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      SONG FOB THE MILLIONS . It come *! it comes ! the glorious day , When hcAj freedom shall prevail , "VTben battle strife , and Mood ; fray Shall be a * a forgotten tale—¦ ftlien virtue shall triumphant rise , And vice be swept from off the earth , TPhen maa ahall lock up to the skies . And bless the God that gave him birth—When joy , and charity , and peace , And love , shall cbeer the human heart—When hate shall dis , and discord cease , And treachery from the world depart Ye millions that all sorrows share , And . ' midst of plenty , starve and pine , Be joyful , lor your constant prayer Hath reach'd the throne of Heaven divine He who can comfort ye hath sent

      His Angel to make load proclaim , That " troth shall reign . " each knee be bent , Far " Knowledge" is that Angel ' s name . Oh : blessed messenger of Heaven , Hall I hall to ihee , the soul ' s deKght , Thy mission bath been surely given , To torn oni darkness into light—Thy presence righteous rapture bringsken feel thy power , and own thy sway , Bensath the shadow of thy wings Injustice and deceit decay . Those rights usurped by the few Unto the many thou wilt give , Proving the proverb to be true—That all shall free and equal live . Then let mankind embrace thy form , The f GTfetaste of immortal life .

      Toy fnnU alone can qntll the storm Of Brutal ignorance and strife . Be it the poets' pride to praise Thy good effects , thy moral power , Who sees thy pure resplendent rays , Descending in a genial siiotrer , Inspire his heart , his head , and pen , To pioneer thy glorious relcn , To soothe the souls of savage men , And heal the panes of mental pain . Knowledge ! the patriot ' s h ? art thou cheers ,

      - ' freedom revive * where ' ere ibon goes , Bat tyrante * breasts are fill'd with feara , For thy disciples are their foes . What fool is he would stop thy course , O : straggle to impsde thy -=-sy , Oer all tha earth thy mirhty force Rolls on in triumph day by day . Thy works shall cauae men to combine , And cleanse corruption to the core . Thoc hast the power , the task be thine , The rsign of Freedom to restore . Bexjamis Sxot 2 Ianefcester-

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      AN ADHRESS ~ Wnlien by John Walkins . and Spoken by Mr , SaviUe , at the Royal Victoria Theatre , on Wednc&lay , December 7 th , l&i' 2 , for the Benefit the Orphun of the late William Thomas . Stone Mason . See hew this child!—this little lonely flower , BefreshM to-night by your reviving shower . Look op , my boy!—thy benefactors aee !—Tis innocence we help when we help thee > He lost his mother ! ( greatest loss below ! . i Lost her before a mother he could know . The vampire Death did steal her breath away , While he asleep npon her bosom lay ; Bat then h * bad a father!—now no more r Bereft of both , and left upon life ' s shore I Bad sot our TJsios stretch'd its hand to save , This brother ' s child had pezish'd on his grave .

      Twas on a luckless morn sear Sonning * * Brow , Where the Great Western cata the line below , Tbe steam-horse flying with its carriage-train Of Christmas folks , to visit home again ; All thinking cf the friends they bo ^ ii will see — But hark ! that crash;—those shrieks of agony < D = aih met them there , alas ! no more they'll hen " A merry Christmas and a Happy Year 1 " TTn « orphan's father shared toe frightful doom—Enrl'd from the railway to a sudden tomb . Of parents , kindred , friends , and home bereft , And to the BisSle's tender mercies left . Mysterious Providence by this hath tried

      If we had pity for him to provide . We sought your aid , and yon tc-cight have ahown , Tom * care no less for him than for your own . He lost his mother and his fat&er too ; Biftfound the want of both supplied by you . Ye » , to you beasts we ne'er appeal in vain ; TnsteeVd by pride—unpetrified by gain i Ko titled erowns aroun 4 year brows may shins , But there Philanthropy beams more divine ! Tour breast * fLune not with high-bom Honour ' s star , But , warmed by pity , they are nobler fir . Tirtae more virrnons is in sons of toil , For virtne loves a hardy , honsst sciL

      Ens child scarce knows how he can think ye yet , But Heaven repays the poer man ' s plow debt ; His parents' spirits hovjr o ' er your head , And blessings on you for his sake they shed ! From a CorrespmdenL

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      LEEDS . —TEWt . Ki . scB Sc « iety . —Ths annual festival of this society was celebrated on Monday eroang last , bj a party in the Jlnac Hall , Albionstreet . There was a very nnmerons and hijihly regpeetaWe eomp&ny of both sexes , and the saloon of the- Music Hall , which wis elegantly and appropriately decorated with evergreens , flags , &c , presented a gay and festive scene . Tea was served Bp on numerous table ? , divided into suitable partiboss , each section being presided over by a lady to whose management it had been previously assigned ; sad to all of whom the company were greatly indebted . The tables having been all stored , ** We ttaak thee , Lord , for this oar food , " was song , after which ample jnsScs was done to ifce viands , and ** the « q > which cheers but not inebriates" was freely partaken of . After tea the tables were cleared from

      the body of the room and the company , increased to % densely wedged mass , were accommodated by crora Beats , every portion of the orchestra being also occupied . Previous to the commeECf ment of the business , four stanzas of an appropriate hymn by Mr . Sgonrney , of America , were sung . Mr . John Andrew jan . was annsuueed in the placards calling the Bieetim ; to pread . e , bat at his request , and by the Tote of the meeting , hi 3 brother . Mr . Joseph

      Andrew , occupied the ehair , and addressed the meeting at some length , as did also , J . S . Buckingham , K-q , the oriental traveller , who entered into a narraiion of Wats and circumstances which led him to the coneluEOB that total abstinence from intoxicating Eqrrors was the best adapted to the physical and Siental health of man ; and the Rev . Joseph Barker , of Newcastle . Thanks were then voted to the ladies tod the meeting broke np about ten o ' clock .

      Fjctai . Accidest . —On Tuesday Doon , an inqaest ** s held at the Court Honse . before John Blackburn , &q-, on the body of John Calveriey , fifty-four year = of s ^ e , who died in the Infirmary on Monday eveahig . The deceased was a sizing boiler , at Morlejj he had been a : Gildersome , on Friday last , which place he'Ief . t about five o ' clock in ' hb afiercoon , and « n crossing a field in the occupation of Mr . Thomas BeeTers , he by soms means , on stepping from the side of afootpath , ? elliato a divch and sustained a compound < "skc&aon of the ancie joint . He lay in this state * nual afcoat nine o ' clock , when he was found and ttaoved home , from whence he waa brought to the uuinnarj on Saturday morning . JMr . Allan , the j-Uase Surgeon , aitribnted his death to the injuries « lad sastained , and the previous state of the *«* a&ed ' fi healtc , Terdict , "Accidental Death . "

      Coxxnrix . —On Saturday last , a boy named aannelScott , was committed for trial by the sitting "agfctrates , at the Court House , on a charge of jfiTtEg stolen two pairs of children's shoes from tte _ Bhop of Mr 3 . Wiieatl = y , at the top of Meadow-Highw at Eoebeet . —On Tuesday last , a man of ow thiracwT , aanied Samuel Foihertiill , residing « tioio-. ck , was brcunhi before Gnfiivh Wright vf . ^^ i 0 Hichard BramJev , E ? q ., on a charge of r * f jpjobbery . Ivro other men , named Hudson ^^^ Hidsftorth , were in custody oa she same JP ^ gfe , »> u ; there being no evidence to implicate Z ^ * S J were discharged . The B = t . Israel Hol-^^ w esleyan minister , deposed , that hti resided at 22 r ~ 7 » ^ d on the evening of the Tuesday pre-™> f ae had been at Arminv w nrAw . h ! he was T 6-

      " ^ S uome alone at near nine o ' clock , and when ( Prfi&ort distance of Cockshot Lane Bar , oa ^^ eeds and StamiDgley road , he was attacked by toatj ^^ ao tn ockfed him down , covered hiseyes , « o ^ ironi his person a silver watch , with a Bieei i gjy » alter Ecuff-box , with his name , "Israel CTS * ifi eagr&Ted on ihe lid , a pocket-knife with £ 1 Lr " >* two blades , a ciirer pencil cas « , » a 4 ^ i " we&boats , in money , % pair of spectacles , * tttA d ? - Information of this robbery was * 8 eoTo ^* V ° li ( x , bnt do trace of the ihieres was liieiuJ *? *!! Snndaj lajt , when , from some ChflTr ^ es which reached the ears of Inspector ^ £ a *« f g ^^ H * Jr ' le 7 »» d Stubbg , wentto *»* wbL ^ T "" * med Stockwell , in Holbeek , ia [^ ~^ 3- ^ whergill lodged ; thej found him there WuThifl ^ Be archimg him they foundmothing ; * fie . aT » , yr P ° <* et rfiey fonnd a silTer pencil * ewh « 5 r % » iwled knife , aiid a brass w * tcb key * Part of » t * nich znides Mr . Holgate identified * o « rW if * ^ P ^ ty of which he had beenrobbed . Je *^ ll t ^ ° # \ * property had b * en discovered . ttui » t ^ ^ , fullT committed w York Castle for

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      Thb Islb op Majt . —A memorial to the Board of Trade from several mercantile houses in Leeds has recently been transmitted to London . The memorialists express their opinion of the injustice of levying a tax of 2 £ d per cent , on British goods imported into the Isle of Man , and they further state their conviction that such a form of taxation is detrimental to the manufacturing and other trading interests of the united kingdom , whose goods , they submit , should go free into that part of Her Majesty ' s dominion . In reply to the memorial the following communication has been received : — " Office of Committee of Privy Council for TradeWhitehall ,

      , December 10 , 1842 . —Gentlemen , —I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of the pr 5 nted application , signed by yourselves and other merchants of Leeds , relative to the duty of 21 per cent , and fifteen per cent , on the importation into the Isle of iian . of cotton , woollen , and other Brisish manufactured goods ; and I am directed to acquaint you , for your information and that of the memorialists , that , my Lords do not at present see any sufficient reason for an alteration in the coastbg system . I am , gentlemrn . your obedientservant , J . Macgregob- Messrs . Stowe , Brothers and Co .. Leeds . "

      Savage Assault . —On Saturday last , Mr . Joseph Norihorp , of Pudsey , batcher , was fined by the magistrates at the Court House 40 s . and costs , for an aggravated assault on a young man named Cooke , at the house of AJr , Wilson , the White Swan Inn , Br " i £ gate , on the Tuesday previous . The defendant was in lionor , and was very violent and abusive ; he not only struck the complainant with an iron spitoon , by which his hand w » s greatly injured , but also threw a tumbler glass 9 * , the head ot another person which only missed him by a very providential turn , or a sacrifice of lite might b % ve been the result .

      BOX » TON—Chakge of Embezzlement—At the Borough Court , on Monday las ? , Gsurjfe Harkness , late a traveller for Robert and George John Clapperton , of Bolton , drapers and travelling chapmen , was brought up , charged with having embezzled various snms of money belonging to his employers , and with having stolen from them two yards of bro 3 d doth , and two yards and a half of kerseymere . It was stated in evidence , that , about May , ISiO . the prisoner entered the prosecutors' service as a traveller , for the term of fonr years , and was to have meat , lodgings , clothe ? , and travelling expenses ; the clothes to be paid for at the end of the term , when they were to start him in business . He continued in their service uutil the 31 st of December

      last ; when , by consent , ha returned to Scotland . It ¦ was his dntj to enter all goods soid in one book , and tho tooney received in another book , aad make up his accounts every Friday evening . He h . i-i sold a gown piece te Mre . Culcheth , of Horwich , for which no entry had been made ; and it was proved that hs had received the money . A number of papers vrith various sums of money upon ihem , inimowa handwriting , were handed ; in , but not received as evidence . John Shaw , a fellow-servant with prisoner , stated , that some time ago , on a Saturday uight , hea = ked the prisoner if he had 3 ny money ; and the prisoner said he had , and showed him 83 . or 10 s . He then saad he had sold goods for ready money , and not entered thorn . Un the 22 d October last , ho saw prisoner cut eff tbe cloth spoken of , in prosecutors' warehouse , fold it in

      a parcel , direct it for himself , and take it away . Tiiis witness was severely crosi-examiiied by Mr . Jardine , as to being a servant f o long a time , and cot having informed his employers when he had . a knowledge of the prisoner ' s defalcation ? . Mr . Jardine xJedined calling evjdenoe in defence , reserving it / or the Quarter Sessions , if necessary . The prisoner , he said , had left by consent , bring furnished wiih money by the prosecutor to go to Scotland , and no inquiries were made about him . He rettfirned to Bokon about three weeks ago , aud entered the service of Mr . Watson , another draper , and had been amongst the prosecutors ' customers . They , probably , not liking their connection injured , had instituted the prosecution . The prisoner was committed for trial at the borough sessions .

      HTJ 3 DDEE . SFIEUD . —Oa Monday night last , a 3 a > ouug man uamed Holroyde , was returning from Liadley homewards , he mistook his road from the darkness of the sight , and instead of coming through ' the Btyle on the road at tho Top of Aiulcys , go : so uear to the edge of a precipice that he fell , aud so far in j jred himself that his life is despaired off . B . &XLN 5 XiE 7 . —On Sanday a public examination of the children of the Odd Fellows Sunday School , will take plaoe in the school room , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , after which several scholars wiil recite pieces . A collection will be made at the

      close in aid of the funds of the school . Also on Monday evening a public tea party and ball will take plaee in rba Odd . Fellows' Hill , the proceeds to be appropaiaved to the support of the above school . The . amusements of the evening will be interspersed with song 3 , recitations , and a party of glee singers will be in attendance . The tea will be on tbe table at fiv « o ' r . inck . p . m ., and the ball to commence at eighi pirneinally . Tickets , toxe&sna Va > i , 1 * . o&oh , Ball only , 6 d ., may be had of the printer , of J . cchool-master , Mr . Tboma 3 FretweiL , Udd Fellows ' Hall , Mr . Joshna Wilkinson , Musical Tavern , aud of tbe committee .

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      Wage 3 . —Lord Lonsdale has ordered a reduction to be made in the wages of bis labourers—of iwo 5 hil iuss per week on those receiving 13 s . —CarRsle Journal . Bridpobt . —As a proof of the mildness of the season , there i 3 now to be seen in tho garden of Mr . James Trevis , of Biddlelake Farm , near this town , a-robin ' s nest , with four young ones ; they appear quite healthy and strong . —Salistory Herald . The TrPHrs Fevsb continues its ravages , turning many once happy homes into houses ef mourning . Many families have been severel y visitedin ore than one gap having been made in some . — Dundee Herald .

      Thk Rev . Wm . Bailbt , L . L . D ., charged with forging a promissery note for £ 2875 , purporting to be drawn by Robert Smith , deceased , on Miss Anne Baiiey , ( sister of tbe prisoner , ) bas . bcen " committed for trial at the Old Bailey . A suPEBPi . NB beaver hat was sent by post the other day trom Manchester to Belfast . The postage on this novel transmission was 3 J . — [ False : there is no such postage . ] A drove of 5000 geese passed through Cambridge last wetk , on their way to tho great , holocaust in London . When they halted , the hissing multitude were fed-with 10 comb 3 of oats and 20 buahela of potatoes . The Leicester Herald ( an ultra Tory journal ) was discontinued on Saturday week , after bting in existence fififctn years .

      A few days ago , as one of the engines , with the tender' attached , was going st full speed between ibis town and Rotherham . a pigeon was seen to fly very low , directly along the line before theeagine . Whether from fright or want of speed is not known , but , strange to say , it was overtaken , knocked down by the engine , and ran over- —Sheffield Iris . Christmas Boxes . —The board of management of the St . > larylebone Alms-houses , St . John ' s-wood , have distributed a Chribtmas gift c-i 05 . to each Bingle i > ersnn inhabiting a room in that iu- 'kntion , and 7 s . 6 d . to each married couple- The institution affords a refuge , with bread and coals , to above seventy aged and decayed Taicpayers of St . Marylebone .

      Forfeiture of a Railway . —On Wednesday , the tJlrimst ^ Sir H ^ Dry Hnnlaka , Bart ., of Wingerwortn Hall , proceeded , along wiib . Mr . Brown and other witnesses , to take possession of the branch lino of railroad loading from Hoptoa-bridge to Timberlane ( known as ihe Duke ' s line ) , vrhich the North Midland Company has forfeited to him nnder certain arrangements . —Derbyshire Courier . The Usns ? LoiE » . —Large numbers of operatives in want of employment stiil wauder about the streets . On Friday a party , consisting of upwards of a hundred , held a meeting in Albion-street , in the open air , to discuss their grievances . Prevented as they are from soliciting charity , what can these famished creature 3 do 1 They are at present literally starving , with no prospects of relief . —Glatgoio Citizen .

      \ Max Shot Dead with a Cobk . —A few mornings aVo , Dr . G . hi . M'CuIlwik , of Ma ^ hera , near Belfast , and Dr . Barr , of that town , were visiting a patient a short distance in the counwy , mid on their return to town , they called at the hotel , and go : two kof . tes of soda-water , when , whi ' gt Surgeon B trr was in the act of uncorking one of the bottle : ? , the corJi fi « w , aBd struck Surgeon M'Cullock soraewncre about the jugular vein , and he fell aimpst instantaneously . Surgeon Barr , who was much agiuned at the shock , was unable to render much relief Surgeon Marcus Doorish was immediately called i " , who used every me ^ ns possible to restore the unfortunate gentleman to liie , bui the vital spark had fled .

      S ^ vsn children ? belocg ing to St . Saviour a Chanty School , Sonthwark , divided among themselves a small packet of yellowish powder which one of them had picked np in the street , and found to be of a . sweetish tasvL They were soon afterwards taken dreadfully "ill , tne powder having been found to be arsenie , and although prompt Ten ^ dies were apphed , SnT ^ f them who hid ea ten the largest portion died fhe ame day , » d the rest bad » very narrow escape . . _ . , .. Uws . jjo > Liboto .-A sempstrea m London , it — . ZtZ ? - ; TLiA 1 IA . for making a sailort ahirt . __ By

      ffi m ' hud , " wd finding her own needles " SfSSTKt « n 4 * L . » day . ™ e pnee o ^ be SK 5 ?^ ear 1 r fhan ^ wU ^ stJrk ! wimmm SSiTif there room for surprise atthe prevalence of vice ! '

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      A FRIEND to Astro-Meteorology states his opinion M that this winter will not only be much more severe than any we have had of late years , but that the cold weather will commence soon alter the new moon , if not before . The year will pass out with sharp weather , whilst from the l 3 t to the 11 th of January we are likely to experience the lowest temperature for the next year . About the 3 rd and 7 th days will be extremely rigorous , with much snow and probably wind . "—Hampshire Advertiser . Loss of j £ 3 , 000 ix Bank Notes . — We have learned that a parjel , transmitted ironi a provincial town by caravan , and containing , as wo are

      informed , £ 3 , 000 in bank notes , has been lost or stolen . The parcel wa 3 directed to the office of a banking establishment in this city , and was delivered , in mistake for another , to an individual who travelled by the caravan , on its arrival in this city . On inquiry being made subsequently at the residence of this person , fee exhibited what he stated to be the contents , which consisted of brown paper folded neatly . The affair is enveloped in mystery . An inquiry upon the subject has commenced at one of tbe police-offices . It is said that the notes were sent np to Dublia for the purpose of being cancelled . —Mercantile Advertiser .

      A Royal Barou of Christmas Beef . —Her Majesty commanded that a baron of beef , according to * ' old English custom in baronial halls and royal palaces , " should be the chief dish at tbe royal banquet at the Castle on Christinas Day . A splendid biron , weighing nearly 250 pounds , was selected for the occasion by one of the purveyors of meat to her Majesty at , Windsor . The baron was nearly four feet in length , and npwards of two feet wide ; " a dainty dish , " in every way worthy to "set before " the _ Q < iecn . This enormous joint tvas roasted on Friday , aild placed upon the banquet table cold . Extraordinary Fire . —On the 12 th in >> t ., before daybreak , as the London mail was approaching Huntley , a village between Gloucester aud Ross , the

      guard , in passing a van loaded with goods , discovored something on fire inside the waggon , and immediately called and gave the alarm to the driver , who , quickly climbing up the side of the vehicle , removed the tarpaulin when tre flames burst forth with great violence : the horses , becoming much frightened , started off at full gallop , and with such speed that the guard of the mail was obliged to call out to the coachman several times , to enable them to keep a-head of the fiery vehicle in the rear , which blazod away for several miles , the affrighted animals galloping atthe top of their speed , till the whole of the goods , which consisted of hops , grocery , and drapery , and the body of the waggon , were totally consumed . The driver of the van is severely burnt , and tbe yaiue of the goods consumed is very considerable .

      Spain . —The Barcelonese have been effectually qaie ' . ed , but with a strong hand , and at a heavy expense to the rebellious city . Thirteen soldiers active m tbe insurrection has been 6 hot , by order of the Kegont ; some 70 or 80 more are to be transported for different periods , up to ten years ; and a flue of twelve million reals have been exacted from Che city of Barcelona , to be paid within a period of right days . The conduct of the Frenoh consul at Barcelona , M . Lesseps , during the insurrection , has roused strong feelings of indign tiou ia the Spanish Government and its supportji ^ , which st one time almost threatened a rupture between Espartero and Louis Philippe . This functionary is accused of having by hi 3 statements mi-led the defenders of a

      fort at Barcelona into surreuder to the insurgents , of detaining the wife and children of the Spanish Captain-General as hostages for the insurgent junta , and of re-landing several of the most violent of its metnbira to return and blow up the flame of rebellion after the insurgents had laid down their arm-. The answer of the French Government to these charges waa 10 take upon itseli the responsibility of the Consul ' s acts by rewarding him with the rank of an officer of the legion of honour . Mutual remonBtrances have ensued , the Frenoh Government alleging that its Consul has been calumuiated , but as Espajtero has been too cautious to give his too powerful neighbour any feasible pretext for a quarrel , the threatening aspect of affairs will , it is hoped , disappear .

      Mrs . Teollope and the New Poor Law . — Every one to whom the New Poor Law forms a matter of consideration will be interested to know that Mrs . Trollope , who bo successfully directed attention to the Factory System by her work entitled "Michael Armstrong , " intends commencing the New Yc 3 r with a new production in Shilling Monthly Numbers , called ** Jtssie Phillips , " of which the existing Poor Law furnishes the theme . The following is an extract from the prospectus : — u The object the author has had in view in the composition of this work has been to call the attention of her readers to the absolute necessity of some alteration in the Law which at present regulates the maintenance and management of the poor . Her

      own conviction of its tyranny and injustice , of the cru > l hardships which are inflicted on the poor by the attempt , to enforce them , is strong , and she conscientiously believes well founded . She is also deeply impressed with the general Impolicy and evil tendency of that system of administrative centralization , which teems of late to have be ^ n creeping into the practice of our Government . Above all , the authoress is anxions to declare her detestation of the newly broached doctrine that the poor have no right to a sufficiency of necessary food to sustain the life irhieh God has given them ; and she hopes and believes that there are still abundantly enough English heart 3 to join with her in scouting this doctrine as unchristian .

      Shipwreck . —On Friday morning last , we regret to state , that in consequence of the foggy and stormy state of the weather , the galliot Die Gute Hoffnung was driven into our bay , about three o ' clock in the morning , and grounded amid a tremendous surf on that formidable sandbank , Cefn Sidan , immediately under Tanlan , which has bo often ingulfed vessels aud their valuable cargoes . She was bound from Leghorn , in Italy , to the city of Hamburgh , with a general cargo , consisting , among other things , of valuable marble statuary , the principal of which was a splendid statue of Diana , intended as a present to the King of Prussia , the value of which is estimated at £ 2 . 000 . The crew consisted of the captain , mate , and three sailors ; the captain ' s wife

      and two children were also on board . Of these all were saved , except one little boy , the captain's son , who died from exhaustion and exposure to the tempest . From the time the ship Btruck a tremendous surf continued to break over her , and it was with the greatest difficulty they saved themselves from being swept away by clinging to the rigging . In this forlorn statn the ) ' were discovered by David William 3 , a fisherman , living at Penybach , who , at low water , with a few of his neighbours , at considerable personal risk , rowed to the vesstl , and succeeded in extricating the captain and crew from their perilous situation . The ship sailed from tbe port of Emden ,

      and belonged to the captain , J . N . C . Selok , entirely . The ship ieft Leghorn on the 26 " th ot October , and in consequence of the thickness of the weather the captaiu was unable to take a single observation since tbe » -. h of this month , which , with ihe henry southwestcrly gales that prevailed , will account for his ignorance of the precise position in which he was when the ship was driven on shoTe . She has Bince become a total wreck , and is imbedded in the sands . Mr . M'Kierman , of Fembrey , thinks some of the mirble in the hold may be recovered , and has engaged to make an attempt to rai < e the same on being allowed on « -third in value of all he succeeds in bringing np . We are sorry to state the ship was only insured-to half its value . —Carmarthen Journal .

      A Fashwable Miscreant . —At Bow-street , on Thursday , a gentlemanly young man , fashionably attired , who gave his name Charles Henry , was charged before Mr . Hall , with taking Isabella Spicer , a child interesting in appearance , and only nine-years of age , to a brothel . Mary Ana White , the owner of the House , stated that the prisoner came to her house , about two o ' clock this morning , aud asked to be shown to a room . He was accompanied by a child , and she ( witness ) would not allow him to go up stairs with such a child . He then abused her , and knocked her down , when she gave him into the custody of a policeman . The child was ordered to be placed in the witness box , and as she appeared at the bar of the box , which she could

      but jusS look over , an indescribable thrill of indignation ran through the court . After being questioned upon ( ha nature of an oath , she waa sworn , and stated that she lived in Oakley-street , Lambeth , and was out selling lucifer malche * B , and having come over to this side of . the water , she had losi herself , and was coming down St . Martin's-lane , inquiring her way home , when the prisoner came up aud asked her to come with him , and he would give her some money . She followed him , expecting that he would give her something , and he then took her to the honse of last witness , in a court off Long-acre . The parents of the child said they were out all night looking for her , as her usual time for comiug home was ten o ' clock . Mr . Hall condemned them for allowing their child to go about beggicg ; they , however , pleaded their extreme poverty . Police constable , 40 F , stated that when he took the prisoner into custody , be offered him £ 2 to

      allow him to escape , but be ( she policeman ) waa deteriflined to secure hia . The prisoner then strugled to get away , and struck the officer bo severely , as to fell him to the earth . The officer pursued him , and succeeded in re-captnring him , when he conveyed him to the station house . The magistrate said that the prisoner was guilt ; of three distinct charges , the first of which he would not at present give an opinion npon . Bnt for the assault upon the woman , who so properly refused to admit him into her house with & child of such a t « nder age , he would fine him £ 5 , or , in default of payment , to one month in the House of Correction . For the assault upon the constable , he would at once commit him for one month to hard labour . Mr . Hall severely animadverted upon the conduct of the prisoner , who , in answer to tbe magistrate ' s inquiry , Eaid he was of high family , and a law student . The prisoner waa thea removed , but appeared cot the least affected .

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      A MEtANCHOLr ACciDBNT . happened at the SJoFeiiton railway station on Wednesday last . It appears that an active young man of the name of Charles Ward , nineteen years of Age , was employed as an assistant by the company , and on the arrival of one of the luggage trains , about one or two o ' clock in the morning , he very imprudently endeavoured to get on the step of one of the truckB before it had stopped , and his foot slipping he was knocked down , and the oarriage went over both his thighs , crushing them in a dreadful manner . The poor fellow was brought to our infirmary in a fly , but survived only one hour after , his arrival . ^ Oxford Herald .

      Attempt to Murder a , Farmer in Brandon , Suffolk . —On the night of the 22 ud instant a most daring attempt was mado to murder Mr . George Wood , farmer , -of the village of Brandon , Suffolk . He had gone during the day to Soham , a small town not far distant , to transact some business , aud started homewards at about ten o ' clock . Upon reaching his residence within a mile , and when near the house of Mr . Kenyon , whioh Btahds amidst some tree 9 and Bhrubs , ' a gun or large pistol was levelled at him and dieharged . It fortunately happened that he escaped uninjured , and the ruffian , as soon as he found that his object had failed , ran off aa fast as he could . Mr , Wood is not better knowa than respected in the village , and with what object his lifo can ha / e been sought , except for the purpose of plunder , cannot be conceived . A reward of , £ 50 for such information as would lead to the apprehension of the parties has been offered .

      CoMPABATiVE NATioNii StatURE . —In consequence of arguments respecting : the height for soldiers we have taken pome pains at ' -various times £ 0 ascertain the relative height , of English , Irish , and Scotch re-* 7 i : Ab far as the Line Regiments are concerned tho Irish have a decided advantage in height . It must be , however , taken into accoantthatthe Guards , the Marines , and tha majority of the Cavalry and Artillery are English , and the recruits for these are all cf superior standard . It may then be doubted , if an equal number of tall men wore deducted out of the total recruits raised in Ireland ,. ' whether any difference would exist . In weight the English recruit . has the advantage , the heights being eqaal . A regiment of the lino that consists wholly of Engliahnvia will generally be found to average thorter than either the Irish , Scotch , or the mixed corps , —Naval and Military Gazette .,

      Singular Recovert ' . •/ op Stolen Property . —A bag containing the sum of £ 85 in notes aud coin , the property of the stewards of the Rubyj was stolen from the cabin of that vessel , at Gravesend , on Saturday se'nnight . ;^ o traces could be found either of the box or tho thief , and the disconsolate owners had given up all thoughts of ever recovering their lost treasure . On Wednesday se ' nnight it was discovered , with its contents untouched , amongst tho ashes heaped up in a coal bargo . It appears that on the mi » ht of the robbery the Kuby waa moored alongside the said barge , and the robber ^ fearful of detection , had buried his plunder amongst tho rubbish until he could find an opportunity of conveying it away iu safety . The culprit ha ? not yet been discovered .

      Infant LecruaEft . —Master . Arthur Harvey , of Halesworth , aged ei ^ ht years and » half , has been lecturing on astronomy at Framlinguam , Woodbridge , &c . The oorreot and appropriate language of the young lecturer , illustrated by many euitablo diagrams constructed fay himself , excited tho admiration and called--forth the warin approbation of his auditor * . His modest self-possossion and freedom from embarrassment , / his extraordinarily retentive memory and accurraoy of minute detail , we are told , would do credit to an experienced lecturer , —iVbrtvich Paper . —[ We think the poor child would have been butter-hi . bed 1 : ! . .- ' - ! . .-

      The Poor Law Commissioners tmizs Christmas Fake . —At the last -meeting of the Limerick Board of Guardians ^ a letter was read from the Guardians , disapproving of the ' proposed dietary for the paupers on Chri&tma ? -dayv when the following very sensible r < solution , / appended at the foot of the lettor , was adopted ,. ; . with , the full approval of all present : —^ Resolved , that the Commissioners be requested to defray the expenses of the extra diet out of their enormous salaries . " : Mansfield—On Monday inorning two Oat stacks , pn ^ barley stack ; one of hay , and oae of straw , and two barns , one containing about forty loads of unthraahed wheat , were completely burnt to a cinder , one barn was completely gutted ; nothing but the bare walls are . standing ; . ^ The 1 property belongs to Mr . John Nay lor ,-of Pleasley Hill , in the parish ot Mansfield . The fire is suppwed to bo the work of an incendiary . : :

      Green CHRisTMAs .- ^ -The weather on the continent during the last fornight / hfts been equally fine and spring-like as wi : h us . Tuesday week , in Hamburg , was one of the nibst : beautiful days which , during the revolving months of 1342 , has shone upon the picturepquo and delightful scenery of its suburbs . Amongstthe shipping tho men at work threw off , not only jackets , but waistcoats and neckerchiefs , as they would have done in May . There was not a particle of ice in the E ' . bo ; but , on the contrary , the

      day was quit * w *» m . Since Saturday , tho weather at Bea has assumed a more equinoctial appearance . Un Sunday , at break of day , the song of the blackbird saluted our ears with all the freshness of returning summer . Yesterday was one of the warmest days we have had during . this / ' Very unseasonable weather . Our own out-door avocations gavb us , a broiling ; aud we met with peveral windows throwa open to the full extent , ' where clerks and artizins were pursuing their in dustriouB occupations . —Eastern Cnuntuis Herald . ' '

      Serious Affray between the military and Pouce , ai Paisley ;—Sinco the arrival of the depot of the 87 th regiment of Royal Irish Fusileers & % Paisley garrison , a good doal of quarrelling and disturbance have taken place between them on the one hand , and the inhabitants and police on the other . Three of the soldiers had been drinking in a public house in Moss-street , on the afternoon of Monday , and had fallen out with some othor company in the room-in which they wero sitting . After having loft the house , they returned in a few minute 3 , leaped the counter of a shop , and commonced an indiscriminate attack on all who came in their way , which , as a matter of course , soon threw the whole house into the utmost

      confusion . Two police officers arriving , one of them was Btruck a slight blow with a stick , which had the effect of making him start back aud beuioreonhiB guard . When the landlord : had succeeded in getting all concerned in . the row turned out at the door , he followed the soldiers towardsithe Couuty-buildingB on their way to the barracks , ' in order to preserve the peace till they got put of the town . When they arrived at the north end of the building another stand was made , and the stick or club with which the soldier was armed was again put into requisition—the fellow twirling it about his head , and striking at every one within his reach . The officer who was struck tho second time again approached , and received a blow which felled him . This raised the

      indignation of the spectators ; uivu one stout fellow , moro courageous than tho rest , rushed upon the madman and threw him off his feet . He and one ot his companions were then taken to the police-office—¦ the third escaped . The two soldiers have since been handed over to the county Fiscal for prosecution . The police officer is still iu a dangerous state , his skull having been laid bare and slightly fractured . Oa the same eveuing ,.. about . © iftht o ' clock , a night watchman , while proceeding to the office to go ou duty , was attacked by another of these' men , who struck at him wiih his stick , and used the most threatening language . He was taken into custody , and will be brought ; up . under a- libel by the burgh Fiscal . —GlasgowChronicle . /

      A Fatal Experiment . —On Tuesday evdhlng last , the quiet aud peaceful village of Eckington , in this county , was thrown into a state of groat excitement by a report that / a boy about" ten years of age , the son of a labouring-. ' nia'h ; . named Thdmas Jeynes , had hung himself , and oh inquiry the report was found to be bat too true . For some time past the deceased had been in the employ of Mr . Sheppard , of the above place , as carter ' s boy , and on the evening iri question , upon Haynes , the carter , going into tho stabie between five and six o ' clock , he discovered him lying at full length . upon the ground , with a cord , one end of which , was attached to a beam , drawn tightly round his > ni'ck , by which his head was raised about a quarter of a yard from the

      ground . It was conceived almost- impossible that strangulation could / have taken place while ho was in this position , as he had . tho free use of all his ' limbs ; and he could easily have ; extricated himself from his situation ; but it was supposed that he had balanced himself upon something wiiil . o he fastened the curd to the beam , having done which / he lost his hold and fell , and continued struggling uutil he got into the position in which he was discovered , but was then too weak to make any efforts to save himself . Immediately ho was found , he was . taken , into Mr . Sheppard ' s house , aud a person living in the village , who is occasionally called in in cases of neoesaiiy , was sent for to bked him ; but when he arrived life was quite extinct , and the blood refused to flow . Various rumours were Bpeedily afloat as to the cause of this melancholy event , some of which were calculated , if true , to connect with it John Haynes , Mr . Sheppard ' s carter . It was said that he was

      o'jniinually ill-treating the boy , and some ventured to hint that he had actually hung him . ; On Friday an inquest was held on the body at the Bell Inn , Eckington , before Mr . C . B ^ st , and a highly respeotaWe jury , when , after diligently and carefully investigating the case , the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from strangulation ; and unanimously acquitted Haynes , the carter , of all blame whatever . Iu the course of the inquiry it was stated that while the deceased was talking with two other boys , about his own age , the night before his death about the murder at Kouse Lenob , upon one of his companions remarking that the prisoner Archer would be * uang , he observed " that he should not mind about boTug hung . " The general opinion now is , that he had do "intention of committing suicide , but was merely trying what sensation hanging would produce , whin hu loni his hold , fell , aud could not recover himself ,- 'Ten Town ' s Messenger .

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      Novel Mode op Robbing a Hen- Roost . —Farmer Budd , of North Fareham , had his fov vl-house robbed a few nights since , iu the following m > vel manner , of nine fowls ;—The thieves haviug loun . i a hole in the house large enough for their purpose , sent in a ferret , secured by a string , which , on se . zing a fowl , waadrawa to the hole , the bird taken , a Qd the trick repeated . The tenth experiment failed b > the string breaking , leaving the ferret behind to d . dolose the manner of a robbery , which otherwise wt- 'uldhavj been unaccountable . Many fowl-houses in th e neighbourhood have lateiy been robbed in this inj cenioaa way . —Hampshire Advertiser . ,

      Meeting at Skibbbrebn—Presence of the Military and Polick pispensed with . —A numoroasly attended meeting of the magistrates and inhabitants generally of Skibbereen and the surronnding districts , took place on Thursday in the court houao of that town , Lord Carbery in the chair , for the purpose of adopting measures * in regard to the removal of the large military and police forces quartered in the towa since the unfortunate occurrence at Rath . The result of considerable discussion was the passing of a resolution , proposed by

      Alexander O Driscoll , Esq ., seconded by Richard Townsend , Esq ., to the effect , that , deeming the co \ lection of the poor rates throughout the district , as represented by the returns of the collectors , to be in a much more satisfactory state than could , under the circumstances , have been looked for , it was the opinion of the meeting that the military should be reduced to a major and fifty rank and file ~ the same to be quartered in barracks ; and the entire of the constabulary , say 120 , be ordered off to their respective quarters . —Cork Reporter .

      Death from over eating at a Christmas Feast . —Last Monday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest in the vestry room of the church of St . Mary So merset , Upper Thames-street , ou the body of Thomas Rogers , aged fifty-five . Ifc appeared in evidence that the deceased was a workman in the employ of Mr . Rathbone , of Trigg ' a-wharf , Thames-street . On Christmas-eve all the men on the premises were , according to the usual cuatom , regaled with a Fupper , and at eight o ' clock sat down to the table . The deceased ate very heartily , and upon the removal . of the ploth drauk freely " : j for , from the bottles of whisky with which his master had provided them , they were allowed to take as much as they could drink . After

      eleven o ' clock at night he could not hold his head up , and as he leaned forwards on the table his compauions , thinkiug he . would be safer if placed by himself , conveyed him into tbe counting-house , where they laid him on the floor , and put a grant coat under his head . At onr : o ' clock all the other men , with the exception of George Stagg , left the premises , and he being so far intoxicated as not to bo able to get home , laid down by the side of deceased . At seven o ' clock deceased was found dead . Mr . Pullen , snrpeon , said that death was paused by congettiou of the braia , the result of eating and drinking immoderately . He was predisposed to that affection , and had before suffsred from fits of epilepsy . Verdict"Natural aeath '

      The Wbatheb . —During the last month the weather has more resembled that of midsummer than nearly midwinter . So genial has been the temperature , that the fields are new greener than they have been at any time since the month of May . In an evening walk lately the atmosphere was so fresh and mild that it seemed to want , only the presence of the beau-flower aud white clover to persuade us that it wa 9 an evening of midsummer . The Wheat is everywhere looking fresher than we ever saw it at this period of the year , and there is a greater breadth of this staff of life sown than was ever seen in Scotland . However , it is a common remark that wehave 8 eldom very cold weather until after the

      " shortest ; day . " That event passed off with Thursday , and yesterday morning we had accordingly Rome of the usual indications of winter , namely , hail and snow , accompanied by a perfect hurricane of wind from the North-West , which continued the greater part of tho day . This wintry change , we observe , has been felt with even more severity in the West , as the Glasgow Herald remarks , " that bstween eight and nine o ' clock in the evening ( of Thursday ) a perfect torrent of hail came down , aocomanied by hurricane gusts , a vivid flash of lightning , and a soaorpua peal of thunder . The convulsion of the elements was fearful , but fortunately it lasted only for a very brief space . "—Caledonian Mercury .

      The Biter Bit . —On Tuesday la ^ t , while a labouring man , employed at the printworks of Messrs . Charies Swainson and Co ., Baunister-hall , near this town , was examining the lodge banks near to the side of the river Darwen , his attention was called to a bed of sand at the river ' s edge , by a shrill screaming as of something in distress , which , on more closely searching for , he discovered to be a weasel caught by the leg in the jaws or' a large eel . On his near approach , tho weasel , by a desperate effort , made his escape , but not so the . eel ; h-3 , poor fellow , had been roughly handled by a more powerful foe—an otter , it ia supposedr—a . nd left with eight

      ornrae inches of ms tail-end eaten off , to pensa by some smaller enemy . Thd man , afraid to come hear so strange a looking thing ,- got a long stick r with which ho turned it over several times , to satisfy himself what it was before he dare come near it . At length , when ho saw tho monster too near dead to do him much harm , he secured it and carried it home iu triumph . No one will much wonder at the man ' s caution when informed that what remained of the eel weighed two pounds and a half ; and tbe followir g evening waa , with a few potatoes , as the man expressed it , a hearty supper for fonr , such a 8 they had not had , for quantity and quality , for a long time . —Preston Pilot .

      Extensive Fire caused by a B . AttobN . T-On Tuesday information waa received at tho various insurance-offices : throughout tbe metropolis of a serious fire having oocurred on the night of Thursday last at or near the village of Westouzoyland , a few miles from Bridgewater , occasioned by a fireballoon . The circumstances under which it took place are as follows : —In the early part of last week , the village was placarded in all directions , announcing the arrival of the wonderful Wizard of the . South , and that he would honour the inhabitants with a grand performance tin the evening in question ( Thursday ) , the announcement of which would be signalised by the ascent or a " monster ' fire balloon . Accordingly , at the time named , a great crowd assembled to witness the fete , and the balloon was sent off , to the apparent delight of all ; but , before it had attained any great elevation , the machine . . . " suddenly burst into

      fiimes , and unfortunately descended into an extensive stack-yard of Mr . Taswell , situated about a mile from the village , where it set fire to a valuable rick of wheat , and before the liiha bitants could reach the premises two adjoining stacks ignited and blazed away with awful violence . Although every exertion was used to stay the work of devastation , it was impossible , in consequence of the strong wind that prevailed , and in a short time the whole premises , consisting of barns , cow and cart houses , besides . the whole of the stock in the stack-yard , were in flames . For an hour and more the appearance of tho Bee was terrific , and the light was distinctly seen at Bridgowater , whence an engine was despatched to the spot , but waa unable to reach it until the entire property was consumed . Happily no lives- were lost . In the course of the following day theVVizird vfras taken into custody , and underwent an examination before the magistrates . He was afterward s discharged .

      A Man Shot . —At an early hour yesterday morning a man was deprived of life , about half a mile to the east of Rutherglen , under the following circumstances : —Mr . Mason , farmer , in Ballochmill , it appears , being very much molested by midnight thieves , and having had his potatoe bin several times plundered . of a > part of its contents , sent out one of his servants , a young lad named John M'Bryda , to guard the property . For this purpose , John M'Bryde was furnished with a loaded guu ; but , notwithstanding all the precautions he had taken , and all the vigilanre he displayed , twice since he was set to watch , during tho time he was in the house warming himself , considerable quantities of the potatoes were stolen . This accordingly called for more attention

      on the part of the guard . Yesterday morning , however , being very stormy and cold , about two o ' clock he was again induced to . leave his po . st for the purpose of warming himself . Aa happened on former occasions , his absence was taken advantage of , and on going to examine that all was right , he was surprised to observe three men at work amongst the potatoes . He instantly discharged the gun which he carr ied ' at thedepredaturs , and the whole of them dis ^ appeared , leaving their eaoks half filled in the hurry and alarm . So iar as we have learnt , it does not appear that it had occurred to either M'Bryde or his master that any of tha thieves were materially injured , ud more having been hcaid of the matter till about nine o ' clock in tho morning , when the

      corpse of a man , shot through the body , was found lying not above fbriy yards from Mr . Mason ' s potato bin by a person belonging to Rutherglen . The dead body having been conveyed to the burgh gaol ,: a constable was despatched to apprehend M'Bryde , who was likewise brought to the Bame place . During the day the body of the dead man was identified as that of a person named James Allan , a quarrier by , trade , who resided in Havannah-street , Glasgow . " The poor creature had only one arm , seemed to have been blind of an eye , and his whole appearance indicated the most indigent circumstances . His back and arm were completely

      riddled , and it appears astonishing how he could have dragged himself to the place where he was found after being so frightfully wounded . The deceased , ; we have been informed , was upwards of forty years of age , and vraa not known as a bad character ; indeed , on the contrary , his neighbouiB , it is said , looked upon him aa rather a deoeut , although a very poor man . Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Bull went out to Rutherglen , and took a preoognition of the case ; and subsequent , to this M'Bryde was transferred to Glasgow TrM * on , The priaoiier is only about seventeen yews of age . — Glasgow Saturday Post ,

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      Manslaughter at Walthaic . —A case involving the loss of human life , and originating in the custom ! of ' Waits , " or parties proceeding ronnd tha village with music and einging on Christmas Eve , ocenrred at Great Waitham , on Saturday night ; a quarrel and fight took place between iho party when excited by the drink they had received at the oifferent houses , and at length Frederick Olive , aged twenty-seven , a carpenter , received a blow from John Gowerp , a shoemaker , which instantly deprived him of existence . Yesterday an inquest was held npon the . body at the Six Bells public-hou 3 O , before C . C . Lewis , - Esq .. and a highly respectable Jury . After a lengthened investigation of witnesses , the Jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against John Gcurera , and the prisoner was committed oa tbe Coroner ' s warrant for trial at the assizes . He apjwars about thirty yeare of age , and has a wife aad twos children . —Essex Htrald .

      SiTta-ULAB , Occurrence- —Some consternation and ] alarm ; was excited at Brownlow Fold Colliery , in Hallivreil , near Oldham , ou Monday morning , about half-past five o ' clock , when , on descending the pit , which is thirty-two yards two feet in depth , » female was found lying at the bottom . She was brought out , and found to be a young woman of twenty one years of age , named Margaret Brindle , servant at a house near Great Bridge , Little Bolton , She was . still alive , b » t in a state of insensibility , and medical assistance / was immediately procured . Her ancles and legs were found to be fractured , and there was a severe contusion on the back of the head . From inquirips immediately instituted , it was ascertained that shs had kept company with a man named John Horrpoks , the engine-tender at the coal pit ; and , having been seen with her

      abouteleven o ' clock on Sunday evening , he was suspected of having thrown her down the pit . He was consequently apprehended , and brought before tho magistrates , and remanded till Thursday . It appears however from other inquiries , that she hoard of his having bfeen walking odt with another female on Sunday , and had threatened to throw heraeh" down —nay , that ? he had on a former occasion made tha attempt . Horrocks says that he left her at home at eleven o ' clock in the evening , and weut , to hia work , where he remained until two o ' olock ; but he never saw her . Another man was -working there all night , and ho also etutes that he novor eaw hor . Sho ia not considered to be in a dangerous state , but is quite insane . What probably saved her life was the force of air gathering under her clothes , and preventing that impetus which she would otherwise have acquired . /

      Heahtlkss Robbery . —Late on Saturday night or early the following ( Christmas-day ) niorn ! ng , 8 ome thitf or thieves broke into the workshops of Mr . G , Carter , carpenter and builder , King ' s Arms-yard , Marylebone-street , Golden-square , and stole therefrom the whole of the workmen ' s tools , together with every tnpveable article of the slightest value the workshops contaiued . A crow-bar , whicb , waa subsequently found , was used for effecting an entraHoa into the ptemisea . The loss to the poor workmen must be lamentably great , as a box of carpenter ' s tools cost about £ 50 and upwards . The police are in active search of the villains , and it is hoped they will not long elude their vigilance .

      The Pav Day . —At the Oldham petit sessions , on Thursday last , before the Ray . T . 6 . Milla , E . Hibbert , J . Mellor , and J . F . Lees , Esqa ., the account * of the special constables who were employed at Middieton during the late disturbances , were presented for examination . It appeared that two hundred and thirty-one constables had been engaged . Mr . Hibberfc wished - to know from county police-sergeant White , who was in attendance , by whose authority sixteen of these had been allowed to continue OH duty five days longor than the remainder , Tho policeman was unabla to say who gave the order ; but he supposed it was done by direction of a committee of the gentlemen of Middltton . Mr . Hibbert

      said he thought it waa improper to allow Buch proceedings , whbout the authority of any magistrate or of any otBcer connected with the county . Mr . Milla concurred in Mr . Hibbert ' s opinion on this subject , and said , there was another feature in the accounts which was irregular ; he alluded to tho charges made for the time of the constables . In the commencement of the disturbances , they charged for eight hours per day ; when the riots were on the decline , they charged for ten boursper day ; and at a later period , when the excitement was nearly over , some charged for twelve hours per day . This seemed Btrange . PolicemanWhite was unable to explain satisfactorily the cause of these singularities ia tho accounts . The bills were , however , ultimately signed .

      Distress . in Paisley . —The state of the poor in Paisley wa 6 again brought before a meeting of the county of Renfrew an Tuesday . It appears that the distress continues without abatement . A faint hope is helJ out that trade may revivo in January , but on grounds which seem to us very questionable . Sir James Graham , in reply to an application for assistance from government , referred to xhe money which had been already remitted , and stated that the- gentlemen of the district had not yet done all that they ought to do . This a&seibion will scarcely be controverted , if it be true , as Mr . Sbarpe stated , that the sum applied by the county only " amounted to one and a fraction per cent , upon the assessable rent—on © and a fraction , to keep a fourth put of the

      inhabitants of the p lace from starvation i What will the heavily-taxca gentlemen of England , where the ordinary average poor ' s rate is 2 * . per pound , or ten per cent ., think of tbe measure here furnished of Scottish philanthropy ! The absence of a legal provision for tho poor in this country seem to have almost obliterated the great truth so beautifully enunciated bv Capt . DiUtnmond . that " property has its duties as well as its rights . " Whatever call Buoh great and sudden distress may make upon the country aV large , it is clear that the obligation is strongest upon the ueighboariag district . It may be safely said , that > town like Paisley , with 60 , 000 inhabitants , adds five or six per c&nt . to the value of all the lauds within many miles ' . - ' of it . The money raised uuder the queen ' s letter enjoining

      collections in all the churches , amounts to £ 90 , 000 ; and it has been handed over , it seems , to a manufacturers ' relief committee in London . Of this fund , £ 12 , 000 had gone to Paisley , and it has received £ 6 , 000 from other sources , making in all £ 18 , 000 This is a large sum : but , if the number of the deatito ^ amounts to 11 , 000 , as Btated at the meeting , i ^ WouId sc trcely supply them with bread and water for six months , while the distress has already endured for eighteen . Tho provost said , that £ 100 , 000 would be required to Rive effectual relief ; and both he ^ nd the sheriff spok e in ominous te rms as to the futuro peace of the district , if the sufferings of the people were not speedily alleviated . Greenock , too , is in a « ry depressed condition , and the state of mutters in Renfrewshire altogether seems to be gloomy ^ in the extreme .- ^ -Scotemsn .

      Storm in i > HEHtCA . ^ - ( Fr 6 m the Boston U * S . Mornijig Posti Deo . 1)—In the evening , about six o ' clock , a south-east snow storm set in , which continued until about nine o ' clock , when it commenced raining , and the wind , which up to that time had blown moderately , burst forth from E . fe E with tremendous fury . Many vessels which were riding at anchor in tho harbour were driven from their moorings , and either dashed against the ends of the wharfs or jammed alongside of each other . A largo vessel was almost blown on her beam ends , and several schooners and brigs were jammed together ) chafing and cracking—some of them with no person on board . One or two Bmall vessels were also sunk at this wharf . At Forfc-hill-wharf several small vessels

      were more or less damaged . A small schooner , the Jane Fish , of St . George ' s , Maine , was driven from her anchor against the wharf , and NathanJFuller , the mate , in attempting to leave the vessel , fell between- her 8 i < ie and the . wharf , and was drowned . The crew of this vesssel state that the brig , Uncle Sam , bad been blown auriftt and was then driving about the harbour ; and that the ship Tyrone had parted her headfasts , swung round , and sustained considerable damage . The space between India and Central-wharfs was filling up fast with drifting wrecks , and those vessels at the ends of these wharfs were careening , as if their tall masts would turn them over . The end of Long-wharbrought up several small craft , which probably

      were sunk . The space between this wharf and Central-wharf was also the scene cf great destruction . The noise of falling masts , and the crashing of drifting wrecks roso at intervals , above the stormy and might have been heard even at fhe centre of the city . At the northern wharfc , and , in fact , at all the wharfs , more or less damage was sustained by a great portion of the shipping . Such was the terrific violence of the gale , that it was dangerous for an individual to Venture to the ends of the wharfs . Wo were informed that more than a dozen vessek had been suck , and that the crews of one or two of them had perished , but the names of the vessels we could not learn . This leads us to hope that such reoorts are exaggerated . At 2 a . m . we

      took another stroll along the wharfs , and round things comparatively quiet , the wind having Bhifted toE . N . E ; . Although we saw nearly twenty vessels more or less damaged , we could not obtain any particulars , for most of them were deserted . The schooner , Conclusion ^ of Gloucester , lying at the north-end of T-wharf , had her stern stove w , and sustained other damage . A larger ship , said to be the Riga , was driven up the dock at Long-wharf , one had her bowsprit carried away close ) to the knight heads . One of the ships which arrived yesterday was reported to have drifted from her an ohors . and sustained creat damage . A wnp at th 6

      and of Commercial-wharf was also reported to have raffeted considerably . The bark Anita , too , waa said to have Bustaiued some damage . Perhaps n * gals that has visited this plaee for some / time has destroyed bo much property in this port in bo fikort a time . We fear that ik few days will unfold tales of Bhipwreck and death along our coasts that will bring pain and sorrow to many a bereaved boafrm ; for no vessel close in with land could carry sail or ride at anchor in exposed situations tod weather such a tempest . We have taken no notice of the damage on the land , but undoubtedly it fa o » nsider « able , for nothing fragile , expoeed to JSCh fury , QOul 4 escape unscathed .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 31, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct631/page/3/