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      ( Continued from , our first page . J for members of Parliament to enable them to secure a seat in that house for the purpose of obtaining some dirty star or garter—( a laush ) , or a peerage , or the more idiotic purpose of obtaining a baronetage . ( A laugn . j Many mechanics were above that sort of practice , and it Trould do the peers good to go more to the » f *»* mix with such . men . Sow that the subject had been mooted , he should have very great pleasure in ™* " > S «'** this rsalulioa shouldhe expunged . If , after warning now gravely given , they solemnly adhered to the resolutfon , ttey Jurt not blame him if he called on them on anekrlyday to enforce it , Ids confident opinion being , thatin almost all elections , especially county elections , loth peers and prelates largely concerned themselves ( Hear , hear . ) ...... ,.. _ t tliat he had often been obli

      , Jlr ' noME regretted so ged to can on the house not to stultify itself . "Why , there was scarcely a . society of mechanics in the country that would allow a resolution to remain on their lraoks which it was their constant practice to violate . It might be very true that the . Government were not more interested in maintaining this resolution than Hon . ilembers in general ; tut one Minister was as good as fifty members behind him , for they would only look to their fugleman and vote accordingly . He had no ^ objection to let peers go to the hustings , for they would learn there what they could not become acquainted with in their retirement . But let the Louse act ou the principles of common sense , and either abrogate this resolution or carry it into full effect . The gallery was cleared for a division , but none took place , the resolution having been adopted . Mr . Chaetebis brought up the report of the Address to her Majesty . On the question that it be read a second

      time , 3 Ir . IIcme regretted that , though her Majesty in the Address was congratulated on the prosperity of the finances there was no mention of any relief for the people , either in the shape of redueed taxation or in the diminution of duties inposed upon articles of primary necessity essential to the support and employment of the lower classes . He considered the conduct of her Majesty ' s Government on the question" of Tahiti deserved the thanks of ihe country , "for they had shown firmness , first in

      demanding the reparation which the honour of our flag required , and next in settling that reparation amicably . He hoped that what they had done would consolidate that good understanding between England and France which was so necessary to the maintenance of peace throughout the world . He trusted that he should yet find JHuisters combining economy and retrenchment with those principles of free trade which some hon . gentlemen thought ruinous to the country , but which he believed to be absolutely necessary for its welfare and for the development of its resources .

      Mr . W . Wiixuhs discoursed on the necessity of economy and retrenchment , as the financial condition of ihe country was by no means so prosperous as it was stated in the Address . He condemned the vast amount of our expenditure during the last year , and defied fhe Government to justfy it Mr . S . CBAwronD regretted that the speech did not contain a promise that a measure should be immediately Introduced into Parliament founded on the recommendations of the Commission on the Tenure of Land in Ireland . He never knew the state of Ireland so lawless as it was at present ; audit would be impossible to improve it till some law were passed regulating the condition of landlord and tenant . He fully agreed in that paragraph of the Address which spoke of the subordination and loyalty of the poorer classes in England ; but he must not conceal from the house that there was an increasing discontent among the labouring population arising out of the operation of the Sew Foot Law .

      Mr . Wallace , although offering no opposition to the Address , wished to guard himself against being supposed to acquiesce in the continuance of the income tax . Sir R . Peel said that nothing could be more cautiously trorded than the Address , forit bound no one in any matter whatever . It only suggested certain things , and was not meant by her Majesty ' s Government to commit any one upon that subject . Xothing could be more unjust than to do so , and he never should hold an acquiescence in the present Address to bind any Hon . Gentleman to vote for the continuance of the income tax ( hear . hear ) .

      Mr . Waklet thought the improved discipline on the other side gave a pretty clear intimation of what the result would be ; and he could anticipate with tolerable accuracy the fate of the consideration which would be given to the subject of the income tax—( hear , and a laugh . ) A property tax -would recave the general approval of the people of the country , and he believed a more popular tax could not be proposed ; but the Right Hon . Baron would find a large portion of the community averse to the continuance of a tax upon incomes derivable from trades and professions : they -were ^ of opinion that if a sliding scale was applicable at all to taxation , it was strictly applicable to the difference between incomes derived from real property and those derived from trade . The Eight Hon . Baronet would find a renewal of the tax

      in its present shape exceedingly unpopular . If , however , the Sight Hon . Baronet would remove those taxes which interfered with the operations of trade and commerce , those taxes which injured labour , and pressed upon the necessaries of life , probably the present system of taxation with respect to income would be borne without complaint for a short time longer . The Bight Hon . Baronet seemed to infer , in the Address , that no distress prevailed amongst the masses of the people ; -bnf he- ( Mr . Wakley ) believed that at the present moment the greatest possible distress and privation existed amongst the unskilled labourers , although hon . members saw little of their deplorable condition . - It was impossible to picture their calamities and sufferings so as adequately to describe them ( hear , hear ) . He trusted the

      Bight Hon . Baronet the Secretary for the Home Depart ment would introduce a bill to alter the law of settlement , and that a committee would be appointed to inquire into the real state and condition of the class of people to whom lie alluded , in order that their circumstances might be made known to the house and the country . The Royal speech certainly contained but little of promise ; but he - was glad to find that several measures , of which no intimation had been given in the speech , had been announced by the members ofher Majesty ' s Government , and amongst them the hill to which he had just alluded . He was glad to find that the bill was to be introduced at so early a period , but it would give him much greater gratification if the Right Hon . Gentleman would abolish the law of settlement altogether . It ivas impossible to depict the

      horrors , the miseries , and the tortures which were endured fcy the poor under the existing law . What was the common practice ? When a labourer who had gone to a distance and married and reared a family , happened to die , his wife was frequently obliged to apply to the parish for relief . What was the answer given to her application ? " Well give you a loaf or two of bread , or a shilling , but if you come again we shall give you an order to be received into the house , and , when the time prescribed by law expires , we shall pass you home . " 'Home V . says the poor creature , " What home V The reply is , "Your husband ' s settlement . " The poor woman then says , "Why , he came 100 milesfirom where I am now living , twenty years ago , and I know no person living In the country , and never saw one of his relations . " The

      answer of the relieving officer is , "We cannot alter the law ; we are under the necessity of acting in this manner ; and if you apply again , we shall pass you to your settlement . " Would the poor woman apply again ? No , she -Would rather snfier all the miseries of starvation , and allow her offspring to die from starvation , than apply again ,-when such a threat-was held out . He knew that it was the intention of the Right Hon . Bart , to mitigate this evil to some extent . The bill of last session went a considerable way towards mitigating the present evils , but he trusted the Right Hon . Bart , was now prepared to go further , and that he would meet those evils in a held and masculine spirit , and put an end to such a state of things ( Hear , hear . ) Her Majesty ' s speech contained no intimation with regard to the Poor Laws . That question was still

      unsettled , but it was impossible for the law to remain much longer in its present state . One fact was worth a thousand suppositions or hypotheses , and he would state what had occurred under his own observation on Saturday last , as a specimen of what was continually occurring in all the Poor Lav unions of England . Apoorlabouriogman of good character , only twenty-six years of age , died in a state of extreme misery in a parish in this county . Six -weeks before , his wife had been living at the parish of Iver , in Buckinghamshire . They there became chargeable , and during three weeks an expense of some 10 s . or 45 s . was incurred . Bat just "before the three weeks expired , finding that he -was to be passed home as a pauper , he went to another parish , where a furnished room was procured , the furniture in which was sot worth 2 s . The parish authorities of Iver took the man and bis wife out of their

      lodgings and carried them to the door of the overseer of the parish to which thej belonged , and said— " Here are the parties—we have brought them home to you . " Immediately after this they . were allowed to return to their lodgings again . The poor man being ont of work , and Ms wife being ill , they were reduced to a state of most miserable privation . The man said at last , "You must go te the relieving-officer—we must have some sustenance or we shall die . ' Xow let the house look at the consequences of the size . of the unions , and not allowing relief to be administered in the parish as in former times . The woman , in ar state of extreme feebleness , left her home , her husband being at the time without either money or food , and proceeded to the relieving-officer at HOlingdon , a distance of five vales . She there stated their distressed fnoditJon . The officer said that she

      must go to the doctor , and if lie gave an order for relief , she should have it . Prom Hillingdon she travelled to Uxhrifi gc and saw Mr . Sayner , the district doctor , who promised to go to the cottage . The poor woman then returned home without having procured anything to afford her husband the slightest succour , having travelled a distance of eleven miles . The medical man arrived a fexr minutes afterwards ; and his exclamation was , " You are starving ; you are in want of the necessaries of life . " He gave an order on the xelieving-officer , and the poor woman had again to walk a distance of five miles . And what did she then receive f An order for 3 s . worth of goods on some grocer . She received the value in goods . The money , was not given to her , to enable her to purchase what she really required . She then had to proceed boms , baring walked a distance of twenty-one miles in a state of suffering and disease . And this was what Hon . Members bad the folly , or Hie wickedness , or the cruelty , to call furnishing relief to the destitute poor . ( Hear , hear . ) The man ' s cousStutSoinras Twofcen down and destroved

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      for want of food ; ' lock-jaw afterwards came on , and on Tuesday week he died . Now he ( Mr . Wakley ) asked , was that state of things to continue ? Did the gentry , the nobility , and the wealthy people of England believe that their lives and property could be secure so long as the poor of England were thus treated ? ( Hear , hear . ) Was not such a system pregnant with danger to them every moment of their lives ? Sid they believe that the millions of England could he satisfied under these circumstances ? Could they expect the people to yield cheerful obedience to the law ! He ( Mr . Wakley ) said they could not ; and he would say ,-further , that they ought not to be advised to do so . If they were not discontented , and if they did not manifest their discontent , they would be unworthy the name of Englishmen ; and it was impossible to expect

      that in times of danger they would exhibit that courage and manliness which they had displayed in former times . He trusted what he had said would induce the Right Hon . Baronet to make some inquiry into the subject . The Right Hon . Baronet , during the last session , shewed himself desirous of modifying the law . He listened most attentively and considerately to every suggestion made to him , and did not reject them from any preconceived opinions or prejudices , but gave them a most calm anil attentive consideration , stating the reasons which induced him to oppose them . He begged the flight Hon . Baronet to investigate the case which he had brought before the house , if tlie same state of things did not prevail throughout England . Ifsuch should he found to he theease , the Bight Hon . Baronet could not hesitate to introduce a

      bill toaltcr such an odious and abominable state of the law . In reference to the present position of Ireland and the" liberal Irish members , " Mr . Wakleysaid ;—The remarks made by my Hon . Friend the member for Rochdale have recalled to my mind what is going on in Ireland , and what is stated in the address to her Majesty respecting that country . It appears to me that the statement in the address , and the fact of what is going on in Ireland , are rather inconsistent . ( Hear , hear . ) Tie address states that all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects are yielding a cheerful obedience to the law , yet the house has been informed by the Hon . Member for Rochdale that a large portion of the population of Ireland is in a lawless stntc ^ With , respect to the grievances of Ireland , one would be anxious for bygones to be bygones ; and I have no desire to follow the course adopted last night , and

      rake up old grievances for the purpose of producing discord . ( Hear , hear . ) My belief is , that the Right Hon . Gentleman , at the head of the Government desires to do justice to Ireland , and I hope that the Right Hon . Gentleman ' s friends will let hini dojustice . ( Hear , hear . ) I sincerely hope that the benevdlcnt intentions of the Right Honourable Gentleman will not be thwarted by those who sit near and around him—that is to say , by his ordinary supporters . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) It certainly does seem , strange that it should be stated in the address that everything is going on satisfactorily in Ireland , and that discontent has almost disappeared , while we find that only on Monday last a resolution was adopted at the Repeal Association intimating to the Irish members that they need not attend to their duties in this house . The resolution

      states- ^ - " That , however desirable it may be that a discussion should . take place in the House of Commons with a view to expose the injustice of the proceedings connected With the late state trials , this association is so deeply impressed with a sense of the hopelessness of obtaining redress for the wrongs of Ireland from the Imperial Parliament , that we cannot recommend that the Irish members should be ealledjupon to attend such discussion . " I agree with those who consider that Ireland has been an ill-used country ; but let us anticipate better things . ( Hear . ) I must state that since I have been in the House o

      Commons , though the Irish members have made loud complaints against our conduct , and though I believe we have merited their complaints , yet I have never seen proceeding from the Irish members any series of measures such as they would place on the table of their own Parliament , supposing they had one in College-green . ( Loud cries of " Heir , hear . " ) Now , I do say , that in this respect they have not been acting justly by us , or wisely by themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) If they would frame such measures as they might deem best calculated to promote the interests and welfare of Ireland , and submit them to the consideration of the Imperial Parliament , and if the Imperial Parliament incurred the responsibility of rejecting them , my firm conviction is that the people of England would demand repeal , and concur with the Irish

      representatives in obtaining it ; because the English people love justice , and do not desire to see any portion of the population in a state of persecution . They regard Ireland as a persecuted country , and as not placed under equal laws . In my opinion , the wrongs of Ireland remain to this hour unredresscd , and in order that I and other English gentlemen who desire to do justice to Ireland may be relieved from the difficulty in which we are placed , I would conclude by expressing an earnest hope that the Irish members , without delay , will frame such measures as they deem best calculated to promote the interests of their country ; and then , if they should be rejected , the responsibility will be on our heads . ( Cheers . )' The report on the Address was then agreed to , and the Address was ordered to be presented by the whole house to her Majesty .

      ITie house then adjourned , at a quarter to eight o'clock ,

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      ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ screams , he seemed much hurt , and watched her ' out of the court with visible emotion . Serjeant Backhouse having produced a bullet , mould , Hubert . Perkins , a gunmaker , in Sale-street , Betlmal-green , said—I was n neighbour of the prisoner , whom 1 have known for some years ; the bullet , mould produced is mine . On Saturday week last at four in the afternoon , tho prisoner brought the pistol produced ( that found by the body of the deceased ) to me , to have the top brass work of it repaired , saying that ho wanted it as soon as possible , and ; that I must bring it to him at the Rising Sun , in Waterloo Town . I finished the repairs in an hour and a halt ; and left it with the prisoner at the house he had told me . On the next day ( Sunday ) , he again called upon me , and asked me to cast four bullets for him to' fit the pistol , which I did in the course of half an hout ' , from the mould now produced ,

      and took them to him at the Rising Sun , and he paid me fourpence for them . The prisoner then asked me for some nercussion caps to fit the nipple of the pistol , and I gave him I think , about seven . I asked him what he wanted the buUets and the percussion caps for , and he told me he was going to a shooting match the next day . ( The witness inserted the bullets produced by the surgeon into the bullet mould , and expressed his conviction that , though there might be many moulds like it , those bullets had been east from the mould produced by the serjeant . ) The next fresh evidence produced was that of Thomas Crisp , a cabinet-maker , who said—About one o ' clock on Tuesday morning last ( the time of the murder ) I was in the taproom of the Rising Sun ,-when the prisoner came in and sat down very much dejected . One of his fingers was nlpedimr . and ou my asking him how it occurred , he said seconds

      Uo had had an accident and cut it . In a few after , fie prisoner suddenly started up , and running towards his brother Henry , who was present , exclaimed , "It cannot now be undone ; the deed is done , and it will be a mystery to all of you . " I then left the room , and was going out of the house , when one of the prisoner ' s sisters came in and inquired ft * the prisoner-. I went to the room door and called him out , and the instant he made his appearance his sister dropped forward ana fainted in his arms . The prisoner sat down in a disconsolate state in front of the bar , with his sister in his arms , and When I went out I left them so . In answer to Mr . Biugliamthe witness said the observation made by the

      , , prisoner as to the perpetration of the deed , was uttered loud enough for other persons to hear as well as myself , and as soon as it was made the prisoner ' s brother private ] v questioned him , and instantly after , starting up , exclaimed , in the presence of the prisoner , who did Hot contradict him , " Good God , he lias shot Ms young woman . " no then hastened back to the prisoner , and felt in his pocket for something , on which the prisoner said , " Ah , Harry , that's gone . " Witness then left . The inaii Bunn / ivlio met the prisoner at the public-house an hour after the murder , in addition to Ms former evidence , said the prisoner was very depressed , ¦ and sat in silence at the end of the table . He also heard the prisoner ' s

      confession to his brother of having just committed " some deed . " When they left the public-house they met a young man named Capes , of whom the prisoner was jealous , whom he reproached very bitterly for his attentions to the deceased , and threw the whole blame of the transaction upon him . Witness followed the prisoner about for some time , and pressed him to go home with him to supper , but the prisoner declined to do so ; and said , "No , I will go home to my poor little sisters , and have supper with them . " Witness did not like to leave him in such a melancholy tate , and saw ' him to his own home . There the prisoner sat down in a fit of despondency , and witness , finding he could not console him , left the place . —The man Capes , parfcof whose evidence before the coroner we have already of

      inserted , deposed to several acts of jealousy on the part the prisoner towards the witness with regard to the deceased , and to the prisoner striking the deceased two violent blows in the face from this cause . But the witness declared to the magistrate that there were no grounds whatever for" the suspicions the prisoner entertained of him . After the murder had been committed witness met the prisoner again , and was severely reproached by him ; but these reproaches were accompanied by such incoherent expressions that the witness did not at the time think the prisoner was altogether in his right senses . Other testimony of a confirmatory nature was then given , and the prisoner , who was advised by his solicitor not to say anything , was fully committed for trial .

      LAMBETH . TnuRSDAY . —Death of a Wife fbom the alleged Ill-tbeatment op beb Hobbakb . —Thomas Jones , a jobhingcai'psnter , who has been in custody since Friday last , on a charge , of having caused the death of his wife , Margaret Jones , by violence , was brought before Mr . Henry for . . further examination . , Brooks , the beadle of the parish of St . Mary's , Newington , was in attendance , and informed Mr . Henry that since the last ex . amination of the prisoner an inquest had been held before Mr . Carter , the coroner ; and Mr . Body , the surgeon , who had made a post mortem examination , having

      expressed it to be his opinion that the deceased ' s death was the result of natural causes , and not produced by violence , the jury had returned a verdict to that effect . The beadle added that , notwithstanding this , he felt it to be his duty to cause the attendance of all the witnesses who had been examined on the former day , as well as two young women , the daughters of the deceased by a former husband . These two young women were examined , but were not able to speak to anything that happened for some days previous to the death of their mother , as they were not at home , but deposed to the general ill-treatment which their mother had experieneed at the prieoner ' s bands . The prisoner was again remanded .

      Feidat . —This day Thomas Jones was again . brought before Mr , Henry for final examination , and discharged .

      MARLBOROUGH-STREET . Fiupay . —A ¦ ' Sootable" Piioceeding . —A summons of vast importance to the chimney-sweeping world was » \ flard by Mr . Hardwick against Itobert Towzer , of Adam ' s-mews , for having " wilfully and knowingly permitted and caused one Jim Graham to climb a chimney at the residence of Earl Grey , in Berkeley-square , against the statute made and provided , whereby a penalty of £ 10 , or , not'less than £ 5 , had been incurred , "—A congregation of sooty visages appeared in the body of the court , anxious to hear the result , all the parties declaring themselves staunch ramonexirs , and deeply interested in promoting the use of machinery for sweeping chimneys , in the room of the live brooms which had heretofore been dedicated to this delicate operation . The office of judge was in this instance promoted by Davis , of Hart-street ,

      an ex-chimney-climher , who professed to be actuated in what he was about by the purest public motives , and because , as he saidin the avenue of the court , '" atBob Towzer warn't no reglar sveep , and never know'd vot the hinside of a flue vos made on , cos as how he vos only Colonel Beaumont ' s butler vohce , and cos he disgraced the perfession by going out in vite kid gloves to vait at noblemen and gentlemen ' s arternoon sn-arry ' s . " Having entered the witness-box , Davis began . On Vensday the eight of Jinnyverry I seed Jim Graham a coming down Brook-street vith his boy . " Hullo , Jimmy ses I , " ' been climbing agin . " " , 'Spose I has , " says ho , " vot can you make on it ! " " Vy , " sis I , " its agin the hact ; and its that there stunning Bob . Towzer wots been a wiolatin on it , jost as he ' s done often afore . "—The Chief Clerk here interposed , and said that Graham ' s evidence could

      only be received . —James Graham , a stunted lad of fifteen , came forward . —Mr . Hardwick : Well , what do you know about this ?—Boy .: Mister Towzer sent me to climb Earl Grey's chimbly , in Barkly-skvare . —Did he pay you anything ? He agreed to pay me sixpence a chimbly , and I went up six on ' em that morning ; but he only hoffered me two shillings '; cousekventlye he vouted to rank me out of a bob , and I'd a jest right to split on him , and I did so . The defendant stoutly denied all knowledge of the boy . He had heard that his journeyman had got the boy to assist him with the machine , and paid him for his labour out of his own pocket . The boy as stoutly affirmed that he had been engaged by the defendant in person ; that he had done nothing but climb ; that lie had been paid by the defendant ; and that whenever he was wanted the defendant used to send for

      him to sleep the overnight at his place . —To rebut this the defendant called his journeyman , who swore that all as hever Jim Graham did vos to stand on the grate and vork the handle of the tool about arter it vos shoved up the flue . —Mr . Hardwick : Well , hoy , what do you say to that ?—Boy : Say ; vy , ' at he knows as the machine was all gammon , I climbed slap up to the top , and the housekeepers knows it . The " public prosecutor" here poked forward his smutty face , a , nd , with tho good-natured purpose of giving old Towzer another "leg up / ' handed in a paper .. There , yer vertship ( said he ) , there's-a list of the chimbleys vot this here boy ' s been up . There ' s the Harchbishop of York ' s , Ginneral Meade's , the Duke of Hamilton ' s , and a precious lot more of siteh . —This piece of evidence appeared to take the defendant rather aback . He , ' 'however , persisted in saying that the boy had only been employed by the journeyman without his knowledge . He admitted , however , that he had

      recently been summoned to Marylebene Police-court , but there the case was dismissed on account of insufficient evidence . —Mr . Hardwick sent to inquire of Lord Grey's housekeeper whether the boy had been up the chimney The reply was that the housekeeper could give no information Oil the subject . The boy ' s father proved that the defendant had paid the boy two shillings , and had come for him in person to engage him to do some chimney work .- —Mr . Harkwick was of opinion that a ' case ol climbing had been sufficiently established . The boy could have no motive in swearing to so many specific acts , while the defendant was interested in steering clear , of the penalty which the law affixed to climbing . It appeared to him that the defendant had attempted to evade the law by making it appear that tho . hoy had been employed by the journeyman , but as . that was evidently a mere subterfuge , he should inflict the mitigated fine of £ 5 and costs .

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      Judges' Chambers , Sergeant ' s Inn , Saturday . — The Pitmen ' s Strike in the Potteries . —On Saturday John Williams , John Poynter , John Harding , and William Sillitoe alias Salmon , four of the men connected with the late strike of the pitmen , in the Potteries , and who had been employed at the Millfield-gate pit , belonging to Mr . Sparrow , at Langton , in Staffordshire , were brought up in custod y of the gaoler from Stafford gaol , before Mr . Justice Coleridge , by virtue of a writ of habeas corpus , on an apnlication being made that they should be discharged :

      on the ground of an informality in the warrant upon which they had been committed to Stafford gaol for two months with hard labour , for absenting themselves from their work . One of the principal objections to the warrant is , that tho adjudication did not warrant the conviction and sentence to hard labour . There are one or two other objections of a technical nature . ^—Mr . Bodkin , with whom was Mr . Huddlestone , appeared on the part of the prisoners , in support of the objections to the warrant , and their apolication to be * 'discharged . —Mr . Justice Coleridge expressed some doubt upon the objections taken By Mr . Bodkin , and directed that , as the matter Svas of some iinportance , 'the further 7 arguments of counsel should bo postponed until Monday ( this day ) , when

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      Mr . Justice VTightman would be"in . ' attendance . The learned judge directed that the prisoners should be taken back , in custody , to Staliord gaol , and the decision of tho judge upon the application of . the prisoners should be forwarded to the gaoler to be communicated to them . —The prisoners , who are all very decent healthy-looking ' men , were accordingly taken back on Saturday evening . From their * manner , it was quite apparent a considerable spirit of discontent prevails amongst them . Discharge of the Prisoners . —Monday .. —The application which was made to discharge John Williams , John Poynter , John Harding , and William Sillitoe alias Salmon , . four of the men who had been brought up iu custody from Stafford Gaol , upon a , ^

      writ of habeas corpus , on Saturday last , to be discharged out of custody , on the ground of an informality in the warrant of commitment , and which was partly heard on Saturday before Mr . Justice Coleridge , the further consideration of which was adjourned , was again resumed before Mr . Justice Whitman . Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Huddlestone appeared for the prisoners . The prisoners , previous to the strike , had been employed by the prosecutor , Joseph Mitcheson , a person . who is called in the county of Stafford , a " buckey , " that is , a sort of middle man between the workmen and the proprietors of pits , who undertakes to work certain portions of land and produce certain quantities of coal at a given price . It follows then ,, that the object of these nien is to obtain labour at the

      smallest possible , rate ; and we are assured that it is to this pernicious system that the discontent that has lately prevailed amongst the pitmen is to be attributed . In the present case , the prisoners had been engaged by the prosecutor Mitcheson , to work at the MUltield-gate pit , belonging to Mr . Sparrow , at Langton , and in consequence of the strike the ibur prisoners * . were charged before — Harvey , Esq ., a magistrate for that county , by their employer Mitcheson , for absenting themselves from work , and were sentenced to two months' imprisonment , with hard labour , in Stafford Gaol . Mr . Bodkin , in addition the objections urged by him on Saturday before Mr .

      Justice Coleridge to the legality of the warrant of commitment , contended that the return to the writ of habeas corpus , which set forth the warrant , was bad , inasmuch as that it did not appear upon the face of the return and the warrant that the prisonera were present at the time the oath was administered to the prosecutor , which he contended ought to have been set forth . Mr . Justice Wightman , without calling upon the learned counsel to go into the other points , held the objection to be good aiid fatal to the WUWtWTl , and made an order for the prisoners' discharge out of custody . [ The order was forwarded to the gaoler of Stafford Gaol on Monday night , and the prisoners , will of course be at once liberated !

      VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT , Feb . 1 . Before Sir L . Skadivett . Wilson v . Wilson . —Charge of Impotency . —The Vice-Chancellor sat in his court at Lincoln ' s-inn specially , to hear the remainder of Mr . Bethell ' s reply in this cause , wliich has occupied the whole attention of the Court for seven days , and now stands for judgment . The details of the case , so offensive to decency on both sides , have become so notorious by former publication as to require only a general description to refresh the memory on the questions now presented for the final adjudication of the Court . The plaintiff is the adopted niece of the late Sir Henry Wright Wilson ana Lady Frances Wilson , and the defendant the cousin of the present Lord Hcimiker . The

      marriage , was solemnized iu April , 1339 , the lady being represented as then of the age of forty-seven , and the gentleman seven or eight years younger . The lady ' s fortune consisted of aboufc £ 8 , 000 or £ J , 000 per annum , arising from estates in Yorkshire , Essex , Hampshire , and Chelsea , and all her property was declared by the settlement to belong to the husband in his marital right except Drayton Lodge , in Hampshire , which was limited to the husband for life , with remainder to the wife i ' erlifc , and afterwards to the heirs of the husband , and the Chelsea Park estate and a sum of £ 3 , 000 stock , which was secured to the separate use of the wife . The husband brought no fortune into the settlement . The parties lived together j for severa months at Chelsea-park , till at length the conjugal

      differences , which had commenced soon after the marriage , and the state of-Mrs . Wilson ' s health , represented by her as arising from her husband's treatment , obliged her first to go and reside in Germany , and finally to take refuge in the house of her trustee and solicitor , Mr . Forster , and to . institute a suit in the Ecclesiastical Court against Mr . Henniker Wilson , on the ground of impotency . The alarm produced in the defendant's mind by this proceeding brought him into personal communication with the trustees of the settlement , and anegotiation was carried on without the intervention of any solicitor on the part of the defendant . Mrs . Wilson " admitted thafthe marriage £ had been solemnized according to law , "but on her solemn oath denied that it had ever been consummated , and ou

      uer solemn oath believed it to be on the ground of a physical infirmity of the defendant ; " and , further , that a communication was made to her shortly after the marriage , from which she had reason to believe that this was known to other persons , and which she mentioned to the defendant on several occasions . Under the advice of her friends she had submitted to a medical examination , and fortified her denial of the consummation of the marriage by the certificate of Dr . Granville . Mr . Wilson , on the other hand , denied the charge in the most . direct and positive terms , and supported his declaration by the certificates of several most eminent surgeons , alleging , moreover , that the marriage had been duly consummated ; but at the same time imputing the obstacles to . the

      physical infirmities of the lady . This Mrs . Wilson most stedfastly denied , and went on to represent her distresses as not arising only from the cause before alluded to , but akofrom the general conduct of the defendant , which consisted of various and continued acts of purposed vexation , insult , neglect , rude treatment when alone , and contempt before strangers , from lengthened absence , without knowing where he was , refusal to visit her friends , never accompanying her , and often passing her in the streets unnoticed , &c . The defendant , however , declared that she was treated with the greatest kindness and attention , and that the real cause of the connubial difference was a discovery of Mi's . Wilson that he had had a natural child sworn to him some time before the marriage . To

      this ill's . Wilson replied , that such an intimation had never been made to her by any one , and that the allegation of such being the supposed cause of tho differences was a mere pretence and misrepresentation set up by him for obvious purposes ; but that about ten mouths after the marriage he took several letters from his pocket and told her one was from a woman threatening to swear a child to him , but that she ( Mrs . Wilson ) turuedtlic subject into ridicule , and used expressions to him wliich gave him plainly to understand it was impossible . The defendant endeavoured ^ o falsify this statement by admissions iind expressions made by Mrs . Wilson in conversations with third parties , that she did not believe the truth of the circumstance / which established his paternal character , or his capability , but this evidence was

      rejected by the Court . The plaintiff further contended , that the peculiar language of the certificate of the surgeons was not inconsistent with the allegation of impotency . It would be an endless task to follow the mutual allegations and contradictions of the parties , which appeared to be punned to the end of the pleadings with uncompromising bitterness . The case of the plaintiff was conducted by Mr . Bethell , Mr . Hodgson , and Mr . Lloyd , and the counsel for the defendant were , Mr .- Kelly , Mr . Stuart , and Mr . Willcock . The -Vice-Chancellor at the conclusion of the argument observed , that as the case did not merely involve a right , but also affected the character of the E arties , he should not dispose of it satisfactorily to is own feelings without reading minutely through the whole of the pleadings , and contrasting them with the evidence before he pronounced his judgment .

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      The Miners of Durham axd Northumberland . —ihe reorganisation of this body of Labour ' s sons is progressing with a degree of alacrity its most sanguine supporters must rejoice at . The doubts and distrust occasioned by the failure of the late strike are fast dispersing , and the most sceptical must be convinced that the day is not -far distant when this body of men will show their task-masters that their retreat from the late unequal struggle was not a defeat , but a cessation of hostilities , to enable them the better , on a future occasion , to maintain the fight , and win the victory . Many meetings of branches of the Miners' Association have been held

      lately , ; many of them , especially amongst the lar <* e coUvenes , have been peculiarly marked by that stern determination to maintain their rights , and oppose their wrongs , which abides long after the enthusiastic shout has passed away . Among these meeting may be particularly noticed those of New Durham , Haswell , Thornley , Kelloe , Hetton , &e . These meetings have been exceedingly spirited ; many a pointed expression from the men showed the fcelines workuig m then- breasts ; and the outcry for " lie restoration ol the Union , in all its pristine vigour was unanimous . Messrs Daniels , Clough , and flollil day , the lecturers , have been received with a wn ,. m +. i

      ot eeiingdimcult to be described effectually their addresses werelistened to with marked attention , and responded to with enthusiasm , Meetings have also been holden at Caste Eden and Wreckington , 3 very good effect . The men of Wreckington wct " not one jot behind their brethren of the Wcai in expressing their attachment to the glorious cause of Union We fearlessly express our conviction , that an example wiU here soon be held out , worthy &e adop tion of Labour ' s sons in every paVt of tfie Vorld 1 Correspondent . . "ewona . —

      _ Public Meeting of the Handloom Weavers m Wigan .-A pubic meeting of the Handloom WeS of Wiganwaa held in the larg e room ¦ of tliP bT ? v i'th Vine Inn , Wall gate , Wi | n , on the eVenS nf Monday last , to take into consideratL + if gOf priety . of the Handloom WeS ^ of S i prl arid neighbourhood 'forming ELStS ? solidated union of the Cotton havers of -I&ffl-¦ m conjunction with the Silk Weavers of S ? m £ cleafield , and Spitalfields , and HkcvnSe ? £

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      Parliament for protection for their labour , 'n placards calling the meeting stated . that the elviii would be taken at seven o ' clock , but long before ti-t hour the spacious room , wliich is capable of holdini , from eight to nine hundred persons , was crowded tn suffocation . Mr . John Stevens was unanimo uslv called to the chair . —Mr . Duffy moved the foliowh ' « resolution , which was seconded in an able speech ii * Mr . Kennedy;— "That a petition be laid before thn legislature of the country , praying for a redress of our grievances . " - On the resolution being put fro ,,, the chair , it was agree to nem . con . —Mr . Aitkiu in a neat speech , moved—" That in the opinion of tlii meeting , a general union of all the Trades is essen tially necessary , in order to secure to the productive classes of this country a proper protection for their labour . " —Mr . Lenigan , in a speech winch < li ' , i

      honour to Jus head and heart , seconded the ve solution , which was supported in a lengthv speech by Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester , and agreed to unanimously . — Mr . John Monoghan moved and Mr . Gaven seconded the following rcsolu ' tion ;— " That a co-operation of the Wigan llandW Weavers with the Silk "Weavers of Lei gh , Macclesfield , and Spitalfields , be immediately entered into and steps taken for the" organization of the whole o ' t the weavers of the country . " The resolution v , ;» earned without a dissentient . —Mr . Lowe , delegate fromtlic Silk Weavers of Lei gh , next iddrcs $ ed ° tlie meeting , and read correspondence from MacclesSeW Norwich , Carlisle , Sjiitalfields , &c ., &c . lie tlien entered into a detail of the robberies committed by the silk masters of Leigh upon their poor slaves

      wlucli in their nature are more atrocious than anything of the kind we have ever heard before , and therefore think it but just that the public should be made acquainted with a few of them . One manufacturer with 131 workpeople , in paying wages due , to the amount of £ 204-ls . 0 d ., took in abatements from it £ 45 L 5 s . 3 d . Another with 100 hands , took out of their wages £ 30 9 s . lOtl . The next was one of the small fry , with only fifty-three workpeople , and ] ' « stopped out of one week the small sum of £ 19 ! The masters were in the habit of giving out warps , aud keeping back the shoot . One man drew his warp on the 18 th day of Dec , and was kept twenty-four days without his shoot . During that time he weni fifteen times to the warehouse , a distance of live miles and a half , which made each joumcv aleven

      miles , or . altogether 1 C 3 miles , for which he had no recompense . A poor woman took out a warp on the 21 st of September ; she had to wait thirteen weeks for Iwv shwt , dwiug which tune she \ rcnt five days in the week , and each day had to walk thirteen miles , or in the whole 845 miles , and not a penny for it . Mr . l / owe concluded by a powerful appeal to alj present to organise , inasmuch as the organisation must benin somewhere , therefore it might ? . $ well begin in Wigan as anywhere else . Mr . Lowe resumed his scat amid much applause . —Mr , Knowles moved — "That the Handloom Wearers of this town and the surrounding districts , do send a delegate to the Trades' Conference , about to assemble in London . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . j Eccleston , and was agreed to unanimously . — Mr ,

      Duffey moved , and Mr . Kennedy seconded— " That the best thanks of this meeting are hereby tendered to the following- gentlemen , who have so ably su > ported the Handloom Weavers of Wigan , in their righteous struggle , viz ., Rev . II . J . Gunning , Rector of Wigan ; Uev . John Heran , of St . John ' s , Wigan ; Rev . Mr . Tyncr , of Standisli ; Thos . Cook , Esq . ; and Reice Bevan , Esq . " Agreed to unanimously . — Mr . Lenigan moved , and Mr . James Heyslop Draper seconded— " That the best thanks of the Ilandloom Weavers of Wigan and neighbourhood are due , and hereby given to Mr . W . Dixon , for his past labours in the cause of suffering humanity , and likewise tor his able defence of Trades' Unions on this occasion . " Carried unanimously . Mr . D . briefly acknowledged the compliment , and moved the thanks of the

      meeting to the chairman . The Edge-tooi . Makers held their general quarterly meeting at the Rodney , Coleshill-strcct , Birmingham , on Monday last , Thomas Savin in the chair . The treasurer reported the termination of the strike , which , after ten weeks , had terminated in favour of the men , the masters being compelled to accede to them the whole of " what they asked for . We have great pleasure in stating that eighteen new members joined on Monday last . We shall take the necessary steps to be represented in the National Conference . Yorkshire Miners . — Mr . Septimus Davis has visited the folio-wing places : —Monday , ' 2 * 7 tli January , Standly and Bottom ; Tuesday , 28 th , Ardsly ; Thins , day , 30 th , Methby ; Friday , 31 st , Standly ; Saturday . 1 st February , Newton-Iane-end .

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      Fihe asb Loss of Life . —Late on Thursday week a fire . broke out at No . 2 , Blue Anchor-yard , St . George ' s in the East , which was let out to several poor families . Smoke issuing out of the second floor front , caused some persons to make the discovery . Upon entering the apartment , the bed was found in a complete blaze , and a little girl , about four years of age , burnt in such a dreadful manner that she expired shortly afterwards . ' The flames were eventually confined to the room in question . The origin of the outbreak is unknown .

      Accident os the Great Western- Railwat . —On Thursday week , an accident occurred upon this line of railway that will probably be attended with a fatal result . A goods tram left Paddington at halfpast four o ' clock in the morning , and stopped at the West London Junction at Wormwood Scrubs , to attach another carnage . One of the guards , named Horatia'Nelson Tolverner , descending for the purpose of attaching the connecting chain or driving bar , had imprudently -ventured in between the train and the

      stationary truck whilst the former was in the act of baching into the " siding ' where that truck stood . The consequence of such an imprudent stop was , that as the man stooped to adjust the chain his head became jammed between the buffers of the last truck in the goods train and the stationary one . The unfortunate man dropped instantly , lie was picked up immediately in a senseless state , with the blood pouring from his ears . He was removed to St . George ' s Hospital , where , upon examination , it was astertainetl that he had received a severe fracture at

      the base of the skull , and the injury was considered of so extensive a nature that his recovery was thought uncertain . Dreadful Shipwrecks . —Lloyd ' s , Friday Night . —In the course of Sunday morning a fine vessel , called the Robert Burns , belonging to Liverpool , was wrecked , and the master was drowned . The vessel , which was 296 tons burthen , was on her passage from St . Petersburg , with a cargo of deals , and having put into Rathmullen to deliver letters , she again set out for her destination on Thursday , the 23 rd . At about four o'clock the following morning the wind commenced blowing a strong gale , which continued till the-vessel was completely buried under water . At length the Perseverance , of Dumfries , hove in sight ,

      and the master of the vessel observing the critical state of the ship , bore down to render assistance , and , by extreme exertion , the entire crew of the Robert ; Burns were saved . The Clarinda , of If ew Ross , bound from Quebec to Dublin , has been wrecked off the Island of Barra . The crew were saved . They had been thirteen days without water , the ship having capsized , and stove in all their water casks , and their store of provisions had dwindled down to a small bag of biscuits . Among the many other wrecks that have happened , we regret to record the following : —A schooner , supposed to be the Zorris packet , ¦ wrecked off Cardigan Bay . The crew missing . The Commerce , Captain Steward , belonging to the Clyde , lost on shore at Lome Lock . Crew

      saved . The Christian , Captain M'Nab , belonging to the same port , abandoned in the Channel . Crew saved . The brig Amelia , Mitchell , totally lost off Cape Voltras , while on her passage to Ichahoe . Crew saved . The barque Manchester , Captain Hall , from London , totally lost , on Sunday night , with a general cargo , off the Old Hoyle Bank . Thirteen of the crew saved . The Fortfield , from Ichaboe , wrecked on Sunday night , near the same spot . One-man drowned . The brig Elizabeth , of Scarborough , from Middlesborough , bound to London , foundered on Sunday morning , near Cromer , on the coast of Norfolk Crew saved . The schooner Cora , of London from Newcastle to London , with coals , was totally wrecked

      off the coast of Yorkshire , at a place called Uornsea . The crew saved . Several small coasting vessels are reported to have been lost , with all hands , off Newport . An hour or two before daybreak four vessels were seen off ihe bay , lying at anchor . Not afterwards being seen , and a large mass of wreck having been washed ashore , it is greatly feared that they founderd . The schooner David , firom Shields , was wrecked on the rocks at Lochmouth . Crew saved . There are four other losses reported on the books , but their names are not mentioned . The brig John Naylor , Captain Orr , reported as having been totally lost off Fayai , was from Ichaboe , with a full cargo of guano , and belonging to the port of Liverpool . One of the crew was drowned , and three died Irom exhaustion .

      Lloyd ' s , Satubdat . —The vessel sunkin Cardigan Bay is the Azores packet , of Plymouth , supposed from Cork to Liverpool , crew drowned . The Ann , Abbot , from Shields to Yarmouth , was abandoned in asinking state on the 26 th inst . crew saved . Ireland . —( From the Londonderry Standard , )—We have learned with the utmost pain that a vessel was totally wrecked , on the morning of Sunday last , off the coast of . Ennishowen ; all hands lost . The name of the ill-fated vessel was the Harmony , of Ramsay , as was ; discovered by ' a portion of the stcrn-boarda washed ashore . . ¦ '

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      STRAND TireA / TRE , The popularity of Antigmc was vouched for on tfsmlny night at this theatre by an extravaganza , in which tke principal features of the great lyrical tragedy were humorously burlesqued . The travestied -liUi . / Oi ' ie is unJtvtaken by l [ i \ d . Wild , who wraps his capacious person in a classic Greek robe , and delivers mock heroics touchinga brother . wh o m the bulky maiden lms liberated from » debtors' prisoS . There was plenty of i'un to divert the audience , who t ook u \> the parodied resemblances of tie original readily en ough , and accepted every morsel oxsianj and every broad witticism , with a relish' which knew m » bounds . Mr . II , ITall , who ' personated ' Cveon , gave some capital imitations of Vandenhoff , Mat-ready , and evanol O'Connell ; and sang some of the aivs of tho ' day , tortuvel profanely with grotesque words , in a vein of rich absm ' tlitj . The guards and sages crowd the raised stage ai'cortli ' . ijr to copy ; and below is a similar fidelity as regards tiie ciionii , which stand at the sides and throw up their anas in a

      style of droll exaggeration . Mr . Mtwfarren is not forgotten ; he is mimicked b y Mr . F . Homer , who enters it « orchestra with bustle and importance , and draws on a pair of white gloves with'a pompous display of dignity , while his long hah- hangs about his head after the manner ofhis accomplished prototype . His burlesque gestures with tk baton , in imitation of the energetic conductor , are tooli ' tf to be mistaken ; and he telegraphs to the baud and ti « chorus just as oddly and just as wildly . The final fa' *< « is . a ludicrous paraphrase of the original stage-group "'? - Tho pealing thunder is accompanied by vain , upon w » Crcon and his nubles throw up their umbrellas , crone * down on their broadsides , and so avert the wrath of tlis gods . There is a drollery in this which it is impossible a withstand , and the audience is in a paroxysm ofdeligl * This extravaganza is from the pen of Mr . E . I .. WanehaWi who has wrung out several good puns fur the occusw * while , at the same time , he successfully imitates the arrangements of the bill , which he annotates in ingenious mimicry of the Covent-garden original .

      LYCEUM . The comic drama called Taking Possession , irliicJi «« produced at this theatre on Monday night , fumi- ** Keeley with a convenient opportunity for creating : « elTlr ment after liis own peculiar manner . He reja-esents 2 certain Seatus Hoodie , a cockney travellerfora fish-smise ;" pickle warehouse , who , while pursuing his calling i » . German town , purchases a lottery ticket from a gang gipsies , which has been lost by a young peasant r . afflW Karl , betrothed to Mcta ( Miss Arden ) . The ticket turns up a prize , entitling' the fortunate holder to the ot . ^ Katenhofil , on the banks of the Danube , and nil its apj »* tenances . The cockney , in high glee , goes to take possession , but in the meanwhile the peasant , having discorerrf the loss he lias sustained , manages to get the assistance 01 the leader of the gipsies , and a plot is formed to sicken iW of his

      silly bagman good fortune , by filling him with ahtnnand by worrying him almost to death . The castle , in ^ last stage of ruin and dilapidation , has long been the liaum of the gipsies , and they enter readily into the scheme annoy the new landlord . "When he arrives he finds nothing but a broken-down , bare , and desolate tenement ; he can get nothing to eat ; he is frightened out of his wits b . v d * roar of wolves ; he is disturbed by stories of the jtaj being haunted ; he is consumed by fleas ; until at lens * lie is so harassed , and so disgusted with his property *» ho resigns it , with a shriek of delight , to the rightful owner oi the lottery ticket—receiving two hundred florins in

      intensity of vulgar satisfaction when he learns his unexpected good fortune , and groaning with agony and w \ plexity as the annoyances and discomforts of i-esid iS upon wh un devolved the important task of tewstoff »»" irritating the beset cockney ; and Mr . Craven was «* peasant Karl . Mr . Meadows contributed largely to " » comicality : he played a stupid old seneschal , p cvviuK ? " one idea , tiiat of having placed the lost lottery ticket m salt-box , which lie iterates with au amusing iiertmoci / until he becomes the bore and the horror of every one ' meets . with . The piece was perfectly successful , a "" " notice of repetition was hailed with a roar of app laud- _

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      MANSION HOUSE . . ,. , Sjjtubdat . —Felony . — Elizabeth Bennett , a neatlydressed nymph of the pave , was brought before the Lord Mayor , in custody of policeman Moody , charged with picking the pocket of Captain Stevens , of the schoonea Duchess of Kent , of Ipswich , of the sam of . £ 18 . The prisoner declined saying anything , and was committed for trial ! " Potting Down" Starvation . —Two shoeless boys , named Jones and 31 'Grath , were charged by policeman 594 , with Legging bread at the shop of a Mr , Scott . Mr . Scott , to his honour , refused to attend to prosecute . The policeman deposed to seeing the accused begging on the day previous , at the shop of Mr . Scott ; he had got them a ticket for the Union , but they refused to go , stating it was "lousy , " and that they Would rather break windows and get into prison . —On being asked what they had to say , Jones said they had been all day without tasting a bit of bread . —The lord Mayor sentenced them to be imprisoned fourteen days in the House of Correction , and at the expiration of that time to find security to keep the peace for three months .

      BOW STREET . Satdbdat . —Hobkible . —A pretty-looking girl , named Mary White , who could scarcely be more than fifteen years of age , was charged with having broken two panes of glass of the value of 3 s ., the property of Mr . Sands , George-street , St . Giles ' s . It appeared , from the evidence of an Irishman in the employ of Sands , that the prisoner had , for some weeks past , lodged at the prosecutor ' s house , but as she had misbehaved herself , he was extremely anxious to get rid of her , and on Friday night she was forcibly ejected . She was no sooner outside than she seized a brickbat , and dashed it through the prosecutor ' s window . —Mr . Twyford asked the prisoner what she had to say . —The prisoner replied that the prosecutor was detaining some of her money . —Mr . Twyford : Whafdo you mean ? — The prisoner said that on Friday night she was dressing herself in one of Sand's

      rooms , when he came up and began larking with her . There were other girls in the room at- the same time , and he accused one of them with having damaged a stool ; all of them , however , denied it , and Sands was about to leave the room , but seeing 4 d . of her money on the table , he returned and took possession of it , Being in a state of nudity , she was unable to follow him for a few minutes , but as soon as she could get on her clothes , she . went down stairs and insisted upon having the 4 d . returned ;? Sands refused to do so , andMirected the Irishman to turn her out . She told him if this determination -was carried out , she would certainly break his windows . The magistrate was aware of the sequel to the story . —Mr . Twyford : What sort of a house does Sands keep ?—Prisoner : He keeps a house for us girls . —Mr . Twyford : For you girls ? How many are there of you '—Prisoner : Why , there arc four in my room , and six or seven in the room below . —Mr . Twyford : What do you pay each ?—Prisoner : We pay fourpence a night . —Mr . Twyford : What do you do for a living ?—Prisoner : We take gentlemen home

      with us—we pay sixpence more on tiiese occasions . —Mr , Twyford : And six or seven of you girls-live together in one room ? This is most disgraceful . I do not think Sands has hadly any right to come to a public court for protection . Where did you get the fourpence ?—Where , your worship ? I had no money on Tuesday , and I pawned a frock for two shillings , with which I redeemed another , which was in for eighteenpence , and this gave me sixpence to go on for a day or two . —Mr . Twyford : I have power to inflict a severe punishment on you for breaking the windows , but there are mitigating circumstances in the case , and I shall deal leniently with you ; I must order you to pay the value of the glass . —Prisoner : But they are not worth what has been stated . —Mr . Twyford : What are they worth , then ?—Prisoner : Not more than a shilling each ; they are small windows , —Mr . Twyford : Well , you must pay for the damage or be imprisoned for a week . —The prisoner said she would just as soon live in a prison as in the house of the prosecutor , and she was removed to the lock-up accordingly .

      CLERKENWELL . Saturday . — Charge of Stabbing . — Jane Mahony was brought up on a charge of stabbing John Jlahony , her husband , a mechanic , living in Tindal'sbuildings , Gray ' s-inn-lane . The prosecutor , who had several cuts on his face , and a severe one on his hand , deposed that on the previous night , his wife coming home much intoxicated , he remonstrated with her ; she seemed to bear his remonstrance very patiently , and sat down quietly at the fire , but suddenly starting up , she knocked him down and kicked him . He rose , when she ran for a chisel , which lay upon a table , and nimed a desperate How at his face , which he guarded off , seized the weapon , and with mueh difficulty wrested it from her . She then seized a knife , and made a thrust at him , which he parried off , but a second plunge buried the point of the knife in his hand , which he placed to guard his chest ; He escaped out of the room crying ' murder , " and she wreaked her fury upon the furniture , having smashed lo atoms every single thing in the place . The virago having no answer to make , was committed .

      SIonpat . —Chabge of BiGAsn * . —Cubious Scene . —John Cullen , a stonemason , was broughtup on remand , charged with bigamy . —On Saturday the prisoner was brought up , charged with refusing to maintain , his lawful wife , Sarah Cullen , who , on that occasion , detailed a series of cruelties practised towards her by the , prisoner . Becoming destitute she was at length obliged to take refuge in St . Paucras workhouse , and the prisoner altogether'deserted her'fov the last nine months ; and during that time ' lived ' with ' a young woman , to whom , as his lawful wife deposed , he was married .. The charge of " refusing to . maintain " merged into the greater one of bigamy , and the prisoner was accordingly transferred from the defendants' to the felons'dook . —Mr . Cator , overseer of St . Pancras . by whom the first charge was brought ; ' produced the' certificate' of the marriage of the first wife ;—The prisoner was on that occasion most insolent , and when apprised of the serious

      nature of the charge , and of its consequences if found guilty of it , said , he knew all about it as well » s the magistrate could tell him . —The first wife swore she was married to him in a Roman Catholic chapel in Dublin . —The prisoner set up the plea that such a marriage was invalid ; but it was , of course , overruled at once . —This day the person said to be his second wife , having much of the Gipsy-look , and being rather handsome , was placed in the witness-box . Upon being sworn , she exclaimed , pointing to the prisoner , " That is not my husband . I was not married to that man . "—Mr . Greenwood : What was your maiden name ? —Witness : Overl . —Mr . Greenwood : Do you know the prisoner?—Witness ; No ; I can't say that I do . —Mr . Greenwood : Have you not been married to him ?

      —Witness : No . —Mr . Greenwood : You state that positively ' ?—Witness : Yes , positively . —Mr . Greenwood : Have you never seen the prisoner before ? —Witness : Yes , I have seen him . —Mr . Greenwood : Have you never slept in the same room with him ?—Witness : Never . —The certificate was handed in , describing a marriage to have taken place in St . Marylebone Church on the 22 nd of November , 1810 , between John Cullen , a stonemason , and Mary Overl , spinster . —Mr . Greenwood : Does this certificate refer to you ?—Witness : My name is Mary Overl , and I was married at the time and place' the certificate states to John Cullen , a stonemason ; but the prisoner is not that man . — Mr . Greenwood : Then , where is your husband?—Witness I cannot tell . —Mr . Greenwood : When did you see him ?—Witness : Not for the last nine months . —Mr . Greenwood :

      Did he run away ?—Witness : He did . —The clerk reminded the witness that perjury was a transportable offence , and advised her to be cautious in what she stated . —The woman seemed greatly confused , aud said nothing . —Mr . Greenwood ordered her to be again swornj and the oath having been a second time administered , the magistrate asked her if she still persisted in saying the prisoner was not her husband ?—She said nothing . —Mr . Greenwood : Did the ceremony of marriage ever pass between you ?—The witness was silent . —Mr . Greenwood repeated the question , but the witness maintained a rigid silence . — Mr . Greenwood : You have been sworn to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth . I ask you once more , have you not been married to the prisoner ?—Witness : Am I obliged to answer that question ?—Mr . Greenwood : You are . —Witness : I never was . —The witness had reluctantly admitted that her place of residence was Cooke'srow , St . Pancras , when the landlord of that house arrived the parties were again brought into court . The landlord

      swore that he always understood the prisoner to be her husband , but he could state nothing positive on the subject . —The witness was again placed in the witness-box , but she refused to answer a single question . —The parties were again removed , but soon after Mr . Cator , overseer of St . Pancras , stated to the magistrate that the second wife wished to give her evidence . —The prisoner was a third time placed iu the dock aud the woman in the witnessbox , when , after much hesitation , she admitted having been married to the prisoner , and having lived with him as his wife for some years after their marriage . She had two children by Mm , and the certificate produced referred to the second marriage . " The first wife came to their residence demanding support from the prisoner , who never denied that she was his wife . —The prisoner , when asked for his defence , in a subdued tone of voice said he had nothing to say . He shook his head in a dejected manner , and was remanded for the production of witnesses to the first marriage , when he will be committed for trial .

      WORSHIP-STHEET . Monday . —The Late Muhdir at Bethsjai-obeen — James Tapping was placed at the bar before Mr . Bingham , at Worship-street Pohce Court , for final examination , charged with the wilful murder of a young woman named Emma Whiter , the daughter of a silk-inanufacturer in Bethnal-grcen , to whom he was paying his addresses , by shooting her dead with aplstol . The excitement produced by the examination of this prisoner wasmoste \ traotumarv Long before the opening of the doors of the court thousands of people had congregated in the street , and when the prisomvan drove up the pressing of the mob to get a sight of the prisoner , who had expressed his intention of making a full confession of the circumstances of the transaction , accompanied by the exclamations of the men , and the screams and faintings of the women , was terrifying . The instant the prisoner was placed at the bar ( which ho

      entered with a firm step and composed air ) the court became densely packed with people of both sexes , numbers of whom were standing upon the benches and every available ledge from which support could be attained , and every witness examined had to undergo a hard struggle to obtain ingress to the witness box . Mr . Cununings , the surgeon who per . formed the post mortem examination of the deceased ' s body , was re-examined at considerable length , but as it did little more than strengthen the evidence he gave before the coroner , it is only necessary to say that he produced two leaden bullets he had extracted from the young woman ' s head and neck , and expressed his opinion that they had been the cause of death . The witness described the deceased as a handsome and remarkably fine made young woman . During the examination of tins witness an incident

      oncurred wMch excited the commiseration of all present . When he arrived at his description of the wound in the deceased's throat , the prisoner ' s younger sister , a girl about eighteen years of age , who had stationed herself near the door of the clerk ' s office , and had been watching his . evidence with intense anxiety , uttered a piercing scream and fell to the ground in hysterics . She was immediately carried out by the oflicprs ,. but . it : . was at least twenty minutesTaefore she bad . returned to consciousness " on doing so , she declared that she did not know who was to support or what would become of the family , now that the prisoner was gone , for he had always been a kind arid affectionate brother to them . It was stated that the prisoner had supported by his exertions his two orphan sisers a long time past , and when he heard his aistev ' s

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      SWITZERLAND . The agitation of which Switzerland is the theatre , arising out of the Jesuit expulsion question , lias seriously affected the internal commerce of the country . A letter from Lucerne of the lGth states , that although the annual fair was to begin tho following day , yet that no sellers had presented themselves . The Federal Gazette significantly observes that there is no dancing except in the prisons .

      TAHITI . ^ , News fiiom Tahiti has been received up to the 27 th of August last , at which time the whole population of Tahiti , and the other islands claimed bj the French , were in arms against them , and they were masters of nothing beyond what they occupied in Tahiti itself . They could not move a milotrom 1 ' apiti without being attaeketl by the natives , who were determined to resist to the last . The total French force consisted of about 1 , 000 men , and of the natives there were , either in Tahiti or the adjoining islands , from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 determined men in arms , resolved to resist them to the last . Already from 200 to 250 of-the French had fallen in attacking the strong position taken b y the natives , of whom about 100 had also lost their lives . Queen Pomare had refused to have " anything to do with the French . She had joined ) her subjects in one of the adjoining islands .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1301/page/8/