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      Akecdotk o ? Srxt-T . —One day , the Duchess a * Yeriimle , one of Henry the Fourth ' * favonrites , remonstrated with Sully for Mb severity , alleging tba : . he King hid a good right to make present * to his : n stresses and nobility . His answer should be f enrrsllv known : — 4 i This were well , Madame , if Sie King wok the mouey from his own parse ; hut it is against reason to take it from the artisans a-nd » gr : nh-ural labourers , since it is they who support the Ki ^ and all of us ; and they would be well conu-n :- with a jingle master , without ha-nitg bo mar- cousins , relations , and mistresses to maintain . —Guli ' ery of Portraits , trith Memoirs .

      "Wjj al asp Wealth hot srowraors . — If they ( the political economists ! thiEk that a political mstitatic-u fosters production and accumulation , or that a poi-tical insittntiou damps production andaccumnlati' -n , they pronounce , without more ado , thai the fitBtitution is good or bad . They forget that the wealth of the community is not the weal of the comttui : uy , though wealth is one of themeans requisite to th * atiaimeent of happiness . They forget uhat a polir-cal institution may further the weal of the community , though it checks the growth of its wealth ; and -Y-t » political institution which quickens the growth of its wealth , may hinder the advancement of rte -w ^ aL "—Austin ' s Jurisprudence .

      America Jos Miliebs , —Tbtre is a good deal of poetry in rbe batter trade , as w « learn from a Providence grocer , who advertises a lot of ** prepossessing eok-jr , and sa-eel as morning rcses ce-svjy washed wi : b dew . " A levr >* £ D CLERGTMAJf , in Maine , was accosted in the foil " -win ? manner by an illiterate preacher , who dest > . s&d education : — ** Sj , yoa havebeen to college , I stinr-oss ] ' » " Yes , Sir , " was the reply . "lam thai ki ' al , " rejoineo the former , " that the Lord has opened my moaia to preach without any learning . *' K A .-imilar event , " replied the latter , ** wok place in P-ilacm's time , bus . such things are of rare occurrence in the present day " Links bt a Tar . —The following poetical effusion on t ' . ti bomhariineiii of Acre appears in the Malta Tiirrf : —

      u Tae Castor ' s guns w * re thirty-six , >> ot one of them a quaker ; The Castor ' s men thus fought like bricks , Acd soon thu » took John Acre . " Picr = 5 car ? LES . —An Italian poet , who had written ii oi > tra , wa 3 so fearful of taking these liberties , ifca < , in the author ' s advertisement prefixed , he Ei 2 . k-.-i the follow : ^ declaration : — " The words fate , deiiy , aiid destiny , which occur in the draira , are introduced merely pootiaaUy , without any osrioaa ae ^ mne , as I believe in everything which my-holy Mother Church has s-ei fenh as an anirle of faith ace injunction . "—Addiion ' s Travels in Italy . Lady Jssset thinks , and perhaps correctly , that a d : s : iL' : ticn shoulabd mace briUr-. ea a creatsalord , anJ a i- , = rd of ih £ creation . Nvbilily may be conferred on a man , quoih she , t > u ; man is noble in

      So Pf . l \ ce Albest ' s Kaxb is so be inserted in the Liu-. r £ y . Tnis i 3 a 3 it should be ; it is our bounden duty 10 pray for all who prey tor ta ! Cabi > -et Revels . « E . re 3 health to John Bull , " exclaimed Melbjurae , " we need him ; And reil-. h too , my friends , to the doctors who b eed him I " It is .-ow ascertained , beyond doubt , that Mrs . Rstsul ; itatsey . tho wii ' e of a scil-maksr residing at Co ^?? . l ~ 2 e of Wight , oficistes as fuster mother to the Princess RojaL The selscuon of a nurse from the I-Ic jf Wight was made , it is presumed , in the belief ibit the best mllkecmss from Coices .

      It app saes that ths Dcks of Welusgtox , when he vtzkt up with the Oxi ' ord address , wore the in ? Vi- " : ; i of the Golden-fleece—h is presumed in coinplinu ::: to hi » tovereion .

      Siapiocrrr . John Bui ] to tcast the Sovereign spares no pains ; The Qicers , in rum , -irinks to John ' s sovereigns ! u hap obdekeb , prevty Poll , a sovereign ' s vror h of de pess tings in de varld for you to eatde ptit Tat dej call de seed . " u A . soTereign ' s wonh . * ' exclala ^ d tile audacious bird , " that is no : much ;" " The Diabt op a S' / versigiv' is the next work , it i ? y *' .-:. in course of pubhc * sii > n by I ^ ady Qiarlotte Bury , -nth notes appropriately appended by Miss

      Scepticism of Mohamked . — His own ? a ^ icity jhev have Jed him to perceive the defects of the ; 3 Ji . h"E 1 u ; ed'inreJi ;" ' ou ; but it is more than proba- ' Vie , : h _ : w . zr . out tz ? cous ^ el and example of thrse mec . \ .: " - " -re : enerr' > his p-. ^ Iicy would haTe led to his inn .--.. 4 himsth on his people for a sincere bchever in ineir : ' ii ; h ; acd he would hare been a = uict ob- { servir of ihe outward r /» e 3 and forms of his religion , for ihv , reason alone . As : t is , he makes no pretenuous to deTotion . Oa r » vo occa 5 . ons recently , wh . vii I hvre had interTiews with him , in coiapany -with S . r Closes MonteSore , at the ilegreb or evening honi' r-f prayer , all ihe soidiers . ofiicers , servants , and s :.-. ndknts of ihe palace , were assembled &t their ¦ . eTor ; on in the iajge aatechambir leading into his rr-cep ; ion-ioom , vr \ h all the posp and stst-e of Orien :. \ l derorion . Tne dsrent Mu = sulnjen were

      TZ& ' C , ~ i in tgws in iro ^ i Imam , and a person i duly t ; p-iinted to perform the service chanted certain i pas-s _ cs of the Karaa and forms of prayers in a full ; soncroui Toice , that echoed through the spacioa ? Toon .:- ui ihe palace . The various prostrations of , thos- ajjembled , : heir simalta-aeons movements and j aectiit * . and the deep solemnity of the look and man- j uer of every indiTidaal enj-ased in prayer , had a ; Tery tcucaiLg effect : but in the midsf of all ihis j solernuiiy , on one occasion the Pasha made his ap- j pea ^ i _ Dce from his own apartment , walked across the i hall , tc-vk no nonce whaterer of those assembled a : pray-r , but seeing Sir Mo = * 3 Montefiore and my- self a . ^ d twe other gentlemen standiiig in a corner , he ssic , in a loud , good-humoured tone , beckoning with his hand , " G-uel , guei" ( Come it , come in ;) and r . e had to follow him into his grand saloon , to the nunifcst disturbance of ail those employed in praver . —Dr . MadderCs Mahomed Aii .

      The Christs > t 5 S . —After being baptised in the Jordv . i w&t-j , aad crowing lustily at the old lady Arci ^ -iiop , her Royal Highness , says the Court Bew-. cnar ., ** retired to her otcn apartments . '' An ordiiiiry ehild would only have been earned out by its nurse . Isoihiiig can be a greater proof ot" the drrii . e r : tfr . t of Kin ^ r , Queens , and Princesses , thaa -LV . her RoyaA iligaiiess , unlike a vnlgja ' bab ^; - ' . was r > ot ** earried up law the nursery , " but _** rer-T-d to her own apartments . "

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      PAHLIA 5 IEXT EXTRAORDINARY . BIGHTS OF WOilEN . 11 Th . re is core sense and honesty in the following joie , *• it : in jrhzt is done in t'other place . "

      OLTMPIC THEATBE . 0- Saturday se'ncight , at the Olympic Theatre , after a gay prvcession , to which the " merry Dunel " courr . tut + » d the prominent and chief delight , her Msje-rv , T-=. nr i 3 , the first Qieen of these rtalas , frona hCr " Paphian Bower , '' prorogued the House in the following speech , as gracious in itself as it ¦ was graciously deliYerea : — u Mt Loeds , LadieSj a ^ d Gsxtxkkes , —I hare © cm-- io meet you for the purpose of proroguing this Hoas- ; . " I hsve srich well-grounded confidence in a coniiiiuut . ce of the steady at . ention you have evei given to ir- oasdaess , tha » the mosi presiizi ^ necessity aloEe . " void indece me to resort to so extreme a rcea ^ ur- ? . " 1 vrli state to you , in a few words , what that neccs-v . y is . * ' } . ! ? " seai-on is ended , acd I cannot help myself .

      " ( i .::: lemsn of the Pit and Galleries , —I shark ycu t . r the cheerfulness with which you have iarriibrAi the supplies ; and I have the higatst sstiifi / *; : < iu in inicrmisg you , that they hnve no : oaly b- r-u adequate t-o our current expences , bat ; aat a surplus rr-miias . " Tnii surplus I have directed to be funded , and it wili icmaia applicable to tne future exigencies oi my ffinagemeEt . u liy Lords , Ladies , and Gentlemen , —In loosing baek upon the season which ws are about to cb-e , I find many circumstances for our mutual coagrat > :: i : ion . " lx ii be a blessing to hare preserved domestic peac- ' , what must it ba to have preserved , so many demesne pieces as wa have 1

      " Onr crop has bsen abundant , almost beyond precedent ; and the harvest has been well housed . " V ? iei has been maintained , while oraers have been esdnded . " ux reverting with pride to the successful results X > C ns . ive exertions , I am no : uamiEdfui of the assistance we have occasionaUy received i ' rczn cur firm o ; i . s 5 , the French authors . "lam happy to tell you that I continue to receive assurc ^ . ces of the mostfrieiidiy description , no : only from them , but from all other foreign powers . "Tie freedom of the press has been guaranteed , * nd the consequence has been its cordial support ¦ upon all critical occasions . " During the approaching reoe ? 3 , ny most anxious endeavours will be directed to provide for ycur future oomfon and amusement . " Shotild the seats prove rotten , I will re-form the whole- House . ,, w ily efforts will be icalously seconded by all the members of my raimic AdniEiitraticn .

      " For them ? -, d for myself , 1 sincerely and cordially thank you for all your warm-hearted support ; aaa , I have only to add , that this House stands prorogued natil Monday , the 30 th day of September next , : hen ana there to meet , for the dispatch of pleasure . " Delivered , Saturday , April 13 th , 1 S 33 .

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      THE CHRISTENING . It would be gratifying to know , whose ktsis presided orer the adornments of the ceremonial at the reception of the infant princess into the visible church . A day or two previous to the tenth , the Court journals gave us an account of an express despatched to Windsor to bring Tippoo Saib / s tiger , with its golden tongue and ruby eyes , and toe jewelled peacock of the Great Mogul , to be present at the ceremony : wb trust not as emblems of the fnvure character of the illustrious Princess . It does not clearly appear what place was assigned to these appropriate ornaments ; but care has been taken to inform the public that " the water in the foot , aod wherewith the royal child was christened , came from the river Jordan , bavin ; been aent to her

      iiajeity as a present for this especial purpose . " To prevent , however , any suspicion ot retio-niongering and deference to the Irish papists in this matter , " cops , vases , and tankards" ar « enumerated as figuring on the sideboard at dinner , " tome of which bad enamelled paintings let into them of sacred subjects , having evidently been formerly employed in the services of the Church of Borne . " Our Babylonish Sovareign itill rues the vessels of the temp . e at feasts : there is no reconcilement—no intention of disgorging the plunder of the church . The once-consecrated utensils were huddled wuoBgst heathenish bas-reliefs .- " here might be seen a beautiful and graceful group of bacchanals dancing round a palm-trt «; there a group of stnrdy Tritons labouring at the car ; then a Venus floating In a shell ; then s subject from the Gretk mythology . " Amid this confusion of classieal mythology , ornaments inherited or plundered from " the realm of the Great

      Mogul , " and church-tankards condemned to hold mulled wines , the Archbishop of Canterbury is skilfully introduced by the Court chronicler : — " Whether the ample and flowing robes of the Archbishop deceived the child , or whether the kind tenderness of manner of the excellent Prelate pre vented the infant from discovering any difference , certain it ia that her Koyal Highness reposed ia the inns of the spiritual head of the church with as much contentment as though she had been in the arms of her own nurse . " Voltaire himself never darted a more polished oi daring scoff . To complete this cabinet of curiosities , there only needed " a christeningeaie of the most enormous dimensions : round it was a wreatti of flowers ; on the top of it a rock , surmounting which Xeptune , driving his hippocampi ; and in the car a figure of Britannia , holding in her arms the infant Princ < ss Koytl ; the whole being executed in sugar , and being & very fair specimen of the confectioner's skill . "—Spectator .

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      WHIG ECONOMY . Lord Ke&ne hsa been a fortnns > te man . His great exploit in iDdia was the capture of a very strong place ¦ with a very -vrtik door , and he will doubtless havo the same sood luck of finding a very weak door to the jusrd-hanse of the -public treamry . Lord Keane did sll thit he had to do in India -well : his campaign was short and sucressfal , and he seems to have been not di * p ! essed to leave off . with the success he had achieved , and to hasten home for his revraris . The question ia , not whether Lord Keane has rendered service , but whether the service he has rendered is such as to create a c' . sim "bi > th to a title and two thousand a year for three lives , and this it a time when Government thinks it right to practise a most minute economy .

      A Treasury order was lately issued to the public sffices , directing that old ink-bottles and almanack frames should be saved , and returned by a cart , which would call fcrthein , that they misht be used again , ana tint notes should be written on half-shtets of paper . This was striking evidence of a neurons spirit of economy . " Tako care of the pence , " says old Richard , " and the pounds -will taVe care of themsslvis ; " and when we saw the case of ths old ink-bott'es and almanack frames , it seemed to us that the public purse should fcardly want guardians , bo well aWe should it ba to take cars of itself , according to tfce reasoning o ' the maxim . But lo ! £ -2 . 0 oO a year for three lives is ssY . ^ a for the reward of Lord Keauc ' s campaign !

      We ¦ wish same one would cileoUte the number of « 1 J ink-bottles and almanack frames in Lord Keane . Let us see how mucu parsimony i » neceasarr to nnke np for 39 much profusion . Let us at « to what extremities tre must be miserably per . nj * -wise in ortitT to be able to be niis ; ra £ ceEtly pound-foolish- Let us have the comparation of the value in old ink-tattUs or a ! - njia ^ efc frouics granted to throe lives , in consideration c 5 Ljri KsfcQfc ' a successes . —Eju ; ni >«? r .

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      THE LETTER OF MR . J . G . MARSHALL TO EARL FITZWILLIAM . The sensible k :: « of Ear ] Fiiz ^ liam , assigning the reasons 'frhy h ^ Lordship r ^ fuscU to attenii tho recent Chartist c ^ nferen > - » - tit L . ^ d s , hr . s called furth a I'T .-z and ramb ' iin- reply from Mr . J . Q- ilarihali , inserted in Triad ' s Tim's , in which , a : aon ? other ( jravo agsnrap ti ^ ns , be vtiiturts to h-sard the following : —First , ttit the Chariis ! 3 , apart from the millions -who do nut coincide with them , consv ' tut 8 " the people ; " secondly , that tbe Reformed Parliament uocs not f « . Lriy repreicnt tLe wants Slid 'wishes of the said psople ; thirdly , that in Norway , Switzerlanii , anu the United States , wLere tbe ( ijTexnnitn : arid the populace are allteed to

      be ill per- ' t-ct harniouj-, the Iv . ter are ** ur . iversally happj-, erjeying the whoie fruits of their industry in a bi ^ h state of physical w ell-being , liistir . g-uisbed by intellectual and moral culture ; " and lastly , that as the LoTds aid Coniir . ons are clearly responsible for those dispensations of Providence whereby individuals and claises-axe oft « n visited frith sdvereity , so , if tha People ' s Charter v . ere once made law , idle fallows vronid immesiiattly b . cjBie indc ^ trioua , bad -workmen would tarn as large w& ^ es aa good onza , no overstocked markets would oc < a « ion a decrease of employment , no improvidence or iil-hea' . th -would produce distress in lib-uring families , and , to crown all , the Ballot "Would U ; a synonynie for biiss .

      Now , of course , these dogmas are no otherwise deserving of notice than as showing the rank » Dd heartless nonsense -with which ignorant multitude * are f jrtLStxi in their wild impracticable theorife * . That a number ef simple-minded workmen , dtluded by their more pragmatical and palavering shopmates , should occ& $ iori&iij tutaWe up hjb th .-y themselves sayi to have a bit of jat ? about politics or something elae , is nothing "wonderful certainly . Time out of mind , there have been hosts of apr'jn'd siatemitn—the great lights and big-wigs of the factory— -who have always derived a sufficient nutivj for the invention of grievances , from the ficilities thereby iffordtd for fleecing their dopes , under pretence of gathering (• nbscriptions to obtain redress . Bur , liat master mannfacturers in the station

      of Mr . Marshall , having nothing in Common with such derr . agoine siiarpera as these , shoald unreflectingly coniin ' t theniseives io the cruel responsibility ef stimnLitis ;; their confiding inftri rs to clamonr for a political Uv \ pin which , even Were it realizable , vcould invc ' . ve ii ; fin : U ; iy tforie eviis than now exist , does , we confess , astonish us n jt a little . It is evident from that individual ' s letter , that he is ignorant , profoundly ignorant , not oaiy of historical experience , but of the elementary prii . cip ! ps of bn :: iau society . Nor , supposing bis sentiments to re a fair specimen of those of his fellow Libera ' , 8 thranghout the country , could there be a stronger reasun -with thinking men for combining in all directions to txtinguiih a dsmocratic faction wliich seeks to fcXiilt itself upan the ruins of our susial

      fabric--Jast- iiaaglne for a moment that their extravagant ¦ leinands -wt-re worti . y of serious deliberation . Overlooking those aisigreimctts among themselves whereby , ¦ srhile nearly ur . a . a > nicus in advocating an extension ol the frac : bise , uns section insists on Universal Suffrage , acd another positively refuses to go bo far , let U 3 concede , for ir . vre argument ' s sake , either that all householders payii-g taxes , or thai all lads haviag attained nu ; or ; : y , -ought to possess the lirhfc of voting for members-of Parliament . Two consequences , ¦ we submit , are perfectly demonstrable : —first , that tkis new refurm wonid by no means allay the clamour for a yet f&rtht-r extension of electoral rights ; and secondly , if it-did allay that clamour , it would inevitably disappoint expectation a . « regarus the well-being or happiness of tLe lower orders .

      In the first place , make a hypothetical trial of Household Suffrage . Under this arrangement all the inamedworliaien who occupy an independent dwelling of their owa , no matter how small the rent , woud have a v- ^ to fo r a Parliamentary representative . We are entitled to assume , therefore , though there are other elements -n-hich aii § ht materially disturb this conclusion , that ikty wouid be content Bat "what should we do with the myriads of bacb , 6 ior journeymen , ' who , in the undoubted exercise of British freedom , might think fit to remain in lodgings ? Why , they "would be utterly impititnt of the invidious distinction tb . ua established bersreen themselves and a portion Of theii shoprnates . Tiey -would constitute , a « coruiDgly , & new class of grifeVAui ^ -nicngera ; they "would become violent in their outcry for equal rigbts ; in a word , a further extension of ths franchise "would be declared to be absolutely necessarr ]

      Pass st once , then , to Universal Suffrage . ConSne the privilere , at first , to males and majors . All the foot-. aen . grooms , coachmen , and out-door servants of the aristocracy—all the clerks , -warehousemen , and porters of the merchants—all the shopmen , messengers , and-ctpeuder . ts of the tradespeople—all the journeymen , labourers , and " prenticw throughout the kingdom — .-J ] tfce fore-nm : mariners in merchant service—all the ab . t-bodied sailors in her Majesty's fleet—all tbe priva ' . * s in * Jq- ? &Tmy and "marines—all the officers in the excise , csjtonn , and dock-yard ^—all the servants of railway , insurance , and jjint-stock companies—all these , us a matter of course , must be put in possession

      of the nniVL-rssl franchise . Well , -what the better wooid they be of this ? and -what the better would the country be ? Oi thy supposition that such an enlargement of the Suffrage -were astaallv effected , any importance now attached to an individual vote "would be Ci-mpl-. tviy stamped in the vnivertality of the privilege What everybody could give , nobody would care for . Ic such circumstances , a voter would be rtduecu to tte must contempti ' -ls unit in existence . If y . be tmj that s few pounds zre sometimes given to bribe him at present , the difference under Universal Scgraie "fc-ouid be , not that bribery would ba done awiy with , but that the price of tiie voter ' s venality

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      would be prodigiously lowered in prtjorjloajtocthe oommonneu of the article . As matters now stand , an honest elector may often muster spirit to refist Q » Importonitiea of an employer j but with Universal Suffrage , his vote would not be worth denying to any man . This conclusion ia therefore obvious , that under the proposed unrestricted regitne ot liberalism , tbe influence of wealth would cmy all before it—aye , even with the Ballot—aven more than it does now . The evil of private tampering * , ia proportion to their increased cheapness and facilities , would be multiplied a thousandfold .

      Ask the working men . ia America what precise benefit they draw , or whether they draw any benefit at all , from the possession of the elective franchise ! Apart from the occasional fingering of a miserable bribe , tbe practice of which in the United States is as common and current as political venality can make it , they toil their six days a week , earn their scanty wages , and have at desperate a struggle with poverty as our uasuffraged- operative * at borne . JR « - publlcan bribery , as we may take a future opportunity of showing , if the rottanest and most pernicious bribery in existence . - ¦

      Then , what sort of senators should we have under Mr . M&TBbaU ' B contemplated regime ? Men returned to Parliament without a proper qualification , and paid a salary by their constituents , would , in oil probability , be the purchaseable tools of any Ministry that might choose to bid high enough tot their co-operation or connivance ; -and if Parliaments were annual , the fugitive nature of their delegated honours , instead of enhancing responsibility , would furnish only ths stronger motive for reaping an early harvest of corruption . -

      Neither would Universal Suffrage itself , or what is commonly so called , be stamped with anything like finality . Modern education , which really means modern magic , i * working extraordinary changes ; whether they be improvements or not , is another question . Everything would struggle to be upon the move . Connected with repeated alterations in the franchise , it is by no means unlikely that an attempt might be made soouer or later to . abridge toe term of year * heretofore assigned to pupillage and majority . These Tavvay times may presently conduct lads to maturity v- 't to political privileges at . sixteen—nay ,

      eventually . even at twelve . Females , too , patronised by the advocates of equality , might by and by grow impatient of their quiet legitimate influence , and seek to become active Parliamentary politicians , with an alleged indtloiiible right both to vote at the polling booth , and to harangue at tne hustings . Pray , Air J . Q . Marshall , where would all this stop ? What ia now called Universal Suffrage , were . it ever adopted , would just be tantamount to universal confusion . Mr Marshall should teach his workmen sounder principles , and sot them a butter example . At prtaent , whatever he may think of it , he is only contributing to their luiserr . —Times .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , Feb . 12 th . The Bishop of Loxdon presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Leeds in favour of the Bill for the Drainage of Buildings . He fully concurred Ux the prayer of the petition , as he believed a great portion of all disease in large towns arose from imperfect sewerage and ventilation . Lord Ellenboeough thought the moral and religious improvement of the poor totally inconsistent with their phjsic&l degradation , and that it was utterly idle to build churches and school-houses until the poor man was placed in a situation of self-respect , and h « d a co ; nfortabable home . He regretted that the Bill was eaiy prospective in its operation . In answer to the Marquis of Salisbury , Viscount Du . ncan ^ o . N" said it was the intention of Government to proceed with the recommendations of the committee fur making additional thoroughfares iu the metropolis £ u soon as possible .

      The Marquis of JTokmaxbt moved the second reading of the Dniiuage of Buildings Bill . It was but one siep upon tiie subject , and hJ promised thtir Lordships it would be followed up by others . The Noblo Lord then referred Pt some length to the prevalence of fevers and other diseases iu various districts of the metropolis , which had not been properly drained or ventilated . In the provinces the same ill effects wore observable in ail the large manufacturing towns , Wh&re V&at numbers of the population were crowded together in badly ventilated aud drained districts . The Noble Lord referrixl to tha statistical tables of the mortality , in Manchester , Liverpool , Glasgow , and other large towns , in onier to show that of iate years it had considerably increased . It was not his intention nt present to extend the provisions of the BUI to Scotland , although he had no objection to its being extended to Irplanrf .

      The . Marquis of Salisdury said bia only objection to tile BUI was , that it dh ! not 50 far enough . Some of the provisions had be-, n rather hastily considered , aad he proposed , therefore , that it should be referred to a te-ect committee up stair * The liirl i .-: Wicklow also thought the measure impiri 1 ct in so : ue- vt i : s details . The M irquis of WESTMINSTER supported the BUI , ¦ wh u-a wai me :: r ^ ad a second time , and ordered to be referred to a street committee up stairs , —Adjourned till next Tuesday .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , Feb . 12 . Several bills for amending railway acts were advanced 5 stage . PeUU'mi were presented , by Mr . Brotherton , for a free pinion to F ; o /> t , Williams , and Jones ; by Mr . Berkeley , against the Cjm Laws , and fi&m tbe merchants of Bri > tol against the equalizition of the dutits on East nnd West India produce ; by Jlr . O'Connell , against the combination of workmen in the printing trade ; and by Mr . Lockhart and 2 dt . Ewart , in favour of tbe copyright of designs bill . Lord J . Hcssell , in reply to Sir E . Sugden , stated that it was his intention to oppose the bill of the Right Hon . Gentleman on the Bubject of tho administration of juitice in the Privy Council and the House oi Lords .

      Mr . Godson gave notice that , on the 23 rd February , ho should move for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the present state of companies established for the insurance of lives . Mr . EWaHT gave notice that , on the 20 tk February , he should mova for the appointment of a committee to inq-ure into tho treatment of lunatics in tliti Hanwell Asylum . Iu answer to Mr . Ewart , Lord Palmeiisto . t said it "wat the intention oi Government to propose a reduction of tho duty on Neapoliian oil , bat he could not say to vr ' uat extent . It w ^ s also their intention to bring in a bill to facilitate the transfer of goods by document between principal and factor .

      Sir . Hume wished to know -whether there was any truth in the report which had obtained circulation in tbe Imlian papeM , namely , that the 2 nd Bengal cavalry had behaved so badly during the war iu Affghinistan , refusing to advance at the command of their officers , that tiiey had been sent back to Bengal and disb » nded —that upon investigation it turned out that Sir John , now Lord Keane , iiad ordered a trooper of the regiment to ba bh-Jt without cjurt-niartial or inquiry , and that no regular inquiry had been permitted into the circumstances .

      Sir J . Hobhouse regretted that the Hon . Member , upon the evidence of a newspaper correspondent , would believe a British gener ; l officer to have been an accomplice of murder under the pretence of discharging his duty . The object evidently -was to pruvent aa iion . and gallant officer , who LaO . iserv ^ d his country for nearly fifty years , from rec-eiviui ; the reward to which he "was justly entitled . Tl » e facts of the case were , that the regiment in question -were commiting depredations on the standing crops of a village , and at tee earnest entreaties of the leading men videttes were pasted around the fields with instructions to fire over the heads of the marauders . One man was in consequence -wounded in the leg , aud if the man had been shot on the * pot the commanding ciactr would have been |» erfectly justified . ( Cneers . ) He would add further , that during the whole advance not only was no man punished with death , but thire waa no instance of corporal punishment having been inflicted .

      Mr . Williams wished to know if the papers which had published these calumnious statements "would be prosecuted . Mr , Hogg said no report whatever hid reached the Directors of the East India Company in reference to these charges . Lord Howick thought the explanation of the Right Hon . Q-tntleman highly satisfactery . The House then went into committee to take into consideration her Majesty ' s message relative to a grant to Lord Keane . Lord J . Rl'SSELL proposed that a rom of £ 2 , 000 i > e granted to Lord Keane and his tw » next surviving heirs . air R . Peel seconded the motion , and declared th * t he -would not disturb the unanimity of the House ¦ with reference to any political questions .

      Lord Howick opposed the grant , and reminded the Noble Lord ( J . Russell ) of the practice in aucient timaj of rewarding the victorious generals with a laurel crown . In later times a word from Queen Elizabeth was thought the highest re ward that could be conferred upon the bravest and most distinguished of the generals . He thought a large grant of the public money was altogether uncalled for . Lord J . Russell observed that in ancient times a victorious army returned laden with spoils , and the country would be shocked if it had been stated that Sir John Keane had returned to England with several waggou loads of silver .

      Mr . HUUE objec ' . ed to the creation of a pauper peerage , ar . d thought it extremely injudicious to pension a family for three generations upon the public taxes . Such a step tended to degrade the peerage in the eyes of the public He also objected on the ground that the motion was not well timed ; they had not tha means of paying the debts they had already incurred , and at the present momeut there was an excess of five millions of expenditure over their income . Sir H . YiviA * supported the motion . Mr . Mcntz did not think himself authorised to tax those who were yet anborn for sach . a purpose , ' although he did not mean to disparage the services of the Noble Lord , or to refuse him an ample reward in bis own person .

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      vMk ^ BorraBpToir thpufht they ipBgb * confer reward * and distinctions' oh Captiln ' Cleg * and those like him , who bad been instrumental In affriny ttfe , instead of voting large sums to thoa # who had caused a great destruction of life . ( Hear , ancTIaugKter . ) General Johnson thought'lt a wasteful expenditure ef the publio funds , and would oppose the motion . Colonel Sal wet had known the present Government long enough to learn that there was the greatest possible contrast between their professions out of door * and their conduct in the House , , : On a division , there appeared—for the motion , 195 ; agatlost it , 13 . :-... ' ,: ; Tbe House then went into committee on the Custom Duties Bill , and " . : ¦ ¦ . ' . " ,

      Mr . Labouchebe moved a resolution for the reduction of the duty en , rum , the produce of , the X ^ st Indie * . ' ¦ - , " , .. ' ¦ C- ' , ¦ ¦ ; . ' :,. \ :-. ' . ' : ¦ iMr . GOULBUKN complained that the West Jndia interests had been treated most unfairly In the proposed measure of Government for the equalization of the duty on nun and other articles of East India produce . Itwal besides a direct breach of faith , because ¦ they had been told that there would be no interference at present ? rttb . tho West India interests in consequence ot the difficulties under which -they were , labouring He denied that the measure would be of so muonbeneSt to the Bast Indies as was 4 « pected . by its framers . ¦• •'¦ . ' . . '¦¦ : ¦¦ '¦' _ ¦ ¦' _ ; '¦ ¦ ' ¦

      Mr . Labodchere was glad the speech of the Right Hon . Gentlattian contained so few substantial objiro . tions against this proposition . It was evident that it was merely a question of time between himself and the Right Hon . Gentleman . ¦ The manufactures of India had been almost annihilated , although he believed the demand-for English manufactures in that country was only limited by their owa restrictions . He was quite sure that in a country like theirs , possessing widely extended colonial territories , there was but one safe and rational principle , namely , to treat with equal favour and promotion every part of the empire . ( Loud eheeis . ) < ' ¦ Mr . Ewart thought all the articles of East India produce , including coffee and tobacco , should be placed upon ths same footing as the produce of the West Indies .

      Mr . Colqohodn said if they abolished the protection they would Increase the commercial prosperity of both colonies . Mr . Hawes said It would also have tbt effect of increasing the exertions of the West Indian colonies , and the result of the application of the principles ot free trade would be found ultimately beneficial . Therevenue was falling off from the present high price of sugar , and a great objection would be raised , through- ' eut tbe country , to tha imposition of new taxes , when the revenue . might be increased by an honest course of commercial policy . . ., . ¦ Sir A . Giiant said the West Indies were in a state of transition , and suggested that the duty should be gradually diminished . : , Sir Si Lushington would not support any proposition which would not fully secure that country against the chance of the introduction of the produce of slave labour . '

      Lord Sandon said the interests of the free labourers bad been completely lost sight of . If the measure was carried into immediate effjct , it would compel the planters to discontinue the employment of these men . He thought the operation of the Bill ought to be delayed for at least two years . Mr . Lauouchbre said it could not coma into practical operation for six mouths , and he should not consent to any further delay . Sir R . Peel advocated the plan of a gradual reduction of the duty , as otherwise , the West Indian proprietors wou , ld have some reason to complain that they had been taken by surprise . At the same time he did not intend to disturb tae unanimity ot the House by offering any opposition to the present motion . Tbe resolution was ultimately agreed to without a division . The Committee of Ways and Meaas was postponed on tho suggestion of Sir R . Peal .

      Mr . Lahouchere moved the second reading of the Railways Bill , stating that he would not take the next stage for a fortnight , in order that ample time might be given for considering its details . Read a second time . The Registration of Voters lEn ? land ) Bill was postponed till Friday next . Adjourned at a quarter-past twelve .

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      TO TUB KD 1 TOH OF THE NORTHEUN STAB . New York , January 2 ath , 1841 . Dear Sir , —Kot wishing to trouble you oftenerthan appears necessary , I have not for sometime trespassed oa your patience , or the colunins of your extensively circulated journal -, but , at this time , having a few facia of importance to communicate ( not exactly of importance to the community , but to individual families ) , hope you will give me space for the present scrawl . In the first place , I beg to inform you , that the ship American arrived htre on the 11 th rtay of December , having had a very protracted Voyage , during which many of the passengers were taken ill , iu consequence of want of provisions , &c , among "whom w « re—7 ^—Bradbury and Charles Kinsey , from the neighbourhood

      of Oldham ; aud John Adainson , carpenter , late a resident in Glasgow , who boarded with me , and whom I found neceesary to send te the hospital—a place where every necessary attention is paid them . Adamson is recovered , and now following his employment ; Bradbury is fast recovering , and I expect will be out in a few days ; but Kin Bey died in a few days ftfter his admission . Loblcy , from Bradford , is also in the Pensylvania Hospital . Another cose ia that of ¦ ; — Brown , from Manchester , who came out in the ship Francis first , arriving here on the 18 th of the present month , in company with whom was James Hudson , of Bradford ; William Ibbotsun , of Halifax , bookseller ; and a young man of tbe name of Colcroft , or Caworott , from near Halifax . These persons boarded with me for eight or nine days , during which time Mr . Brown appeared very weak , and kept his bed ; after which , Messrs . Ibbotson and Colcroft went over the river , and engaged a place in which to carry on the business of

      felliuongering or tanning , leaving Hudson and Brown with me ( the latter still in bed ) until the following day , when Hudson removed him to the place taken by the others , in Jersey , under a pretext that he should board and lodge with them ; which ended , on the morning following bis removal , with Hudson decamping , and taking £ y 2 sterling belonging to the man Brown , who may be , apparently , about forty-live or flfty years of age . The case has not yet been brought before the police , but skall be immediately . Ibbotson says that Hudson has , also , £ 42 sterling belonging to him . Time , however , the unraveller of nil myteries , will , perhaps , throw additional light on this villanous and infernal transaction , by which a sick man , in years , has been plundered of every penny in his possession , and left destitute iu ft stvange land . He is now about biting admitted into the Hospital , to live on the benevolence of the public until he is restored to health , or passes out of this stage of existence into that where there are

      no rogues . It appears that the manner in which tbe money of Brown was got possession of is n somewhat novel step in the art of thieving . On the voynge Jt was represented to him how dangerous it waa to have a sum of money by him in his trunks , or otherwise , and was thereby induced to give it up to the safe keeping ef Hudson , who would lodge it in his rule pocket , on the side of his pantaloons , taking care to stiteh it especially safe , —and it has proved , so safe , that Hudson has gone off , and the money with him , it evidently having been impossible to separate them .

      Political matters appear on the move : an extra Session is proposed by the British Whigs , to enable them to repeal the Sub-Treasury Bill , &c , &u . The affairs in tho State of Maine look anything but peaceable . M'Leort is stated to have been admitted on bail ; such is not the fact . The moneymougers here , in connection with those of Britain , are moving heaven aud earth to mortgage the States , by internal improvements , &c ., but I guess it won't do ; Brother Jonathan will settle their affairs one of these days , By giving insertion to the above , you will greatly oblige many of your readers , and the families referred to . I am . Sir , Yours , very respectfully , Peteh . Bussey . No . 2 , Front-street , New York , U . S .

      P . S . I have also juafc been informed that George Atkinson , ton of Robert Atkinson , of Bradford , who arrived here on tha 26 tb ds . y of September , in the ship Fiilrfleld , died this day , in the Lunatic Asylum , to which place he was taken on the evening of the 27 th instant P . R

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      Accidents during tub Frost . —A bricklayer's labourer fell down in tho streets of London last week , owing to the slippery state of the road caused by the frost . He had a piece of timber on his shoulder , which came in contact with hia-hoad , and so injured him that he has since died . — -A . carman , who was driving a horse and cart , also fell down in the streets , while going along Crutched Friars , and before he could rise the cart passed over his le * . Inflammation of the limb took place , followed by death .

      In the same Codrt an action was tried in which Mr . Egan , a barrister , claimed from the Guardians , of the Kensington Union a balance of account due for attending to the business of returning-ofiieer at the election for Guardians . It appeared that the Guardians had advertised for a barrister , and it was ajqreed the plaintiff should be employed at five guineas a day . The defendants had tendered £ 260 ^ and the plaintiff ' s demand was £ 378 . A barrister ' s right to bring an action for fees was questioned ; and the circumstance of striking a bargain for servioes waa strongly animadverted on by the Attorney-General as degrading to the profession . The verdict was for the defeudaats , on the ground that the sum paid into court covered the plaintiff ' s legal demand .

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      An English Protestant Charoh is now being built » t Jerusalem . -THB'f i ^ c ^ i ^ M *^ MiuiiB * iwi ( vieii portable gas for lights to the mail coaches . A pugilistic encounter hat week was thus aanouneed— " Adam ' t great fight with CairiJ * Accounts from all partd of Germany adwrt to the immense quantity of snow that had lately fallen there , bUryinjg in some places whole y | llsg 68 . .. ' At St . PpTERSBURGH they ohange , ^ / sentinels on duty every ten minutes , several . Mving , J # en frozen to death . ; ; _ , , . ' . ;•• ¦ ' . ¦ . . ¦ . . .. - . \ .-: ' . -. ' . - ., ? . c The 8 t 6 rt of Don Miguel ' s paving . Portugal a visit by way of France and Spain , is current , and ' . .

      credited among the Spaniards . Thb office of publio executioner at Athens has been given to ' a Frenchman , who is to have a salary of 400 f . per month , and 100 f , for each execution . iNCBNDrAEiSH appears to be on the * increase , the Police Gsgette containing four offera 1 of reward for the discovery and apprehension of offenders . ' There is to be a renewal , it is stated , of Ihe prosecution against Madame Laffarge for the ' robbery of the diamonds of ilme . de Leotaud . 1 " he Cbam » &r qr ; . Cohhkbce of Dunkirk has petitioned Government to undertake the fortnation of a railroad from Dunkirk to kille ,

      Sir Astlbt-Cooper died at his house in Conduitstreet , London , on Friday , aged 72 . He was worth half a million of money . , . . East Surrey Election . —Pin At Close ov the Poll . —Friday , Four o ' clock . —Antrobus , 2 , 652 } Alcockv' 1 , 438 . Majority for Antrobus , the Tory candidate , 1 , 214 . : ¦ •' ¦ ' - ¦ - ' TheAvstrian army is on its fall war footing . At a moment's notice the Austrian Government could bring into the Held 300 , 000 men and 600 piades of cannon . ¦ The Wreck of her Majesty ' s ship , Fairy has been discovered about four miles from Lowestoft . A fishing Bmack is said to have brought up one of the yards . . .

      Lv a lats week , the out-reJief for tho poor of tbe parish of Coventry alone w * s bestowed upon about 1 , 100 poor families . There ia the greatest distress among the weavers . FuNERAt of Napolso * . —The removal of . the coffin of the Emperor Napoleon from th& dome of the invalicjea into the side-chapel of Saiat Jerome , near Paris , was effected on Saturday week . . In Manchester , great interest is expressed as to the cultivation of cotton in / India ; an account has been received of au experiment made for raising plants from £ ea Island cotton , whiuh had proved successful . •' . ; CROCKFOltD'S CLtB no longer exists . The Club will long bear the charmed name , but the late proprietor has no interest ; in the mahag : ment or table . The new Club is in the hands of a Committee . ' .

      Two Females , movino in respectable society at Dovonport , have been apprehended for shoplifting . One of them alleged in palliation , that , she was poor , and wished to keep up a respectable appearance ! C antebbdrt Election . —A petition against tbe return of .-the Tory candidate , Mr . Smythe , was presented on Friday ; it emanates from two electors—Stephen Marrell and William Lepine , and alleges bribery and treating against the sitting member . FiftE at Brbntfokd . —On Saturday morning a fire , attended tvith considerable loss , broke out in the malting-house ot Mr . Thomas , a brewer and distiller , Brentford . The damage waa confined 10 the upper floors .

      The highest annual average price , of wheat , in England since the passing of the , Corn Laws , was ia 1817 , namely , 94 s . per qr . The lowest price , being also the average of the year , in ltussia Proper , was in 1825 nearly IG 3 . 9 d . per qr . Tub PtteposKD equalisation of tho duties on Ease and West India rum , ia attracting the attention of capitalists , and may probably lead to the investment of a considerable amount of British capital in East India cultivation and commerce .

      During thb last two yjbars there have been thirty-seven promotions from the ranks in the army . The commissions have been given chiefly to sergeant-majors and colour-scrge&ntB . Four common s « rgeants are iu the list of promotions . Strange Patent . —The following appears in the list of patents : —Thos . Vaux , of Frederick-s-. reet , Grav ' s inn-lane , worsted manufacturer , for improvements iu hone shoes . —Sealed lSKh January—six months . Barbarity in Salop . —The miscreant Jones , whose extraordinary barbarity to an illegitimate child waa last week mentioned , has been sentenced to tivo months' imprisonment in the county jail ; before liberation , to find sureties for his future good conduct .

      Gkoss Attempt at Imposition . —Two men were taken before tho magistrates at Union-Hall , on Saturday , for attempting to sell a package of sawdust for tobacco . Thoy were discharged—tne magistrate stating he had no power to iuilict punishment on the defendants . More Bishops . —It has been deterrninod to proceed without further delay with the plan proposed in theBi . "hop of Londou ' s letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury for providing a fund for the endowment of bishoprics in the British colonies and foreign possessions . The first objects to which the fund will be applied will be the endowment , or part endowment , of bishoprics in Malta and in New Zealand .

      Aristocratic Insolvents . In the Sheriff ' Court , on tho 11 th inst ., proclamation of outlawry , for non-payment of debts , was made against the following titled personages : —Sir Andrew Leith Hay , the Honourable Charles Manners Sutton , the Right Honourable Charlotte Maria Bury , and the Honourable George Lionel Maseey . MibDLK Class Moralitv . —In the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Friday , an action for criminal conversation was tried , in which Mr . Brummell , the son of Mr . Brummell of the Treasury , waa the plaintiff , and Lieutenant Jackson of the First Dragoon Guards was the defendant . The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 500 damages .

      Alarming Fire . —On Sunday morning , about twelve o ' clock , an alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Stretch , bookbinder , of St . Martin ' s Lane . Considerable damage was done to the extensive stock , bookbinding presses , and the building . Mr . Stretch is insured in the Imperial . No account can be given of the origin of the fire . Singular Accident . —An inquest was held on Saturday , on the body of a porter , named Patrick Buse , employed at the East London Dispensary . He had punctured the palm of his right hand , whilst opening a door that had a broken brass handle , ami it is supposed there was verdigris iu the handle , which mingled with the blood , and caused tho slight wound in tho end to prove fatal .

      A man was broughs up to the Mansion House on Saturday , for refusing to pay 6 J . for two plates of meat and vegetables he had consumed at an eatinghouse . The unconscionable rascal bad been tempted into the house by the announcement in the window , of "Dinner and supper for 3 d ., " which the eatinghouse keeper had placed there as a lur « . However , the "biter" was fairly "bit . " Malicious Propensitt . —A young man , named Carr , was brought up to Hatton Garden

      Policeoffice on Saturday , charged with breaking the windows of a Mr . Miller , of Islington . The defeudant having paid the damage done to Mr . Miller ' s property , left the court amidst the hisses and groans of a very crowded court . There were at least five hundred &tonea produced , which had been flung through . windows ; one struck a lady in the face while she . was in bed dying , and , as may be supposed , caused the utmost angujsh . It is impossible to convey an idea of the extent of damage done , and the consternation occasioned thereby .

      William Hone . —The author of" The Every-Day Book , " and other publications , is now , at the age of sixty years , disabled , by bodily infirmity and the effects of two paralytio seizures , from providing the means of supporting himself and his dependent family . For the last five years the post of sub-editor of the Patriot newspaper .-was his solo dependence ; and this he would have continued to Main , had he not been thus incapacitated . Some of his friends have formed themselves into a committee , for the purpose of raising contributions for securing to him an income sufficient to save him from penury . Among others are—Mr . Alderman Pirie , Freeman s-court , Cornhill . the treasurer ; Thomas Piper , sen ., Esq . ; Thomas Chalis , Esq ., and Apsley Pellat , Esq ., who are trustees . —Cambridge paper .

      SLiVERT changing Names . —There is a vessel only waitine for fair muds to leave this country ou a perfectly novel mission . The Hector , Capt . Robert Freeman , is under engagement tQ convey Mr . Barolay , the Agent-Genural for . Jamaica , to Sierra Leone , in order to offer to the natives of Africa a passage to tha West Indies ! is ftee emigrants , and so to participate , in the advantages , without the paios , already eujoyed by their countrymen who have left their nasive land as slaves . They are to bo quite unfettered by engagements before embarkation , and fre& to choose their own employers and make their own terms ou reaching their

      2 iew' home . To them the change from a barbarous to a' comparatively civiliscti " country mnst be beneficial . To those who look fceyond the surface , this commencement of an African emigratioa , which , may one day _ supersede : the slave trade throughout , the world , will give no common gratification . -Mr / Barclay may be proud to be the first Eriglishm ? in who takes a ship on such a voyage . TheHoffwr had already begun her voyage , with Mr . Barclay on board , when adverse winds drove her back to S ' r eernes 8 , having lost a windlass and anchor , on Taur aday week . She awaits tho repair of this aecidtaai- to set out ^ agaiu . —ColonialGazette .

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      A Genuine Patbiabch . — From-a friend , a regj , dent at Scuddeburgh , we lean t that there is at pr » sent alfTOm ' ffielaSmriSf ^ Han ^ * may TrtJo ^ p * bom ia 1730 , and baa attained , or rather tura «< L the 110 th year of bis age * From hW youth upwards he hag cherished all the feelings- thai . constitute tba true Celtic character , and was . - jdeemed trustworth y enough , to become one ; of the attendants of Mr M'Ltod , tacksman of Beraera , during his sojourn in a hiding-place that blood-hounds could not reach , subsequent to the disastrous battle ot Cnllodea The spot chosen was Uamba Jfttudai ; and wjbil * thus secreted , he fared better than Baron BradwaK dine , by clansmen and friends , who supplied him with venison , mutton , and fish ,, and . other ; neces saries , . obtained by hunting , dexterity , or : otherwise , and served according , to the rude fashion of Up times . Tha name of the individual ^ who has seen generation after generation committed to- the craveof

      i ^ Jbbn . Martin ; his fa ? utt ^ 8 Bpeech . sjighti » nd hearing are . unimpaired , and he is still ¦ so hale in . bodily . health that , in good weather , he thinks nothing of travelling to the top of the highest hill in HarriB , ' Our friend conversed wjtk £ im ; very lately , and as he * h as Bad no _ feet gear for ihe Vnt four yeaara ,, very kindly senthim a pair of j £ ma . in youth he was remarkably swift of foot , ana , np > t » the ^ age of sixty , could out-run and seize a she € p « a thje ; steepest Hill side . . Even John , Merry legs , the ' English pedestrian , would have found him an ugly customer , more / particularly had the face-ground been , the forest of Harris . Old as he is , he was never so far south as Skye ; with Stornaway he is equallv unacquainted ; and : good as his legs ^ aye long been fortune has so chained him to a narrow locality that he bears a -close resemblance' to the Christian Bobbmerj besung lay" a Cowper , " who never iravelldd forty miles from home . "—Dumfries . Courier .

      AStrangs Pabish . —The following anecdote is . we are ( assured , true : —About eighty years ago the parish of Gi ' erux contained a very scanty popula tion , and for three euccea 3 ivfe yeiia the parish clerk made no returns , at ' thp isnnual visitations , " pf the registers -of either mirrrufgea ; births , or' burials . When the court inquired the reason , suspe&ing'him of negligence jn the dischalrgft of his parochial duties , ho replied ( alluding to the parishioners ) thai "God did not like then ^ the dev il did not like them , and they did not Ufa om another . " Ot this striDg * reply . an explanation was demanded . " God . did not like them * " said he | " else he wduld take gome of them to himself ; tne derjl did' not like them , or be would do the same ; and thay . did not like one auother ^ orthete' vfoiifd . be , tnarrJages * and births amongst themi * It i 8 "needl 6 s 9 to say [ what tfiieak this had oq ftie whole eojip .-r-CumSerlahd PuclieU

      The Pac papers mention that a criminal , nsmei Elichalt , who had been condemned to death , for a murder committed at Sti Palais , was carried thither : from Pan a fewdays since and execated . The way was long , and he was liken in a vehicle amid a very strong escort 6 t gendarmerie iff the place of punishment . All the populations along the road turned out to see the melancholy procession , and went down on their knees as the oriminal passed . The women , to , o , in observance of % prpjiidioe which has existed from time immemorial , whipped all their young children as the procession went by , in order to make a forcible- impression on their memories of the natm& of tho occasion .

      'Master and Man . —Mr . Robinson , a silk manufacturer in Milk-street , and Thomas Palmer , as operative weaver , attended before Sir Claudius Hunter , Bart ., at the Guildhall , London , as arbitrators appointed to settle a dispute between Mr , Ambrose Moore and Robert Wheeler , one . of the silk-weavers employed by him . The question atissue is to be contested in the superior courts . ¦ Ai the first hearing , before Mr . Alderman Kelly , the cotaplainaut required compensation for loss of time , through the default of Mr . Moore ' s foreman in withholding a portion of the materials , the other portion being fixed up in his loom , eo that he could do no other work . He was thus kept idle fifteen days , for which he sought compensation at the rate of

      2 s . 6 d . a , day . Some of this delay was wilful , as tb « master had the material to deliver . Mr . Ambrose Moore put some questions to Wheeler , who , in reply said he was to be paid la . per yard for weaving thia satin . Ho made 135 yards ,, and had been paid Is . » yard for it . '• Mr . Moore sajd he did not meau fc » enter into the question whether the man had been kept idle so many days , but to insist that the magistrate had no right to entertain the complaint at all , and begged to -intimate that he Qiix ' . Moore ) would / -resist , by legal proceedings , any decision tue Alderman might come to . A man could not be . paid in two ways , by the pi « ce and by the week at the same time . Mr . Alde . rman Kelly , nevertheless , proceeded

      to appoint two arbitrators , who met on Friday , and being unable to agree to any award , came back to the bitting Magistrate to determine as umpire between them . The arbitrator for the journeyman contended , thai , though a man might be paid by the yard , he was entitled to compensation for any time he might be kept watting for materials , and he was for awarding / two . shillings , and sixpence a day , for thirteen days . Mr . Robinson , on the other side , said Mr . Moore had declined giving any evident * , or taking any cognizance of the arbitration ; and , withregard to the point in dispute , he thought the

      journeyman entitled to nothing beyond the price per yard . Delay and disappointment in the : obtaining a continuo . ua supply of / material had ever be « n incident to the trade , 'a nd , wa ^ contemplated iu the price allowed per yard , " If , in the praotice of the trads , the loom were kept constantly going , lower wages would bo given , aud the . claimant would have had 9 d . ' a yard , instead of , 1 s . Sir Claudius Huuter , after heariiiji f the evidence , as to the delays in this case , made au award , that JAx . Moore should pay 15 s . for the loss of sjx . days , 4 s . as expenceato the journeymen who act « ' d as arbitrators , and 4 s . to a witness for his loss of time . ¦ -

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      From the'London Gazette of Friday , February 12

      bankrupts . Cuthbert Alison , Sooth Shields , baker , and Thomas Mitchell , Soata Shields , shoemaker , to surrender F « b . 24 , March 26 : B 6 licitot 8 , Mt . Xowrey , Crosby Hall Chambers ; and Messrs . Tyzaek and Leitch , North Shields . James Banks , viMsbeacb , ship-builder , Feb . 24 , Marsh 20 : solicitors , Messrs . Bell and Co .,: Bow Churchyard ; and Mr . Marshall , Boston . William Bell , Bath , upholsterer , Feb . 27 , March 28 : solicitors , Mr . Bishop , Southampton Buildings ; and Mr . Holllnes , Bath .

      Mwry Butler , St ., Pancnvs Road , Hcensed-victnaller , Feb . 19 , March 26 s solicitor , Mr . Dimmock , Size lane ; ofneial assignee , Mr . Cannan , Finsbury Square . William Felminghaiu , Bath , sauce-manufarturer , Feb . 27 , March 26 " : solicitors , Meaara . Jones and Biaxland , Crosby Squire ; and Mr . Helliugs , Bath . ¦ James Thomas R-itcliffe , Blackman Street , Southwari , stationer , Feb . 23 , March 26 " : solicitors , Mr . Jacobs , Crosby Square ; official assignee , Mr . Gibson , BasinchaU-street , Walter Vavasour , Rochdale , wool-merchani , F « b 27 , March 26 ; solicitors , Mr . Heaton , Bochdale ; and Messrs . Norris and Co ., Bartlett ' a Buildings . Benjamin Wase , Jlereford , brewer , Feb . 2 * , March 26 : solicitors , Messrs . Smith and Son , Southampton Street , Bioomsbury Square ; and Mr . Hard wick , Hereford . , ,

      Latimer West , Freeman ' s Court , Cornhill , winemerchaut , Feb . 23 , March 26 ; solicitor , Mr . Sheatman , ( Jray ' s Inn ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , E&singhaQ Street . ¦ ¦ Samuel WMtehe&d , Leamington Priors , cattle-salesman , March 13 , 28 ; solicitors , Messrs . AdUngtonand Co ., Bedford Bow- and Mr . Byrom , Leamington . Richard Woollven , Hi «? h Street , Southwark , butcher Feb . 19 , March 26 : solicitor , Mr . Jenkmson , Walbrpok ; official assignee , Mr . Lackington , Coleman Street Buildings . Richard Wontner , Cloth Fair , woellen-draper , Feb 23 , March 26 : solicitors , Messrs . Tarner and Hen * . man , Basing Lane ; official assiguee , Mr . Green , Alaei manbury . '

      DISSOLUTIONS OF PABTNEE 3 BU * . Holt and Greenhalgh , Bury , Lancashire , tailors . — J . and W . H . Cartvfright , Blackburn , cotton-spinner s —Hickeonand Co ., West Smithfleld , shoe manufae turera ; as far as regards W . E . Hickson . —Bingbam and C « . Sheffield , manufacturers of a composition & aembling ivory « as far as regards May . —Siinmins and Wills , Liverpool , . wtuatlers . —Wainwiight and Stafford , Manchester , dressers and dyers ^ —J . and B . 3 tf « llor , Manchester , coppersmiths .

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      William Savage , lodglng . housekeeper , Sorrey-atreet , Strand . Edward Okell , flour dealer , Liverpool . Ruth Crux , victualler , Canterbury . Jostph Siaith , mercer , Stratford-on-Avon , Warwickshire . " . Thomas Roberta , corn miller , Holbeck Steam Mills , nerr Leeds , Yorkaaire . :

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct367/page/6/