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      The Plymouth Public Free School has been reported by Mr / Mad gin . the Inspector of Schools for the British " and Foreim cbool Society , as fit for a model school for the West of Engknd IUwH « Churches Some workmen ( in Paris ) en L n cons tructing at ^ nb at ^ la . ChaiS e , on going to their woKne n oming , found it full of water . They immediately began to empty , them who had descended were overcome by it , and perished Two , he kee pers of the cemetery then went down to see if it were pos ° lble to afford relief but hey became senseless , and if they had riot een pulled up immediately would probably have died . PuGiLisT

      Death of a .-Ned Painter , an old pugilist , died lately N orwich , aged sixty-mne . He fought Shaw , the Life Guard man n l 815 jin which encounter , he received ten knock-down blows ? n accession . Painter was at that time a debtor in the Fleet , and obained a day rule to go and fight ! A Planet .-Iii the night of the 20 th ult . M . Charconnac a ? upil at the Observatory at Marseilles , discovered a new planet in Jie cons tellation of Pisces . s * ttUCV m Lobp Panmureat Arbroath . -Oii Thursday week the Town C ouncil of Arbroath conferred the freedom of the burgh on the Right H on . Lord Panmure . The ceremony was performed in the Tradescrowdedthere

      ball , which was , being above 1 , 000 persons present . The Miners MiLim .-An address has just been issued to the miners of Cornwall and DevonbyMr . Pendarves , M . P ., Lientenantolonel Commandant . . It states that her Majesty having been advised to call out the militia of the several counties , " she looks also ( 0 the ' old Cornish miners to take their share of military duty in protecting the shores of Great Britain . ' The address goes onto appeal to the . active and intelligen t miners of the two counties at once , by voluntary enlistment , instead of waiting for the more compulsory measure of the ballot , to enter the ranks of the regiment tfhich , under the name of the Cornwall and Devon Minersdid

      , Ihemselves so much credit during the last war , and which ' was always one of the best disciplined and the best conducted regiments in the service . At that time , the Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant remarks , they were trained to the duty of light infantry now bv the direction of the Lord Warden of the Stannaries / they ' are selected for a higher service—they are to be formed into a corps of artillery , and to be trained to the great guns . This service is most peculiarly adapted to the Cornish miner , who from his youth is acquainted with the use and power of gunpowder . Besides the rank

      and standing of the Artillery , the pay is something more than that of other forces , and the service has at all times been considered of a superior character . A large proportion of the agents of the several mine ? in the counties have undertaken to promote the enlistment of men working in mines under their direction . The terms are a senice of five years , for which a bounty of £ 6 is given ; but the length of permanent duty in ordinary cases will be ouly twenty-one days-a period so short that men working in " a pilch " would run no risk of " losing their take . "

      Emigration to Australia . —Emigrants are now proceeding direct to Australia from the north of Scotland . On Friday the Jeau Geary brig left Aberdeen for Port Philip , with seventy passengers all from the city and county of Aberdeen . Another vessel sailed lately from Banff , and a third is now taking in passengers iu the Aberdeen docks for the land of gold . The Militia and the Peace Society . —At the Newport Pagnell Petty Sessions William Brewer was charged with committing a

      misdemeanour , by circulating and publishing at Little Brickhill a seditious libel , headed " Flogging in the New Militia . " The prisoner admitted the circulation of the bills in question , and stated that he was the crier and billsticker of Woburn , Beds , and was employed to do so by Thomas Carter , shopman to Mr . Heighington , grocer of Woburn , who paid him . He was bound over in recognisances , himself in £ 20 , and two sureties iu £ 20 each , to appear and take his trial for the offence at the next assizes . "

      Bury St . Edmund ' s Election . —Mr . Hardcastle has concluded his canvass , which we understand is highly satisfactory . The Derbyite candidate is a Mr . H . P . Oakes , eldest son of the banker of that name .

      Duplicity of Trampers . —A scene of confusion almost amounting to riot took place at the workhouse door , Gray ' s-inn-lane , on rriday evening , through the conduct of a well-known Irish pauper , named Catherine Burke , who , with a child in her arms , applied for admission to the casual ward . The shrieks of the poor child attracted the notice of the passers by , and several of the guardians happening to be present , Mr . Aldred , the master of the workhouse , together with the medical attendant , bad the child stripped and examined , when it was found to be covered with bruises , and freshly made punctures , very evidently produced by a common pin . The

      poor caul was humanely taken into the infirmary , and the mother , insisting that she was totally destitute , was allowed to pass into the Ca ! < *> where from some observations of defiance made by her-Se i it was thought proper to search her person , and Mrs . Smith performed that office . Every vestige of rag was examined , but to no avail , when upon examining her head , which bore a somewhat Uxilriant crop , there was found , carefully tied up in a bag , the sum ° t 14 s . 4 nd .

      Reaction in MALTA .- ^ -The correspondent of the Daily News says : — 11 The onl y matter of interest since ray last is an act of high police exercised by the Governor , supposed to have acted in this in stance under the influence of the Austrian and Naples consuls : tls n ° less than the ordering Mr . A . Lemny , late secretary to ^ ossuth . to leave the island within fifteen days . The Governor has jehised to give any reason , so that beyond a surmise that it is owing JJ Lemny having published a book , in which he has been reviewing ne state of the continent as regards revolution in Europe , nothing is

      Proposed Great Docks in the Avon . —The survey of the mouth ** the Avon , with a view to ascertain its eligibility as the site of ° cks eapable of accommodating the largest class of ocean steamers is now going on under the direction of Mr . Keridel and Mr . Blackwell . i « E Monster Blast at Furness . —The monster blast of gunp owder at Furness Granite Quarry took place on Wednesday after"oon , wnU complete success . The charge consisted of no less than -I r »•»» v MUVWUUOl »• UU VttMttaV W \/ MUIIJVVM •¦»* * A * ' * W * J V ****** ns

      !? ° * Sunpowder , and was deposited in two chambers—one * j » a a half tons in each . The shaft was sixty feet in depth , and the Jj laoi bers in which the p&wder was placed were seventeen feet long . e cna * ge was ignited by a galvanic battery , and lifted an immense Ijjasa of rock , computed to have been between 7 , 000 and 8 , 000 tons , j le " attwi $ belehed out on the seaward side , aud were well seen by a th ^ rf ° nCOnriSe ot s P ectators from Inverary , the watering places on

      M r a a P arty ° f excursionists from Glasgow , on board the o ary Jane . The report was not loud , but deep and hoarse , and the Uu j a Ver ^ ^ * * was strongly agitated . —Glasgow Constifo a M 1 LY 9 0 L 0 K 1 SATI 0 N «—A- group meeting of intending emigrants w- , ? j ralia « under the popular plan suggested by Mrs . Chisholm , *» held on Tuesday at the Boy's Parochial School , Claphain . comn \ ° d ' meeting was very numerously attended by working men women , comprising intending colonists , their friends , and others mous to hear Mrs . ChMolm address them on a suhject with which ^ » am e is identified .

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      New Gas-works at Rickmansworth . —New cas-works hW SSSd ^^^^ X disp $ firework * ^ s ~ v ^ i !^^ t ^ n sat down t 0 a sumptuous dinner > Por ^ the ^ , " ^ L lllVER T ° northe ™ c ™ ' ISi Larnanon Herald , reports that " as Mr . Evan Evan < A m hfl f g ^ nd . fishing in the Twymyn river , net Wynn ay onTof the " lf m - sur P rise V hooke ( J and la «<^ two large snaked experLcplTf ? ? l Wi in length * He has ^ extensive comeprize . » Wng ' hlthert ° never met with such ^ unwel-Progress of the Cotton Manufacture at Darwen -There S ^ SSi ^ thG ManChGSter district Which haSeasedTn DuSK ^ P 0 W 6 r lOa , P T rtionate extent wilh Darwen . some o f itl f ° - ) - n ° le ? S than eight mills have been built , wl ! !? ° lgantlc size andreat wchitectural pretensions

      l > J . meZill aZ /• PREMIUJL ~ An Oregon correspondent of the Com . which PilfT' m Spea ! ? ? f the famous OreS 011 land law , Sill f - i SqUare ° } land t 0 every actual settle ^ married evPrvL / ? date - ' that ifc 8 et the whole country astir , and womlnIf ^ T tl . th 3 t C ° ^ - The SCarcity of Pageable women was such , that m some instances girls of fourteen , thirteen , sectp ' th ?? 6 / en ele . . f WS Of a ^ ' were married » in or < ier to secure the land perquisites ! Emigration prom LivERPooL . —The number of ships despatched S ^ ° o ^ n Vemment ° fficials during the month was 62 , containing in au Mm passengers , including 1 , 770 emigrants , principally Scotch , from the depot at Birkenhead , all of whom are bound for Australia .

      The Church of St . Mary-le-Bow , Cheapside , was re-opened lor dmne service on Sunday morning , after having been closed for repairs and renovations . This beautiful temple one of the finest productions of Sir Christopher Wren-its steeple considered his masterpiece-presented a very gratifying appearance after its xestoration , winch has been effected with much taste .

      # Championship of the Thames . —The boat race for the championship of the Thames and £ 400 is appointed to take place on next Umrsday week . The candidates are Thomas Cole , of Chelsea , and K . Coombes of Mortlake . The Cholera . —The latest reports from the districts of Central Europe where the cholera has prevailed are more favourable than previous ones . In Konigsberg , from the 29 th to the 30 th September only eight cases are reported , and five deaths . In Birnbaum the disease has abated . In Ostrowa only isolated cases are reported . A similar report is given from Ortelsberg , where the epidemic has been

      particularly severe , one-eighth of the inhabitants having died from it . From Posen no more reports will be made , the disease having so much decreased as to render it in the opinion of the authorities unnecessary . Up to the 30 th September there had been in all 2 , 571 cases and 1 , 356 deaths , exclusive of the fatal cases among the troops which are returned at 200 more . Posen contains 40 , 000 inhabitants ! Barmjm and Jenny Lind . —a correspondent of the New York Musical World writes to that journal : Not long since , Mr . Barniim

      exhibited to me the account current between himself and Jenny Lind , and a truly marvellous document it is . He ought to publish it entire , for the astonishment and edification of the world generally , and singers particularly . According to the footings up and balances ' , the parties received the following handsome dividends , after all expenses were paid : —Jenny , Lind , 302 , 000 dols . ; P . T . Barnum 308 , 000 dols . ; total , 610 , 000 dols . I give the even thousands , not remembering the units , tens , and hundieds . They are of little

      consequence . Statue to thb Duke of Wellington at Exeter . —It has been suggested that the citizens of Exeter , and the inhabitants of Devon generally , should show their respect for the late Duke of Wellington by . placing a statue to his memory in front of the Sessions House on Northernhay . Billeting of Soldiers . —Impoktant Decision . —A case was tried at a justice of peace court heid in Crieff on the 9 th ult ., regarding the billeting of soldiers . The person upon whom a soldier was billeted , instead of accommodating the soldier in his own house , offered to provide him with quarters elsewhere , but the soldier re fused to avail himself of it , and brought an action for billet money .

      The justices were unable to come to a decision , and they agreed to refer the case to the Secretary ¦ at-War . He was accordingly communicated with on the subject , and the question may now be considered settled whether or not a householder is bound to provide accommodation for soldiers in his own house . The following is tht letterfrom the War-office : — " War-office , Sept . 21 , 1852 Sir , —In reply to your letter of the 10 th inst . I am directed to acquaint you that the householder upon whom the soldier was billeted was not bound to receive the soldier into . his own house ; and that having offered to provide quarters for him elsewhere , the householder has satisfied the obligation imposed upon him by law .- —L am , &e . ( Signed ) B . Hawes . "

      The Refugees in Jersey . —M . Caussidiere has taken up his residence in Jersey . The French refugees there , having become acquainted with the privileges of the island , have refused to furnish the constables with the information necessary for the census of foreigners . Although a man can go from London to Paris by means of a passport issued by a member of the British Government , it appears that no person can go from Jersey to France without a passport from the French authorities in the Channel Islands . In some respects , therefore , the Channel Islands have ceased to belong to Great Britain and have become subject to France .

      Extraordinary Presence of Mind . —As an express train approached a level crossing of the Northern Rajlway of France , at Montataire , the driver saw that the way was blocked by a cart containing a large stone , some six tons in weight . . At first he tried to stop the train ; but finding there was no time to avoid a collision , he put on all his steam and drove against the cart with such force that he shivered it and the stone into fragments and still kept on the rails : the locomotive was a good deal damaged . The driver was a Pole .

      Storm and Floods in the North of England . —For some days past heavy rains have prevailed in the north of England , and all the stteams have been swollen , and many fields laid under water . North of Darlington the country assumed the appearance of an inland sea , and the railway was flooded—trees and hedgerows only rising out of the water . One of the up trains on Wednesday night had to return to Newcastle alter reaching Ferry-hill , the line northwards being then impracticable . At Newcastle the rain has been incessaut and remarkably heavy for more than a week .

      Cheapness in the Court of Chancery . —Hitherto large sums have been charged for engrossing and copying bills filed in the Court of Chancery , in lieu of which printed bills are to be delivered , and by one of the new rules a considerable leduction is effected . It is ordered that " the payment to be made by the defendant to the plaintiff for printed copies of the bill or claim shall be at the rate of one halfpenny per folio . " Betting Lists . —A sporting paper states that the Koine Secretary , last week , gave his approval to the draft of a bill , aiming at the suppression of bettiug . liouses . It is remarked that the measure , as approved , is calculated ^ give an impetus to betting , and to create a new class of offices for its conduct on a larger scale .

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      —obof « rd ^ 1 DEATI !? IN MB MET » oi » oi , is .-Last week the birth ., of 807 nmZ of J ' aU M 04 Chilth ' ' were re - istered in London . The avemg £ T « p £ TvT- n ° ndin ? W 6 ekS in the yeaN 1845 ' was W . The offl ! md ? n th ™^ n r TV 6 nded last Saturdn - ' 1 - 251 deathswereregisvhohl , ; nfctl' ° P «^ n districts . It is neceS , ary to state that the incnLe HSS ~? r ~ =-- — wttfa * i . diSJi rfTt ^ J ' heav e ^ e number of drath . was 1 , 000 , which , mm the adduion of a tenth for increase of population , and for the sake of compavison wr . h last week ' s return , « -ould be 1100

      . SSSS ?™ *¦ = ~« Vk £ = < ^ : ^ X"S / , tr f ^ c ir - - - » Poor Rates—A return to the House oi Commons 9 tates that the annuil l ? Z ° Lr * aSSeSWd t 0 thS ° 0 > ate in En ? 1 »^ » "d , 62 , 540 , 030 / . ; in , 1847 , 27 , 820 , 587 ? . ; and in 1851 , 67 , 700 , 153 / . The > , moun iy for the Poor-rates waS , in 1842 , 6 , 552 , 800 / . ; in 1847 . 0 , 964 , 825 / . ; „ 8 l G 773 om The value of the property assessed to the Poor- rate in Irehrd w- s i , i I 84 o 13 , 354 , 545 / . ; in 1847 , 13 , 194 , 826 / . ; in 1851 , n . ^ is " it ^ Stevlei 5 til \^™*™>™}™>™' 5 ™ - > in 1847 , 64565 : ein 1851 luS !

      > . , Mortality in PABis .-The following returns of .. he deaths i ' n Paris inthe last montl . .. with their causes , have been made by the Prefect of ' Pot ce T 8 number of deaths was 2 , 801-viZ ., 1 , 222 males and 1 , 079 females , being 92 i « , than m July . OF these deaths , 366 were under 3 months old ; from 1 year to 6 years , 313 ; G to 8 years , 28 ; 8 to 15 , 60 ; 15 to 20 , 121 ; 20 to SO , 257 80 to 40 , 228 ; 40 to 50 , 193 ; 50 to 80 , 197 ; 60 to 70 , 142 ; 70 to 80 , 128 ; 80 to 100 47 ; 521 of the deaths were from pneumonia , pulmonary phthisis , and other affections of the lungs , 312 from enteritis , and 81 from cerebral fever the remainde . i ' from small-pox , cruup , typhus fever , fco . ; 28 of the deaths were from suieMeva , 2 from 15 to 20 years ; 13 from 20 to 40 ; 9 from 40 to 60 ; and 4 from fiO to / 0 .

      Decrease in PAUPERisM—Prom a return to the House of Commons , it appears that in out-door and in-door relief there was a decrease of 2-22 937 persons at the Lady-day quarter of 1851 , compared with the Lady-day quarter of 1850 . In England , at theLady-sday quarter of 1850 , there were 289 960 in-door paupers relieved , and 1 , 519 , 348 outdoor ; while in the correspond ^ period of 1831 the numbers were-in-door , 276 , 395 , and out-door , 1 , sis , 0 U In Wales in the first period , there were 8 , 087 indoor , and 100 , 290 out-door ; and in ' the second period , 8 , 088 in-door , and 96 , 331 out-door . In England and Wales the number in the receipt of m-door relief at Lady-day quarter of 1850 was 29 $ 0-17 and at the like period of 1851 , 284 , 483 , being a decrease of 13 , 564 , while in outdoor relief the number was 1 , 019 , 628 in the first , and 1 , 410 , 265 in the second period , being a decrease of 209 , 378 , and a total in the two classes in the rear 01 2 22 , 9 S 7 .

      The Criminal Statistics for all England , for the year 1851 , are now before the public . Ten years ago the tables returned 30 , 000 offenders ; the report for 1851 , with aU the increase of population to be reckoned , returns something over 27 , 000 criminals of all grades . In the intervening years , 1841 gives the hHiost number— -above 31 , 000 ; 1845 gives the lowest—a little over 24 , 000 . It is " remarked that where work has abounded crime has decreased—that ' is . i ' n the manufacturing districts . In the purely agricultural districts there has also been a decrease , except in the eastern counties—Essex , Norfolk , Suffolk , uud Lincoln . Wherever theve has been an increase of commitments , it has not been on any particular class of crimes , but has extended to each . Of the seventy criminals who were last year sentenced to death , only ten were executed . As many used to be hung up for two or three consecutive Monday morniugs in London alone . Female offenders generally reckon , with regard to males , as a fraction less than ono in four ; but in cases of poisoning ,- there were last year forty-one females to thirty-three males . —Church and State Gazette .

      Libraries in the United States . —From a " Tabular View of Public Libraries in the United States , " we find that there are , at least , 10 , 199 public libraries , containing 8 , 758 , 964 volumes . These libraries are distributed under the following heads : — Tols . Slate libraries 30 cintaining 288 . 937 Social libraries i 2 e 011334

      Colege libraries ] 2 o „ 58 G , 912 Students' libraries 142 u 25 i , 6 ? . 9 Libraries of academies and professional schools 22 r „ 320 , 909 Libraries of scientific and historical societies 84 „ 138 , 901 Public school libraries « 9 , 505 „ I , i 552 | : 332

      Total libraries 10 , 199 Total vois . 3 , 753 , 904 Of the 694 libraries contained in the above list , and not appertaining fo public schools , the libvuvy of the Havard College is thn largest . It contains more ' than eighty-four thousand volumes . The States of New York , Massachusetts , Michigan , Mississipi and Pennsylvania , stand pre-eminent for 'he number of their libraries . New York has upwards of 8 , 000 school libraries , and mart- ihun 200 other public libraries of various denominations . Massachusetts has 700 schools , and 62 other public libraries . Michigan haa 374 of the former , and 7 of t ! n > latter ! While even the state of Iowa can boast of its 2 , 660 , Wisconsin of its 7 , 103 , and Minnesota of its 3 , 200 volumes of books for public use .

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      The Duke ' s Funeral . —It is confidently stated , in circles likel y to be well informed on the subject , that the funeral of the late Dulce of Wellington will take place on Saturday , the i 3 th of November . An Orchestra vVithut Instruments . —There is now performing at the St . James ' s Theatre Ci The Organophonic Band , " or the German musical performers , who represent a full orchestra , even to drums and cymbals , by the human voice .

      Jenny Lind . —We are informed by a private correspondent that Madame Goldschmidt is at present residing at Leipsic , with the relations of her husband . She has purchased a house at Dresden , and intends in future to reside in that city . She does not intend to sing publicly during the ensuing winter , but she has been heard to say that her next public appearance will bein England , —Manchester Examiner .

      Antiquarantine Movement . —The Chamber of Commerce , at Manchester , has had its attention drawn to the steps taken at Whitehall to prevent by means of quarantine the importation ot' ehulera into this country once more , and has memorialised the Treasury on the subject , showing the futility of quarantine regulations . Charge oe Conspiracy against a Solicitor . —The magistrates oi Chesterfield , Derbyshire , were on Tuesday engaged in investigating a twofold charge , brought by a man named Hetiry Rotherhmu

      against a plumber named George Haslam , and Mr . John Cutts , solicitor . The charge against Haslam was for perjury ; and the infonnation upon which the proceedings were instituted alleged that lie had been suborned by Mr . Cutts to commit that offence . Alter a patient inquiry into the circumstances , the bench dismissed the case bein » unable to credit the most material portions of Rotherham \ s testimony Both the parties intimated their intention to carry the question before the superior courts .

      Resignation or a Living by a Bishop . —The Eight liev . Dr . Eden , who was appointed Bishop of Moray and Ross in the early part of last year , has just resigned the ( rectory of Leigh , Essex , which up to the present time he has persisted in holding in connexion wiih his bishopric . Advance on Welsh Iron . —The recent improvement in the demand for iron has led , as was anticipated , to an advance in price , and the makers have succeeded in establishing a rise of 30 s . per ion . The whole of the iron works are in full employ , and large orders arc on hand , and several of the companies are about to bkny more furnaces into blast . < . «¦ .., '' ' ; ; ' ;;

      The Great Exhibition op 1851 . —The prizes to the London exhibitors were distributed on the " 1 st inst , at the London TmtM » Baron Rothschild presided .

      Statistics Of The Week "

      STATISTICS OF THE WEEK "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1699/page/7/