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      Crawford ' s demand that out-dour _reltet should be extended in Ireland not only to the aged and infirm , ' bat alsotp the able-bodied , bya compulsory rate , he bscrred that he eould not for one luoinent entertain at proposition which he believed would introduce a Host perilous and noxious _system into that country . That system was dangerous iu principle , and had feeen found prccnant with mischief when carried into _fractice in England . After a short conversation , in which Mr . Shaw , Col . Conolly , Mr . F . French , and Mr . M . OTerrall took part , Jfr . S . _CmwfORD briefly replied , and withdrew _ntaimrtfinn

      Lord G . Bectikck _, in moving for " a return giving the number and tiie names of tlie importers of foreign grain now in bond in the Queen ' s warehouses in Great Britain and Ireland , together with the quantities held by each individual , " observed , that his Object was to show the number of persons who would tc benefited by the measure then before Parhaiuctit for the immediate reduction ofthe corn duties . _^ _ine operation of that measure would immediately reduce the duty on wheat from 16 s . to 4 s . * « _" »* " _> ™ f Ihe difference would be gained , _^& _ _teJfi ** T * Imt by the cora-dealerl He calculated that the practical result of the measure would 1 g «« half a _mliion to some 300 or 400 _«*^* " _^^ M & if _itwere not to go into the Ef _*^ tetter expended m giving rehe £ to tUe distressed _^« I _^ _ohwW to ! " * G- _Bentinck the

      _« pediener of asking for a further return to that for which he had moved—namely , for a return of all the individuals who were to eat the corn in bond . The Chaxceixor of the _Exchiquer _declaredhis readiness to accede to the motion . He entered into a statement to prove that there was no ground for fee . noble lord ' s apprehension , that the holders of bonded com would receive such enormous advantages from the proposed alteration in the corn _duties . Mr . Newdegate would rather see the revenue given to the people of Ireland than sacrificed in thc way pointed out by his noble friend . He suggested to Mr . Eseeit that he should himself undertake the Tain task which he had recommended to his noble friend—namely , that of procuring a return of the persons who would eat the corn now in bond . After a few words from Mr . Wobehodse and Mr . S . O'Brien .

      Lord G . Bestixck insisted on ihe correctness of hig former _argument . The suggestion offered to aim by Mr . Escott was as incomprehensible as the _eonduet of that gentleman in retaining his seat and -voting for the abolition ofthe Corn Laws , knowing , as he did , that he had been returned for Winchester in opposition to two honest supporters of that measure . Be ( Lord G . Bentinck ) should conceive himself mad to follow such a leader , or to be guided in anything either by his advice or his example . Mr . Escort defended himself from the sarcasms of fee noble lord , who , from the language which he had just used , was evidently quite ignorant of the circumst & uces under which he had been elected . The return was then ordered , and the house adenrned . *

      HOUSE OF _LORDS—THCBsniT , _Fjsb . 12 . STATE OP IRELAND . The Marquis of _Claksicabde moved , pursuant to notice , for returns with respect to the commission of crimes in Inland . He was shocked to see the increase « f crimes of the deepest dve in that country , and he could not but think that great blame was due to the go-—eminent . It was not only the combination against life , but against property , in Ireland , that ought to be put down by the government The greater part of Ireland , he asserted unhesitatingly , was in a state ef insurrection , and no step had been taken by the government to put it down . He considered that it was high time that something should be done with respect to the criminal law in Ireland .

      Earl St . _Gejuuks said , it was the intention of the government , at an early period , to lay on the table of the house a hill which he trusted would have the effect of remedying the evils complained of by the noble marquis . He would observe , in reference to the charge of supine-Bess brought against tbe government , "that it was no light matter to _stt aside ths other laws of the land , or to abridge the liberty ofthe subject . It was a matter of deep , consideration whether tbe _existing state of the _eeontrj- justified s measure of this extraordinary nature . Her Majesty ' g government had , after mature delibera tion , come to the opinion tliat the state of the country did justify the adoption of such a measure , in order to repress the actions of those who were opposed to all law and order . After some observations from Earl Farehara and Earl

      Earl _Gbet said he was glad to hear that it was the intention ofthe government to introduce a measure upon the subject that had teen introduced by his noble friend . There was somethiug radically wrong in the statu of Ireland , which required legislative enactments to remedy , bat these _legislative enactments must not be wholly ofa coercive character . Tbe returns were then agreed to , and the house ad _^ ourned . HOUSE OF _COMMONS—Tdcbsmt , Feb . 12 . The Marquis of Chaxdos took the oaths and his teat for Buckingham , and Lord Henry Lennox for Chichester . On the motion of Lord Gbanvihe Sohebset , the second report of the committe on railways was agreed to , after a short discussion .

      Sir _Jmcs Gbabax , in reply to Admiral _Dundas , said the government had no power over Captain Johnstone , of the Tory , he having been acquitted on the ground of in-Sanity , except to ktfep him _inclose confinement in Bedlam for life , ne also stated that it was the intention of government to take measures for examining the masters of merchant vessels before their appointment . Ur . DcscoVBE gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to friendly societies . {

      THE COKX LAWS . —AMOURSED DEBATE . Tbe adjourned debate ou the question " tliat the house do resolve _itstlt into committee on the Customs aud Cora Importation Acts , " was commenced by Ur . _CoiQCHors . who entered into an explanation of Ms vote in _IfsSS _, in support of Mr . _Villieis ' _s motion for a committee to inquire iuto the propriety of repealing the Cora Laws . Sir It . Peel had entirely mistaken his past and bis present opinions . lie had never entertained the opinions so _cousiktcutly entertained by Mr . Villiers ; and lie bad never passed from them tothe doctrines of high protection . Ue had always considered the question of the Corn Laws a most anxious and perplexing question ; and in 1 SU _, notbeiBgiu Parliament , and having much leisure time , he had studied it with all the diligence and

      impartiality he could command . He had come to the conclusion that protection was necessary for the interests « jf agriculture j and having come to that conclusion he bud declared "himself au advocate for a fixed duty on corn . After the occurrences of the It st few months , it seemed probable that his notion of a _i-xed duty , had it been adopted , wonld have now been deemed preferable to that of a sliding scale . After applying himself to refate Sir K . Peel's arguments _nrspeMing prices and wages , he proceeded to coinmeut on the speech deliverrd by Sir i . Graham ou Tuesday evening . Sir J . Graham had then disposed very summarily of all his former arguments on tbis subject ; and bad _» aid that as he confessed that be had changed liU _opinions , there was an end of his former reasoning ! :. Xo , " there was uot an cud of them _,

      for a _statesman who _speke like Sir J . Graham , with eloquence aud genius , ought to recollect that his words were winged shafts which stuck deeply in sten's hearts . They had made many converts , and had influenced and were influencing thousands of bis fellow countrymen ; and he ( Mr . Colquhoun ) was cf opinion that Sir James ' * explicit recantation of his immortal words Mould not convince the country that be could raise wages or exalt the financial condition of the labouring population by his present measures . lie was afraid that those measures would bring on the cunmry evils of _n land t > whicli its attention ought to be , yet had not been called . What would be their effects on tlie colonial _interests ? The protectiou ou timber axd cogar would not long survive the pruteetiou of corn ;

      and then the mauufactrreraof England would hud themselves no longer iu _posseitio _: of the advantages which tbey now possessed in the colonial market . I ' uder such circamstanceB , what would be the condition of tho country if , ia addition to a failing harvest , it should have to struggle , as in 1640 , against a _faUuijr revenue ! But what reason was there to induce tbe house to give its assent to a commercial code which even Mr . Villiers could not recommend to bis constituents as a perfect code , as it still enforced , protection on silk , On _fugar , _« n timber , on copper , and various other articles ! If , titer * , protection were left on some , fabrics , why was ail protection to be takes _frem that manufacture - —for

      torn had been justly called by Lord F . _Egerton a _manufacture—which was of all others the most precarious ia its course , and the most uncertain in its returns t He regretted that ever since he bad taken his seat on tbe Ministerial bench agricultural protection had never received from Sir B . Feel anything like a sincere _de-Jenea . He bad so _antipathy to bim , and a very sinter * regard for many of hi * colleagues ; hut ids _opposi tion _, to Sir £ . Feel' s administration would in fm ure ie openly avowed and steadily adhered to ; for , as long as Sir Robert declined discussion on all the great ques . lions which agitated the minds of Englishmen , so long ¦ fee s hould not promise him any adhesion , nor repose in lam any confidence .

      Mr . _Wthm intimated his intention of siding with the government . Mr . 6 . Heatbcote pointed ont fhe _incouittency of the government in opposing an eight ( hilling duty , and now proposing one of four shillings , and expressed his deteragination to oppose tbe measure of tha government , as ¦ chad before that of his noble friend the member for ( _ondon . ' Mr . CW . _Haitix supported therceasure , andcontendsd Stat an influx of com from tbe north of Europe and the United States of America was not liktly to occur . Mr . Thokas _Babisg regretted that be should differ fiom those with whom he had been in the habit of acting , Bathe conceived himself bound , on principle , to oppose Sir Robert Peel ' s measures .

      Lord _Morteth observed , that the house knew before Oat evening that Mr . T . Baring : was a friend to free trade in the abstract , hat after his recent speech it wonld _sWdifflcoIttopsnuade thecountry that be was a friend

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      to it either in the abstract or in the detail . Mr . Bannj _*; had told th . house that the greatestwantrf _™ _g last autumn wae the want of a _» r _^ v _£ _SnEw * moment that want was most severely felt bytilat party of which Jlr , Baring -as a member , « d _£ f _£ _~™ left without leaders and without a head . _* _* a ™ S *«<] proposed a compromise on this question . The tune for it _Lgonebj . _bukbad _bwnoff _^ theparty with whieh be ( LordMorpeth ) _hadactedaudhad been insultinrfyand _ignonuniouily rejected by those who bad hailed Mr / Baring ' s speech with such triumph . Since he had last the honour of sitting in that house he bad travelled much in America ; he bad lived two years ia the heart of an agricultural _district and he had lost and j

      wained the representation of Yorkshire , That last circumstance told ite own moral and its own meaning , and required no comment of his to explain it . In Yorkshire was the greatest woollen trade , th * greatest linen trade , the greatest steel trade in the empire . The withdrawal of protection from these trades was immediate ; and yet they had all of them met before the hustings at Wakefield , ami had declared by his return , " Competition we have to meet , and all we ask is a fair field and no favour . " Why should not that interest which plumed itself on being eminently English , take a leaf out of the book of these begrudged manufacturers , and why should it be the only interest , which scorned fair odds in order to keep its own ! He said that he had lived two years in the heart of an agricultural district ; and that circumstance

      had led him t _» tho conclusion tbat the protection , which you _profens to preserve for the _beaefit of the farmer and the agricultural labourer , was nothing hut a mis . nomer and a positive injury to both . The interest of all classes was identical ; but the real interest of agriculture must always depend on the well-being of tbe community , and on the effective demand of the working classes . That effective demand always existed when the price of bread was low . The fact was—and it could not he denied—that with cheapness of bread there always came an _increassd demand for labour . He made a syllogism on this subject do the work of a speech . It was impossible to deny that there was not a sufficient quantity of food grown in this country for our population . There was a daily addition of 1000 children to that population , or an addition of 365 , 000 in a year . Then there was not an addition every year of 865 . 000 quarters of wheat to our native growth of corn . Ought we not then to procure a supply of corn from . ibroad , and at the cheapest

      possible rate , in order to be able to furnish the poorer classes of our community with a cheap and abundant supply of food ! If a flaw could net he detected in these premises , then be maintained that . the aristocracy of England , in spite of their prepossessions and prejudices , must see tbat they could not persist in _tbeir resistance to this change without infatuation , and be had almost said without ruin . He theu proceeded to explain to the bouse the impressions which had been made upon his mind with _reference to this question by his travels in tha United States . Huch ' that he had seen In the United States , and much that be had beard since he left them , bad notgiven bun much faith in the good to be derived from _tminitigated _democracy ; and he had not returned home with a diminisbed attachment either to the monarchical or to the aristocratic *! institutions of England ; but lit hoi felt most sewitty in America , that we could not confront in England that appearance of case and comfort which , from the cheapness of food , teat visible hi die greet mast of the American people . He bad also ' _hm thai

      WE COUU ) KOT XCCI THE _WAHTS AKD WISHES OV OTO OWK PEOPLE IF WE SID HOT WOW OUT OCX ABHTOC & ATIC INST 1 TOTIOK 6 IN KOBE OF A DIMOCBAT 1 C SFIBIT . No class which propped itself on selfish iuierests could escape frost downfall in this age of intelligence ; and no aristocracy—not even an aristocracy as illustrious as our Own—could stand under the pressure ofa system of Cora La « _-s , _urthoteCoruLawswere [ prohibitory . He , therefore . conjured the aristocracy to rise above their own special interests , and to bear their part in the consideration of this question , which , if not adjusted with them , would he

      adjusted in spite of them . Our system enabled as to embrace within tbe active energies of industry , the steady forethought of the middle classes , tbe privations and patience of the . working classes , the busy agency of a free and enligktened press , and the progressive intelligence of an advancing age . Let the aristocracy throw iu tbeir lot together with th « se interests , and let it be tbeir pride , as it would be their safety , to be the leaders and not the laggards in the onward march of ' the great community oi the British empire . Mr . GA 8 KEXL opposed the government measure .

      Mr . Roebuck , entered , into an elaborate refutation of fhe leading arguments adduced by tha advocates of protection throughout the debate , premising that he had no opinions to explain away—nothing to defend—but everything to assail . The cry Of protection , he contended , was simply for the benefit of tbe landlords , and without concurring in the opinions which had been expressed , as to ihe beneficial consequences to follow a repeal of th * Corn Laws , be assented to tbe measure , earnestly trusting tbat her Majesty's gevernment would take tbis opportunity of introducing a large measure of national education . Mr . Hodqsoh Hinde supported the amendment . On the motion of Sir H . Douglas , tbe debate was adjourned till Friday . The Fishery Piers and Harbours ( Irelaud ) Bill passed through Committee , and was ordered to be reported on Friday .

      Tbe Citations ( Scotland ) Bill was read a turd tune and passed _. The Drainage ( Ireland ) Advance of Money Bill want into Committee , and several new clauses having been added , was ordered to be reported on Friday . The Committee en the County Works Presentments ( Ireland ) Biil was postponed till Monday . ' The house then adjourned at half-past one o'clock _.

      HOUSE OF COMMONS-FaiDAT , Fra . 13 . The slow and _lombsring debate drags its length heavily alonj , and loses even the little iuterestthat it possessed SO long as we were in doubt as to the manner ia which the collective wisdom would handle un old and hacknied snhject , when their _owa interests were at stake . But so far from any the least feature of novelty being pre * sented upon the old hacknied subject , from the commencement ofthe debate we read of nothing but the mystifying of tbe very easiest and most simple branches ol pelitical economy . This debate was actually _uecsssary to disgust the working classes with the present system of representation .

      Sir H . _Dooatis was the first to renew the old fudge , and , after a lachrymose lamentation of ih ' e sweeping manner iu which the stilts were going to be knocked from under agriculture , be _eoacluded by parading the ghost ofMr . _Huskisson , who would be as capable of moulding present emergencies as a blind horse , if he had not profited much and lived to some purpose since he last bungled many of our commercial relations . Sir H . Douglas contended that if we wished to preserve our maritime ascendancy , we should protect our colonies . Viscount ViLLiKBB said that the last three years had made a man of Aim ; tbat he was but a child before , and had since that period gained all his knowledge . We are not exactly sure whether or not it was within that period tbat he married the Prime Minister ' s daughter .

      Mr , P . Scott fired a full broadside iuto the Ministerial camp , and not inaptly competed Sir B . Peel to tbe counsel who , haviBg made himself master of tbe plaintiff's case , subsequently took a fee from the defendant and brought his previous knowledge to bear to ruin his cause . Whilst be was proceeding in bis denunciations ofthe measure , Sir B . Peel _askad Mr . Scott for whom he wa % retained ? Mr . F . Scott ( apparently bursting with indignation ) . — For whom am I retained % Who am I counsel for ? I am counsel for no man , no party , and no sect . I was proud to follow the party of the constitution when the right hon . baronet hoisted tbe banner of it ; but now that he fights under a different flag , I am left to myself ,

      and must act according to tbe dictates of my own conscience and my own . judgment . The hon . gentleman , after apologising for the warmth into which be bad bsen betrayed , delivered a long invective against free trade , which he described as sense in tbe _abstract and nonsense ia the reality , and as a fantastic cobweb sparkling like a dewdrop in the sun . With our taxation it was impossible . With our debt of £ 800 , 000 , 000 , we had no ( Store right to call on this country to enter into competition with countries comparatively untaxed , than we had to ask a man with a hundredweight on his hack to enter into the lists with an opponent perfectly

      unencumbered . Betides , the appearance of the political atmosphere in the East , and still more in the West , was not such as to encourage us to make at prevent the rash and perilous experiment which was now recommended—an experiment whieh , he contended , would produce the lost _, of Canada and all our other colonies . He concluded with a long and declamatory philippic against ber Majesty ' s Ministers , who , with free " , trade on theu : lips but not in their hearts , were now venturing upon a grinding , bonecrushing experiment , which would consign not only all the agricultural labourers , but all the other industrious artisans ef the kingdom also , to one unsparing and _undiscriminating rain .

      Mr . _Waxd spun the old yarn that we hare so often attempted to unravel , under the htad" Cotton Twist , " but failed to take a tingle knot out of the skein , and , in conclusioa , he expressed a hope that the majority in its faroui ia that house would be so large as to insure for it a favourable reception whenererit was sent up to another pines , Mr . MiLE 8 , th 8 fath _« roftheMaitersandServantsBaia fact that must never be lost sight of—finding his _regged regiment nearly routed , made an experiment _^ rally them , and certainly , above all _comparisen , in his second speech made the very best anti-free trade hits that have yet eome under our notice . He _observed , tbat be was glad that this qutstion was _presented to the house in sueh a shape that there could be no mistake respecting it . Protection must be defended as applicable te erery class of the

      community , or must , if withdrawn from one class , be withdrawn from every other . Last night Mr . Baring had talked of the expediency of a compromise . He never had been , he never should be , for such an arrangement . On the contrary , he thought tbat we lautt either have the present duties under tbe sliding scale , or else submit to new duties proposed by Sir ' Bobert Peel , and to their abolition at the expiration of three years . He could not understand tbe principles on which tbat proposition rested , aor could he see why the policy which bad been pursued fer more than two centuries , aud which had raised this country to grc _» lnt » , thwulu he set aside on no other ground than the _aperisnee of the last three years . The apprebeasion of impending famine had been alleged as a reason far _Hht « innovation _^ but he was rejoiced tod _*** Teitinhtai _* o «« r _* to dissipate all fears " of a coming' _ecardty on _tiieaatlHwrry of returns made tothe

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      Central Agricultural Association _., from its provincial branches in twentylsix counties _^ if not more , of Eriglahd and Wales . There was a sufficient quantity of wheat in Englaad for the consumption of its inhabitants , and' tho ' price of potatoes wai at prtiint falling in the London and country markets—a certain proof tbat the supply of them ' was not deficient . Though he did not approve either of the plan proposed by Sir Robert Peel or of that proposed by Lord John Russell , he must say , that if be were compelled to accept one or the other , he should prefer that of Lord John Russell to that of Sir Robert Peel . To show that the ahum was not unfounded , that we should be inundated with foreign corn in case oftbe repeal of the Corn Laws , he read a description of the immense agricultural resources cf the United States in ths extensive _Val

      leys and boundless prairies of the Mississippi , and of Russia in her northern and southern provinces , amid ths roars ofthe house whan he cftme to ' the exaggerated accounts of the fertility of tambbff , once so unfortunately quoted by Lord Stanley . As sobii as our markets should be thrown' open to the world those fertile lands wovdd be tilled , * and our barren lands would go out of cultivation . ' He concluded a denunciation of great length and violence against the proposed measure by a declaration of his fears that the time would _soon ' arrlre when the people of these islands would curse the' day when first their government was intrusted to a cautious and temporising free trade Minister . Lord Makch then moved the adjournment of the debate . A number of members were leaving the house under the idea that the motion would be agreed to , when

      Lord Northland rose , and speaking to the question of adjournment , said , that _thou-sh Ids principles were _vmchanged , he should vote for the measure of the _government . He foresaw that this question must be settled ; and , as that was the case , he would rather have it settled hy Sir-R . Peel , in whom he had confidence , than by Lord J . Russell , in whom he had none . Mr . Fabband wished to know what confidence the noble lord had in Sir R . Peel when he was dragged oat of th * Coal-hole to vote for him ' on a late occasion t Lord Northland rose amid a tumult of laughter , but sat down again without uttering a word . Colonel T . Wood , jun ., expressed his intention of supporting a bill . The debate was then adjourned .

      Having waded through the several columns of rubbish , we really feel that an apology is due to our readers for tbe Immense , , we may add , unwarrantable length at which _wehavechteaicled the rubbish of the protectionists , and the boasted inconsistency of the anti-monopolists , However , we must again state the _indlspensaWe duty Imposed upon us , of convincing the people that their representatives _^ know but little of those subjects upon which tliey are so thoroughly informed , in order to justify ourselves'far having appropriated so much valuable space to the repetition of stuff , that every _hand-loom weaver has

      refuted times out of mind , within the last eight years . We conclude our summary , by a strong expression of belief that the measure , however successful iu the _Commons , will meet with an unexpected doom in the Lords ; and then our day comes , when ( he land and machinery will fairly bid for popular support , and we shall hare no hesitation in stating our views very broadly and boldly , when the day of straggle , or the day or action , _cmnes while we have observed no seeresy in concealing our price , under which neither party need take the trouble to bid . Next week and the week following will be the two most important weeks in this _country ' s history .

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      Pooa Removal .- —On Tuesday last , in the House of Commons , a return waa ordered on the motion of Mr . T , Duncombe , " specifying the number of families and persons removed by any local order , or other authority , to their place of settlement from each manufacturing town in Yorkshire , Lancashire , and Cheshire , during the years 1841 , 1842 , and 1843 , the date of such removal , the name of the parish to which removed , and the occupation or trade , and length of residence in the town from which such families and perrons were so removed . "

      Desperate Affrays Between English And Ir...

      DESPERATE AFFRAYS BETWEEN ENGLISH AND IRISH LABOURERS . _-.- ;« ¦¦ Pembith , _Tdxsdai Night , Nine O'Clock . —Ever since the commencsment of the Lancaster and Carlisle , and other railways in the north , a most determined aiid inveterate animosity has unfortunately existed amongst the English and Irish _labourtrs _, the former refusing to _aUow the latter to work with them , by reason ofthe latter working for under wages and other grievances _. About one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the English working at the great cutting near _Yew's-crag , on the Lancaster and Carlisle line , about two miles distant from

      Penrith , on account of a number of tbe Irish having en Monday used one ofthe English " gangers" very ill , rose en masse and drove the Irish off the works to Yanwath , whence they again routed them , aud pursued them to the workings on the other side of the Eamont , and attempted to drive them there , but the Irish mustered a strong force aud obliged the English to retreat . In the evening the Irish having assembled at Plump _, too , marched into Penrith to the number of 300 , five in a row , armed with knives , sticks , clubs , pokers , pitchforks , scithes , and other weapons . No fufther disturbance took place tbat night .

      Wednesday . Evening . —About a quarter past tight o ' clock tbis morning upwards of 1600 of the English entered Penrith in a body , au _' araed with scithes , pokers , sticks , hammers , picks , pistols , and various other weapons . On entering the town they proceeded up the front street into Ifiddlegate , where they turned into Burregate arid _SandgaNT _, tbe streets where a number ofthe Irish lodge . But they found none of them . Thence they proceeded up Albert-street to the town-head in search of the Irish , where they found three or four , who were most dreadfully kicked and beaten , Leaving the town , the mob , which by tbis time bad amounted to upwards of 2 , 600 , proceeded on the Carlisle-road to Milestonehouse , where a number ef the Irish early in the morning had mustered , but on hearing of tbe approach of tbe

      English bad fled . Several individuals were captured and dreadfully beaten and _ill-ueed . Wherever the Irish could be found they were hunted out and shockingly maltreated . The English had to a considerable extent dispersed , when it _eame to be kuown that about 800 Irish , all armed , were within two miles of the town , when the English all remuttered , aud proceeded to mest them . A dreadful conflict was now apprehended , but in the meantime the yeomanry cavalry had been called out , and forthwith proceeded to meet the Irish to prevent them entering the town . The Irish , however , did not come . On the return of the cavalry the Riot Act was read , and the troops right a-breast cleared tbe streets of the English . It was feared tbat the Irish would re-enter the town on Wednesday night .

      [ rUBTHEB FABTICULABS . _j Thursday Evening . —About twelve o ' cloek this morning aridette galloped into the town with the intelligence that about 700 Irish , well armed with guns , pistols , pilies _, bill-hooks , hammers , knives , and other implements , were within two miles of the term , on tha _Carnsle-roafl , adyanc . ing in a body . The bugle sounded to arms ; the troops were out almost in an instant , two of whom gallopped off , with Sir 6 . Musgrave at their head , on the _Catlisieroad , and most fortunately met the Irish about half a mile out of tue . town-bead , when the Irish halted . A parley ensued , which resulted in an arrangement that those of tbe Irish who had been working en the line in

      Westmoreland , and the neighbourhood of Penrith , should lay down their weapons , and be escorted by a detachment ofthe cavalry to theGray Bull Inn , at Penrith town-head , where tbey wouldbe paid their wages due , while the other part of the Irish were to remain w > h the remainder of the cavalry , or return to Plumpton , This was accomplished , and the Irish were got rid of . At the same time a troop was sent off to _Eamont-bridge _, under the command of Colonel Hassell , a mile on the south of the town , to keep the English back . Another detachment was stationed at the _Tanwath-bridge , ' a mile further up the Eamont . At nightfall a number of the troops returned to quarters , patrols being left on duty in various directions .

      Latest From Ireland-Government Precautio...

      LATEST FROM IRELAND-GOVERNMENT PRECAUTIONS . Dcblih , Feb . 12 . —A Commissary-General ( Coffin ) lias arrived in Limerick from Cork to make arrangements , by order of _GoTcrnraent , for the atorage of corn and meal to meet any exigency arising from the failure of the potato crop in that district . The reports of ( the impending scarcity particularly in the western counties , continue to be of an unfavourable character . The quartering a troop of light dragoons in the town of Galway , where serious disturbances were , and are still apprehended , has excited great indignation among same of the lower classes . On Tuesday morning a fellow was engaged placarding the town with an " address from the Claddah people to the men of Galway , " calling upon them , u Government bad sent them troops in place of food , to unite to a man , and drive the military out ofthe town . The placard was in manuscript , and is Btated to bare been ofa most seditious nature .

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      Todmobben . —The League are spending the 20 per cent , of the quarter-million fund rapidly . They have men in every part of our small village , poking the petition in thc people ' s faces , and doing all but compelling them to sign it ; and they wonld do that if they haa the power . No doubt many have been compelled . The following dialogue took place here between one ofthe persons employed to procure signatures , and a Chartist : — " Now , sir , will you sign this petition ? " "I don't know , what is it ? " "It is for a total repeal of the Cora Laws . " " And for what is it besides ? " "Why nought . " "Why ,

      man , Sir Robert ' s measure is better than that , lor his is not a one-sided thing , while the League ' s is so . You are too late ; Sir Robert has outbid you . Bid again—get your masters to bid for the Charter , and then you'll have the workers with jou . " " Oh , I am a Chartist . " " lam glad to hear it , but I had rather see you prove yourself _onein another _waythan carrying that rag about ; but I must tell you again ' that Sir Robert is a-head of you ? You must bid again before I can give you my name ? " " Well , please yourself ; you don't d « aerv « heap food . " "Nor _nttiBt I hate it . if it _lv » in the power of your masU » to prerent me . "

      _CMtn-MuBMR . —On Friday , a woman named Ltary , living near Lough ( Ireland ) , murdered her stepdaughter with a poker . The child was only two years and a half old .

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      ¦ " ¦ ' / , ..-. ' /• , FRANCE . " ' "' : " IT : ' . " * ' .. The discussion on theaddress in the French _Onajnber of Deputies ' -w as ' somewhat unexpectedly brought to a close on Friday , after occupying no less than seventeen sittings . The final vote on the ensemble of the address gave a majority of ninety-one , in its favour , the numbers being 232 and 141 . On Saturday evening the address was presented to the King . The grinding middle class tyranny to which the working classes of France ' are subjected is to w furthir strengthened by a new and _infameas law , introduced into the Chamber of Peers oh Monday last .

      The bill provides for the establishment in all manufactories , workshops ; Ac , of stamped books , delivered by government , containing an account of each workman ' _sage , labour , conduct , & a _, and which are called limits . By the bill in question no workman can leave his employment without having ' received his livret from his former master regularly filled up , and if a manufacturer take a workman who cannot produce & livret , ' ue is liable to a fine , and the workman himself is liable to imprisonment . The discussion was proceeding on Tuesday . The Minister ofthe Interior presented en Monday a project of law , demanding l , 000 , 000 f . for secret serviee purposes . '

      _; GERMANY . The Grand Duke of Saxe _Gotha had assembled the states on the 1 st inst ., for the first time since his accession _, to the throne . The most important passage in the discourse from the throne is that wherein the Duke manifests a desire te give a constitution to the country mere in _confermity to the wishes of the people than that at present in force . The King of Hanover has resolved to convoke the estate of the king * dom , and fixed the 24 th of February for their meeting . _• ¦' ¦ .

      ITALY . M . Ricnzi , one ofthe leaders iii the Rimini insurrection , has beengiven up to the _Popo , by the government of Tuscany . Letters from Florence of the 27 th ult . state , that his extradition had caused a very unfavourable impression . Placards had been posted up in the streets ef Florence denouncing death against the Ministers . The Grand Duke _. _riaihly affected by those demonstrations , had left for La Maremma , a district situate along the Mediterranean , where he Was Still OU tke 27 th . _ThsAugtbtirg Gazette of tho 2 nd , states that the polico of . Tuscany have arrested , at Leghorn , a coffee-house ; _keeper , in whose house they found a correspondence . with _thacoaepirators ofthe Romagna . Several * other , arrests were made after this discovery ..: The same-journal states that a police agent has been assassinated at _Aheona ,

      SWITZERLAND . According to the latest accounts from the canton of Berne , the population had declared , by an immense majority , in favour of the convocation of a constituent assembly . The excitement was very great ; trees of liberty had been planted on differeat points . Muller , the murderer of M . LeU | was executed at Lucerne on the 31 st ult _.

      POLAND . Intkhdbd Destruction of ihb last Vestioes of Anciknt Pound . —Polish _Frohtiers , Januabt' 20 . —The kingdom of Poland is to undergo the following alterations : —First , the frontier line between Poland and Russia is to be effaced in the course of this year . Secondly , between this and the 1 st of Jan ., 1847 , ail persons in office must be able to speak the Russian language , and every one who in this sense has not learned to speak it well enough to transact the business of-his office in Russian , will be dismissed . 3 . The government intend entirely to abolish the Vice-royalty of Pohnd , and to make the country , under another name , a Russian province , and thus to efface all traces of ancient Poland . —Silesian Journal . —[ Sueh is to be the work ef Queen Victoria ' s ally ; the monster worshipped by the base English aristocracy . The miscreant will fail . There is an indestructibility in Poland whioh will resist even these damnable measures of the scoundrelly Czar . ]

      RUSSIA , The people ef the Russian provinces bordering on Prussia are bo much exasperated , th . it even the axe of execution suspended over their heads cannot prevent them from desperate struggles . The army sympathises partly with the people ; riots are breaking out ; several regiments ef Lithuania positively refused to obey the order of joining the army of the Caucasus , where Russia carries a war against the Tschercassiatis , _unequalled in history on account of its folly as well as ot its barbarities .

      MEXICO . . Counter _Rstoiution . —Another revolution has taken place in this unfortunate country , the troops of San Louis PotoBi having raised the standard of revolt and declared against the existing Government , in favour of General Paredes , who was , by the accounts received by the courier at Vera Cruz on the 1 st January , within five or six leagues of Mexico , and expected to enter next day . Tampico pronounced for him on the 21 st , and Vera Cruz on the 23 rd . Jalapa and Puebla , with all Mexico , were expected to follow , the capital having dene the tame on the 30 th December , at two a . m . Tho movement as yet has been entirely military , the civil authorities quietly giving in wherever the troops pronounced . General Pareues will be required to assume the reins of government until a Congress can be called to decide upon a new constitution . It is thought by some that a monarchy for Mexico is not far distant . War against Texas is one of the principal points .

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      THE WAR IN INDIA . REPORTED VICTORIES OF THE BRITISH . We understand that the mail from India , which arrived yesterday , has brought no letters or despatches from the Governor-General . It is known , however , from the most unquestionable authority , that the advanced guard of the British army was attacked , on the evening of the 18 th of December , by the Sikh troops , The enemy was repulsed , and driven back for upwards of three miles , with the loss of seventeen pieces of eannon . This affair occurred at Moodkee , a place about twenty-two miles to the north-east of Ferozepore . The next day the British troops advanced towards Ferozepore , and , having opened a communication with Sir John Littler , who commanded at that post , and having been joined by the corps under that officer , attacked the enemy ' s intrenched position at four o ' clock in the afternoon of the 21 st , , The first line of intrenchments was carried ; but the night was so dark that further onerationB were

      suspended . At daylight on the 22 nd the second line of _vntrenenments was attacked , and all the enemy ' s defences were in half an hour 'taken in reverse , and the guns captured . On the afternoon of the 22 nd the enemy advanced with their infantry , and hordes of camels carrying swivels , for the purpose of retaking the guns they had previously lost . AU the attacks , however , which they made were repulsed ; and after a cannonade , which had no result , they withdrew , and retired to a place called Sultankhanwalla , about ten miles from Ferozepore , where they had . still some heavy artillery . The British army would be joined by two battalions of native infantry , which were not in the previous actions , and the enemy's position at Sultankhanwalla was to be attacked on the 24 th . Mo accounts have been received of the specific loss on either side , nor is the name of any officer mentioned . The captured guns amounted to sixty-fire counted , and there were some more in a village on the British right .

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      LONDON . National _Ahti-Uimtu Association . —The general committee of this Association met at the Parthtnium , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , on Monday evening , February 9 th . Mr . W . Cuftay in the chair . Messrs . W , Shaw and Fidge attended as a deputation from the Philanthropic _Emergency Society , held at th * Standard of Liberty , Bricklane , to tender the assistance of that body . Many memburs were enrolled , and a considerable sum of money received . It was unanimously resolved , " That this meeting stand adjourned until this day three weeks ; and that if an emergency arise , the managers shall be empowered to convene the meetiug at an earlier date . " Members can be daily enrolled at Mr . Wheeler ' s , 7 , Crown-court , _Deun-atreet ; at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , Spitalfields ; and at numerous other places in town and country .

      _Sohesb Town . —On Sunday evening last , a numerously attended meetiug was held at the Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonbridge-street , _New-road , Mr . Charles Hall in the chair . Mr . John Arnott was unanimously elected a delegate , te act in conjunction with the Executive on tha Exile Restoration Committee . After which Mr . Thos . Clark , of the Executive , delivered an able lecture on " The political writings of the immortal Thomas Paine . " The lecture wae receired with much enthusiasm , and giTC the greatest satisfaction ; many present expressing their opinion that it was the best , most edifying , and most in . _ttructive lecture they had ever heard ,

      ' OLDHAM . On Sunday last Mr . J . R . Cooper lectured in the _ichool-room of the Working Man ' s Hall .

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      _BANKROm . [ from the _Gtztttt of Friday , February IS / A . ] James Young , Salcott , Essex shipowner . —William Chessor , Commereial-road , Stepney , coopw . —William Sibion _Alderton , _Chancery-laue , stesl _pen-manufac tur « .- ~ Robert _Ksnt , Aldsnbam , Hertfordshire , licensed victualler . — _Gsrge Prentice , Tollesbury , Essex , fishmonger . —Thomas Reynolds , Cow _Cross-street , cheesemonger . — Eichard _Widea Cronk , Seal , Kent , grocer . — Frederick Jones , Canterbury , wine-merchant . _—Charlss Oswald Robsou , _Finsbury-strost , plasterer . — Charles James Baker and Edward James Eastwood , London , warehousemen . —Robert Lambert , _Lirerpool , manufacturing chemist . —John Ron auu Enoen Burton , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , flour dealers . _—Heury Moore Navlor , Birmingham , haberdasher . — Gilbert Brown , Shiffuall , Shropshire , banker . —Richard _Lawis , _Wootton-undsr-Edge , Gloucestershire , _woollsn-manufacturer . —William Bradley , Leeds , _flax-sphvuer . — William Holdswotth , Birstail , Yorkshire , flour dealer .

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      • ¦• < : _¦'•¦ _MAKSIONWUSB , Monpat _. _—FoBOEai . —A young '• man named Louis Phillips , who was _Btatsd to be known In very respectable society , was brought before Alderman _Farebrothsr , charged with having forged the acceptance to a bill of exchange for £ 97 . Mr . Mullins , of the fiim of Bush aad Mullins , solicitors to the committee of bankers for protection against forgeries and frauds , attended for the proseeution . Mr . F . Sorton _, clerk to Messrs , Preseott ani Groto , bankers , produced the bill of exchange , whieh purported te be the acceptance of Messrs . _firsyburst and Co ., of 128 , Regent-street , and stated tbat Mr . Preseott discounted it for Mr . Aaron Lyon Michael , a _gentlsman who cashed at the house . The bill appeared noted , and was _marked as a forgery . It was drawn by tha prisoner . Mr . A . L . Michael stated that the prisoner gave bim the bill , and that it was discounted at the banking-house ; that he had seen the prisoner write , and was convinced that the name ofthe drawer was written by the prisoner . Two similar charges were preferred against the _prisoner , who was remanded till Monday next ;

      ; ' GUILDHALL . _ToESDAr . _—PicirocEWS . — Two lads named John _Rixbn and William Lawson , were charged with stealing a purse , containing rings and other articles , of the value of _* 10 , from Mrs . _Collis , of _Cross-street , _Hatton-gardsa . —Mrs . Gollis stated , that oh Saturday week , as she was passing through Long-lane , in the afternoon , she noticed two lads walking close to her , and shortly after received information from the son of a tradesman in Long . lane that her pocket had been picked of a purse , the colour of whieh he described . He went in pur 6 » ut , ahd in consequence of his information , a third boy , who resided in Field-lane , was apprehended in the evening . On the following morning an overture was made to her husband , who ls a glass-dealer , and of the Hebrew faith , by a per .

      son ot the same persuasion , that it was probable the property could be obtained on payment of £ 3 . Mr . Collis refused to pay a farthing . On the next morning , however , the purse with its contents ( except a sovereign ) was thrown into the shop . While the young * woman ' who was in the place at the time was looking about to ascertain what had been thrown in , the party who threw it in got clear off . The boy who was in custody _atHhat time was committed to Bridewell , being known to the police _. With respect to the two prisoners at the bar , she fully recognised Lawson as one of the two who were walking behind her . —John Succomb , the son of a saddler , in Long . lane , stated ' that he was standing at his father ' s door , and saw Lawson pick the lady ' s pocket . The other prisoner was with Mm , and they runaway together . — Committed for trial .

      . CLERKENWELL . MoHDAT . —Atiempi at ViotATiOK . —Two boys , named Holland and Slater , were charged with attempting to violate the person . of Mary Brown , aged 16 . The girl , who looked exceedingly ill , deposed that she had been in service for the list two years , and returned home on Sa . turday last to her mother ' s dwelling , in the Colonnade , Brunswick-square , On the previous night , about nine o ' clock , she was standing near her own door , when the prisoners _t & ine up and entered into chat with her . They asked her to take a glass with them , and _atter some pressing she went into a public house hard by , where they gave her & _gUvw of % v & . _Ihty _thMttooli her into another public house ia _Wilmot-street , and she could recollect no more until she found herself oil a stretcher

      at the _workhouse-gate . A young man named Wilson deposed tbat about eleven o ' clock on the , previous night he heard cries proceeding from a saw-pit in a field near Camden town , and on approaching it the prisoners ran uway . Witness pursued and overtook Slater , whe said it was only his sister . _Witasss went back to the saw-pit , after having given Slater into custody , and there saw . the prosecutrix lying at the bottom of ' the saw-pit . There was half a feet of water in tbe pit , in which she was lying , her head imbedded in tha mud . She was nearly naked , hsr clothes which appeared to have been torn off , were lying in the water beside her . She was quite insensible , and did not knew what had happened . She w » b moved , on a stretcher to the workhouse . Other evidence was given confirmatory of the above , and the case was remanded for the attendance ofthe surueon .

      Tuebdai . —Tub _Gekn-Eud _Mosstbu—Ann Cater was fined ten shillings and coats , fer having committed a vislent assault upon Matilda Blaekwell , of Focoek ' _sfields , Llington , The parties were neighbours , and in consequence of jealousy the defendant waylaid the aomplainant in _Barnsbury-park _, and With other persons maltreated her . BioAur . —Samuel West Alabaster , master baker , of _Ray-street , Clerkenwell , was committed for trial on the charge of having intermarried with _. Martha Clark , whilst his first wife was living .

      MARYLEBONE . T obsdat , —Important to Seevants . —Samuel Bailey , footman to tbe Rev . Dr . Spranger , 30 , Green-street , _Grosvenor-square , was brought up by inspeetor Tedman and _Hardmsk _, oftbe D division , on a warrant , aud placed at the bar , charged under the S 2 nd Geo . Ill ,, cap . 56 , sec . 4 , with having obtained a situation at the residence ef Jas . Durham , Esq ., 74 , Glousester-place , _Portman-square , by means ofa false character , for which offence he had rendered himself amtnable to a penalty of £ 20 , or three months' imprisonment , _Theprisoner did not deny the offence charged against him . The full penalty ef £ 20 was inflicted , and in default of payment he was committed .

      LAMBETH . _TrjESDir , _—Tdb Ciurge or Attempted _Muaoia . — Frederick Mun too , a master tailor , who bas been twice before examined on a charge of cutting his wife's throat , was again placed at the bar . Inspector Collier deposed that he had seen Mrs . Muntoa at ber own request that morning , and she appt-ared to him not only in an unfit state to _appsar and give evidence , but that it was very doubtful whether she ever should . H « r voice was so feeble that she could only speak in a whisper but she distinctly said in his presenee that she had committed the act herself . She alto seemed desirous to say something more , but appeared so weak as to be unable to do so . Mr , Otway , surgeon , and Mr . Mason , another medical gentleman , said that Mrs . Munton was going on

      favourably . . Mr . Mason said it was bis impression tbat Mrs . Munton had inflicted tlie wound herself . Harriet Casper said that on Tuesday week she . went to attend to Mrs . Munton , aud atter being with bar a short time , Mrs . Munton told hsr tbat she had committed the act herself . She said that on the Sunday morning , about a quarter past eight o'elock , she got out , and was proceeding to the kitchen to light the fire , aud prepare breakfast , when afte met a dark figure , who told hsr to cut her throat . She _passsd into the kitchen , and seeing her husbaud ' _s razor on the _mantle-shslf , she opened it , and commenced cutting her throat there . This witness , upon being questioned by Mr . Henry , admitted that Mrs , Munton might

      hare bsen besa _waadsrine ia her mind at the time she made this statement , Mr , Collier observed , that it was very improbable , indftd , that Mrs . Munton had committed any wouud upon herself in the kitshen , as there were no marks of blood there . Mr . Henry ultimately _remanded the prisoner for a week , observing that the death of tha motker . _iu . law of the prisoner ( see our . ' report of Accidents , Inquests , _ite . ) , who was the most important witnets , would make a considerable difference in the case . He consented to accept bail , two sureties iu £ 200 each , and the prisoner himself in double that sum , with twenty-four hours'notice of the _solvency of the parties offering themselves as sureties .

      SOUTHWARK . _Mohdat . —Chaboe of _Mansiaughtbb , —Samuel Colebaek , a sailor belonging to tha Mary sloop , of Goole , was brought before Mr . Bingham , charged with causing the death of Thomas Townley , a seaman—William Kidd , landlord of the Vine public-house , in Vine-yard , Tooleystrett , stated that on Saturday night the prisoner and the deceased were la his house , and left it a little after twelve o ' clock . They , however , bad searcely got into the street when he ( witness ) , hearing a noise , went outside , and saw the men _fightiag . He saw them fall down together , and the last time the prisoner ' s antagonist was unable to rise without assistance , and whim ha was raised up he appeared to be in a dying state . A policeman was then called , and Townley was conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , where on examination it was discovered that he was quite dead , —The prisoner , a stoat-built sailor , said that he had uo recollection ot what took place on tht _occasion . —He was remanded .

      Chauoe of _Kidhaffinq a Chiid . —Jane Wilson was plaeed at the bar , charged on suspicion of _kidnappiag a little girl , aad taking her about _towa far the purpose of exacting cosapassion . —A gentleman named Daries , tn _pasjing along the Borough that morning , had his attention arrested on seeing the prisoner chastising a little girl , a oraole , of interesting ' appearance , The witness approached the place where the parties were standing _, and the moment the child saw bim , she ran to biai for protection , and said the woman who was beating her was not her mother , but had taken her away from her home , and that she ( tho child ) did not wish to remain with her

      any longer , Tbe witness questioned the prisoner , who claimed the child as her own offspring , and said , although there was such a difference in the colour of their skin yet that they were mother and daughter ; and sajiug this she snatched the child up in her arms , and Was making a _hasiy _rstreat _, when she was _pursusd and given _idto _eustody . —The child said the prisoner was not her parent , but that she had been living with her for some time , and did not wish to stop any longer from her owa mother—Theprisoner declared the child was her own , and ac . counted for the difference in their complexions bsaying

      y tbat it was the illegitimate offspring of a man of colour with whom she ( prisoner ) formerly lived—that the man referrtd to had since left her and the child and had gone eff to his owa country , and tha * she was compelled to _maintain them herself by selUng lueifer matches . about the stmts . —The vhtid , however , still said the prisoner was not her mother , and as there appeared to be eon . siderable doubt with regard to the accuracy oi tho _prisonsr ' s account , directions were given t o make the _neesssary inquiries in order to obtain a cwe _^ _&( dil _ eovery of the real parents of the child ;

      _TussDAr . — _Wobsiuoosb Revolt . — _Ehoiishhbh _Pbaiiijo to aa skht to Gaoi . —No less than twenty _, fiveyoang mea , termed " oasual poor , " were brought before Mr . Cottingham , fifteen of thtm charged with M . _fasmg tci pick th . fibre ot the cocoa-nut , and _theremaiiiderforrenismg te work at the pump , in St . Saviour ' s Union Workhouse , in retura for their night's lodging and breakfast next morning . It WM pr 0 _Ttd that on tke admission of the defendants on the precsding night thev all agreed to perform four hours' work severally from seven n the morning _. tmta eleven a . h ., for the acsommo .

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      _datioa and foad afforded them . When they got up the next morning , _and ' _aftw they were provided with 6 oe . of bread and * pint of gruel _| each , ' they refused to ' p erform' the * We work , and were therefore given _. into Custody . In reply to the magistrate ' s interrogations , it appeared that all the defendants had come up from various parts of the country in quest of work , but being disappointed in pro . ' curing any , they were reduced to their present destitute condition . The grounds * of their refusing to work at the _oocoa-mit picking aid at the pump in the work _, house were , that some of them wanted to proceed towards their homes in the country when they got up in the morning , and thatthe accommodation and food they got were of the , very worst and ' scantiest description , * Mr , Cottingham said that the ' defendants having . agreedto the _tw-ms on which they were admitted , they ought to

      have performed the work . He added that they had all rendered themselves liable to a month ' s imprisonment ; but as the majority of them were strangers at that work _, house , he should only select three out of the number , and commit them for ten days each to the House of Correction , as they were perfectly cognisant ofthe rules of the workhouse . Upon hearing the decision , most of tbe other de . _fendanta who were included in the list ofthe discharged , expressed their disappointment , and said they wished to be sent to gaol , for they _' eould not return to their native places , having to walk back , some from sore feet , and others from bodily illness ; and that tbey pr » I » rred the gaol to the workhouse . The magistrate , however , would not accede to the ' wishes of the unfortunate mea , who were then setat liberty , and they were again thrown upon their own resources / to wander about the streets in a ragged and starving condition . -

      • _Wsdmbsdai . _—Lovblt WOMAN . —A woman named _Bressenden , the wife ofa tradesman ia the vicinity of this court , applied to Mr , Cottingham under tbe following circumstantes : —The applicant stated that about three weeks ago Bhe was _cammitttd from this court for assault ing and threatening the life of her husband , in default of procuring the necessary sureties for keeping the peace _. That she was discharged by proclamation that day , and her object in making the present application was to ascer . tain whether the magistrate could not compel her hus . band to support her , as she was destitute , and incapable of procuring her own livelihood . Mr . Cottingham , in reply to the application , said that he recollected the occasion upon which the applicant was brought before him ; and that in the course of the investigation that then took place her husband had adduced proof of hot haring committed trim , eon . ' Under such circumstances it waa

      uot compulsery upon her husband to maintain her . The applicant became very excited , and deelared that if her husband refused to maintain her how that she came out ef gaol , she would proceed to his bouse and maim him for life . She then quitted the court in a hurry . Mr . Edwin , the ; chief clerk , on perceiving the great excite . ment in which the . applicant . want away , thought it necessary to dispatch a policeman to her husband ' s house , to prevent her from carrying her . threats into execution _. When the policeman arrived there , he found that the applicant had a short time previously rushed into the presence of her husband , and was proceeding fo acts of violence , when she was taken into custody and brought up to this oourt , The husband , who seemed to be very much alarmed ; having deposed that he went in danger from the threats uttered against him by the defendant , she was accordingly held to bail , and in default was again committed to the county gaol .

      WORSHIP STREET . Wednisdat—An Ibish Assacit—Timothy Tobin , a _rough-leoking Irishman , was charged with having assaulted Mary Cochrane , a married woman , liring in King _, street , Spitalfields . From the evidence of the prosecutrix , it appeared that about six o ' clock on the morning of the 13 th ult ., her husband went out to his daily labour , soon after which she was aroused from sleep by the _intrusion into her bed of a strange man , whom she afterwards discovered to be the prisoner . She instantly raised an outcry , and endeavoured to eseape from the prisoner , who had seised hold of her throat , declaring that he would strangle her if she offered any resistance , and in spite of her struggles he forcibly effected his purpose Theprisoner then hastily left the house , and succeeded in eluding pursuit until Monday last , when a policeman , who had received information of th * outrage , accidentally encountered bha in the street , and took him into custody . Tbe prisoner was committed for trial .

      THAMES . Monday . Thb Captaw akb ma _Lapikb . —Two young woman , named Kate _bilking and Eliza Kanet , were charged , the first with stealing , and the latter with receiving £ 119 , the property of Captain Davis , the master of the _Oralio . Though the prosecutor did not appear , Inspector _Donsgan suggested ; tbat it might be desirable to bear the case as far as it could be carried . It appeared the captain met the woman Wilkins , and went with her to a house in George-street , _Tower-hill , where he went to sleep . About twelve o'clock at night , when ha awoke , he missed a cheque for £ 113 and five pounds in gold and silver .

      A constable , accompanied by , the captain and the servant of the house where the money was missed , went in pursuit of Wilkins ; and on Saturday traced her to No . 5 , Plumbers-street , Commercial-road , where she and the other prisonerhad taken lodgings . On searching the room , although their bed consisted of only a little straw , nine pouRds were found in their apartment . Whilst taking them to the station-house the captain gave them the slip , nor had the constable seen him since , though he had promised to be in attendance to prosecute . The constable had been several times to the ship , but no one- on board knew of his whereabout , The _prisomrs were remanded , tbat further evidence might be procured .

      _Tuibdai . —Workhouse _Rbbbluon .-Thomas Wilson , Charles Wood , and Wm . Arnold , were charged with refusing to perform tbe " two . pound task , " in return for a night ' s lodging and a breakfast , at the Mile-end workhou 6 e , —Mr . Simon " , the master of the workhouse , said the prisoners were casual _paupsra , and presented themselves as such on Monday night . They were provided with a night ' s lodging and the usual breakfast in the morning . They were required to pick two pounds of oakum , which they refused to do . They cursed the guardiaus , and aiacUmax cvw & td tha _Poar Law Cototb ' ib . sioners themselves . Mr . Simons added , tbat since the froBty weather set ia the number of casual paupers had greatly increased , and on Monday sight as many as 160 of them claimed admission . —Mr . Broderip sentenced the prisoners to 14 days' imprisonment and hard labeur ,

      WAKDSWORTH . _Mondat—Atmhfted Suicidb . — Amelia M _* Dougal Pringle , a young woman about _twenty-cight years of age , was brought up again for examination upon a charge of attempting self-destruction , by throwing herself into fhe Seven Island * Pond , _Wandaworth-common . On the morning ofthe ISth of January the defendant waB found floating in the above-mentioned pond , and taken out by some labourers on tbe South Western Railway , and conveyed in aa apparently dead state to the Wandsworth Union , where , however , the judicious treatment of the master and matron restored her to life , On the 27 th ult . she was brought bsfore Mr . Clire , and her answer to the charge was , that she had been three years in the service of Mr . Rankin , on the Common ; that about four

      months since she . left to marry a plasterer , who deceived her in his circumstances , and haring expended what money she had , and pawned her clothes , she determined upon destroying herself . She also accused her husband of having tried to persuade her to cut her throat by eiving her an open razor , and bidding her to kneel down and do it . She was remanded , that the lady of the furnished room she and her husbaud had occupied , might attend and speak to the husband ' s conduct . ' On Monday week Eliiabeth Singer , of 51 , _Praed-street , Paddington , proved tbat the defendant had lodged at her house for three months , during which time she had thrice attempted to destroy herself ; once with poison , the next time with a rope , aud the last time with a razor ; she did not eon . . sider that the husband was to blame , he gave her nearly ' all bis wages" when in work . She considered defendant ; of a very desponding nature . Other witnesses were ealled 1 and proved that prior to the defendant ' s marriage , she i

      had been ofa happy and cheerful disposition . The hus- - band said he would do bis best to support her , and Mr . * . Itankin authorised police constable Daley , 127 V , to State that he would _tuka hsr back Into tl » aerrice if the hue . ; . band was not permitted to eome near her . The defen- idant was again remanded for the attendance of the te medical officer ef the union to speak to her state of mind , ? , —Dr . Connor stated that the defendant was , although -b labouring under no delusion , decidedly depressed ia ia mind , and he considered naturally inclined to melan- aeholy . —Police constable Daley said that Mr , Rankin was as still desirous to restive the defendant back into his _svr- _rvicejand she having expressed her wish to return , Mr , _tr , Clive , after addressing the defendant in the most feeling _ug mauntr , and pointing out to her the enormity of her ier offence , said he would return her into the hands of a a good master , and trusted that she would regain her cheer , er . fulness—The defendant was than discharged .

      Tuxsdai . —Anom « Wo » s : aor / si Revolt . —Eight _» ht _wretched-looking individuals , charged with refusing to t to work , were brought from the Wandsworth Union , Lowe , we , the _portsr , having proved that the prisoners had had had their supper , bed , and breakfast , and then refused to work . & rk . When the prisoners were called upon for their defence , ace , one of them complained that there was no glass , or , or ' . _£ , \ * _"l' ¦ f _*?* » aow frames , and that they _wirewrei almost perished with eold . Mr . Clive asked if this _staH-taHment was true . Th e porter admitted that the windowalowa in heth wards were broken , but they were to be _mendedudsd ..

      In the _msantime there was a bis of rug nailed up to _kespkespi the « old out . Mr . Clive observed that as breaking th « g thai windows ofthe casual wards had become a matter of sucbsucbi eonstant _recurreace _, he should hare thought that erftt _eres new _agraiiag would have been fixed to preserve thenvbenv He was desirous of knowing how these wards _weoweru warmed . The porter replied that there were two fire * fire . places , but no fires . The inmates were , however , sup , sup _^ plied with three rugs each . Mr . Clive said , under _ordiordii nary _circamstances , he should have had no _hesitatiojtatioii in convicting the prisoners and sentencing each of then thtm to a month ' s imprisonment , but when he found that suet _sudl

      gross neglect existed , that windows were _allowsd ( as Was hi had been givem to understand ) to remain unmended foed fo > _aearly a fortnight , and that the comforts of these _psoplpsopll were ia other respects neglected , he should inflict no pi » o pint _ishment , hut discharge the prisoners .

      Wt At Tat Fruited, By Dougal M'Gowan, Of Is, Great Wlndmlladmlll

      _wt at tat Fruited , by DOUGAL M ' GOWAN , of IS , Great Wlndmlladmlll

      •» , Aiaymarlcet, La The City Of Westmin...

      •» , _Aiaymarlcet , la the City of Westminster , u , un Office , in the same Street aad Parish , for the Free Prcc pnetor , _FJGAROUB O'COKHOR , Esq ., and _publuhebluhen by _WiuiAK HawiTT ,: of . Ro . 18 , _Charles-street , Brai Bran _don-sareet , Walworth , in She Parish of St . Mary , Ne _» f , Ke _« _. ington , ratheComnty of Surrey , at the , Office , Ro . lflo . ly . Great' _Windraill-strest , Hajma » _ketf ' iu the ' . City City " Westminster . ' ' . " ' , " _" '' " ' _Satarday , _Fobraary 14 , 1816

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 14, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_14021846/page/8/