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      sjyai ™ . — JamesWilliams-waa charged with / donionsly stabbing and wounding Geoge William yVrf ' - ^ ecircni ^ taticea - of the case were r mfir »* folW : —On the 23 tn September last , \ , pollard , who is a butcher , holding a ' stall in i te ff orce 3 ter 3 hire country shambles , was at his Ihce of business , when be observed thd prisoner iio was minding ai > adjacent stall , kick a do ? bet ing to the prosecutor ' s uncle , and Pollard told . j ^ hehad a good mind to give him a thrashing jbe prisoner repUed , " If yoB do I'll run this kni ? into joa . " Pollard then took the prisoner bv the .. «» , and while suffering under that indignity the jgs ^ Bga aa ^

      holier staunea round m the abdomen , the knife ^ init in at one point , and coming out near the jjjjj ii / inflicting a most serious wound . —The prosecator having given his evidence , Mr . Justice f alfourd asked hun : How conld you be so rash / jiter hu threat ) as to pull the man ' s nose ?—Witj-ea : 1 had no idea , my lord , that any Englishman vO nll do so cowardly an act . —The Judge : But is j { more the act of an Englishman to pull noses" ?—Tie witness answered that it was a common jnslisb practice , and that he tad had his own ao * e pa lled more than once . The prisoner was found \ ot Guilty .

      DURHAM . LiBEL .-Mr . Hugh M'Coll , a respectable printer in South Shields , was phced at the bar on a chare of pnDhshmg a false , scandalous , and malicious libel upon Mr . James Mather , a spirit merchant in South Shield ? , and a gentleman who takes an active part in public matters , more especially those pertaining to mines , in this district—The circumstances of this Cgse were somewhat extraordinary . In November ot 1 s t year South' Shields became a municipal borough . Picwrns to the day of election for mayor and j » miciHors , there were meetings of the burgesses of the draerent wards , and of consequence the usual amauntof squibs and speechifying , the Police Improvement Act commissioners , arid other functionaries , coming in for their share of observation .

      Partyfeeling ran high , and there wasagooddealof excitement in the town . Mr . Mather took an active part in the meetings that were held , and one morning the town was thrown into a perfect fever by every respectable householder receiving through the p « t a hand-bill , containing a gross and exceedingly fliby libel oa the character of that gentleman . It ns anonymous of course , and the lawyers laid their heads together to find out who were the printers of tic production ; after considerable dofeiog , a numfca- of bills printed l yMr . M'Coll were compared mlli tbs libel , and after submitting them to practical men , the conclusion was come to that he was the Ban that printed the bill , and he was accordingly ion ad oTer by the magistrates to appear at the

      gjize > to answer the charge of misdemeanour . Before the ca « e went to trial Mr . M'Coll was prepared to prove that he was in the highlands of Scotland at 5 he time of the publication of the libel , and that-his sen could give a good account of themselves at ; fce time when it must have been published . He jad al-o a number of printers who were willing to make oath that it was impossible to swear to type from indentations upon it . —The jury having been swro , and 3 Ir . M'Coll pleaded not guilty , Mr . AtLutou , on his behalf , avowed his entire innocence of any knowledge of the author , printer , orpubfiikrof the libel , which was a gross and scandalous one—Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , after this disavowal , would not offer any evidence to the jury , and a verdict of Sot Gsilty wa 3 returned .

      LEWES .. CSACE V . WILSOS . —BBEACH OF FBOJObE TO MARttT . Tins was an action broug ht by the plaintiff . Rose Saraa Crace , to recover damages from William Henry Wilson , the defendant , for tbe breach of his prounse to marry her . —The defendant pleaded that lefoie the breach was committed , the plaintiff had cxoatraa'dhim . fromihc promise he had made — J ! r . Clumbers said , the plaintiff , Miss Rose Sarah Crac \ was the daughter of a gentleman residing in London . He was unhappily separated from his wife , and Miss Crace had , in " consequence , been to a aval extent deprived of the advantages of a fcwr . e . aa < J she had maintained herself in a respective manner by the exercise of her talents as a goV wnit « s . In the year lS 4 i she became acquainted wiih the defendant , at a time when she was on a rai i :: the neighbourhood of Arundel , in which jisra liis fataer held an appointment under the Custan ? , aua at this period he was twenty and she was

      KK « u years of age . The plaintiff was invited to tie a--ur « of the defendant ' s father , but at this time there did not appear to be any close intimacy uetwevn her nnd the defendant . Aftsrwattis , bowWer iter * wa-5 no doaht that an intimacy did sprin « - ud fciwen the patties , and that a promise of mnr-» ' v » made by the defendant : For reasons rtieh it was not necessary at this stage of the ease for hiji to enter into , the family of the defendant w . averse to the marriage , arid in the month of Xvivmber last year the plaintiff , accompanied by S 63 M of har relations , went to the house of Mr Edward Wilson , a brother of tlie defendant ; in LM ! -i-: > n . and upon that occasion she stated that if he K :, a \< l say it was of his own accord that he desire , the match to be broken off , she would disckiiV iiiaj from his promise , and return his letters and c-r . n his saying so , the plaintig eaid she r- ? I ( ies : . ! him from the promise of raarrin « c , and she jwoeU ihink no more about him . He should prove rife f .= ci ! -y the testimony of the relations of the

      do-Hncr . it . wuo were present upon the occasion , and if it w . v established to the satisfaction of tucjurr * be l-lVndant would be entitled to their verdict — 31 r . John Wilson deposed that he w . ts father to the jd a « . l .-, i , i . He fenew the plaintiff , and rctueth-¦ tavi Lor being on a visit at his house four or five jjears ago . liis son and t ! io plaintiff were both fCBui' people . An intimacy subsisted between them gt Hut t > me . He never approved of the intimacv but he comd not say that he ever positively objected « it . lie first became acquainted with the plaintifl fie occasion

      Oj * :. of his visiting a relative at Pet-« onu pi sk , near Arundel . In November last , in coaj . q = i :- ! ico of a communication he had with his » : i inward , he went to London , and on the 27 th of to : aj -siih he saw tlie plaintiff and her brothor and sswat ins son Edward ' s house . The defendant sb » was present The i-laumff talked a great deal aw he kivA her say to the defendant , that if lie had iruKtnau t » marmge of his own r . ccord she had i ? *¦ - i fjr it , and thai sue would release lilai from i s * jKWMse and . give him up all his let ^ rs . His bob , when sue said this , replied that what lw ™

      ooi ' - ; with regard to tUe broking off the marriage ^ a « 'Inup entirely of his own free will . After ttiis 1-e ritm-iff and her relations had some vefrcsh-» t ! i ! , an'l they all parted on very frk-ndlv terms , fe H >! i was ai present a landing waiter iu ' the j : ovt « 5 =. * - } ., „ , and iiis salary was £ 150 a year . —Mr . j tu-wi Wilson , brother to the defendant , deposed h ! iu : ! , <• n-. - }^ surgeon , and rcsidoil in Great Corampto " - " - ., i ! runswick-sqii .- . re . In November of last | y vir i ) . ? i-.-fi dve-l a coii . munication upon the sulijeet »» i ± -e ratified marriage , and he , inconsequence . i < a » : v . » _« 5 * u Mr . Henry Cnice , the brother of the . pi lie »„ , and that gentleman , and his wife , and the ?^ - « -ij . t * m » to his house on the 28 th November . ^• : .:.-v .. ; father , Mrs . Saiter , a married sister , and f-ix •¦ eU-a . ' . ant , were present at the interview . lie i

      JjA-- -. « ue j . hiatiff say distinctly , that if tne defenw-i , 1-n , Jvl . his own free will , she iroold she ^• • -sr . ji iuuae . l ! a ! el y . lfe brother ivplifd tb : u . it L "'" lL * . frce ™ K » i » 'i the nlaiiitiff made no p- .- TV pMatJTs brother askod the defendant ! ¦ : . •¦; 3 v , y ; e . j 10 raarrv } j ePj a )) d j ffi rep je ( j ^ ; V ¦•~ - . ~ - ssEeieat coiifideuce in her to mnke her br " . ? ' " i ; f thistook piacethey bad rcfrcsh-* £ ¦>• yiu shaoK bajuls , aad parted npyarently upon p . ¦ « _" : Unas . As the interview he lial in the F ^; ' - : aicew 3 thMr . andMrs . Crace , he undeyfc :. ? 1 n was tbo tris } ' P- » rJics twit the gH ^ c ^ nonld be brok en oS , and that they should Fj « - uiUj release each other . —Jiy Sergeant Slies-S-yas : iware that the plaintiff aud " his brother * . - « k y a mt : matc sij . ee 1 S 45 , and tliat the |*;; -- -j- i > ad been received in the family as his l ^ V * ' Wlfe * He ? id not 005 ervt } tuat t !> c P ^ ain-| tsl ' ** " " mBcn distressed upon the oecisjon . — Mh r ^ Shce tbcn adJr essed the jury for the » " ,. ';^~ Mr s . De ' ube was then csamiucd to prove

      j j ¦• uaaissaiicrs of the intimacy which took place L • - !• : ; the plaiulitf and the defendant after their f ' - ' . ; ' ^ at her house . She saw ths defendant hi !• " , «• ' ' , - ^^ Id her thst iie was soiiig to be nimb v "; I'l a ' mtiff , and that ho had taken apartlij I ' - 1 :: i l "' Kcni-road , cud witness vrisheU inem k £ ; - *^ Mf- II- W . Crace deposed that he vrns p ^'; l 0 l ' e plaintiff . He was introduced to the £ ;¦ ' jsst on the 2 Ut of Xevembir , last year . Tbe Ir ^ iiit . lined with h im . on t hat day , and after l ' - ll ^ ; { 'tro < IuceJ the subject of tUe intended I ' ¦ ' ,. " * r ' s jtU his f istcr . The defendant said that

      itia ; . " , "" S that prevented the marriage from rtor ^ ^ ei 3 ! mfcll ' atelywas that he waated £ 50 llui-t' ^ ' hua ! * from some liability . Witness told iii ^ lr- wa 5 a 11 ue woalJ advance him the fo ! r . J ! . ;*; , -n 3 , / ter some couversstion it was ? c- f ~* . ! . tais sum was to be advanced , and the f | V r ^ 'V f " t 0 reruru - £ 60 in a twelvemonth . Itiijo n ' . "l . ot 1 D t enil *? take the inoucy . bat to ¦ s-i ~ : ~ ' u . r , ' * ' ? t-f Ic to his sister . Is was afterwards P- -C ilf ! - lil 9 Carriage was to tike plr . ee on the !'• ¦ < j .. V I slst ! : i" wassaiyinc with him at the time . I-:- , V ; : " ' » piuoJ vfiih them oa Saturday , the § : : i ' lf ^ "" " ' * l they heard i ; 0 more upon 1 } - ! . T " , ti : e marrbge until 3 Ir . Edward § ¦ ' .. - v u - ' : ' P' 5 n him , T . nd in conseqnaiico of f ^ - V i ' . ' " ' " ' bis wife .-ind t 1 : e plxiutiff wout IS- : ¦ . " ¦' « that « entiem . in on the 27 th . Dinner

      . .. . ¦ 1-r . . - ; - -K'i andtbe wedding cake and cai < ls v ! --.: . tIie . wenttoMr . Wilson ' s , his sister - ; ., ;»^ ; * H 2 defendant and took hold of his haiid "•' :: ' -i ' : ' . ° - ~ " Williaio , why have you treated * < _ C " . V :: ' ! lliC ' " He made her no answer . cu :- V : . Jj 5 « f » ke ! t what reason he had for bisconiO b . "l ; p- . ! i » t » 'e ? ly . His brother t ' . ien sa « l J ----t-f ., ' > w . } iy don ' t you speak out , aad say ! -rv -u- ! r - ° ^ -V . ent confidence in her to make : -wor-5-. ' r " au < ^ ^ . ^ ^ n < ialit mumbled ou t - -i&- \^« , «?? ^ - His sister then siiked the de-•» J-y he did not tell her so when he left

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      ThVS * M aturd - ay n' £ fc . " and he shook his head sti ^ ilii hSt aSlJl TUT *** Rose - he wouldbIow h sET (! dld ~ nofc hear anything said by proffie « r i ? K Deratin S thedefendan 4 omhis SEwknl anythm \ the kind . _ Oneor two nSS t h WCTe then calIed t 0 Vroye the pre-SEd Z nf ^ made for the mw » aSe , andlhis S t ? D ! ^^ ' Cha mbers replied , afw ' « , u Pa TH havin S SUffln » ed "P . the jury the nSff h r deKfaeration ' returned a ™ rdict for tne plaintiff . —Damages , £ 250 . H 4 KT V . BRADBURY ASn ASOTHEK

      . ihiswasan action brought by Henry Hart to recover damages from Messrs . Bradburv and Evans the proprietors of Punch , for a libel published in tuat humourous publication . There were three counts in the declaration , the first charging the publication of a specific libel , to which the defendants pleaded that they had made the publication without malice , and had subsequently published an apology , and had paid £ 5 into court aa damages . The other two counts charged the defendants with publishing an ironical caricature of the plaintiff , und that the apology was not bond , fide , but that it was in reality a continuation of the libel . To both these counts tlie defendants pleaded nof guilty . —The present action arose out of these circumstances .. The plaintiff , who ia ol tko Jewish

      persuasion , had been taken into custody for inciting a young man , named Kewland , to rob his employers ; and it will be recollected , that about the same period , another Jew , named Barnett , was charged with a similar offence . Upon the trial of the plaintiff , it turned out that Newland had told a great many lies upon the matter , and as his evidence was not corroborated , in any measure , the jury acquitted him . The other man , Barnetfc , however , was convicted , and he was sentenced to be transported for fourteen years . It appeared that before the trial , some comment had been made upon the conduct of the plaintiff in Punch , and it was for these comments that the present action was brought . The defendants , itappeated , subsequently published

      an apology , and in the same number there was a humourous caricature , representing a Jew old clothesihan , dealing with a little boy , outside a pawnbroker ' s sbop , and it was contended that the defendants had made an ironical apology , an < l published a malicious caricature , with the intention of still injuring the plaintiff .-Mr . Baron Parke having summed up the case , the jury , after deliberating some time , returned a verdict for the plaintiff , damages £ 10 , in addition to the £ 5 paid into Court The Bckolart at TJckfieid . —William Brooks o 0 , labourer , John Smith , 25 , labourer , James Smith , his brother , 17 , basketmaker , Thomas Morgan , 3 D , shoemaker , William Hillyer , 25 , labourer and-Joseph Carter , 24 , labourer , were indicted for

      burglariously breaking and entering the dwellinghouse of Susan Farncomb , and stealin g bank-notes plate , and other property , of the value of £ 300 . and Elizabeth Oliver was charged with feloniously receiving a portion of the stolen articles , knowin them to have been stolen . ~ James Hamilton , one of the burglars , gave a detailed account of the robbery . The Misses Farncomb identified some ol the stolen property , and T . Wood , their butler , recognised the prisoners Carter and Morgan . This witness was then shown a variety ot articles , consisting of clothing and other property , taken from thu premises , all of which he identified as having been stolen on the night in question . —A great number of witnesses were then called , in order to confirm the evidence of the accomplice , and the evidence as regarded most of the prisoners appeared to be of a Tery conclusive character . It was shown that they were all in company at tho time in question , and

      they were traced in different parts of the couotv going in the direction of the house of the pr ' oseeutrix , and'it also appeared that the , portions of the stolen property which had been produced and identified , were found in their possession .. It also appeared that when the woman Oliver was taken in custody fifteen sovereigns were found concealeJ upon her peraon .-fThe prisoners when they were called upon for their defence , merely abused the accomplice , and said that they were innocent of the charge . —The learned judge having summed up , the jury , without any hesitation , returned a verdict . of Guilty against sill the prisoners , and bis Lordship sentenced the men to be transported for life and the woman for fourteen years . —When the sentence was pronounced , the prisoner Carter exclaimed ikat he would murder the first man he came across when he got abroad ; and nill yer said it was a very good thing he was now to be transported , for he ought to have been transported long before .

      SALISBURY . Assault axd Eobbert . —Richard Hawkins and Thomas L'lvington were indicted for assaiilrin » Jolin Cox at Steeple Ashton , and robbing him of a shilling -and other monies . The prisoner L avint' - ton pleaded Guilty . —IE appeared from the evidor . ee that Cox lived at Trowbrid ge . On the 1 st of July he was at a public-house until eleven o ' clock , when le left to go home . As he was passing Biack Bulllane he saw a dog come out of it , and then four men came up the lane and followed him . Thev came up to him and said , " lou seem in a hurry , " and one of the . men put his arm round his neck and another took bold of his legs and put him on the ground . One man then said" Your doom is

      , to die . The two prisoners were two of the men . Hawkins said , " Kill the . and hoskei ? him . " Cos cried out , " Dick Hawkins , I know thee , and my name is Jack Cos ; I am nothing but a poor inan- don ' t hurt him . " Lsvinjrton was thon on his body , heating him with a stick about the lieail and face . Hawkins § aid some gibberish , and then Lavington and the ethers beat him worse than before . The two men who have not been tnken th < n took his money out of his pockets . Cox called " Murder , " and the four men ran away . Although lie bad been drinking from eight until a eleven

      still he was not drunk . The other two men hail absconded ; their names were Matthews and Sims . After the robbery ' a ' policeman saw Hawkins , Matthews , and Sims going home together from the place where the robbery had been committed . Upon Lavington being apprehended , blood w « s fonnd on his smock frock , which he had turned , and a stick with blood on it was found in his bouse . The boots of both the prisoners corresponded with the marks which were found on some soft earth at the place of the robbery . —The jury found Hawkins Guilty , and he was sentenced tti twenty years' transportation .

      YORK . Seduction-. —Dickensox j > . Sieniuxsox . —Mr . llall suited that this was an action for thu seduction of the plaintiff ' s daughter , to which the defendant p ' -eaded not guilty . —Betbin Diekonson , who utd she was the daughter of James Dickeiitoi ) , a colher , at Hilton , three miles from Leeds , and was twenty-one years old . She ha . l alwavs lived with her father and mother , and helped in the household" aSairs . Stevenson w .-. s a farmer an ' . l joiner at lialion , and a man of property . She firn became acquainted with him when they went with an old woman to the Union Workhouse at Carlton

      m Aorciiiber , ISiO . Mr . Green , the overseer , h :. d suggested that defendant sliouM take her in his tax cart ; but the defendant got a close caK Witness and the old woman rode Inside , and the defendant on the outside , with the cilmiau . They got the old woman there , and Jeft her , and when they came back , tlie defendant got in the inside . After goin " three or four miles , they stopped at the Wlio ; it ° sheaf to bait . They then got into the cab to start again , and Le pulled up the window shutter , ; tn < i liegaii to . take liberties with her , and he finally effected his purpose . She had a child m August ' last . The defendant is the father—she never in her lift ;

      had to do with any man but him . She is tho eldest of her father ' s family . Defendant is married , and lias seven children . Several witnesses having given this TF 7 Jtne < 3 agood character , Mr Watson addressed the jury for the defendant—Mr . Sergeant Wilkins having addressed the jury in reply to the defendant ' s case , Mr . Justice Cre 3 swell summed up , and he jury found for the plaintiff— Damages , £ 50 . Horse Siealers . —Charles Dari > y , 27 , and Alfred Boardman , 17 , were charged with stealing a « eldinjr , the property of Alexander Parker , on the 21 st Of December last ,-at Heeley , near Sheffield . —It seemed that ou the previous day a servant of the prosecutor ' s had placed the pony in a field of his master ' s and on goin ? next morning to the field he « ns ? ed it . In consequence of information , he afterwards went to aiottram , and in afield there be saw his master ' s pony ; he came back to fleelev , and again started to Hyde , in Cheshire , where he it

      again saw . —Another witness deposed that on tlie morning spoken of he met the two prisoners , each on a horse close by Motttam ; tho witness asKed if the hovscs were on snle , and Darby answered that they were , and after some further conversation the witness bought n for £ 2 5 s . Iridle and all . After the sale the two prisoners went on towards Ashtoa , ami the witness tor k the pony home . When apprehended , on tha 11 th of J - . uuary , and bavin" had the charge made , Darby stated that he had s < iU the puny , and that Boardmau had stolen it , asu had given him 10 .-. to sell It . The other prisoner made exactly the like statement when he was taken . —The jury " convicted both prisoners . — The prisoner Darby was tried upon another indictment for a similar offence , that of stealing a mare , the property of Janics CiUnghain , at Slitffield , on which he was again convicted . —On being sentenced , his lordship irausporieJ Darby for ten years , and ordered Baaruman to be imprisoned for six months .

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      ! TT ^ tS ^ ries , 26 , spinster , ashabbily dressed and not very , prepossessing looking , woman , with an Cooper wasipr the defence . -Mr . Parry stated the Ste * : ?* . * ^ m- - -Bo defeJSi ! he fe fn fe ^ CtaDl 01 master 8 pa < lermaAer , at SfiV ? ' ff ° rdshlre » ¦• village abort fcift . ni . mile distant from the seat , of Earl Stamford and ^ Warnogton . She left her father ' s house some time in last September , being enceinteand on the ( 5 th of

      , ieuruary last she lod ged an information at the Marlborough-street . Police Court against George llarry Grey Earl of Stamford , charging him with being the father of a bastard child which . sliealle » ed she had been delivered a short time before . The case came on for hearing upon the 18 th , and the har ) , who was not present , was represented by Mr . Uarkson , and the defendan t bv a solicitor . She then swore that on Iho 28 th of February in the prerious year , she was out iu company with a girl named Jane Lewis , at a place called Enville , about half a mile from the seat of the Earl . She had been out collecting monies for her father , and ' was returning about nine in the evening , when she met the Larl and a clergyman ; they were both intoxicated , and the Earla sked her where she was « oinf

      sue saw nome ; he then left the clergyman and fillowed , and Jane Lewis stayed behind . His lordship behaved very rudely , and finall y after rauch persuasion had connexion with her , the result of which was the child she bore in her arms . His lordship said that he would provide for her if anything happened , and promised to meet her again at a subsequent period , but never did . To corroborate this statement she called Jane Lewis , who sworo to seeing the Earl and her in such a . position that could 'Stt b A * f thema « er . Uponcross-Dxamination . she denied that she had been upon intirfnJ V ?^ aiu ? D named Sheridan , and both defendant and her witness Lewis swore to several matters before the magistrate , Mr . Bingham , wS hnl f /^ + r f lyr efu te ( 1 ^ evidence adduced on 2 « t ^' , ™« tantte dismissed the T £ :, rJ ? J ° mm t 6 d the two women «» trial for perjury and conspiracy .-The iurv found her Omit v

      oug recommen ded her to mercy , thinking she had been the dupe of the man Sheridan . rif Th ' M ' in ^ V » wa 3 tnDn put upon her 1850 aW r " agiUnst ber w » . that in Feb ., BB ^ Ti *^ ^ Ss ^ 'S sissiHttss ; CSSSiSSSZtt tJta " trW bAe A Skiiiib SaAnpBB . —Edwa rd Lawrence W muoVtwoVot 0 ^ , - " " **** to offiff Jot ftwosoreigns , monies—The prosecutor a would-be knowmg and very loonaeioiii ZS Old

      3 T m ^ Kent-road , and had , t ap peated , been acquainted with the prisoner for some t me , and treated him with much kindness . On 3 ! on tt n ^ v f l W - " got f ™**** ^ om home on the pretext of buying some pigs , and took him £ 28 T f bllc , k ouso to another until heT > was partly drunk and then , with some others < beoan to play at skittles , and fleeced the pnaoeutor K money . —The jury found him Guilty , and he waa senteuced to six months' i mprisonment The above case closed the business of the session The court stand * , ad journed until Monday , the ? th

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      AX INDIAN TOWN DESTROYED BY FIRE . ' ¦ .,, ( Pr <> m the Calcutta Star . ) « . 2 J ? j . K ? " ? r ractof alctterfromRangoon dated the SOtu of January , giving an . account ot a terrible hre which occurred there on tlie i . reviousday .. It should perhaps be stated , that the edifi ces are , without exception , constructed of wood , - . md , consequently , during the dry season ' are much more infl ammable than at any other time : — . \ : ¦ , ¦ . "I may in truth say , 'Rangoon is no more . " Yesterday , at eleven a . m ., a dreadful conflagration broke out m the heart , of the towtfuttoriy dcfvin « every measure put in force to check its progress " . The Custom-nouse , Main wlmvf Armenian Chureli and tlie principal merchants' houses , are totally destroyed ; whole streets of oreat length i > w » n * in

      the view heaps of ashes , and so complete have been the destructive eflects of the fire that old inhabitants have difficulty m pointing out the site of their former residences . It is estimated , on a rough calculation , that at least . 2 , 000 houses have been utterly destroyed , and the loss of property , at the lowest estimate , amounts to fully thirty lacs of rupees , while that of lives is incalculable . The fire extended about two miles in length , and one in breadth , and m its'fearfully rapid prosress communicated to a number of country cargo-boats , loaded with inflammable goods of considerable Value

      trom these the nro extended to the shipping jh t ! ie river . Nine vessels , of which five had completed their lading , were burnt to the water ' s edge , and the remainder barely escaped destruction by slipping their cables and anchoring on the D . Ula side of the water . The schooner Thane , tho property ot Messrs . Crisp and Co ,, had a most narrow escape but by the skill and coolness of her commander and officers was extricated from her dangerous position Surrounded by burning vessels ; her foresail and topgallant-sail took fire , and were speedilv burning from their respective yards ; her bulwarks al--o caught in several places , but the flames were soon extinguished , and I am Happy to say she escaped in sa fety . In the nei ghbourhood of the Armoiiian ' Church the fire r . iged with inconceivable furv .

      Scarcely an artiele of any description could be saved , so rapid waa the progress of the flames . A large portion of the native 3 saved themselves from destruction by rushing into the river , where they remained , deaf to every entreat y made to them to strive to arrest the progress of the devouring element . At ten p . m ., the Custom-house , in which was stored a large quantity of gunpowder , blew up with a tremendous expMon , causing death and destruction far and near ; in fact , with the exception of a few mean huts in the suburbs , scarcely a simile house remains of what once formed the Invgc and thriving town of Rangoon . It is out of the power ' of language to express , the misery and destitution that meet you o ; i every side ; the eve

      beholds whole families crouching in abject despair under the still smokinff ruins , and thousands who have saved scarcely sufficient covering for the purposes of decency . A visitation so terrific has never before been experienced in this town . . Whichever way you turn , the half-consumed carcases of do < rs p igs , and other domestic animals , meet your ga sre ; it is , altogether , the most complete sceno of misery iind desolation that can be well conceived ; and n will be many years , I fear , ere Rangoon again -assumes its former importance as a tratiinc port . TJie origin of this dreadful conflagration is somewhatramarkable . The Burmese ship , Yathnn .

      ye Malion , had just dropped anchor on her arrival from Calcutta , when a native , induced by curiosity to M . -e iicr , left a hau . i y of oil on the five in'his house , and betook himself to the Main Wharf for that purpose . During his absence the fire , by some unaccountable means , cominunicated with tlicoil , an < l in an instant the house was in a blnzo , ' which speedily conimunicatea to tliei adjoining habitations , and in an incredibly '* short space of time the whole town was wrapt-in one body of flame . A strong easterly breeze blowing at the time greatly aided the progress of the fire , aud rendered its extinction boneless . "

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      ! FATHEfr- G ^ Cffir ITALIAN ; ' ; : ^ ^ FORMER , ,, .. v . v a iseisSJt ^^ » Si wi ' ^ l . io great vZSZt o ^ bybi 8 fierce « d eloquptit BbloZ nT 8 S ' r « me ,. ; wavb ., rii ; « f SS r' V W rapidly fosV to a disvingSftS ?^ iil ? W « ' ofihetorib at Naples . nlrt : L 3 f ^ - the ^ ^ 'heory . but exHmplifie , the prac cepf eloquence . in the . pulpits of that capiift ) , and subsequently inrao 8 tof fh ^ . priliclpa , cili P e 8 B 0 J ShSe h 4 , Were brOad " * g ««« WM J ind , " though -little to > the taste of Pope Gregory , that . ; .

      The advent of Pius IX gave unfettered scope to the ^ enlightened views hitherto loZ S 2 f ° UntenanCed amon 8 tbe ltalia " clergy ^ , and ioremost among the upholders cf the Sgn £ ? Were Ug 0 Ba 8 si and Gavmi > bolh The first appearance of Gavazzi on the political sc ? ne . was on the news of the Milanese insurrection , and , he discomfi ture of the Austrianj througUoui Lombarqy bemg celebrated in Rome , when the Students of , th ^ Un . versity aei ^ d-on the eloquent priest , earned him oil their shoulders into . the pulpit of the Pantheon ; and . called on him to pronounce the funeral oration of the patriots killed at Milan . The orator rose at " once tothe hei ght of that great argument , - and became at bnce ' the trumpeter o f freedom hroughout Italy . ' The tricolour

      cross was now displayed on his cassock , and . is the samo aecoratioti ^ hich he has Worn during the whole campaign , and , now . wears unsullied on his manlv breast , In-the Colosseum he harangued for week ' s crowds ol : citizens gathered within that gigantic structure , which became an area of patriotic ina-iifestations . - ' - 'The ' Pope ' encouraged his ' efforts to rouse the national ' energies , and conferred on him the office of Chaplain . General to the Forces then organising b y . the levy of volunteers , and the formation of national' Guards . In that capacity hfi marched from Rome with 16 , 000 men , and i&fte ^ o shgrt hesitating halt on the frontiers , positive orders came from the Vatican , and private instructions to Gavazzi himself , to move forward and act against the Auslrians ;; ; 'The ; onward progresa of the Roman

      array was a succession of , triumphs to the walls of Vicenza . Gavazzi ' s eloquenceisupplied ammunition clothing , provisions , horses , and all the . materiel d ' e guerre , frotn ^ a . willing popuiationi- He was the Hermit Peter of the whole crusade—the life and soul of the insurrection . At Venice , in the great areaof St . Mark , he harangued , day afterday , congregated thousands ;; and filled ' the Venetian treasury by the voluntary oblations elicited by ' his irresistible appeals .,, ' Women tore off . their earrings and bracelets ,, and the . wives of . fishermen flung their large , silver hair-pins into the military chest

      and several , thousand ( iounda worth of plate and jewellery was the result of his exertions . When the Roman- division' was' ordered to fall back , the Father made Florence , ring with liis exhortations to uphold the cause , * The' Grand Duke , who had al . ready bejjurt his' tergiversations , gave , orders for the forcible expulsion of Gavazzl from Tuscany he took refuge in Genoa j . but the , Bolognese : having broken into open mutiny against the . Pope on the 8 th o ! August , and-iormed- a provisional government , Gavazzi was-recalletl , as the' only means of allaying ilie discontent of the' legations ; his return was in triumph , and order was restored bv his ' presence .

      General Zucchi was now sent from Rome to take the command of the . troops-at , ' Bologna , when , at the instigation of , ; the Cardinal Legate , this . Lieutenant of Rossi seized . oniGavazzi . and sent him off secretly , under ' a strong-escort , to , be incarcerated in Corneto , a fiortof ecclesiastical prison-, where clerical robbers , assassins , and adulterers have been for ages confined by Popes ; but ; on his passage through Viterbo , the whole city' rose to tescue tiieir . ' pairiot * , ' and Pius IX . found it expedient to order his liberation amid the

      p laudits oi the town . . On the fli ght of ihe Pope ihe fotmaiion of a Republican government ,- and the convoking , ; ofi the-. Roman Assembly , Gavazzi was confirmed in hiss previous functions ' of Chaplain-General to the Forces , and began his preparatiohs for the approaching siege of the French , ' 'h y organising the military liospitals on a scalei . commensurate with tlie CQmirig ' . Warfair ' e . ' . ' He formed a committee of the principal , Roman ladies , to provide fer the wounded ( Pniiqess , J 3 e ! gioeso , Countess Pallavicino , and Pisacan 8 ' at ; their head ) and superintended the surgical ambulances during the whole struggle . At the lull of the fight against OuiUnofc , vih ' en a sortie

      of 14 : 000 Romanswa ^ made to re ' pel' the King of Naples , who With his 20 , 000 men had advanced as far as Velletri ,, th ^ father , v-ent ' forth as the head of , Jhe ' irbo ' ps , ! % h ; Uie gallant , Garribaldi , and , ! after the utter . rout . arid-precipitate flight of the invading army , assisted the d ying and the disabled - of both sides .: liet < yrnih g into the besieged capital he sustained the spirit of theinbabitants-ttiroughout , and was ever , at the Bastions and in the ' -front of the hattle . At tlie fall * of ' Home he received an honourahle testimonial aiui sanf conduit from Oudinot ; and while lii ^ companion PaiherUgo Bassi was sho t by the Austrians . ' without trial and against , the law . of nations at Bojogn 8 ,, he was suffered to depart by

      the more civilised freebooters of France . In London tin ha 3 since lived in retirement , giving for his daily bread a few lessons in the language of his beloved but downtrodden land ; when a few ' of his fellow (¦ xiles , anximis to hear in the country oi their forcible adoption ; , once jmcre , the eloquent voice -which had cheered them- in . their lionr ' of triumph , clubbed together the- pittance , of poverty to hire a , room for the purpo 8 e ,: and ) the ,. result has been -the potent blast ofindignant ' oratoty and the trumpet nota of withering -denunciation with which- 'he now assails the treachery ,. fraud , and accumulated impostures of th ' e Roman ' -courYi'ar . iTaU-its raale ' vole nf and Macchiavcliian machinery . .:-. " ..

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      lead silvered with , age , and bearing in his maimed imbs and shattered 'fraine the"traces' of torture inflicted ; liy ' the" tyrant Maximin , Paphnutiiis , Bishop of UpperTlieBaide , ' filing the . weight of his years , experieiiceUnd wisdom into the balance , - and the colleetive sagacity * of the occumenic episcopate stamp ed - ' th ' e itttempf jvith energetic reprobation . . ( Cheers . )' , /^ " ! " , ! . . ••" ¦; the father sifted . the councils of ' Ancjr * ( 3 i ' 3 , ) ' of Neo-Ciesarea . . ( 315 , ) of Ai ? azzinm ( 506 . ) and described the renewal of efforts to enforce the

      objectionable system , as evidences of the constant repugnancoand antagonism of the clergy to bye-laws of this character . The diaastrous " consequences of these incessant inroads on household purity became evident in the ' succeeding centuries , and the writings of Peirus Damianus , of such high authority among papal chroniclers , confirm , in all the sad details of universal turpitude , the picture which contemporary writers draw of clerical incontineocy , and thu utter disregard of dtcency in the infringeorent of an nnnatural regulation . The deposition of bishops for open concubinage became the current business , of synods-aa that of AmalQ in 1159 : the war waged against the instincts of humanity was' a fearful and formidable as well as scandalous contejtauon .

      hmif . ' hVTT T rgiea of S 8 cular ambition were S , b < ia ro ^ further and final enforcement forStein h" 1 " lergy of Euro » were transforaer b y iliW ebrand into a confederated caste ar-K « h « lh $ monarchs . m 8 BUtrateB laudall legislation , on the part of the laity . Amid a tempest of execration from Germany and the . upheaving of northern Europe , this Italian monk carried outhis anti-social and subversive crusade , at the very time exhibiting the monstrous spectacle of undue intimaey , anil arabi guousintercourse with another man ' s wife , Matilda , wedded to Godfrey of Lorraine , whom she openly discard ed from bed and board to Jive fur years under the same roof-tlie Castle of C . inossawith her favourite champion under circumstances

      which a jury box of Englishmen would quickly quaify . Ihis disturber of courts and hon . oeholds nied an outlaw aiid an outcast at Salerno ; but his handiwork survived in the political as well as the moral world . What waa the result ? Seek for it in the pages of Bocaccio and in every remnant of contemporary literature ! Show me a scandalous chronicle without a priest , a tale of adultery without araonk ; bishops , nnns , and friars became theinevitab ' e dramatis penmw of comic or tragic adven-% an < 1 . the grave , austere , and thoughtful volume ef Dante bears its awful testimony to the truth of the troubadour and the narrative of the novelistthe 15 th canto of his ' « Dell" fully unfolds the Gomorrah of celibacy . ( Loud cheers . )

      Ihe Father . proceeded to stigmatise the prurient works of church dignitaries , Munsignors della Casa and Guidiccione , Cardinals JBerobo and Sadoletti , as the sad but suggestive evidences of deep-aeated immorality . The homely imelligence of Switzerland insisted on each incumbent ' s open concubinage as a protection to the parish ; and ihe triwmphant success-of Zwinglius was mainly attributable to his vindication of honourable marriage . The hotbed system of clerical seminaries where ' . this unnatural restraint was cultivated , produced in Italy fearful ; i \ nd unutterable results . In France , the history of ihe court clergy and the annals of profligacy were

      identical ; and' the open debauchery of Candilial Dubois and his contemporaries , was now succeeded b y . concealed criminality , driven by thfi' scrutiny o a more censorious public to desperate deeds of murder , as in the cases of the Cure Mingrat , the Frere Lestard , and the Abbe Gothland . The agency of the confessional in promoting unlimited dejiravky was pointed out forcibly and convincingly , and the extent to which female intrigues were made instrumental in forwarding the ambition of aspirants at ihe Roman court was exemplified in the career of Antonelli , who . found his Matilda , when delegate over ihe city of'Macerata in the . days of Greeory .

      The moral sense was utterly blunted in Rome . Tke full deielopesnent of the social evil was too painful a topic to'dwell on in a mixed assembly , and ! -e forbore . to ' reveal ihe ignominy and disgrace Of bia native land « . but he loudly arraigned the foul papal machinery of corruption in morals , as well as oppfnssion in government , and inveighed in a slrain of highly elf-quent indignation against' the late hypocritical and imbecile proceeding of the Pope , iu causing the marble angels of Canova , in Si . Petei ' s Churcb , to be plastered over with petticoats of stucco , forsooth , that the mo'lesty of monsignor might not be tbo rudely shocked by the masterpieces of genius , while these professed celibates of a corrupt and demoralising court wnre night after night prominent at princely balls remarkable-for the seniinude costume of native as well as forei gn fashionables—whether these scandalous

      .-entertainments , meant as a mockery of the public mourning , and an insult to the national downfall , were given in the gilt saloons of old papal nepotisra by the present inheritors of pontific plunder , or in hired palaces by a General Geraeau , commanding the Croats of France— ' ( thunders' of applause)—where the mingled flunkeyism , and . frivolity of a ., degenerate aristocracy pass the vacant hour . with cardinals equally dead to every generous emotion , and equally absorbed iu an ignoble and despicable egotism .

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      WESTMINSTER ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY . John Itus ? ell , engine driver on the Victoria Railroad , described as enabled to " road well , write imperfectly , " was put to tho bar charged with deserting the ! service of the company under very aggravated circumstances . It appeared that tho prisoner , who is a married man with a small family , had been in the company ' s service for many years , and , tip to the last few " months , was generally considered one of the best drivers on the lino , although some of the pnssongers complained that he was not quite fast enough . In the course of last autumn , however , ho got into a great state of excitement about sorao foreign cattle which had strayed on to the line , and actually attempted to run down a bull of an improved breed , which had

      recently been imported 'from Italy , and on whi « h the owner placed great value . Not content wilh this extraordinary conduct , he proceeded to write a letter containing matter of a threatening and ahusive . lesmption ; which was supposed to be intended for the importer of the cattle . He was indicted on this charge ; but it was found on examination that the letter was so badly written that it was impossible to prove whom it was intended for , and on this "r ound the prosecution broke down . The indictment , however , and the anxiety attendant thereupon , had an injurious effect on the prisoner ' s health , and at length his reason seems to have partially given away . Lust Thursday week , a large number of the pwsons who generally travelled by the train which ho drovethe parliamentary one

      , , refused to accompany him , alleaing that they could go faster by the Mug ' s highway , i-. n . l ho was left with a very small number indeed of his usual passongeiy , and some of those who remained expressed distrust of his ability in no very measured terms . Thid affected him 80 much , that without giving any warning to tho stoker and guard , he jumped off thu tender and refused to proceed . Tho local superintendent being at a loss to supply l > is . place , sent for a wan , whose real name we could not learn , but who went by the soubriquet of Lord Tamholt , who had been fireman on tho opposition line , but who had left it to drive a cross country coach called the Derby Bill y . To this man thero wero grave objections on the score of his rashness , but he was the only person in the slation who had ever been

      on a tender , and it was thought that he was too much inclined to work the nvming forks . However , ho undertook to do the work if he ' could secure a man called "Liverpool Bill" for his fireman . It appeared , however ,. tlmtthis pevscma « e \ m \ got a place on the unfinished line from Oxford to Rome , and that ho was supposed to bo not far off from the latter place . This was fatal to the plan , and although a Jew Boy named Ben , who sold oranges and ponl : nives at tho station , volunteered his services , the passengers one and . all refused to go if ho were taken on to the tender . The superintendent again reasoned with Russell , who , however , was unable to find a stoker , the only person he applied to having refused , because he . was afraid Russell would upsettho train by his habit of running over stray cattle . A second time the Russian nobleman

      was sent for , but a second time he refused to -undertake the post on the ground that what he wanted was not occasional employment , but a fixed duty , without which ho did . not wish to drive a train agairi . Upon this , the superintendent , driven to despair , scut for an oW Waterloo man , who was on the railway police , and charged him with Russell , desiring him to insist on hia driving the train to the end of its journey , and then giving him into custody . Such was the 'statement of ' the counsel for the prosecution , aud the case having been gone into , and evidence brought which subst antiated tho facts ' , in consideration of the 2 > risoner ' s family and previous respectability lie was recommended to mercy . The learned judge then sentenced him to a weck ' 3 imprisonment ' ;" and we understand that the superintendent has'intimated his intention of taking him on again at the conclusion of his sentence , as under the circumstances he thought lie was not much to blame . —Daily News ,

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      MONDAY , March 10 . Wtolf £ iSS SSt fat « d «« I * WB for regu . o ' clock ° rdshi l ) 8 a < 1 - iourned shor « y before six neS sSSthS- ^' " t 0 Lorrf John «»*¦ w ^^ M&jr g vnnonslaws affecting our mercantile na £ 1 ? was , however , deemed possible to accomp iVl some amendments in tho act of last year , anS a Jiffi that purpose would be presented during the present Lord J . Russbm , gave notice that on Thursday ho would bring the Question rDSDectinn * . Tnwisli < iie ., i , ;_

      Uties before tho house . The Raffiu WAn .-Lord J . Russem Iben referred to the questions nsked on a previous night respecting the war in KuflVaria , and stated that the government had received despatches containing official accounts of tho disturbances , to the same effect as those that had appeared in the journals some iJaj ; s since , but not coming down to so late a date . iwjn'Orcomenta had been despatched to the tl'OOpS n tho tape , whoso numbers at present were onlv d . WJmen . Ihe subject of tho expense must bo a matter for future consideration ; at the present timo Uio great necessity was to providixfortho defence of the colony . ( Hear , l . car . ) ' niiba « ft » ^ tted that the ( lomaniIs of thooolo-Sn of £ f ™ .- , with res P l'Ct to thecompoceded l i £ m ? ° al eSJslHture , bad not been conceded . ( Heav . hear . N As thev worn st . iM .- « nf . »! n , -

      noUubtThT / S 9 lf -Sr Crnment ' f'ere co ^ id bo co 8 ? oahdr ; iet ce OUnt 17 ^ ™^ M tho ¦ Mr . Labouciuiib vindicated tho Colonial-offiee and the government , who , he said , had last year JffiiWrt R 0 M ! bl ° , toconst ™« 'V liberal constuution tor the Capo colony . _ Mr . Adj > em . ey hoped that the house would bcaf . lorded air opportunity , of discussing the subject wmfr . iMw « "• » qulro * whet » erthe gorcrnment would give any information as to the conduct that had preceded , and the causes that had provoked , the present outbreak ? v ' Lord J . Uussku , promised the rapid production of nil information that might be received . With respect to the extension of territory , and other military measures accomplished within the last few years , the effect had been , according to the best authorities , to render the British frontier much more defensible than before .

      Crowded State op Irish Steamers . —Mr . B . Cociikane having referred to the inquest ; lutely held on the infant of a woman named Ann Connell , winch had died from exposure to tlie weather during a protracted passage on the crowded deck of a steamer between Cork and London , Mr . Laboucuerh , complaining that the subject was brought on without notice , promised that the particulars should be inquired into , if , indeed , such inquiry had not already been commenced . He referred , at the same time , to tho . bill recently passed for preventing tho over-crowding oi steam boats , under which several prosecutions had been instituted , and every effort made to restrain the practice . Navy Estimates . —On tho question that the house should go into committee of supply ,

      Mr . Williams reminded tho government th-it they had promised a new edition of the finance scheme ot tho yonr , and the house that they had , from session to session , voted enormous sums without a sufficiently mature consideration . He moved , as an amendment , that no supplies should bo granted previous to the amended budget being kid ' before them . After a few words from Mr . Hume and Sir F . Baring , the amendment was negatived without a division , and the motion for going into committee was put and carried . ¦ ¦ . ^ " . ¦ : ' The Speaker having left the chair ,

      The First Loud of tho AnMuum proceeded to open the general question of the navy estimates , preparatory to proposing a series of votes on account of that bervicc . deferring to the objections he had urged , Iii pabt years , to the system of taking scanty votes of supply , necessitating the annual introduction of an item of " excess , " to make up tho deficiency , Sir F . Baring rejoiced to state , that no such item would now appear , but , on the contrary , the expenditure during the two years last past was nearly £ 700 , 000 loss than the amount voted by the house—( hear , hear)—and the accounts of the current twelvemonth would present a continuance of tills saving to a considerable amount . ( Hear , hear . ) Coming tothe successive votes , ho

      stated that the first , that fixing tlie number of men , would bo the same as last year , viz ., 30 , 000 ; and ranarkud that Franco , with much smaller demands for the protection of colonies and commerce , kepton service a body of 25 , 01 ) 0 seamen . ( Ueav , lieav . ) Since 1335 , again , which had been assumed as a 11 model" year , the increase of expenditure on this item had been much larger with our neighbours than ourselves . ( Hear , hear . ) While the number of men remained tho same as last year , tho next vote—namely , that of tbe money wanted to defray the cost , would be slightly increased owin < j to some increase in the pay ami allowances . After oxp laimiisr tho mode in which a reduction of £ 1 , 250 , 00 . 0 had been effected in the dockyard

      expenditure for building , repairs , works , to ., as compared with the votes of 1 S 18-9 , the , right hon . baronet went through the remahun ' g ^ ist of votes , on some of which ' small diminutions were apparent , while others , among which was that for the packet service , exhibited . an increase ; Altogether , tho result was , thai ! " the' sum total required for the navy service ^ . would be £ 171 , 000 below tho estimates of 1 S 50 ; aiid this , he , repeated , was far less than the probable reduction in the actual expenditure , lloviuwijig hia own career as head of tins Admiralty board , Sir P . Baring recorded tho fact that , in tho finnr . cial year lS 48- \) , the actual

      expense of tbe navy had boon £ 7 , 9 f > 5 , 0 t ! 0 , and that of the ycav ivboutto expivo o »\ y £ 0 , 36 : 1 , 5000 ; showing that , after making full allowance for charges transforroil to other heads of expenditure , an economy of one and a half millions had been accomplished in the two years of his administration . He contrasted this saving with tlie i ' ar smaller reductions acqomplishci during Earl Groy ' g lninisti-y , from ISpl to ISSo , during which period little more than a million was retrenched from tbo navy estimates , and contended that the comparison was one of which the present government had no- 'reason to bo ashamed . • The fir .-t vote having been proposed ,

      Mr . Hume complained that the M-gnments addressed to tho house on this suhjoct moved always in a vicious circle , an overgrown establishment " in France being quoted to justify an overgrown establishment in England . ( Hear , hear . ) As a better comparison ho referred io America , a country without dehfc , where the navy - > flo : > t in ordinary consisted but of fecveu ships of the line , twelve frigates , four brigs , and seven steamer ;! , and the list of officers was cut down to evei \ a narrower scantling . ( Hear , hear . ) In our dockyards lie found that wo had seventy-four men of war Vthicli had never been at sea ; and sinco the peace had built a number equivalent to tho whole existing navy , merely to rot in tbe slips . Two inilliun .-s a year were thus wasted upon shi p . -huihJiiig . The lion , member then went , tlirousih vsiS-itffls . Vrot . unis of

      chargos and services in past years , dwelling especially upon the successive increments made to tlie African gpmulrun , which had now attained the dignity of a Heat , av . d demanded why tho estimate should not be framed upon the moitol of the year when the number of seamen ' was 10 , 000 less than had been asked lor that ni ^ nt' Af ter commenting upon the events of tho ministerial " crisis , " which had exposed us to tho derision of Europe , and left us practically without a government , he appealed to the Protectionists to . support him in his efforts to enforce retrenchment , of which he drew an outline , shadowing forth the possibility of alleviating burdens to the extent of many millions a-year . Ail Hume concluded by moving that tho number o £ seamen to bo voted should bo reduced lo 40 , 000 . This amendment was then put fiom the chair .

      Mr . M'Grgcoii concurred in 1 elieviiig that tho public dockyards were scenes of lavish ami luelefes extravagance , lie saw no reason for maintaining a number of flrs-t rates equal to the nggrcgiito navies of all Europe besides , except France , and contended that the merchant navy of England , and especially our steam vessels , were abundantl y strong enough to protect themselves , lie contended that the amount of the votes for this year was unnecessarily largo , and might be cosily reduced below five millions . Nothing , however , could obviate tho necessity of an early revision of thcwiiolc question of taxation and exiiendituvo . ¦'

      Mr . Oouiies was convinced that the whole cost of thu navy depended upon the mimln . 'r of seamen granted . This lirst vote , therefore , curried with it the gross sum of a total equivalent by itself iu tho whole receipt either from the income-tux , the malt tax , or the asses-ecl and paper taxes , ( lloav , hoar ) in ^ ' 111 " f of a 11 WfceinrU a govern-Kfw 4 ,. V rr t : - il " l 0 I ? S ffli'icco showed how wastetm and ruinous was their career in tho S , IT .- 0 ' ? P ' which . Committees of imn V mi ' - ? attcl ' ti '' o . vainly Mciravouri'd to i , x , , e evi ! S were inherent in the system , and luwered ot more importance a reduction in tie amount of tho business . which w ; is so badly managed . Tho lion , member briefly compared the osisung condition of the world with that of 18-15 , when the naval estimates varo so moderate . Then there wove "dynastic and boundary nutations

      unsettled , involving controversies with and ab ; -ut Russia and Prance , Oregon , Syria , and Tahi .- * Now , if ever the world wight be said to Vo in ;> . normal and pacific ' condition . The l- ' rineh wi-io using our arguments and following our course , by increasing their establishments » s we increased

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      Tns DiTiDsxns due and not demanded at the La-.: k of England ; on April ulh . 1850 , and after deiluuti-03 advances made to government , amounted to £ 14 G , 2 TG 12 s . . Gi .: ; on Ju' . y 5 tb , £ WO , 000 ; ok Oc <; ber 10 th , £ 90 , 990 ; on January 5 th , 1351 , £ 133 , 89-:.

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      Income and Property Tax . —In the year ending April 5 , 1819 , the net amount of property and income tax recovered was 415 , 605 , 532 , of which £ 2 , 656 , 70 C was collected under schedule A . £ 320 , 096 under schedule B , £ 750 781 under C , £ 1 . 529 , 393 under schedule 1 ) . and £ 348 , 459 under schedule E . Ikgknious Sieam Crake . —At the Liverpool Polytechnic Scciety , Messrs . Me Niehol and Vernon gave a description of a moveable stf am crane of such ingenious construction that , with a stationary engine , three motions may be at once obtained—longitudinal , transverse , lifting , and wee versa ; the machine , besides , being so simple that it can be worked by a boy . Legal AustTRDiTV . —A man was tried and convicted at the Middlesex Sessions of defrauding the London Dock Compstny , of 2 s . Cd . His counsel submitted that the indictment was bad , as it did not

      specify tbe coins obuined by the prisoner . Mr . Sergeant Adams took time to consult the judges ; and recently liberated the man , tbe objection bavbgbeen good . . Rival Euitous . —The editor of the Tiinidadian ( West Indies ) , a " family man " thus states his reasons for not replying at length to the attack of . a rival : — " We are really so busy just now , I'layaii ; with ihe children . , looking after their squibs , helping out Molly to shred suet , pick currants , and taste the pies , &c , &c , that wa have not time to attend to the quackery of the Barbadian editor . "

      Cost of the Ann axd Navy CxccIIouss . —The carcase or shell cf the building cosd £ 18 , 500 . ( Mr . Trego , contractor ) . The interior cost £ 10 , 500 , ( . „ . * Smil 11 and Applcford , contractors ) . . hi all £ o 5 , 000 , exclusive of tlie finings . The comparatively small plot of bnd on which it stands has cost the club * o 2 , 0 U 0 , and the total expenditure may bo called , in round numbers , £ 100 , 000 . f . T tABE , « a ,. M of a man who was exceedingly lat , that lie btfd . been created only to show to . ^ n at point the human skin could stretch without breakiug . ..... . .

      Gabviso ix Ivory . —The Architect staiss , that carving in ivo-y has been introduced ; into this country as a branch of elegant iudustrr for f € 'ual s >

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      . FATHER . GAVAZZI ON "CLERICAL ' . CELIBACY . " The Lalian congregation gathered in unusual force on Sunday afternoon in ihe Princess ' s Concert

      llall , - " ^ ; ¦ : . ; The Father began by animadverting in a strain 61 ihdignaut scorn to certain emanation of the London Roman Catholic jsress , equally stupid as obscure , attribiiting mercenary motives to his denunciations of papal fraud- and . imposture ; he bade- them come and scrutinize his life , contrasting his humble abode and scanty . ! fare : with the wages-of * Rome ' s jmrpie emissary , paid here for degradingbis country by a profusion of ; earthly comforts aiid- ' pomps , t ) -e pampered embodiment of mingled servility and arrogance . ' Let him cat his pudding , but bid his tools beware of clumpy calumny , lift threw down the giiunllot to all manly or honest impugners ; let such come . forward it they dare . The anonymous and t . Te ' slillllc ' he . scouted as became their . lurkiuc

      sciwndrelisn ) . ¦ ; Entering on the subject of enforced celibacy , he asked for any warrant in Christ ' s gospel , or a clear lucid enactment by any of his apostles , laying a yoke of such ' monstrou 3 endurance on so large a horiy of men for so many centuries . There ' was none . Iu the . scanty passages either of Christ ' s own teaching , or that of Paul , where was the groundwork of . this , gi gantic superstructure ? -We must seek for . it elsewhere . Its origin is like the gnostic and Manichean interpolations of Christianity -a compound' of Eastern fanaticism and Pagan

      imaginings i fermouiing : in tlie wild fancies Of anchorites ; .. sty h ' te s , an < 5 the Alexandrain school of Origen . Enough of compara-ively harmless paganism pervades i ) ; e . worship ofRome-procesainns incense , lustrations , tutelary genii , and all the cumbrous paraphernalia of a -rimal singularity vetentivs of primitive idolatries , hut the moral ' code and ethical disci pline of the Christian ' community is far less satnratedwit . lv such reminiscences as ihese , of the goddsss Cybeie , the Corybantea of ¦ Greece , the . priesthood i , f India , and the yestals of Numa . The' spsaKer showed this vicious and in .

      human system at . work > ihe . Eleusinian mysteries at Delphi and . Dodona , aud . among . the bonzes of Japan , evincing a , full familiarity with the de- ' tails of recondite ' superstition in the earliest ages of mankind . ; ' ¦ " ' ' • .-. ¦ .. ¦ , ¦ . . Kor did this-fmanation of llio arch enemy , this foul distoriionj ) Uhe . moi-al . pr . iuciplo , establish itself unchallenged and undenounced us pait and parcel of early ; Christianity . Ths voice of Vjgilantius , vi « orous and vehoment , prnclaimcd the innovation in the cays of Jerome , and began the long series of remonstrances which have been renewed in

      sucevery cessive age .-, Ilie historian Evngrius , in 410 , records tha 8 traj ! gte ; of thev newly elected Bishop of Ptolemais against its ., enforcement . and tells us how . thc eminent ; bynesius refused to dishonour his wife by its recogmtwn : wher eupon-he whb nevertheless consecrated , by- . TheophiSus ; Patriarch : of Alexandria . At the fireat-Nicenexbuncil i'iih&most august of all the assemblies of churclin 1 en ,:, the vintroduction of this heterogeneous element into the legislation of Christeniloin iiwas-rcisthieyo-usly attempted by a few oriental fanatiss , wh pn there arose in that venerable . congress aa ilJv&trku scout'egsor ojthe faith , his

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 15, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1617/page/7/