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      of civil and religious liberty now acknowledged by the constitution , arguing that if those principles ¦ were infringed , they \» ere far more so by the attempted usurpation of the Pope than by the protective measure indicated by the Government . doinmcBting wpou various arguments adduced by preceding speaker , the hon , member observed upon the practical anomalies that must alwayi arise when ifco policy of a government was anti-Protestant aad their legislation anti-Catholic . Such was the Inconsistency shown by the existing ministry , as testified by their use of patronage , especially in . the legal promotions in Ireland , by their recognition of episcopal titles and influence , and their submission of legislative acts to the authority of the Pope . He wished to have our policy rendered consistent and constitutional , and the papacy instructed that \ re were competent to mauasre our own affairs . YChecrs . y

      Mr . Keogh animadverted with much seventy upon the speech of . Mr . Xapier , whose new-born ardour for civil and religions liberty and the act of 1829 he contracted with his connexion with tie Brunswick Club in Ireland , the avowed object of -which was to set the leg islature sit defiance if it emancipated the Rowan Catholics , and with his opposition to the system of mixt-d education . lie disputed various alleipitions of that gentleman resetting the proportions of Protcstania md Catholics

      appointed to office in that country , in support of his argument that Protestantism was , a positive disqualification . With respect to the measure in question , he opposed it because he disputed every one of the wounds "P »» which it was based , lie dented that the Queen ' s prerogative had been interfered with , that there was an assumption of territonil power , or that an insult had been offered to the Sovereign on her subjects . There was nothing in the common or statute law to prevent the creation of sees , or that made the act of the

      Fope an invasion of the prerogative . That act was no assumption of territoral power , at least "beyond what was sanctioned by precedents , several of which he cited ; and he complained that the government , for a series of years , had been leading the See of Rome to believe that the act would be aticepUble . With regard to the details of the measure , he asked the noble lord whether he had considered maturely the effect of the bill in Ireland , the practical working of which would Ik ? , he briieved , to siop the ecclesiastical functions there . Was he prepared to rouse the fell spirit of religious hate ? Did he intend to execute the

      law , and to prosecute the Roman Catholic prelates of that country before an Irish jury ? ( Cheers . ) Mr . C . Asstet argued against the propriety of extending tte provisions of the bill to Ireland , dilating upon the different condition of the respec * tive religions in England and Ireland , and contending that " repressive m « asures , which , were politic in ouo , would be wholly inappropriate in the other . ( Hear , hear . ) lie announced that at the fitting stage ho should aiove a clause , restricting the operation of the bill to this side of the channel , and endeavour so to improve its clauses , as to ensure protection to the liberties of Roman Catholics in general . The moment that Mr . Anstey sat down , much

      amusement was excited at the eagerness displayed by hon . members to apeak , nearly twenty starting up in ail parts of the house . The Speaker ' s eye was , however , caught by Mr . Spooser , who wished that leave might be at once given for the introduction of the bill , that they might koow what they were debating . He meanwhile encouraged Lord J . ltusseil to persevere , and to throw himself , if necessary , upon the couutry to support him in protecting the Protestant constitution of these realms . Mr . A . J . B . Hope thought the bill had been dictated by mistaken bigotry , and was an unfair and ex post facto law .

      Colonel Thompson said , if the Roman Catholics had conducted themselves with the same wisdom as the Wesleyans , they would not have been molested ; tut there liai beeu aa aggression on their part , and though he repelled the cbarge of bigotry and fanaticism , he should have been glad if the bill had proceeded further in the way of penalty than it did . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Home was surprised at such a declaration , breathing persecution , from one who had been a friend ofcivil and religions liberty . ( Hear , hear . } Be deplored the measure , though he wished the bill had been laid upon the table , for , from the explanation given by the Attorney-General , it ap « pearcd that it would be a different measure from that proposed by the First Minister , whom he accused of obeying a " "Xo Popery " cry , and making a retrograde movement that would replunge Ireland into anarchy . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . A . Oswaw believed the Pope ' s act to have been purely a spiritual one , and declared that the free Church of Scotland had done what had bceu attempted by the Pontiff . He remarked to Lord John Russell that there were those on the Liberal side of the hou < e who were quite ready to go over to the ether , and if his 1- rdship persevered in giving i ^ rcong interpretation to the supremacy of the Crown . Le might find hinuelf ia presence of a formidable opposition . Lord J . Russell , in reply , said that the act against which this bill was directed was contrary to the public law of every country in Europe . In answer to the excuse that the conduct of government had misled the Court of Rome , he reminded

      the House that after Lord Miiito had left Rome , be ( Lord J . Russell ) bad distinctly declared in that House that government would not give its consent to the establishment of Roman Catholic sees in this country . ( Cheers . ) It was evident , therefore , that this measure wai adopted by the court of Rome in opposition to the government of this country . And ia reply to the allegation that the measure was inconsistent with his former declarations , his lordship was not about to say that it was not so , or that his former declarations did not amount to this , that it was puerile to fear any thing from the pretensions of the Pope to create English bishops or archbishops . But whatever confidence he mi"ht have had in resnect to the Roman Catholic

      eecleesiastics , or the Pope , he had found was misplaced , and he plainly avowed that he was mistaken upon this point . ( Cheers . ) He had trusted too much In the forbearance and respect for the Sovereign , evinced by tUe Roman Catholics . Defending , at some length , his own conduct ia reference to the Catholics of these kingdoms he declared that he would not be frightened by the word " persecution" from asserting the due authority of the Crown and the independence of the government , and he reiterated that the recent Papal step was an insult to the conntry . ( Loud cheers . ) lie thought that we ought to have a parliamentary declaration to free U 3 from the stigma and the shame of having submitted to have our country parcelled out a 8 if it were conquered and submissive . ( Cheers . )

      At the close of the noble lord ' s speech the house was crowded , and a division momentarily expected , 6 o ' clock being but a few minutes' distance . Mr . Moore , Mr . Fagas , and Mr . Lawless , however , interposed some observations , and the last-named member continued to speak until the hour arrived , and the Speaker left the chair without putting the question . THURSDAY , Februaby 13 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The house sat for half an hour , when Lord Staslct gave notice , on belialf of Lord Malmesbury , that on Tuesday next he would bring forward a motion upon the state of the country HOUSE OF COMMOXS .-On the motion of iord J . Russell , the Budget statement was postponed till Monday .

      Agriccxtubal Distress —This adjourned debate on Mr . Disraeli ' s motion was resumed by the Marquis of Gkasbt , and , after speeches had ' been delivered by several leading members on both sides , the house divided , when there appeared—For the motion 267 Against 2 S 1-14

      The house adjourned at a quarter-past two . [ Through press of matter , we are compelled to abridge the discussion on the subject . —Ed . N . S . ] ( From our Third Edition of latluieel . ) FRIDAY , Feb . 7 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —On the motion of Lord Brougham , leave was given to bring in a bill extending the jurisdiction of the County Courts , so as to include cases of bankruptcy . The bill was read a first time . After some further business , their lordsuips ad « journed at half-past six o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF COMMOXS—PapaiAggressios .-Lord J . RossEii moved for leave to bring in a bill ** to prevent the assumption of certain Ecclesiastical Titles , in respect of places in the United Kingdom . Having glanced at the recent act of the i ^ . In this country , Lord John explained that hZ «« b con * lnSency first arose , the opinion of the kw officers of the Crown was taken , to the effect bTj ^ pfrT * ' ° aofthe P Ia t ! *»««* coald not MroductiS * r ^ cbed ; and that . th 0 ° Sh the ZS ?? ' * * ' apostolic fell under the

      ssssssSl plans , modelled upon the nractiL « f ?? tries , had been proposed foKSSit ? &T ° T enact that no bull or writEfi i ft Was f t 0 nature prejudicial to the TnSom SA * allowed to enter it ; another to SfertSLS writings to the scrutiny of some rivU LfhoSI without whose sanction thev could not o 2 l n 7 | rency . After briefly detailingthe 1 n «™ ^ ¦ that might result from ^^ "JETS toe

      -wese pians noble lord referred to the ¦ Mncipb . laId down when the Emancipation -Adtwas passed , and accepted then by the Roman Catho' -ic Clergy , that no titles should be ~ S iff the-hierarchy- of that church , tar ing anyS : pect of rivalry w th the Protest rot establishment fbi ^ urincjpleit waa now designed to carry out . "

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      For this purpose to protect the Catholic laity . from , aggression , and to guard against the absorption of endowments , the measures he desigaed to introduce would forbid the assumption by-Roman Catholics . ot any titles taken from , any territory or place ' within anypart of the United Kingdom , and would contain clauses rendering void any acts done by any parties under those titles , and annulling any , bequest made * to them , which should at once fall into . the power of the Crown , to administer according "to its discretion . This measure , he contended , would repel the offered iusult , and secure the independence of the kingdom . It was his hone that the Pppe would prudently accept the intimation and

      withdraw his claim . But u angry councils should pre vail at the Vatican , an arduous struggle might ensue , throughout which , for his own part , the conduct he should pursue would be id accordance with the principles he had always advocated , embodying the desire for perfect liberty of conscience with the most jealous repugnance to any interference of ecclesiastics with the temporal supremacy of the crown . The noble lord concluded by a brief vindication of his consistency as a veteran champion of religious toleration . Mr . UoEBGCK contrasted the vast premises laid down by Lord John Russell , alleging invasion and insult , with the insignificance of the measure he had founded on them .

      Mr . J . O'Coxxell acknowledged the temperate character of the ministerial proposition , and felt himself able to support the measure , though he believed it would prove inefficient and paltry . Mr . H . Drummoxd , though no Catholic , rejoiced that a church existed which still , in matters ' of faith , presented a bulwark against the advances of infidelity and latitudinarianism , Air . E . B . Roche looked upon the bill aud the speech of the prime minister as essentially mischievous , and inspired with the evil spirit of bigotry . Mr . Moore argued at much length against the ri « ut of the State to interfere in matters of

      opinion . . Mr . BftiGnx commented upon the inconsistence between the tenor of Lord John Russell's letter where the progress of high church principles was set forth as the most threatening danger , and his conduct in omitting all . mention of that danger in the royal speech , and proposing a trivial measure iu which it was not touched . But he believed that this would be but the beginning of measures , if the precedent of interference were once established . He contrasted the minister's declaration

      against the interference of ecclesiastics in temporal affairs with the vast secular powers , numerous dignities , and privileges enjoyed by tho prelates and clergy of the established church , and the political union they maintained with the civil governors . For ages the church had existed as a political machine , and tbe opponent of all legisla tive reforms . Unfortunately zeal had entered its ranks ; it was rent by bitter schisms , and kept to * gether only in name by the possessions to which it held a parliamentary title .

      Mr . Disraeli announced his intention of voting for the measure , which , however , he declared would utterly disappoint the country , and proceeded to dilate upon the ministerial letter , the : official synods , the solemn deputatioiis , the innumerable gatherings , and universal excitement which had led up to the anti-climax of a paltry bill , providing a remedy purely technical , and doing nothing more than prohibiting a few ecclesiastics" from assuming a few titles . Sir R . H . Ixglis entered into a warm defence of the Established Church , against the bill of indict ment which he said had been preferred by Mr . Bright . On the motion of Mr . Reynolds , the debate was then adjourned .

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      mi -. ; ABOLITION OF THE WINDOW TAX . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster was held on "Wednesday in Drury-lane Theatre , to consider the proposal for the unconditional repeal of the window tax . Viscount Duncan , M . P ., presided . There was a very numerous attendance . Amongst the gentlemen present were Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., General Sir De Lacy Evans , M . P ., Sir B . Hall ., Mr . Charles Lushington , M . P ., Mr . Wakley , M . P ., Mr . J . Williams , M . P ., Mr . William Williams . M . P ., Mr . Mowatt , M . P ., &c .

      Lord Duxcas said he would not waste the time of the meeting by a reiteration of those arguments which he had for six years been in the habit of annually bringing forward in the House of Commons , nc had again this yeav put his motion upon- the paper of the House of Commons , aud unless previously the Chancellor of the Exchequer should have risen in hi 3 place , and should have taken up his ( Lord Duncan ' s ) arguments , he should again urge upon the house , on Thursday next , the necessity of granting a total and unconditional repeal of this tax . ( Hear , Lear . ) It was nearly carried last year , aud this yew , perhaps , it would he entirely carried . 'When he first brought forward tha motion he was told that he was an

      impracticable man , seeking an impossibility . ( Laughter . ) But now he was told that the repeal of the window tax was not only a possibility but a probability . ( Cheers . ) They had fought the battle in the time of adversity , aud they must not be run away with in the day of prosperity , or consider that the t ; ix was repealed until the Chancellor of the Exchequer had said so in Parliament . Last week he ( the chairman ) went with a deputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and asked him whether he was willing to agree to the repeal of the window tax . The Chancellor said very little ; and he trusted that in this case his silence might bo interpretatcd as consent . ( Cheers . ) It had been whispered ( he did not know on what authority ) that when other

      parties had asked the same question , it had been answered in Downingstreet , "Why , do you wish a house tax ?" They wanted nothing of the kind ; but they wanted the total and unconditional repeal of the most obnoxious tax that had ever been raised in this country . ( Cheers . ) In Westminster the people had always been alive to this subject . In 1797 , the constituents of Westminster sent down Mr . Fox to oppose the Tri ple Assessment Aet ; in latter days they must all have read with pleasure the speeches which Sir J . C . Hobhouse , as representative of this city , made against the window tax ; and in later times he had seen with pride General Evans always ready to second bis motion when he broughtit forward in Parliament . ^ Cheers . )

      There was no need , therefore , to give them a historv of the window tax . In the time of George III . some Chancellor of the Exchequer discovered that a commutation of the unpopular hearth tax was necessary , and he changed it into a house tax and a window duty . It had often subsequently been tinkered , but every succeeding modification had made it worse than it was before . There was now in the Exchequer a surplus of two millions and a half . This tax amounted only to £ 1 , 700 , 000 , and he thought it was now the duty of the government , in a time of peace , to endeavour to do without this obnoxiouB impost . What had placed them in this happy situation with a surplus revenue ? Was is not those Free Trade measures , of which they had heard much

      so . ( Cheers and hisses . ) We had a Free Trade government supporting Free Trade principles , and therefore the people had ari « ht to demand at their hands free-trade in light and air ( Loud cheers . ) This demand they would make arid he hoped the day was not far distant when every i-mrlishninn might , if he was so minded , be able to raise a crystal palace for himself . ( Cheers . ) Mr . W . Geesi . v , churchwarden of St . James ' s proposed the following resolution : — " That the window duty is a tax upon light and air ; that it is unequal , unjust , and detrimental to health and comfort ; that it is opposed to sanitary reform and architectural improvements ; and that ifc is a mode of levying taxation that never ought to have been adopted , and in the opinion of this meeting should

      no longer continue . " The speaker at some leneth endeavoured to prove the inequality of the taxation , showing that some ot the larger houses onlv paid from 1 $ to 2 J per cent , upon the rental , while the houses of the working classes paid from thirty to forty per cent . 3 fot only in a monetary point of view was it unjust , but it did vast injury to the health and morals of the lower classes , by compelling them to live in houses which were defectively supplied with light and air . This caused an additional tax upon the country ; for when , in consequence of living in those filttty uafeAons , a . waking man fell isi , his wife was compelled to go to the parish and obtain out-door relief . Mr . George , churchwarden of St . Ann ' s , seconded the motion , and announced bis intention to resist the payment of the tax in future

      Sir Be Lict Evass , M . P ., supported the resolution , stating that he had given his support to a similar measure for seventeen years ; but he trusted that within forty-eight hours they would hear that agitation upon the subject was no lonjer-necessary —that thetax was already extinct . ( Cheers . ) The imposition of a house-tax was talked of ; but he could only say that if that was attempted by government , thev would more than lose any good opinion they might have gained by the abrogation of the window duty . ( Hear , hear ) Mr . ' -LusmxGTOx , M . P ., said that : bis colleague

      and himself had been called upon to stop the supplies if tbe window-tax were not abolished ; and both of them had agreed to obstruct every financial arrangement till it wa 3 repealed . That , however , would not be necessary , for he could almost pledge his existence that Friday night would see the Chancellor announce that the tax had been abolished . ( Cheers . ) Lord D . Siuaht , M . P ., agreed in the opinion that the Chancellor of the Eschequercould not tor a moment think of retaining this odious impost , lbey would have repeal , but would it be unconditional ? ife feared that some attempt would he Mt ^ l £ W ? ltbyanotuer tax / That must not be submitted to ; and even though tho finances

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      were not in such a favourable state asihey were at the presentmomerit , ha ' would / . fitiUjdemand the total and unconditional repeal of ' this tin just tax . But with auph a large surplus , he-would not be satisfied with a repeal of tho window * dnty . He was in ' favour of the abolitionof " 'the taxes upon knowledge . '; but : what was , the use ; of a cheap newspaper , unless the man had a li ght to read it by ? ( Hear , hear . ) He also believed that the duties upon tea , soap , &c ., ' might be' taken off without injury to the Exchequer , ; and when . ' . the window duty had beeirentirely removed , he trusted to see attention turned to othetjmportaht reforms ;

      Sjr . B . Ham ,, M . P . ; supported the resolution , which was then put and carried unanimously ; ' Mr .. A ELS 0 N , of St . James's , proposed :- — "That this meeting pledges itself to use every legitimate means to cause the removal ' of this obnoxious tax from the statute-book , and earnestly appeals to all members of parliament , in the event of the government refusing its total , immediate , and unconditional repeal , to offer such constitutional opposition to the passing of the supplies as will show that the present ministers no longer possess the confidence of the people . " They had assembled

      that morning , not by command of her Majesty , but on the invitation of the Prime Minister . The Chancellor of the Exchequer bad told them that no proposition could be successful without popular agitation . He thought the right honourable gen- ' tfeman would have plenty of it there . Really the Prime Minister was acting thepart of a blushing maiden , who only wanted to be importuned , and it appeared that the humble citizens o { Wostminster must waste their time , spend their money , and neglect their business , iu order to make the Primo Minister do his duty . ( Cheers . \ . .

      Mr . Coiwrlt ., ot St . Clement ' s , seconded the resolution without comment . - Mr . Waklet , M . P ., was received with tremendous applause . He appeared there as an elector of old glorious Westminster ,- the ancient cradle of their liberties , and a city always active and full" of zeal in every public cause . Ho was there , therefore , | to tell his representatives , that if they did not act up to the pledges they had made that day , they should never more have support from him . ( Cheers . ) But let the constituency depend upon them ; they would do there duty , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer , knowing their determination , would blanch and quail before he dared to resist the demand for the repeal of this odiou 3 and infamous tax . ( Cheers . ) Having paid a compliment to the ladies who were present , and one equally graceful to the noble lord in the chair , the hoa .

      member proceeded , in terms ; similar to those which we have frequently reported of- late , to denounce the tax , and to censure the people for . having so long submitted to it . His mind upon this subject was made up . While he should oppose the granting of supplies in the House , he called upon those out of doors to resist the payment of the tax in future . After this year let them resolve , as he had done , to allow seizures , but upon no accouiit to pay the tax , for such a proceeding on the part of the public generally must inevitably prevent its collection by this or any other government . ( Cheers . ) He believed that in . a few days he should have to hold an inquest on this tax . ; and he was convinced , if he did so , he should behold the most monstrous , the ugliest , the vilest , and the most infamous corpse that it had ever fallen to the lot of a coroner to sit upon . ( Cheers and laughter . )

      Mr . Brettisguam , of St . Pancras , observed with reference , to the recommendation to allow , seizures , that the government bad long ceased to levy for the assessed taxes . The process now adopted-was an Exchequer process , the peculiar feature of which was , that whether the Crown were successful or not , the individual had to pay his own costs ( Cheers . ) After a few words from Mr . W . Wiuuus , M . P ., the motion was carried unanimously . Mr . Wilson , of St . Margaret ' s , moved , and Mr . Brown , of St . James ' s , wcoivded , the third re solution : — " That this meeting cannot anticipate the possibility of any attempt to re-imposo the unpopular house tax , which was repealed in 1834 by Lord Althorp , demanded by the unanimous voice of the people , more particularly as since that period houses have been made subject to the property tax , which is ia fact

      a house tax . Should any such attempt bo made , this meeting pledges itself to give it every opposition in its power , being , convinced that sufficient reduction can be made in the expenditure of the country to meet this as well as much larger reductions . " Mr . Mowatt , M . P ., said he had always voted for the . removal of this and all . similar taxes . But members of parliament were of themselves powerless ; and if the people desired the removal of any oppressive impost , they must arm their representatives with full power to get them removed by the government . This tax was especially unjust , because it not only did what taxes were intended to do , take money from the pockets of tho people , bat it took from them their comfort , their health , and even their lives . It must be immediately removed and then other grievances as heartfelt asthia would , he hoped , be quickly made to follow it .

      Mr . John Williams , M . P ., having supported the motion , Mr . Ernest Jones rose , amid prolonged cheering from all parts of the house , mingled with hisses from the private boxes and the platform , and said he was glad there was one question on which all could agree without dereliction of principle—and he felt he could , as a Chartist , support the measure for the repeal of the duty , on light and health . ( Cheers . ) Government thought to hold a monopoly of light ; but it was itself a monopoly of darkness . Some gentlemen had done him the honour to hiss him . Now , they mi g ht see what a pitiful thing prejudice was—they hissed before he spoke ! Yet he was proud of getting the hisses of the rich , as lnno

      as he got the cheering of the poor . He addressed ' them as a resident in Wc 3 tmiiister inadoublc capacity , for he had an official residence for two years in Tothill-fields Prison—and was ready to go there again for the same cause . ( Loud cheers . ) The noble lords and members who had addressed them had told them , if this bill were not carried , toresist the payment of thetax . It was lucky for him thatlio had not said anything as illegal , as a Chartist but he applauded the advice , and did not see , if tho middle class could do this for a pocket question why the working classes could not do so for the franchise . ( Hisses , and loud cheers . ) Most of the gentlemen on the platform were members of the Fiuuncial and Parliamentary Association . Let them he consistent , and carry out the plan they had adopted in this window tax agitation . The bill he held in hh

      nana was headed , " Total , immediate , and unconditional Repeal of the Window Tax . " There was no " putting in the thin end of the wedge" there—no "taking the thing by instalments " -no saying first eight windows , then nine , then ton—oh no 1 Thev said they would have no half-measures for their wmdows-then the Chartists would have aone for their votes . ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) IHhey now asked us to help them in a half-measure-the people would remind them of their present act The people were no longer to be deluded ; and he told them , while trying to throw light into their houses , at the same time to draw up the blinds of their intellect , and open the windows of their understanding . ( Mr . Jones resumed his seat amidst housT prolon S cheers fr ° m all parts of the The motion was then carriod .

      Thanks were then voted to those members of the House of Commons who had supported Lord Duncan m his agitation for the repeal of tbe window tax , and also the noble chairman , for his indefatigable exertions . Tbe proceedings then tenninated .

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      The Blood of a McRDEitEn . -The following extraordinary statement is made in a letter from Ystad , in Sweden , dated the 28 th ult .: —" This morning having been fixed for the execution of a journeyman butcher , named Marcusson , and a womannamed Botilla Nilsdotter , for hav ngmui dered the husband of the latter , a vast number of persons of all ages and both sexes , and eSally of peasants in their national costumes ; arSed last ! uh nmg V ^ bivoua <* ed in the town all S Although for upwards of sixty years no exeSn had taken place in the province , and for upwards of eight years none in all Sweden , it was noKmuch curiosity wh ch attracted the multitude , ° £ des . re to swallow a drop of the blood of the crimU nalsatthe moment it should spurt from beneath the axe of the executioner : it UinB » ^'! . 1 '"

      belief „ Sweden that ^ renders theTweak rtrOM cures aH sorts of maladies , and secures a loneT 5 f ' When the scaffold was erected , the people assembled round with cups , glasbes , bowls , sorne even wUh large saucepans , to catch the blood . The soldiers had the greatest difficulty in forming and maintain " WSSJt'E ^ ibS s ^ sa&'ySttaS nrst

      xuu wumaa was oeneaded , then the man The anxiety of the spectators was Very greafand the KJ " , ^ ' , - was sevVed th ^ cke through the lme of soloiers . The soldiers to drive themhack lustily employed the butt ends of Si ? muskets ( themuskets were not loaded ) , " ade perate conflict ensued At last the crowd sieeded lnreachine the scaffold ; but in tbe meantime the police had placed the bodies in a cardan I had ' sent them oft- under a strong escort of cavalrv . Tl , ™

      naa , nowever , to taKe the precaution of removing by spades and pickaxes the portion- ) of the road o » which drops , of blood happened to fall , to proven the people from k pping up the Dlood . When the bod . es had got fa . r < y off , the crowd gradually d ! persedI ; two hundred of them We ? e gXoudy injured , and a greater number had received severe contusions . " . c _ se » ci « . Tom TflOMB . ^ -General Tom Thumb has arrived in Brussels , arid ha 3 had the honour of spending the evening at tfae-Meidenoetf the Duke ' tfAwmfcrg

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      : - ' - ""^ gE-SLt ) ANES " AS-D * -THE " BIRDBi ' - ;'; ' - i r- , ¦ . ¦ :, ¦ ¦ . ¦ •/* . LAW ^ JUSTICE . : ;• ,. - , r- .- ¦{ i Another page has been addedto the catalogue of crime—the Newgate Calendar—which , for cool blooded atroojty , and wanton , reckless , barbarity , is not surpassed , if equalled , in that guilty chronicle of ages . ¦ The publio mind has been most intensely excited by the investigation into the conduct of George and Theresa Sloane ,: towards the unfortunate parish orphan committed to their charge , the termination .: of which has caused disappointment and disgust . ¦ . > / , ¦ ¦ . - . . > . ¦ : . The statement of their victim , Jane "Wilbred , was bo . revoltin g , in all its details , so y ^

      . .. " Cruel , strange , and unnatural , " that although her emaciated appearance authenticated the main portions of her story , still it was generally believed that some parts of her evidence were exagerated , and that in the full and searching inquiry , which the learned , gentleman for the defence repeatedly .: said his clients courted , facts would bo . produced which would . strip the case of its revolting details ;• that the evidence of Miss Duvaux , aided by the ingenuity ' . of counsel , would have accounted for tbe wretched condition of the girl , and that the case would dwindle down to the level of a common misdemeanour . Nothing of the sort , however , has been done , no palliation ha 9 been offered , and every particle of Jane Wilbred ' s statement has been proven by t e . tacit admission of the guilty parties . Hence arises the disappointment of the public , and . the loathing and abhorencc which

      follows the culprits who could so hommy and wantonly ill-treat a friendless orphan without advancing anything in extenuation . Devoid alike of tho boldness , of the , villain , or the sophistry of the lawyer , this guilty pair pleaded guilty , without the slightest defence or apology for their unparalleled and unnatural conduct . True it is that they said " Not Guilty" to the two first counts , but those counts did not involve the facts , but mere questions of law . Jane Wilbred was set forth , in the indictment as an infant , of tender . years ; whereas , being between sixteen and seventeen , years of age she was . considered'old enough to have claimed the , protection of the law , and the neglect of supplying her . with a sufficient quantity of food , &c . .. was not an indictable offence . Tho facts of the case were not disputed , but ., acknowledgeil . ... . .

      It is somewhat gratifying , however , that by this mode of procedure the public mind is not again shocked by . a-repetition of the . disgustingstory . This case , unlike the violent murders perpetrated by Rush or the Mannings , from the total ab .-ence of a Bupposed , benefit arising in perspective is a frightful libel on our countrymen ' s nature . It shows human beings , revelling in heretofore unhoard-of cruelties , for the mere enjoyment . arising from their infliction . , . The Sloanes were sentenced to two years' imprisonment , the judge not having the power of

      inflicting a heavier punishment , \ 1 nles 9 he had coupled it with hard labour . They will thus be ranked among first class misdemeanants , and , unless placed in a prison whore the rules are stringent , they will only suffer the . punishment of confinement , . This naturally leads attention to the state of our criminal jurisprudence , and to the comparison of crimes with their punishment . The necessity of an entire change in our law , as . well as in our prison discipline is shown by comparing the sentence in the case of the Sloanes with . the sentence delivered on their trial . .

      On Saturday last , at the same court , and before one of the judges who presided at the trial of the Sloanes on the previous Wednesday , Samuel Pizzey , 28 , William Randall , 21 , and Thomas Simms 21 , were indicted under tbe statute for having been , to the number of three and more , in certain enclosed land in . the night time , armed with guns , for the purpose of taking game . It appeared that the prosecutor of this indictment was Mr . Clark , one of the , magistrates . for Middlesex ,. and who . resides near Uxbridge . On the night of the 12 th . of January two of his keepers , named Stent and Wilding , were out watching in a wood called the-Park wood , in the parish of Ickenham , when they came up with four men , who immediately upon seeing the

      keepers ran off . On their arriving at . a gate the keepers came up with them , and a struggle ensued , during which Wilding received some severe blows from Randall with the butt-end of a gun , aud Pizzey also struck him with a stick . The keepers succeeded in securing Pizzey , but the other men got . away . ; Sims and Randall ,. however , were apprehended , the next morning , but the fourth man succeeded ; in ; making his escape altogether . The keepers positively identified the prisoners as being three of the persons who were in the wood upon the occasion in question . —The jury , without any . hesitation , found all the prisoners Guilty , and Mr . 'Justice Cresswell sentenced them to be transported for seven years . ' ,

      Here wo have three . young men , prosecuted for breaking the abominable Game Laws—for an offence which ( except by law ) is not a crimo—who had . not killed a hare belonging to their magisterial prosecutor , but who fled from their , pursuers , and , to avoid arrest ,: assaulted the keepers , sentenced to transportation for seven years ; while those who have outraged the laws of God and man—whovieye pevpotiwting a murder , and were daily and hourly gloating over the torture of their victim , adefenceless orphan , who , according to the evidence of the surgeon , on

      the discovery , of the crime , weighod only sixty pounds , and could not have lived many days longer , were only sentenced to two years' imprisonment ! The poachers will be sent to work either in the hulk 8 at . home , or in our Australian colonies ; while the Sloanes are imprisoned , without labour . The poachers were uneducated men—the candidates for the gallows were a lawyer and his lady . Many similar cases could he cited to show the injusticenay , positive iniquity—of our criminal laws j but the one already given will no doubt answer the present purpose .

      Again , it should be remembered , that , had the starving of Jane Wilbred been the only charge against them , they would have been acquitted . They were indicted for starving a child of tender years . Those counts . turned out to be bad , She was old enough in the eye of the law to have complained , of starvation ; but they had inflicted other acts of barbarity at various times—and for this they were punished . The system of slow murder appears to hare more chances of escaping the lynx-eyed law than minor offences . Had Jane Wilbred died of starvation the law would have said that she was art and part accessory to her own death , and her murderers would have been acquitted . The difficulty of comprehending the meaning . of

      the criminal law , and its incompetency of meeting such a case as the one under consideration , cannot be better argued than by giving a brief sketch of the case of the Birds , who were tried at the last Spring Assizes , in the county of Devon , for the murder of Mary Ann Parsons . This poor girl , like Jane Wilbred , was the inmate of a workhouse . The evidence adduced on the trial went to show that the prisoners had been inthohabitofconstantl ymaltreating the poor girl ; and the surgeons who were examiffed on the occasion gave it as their opinion that the deceased , Mary Ann Parsons , had died from the effects of a blow on the head . The learned judge , upon this , directed that the jury should acquit the prisoners , on the erbund tlint

      there was a lack of evidence to show that either of the prisoners separately , or both conjointly , had inflicted the blow which had been the cause of death . An intimation was then made to the learned judge that the prisoners ought to be found guilty of the assaults proved against them ; but his lordship withdrew the case altogether from the consideration of the jury , without permitting them to form an opinion on the credibility of the medical testimony brought forward , and directed that a verdict of acquittal should be entered . On the 10 th November , 1849 , another indictment was preferred against the prisoners , charging them with having assaulted Mary Ann Parsons . The trial aocordin » lv took place before Mr . Russell Gurnev . who

      on tne last Western Circuit , presided as judee At this time the prisoners pleaded that they had V ready beentriedand acquitted of the offence charged Alenghty discussion then ensued , as to whether the general acquittal pronounced at the former trial could operate as a bar to a prosecution for eaohaud every of the assaults given in evidence : after which tbe jury returned a . verdict of Guilty . But itappeavea that a doubt existed in the mind of the learned judge as to whether his direotion was right , and he did not pass judgment against the prisoners . The case was then argued before five judges , constituting tho court sitting to decide upon cases of appeal from , the criminal courts , reserved for their consideration . But as they could not aeree unon

      their decision , the case was again argued before all the learned judges , expept Mr , Baron Platt , and the question remained undecided . On Wednesday , the 12 th inst , the case was again argued by fourteen judges at the Exchequer Chambers , when six wero of opinion that the conviction was bad , and eight thoughtthe conviction good ; thusamajority of two decided the knotty point , after the question had been fifteen months under the consideration of the judges , and the Birds will receive sentence at the next Devon assizes . Thus the law , which sh ould 1 ) 0 so plain , " tbat ho who runs may resid " is so incomprehensible that the highest judicial functionaries cannot agree . If eight judges understand its

      meaning , six at least do not .- Surely it is hWi time thitt a sweeping revision should be made when such monsters escape with so little punishment , and are again let loose to prey upon society , while thp most trivial offences , such as pookoc-piokiuir or poaching ' , are so severely dealt with . ¦ Even Chartism is n worse offence in the eyes of the judges , than what for want of a better word we must call «¦ 'Sloaneism . " Not only were the Chartist misdemeanantsimprisonedbutsontencedfo hard labour . Scores of pounds had to be paid to purchase immunity from their degrading anddis agreeable occupation of picking oakum . For re

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      fusing " to ' submit to the stringent ' -regulations and harsh discipline awarded to the lower class of misdemeanant s ; ' some of the'Ch ' aftist prisoners in Toth . Ul-fields . Prison were doomed to death , and heavy bail was required for others '' previous to release . ' * Arelho'lawB just that sanction ¦ such doings ? Is the system endurable that permits judges to ' gratify personal class , and political prepositions at the expense . nf equity , common sense and common hnmiinit . v ? •••• ¦ . : ¦

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      CORN . Mask-uhe , Wednesday , Feb . 12 . -We had a verv sho * supply of English wheat to-day , aud the quality & generally inferior , it mot a very dull sale , at ratlu ' v C prices , unless for prime qualities . The arrivals of fen wheat and flour have been only moderate durin » the & week , but the business done in both articles hVh * quite in-retail . We have had large arrivals of bw ' eV both foreign and English , aud the demand bein » « £ limited , the sales were extremely sl . w , althouRh « ftS fully Is per qv . cheaper than on Monday last . Fine " ™ were scarce and fully as dear . In peas no alterS Owing to the increased supplyofoatscoastwi . se nmlfe * ssa : seitr ^ hcavy for teS

      CATTLE . SMrrHFiELD , Monday , Feb . lO .-Xotwithstandin ? that tin 6 £ ! V , r i ? OnoScv ia t 0-da J ' s mi * ket exhllriud i slight falling off compared with that shown on Mo I last , it was more than adequate to the demand . Tlf ' attendanca of buyers was tolerably good j but all breeds p beasts met a very macUve inquiry , at unaltered quot ! m ^ igueat figure for the best Scots was 3 . a per 81 bs . Tliegeneral duality of the stock was gooa . \ V were again toleraW . v well , but not to sav heavily Sim * ' mtll fheep foi- the time of year . For most breeds \ Th quiry was firm ; and , in some instances the cm ^ W ? LUP ? ' >( 1 ^ "W' We m « y observe , \ m ^ that the extreme figure for the best old Downs in S wool was 4 s Gdper 80 » . There were about 100 ) h sheep , tho market , together with ninety DoS a " which latter sold at 5 s Gd to Cs per 81 bs . Calves , t& in short supply were dull in sale at late rates ' S reXortidT * P ' > th 0 P " CCS Of wllich were *®

      lieef , 2 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d ; mutton , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 4 d veal 5 s i 1 be&r ^ Sinti ^ . o-V ^ prune large ,, 2 s 8 d to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s Od to 3 s u ' argepork 2 sCdto 3 sea ; inferior mutton , Sg MttSwj £ hg . i ?* £££ il Bma 11 ** 3 s 8 d t 01 S ^

      PROVISIONS . London , Vedncsday . -There was a decidedly better feeling towards Imh Butter in the past week , and s&it * a resyemble amount made at a further advance of : \ to 4 s . per cwt . nolders were not disposed to sell freely a : the rates current ; otherwise the transactions wouM have been of more importance . The market closed with firmness , and prices inclmcd upwards . Foreign in st . » b request . , Friesland , 2 s . per cwt . dearer . Bacon : Tlieri whs atair business done hiMsli and Hamfer 0 ' Sin 8 easides , landed ; at last quotations ; buyers more inclineii to i > ur ' chase for forward months . Hams , landed , scarcely valid in demand or value . Some sales were reported at ' iiht . ptr tit "blF ?> w » tln April and May . Lard more soughs after , and prices Is . to 2 s . higher . a ™? a U BDTT f , J ] ARKET ' - «—We experience a fair demand generally for English Uutter ; a little rn .-wi . iilk i . ™ a ? IT i lts i | PP earance , and tiie best quiditj is readily taken at Is . n pouud . Dorset , fine weekly . 1 « p ° , p ; 1 o Plr ff d ° - "idling and stale , 70 s . to Sis . ; Fresh , 9 s . to 13 s . per dozen lbs .

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from loaf ' household aitt 0 « 5 < 1 . to Old . per libs . POTATOES . feOOTHwAKK , Watehside , February 10 . —The arrivals coastwise and by rail have been very considerable , which , wita seveval from France , has made the supply larec . lrade is heavy , and it is only with a few of the best samples our . top quotations are realised . The following afi the present quotations :-Yorkshire Regents , 73 s loiute per ton ; Scotch , lias to 80 s ; Scotch cups , 50 s to 70 s ; Kit . -s to-s ; Cambrid ge and Lincolnshire Whites , 5 Us to 80 s ; Ithemsh Whites , -s to -s ; French Whites ,

      WOOL . City , Wednesday , February 12 .-The imports of woo ! ™ i ^ r w "An ek wcve 1 > 584 bales ; of wWch 51 T werefrom France , 321 from Odessa , 97 from Peru , and the m » n « ^ f ? dOr 1 and Germ » "y- The public sales commence next ibursday , and tho prospects are consider *! autwsS ^ i ^ i !" — There is on ] ya m 0 ( to ! c in ' StL ' p Um » ll'gbland wool at late rates ; anything very PrK , W 1 lOmc sales have >^» made at full imaS oflSX 3 * ' 0 W 1 'f aboUt 2 ' 500 biltps of coUm&l woo ! an / Pi ^ auCtiol > 0 n thc Gthaud Wi iMt . live uko * SMm n ¦ ** S ? < ; omPe «« on spirited , and all sold <> IZl ui CeS ' ^' v tIle low wools offered on Thursday a good many were withdrawn . Imports for the week , 301 bales ; previously tliis year , 8 , 310 bales

      HIDES . ' ^ £ Aiii . —Market hides , 5 Glb . toCllb , 2 d to - 'I' ! B ^ S ^ S ^^ AXiii ^ MfSw ^ s

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      From the Gazette of Friday , February 1 th . BANKRUPTS . John sifJl ^} ° 1 ^ Uey-n » a . Clapham-road , buildcibZt ? « a "Mawhall , of 91 , Goswell-road , ClevbemvcH HoundSli / T dealM- ^ numm Friedeberg , of SO Umuidsdittat , forrier- James Dixon , of Morley , Yorkshlrc Shiirf ? p JV > i nn " ' Somerset , groW-Jame : Shut , of Frodsham , Cheshire , provision dealer . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . Hoseason and Co ., of Glasgow , inerchants-Aitkcn of rh ^ J ? '' ° / &lac SOW , founders-Alexander Uro «» contractor ' manufuctuver-Alexander Graham , of Bart .

      From the Qazettt of Tuesday , February 11 . BANKRUPTS . linm l P ^ Ugl \ i Iigl 5 1 Wborn ' = " » ! colourman-Wil folu m J " ^ ood > Chnrles-street , Drury-lanc , piano W tm ? « Wood Coltl « an . Regentstreet , Court mil IWhlm £ Muwel 8 » Colchester , barge owner-Ifcnr . chant ! Stevenson ' Bishopwearmouth Durham , met SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS , C Scobic , Perth , coppersmith .

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      DP AT FT ' qm ^ at , V on the 4 th inst ! , Feargus O'Connor C ! is ; "f" nme years , the son of George and Etabctl unsold . He was accidentally burnt to death . ——

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      LAMBETH . —Appauino- Profligacy . ~ Mi \ W . 6 . Smyth , a surgeon in . very good practice , and residing at 59 , Vauxhall-walfc , was brought up on a warrant , and placed at the bar before the Hon . G . 0 . Norton , on a charge of assaulting Mary Ann Hall , a girl thirteen years of ago .. The case occupied upwards of two hours in its investigation , and the evidence , the greater portion of which was unfit fpr publication , disclosed scenes of-the . moat disgusting profligacy that can well be conceived . It appeared that the prisoner , who is a married man and nearly sixty years of age , but separated from his wife , had iu . his confidence two little strumpets named Ockingden and Macklalin , with whom ho was on . terms of . profligate intimacy ; and those persons he induced to invite to his house a number of girls whose ages , ranged from sixteen to eighteen years .

      Once within his roach , the prisoner commenced : by plying his victims with spirits or wine , principally gin , and by these means ,. and stating that he should require their services in assisting to clear up the house , he soon effected his purpose , and the names of . setrenor ei ght were mentioned whom he thus succeeded in ruining . Of the number , oneoft tie procuresses , Ockingden , and two of the girU , ILU 1 and Horno , were examined at considerable length , and their testimony as to the prisoner ' s profligacy was perfectly conclusive . —In the course of the proceedings : Mr . Norton , exelaimed , that in tho whole course of many years' magisterial duty it had not been his misfortune to hear disclosed such a scene of profligacy as that related , and which made one doubt whether wo lived in a civilised or barbarous state of society . —An application was made to admit the prisoner to bail , but it wag refused , Mr . Norton remarking , that he never knew . of a case in which the acoused was less entitled to any favour .

      THAMES . —An Englishman ' s Right . to br Meiirt . —R . Trulove , a respectable-looking mechanic , was charged with being disorderly nnd assaulting the police . —Sheppard and Wakefiold said that prisoner end others were coming down Fieldgate-street , Whitechapel , singing loudly . Being remonstrated with , they refused to desist , nnd ~ . behaved violently to thopolioe . —Prieonei- said he had been to a musical party , and on his way home was repeating Borne of the airs . Ho justified his behaviour to the police by producing a young woman who had been with him , and upon whose shoulder the policeman ' s truncheon had left a bruise . —Mr . Yardley having , looked over the Police Act , said that he found nothing in it which prevented people singing at the hour of twelve , unless there was a

      8 icH person m the vicinity , or some other reasonable cause assigned . He did not hesitate to say that this was a case in whioh tho police had no right to nterfere with persons singing merrily on their way home l and if a row ensued , and blows wero struck * , it was not to be wondered at . No one , however , was warranted in striking a constable ; but if disturbances arose out of their undue interference or abrupt interposition , they must be answerable . Though he did not like making general remarks , he could not help saying that , in cases where he had to observp on the conduct of the police , there wero three to one in the H division as compared with the K . —The prisoner , who complained that he and his party were knocked about shamefully , was then discharged . . ..

      MANSION-HOUSE . —SBBiona Robbert . —James Scolfield wa 9 ohavged with hating robbed William Hawley , a coffee-shop keeper , at No . 64 J , Lower Thames-street , of ninety-seven or ninety-eight sovereigns . —The prosecutor said , on the 1 st of January I took the : place I live in of the prisoner , who was going to Port Natal as an emigrant . I had succeeded him in the business , and he continued to live m the next house , between which and my house there is a communication . On Thursday week I had in a carpet bag in my truuk underlay bed ninety-seven or ninety-eight sovereigns . On Thursday last I had occasion to pay some money for freight and other matters , and upon going to my trunk I found that the carpet bag was out , and all the

      money was gone . I had not seen the prisoner since Friday week , but he was seen leaving his house or lodging on the following Saturday in a hackney-coach with two boxes . He wrote tome from Poplar a letter , whioh stated that he had gone to Liverpool , and I have since ascertained that he never left town at all . I gave him £ 10 for the articles and the fixtures . There was no stock ,. and he was unable to go on a day longer for the wnnfof money . He told me thAt he had not more towards his passage-money to Port Natal than £$ , and he could not take his wife with him on account of the expense . —The Lord Mayor : How did he know that you had all this money ? Witness : He had seen forty-nve . or forty-six sovereigns \? ith meand he

      . knew that I had nearly a hundred pounds in sovereigns . I . had got sovereigns at the bank but a short time before for a £ 100 note . As soon as I missed the money I called out to my wife that it was all gone , and she immediately suspected Scolneld , and advised me to go after him . Ho knew ^ the name of the vessel in which he was goine was the John Bright , and I took down an officer to the hast India Dock , which the vessel was at the moment leaving . When he saw me he said "Oh is it you Mr . Hawley ? " "Yes , " said I , "I have come about the ninety-eight sovereigns you robbed of Ohcould

      me . " , you suspect me , Mr . Hawley , of such a thing ? " « Yes , " said I , « you are the only person I do suspect , for you are the only person that knew of the money . " He made no reply , and the officer took him into custody . AVe fouud that he had on board eight or nine new suits of clothes , and new articles of various kinds although he had just before scarcely any money . Wa Uien brought him here , and your lordship detained him , and we went down to the vessel , which had gono to Grayesend , to make further search We there found some sovereigns in his trunk , and we also found a number of working tools of mW

      some 01 wnicb my father had made himself-The Lord Mayor : You aro sure of tho identity of the tools?—I kium one of them a file these thirty years 1 know two adzes as well as I iLlSf' l know 8 everal other instruments . -The officer who 1 accompanied the prosecutor to the John Bright for the . purpose of more closelv examining the prisoner ' s trunks , said he found S them eight new coats , eleven pairs of new trowsers and quantities of linen and necessary artic esTS were of considerable value . He also found ^ key which opened the prisoner ' s bedroom door and the door . of . the bedroom of the prosecutor / in which k Df rP Tt i COntaining the *<> vereigus had b en kept . —The prisoner was remanded .

      BOW . STREBT . -AuiEOBDPwroEB bt a Shopman-John Fox was charged with plundering hfa ST M ?? 8 rs \ and Wilson , wooCdJa-St Sf v P " - ° - ner had boen sh ° P ra ! m s ^ co August last , receiving a salary of £ 40 per annum , was about to leave his situation very suddenly , ott ? , f - , ? 8 U 8 Picion 8 of Mr - Wey , who whs connected with the firm , and who also received intomation that the prisoner had been carrying on a system of plunder to a considerable extent . A ceriam portion of the premises was set apart for tlie leception of goods purchased by customers and made up into parcels to be left until called for . it was ^ the duty of each shopman to place his signature ; to the bills ,, and attach them to the parcels when left in the repository , and they were then

      entered id the oash-b ' ook , in the charge of the cashier . Mr . Wey found the prisoner ' s signature to a great number of the parcels . One of the bills referred to a parcel which was alleged to contain goods to the amount of £ 2 19 s . 9 d ., but -which really contained goods not mentioned in the bill worth £ 4 os . 5 d . The syatem of plunder was this : Ihe prisoner served a stranger with goods , and the parcel was to he called for . On packing up tho parcel the prisoner placed articles not mentioned m the invoice . "W hen the stranS oalled for tho parcel it was handed to him The prisoner would afterwards meet his con " federate and divide the spoils . Mr WnnfJta ttbtoP ? plund k *" « teft tent in that manner . The prisoner , who wore afasbionabl y-made coat of camel's hai , ZT * J ? , ?!?

      wnere he had purchased the cloth . He . aid it hS been suppl . ed to him by another young man n K ss = # sP S « ap cortained that the y prisoner 22 5 ,. ? had bo , * " - SS 3 ££ 4 ? S ? manacer that fk » • snd ne informed the eood ? t £ ? **««?«* Paid him principally in Son t o * h ™ T deniod aU know W ° f £ SSeiSmJXSj . Parcel ffas address ed .-Jlr . JJ ! » e ^ anded the prisoner until Saturday wi ^ i « a * ° ?» ft roljU 8 t . daring-looking fellow J- EHri * i ^ , n Monday chai * ed with & P . ° emis f of S ^ if ' ' ? ' ? plundered ^ e n * Z \ } ^ Ir William Johnson , a grocer in S 1 a ir ? treet ' I tbnal - ^ en .-The prosecutor- stated that he retired to . bed at one o ' clock on Mon day morning , having previously seen that allffi . " foora and windows were properl y secured and about an hour and a half after wards he ' Jv aroused from sleep by the violent bBrkirir « pv " uouse dog , followed a loudS oi >* £ & £$

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      glass in-the lower part of ¦ the premisb ^ V ^ stantly hastened down stairs , and ,-on e . fu - h shop discovered 'that' a' pane of nl ''' " " 5 window had been dashed in , one of the «„ , '" " 10 ters having been previously removed Z , ! H quantity of cocoa andother articles of cZ hilt « been abstracted from the show-board im » , > ' Hi under the aperture . The prisoner wasT % his shop soon . after in the custody of t ° » slit t a stables , who had in thoir poss ession thn V Cc ipaokages of cocoa now , produced , and whi . i 1 ftl » once identified as a portion of the stolen ni " 5 -The prisoner , in defence , said that he bWdrinking to such an ' extent that he did m S what he was about at the time , and he w ^ l , no to be fully committed for trial . Oti * tq OLERKENWELL . —Dangerous State m , Clerkenwbli , District . —James Harding . tp > s man , was charged by Mrs . Francis Mills i ' m" ? la d y , residing in Geprgiana-strcet , Camden 7 '" * with a daring highway robbery . - The nrn „ tn . was wnllrinw in ' TIinV \_ ot »« nf o 1 l ¦ 1 l -CUtfi .

      Tuesday night last , with her purse in hoM 0 ! > when the pvisonor seized it , and drawgimr . i"H violently , struck her a trcmonilous blow ° 5 nearly stunned her . He succeeded in nnkin ^ escape with the purse , containing 12 s . 6 d ™ , r J" ' property The prisoner was traced aVd ^ hended by Charles Bow , and was positively ? tiBed by the prosocutrix . The prisoner don eft ' charge , but he was fully committed for tri- ttl * racter charged Miss

      , was by Bennett , inillii 1 . High-street , Islington , with the following ; , „„ , ; , of outrage—The proseoutrix was walking JlS servant in High-street , Islington , when t ^ e nri ' r seized her and demanded her money . She * ii ? ° ? had got none . She was then joined bv vl \* woman , who tore witness ' s bonnet and dress F servant ran for apolicoman , who took the prU ? into custody .-The inspector said that several ;' stances of this sort of outrage had recently currcd in the neighbourhood . The prisoner * sentenced to one month ' s imprisonment whhC labour . ¦ ¦ - ¦ "M

      MARYLEBONE . —Assault on a Cibhotjiw , AFEHALE .-Elizabeth Waldron Penny was cliaJ : with having threatened tho ; Rev . Septimus c < Holmes Hansard with violence . —The rev . ^ plainant is curate of St . Mary Paddington v ] somo months ago in the course of his past ,- ! 1 visitations mot with the defendant , from whom 1 learned that she had lately been living with a L tleman as his mistress and been ill-treated . Oiit

      compassion to her Mr . Hansard waited on tlic Z tleman and found that she had been well tve-it ? i ultimately he succeeded in obtaining from thi > p , tleman an allowance of 12 s . a week , of wiiklV was to bo tho medium . Subsequently she J " taken ill , and was supposed f , o be in a <| VI state . C 9 mplainant attended her , and endcavoui-M to obtain from the gentleman additional a « i ' ancelfor her , but it was given only on the iiiT , u

      standing that 2 s . a week was to be stopped tZ her allowance on recovery . These directions W ing . been complied with , defendant no sooner « . ' covered than she became dissatisfied , and beam in ' annoy Mr . Hansard , and on the evenin" of the" ! - ? ult ., as that gentloman was engaged in the sqM room , she rushed in and created a distuiWp threatening to tear his eyes out . —Theiw «? Gurney , rector of St . Mary , said that the \ Z ' plainant had acted in the matter with his 5 C tion , and his' interference was exclusive ! v " of i benevolent character . —Mr . Broughton at fir ' ordered her to put in sureties , herself in £ 30 , » ,

      two otners in £ 20 each , to bo of good behaviour for a month , but , on the intercession of the com plainant , accepted her own recognisances fov \\ m months . ™

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      in the ^^ ¦ " ¦' -- - — - - - ¦ ¦ . - ¦ . ¦ " •" , ¦ ' -- — ~^ P ointed by WILilAM KVJEVL , ofNo . 5 . Hncclesfield-sti ee :

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 15, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1613/page/8/