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      MT FIVE-ACRE COTTAGE THAT STANDS NEAR THE GREEN . il tb « dawn of the day when old Freedom Bh&ll -waken And tire change * pass ove-i this - » roe-beta * n scene ; •^ jjen the haunts of dull tyranny all are forsaken , And plenty shall triumph where hanger has been ; - Uie choice I wonld make , could my wishes-be granted To spend ill the days of my labour serene , And , ah ! tis » jewel for which I ' ve longpaated , A neat little eottofe to stand near the green . A neat little cottage , A sweet little cottage , A five-sere cottage to stand near the green

      ffith » to * of smart poplara gttcefully waving , ¦^ There in summer the iliatletoe nestles her young ; 1 wonld graft eTery stem round with roses unfading , Ajjd woodbines should 'twine o ' er the bnds as they iprung : Ml garden wifli borders that daises adorn , Vhtr * i tire for my bees in a corner is seen , And the hedge , with its sweet knots of white-blossomM thorn , Encircling &T cottage that stands near the green . Encircling my cottage , My sweet little cottage , " jIt fiTe-acre cottage that stands near the -green .

      I'd grow my o ^ sm cabbage , my carrots , and broccoli , And that " best cf all flowers , the cauliflower too ; gweet marjorem , sage , thyme , and fine celery , To fitlen my pot , or to season my stew ; With a nice bed of peas , and my kidney beans training , And , on these w ^ uld I tend at the close of each e ' tn ; Then -cp -with tue iaik , as the morn she ' s proclaiming , Jo wali rouqJLmy cottage that stands near the green . j To walk round my cottage , My sweet little cottage , Jly fire-acre cottage that stands near the-green With a died where to shelter my light plough and

      harrow , And a spot for a storehouse , te thrash ont my grain ; A still for my cow , tmha nook for my barrow , And a stye for those pigs "which niy farm might maintain ; A plot of potatoes , of turnips and cloTer , Of wurzie , or what else experience might glean , But the best for mj corn which my skill could discover , The sUty

      And as oft for myself , as my wants might decide ; With knitting , and spinning , and carding , and reeling , ily raiment supplied by each home-iiiiprcvd scheme , How life would glide on , as by God " B own reTesling , Within my neat cottage that stands near the green . W ithin my neat cottage , My sweet little cottage , My five-acre cottage that stands n-. ar the green . William Hick , Leeds : Author of the Chartist Song Book .

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      SPAIN . The apprehensions entertained for the ma nteaance of pface between Spain and Portugal had entire !) subsided . Genezal Piquelo Argnelles , on taking possession of the political government of Alava on the 19 : h , Addressed a prociimariou to the inhabitants , in which he declares to them , in the name of General Espartero , that their fueros shali be religiously preserved . The convention lately signed for the definitive regulation of the fnercs of Navarre had been accepted and ratified by the deputation of that province .

      The authorities of Guipuscoa were proceeding to close ihe religions establishments suppressed by a recent decree of ihe Regency . These establishments j were mas in number , viz ., three convents of Jasuiis , j Angusui . ians , and Dominicans at Aspeitla ; one , \ of Franeir-c » iis , at Onate ; another ai M . ondra ^ on ;' a third a ; £ tsoibar ; the Convent at Loyala , one of ! Carmtlites m Lascano , and another a ; Lacanz . " j TURKEY . j Letters from Consianrinople confirm , in the most decided manner , ihe rejection of the Napier conveu- ; tion by the Porte , and give us reason to suspect that 1 even the submission of Mehemet Ali to the ueinands

      of Admiral Siopford will not alt-er she de ' . erininaiion of the Sultan 10 insist on the dichLmce ot ihe Y ; ceroy . The general understanding is , that Mehgmet Ah , on abandoning the Turkish fleet , and truhdraTriEU his troops frum Syria , entitles himHeif to the protection of the four powers , and to the continued possession oi iLgypi . Bui , according to the disposition bvj-w evincea by the Porte , and apparem ' y -by !««* ronsosuy , it is prowoie rnat no favour will be extended to him , and tha : the Sultan will confirm the senten ^ of ceposition ; or , at least , refer the <» se to the conference at London before be annun the deeheartce . 2 \ o docb ; the hand of Russia is busy in ail ihi 3 .

      CONSTANTINOPLE , Dec . 9 . ( From the Correspondent of the Chrenicle-J The Government steamer Tair-y-B&hey arrived yesterday from Beyrouv , bringing intelligence from that , place np to ihe ZOih . November . I' appears thit nothing of great importance had taken place there since ihe daw of my last letter ; the Turkish troops were expected shoniy to make a . movement , taking with them every man they could spare ; they were to leave & strong garrison at Beyrout , which would be further reinforced by the recruits , tha : were daily expected from tha capital ; the remainder of the troops were embarked on board steamers- , which would transport mem w Jaffa . From Jaff-t , x garrison will be sent to Jerusalem , which is onJv

      & day and a-haif ' s march from Jafia . Thus , by strengiheniHg those places , and continuing ts munceuvre on Ibrahim Pasha's flank , he will be forced Mi once to abandon Syria , ana make the best of his way to his father ' s possessions . In doing thi ^ however , he will have a difficult tisk , and wiil hardly be able to accomplish it without fighting , to say nothing of the losses he must Bustain when troop 3 like his , deprived of everything , are forced to march on the borders of the desert . The Haouran and the Ledgia being' up in arms , all the roads are cut off to him escepticg the one just mentioned , running at the back cf the lake Tiberias , * nd along _ the border of the Dead Sea . To the west of this he c&unot come , nor can he , in fact , mske a single movement without being harrassed by the mountain cavalry . At the present moment

      he mast be still at Damascus , where he is concentrating ali his forces . Those from Aleppo , Hainan , Horns , aod Baal bee having now joined him ; these places have , in consequence , fallen inu > the hands of the Turk 3 . Previous to his having made this mave , he was , as stated in my las : letter , at Z 2 cbieh ( about eighteen hours distant from Berrom ) and he h * d with nim about 10 , 000 men , 8 , 0 u 0 infantry , 2 , 000 cavalry , and twelve pieces of light canDoiL As bis supplies there , however , were soon cut off , he determined at once to retreat upon Dama .-cus , and sending forward hia guns on the 19 ih nltimo , Be proceeded to march himself on the following day . The aioount of the force he will collect at Damascus , supposing all to have already joined him , will , perhaps , be as many as 25 , ' 00 men , taking thai estimate as the very outside of it , and without counting the siek amvDg the number .

      Tne lire dreadrVl'gals seems k ? have extended its influence even as far as the coast of Syria , for at Bfcjront , ten merchant ships were lost ; one of the Austrian men-of-war unshipped it 3 foremast from the violence of the storm ; and it was with great difficulty that the Turkish steamer was enabled to put to sea without any very serious loss . Here the Austrian D&vdbd Company ' s boat Sen Pervaz , which h * dbeen freighted by the Turkish Government to carry troops to Syria , was lost in the Se * of Marmora , on vbe shores os Mooduiia . Out of 560 men , aear . y fifty have beea drowLed , or frozen to death .-

      la ths Black Sea , also , the effrcia of the gale have been most destructive . A Russian steamer has been wreeked : her eDgines having given way ; she was driven on shore . Of those who were on board eighteen have perished , aad nineteen been saved ; amongst the former there was & Jewess , who , with her two children , refused to < : ome on deck , and were the first ikat were drowned , in consequence of the * fter par : of the ship 1 aving separated from the rest soon aft » r the engines had given way . At the Sion ; h of the Bosphsorus seven vessels have been Wrecked . The whole amount of the damage that has fceen done , is not yet fully ascertained .

      THE STORM LN THE SEA OF MARMORA . AND THE BLACK SEA . The Austrian Observer gives some particulars of fee storm on the nigat of the 1 st of December , in =- *!» Sea-of Malawi * and-the Euxine , which have * ot appeared in other papers . Aocordiog to the account in a letter from Constantinople , the steamer Seri Pervaz , beloa . gin £ to the Danube Steam Kavif » tkm Company , which saiied towards the evening f the 1 st of December , from Constantinople , ^ or Sjria , was shortly after her entrance into the Se - f Matmora overtaken by the most violent tempest

      'which ever raged within the memory of man io those regions . The wind blew from the N . N . W ., arid was | nring the whole night accompanied by a continued « 1 of drifting edow . Unfortunately the engine , Which was not in due proportion to the magnitude t the Sari Pervaz , had not sufficient power to * aa&eher wTwithstand the fury of ' the elwnentsr . *> , after being tossed abont among ihe wa-v es in- tht : *< Bt dreadful manner , for more than twelve hours , to was fiuzljy drivea on the Asianc coest . At ¦ jx in the morning she struck off Arundli , is the Gulf of MidaoiaT

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      , , The passeDgers for Syr , » Were the Austrian Lieatenant-Colonel Philjpr ^ yjch ^ CoQut Adreas Saeohonyi , Austrian Capita of Cavalry ; Baroa Voa Taubenheim , Mast- of the Horse to the King of Wnrtemberg ; ^ d M . 7 ou Sfceinal , one of the interpreters in ' . ne office of the Austrian Interifunoio . All these , i &s well as the captain and crew of the steamer , succeeded in reaching the shore . The Turkish soldiers , which were embarked to the number of 550 , were also-all fortunately saved , with the exception often , ' some of whom were washed overboard during the passage , and some were drowned from their

      imprudent eagerness to get into the boats putting off for the shore . Measures were promptly taken by the Da-nnbe Steam Navigation Company to afford assistance to the Seri Pervaz . Ttte Crescent steamer , which had just arrived from the Black Sea , was immediately despatched to the wreck . The Lloyd ' s steam 9 r , Ludovico , also repaired to the spot , and speedily returned to Constantinople with the abovenamed passengers . The engine i- ; Eaved , and part of the machinery has bean brought to Constantinople . Whether the hull may be repaired cannot be ascertained until the boilers and other machinery are cleared ont .

      The Crescent experienced a stonny passage in the Black Sea . She was frequently wbhged to lie to , being incapable of making any effort . Four men were swept from the deck by the wave * , two perished of cold , and twelve arrived at Constantinople with half-powerless limbs , benumbed by the frcst . The Russian steamer Neva , one of those which mainiD . iii the regular cooimunicatiou between Odessa and Constantinople , v > as wrecked at Kita , near the entrance of the Bosphorus . Of ail ou board or . ly the captain and seven otb . tr individuab vsvre saved . The remainder—namely , six paEsengers a « d thirteen seanun—found a watery grave .

      The btramboul arrived at Constantinople on the 8 th . all well , from Trebisond , hav . n *; lain for some days in port to avoid the s ; orm . She brou ^ nt intelligence that the Ferdinand bad sustained no damage in the passage to Trebisond .

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      X , EED 3 . —Death by Burning . —On Monday evening , an inquest was held at the Court Hou .- ^ e , before Mr . Hopps , Deputy Cvroner , on view of the body of William Stobbart , a little boy five years of age , who died in the Infirmary on Sunday inoriiinii . from the effe . ts of injuries lv .-eivtd on tho 1 " 2-. li o ) November , by his clothes having caughc fire . The father of the deceased is a widower , having been left with three children , the eldest being a little girl o ; eight years of a ^ e ; she hid been dressing her brother , and was engaged with a younger child , when the deceased , before she was awa . re of it , lighted a slick at the fire aad stuck it into a hole in his clothes , from whence originated las death . The Jury returned a verdict in accordance with the circumstances .

      Dkfjcik . nt Weights . —On Tuesday last , twentyfour shopk- > epers arid huckster ? , from Hor .-fortii , Rawden , Yeadon , AddJe , Eccup , and Harewood , were tummoned before the West Riding magistrates , at Leeds , on the complaint of Mr . Clayton , the Assistant Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Wapemake of Upper iky rack , for having in their possession weights deficient in standard . The charge against each individual was fully proved , and fines varying from 2 .- - . 6 d . to 20 =. ware mkictud . Slides ox the Footpaths . —The highly reprehensible practice of making slides on the foot pavements , occurred to a considerable extent in this town this week ; and in the evenings several persons met with severe falls in consequence . The police ought to look to this , for whilst the snow continues on the ground the danger will increase .

      Leeds Poob Rate . —Notice was given on the doors of the churches on Sunday last , that the Poor Rate for th # Township of Leeds , which was laid on the 20 th of November last , ai Is . 4 d . in the pound , was duly confirmed by the magistrates on Tuesday , the 29 th of December . ComnTTi . L . —On Monday last , Mr . Thomns Nettieton , Utti clerk to Mr . Henry Holme , of this town , auorney-av-law , was committed to York Castle , by ihe Commissioiiers under tho fiat of bankruptcy issued against Mr . Holme , for not ? atisfsttorii > answering questions then propounded to him .

      RcaAL Police . —The question relative to introdaciag ihe Rural Police into tho North Ri <*^ ot this county was to have again come forward bet ' ore tee bench of magistrates at tho sessions now holding it Nor ; haJlerton , but , luckily for the rate-payers of the said riding , the magistrates who proposed it at the last sessions have recently witndrawn the notice from the session ' s order b > oks . It is to b » hop < rd , for the good of tbo Hiding , that the question is now set at rest for ever . CARUSXiS . —( From our men Correspondent . JNotu . AXD Extraordinary Case , —On Weiluissday Thursday , and Friday last , the Borough Magistrates were occupied in the Town Hali for several hours each day . in inouirinir into a most ronviUtic

      case . It appeared from the evidence produced , vr . vich was very lengthy , that a Mr . Davis , a Pule , who has lately eomo to Carlisle , and who is carrying on business as a furrier , had enna ^ ed a pers-m of the name of Mr . Harrison Fiiither , & writingmaster o ; note , and who has lately flourished in th < news as a somewhat singular und ingenious character , to make out his accounts , aad also teach him to read and write English . Had the matter stopped here , Mr . Davis , we are sure , would have been much benefitted , and Mr . Flather have still retained as unblemished character . It so kappened , however , that a young lady of the name or Mies Moore had called at Davis ' s shop to purchase some articles , and whether she had cast a

      lovelingering glance upon him , or not , we cannot fay ; but , at all events , he fell deeply in love wiih her , snd must needs have letters written to her expressive of his tender passion . 2 \ * ot being able to writ * English , as we before stated , he eropkjyed Mr . Fiather as his secretary . Tvro love epi > tles were written , aii <; taken to Miss Movre , which were returned by fetr without any answer ; but , after this , he ( Mr . Davit >) received a letver through the poet , purporting to come fiom the youu » lady , saying that she hau returned the previous letters at the panieaJar rtquest of her parents , but that she was vf illinjj to carry on a correspondence with him ; oon-eq \ sently , Davis

      continued to pay his addresses to Miss Moore , throngh his secretary , Mr . Fiather , and invariably received answers , as evening came , from Miss Moore , rtatiog her fond passion tor him , but thai she hau many difficulties to contend with , and t .-iat she raquirei , under different pretences , various sums of tnoaej . Thf-se requests for money were invariably granted by Mr . Davis , and the money sealed up by him with letters , written by Mr , Flather , and sent through him to Miss Moore , to deliver pers-onaUy . Mr . Flather always returned in about ten minutes , ( the distance to Jliss Moore ' s residence being only short ) , stating th 2 t lie had delivered them safe . The Hums sent in the course of s few month- ; amounted

      to the enormous sum of upwards of - £ 81 ) ! Sumtthing , however , occurred to excite the suspicion of Mr . Davis , and in consequenee he made inquiry of Mis 3 Moore ' s father , and found that phs had been in Liverpool for some time previous . Mr . Davis then missed the love epist ' es which were said to have come from Jliss Moore , and whkh be had tied np in brown paper . Mr . FJathcr had beta in Mr . Davis ' s bed-room the morning they were missing , from which circumstance it was inftrred that Mr . Flather bavl dtstroytd the letters . In consequence of this circunHtanct , Mr . Davis made farther enquiries , and actually turned

      away his workpeople . There were some trifliug articles found in Mr . Flather ' s house , which Mr . Davis swore to as his property , and which he declared he hart cot given to Mr . Flather . There was Borne othtr evidence adduced , partially cerrybonitive of Mr . Divis'b statements . There were two letters put in , which Mr . Davis swore to as having betii r ^ -a < t to him by Mr Fiatber , but which no mortal man could read , for they were unintelligible scrawls . Mr . " Wannop , solicitor , who was retained for the prisoner , refused to enter into any defence . Mr . Flather was cemmitted for trial at the next Spring Ass : zes . The greatest excitement prevailed during the two last days of the examination , and the Court was excessively crowded .

      BOI / FO- * . —Abatemeats o > - WeaveesWages . — ^ t th e County Police Court , last week , on hearing a case in which a weaver had summoned his employers for wages and costs , the presiding magistrate , W . F . Huiton , Esq ., took the opportunity to condemn the conduct of the employers generally of the neighbourhoods of Lei » h , West Hou ^ hton , &c , towards their workmen , and strongly censured them for " the exorbitant an ^ unjustifiable abatements" they made on the weavers . The wages and costs were allowed . Grievous and loud , indeed , must the complaints of the weavers be , when a Tory magistrate thus publicly censures the conduct of the employers .

      The Corh-Law Repealers as a last effort to excite sympathy in their cause , gave a splendid " blowcut" to their families and immediate friends trad acquaintances , in the shape of a tea party , wkich took place in the Temperance Hall , on Saturday evening la » t . In order to prevent the presence of all obnoxious individuals , it waa arranged that " fifty ladies" ( the wives or daughters of the repealers ) Bhould preside at a tea-board , and that" each should nave the privilege of selecting ten persons to sit at her table . " A few tickets only were kept in reaerve to be sold to the curious , as it was announced that Messrs . Ewart and

      Thornely , M-P . 's , Cobden ; fcc , won : d be present , ( but who , as usual in such cases , were not forthcoming ) the object beiDg to create a demand greater than the supply , in order that it might go forth that hundreds of applications were made in vain . It is said the bohea was ot excellent flavour ; the bread and butter thin and scarce on account of the Corn laws ; the cream delicious , and the looks of the ladies superseded the use of ether sweetening ; " Dice young maidens" being in Abundance .- After tea , the gentiemtn treated the other pot to a diah of " smalt talk" abont com and cotton for which they appeared to hare ao great ooui , and retired « bou * batf-pwt ten greatly fatigued .

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      X . OKDOW . —On Thursday last , a meeting was held in iHe large room of the Workhouse in Spitalfield . 3 , under a pretence of devising the beat means lo afford relief to the starring thousands of this district . About Bixty persons were present . An old table covered with green baize , strewed with pens , paper , and ink , was taken possession of by a wellfed liver oi > loured-no ? e band of idlers , called " parsons . " They did their utmoet to make the assembled few believe tbat they sympathised with them in their distress . They quoted Scripture to cheat the people into this belief ; but it would not do . They dec ared they saw the trick . Mr . G . E . Boggis said he was anxious to take them to the cause of the distress . If they wished the stream of poverty no longer to glide through Spitalfielde , they mast take that little thiig , the Charter , and with him pursue their

      way to Westminster , to choke the fountain , and the deadly stream will cease to flow . At this , a general mutter went round the green lnize , the parsons declaring they had nothing to do with the cause . Such meetings , says Boggis , are a mockery , and an insult to God , and to the people of Spiialfields . The weavers pre : ent , feoling the truth of Boggis'fl statements , begged of the parsons that they would not in future make use of the name of weavers as a stalking-horse ; they wantf-d the things given to Cffisar which belong , to Caesar , and to the people that which belonged to the people . A committee was formed , and one of the members proposed the meeting of the committee on the morrow ; to which the Rev . Chairman replied , as to-morrow is New Year's Day , and some of us will havo a friend and a turkey , wo had better put it off a few days . This is real parson sympathy .

      Q 2 UBENOCK . —Teetotallers . —On the 1 st of the new year , although the weather seemed to be unfavourable , yet at the appointed time tiie Recbabites and Teetotallers were on the ground , ready to set Bacchus at . df fiance , with their bands , menials , ^ ba ' . H i ^ , &c , waiting for the word of command . U was realiy arf imposing sight to see so many congregated together for the good of themselves , their Wsves axu 1 faniiiif . s and the working classes in ^ enrral . Although the streets were crowded to excess with spectators , not the slightest accident

      occurred . The Catholics had a soiree in tho Assembly Rooms , whick was crowded to suffocation . The President ( one of tiieir parish priests , the R 3 V . Mr . Alexander Smith ) was cal'od to the chair , when a most eloquent address was read to him by one oi' the member ;? , and a gold watch and appendages , a silver ? nuff box ami a few p oces of gold , in place of snuff , was preseir . ed to him , for his kindness in being the first of his croed in Greenock to propagate teetotahsm , and for his attachment to the Catholic Orphan Society and his flock .

      8 KEFFIXUD . —Robberies—Eariy on Thursday day morniiig , an attempt was made- by some thioves to effect an entrance into tha shop of Messrs . Darwent , flour-dealer * , on Sh-ffi ; ld-nioor ; but the villains buisg observed by the watchman hastily decamped . —On Friday morning , an eiuraueu was * ff . 'Cted into the shop of Mr . Worrall , tobacconist , at the corner of Carver-sirett , on Sheffield-moor , and a quantity of tea , tobacco , and cigars wore stolen , i'he thieves lei ' t behind them a crow-bar , with which they had forced the door of the shop . The robbery was effected at a late hour in the mornnig , aa th » premises wore in thsir usual state when the watchman i « ft his beat at lialf-pasi fire o'clock . —On Thursday evening , 'About ei ^ ht o ' clock , some

      thieves contrived to steal , unperceived , into one ot the upp « r rooms of th « Tkree Cranes publio-house , in Queeu street , and to break open a box , from which they abstracted £ 30 , a promissory note of £ 10 , a pocket-book , and a breast pin . It is supposed that they made their exit through a cha , mb « r window .--On Friday , a man , named Joseph Hag «« , residing at the bottom of Silver-street , was robb \ -d of £ 80 , by a man warned Jokn Mills , who loiged in his bouse . It appears that in the morning Hague ' s wife went out of the house for a short time , leariug Sills , the only person in tht house , in bed ; and on her return Mills was eon * . Some

      time afterwaids , she founu that th « £ 80 , which was concealed under a bed in a cliff-reut room from that in which Mills slept , was missing . Suspicion fell up » n Mills , and a policeman was stnt for ; and on his arrival , Mills confessed that he had taken the money , and buried it in a place in his woikt-hop . where it was louid . The man was of course taken into custody . —On Thursday evening , about six , the house of Mr . " . Rodgeis , in Young-street , was en » ered during her temporary abaenc * , and two kalf-crowns , and four bilver Fpooiis , stolen ; it appears they lausacked most of tho drawers , but were disappointed in meeting with anything else of value . —Sheffield Iris .

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      The fukeral car which conveyed Napoleon ' s remains is stated to have co .-t 55 , 00 Uf . General Bcgbaud has been appointed Governor-General of Algeria vice Marshal Vallce . Lord Oxmantown will be named for the Dublin University at th « next election . Alberman John Johnson , of London , is a candidate for Plymouth ; yet Messrs . Collier and Bowes a ; and . The postage paid on the letters sent by the Great Western steamer on her last voyage from New York amounted to 2 , 300 dollars . Bullion . —Silver coin and bullion shipped at Dover from l > c . 13 to 31 , were W 9 . 500 ounces of silver , aad 1 , 485 ounces of gold . Nineteen men at work in a ooal-mine , near Lkjce , were drowned on the 23 rd ult ., by a sudden iuundatiou of the mine .

      The Episcopal Mugax ' me tells U 3 that the ministers of tho independent episcopal -congregations in Soo-laud are about to re-enter into the jurisdiction of the Scottish bishops . Mr . Beckforo has determined to dismantle Lansdowne Tower , Bath , ond sell by auction all tho articles of vcrti it Cuinains . We are glad to state that it is expected tho importation of su ^ ar from the East Indies alone will , next year , amouut to about one-third of the total consumption ot the whole kingdom . — Glasgow Chronicle . Delicate . —A writer in a Landon paper , in de-Ecribiijg the evolutions of some f *» hionablo ladies on the icb in tho Serpentine river , during the late- frost , says , that , in attempting to slide , several of the fair '' became seated on tlie ice " . '

      The Parish Clekk of Clains , has found a certificate ot marriage m a parish church four mik-s from Worcester , which will bring to the party concerned upwards of £ 10 , 000 aitherto unclaimed . — Worcester Herald . A PEFiSON named Borel ha « been arrested in Switzerland , charged with being an accessory to the attempt by Darmss on the life of Louis Philippe on the 15 ; h October last . Amo . vg M * Kr valuable papers in the Madras Journal is one which proves that iron was first convened mto steel in India by a process still practised there . It is almost certain that the Egyptians used this steel to cut the inscriptions on their monuments .

      The first Iron Steam-vessel built in Bristol wm launched last wetk trom tho building yard oi Me .= * rs . G . Luneli and Co . She is built for the Bristol Steam Navi Kat on Company , and intended lor the station between Cardiff and Uphill . An Eagle , which escaped from the Sr . 'iss Cotfag * in the Colhi .-eum , was afterwards discovered in the act of devouring a dead cat on ihe green sward in the R ^ g ^ nt ' s P . iik , was netted by the keepers , and restored to its place . The Comet op lfHO is viViblo in the constellation AncJrome / a . h has been observed at Vienna , Berlin , and Modena . Mr . Octavus Morgan , son of Sir Charles , of Treriegar , is the Conservative candidate for Monm- uth . Sir B . Hall . Ifcliue ? , and the Hon . Charles Han bury Tracey , son ot Lord Sudeley , is the Liberal candidate .

      Thomas Henry Lister , Esq ., the Hon . Edmund Phipps , aud Thomas Vardo :.-, Esq . are the Commissioners for taldug account of the population oi Great Brita-n , m July nexr , pursuant to the Act of 3 rd and 4 th Viet ., c . 99 . The lace-workers of Nottingham and other places in the neighbourhood , who hwe been kidnapped to America under pretence of high wages , give a dreadful account of the frauds practised upon them .. The Hon . William Bingham Baring , M . P ., hab forwarded his iarewell address to th < s electors of North Staffordshire . The Hon . Gentleman says that he retires from the representation of that county on grounds purely personal to himself .

      The Government steamers and transports are still employed in removing and re-distributing « uns , ammunition , &c , in the different fcrts , arsenals , &c . of the kingdom . Quantities of shot , shells , guns , powder , &c . hive been shipped for India during the present week , and the works at the Arsenal continue with unabated vigonr . One of the wise men of the Bridgenorth' Town Council got up , at a late meeting of that body , and " , in a , serious tone , proposed an address of congratulation to the Princess Royal on the happy event of her birth . —Hereford Timet . [ He ought to be knighted H

      I i . u in the Waier . —A man in the employ of Mr . Stuchfield , of the Crown Inn , Brackley , in passing through Buckingham with an omnibus a few nigh . s sir . ee , turned down the lane leading to the riwr , near the Brackley-ruad , and did not find out his mistake until the vuhicie wa 3 upset in the liquid element . It is said he was intoxicated at the tima ; the " bus" was much damaged . How to Hand a Name Down to Posterity . — There n now to be seen on a post at the corner of a street forming the Faubourg du Temple , Paris , a placard with the following notice : —*• To be sold , the right of giving a name to this street . "

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      At Edenham , near Grimsthorpe Castle , an ancient custom prevailed until the last year or two of dancing in the church at Christmas ; , it was said to be m imitation of David , who danced before the ark . Lincoln Chronicle . It is no less singulab than true that there are three market towns in the county of Somerset without an attorney residing in either , and two of them are seaports . —Hereford Times . By the recent demise of Lord Bruce , the eldest son of Lord Elgin , his sister , Lady Mary Christopher , the lady of the member for North Lincolnshire , has become the next in euccessiou to an immense fortune , approaching to thirty thousand a year . The Pook op Aldehsgate Ward are in so distressed a state that the ward inquest has already commenced its visits to the rich to entreat their aid in tho relief of the poor .

      The Mortality in the metropolis during the week ending December 19 , 1840 , waa less by fortysix deaths than tho average weeks in the year The number of persons applying to the police tor relief , or taken up as destitute in the courso of last year , are 428 vagrants , 916 destitute persons ; total , 1 , 344 . The Bkoihjbl Parson . —We are requested to state , that Mr . James Heath ,, who was robbed of £ 5 10 s . in a brothel , is not , as was s'ated at the police-office , a VVeslcyan preacher . Mr . Heath , we hear , belongs to the Baptist connexion . The Christening . —We have reason to believe that tho christening of the Princess Royal is fixed tor the 10 th of next month , the anniversary of . her Mhjesty ' s marriage .

      Mr . Vincent . —The Marquis of Normanby , in reply to a memorial iroia Bath , has expressed his inlentioa of niivigating a portion of tho unexpired sentence of Mr . Vmceut , — Wilts Independent . Rather too Many . —On the 19 th instant , the wife of Mr . Wui . tramkliti , wheelwright , of Purleigh , ISsatx , addiid a daughter to her household , making tue 23 ai child iu 24 years!—12 were girls and 11 boy ^ aud 12 aro now living . —Bristol Gazette . Christian Benevolence . —We find in a nowlypubhshed Toiy-paper the following announcement , evidently given with great glee and satisfaction : — *' Mr . Owen , the Socialist , was * bowed out'of the

      Commercial Rooms , Bristol , last week , amidst a salutation of hisses . Ho afterwards applied to the Mayor for the protection of the Polica at hia meetings , but the request was refused . " Such id the benevolence (!) of Christians in the l 9 . h century . We uavb learned that Lord Francis Egkkton , on being given to understand that by purchasing the origiuai drawings of M . Agassiz ' s great work , hia Poixsont Fosiilies , he would enable that distinguished naturalist to extend his researches , haa offered to give him £ 500 for them , aud to leave them with him at Ncul ' uhatel . as long as he requires them . How many great works would similar encouragement produce 1

      BiiEH-HousES . —The Attorney-General ha 3 given his opinion upon tho T&thi £ oi beer-houses , to tho tollowiugeffect : — " Tuat tue collectors of Excise should only grant licenses upon the rating , and not upon the rental . " " That overseers have uot the power to alter tho rating of houses previously mide ; but parties complaining of tho rate , and . seeking to get it altered , must appeal against the rate before the proper authorities . " Tub-Creditors of the Duke of York . —In the mouth ot' January his iiuyaJi Highness the Duke of York will have closed his mortal career just fourteen years ; and yet , notwithstanding all that has beoui ' 8 aid and sung" upon the subject , his unfortunate creditors have not received one farthing of their just debts . Many of them have beoome bankrupts , whose ruin might have been prevented by tha payment of their ¦ accuuuts , while others have desconded t » the grave , leaving thuir childieu to pine over their uiisories .

      March or Refinement . —The chimney sweepers have always been an aspiring race ; but we know of nothing since the daja of the ' riglar dustman ' equal to t ) ie advance made by the * chummies' of Oxford . Some timo since we observed the young gentleman who does the small fliica enjoying a ri"ht Havauuah with gresa dignity : now a correspondent hands to us a neatly-printed card , issued by Mr . Bucklands slonies , iu which they rt-quest tha ); Chrfetmas Gratuities may not be given to any who do not display Mr . Buokland ' s name on a bras * plate . A clean sweep this of any whomight attempt ' the profit and honour of their profession . —Oxjo-d Chronicle . .

      Robbery . —At an early hour on Saturday morning , a house at Englefield-groen , belonging to the Crown , which has just been erected uuder the superintendence of tho Commissioners ot' Woods ana Forests , was broken into , aud a large copper and a quautity of leaden pipes carried on by tho thieve . * . Tho neighbourhood of Eghum , Engkfi . ; U-greeii , anii Old Wiudrtor ,-abounds with thieves and poachers of th « most formidable description . The Well-bred Spaniel . —A report prevails in military circles that Lord Hill is about to retire from the Horsa Guards , and that the po . st of Cum-TOsacter-iu-CMef will be put in commission . We have not been ablo to obtaiu information by which to jusiity our confirming or contradicting ths ; rumour . Recent circumstances , whifh have become uattctS'Qf public Hotoriety , and for which Lord Hill hue beea severely censured , have been mentioned as grouuds of the report . —Alijiisterial evening paper .

      Forgery . —Lately , James Croxon , a baker , of Well-eud , Great Aiurlow , and lately contractor for supplying bread and flour tw ihe Wyconibe Union , was committed to AyJesbury gaol by Wudham Wyndham and Thomas Raymond Barker , Esqrs . on a charge of forgery , ft appeared that Croxon for five year * past had been in the habit of forging acceptances tobilh , and getting them discounted at au extravagant rate ot UnereBt , drawing one to enable him to take up another ; till at length his bills becoming dishonoured led to a discovery of his practices and the result we have related .

      Mr . Frost . —The Sun of Tuesday has the following announcement , which is headed , in Jai-ge letters , " Pcvrdoi ) of John Frost" : — "By thcbaiquo Pilgrim , which arrived this morning in Lirorpou-, we nave received Sydney and otlier Australian papers to the 13 : h of August inclusive . They ift'orr a us that tho Governor-Geiicral had appointed Mr . John Frost , convicted of high treason at Newport , to a subordinate office in tht . Comini . sssmt . Department of I ' ort Arthur . Sir George Frai . khu was induced to bestow this mark of leniency upim Mr . Frost in consequence of hia exemplary conduct during the voyago out- Hopes of the ultimate pardon of Mx . Frost were confidently entertained .

      Important t . ) I ' a'jpers and their Friends . —The conviction of the waster of' the' Eton Union before tho bein-h of inagits . rjM . tt s at Eton , on S . v . urday last , tor inhuman treatment to a female pauper , has set at rest a question upon which gresjt difference of opinion prevailed amongst professional men in this and other neighbourhoods . Tho question was " Whether masters of WorklioiHcs , iu any caso of Be verity exorcised towards a pauper , couid be punished by the magissriitus , independently of the Poor Law CsounisMOiifcrs or tue ¦ B ? anU of Guardians . " As Mr . Parker , one of the assistant Poor Law Commissioners , was present , on Saturday , to " watch the proceedings , " and as ho took no objections to the jitri 6 dictiuii ot ihd bench to adjudicate in the matter , ibo questi-i ) , therefore , m » y bo said to bo set at rest .

      Bank Robbery . — John Haslock , tho clerk in Messrs . Wiiitworth ' s bank in this town ( Northampton ) , who , after robbing his employers of 8 U 0 sovereigns , made his esaaps on Monday night , appears to havo laid his plans beforehand for his reception in the metropolis , and safe expatriation . It hap , since the robbery , come to light tliat on Sunday lla < U > ck went to town by tho railway and returned the same day ; on Monday evening the ilsicf and his brother obtained clothes and other articles they liad ordered from the tailorF , &c , and goo a supper of ducks and wiuo on credit before they left the town : they then walked together to the siatiou . and went , to London by the night train . Since then no tidmgs hare been heard of them , — Northampton Herafd .

      Iivcreased Cruel Treatment of Feabgus O'Connor . —The- horrors of Mr . O'Connor ' s dungeon , instead of beiug mitigated , as the public were induced to belifcye would be tho case , hare been rendered more frightful and terrific . In consequence of the under-guvcrnor having complain * d that he could not hear all that passed between Mr . O'Connor aud his visitors , it has been ordered that Air . O'Connor shall Bee no one , unless in the presence of au officer , and in a room of which some idea may be formed by the description given of it by a gentleman who , recently visited him . This gentleman says , tbat when he entered , Mr . O'Connor ' s cell , he could scarcely distinguish him . Ho ( Mr . O'Connor ) sat

      opposite an expiring firo , with tho windows open at his back , the door of his room wide open also , and a draught of wind , like that from a betfowb , full in his face , > while the room was . filled with smoke . On seeing him , Mr , O'Counur exclaimed , " Ican'tapeak in this room . It is suffocating . Because that gentleman ( pointing to the under " -governor ) complained that he could not hear all that passed in the ward , though shoulder to shoulder , the inspector-has ordered that I , « hallseeno one but in . this room , with an officer present ; and he has also ordered me into * small damp backyard , not belonging to the prison at all , juafc under tho high old tower , and shut ia with -a close door—a back kitchcn . yard , in

      factand the reason for this is , that the transported felons required my better yard ! " Such cru&l and unprecedented treatment for a political off « ince requires not a single comment . It is opposed" to the genius and spirit , of the British Constitution * and , as such , aliould be . denounced by every man , no matter what may be his . political creed or prejudice . — -Weekit / Dispatch .

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      A solbier , of the 77 th Regiment , named Joseph Biiley , has been sent to the public mad-iiou 3 e at Malton , for shootiag at a Serjeant . I ndigo made F rom Sawdust . —The Industriel A haeieti states that the attention of the manufacturing community of Mulhansen , has been lately occupied by the announcement of a discovery which if it can be practically realised promises to be of immense importance ; it is nothing less than the manufacture of indigo from oak sawdust , by means of certain chemical preparations . The experiments hare been made in a village in the environs of Aitkirch , and the first results are stated to be very conclusive . It is affirmed that a piece of this indigenous indigo , extracted from the sweepings of the timber-yard , has been analysed , aud that it presented all the constituents of the real indigo . —Inventor ' s Advocate .

      Newspaper Property . — " Decline of the Chartist Press . "—On Tuesday last , at the Auction Mart , London , Mr . Sarridge offered for sale the copyrights and entire interest of tho following Journals , which have for some time been in the hands of tho R « v . Charles Eyre , of Dedham , viz .: —The Essex , Herts , and Kent Mercury , the £ Lses and Suffolk Times , and the Ipswich Express . The novelty of the sale did not attract a large company , there not being twenty persoas in the room . Mr . Surridge , having described the several properties , which were offered iu three lots , observed that he hoped , as there was no reserve , he should meet with a . fair and liberal

      competition . He next read a letter from the reverend proprietor , in which ho staled that as the property was . advertised to be sold without any reservation he was determined to abide by it . The auctioneer then called ou those present to mako a bidding for lot one , but he did not succeed in his appeal ; he next offered lots two and three with no better success . Mr . Surridge then said , as there did not appear to be a bidder in tho room , he should be compelled to close the sale , at the saute time he could not avoid expressing his disappointment ; at the result . He thanked the company for their attendance , and the business concluded . —Chelmsford Chronicle .

      Singular Occurrence . —One of the most extraordinary circumstances which has probably ever occurred to any seaman took place on board a vessel trading between Gainsborough and London during the late gales in the North Sea . The vessel is called the Kachael , and was on her passage to Gainsborough , when during a heavy gale of wind a light collier was observed to the windward , and apparently sailing in a direction to run aboard the Kacliael . the " helmsman had to shift to keep clear of the collier , and on righting again , a wave like a mountain was observed by the mate to be about to strike over her ; he called out to the men to hold fa : 4 . Three were at the pump rope ; the wave passed immediately over the ship , carrying away a great portion of the bulwark , with the three men stationed there , throwing the helmsman on the lee railing , and inflicting a severe wound above

      the eye . The mate was thrown down , and for several seconds was unconscious . Ou recovering , he found that himself and the helmsman were the only two on deck , the rest , as stated , being washed overboard ; in a few seconds , however , he observed the feet of a man floating through a hole in the bulwark on board the vessel again ; he was followed shortly afterward by another , who came head first , and on looking overboard , the body of the other man was seen rolling over in the sea like a porpoise . After considerabie exertions by the men on board , he was also saved from a watery grave . His hand liad by some meaus become entangled with the ropes and the bulwark hanging over the ship ' s bide . Most of the men were slightly injured , hut only the last who ,. was got on board seriously : he received an injury ou the back —Hampshire Telegraph .

      The Princess Royal—A Glance at the Interior of Windsor Castle , &c . —Such is the care observed , by command of her Majesty and Prince Albert , to prevent the cold reaching the apartments occupied by the Princess Royal and her attendants , tliat every arenue in the Castle , leading to the nursery , is secured , by meaus of wooden walls and double doors ; so that the external air should not penetrate the well- warmed rooms of tho heir apparent . The whole of the nursery arrangements art ) under the immediate controul and superintendence of the long-favoured bosom friend of her Majesty , the Baroue .-s Lehzon ; who , in that department , " plays fir » t fiddle , ' aud completely " rules the roast . " The Baroness not only possesses the entire confidence oi

      hfr Majesty ; but she is equally strictly confided in , by Prince Albert , in every affair connected with tht uowt ' stic arrangements . The greatest anxiety is manifested to prevent any one , no matter his or her rank « r station , training access to tho nursery , with the exception , t > i course , of those whose duueB call ihei * there . Independently of thebe , there are not haif a dozen of the domestics in the royal household who havo , even yet , been permitted to catch a glimpse of tho " illustrious stranger . " Miss Whiting , the daughter of one of the pages of the Back Stairs , on obtuiniu ' K the appointment of rocker to the infant Princess , received , at the same time , the strictest injunctions from tho Baroness Lehzen , by the comuf . uid of tho Queen , not to kiss the royal babe upon

      any preteAco whatever . In fact , the comiuand , in this respect , to the chosen few with whom it comes into contact , are universal throughout the departmcut of the nursery . Upon the arrival of Lord Melbourne at tho Castle-on Thursday ( the day after the . arrival of her Majesty ) , the noble Premier , within an hour afterwarda / was introduced to the nursery by her Mujtfsty arid Prince Albert , where his Lordship remained , caressing the Princess , for some minutes . The Baroness Lehzon Bleeps ia an apartment adjoining the nursery , in order to be near at hand in the event of anything occurring of an unfavourable naiure to the Princess Royal during the night . Her Majesty and Prince Albert invariably visit the nursery five or six timeB during the day .

      The GREEN-eYED Monster . — A Lady's Portrait . — At UnUm-l . all , on Saturday , Mr T . Brandt , a Imilder , in ojiulunt circumstances , was charged with assaulting bis wife anil demolibhing her portrait , which was executed by a celebrated artist Mrs . Brandt , a very comely-looking woman , who came under the denomination of " fair , fat , and forty , " stated that in consequence of the ill-treatment of her husband Bbe left him about three months ago , and went to live as housekeeper to a gentianat :. As her salary for filling the above situation was quite adequate to her support , xhe made no dnim of any kind on the defendant , &nd , therefore , was no burthen at all upon him . He , however , would not let her rest , even when they were fcenarated , and having ascertained her address , he was

      in tho habit of calling there , and claiming whut he C'vlled his " conjugal rights , " and threatening her with his wrath if she did not quit her employer ' s house and return to her own hojne . As she was convinced that if she v . 'eut back she would be subjected to the same kind of treatment ska had hitherto experienced , she rt-jeefced all proposals of " that description , and expressed her determination to remain as boustfct . eper to the gentleman who had taken her into his service . On the preceding day , as she was employed in her domestic uffairs , the defendant came to the house and demanded her portrait , vrhich she took away with htr when thby agreed to live apart She refused to give it U P . P <> n which he pushed her aside , and springing up stairs rurfied into the apartment , where the ( portrait was

      hanging , and tearing it down from tne wall commenced destroying it by thrusting his flat through the cauvas , u : ; d mutilating the picture iu such a shameful niaunti tfcat no ingenuity could restore it to its original condition . During the operation of destruction tha defen-» iaut kept ejaculating . " if I don't have it I shall take special care that no ont' tlse siiail ; " and he din not leave off until he smashed fiamo mil all , leaving scarcely a vestige of what was always i > ronounced to be an admirable likeness , and exscuud by a first-rate artist . He then left the house , after upbraiding her , and accusing her ot acts cf infidelity , which she Dever contemplated , and he also gave her a vioknt push as he passed out at the door , and for which she now summoned him to answer for his conduct . Mr . Maltby inquired if the

      push was given with such violence as to hurt her ? Complainant— " I can't say it was , but my principal object in bringing my husband here is , to prevent him in future from annoying me , ami coming after me in my situation . The destruction of my portrait t shall overlook if he only keeps aw <* y in future . " The defendant , who ceuld scarcely restrain hia feelings during his wife's statement of the case , now requested to be allowed to give hi * version of it . He then proceeded to say tbat his wife ran away from him , and went to reside in the house of a person " an housekeeper . " He ( defendant ! , however , would be enabled to show that his wife , and the person alluded to , were living together in adultery , and when he offered his proof to that eff ^ t , he trusted some allowance would be made for his feelings ou the

      occasion . He then proceeded as , follows;—*' On the previous dny ( wont to . th « house where my wife wus living to get her portrait , but she refused to deliver it , upon which I . rushed . up stairs into the bed-room of the master of the house , and finding the portrait there , i admit that I took it down from the place where it was suspended , I then glanced fit the bed , aad I ne < d aot mention the excited state of . my feelings , on beholding my wife ' s night oup and bed gown lying by the aide of hex master ' night shirt . and night cup . The { act ot their night elothes being on the same bed , and-of which 1 -hail ocular deiuons ' ratiQn , convinced me at . once ot the close intimacy , which existed , tetweeu the , parties rwhose flight . appareVlay so close together , and I aflmit that in . thu frenzy of the moment , I dashed my hand

      through the portrait of an unfaithful wife , and rushed - « u . t . af ttehousej" t Xhe wif « here * jaeulated that vt was by mistake that the night-clothes became niix ? d together , ami that thai ( HTcuinatance was , no proof that an improper intimacy existed between , her and the . gentleman whom Bhe served as housekeeper . She added that her husband , was-of a j « a \ ous disposition , and that he <; raade . ' mountains out ot inole-billa , * whep any little thiugoccured to stir up the passion . " " jtet him Keep away frqnl me , " coptipued the wife , " and i-shUa torgive and " forget , although ho destroyed my portrait . ^ The husband aai& that £ « was now bo iwnvinced ef the , wtrctbteBs pUmuter of , his wife , that / tie should not demand a restitution , of conjugal , rights , but he alioW procewlin a different , way . against the betrayer of bjs wife ' s virtue . The Magistrate , ultimately dimissed the ffeWRv :.. ..: - ¦ ¦; - • • ¦ : - - . ' . - - .- ¦ - " .. •' "'

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      Fatal Accident on the Brighton Railway . — Jriguton , Jan . 3 —A melancholy and fatai accident happened on Friday , on the London and Brighton Railway . At Hayward ' s-heath , about twelve miles from Brighton , the railroad is carried , by means of a deep cutting , through a hill . This cutting is not yet completed ; bat in order to expedite the work , a temporary tunnel has been formed through the hill , the upper part being secured by means of props of timber , and rails have been laid , on winch a locomotive engine has for some time been working . On Friday afternoon , just as the engino was approaching ; tkis tunnel , or temporary " heading , " as it is termed by the excavators , a portion of rock , which had been loosened by the thaw , fell on the rails , and before the engine driver had

      time to Btop the engine , it , with the tender , was thrbwn of the rails , and ran against one of the props of the heading ; the consequence was a displacing of a portion of the horizontal planks at the top , and tho fall of a masi of earth on the engines , by which the driver and stoker were killed ou the spot . A number of worktnen hastened to the spot , but the steam that was hisstag with great force from the lialfburied engine , rendered their efforts of no avail , and one of the party was uiifi > rtun : iR-iy sufil-cated before ho could make his retreat . Wu understand that the engine was the property of tiie contractor . The Works will noi be rotarde'd by this unfortunate accident , as th «> earth has aireaoy be ^ ii cleared away , aad the bodies of the feuffcittKis l-yuioved to await tne coroner ' s inquest .

      Opening of the Gkeat Nohth of England Railway fojr thk Conv £ ya » c £ of Coals , &n . — Northallerton , Jan . 4 . —This day was ualw ' red iu with severe snow storms , which continued throughout the day ; notwithstanding , immense numbers of people congregated together at an early hour in the morning , ai the Station-house , the coal dtpots , and r .-t different p'aces adjoining to tho railway , especially at the 'Castle-hill , the Zetland Bridge on ihe Richmond-road , aud the graiul-s ; aj : d on the raceground , in order to witnets the arrival and passing cf the engines and trains of coal waggons . About half ufier ten in the '' morning , tho first two engines passe < l by the station-house without stopping ,-drawing 102 waggons of coals on their route for York ; in about twenty minutes after , two more engines ar-1

      rived , drawing ninety-nine watfttOHS Imeh withcoals , which stopped a short timcytcTiaUe in water , aud then proceeded to the southwards ; the next uvo eegiuea which arrived , drawing about tee fame ijuniuer of waggons , were accompanied by a band of music and numerous flags flying , which , after takinga supply of water ,, also proceeded to the south . Fresh'trains , continued to arrive until about hull-after thrfe in the afternoon ; the last foi ; r traiiib wrre for ( She depots at Thirsk and Northallerton . Trains of waggons will continue to arrive at ihe ci . ifftrent depots on the .-lino of the s ^ i'd railway , on TuesUy and Wednesday , so as to fill up eaan dejiotwuh various kinds of coaL- 'from the most celebrated mines in the county of Duriam . On this day no misfortunes have happened on this part of tee line of railway .

      Competition of Railways . —A public writer , after depieuathig the establishment of riva | or fjnipeting railwaye , especially of tLa MancWster and Uirminjthaoi Extension Ra ; l « i ! y , says , " If we look to the result of the ouly liu <; s jet in exigence , we find the Chester and Crewe bought up by the Grand Junction , and the fares cu the latter raised ! The Leeds and Selby bought up , or about to be so ^ bj the North Midland , or York and North Midland , by whom it will be all but closed ; and the Birmingham aud Derby aud Midland Counties , at ' tor a fruitiesg competition of only six months , coalescing together , aad making the iucreaso on their respective fares 10 the public a condition of their coalition I" \ Vaxue of Low Fares . —The Liverpool Courier of Wednesday states that , since the lares were recently lowered on tho Chester and Birk ^ nhead Railway , the traffic on the line has increased nearly threefold . ;

      Hravt Train . —Upwards of 250 coal waggons arrived at York by railway , from Durham , on Monday , containing the immense quantity of 800 ions . The arrival of this massive train created an unusual bustle iu the city . Eastern Counties' Night Signals . —On the evening of Friday so'unight , Dec 25 , it being dark and very , but not intensely , foggy , we were anxious to put to a better test the powers © f Mr . Hall ' s Eastern Counties' night signals ,. At about halfpast seven , we placed three gentlemen at the distaueo of thirty , t iity , and seventy yards , with copies of the Railway Magazine in their hands , and » hen drew the tin guard , and drove up the screw of one of the blue lighes . The light burst out iu a most

      splendid pale blue flame , apparently nearly equal hi intensity tojtne oxy-hydrogen light . At seventy yards the light was more powerful * hau the gas lainp of a neighbouring street was at ten yards . At thirty ; , and even at , forty yards , the reading was very easy , and more eas-y than directly unUer the gas light ; bntr at fifty , th ' e Magazine ccrulit . 'ltd ' t be read . Under the light list If , tho characters appeared asdistlaet and as brilliant * s ' under ' a'bfijtht -san . The light continued of a uniform brilliancy for about two minutes , bvifc lasted about three Hiinutea . Monday , tho 24 th December , a > % i hours ^> in ., the night being dark , and a little i '^ ggy , we let off a blue aria a red signal light . Tho blue burnt with great brilliancy for two minutes , and the Railway Magazine was able to be read at the di-tance of 90 to

      l ( J ( j yards . The colour of the re < i lii-ht ; was strongly lurid , and cast a red hue over ail objects ; . but . the blue approached very nearly to a white . . From the experiments we have raadu with these lights , wo should think it impossible for any man haying the charge of an engine , from 150 to 2 l'O yard ' s off , or perhaps 25 ft , let him be facing which way he will , to be insensible to the signa ! , if awake ;' and an alarm would be spread through tho whole of tho traiu , as if it was on fire . Where we tried tha signals , which was between the backs of two rows of houses , the people were in a ' moment iiiiirms . as if an immeuse firs l ; a . l broken out . One old gentleman was so frightened that he-threatened us , to our great amusement , with calling the police , for the terror the light had occasioned him . —Railway Blaqazine .

      Severe Frost on the Continent . —Effect on Kauways . —The Alsace , of Strasburg , states that on the' 14 th ult ., three trains wero stopped on the Alsace railway , although there were six locomotive engines set at work . When brought out on the rails each engine became so clogged with ice that it was with difficulty it could bo made to roll . This obstacle overcome , and the train set in njotion , it required only a moment ' s suspension for the water ia the supplying pumps to become frczen , and cea * e to fill the boilers . The oil also froze , and the friction became bo violent that ignition a « d the total destruction of the whole material became imminent .

      In . the night of the same day a train was compelled to stop in the forest of Lutterbach , on account of the engine becoming frozen . Another engine , sent to its assistance , was nnable to move the train , and the passengers were cf necessity taken on to tiie tender of the supplementary engine ^ and thus carried to Mulhauseu . For this purpose it was obliged to make a second trip , and it w . ; s not tfLT eleven nt night that all tho passengers with the guards and luggage arrived . One of the ecgine-mea . ' had his feot . frozen . The cold was so intense that the directors , feeling that they ought no longer to risk the lives of passengers and their men , have determined to suspend the service till the weather changes .

      Disgraceful Conduct on the Midland Coukties Railway . —At the County Pufcce-office , on Wednesday week , William Bartram , Heury Weistead , William Sutton , Thomas Williams , and Robt . Hill , were brought before I . Hodgson , Esq ., changed with obstructing the Wigston statiou-niastor , Wot Foster , in the execution of his duty , and refusing to gun the line of railway afier being requested to do so . William Foster , Mrs . ' Foster , and . Jonathan Haven , . policeman , stated that at about half-past nine o'clock on the nighf . of the 24 th of December , the defendants , who are in tb . 9 employ oi Mr . Belts , the contractor aithe Wigston Viaducr , same to the station and requested Mr . Foster to stop the train , that they might be ' conveyed to Leicester , when he

      informed them that he could not , for , it was not appointed to stop there . The defendants , who were iuto&tcatcd , immediately commenced abasing him . VV-lhams threatening to atop the train himself , and went to the signal-board and turned it . round for that . purpose . Welstead also requested Raven to show bis ted . li « ht , with a view to eJop the train , and said tha : t , if . he wonld not , ha ( Welstead ) would throw the gates across the line , which he att&' « ptcd to do , but , happily , was prevented by Mr . Fosier , who threatened to take him . iato castcdy . The atatioiima 8 ter then ordered the defendants to go off the Jiue immediately , but they refused to do so , till the train was within 200 yards of them . The luggagetrain haying passed the defendants , they again asked Mr . Foster to stop the passenger-tiam , and uj > on hia refusal , VVeis ' tead thrt-atened to dash his brains out against the metals , and said tliat if he had a gun he

      would slioot him . ¦ . 'Notwithstanding the entreatiea of Jir , Foster . the fellows persiated in svaittng down + vhe line toward 3 , Leice 8 ter , and , on . passiDgKnightoa , Viaduct ,. £ he train , approached them , when Bartram , who was beastly intoxicated ^ turned round , atumbled , and feWacroPd the line . Fortonately Mr . Foster in > taat ) y ) ajd hold of . him and dnggedihim osVof the way , otherwise he i % ust have been killed oil the . spot . Welstead ^ was fined ^ 5 , iistiujdmg ^ h / eosls , or two months ' , hard labour ; \ ViUiarfl 8 » £ & , ox six weeks' bird labour ; 'Sutton . sSl , or oiietttfljian ' s hard labour ; Bartram and HUvlii iMeb " .-u ^ fourtee . a days' hard labour . ^ [ ¥ hesa are ca « e& it vjrhich th « tnarinium of peaalu Bhoiild A ^ waya b ej 6 fo < ced ; w » ihTukthat fine xeith imprWument w « uld " pot have ^ jfl ^ aieappliedas .-ai . wairiiiDg to M ^ sr *» Bartraw , Wtletead , Sutton , Williaaw , » u 4 UW . l + rf * icuttr Journal , ' " _ :- j ; a ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 9, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1091/page/7/