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      IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . ( From our Third Edition of last ivcck . ) FRIDAY , Fed . 16 . THE HOUSE OF LORDS adjourned at an early hoar last evenin : ; , after disposing of some unimportant business . THE HOUSE OP COMUOXS . —Navigamoi Laws . —A short conversation was provoked by a notice of Mr . LabjTjcherb , that he intended to delay the second reading of the bill for the alteration of the Navigation Laws until the 5 th of March . Scspession OF thc Habeas Cobpus Act . —The House then proceeded to the further consideration of the report upon the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus ( Ireland ) Bill .

      Mr . J . O'CoNXEii renewed his attempt <<> insert in the Bill the provision he had proposed for securing to the subject the right to hold meetings for the purpose of petitioning for a repeal of lafs . redres £ of grievances , or other constituu nal ^ MfoEORGE Gbet said the House had already hcSd Soposton twice debated , and had negativedI it on both occasions ; it « k superfluous , therefore , to rrfute agents in winch tlu » was nothing ne H . Grattax feared that it would be a hopeless effort to attempt to press this clause after the tate which it had before met with . He should confinue to record his protest against the bill , but he vrouW adoise his countrymen to submit to the infliction about to be visited upon them , with that

      philosophy winch belonged to injured innocence . ( Laughter . ) Mr . F . O'Connor said , that waiving his support of the present clause , which lie admitted was identical , in substance , to ths instruction which Lad been rejected by the House , he should give to the ifairJ reading of the bill bis most strenuous opposision . He was surprised to find that the noble lord ( Lord J . Russell ) had made so nice a calculation as to the support he was likely to receive on this measure , and had formed so strange an estimate of the prostitution of fee'ing on that side of the house , that he had literally fixed the Monday following the third reading of this Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill for the introduction of the bill for admitting Jews to Parliament . Speaking from many years * experience as a member of that House , he must confess that " there never were a greater se * -of slaves than

      the Irish members . " ( Loud laughter . ) lie trusted that the Irish representatives would awake themselves from their lethargy , and offer every obstruction t © a bill which neither Whigs nor Tories at one time would have dsred to propose . Mr . REYxor-03 said that , bavingon a former occasion expressed his belief that Lord Clarendon had exercised the powers of this act temperately and mercifully , he fell it to be his duty to refrr t-i what the hon . member for Meath ( Mr . Grattan ) had said with respect to the treatment of the prisoners in Kilmainham gaol . If severity had been practised , he should like to know who had authorised it . It Lad bee > i reported that the prisoners were confined in cells sixteen hours out of twenty-foar , that they ¦ were refused access to the newspapers , and that they were denied visits from their friends , except by an order from the under-secretarv .

      SItGkorge GBBVsaid , he regretted that he had not with Mm a memorandum which would have cnioleduim to give a distinct answer to the queries of the hon . member . Speaking from memory , however , he believed that the Lord-Lieutenant approved of the steps that had been taken under particular circumstances , with respect to a small number of individua l s ; and that the nobte lord was ready to bear whatever share of responsibility those steps entailed . Tie prisoners were originally placed on the debtors' side of the gaol , and were subject to as little severity as possible ; but on its being found that they took advantage of that relaxation to write commu licatioi s to the public papers , and that on being remonstrated with they refused to desist , they

      had been removed to another part of the prison , where they were deprived of tha opportunities within their reach before . ] t fr . F . O'Coxkor would ask the right hon . baronet a question . "Was it the fact that one of the prisoners referred to , Mr . Meany , had written a letter to Mr . Kedington on the 10 th of December , which appeared in an article in the Freeman ' s Journal on the loth of January ; that after that the Sheriff of Dublin came to Kilmainham , and that Mr . Shaw had said that if Mr . Meany wrote again he should be removed to the criminal side of the prison ; and that Mr . Meany said he should so write ; and that thereupon llr . Shaw called in six policemen , who removed the whole of the prisoners to the criminal side , whereas Mr . Meany had been the only

      person who had offended ? Mr . Meany had not repeated thc crime , but had said what he ( Mr . F . O ' Connor ) would have said if labouring under any grievance , or if any of liis privileges had been denied him [ cries of " spoke , spoke' ] . Honourable members would do the same as Mr . Meany under similar circumstances . If their liberties were jeopardised , be asked them whether they would try to settle the matter by cries of " spoke , spoke" ? If a committee were granted him , be would undertake to prove that five gentlemen had been removed from the debtors ' to the criminal side of the prison , for the crime of one of the number , which had not been repeated . Sir G . G « Er said that he Lad not before heard the hon . member for Nottingham ' s account of the affair and thai he did not believe it Ik ? a correct one .

      ( Hear , hear . ) Thc course adopted by the authorities seemed to be indispensable . ( Uear . ) Mr . Graitax siid , that his information of the circumstance had not been derived from any letter sent from Kilmainham gaol . Mr . Ileus said , he wished to make an appeal to her Majesty ' s ministers , respecting certain prisoners in this country , who were now confined and treated as criminals of the worst description , -who were denied pen , ink ; and paper , and who were dressed in a manner very unusual in England in the case of political offenders . He had laid before the government a petition on the subject , and he hoped the case would be considered , and that while public justice was administered , great severity would not be used . ( Hear . )

      Sir G . Gret replied , that thc government had no power to interfere . Those persons might appeal to the judges to be placed in the first-class misdemeanors . Such applications Lad been made , and in some cases the judges had so decided , but in others they did not feel that thc prisoners were entitled to that indulgence , and they were therefore suffering the full punishment awarded by the law . Relief for Ireland . —On the report of the vote of £ 50 , 000 for the relief of Irish distress , Mr . P . Scroee renewed his proposal for limiting the advance to a loan , repayment to be secured by a lien on the lands liable to the uncolkcted rates with power of sale for its recovery , and providing that the money should be expended , as far as

      practicable , in thc productive employment of the able-bodied . After several members had addressed the House , The CnixoELLOR of the Exchequer combatted the several objections that had been made to the grant , and opposed Mr . Scrope ' s amendment as impracticable . After some further discussion , Mr . Scrope withdrew his amendment , and a division was taken , at the instance of Sir W . Barron , on thc question of adjourning the debate , which was supported by nine votes only , there being 17 Jt against it . IiOrd D . Stcart then proposed his amendment , to the effect that the advance be issued as a loan , to be repaid out of rates levied on the whole of the onions in Ireland , except those receiving the relief .

      This amendment was also discussed at some length , and a division was taken upon it , the result being—For the amendment , 9 , against it , 157 . The House then divided on the main question , which was carried by 128 to 39 . The report was accordingly agreed to . The Inland Navigation Bill was read a third time , and passed , and thc House adjourned .

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      The following appeared in our Third Edition of last week : ' — FRANCE . Paris , Thursday morning . -Lwt evening , M . Senard ' s first amendment on M' ^ T J / X rition for the dissolution of the National Assemb y ^ S ^ ' ^ taS ^ ^^ V ^ sTi " n was adopted , without any further change . The new Legislative Assembly will , consequently , meet about the middle of May-The Fatrie adds that it has been ascertained thai it is at St . Stephano the Grand Duke of Tuscany has taken refuge . The Noniteur of Thursday , publishes the decree passed by the Assembly on the previous day , authorising the prosecution of M . Proudhon for a libel on the President of the Republic .

      Mi Marrast has been re-elected President of the National Assembly for another month .

      IMPORTANT FROM ITALY .-PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT PROCLAIMED IN TUSCANY . The flight of the Grand Duke and family from Sienna has been officially announced . This announcement was followed by immense agitation ia * every part of the city . The generate was beaten , the national guards and troop ? were called out , aud the chambers were hastily convoked . Meanwhile , however , the clubs issued a manifesto , convoking the populace , who assembled in great numbers , and proclaimed a Provisional government , choosing Montanelli , Guerazzi , and Mazzonias its chiefs .

      The multitude then proceeded to the chamber , and rushing into the galleries compelled the members assembled to acknowledge and confirm the Provisional Government . The clubs proclaimed the deposition of the Grand Duke , and declared Tuscany to be part of the Italian Constituante , to be disposed of as the Roman Assembly shall hereafter decide .

      PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ROME . The Monileur confirms the announcement of the proclamation of the Republic at Rome on the 8 th inst ., and of the deposition of the Pope .

      DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES . INTERVENTION OF ENGLAND AGAINST HUSSIA Lelters from Constantinople , of the 25 th January , state , that the British Ambassador ia Turkey , Sir Stratford Canning , acting in concert with the Graad Vizier and the Minister for Fereign Affairs , has protested against the occupation of the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia by the Russians , and demanded that the Russian army should retire behind the Prutb , in conformity with the circular of Count Nesselrode of the 19 th of July , and with the provisions of the treaty of 1840 , which guarantees the independence and integrity ef the

      Ottoman Empire . France , it is said , joins England and Turkey in this proceeding . It would appear that Lord Palmerston has for sometime been watching the progress of Russian intrigue in the East , and having discovered that , under the pretence of establishing order in the Principalities , Russia contemplated a permanent military occupation of Wallachia and Moldavia , offering to Turkey as a bribe a treaty resembling in its provisions tbat of Unkiar Skelesai , he immediately directed Sir Stratford Canning to interfere and put a step to the negotiations , an interference at which , it is hardly necessary to add . the Sultan and his Ministers are most delighted .

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      TO THE ROCHDALE CHARTISTS . My Fbibnds , —By the Northern Star of the 10 th inst . ) I perceive that you have set the example of a subscription being raised to pay for the defence of one of your leaders ; and although the sum subscribed by you is small , in comparison with the largeness of my demand , yet believe me , I accept it not only with gratitude as a token of what you would do , were it in your power , but it recognises on your part the honest English principle of Every man is worthy of his hire . ' I was the humble instrument selected by your leader and friend , Mr Vernon , to defend him upon his trial—his own private and professional adviser—and from all I

      hear since , the services were creditably , or , as Mr . Feargus O'Connor says , ably performed ; but how have those services been returned ? By my not being paid my law charges to the present time . Is it fair , I a ? kyou—is it creditable towards the Chartist body , that the professional man ' s time , and pocket , is to be squeezed for the defence of their leaders without repayment ? his claim undischarged since July , 1848 , with nearly £ 100 expended by him on their behalves . But this is not all , patience becomes exhausted , and as I cannot and will not release Mr-O'Connor , fros his personal respansibility to me , is it fair on the part of the whole body of Chartists that he should be placed in the unenviable position of

      being the target to be fired at by the unpaid defenders of your liberty ? An action has already been brought against Air . O'Connor by one professional gentleman—a course I have hitherto avoided ; but ask yourselves fer what reason am I to be the selected one for non-payment , and for professional services performed for one of your body , publicly acknowledged to have been ably done ? You cannot for a moment , I am sure , allow such a state of things to remain longer in this position , unless , indeed , you have lost sight ef all respect for yourselves and Mr . F . O'Connor , who will be the sufferer ultimately . Whilst addressing myself to you , let me call your serious attention to another matter . When Mr . Vernon was convicted , I advised , through

      the medium of the eminent counsel I employed on his behalf , that a Writ of Error should be brought to reverse the judgment . Funds , 1 suppose , were too low to follow that advice ; but now I find that subscriptions are raising to facilitate a Wat of Error in Dr . M'Donall ' s case . Why should not a Wr it of Error be brought in Mr . Vernon ' s case ? There are grounds , good grounds for it , and Mr . Vernon—a man of high education and talent , a powerful lecturer , your able supporter , and partisan , should be the next selected for extrication from prison , and to be restored to you . But you cannot expect the lawyers to work for nothing , as I did for his defence , for lawyers- have flesh , and blood , and appetites as well , as other

      sen . No doubt all good Chartists will read this , I mean and wish them to do so . " Read and inwardly digest , " and ere a month is over I trust I shall not only see Mr . Feargus O'Connor released from his liability to me , but yourselves creditably spoken of , as an independent and upright body of men , who will not allow , for an instant , tbat either Mr . O'Connor shall be called upon personally to pay for the defence of their leaders , Mr . Vernen neglected , or that those who defended them with proper and becoming ability , should go unremunerated . Believe me to be , Your faithful Servant , J . E . Nixon . Barnard ' s Inn , London , Feb . 13 , 1849 .

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      ^ Tons Farmers' Cum . — At the last monthly meeting of thi 9 club Mr . Smallwood of Middle thorp , in the chair , a paper was read by Mr . Raines , " On the best plan of preparing land for spring crops . The plan recommended was—first , to make the land dry by thorough draining ; secondly , to grow as many root or fallow crops as grain ; thirdly to clear the land by scarifying or broad-shearing the stubble immediately after harvest ; fourthly , to plough the land in sufficient time to get tempered by the atmosphere ; fifthly , to plough deep for the bean and root crops ; and , sixthly , to manure sufficiently for them , so as not to have to apply any to the grain crops .

      Heartrending Occurrence . — . A lone cottage on the banks of the Kingsbridge Estuary was on Sunday last the scene of a singular but shocking incident . The cottage was inhabited by a labourer , bis wife , and child ; the husband had gone from home to visit a sick relative , and at the usual time the wife went out to a pigsty adjoining the cottage to give the pig its evening meal . She entered the sty , leaving the child , between two and three years of age , outside the door , and whilst inside the child , in playing with the fastening of the door , contrived

      so effectually to bar her ( the mother ) in as to defy all her efforts to liberate herself . The child , tired probably of waiting , returned to the cottage , and pushing the door , fastened itself-m the kitchen , as its mother was in the sty . The little fellow , then , it is supposed , got playing with the fire , and was soon in a blaze ; the agony of the mother need not be described on hearing the poor child ' s shrieks , to which she added her own for assistance . The father / eturned at this juncture , and promptly extinguished the flames , but too late to save the life of the child . —Exeter Gazette .

      The Birmixgham March ox London . —It is stated that the subject of "Mr . Young ' s letter to General Xapier , relating to the alleged revolutionary movement in support of the Reform Bill , will be brought under the notice of Parliament , in the Lords by Lord Lynohurst , and in the Commons by Mr . Gladstone .

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      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BBITAIN . Fellow Countrymen , —We have \ -esolved to bring again before Parliament , the great question of a thorough reform of the House of Commons—the great question as to whether a small usurping fraction shall arrogantly sway the destinies of this country , or whether that duty is not the sacred province of the whole people . That the solving of this important problem rests with the people themselves , is an

      opinion which has been maintained by the sages of the world in every era of its history . Never since the commencement of the movement for liberty in this country , ¦ were circumstances so favourable to its progress as at the present juncture . There is , however , one great and lamentable deficiency , which must be supplied , ere these circumstances can have any favourable influence . The people must be aroused from that -worse than criminal torpor

      into which they have permitted themselves to fall . Their inaction is the delight of the oppressor ; it is at the same time the dolour of the patriot . We regard their quietude under their many -wrongs with sorrow , but not with despair . We cherish a lively faith in the truth and ultimate success ef the princip les of democracy , while we entertain strongihope that that , love for liberty which is inherent to mankind , will yet fructify in the hearts and minds of the now indolent masses of Britain .

      It is , feuow-countrymen , to us rather extraordinary that the people here stand still , as it were , opium-drugged , while the thunders of revolution are awaking up from the sleep of ages the nations of the world , and striking salutary fear into the hearts of their base oppressors . Few are the nations in Europe that have not , within the eventful 1848 , won some boon , either in the shape of a diminution of grievance , or an extension of liberty ; while others have sent their despots upon an

      unwilling pilgrimage through the world , and liaye taken the management of affairs into their own hands . Let us here ask , " What advance has England made in the road to freedom ? What concession has the " Glory of the world and the envy of surrounding nations" made to the politically-enslaved and socially-degraded millions ? What improvement has been wrought in the miserable condition of the great mass of our operative population ? " Alas ! the answers are too-notorious'to need repetition .

      If , fellow-countrymen , it were necessary to furnish you with an incentive to action , in order to a speedy obtainment of the power to create an honest House of Commons , you have it in the fact that during a few months of the past year , four monstrous Coercion Laws were enacted by Parliament , at the instigation of that precious clique—the Russell Cabinet . You have it again , in the fact that the first act of the present Session has been , to offer to Ireland —the national bastile , the terrible golgotha , the land of emasculatedinvalids—an additional

      insult ; to heap on her another cruel wrong ! Whigs , Tories , and Liberal Reformers seem to vie with each other , in their endeavours to place the scorpion whip of coercion in the hands of her rulers . We remind you of this tyrannical procedure Avith the view of stimulating you to an effort to rescue degraded humanity from the "withering dominion of usurped and irresponsible power . We have conferred with our colleague and champion , Mr . O'CoNifon , as to the time of testing the feeling of Parliament upon the Bubject of the Charter . Mr . O'Connor has agreed to introduce the subject formally to the

      notice of the House , about the middle of the forthcoming May . His efforts will be of little avail , unless strenuously supported by the People . You will have ample time to arouse public attention to the subject , and to get your petitions properly and numerously signed . A form of petition will appear in the " Northern Star" of Saturday next , which may be adopted or modified in phraseology , according to the wish of the localities . The petitions of each town or district when carefully inspected , in order to guard against all impropr ieties to be sentto the Representative of the locality for presentation to Parliament . A record of the number of signatures

      attached to each petition to be made by the agents of the Association , and forwarded to the Executive Committee . Fellow- Countrymen , in marking out this work , we do so with full confidence that you will not neglect it . "We implore you to cast off all sluggishness , and thus deprive your enemies of the argument that you are indifferent to your rights . "Up , Guards , and at them , " was the laconic address that preceded one of the most successful charges at Waterloo . '' Up , Chartists , and to work , " say we ; " and strive to realise that hitherto empty and vainglorious boast , that Britons never shall be Slaves . " T . Clark , W . Dixon ,

      P . M'GrRATH , E , SlALLWOOD . 6 . Julian Harney . The Executive Committee of the National Charteu Association met at their rooms , 144 , High Holborn , on Friday evening , February 16 th—Present , Messrs . M'Grath , Clark , Harney , Stallwood , and Dixon . Mr . M'Grath in the chair . Letters were read from the local members of the Executive Committee , vesident in Manchester-, Norwich , Bristol , Clithero , and Sheffield , approving of the proposed " Chartist Policy . " A letter was read from Mr . John "West , now a prisoner in Kirkdale , dissenting from thc proposed policy . A letter

      was also read from Manchester , signed "John Jackson , Secretary , " disapproving of" The Labour Conference . Application was made from Newcastleupon-Tyne , proffering the expenses for Mr . Kydds services in that district for onemonth . Mr . Clark reported , that himself and Mi ' . M'Grath had waited on Mi-. O'Connor that morning , and that Mr . O'Connor had promised to submit a motion to the House for the enactment of the People ' s Charter , iu the month of May next . On the motion of Messrs . Clark and Stallwood , it was resolved : ~ " That Mr . M'Grath do prepare and issue an address to thc country , calling on it to support , by its petitions flT ^ M TnAnflTk ffD ^ T « A F * a « t » Aiv a TVt > ATiArtn fl w ^ a £ * «* . __ J— tmvi Mil \ 11

      luwbiugOj , J VUUUJ . O JJIUJJUOCU UiUllXJU IV the People ' s Charter . " The Committee then adjourned . The Xational Registration and Central Election Committee met at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , on Monday evening . Mr . Goodwin in the chair . The secretary ( Mr . Grassby ) , reported that he had received no further information relative to the late Chartist nomination for the West Riding of York . Mr . Grey was added to the committee , and Messrs . Grassby , Shute , and Arnott , were appointed a sub-committee , for the purpose of drawing up an address to the country , calling on the Democrats to register , and to renoi't the

      address at the adjourned meeting on Monday evenrng , March the 5 th , at the " Two Chairmen , " Wardour-street , Soho . The Committee then adjourned . National Victim CoMMHTEE—The grand distrihutionof pmea maid of the funds , took place at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , on Monday , Fehruary 19 th , under the superintendance of Messrs . Arnott , Grey , and Stallwood . One thousand one hundred and forty held shares and independent of the vast amount of information spread by the many political and theolojrical honks nnA

      pamphlets presented as prizes , this effort of the •' Victim Committee" will , after the defraying of all expenses , add some seventeen pounds to the funds , for the support of the wives and families of the martyrs . STALTBiHDGE . ~ At a quarterly meeting of the Land members , held in the Land room , Cross-street Spring-steet , on Sunday , Fehruary 18 th , thc following resolution was agreed to—" That in future we hold ouv general meetings on Monday evenings , at seven o ' clock , instead of Sunday - afternoons . "

      Coupak Angus . —Mutual Improvement Society —On the evening of Thursday , the 15 th inst ., this society celebrated its thirteenth anniversaiy . After a plentiful participation of " the cup which cheers , but not inebriates , " speech and song—dialogue and tune—wiled away the time until " the wee short hour about the twal ; " when the company separated highly gratified with the proceedings of the evening . We are happy to add , that during the past year , upwards of nve hundred valuable volumes We been added ts the valuable library of the society FiNSBURY .-At a meeting of m embers held at Deadmatfs Coffee-house , ClerkenwclUreen on Tuesday evening , February 20 th , after tEetraosac-

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      z = ^— . — tion of general business , Mr . Allnutt moved , seconded by Itfr . Livesay :- " That a public meeting be held in this room , on Tuesday , the 27 th of February to protest against any interference of the powevsthat be in regard to Rome . "—Carried unanimously . The meeting then adjourned . SSW CiuimsT Hall , 115 Blaekfmi . ' - road .-Mr . Thomas Cooper delivered the second and concluding lecture on " Thc Wrongs of Ireland , " fnr tho benefit of the National Victim Fund , on Wednesday - enSg ***** «*• ^ «« tor commenced this evening at the reign of Charles ^ Second , and narrated all the important events Sat have befallen that unhappy nation down to tho tm > scnt Beriod . lie spoke m high terms of Lord % S T&U Wdf ^ R ^ l E tt , and paid liment m tion of ijeneral business . Mr . Allnutt moved ,

      . ffi&VSKT a— comp to the original Northern Star , started by the family of Mr Fear"iis O'Connor , in the north of Ireland , ba d&U ofthat ' countiy , thenstng ing for freedom And whilst he raised the admiration of theaMiencelo Ireland ' s eloquent and patriotic sons , he excited their hatred ^ and execrations against the memory of Castlereagh and others who bSsely soldand betrayedthcircountry . Thetwopowerful orations delivered oy Mr . Cooper , form a most graphic sketch of Ireland ' s history , her struggles , her poetry , her patriotism , and genius . The orator concluded with a thrilling peroration , demanding the tilling and culture of the waste lands , amounting to seven millions of acres , and the appropriation of the three quarters of a million ot money , now wasted on the Protestant Church in that countrv . to the purchase of implements , &c .

      and the support of the workers on the soil , unm their crops were ready for the garner . " Hut , said the the Orator , "this you must never expect to "et until you have thc Charter ! ' Mr . Cooper resumed his seat amidst the most vociferous cheorin « The following resolution was moved by Messrs . Stallwood and Grassby , and earned by acclamation : — " That the best thanks of this meeting arc eminently due and hereby given to Mr Thomas Cooper , for his groat services on behalf of the Chartist Victims to Whig tyranny , but especially for the two able orations he has delivered in this hall on the " Wrongs of Ireland . " Mr . M'Grath was announced to lecture for the benefit of the Tictims , on " Death

      Punishments , " on Wednesday next , and Mr . Cooper to resume on the 14 th of March . The meeting , after voting thanks to Mr . Hobden , the chairman , dissolved . . Westminster . — The members met at their room , 17 , Ryder's-court , Leicester-so , uare , on Sunday last , when Mr . T . Clark delivered a very talented lecture , in the room of Mr . M'Grath , who wae prevented from attending by severe indisposition . At the close of the lecture , a vote of thanks was given to Mr . Clark . The mooting then adr iourncd to Sunday , the 25 th inst ., when Mr . Dixon will deliver Us second lecture on " The condition of themining population of Great Britain . " T . KTr . HKTER . — At a meeting of the Land members

      of No . 1 branch , held at 87 , Church-gate , on Monday evening , Feb . 19 th , the question of the eligibility of members in arrears was discussed , and the following resolution unanimously agreed to : " That members who cannot make good their payments by the 13 th Feb ., be allowed three months lon « ei' for the payment of their contributions ; and that unless they pay , or make the committee acquainted with the reasons for not doing so at the expiration of that time , they will be struck from the book and forfeit the monies paid by them to thc company . " John Clark , chairman ; Thomas New ton , secretary .

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      MARYLEBONE . —Assault . —M . Kilroy , a liverystable keeper , of Burn-street , Edgoware-road , was charged with the following outrages upon two respectable females - . —Sarah Smith deposed that on the previous afternoon she went out to take tea with her sister , and on returning she met the prisonor , who , without saying a word to her , gave her a violent blow upon the eye , and instantly ran off . —Rebecca Wild gave evidence to show that thc prisoner , after having attacked Mary Smith , met her two oiows tue lace

      ( complainant ) ana gave nor upon as ho was running along . She had a baby in her arms at the time , and she was nearly stunned by the violence . —Other evidence was gone into , and it was shown that the prisoner was the worse for drink when he committed himself in the manner alluded to . —The prisoner , in his defence , said he had partaken too freely of drink , and that he was extremely sorry for what had occurred . — Mr . Broughton fined him 40 s ., or six weeks' imprisonment in each case . —The penalties were paid .

      WESTMINSTER . —Robbery . — 'William Cullen , George Digby , and Francis Pike , three determined looking fenows , were brought up for re-examination , before Mr . Broderip , charged with having committed several burglaries . —Some evidence was given on the previous examination , to show that the prisoners were found , at about three in the morning , in thc rear of some houses in Cadoganplace , for an unlawful purpose , and also to connect them with a burglary at Mr . Waller ' s , Stainfovd Villas , Bvompton , attended with personal violence to that gentleman , but it was found impossible to proceed further , owing to the prosecutor being unable to attend in consequence of the injury inflicted upon him , —On the prisoners being placed in

      the dock to-day , the police intimated that Mr . Waller was still unable to attend , but said they were prepared to proceed with two fresh cases against the prisoners . —Elizabeth Bradford , cook to Mr . Robert Gray , of 17 , Brompton-tcrrace , said that on coming down stairs , at about seven o'clock on the morning of the 3 rd inst ., she-discovered that the front area door , which she had properly secured on the previous night , had been itrokon open , and £ 116 s . stolen from iier work-box , which had been left on the dresser . The thieves were unable to proceed further than the kitchen , owing to a door lined with iron which separated it from the other part of the house . Several attempts had been made , but

      unsuccessfully , to force this door , which was fastened with heavy bolts on the staircase side . Witness saw two very distinct footmarks in the garden the same morning . —Mi . Moran , an inspector of the B division , proved that thc left shoe worn by Pike at the time of his apprehension precisely corresponded with tho foot-marks described by the last witness . On examining the marks made in forcing thc door , he found they exactly corresponded with the chisel produced , which he had no doubt had been used upon the occasion . —The prisoners were committed for trial . Mary Bassar , cook to Mr . Douglas , of William-street , Knightsbridgc , proved finding that the house had been broken into on the morning of tho 28 th ult ., and silver plate stolen to the value of £ 40 . The robbers had

      effected an entrance by cutting out a pane of glass in the scullery window , and removing the sash fastenings , after which they forced the door leading to thc kitchen , where they ransacked the drawers and found the plate . —Mi . Moran proved that the chisel alhidod to in the other case exactly corresponded with the marks made in the door jamb and shutter , ( which latter had been attempted to be forced ) . Part of the wood work round one of the doors had been cut away , and there were eight or ten distinct marks of thc point of a knife left on the wood . On comparing the point of a clasp-knifo found upon Digby , with the marks , it exactly fitted them . — They were also committed for trial upon this charge , but ordered to be again brought up in a week , in order that Mr . Waller ' s case may be proceeded with .

      Begging . —James Joyce , a man apparently between sixty and seventy years of age , with the upper part of his face and head completely enveloped in a linen wrapper , a long grey beard carefully arranged over a thread-bare black waistcoat , upon which his chin rested , and presenting altogether an appearance evidently cultivated to excite attention and sympathy , was charged with begging . —a . Adams , 250 A , stated that at about half-past five o ' clock on the previous evening he found the defendant begging in Belgrave-square , and inquired what was the matter with him , when the accused replied that ho was starving . Witness , who had watched him for some time previously , and had seen him receive a shilling , sixpence , penny , and halfpenny , took defendant into custody , when

      he positively reiused to walk , although perfectly able to do so , and witness was obligea to procure the assistance of other constables to convey him to the station . Upon searching him he wan found in possession of 2 s . in silver , and nearly the same amount in copper-money . —Mr . Broderip inquired whether anything was known of the accused . —The constabje replica that he had been taken before the magistrates at Marlborough-street a dozen times , andintimated that defendant having probably found it inconvenient to remain longer in that district , had recently commenced operations in Belgravosquare . The constable added that , although , as he had before stated , there was nothing to prevent the defendant walking , he refused to do so , and they ( the police ) were compelled to bring him to the court in a cab . —Defendant denied that he was

      becgmg . —mr . Urodenp committed him for a month , anu directed that the money found upon him should be applied towards his maintenance in prison CLERKENWELL . —Forgery . —Edward Painter and William Davis were placed at the bar before Mr . Combe , charged at the instance of the shareholders of thc Beehive Loan Society , Chapel-street , Somers ' - town , with forgery . On the 14 th of November , Painter applied to the society for a loan of five guineas , representing that he was Henry Francis , of No . 10 , € harles-street , Clarendon-square , Somers ' - town , and proposing as one of his sureties the prisoner Davis , who had before been secretary , and wag known to the society . Inquiries were made in the usual way , wliich proving satisfactory , the loan was granted ; and , subsequently , both parties called together when the money was paid to the prisoner Painter , - who it was concluded was Henry Prancis ,

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      - ^ lE Raai sSf& ^ t ^ jas X omplete furnishing his house . Davis and Henry Francis , whose name forged , were m the employ of Sir Henrv Meux , the brewer . The fraud and forg ^ r / a Uength discovered , and both prisoners Tverc giVCn mtO Custody . - Mr Jerenuah Knight , the acting-director of the society , proved having paid the money to Painter in the presence of Davis 7—Mr . Sidney : When you paid the money , was it your impression that you were paying it to TTonrv Francis ?—Witness replied it certainly was _ nnmnrrfni-fff Be in the and he signed a pronussory note 101 * 0 .,

      his full conviction that he was that person . It was traced that the prisoners had been carrying on this species of fraud for some time on loan societies . — Henry Francis , of No . 10 , Charles-street , Clarendonsquare , Somers' -town , examined , proved that his name and address on the promissory note were not in his handwriting . He never authorised anybody to sig n his name , or to apply for the loan he referred to . —Mi . John Baker identified Painter ' s handwriting on the promissory note . —Mr . Sidney said this was the whole of the evidence he had to offer , and submitted that it was clear enough to justify the prisoners' committal for tr ial for forgery . —Mr . Cembe asked them if they wished to say anything in their defence?—They said nothing , and were fullv committed for trial .

      S < DUTHWARK . —A Modern Version op Otheixo and Desdemona . — Thomas Watson , a man of colour , waited on the magistrate for the purpose of soliciting his advice under the following circumstances : — The applicant stated that he came over to this country for the purpose of being instructed as a missionary , and that when ho was qualified he intended to visit the interior of Africa . During his sojourn here , he took up his abode at the house of a Mr . Driskcll , in . the Southwark-bridge-road , where he had been living for the last eight months , and during that period a reciprocal attachment existed between him and his landlord ' s daughter , a woman thirty-two years of age . About a week ago he ( complainant ) , at the particular desire of the lady ,

      put up the bans for their marriage , in Trinity Church , Southwark , and the following day , to his groat surprise and mortification , Miss Driskell was badished from the house of her father , and was sent God knows where , no ( complainant ) remonstrated with the father , pointing out the length of time he and his daughter had been courting , but Mr . Driskell , instead of entering calmly upon the subject , commenced abusing him , and swore that he would have his life if he did not immediately quit the place . The complainant added , that having property in the house which he was anxious to remove , and fearful of the consequences if he returned after such threats , he therefore supplicated the magistrate ' s interference in tho business . —In reply to

      Mr . Seeker , the complainant said , that had ho married the lady he intended that she should accompany him to Africa , with which she expressed herselt perfectly willing , and that was the reason the match met with such a decided opposition on the part of the father ; that on the strength of their nuptials taking place he ( complainant ) had gone to considerable expense , in purchases of clothes and trinkets for his intended ; and that if the father was determined on breaking off the match , ho thought that in justice the presents ought to be returned . —Mr . Seeker said , that the only assistance he csuld render the complainant in the business was , to send down one of the officers of the court with the applicant , in order that he might take away his clothes , and

      provent a breach of the peace while doing so . —The applicant having thanked the magistrate withdrew with the officer for the above purpose . CBiMiJfAL AsSAUir . —A genteelly dressed youth , 17 years of age , named Frederick Thompson , residing at No . 30 , Carburton-street , Fitzroy-square , was charged with having criminally assaulted Sarah Anne Lewis , aged 13 . —A great deal of evidence was gone into , from which it appeared that on the previous night defendant met the complainant and asked her to carry a parcel for him , at the same time telling her that he would give her 6 d . She told him that she would go home and ask her mother , and at the suggestion of a person who lived in the house , she ( the child ) was told that she might go upon the errand , but the permission was given to her in order that a close watch might be kept

      upon the person who had spoken to her , as no doubt could exist with regard to his infamous intentions . The prisoner , on arriving at Park-square West , entered the inclosure , which he opened with a key , and took in with him the child , towards whom he had , as was clearly shown , conducted himself in a most indecent manner . The child screamed out ; and the prisoner " , after having continued his shameful conduct for some time , led the child out at another gate , the object which he had no doubt in view having been frustrated by the arrival of parties who heard the poor child scream . Thc prisoner , after leading the child out at another gate , and making off , i ^ is taken into custody close to Trinity Church . The prisoner , who denied having taken any indecent liberty with the child , stands committed for trial , but will be brought up next Monday . He was bailed to appear on that day . WORSHIP-STREET . —Attempted Suicide . —

      An elderly man , named J . Taylor , was charged before Mr . Hammill with the following attempt at self-destruction . —Mary Fielding , living in King's Arms-court , St . Luke ' s , stated that thc prisoner called upon her a few days since in very depressed spirits , and told her that he had been looking about for work , but was unable to obtain any , and that he did not think he should be long for this world , as he had not eaten anything for more than twentyfour hours . After he had left the house , witness went out after him ; but , not being able to see him , she was returning home , and on passing an unoccupied house , she heard a shuffling noise inside , which induced her to push open the door , and upon looking down the passage she saw the prisoner

      suspended by a rope attached to a cross beam at the top of the staivs . Fortunately the rope snapped with the weight of the man ' s body , and he dropped upon the landing . From other statements it appeared that the prisoner had been for more than twenty years in the service of one firm in the city as carman , which employment he filled till about two years since , when h « met with an accident which rendered him incapable of working . He had since been admitted into the workhouse , but was turned out again , and all he had received subsequently was a shilling per week and two

      loaves of bread , a portion ot which he had to devote to the support of two children who were occasionally dependent upon him . —A retired tradesman in the parish attended on his behalf , and stated that he had known the prisoner for fifty years , and a more exemplary hard-working man he never knew . —Mr . Hammill said , that this was a case which , in his opinion , ought to have been attended to by the parish ofiicers . —One of the Shoreditch parish omcers , who happened to be in attendance , undertook to admit the man into their workhouse , and he was discharged with an admonition from the magistrate .

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      CHOLERA . On Monday the Board of Health received reports of the folloAving fresh cases —Whitechapel , 1 ; Hudson's-court , Kmgsland-road , 1 fatal ; Southwark , 1 fatal ; Islington , 1 fatal j Wandsworth , 1 fatal ; Liverpool , since 13 th instant , 4 , 1 fatal ; GSatesliead Union , 6 , 2 fatal ; Carlisle , 2 , 1 fatal ; Glasgow , for 17 th , 13 , 7 fatal ; Ditto , for 18 th , 12 , 7 fatal ; Ricearton , 7 , 5 fatal ; Stirling , 9 , 6 fatal ; Paisley , from 10 th instant , ± 5 , 32 fatal ; Hamilton , 19 , 10 fatal ; Lennoxtown , Campsie , 1 fatal ; Greenoek , 8 , 6 fatal ; Galston , 2 , 1 fatal ; Newtown , Dalkeith , 2 fatal ; Old Monkland , 9 fatal ; Alloa , 5 , 1 fatal ; Stow , 2 ; Andmton , 2 , 1 fatal ; Old Kilpatrick , 2 fatal ; Cambuslang , from 18 th Jan ., 42 , 21 fatal . Total , 182 new cases , 119 deaths . On Tuesday thc following fresh cases were

      reported to the Board of Health : —Bethnal-grocn Lunatic Asylum , 5 , 1 fatal ; Eefuge , Hackney-road , 21 , 7 fatal ; Kingsland-voad , 1 fatal ; Stoke Newington , 1 fatal ; Barking , Essex , 2 , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 1 ; Glasgow , 13 , 7 fatal ; Newton , Dalkeith , 1 fatal ; Kiccarton , 7 ; Stow , 3 , 1 fatal ; Mauchline , 5 , 1 fatal ; Galston , 3 fatal ; Galashiels , 3 fatal . Total , w new cases , 27 deaths . On Wednesday the following fresh cases were reported to the Board of Health . —Betlmal-gveon Lunatic Asylum , . 8 , 2 fatal ; Whitechapel , 1 ; Kingsland-road , 1 fatal ; Dreadnought hospital ship , 1 fatal ; Liverpool , 3 , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 1 ; Glasgow , 11 , 3 fatal ; Blantyve , 2 , 1 fatal ; Galashiels , 7 fatal ; Hamilton , 2 ; Riceavton , 7 , 2 fatal ; Oldmonkland , 7 , 1 fatal ; Stow , 4 ; Greenoek , C , 4 fatal ; Ancrum , 2 fatal . —Total , 61 new cases ; 25 deaths .

      Outbreak of Choiera at the Refuge fob xiie Destitute . —Cholera , in its worst form , has broken out at Middlesex House , the female establishment of the Society for the Refuge of the Destitute . It appears that , about a week since ,, several cases of diarrhoea had occurred , which on Monday last resulted in cholera . Twelve of these cases had proved fatal , and two of them were of the respective age of 40 years , and amongst tho younger they varied from 18 to 11 years . The institution , at the time of the outbreak , contained between 80 and 90 inmates . There are about 40 females at present m the asylum , all of whom are more . or less severely attacked . There are 10 convalescent patients , who have been removed to a temporary building attached ? j £ 1 J ) stltutl ° n where they arc now doing we AH the boys m the male establishment at itoxt 11 - avem good health . Tho medical attendants at ° . buto the outbreak of the disease toatmosph * " - lnflucnce . * j

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      ; ' - gss Dru nkenness and Attempted Murdeu . — n Bristol Police Court on Saturday last , a WOm " named Mary Hobbs , was charged with bavin * f » i ^ niously stabbed and wounded her husband , $ mhm Hobbs , who was stated to be confined in the hosnf tal , where he was suffering greatly from the iZ " ries he had received . The woman was l-envuidert but it was stated that the husband having fctch " ? her homo from a public-house in a state ofmobvi otv « he , and a sister-in-law , and some other parties it tacked him in a very ferocious manner . The sister in law beat hioi about the head with a poker , infli « tin l extensive injuries , while the wife stabbed lulu twjd with a carving knife . Drunkenness and Attempted Murdeu . — u > , Bristol Police Court on Saturday last , a * L £ *

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      CORN . FlUDAT , Feb . 1 G , —There was very little EngH , ] , „ .,, fresh up for market ; but the arrivals of foreiRn wcve „ , „ ,. liberal . Althoug h holders evinced a disposition to subini ? toa reduction of fully Is per qr . upon the rates of Mond " ; last , the millers acted with extreme caution , and purchased the merest retail quantities . Barley , oats , beans , and po "" a « were dull of sale , but prices cannot be quoted lower i \ 2 was rather easier to buy . Mark Lane , Monday , Feb . 19 . —We still continue to n ceive very limited supplies of English wheat , but the foreim arrivals are large . The market was dull this iuornin » fOr all sorts , and prices in general lower A few sani ^ the best dry Essex and Kentish wheat sold full y as clear ¦ ia on Monday last , but inferior qualities were Is cheaper For foreign tliere were fewer buyers tliau on rrida »' though offered on lower terras . Foreign flour was mure saleable at Is per sack uniler last weeH ' s prices , Finn miiltihfr barley being scarce , keeps up its price , but grim i

      ine sorts were very dull to-day and rather cheaper . Malt very unsaleable unless extra fine . Good hard beans were quite as dear . White peas ( foreign ) very plentiful anil rather cheaper . Fine grey for seed scarce and wanted . The oat trade continues heavy , though the arrivals were short , and the best qualities barely supported last week ' s vrices . Foreign rye met a better demand at Is reduction . Tares dull and rather cheaper . Linseed cakes rendivr sale . Pine red cloverseed sold more freely on rattier better twins . The current prices as under . BwTisn .-Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 30 s to « s , ditto white , 38 s to 48 s , Lincoln , fcorfolk , and Yorkshire red , 30 s to 43 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , Sfis to Ms , ditto red , 34 s to 41 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire red -s to -s , ditto white , — to -s , rye , 25 s to 'J 7 s , b-irlev 24 s to 31 s , Scotch , 23 s to 27 s , Malt , ordinary , -sto _ s pale , 52 s to 5 Cs , peas hog , -s to -s ,, maple , 30 s to % s w itV 25 s to 27 s , boUers ( new ) , 28 s to 30 s . beans , large ± . 2 to 23 s . ticta ' 38 . to 25 s , harrow , 24 s to 28 j , mm , to

      30 s to 02 s oats Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 17 s . . ' * , litto foland ' and potato , 18 s to 23 s , Berwick and Scotch , 20 s to 24 s , Scotch feed , 19 s to 22 s . Irish feed nn ( j black , 173 to 20 s , ditto potato , 20 s to 24 s , Unseed sowmg , , 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 26 to £ 2 S per lust , carrawav seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 29 s per cwt ., rape cake , £ . 3 to £ 5 5 s per ton , linseed , £ 1110 s to £ 12 per 1 , 01 ) 0 , flour , per sack of 2801 bs ., ship , 30 s to 33 s , town _ 38 s to 4 > FOREIOK . —Wheat—Dantzig , 48 s - to Sos , Anlmlt ana Marks , to 47 s , aitto white , 45 b to 49 s ; Pomorammi nd , 45 s to 47 s , Rostock , 4 Gs to 49 s , Danish , Ifolstcm , nnd FrieriMid , 42 s to 44 s , Petersburg , Archangel and J ( i ga 40 s to 43 s , Polish Odessa , 42 s , toJISs , Mamnopoh and lfcl dianski . 38 S to 43 s , Taganrog , 35 s to 38 s Brabant and 10 tosoaiomca

      French 40 s to 44 s , ditto white , « s , , *> to 38 s , Egyptian , 25 s to 2 Ss , rye , 22 s to 24 s barley Wismar and Kostock , 21 s to 23 s , Danish , 22 s to 2 fis , Saul , SJsto 27 TEastFresland , Ms to 20 s , Egyptian , . ^ to IDs , D . v nubeTlGs to 19 s , peas , white , 24 s to 2 Gs ^ new boilers , 36 s to 30 s , beans , horse , 23 s to 30 s , pigeon , Ms to dOs , Egyp . tiin 22 s to 24 s , oats , Gromngen , Danish , Bremen , and Frie ' sland , feed and black , 10 s to 18 s , ditto , thick and brew , 19 s to "Is Higa , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish . lis tol 8 s fliu ' r , United States , per "Obs ., 24 s to ra , Hamburg 22 s to 23 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 23 s to 25 s , French , ncr 28 WEDs-KD \ Y , Feb , 21 . —The supply of grain this week fresh in is but moderate , but the trade is 111 a very quiet state , prices remaining without variation .

      CATTLE . Fridat , Feb . lC .-The supply of beasts was large , con . sisting principally of foreign and those left unsold on Monday last A few choice selling tilings made about 3 s 1 M , but 3 s 8 d was the fair average for best qualities ; indeed , very little business was doing , and several could not be sold . For the time of year the number of sheep was ( ji ! :: e large enough . The demand was so very limited , that Mon day ' s quotations were scarcely realised . Trade for calves was rather more active , but it was difficult to obtain raj advance in price . Pigs met with a dull sale at about lays urices From Germany and Holland there were 843 beasts ' 528 sheep , and CO calves ; from France , lfi calves ; from Scotland , 210 beasts ; and 13 G milch cows from the

      home . Smithpield , Monday , Yeb . 19 . —The supply of stock from Holland , aud other parts of the near continent , on ofltr this morning was seasonably large . Not the slightest improvement was noticed in its quality ; yet we understand that both the beasts and sheep continue to " dic " cstremcly well . A somewhat extensive arrival of beasts bas taken place from Ireland in the week , 119 oxen having come to hand from Cork , about sixty of which wore brought forward to-day . We have to report thc arrival oi a somewhat large supply of beasts fresh up this morning from our var ious grazing districts , and it exceeded that received on this day se ' nnight by about 300 head . At li-ast two-thirds of this description of stock were above thc middle quality ; hence , the butchers generally had a most excellent assortment to purchase from . The continued heavv receipts of slaughtered meat up to the dead in ; irl < i- * * -, and the comparatively thin attendance of both town and the Wei

      country buyers , produced unusual heaviness m trade . All ' breeds of beasts were with difficulty disposed of , at a further decline in the prices paid on Monday Vast ci quite 2 d per libs . — the extreme currencies for the bos ' Scots not exceeding troin 3 s 6 dto 3 s 8 d per Bins ., and a large number were turned out unsold . Beef is now si'Miuj at 8 d to Is , mutton , Gd to lOd , veal , 8 d to lOd , and jrf * , 4 d to 8 d per Sibs . beneath the prices obtained at the cvrrespondiiv period of 1848 . Although tliere -were about l . ») sheep less in the market than on Monday last , its sujij . l . v was quite adequate to the wants of the trade . Otttte whole , the mutton trade was in a very sluggish state . \ a prices barely equal to those quoted in our last rcjvrr . The highest figure for the best old downs was 4 s $ A per 8 tt > s . Calves , the supply of which was very modi-raw , were iii rather small request , In the quotations wi ' lww 110 material alteration to notice . There wns scam-ly «•¦>) demand for pigs ; and in some instances prices wcru almost nominal .

      Head of Cattle at SMmnrELD . Beasts .. .. 3 , 8321 Calves .. .. » 2 Sheep .. .. 18 , 800 1 Pigs i ' u Trice per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. 2 sSdto 3 s 8 d I Veal .. 3 s Gd to UU Mutton .. 3 2 .. 4 8 | Pork ., 34 ,. 4 b Per 8 ( 6 s . by the carcase . Newgate act Leadeshali , Monday , Feb . 12 . —luftm-r beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Cd ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd : prta lai ^ 'C , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 2 dto 3 s hi : Lirapork , 3 s Od to 3 s Od ; inferior mutton , 2 s Gd to : ' s I'M ; middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s ; 8 d ; prime ditto , 3 s lOd tu Js Al : veal , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 8 d ; small pork , 3 s 8 d to 4 s 4 d .

      PRO VISIONS , Lo . vdo . v , Monday . —No beneficial change occurred in tlic demand or price of Irish butter during the last wuk . ; n ; il therefore not much business doing in any descrii . 'ti * . The best Dutch all cleared at 114 s to 116 s per cwt . hi-ij bacon sold slowly at no Yariation in price . Hams ami to presented no new feature . American singed bacon in itquest , at full prices . Middles without increase in iUiium ! or value . EKGLisn Butter Mabket , Feb . 19 . — The colder wvathtr the past week somewhat improved the sale of our U-st parcels in old butter at former rates , but nnduttns »' inferior tilings hang heavily as ever on the market- A ? yet but very little new milk Dorset butter has apv oai ™ here ; such of it as is fine moves oft' readily at t ! ir _ iiw price , Dutch butter being very scarce at this ite-Dorset , fine new milk , 112 s per cwt . ; ditto , > ; lil-< lling , 100 s to 105 s ; ditto , fine autumn-made . Sis t « 88 s ; ditto , summer-made and inferior , afis to 70 s : lM > Buckinghamshire , 12 s to 14 s per dozen ; ditto , Wvst ll England , 10 s to 12 s .

      FttUIT AND VEGETABLES , Coveot Gardes , Monday , Feb . 19 . — The market costumes to be well supplied with vegetables and winter ii * Tine-apples are sufficient for the demand . Foreign grafi ' are tolerably well supplied . Tears consist of Beunc Kam * Easter and Beurre . Apples are getting dearer . Sius 0 general are sufficient for the demand . Oranges ami icniiP are plentiful . Amongst vegetables , carrots and tiiviiip * '"' abundant and good ; cauliflowers and broccoli , surtieietf for the demand . Asparagus , French beans , rhu barb , »» seakale , are plentiful , l ' otatoes are rather on the m < - Lettuce and other salading are sufficient fur the ik » a ' - " - Mushrooms are plentiful , Cut flowers consist of liv . ub pelargoniums , cluistmas roses , camellias , ; gardenias ; aw fuchsias .

      POTATOES . Southwaek Waterside , Feb . 19 . —The arrivals the J * week have been liberal , particularly from the continu ' which has caused several lots to be disposed uf at u ; prices . The following are this day ' s quotations : — l' ;"' shire Regents , 100 s to lUQs ; Scotch ditto , iuos to •¦ = Ditto cups , 80 s to 110 s ; French whites , SOs to M * BeHan , 70 s to 00 s .

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . Loxdo . v , Tuesday , Fel > , 20 . — The large sugar **' amounting to 350 Ulids . West India , 10 , 590 bags MiuuT . it ; 0 , 500 bags Bengal , and 5 , 500 bags Madras , have goiio ' ¦ " " well as regards the demand , as four-fifths of the rjnii *}? found buyers ; but , except for refining qualities , tin' f prices of last week were not quite supported , yet w f not quote any general reduction in prices . About iui ) 111 * West India sold by private contract . Mauritius , vcli > "' SOs to 40 s ; extra tine , 41 s to 42 s ; brown , 30 s to 8 * Bengal , white Benares , 38 s Gd to 42 s ; ehrystalte'l * " 45 s to 4 Ss ; brown and yellow , 31 s to 37 s : Madras , I """'' - 28 s to 30 s ( id ; yellow , 32 s to 36 s . llefined , steady , tiroa ? lumps , 48 s to 51 s . Coi'fee . —There lias not been any offered in public sal' - and the market wears a dull appearance .

      COAL . London-, Monday , Feb . 19 .-Factors to-day sm *< r * with difficulty in getting 3 d advance on last day ' s jw 1 , ; Stewart ' s , 15 s ( id ; Kelloe , 15 s ; Eden , 14 s Cd ; Wylanj , - • Left from last day , 106 ships ; fresh arrivals , W- Ju lOvi WOOL . Citt . Monday , Feb . 19 . —The imports of wool into I * ' ' last week included !) 55 bales from the Cape of if < " *' , L 1 , 618 from Teru , and the rest from Germany , t >^ Ayres , &e . The public sales have been progressing *•• since our last , and with much spirit , both as n-ga "" biddings and the prices .

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      birth . ,. ; ,.,. j On the 31 st ult ., Ellen , the wife of Mr . James W" ^ Prussia-street , Manchester , of a son . The info "' " p' ; . ir . |; s tized at St . Patrick ' s church on the 11 th lust ., *<¦ ¦ Mitchel King . CHARTIST WEDDING . ^ Married , on Tuesday morning last , at P ^ ViIb ' Church , Mr . Thomas Olark , one of the Diveetoi » . National Land . Company , to Miss Susanna iw laughter of Walter Bennett , of Hammersmith .

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      ^ Stabbixg is Birmisgham . — On Thursday night ¦ weet another instance of the cowardly use of the knife occurred in Birmingham . The offender is earned Robins , residing in Park-street , and the party injured is Samuel Taylor , a fishmonger , of Bell-street . On the night mentioned , between twelve and one o'clock , Taylor had been drinking at the Red Lion , Park-strtefc , along Tvith a man named Corrall . Robins had also been drinking in the same public house , but was not in company with Taylor and CorralL On these two last going away from the house , Eobins went after them at the same time , and accompanied them about ten yards , when Eobins asked Taylor if he had not been drinking at the Red Lion . Taylor told him it was no business of his , and as Corrall had become sick , Taylor was recommending him to eo home , when

      3 iobtns gare him a violent push . TayZor proceeded onwards about forty yards , and found that he had been stabbed in the left breast . Policeman Miller being at hand , Taylor told him what had happened , on which the officer took Robins into custody . On searching him , a large open clasp-knife fell out of Jus waistcoat pocket . There had been no previous 9 "mk 1 between Eobins and Taylor , when in the gnbhe-honse , and Bobins never spoke when he stabbed Taylor , -who bled profusely , tasomuch that when he got into Di gbsth , he fell . He was then conveyed to the hospital , where it was found that he SW 311 "lc » ed f « und in the left breast , an ThP f j k je ^^^ uarters of an inen long . The next day Robins was brought up at the public effice ^[ b , Taylor appeared and deposed to the mam focts narrated . The prisoner waVcommitted

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      irM MrH ) mji - - m ° ^ the most tendei-hearted man m any town ? D ' ye give it up ? ine bell-man-foecause he will " cry '' if you give nun a shilling . .

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      m the parish of St . Anne , Westminster , * li ; y office , 10 , Great lVinrtmiJJ-street , IJaj-markct J } U ' Avi '' of Westminster , fortheVi-oprietorj FEAUGU&O ifi- tf Esq . M . F ., and published by the said William «• " ^ the Office , in the same street and parish . —»" February 2 tth , 19 «] , _ .

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      i « xt crPAP February 24 , 1849 . THE NORTHER N STAR . 8 ———— ' ¦¦ ¦¦ "l ^ i ——————

      Printed By William Iuder, Of Xo. 5, Maccicsn»» - ,„„.:• At The Printed By William Itlder, Of Xo. 5, Macclcsfi^:^..

      Printed by WILLIAM IUDER , of Xo . 5 , Maccicsn »» - , „„ .: at the Printed by WILLIAM ItlDER , of Xo . 5 , Macclcsfi ^ : ^ ..

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 24, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1511/page/8/