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      V ^ TEST NEWS .. FRO JT THE UNITED - STATES AN » CANADA . fFrearNao York pap ** rcctivedtftke Utinttant , 1 . ' i , £ cltuioe . ) h Al . . . . . ... ( f «»^ J « w , ro ^ rttw » . ; , CisiDUN BOJionES ^ r-ThftlJpper Canada papers ca me to us . f ^^ f ? i * i ?^ ??^ , ^ 1 P ! racieg '' aad comWi «^ w ? s ' "if , l ? ^ Slj ^ on ' * frontier , « nd indeed auwiendutllie'Sta ^ bordering odthe BritishCojwnie *;* hicb . ai « to' ^ renmate , we are tiA ^ as tte . wxhter . advaiibes , in » grand piratical

      gjnssde or we reragees , DacKea . ^ F'ttff , t ) horts of anned " sympathizers" against British rule and all vho op boidit in the Canada *; ; That'fliere , are scattered along the Northern and Eastern boundary iice a considerable number of desperate men—refugees smugglers ,, . and others—who , having neither pronitty nor capital to lose , we ready for any enterprise ¦ winch presents a prospect of plunder ^ we believe and fcndwj ' . bhtthat'these form a large organised body ianded together by solenm ? oathg ,:-and furnished TOtharms ' arid the monition * of war , ai represented by a certain portion of the Canadiaar . pie& we do ubtbeHeve . ' ' ' ¦¦'< ' ¦'¦;¦¦ i ' 'n < ci : U .-:. ; ' . ,

      V ; AFrem the New York Tun ^ qgao ? The Casadas . —Adnces of ffie escape of-TheHer end Dodge have -been , received in Quebec . Rodier ' cne oftfee ; refugees , for whose" seizure Lord Gas ? ford offered a reward * of JE 500 , has retrained to MontreaL ¦ . ^ . ; . _ , - .,. ,. . ;; . . ; . ,, ' , / vi ; : ; . ; . /; : .. . ; .-: " Qaebec , Monday evening , at dx o'dock . u l have just learned that aa . express arrived about an hour ago with , some despatches to bis Ex , csllency . - ¦ .-: ¦ .: . _ ... >/ - ; . . •_ ¦ ; . :- - : . « I t is said thatMajor-General Maodonnell h-. « s received a letter from Theller tH «; morning , anconnang his safe arrival on the other side of line 45 des . " - := ; ¦ . ; . . , - ; , . ;

      The twenty thousand-scoundrels who , . according to the Kingston Cknmwle , i . iarel about ? to invade Canada trum the United States , aremuliiplying their numbers with the rapidity of ; ; Fal 3 ! ars « , men in imckram suits . " - The Toronto Patriot of the 23 d inst . says that the , Colonial -a Government have received information from the most authentic source * ( hat an extensive combination exists alt ng the whole of tht ? American frontier , from Vermont to Michigan ; for the invasion of this country mstanter : and that hot less thanv 4 O , 0 D 0 of the rabble of .-the . States are united by secret oaths to attempt its subjugation , < ntn an express understanding that their only par ¦ still be unlimited licenses for plunder throughout its sduAe extent ! ! i '¦ ¦* . ' . ' - . --. v . '; .

      - Hereisanamwnncement" -fullofiifrand and { hry , " "but as the next aentence shows , ** signifying nothing . " 44 WehaTe , " continues the alarmist , ' -jto authority ieyondmere rumour for this statement , but we know thkt the Government and Conucil are diily occupied on the best means to avert the threatened calamity , and' have the best reason for believing that a strong military force wDl be raised for our protection . " ¦ We are sick of thess rumours , "; which , however , fortunately carry with them an antidote for the renom they display in their self-evident absurdity .

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      Sporting . —Hunting and ther rural sports are Increasing . - Mr . Donald Sanderson has been appointed fcer Majesty ' s Consul at Bronssa . Recruiting for the Marines is proceeding vr . di ¦ spirit and success . —Morning Paper . ' "' ' Cannon Bams . —Notice has been given that ¦ Government will receive tenders for the supplj of 100 , 000 321 b . halls . , Mb- "Wtse , M . P . is actiyelT engaged in 5 rdmedng the estaV ^ mnent of "Provincial Colleges" in the South ot Ireland . - ..- ; It is expected that the Benbow , 74 , will shortly be commissioned at Portsmouth : she is quite ready for the purpose in the basin . ~ : Ms . Oldershaw has been elected the Vestry Clerk of St . Alary , Islington , * b y a very large majority . ¦ -: •• .-.

      The Kev . Mr . Gathekcole has been senfenced to three months' imprisonment for the libel « n the nuns of Scorton , near Darlington . Me . Peregrine Bixgham has been appointed Heeorder of the Borough of Portsmouth , in the place ¦ of Mr . Dampier , resigned . . _ Os Bit . —The eldest son of Earl Fibwilliam has ceedme a Co ^ ervative . —Ztmer * e& Paper , as quottd itr the Standard . - Me . Sergeant Arabin , the Depury Judge Advocatej will perform the routine , official duties of the late Right Hon . Cutlar Fergusson until the appointment of his successor . New Shillings . —The entire of the shillings issued in payment of the present dividends are impressed with her Majesty ' s likeness , not a single shilling has been issued of any other reign .

      The Queen has coHferred the honour « f Knightiiood upon Captain George Tyler , of tie Royal Navy , Lientenant-Governor of the . Island of St . Vincent .. -, , „ . ; . ' . .. " . Black HAWKi- ^ -The eelehrated Indian warrior , Black Hawk , died at his camp , on the River de * Moines , on the 3 rd of October , aged seventy-three jears . ' ' . ' . ' .. ' ¦ ' ¦ _; , ' .., ' , ¦ - Henry . Xytton Bolwer , ' Esq ., brother to Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer , Bart ., has been appointed firstfecretary to the Marquis of Clanriearde ' s embassy at St . Petershurgh . v : The Euperob of Austeia ' s » tffney into Lomhardy . caused- an expenditure «* r , between 14 , 000 , 000 and 15 , 000 , 000 of francs , " aS- ' is stated iy a letter from ; Vienna .. ...

      ; ' Grace DABLiHG . T-Afinehrigwa launched from Perth on Tuesday week , and christened by the popular name . of Grace Darling . She has been charted for St . Domingo . —Carlisle Journal . ' , MR . iBENDEH , of Wadebridge , within the last few days , has drawn a carrot of most extraordinary ¦ size and weight , measuring 17 ^ inches in' circumference , and weighing 6 | lbs ; - •• - ;¦ = . ; Ox Wednesdat w ^ BK , XffiaD , Vh 6 had lately been married a second time , put an end , to bis existence on the tomb of-his first wite in die cemetery ofPere Lachaise by shooting , himself through the lead . .- . v ' . v < : r- - ., - ..-:. ' : ; ,- .. V . " - - . -. : -.. . - Mb . Henry Bulwee ; infenag returning to England before he procfeedS to St . Petersburgh . He is to bereplared at . Cpnstantinopie . byj . Mr . Banklead , ; late , Secretary 'i of Embassy ^ to the United

      jAmerioanism . ——A . f'Far , ; West' ! American editor has bought a raee-horsej for which he paid 2 , 000 dollars ., On hemg asked what an editor had to do with a race-horse ? he replied ^ that he was to ie used in catehmg run-a-way subscribers . " . Coast'Guard : —The lucrative naval appuintxaent of Inspector-General of the service of the Coast Guard has . become vacant by the demise of Captain G . - $ f . N . Knight . The appointment is in the gift of the Board of AdmiraltT . ;

      ; A great NUMBER ; of hollow eighteen-pound tails have been cas £ and othe'fs are still casting , at "Woolwich , whieh j'it U said , have many advantages compared to solid shot , * baddes beingagreai saving of expense in metal ' . ¦• - • <'• •" - - A Deau LBTTER ^ On ;^^ Saturaajr morning the letter-carrier " presented to Messrs . P . lawsun and Son - nursery -and seedsineu , Hunter-square , a package . addressed . to them from Calcutta , marked * ' Seeds , ^ for which the snra oL £ 114 and a hal fpenny ^^' chargedfor"die postage .-- ^ rfifl 6 KrgA Courant . Dover Nov . 23 . —The Turkish Ambassador and . suite arrived this . afternoon in-the Britannia cteam-vessel , . Captain Sam . CBnsbell ; from Boulogne . On his arrival there was a guard of honour to receive lrim . ccmmanded by Lord Lennox , " under a salute froia % he ^ htB . ' ^; " ; y ;; ' . ;> v ' ; :..:. ' , : ; . ;;;

      A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office on Saturday afternoon . ;;; It was attended by all the Ministers , except Lord John Russell . The CduBeiT sat two hours . ' "Viscount ' 1 Melbourne left town shortry / afterwaros forWindspr Castle , on a visitfohenMaje ^ ; : :: ^; ; ;;< r ; i ; / : ; \/ ;' ; [/ -, PARLlAMiESTl —As some'bf our | contemporaries iaife . aljegeaffiati ' arliament , wilf meftfor the dispatch rf b ^ nes ^' mjiiie ' eiirlyJart of theensoing month , ' wfe taaiij ' gfete that ; the prorogation ^ will be extaaded from' : tHe 'M pf D ^ mier ^| ffie usualpeHqd . - ^ MormngChnniele . ' ' ; . ' . ''' ,,- '" -1 ' , ^/ . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' V \ " :

      Qa ^ adaI— We nndersland from , good authoriry , thatEarrS p ^ ncer will go out as / Goyeraor-General of the Canadas ; an event which cannot fail to give general sadshc 6 oa . ^ - ' Co ^ ner . [ We should think % 4 * g 9 S ^ authority , ? . ' in , this case , very-. donbtmL ] tj * s «« Ri . ' r 3 il ;! -V- -Vi . ; ; .,., ; , ^¦ :.. ¦ ' : ¦ :. Railroads . —In consequence of flie irregular delivery , and frequent non-arrival at all , of fish an < l otlte perishable articles-sent by -rail-roadsj many persons-hayeheen compelled to decline laving Wtxh of fiui'Idndsenfby / theni , ^ ^ whereb y fishmongers and others are dally losing valuable custom . ; * , '

      * BASK op England . —Further improvements at the Bant ' are P > take . pl * ce " early in the ' ensuing spririgl The ' walls at the entrance are to Be raised wmeffee % and it wffl'Wweirh ' ghfea , which will prevent the present gloomy appearance and " darkness visible' ? in that part of the building .

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      rHESEASON . -Mr . Walter Beattie , Middleton , has now m his garden several gooseberry trees ; some of them are in full bloom , and others have small gooseberries on them . t , ^ , BKSn ) BNTS of the provinces of Prussia , Posen Silesia , the ; Rhenish . provinces , and-Wes tpnaiia , have been summoned to Berlin to give their opinion upon the law WhichU to fix for / the future the relation of the , Romish clergy . to the ' state .. ; . : 1 ^ * £ * Coryrtte Daphne , twenty guns , ^ ' ™ i » alBng , ' ( 1828 ) is avefy ^ beautinil « bip amilartothetDifo i and her dimensions are as foil X ^ fhWlI ^ ' keel » 97 ! breadth , 37 ; depth of hold , 18 $ 3 ahHra U feet water aft and 10 forward . •*' & / ::. ¦ ; . ; .-.. ,, ; : ;; , .-,-. LThk . O'CoNNELt . TBiBUTB ^——Tke ninth of lJecember next has been fixedfor the collection w . « m . ? onneU tribnte for the present year . r . Tnbule" of la 8 t yw amounted to upwards of thirteen thousand pounds .. .. "" i

      ; Lord John Russell has no present intention to appoint a ; Police Magistrate in the room of the late Mr .. Rogers , as an arrangement has been made with theMagistrates of . the Queen SquarePolice Office to assist in the duties « f the Hatton Garden Office . —Morning fihronicle ., ' , . " Five PRISONERS' sngaged in the frontier disturbances , andlod ged iri the citadel ' on Cap . ; Diamond , attempted to escape " ; and two of them , named TheUer and Dodge , succeeded ; . but the three others ; were retaken " . ' Theller and Dodge Were supposed to be concealed in Quebec . " : '" , ' . ; - "• ¦¦; ... ' . ' ' . Y ' . \ The CouRT . i-The UBpleasatt weather " . prevented the Queen-from taking : her usual'rides on Wednesday and Thursday ; and Lord Melbourne having been compelled to leave the Castle to g ive Cabinet dinners add hold Cabinet Councils in town , it is to be feared that the Royal residence has been rather dull this week . —Spectator . '"

      . . Sydney . — ^ -Ensign the Honourable Wiiliam Skeffington . Foster , > son of Yiscqunt Ferrard , and hrotherto Lord ^ Massareene , has been appointed , by the Governor of Hew South Wales , Assistant Euliineer ... and" . Superintendent of Iron . Gangs - at Bishurst Road , Sydney ^ ' Mr . Foster holds a commiswon in the Ei ghtieth Regiment . . , The Ships fitting out at Portsmouth for foreign stations are the Ganges , 84 guns ; Racer 16 ; Dapkiie , 20 ; and Chameleon 10 . The Magiciemie , 24 , will shortl y be commissioued there ; also tbe Sapphire , 20- ; Curlew , 10 ; and Waterwitck , 10 . The JElna . survey ing ship , recently paid off , is to make another trip on the . same service as soon as she can be prepared . —Courier .

      . Mendicity Society . —A history of that useful institution , the Mendicity Society , would form a very curious work , in expo / mg the tricks , frauds , and impositions practised daily by the whole herd of mendicants on . the credulity aud humanity of the public . Many of these impostors fare sumptuously , and are seen at night , well dressed , at various places of public amusement . The Russian Government , we are toid , are about to establish an official journal in the French language , for the purpose of advocating their views on the Oriental question . M . Durand , editor of the Journalde Francfort , is said to have been appointed to conduct the new paper .

      Military Flogging . —B y a return laid before the House of Commons , it appears that during tbe five years ending on the 31 st December , 1836 , 1 , 22 / soldiers , that is , -245 soldiers yearly , of that part of the army within the United Kingdom , were subjected to corporal punishment By the same return , it appears that during the same period , 332 marines underwent the : same punishment ,. and that of these 1 , 559 persons , 242 were flogged a second time , and 44 a third time . " . Flogging in the Navt . —By the Parliamentary paper , No . 419 , it appear * that in the number of persons in the navy who suffered corporal punishment during-four years , was as under , viz .: — 1830 .. ; . 2 , 022 1831 i , 727 1832 .............. 1 , 762 1833 ........ 1 , 502

      Total ........ 7 , 013 In the merchants' service , these outrages on humanity are uncommon , and seamen are for the most part , governed on rational principles . Let us hope the public will p ersevere till these punishments on our fellow-subjects , so abhorrent to hunnuity , are entirely abolished in the army and navy . A Sound Sleeper . —On Tuesday week , some burglar-r entered the house of Mr . William Leunard , of Renwick , and , proceeding ' to h : s bed mom , took his trousers from under his pillow , and abstracted nearly £ 50 in gold and silver from the pocket ; they then stole a quantity of p late out ' of a cupboard which " they forced open , ' and drank the greater part of a bottle of gin , which they found in the room , without waking him .- —Hereford Journut . . ' •" ' ' :

      British Association .-By the result of the experiments made by the order of the British ,-Association , it has been fonnd that the tides in . the Bristol Channel , comprised in the space of the East Steep Helms , constantl y keep suspended in their waters at least 700 , 0 u 0 tons of mud . —Hereford Journal . , ¦ . Nine Lives Lost . —OnTuesdaymorningweek , about haif-pasc five , blowing a gale from the eastward , with a heavy surf _ on the coast , the brig Wonder , Bloss , master , from Hamburg h to London , with a cargo of wheat and pipe staves , got on sliore at Winterton , outside the outer bank . The chiet

      officer and crew of the Preventative Station immediately proceeded with the apparatus and Dennett ' s rocket ? , and succeeded in throwing four Hues fromthemortar and a rocket line ; but the crew would not venture to save themselves ' with the lines : although sever . 1 of . them laid hold . The life boat was " then sent for , but the distancebeing so ' far , * and the diffic-ulty of obtaining horses ' so great , she did not arrive until five minutesj after the last man had perished . ^; Fiye . lq « . their hold by the fall of the mainmast ... Nine ; men . and jone ; female . were drowned . The ; hoy was-providentially saved .-. by being washed on shore in the long boat , -which had broken away ; from- the vessel' before the crew- had ¦

      nmetojumpin . v ^ Suffocation in a Church .- ; -Notwithstanding the fair warning given to : the public-by the explanation of the deadly nature of the vapours whichemanatefromHarper aud Joyce ' s stoves ( the the more dangerous from being invisible , and nearlv inappreciable by the sense of - smell ) , we are yorry to observe that the churchwardens of a church in tbe metropolis have been ignorant ' enough to place one of them in the aisle for warming the cburcb , previous to the service of tbe next day ; and that , on opening the doors nest morning , the church was fonnd fu'l of vapours ,, and tbe person wha had betu appointed to watch the stove lying near it dead .

      We believe that the first-public exposure of the real nature- of-such stoves was made by Gay Lunae in the Institute of France ;• but , as the warning has been likewise given in " a- paper read , at the Royal Society herej and has been repeated -in various periodical ^ in Lundon , ' we cannot deem those without blame who expose . their fe . low : creatures to such danger . . We have seen , that such stoves are offered fo r " 8 ale in a ., ne 5 ghbouring city ; bat we hope that our countrymen are neither so ignorant as to believe that the vapour of any charcoal can be otherwise than a deadly poison , nor so improvident as -to expose themselves to it as the vehicle of heat in their dwelling-places . —St-ofeman .

      Dreadful FiRE .-MDn Sunday morning , atanearl y hour , the cry of Fire ! " was raised by the mouuted boree patrol near Woodfo ' rd-bridge , where a tire was raging in the interior of Woodtord-Roy" House ; the seat of Mr . Thomas Lewis , situate on an tmiuence on the eastern bank of the rirer Olne . The Woodford parochial engine was soon brought to the spot , and got to work from the river , and played admirably . By five o ' clock the fire had increased , and it was not till that moment that a messenger was sent to Lon-¦ donfor assistance . ' - Ho reached the Wellclose square station at a quarter , to six o ' clock , and Ute Jetfrey-« quare station atgix . T . he . engiues of . thatestablishmeat ,, were instantly ; despatched . . with a strong muster of the bngademen , under the direction of the foreman ot that eswblishment ., Crookland . ' They travelled at a ^ reat speed , but By the time they reached iWoodford , which was within 35 minutes

      after their < departnre , ; the conflagration was at u « height , and the mansion envelopHd . in flanesfrom its basement . to the rooL The , attention of ftose engaged at theengmesw ^ directed to ^ a ^ luouses , consutig of dairy , scaTlery , coich and cart-hons _ s , and srab 1 « V ' wiich vi < iv sifuafed . ad jacent . The WeUcloViJ square ei . j ! ii . W Wasbroiight into operalion immediately , aha th ^¦ 6 ru : » . K by their well-known experience , ' succeeded iii ^ erviug these ou tbuildinerwith but ' slight damage ; At a little , alter seven o ' clock the walls of the mansion feu inwards with a heavy . crash , andafter that time the flames gradnallysunk ; but the ruins , during the whole ot Monday omitted dense yolumes : of sm- ike . . It is said ' that the whole of . the properW ; is , insured in the Royal Exchange insurance office , and to its lull value .,. UpVardsof 25 worKihenare . -sufferers ; they had been at work in repairing'the'inan « ion , aiid left all their tools and instrument ^ which were entirely consumed . '' ' : ' ¦ '' ^' ¦^ i-- : : ' : ' -: lil- ' - > '• ¦ ;

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      Y ?* ^ V ?? - % * , Grace the Arehbistop of | ork will hold an Ordination at Bishopsthorpe , on Sunday , the 16 th of December . Murder and Highway Robbery , atHarb-FiELD i MiDDLESBX—Conkide ' rable ' excitement prevails at Hareheld ^ MiddleHex , in consequence of . tpe death of a ^ an of the name-of ; Edward . Jonw , who was waylaid , and 'brutall y . M-treated by twp persons a t . present ; uuknown . ; , ' 36 nes who wag sixty Sears' of ^ e ^ washead gardener W : Mj . Wilfiam ttayne . , , of Harefield-park , in whose service He had been but a ^ ew weeks . . Last Sa turday foVtnight he went to UxbrW ge : to call upon a feVfrienls rhat night he did-not return to few home at ^ Hare : aeld . l he next morning he was found ami . ng ' sdme timber over a . wall by . a constable of the Uxbridie police . He was almost insensible , ' and u ^ ori exannnation ^ his head appeared to have received some severe ; injuries : arid ' a great quantity of blood had

      is > uea trom the wohndg . A portion ' of the unfortunate man ' s hair was upon the timber . He was ^¦ W' ?^ : ^ ' < u ^ dge , j 6 i » mwh « i'tt £ * £ \ me ; : U P on' bdi ° K ' q « e « ioned , ' he stated that shortl y after he left the Swan and Bottle ; ne met two men " , who , on seein ' ghim , made way for n « m to pass between them . '' One of them then gave mm a tremendous blow at the back of his head '" wtich was immdiatei y repeated b y the other man ' He instantl y fell , ind for some time was unable to preathe . After this he scarcel y kneW what became or tnm . : He did not know how hegdt over , the wall , ° ut the general opinion is that he was flung , overi : & ¦¦> states ^ thathe had pome money in * bis ' , pockets , flat none was found en searching therii at ¦ his . hoint . h L Dgbr waa a PI »™ hended tiir-TueifdayJ week ; when the symptoms of delirium , which had previously shown themselves occasionally ; : assumed- an alarming character . From that day he graduall y suuk , anddied onFridavweeki ! ••; . ,:, " , '

      Noble Example of thVEarl . of EFFiNoi HAM . ~ At the time of the ' ' American revolution , the fcarl of Effingham held a commission " in the British- army ; bufvrheh the regiment in which he ¦ ¦• erved was ordered- to America , he wrote a letter ot resignation > the' Secretary , at War , in which he said , - _«' Icann 6 t , without reproach from riiy own " conscience , consent to bear arms- against my fellow i subjectis in America ' , iii what ; to my discernment : is not a ^ clear case . " - ^ Gordon ' s History . ¦ : Seasonable ' Generosity . —We have htfpn

      informed of an act of generosity , which at this time ia peculiarly opportune and seasonable ; this is , in the circumstance of Colonel Nprcliffe , of Langton Hall , near Maltori , distributing a short time ago , to all the poor in the village , a pair of blankets each , and half a sovereign inmaney to purchase any other necessaries they' might stand in need of . This well-timed act onl y adds another ; to the alread y numerous instances in ' which the worthy and respected Colonel has shown inVkindness and liberality , and which is wprth y of all imitation ; - Hull Advertiser . ¦ - . • -

      LOKDON AND . BlKMtNGHAM . RAILWAY . —Mr . Berry , the engineer , and manufacturer at Wolverton , has entered into a contract with the managers of the London and Birmingham Railway" to convey passengers , at one farthing arhead . and goods , at one halfpenny a ton , per mile , during the whole journey . —Derby paper . ¦¦¦ : What are . we / to get by ' the Canadian War?—Whatever may be the issue in a military point of . view ,, one consequence is certain—the involving of the penple . of Britain in additional debt

      and taxation however bentfieial it may be to the Aristocracy , b y enabling them : to tacten on the plunder of the public . The war of independence with the United States of America , which commenced in 1775 , and ended 1783 , cost Great Britaiu 135 millions ! The last war commenced b y the declaration of war by America , in June , 1815 , by tbe disastrous repulse of the British at New Orleans . Thirty months of feeble warfare , in as far . as the British were concerard , cost seventy millions . — Tail .

      Robbery by Smugglers , and Murderous Attack on the Officers . —William and Edvr . Churchill and Robert Newton , three smugglers , were charged before the mayor of Sunderland , on Thursday , with nearly killing several Custom-house officers and police , who vfere attempting to take them into custody on the previous day , on a charge of robbery and smuggling . On Monday the prisoners went on board a French vessel in the dock , where they saw thirty-six gallons . of brandy in kegs . ' In the niftht . time they crept into the hold , and managed to carry off the liquor . The captain gave immediate information to the authorities , who went in strong force to Churchill's house , but they found it barricadoed , aud bis wife was emptying the spirits from tubs into the street . The officers broke . open the

      house , when the prisoners , ar . o several other smugglers , not in custody , attacked them in a ' mor t furious manner . One of the officers , named Trotter , was koocked down , his bead cut open with a poker , and his chest dreadlnlly injured by the fellows jumping on him . Sergeant Joy . was similarl y treated , ' and several others were . wounded and- contused . The prisoners were comtmWii .-Sunderldiid Beacon . Loss of the Royal George . —The Roj / ul George , : 108 guns , Admiral Kempenfelt , sunk at Spithead , . 1732 . This . immense vessel had , returned but a : few days : before from an engagement off Ushant . It is stated , that at the time she sunk , there were on board nearly 600 prostitutes , - who perished with tbe greater part of the shi p ' s , company . The admiral was writing in his cabin when this calamity happened : " ¦ ¦ - ' "" '' - . ' -...-.. _ .. ' - .. - ;

      Highway Robbery and Attempt . at Murder . t—On Thursday evening week , . as Mr . R . 'lhomas was returning home from Abergavenny , a man accosted hire , and , as it was late ' , asked leave to accompany him on his' way , as he was going to Romney . Mr . Thomas assented , and on their journey the man induced him to go by the side of the tram-road , as being much nearer . They had proceeded to Llanwnarih-bfidge , ' wnen , ' in passing under the arch , the fellow- tripped Mr . Thomas up , and-falling upon him , endeavoured to prevent his rising ; but ^ being-a strong man ; ' be threw- him off j when four men , With blackened faces , suddenly

      appeared , and , after' throwing him down again , beat him dreadfully about the head ; kicked him until he was almbst senseless , " and . then" Tabbed him of £ 70 in gold and silvery' - The ' i-uffiansquarrelled amongst themselves as to the means ' of killing Mr . Thomas , some prdpbsing to'finish him at once , and ' others to thiow himiutotberiver , ' which last they did ; but MK'Thomas seized ; hold of some sedges at the siiie af the bank , Viy which he held himself up until the thit-yes had gone away , and * then ¦ climbed up the bank ; A' fejlbw , named Williamn , who first assailed him , " has been taken ; and , after an examination , fully committedfortrial . ' ' ' ' ' . "• ¦ '¦ !' '

      Flogging . In the Army and Na ' yy . —To the ' LordK S p iritual , aiid Temporal in ' "Parliameni assembled . The . humble Petition of' . the Lord Major , Aldermen ^ and Commons , of the'CiQ ; of London , in Common Couneilas-iembled , shewetb , That your ' petitioners , as the representatives of the Citzehs of London , "deem it to be an important ditty to express tbeir opinion to your Lordship ' s Honourable Hou 5 e , on any subject materially affecting the rijjhts , liberties ; or happiness of the community , or deeply involvi'uK the character and hbhour of their country . That the punishment of flogging in the Army and Navy , which for a long time past has engaged a'large share of public ' interest , and excited the abhorrence of all cla *> e « of societyl haif

      been espeeially forced on the attention of your petitioners "by two recent instances ^ of , milifHry punishment at Woolwich , which were speedily . follwwedby the . death of . the victims ., / That , your pvtitioners h ' elieve that the intmciency , of flogging , for the protnoiion of naval . and military discipline , is susceptible ofthe strongest proof , which fact or , argument could furnish on any subject . That your Petitioners are nevenheles 3 of opinion , that the cruel torture and debasing tendency : of . this system could not ' be . palliated , much less justified , by . any appeal to , expediency;—they recognise in it one of those flagrant outrages on the national morals , against which , the best , 'feelings , ; qf . T « ur common * nature instinctively revolt;—aud tthey , ; therefore , most sincerely , and earnestl y , bope . thataconeernforthe honour of ' the country audiitheiiepu ' ationof ; the Navy and Army of England , among neighbouring nation * , , combined with airegard , tp , public opinion ,. frequentl y , strongly andwithout distinction of

      . , ; . r party , yeryr generally expressed , will prevent anysattempt ' . . ' to . defeL ^ and maintain a mode of punishment demoralizing and degrading to those who inflict—to those ;; who suffer -T-and to those who . witness it .: T , h . at the i ^ stancek . to which your PetitioneM have alluded are only two out of many in which ; death has ,. speedily ; followed ; the infliction of . the . punishment .. Tbat . hQweve ' r heinous the offences in some of these cases may havj ) been , they were' not such a »; onany . princi ple of justice or ' morality ; could be visited with ; capital punishment , eveii in its ordinary form Uuaccompa ' -. nie 'd by protractea sufferipgj and that' this de . nruc ; - tion of human life has beeii accompanied with a species of torture utterly atyariance with the general spirit of our laws-the feelings and habits of our countrymen—and the precepts ol Christianity . Your Petinouers , therefore , pray for the . repeal of the laws which authorize flogging in the Kayy and Army .. . ... ' . ' . .. , " . ,. .. . !

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      Ihe Caruton CLUB .-It is said that tbe . re has been a great falling off this year in the subscriptions to the stock-purse of the Carlton Club . How to replenish is a question that puzzle * the financiers who have undertaken theimahagement of its money concern .- - v ^) . ^ .-, . ^ .,. ^ ., . ^ . _ ¦ ¦ The True AetW Governing ^ 'Iii the Jbarbaroud age *;"' sayrf fiir . Rush ' , •' " everything -partook of the complexion of-the-tiraes . Civil , ecclwiaBticalj- mi | itary , - . anu domestic punishmentg , wereall of a cruel nature ., Wth'Ae progress'bf reason and ' Christianity ; punishments' of all kindw have become less Revere ;' . ) 1 HusbandBivfathera . and masters how blush at the-histo ry of tbe times when wives , ichildren , and « eryant 8 .. were governed ' onl y by force . ' . The ^ orld was " created'm lpveL- rli is'irnVtained'byiilovs . Nation * and families thatarehappy are made so by love . ' Children are capable ' : of i loving in-a Irish degree . ^ Thtiyi niayj' therefore , bei governed aby love . " .- " ' ¦•; -i ¦¦ ¦¦ < - •¦ , . f .: ¦ , » ., ¦ ¦ , ' ' * T , . - > ¦ .,..,,: ,.

      THBOPHTHALMiAi ^ One the legacites of'the expeditions t ' o E gypt ffiri&g thewar ^ 'was ' tht ; intro- ' ductidn into Eardp ^ dfVheOphthalmTa , which is most difficult toreradi ' cate . ' ; Many ^ iri the ' army became q | ite 7 blind ? by-thi 8 ^ omplaint , - - andthere , were , it jsts ^^ I 4 ; 000 i ' of . the ' ; Belgian army , suffering fror 4 it ;| Wt winter , many of them became totally blind , in ^ fewv clayff S < 3 ^ X ; 4 i . :- , „ . '¦< .. ^ THE : : lMMH ^ j ^^|^ KER .-uGharife : ^ ., EmperoriofGerTmanjij i whentherahdicated the throne ! and retiree } : tortBeJnionasteryi iof : Stit Juste ,, amused himi < elCwithithe ; me ' chanicaI-arts ; fand particularly : wtthith » tofaiwata ^ aW . ) : , Heflne . dayiexclaimedj MWhatin ^^ iou ^ foblil muatihave been ,, to have squandered so' much blood arid treasure in an absurdi attempt to make all men thinkalike , when Lcannot ; even make a few watches keep time ; together . V .- < Dr . Robeftiohi ' ' , ; : •; ,.::: ' < : ¦; - ,-:-l-.- ... . : , .,- ¦ , - > ' .,:,

      ; The Tower ; of LoNboN . i- . Professbr Grisbpni ifay ^ - ^ Exceptin ^ the church , - tha jewel . office , arid theihouses belonging to ' the dmcers , the Tower may be considered . ' as a great arsenal , or deposit of warlike instrument ? , and a museum of the armorial equipments'of'the-English ; in historical suieceasion' ; fromihttK'iTliest piirinil- ^ n which ' firetarms , » ' « : re - eni » iplojea ? - . " InnSe- . KbriSt i armoury , all the King ' s , of England ; "from ' the Conqueror to George ' ; Il . j are represerited ^ din' horseback' / dressed- in' the full and apprdpriate ' costurhe ' of war ; ' "The armour ' of John of Gaunt '; i |;|[ e : ' ven' feet higb y -and a * complete suit made for Henry ? VIir . , ' when he was eighteen years old , is six feerhi g h . - Queen Elizabeth is represented itanding beside a cream-coloured horse , ahd dressed

      in the same armour ; which ' she wore in the camp ' at Tilbury , iu 1 S 88 . Some are completely covered with polishiid sieel from hedd to foot , -others - enly with breastplates . ' : ; Bnt the room in-which the ' small ' arms are'kept ' will , perhaps , surprise the stranger , as much als ' any "( ither . ' In ' one aparrmeni ; of 345 feet in length , ' he 8 ee ' s arrahged , in the most complete order , " aims ' for / 200 , 000 men , " ¦ ' ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ¦^¦"'• v ^ ^ PRE ^ EimrE . fq ^ . ' Accid . ents . ' ^ A 1 ¦ preventive to accidehDi . pccrirriijijj ' , j it ni gh | t " on the fail ways , will commence dn Monday on the London and Birmingham ; arid Great . yV , esteVn ^ ' KaUroir ( s . ''*; The ' police con 8 tahles . are to . pe plaQeS ' amiK ' dis ^ nt / fro ' m ' eaeh other o ' n the line , and to ! meet half way . ' ' Each

      officer to carry in the frbrit qf his uers ? , n three li ghts of green , red , ' an J yellqw , ' ^ pnle ' of which" is tp be shown , on the ap ' prpach p fa ^ tram j ^ wardi London or departureiof ' one from it . ' . ' . ' ~ m ¦¦' . ' : ' 'V- ''' i *' - '''"' ¦ '" ¦ - ¦^ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " ' ' ¦ - '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' \ ' i :, \ ji , n'i'iH ¦• ' ¦ Jt-. i ' ¦¦ - , :.:: ¦ Sudden jDeaths . — Aryouugj . wpman has ., been arrested in a village ; . ; of th e , Haut Bhin . on .-suspicion of having poisoned ; her . father , and , ; twq of her . brothers , whose sudden deaths , at short intervals . during ihelast few months badexciied suspicion , and whose bodies , when exhumed and . examined , . presented evident traces . of the . action of . arsenic . : The , cause of this crime , is believed ; to have been . the reproaches ¦ made to her by her . victims for . her improper conduct with a young miller of the . 8 ame ; village , whom her father hadirefused to allow her to marry . , ; r . : 1 ' .

      Dreadful Shipwreck . —A boat with ei ght men on board and a cargoof twenty-two horses , whilst descending the Rhone a few days since , was driven by , the current against an enormous rock opposite the village of Aramon aud immediately went to pieces . All tbe men on board succeeded i iri ' gaining ihe shore , though" with considerable difficulty , ' but seventeen of the horses perished . Three -of ' the animals reached a small island , andoneof the two remaining horses , which was blind of an eyej' swam to a meadow , where he , was . found quietly grazing next morning . ; .. :. ' ,. ; ..- ' , .-. -. ¦ ; ' i , t i ^ jr ; ,: ; :- . ¦ ,. ;

      Death in a Factory ; - — Ori 'Saturday last , John Davie * , a man employed to attend theijark ' mill , belonpng - to Mr . ' Thomas Topham , - tanrier , '¦ Chester , was found dead and dreadfully mangled inthe mill . From the evidence adduced at the inquWst ; before F . Thomas , Esq ., coroner , - it appeared'there is a safeguard used to cover the cutters in trie mill . This was found off , and the poor'fellow l ying amongst them , with one arm dragged from his » hod y , . and his ' frame otherwise horrioly " mangled . — Camarvmil Herald . . - >¦¦ .- . ¦ . ;";

      Sudden > I ) eath .--As th » Highlander coach left ; the village of-Beauly ; on IH ' onday evuningj a young lad , snriof Mr . Roderick ' . Morrisonj . wood manager ; there , clung for a short distance to the guard ' s seat , ¦ and in drop ping himself dow n , ; lost his balance ,- and , ! from the . bursting ' of a . blood vessel , instantl y ' expired . — -Edinburgh Advertiser . '¦ .. '¦ ' , ¦ ., - j ,, ! Grain by . ; Weight . —There , is a common pfo- ' verb . which says , " It ' s an . ill wind , that , blaws naebody good ; " and , however much . we may regret ; the inferior quality of the grain for the last two years , the public- , wiUbe glad : to ,. , learn , that the quality , ; is ; now , ; , proved by [ weight , instead of sample . and ., measure .. as formerly .., . The , graindealers have been led to adopt the wei ghing system , in consequence of the deceptive appearance which has been common' to grain , particularly ' oats , ' of late . — Aberdeen Herald : ' . ' ¦ ' ' :

      A MuNfiHAUSEN . Lie . —A most . extraordinary medical cause , is , reported , . b y the Hanan . Gazette as haying ; jeceatly , occurred at . Betiin , whure , . ' a ' Polish countess ,, who-had <^ ever ; since the , < death ! of her husband experienced , frequent . pains iri : ; , the chest ,, was put under . thejcare of . Dr . Von Graffe , ' by whom it wasultimatel y . decided that , amputation of one of the breasb * , was necessary . The operation was performed , .. when the ' re w . as discovered in the breast a perfectly formed foetus of several months ] .. Dreadful Accident . at . Drury-Lane Theatre .- Between' ' eleven ' ¦ and" twelve o ' clock

      on Thursday night , a"dreadful accident ' oc ? urred 'at . Drury-lane' Theatre ^ whilst the new piece called The Spirit of Air was being ' performed ; ' " In " that part which Messrs . Gilbert and'Williams appear aij aerial , spirits , the wires 'by , : which ) th ' ev were ~ sus-i pended snapped , ! and ' they . were preci p itated , to the floor of the Istage ^ a height : : of upwards of twenty feet . " They i : were ' immediately . conveyciL to . the green-room , apparently . arisensible , : and bleeding from the nose and . mouth . v Surgical assistance -was promptly procured , buf-they ; are . so ' dreadfully bruised as to be rendered incapable of resuming their , performances for Rome time . t . - " ,. ;

      Gallantry ; and : iNTRi ' au'E . T ^ An anecdote to the following purpose isgoing ^ the round of the papers : —Oue of the most pl # a « ing eantdlrices of the Parisian stage was a ' short time since : ona : pro > viricialtour : with her , husband ,-Jwhe . n she found , her ^ nelf exposed" to the disagreeableassiduitiesof ; a rich old Turcaret of one of the priucipal towns of France ! This per < pn could . devise , no other means of makjng himself , welcome tbthe lad y , flaan . b y ^ writing . hef f a . very . impertinent ; letter , > nd ; enclo 3 ing ; in . it ; , a note for . fiOOf .: Fueling the \ aaUlt very warmly , the lady put the ; pote into ^ be . r » husbabd ' 8 ,, hands , , wh "b , ' to avenge . himself , ; as . ^; inari ; of , wit . and > good . sense ; wrote exactly a . similar note to the wife , of , j . the ' ; oid gentleman , a young woman like bis own , enclosed in

      it the 600 f . note , arid ' sent it to her with , all proper mystery a | id' precaution . ' . . 'This ' ^ lad ^ ,, ' not ' less ini suitedi ' iii . her affectib ' us'thari'th ' e '' ca »/ afrfcf , gave ' the letterlto ' nef . husb ' andjjVho . . cpn ceale'd his astonish ; - ment , and affected to ' treat tfo affair as'bne that had better . We hustied . up : than ' made ' a noise . ' about ^ . His wife ; however ^ who was . riot awire . of ' the real oiri dumstauces of-the case , yas'by no mean * disposed to take . ft so eMity ^ 'SB ' d ¦ : acojB ^ diiig ly ^ went ; off ¦'^¦ jilB cahtairice to jtell her , of her'iiiisbarid ' a supposed lrifi * dejity ., ! An . exp lanation . ' ensuedjlah'd the ' result has been ' a legal ' demaiSd- ' p f . '' Bep ' ajation ^ cory ^ ep /^ L . madehyt ^ elaay . ^ ainsi- ' thebidgentlem ^ nani'iIjiesseiiger ^ i ^' : ' : ' ^ v ,- ? . ^ i ' ' '; '' : ! ' ^ t .,, Exe ^ ' eTION . OF . Q ' tj : ' a ' KBB 8 F&OM BERVINiS-0 Jf the Gjband ^ URY . ' ^ Ai , gep dem ^ n p ' am . ed , Johbr sp ' n'lwasBummonedtoserYe'WtaVGm

      ^ e . ciaimea . M . exemption . under > the-Act ! on . . the grpund . tbat -hf . . A ^' b ' elpngea rt « . ; th ' etSociety :: : « f f ^ ' ^^^^ f ^^ We yUrtie j ^ reman ^ inl . formed u ^ e , Court ; teat : tb ; app | i . 6 ah , i 1 hatt ; withd ;^ n f f ? m' ) hat . , WP . ? , ot ^ . Mr ,, J [ bh , n 8 ohUl Have ' a ^^^ . ^^¦ fNdWst ^ kin ^ . ^' oak AI ( leW ^^^ r ^ glsuall-n ^ JgeC a Juryrif gentlemen ; , are . a . llow ed , tQ jump-up ; and raise these objectipna . ^ My ., Jphnson ' - ^ Then th eJa ^ shouia . j ? e : altered ., I ^ aim ' . au .. exeni pHon under . the '' 'Act > b itnowstand 3 . , The . 'RBc 6 rder ^ on Act , saidlttie . exetnption . ^ extended : : . not dnly ' tb Quakers . and Mqraviansj ; . buttp ! thbse vi \ io had been member . ^ jof . those ., religious ¦ communities . ' It was , there ! prej' , c ' ear that M . r . Johnson ' s application must be entertained . ' . , , , Trie applicant ' . then left the ' Court , . ' , .: ' . ' . " ., " .:,: " .. " ' . " , """ , "";! " ! ' ! , . .... . . ¦ i ... ¦ ,. . . •)• >¦ j

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      lHBSi ' ecfe assertsahat the French Ambassador at Borne , and all the members of the French Cabinet are , to receive the decoration of the Papal Order of St . Gregory the Great , on occasion of the evacuation of Ancona . . . Worcester Workhouse . —S " or upwards of thirtyyears the unfortunate persons inthe house of industry i or < Workhdiise , . ' at 1 iWoreestef , ' ; have ^ been permitted to . receive trifling presents from their friends Ci insisting ' of tea ^ s ' ugar " and ' . a Utflff butter oeca - sipriallyV- ¦ Thispr ' aetice seems' to'have « given " great offence . to' ; the ; . PooR Law . j Cbmmi 8 sioners , lw . ho : have iniiructed ^ Sir E . Jlead , the . , assUtant-commissipnijij of the district , to put ^ an end j to . it . ' Sir ' Francis went to the ' poarhouse lately , ' and' after inveighing

      ngainst the enormity of permittingp ' auperstO'receive such ; indulgences . hBj ; threatened ,, tp ; inflict .,, a ; fin _ e of £ 5 ., uponthe governor if ,, ever , he offended , again . The Guardians last weejctiad ' . a ^ meeting ' upori ^ this sjjnject , ^ v » h ' eri theycctmeto an ° n'&imduKresolution tp permit aged paupers : to j receive , presenhi of ; teaj sugar , , tobaccp , f , &c . from . their friends , ; but icom-. manded that able-bodied men , apd women , " the mothers of illegitimate children , should' not 'be allowed the ' samelBdulgence ; H ' orcgife ) S / fj > e- ( % roM . 1 Chukch- ; Eatbs ;^ A' few . days . since the . churchwarden ' s collector , for the parish , of .. -,. called , for several years' ^ rrears of church ' rates due 'from ' a respectable firrn , "drie ^ of - wiipnvis ' a'high churchman j andthe-other a Quaker , ie 9 tertaining the ; well-known scruples of , his sect ^ gainst any . paymentto , the established church ' ' . " . Botli partners ' were' present , and * tHe ' : following < caWoipf' * ensuedt—Colle ' etor ( presentingrhisiaecount ) : ; ftl have calledIforithe

      arrears , of cnurch rates . " [ Churchman : . / . ' . . Hush , ! Doji't ; you _ pbserv . e .- my partner \ tf here , who pays nothing tp the dhurehP" ' - Coileetbr ( addreHsing the Qifafeef ) : E' Oh I ' 'don't trouble yourself i abbut thatj sir , . not ' , a * farthing' of this . 'rate , I San : assure you , - goes . towards , the . support , of the church ; jt ' spnly raised to pay . the expenses . f collecting . " , " " . '' , ' [ i iscENpiARi ' sM . —On ' Saturday hiornirig last ari ' . alarm was giventbat a bam called Highlands Barn , ' at LpngiWittenham , ! the property of Mr , . William ; Hayward ,, and in , the occupation of .. Mr .,. George iHayward , wason ' fije . ' The fir ? *^ first ' discovered ¦ . atallttle before . ' eBypn i'docK ^ and we are ' soffy . ' to say that the- building ,,, together with . about ; lorty quarters of unthrished , barley , was totally consumed . ; A man named William Ejessel , ' was taken ' upon the spot , ' on suspicion' of-being the perpetrator -of * this ^ calamity , and ' : conveyed < before Mr . William . Htiyr ward ,, the owner ,. whojs a magistrate , and , who , remanded him for further examination before the

      magistrates of our gaol on Monday last , ' when he was accordingly brought 'before them .- The- following is . the substance ; of . the evidence then given : —/ The , prj t soner is a . iabourer , ^ aud had . been in"thei employ , o . ' Mr . George ] Hay ' ward ' abou £ - four ' days previous ' . ' tb the mbrriing of ihe -fife ^ bu ' tiwas on -the preceding eveningidischarged ! from , his seryice . ^ -fle Was seen on the Saturday . mormng ,.-aboutl , six , o ' clock , in the village , and about half-past six , was seen by two persons coming across some fields at a brisk pace , in the direction from'the ; b ' arn 'i which was a short time afterwards ; discovered tobe . onifite . ¦ He . was afterwards seen in the , village , and on the alarm being ' given , went' ;! iri ' company , with ' others , ' to the fire , where he assisted iri ' putting it out , when be appeared to be very much agitated , trembled , and turned pale . - This and * other circumstances . of ; a suspicious nature indi'ced . Mr . Hilliard to direct the constable

      to take him into custody , and ori being searched , ' a knife ,-a flint , andpipe , were taken from his person ; the ilint . had the appearance , of having . been recently used having a notch jn it . His shoes were also taken ' off arid compared with the footmarks in , the land , ' over which the persons deposed' they saw one resembling the ' : prisoner ., in- person and dress ; run aeross ,,, ' and : they corresponded . in every , particular , nor was ' tfiere any other track in , the same direction . Tbis' - 'ba ' r'ri waa nearly full ,. and locked ; no ; ' person hadbefn at work'there since the harvest . - ' There

      was- sufficients room , , for ! a ; : person , to . introduce his hand between the ,: twp . dpors . of the barn , which were old , and did hot shut close . , Tht » prisoner ^ . on being asked if he . had anything" to say to the charge brought against him , declared his iEndcence , :. but ' said he could bring forward the , person who did , ; theact , and substantiate the charge against him . He gave the HiAgistrates the name" of tfie'individual whom he irripjicatedj addin ^ j rthat he ^ aw-him ^ t the'barn'dbori while .-he ( theiprisohe ' r ) jiwas , m : the . field , ! and . that , hi ^ 8 aw ; a ' ' sp ' ark > o £ l ] re ,, ; ., the ms ^ istrates ,. w : puld not give credit to hisstateinent ;; and cprisideredihe eyi-! d ^ nce 5 fully : : warwrii ; ed % em'in ^ committing the pris ' oriep'forvtriaf' ^ the ' neSc ^ aiisi ' ie ^ preyioui , charabtejf ; is not atall fayourable ,, - he having

      been . c . pnyicted . and ., imprisoned for . nine months for breaking thrashing machines , arid be has been since then '¦ ' several times in custody for poadiing — On Wednesday- nig ht last - ano . ther iacendiary . ^ fire occurred in the farm-yard of . Mrs . Shepherd , ; at Sandford , near . Marcham , and which , but r for the late very heavy fall of rain , would mosli unavoidabl y ' . have been attended with very serious damage . "The ! fire was , ' however , confined'to a straws rick , ' ' which ; being very damp ,, did not Ijurn . fiercply , otherwise i the stable , which is built of . wood , arid . which is riot ; ab ' ove half a yard apart frbrh the rick , ' would spee- ' dily'haveignited . 11 ' The neighbours iramediatelyreri ' - ! dered their assistance , and with the aid of . a plentiful supply of water confined the damage as above stated . ; Reading Paper . ' , / ' . "" ' "' , '

      ' Inquests . " A coronor ' s jury at an in ' j uest , ' held ; on Tuesday , evening week , : on the > corpse of Kobe ' rt : Wafaon , - who strangled . himself in bed at the Blue ! Anchor . Tavern , St .. Mary ' 8-at-hijl , returned-a , ver- ; diet of ' Temporary , derangement . " The deceased was ei ghty-eig ht years old ; and , . according to the account given . hy-. hiraselftP thelandlord of ' the Blue ' Anchor ^ a few , days befpre ,, his death , had , been engaged in singular adventures . The following N the story related to ' the Coroner ' s Jury by the ! innkeeper : — "Watson said- that he had been deepl y implicated in the riots of 1780 , and thatat ithatperiod hewasprivatesecretary-to . Lord Georg ' eiGor- don . He afterwards became-President for a time to the London ' Corresponding Society . - Having

      resigned that situation , he suffered various vicissitudes in foreignicountries ';* and-bein ' g at Eome'in the year 1812 j- " ne became acquainted with a , person jwho had in . his possession several important , documents relative to the Stuar . tfamily , and to the secret history of the Papal Government , ' 'particularly with' respect to its connexion with the exiled royalfamily , , . Hayine made this discovery , he communicated- it ' to' Lord Castlereag h ; who ' authorized- him to procure the documents in . question at ; -auy . price . ; / After , much difficulty , he succeeded iri- obtaining'them ; and- a frigate was , s . ent , out by , the ^ Eng lish ; . Government to bring him . with the documents to . this country . In the ' , mean , tiriis ! J '' , th " e Papal '' G , overnraentj . being ' apprizedof the . ' existence '' of the [ document , ' seized *• ¦ ' -I I lr- /^ - ^^™"

      . '' ' arid'set its seal upontheni . ( 'After much ' n ' egoiin . tiou , the Papal Government consented to giveup those portions of the documents that related to the Stuart family and thw country ^ on conditiHn tha t it should be allowed to retain ' those papers which referred to its bwn " acts 'in behalf : of ;/ the : Studrts . '¦ ¦ Lord Brougham ( then Mr . ' Heriry * Broughara ) ' was the chief riegptiatPr in the' ttani > actiori r ' between tha 'English and Papal' Gov'Srnments ^ - and from him ¦ . Watson had , received several sumslw money , though notall that had been origipaUyJpromised . .. to . hiin . ' ! Tte Morning Pos ^ gjyea some additionai particulars iioif : Watson ' s " life if * " Ori ' f huwday , the Blui 'Anchor ' was visited-by ¦ a > nu ' mber > of gentlemen to view the body of deceased : among whem were two

      , who identified him as the ' uncle . : of ; a medical gentle-: . man of i the' same ; name , ¦ carrying- ; on a most extensive oractice . at Leith , where' they believed deceased had sl 8 eprSctiBed'many years ago as arfoctoroflaws ; Itwaswtea'by brie pf : ' the " witriesses sit ' the inquest ) that deceased . had told , him , he waa ,, once , tried for cpnspi racy ^ r It ' was « aid ithat , at |; A |' perio ( l ., iiJludet tp , Ja , reward pfJiiOOi ' was .. offered by ; goyernmeritfo ] his apprehension'j'but « that ^ he evaded ,, detection by beinggepretedin | ! the . house ' ' of , Lord iDudley anc ^ ard , ' . in ;^' dflh ; . ' ; , frdm ; ii » ijiiphi through tKeinteres of-LadyjM'tDonald , .. h " e . ; managed to \ escape on . board a vessel for-the purposepfbeing ; conveyed to Sweden The ship , however / was'boarded offSheerriess ^ : am i Q e , * a 8 ' , takeri ;(> n ^ pre and ^ arreited ' . Upon ' the ^ upribi

      S ] Ho . n ; that , . hH . wai , tlie ,, notoriqus : 'T ^ with whose party , he was , . ' without-doubtyUeeply implicated ; but , after ... undergoing , examination jKhe v * aa allowed , to procesd'O ^ bis . spyage . f From t § yr , ederi he went to Paris ; wh 8 rehe 5 lodg € d ; witb theiforesti keeper ; of ) Napoleon iBonap ' artej ' arid ^ throughiiih ^ influence gained an introduction ' ti fihe'Eniperor who ^ eriga ' ged ithe ^ decease ^ English latogaage ' j ^^ him tQthe .. Pre 8 % cy , , s f ,, the , Scotch : C . pllege ,, ^ , of , ; 5 , 0 pPfranra , perjaniium , ; wJtiich office ' ., UeiHeld ' six years . , I ) uringJthe > latter .-p 6 rtipn : of the ,- . time , hi ntnefaisuovcr j «•> lUDi relative

      jmaae ^ ' . oajiBrB . ; toitbi Stuart ' family aua ' 'tlie !; Papal' ! see . ' ^ Resigning hii 1 appointment } ' . hes ^ ^ pfdee ^ e ^' -to ^ Rbmeso as'befOTe ' s ' tatedV ' and ' at'the time'he ' - was ' negotjaiing ' , with ' Lord Castlereagh / or the ; . document in ^ stio ' ,, he had receive ^ j iaccov ^ ing'to the sarne statement ^' a free VaVd 6 n ^; WWch ; . he , kept ; in ; the ; p 6 ; pke ^ be lost . ' At the time the deceased came . toith ' e Blue Anohpr . flrst , he had in his ; possession > a , box ^ which ' he Htated * ontained papers of great ; importance , bu whiohy ' ori ^ leaving townforBath j he took with'him | and as stated "by "him ori his Teturajieft'it'there ; 1 No fewer than nineteen wonndsf have been'diseovered on various jar te . of , the body ;;?;'' . ' . V ; V % ii £ Z ' ¦ ' . i ' v .-.=.- < j ' - . '—> . ' ¦ : )¦ .- . -.. r )(; :. i : ! c .:.-i .-, v ;' : w .. 'r ' ' .--. - . - .. > ' T ..-t . W . 11

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      ^ INDEPENDENT " ' BIliTISH . ^ i j TpgAff / oie ^ of ^ Tuesdayjiin an attack on Mr . YThiDtlEj asks : ^ " In : what previous age of the

      World ; 'br . by what mouths but ] the'foul ; dnes of theso ] levellers , f . would . itj . be talked of as an ^ injury to labouring : men , ' ! iBia ! co . untry . where they eould np . t be sure of sixp ' e ' nce-a day ,. to aid them-to emicrato j sr ' jf . ' 1 . il : ; i i " ' . ' ... . ... i " to British provinces , Where , ' with industry , . they j ' -IU V-lShlj . - . i ' -......,. ' , ! .:- ) . l . V ; --Twouldbesure of , abunda . nce ?" ¦ ., -,.,... ¦ , .,, , 4 y ) Whatf- and'has / it indeed . come to . this ? . After fte ftgw Poor ; p ^ 'that ^ Great ; Boon ; to the Poor ^ 'l ' whose ^ ir ' ect endj intention , arid , object is ;» llegedj . tp bei > to ( f ' . elev . ate . . the . . labourer to all 'i ' independent" position—after -this act ; has been so

      long . iu . operatinn , in agricultural district ?; dbea th , 9 We can ' tell him , that if that calculation has . never , been , . made by . him , . it , ia begmniri |; ' toP- 'bV ; made by the labouring men , Bgriciin ' jral njVd ; niechj . pic ' a'l ; •' 'They . ; -are ^ 'heginnipg

      to estimate , -with some : degree t of accurapy , tha increased aggregate . of . wealth ;; which ; 'by . their labour ,. is being . every . year jhrought-intp existence ; they are ,. looking at the . respective , portions of .. this , wealth which : they -receive , and oiffwbich vthey are ; robbed- ; ¦ they ; tare . becoming ; acquainted with the ; grand ^ ecret ^ thejmeans by . which the . Tpbbery h ^ been effected- ^ and the Globe and his patrons % will ' soon find that thfjy .: know . a better mode of remedvingithjst . sta te p f , thjpgsHh ? n ' . the acceptance of the ; kindly proffered"" ' didioehiigrate . " .. '•• The Gloje tells the . working ' m ' eii . whom it would " aid to

      emigrate" that in " British provinces , ' with industry , they ' wp ' uld be sure . of ' abiindance . " The Globe forgets to give' an y . ' proofs f of this ' . "being sure . oit abundance . ' , ' ' , 'We much ' marvel that The ' Globe ' ~ and ori such a . suDJe ' ct too—should expect " credence on mere assertion ; . but suppose it to be so—suppose that in some thiniy peopled provinces the p ' roducti ye classes may now be able to commanda better returit for their labour than in England . 'What then ? Tiriie was when they were better off in Englandau&'is The Globe not aware that the same ! -j > tem " o £ misrule and corruption ,, which . has ground tha labourer to earth in England . is . being . constantly developed and called into exercise in all the

      Provinces , as fast'as circumstances will permit—and will speedily reduce the children of the present emigrants ( supposing them to be , mow as well off as ' The Globe would insinuate ) to the' wretched condition whieh- forced their fathers , from ,- their native land . But British labourers have hearts—they have feelings anrl affections—they love their- children , ; and wish for their welfare ; and hence , they have no notion of taking a great deal of ' trouble—enduring many hardshi ps , besides the pangs of expatriation , for the mere chance of impartially improving , for ! k ^ shdrt < p ' eriouj ' " """^ their ^ own condition , ' with the certainly of leaving to their ohildren ; . ¦ the . ¦ heir-loofn . of unalleviated

      wretchedness- , when . " with much less-trouble , provided they act unanimounly , ' they can possess themselves ! of the only effectual' means ; of improving their condition without stirring from home . The labourers . > kriow : that the . power of . ' legislation , exercised by . their oppressors , has brought them ; to the condition in which they nowareijand they know that the , power of legislation , - | fflb * n ; it shall' ha— - ^ exercised by , themselves ,, will . compel the blood and profitraonger- ^ if not to . disgorge ' their ; already , illgotten gains—at least to ( lock . up . the jaws of . ravening , and abstain from further plunder . - . ¦' . , ' =, -,

      ¦ The Globe asks :- «' Whatjo ^ er elass : in the empire , : w . henthey find themselves ,, as : so ; many ; do , straitened , at . home ,. hesitate- to ¦ accept any , offer though it were at the antipodes , which affords a vista of , independence-4 thbugh with the prospect of loDgorlife-ldngiexHepV , ; There is no " otferelass . in . the empire ' , situate like . the labouring ; class agricultural and : mechaaical .. The ' labourers know that , if- ; the ' y bebut > true ;; to themselves ,:: their cpnditionimay . be and ! shall . be , ' greatly improved . a * home . The if . other " . —that is , to say ,. the idle and the harpy iolas ' sesknow . that ...: . , ¦ :. . ; , : , ; JV

      ; '; -.-..- > u " . Ths power of mischief can no farther go ; " :.. ;¦ j that ; . extortion , and . violence . and legal fraud are already practised in every possible shape , and that •' ¦ i ;• ¦ ' iA ^ Un ^ i leechea h ang on every , yein j ' . hence , the birds of prey naturally , go . out in search' of new carcases . ¦ .. ; . ; . '; : ¦ . . , . ¦ The G / eJe says , further on— « We -are not for emigration where other resources than a ' paupertilled soil exist tcgive the people well-paid

      employment at home . " . .. Precisely , such is -our ^ p inion ; and because we know that the . ff , resources" of . ' thig country , if honestly . , administered , ; are abundantl y sufficienti to ; create , a plentiful supply for all . We are happy to see , the labpurers generali y . " indepen-. den ^;; enpugh to spurn the " aid to emigrate , " which th . factions would give as a substitute ' tor their own share , of the ^ wealth which they , are able to . produce , and do continuallv produce here . . ' " ,

      -: Butj says the Globe—^ This . cannot always he the case even inilands . best ; administered . It is nob the fault of Lord ' . Fitzwilliam , ' or of , other such Liberal . Legislators , if all the commercial fucilitiea for empleyment are not yet availed of , which might he opened with a liberal commercial code—and to expert to supply their .. place , . and supersede the netessity of emigration by a | ix and . " livUh Poor I Jim administrfttipn- ^ ior that is another nostrum of the 'Ultraa'bf bpth ^ Jfms—and' ~ another 1 tty ^ " supppse ,. in the accu ^ atipn , of Lord FiTZwiiaHAM- « were truly . worthy : of , the , wisdom . of the ! WHiTii , r s and ^ other wpuld-beconfincators , of the whole w ^ ij u of diecpuntry to the support of hop eless and ^ hife . . less , pauperism . "! ,, r i . . .. ; ' . '' '" " '

      ; 5 . This . i 8 atruesample , of , the . falsehood and insolenpe , which ever . characterizes thejallusions ^ of the ifaptipns . to the , "labouring . men /'; . [ It is' * the fault of Lord ; ¥ iTZWilliam , and of other such Liberal iIegiHlat 9 rs , " ,, thati th » . lawft ; of the . country , being ; m adeby the rich for the accomplishment pf theit purpoB . e . B , aad the maintenance of their . ascendancy iare , so icpnttived as , ito ,, be continuallyi rendering the iMir . espu . rceBJ of the ,, country ayailapJe oni y for , tie . inoroasBiOf j their . fulness and ; of the , ppor . man ' g poverty . i ^ he ififfoJe suppose * that . Mr . ; MmtTha

      wdn ; the . Radipals . would .. «• Bupercede the nece 8 . f ^ ity . bf •^ migration by , a J < w . - «»»* lavish . Poor L ^ aamiiustration , ' , ' , ; . They would dp no such tiiiyg . They ' jW . ould ' causethe ., ' ! resources " , of the ,. country , : , tp jbe more . honestly , . directed to the sustenance ^ . QUikh .-n ¦ . \ . Kandith !^ 'laupersede" hot , only tha «« n ^^|* EjTto ^ 5 _ ii 2 emigration , ^ , f ial . p , the necurisity . for . * l ^« sjf ^ P ^ f- ' 5 «? jrf , / flt'isA , Popr ^ a , w ^ dministratipn , . ' v ^^^ ' >" its _ thoasands and its . . tens . jof . thousands ouj ^ fp ^ jji ,,, pqokets of tne poor , fprtbe purpose of filchg ^ m ftafj > . \ , the . poorest ; of ; the ; ppor a . small , portiou- < Sj ^™^; j : flU 8 erable :. pittance . ; : fr , u . ,,,. -, . ; 4 ;; , ,, , ^ j ^ jjjj * . . uL ,,, p .. _ l ,:. ; , , ; . v :., ^;; -: « -, y ,: : ^ . ;^^ :

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      Suicide . —An inquest was held on 'ihuri week , in Gray ' s Inn Hall , on the body of i . ; , C . L . Hurley , a solicitor of the Inn , who cot i mitted suicide by shooting himself through tin head . Deceased had been in a low dei ^ onding state for some time , inconsequence of some famil y ' ' affairlp Verdict , " Temporary derangement / iS ^ i '

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      December 1 . 1838 . - „ - Mrtw _ THE NORTHERN STAR . . ~ ' " " i ' i i " ' "!

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 1, 1838, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1034/page/3/