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      THE IKISH IMMIGRANTS' GR 4 . VE . ( From Hie Baptist Herald , Jamaica Paper . ) cge yonder lone tpot where the billow is leaping Is sportiveneas - * Qd o ' er its afaeU-coTer'd strand ; ffbere the tfcremj pbnicm'd bird of putresence is rtreeplng Its wing an the breeze u it waft * to the land . a v » derer rests then from hi * aarrifcnde galling , Si , borne fax away o'ex Attantaa ' s wave ; On bis ashes & tear-drop mi nerer Been failing , fOr irho cares -to weep o ' er the Immigrant grate ?

      t isted bot in vain for the nune of the stranger , T ^ e -waters sad grinds alone rympathia'd here ; tjl iru still , saTe the scream of the Bea-watching ranger , ijyl a Binrnniref that lingered unweariedly near . ¦ The dope of fond hopes that were false as enchanting , yrhxch tn « » ft siren-voice of a demom impress ed , The land of his £ &the » ha hasted from , panting To sei » the bright prize in the climes of the West And M » . fr t * distance , & ** eTe re 6 ts delighted q _ tie " island of springs , " irith its moontain and not dreaming bis prospeeta could eTei be blighted , O ^ tbe long'd-for reality banish the spelL Ye hearts warm with life for Hibemia still beating , Oh judge , if ye can , of your countrymen's woe , y ^ hen the Truth , full of horror , discovered the

      cheating 73 at lured and inflicted the murderous blow ! Disappointment * fell tooth on his cheek preyd re lentless ; There was grief in his eye , and despair on his brow ; While a burning disease drunk : his life-blood , re pentless , Asd who may describe what the sequel is now ? rBdisturb'd be thy rest in the grave ' * silent keeping , From the faw » of £ » wicked slaTe-fcraffickers free : Thy wife , and thy babes are as quietiy sleeping , Unwept , " neath the shade ot the Cocoa-nut tree . But a voice deep and load to the Throne is ascending , From the blood of the mattyr'd and Immigrant raos ; For yengeance it calls , nor wQl cease , till impending Destruction be huri'd at the guilty and base .

      Bi » e . rise in thy might and thy terrible glory—0 God of the nations , lead ob in the Tan , Till the tyrant oppressors of earth sink before thee , And man cease to seek die enslaving of man . J . M . Bethsalem .

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      THB TOICB OF FBEKDOM . Pile freedom expiring , lay langiud alone , "Sods listing htr prayer , none lamenting her moan ; The rack of suspense , and the canker of pain , Had ¦ witlier'd her soul , and bad harrow * d her brxin , iad had hurried the tide of each , blaa-chaaael'd Tein : — They throb and start , on her forehead high-Swell , coil , and crawl , or idly lie Each one as a pantisg agony . Enfeebled by age , or outliving my fr iends , pate * to the mandate harsh deitiny sends—Obey the stern Bummons , and gladly resign Hy bob ] to that tomb where the shadows recline , Where spirite akin could comingle with mine ; But falling thus—she indignant saith , Feeling the chill of the tyrant ' s breath , Is dying indeed a double death !

      Wild waQings arouse her , strike-deep on her ear , Arui murmuring millions are near and more near ; Is anguish she greets them , but gazing awhile , Her features beam sadly , with sorrowing smile , like torches' faint giow o ' er a funeral pile . Why ' snppliant crouch ? she sternly cried—Why tarry eathnll'd , -when all beside Their chains hare bust , or hare nobly died ? Ye laurel-wreath'd heroes , my patriots proud , Awake from the sepulchre , look from the cloud ! Rekindle , ye martyr * , the far-flashing fire ! Strike , sonl-strrriBg minstrel , thy sQTdT-s&ing'd lyre—Attune to thy children the lays of their sire ;—How they seorn'd the wiles of knavery ! How they drew broad blades with bravery ! How they death preferr'd to alaTery !

      And number , them Ocean , the names of thy dead—Assemble thy sona who for liberty bled ! Hu black-billow'd bosom , all drip ping with gore—Ihy terrible tempe » t , with thunder-tongu'd roar—Thy huge-throated caverns , with corpses before—These show : then tell bow no gold they sought To be free as air , both word and thought , Was the might , and right , for which they fought J Bring crim * oD-liued standards , the cannon , sad bomb—Breathe comet , « "d el&rion , irampet , and drum—Sash onward , ye squadron—march , tramping brigade . ' Gleam , warrior ' s helmet , and death-dealing blade—Be carnage , and horror , full sternly displayed ! The red-turf glare on the battle-field : The dying and dead that would net yield ! The hearts' best blood that Tictory Beard ' .

      From T&lley , and mountain , from forest and plain—Where blooms the dirk heather , or wares the white grain—Frem the bird in the air , high soaring along , 0 ? baHding its nest the green meadows 3 raong—Bent forth in full chorus , one rapturous song . ' Winds ! merrily " mid the branches shout ! Ecbo in concert the world throughout , Freedom proclaiming the earth about ! Io > . Trent-side , Dec , 1841 .

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      A S 0 X >* ET—O >* THB TREATMENT WHICH IS XECESSARY FOR MS TO UNDERGO ERE 1 CAX ATIAIX A CURE . Is gain a cure I must be subject to A lengthy operation of three years , Which maynt be quite ss sharp as it appears , Io those who have full liberty to go "Share e'er they list—bnt I , who scarcely know Freedom from palsy ' s thrall—the sound but cheers Of be&Ith'B return—it dries affliction ' s tears : Strides , the treatment wont be wholly new—Tis only for the patient to be lain in one position , which is on bis back , On pallet hard—and by a daily strain , On spiral column , cause the nerres to act , Which , from their being press'd upon , refrain—Tims are the palsied limbs to life brought back .

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      A SO ^^ ET . to nise the means 111 try the easiest plan ; 1 do not like to see ene bearing all The harden—when the weight , in truth , should fall , h tqual portions on the whole divan . Therefore , t © those who do poetics scan , I have 3 manuscript , and now appeal To them for friendly aid , in making ale To the new work 111 print ' soon as I can . 1 OEDot boast a book unmix'd with faults ; This fetF expect , wto know my education W& 5 limited—who sees a line that halts Will date it from my iickly situation . 0 , then , my friends , stand forth , nnpres 3 * d , and be Tflfe itiimnients of pnre humanity ' . James Veb . no >' . South ilolton . Dec . 12 th . 1841 .

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      BX&BUHGH&Xa . —Prauc Office . —Roties Eggs . —< jh Monday last , Mr . Charles Connor , of Manchester , was broaght before the mag istrates at tie public office , charged with assaulting the keeper of a huckster's shop in Bromsgrove-street , named Wauj ' aouse . From the eridence adduced , it appea- 'ed that Mr . Connor hid been breakfasting at tts house of Mr . George White , and had purchased SWne € ggs from tbe shop of the complainant , one of * iiich was unfit for homan food . Mr . Connor took J « egg baek , and required Waterhouse to exchange it , which he refused to do . Connor then threatened to smash it between his eyes ; npon which a scuffle ensued , and a portion of cups and saucers belongto melee

      ing t ^ aterhouse were smashed in the ; blows ¦ were fredy exchanged on both sides , which caused a crowd to assemble around the door , and Connoi ** f subsequently given into the custody of the police . Mr . Connor cross-examined the complainant P scei a manner as to cause shouts of laughtei a the conrt . Watfrhonse exhibited his broken crockery , " and demanded , compensation for it . * a < 2 complained to the magistrates that Mr . White had threat ened to serre him out . After a ahori « onsalt 8 , tion , the cage was dismissed , and Mr Connor left the court accompanied by Mr . White , wing the dealer in rotten eggs to * console himtelf by paying for the Eumni 6 U 5 in addition to his broken earthenware .

      H BicButixfl Kidnaffebs . A simple-lookiD chopgtitk" yns brought before the magistrate charged with refusing to give his Dame and resident after being legally enlisted . The " crimp" ealle oa another of his honourable tribe , who was like ¦ Majpoie eiiTeloped in ribands , to substantiate ti coAtue ; from -whose evidence it appeared that a raj *^ T , attempt had been made to entrap the poc Ettpic ielkw , by thrusting a shilling into his him * aa afurwiics insisting that he was legally enlistej The magistrateB discharged the unwilling Eoldie * pon which the kidnapping recruiting serjeai growled like & bear , and said that tbe man ws fussed as letally as any recruit he evtr got . PeJ haps io !

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      FETE&HHAD Steik ^ thb London Masons . —In consequence of information received here that the quarrymen and scablera of granite at the Dartmore Quarries , from whence Messrs . Grissell and Peto have been principally supplied with granite , hare ceased to prepare material for the abovenamed firm , a general meeting of the masons and of the above-named branches was held at the house of Mr . Faxquharson , on Saturday evening , Dec . 11 th , for the purpose of taking into consideration tbe proper course to be pursued should they ( Grissell and Peto ) apply here for a supply of such material The room was crowded almost to soffbcatioB . Mr . Cole waa unanimously called to the chair ; Mr . Lind , who had been delegated from the Aberdeen

      Branch of Masons , briefly addressed the meeting and introduced Mr . Carter , a delegate from the London masons on strike , to address them . He was proud of having an opportunity of addressing a meeting which by all experience was composed of a body of intelligent men , on the case which was now before them , and he hoped that before he concluded he would convince the meeting that the masons who were now on strike in London , bad been treated worse than beasts , and that they were individuals worthy of all the sympathy that could be manifested towards them . He then entered into a detailed account of the grievances that had caused the strike , and showed the meeting the subtle attempts that had been made to refute

      them , and sat down amidst loud applause . Mr . Manro then rose , and after a few honest and appropriate remarks , proposed the following resolution , namely— " That this meeting fully justifies the masons is striking against the tyrannical conduct of their foreman , AlleD , and pledges itself not to prepare , either directly or indirectly , any material for Grissell and Peto , until the wishes of tbe masons on strike are complied with . " Mr . Farquharson seconded the resolution , which waa carried unanimously . Mr . Lind then addressed the meeting at considerable length on the present position of the strike , and the necessity of the working classes .

      generally , uniting for the defence of their natural rights , and concluded amidst deafening cheers . Mr . Carter then rose , and after making a few remarks on the conduct of a portion of the press , called upon the men of Peterbead to unite , and defend themselves from the hands of the bondsmen . He returned his sincere thanks for the kind sympathy they had manifested for their oppressed brethren , and hoped that those whose case they had been considering would ever continue to merit it . ( " Hear , hear , ** from all parts of the room . ) A vote of thanks was then given to the delegates and the Chairman , and the meeting ( which was one of the most peaceable and harmonious Chat has been for some time past ) separated .

      MAETLEBONE . —A meeting for the repeal of the window tax , was held a short time ago at Duffell ' s rooms , at which a resolution condemning the impost , and pointing out the Charter as the only remedy , was negatived is favour of an amendment by Mr . Fr&mpton , who said he had read the People ' s Charter , and did not approve of it , because it did not go far enough , he would therefore move as an amendment . to tbe resolution , that it conclude at the words " full measure of the People ' s political rights . "

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      A Stsangb Tail circclated bt Post —A great curiosity was forwarded through the f ost-effice on Friday laEt , to a tradesman in Bury , ( Suffolk . ) It was nothing less than the pigtail of a Chinaman , or that lock of hair which grows from the back of the head , aad is worn by the Chinese at considerable length , and held by them in the highest veneration . 11 was cut from the head of one of the Chinese who was captured at the taking of the Fort of Chumpee on the 12 th of January last , and the poor fellow is

      reported to have loEt his life almost at the same moment that his carefully-cultivated tail was cut from'his head . The lock of hair is more than a yard in length , beautifully plaited , and is of a rich glossy jet black . There can be no doubt from its appearance that it was occe the valued ornament of a very young , and in all probability , a very handsome man . It was forwarded by post to a tradesman of this town by his nephew , a surgeon in the royal navy , on board her Majesty ' s ship Saint Vincent , of the name of Fulcher . —Bury Herald .

      Two hundred pocncs damages were awarded , in a case of crim con ., in the Exchequer Conrt , on Saturday . The p l aintiff was a Mr . Catherwood , an engineer , who married a Miss Gertrude , at Beyrout , in Syria , in 1834 . In 1836 , while the plaintiff was in America on business , and his wife in England , the defendants Mr . Caslon , who is plaintiff ' s second consiD , formed the acquaintance with the wife , which ended in the seduction and elopement . The brother of the plaintiff said that the wife had M au Eastern education , a lively disposition , a fond nature , and Spanish blood . " Mr . The 3 iger , for the defence pleaded that the criminal solicitation originated with the lady , and that she was in the habit of receiving visits from a u notorious Marquis , " a travelling acquaintance in Syria . Verdict for the plaintiff , and damages as above .

      Threatened Resignation op the Lord Mator of Dublin . —At a meeting of the common council , on Thursday , the propriety of voting by ballot on certain occasions was taken into consideration , upon the motion of Mr . Callaghan , and seconded by Alderman Pnrcell . A great deal of acrimony and personal ill-feeling was exhibited in tbe course of the debate which ensued . The immediate cause of the motion appears to have been a speech made by the Lord Mayor at the Corn Exchange on Monday week , when , Mr . Fitzpatrick having proposed that his Lordship should continue in office another year , the Lord Mayor endeavoured to forestal the appointment of his successor , saying that i ; there was no man in the corporation who should be preferred to

      Cornelius M'Loughlin , George Row , and Alderman O'Neill . " Mr . Cailafihan thought that if the election of Lord Mayor was conducted by open voting his Lordship would exercise an undue influence over the votes-of tbe council , and many members bad stated , that by the Ballot alone could they maintain their independence—The Lord Mayor said— The reasons given by both the mover and seconder of the proposition resolve themselves into personal attacks upon me—the intimidation , tbe power of the people , and the dictation of iroue . I will put an end to this—1 have Eat too long in this chair . C No , no . ") Gentlemen , I h&re prepared a notice for the election of another Lord Mayor . ( Sensation , and ( " > o , no . ")

      The imaginary bugbear of my influence , indeed My influence arises from my community of sentiment with those I represent . If this motion be carried I will Jeave this chair , and also the corporation . " — Mr . M'Longhlin contended that the jobbing ef the old corporation all arose from the ballot . —The Lord Mayor said that he should emphatically declare votiEg . by ballot in that assembly would be the pregnant parent of jobbing . Several other members declared themselves of the eame opinion , and Mr . Callaghan , finding that the majority we ^ e against him , withdrew his motion , and his Lordship was then induced to withdraw his intended resignation from the hands of the town-clerk , Ehortly afttr which the council aujourned .

      MCRDES IN THE MANCHESTER Y > OEKHOUSE . —On Tuesday eveniDg last , a barbarous and unprovoked assauh , attended with fatal results , was made on a poor , old man , named Peter Jackson , a pauper in the Manchester workhouse , by a fellow inmate , named Timothy Hetherinnton . Those who witnessed the assault observed nothing in Jacksoa's conduct calculated to excite the an « Ty feeling of bis assailant ; and it is therefore supposed that the wanton ferocity which he displayed was the effect of temporary insanity , particularly a = he had been subject to fits of lunacy . Jackson was sixty-seven years of age , and had been upwards of fonr years in tbe workhouse , during which time he conducted himself remarkably well . On Tuesday afternoon , Jackson

      was standing in the men ' s day-room ; and he ( Hetherington ) the moment he entered , seized him by the collar , threw him down on his back , and kicked him on the head and side several times with great ¦ riolence . Several persons happened to be within view at the time , who ran to the old man ' s assistance , and gave HetheringtOB into the custody of the police . Medical aid was procured for Jackson , but he died on Thursday from the wounds which he had received . Yesterday Hetherington was placed at the bar of the Borough Court , before C . J . S . Walker , charged with wilful murder . The assault b&ving been proved , he was remanded until the result of the coroner ' s inquest was known . Last night the ir . quest was held at the workhouse , on

      view of the body , before Mr . nutter , when , in addition to the above-mentioned facts , it was stated , that i » fortnight ago the prisoner had threatened to make a cripple of deceased , unless he returned 18 d ,, which the prisoner had lent him ; and Hetberirgton himself voluntarily stated that he assaulted deceased because he said he would not pay him . Mr . Snape , the workhouse surgeon , deposed that the deceased came to him for medical aid on Tuesday evening , about half-past six o ' clock , and was then labouring under a great difficulty of breathing . He complained of acute pain in his side ; and , on the examination , it was discovered that three of his ribs were fractured , and that his jaw was also severely bruised . He died on Thursday ; and , on a post mortem examination , it was fonnd that one of the

      fractured ribs had penetrated the right lung , which injury produced inflammation in that part . There vrae much effused blood tinder the skin , caused by external violence . ThG left luDg was also in a dieeaged ttate , deceased having been labouring under asthma and chronic affection of the lungs for some time previously . The external violence he had suffered was scfBcient to account for his death . The prisoner was twice under restraint , about four months ago , in coListqteEce of a mania , induced by epilepsy . From the testimony of Mr . RobinsoD , Governor of the workhouse , it appeared that the prisoner was thirty years of age ; that he was dangerously violent when he received any provocation , and that he had been frcqnently confined for outrageous conduct . The Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner . —Manchester Guardian .

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      Thb Masteh of the Croydon Union Workhouse , who recently ordered the hair of a casual pauper to be eut off , has been fined £ 5 for tbe offence , or a month ' B imprisonment , by the Magistrates sitting in Petty Sessions , at the Town Hall , Croydon . " What a Shocking Bad Hat ' "—The origin of this singular saying which made fan for the metropolis for months , is not involved in the same obscurity as that which shrouda tbe origin of Q , uix and some others . There had been » . hotljr-coatested election for the borough of Southwark , and one of the candidates wag an eminent hatter . This gentleman , in canvassing the electors , adopted a somewhat

      protessional mode of conciliating their good-will , and of bribing them without letting them perceive that they were bribed . Whenever he called npon or met a roter whose hat was not of the best material , or , being so , had Been its best days , he invariably said , " What a shocking bad hat you have got ; call at my warehouse and you Bhall have a new ene ! ' Upon the day of the electing this circumstance was remembered , aad his opponent ? made the most of it , by inciting the crowd to keep up an incessant cry or What a shocking bad hat P all the time the honourable candidate was addressing them .

      Thicks upon Travellers . —We have had several communications relative to the infamous system of plunder carried on at Liverpool by shippeia' agenta and brokers , upon the ignorant , simple , and unsuspecting persons who go to that port for the purpose of emigration . No sooner does an unhappy " gudgeon " arrive at the docks , than a shark in the appearance of a friend , accosts him with , " are you for America ]" If you answer in the affirmative , he then kindly offers you his assistance , points out the first and best ship , will offer to introduce him to the agent , to make his own bargain , &c , but Mb object is to get a commission of 7 i per cent , from the passage money . Then he points out the best and cheapest stores ; shews where provisions may be bought at of the right kind , and at a moderate price ; and if he can succeed in " pattering the customer" secureanother

      , five per cent . Again , if the intending emigrant do not mind when he pays his . money to the agent , broker , or charterer of the ships Co , he may get a ticket for quite another vessel , not the one he bargained for . In many instances parties have been kept waiting for two , three , and upwards of three weeks , some of them in a deplorable condition . They have no redrses , in consequence of not being particular in having the time of sailing specified on their ticket . If the day for sailing be acknowledged on the ticket , they can recover one shilling per head , per day , after the time advertised for sailing is expired , not otherwise . In these and in many other ways are the poor creatures fleeced , whom the corruptions of society have made weary of their father land , and prefer leaving it , to staying at home to mend it .

      Extraordinary and Extensive Fraud on the Poor—Proceedings under , the Weights and Measures' Act . —On Saturday a Petty Session was holden in the Committee-room of St . Andrew ' s workhouse , Gray ' s Inn-lane , before Mr . Witham , Mr . M'William , and other magistrates , to adjudicate on some complaints by Mr . Reeve , the Inspector of Weights and Measures , against several fradulent tradesmen . The following gross case excited much indignation . Thomas Young , a baker and chandler shop-keeper , in Little Coram-street , was charged with having in use eight weights , the same being of an unjust standard . The defendant pleaded Guilty . Mr . Witham— "The fraud seems very extensive , and it will be necessary , notwithstanding the plea ,

      to hear the evidence to guide us in our judgment . " Mr . Turner , of Vine-street , Hatton-garden , wa 3 then sworn . He said that on the 30 th of last month he accompanied Mr . Reeve to the defendant ' s house , and nearly every weigh ; on the premises he found most abominably deficient . Two 551 bs . were light upwards of four ounceB each , another 561 bs . was short of that quantity 3 } ounces , and a 281 bs . was less lj ounce , 141 b . was deficient three-quarters of an cunce , a 41 b . was against the purchaser 2 | ounces , and an ounce brass weight which was used m the tea scales , was unjust IS grains . Mr . Vl' William— " I am 6 orry the law limits the fine—if it did not , our judgment would be very severe . We convict you in the full penalty of £ 5 . " The money was immediately

      paid . The next case drew forth much well-merited censure . William Sheen , the owner of a coal shed , at No . 9 . Little Coram-street , was summoned for the following fraud . Mr . Turner said this was a mo » t peculiar case , and he produced the coal machine which he had seized on defendant ' s premises . The scoop in which the coal is put is 2 ^ feet higher than tbe part where the weight is placed , and it is supported by an iron frame . The frame stands level when do coal is in the scoop , but the moment you begin to fill it , it inolines towards the weights , aud causes a false balance of Hlb . in Ulbs ., 2 ^ lbs . in 28 Ibs ., 51 bs . in ob'lbs ., and so on in doubling the deficiency in proportion to the increase . Mr .

      M'William— " You have been guilty of a very grave offence , and mast not expect mercy at our hands . We fine you £ 5 . " Defendant was then removed in custody . Henry Grove , a chandler , at 13 , Great Wild-street , was fined 403 ., for having in his shop three weights light and unjust . The defendant said he did not weigh with them . James Pearce , a coal and potatoe dealer , at 25 G , Tottenham-court-road , appeared to answer the charge of having a I 4 : b . weight light 2 drachms , in addition to which the ring of it was in such a condition that it could easily be instantly taken off , a 71 b . weight unjust 8 cz 10 drachms , and another 71 b , ditto about 9 drachms . Fined forty shillings .

      Dublin Police . —The Irish Court . —Lord Wm Hill , one of Earl de Grey ' s aides-de-camp , was brought up in custody of a policeman , on a warrant issued on the information of a carman , named Thos . Barry . His Lordship gave as his reason for not attending on Saturday that he got no summons , or at least took no notice of a " bit of paper" which had been handed to him just as he came in from hunting . The complainant was then sworn—I am a carman , and reside in Power ' s Court . I had occasion to go to the residence of Lord William Hill , in the Lower Castle Yard , on the 29 : h of November . I went for 3 s . lOd . car-hire , which his Lordship owed me for having driven him for two hours on the 21 st , and two hours on the 22 nd of November . I went on the

      Monday after the 22 nd , and the servant told me his Lordship was gone with the Lord Lieutenant , and I wsb told to come in the morning at half-past nine , which I did , and waited till half-past eleven , when his Lordship came down and said he was not aware that I was waiting there . Lord Hill—To save trouble I am quite willing to pay him his fare , and settle the matter at once . Mr . Porter—Wo are not now in the carriage-court , discussing a caEe relative to him ; we are trying your Lordship for an assault . The witness continued—I went after him to the stable , and asked if he were going to pay me , and he asked me if I had change for a sovereign . I told him I had not . He asked me my fare , aud I replied 43 . He turned round and said he would not pay me

      a d d rap ; ' then got up in his gig and drove cff . On the 29 ih 1 went to the same place , when his Lordship was coming in from hunting . I said , " My Lord , I have ealled on you for payment for having drove you the other night . " He asked me where I drove him to , and 1 told him to Kate Roach ' s . " ( Laughter . ) 1 did not speak to his Lordship in a leering er insulting manner . When I told his Lordship where I drove him , he said , " Get out , you ruffian ; don ' t speak to me in suoh a manner " He pushed me out with the buit-end of his whip . I then waited till he came down after dressing . 1 was in the Court-yard , not the Castle-yard . I fol . owed , and asked was he going to pay me . He took me by the shoulder , and wheeled me round , at the same

      time striking me with a stick on the right side of the head ; he then pushed me out , when 1 told him 1 would summon him for the assault ; I was hurt severely , for he could not strike me any harder . He then said , " You may go and be d d , " and walked up stairs . Lord Hill—He is an unconscionable liar ; that ' s what I say . Mr . Porter—Let me tell you , Lord Hill , that is very improper language to use towards a ree subject on his oath , and such as should not be used in the presence of three magistrates . He has a right to be heard on oath , and you can controvert his evidence by other evidence , it" you have such ; if not , we are bound to believe him . You can make any statement you please . Lord Hill—I have nothing to say , only that I did not strike him . His Lordship was fined £ 3 and £ 1 costs .

      Y alue of Pbaciical Illustration . — On re-entering the room , Charles ' s mother found him sobbing and crying with great violence . She expostulated with him , and represented that , theugb he confessed he loved Frank very much for saving him from punishment , it was evident he loved himself better . Charles by degrees became more tranquil , but kept looking over the playthings with eager curiosity ; at length , he selected a miniature compass , which he pronounced the prettiest of all . His mother briefly explained its uses , and told him after moving it about , to notice it attentively , and he would find the needle , when the compass was at rest , always pointed one way ; namely , to the north . This much surprised Charles . It would turn its own way , he said , do what he would . She then proceeded to show the little boy , that he was just as obstinate as the compass j do what she would with him , he would

      still turn his own way , the difference consisting in one thing only—that the compass would always go the right way while he always went the wrong . So true was that needle , she said , that whatever circumstances might from time to time occasion it to deviate , or vary , it wonld continually return to the same point ; and skiliul navigators could calculate upon those little deviations with such nicety that they could find their way over trackless oceans to the most remote parts of the world , by the aid oi that instrument . She then expressed a hope that she might in future calculate as correctly upon his departure from errer , and resumption of noble and generous feeling—such as that which influenced his school fellow when he magnanimously scorned to allow another to suffer for a fault in which he had the largest Bhare . —Parley ' s Perinv Library .

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      General Bankruptcy in Europe and America . —The principal state governments of this republic , south and north , are in debt for 200 , 000 , 000 dollars , and all but two or three will be unable to pay the interest , ana thus will be bankrupt in two years . In ooutn America every government is in debt—probably the aggregate is equal to 100 , 000 , 000 dollawnot a cent of which will ever be paid . In Europe , all the governments , Christian and Turk , are in debt , to vhe amount of 3 , 000 , 000 , 000 dollars or more . ( Nearly as many dollars as there have been minutes since the creation of the world . ) These debts are increasing , and will lay the foundation of revolutions . Th e only government in the world out of debt ( we count the late loan temporary only ) is the federal government of the United States , and .- '' this was dene by the obstinacy of old Jackson . W . B . Perhaps the Chines * government may be out of debtbnt we don't know certainly . —Neva York Herald .

      CArAiUGH , the "fasting impostor , " is not yet sufficiently recovered from the effects of his nine or ten days pa rtial abstinence from food in Reading gaol to undergo the exerciBe of the wheel ; nor has he yet been olio wed by the medical ofiloers of the prison , in consequence of the weak Btate of his stomach at present , to take any animal food . He is , however , allowed two pints of gruel and four rounds of toast daily , with the addition , every alternate day , of a pint of eoup . The whole of these allowances he regularly consumes . Cavanagh admits that he managed to deceive the public pretty well outside of tho gaol , but that as soon as he got inside he expected to be "bowled out . " His hopes were , that if he could have contrived to keep up the deception for a week , the Magistrates would have been impressed with the belief that he was not an impostor , and have th erefor « h berated him .

      Singular Cask of Elopement . —On Wednesday last , an application was made for the interference of the police of Reading , under the following circumstances : —A respeotable man , living on his own property in the neighbourhood o ? Basingstoke , observed some time ago , that there appeared to be a better understanding between his only daughter and his groom than was proper in their relative positions , the young lady having the expectation of succeeding to a fortune of from £ 15 , 000 to £ 20 , 000 . The groom was therefore discharged . Last Wednesday morning , however , the young lady was missing ; and an alarm being given , it was found that the groom , his brother , and the inamorata had fled about four o ' clock in the morning in a cart . The parents proceeded in their

      chaise to Reading , and on the Bath road , about a mile and a half from the town , they met the trio returning in the humble vehicle . The father seized the horse , and , though'told by the ex-groom that the lady was his wife , he insisted on their going with him to Reading . Upon their arrival at the Horse and Jockey the police were sent for , and there ensued a most tremendous row . The brother tried to escape , the groom claimed his bride , the mother scolded her daughter , and the daughter very undutifully slapped her face . At length the contending parties adjourned to the police-office , the fugitives being consigned to durance . At first it was thought that the case was one of abduction , but it turned out that the lady was one month over the age of sixteen , which took the cause so far out of court . It had

      previously been ascertained that the parties were married on Wednesday morning , at St . Giles's church , by bans , but as these had not been proclaimed in the bride ' s parish , and only in a feigned name , the marriage is invalid . The lady declared herself to be of full age , ( which her appearance warrants ) , which is another informality . There were , however , two prodigious bundles of wearing apparel , linen , &c , fouud iu the cart , which had been taken by the young lady and given to her swain , and the two men were detained on a suspicion of stealing . On Thursday , there being no proof of'a guilty knowledge , they were discharged from custody , the bridegroom repenting of his matrimonial adventure , and declaring he had done with it , and the lady returning in despair to her friends .

      Something Like an Eve to Business . —Old Twas well kuown several years since on the Yazoo River , no less for hia peculiar stutter thau as a skilful player at " old sledge . " He once managed to induce a gentleman to play with him , who , on sitting down , pulled out 200 dollars . It was not long before T was the owner of half of them , when his adversary rose for the purpose of leaving off . *• oh , don ' t s -g-ie £ -g » , " said T , " g-g-give me a c-c-chanco . " " Chauoe , the devil ! " shouted the gentleman , " Haven ' t you won a hundred dollars of me ? " " Y-y-y-yes , " replied T , " but I want a ch-ch-ch-chance for t-t-t-t ' other hundred . "—Sporting Review .

      Eijual Justice . —The sentences of seven years ' transportation tor stealing a sovereign from a letter , and transportation for life for stealing a penny , have struck the publio as rather irreconcilable with common notions of justice . The penny theft was as bad as the pound theft , and deserved the same punishment , but certainly no more . Chief Justice Denman was , however , the Judge in the penny case , and he has signally shewn that the indulgence charged against him in the Waldegr&ve affair is not always his disposition . In his rigour to the miserable letter carrier he has amply made up for his leniency to the lord . The sentence of seven years' transportation for the theft of the sovereiga was passed by Mr . Baron Parke , one of the firmest and steadiest administrators of justice . Tho judicial merits of Lord

      Denman and Baron Parke are , indeed , pretty fairly represented by the two cases in question , Lord Denman ' s being to tho other as a penny is to a sovereign . For stealing a penny from a letter the carrier is transported for life . For the Exchequer Bill fraud Mr . B . Smith is transported for life . Things that are equal to the same thing are equal to each other ; therefore the Exchequer Bill fraud and the robbery of the penny are , in the eye Of the law , equal . Here the foot-rule fits both to a hair ; but it is quite at fault when applied to the theft of the sovereign with the seven years' transportation . The lesson to carriers , according to Lord Denman , seems to be , that if they rave set their minds on stealing , they should take care to steal gold at least . A little stealing is a dangerous thing . Steal much , or filch not . —Examiner .

      Progress of Sabb . vtism . —More Persecution . — The old paying , that " those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad , " is strikingly exemplified in the present conduct of the Agnewites . Under the pretext of preventing Sabbath desecration , a new act of tyranny has been perpetrated ; a man named George Key and his wife having been deprived of Church privilege by the Kirk Session of Barry , for tho heinous offence ot burying one of their children on a Sunday ! They selected that day , as of all others the most suitable ; and , iu his appeal to the Presbytery at Arbroath , Key mentions that those who attended the funeral afterwards repaired to the Church . Scarcely , however , had the sorrowing parents laid their child in the grave , when , in place of receiving consolation , they were subjected to a series of cruel annoyances from the parish minister and his satellites ; and , because , forsooth , they would not submit to be rebuked before the session , not

      believing they had been guilty of any crime , they were refused "tokens" to the communion , or , in plain language , excommunicated . A more arbitrary proceeding could hardly be conceived . Sunday burying has , from time immemorial , been common all over Scotland , and the Kirk Session of Barry has won for itself the inevitable distinction of being the first to punish it as a crime . This , however , is not all . On the matter being brought before the Presbytery , that reverend body determined to conduct the case w » th closed doors ! The public wore ordered to withdraw , but so disgusted were they with the conduct of the clerical inquisitors , that scarcely a man would stir . The Provost ^ who was called in , recommended the audience to separate , but , disapproving , as he did , of the resolution of the Presbytery , he refused to interfere in his official capacity ; and , after a scene of indescribable wrangling , the holy Presbyters were compelled to adjourn to a tavern . This case is full of instruction . It

      demonstrates , in the first place , the lengths to which the zealots of the church are prepared to go ; and , in the second place , it shows the contempt in which they are beginning to be held by the people . Conduct more wildly insane than that of the Sabbath tyrants in this case it is impossible to imagine . Had their object been to incur general indignation and obloquy , they could not have chosen better means . Under the plea of promoting Sabbath- observance , they have sought to establish a piece of despotism unheard of since the days of inquisitions and starchambers ; and yet these are the men who , at this very moment , are clamouring for unrestricted power God forbid that the religious liberties of the country should ever be entrusted to such hands I

      Secret Obdebs . —There are at present in this country , societies appertaining to thirty , or more , of these institution ? , viz : —United Ancient Order of Druids—Ancient Freo and Aecepted Masons—Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Manchester Unity-Ancient Order of Foresters—Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds , Ashton Unity—Ancient Free Gardeners —Loyal Order of Orangemen—United Order of Odd Fellows , Sheffield Unity—Ancient Noble Order of Odd Fellows , Boltca Unity—Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Ya » kshire Unity—Independent Reformed Order of , Odd Fellows—Leeds United Order of Odd Fellows--Grand United Order of Odd Fellows , No . 3 . —/ independent Order of OddFeilowB , Paddock Unit- /—Modern Order of Druids—Inde-Ordev

      pendent of Druids—Loyal and Independent Order of Sher . herds , Hull Unity—Independent Order of Freemaso as—Independent Order of Free Gardeners— Ro- yal Foresters—Independent Royal Foresters—A ; jciem Order of Romans—Ancient Order of Britonf , —Loyal Free Mechanics—British Mariners— Ind ependent British Mariners—United Ord « r of Artisf s—Honourable Order of the Peaceful Dove —Leeil ? United Order of the Ark—Leeds Independent O' der of the Ark—Grand Protestant Confederacy— Uni ed Order of the Golden Fleece , BU . — Indep tndent Order of the Golden Fleece , Bradford Umr j—Rojal Order of Fi . shers—Most Noble Order of tf . ie Knights of Malta—United Order of Philantnr jpists—Independent Order of Rechabites—Free a * d Independent Order of Ancient Greeks ,

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      Seasonable Hint . —Persons in the middle and upper x&uks of life would do well to look over their wardrobes at the present inclement season , and see if anything * < can be fonnd which might be spared for the use of the poor . Ratheb Eaa'ut . —The young Prince it seems has already commenced patronizing the barbers . On a shop window in Drury-lane a paper is exhibited , bearing the announcement that within is sold " The Genuine Jfew Prince of Wales' Shaving Powder . " On another , "The Duke of Cornwall ' s Genuine Sausages . " _ In THs Court of Queen ' s Behch , on Thursday se ' nnight , Mr . Ofeur , captain of the brig Leile , in the Levant Trade , obtained a verdict , damages £ -20 , against a person named Watkins for aim con . On the plaintiff ' s return from a long absence his wife presented him with a living proof of criminal familiarities—ehe was old enough to be the defendant ' s mother .

      In thb Court of Common Pleas last week damages to the amount of £ 100 were recovered against Mr . Hawking , of Paternoster-row , Spitalfields , for having kicked a child named Nathan , whilst sitting on the steps of the defendant ' s door , with such violence as to render him a cripple for life . A Glass Coffin . —We are informed thai one of the workmen employed at the New Glass House , Aiexbro ' , has made for himself a coffin of clear glass , not bo much with the design of looking out himself , as that others may look in . It appears that he lias a relative , holding- a situation in Guy ' s Hospital , London , and his will is , that after death his body be enclosed in the coffin and sent to his relative , in order that he may have the opportunity to mark the process of decomposition . —Sheffield-Independent .

      Merthtb Ttdvil , Dec . 11 . —The vast extent of machinery destroyed by the late dreadful explosion , at Penydarren Ironworks , has been completely repaired , and the works are carried on as efficiently as ever . The third reduction in wages , which has just taken place , presses most heavily on the workmen in general , and tbe undeground workmen , besides , cannot get nearly a sufficient number of trams to take ont the ore , and consequently work less time . All will feel the consequences . —Silurian . A Curious Law-Sbit . —A passenger in an American steam-boat , a ( short time since , " brought a suit , " in St . Louis , against the captain of the vessel " for not starting at the hour he advertised , " thereby creating a loss to the said passenger through non-punctuality . The case went before a Jury , who were 89 convinced of the justice of the claim that they brought in a verdict of ISO dollars !—no trifling sum for the dilatory captain to pay , as the penalty of his not being a good time-keeper .

      A Venerable Lover . —The Court of Queen's Bench , London , was occupied two day ' s last week in trying an action for breach of promise of marriage , brought by a Miss Darbon , aged twenty-seven years , against Mr . Rosser , a wealthy law—and love sol jcitor , aged eighty . The venerable swain bad written 400 letters in the course of four years . The Jury gave a verdict for the young lady—Damages ,

      £ 1 , 600 . Stoppage of the Tweed Bank . —The following notice was posted on the door of the Tweed Banking House , on Monday morning : — " Messrs . Batson , Berry , and Co ., beg to inform the public , that owing to unavoidable circumstances , they are obliged to suspend payment . Berwick , December 6 th , 1841 . " Extract of a letter dated Berwick , Monday evening : — " The bank did not open to-day , and tho above bill was issued about eleven o ' clock . The puplie had the utmost confidence in their stability , and there is hardly an individual in busk ess but has suffered in consequence . Many have lost their all , and the circumstance has caused a very great sensation . I have not heard any reason assigned for their failure ; but there are many heavy individual losses , and it will be a long time before the town recovers from the shock . "

      Early Rising . —The late Chief Baron O'Grady ( Ireland ) , who , like matutineplanets , was generally up before the sun , was always in the same predicament with reference to his own son , Dennis , whose slumbers were generally prolonged into the morning . Once when the Baron was on circuit , and knew that his son was engaged as barrister in the first cause , he hurried into his bedroom , and waking him without much ceremony , exclaimed , " Up with you , Dennis , Dennis ! remember it ' s the early bird that catches the worm ! " "Serve the worm right for being up still earlier than the bird , " replied the sluggard , rubbing his eyes . —Colburn's New Monthly Magazine for Deaember .

      Irish Mile-stones . —A stranger riding along the 1 road , observed that all the mile-stones were turned j in a particular way , not facing the road , but rather { averted from it . He called to a countryman , and j inquired the reason . " Oh , bless you , Sir , " replied the man , " the wind is so strong sometimes in these parts , that if we weren ' t to turn the backs of the j mile-stones to it , the figures would be blown off them i clear and olean . I A Stack moved whole by tiie Wind . —A very extraordinary circumstance occurred during the late severe gales which have prevailed . A wheat stack , of about sixty quarters , tbe property of Mr . Whitwell , at Little Potton Island , which had been placed on a nine-stone frame , was lifted up by the wiud , and carried a distance of four feet from the stones , neither the thatch nor a sheaf being misplaced ; it now stands as perpendicular as when placed on the btones . —Essex Herald . — [ Tbe next high wind may place tho stack in its former position . ]

      A Man Suffocated by Gas . —On Friday evening , an inquest was held at the Court House , Stockport , before Mr . C . Hudson , coroner , on view of the body of Henry Taylor , a gas fitter-up , who was suffocated by gas on the premises of Mr . Scott , ironfounder and gas-fitter , on the previon 3 day . On Thursday , deceased went down a dry well , adjoining a gasometer , to clear away some dirt from a main pipe , and in doing which he caused a leakage in a oint , and , the gas escaping , he was suffocated before he could leave the well . A young mau who went to his assistance was very near sharing the samo fate , he being insensible when taken out of the well , and it required the unremitting attention of three surgeons lor some time before he was considered out of danger . The man Taylor , was quite dead before taken but of tho well . A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned .

      Crim . Con . —An action for criminal conversation was tried in the Court of Exchequer on Thursday week , before Lord Abinger , in wnich the plaintiff was Mr . Hayward , of the firm of Hayward and Moore , booksellers , in Paternoster Row , and the defendant a Mr . Barlow , an engineer . In March last that firm became bankrupt , and the defendant , who , as iu most similar cases , was an " intimate friend" of the plaintiff , aud a constant visitor at his houBe , where the heedlessness or blindness of the plaintiff had given him frequent opportunities of prosecuting his guilty design , threw off the mask of friendship , and Mrs . Hayward eloped , and lived with her seducer as Mrs . Barlow . It was shewn in the evidence that the defendant had been in the habit of dining and visiting with the plaintiff ' s wife , while the latter was engaged in his business in the city , and also of accompanying her to the theatre . Tha husband was cognizant of all this . Other gentlemen

      chiefly officers , had also accompanied her to the play , aiid visited her at her husband ' s bouse . It was also proved that the plaintiff had seduced Mrs . Hayward , when a girl of 16 , at her mother ' s house , and had not married htr , till three years after that event , although a child was born after it . The last circumstance had a very damaging effect upon the plaintiff ' s case . Lord Abinger , in summing up the case to the Jury , observed that the seduction of the wife by the husband must , undoubtedly , impair his claim for compensation , if she should afterwards desert him for another ; for if such a wife adopted a licentious course of life , perhaps it was not too much to say that she did but follow that example which her husband had taught her before marriage . The plaintiff , however , was entitled , tor all that , to the verdict from the Jury . as nothing could Justify the conduct of the defendant . Verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 20 damages .

      NOBtE COMDUCT OF A PoBTLAND MAN . —On the , morning of the loss of the brig Amyntus on Portland Beach , a party of Portland men , were on the beach - anxiously awaiting the unfortunate vessel coming on ' shore ; and all equally desirous of assisting in saving the lives of the crew . Shortly after she struck , these ' biave fellows were to be seen in the midst of the fraaing surf ( trusting only to a rope fastened round \ tbe waist , wbch waa held by their companions ) , throwing rope 9 on board for the crew to secure themselves ; the ship was at this moment struck by ] a most tremendous sea , so violently that the fore- , mast ( on which six of the crew had sought safety ) , was carried away , and broken in three places , and > the whole was precipitated into the midst of the surf . One loud shriek was heard from those who witnessed \ this awful sight . All were on the look out to offer I assistance , and to save life ; and in an instant , J ., Hansferd , a Portlander , rushed into the surf and

      was buried amongst the white foam . After the ! receding of the waves he was seen struggling with a ! man in each hand , and although he was unable to ¦ keep upon his legs , he firmly kept his hold of them , I and waa by bis brave companions hauled up the ; beach bringing with him the two poor fellows , who j with Hansford , were with difficulty restored . Such i scenes redound to the credit of these brave islanders . The whole of the caigo , of this vessel , consist-. : ing of timber , belonging to Mr . Cornish , builder , ot 1 Exeter , has been under the able direction and super- ' intendence of George Arden , Esq ., agent to Lloyds , ; safely got out . The bodies of the master , Hallett , who has left a widow and two children , and John Harris , cook , were picked up on Wednesday last , off Fleet . On Monday , the leg of a youth was found on the beach , having been by the violence of the sea , torn from the body : it is supposed to be that of Robert Harris , the other sufferer .

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      At" IBB Criminal Court , on Saturday , a witness described himself as a " penman ; " but , on being asked in what species of penmanship be was employed , he replied that ho " penned" sheep in Smithfield market . At a Shop Window in Holborn , a paper is exhibited on which is written , " A perfect blind painter wanted . " It is presumed that the Hind painter ; must be able to see his way in the " transparency line . " A Teetotalbb in Tbouble . —On Wednesday , Henry Powell , a demure , methodistical personage whose face was moulded In " the pale cast of

      thought , " was brought up charged with being drunk and disorderly in West-street . Saffron-hill , at the commencement of the little hours ; The prisoner , it appeared , was holding forth from the text , Drink abundantly , O , beloved I" and his congregation , wW « h was for the greater part composed of a sister ' hood not " vowed to Vesta ' s temple , " exhibited strong signs of an a priori obedience to the injunction . Mr . Fwrell , who as it subsequently transpired , belonged to the stoical class of teetotalers , though on the present occasion fell into the trap set bvthat cunning eld epienre Horace , in the line— " Dulee est despere in leco , " which may be freely

      translated" Tts street to drink and make love—bnt then Care should be taken as to where and ichen . " Mr . Powell said he had no memory of the matt « r , nor was he aware of any thing connected with it until he fonnd himself in the station-honse . He was not at all a , disciple of the school whieh held that " A lass is good , And a glass is good , And a pipe to smoke in cold weather f on the contrary , he practised the Cavanagh doctrines of abstemiousness to the fullest extent to which they could be carried oat . How he came in contact with the Cyprian votaries he could not tell , as his own peculiar worship was pledged to the tenets propounded from tbe temple of Dianaat Ephesus .

      , The magistrate having tested the case with the strictest accuracy which HaUoa-garden measure affords as to the delicate and interesting adjudication of degrees of iuebrity , pronounced that tho drinking was not according unto the law , and that the soi-disant teetotaler should pay S 3 . for being uproariously drunk . Not having the money about him , being duly cleared out , in accordance with the practice of the neighbourhood , Mr . Powell had to send to the teetotal-hall , Aldersgate-street , for the amount of his liberation . Whether the bill was duly honoured remains yet to be seen , aid it will be a curious subject for future inquiry to ascertain how the fact will be recorded in the temperance archives .

      Messrs . Pickeobd & Co ., the well known carriers , in order to meet their very extensive and largely increasing business , hare recently erected on a considerable scale , at a cost of about £ 20 , 000 ., premises adapted to their trade , in a close proximity to the London and Birmingham Railway , and connected therewith by a junction line at Camden Town . The whole was designed by Lewis Cubitt , Esq ., and completed under his supervision . The arrangements are of the most perfect and unique character , and the building is more vast and extensive than any other in England . Our immediate object in noticing this off-shoot of the railway system is , to give publicity to the following interesting facts , connected with its formal opening on Wednesday last . A train of waggons arriving at half-past seven , p . m ., being ran in and unloaded in the presence of Messr 3 . Pickford , and amid 3 t the cheers of iheir large body of workmen .

      tie head gentlemen ( thirteen in ali ) of the several departments in the London establishment , which comprises altogether nearly 100 clerks , were invited by Messrs . Pickford to partake of a commemoration dinner , at which the head of the house , Joseph Baxendale , Esq ., presided . The united servitude of the thirteen who partook of the hospitality of Messrs . Pickford , equalled 28 ( i years , averaging twenty-two years each , two having been in their employment between forty and fifty years , rive between twenty and thirty years , the ages of the whole exceeding 500 years . We need not say that , where such a party was collected , all was harmony and haDpiness , that " the London and Birmingham Railway , " and " Success to the Railway System , " were among tho many toasts drunk on the occasion . The lengthened services of the gentlemen so hospitably entertained by the worthy employers , speak most eloqnently ot good servants and kind masters . —Railway Times .

      French Way of Treating a Sbduceb . —Dr . R— , one of the most eminent physicians of Paris , attended the wife 6 f an avuo € ( attorney-at-law ) , near the Tuileries . Tne husband having been informed that the Doctor was too attentive to his patient , took an opportunity of looking into his wife ' s secretaire during her absence , and there found several letters of thi 3 disciple of Galen . He immediately called on the Doctor , and telling him of the discovery , demanded that he should give up the letters which the lady had sent to him . This was at first refused , but the avoue being a man of spirit , resorted to threats , and obtained the letters . " This is not all , " said he , " I

      do not think my wife worth fighting for , but if you do not instantly pay me 6 , 000 francs by way oiindemnity , I- will horse-whip you in public . The Doctor , after many grimaces , paid the money , which in less than an hour was handed over by the husband to the Bureau de Bienfaisance , for the poor of tho arrondisement . He then went home and quietly put his wife out of doors , telling her that she might if she pleased , join her seducer . Either the lady was repentant , or the Doctor was unwilling to add to his loss of 6 , 000 francs , the expense of supporting her , for she has gone into retirement , and the avow ia much admired for his magnificent douation to tbe poor of his district . —Paris Correspondent of Globe .

      Appalling Murder at Drosheda . —One of the most daring and horrible murders that has occurred in this part of the country for several years , was perpetrated last Tuesday night on the person of a man named Peter Do Jan . a weaver , who kept a huckstery in the midst of a populous neighbourhood of Poolboy , outside Sunday ' s Gate , hi the suburbs of this town . The deceased , who was aged about fifty years , was a man of singular and retired habits , aud generally believed to be possessed of a considerable sum of money . He was supposed to be originally from the neighbourhood of Carlanstown as he sometime ago expressed a wish to be buried there after his death . He was-singularly fearful for a long time back of an attack from robbers or murderers , and was prepared to defend himself by keeping always in his bed-room , a Ions iron spike made fast to a pole , and with a view of preventing ;

      any attempt upon him , he industriously circulated a report that' he kept fire-arms in his possession . Although the father of two children he , at the time of his death had neither of them residing with him . On Wednesday morning he vyas found lying dead in his house ; both sides of his skull were horribly disfigured from wounds apparently inflicted with a seven pound weight , which was found beside him covered with blood . On the left side of the forehead the weight had entered completely , and forced a large portion of the skull in upon the brain ; on the whole , the head presented a most horrible and appalling appearance . The pockets in which he usually kept his money were cut away ,, and a truss which he wore appeared to have been searched , The lid of a bo £ in his bed-room was-also broken . The rauider must have been committed early in tbe night as all his clothes were on when he was found dead .

      Death from Machinery . —On Friday last , an inquest was held by Mr . C . Hudson , coroner , at the Boar ' s Head , Hyde , Cheshire , on view of ? the body of John Laver , aged 23 ,. a carder , late in the employ ef Mr . Thomas Ashton , a cotton manufacturer of Hyde , wbo died from- injuries received by being caught by a strap on the 27 th . of November fast . It appeared from the evidence , that on the 27 th nit . deceased was attempting to tie the end of a strap with a piece of band : whilst it was revolving round a drum , in doing whieh ho got one of his fingers entangled in the buck !« of the strap , and was taken several times round the shaft , by whioh his left ana -wag broken and aiangled in a shocking manner Two medical gentlemen immediately attended him

      at the counting-house of the mill , and proposed taking away soraa of the splintered bone , but he refused to let them . meddle with it , saying none should interfere with « but Mr . T . Hapue , a veterinary surgeon , whom he had sent for . Upon this the n » edical gentlemen left him . Faying they would wipe their bauds of tae business . Be was afterwards attended by Mr . Hague , the veterinary surgeon , who informed the deceased that it was most likely be would lose his arm , upon whiah the latter said he would rather die than lose his arm , and he hoped he ( Mr . Hagae > wonld attend him and do his best . Mr . Hague thea called a surgeon , named Lowe , as he said , to attend to deceased ' s , constitution , while be attended to the limb . The arm was Bet between

      them , and they afterwards attended deceased till a few days previous to his death , when another surgeon was called in , who found him labouring under tenanus , or lock-jaw ; and , notwithstanding every attention was paid to him , be expired on Thursday last . It-was the opinion of a medical gentleman who made a post mortem examination of the body that death had been caused by lock-law , caused by the irritation of a splintered bone on the muscles of the arm . Tho coroner in summing up said that no blame could be atfacked to the proprietors of the mill where the acoident occurred ; that after the lamentable occurrence ho had be ^ n provided with the best medical assistance , but that he had

      preferred the assistance of » veterinary surgeon , and it was for the jury to say whether or not ho was criminally responsible as to the deceased ' s death , for the unskilful manner in which he had acted on the occasion . He considered that Messrs . William and Frederick Tinker , the gentlemen who were called in to the assistance of deceased in the first instance , had been too hasty in leaving the case in the hands of Mr . Hague If they had remained , and pointed out to Hague the necessity of the operation , aud he had not atteaded to it , it would then have been olear that death had resulted from Mr . Hague ' s unskilful treatment . He left the case in the hands of the jury , who , after a short consultation , returned Terdiot of Accidental death . **

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1140/page/3/