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      " And I mil war , at least ia words , ( And—should my ch & _nte so happen—deeds , ) With all who war with Thought !" ¦< I think I hear a little bird , who sings Ihe people by and by Trill be the stronger . " _—Braex . THE GREAT PRUSSIAN REVOLUTION

      PROJECTOR . From the articles which hare o f late appeared in this paper on German affairs , our readers _vrill have beenpreparcdto regard with no ordinary interest the progress of that struggle in Prussia between the people aud despotism , which daily assuming a more threatening aspect , evidently is hastening to a crisis , in which the democratic principle will be beaten tack , or kingly despotism be overthrown . The Prussian king seems determined te bring on that crisis without further delay , and , however much we _raay question his wisdom , we must admit his boldness ia provoking a combat In which it is morally certain he will be vanquished . But kings are fools—the _lessons of history are written in vain for them ; and his Prussian king-ship is just now exhibiting another illustration of the " great fact , " that " those vhoni the gods devote to destruction thev first drive mad . "

      Projectors of various schemes have lately astonished the world with their maguificent designs as regards railways , balloons , life-assurance societies , and death-assurance inventions , but of all the projectors of the present day , thegreat Prussian Revolution Projector bids fair to take the lead . Even Kixg Hudson will have no chance against King _Freoeuick . Month by month , week by week , we have been assured by the German , French , and English papers that the liberal ally of Queen Victoria was about to gladden the hearts of his people , and redeem his father ' s honour , pledged in 1813 , l » y giving to Prussia a constitution which the royal wisdom had devised , and which onl y the royal wisdom could hare manufactured . One

      _newspaperuriter vouched for the fact , thatthe government clerks were employed day and night in perfecting the constitution , and arranging for its working ; another equally Terarious journalist declared that the constitution was fuilyperfected , and , though locked up in the King ' s writing-desk , would be forthcoming at the proper time , which proper time was at hand . Europe stood open-mouthed , _ganing to behold the expected prodigy ; when , lo ! instead of the promised constitution , bursting like Pallas from , the head of the Prussian Jove , we have the birth of an uglv monster , which Sin and Death might have manufactured between them in the depths of Milton ' s Hell . In onr Summary of tke week ' s news ( page 5 ) will be found a statement often demands which had

      teen made by the Diet cf the provinces of Prussia to the government ; and the answers . _Amongst their other demands the Diet require tbe * ' meeting of the states general , and proclamation of a constitution for the whole kingdom . " The King answers : — "The Diet , in their address of March io , 1845 , having expressed their confidence in the promise which we made in 1813 relative to the development of their constitution , we do not see why they make mention of the petitions addressed to _tiietn on this subject . We thank the minority for having shown the inutility of such a proceeding . " It is difficult to determine whether folly or insolence preponderates in this precious reply . The limes wehV says , — "This language evinces such childish ignor-1

      ance of the first rights of the people , of the very nature of petitions , and of the relative position of a majority and a minority , that we tremble at the idea that the mat who talk to tin provincial estates of Prussia in such p hrases as tlds , may ere long have to render an account to tlie representatives of an incensed nation . " The Diet demanded " publicity of the discussions of the Diet , within certain limits . " The answer of tiie King is , — " Wc r efuse to comply with the prayer of tins petition . " The Diet requests the government "to communicate to the Diets at least sis weeks before the opening of the session the propositions whichthe government wishes to brins : forward . " The King answers , " We shall communicate lo the Diets snch propositions as we please , and when we think it advisable . " The Diet request the government " to reduce the amount of ten years of territorial possession , required as one of the

      conditions of ekgibility for the representatives ol towns is the Diets , and in general to increase the circle of eligibility in towns . " The lung ' s answer is , " Peremptory refusal . " _ All these demands are moderate enough " in all conscience , and the replies to them are choice specimens of monarchical insolence . The Diet next ask for a little more liberty for the pressthey do not venture to ask for the real , unfettered , unshackled freedom of the press , the most sacred _privilege of civilised and educated nations ; all they ask for is the " Reform of the legislation relative to the press , and less severity in the censorship . " The King answers , the _ press certainly does need some amelioration , bnt in a contrary sense to that of the petitioners , the intention of the government being to still further restrict its rights and crush its power ! Here is the answer of the Prussian revolution

      projector : — The complaints of the petitioners are anything hut well founded . The press , in feet , needs an amelioration , but only to prevent in a more efficient manner the transgression ofthe limits wliich are imposed on it , in the interest of pubh ' c order and of the reputation of private individuals . The Prussian people say to the Kin ? , " Thy father made our yoke grievous ; now , therefore , make thou the grievous service of thy father , and tlie heav : yoke which he put upon ns , lighter , and we will serve ihee . " But behold the Prassian _Rehobohau

      answers— My father made your yoke heavy , and I xill add to your vole : my father also chastised you with whips , but 1 mil chastise you with scorpions . " " It needs no prophet ' s mantle to enable ns to predict the rejoinder ofthe Prussian people , which -will ere 1 _« 5 ring through Europe— "Whatportlouhavewe ia the house of _Hohsszoller ? Neither have we _in-Ji . Tiiance in the son of Frederick , ' the plcihrcbrcaker . ' To your Tents , 0 Germany '" The Prussian despot ' s answers " above set forth have excited no little sensation in this country . The _Mmdng Clcroakle , the representative of the Whigs and other liberal humbugs , deplores , we dare say sxcerely too , the king ' s answers , and predicts serious _consequences therefrom . "The King of Prussia and h : s advisers , " says the Cltmnde , "are engaged in a _Ticious system—heavy loss to themselves , and disonler amongst thepeople must be the result of their present policy . "

      The limes , the great "leading journal" of Europe , still more emphaticallv denounces the Prussian King ' s answers as _«« rash , " " irritating , " " unwise , " " unjust , " " ridiculous , " and " insolent . " The following extract from the limes article will be read with deep interest by our readers , both in Britain and on the continent : — It signifies little whether Prussia has or has not a constitution at this moment ; lint it is certain that the people of Prussia form a nation conscious of their stron _«» th , and _sf their rights , and more attached to the throne by the hope of constitutional liberty under the auspices of an

      enlightened Prince , than by the traditions of passive obedience to his progenitors . To reply to such a people in such language as tliat which we borrow from the State _Gazette , of Berlin , 5 s to dash that hope to the ground , aud to give the _sigad for very different modes of _popidur supplication or remonstrance . We heartily trust tliat the temper and forbearance of the Germans may _preserre them from t _' je dreadful calamity of intestine convulsions ; but a Court which can reply in such a strain as this to tlie just and united claims of tlie people it governs , <«< : « at signal of a violent reaction , and by delaying reform it < _sec-leritte _ric-Aulfon . The meeting of the States of Prussia nould have been three or four years ago an event of little more

      tlian ordinary importance ; but after the resistance which has been offered to it by the Court , and the suspicions now prevailing in the public mind , tlie _mscting of _socli a hody in Vie _cspitalo / Prussia would be scarcely Uss portentous than ¦ tlie _eoneoeatwu of He £ lu ! s Ghihawx , of Franee in _YlSt . It must be confessed tliat the historical parallels wliich are _Sigsestedto the mind by the present aspect ofaflairsin Prussia , belong to thegloomiest periods of tlie history of Europe , and to the lives of themost rash and unfortunate _piinces , whose first fault was to have forfeited the conii--dence of their subjects by disappointing the hopes wliich _iad shed a . brilliant lustre on the commencement cf their _-restK-ctive reigns .

      Louis _Puilhte _, who was raised io the throne of France by a revolution , and p laced at the head of tbe French nation as the representative of revolutionary principles , by clever treachery , not only defrauded France out of the legitimate fruits of the " three days" victory , and placed a yoke npon his -countrymen more galling than that which in the July revolution they cast from them ; he also , by his successful opposition to democratic principles , made himself the grand conservator of all the thrones in Europe , and his death , whenever it takes place , will cause fear and trembling in every cabinet . On the other hand , Frederick Wiixum IV ., raised to the _Prussian throne as the successor of his father , and the natural representative of leritiraaev , is , bv

      his insane doings , hastening the explosion wliich the i craftiness of Lons _Phiuppe alone has staved oif | hitherto . The Prussian King must not _suppose , j that because Louis Phiuppe has been successful in ! coercing the French , that , therefore , lie will he _cqwallv ' successful in keeping down the Germans . Frederick William is anything but an Ulvsses , and in his struggle against revolutionary principles he Is much more likely to imitate the fate of the elder than the younger Bourbon—Chables X . than Locis l _uiupi-E . It « not at all improbable that , even before the death of Lons Phiuppe , the strife of nations against their tyrants will commence , aud if so , it will be the Prussian King who will « ivc the signal of conflict .

      We are not at all sorry at tbe course taken by the Prussian King , on the contrary , wc are verv glad and we would advise the friends of democracv throughout Europe to express to the Revolution Projector then * delig ht at tke course he is pursuing . Let him persevere , and not only will the Germans insist upon bavins a full and real reform . —a very dif-

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      ferent sort of reform to that just refused—bnt all Europe will speedily be engaged in the straggle—the struggle of the people against class-despotism . No doubt the Prussian King relies upon Austrian and Russian help to aid him , if need be , against his people ; bnt he will find these but broken reeds to lean upon . The rising of Girmany against the Prussian despotism , and the consequent interference ofthe Austrian and Russian tyrannies , would be the signal for a general uprising . Italy , Hungary , and the many other countries trampled upon b y Austria

      , would give that leaden despotism plenty of work to do . The Russian Autocrat would not only have Poland in arms against hiui , and _Senium , and his Circassians retaliating the blows struck at them ; even in Russia itself smothered disaffection would _bnrsfc out and involve the Russian empire in conflagration . Nor is this all ; if the war of principles had commenced in Germany , and extended to Italy and Poland , what state would France be in ? and how far would England be off the Charter—or something more ?

      Tue Journeys Of The Czar. [From The Char...

      TUE JOURNEYS OF THE CZAR . [ From the Charivari . ] Fewmen travel—few men have travelled—few men will travel like him . lie wishes to run a raoc against whirlwinds , hurricanes , locomotives , and cabriolets . Ilia greatest happiness is to arrive , no matter where , before—no matter whom . He is the inventor of a new mode of travelling . Have yon ever seen a sovereign travelling ? What a magnificent spectacle ! Carriages drawnby oight steeds ; files of carriages , generals glittering at the coach-doors , lancers before , cuirassiers behind , _carabiners and chasseurs on each side , andpikemen on all . The cortege stops every minute , sometimes to lounge beneath a triumphal arch , sometimes to chat with a county mayor , like a worthy cortege as it is .

      If you are in want of him to lay here and there two or three first-stones , oh . ' for heaven ' s sake , do not trouble yourself ! The cortege is in no hurry ; it will willingly go out of its way . Come , gentlemen , get ready the mallet and the trowel , look over your speeches , the cortege has quite enough time to listen to you . And then , if there is any good old woman in the district , the victim of some act of injustice , or an old soldier refused a pension , must they not be allowed to come and throw themselves at the feet of

      the King , by whom they will be graciously received ! Beneficence brings happiness pn a journey . This is the way in which Kings formerly travelled by short stages , alighting to take refreshments before the door of the notabilities ; breakfasting with the seneschal ; accepting a basket of fruit from the fair hands of the bailiff's niece ; accepting tho offer of supper and a bed beneath the roof of some great lord of the country ; and at length arriving , when they had nothing better to do , at tho chief town of the province .

      Patriarchal manners are beginning to decline most strangely in France and in Europe ; the Czar of Russia has just given them the coup de griue . We would say , however , that it is the Emperor . Nicholas who has placed himself at the head of this revolution ! The Autocrat does not travel ; he passes ; he does not stop ; he encamps : he has visited _Naples in three days , Rome in twenty-four hours , and one day has sufficed him t _» admire the chefs-d ' anwrcs of Florence . It is true that the Emperor travels in military fashion . " Ah , my jolly King of Naples , have you prepared for me a palace I Have yon hung silk curtains before my windows , and laid down soft carpets upon the floor ? I ani about to take you in finely . Orion" ! order three trusses of straw to be prepared ; I mean to make that my bed . To-morrow at my great levee , I shall receive all the grandees of the Neapolitan kingdom .

      The autocrat leaves for Rome ; the old Pope places at his disposal a superb suite of apartments in the Vatican ; Nicholas is conducted thither . " Orloff , what sort of weather is it ? ' * " Too bad , Sire , to turn even a Pole out of doors It snows , it blows , it rains , it whirlwinds , it hurricanes , it waterspouts—it does everything !" " Very good , I shall pass the night npon the breech of a cannon ; follow me to the ramparts . " Nicholas sometimes deigns to sleep in a bed , but then he always keeps his boots on . " Where , Sire , will vou be pleased to sleep tonight ?" " On the battle-field of Pultowa—no ! on second thought * , I prefer the bivouac of _Austerlto . "

      That means , that , instead ofstretchinghimself upon the floor , and sleeping in his cloak , like the King of Sweden , Nicholas will sleep astraddle upon a chair before a stove , like Napoleon . One ofthe manias of this good Czar is to surprise his people . He will always , arrive unexpectedly , and fall like an aerolite upon the noses of his friends . He was expected three months ago at Florence : the Grand Duke of Tuscany was apprised , a grand banquet was prepared , and the authorities were mar shalled at the gates ofthe city .

      The amiable Czar—his boots begrimed with mud , his beard an inch long , and his hair dishevelledpresents himself to the-Grand Duke as he is in the act of curling his old wig . Good morning , dear cousin , how does that do ; not badly ? And you ? Did you not expect me ? Eh!—what a surprise ! I do come to ask you to supper without any ceremony : take pot-luck , everything is good to a soldier . " This is how _' Nicholas arrives . When be departs it is a very different affair . He fulminates eight or ten carriages along different roads ; and clever is he who can guess in which of them the Czar isseated . Fr # ni surprises we fall into mystery , lie wants to make his little noise in Europe , and to imitate the rapidity of _Cassar , Frederick , and Napoleon . Instead of playing the great captain on the high roads , we think it would be far better for the Czar to place himself at the head of his armies , and give Schlamyl and the Circassians a few startling surprises .

      The Lord Mayor And Baby Thieves. It Has ...

      THE LORD MAYOR AND BABY THIEVES . It has not for some time been our good fortune to be called upon to eulogise a lord mayor . We have now exceeding pleasure in acknowledging the wisdom and philanthropy of his present lordship ( the late never gave us a chance ) . A few days since , three boys—mere children—were brought to the Mansion House , charged with stealing a few peas , whereupon his lordship eloquently bemoaned the condition ofthe helpless creatures , who , flung in want and idleness upon the streets of London , became , of course , the vilest thieves . It is their natural growth . They are as much reared for Newgate as many ofthe beautiful babies , taken their morning airings in the parks , are

      reared for hereditary _legislators . Some are born for the House of Lords " , and some for the House of Correction ; and a wise , paternal Government , looks p lacidly on the infant starveling of the street , _^ seeing it grow into a thief , and then with a most virtuous wrath visiting upon the offender imprisonment and final slavery . We are quite ready to hear all this called Quixotism—a foolish attempt to make the world better than it is . We only ask , what would society have been , had there been no men with pens in their hands , to put down the manifold wrongs committed by society—that society might be shamed into amendment ? Hear the Lord Mayor of London on this theme : —

      " Society became responsible forthe contamination to which poor children were subjected . There was a total absence of restraint or good example , aud the very ingenuity displayed in the little acts of dishone » tj- perpetrated by those of tender years , waB encouraged by the laughter , and in some cases by the approbation , of tlie lookers on . There was no calamity in his mind comparable to that which sprang from the bringing up of youth in habits ani practices of idleness aud vice , The Legislature spent hours and days in discussing the principle of education . Could the minds of the representatives of the people be more admirably , more benevolentl y employed _Oion in devising the means of correcting the awful evil which I was always h * fore the eyes ofthe magistrate , aud was _ali most as frequently encountered hy men concerned in the . ordinary transactions of town life . "

      _tlaite true , your Lordship . The Legislature has talked so long about the principle of education—has so long debated on the theory—that it has quite overlooked the practice . To be sure , Parliament has voted money for the schoolmaster . On one occasion it absolutely gave £ 10 . 000 for the education of the people ; yes , the magnificent sum of £ 10 , 000 in the very session , if we remember truly , it voted £ 70 , 000 for Windsor stables . Ten Thousand versus Seventy ! People versus Horses ! How much better would it have fared with the three destitute children brought before the Lord Mavor , had they only had the good luck to have come into this world as Windsor colts ! —Punch .

      Fatal Accident Is Woolwich Dock-Tard.—On...

      Fatal Accident is Woolwich Dock-tard . —On Saturday night Mr . Payne held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of Fitzhenry Parsons , aged 22 , whose death was caused by falling into one of the dry docks in Woolwich Dockyard . It appeared from the evidence , that the deceased , who waa a policeman , was en duty on the morning of Christmas-day in Woolwich Dockyard , and that they were suddenly alarmed by hearing cries for help proceed from one of the dry docks . They went towards the sound , when theyfound the deceased at the bottom of the dock , a depth of about ten feet . He was picked up and conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he died on

      Thursday last from the effect of the injuries . Deceased stated that he missed his way , the morning being so foggy , and when he fell he thought he was going in the direction of the bridge . In answer to the Coroner the witnesses said that there were many dangerous places in the dock whicli were unprotected , and ne ar which there was no light , while the police were not allowed to carry lanterns . The Coroner directed the policeman to inform the superintendent that it was desirable that something should be done to prevent accidents in future , as far as was _consistent with the regulations of the dockvard . The jury returned a . verdict of " Accidental Death

      Dreadful Murder In: Jersey. -. ¦; Anothe...

      DREADFUL MURDER IN : JERSEY . -. ¦; Another dreadful murder was perpetrated at Seward ' s cafe , _Royal-equare , on Friday morning , at a quarter past two . 'Ihe victim of this fearful deed is Mr . Abraham , optician , known for many years in the Channel Islands , wliich he visited occasionally . In the course of Thursday night , Mr . Nicolle , hatter , of Kine-street _, visited Mr . Seward ' s ca fe , and shortly after a dispute arose between them respecting two bottles of wine charged te Mr . Nicolle , but wliich he refused to pay , using very high language towards Seward , and challenged to fi ght him then in the square ; but Mr . Seward returned and joined the company in doors , wliich consisted of Mr . Jeffery , Air . Bowdidge , jun ., Mr . C . Du Pont , and Miss Cook , Mr . Seward ' s housekeeper .

      Only a few rainutes had elapsed when a report of fire-arms was heard , the contents of which had entered the cafe , and in another moment its effect was visible by the almost instant death of Mr- Abraham , he having been struck in the back by three pistol bullets , one of which passed through his body , coming out about the centre of his breast . Miss Cook , who stood near the table , was shot through the left hand and hip , the ball having passed between Mr . Seward ' s breast and Mr . Bowdidge ' s head ; fortunately tho young lady ' s life is not considered in danger . Mr . Seward and Bowdidge , on hearing the report , instantly ran out as far as Nicolle ' _s house , when they heard a door slam ; they then tried the door , but found it fastened on the inside .

      The police were immediately on the alert , and made diligent search for the assassin , but to no purpose , not considering it prudent to search his house till daylight . Several of the police kept a strict guard around the house til ! half-past seven , when a watchman entered Mr . Nicolle ' s room , and found him with his child in his arms ; he immediately surrendered himself . In the room was found a short piece , which had evidently net long been discharged . A _iwst mortem examination took place , when it was ascertained that one of the bullets had penetrated the heart , and the other two had entered the right side ofthe back , and fractured two ribs . The name of the unhappy gentleman deprived of life is Samuel Levi , he having assumed the name of Abraham from a firm with which he was connected at Liverpool .

      All these facts wcre deposed to at the inquest , which was held the same day , and on Saturday the jury re-assembled to consider their verdict , which was unanimously " Wilful Murder .

      Sixteen Persons Of One Family Bled To De...

      SIXTEEN PERSONS OF ONE FAMILY BLED TO DEATH . An inquest was held on Wednesday week , at Bilston , before T . M . Phillips , Esq ., coroner on the body ot Joseph itcvell Pitt , a child about two years and two months old , who had died from loss of blood under the circumstances detailed in the following evidence : —Mary Ann Pitt deposed that she is the wife of Joseph Pitt , atin-plate worker , residing in Templestreet , in that town , and the mother of the deceased ehild , who had been in perfect health up to Saturday last . About one o ' clock on that afternoon he was playing about a chair , and began to climb up the hack of it ; the chair overbalanced , and foil with the child to the ground . She raised him up , but could not

      perceive that he was hurt anywhere , except on the lower lip and the lower gum , both of which were bruised a little . He did not appear to be in much pain , and soon began to play again . About six o ' clock in the evening she had her tea , and gave her child some , upon whieh she perceived that the upper gum bled a little . She and her mother took the child to Mr . Dickenson , surgeon , who dressed the gum , and the bleeding ceased for about an hour ; but about eight o ' clock it commenced again , and continued to bleed all night . About eleven the next morning she again took the child to Mr . Dickenson , who applied something to the gum , and then bound it up with tape . Mr . Dickenson applied something more on Sunday evening , but the bleeding did not cease . The gum continued to bleed till Monday forenoon , about eleven o ' clock , when she took the child to Mr . Hancox , another surgeon , at whose suggestion she washed the mouth witli alum

      water two or three times a day . She continued to do so until the death ofthe child , which took place about six o ' clock on Tuesday morning . The bleeding did not cease from the time it commenced until the death ot the deceased , except for about nn hour on the Sunday evening . Hannah Phillips , grandmother ol the deceased , stated that she had lost four children from bleeding to death , and in _thelamily twelve other persons , ( making all together sixteen ) had bled to death , not one of them having been seriously injured ; the injuries were slight cuts or falls . Some of them had bled to death from teeth being drawn . Medical aid had always been procured , but without effect . Mr . T . W . Dickenson , corroborated the evidence of Mary Ann Pitt , as to his attendance upon the deceased . In his opinion the deceased died from loss of blood , arising from a slight contusion ofthe upper gum , and from relaxation of the system and the watery state of the blood .

      The Confession Of Jons Tawell,—At The La...

      The Confession of Jons Tawell , —At the last quarter sessions for the county of Bucks , tlie confession of this criminal was for the third time brought before the consideration of the bench , presided over by Sir T . D . Aubrey , Bart ., and it was hoped would have been finally settled one way or the other . Dr . Lee , the magistrate who gave notice of the motion , did nut attend : and on the question being brought forward , J . P . Deering , Esq ., said he had been desired by Dr . Lee to withdraw the motion , and give notice for him , " Thatthe chaplain be required to lay on the table of the next quarter sessions the confession made by John Tawell . " Upon this , a lengthened discussion ensued , and Mr . Carrington moved , " That the magistrates disapprove of the question being anv longer agitated . " This was seconded by

      the Rev . Mr . Harrison . Another long discussion ensued , several of the magistrates contending that nothing could be gained by the production of the confession , and that the proceeding was most unjust to the Rev . Mr . Cox , the chaplain . Sir H . Verney moved , "That the notice on the paper be withdrawn ; " which having been seconded , Lord Nugent moved an amendment to the effect , " That it appeared to the court that John Tawell was convicted at the Spring assizes of 1845 , by a jury of his countrymen , of murder , and suffered the punishment of death accordingly , and that nothing can be gained for the ends of public justice by any confession made by Tawell for the relief of his conscience to the chaplain being made public ; " which was earned , and the subject dropped . The Dead Alive . —On Friday evening a woman named Kinnate , occupying a kitchen at No . 23 , Great Barlow-street , who had Been out for a short time _.

      returned home , and found her husband , a man eightytwo years of age , and who had been for some time in ill-health , in bed , apparently asleep . She approached and spoke to him , but on his not moving after she bad vainly endeavoured to arouse him for several minutes , she came to the conclusion that he had , during her brief absence , expired . In a state of great anguish of mind she called down other female lodgers , who were of the same opinion as herself witli regard to dissolution having taken place . The _ceremony of "laying out" was then commenced , when , immediately after the jaws were tied up , the supposed defunct suddenly raised his right arm , and , opening his eyes , demanded to know what was the matter . His " better half' and the rest ofthe women , terrified almost to death , rushed out of the apartment , calling loudly for assistance , and in their hurry to get into the street , ran _violently against Mr . Ncwson , an undertaker , who had been sent for to take measure ofthe coffin .

      _Pbtiv _Tvrax . viks . — In this country , ignorant puree-proud men , who have risen themselves from the lowest ranks , are frequently great tyrants over tlieir men : shouting , swearing , bawling at them ; treating them with contempt , and degrading them in the sig ht of others . The tyranny exercised by " shop-walkers" over the " young men" in drapers ' shops , particularly iu London , is well known . There are houses in which , if a " young man" fail to sell something to a customer , and this latter leaves without purchasing some article , the " young man" is instantly " slopped "—that is , discharged ! It may be that the non-sale is no fault of the " youngman ;" he may do his utmost to sell ; but iie has got hold of an " awkward customer , " who , not approving of the articles she or he may have seen , or thinking the

      price too high , or the quality not good enough , has raade up his or her mind not to purchase anything . No matter : if the party leave the shop without purchasing , the " young man" who attended on him knows his own doom the moment the back of tke customer is turned . He is " slopped' ' nnd turn ed on the wide world . This is not so muoh the practice in country towns , though it is sometimes done even in them ; but in a country town the petty tyranny is apt to be noised about ; tho employer may find his trade affected by it ; and this makes him more cautious . In domestic affairs , there is much petty tyranny exercised over servants , not so much by persons of education , knowledge , and experience , as by upstarts . A Jady , in the best sense of the word , never rates or scolds her servants ; she treats them with mildness and kindness , but she does not expect to have to repeat her orders . But women who have perhaps been servants themselves , having married a small tradesman , or perhaps a mechanic , keeps for

      the first time in her life a " girl "—a servant , at a shilling a week and her board . There are no greater tyrants in a small way than these nu ' _mtsses ; nor is there a greater slave upon earth than these roor servants of " all work . " * Shut up in au underground kitchen ; begrimed with dirt from the soles of their feet to the crown of their head ; constantly scolded , and constantly at work from or before daylight till late at night ; first up in the morning and the J ? . st to bed at night , they are , of all classes in England , perhaps the most miserable . A kind word is _ottan never spoken to them ; they are treated in every vespect as an inferior race of beings ; they become degraded in their own estimation ; and in _desperation they often quit their service and swell the ry _nks of those unhappy beings who swarm in our _strcete . Their petty tyrants have much to answer fo r , and perhaps ; the tyranny they have exercised over f heir miserable little slaves will fall on their own ckij _« jren , and , we believe , often does;—Brighton UerahU

      The Ute ^ Fatal Accident On The Norfolk ...

      THE UTE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORFOLK RAILWAY . _ Thrtfoed , Tuisday NiGHT .-The coroner ' s _investigation respecting the death of William Pickering , engine-driver , and Richard Hedger , stoker , who were killed by the recent accident on the Norfolk Railway , was resumed this morning , for the fourtli time , at tho Guildhall , before Mr . Robert Eagle Clarke _eUeT C ° r 01 , er ' the _^ 17 _Previously emPan-It having been known that General Paslcy would attend the inquiry , in order to give the result of his official examination into the _causeof tho catastrophe , more than usual interest was excited by the proceedings . It was remarked as somewhat strange that none of the officials of the Norfolk Railway Company attended to watch the investigation . t Major-General Charles William Pasley was then sworn .

      Coroner : The jury have been informed , sir , that tie accident , the subject of the inquiry , was caused by the excessive speed of the train , and the sudden shutting oft tbe steam . Will you have the goodness to give us your opinion ? -General Pasley ; My opinion is that the shutting off the steam suddenly cannot possibly produce an accident to an engine . Coroner : Would it cause it to jump ? -GeneraI Pasley : No , I do not think it would cause it tojump , providing the road was in good order . Coroner : Then to what do you attribute the accident ' -General Pasley : To the engine driver proat

      ceeding an imprudent and excessive speed on a descending gradient . Coroner : Did you examine the engine ' —General Pasley : I did , and 1 could not find any apparent injury that could have caused tho accident . From what I saw of it , ii appeared to be of the best workmanship , and in a pertuct state of repair . Coroner : I am told tbat these large engines are not generally adapted to the narrow gauge-General Pasley : My opinion is , that owing to the peculiar construction of tho engines , like the one that met with the accident on the Norfolk line , they are not the most suitable to tho narrow

      gauge , as they do not admit of great speed without danger . Coroner : But the engines on the Norfolk Railway —do they incur any danger at the rate described in the time-bills ? General Pasley : Oh , no , 'they are perfectly secure on the narrow gauge at a certain ' rate . For instance , the distance from the Darling-road station to Thetford is eight miles , and 20 minutes is allowed to accomplish that _dir-tance . Coroner : Then the distance and time noted in the Norfolk Railway Company ' stimc-billcan be travelled without any excessive speed ?—General Pasley : Certainly ,

      Coroner : Can you account for the broken chair ?—General Pasley : I should say thatthe chair was broken by tho motion of the engine . If it was defective before , the motion might contribute to its breaking entirely . Coroner : What description of engine was it that met with the accident ?—General Pasley : One of the most extraordinaay length—of such a length as was never used on the narrow or any other gauge before . I will mention a circumstance respecting this peculiar class of engines . Some months ago there existed doubts as to the safety of express trains , and knowing that the oscillation of the carriages was a measure of danger , 1 determined torideupon the engines , with a view of more easily detecting their

      unsteadiness . The only engine I found having such an oscillation , was one ofthe South Eastern Railway , ofthe same peculiar construction as the one that run off the rails on the Norfolk line . I went on that engine at the rate of forty-four or forty-five miles an hour , and at that speed she rolled something like a shi p at sea . . Coroner : And what docs the oscillating movement indicate?—General Pasley : The oscillation when the train is going at such a rate , implies running off the rail . I told the engine-drivers and other authorities that if they ran fifty miles an hour , like the express trains on the Great Western Railway , there was great likelihood of the engine rolling over . I have repeated that opinion to the gauge

      commissioners . Coroner : What is the differencec between the eng ines you have alluded to and those employed on the Great Western ? General Pasley : The narrow guage not offering so great a diameter of boiler as those on the broad . Mr . Stephenson constructed tho long boiler engines to _oqual them in power , being four or five feet longer than those of original construction . The smoke box overhangs the fore wheels , and tlie fire box and dome the hind wheels , which will cause them to oscillate . Coroner : Do you think itsafe for such an engine to travel at thirty or thirty-five miles an hour ?

      General Pasley : I think sueh an engine as the one in question can go at thirty or thirtv-five miles an hour , and I think I have gone at forty-five miles upon them ; but when they approach fifty I think they are unsafe , and that is an opinion not hastily formed . Coroner : Then you think these long boiler engines if they are going at a rate exceeding forty miles an hour , are liable to oscillate , and run over the line ?—General Pasley : Yes , I do think so . Coroner : And what is the cause , the defect in the formation ?—General Pasley : Itis the wheels huddled together , or the axles under the boiler that give so much overhanging dead-weight at each end , which 1 have not found with any other engines .

      _Ceroncr : Did you ever mention your opinion to Mr . Stephenson relative to his long boiler engines ?—General Pasley : No , I don't think I have . I have not seen him , but I have mentioned it to several persons employed by him , as well as his pupils . Coroner : And to the Board of Trade ?—General Pasley : Yes and to the Board of Trade . Coroner : Did you ever anticipate an engine of this description meeting with such an accident!—General Pasley : The iactis tbat I did not expect such an accident could have taken place . I did not think that such an engine could havo gone at the speed it did in running off the line . It is a rule with engine drivers to shut off the steam on a descending gradient , and in all mv journeys in railway travelling I never found

      them neglect doing so . I have frequently informed the engine drivers of these engines of the danger they were incurring when driving them at a rate verging upon fifty miles per hour . In the north of England , however , I remember being on one of Mr . Stephenson ' s long-boiler engines , and two pair ofthe wheels were coupled together , and in riding upon it I felt more secure than 1 would upon the other ones , as the coup ling produces steadiness , and consequently safety . Coroner : Then you perfectly attribute the accident to the speed of the engine ?—General Pasley : Yes ; to the rate of descending a gradient at forty miles per hour , being such a rate that no prudent engine-driver would travel down an incline . I never contemplated

      such an accident occurring . Coroner : Have you got anything further to add , sir?—General Pasley : Yes . I wish to explain why I consider that the sudden shutting off the steam could not have led to the accident ; the grounds upon which I differ with other opinions . When a railway train is in motion the engine always exceeds the weight of the tender , and double that of the carriages . When the steam is shut off suddenly , more especially on a descending gradient , its movement will drag the tender and carriages for a considerable distance , and presuming that the engine should become detachc from the tender , its impetus would carry it far in advance , so much so , that the train would fail in overtaking it . The engine , having a greater momentum , would proceed faster than the carriages . In order to _Jshow you the effect of suddenly shutting oil' the steam—I was lately on an

      engine on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway with Mr . Connell , the locomotive superintendent , the gauge commissioners being in the train , when I desired a great speed to be put on , and then requested the steam to be turned off sui ' idenly . It was done so , and not the slightest effect was produced . Again , on the Great Western Railway I was on an engine with Mr . Brunei , two tenders attached , and a goods tram of two hundred tons , with a . speed of thirty miles an hour . I desired Air . Brunei , when they had to stop at a station , to shut off the steam suddenly a minute before the break s were applied . It was done frequently and not tho least effect felt . The tender did not crowd upon tho engine , and neither did the waggons crowd upon the tender . In short , shutting oft the steam produces no effect , unless the breaks are applied , more especially in descending an incline ot one in two hundred .

      Coroner : Do vou think it probable that the accident could have " resulted from some other cause to that you havo mentioned . General Pasley : If there had not been any excessive speed to have caused the engine to have left the rail , it would not have produced such fearful _cifi ? cts The foreman : Then , sir , can you attribute tho accident to the engine driver or engine ? General Pasley : 1 attribute it to the engine driver descending an inclination at an unnecessary rate , and particularly to thepeculiar construction ofthe engine . I consider it very doubtful whether a similar accident would have happened to an engine of any other

      construction , . ., ' . There being no other witnesses to examine , the learned Coroner proceeded to sum up tho evidence . Tho court was then cleared of strangers , and the jurv after being sometime in consultation ,, sent , for the coroner , when the foreman informed him that thev hud not unanimously arrived at a verdict , and he feared there were little hopes of their agreeing . The coroner then inquired how many of ihe jury were unanimous ? The foreman answered , twelve . The coroner said , if the twelve jurors wore unanimous , he could receive their verdict , and . asked the foreman what was tlieir return .

      __ The foreman observed , that then * verdic t was "Accidental Death , caused by the impviidcrit conduct of die engine-driver , in going at an excessive speed . " The dissenting jury ( three m . number ) remarked that the verdict they were d csiro _' _us of agreeing towns " Accidental Death , caused by the misconduct of the

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      engine driver , and the defective construction of the engine , " and inflicted a deodand of £ 500 on the engine . ,. . _. . . _„ The coroner accordingly took the verdict of the twelve . The foreman then rose , and said that the jury earnestly recommended the Board of Trade to adopt immediate steps for discontinuing the running of the engines , similar to the one the subject of inquiry on the Norfolk Railway , until such measures _, were adopted as would render them safe for tho con veyance of passenger trains . The court was then dissolved .

      . . . Fires. On Sunday Mornin G, Between...

      _. . . FIRES . On Sunday mornin g , between the hours of three and four , a fire broke out in the Castle Tavern , Bull Inn-court , Strand , theproperty of Mr . Thos . Parker , licensed victualler . The premises , which were three stories high , were flanked on either side by numerous dwelling-houses , and were adjoined at the rear by the Adelphi Theatre . An alarm having been raised , a considerable period elapsed before the proprietor and the different lodgers could be aroused by which time the whole of the back of the building , composed principally of timber , were completel y wrapped in flames . With such impetuosity was the fire then burning , that it was with the greatest difficulty the inmates could effect a safo retreat . As it was , the waiter , a man named James Craner , together with

      a lodger , were obliged to leap from one of the upper windows into the court , with nothing on but their night-clothes . The waiter , upon jumping out of window , started off in the state he was fo the _Chandos-street Brigade Station , to _eiveintelligence . The engines from that depot were quickly got out and taken to the scene ; these were followed by others of tho London establishment , with Mr . Braidwood , tho superintendent , and also those belonging to the West of England and County Insurance Companies . By the time , however , that they arrived , the flames had _broken through the roof , and ascended so high into the air , as to illuminate a great portion of the metropolis . There being only a lath-and-plaster partition between the burning premises and the house No . 7 in the same court , a few seconds only elapsed

      before the latter also became ignited . The hose of the engines having been attached , the branches were taken down the court , but no water could at that time be obtained from the p lugs . For some time it was feared that the Adelphi theatre would have been consumed , the sky-light and trap-doors on tlie roof being several times in flames . A number of persons , however , having mounted the roof , a quantity of water , kept there in a tank provided in case . of such a disaster , was scattered about , and by tliat means the theatre was preserved . As soon as water could be pracured from the mains , the engines were set at work , under the direction of Mr . Braidwood . After labouring for some time , the firemen at length got

      the fire completely extinguished , ihe damage done is very considerable , the whole of the stock belonging to Mr . Parker , together with his furniture and wearing apparel , is totally lost . Tho furniture of the lodgers in the building , and that belonging to five families in the adjoining house , is likewise destroyed . The scene at one period was truly distressing ; the residents of at least twenty houses in the court were to be seen running to and fro almost in a state of frenzy , carrying along their children , and what little property they could lay hold of . The origin of the fire could not be accounted for . The only party out of the number of sufferers who was insured was Mr . Parker ; eight or nine families are therefore deprived of everything they once possessed .

      _Destructive Fire in tue _Walwobth-road . — On Sunday afternoon the premises belonging to Mr . Aldous , a corn chandler and seed merchant , situate at No . 9 , Crown-row , Walworth-road , were discovered to be on fire . The flames , it is presumed , originated at the back ofthe shop amongst the stock , and passed from thence up the staircase , and communicated to the first and second floors . Tlie intelligence was without delay' furnished to the engine stations , and forthwith the brigade engines , -from Southwark and Waterloo Bridge-roads , arrived on the spot . By the period , however , that the firemon

      could get to work , the flames had obtained so strong a hold as to threaten with destruction tho numerous contiguous buildings . Fortunately tho mains of tha Lambeth works afforded a plentiful supply of water , and after labouring for nearly an hour , the firemen succeeded in subduing the flames , not , however , until the back part of the shop , together with the stock in trade therein , and the staircase , with tho first nnd second floors , were nearly destroyed . The adjoining premises of Mr . Marshall , No . 10 , are also damaged by water and fire . The origin ofthe fire is unknown . The building was insured in the Alliance-office , but Mrs . Aldous was uninsured .

      Obstructive _Fihb is _Clctkeswell , —Saturday morning a lire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr . W . Farmer , an engineer , carrying on business at 38 , Great Sutton-street , Clerkenwell . It originated from _soino unknown cause in the factory at the rear of the dwelling . Fortunately the building , a large one , about forty or fifty feet long , was detached , or tho most disastrous consequences might have been expected . The engines of the London Brigade , parish , West of England , and County companies promptly attended , and there being an abundant stream of water supplied by the New River Company , the engines were set to work , and the firemen , after labouring for some time , at length succeeded in extinguishing- the flames , not , however , until tho premises in which the firo began were , together with the contents , nearly consumed . Mr . Freeman is insured in the Sun Fire-office .

      Fme os _Boaud a Ship . —On Saturday morning about twelve o ' clock , the barque Thomas Henry , of Exeter , Captain Jewry , lying in Messrs . Curling and Young ' s dock , LimehoiiBe , was discovered to bo on firo . The issue of a dense mass of smoke from the after deck made tho watchman aware of the fact . An instant alarm was spread , and intelligence was dispatched to the different engine stations . Upon entering the after cabin the flooring was found to be on fire , and was blazing most furiously , threatening destruction to the entire ship , The crews of

      several vessels instantly set to work , but so firm a held had the flames obtained , that they defied the utmost exertions of the parties present . The parish engine was the first to arrive , and wag speedily Bet to work . This was followed by the brigade engines from Schoolnouse-Iane . Jeffrey and Wellclose-squares , WatUng-street , and the West of England Btations . Owing to the combined exertions of all parties the fire was eventually extinguished , but not before considerable damage was done . The origin of the fire has been traced to a defect in the stove .

      Fibs at thk London and Birmingham Railway Stores . —A fire , caused by tke explosion of some fog signal lights , occurred in the above stores , situate near Chalk Farm . There being a quantity of cotton wipings in the place , the same became ignited , and for some time considerable alarm prevailed lest tho entire building should fall a prey to the fury of the flames . Tlie fire-engine belonging to the company was quickly got out and soon at work , and by judiciously distributing the water the flames were extinguished , but not until the floor of the building was much burned and the contents damaged by fire and water . Destruction of a _CoiTox-sriKNiso Mill nv _Iikb . —The most destructive fire which has occurred in this citv or its vicinity for several years past , with

      the exception of that which consumed the city Theatre about two months ago , took place on Friday morning in Savoy-street , Bridgeton . Tiie alleged cause of the conflagration is , that a quantity of loose cotton ignited in the arms of a girl , as she was passing one of the gas lights . The mill , that of Messrs . Gemmell and Co ., is four stories high , and 230 feet in length , and it is estimated that the loss on the building aud machinery will amount to upwards of £ 5 , 000 . Pike in Bermoxdsf . y . —A faro broke out on Monday evening in the rope works of Mr . G . Baker , originating in the accidental fall of a lighted candlo into a vessel of boiling tar . The conflagration extended rapidly , and was not got under without much difficulty ; and after having consumed the greater

      portion of the tar houso , and a considerable part ot the rigging house . Fire at Woolwich . —About half-past one on Monday morning , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Williams , bootmaker , Wellington-street , _Weolwich , and an alarm being given , the drums were beat and strong parties of the military and police constables from the dock-yard were promptly on the spot with engines . Great difficulty w » _a experienced at first from want of water ; but , fortunately , tho tanks at tho rear of tho Star public-house were made available . Tho house in which the fire originated was completely gutted . The property saved was placed under ths charge of a guard of soldiers . A marine

      was oonveyed to the hospital , having had both his legs run over by one ofthe fire engines . Destructive Conflagration an Tarlooib , near Tain . —On Monday night last , the corn-yard of Mr . Fergus Ferguson , farmer , Tarlogic , was discovered to be on fire . Mr . Ferguson was at the time absent , and no less than twenty-six sacks of corn and a large stack of hay were totally consumed . No trace of the cause of this lamentable affair has been found ; but from the circumstance that the corn-yard was a little distant from the square , and near no house where there was any fire , and the wind blowing from tho west and the fire having commenced in the west part of the yard , there is few the five lias been the act of an incendiary . — Rosshire Advertiser .

      Tire Govt-Rnor-Generalshu* Of Canada. —I...

      Tire _Govt-rnor-Generalshu * of Canada . —It is said that the governor-generalship of Canada has been offered to Sir Henry Pottinger and refused by 1 U HollowaYs Pills and _Omp _^ _- _- _^ _- _^^ _UosriiAL .-Mvs . Sullivan , residing at No 2 , ihompson _' _s-buildings , Hammersmith-cross , llammeismith , had an ulcer on the instep , one on the shin and another on the ankle , for which she was admitted as out-door patient , for three months , at the above hospital , but obtained no relief . She also consulted several eminent surgeons , but to no purpose : at times her sufferings were sogreatas to prevent her putting her foot to tho ground for several days together . She has , however , just been cured by the use alone of these invaluable medicines .

      Alarming Fi He.-Attempt To Burn Four Hou...

      ALARMING FI HE .-ATTEMPT TO BURN FOUR HOUSES . / On Tuesday evening , shortly after nine o ' clock , the immediate vicinity of Camden-town was thrown into a state of excitement by the simultaneous outbreak of no fewer than four separate fires , which , there ia every ground to conclude , were the work of some vile incendiary . From inquiries instituted on the spot , the reporter learned that , at tho time just stated , three policeconstables of the S division were _goinst their rounds past Hawley-fields , Camden-town , when one of them had his attention suddenl y directed towards the western corner of a pile of four newly-erected houses , situate in the fields , by an unusual light therein . At

      first the officer imagined that the light was caused by some of the workmen drying the building , but the same increasing in strength he hastemd across the fields to examine _ti , e place , when he found immense bodies of smoke pouring forth from the roof and windows . Without delay the alarm wai raised in the usual way , and an attempt was made to extinguish the flames by pouring buckets of water upon them . Whilst the constables , however , were passing the three other houses , they discovered to their no small amazement that the other corner house was also on fire at the back , and in the course of a few seconds afterwards they found that the remaining two houses were likewise in flames . A messenger was despatched in a cab to

      the several stations of the fire brigade , and also to the West of England office , with intelligence of the circumstance . In the meantime the police exerted themselves most manfully in endeavouring to stop the further ravages of the flames- The flames , howover , travelled with such fury as speedily to bring down the roof of the house in which tho fire was fii _* 3 t observed . Mr . Staples , the foreman of the London , brigade , arrived with several engines of the establishment , and to their exertions may be attributed the saving of a deal of property . The West of England engine , from Waterloo-road , with the comyany ' s firemen , and Mr . Connorton , were brought to the scene with all possible expedition . The firemen upon arriving had to encounter great difficulties to jet an engine near the burning houses . They having plenty of fire buckets at hand , a line was formed by the men , and by passing the water from one another , a vast stream

      was discharged at the buildings , which had the desired effect of getting the flames extinguished . That however was not accomplished until the fire had travelled through the first named house , and severely burnt the remaining three , more especially the staircases and parlour floorings . From the fact of the four houses being on fire affile same time , not the least doubt remains that the fire was wilfully caused , but by whom is at present wrapped in mystery . The firemen , upon examining the premises after the fire was got out , found that the flames could not by any possibility have reached from one house to the other without the aid of some one . They also found that the fire had commenced in every place about the staircases . The houses are said to be the property of Mr . Marshall , of _Hentwick-place , and it is at present unknown whether or not thev are insured .

      Female Convicts In Van Dieman's Land. Th...

      FEMALE CONVICTS IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND . The circumstances under which Van Dieman ' s Land is now placed have attracted the attention of the press , but scarcely any one is aware of the intensity ofthe evil . The numbers of convicts which are poured forth upon that unhappy land are rapidly destroying all sound public opinion , and substituting a code of convict morals in its place . A few years ago Lord Stanley felt the mischief thus produced , and strongl y expressed in a despatch hi ? senBe of it , more especially his attention was drawn to the wretched state of female transports when they arrive in that island .

      Their first home and their place of return when out of service was and is a barrack called the Brickfield Factory , an abode of horrors not to be described . As much more dreadful than the Black Uolo at Calcutta , as moral depravity is worse than physical suffering , It was . determined to make a change , and live hundred female convicts were sent out in the ship Anson , under the conduct of Mrs . Bowden , the intelligent and exemplary matron of the lunatic asylum at Han well . Another vessel was to be despatched before the Anson , with male convicts , who , according to the intention of Lord Stanley , would have arrived in Van Dieman ' s Land and been cleared from the vessel by the time the Anson had made the island .

      This second vessel was not , however , despatched until long after the Anson had sailed , and matters were se thoroughly mismanaged , that when the last accounts came away , Yiz ., three years after tho convicts had been put on board the Anson , Mrs . Bowden and such of the females as had not been placed out to service were still remaining in that vessel . With regard to those who had obtained a service , if for any reason or accident they could not remain with the particular employers with whom they had been placed , they were sent , not to the Anson , to be again under the superintendence of Mrs . Bowden , but to this pandemonium , the Brickfield Factory , to mingle with the most abandoned of their sex .

      On a visit of inspection made by Mrs . Bowden to * this wretched place , the poor creatures who had been under her care implored her , with tears and passionate entreaties , to take them again to the Anson ; but this was beyond her power . Mrs . Bowden _' s difficulties with regard to the females who remained with her were very great , and would havo _paralysed the efforts of any person of inferior zeal and fewer resources . Like all others who have effected any good in their attempts at reforming prisoners , Mrs . Bowden depends very much on being able to command a supply of useful labour for them . She desired to employ them in making their clothes , but the local government chose to supply her with clothes already made . She then made application to the shopkeepers in the island who sell

      readvmade linen to employ her prisoners in making shirts , which they were willing to do , but _eould only afford to pay sevonpence per shirt . This price she gladly accepted , but the regulations of the government again presented an obstacle . Local wisdom had determined that the true price for making a shirt was _half-a-crown , and that Mrs . Bowden was responsible for as _mauy half-crowns as tho Anson produced shirts , and she was actually surcharged for the difference between sevenpence and half-a-crown as to every shirt made under her superintendence . It is true that after many protocols , much diplomacy , andgreafc misgivings on the part ofthe local government , Mrs . Bowden obtained forgiveness forthe past , but she was obliged to turn her attention to some other pursuit for the future .

      In this perplexity it occurred to her that the island furnished plenty of straw of an appropriate species for the manufacture of hats and bonnets , and there being no makers of those articles on the island , th _» local Solons had left the regulation of the manufacture out of their code . It is true neither Mrs . Bowden nor her prisoners had ever learned to plait straw ,, but the difficulty of acquiring this art was little or nothing compared with that of a conflict against the legislation ot the southern hemisphere , so they set about their work and soon accomplished a hat , which _, was presented to the governor .

      Since that time they have made hats and bonnets in considerable quantities ; nevertheless , as this task is not suited to all , Mrs . Bowden is still suffering under want of employment for many of her prisoners . We believe this slight sketch of convict management , as regards one particular class , will furnish , uo unfair specimen of the state of our convict population in Australia . — Morning Chronicle .

      Accidknt At Mkssrs. Cuhitt's.—Mr. Wakley...

      Accidknt at Mkssrs . _Cuhitt ' s . —Mr . Wakley held an inquest on Monday , at the Royal Free Hospital , Gray _' s-inn-road , on the body of Michael _Cuuick , aged fifty-four . Deceased was a labourer in the employ of Messrs . Cubitt , and on Friday last was engaged in removing some timber , when a beam , supported by what is called " sheerlegs , ! ' giving way , it fell upon his neck , injuring ¦ _ainv so much thai ho died on the following morning .. Verdict—Accidental Death . To Young Ladies . — Some _tiiae ago-wo published a cautien against certain adwtisois- who offered great inducements to young ladies desirous- of some employment . We now repeat our caution , and if sucli advertisements seem to demand-any . _inquiry , wo advise ladies not to inquire- personally or alone . — Times .

      Middle-Class IIonbst _**? .. —At the- Clerkenwell Police office on Monday , Alfred . Leonauiwas- _eharged with stealing a saucepan , _yjilue 4 _&& , the-property of Mr . James Bingley , an ironmonger , residing at 3 , Pleasant-row , Pentonville . The offence was fully proved , the prisoner _luniself admitting his guilt . Tho article had been exhibited but sale at the prosecutor ' s door , with the label on . it . 'Sh & saucepan and label were found on She prisoner . Mr . Greenwood ( to the prosecutor )—Read that label . The prosecutor did so aloud . Mr . Greenwood—You have not read it all . Go on . The prosecutor read a part of the label describing the article as made of block , tin . Mr . Greenwood—That is untrue and you _knowx _^ t . Prosecutor—Yes , that is untrue . Mv .

      Greenwood-Then why do you represent an article to be what it is " not ? Prosecutor—Wo are obliged to tell the public so . Mr . Greenwood—Indeed you are not obliged to do _anything of the sort , and it is not the part of a respectable tradesman . Prosecutor—We tell pur customers so , but if they aik us whether the article really is what it is labelled as , wo tell them tho truth . Mr . Greenwood observed that it was not surprising tradesmen were plundered , when they exposed their property for sale in such a manner outside their shops-The prisoner was committed for trial . - [ Wlnch most deserved to be committed for t rial , the poor _wretcn who stole a fourpence-halfpenny saucepan , or tna " respectable" swindler , who , in a 1 ptobabilitj , mw been cheating the public for years , by selling bib rul >« bish under false pretences _?]

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 17, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_17011846/page/7/