety valve , increased the pressure , and p laced themselves on the top of the boiler—their fate awaits them . _1-IS--JU . _s-jislli-l " - _¦> ll ' U II mi

      In every other direction on the Continent the iiesperate determination _^ of the monarchs and ruling authorities to maintain despotism at all hazards , is equally obvions . At Rome , acts _? f outrage are dail y committed which make ithe Wood boil with indi gnation . Arrests are _effected by the sbirri at all hoars of the ni ght , and insults perpetrated at all hours of the < Iay . Even women are not safe from the blood-hounds . The correspondent of the Vcdl y News , writing on the 18 th , says : " The _^ attention of the loungers on the Piazza Colonna was yesterday attracted by the nnnsnal

      _spectacle of fifteen or twenty women , who were jKring escorted : to prison , and who- hid their ¦ faces for shame , as they crossed the public -square . " The " shame" belonged to the ruffians who escorted these women , and to the jet greater villains b y whom they were set in motion . The King of Prussiahas commenced a crusade against the Liberal Press , b y means _H > f which , under colour of law , not a single newspaper of progressive princi ples will be taiowed to appear . At ¦ " one fell swoop" he lias annihilated the Press ; and not content

      , with dooming his subjects to intellectual _darkless—as far as instruction in their own journals is concerned—he is so terribl y afraid of the slig htest spark of light among them , that even the English Punch is proscribed ! "We presume that this is b y way of showing his gratitude for the narrow escape he had from the pistol of Sefeloge . Perhaps he imag ines it will make his life more secure in future , and tend to make him rei gn in the hearts of his _^ people ! If so what a very singular peop le the Prussians must be . The affection of

      Titama for Bull y Bottom , with his assinine ears , was not more g laringl y preposterous than snch -an attachment . Does the King expect it ? Or is it not more likely that violent repression _vill be followed by as violent revenge ?

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      Receipts Of The National Land Company. F...

      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . For thkWeek Enddjg _Thohsdav , _Jusk 27 ih _, 1850 . SHARES . -Ifr . Clinch , Witney .. ,. ,, ., ,, 15 1710 W . Dixon , C . Dora , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . _M'Gkath _, Pin . See .

      THE _HOUESTY FUND . _BecdTed by W . Urol * . —!* , _ffinns and _Wj S ., Kew L 9 eds , near Bradford 4 s—Democrat , Chepstow ls 6 d—Huddersfield , per M . Eastwood 2 s 3 d—Todmorden , per \ r . Sobinson 15 s—Mr . Herds . North Shields 11—James Taylor , Glaigow 5 s _ William Taylor , Glasgow 5 s—Alexander Hannah , Glasgow 2 s Gd—Robert IMrick , Glasgow Is . Received by Johh Axsorr ( per 6 . Julian Hamej ) . —Alex andria , per James Mlntyre 10 s . £ _s . d . Received by W . Rider .. .. , 216 3 Received by John Arnott .. 0 10 0 Received by John Arnott .. 0 10 0

      Total . £ 363 AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . _Beceired by Jobs _Absoit . —Cheltenham , per J . _Hsmmiii : 3 s 6 d—Collected at John-street 2119 s _UJd—Cards at John street 6 s 5 d—Thorpe 8 _s—Xetrcastle-npon-Trne , per 31 Jude 53 9 _d—Emmerys Brigade , per J . Blake 2 s—J . Craw ford , Old Cumnock Gd—J . B . Brim Is—John Shaw Is . — Received by W . Rideb . —Todmorden _, per W . Robinson 3 s . TO EXEMPT E . JONES FROM OAKUM PJCKIN & Received by Joss Axsorr ( per G . Julian Harnev ) . —Alexandria , per J . M'Intyre 10 . FOR MRS . JONES . Received by Jons _Asxott { per G . Julian Harney ) . —Alexanuria . per J . _M'lntrrelL FOR OR . M ' DOUALL . Received by Johh Absotz . —Afew Friends of the Edinbnrjih League of Progress , perH . Robinson 6 s . Received by W Rider . —Huddersfield , per J . _Emsall 5 s .

      NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by j ° hx Abkott _, Secretary . — West End _Womsns' Hen Meeting , at tbe King and Queen , Foley-8 treet , per Mr . Marsden 13 s 2 d—South London Hall , after . a lecture by Ruffey Ridley 2 s Gd—Mr . Side ' s Book , per J . Dron ls 9 d—Alexandria per J . _H'Intyre ( per G . Julian Harney ) 10 s . FOR MR . _HOOPERBecerredfey Jonn Arnott—Staljbridge , per Wm . HQ 1 _, 10 s . Tbe above item was acknowledged last week in the - Star as for Mrs . M'Douall , whereas , instead of It , it should bave been 10 s . for lira . M'Douall . Mr . Hooper will oblige -by forwarding bis address to John Arnott .

      MRS . SHAW Received by John Arnott—Mr . Lucas , Marylebone , 6 d—Hr . Hancock , Ditto , 6 d—Mr . Highley , Ditto , 3 d .

      The Wohsko Tailors * Association, 34, Ca...

      The Wohsko Tailors * Association , 34 , Castlestreet , Oxfobd-stheet . — We recently bad the pleasure of visiting the spacious premises occupied by this " model" industrial association , when , with his usual urbanity , the enterprising manager of the -establishment , Walter Cooper , did as the honour to show ns ever the various departments . The _cutting department comprises two rooms , with foldingdoors , forming one large and elegant saloon , and is -situate at tbe front of the premises / In the rear is . _acommodious building , two stories high—thegronnd : 3 oor of which is intended for a lecture-hail , and will shortly be fitted up with the necessary appurtenances . The first and second floors are occupied 35 workshops , in whicb we found some thirty men

      employed . These shops are well ventilated , lighted , < fcc , have water laid on , and are supplied with basins , towels , soap , Ac . The stoves for heating the irons , used in the trade , are also most conveniently placed , and the necessaries and _comforts of the men seem studied in every particular . A library is also in- course of formatiou ; from the list of books already presented we find it embraces hhtory , science , politics , li ght reading , & c , and the manager informed ns that a friend had just presented the association with the whole of Shakspeare ' s works , and that he had promises of many . more excellent and erudite works . We were pleased to hear that no sectarian dogmatism prevails , bat that the mind will here find free scope 4 or the exercise of its judgment on all things pertaining to the comfort and future well-being of tbe _wholeThaman family . It is also pleasing to find that

      _£ hese men , who have started with the idea , of becoming masters ofthe whole product oftheir _indostry , work most harmoniously together , and that , in a short time , they will be enabled to pay off the -capital advanced to start them in business . As we have previously stated , we found some thirty men at work ; they have more trade than they can con * vientl y do , and that , too , of the very best _description , supplied by aristocratic and , we may add , a branch of the royal family . Some of __ the noble -visitors and patrons make curious inquiries , and appear much surprised at the intelligence and intellectual superiority of working men . As friends and advocates of theorder of industry we most cor--dially wish success to "The Working Tailora * Association , " and trust it may stand as a beacon to lightthe way to the thorough emancipation of in-• _oustry from the trammels of cap ital and

      competition . Frightful Acctoest . — M . Amelot , an exmagistrate , has addressed a letter to the Gazette -des Tribmava , correcting some of the details g iven in tbe jonrnals of the dreadful accident which oc--curred to Madam Bruere , in a diligence on the Xyons railway . He says that neither Madame Bruere , nor her husband , nor her maid , who occupied the cowpc of the diligence , had , as erroneously stated , any chemical matches or any spirits of -wine , bat that the fire must have been caused by a lig hted cinder from the locomotive falling onthe truck on which the diligence was placed ( this track waB very near the locomotive } , just under the flooring of the coupe . He says that M . and Madame Braere had experienced a smell of burning , when . all at once the maid saw a flame just under her

      mistress s feet She pulled her away , but at the ' same moment her mistress _' sgown caught fire . IL Bruere shoaled from the window "Stop , stop ! bat it was five minutes before the train pulled op , * ndthen it was ascertained that Madam Braere was burnt to death . The writer of the letter suggests that for the future diligences should not be placed near the locomotives , and next , thata cord should " 4 a attached to an alarm-bell , as in Germany , or some other means should be established to enable _^ passengers to have the train stopped in casa of accident . ~ ¦ -. ' Atmosphshic _Hathakiho . —a . whirlwind visited a hoy-field on tiie farm of Lord Braybrook , near _Safiron Walden , on Tuesday , and rather astonished ihe troop of haymakers , by hurry ing off part ofthe material npon which they were lobouring , carrying it in fantastic shapes over the tops of the tall trees , and depositing some of . it hcbT a mile oft—Esses

      _Himitiai is like wealth ; as soon as . i re beg i n to nurse and care for it , it a % sure sign of its

      -..^^[W^Wm. Oxpr ^^Pm^H ^. ¦•¦ _ To The ...

      -.. _^^[ W _^ WM . _oXPR _^^ PM _^ h _^ . ¦•¦ _ TO THE BMtOK OF THS H 0 _BTHBBN 8 MB . Sib , —In the last Star you have very properly put a query at the top of my letter—the communication of Mr ; Costine no doubt confusing the question of my liberation . ' The facts of the case are as follows : —Mrs . M'Douall note to Sir George Grey , stating the death of my child , and representing the illness ofthe others . The Secretary of State then wrote to the magistrates , informing them that the government , under the circumstances mentioned in the letter—which they transmitted under cover to Kirkdale—were not desirous of detaining me in prison > The magistrates sent back a favourable answer , and Sir Georga Grey replied with a dis-T . _IRnniTrnV nn 1 \ n itm / . rTi _. r

      charge unconditionally . No one ever mentioned or dreamt of any conditions being attached to my liberation . The magistrates thought bail would be required , bat I told them that , as tho Judge had given me no sureties to find nobody else could impose any . I am , therefore , perfectl y free in every sense of the word . The committee who bave been acting in my behalf in Liverpool will wind up their affairs this week , and will hare settled all matters before this letter is printed ; therefore , all future communications may be addressed to me , Post-office , Manchester . I shall have removed to that town before this letter reaches you , consequently any further correspondence between me and the Liverpool

      committee wonld be very inconvenient to me . I do not believe that any ofthe parties who have subscribed fbr my famil y , or done anything material for their advantage , desire me to particularise their names , or administer to them any soft adulation . I believe that all honest men consider it their duty to aid and assist the families of the victims . I can safely say that I shall always consider the families of all political prisoners as having a claim upon me and I shall pay it on every occasion . I regret deeply the necessity for support to my family , but the necessity being removed , I can only thank those who have really aided them , and wish well to those who wonld have done so , but could not .

      I intend communicating my views on all questions through a weekl y periodical , bearing my own name , and printed in Manchester . No one need expect me to afford them any opportunity of making attacks npon persons , but , as far 33 principles are concerned , there shall be always an open column . I have now only to repeat , that I shall join no party or faction ; that I am averse to the life ofa lecturer ; and that after a brief tour , I mean to retire from the talking arena , and confine myself to the pen and the lancet . I mean no competition with otber publications , or with other men , farther than circumstances may . naturally effect , but I shall neither shrink from it , nor fear the result when it comes .

      Yours in the cause , P . M . _M'Douau , ffirkdale , Jane 24 th , 1830 .

      Dr. M'Douall . To The Xnitob Of Thb Kobt...

      DR . M'DOUALL . TO THE _XniTOB OF THB KOBTHBBN STAB . Dear S i r —I observed an article in last week ' s Star , headed with tho question , "Is Dr . M'Douall restored to his family or ' not ? " together with my letter that he was not . This may appear contradictory , and , in explanation , I heg to state that Mrs . M'Douall requested the committee to call in all _fundsfor the Doctor ' s Testimonial , as he was only awaiting bail . Bail was procured from Manchester , and they waited npon the Governor of the Gaol on Wednesday , the 12 th , but the Governor said he was waiting an answer from Sir G . Grey . It appears that Dr . M'Douall was liberated on tbe _I 3 tb , from bis letter bearing that date on the post-mark ; he , however , not having made that known for some time , was the cause of my letter .

      Tours truly , "W . L . Cosiinj Liverpool , June 25 th .

      -. M - - An Appeal From The Committee Of...

      -. m - - AN APPEAL FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE LACEY FUND TO THE GENEROUS PUBLIC . _Feixow Couktbtmkn , —We entreat your attention to the case of Martha . Lacey , wife of William Lacey , one of the Chartists convicted at the Old Baily , at the September sessions , 1848 , and _sentenced to transportation for life . When we consider on the one hand how many causes operated previous to the conviction of William Lacey , if not to justify , at least to extenuate his offence , and how entirel y disproportioned was the punishment inflicted on him ; on the other hand it will not be difficult to engage your sympathies on behalf of his wife and her six children , who are now endeavouring to join him in Australia . This appeal is made to all parties indiscriminatel y , with a full and entire confidence in the benevolence of a British public . The committee , therefore , submit this address , with a view to raise a fund , by public subscription , to enable Martha Lacy and family to join her husband . Fellow

      working men , we entreat of your co-operation , not only in London but in every locality in the British empire , to exert yourselves in this humane and laudable undertaking . Signed by the Committee . H . Argue , E . Booth , W . Hunt , C . Young , It . Partes , P . Hanley , G . Hill , T . Crow , W . Rogers , L . Barron ; George Wilks , Chairman ; John Sewell , Esq ., Treasurer ; Henry Wilks , Secretary , No . 2 , Rockinghamrow , Kent-road , Surrey . The committee meet every Sunday evening at eight o clock , at the Two Chairmen , Wardonrstreet , Soho . All communications to be addressed to the seoretary , Henry Wilks , 24 , Rochesterstreet , Westminster , London , who will furnish every information . AU monies and Post-office Orders to be made payable to the treasurer , John Sewell , Esq ., at the Branch Ofiice , Bow .

      ^ National Charter League. ¦ On Sunday E...

      _^ NATIONAL CHARTER LEAGUE . ¦ On Sunday evening last a meeting of this body was held at their room , No . 5 , Snow-hill , City Mr . E . Nobbs occupied the chair . The chairman opened the proceedings with a few remarks laudatory of the principles and policy of the League . A spirited discussion then ensued npon the question , " Is the Irish Alliance entitled to the support of the reformers of Great Britain V Messrs . Hobden , Allnutt , Clark , and M'Grath took part in the debate , which was adjourned till Sunday evening next , at eight o clock . It is expected by the council ofthe League that some of those Irishmen , whose hopes still cling round their fatherland , notwithstanding its abasement , will be in attendance to state their views as to what should be done to promote its weal , and to secure for it its proper position amid the nations of the world . On Tuesday evening , June 25 th , a meeting

      of the National Charter League was held at the Boar s Head Inn , Duke-street , Stamford-street , Lambeth , when a deputation from the council attended to explain the principles and objects ofthe League . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Dixon and Clark , in favour of a sound agitation in favour of the enactment of the People ' s Charter . An agitation at once conciliatory and proselytising in its character , and by that means to gather together the good men of every class to join in the demand for the enfranchisement ofthe whole male adult population of the united Kingdom . At the close of the addresses a number of-members were enrolled , after which the necessary officers were elected , to conduct the business of the branch . It was also agreed that the branch should be called the "Lambeth Branch of the National Charter League . " The branch will meet every Tuesday evening , at the above place , for the purpose of enrolling members , and the transaction of

      business . The council of the-League met at their room , 5 , Snow-hill , on Wednesday evening , the 26 th inst ., for the transaction of business , which having been gone through , Mr . Dixon reported from the meeting in Lambeth , and the formation ofa branoh there , a letter , containing a donation tothe funds of the League , and approval of its objects , from C . Jones , Esq ; , of Denmark-hill , was then read , and ordered to be placed on the minutes of the League . The meeting was then adjourned to Wednesday evening next . . : '

      Thb Pom's House, Borss'-Stbeei.—In Brita...

      Thb Pom ' s House , Borss _' -stbeei . —In Britain the instances are rare indeed in which the dwellings of eminent poets are exposed for sale by public competition ; yet , as will be seen by an advertisement , such is the mercantile fate that awaits , on the 3 rd proximo , the house in which the author of " Tamo' Shanter" lived and died . When a circumstance very similar occurred in England relative to Shakspeare ' s house in _Stratford-on-Avon , such was the aversion to see a shrine so hallowed , devoted to the common purposes of traffic , that a number of gentlemen generously stepped forward in defence of the Muses and their greatest represente _d tative ever cast in mortar mould , paid the price demanded , and thus 'rescued from desecration in all time 001001 ? : an abode , however humble , viewed in

      reference to Californian products , priceless in association beyond even the palaces of the great . And two years ago / we were led to understand , that certain gentlemen in Dumfries contemplated _^ paying tiie same compliment to the home in which the Bard ahd his _exemplarfsponse , "bonnie Jean , " closed their eyes in death ; and if the admirers of posthumous renown , w i de as the world itself , are still bent on the performance of an endearing duty ; now or never , we beg to say emphaticall y , is the ttaefdracti 6 n . -2 _fe «/ n » C _^ n «; . . It is rioted , as the origin of the term haberdasher , ihaU"berdash" w _*^ name anciently g iven m kdand to a sort of neck-dress ; and the person wn ! made or sold . such _neck-dresses was called a _"teXer . " Hinca the present term _"haterdisher . ** _' '

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      Lambeth. —This Aiisosd. Mransb Ato Robbb...

      LAMBETH . —This _AiisosD . MransB ato Robbbbt at Cupham , — After the night charges had been disposed of , Mr . Maddle , the owner of the house in the Wahdsworth-road , which so recently occupied the attention of the public as the scene of an alleged murder and robbery , waited upon Mr . Elliott to answer the complaint of a female , who stated herself to be the onl y daughter of the alleged murdered housekeeper , for detaining the clothes and other property belonging to the unfortunate deceased . —Last week a young woman attended before Mr . Elliott in company with an elderly female , who alleged that after the funeral of Mr . Maddle ' s housekeeper application was made to bun by them for the restoration of the clothes of deceased , which Mr . Maddle , however , refused to give up . In consequence of such refusal on his

      part , the magistrate sent an officer with thein to see him on the subject . He still persisted in retaining them , and intimated his intention of attending at this court to answer the complaint . As soon as the case was called on , Mr . Maddle arose and stated that he was very sorry that the unfortunate affair whioh had occurred in his house should be again brought before the public . His reason would be quite sufficient to satisfy his worship why he detained the property . The young woman in question was an illegitimate child , and had no right whatever to the property , especially when there was a son who might administer to the property . —Mr . Elliot declined to interfere further in the case , and Mr . Madleleft the court , asserting that he should still retain the property of his doceased housekeeper until he had a proper certificate drawn up in a legal manner .

      MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —A Ruffian . — G Jackson , a butcher , residing at No . 9 , Marketstreet , Newport-market , was charged with assaulting his wife Susan Jackson . —Police constable 182 C deposed that on Saturday ni ght , about twelve o ' clock , he was called to No . 9 , Market-street , where he found the prisoner ' s wife lying on the landing ofthe stairs ih a state of insensibility , with blood flowing from her mouth . Witness procured some water , and sprinkled it over her face , and in the course of afew minutes she was so far recovered as to tell him tbat the prisoner had inflicted the

      injuries she was suffering from . As the woman gradually got worse , witness procured assistance , and conveyed her to Charing-eross Hospital . Witness produced the surgeons certificate , which set forth that the injured woman was not in a fit state to attend at court . —The prisoner in defence said his wife was a most incorri g ible drunkard , and was in the constant habit of pledging both his and his children ' s things , and spending the money in drink . He caught her in a state of intoxication on Saturday night , and certainl y did correct her—Mr . Bingham remanded the prisoner .

      Lady Traps . —A lady asked the advice of Mr . _Bingham in the following case . She saw in a shop in , _Oxford-street , a mantle marked a guinea , which suited her , and she went in and bought it . . She put down the guinea , but she was told she must pay another half-guinea , as the price was a guinea and a half .. She declined taking the mantle at that price , and requested to have her money returned . This was refused , and she was compelled to pay the halfguinea . As she conceived she had been imposed npon she wished to know if she had any mode of obtaining redress?—Mr . Bingham said a magistrate could render no assistance , but he had no doubt she could procure redress at the County Court . —A second lady made a precisely similar statement ; but the occurrence took place in another shop ih Oxfordstreet , the number of which was not stated . The lady said she had been terrified into giving the additional price . —Mr . Bingham eave this lady the

      same advice as he had given to the first lady . CLERKENWELL . — Croeltt to Animals . —T . Wombwell , a cab proprietor , residing in East-place , Hoxton , was charged , at the instance of tlie Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . — Defendant had sent out a driver with a horse and cabriolet , when he discovered a most shocking wound on the back of the animal . He called the attention of the police to the state bf the animal , and he left the defendant ' s service . —Witnesses were examined to show that the wound was highly inflamed , and that blood issued from it , and that defendant must have been full y aware of its condition . Mr . Thomas , the secretary to the society , was app lied to , and the present proceedings were instituted . — Mr . Tyrwhitt said it was a most proper prosecution , aud he fiued the defendant 5 s ., and ordered him to pay costs .

      J . Powell , acarman in the employ of Mr . W i lliam Cooper , carrier , ofthe City-road , was charged with cruelty towards a horse . The prisoner was seen driving a horse and heavily laden cart It had twe sores on its back , and the friction of the harness caused the blood to run from them . The animal was in great agony , and the society felt it to be a duty to prosecute . —Mr . Cooper admitted that the horse bad had a sore on his back , but he had paid a veterinary surgeon to attend to it , and he had not given his sanction to take the horse out in the state described . —Mr . Trywhitt said it was wilful negligence and cruelty on the part of the prisoner , whom he fined 10 s . and costs .. Assault on tub Police . _—Janies _Chiswell and

      Thomas Ball ; well known to the police , were placed at the bar before Mr . Tyrwhitt , charged with havinng been concerned . ia a brutal assault upon William Harding Penfold , No . 233 , N division , by which he is so seriously injured that his life is in danger , and also with having stolen a police truncheon . It appeared from the evidence that on Sunday night last , at about eig ht o clock , the prisoners , in company with another man , entered the house of Mr . Smith , landlord of the King ' s Arms , _Barnsbury-road , Islington , intoxicated , and called for some liquor , but being known as having before misconducted themselves , they were refused , on which they became outrageous , and defied and threatened Mr . Smith . They then drew the liquor for themselves , which induced Mr . Smith to call in the police ; Penfold , the injured man , remonstrated with them to no purpose , and on taking out his staff to protect himself , tho prisoner Chiswell

      rushed upon him , seized his staff , struck him onthe head , and knocked him down in a state of insensibility . . He was afterwards beaten and kicked . The prisoners and their companion made off , but being pursued , the prisoners were apprehended and looked up in the station house . Their companion escaped . A surgeon ' s certificate was produced , which ' stated that Penfold had received severe injury and was in danger . The prisoners said nothing in their , defence , but seemed to treat the affa i r with indiffe rence until Mr . Tyrwhitt intimated to them that they stood in a very serious position , and if the injured officer happened to die in consequence of the injuries he had received—which was not at all improbable—they might be indicted for murder . The prisoners then changed their tone . —Mr . T yrwhitt remanded them for a week , with instructions to the police to trace and apprehend their companion if possible before the next examination .

      THAMES . —Assault on the Police . —William Finnis , alias Finney , an Irishman , of No . 2 , Westrow Limehouse , was brought before Mr . Yardley , charged with rescuing a prisoner , and assaulting James Jackson , a police-constable , 263 K , by striking him on the head with the staff of policeconstable . James Whitings ,-424 K , whom be was also charged with assaulting . Both constables appeared to have heen most grievously injured . Jackson ' s face was much disfigured , and there was a severe cut _aross his nose . The top of the head was covered with plasters , and he was in a very weak state from loss of blood . —Mr . Yardley sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment .

      As Infubiatkd Constable . — John Horrigan , 173 _H , was charged with being drunk and cutting and wounding a brother constable , named Moseley , , 117 H , who officiates as gaoler at the Leman-street station house . He at the same time wounded his inspector , Mr . Forbes , who appeared at the court with his arm iu a sling . —Sergeant Jackson , 11 H , stated that between two and three o ' clock on Tuesday morning , while going his round of inspection , on arriving at , New-street , ' Commercial-road , ¦ "he saw the prisoner in conversation with a woman , and on coming up perceived that he had been drinking and was unfit for duty . The sergeant ordered hini to proceed at once to the station house ; but , instead of obeying the instructions , he at once drew

      his truncheon and exclaimed in a tone of terrible excitement , '" If you touch me ; you villain , ' ' I'll knock your head off : and , if that won't do ; ¦ I have a knife in my pocket . " Witness having obtained the assistance of Kelly , 130 H , succeeded in taking him to the station . Whilst speaking there to Inspector Forbes , witness saw the prisoner , who was crouched up hear the door , deliberately take a knife out of his pocket and open it . _—^ Moseley ( the wounded man ) rushed upon him and seized his arm ; but he turned wildl y round and made several cuts with the knife at his captor ; one . of the blows inflicted a deep wound on the inside of Moseley ' s left thi g h . —Mr . Thomas Meeres , divisional surgeon said he had examined _^ Moseley , who had several marks of a knife upon him ; one serious and severe wound on the inside of the thi g h was three inches in depth and one inch and a half in' length . ¦ Moseley

      was unable to attend to give evidence , —The prisoner , who was still labouring under unusual excitement , was remanded for a week .., .. ¦ . ¦ SOUTHWARK . _—IsiBODOCiKa'Spirits into the _Quwui ' s BBifOfl . —J . ' Montague ; an officer of the Foot Guards , was charged with conveying a bottle of brand y into the gaol , contrary to the rules ap E Mnted by act of parliament . —Dennis stated that a ttle after two o clock on Saturday afternoon last the prisoner entered the lobby for the purpose of visiting a gentleman of title in the prison , and perceiving something stick out of his pocket , he asked him what he had there , when he pulled forth a _bottle of brandy ; which he acknowledged that he intended to have taken 4 o his friend . " : 'Witnessthen took him into custody . —The magistrate asked whether _witaeia knew the defendant as hiving conveyed ! I ' v .. .... ' :. ¦¦ : = :. .... .. V--1 . 1 ' Si , !¦; iiyil _! .: •;¦ ' . ' - ' _-i ' ' 1 : ¦ ¦ :. ' -- ¦ _-

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      _fH _^ _jnto the . prison before ? Witness rep lied that be _wasiaihe'habifof meeting the prisoner _oaily , - and it being kqpwn that spirits wero conveyed _, m , suspicion was attaohed to the defendant . — ihe magistrate asked _defendant _^ what answer he nadVto make to the charge ?—Defendant said that his friend told him he should liko a little brandy , and not knowing that _hewaa actiBg contrary to the rules , he purchased some for the purpose of presenting to him . —The magistrate told him , that as he had been uvthe habit of visiting the prison se often , he must be aware that he was doing wrong . He should therefore fine him £ 3 for the offenco . —The defendant immediately paid the money , and was discharged from custod .

      y Hbartlkss Conduct ov Poor Law Officials . — _inree Irish boys , the eldest not 15 years of age , in tattered garments , add in a perfectly destitute condition , were brought before Mr , _A'Beckett , having beea found l ying down on the steps ofa house m the parish of St . Qlave ' _s ' Southwark .-Policeman 127 Mstated , that while on duty inthe neighbourhood of Tooley-street , between one and two o clock on Tuesday morning he saw the three boy 9 l y ing asleep together on the steps of a door , and on awaking them he put some questions to them , to which they answered by informing him that thoy had recentl y come over from Ireland in quest of work , but not succeeding in obtaining any they were reduced to _atarvation . He added that thev

      also assured him that it was not of their own accord that they came to this eountry , but that they were placed on board a vessel at Cork by the parochial officers of the , town where they lived , who paid their passage to London , but did not furnish them with the means of support when they landed , telling them that as soon as they arrived they would obtain employment and be enabled to live comfortably . — The three boys , who were without shoes or stocki ngs , and ragged and filthy in ' appearance , were brought into court . The poor little fellows seemed almost unacquainted with the English language , but tne magistrates selected the most intelligent lad of the . three , tb whom he put several questions as . to the reason he and his companions left Ireland ,

      and the answers will evince the scandalous system adopted by the parochial authorities of some towns in that country ih sending over paupers here and paying a trifle for their passage , so as to get rid of the burden oftheir support . —Mr . A'Beckett ( to the eldest boy ); Where have ' you como from?—From the county of Cork . —What place ?—Dunmanway . I was in the workhouse there . —Mr . A'Beckett : Why did you leave that place ? — Boy : Because Mr . Hamilton , one ot the gentlemen there , said that I would get plenty of work and victuals if I left the workhouse and came over to England . — Mr ; A'Beckett : Who paid for your passage?—Boy .: Mr . Hamilton , 1 believe , p 3 id the money . — Mr ; A'Beckett : Were there any more boys sent away from the workhouse with you ? — Boy : Yes , Sir ; there were twenty-one boys picked out , and we were all put on board the ship and brought over here as deck passengers . —Mr . A'Beckett : Did they

      supply you witn lood while on board?—Boy : Yes , Sir , we had some bread given l is , hut nothing else besides water . ' — Mr . A'Beckett : Where have you been living since you came to London ?—Boy : Ih no house , Sir . We tried to , ' get work , but could not find any one to employ us , ' and so we have been wandering about the town sleep ing sometimes under the arches of the railway and at other times on the steps of houses near the water side . —Mr . A * Beckett said , he had heard quite enough to convince him of the injurious effects of sending over from Ireland a number of these poor destitute creatures — the parochial authorities of some places in that conn--try being onl y desirous of getting rid of them , careless as to what privations they were subjected to afterwards . The magistrate then directed that the boys . should be taken to the workhouse ofthe parish in which they wero found destitute , in order that they might be relieved and passed over to Ireland .

      GUILDHALL . _—Extbnsivk Robbery . — n . R . Macklin , H . Osborne , M . Macklin , S . Brown , and S . Paul were brought up on remand , charged with stealing ' a gold chain , value twenty guineas , a quantity of plate , jewellery , and wearing apparel , also a , very valuable collection of Roman cameos , and other articles of vertu , the property of Mrs . J . Pyncent , now ; travelling in Italy . —Dr . Tilt , of York-street , Portman . _square , said he had , according to the request of Sir Peter Laurie on a former examination , written to liis sister-in-law , Mrs . Pyncent , at Florence , but he did not expect an answer for at least a week or two . Mrs . Pyncent _haB sisters in England who probably mi ght identify the property , or portions thereof . —The officer here

      suggested that Mary Macklin should be put in the witness box against the other prisoners , as he thought it would be quite impossible to carry the case any further , unless this was done . —Alderman Salomons said ho ceuld not consent to a proceeding of that kind , unless hy the express wish of tho party desirous of making a confession . —The prisoners were then remanded till that day week . MANSION HOUSE . —Allkged Fbauo nr an Omnibus Co N nuc _i o R . —John Thorp , an omnibus conductor who had been previousl y charged , with having attempted to defraud Mr . Griffith , of Basinghall-street , b y substituting a counterfeit half crown in the place ofa genuine piece , appeared for final examination before Alderman Garden . The

      evidence showed tbat Mr . Griffith had handed a genuine half-crown in payment of his fare to the defendant ; that the defendant said the money was bad , ' and handed to tho prosecutor a bad halfcrown ; and when the prosecutor refused to be robbed by such a manoeuvre called him a smasher , said he got his living by passing counterfeits , and threatened , to give him in custody for the offence . The proprietor of the omnibus , who is well known as a respectable man , appeared before the alderman ,. and gave a most excellent character of the defendant , who he said was not onl y remarkable for civility , but had never before been under any circumstances complained against . —Alderman Carden : I consider the case to be an extremely

      bad one , inasmuch as the conductor not' only attempted to cheat the prosecutor , but insulted him by making a disgraceful charge against him inthe public ; street . I entertain not the slightest doubt that such a punishment should be inflicted upon the defendant as would operate as an example to those of the same class who attempt similar frauds upon the public , and check him in what , perhaps , has been merely tbe commencement of a _baso . system , but if I send the case for trial to the Central Criminal Court , Mr . Griffith will not onl y be put to much trouble , but to much expense , as it

      happens to be one of those for the prosecution of which the expences are not allowed by law ; I have been considering whether I ought not to direot the City solicitor to take it in hand . However , the character which tho defendant ' s master has given of him , and the claims which the defendant ' s wife and children naturall y possess , induce me to endeavour to protect the public by a course more lenient , but I trust likely to prove not less efficacious . : My sentence is , that the defendant be committed to Bridewell to hard labour for fourteen days , and that his license be suspended for one month . Assault ano a False Charge .-A man named

      Edward Nowlan , was charged under the following circumstances : —A few ni ghts ago , as a poor hardworking man was returning home from his daily labour , he was met by the prisoner , who walked up to him , and asked him what drink he was going to standi and upon being refused treat , struck him violently in the face and knocked him down . The poor labourer upon getting on his legs determined to complain to the- police , and with that object followed the prisoner , who began to move away quickly , but finding that he was pursued , suddenly turned round , and in the presence of a policeman , charged his pursuer with having stolen ' a half-crown . The prisoner was , bound over at the

      station-house m the sum of £ 10 to appear against the labourer , but on Saturday last , when he was to have appeared before Alderman Carden to prefer the charge , hisname was called in vain . The Alderman i mmediatel y discharged the labourer , and directed that' the person who had made the false accusation ; should be as soon as possible taken into custody . The police succeeded in apprehending the prisoner , and the whole case was gone into , and , to the evident satisfaction of all present , Alderman Cardert not only severely reprimanded the assailant _^ but sentenced him to hard labour in Bridewell for three weeks , in default of the payment of the penalty of £ 110 s . Shipwrecked Sailors and their Wages , —Arthur

      Scott ( mate ) , Gilbert Spence , Francis Henderson , Richard Birch ,: and John Taylor , seamen' of the barque , Jane Lop khart , lately lost nt sea , appeared before Alderman GibbB , and desired humbly to lay their case before the Lord Mayor . They wore accompanied by a clerk from the office of the Society for the Protection of Shipwrecked Mariners , in Buoklersbury , who represented that tho secretary to the society was mo 3 t anxiousto know whether the British consul at Malaga was'justified in the course which tha i , officer had pursued towards the applicants . —They ' stated that their vessel had foundered at sea , near the Island of Abroan ;• that they took to their bOat , which ; _howeverj was stove in on getting out , and was in a sinking state when they were rescued by a Spanish fishing boat ; which took them to the ishVnd'and from-thence to Adra , when they

      were conveyed to Malaga , and thence to Cadiz to meet the mailBteamer , in which they were oonveyed to England . They complained that whilst at Malaga in charge of the British consul ; > that officer constrained the master to make out orders for the balance of pay due'to the mate and each of the erew , whioh orders the consul insisted they should sign over to him , stating that the Admiralty regulations ordered the appropriation of all wages due to a * recked crew , for the purpose of paying their passage and subsistence home ; that on'their objecting to the proposition to give up their wages , the consul threatened that if it were not _agrceptoihe'would seize the few olothes they had Bayed , and turn them out in the streets to provide for themselves ; that by the harsh measures thus adopted by the British

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      c . 9 . n . »« l > they found themselves in England without a penny . and tinder these _oirWmstahceslhey hadbeen advised bythe'Secretary to the Shipwrecked Fisherman and Seamen ' s Benevolent Society , through whose humano aid they had been brought to London from Southampton , to state the particulars of their misfortune to the > chief magistrate . — Alderman Gibbs : Havo you applied to the Merchant Seamen ' s Fund for relief ? The mate replied , that nt Southampton the authorities of the MwclauWa Seamen ' s Fund had refused to grant _themiahyfaid _. _v-Alderman Gibbs—What money was due to you at the time the vessel was wrecked ?—The mate ; There were about three pounds due to nio . To some of the others there were more arrears due . —Alderman

      Gibbs : Have you applied to the owner ?—The mate said they had not made any application to the owner , whose name was Booth , and who resided at Hackney . But their object in appearing at tho Mansion House was to ascertain whether the British consul at Malaga had been justified in the course he had adopted towards them in their distress in a foreign country . —Alderman Gibbs having learned from the clerk of the Shipwrecked Seamen and Mariners' Society that the association was constantly occupied in rendering essential service to persons in the condition of the poor men assembled in the justice-room , said he thought the present case was one in which their interference might do a great deal of public as well as private good . It struck him that a representation of the circumstances should be made as soon as possible to the government , and that it would by that . means be speedily ascertained whether the consul was

      empowered to take from them their wages for such a purpose . —The clerk to the society said the secretary was of opinion that under these circumstances the consul was not justified , and that the sooiety would willingly be guided by the authorities of the City in _obtaining the proper measure of justice for the seamen . —Alderman Gibbs—Very well ; my opinion is that you should go to the Foreign Ofiice and repeat the statement which has been made before me and perhaps restitution will be made ; and it will be nlso advisable that the owner be informed of tho circumstance , in order that if the conduct of the consul prove to he unwarrantable , the payment of the orders may be stopped . Much public good may result from the exposure of such a practice . We are not in the possession of the information that a British consul is at liberty to force f rom shipwrecked seamen , - whom it is his duty to send home , the wages which happend to be duetothem .

      WORSHIP-STREET . — Attbmfied Self-Destroction . —Frances Walker , a girl only seventeen years of age , was placed at the bar before Mr . Hammill _, oharged with the following determined attempt to destroy herself : —Mary Anne Houghton , a married woman in Grove-street , _Bethnal-green , stated , that while engaged in her household duties at ten o clock on Monday morning she wa 3 alarmed by thevioIent 8 crcams ofa woman in the adjoining yard , and on hastening out to ascertain the cause of them she observed tlio prisoner ' s sister making strenuous efforts to pull over a water butt , from the top of whioh the prisoner ' s legs were , projecting , ' her head , shoulders , and body being entirely immersed iri the water . By their united exertions

      they at length succeeded in tilting over the butt , which was filled with water , and dragged out the prisoner , whose legs were then discovered to be fastened tightly together at the knees by a p iece of strong cord . Sho was perfectly black in tho face and apparently lifeless , but upon being carried into the house friction and stimulants were applied for a considerable time ; and she at length partially revived , _byt as she pertinaciously refused to account for the commission ofthe act , and there was reason to apprehend that she would repeat , it at the first opportunity , if not restrained , a policeman was sent for and she was given into custody for her own protection . —Sarah Walker , the prisoner ' s sister corroborated the evidence ofthe preceding witness , and her father deposed that the prisoner had been for some time . past labouring under great mental depression , but he was wholly at a loss : to assign any cause for . it , and although she had formerly made

      a similar attempt upon her lifo , from which she was with much difficulty recovered , and had been heard to intimate that she would do so again that morning , he regarded it its an expression of her usual despondency , ' and was not convinced of her determination until he found her bod y had been pulled senseless out of the but , and was then lying upon the stones in tbe yard . —The magistrate took some pains in questioning the prisoner , with the view , to exact from her the cause of her making so determined an attempt , but she bung down her head and maintained an obdurate , silence , and Mr .. Hammill said , as it would be manifestly unsafe in her present state of mind to allow her to go at large , he should give her an opportunity for reflection , and commit her until that day week to the House of Detention , where the instruction of the chaplain would probably awaken her to a sense of the rashness and wickedness of her conduot .

      _BOW-STREET . — Attempt at Suicide by an Officers' Widow . —A respectably dressed female , of lady-like appearance ; named Catherine Williams , who was stated to be the widow of an officer in the army , was charged with attempting to throw herself into the Thames , from Waterloo-bridge . —A . Isaacs , living in Drury-lane , deposed that short , after four o ' clock on Monday afternoon , he wa sitting npon the floating-pier at Waterloo-bridge and saw the prisoner disembark from one of the Citizen steam-boats , which oame alongside the pier , and proceed up the ' steps of the bridge . Shortly afterwards witness again saw the prisoner return upon the pier , and she then seemed in a very excited state . Witness watched her , and saw

      her stoop under the chains which are erected on the end of the " dummy" barge , for the purpose of preventing persons from falling into the river . She appeared _» 3 if about throwing herself off the barge , and witness culled out to Mitchell , the pier master ; that a female was going to drown herself . Witness , who is very small of stature , ran to the prisoner and succeeded in catching hold of her hand as sbe was about throwing lierself off . The prisoner hung over the barge , and would have dragged witness with her if Mitchell had not rendered his assistance . The prisoner was then taken to the waiting-room of the pier , and she frequentl y said she would drown herself . She said she had lost her purse , containing upwards of £ 1 , and she

      had hot a farthing in the world . Her purse was aafe when she was nt London-bridge station ; and while on the boat , a tall man sat down by the side ofher , and was very fidgetty near her . She stated that she was the widow of an officer who was killed in India . —The prisoner , who cried bitterly during tho examination of tho witnesses , in reply to the charge , said her excited feedings consequent upon the loss of her money , whioh left her entirely destitute , caused her to attempt her life . —Mr . Jardine said he could not release the prisoner unless she had some friends to take _charge of her . As she had none , he remanded her . —The prisoner was then removed , almost in a fainting condition , nnd Mr . Jardine directed that inquiries should be made respecting the alleged robbery of tho prisoner ' s

      money . Brutality vx a Police Constable . —J . Gossney , a coach-painter , whose forehead was severely cut , and covered with adhesive plaister , was charged with assaulting police-constable No . 94 , E division . —The officer stated that shortly after-two on Wednesday morning the prisoner and several young men , who were all drunk , were ejected from the Southampton Arms public-house , a night house for cabmen , in the _Tottenhani-court-road . They were creating a disturbance nnd fi ghting , and when witness interfered , the prisoner struck him several blows upon the mouth , and then ran away . Witness pursued him , but he was apprehended by another constable . —E . Moore , a respectable

      mechanic , said he had been spending the evening in _Houndsditch , and was returning home that morning , when he saw the prisoner running away ; followed by the last witness . The prisoner was caught by another constable , and when the last witness approached him , he pulled out his truncheon , and struck the prisoner several most severe blows on the forehead . The prisoner at that time offered no resistance , and witness , considering it most cowardl y conduct , went te the police station , and com-E lained to the inspector . —In answer to a question y the magistrate , Inspector Everard said Moore was quite sober when he comp lained of the outrage by the constable . —Police-constable No . 77 E , who guvo evidence before Moore , had omitted to state that the prisoner was struck by the first witness , on being questioned by the magistrate , corroborated Moore s evidence , and added that . when he

      caug ht tho prisoner , the constable came up and struck him over the left temp le , which was cut very severely , and bled very much . The prisoner certainly did not make the least resistance . —Constable No . 9 i , admitted that he struck-the prisoner , but it was in consequence of the prisoner putting his arni out , as if about repeating the assault ' upon him . —Constable ; No . 77 was again recalled , and denied distinctly that any resistance was offered by the prisoner . —Mr .. nenry said the oase had now assumed a very different appearance , and looked very much like ' the constable endeavouring to satisfy a fit of vengeance upon'the prisoner for striking him .- ¦ The constablo was not justified in inflicting the violenoo after the prisoner-was secured . Ho discharged the prisoner , anddireoted Inspector Everard to report tho conduct of the constable to the Commi » sl _«> ners _^ once

      ' CHAROBor _ASSAUIT-BT A PROCESS _iiSlRVER . — Ashton Smith , Esq ., * gentlemanof i considerable property , residing' at No . 13 , Hydo iPark-gardens , attended by virtue of a summons which had been obtained against him for 'assaulting J . K . Herring , whose father is a solioitor in Stafford-place ; Marylebono ' . —Comp lainant was 8 _« nt by his father on the morning of the 24 th , to serve-Mr ' . Smith at his _residence with a writ . He procured an interview , with that gentleman- after some ¦ delay , and the alleged assau l t took place when he offered to . Mr ; Smith the very unpleasant document of which he ir » _s the

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      bearer , and consisted in a threat b y the defendant , that he would _give-hira _^ a _^ any more writs to thfli hoiise " _^ He _; _ajsoYeJd his hand within three or 'four inches bf . ' complainant ' _s nose . — Mr . Smith : I deny the truth ofthe greater part of what complairiant has stated ,,: padmit having _' said that I would give him a good licking . —Thefootman and the butler were called , ahd their evidence , particularly that of the former ( who , however , prevaricated considerably in some instances ) , was contradictory of the most material portions of complainant ' s allegation . —The witnesses underwent a severe cross-examination : by Mr . Herring . — The magistrate felt that he should not be justified , owing to the conflicting nature of the evidence adduced , in convicting defendant , and the summons was therefore dismissed .

      Bastardly Attack Upon The Queen. About T...

      _Bastardly _attack upon the queen . About twenty minutes after six o ' clock on Thursday evening her Majesty the Queen , accompanied by three of the children and Viscountess Jocelyn , lady in waiting , left Cambridge-house , Piccadilly ( where her Majesty had been calling to inquire after the health of her uncle , on her return to Buckingham Palace . A crowd of persons had assembled without the court-yard gates to witness her Majesty ' s departure , and as the carriages passed out of the gates an individual , respectabl y dressed , and about six feet two inches high , advanced two or three paces , and with a small black cane which he held in his hand struck a sharp blow

      at tho Queen . The blow took effect upon hev Majesty ' s bonnet , which , being of a lig ht texture _, was driven in . by its forco , but the only effect which the attack had upon the Queen was to cause her Majesty to raise her hand and re-arrange her bonnet . Several of the bystanders seized the miscreant , one of whom dealt him a sound blow in the face , which drew blood from his nose in copious streams , after which he was handed over to the police , and conveyed to the Vine-street , police-station . On being asked hisname , he replied without hesitation , " Robert Pate , " describing himself as a retired

      lieutenant of the lOfcli Hussars , and adding tliat he resided at No . 27 , Duke-street , St . Jamce ' _s . When asked what he had to say to the charge , he replied , that it was true he had struck' her Majest y a slight blow with a thin stick , but lie added emphatically , in allusion to the witnesses , Those men casnot prove whether I struck her head or her bonnet . " On being searched there were found upon the prisoner two keys and a pocket handkerchief . No money or weapon of any kind wns discovered . The small stick with which the miscreant struck the blow was not thicker than an ordinary _. _goosequill—measured only two feet two inches in length , and wei g hed , less than three

      ounces . After the miscreant had been placed in a cell Mr . Inspector Field was despatched to search his lodgings . Mr . Field hero ascertained that tho prisoner had lodged on the third floor ( an elegant suite of apartments , ) of 27 , Duke-street , during the last two and a-half years—that he was a man of regular habits , and paid his bills with great punctuality . His father was . described to be a man of large property at Wisbeach , where he : formerly carried on business as an extensive corn factor . A large number of papers and documents were seized b y Mr . Field , but nothing has yet been discovered which could by possibility explain the inotive of the rash

      act . About two hours afterwards her Majesty went to the Italian Opera , where she received a hearty welcome from the audience , the principal vocalists singing God save the Queen . The mark inflicted by the miscreant ' s stick was plainly visible on the Queen ' s right temple .

      THE EXAMINATION AT THE HOME ; OFFICE . On Friday , at twelve o clock , the prisoner was taken to the Home Ofiice for examination . On entering the room , which contained several persons , the prisoner betrayed no emotion , but took his seat on a chair , to which he was directed by the superintendent . Mr . _Huddlestone , the barrister , attended on behalf of the prisoner , instructed by Mr . Hardesty , solicitor , of Great Marlboroughstreet-, tho legal adviser of the prisoner ' s family , and to Whom lie is personall y known , but , on their entrance , he exhibited no mark of recognition . Witnesses were examined in support ofthe charge ,

      but the prisoner declined to put any questions to them , and ho was remanded until Friday next , for further examination . There is little doubt but that a plea of insanity will be set up in the prisoner ' s behalf , and , indeed , the prisoner s conduct in not recognising Mr . Hardesty , to whom he is personally known , at the examination , leads to the _supposition that such will be the line of defence . It is , however , worthy of remark , that while in custod y at the Vine-street station , the prisoner recognised one of the inspectors , who is a member of a highly respectable famil y , re ; sidenfc at Wisbeach . In the course of conversation

      the officer remarked , " I wish to heaven I had been at your ri ght hand yesterday , and then this should not have happened . " The prisoner replied em ? phatioally , " I wish to heaven you had . " He afterwards added , to the same officer , that "he had felt very low for some time past . " We trust , however , that such a defence will not save the dastardly perpetrator of this unprovoked attack from a similar—or a severer—sentence , than that passed upon-the poor wretch who presented a block of wood , to which was affixed the ferrule of ah

      old pair of bellows , at the Queen , and for which he was transported . The onewas a poor man who had , for a long time been out of employment , and was starving ; the other is a retired lieutenant in the army , occupy ing a splendid suite of apartments in the west end , of a wealthy family , and living in affluence . We could give many reasons in extenuation of the one , and condemnation ofthe other , hut shall at present refrain __ from doing so , hoping , in the mean time that , in this case , at least , there will not be ono law for the rich and another for tho poor .

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      Convict _Adventurss . —a circumstance has lately transpired which bas exhibited events of no common occurrence . Afew weeks since a labouring man was killed on hoard the Rookery , and to this accident may be attributed the following extraordinary disclosures . ' In July , 1833 , eight prisoners of the crown made their escape from the colony in a small craft belonging to the government . The little ve 8 _: sel was of about twenty-five tons , and was called the Badger ; she was loaded with stores and Christmas supplies , whioh were to be conveyed to Macquarie Harbour . The Badger was manned by seven prisoners , and was placed under the command o a man named William Philips , also a convict , who had

      been transported for incendiarism in destroying a ship . Philips had a wife and several children in England , and he had repeatedly expressed a desire to abscond and settle in America . Under these circumstances , the opportunity of Jul y , 1833 , was too favourable to escape , and the vessel was according ly oavried off . Tho absconders were traced to Japan , at which p lace they put in for water , but after that nothing was heard of them , and they were f iven up for lost . What became of them for the _rst three or four years after their escape is not known ; but about that time the Badger suddenly visited _Padstow , a small sea-port in Cornwall , and Phili ps , dressed in a widow ' s

      habiliments of mourning , went on shore , In this disguise he succeeded in making arrangements for conveying his ; wife and . family on board , after irhichhe immediately , put . to sea , and , it is supposed , steered for ,.. America ; - and with his departure from ; the coast , of ; Cornwall the story of Philips ceases . But . the narrative does not end here . One of Philips ' s comrades , named Laohlan _M'Intosb , also longing to return to his native place , proceeded , to Scotland , ; and being there recognised as an escape , was speedily sent back under sentence of : transportation for life . Arrived in thiscolony a second time , he passed through the . various preliminary stages previous to obtaining aa indulgence , and , upon the . receipt of a ,

      ticket-ofleave , he was occasionally employed at the wharf in helping to load and discharge vessels . He was thus engaged on board the barque Rookery , when the accidental falling of a block abruptly : terminated a life which had often been exposed to dangers a thousand times- more formidable and threat * ening , but which , notwithstanding , had been preserved to be at last laid down in that country whioh he loathed . Such was the end ; of M'Intosh : what has befallen his seven companions in peril it is impossible to imagine ; _-, doubtless but few , if any , now survive to record . that catalogue of anxiety and suffering incident to the revolution of seventeen years . — _Lovnceston ' s ( Van Diemen ' s Land ) Examiner .

      The Abooe of Love—Warm Reception or Vi « siTORs . —Five young gentlemen of Bridgewater , anxious for , a peep into the . mysteries ot the Agapemone , proceeded to that interesting establishment one day lust week , and finding " no admittance ex * cepton business , " commenced an attack on . tha outer gate with their walking sticks , when , to their dismay , instead of the . responsive expression of _"jWho . is , dat knocking at the * door IV . found themselves , surrounded by five of the _; brethren armed with hockey sticks and _huntinir-whins . f One of tha

      gentlemen , famed for length of limb , made a rapid departure , ; the , others received a sound * thrashing , and were „ toldj . with ; peculiar Priibcite politeness , that the same fate would await them ' on a similar _, annoyance ,. _; ; , , :: Thk N _BPAVwaK . ; _. _AMBASSAnoRa . —At all the banquets attended by these illustrious foreigners , it is a curious fact that , though seated at the table , they do not partake of food , but remain passive _speitaj tors of the brilliant scene . " A young man lately diod at _Kiniemuir , ttm constant Weeding of tne gums . Fever superyeiied upon the weakness consequent upon the discharge , and the . patier , b > died » . _ijlg _. _girnjlar _casi has beea $ _tawninthediatricU , V

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 29, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29061850/page/5/