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      In ihb wathk xxansios of Prince Albert , in the jEardens of BackiB * b *» Palace , the other day , the Q neen is said to have " man-ifested the greatest eou-Ji « e , sod to hive acted with the most intrepid cool ness . " This , we think , is rendered self-evident by her patting forth strength enongh to " drag the JPriaee to tie ahor ^ " and as regards her " coolness " no one can doubt that , wn » reflects for one moment aa the half-frozen eondrtion ot Field Marshal , His SoyaLHigfaness the Prince Consort . ? " 6 a , This Lots l— Lore l observed Venerable Joe , sarcastically— " love ' s a himposition . There ' * been more people imposed upon by that air rord than by all the jperfessional rwindlers inuatur . It ' s a and it

      gross , a nmwersal himpositisn ; ' s on y worry tronderfol to me that it * in ' t long ago been hexpuBgod . A gal says she loves yer . Werry well ; bat tn yoa consequentially obligated for to make a fool o ' yerself ! No ; you ' ve only got her hipsy dixsy , smd rot ' s the good o' that ! Marry her , and you'll werry soon boo * \> w street ' s the love as meets return . ' Bat aroat that , look 'ear on ' y jist for hinrtance : a gal lores s so ^ er—rich they all do ; it ' s reg ' lar : he ' a private ; still she loves "Mm—oh ! bout an' host ! Werry well ; don ' t yer think she'd give 'im up for an hofifcer i In © oarse she voodi And why ! Why , cos it * ud be a better chance . Has for love , it ' s the vickedest , the swindlinest himposition as is . The chances is vot gala look out for . - The on ' y qaestion with them i s , ' Is it a good chance V If it ' if , they' ll have it ; if it ain ' t , they Ton't ' onless they can't get nothink better . It ' s the deadest take in is ih at love everheered on ; a deader never vos hinwented . Yoa take my adwiee , and dont be foozled

      Yeneveryou * ear the yord love , always wiew it as a eras himposition . Hif yer don't you'll be done , and on * y find out the difference ven it ' s too late . Look at me jist for ^ instance . I was sixty-two in Jannerwerry last ; look at that ! Sixty-two , and I ain ' t done yet . I ' m in wited to all the parties . I ' m never forgot ! There ' s the old unsaa is single a-hoglin' on * re regular ; and the old uas as is married a-settin ' tlteir darters upon me ; it ' ud be sioh a chance ! and all , in coarse , cos I ' m single . Why , d ' yer think they'd care about my company perwided I vos mar-Tied I Does it stand at all to reason they'd invite me as they do , hif they didn ' t believe I vos yet to be dbae ! > ota bit of it ! not if Ivob worth a matter o ? fifty times as nines as I ham . Bet , as it is—as Pre alias escaped the himposition—there am I , $£ I £ rj&is ? 6 d , allns thought on , looked up to and respected : vich , let me tell you , is a werry great svdwantage . "—Stanley Thorn , mBeraley ' iMitceUany for October *

      The accident which befel Prince Albert , the other day , in the gardens of Buckingham Palace , in the presence of the Queen and Miss Murray , was an ezsmplifio&tiou * of the nnrsery ditty , commencing w . Three children sliding on dry ground upon a summer ' s day , " for it amounted to nothing more than » "dnekin / r" np to the middle ! How much can sometimes be made of nothin * :

      Thk wits about the Court say that Prince Albert , wiwEQ he ielLinto the water , was within an ace of being drowned , but that luckily , the Queen was in hand , or his jjame would have been lost ! The adage sats , a great fortune is a great slavery . " Prince Albert did njt think this before oming to ibis country . Not Lost . —A gentleman , whose house was repairing , went ' one day to aee how the job was progressing , and , observing a quantity of nails lying about , said to the carpenter , " Why don ' t you take care of these nails ! They'll certainly be lost So , " riplJed the carpenter , " yonil find them all io the biH "

      Religious Warjong-pah . —To put pious mottoes open -wammg-pass is a device quaint enough . Charles tie Second , however , had it so done to those that prebafely-wanaed-thB beds of-his mistresses , Kith this inscription : "Serve God , and Ere for « F » . "— Walpole . Hot jutd Cold . —An Irishman discovered a part ofv the wood-work of a-chimney-pieee on fire , that endangered the whole house . He rushed up _ -atairs to hit- « i * st ^ r » *»< 3 -jjiBonncad the alarming intelligence . Down he rushed with him . A large kettle of boiling water was on tne'fire . " Well , why don ' t j « put out the fire r— " 1 «« n % son . " « Why , jcu fool ! pour the water upon it . " — Sure i t ' s hot waiter , suit . " . . "

      Odd Tmjs to Boobs . —Among the French de-T&focal pieces , burlesque has ever reigned in the titles of . their books of piety ; * s , * The Snuffers of Divine Lota , - " ** Tbe Spiritual ~ Mnrtard-Pet , to make the Soul sneeze with Derotion f " The Capu-« ftm , bcxAvi . and ep « rr » d- _ fog Ps » dM > e / ' - - Evils < h ? Fopeiuott . —Names , that Be upon £ b # gre&ud , are not easily set on fire by the torch of envy , but thoae quickly esteh it which are raised up by fame , or wave to the breeze of posterity . Every one that passes ia ready to give them * snake « a tip ; for , there are few either so busy or idle as hot koiend a hand at nudoing . -

      Cmuors Adtebhsbmsst . — At . the enS- of the tt Jfrath Collection of Papers relative to the present Jtmctere of Affairs in Eagland , quarto , 1 G 89 , " there is ibi $ cur ious advatisement : — Lately pablished thatrial of Mr . Papillion ; by which it is manifest thai ( the then ) Lord Chief Justice Jefferies had neitber learning , law , nor good manners , hut more impudence than ten carted whores , ( as was said of him by King Charles the second J in abasing all those wqrihy citizens wbo voted for Mr . Papillon and Mr . Dobois , caking them a parcel of factious , pragmatical , sneaking , whoring , eanting , snivelling , prick-eared , erop-eared , a-ieistical fellows , rascals and scoundrels , as 1 b page nineteen of that trial may be seen . Sold by Michael Janeway , and most booksellers . "

      A VERDICT . Lord Cardigan shot Tuckett , it i 3 true , ; . Whose f&ce in consequence look'd rather wanner ; Ib Cardigan » felon , tben ! a Pooh ! pooh ! Sot guilty—legally—upon my honour ! 1 " A Pzee . The people , Polly , owe me a deep debt of graiode , " remarked her most gracious Majesty to the fa-KHirite parrot . " Indeed I" exclaimed tire PoD , ** I though : the credit was on tie other side the book I " "Pollt , deir , " exclaimed Victoriaj addressipg 4 he wonder- 'ul parrot , do you know " " Verily dp , " interrupted the impudent bird , that you are the dearest in the proportion of a million-to one . " Yietoria was silent .

      Thb Quers , in the dne exercise of her divine » ttribut « , inuaedi&tely after the accident to Prince Albert , fc&vf orders ih&i the sheet of water in Buckingham Gardens must never again freeae I

      THB SOLEKS FAKCK . - WMlst on ] y one had the slightest doubt In their lordships' House , and not one on ; Though conscience whispered to each ( on the sly ) , As " Koi Guilty" he said , my lord , you lie ! And they almost blushed at the farcical part Each noble lord played , with his hand on his heart . * It is a wstakb to assert that the water used at the baptismal font of the Princess Royal , was brought from the river Jordan . We are credibly informed it came from the u wandering Po . Thk Fact of the Queen helping Prince Albert Oot of tie popd , by extending her hand to him , is only a repetition of a former act of kindness , when by giving him her hand , she helped him out of difficnlties ef tenfold danger to that he was in when he slipped thre-ngh the ice in Backingham Gardens . '

      A Yax&eb , on hia return to his native country , was questioned by an American as to the thickness satd atorers of the London fog ; to which h& replied , "TSIc ^ rve same how a notion they were thick ; Los *! you couldn ' t get thro' ' em unless you first eat' ' em 'thro with a knife , and then , I've an idea , thai if you didn ' t make nation good use o' your legs ^ eouldn t much reckon on bodily safety . Why bless you , I lost my best frieod in a fog ! he was hacking away at it , bat I calculate he was rather too slow in his movement , for afore he'd time to squeeze thro , it closed to again , and crushed his two sides as flat as pancake !"

      Sjkikisg a ^ d Uskpcl Remark . — After , all , the great error in human judgment is not so much wil / ul possession , as that we judge according to situation , and always stake that situation our own , while , the chalices axe that we really have not one thought , feeling ^ or habit , in common with those on whom vre yet think ourselves qualified to decide . —Francesco CarrAta . A tetoeb-heabtkd hangman , when adjusting the noose on a young woman ' s neck , observed hex to shrink . ** Don ' t be frightened , my dear , " said the lianjgman , " HI be as easy with you as ever I can . "

      A mzbchjlST . having jnst concluded a letter addressed to one of his correspondents , suddenly dropped down dead . His partner , by way of postscript , added , ' " ^ Bitiee my letter was written I died this morning at ten o clock . " Another merchant , the senior partner in a firm , whose wife had presented him with twins , wrote to inform his friends of the fact ^ and signed the letter , Smith , Tomkins & Co . !" " Why doh ' t you get married ? " mischievously aeked a young lady of rather an elderly bachelor friend , the other day , " I have for the last ten years been trying to find some one who would be silly e&oagh to hare me , " was the reply . ** I gnesa yoa haven ' t been up our way , " was the insinuaung and heart-flattarioe rejoinder .

      A-coextktmak , seeing a Bhip very heavy laden , and acarcaljr above the water ' s edge , exclaimed , * My wjrd ! if ifi&fiver was but a bit higher , the ship woald go io tht ^ bottom . "

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fbidat , Tjo , 19 . The Earl of Shaftbsbu » t moved that "the Loi Speaker do give ordexafor printiag and pabtttfaing tt proceedings at the trial of the Earl « f Cardigan . The Earl of Eldok complained tbat the Masters I Chanoery , who v « r » considered tha messengers ot it House , had been refused admission on the day of ( fa triaL fie also adverted to . the Attorney-General havia stated thtt there was no maul delinquency in the ooi dact of the Eari ot Cardigan . Itoould notberappow that the Sight Bev . Prelates , who had retired befoi

      the proceedings had commenced , would oonear in such a statement , and be thonjbt the Mgh feelings of th « Attomey-Qflneral had carried him too tar In making it The Bishop of Lokdoa apprehended the Bight Rev . Prelates woald not have been implicated even had they been present , as tt was distinctly stated that the ; attended there merely a * peers . He thought the Attorney-General was sot justified in acquitting the n * ble eari ot all moral guilt , and he trusted something would be done to put an end to a custom which had originated in a barbarous age . .

      Lord Ellrk borough said the Bishops were not obliged to leave the Houss , and although their attendance could be compelled , they could not be compelled to vote . The Eari ot Roden gave notice that on Monday be should mDve for copies ot the oorrespontlenoe that had taken place on the subject of recent transactions between that country and the court of Persia . The Earl of Mouhtcashel wished to kn * w if it was the intention of the Government to introduce any measure for the more effectual prevention of duelling f He coal * assure them that if they allowed the subject to remain as it at present was , they would become still more unpopular with the country . Lord Melbourne admitted the importance of the subject , but said the Government was not prepared to introduce any measure with reference to dualling Public opinion waa fast putting dowa the practioe . In answer to the Barl of QlengaU ,

      The Marquis of NobmaNBY » sid it was iflteoded . as an experiment to devolve upon the clerks of Unions in Ireland the duty of returning officers , in order te check the abases that had been conplaiaed ef coder the present system . It appeared , however , that these evils had b « en very much exaggerated . The Noble Lord also stated that two barristers had been directed by the Irish Government to ascertain the number and description of rate-payers entered on the Union valuation-books , and to compare them with the number of county voters ob the registry . The object was to obtain data on which to found the Bill introduced in the other House , but be denied that there was any idea of using the Poor Law Commissioners for political purposes .

      Lord Brocgham moved that the return of the number of appeals disposed of and for hearing before the Privy Council be printed ; and in doing so wiahed to eorrect very gross errors which had been fallen into in the other Hoose , in stating the number of causes in arrear . The fact was , thst on the * 1 st of November last there were only eighteen appeals ready for hearing , and all these had since been disposed of . He thought that statement was due to the Learned Judges who devoted so large a portion of their time to the public service without the slightest remuneration .

      The Earl of Deyoh obtained leave to bring is a Bill for the speedy and more effectual administration of justice , and the trial and conviction of minor offences He should postpone any statement of the details of the measure till the second reading on Thursday next Adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS .-JFHAjy , Feb . 16 . Colonel Clkmkkts took the oaths and hia seat for Cavaa . Several railway and other private Bills were advanced a stage . Petitions were presented against certain clauses in the Poor Law Amendment Act ; in favour of Lord Morpetn ' s Irish Registration Bin ; in favour of Church Extension ; and for the Release of all Political Offenders at present in confinement Mr . Hawes ( at the suggestion of the Speaker ) would , in consequsnee of an informality in the Medical Practitioners Bill , withdnv it for ta » present . : Mr . T . Sxith said the Government had received w > oSeial isfonnatfon that the Bishop of Quebec hftd refused to allow a tablet to be placed in the Church to the memory of Lieut-OoL Lester , because he had not been a regular communicant

      Mr . Ewast gave notice of a motion on Thaasday next , for the appointment of a public prosecutor in criminal cases . * Mr . Hras moved for returns ( in conMnuationhof tb * haltgay and superannuated sllowtosft to officers tft tt * miiitir / , naval , and dvil servioss . —Ordered . . J : \ , j $ * % JteaX * 4 MtO 9 OF TOXER 8 ( SB 4 ZUSB . I 6 a the noting far H » second readiM eJT this Bin , Sir Edwabd Bcgdbh Mid Hon . Members « f bii jtt » qJ-th * Beose -wars equally abxioas' Wit 6 the " WoWe Ler 4 ( J . RuasrfD « ad his wppotW »» -4 « , | tftesjt details « E aay n&assm wmch ^ wflpoja prevent iraqfl , ~ * tid CaciHtate the registration of bo * a fide voters . Tbve were certainly some things in the present system which required amendment , more especially the publication of "the lists , and the mode in which objections were made . With these exceptions , be thought the present plan had worked well , and it was his intention to move the introduction of certain clauses in committee , which would correct these defects . He should also moVfe the

      rejection of the clause which conferred upon the Speaker of the House the power of appointing barristers , as it would be most injudicious to give him appointments is which political bias could have any share . Mr . GiSBOBJtE denied that the present system had worked well , because so much uncertainty existed that it was not unusual to find revising barristers sitting under the same roof deciding in totally different ways . He was glad to find so little objection raised to the Bill on the other aide of the House . With respect to the objection that had been raised to the selection of barristers being vested in the Speaker , the same principle had been adopted in the Right Hon . Bart ( Sir R- Peel ' s ) election committees , and no practical inconvenience bad resulted therefrom .

      Mr . H ¥ ME thought they ought to assimilate the system in England to that in Ireland , and introduce a clause for defining the franchise , which would put an end to litigation on the subject CoL Sibthobpe -wished to know -what the salaries of the barristers would be , ss he should take the sense of the House upon that point Lord J . Rcssbll could not state the precise amount of the salary till he went into committee ; but he might say generally that there would be a reduction of £ 15 , 000 or £ 18 , 000 ot the present expenditure ¦ Hear , hear . ) It was his intention to introduce a modification of the present test of the payment of rateB and taxes , and also as to the change of occupation , as it had led to the disfrancbisement of a large number of voters who were otherwise tally entitled to the franchise . The Bill was then read a second time , and ordered to be committed that day seimight

      On the motion of Mr . Labopchehe , the East India Rum Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Monday . The Tithe Composition ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time and passed . On the motion of Mr . Beothekto . v the Committee on the exportation of machinery was appointed . Mr . Hume inquired when the Noble Lord would lay on the table the papers relative to the Syrian war ? Lord PALHEBSTOit said the delay was occasioned by the great mass of papers to be arranged and printed , but he hoped ibey woald be ready in a weak or ten days . In answer to questions from Sir R . Peel ,

      Lord Palme&stox said that so commission of survey had beea appointed jointly by the English sad American Governments . The survey of Mr . Featherstonhaugh was merely ex-parte , and could not be binding on the British Government . With regard to the conventions that had taken place , propositions had been made by the respective governments which had been reciprocally rejected , but the governments had now agreed upon a convention containing au arrange . nient for an arbitration . The difference between them now was not one of principle , but as to the mode in ¦ which it was to be carried out In answer to Mr . Hawes , Lord J . Russell said it waa the intention of the Government to introduce a measure for the regulation of Ecclesiastical Courts in the House of Lords . Adjourned .

      Monday , Feb . 22 . The debate on the second reading ot the Government Registration Bill for Ireland was begun by Lord Staj .-i . et , who said that if the question had been merely on details , he should have exercised more forbearance to this Bill than had been extended t # his own ; but there was matter here which be should think that not a few even of the Ministerialiata must oppose—matter ¦ which went wholly to break up the great settlement of the Reform Act Something had , indeed , been conceded by Government ; for instance , the annual revision ; but they had tacked to it a quarterly registration , keeping up a fever throughout the year , and -whenever the voter had once been registered , upon however fraudulent a qualification , this Bill precluded all proof cf that fraud . It proposed a tribunal of appeal , but it gave the constitution of

      that tribunal to the Speaker ; and his high respect for the Speaker now in the chair , as well as his general consideration for justice , must determine him to object against granting a power which , however impartially exercised in fact , would never be regarded by partisans as having been bo exercised . After a few observations upon the authority to give costs on appeal , and upon the clause making certificates conclusive evidence for certain purposes , Lord Stanley passed on from the registry ^ roviaions to the new feature , the new tack now added to th » Bill This , he said , -was a repetition of a trick of the appropriate clause , which these same Ministers tacked to the Irish Tithe Bill , for the purpose of displacing Sir R . PeeL They had been obliged at last to abandon that tack , and had themselves , as Ministers , carried the Tithe Bill withont it ; and be trusted that the same

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      result would aittad theft Uefts&raHon BI 1 L He hail breogbt is Ms 0 w » Begistratioa Bill last year , on learning from the eeramneat that they ( who in several preceding Sessions had . introduced xeglstCfttioa bills of their owo ) did not contemplate the introduction of any such measure then . But , after bis BUI had been -sanctioned by the House , the Ministers , in < order to defeat ft , had now come forward with a Bill of their own , containing . a definition of the franchise . Was a definition of the franchise their present object ? Instead of defining the franchise , thele BUi went wholly to change it Be' k * ew not bow tons : Lord Morpeth had entertained this view . On a motion of Mr . OTSonnell , in 1889 , for an extension of the franchise , Lord Morpeth had opposra that Member—at first in a

      faltering voice , bet , towards the end of hia speech , as his courage swelled , in s > firm and decisive tone . A similar declaration bad . been repeated by Lord Morpeth in 1840 , and now , in 1641 , that declaration was wholly repudiated . Mr . O'ConaeU ' s proposal had been to lower the franchise beth , in Ireland and in England . Lord Stanley would not say that Mr . O'ConaelTs view had influenced Lord Morpeth ' s ; but if each had arrived at the same- point by his own separate reflection , it was stat more alarming to see such a coincidence between Mr . O'Coanell and the Irish Minister . If Government now thought that enactment a onjust one , which at the time of the relief bill excluded the 40 s . freebeWers , whyws * not that boldly avowed t But the leaseholders now proposed

      to be let in were a class of people tar lower , and far more liable to influence than those exelu 4 ed freeholders , . class y « ey much Uwer than the lowest voters for the English counties ; and he wunld be gtad to know whether to * English counties were to ba-toeated in the same way 1 There were disputable question upon the requisite value , sod the remedy propoeed-wss , to require no Talus- at siL Estimates as to ptfor-rate had been made , we wen told , by two Irish barristers ; he would like to see . their instructions—to seethem , tat of course such instructions eouldnever havebsea merely oral In all Ireland , these gentlemen had visited ten unions , out of 140—bow selected did oot appear ; but it did appear thai their visit had bee « a most hasty one . On the reports o { this visit , which bad heen'fleUvered

      but with the Parliamentary papers of that very moming , the Bill of LufdMorpeth-was founded . Hfcwonld admit that a eorrect valuation of property- lalrelajfa might be *> highly useful document ; but tt ^ ttwwbsi impartial , legal , accurate , uniform ! in air -which Jar-i titulars the valuation now in progress was defective . The Poor Law Bill bad enormous dimcultieito encounter ; if to those you superadded poltttoaf partiality in the valuation , you would render it a varse indeed ; and this must be the necessary conseqftenee 4 tiht covne now porsoed . Aa to legality , the Ja « ineq $ re < that regard should be strictly had to top letting value . Bat the report just jmUUbM sbjired that the valuators wholly departed front f this criterion ; and to that effect th 4 Noble wLord

      cited various passages from it . J Hitherto , ?• perhaps , the fault of the valuation had * e # 4 B assessing too low , and ao tar it would be said 4 bat the argument would be against him ; but be was not content With a valuation which was Untrue , whether too high otf too low : and if too low , be knew not whether too low by 60 or by 100 per cent So much for the aecaracy of these barristers t and , as to their uniformity , it was to be found only in their systematic departure from ' 4 be law . He could not understand the ground on w&tch a small minority of the Irish judges bad raised svddibt about the construction of the beneficial interest ; and , in order to elucidate the argument in favour of the " solvent tenant" test , he cited passage * from the statutes in pmri noteriotor England and Scotland ,-and

      from speeches made by Mr . O'Gonnell while the Reform BUI was in discussion ; particularly some whlefc exposed the absurdity of basing a man ' s franchise ' , as was now proposed , not on the proflv which be received , baton the rent which be h * d to pay . If the value of the property fell , the rate-payer would not lose ids franchise ; the candidate would take care to keep him still on the register , and get the r » U paid for him—thus buying votes by wholesale , at sixpence a year per vote . And now he wished to ask the ground on which Ministers thought themselves justified in proposing this great . extension of . the elective franchisefar a great extension they admitted H to be . Why , thsir argument was that ot Mr . O ' -CoaaaU , sbstt the Irish counties had fewer electors . than the . EngBsh » in proportion to their respective populations . WouM'tfoa

      ^ aayv fees , that the franchise of 8 t Giles's , in Westminster , ought to be lower than tb » franchise of St . George's , because the former parish had store poor ? It was true that in Ireland the proportion of voters was generally smaller , because there wan fewer teen of property and solvency . The landholders ia Ireland were nearly twice as numerous as in England , though they occupied an area of land amounting t * only about two-fifths of the English area ; and abo » t Bve-Sjxihs Of sjU ttsr Jrish holders cultivated their land-wtsbtwt tbe employment of labourers , simply , by the vorJI « f 4 h « tth selves and their families . The number of enfraa < $ l * £ leaseholders was diminishing s 3 So , ftrowlto Mdt » M « £ tion of Uw landlords to < nmmi Isms * ifrStifpfag w * s _ ji , lksni « Mfc tbe JagitinsM ia&MSM »« ilUi sWllWf ^ ras stiH prevsieaa ^ JK iTwere oth « wis » - ^ f . systems Hi nil n fti ¦¦ I ¦ kU ., 1 * | in' ¦¦¦ ¦ , \ ¦ - ^ - »* - - '* - ¦¦ - — - ** •¦ - ¦¦

      ^ hisJfctwowuJwtt ia » Mes / Htere , Its wonjrp « ft » p « seek , not unnaturally , to get tenants of tils' own way of thinking ; bat at all events he would let his pro perty from year to year , and grant no more of those leases which , by constituting a franchise , made bone of contention . If such a system were to become so fur prevalent in Ireland as to reduoe the ConetJ tueucy below the fair mark of the Reform BUI , he himself would be willing to discuss the remedy for such a state of things . At the time of the Reform Bill , he had calculated the county constituency of Ireland at » X >* OO . Mr . O'Caunell at that time had fixed bis utmost-wishes at 90 , 000 . Last year ' s return showed it to be 39 , lSt . Ths borough constituencies exhibited- a shnflw result . It might be said , these returns showed too large a

      constituency , by reason of the doable entries and other errors in the registry ; bat his answer was , amend the system of the registry , thst you msy know the real amount of tbe constituency , before yoa act en this supposed necessity of increasing it His last objection would be , that even it all other arguments were cleared away , the £ 5 proposed was too small an amount In England aud in Scotland , and , for municipal purposes , in Ireland too , tbe household qualification was £ 10 . Why was it to be made £ 5 for the Irish Parliamentary franchise ? Every poor labourer , with a mud cottage and an acre or two of land , would be rated at £ 5 ; aud you would have a class of voters greatly below the common day labourers ia England . A fanner-of 15 acres , at 20 s . or 50 s . an acre , which was about the usual

      amount and value of land farmed in Ireland , was in a miserable condition daring the period from April to September , l ' mng on dry potatoes , except for a little milk from the cow . And yet this poor farmer was a person rated three times as high as the wretched labourer whom this Bill proposed to invest with the right of voting , and to whom it offered that right as a remedy for his distresses ! The 40 b . freeholders were disfranchised , not because they were Roman Catholics , but because they were not in a station of life to be independent Tbose 40 s . freeholders , however , bad reaHy a beneficial interest ; the now proposed voters had none ; they could resist neither the influence of the landlord nor the intimidation of the mob . A beneficial lease tives a property to the tenant ; but a

      lease at a rack rent gives him nothing at alL If this Bill could be carried f « r Ireland , it would be impossible to abstain from applying its principle to England and Scotland also . The next cry woald be , " justice to England . " Government would be bound to tell th « House in this debate what their intention with respeot to England was . Lord Morpetb might delay the redress of abuses a little longer—he might again excite aud unsettle a part of the publk—he' might again throw the elements of discord , as Lord John Russell hid said , into the political cauldron—but he trusted that tbe House would resist this measure , and he was assured that in that resistance they would be supported by the people of England . He moved that the'Bill bern * d a seeoncUbhne on that ^ foy ^ sfcrnosths . Mr . C . WoOD ^ flesired to record his approval of tbe Bill , and of tbe course pursued by-the Government . There was no very wide difference as to the registration remedies between -Lord Stanley's- Bill and Lord

      Morpeth ' s ; but the latter was objected to , for that which was really its great merit , that it removed the whole evil , that oi the franchise , as well as that of the registration . If the suggested amount of £ & were unsatisfactory , gentlemen might vote in committee for a larger sum . He then entered into some details of numbers and value ; and urged tbe necessity of a state of things under which a set of constituencies chiefly : Catholic returned representatives chiefly Protestants ; especially when almost all the material questions of the day were-questions connected with the religion of the people . He assumed an air of surprise at what Lord Stanley had said about tbe relations of landlord and tenant , and did not see , for his ewa parti why the landlord should ever know what the politics of bis tenant were . He was a friend to the great settlement of the Reform Bill ; but he would not tie himself down to every word of it , nor adhere to the letter in opposition to the spirit . The House should not try to legislate against tbe feeling of a whole nation . ¦ ¦

      Mr . Litton said , he opposed the Bill , as being a repeal ot the Reform Act He gave a succinct history of the former proceedings of Government respecting registration , into none ot which had they thought it allowable to introduce a proposal like that of tie £ 5 rating Bat they now crowed that they would ' not consent to part with fraud and perjury in the registration , vaUMs they got a quid pro quo for themselves . If a rating were proposed on a value to be taken clear of rent and taxes , he should be glad to adopt such a test ; but it was idle to take a £ 5 rating as a test of beneficial Interest , where the tenant might be paying twice that amount of rent for the occupation . He condemned the conduct of the Government , who , he was persuaded , bad introduced this proposal of a £ 5 franchise by way of a new agitatUn in lieu of the agitations for tithe and for repeal : and he ridiculed the notion that England had anything to fear from acting firmly in Irish affairs .

      Mr . Fitzpatbick was favourable to the second reading . . . . ..... Mr . Lucas explained the views fey which he had been actuated last year ,, in advancing the principle of rating as a test for franchise . His Tiew had been last the party shonld be rated for £ 8 5 s . over and above his rest What resemblance had that to the present Bill

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      which required nffngof only £ « fn all , without any reduction whatever fer lentf The present . Bill pat matters in a m « oh worse state than they were in when the 40 s . freeholders bad tbe franchise ; for those freeholders possessed something , bat the mere rated occupier possesses nothing . Lord Morpeth began by retorting on Lord Stanley the charge of excitement and disturbance . Lord Stanley bad sa id the rating clause was but a tack and a postscript ; for himself , he regarded it as the preface , nay , as iart oi the ; texjt . Jtsejfi - » main part too , and one without vrhich ««••««•* , F « uW have no cbanoe ot being brought to a satisfactory issue . Ministers were twitted with an excessive partiality for Ireland ; but It should be remembered that there the 40 s . freeholders

      could not vote . The 40 s . freeholders were disfranchised at the time of the Relief Bill , to the amount of 181 , 000 voters . He insisted oa the authority ot Mr . Lucas and Sir D . J . Norreys , as favourable to the prinoiple of the rating test : » nd as to the amount , that question waa for the Committee . He should rather have waited till the experiment of tbe Poor Law-had been farther ripened : but Lord Stanley ' s legislation had forced Ministers forward . It had become quite necessary to take some step ; for almost all the litigation , whether in the registration courts or before committees of this house , now tamed upon this one question of value ; and the Irish bench themselves were divided in opinion . Lord Stanley ' s bill , while it would drive away dishonest claimants , would be still more likely to drive away

      quiet well-meaning persons . The Poor Law rating , on the contrary , combined most of the advantages of a test ; though certainly it would not be ah exact measure for each particular case . The question of amount belonged more properly to the committee than to the second reading ; but he would not shrink from dealing with it now . Ministers , on looking into the facts , were satisfied that ' even a £ 5 net rating would exclude many voters of the kind which the Reform Bill meant to admit , and they considered that by fixing the amount at a £ 5 grots rating they-were adopting a liberal test ; but not » n inordinate one . Tbe document which Lord Stanley had relied on , as showing a constituency of 81 , 000 voters , hat ) been made oat before the registration ojf last autumn , at which time all franchises registered in 1832 would have expired , unless previously renewed ; but , at all events ,. there woald soon be a

      > / limb , return , giving the numbers now actually in existence . Towns as well as counties were included in thfil artaagefcent , for it was desirable to takethe opportunity ^ settling the whole subject at tbe same time . He vindicated the provision for quarterly registration , ' and the restriction upon appeals touching matter of fact He trusted that the House , in choosing between the two Bills before . them , would act in the spirit of the Reform Bill—that they would shut out the many difficulties devised by Lord Stanley against the honest voter , aud that they would rather adopt a measure conciliatory to the great body of our Irish fellow-subject * . He alluded mysteriously to the state of our foreign relations , as an inducement for keeping the Irish in good humour , and concluded with a peroration about the Repeal of j ^ eUal » n . The debate was then adjourned till Tuesday .

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      - ^^^^^^ ^ ^ -v ~~ v-Thb average rate of wages in Hants is 15 s . arweek . There will be a great increase in the number of steamers on the Thames during the ensuing season . These is to be a regular line of sailing packets between Antwerp , Rio Janeiro , and Valparaiso . ; 'Ah Augmentation op thb arhv will take place within a very short period . The increase will not exceed from two to three thousand men . Measures are being taken by the Government to ascertain the number of Jesuits located throughout Ireland .

      A gbkat mumbkr of horses are now weekly imported into Ireland from different parts of Wales , Formerly the importation was reversed . It is said that Mr . Barry is to receive the sum of £ 25 , 000 for designing , superintending , and completing the new Houses of Parliament . On Wkdnesd ^ t , the 17 th instant , the Coroner held no fewer than six inquests iu the London Hospital . They were principally " accident oases /' Precious Metals . —Silver coin and bullion shipped at Dover , from Feb . 1 st to 14 th—30 , 450 . oi . of silver ; 389 oa . of gold .

      ' A letter from Trevea says that the King of Prussia has remitted the whole of the duty on wine fbr the year 1840 . Itislittlk advantage to the traveller that the sunsets not till very late , if the day has been all passed in clouda . 7 Tub Tba . dk op HAtrr Ports in Scotland seems to b > steadily advancing . An-instance of this is seen ^ Itb * shipping returns of Greenock and Glasgow . -j % fcJ 5 H » ; aW 35 , # 00 PJiaSoNs at Liverpool , and j ^ jW ^ at jlsJicheflter , now living in cellars of the l ^ pF ' ^^ l ^ sKB ^ oit S ^ toedat week , Joha Harritigtoa , a imure ^ $ r + *^ fiMltt # Lf < iiz txiMl for steMUoga- ^ ElO note out of a letter . *" ' Bv am awfdl Fire in a flax-mill , near KUmacrenan , in Ireland , two lives were lost , and several persons severely injured .

      The Archddke Frederick , "who distinguished himxelf ia the campaign in Syria , has just returned to Vienna . The Newcastle Commercial Banking Company , at their half-yearly meeting , declared a dividend after the rate of six par cent , per annum . Sir . Johk Harvey , Governor of New Brunswick , has been recalled , and will be succeeded by Sir Wm . Colebrooke . Thb Sixxt-BBYBNTH AkniveR 8 art Festival of the Royal Humane Society was celebrated at the Freemasons' Hall by upwards of three-hundred gentlemen . TtphUb Fever is spreading among the poor in Edinburgh . The whole wards of the Royal Infirmary have been thrown open , and almost every bed is occupied .

      Thr Roman Academy of St . Luke has conferred the title of honorary member on the Queen Dowager of Spain " who , it is well known , is a fine artist in oil colours . " A Mar&iaoe is contemplated between Prince Charles Ferdinand , son of the . Archduke of Modena , and the eldest daughter of the Grand Dnke of Tusoany . The Queen of the French has united with the Queen Dowager of Naples to effect a reconciliation between the King of Naples and hia brother , the Prince of Capua . Some disorders occurred in the veterinary school at Alt ' ert , near Paris , on Sunday week , which ended in the withdrawal of the 260 students who paid for their education .

      The British Legion . —The last remnant of the British Legion , numbering one hundred and fifty , arrived in ; Waterford oa Wednesday , the 17 th instant , from Santander . The appointment of a Select Committee to investigate ' the present state of the Companies for effecting assurances on lives , and for granting auuuities , " will be proposed in Parliament . Floggino at S * a . —In the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Saturday , the master of the ship ,

      Greyhdund , was ordered to pay £ 100 damages , to hia boatswain , for ill-usage of him , whilst at sea . The Marquise de St . Cyb , whose husband died in the service of Charles X ., was found dead in her hotel at Cherbourg , on the 30 th ult ., having hung herself in a fit of insanity . Among the intelligence recently brought from China , is a rumour that the crews of two American ships , the Panama and Kosciusko , had deserted and ti ««! rMintotheserv 1 cTro ?'' the Cninese : A

      A Russian , M . Wesohniakoff , is eaid to have discovered a new material for heating Bteamtenfiines , which takes less space and produces a greaior heat than the best sea coal . The inventor calls this substance carbolein . 1 Sugar . —Papers to the 13 th of Janua ^ r , from Barbadoes , state that sugar-making had commenced in the island . The crop was expected to be in quantity about tbe same as 1 ast year . Ground provisions were everywhere scarce . A Letter from Rome states that the feast of languages was celebrated on the 12 th ult ., at the college of Propaganda . Cardinal Mezzofcuitt presided , at the eolemnity , unique in its way . There Btems to hare been orations in every mentionable language . _ . .

      _ In thb Court op Queen ' s Bench , on the 18 th . instant , a verdict , with £ 200 damages , waa given against Mr . Goldie , a distiller , for having driven his gig over an old womvt in Whitechapel , by which her thigh-bone waa broken . ¦ ' We understand that the New Zealand Company intend to confide the command of the preliminary expedition of their Second Colony , . and the duty of establishing the new settlement , to Captain Arthur Wakefleld of the Navy . ~ S / wcta / or . "' Thbrk is such a scarcity of hands to man thecod-Sshing ships of Dieppe , which ought soon to be Bailing for Newfoundland , that the traders have addressed two successive petitions to the Minister of Marine , praying for aid . ¦ v

      Tqe Rev . Geo . G . Cookmak , of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America , and son of George Qootanan , Esq . of Hull , has been elected for the second time , by a large majority , chaplain to the Senate of the United States . The PRorsfiTT op Great Britain . —Ricardo esiiuiatea the whole property of Great Britain at £ 3 , 000 , 000 , 000 ; and , according to Sir G . R . Porter ' s tables of 1833 , the property of the empire is estimated at £ 3 , 663 , 0 * 0 , 0 * 00 , and the gross income at not leas than £ 514 , 6 « 0 , 000 .

      Rotten Boroughs , —Nearly all the small places in Cornwall that were disfranchised have materially improved since they were placed in Schedule A ; but th&inost striking instance is CaHington , which appears to improve in appearance and prosperity every day .

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      Thb Lords of the Admir » HtyIi * w directed that troop ships wear the colours worn by her Majesty ' s shipe on the stations that they may be from , time to time employed . ? Aw Esfiprr % wu $ vkt . —A Bill has been intiroduoed imto the Virginia Legislature , to anthprfse the banks of that State to loan the commonwealth 100 , 000 dollars . It is stated that there is not enough money in the treasury to pay the Member' wages . ' Illness in the Armt . —IIln « ss to s great ? xtent prevails amongst the privates and some of the noncommissioned ofBcers in the 60 th Rifles . Thexe . are

      now upwards of seventy sick in the hospital , and mostly young men under twenty-two years of age . While in England coal and iron are always found together , in France no guch coincidence occurs . The iron-masters of France are , in consequence , obliged to bring from a distance the coal necessary for their furnaces . Mr . O'Connell has written to the Belfast Chamber of Commerce , advising them that the French Government are about to lay an import duty of twelve per cent , on linen yarn , which , as Belfast carries on an immense traffic with France , would lead to serious detriment . .

      , At thk Court of Bankruptct , on Saturday , a meeting of the creditors of Mr . C . J . Carter , the coroner for Kent , took place . The bankrupt's liar bilities exceed i 10 , 0 * 0 ; and amongst the creditors who proved were the whole of the servants , consisting of a footman , a gardener , cook , housemaid , needle woman , nurserymaid , and governess . : > Charge of Violation . —At Guildhall , on Friday , Henry Biea , the keeper of a china and ^ glass' ah ^ p , in Farringdon-street , was held to bail , himself in £ 500 , and three sureties in £ 510 more , on a charge of violating-bis servant girL ' The sea is receding so rapidly from the bay of Bourg Neuf , that the remains of an EugHah ship of war , mounting sixty-four guns , which was last on an oyster-bank , whilst in pursuit of a French ship in 1752 , are nowto be found in the midst ofa oaltivated plain / ., •¦ "• ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦" : ' ¦ ¦ "• ' ¦ " . ¦" ,. . . ' ¦'

      Effects or Cold on Old Persons . —The effect of cold on thejfged is strikingly evinced by the tables of mortality for 1838 , as the following statement wiU show , of deaths iu the metropolis ;—Winter . Spring . Summer . Autumn . Total deaths 15 , 611 13 , 109 13 , 379 12 , 581 Old age ...... 1 , 383 968 778 -981 Insane Mother , and Child . —On the first inst ., one Mrs . Mair , of Freedom , Ohio , in a fit of insanity , threw her own child into the fire and burnt it alive . —On the « am 6 day , six Indians , while in a state of intoxication , were froaento death on Beattie ' s Prairie , in Arkansas . Dublin . —A great sensation has been created in the mercantile , circles here by the sudden flight of a member of tbe Board of Aldermen , leaving behind him defalcations to the enormous amount ot £ 60 , 000 . No reason has been as yet assigned as the cause of failure . .

      A Case of considerable importance to sea captains was brought before the notice of the Lord Mayor , on Saturday . A druggist had been employed to supply medicines for a ship on her voyage to the coast of Africa ; but the drugs were so much adulterated as to be utterly worthless , The captain of the ship said , all his crew died on the voyage : they were so obstinate , they would take no other medicine but salts ; but if they had been so inclined , there were no medicines in the chest fit for them . The druggist had been summoned to attend , but he did not appear to answer the charge : his name was not mentioned .

      A Duel took place on Thursday morning , ' the 18 th instant , between Col . Patterson , of the East India Company's service , and Mr . Robert Marsden , of Park Lodge , Regent ' s Park . The parties met at daybreak , at the back of the Eyre Arms Tavern ; and at the second fire Colonel Patterson was severely wounded in the wrist . It is said that the misunderstanding arose from a political dispute between the parties ; the Colonel having asserted at a dinner party , in the presence of Mr . Mareden , that the supporters of Mr . O'Connell were "political sooundrols ; " and Mr . Maraden , who is a warm advocate of Mr . O'Connell , applying the term to himself , called upon the Colonel to apologise , whioh was refused .

      Suicide . —An inquest was held on the 18 th init ., at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of Thomas Henman , a compositor , who jumped from Blackfriars Bridge on Monday . The deceased , when walking qn the Bridge , tapped a gentleman on the shoulder , and telling him to follow , ran across the road , got on to the balustrade , and threw himself into the river . He was taken out by a waterman , ia a state of insensibility ; but was restored to animation after all pulsation had ceased . It was found , however , that he haa received severe oontasions in Wb fall : be was Jakstt t ^ . th * Moepital , and died on Wedtoesday . The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "

      " A " respectable coil-merchant , " as h / & ia termed by the reporter * named Margery , was charged , on Wednesday , at the Mansion-house , with cheating the poor by giving short weight . What made the matter . wwfse was , that he was supplying coals in the cause ofcharity , the inquest of the Billingsgate-Ward having made arrangements with him to « ell to the poor at a much lower jrate than usual . -He did accordingly sell to the poor , but the latter had no cause to congratulate themselves on their bs * - gain , oa finding a few pounds , more or less , defioient in each sack . The defence was of the usual" black diamond" order .

      Tax Longest Winter . —This is the longest winter that has been felt in the southern parts of England for many years past , and it has been only partially brokoa since the 12 th of December , by westerly winds and rain for eleven or twelye days in January . The brightest Bide of the picture ( sayB Dr . Burney , of the Royal Academy , Godport ) , is the beneficial efioct the snow , whioh lay long on the ground , will unquestionably have on the arable lands , whioh fortunately were sown with wheat last auttmnmore extensively than for many years past . Be assured that the winter is not yet over , for the planetary aspects with the sun on the 19 th of February , the 11 th and 23 rd of March , indicate a remission of temperature , frost , and probably sqowv

      Curious Consanguinity . —A short time since , at James ' s Church , Poole , a father married his son ' s wife ' s aunt . The son married his father ' s wife ' s sister . Consequently one son is brother-in-law to his father , and the father brother-in-law to his son . The other son is nephew and son-in-law to his father's wife , and his wife is niece and daughter-inlaw to her husband's father , niece and sister-in-law to her husband ' s brother , and niece and sister-in-law to her husband ' s brother ' s wife . It would be difficult to find a parallel instance of such intricate relationship . —Salisbury Herald .

      A few nights since , two English sailors , according to the Semaphore , of Marseilles , who had taken too much grog on board , picked a quarrel in that town with some Frenchmen . Words ran high , and blows soon ensued . In the conflict one of the tars caught the leg « f an adversary in his teeth , and held it as in a vice , till obliged to relinquish his hold by the overwhelming power of numbers ; and not then , till so beaten that not a feature in bis face could be recognised . His brother blue jacket , indignant at his unfair treatment , interposed , and , determining to display all his skill and strength in the science of boxing , rushed into the centre of at least twenty of

      the assailants of his messmate , and delivered his blows with sucKforce , that he soon made a circle round him , the diameter of which was at least the length of his own arms . Jack cleared his way out , and made towards the canal , but was followed by so maay adversario * , that - he vras at lost kriock « d down . He lay for some time , perhaps not stunned , but only to recover his breath , and then , snddenly springing up , fought bis way through a whole phalanx , till some police-officers took him under their protection , and placed hint in safety . The Semaphore concludes its account with blaming the conduct of its fellow-citizens .

      Dreadful Shipwreck . —One Hundbed awd Thirty-two Lives Lost . —Liverpool , Sunday . — It is our painful duty to record one of the most distressing accidents at sea ever remembered by the oldest navigators . The Governor Fenner , Captain Andt « wB , s ^ led from Liverpool for New iYork , on Friday last , with afull cargo of miscellaneous goods and 116 passengers ; she arrived off Holy head en Saturday morning , and when about twenty miles west of that point of the Welsh coast ran foul of the 8 teanier Nottingham , a vessel belonging , tp , the City of Dublin ! Company , trading between Liverpool and Dublin . At the time of the melancholy accident the wind was blowing fresh from ; the south-west , with a heavy swell , and weather very , haay ., Upon the

      two vessels meeting ( two o ' clook , a . m . ) , it appears that the Governor Fenner struck the -Nottingham steamer on her starboard side , and in less than ten minutes the American ship had sank , and 116 passengers and sixteen of her crew were almost instantly passed into eternity . The captain and mate were the only two lives saved , the former by catching hold of a rope belonging to the steamer , and the latter by jumping off the fore-yard of the ship on to the steamer as the Governor Fenner was going down . At the time this melancholy catastrophe occurred all the passengers were in their berths asleep , and could not have any idea of their

      perilous situation . The steamer Nottingham sustained great damage , having lost her chimney and starboard paddle-box , and being otherwise so disabled as to reader it difficult for her to make her passage to Liverpool , during which she threw overboard 200 head of cattle . The Governor Fenner is an American vessel of 380 tons , burden ; she was built in Massachusetts in 1827 , is therefore fourteen years ^ ld , and is considered here by experienced men quite unqualified to convey 116 souls to a distant land . These unfortunate people consisted of emigrants of the better class from various parts of England , Ireland , and Scotland , whose names , it being Sunday , we are unable to obtain . —London Paper .

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      KOTATOBT Steam Engius . —Messrs . Pem Hi rett , and Exa ll , irenfounders , ; Reading , aavaT their manufactory , a working model ora roSSiJ steam engine , on the wheelracket ptincrpla »^ SS will make a thousand revolutions in a nuaaL ^ T engine , ' with siiflicieut power , ou that prm » u ? would progress on a railroad seven thoasaoa' wSJl ! in a ' minute . or tyro hundred anSI thiriy-ei ghtiSS an hoar ; it appears iirom the simplicity of iiiS ? strubtion to be admirably adapted for agrienft ^ ptirposea . . . _ * r ^ . Breach of Promise of Marriage . —In the rv * of Queen ' s Bench , . on th « 17 th inst . ^ ^ in the au * Z nateu iiwrtn luruivr tne

      vrru v . , we oaugbttf at widow who kept a public house—the latter a i 2 » * man , Burveyor to the eastern division of Sou thiS * a verdict was found for : plaintiff —• damag es * S $ h « plaintiff had had a ohild by defendant . V ^ J Blasphbhoi 78 PsosBCOTroKS . —The nroseSjRafc against the great booksellers , Moxon , FrasefS Otley , for blasphemy , trill be entered on next w It will then be seen whether such works as SbMfcS !' —works accessible only to the rich ; on accoW ^ < their prioe—are to be openly sold , and JH ^ fc J Penny Letters prohibited . The matter aSS great interest . The following extract from •« Ik ** Mab , " will be adduced to show the manner aSn * has alluded to the Deity : — ' ^

      ——God , bell and heaven , - ^ A vengeful , pitiless , and almighty flend . Whose mercy is a nickname for tftgrwff 7 Of tameless tigers , hungering for blooX And , again .: - , ' , ¦ - ' [; ,. / . '¦ - ¦ 'I There is no God ; bat human pride , ' , Is skilful to invent most serious names ¦ To hide it ? ignorance , i ^ . - Suicide . —On Friday , the body of a een % named Smith , residing at 15 , St . James ' aj Hampstead-road , was fottntf by a man nairi ^ dl fiths , near the Meetwater-bridge , which croswj Regent ' s Canal . The deceased must have'wil direct from his residence to the Canal and cornm

      the rash act / Mr . Smith Waa of eccentrl ^ g ^ and weal thy , bat never betrayed tn « r sli ghtesimmJ toms of insanity . > ' : " ^ A Great Brute . —At the Thamea PojIm ^ I - on Saturday , a fellow nattsad Thoifaaa Hafef ai ^ g omnibus condnitor , was ; vQ ^ atjeed \ With hratilgas ^ treating his wife . It apbeafitf that , white in *« M of . drunkenness , he knocked the f ^ f" " *' . ? t'iToJ ^ f and swore he would do for , and as&sta ^ ^^^? he then " floored '' her again ; and , alterOfwflml hadsting the poor woman , he forced heyhea / fftSS ^ a pane of glass , which cut her face ^ efeljvSi then beat her about the ribs , to the tuaeof ^ E along Josey . " The magistrates fined & brut »; S and in default of payment committed him to pi £ | for two months ¦ . 'f

      . . ..... * . ^ IVi ¦ livluvifWJai . . v . . ts * : ly Illicit Stilu—In the Court of Excise oa Ssis * day , Patrick Laley was charged with workajfia illicit still . The detection was made by MrfWki * . ken , the officer , in King ' s-conrt , Old BafJey /| y place was fitted np in an extensive way and nptwjj of thirty gallons of apirite were found u « jfe Fined £ 100 . Benjamin Brittle , of CrownHteMK > St . Giles ' s , was heard on a similar informifi which was supported by Whisken , and a fineofjfttj was imposed . . . : : ; , <^ ¦ >>

      Brutality of a Hushand towards HisWijipf On Friday , at the Middlesex adjourned Se ^ M James Ranis was indicted for assaulting AniiSP beth , his wife , on the 29 th of December . 184 ptf appeared the brute bad broken two of his twi ribs on one occasion . He was fined 20 a . and ordiSiJ . to enter into recognizances to keep the peace ftt twelve months , himself in £ 40 , and two BuretieB" * £ 20 eaeh . - / . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ - ; - [ ' : ' : " ^ 0 Suicide of a Y » ung Ladt at LoNPOK-Rinj »^ On Sunday , the Uth iust ., at sev « n o ' clock a lA , ^ apparently seventeen years of age * faj ^ u ^ g ^ attired in black satin , was seen standing UK > i « is of the seatB within a recess on Lopdon-briflge , * k | f face bsine towards tbe water . Her strange stak

      tion attracted the notice of the p ^ jsona paM ^ but before any measures were taken towardares ^ rf , ing her , she climbed over the wall on to the MO { £ and then plunged into the Btream . The shoaO the persons who witnessed the occurrence , ooi » the boatmen to pull out to her aesiatance , ; * Mm she had thrown herself off the centre aroK sJo ^^ sequently some distance from the shore ^ . they jw ^ unable to reach her , and , after struggling for Mfe seconds , she sank , and was earned away By it tide . . - - •;¦¦ ..: . ' . '¦•• ¦ _• : , Separation of Man and Wife under the BjUBnf , Ststbk . —At Union Hall Police Office , on TnQw week , some very painful circumstances relatin ^ -w ' the system of separation ot man and : wife : w brought out . An elderly man named Gibson ,-in flat ' workhouse for tbe parish of St . George the MattjT ,

      bonthwark , JawjugUeaTd that the parfcnial MflR ^; ties intended to remove his wife , who was * $ ejmjrA for tto journey , to Canterbnry , - * ttoMwaWmm vent H If He ootild , and endeavoured to p »^ workhouse wall , to apprise bis tri « id $ cfohmwex ^ houae of hia wife's removal : He scaled the wau »^ fell a great distance and very severely hurt hwl ^ and was found there by some persona vi ] iii ~ \ MmKM him to a place of shelter The poor ; dttnwK first endeavoured to communicate wlfn th « JmK ^ of the workhoua « , but that individual toot rrt >^ aR of the note sent to him . At the iritatf < itf »| Day , formerly a guardian , the relievms : uffl ^ v Carslake , undertook that Gibson shoold fj : rf «§ j mitted into the workhouse , and that- ^ i djpSr ^ order , as to the removal of his wife ^ Bh 6 u 1 d ; gjr | l : ;[ carried into effect until she was pronourice € t |» w sufficiently recovered to be passed to herfittW ;' , settlement . ' ; \ ?" - : '

      Origin of Whig Antipatht to t ^ e CariKSB . --, Much meditating , we have at last diecoveredjihom , more by accident than meditation , why thepni ^ t .. Ministers of- .. this country hate ihe Chinese , \ JMBfJ fucius is held in universal veneration farottfi » i | China , and shrines and temples are erectejd ' « M «| worship . Now , in the Lun-yu , or conversatieMW T Confucius , recorded by his . disciples , he is repreaoieJ to have said— " How" can a mean man serve * : prince X When out of ofilce , his sole object ii # •¦" . attain it ; and when He has attained it , his < W ; anxiety is to keep it . "In his unprincipled drew < & losing his place , he will readily go all lengl % How can the Melbourne Ministry be otherwise < wi ; hostilely disposed towards a people whose staw - religion is a standing impeachment of them H Spectator . ^ {; .: < 'Another Affrit with PoACHE ^^ The ob *' preserves of the Marquis of Hastings about ( m »^ Donington Park and Isley Waltonhaving of . 1 «

      , been much intruded upon , by , a gang of now ; poachers , from the neighbourhood of BreaJon a »» it Wortiiington , a watch has for some time beeapww ^ upon their steps ; and on Saturday eveawgW- ; gamekeepers of the Marquis of Hastings , Ha j Richard Cheslyn , Esq ., with one or two watchsaa * . came up with a gang of four poachers , what i desperate scuffle ensaed . The poachers were araw ; - with loaded guns- and bludgeons , and after . W * example of their brethren at Bretby P * rk » 2 * . ! week , seemed determined to resist onto death . ' jfyil

      gun , fortunately , was preyented jfroni doin | r >« w ^ injury ; but the bludgeon conflict was aharjaw J severe . The keepers , however , were ultyttwjf ^ successful , and secured three , of the four ppaoWWj ^ who , we are led to understand , are now conynnjej . to take their trials at the approaching adjouiysf '* sessions for Leicestershire . The poacher ? hvU > lurcher dog with them , and i gam ? net * W * S'V yards long ! A very pretty instrument for cleafi * : t after a few nighto pracjac ^ tfepreserres <«»» ?' gentleman . —Nottingham Jteptew f ' ' ^ Second Colony in New . »^ ealani > .- ^ A eec ^ fej iiiiliinii in ill In In Tin mi il iiTiTiili VnaBfrsit-W *"""

      grander plan than that of thafiretcolwy . fm ** i oorrespondence- which has been published betwe *! ^ Mr . Bryan Duppa , one of the emigrant ^" jgSii proposed colony , and the Secretary of-iho ^ W * , Zealand Company , it appears that thefKOJeetonp * ,., nated with , a body of gentlemen wno metit jf y , eiigage personallyin ; the undertaking . Mr . W , 8 et 8 out with explaining that ,, sofar from aflorwr " , to rival the first settlement , his coadjutors con «« w » - that ; it would benefit by the establishment' « H : ^ second colony . The structure of . the New ***! rf \ islands , without navigable rivera , properly so *** jffi& : f but with a veiry extensive seaboid , aod nuniertffl W ^ harbours , indicates that its . proceBS of setttasw :, must be , like that of Sicily , by separate townf ^; the coastwith a maritime intercommunioationi -fl **^

      , the advancement ot Port Nicholson Mast degena » : a great degree iipoa the lpi ) pularity of ^ 'f ^ Sfc " as an emigration-field , and the general Jmiff&KM to that country , which will be promoted by _ : Wm& thing that increases the importance of thft >«» g ^* and their points of attraction . The scheme roaWft * ted in Mr . Duppa ' s letter haa been adoptee , Jwf £ eome immaterial modification , by tiie ComBSWjr * Highly practical in its cdnstruction , it « o » y > •* * x ^ same time , be called magnificent in its scope , g- ^ tract of land , Comprising 221 , 000 acres , » » ^• * devoted to the purposes of the settlement , ^ 7 , 5 ; ' disposed of in tlie following manner :-fM ™ r *!^ Ii * . -li . ¦ * rt * n . ¦• Jit - . - < : _ - ' 1 1 ™ ' x- t . i / r ~_^ 1 fnr HOT *'• ' ?• 01 tvi ujioii ™

      _ ujouiB , acres « acn , are wue — - tit . obase by the settlers ; each allotment being suo ^ V Tided into three sections , consisting of ISO aw * - ^" rnral land , SO acres o , f " accommodation '' or sn Wg ban land , and one acre of town land ; and W ^ acres > iU be wserred , like the tithe of IandinWfirsfisttlement , for the nso and » d . vantage ^ » r aborigines ot the district . The price ch * rg » 2 £ each : allotment of 201 asres will be £ 300 ; and tW afgregafeBam realised by the sales , £ ™ W ' ? J u be . thfts laid out ; - £ l 50 , 000 will be expendef ^

      emigration to : the new settlement ; £ 5 U , uw " £ ? - to defray the expences of the Company in es »*"" Titfg the new colony ; £ 50 , 000 , together wi » « J surplus from the previous item ; Wl be PP ^^ S to public pnrposeB , for renderrng the settlw ** comnittfdiaus and attractive , " riamaly , £ l h"ZL « L religious nsi ? 8 and endowsaento Yorall denoaunsw' ^? £ K , 009 to the establishmW of a colle « e , ^ £ £ 20 , 000 to the encoaragemep t of Bteam vWZP Zgut and £ 50 , 000 will be Bet aside for the reimburse »»» and profit of the Company . —London Paper '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1098/page/6/