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    • THE DTOHTHEEtf STAE. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1843. -,,
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      The Dtohtheetf Stae. Saturday, December 2, 1843. -,,

      THE DTOHTHEEtf STAE . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 2 , 1843 . -,,

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      PRIESTCRAFT . CHRISTIAN AND IKFEDBL BLASPHEMERSPATEBSON AND KAILEY . Hating closed onr last -week ' s article on tie subject of tha l&te trials ai JEdinhurgu ,. -with an intimation that "we "would " pause for a reply" to certain queries addressed by ns to Joh » Bops , alias tie Lobd Justice Clerk ; and having' up to this time paused in vain j wb now resume our reflections upon the prooeediDgs of the -worthies whosat " to administer the law , and © f the conduct of those Trho , behind the scenes , pnHed the strings of the puppet called " -Justice , " to gratify their malignant and disgnsting bigotry .

      Again we asfc , where is the consistency x > f Protestant divines and Protestant laymen , who , with all their pretended leve for religious liberty , Stand ^ alesly by and permit tbe authorities of Edinburgh to incarcerate honest men in a dnngeon without one word of remonstrance , simply for exercising the * right of private judgment ? which right these Protestants pretend to advocate ? We hear abont the intolerance of the Catholics in the palmy days of their power , when Priestcraft hung like . a mighty ineubn 3 on the mental energies of man ; and often tare oar feelings been lacerated by the recital of

      ihe dreadful deeds of the " holt rsQcismas / ' and ihe horrid butcheries of the auto-de-faes : —but the eeds of modern Protestant religionists show that the same spirit still lurks in their narrow hearts , and is only prevented re-enacting ihe horrors of the past by that curb io superstition , and fanaticism , — X-xcbxedgb . How inconsistent is man ! Only a few weaks ago the Tery persecutors of Patbbsox were denouncing in the fiercest language the " persecution" of one of their own stamp * Dr . Kat . t . kt , and invoking the aid of the Government to rescue ihe Doctor and demand satisfaction of the Portuguese

      Government for his arrest and detention in confinement . Patsssos and Hobikson are punished for "Blaspneinj , ' * \ jr . for opposing the religion of the State ; but this is just what Dr . Kjlllet had done . If it be just to punish the former , it must be equally fust to punish the latter . Be it remembered that an M infidel" is a xi « , andhaa the same right to express ihe convictions of hi 3 mind as I > r . R » llet or any other member of society . ** If I believeth not a 3 fchon belierein , it is a -proof that fton believeth not as I believeth : and where is ihe earthly power that can decide oetween us \"

      But what lias been the treatment of Dr . Kalley , about whom such an out-cry has been made ! and what is likely to be the treatment of the Edinburgh R Infidels" ? In reply to the former we give the foBowing extract from a latter dated Madeiras October 2 nd , 1843 : — " I > t Kalley remains in prison ; but it is understood that tbe Brifciali government hare imerfer * d , and that he -will Boon be liberated on balL There is no doubt that the proceedings against >)"" are both technically and conBlimtionally illegal , and evidence is wholly Traniing to substantiate lie charges of blasphemy ; & . c , His

      Thicb they have broog ^ t against . imprisonment took place daring thB shaeaee of the superior jafige at lAabon , "Whose former decisions were reversed jij las locum itness , &n inferior officer I The proceedings Against bis convert * are founded on a certain ' Bnlla do Cea / fulminated by Clement the First | I think ) , but trhSh was nullified in the Portuguese dominions in the last century ; and it was enacted st the time , that any ene persecniJEg another under this Bull should be visited With the royal displeasure , endure confiscation of all bis property , loss- of naturalisation , &c So fcwwtOy tired are they of the false position in which they tana placed themselves , that it has been intimated

      to Dr . Kalleythat he mayleavttheprisonwhenhep ' eases out like the apostle , he destines to do this except in ajniblie fonTL In the mean time , ihe cause is much advanced People are convinced thai that vtu&be good for vckich he is content to st ^ fer . Curiosity is excited . , 000 tracts have been distributes . There is not s Testament to be had lor 1 st © or money ; sea the people flock to thesKiol from eight in ihe morning till mra at night , and are admitted by'threes to see him . He reads , prays , and sings trith all ; so that actually heis working harder than ever He tus xxceixest sooms , which the Camera voted tim- 2 &BS . KaIXET IIT 2 S WITH HIM . HIS HOTHKB a > t > sistee abi THEBE ail DAT . He has Ms Botica - { stock of medicines ) , and sees his patients , tc . &a "

      It was slated in the Edinburgh Courant that Paxebsos and Robiksos had had their heads shaved , and been set te stone-breaking . Thi 3 has i > een denied by the Caledonian Mercury ; and we have since seen a statement that they hare been remoTed to the Penitentiary at Perth . One thing is tirtain , that the degradation of the . prison dress , and all the barbarities of " prison discipline" has bees , sad will be inflicted upon them .

      Compare this with the treatment of Dr . Kaxxet , to whom It has been intimated " that he may leave \ ihe prison -ahen he pleases . '" Think of " the people ieing admitted io ihe gaol to Aim , " with whom he is allowed to " read , pray , and sing , so that he is icorlnng harder than ever '—&t his Blaspheht i Think of Paieesos applying to be allowed to hare the people of Edinburgh or Perth admitted to him , B from eight in the morning till niae at night , " that . be might instruct them in his idews I And think what long faces all the " saints" would poll , at such , an * impudent" and " diabolical ' application !! Jfr . Kmxkt is by tradB a doctor of physic , and \

      is allowed by his " persecutors" to hare his stock of medicines "with him , and see Ms patients : in short , is aJloired io turn the gaol into a doctor ' s shop I Think of Patbesos and &OBI 3 SO 5 applyiag to be allowed to hare their stock of menial medicines in the gaol I be allowed to see their " patients , " and turn an honest penny by the sale of their wares ! J ] Ah I they may apply , but ihey already know the answer . u Ican tell yon " Bays Johh Hope , " that you have not the least chance for getting ang reTuf . ! Think of Dr . Eallet being allowed " sxcsixsxt booms / ' tliat Mrs . Eailet ijtes wiih him "—and £ b * l " his moxheb

      1 ST ) S 1 STEB A £ B WITH HIM A 1 X DAT ^ and think upon the compassionate , HEBcrrcrL , PRAYING Judge's sentence upon Patesson , which forcibly reminds us of that of Tsesiuas upon Johh Ball ;—" Whereas yen are accused before us , Of ^ Hwring-Ttp the people to rebellion , Andpr&zchinr ) io Ihemsirax ^ e and dangerous doctrines ; And icliereasyotiroehavioitrio the Court Mas teen most insolent and contumacious

      * * I condemn yon To death : you aball be hanged by the neck , - 3 nt not till yon ire dead—your bowels opened—Tour heart torn out , and burnt before your face—Tom traitorous head be serered from your body—Tour body quartered , and exposed upon The city gates—a terrible example i And Ihe lord God iave mercy ox yovr souT' ! . ' / . SOUTHET

      "Wb notice a paragraph in ihe columns of a local contemporary in which the writer complains most bitterly that ; tae authorities of Madeira are seizing j Protestant Tersisns of the Old and New Testament , ] with a view to * extirpate" the " heresies and bias-1 phemies" propagated by Dr . Kallet with the help ' of these works ! But where wa 3 onr contemporary ' iioly indignation when like seizures were made , not : some thousands of miles away in Madeira , but only ] some two or three hundred from Leeds—in the City j of Edinburgh ! Onr contemporary will perhaps say j that the books seized in Edinburgh were blasphem- i © us , " that' s matter of opinion . The Priests of Ma- j deira hold that the Protestant version of the Bible i 3 " blasphemous / ' and that they-were " doing God serrice" in seizing and destroying sueh " dangerons and pernicious books . " ^ AhjbnJ that ' s priestcraft . " Judge of men by their d&eds j and we shall find that 'Us the self-same craft" and spirit manifested in Ibis country j as in Madeiras when books are seized and men cast into prison . Forget not , too , that Patebsos is dad in a felon ' s dress ; condemned to lire upon the coarsest o ? food ; exposed to cold ; a miserable cell , and bed of straw , bj w » y of bringing Mm to a " pemteaf ' ^ al" stale ! Tiat he is compelled to herd with $ x refuse of soeieiyj Mid « xpwsd to the insults ar a ( j brutalities of B £ l&y dnngeon TillaiiiB / ' and the ' j , ]^ if ye canj ye priestly oppressors , and Peot ^ siaki betrayers of ike principles of Crnl and Re' jjgionB Liberty" ] We direct the attention ef 0 &r readers to the resolutions and petition adc pted at a Public Meeting ^ Edinburgh , in cozae * , aou mih Robutsos and

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      PaTXRSOn ' s « ases . "We would recommend that similar meetings bo holden throughout the country . There is a pressing necessity that this should be done . "We hear of a new-hatched combination just cracking its shell , got ap for the purpose of " prerenting the circulation of blasphemous publications by pablic legal prosecutions . " The parties getting up this * ' new move , " style themBBlTSB ** The friends of the Church and of social order . We hear , too

      that included in this list of friend 3 " of social order " are a number of " Dissenters , " * Civil and Religious Liberty" men ! and that certain " weighty individuals" ia the West-Biding of Yorkshire are amongst this band of ( would-be ) " Holy Inquisitors . " At such a time then it behoves the friends of " free thonght" to be np aHd stirring , and everywhere oppose , by all moral means at their disposal , any increase of priestly power , or revival of priestly persecution .

      Blind and bigotted most these men be , or they would see , that , as in the case of Dr . Kallt , their efforts to put down" must greatly accelerate the progress of the opinions against which they have drawn the sword of the law . The persecution of Dr . Kallet has , we are told greatly increased the number of his converts and rendered him a formidable opponent to the Popish Priests of Madiera . Well , what guarantee have the persecutors of Patebson that like causes will not produce like effects ! What surety have they that people will not be convinced " that that must be good for which men aie content to suffer" 1 Let them dungeon I They might as well try , like Dame Partington , to mop up the Atlantic , as hope by such means to stop the progress of free inquiry I

      u How slowly h& 3 reason extended her empire in Europe J And why ? Because she has been persecuted in every step of her progress . The priesthood of every denomination have , from the first , leagued with Kings and Nobles to prevent her triumph . Every means has been resorted to , to keep tbe people in darkness : mystery in politics j mystery in religion , and common , sense kept at a distance-Reason has been given to man to enable him to distinguish truth from error j bnt the spread of truth is never permitted , so long as it is in the power of the clergy to prevent it . " Words most true ! the

      proofs , alas I absund on every side . See in Fhawce , while Kisgcraft re-erects , not one , but a multitude of Bastiles , to preserve itself from tb . 6 assaults of democracy , PBiESlcaiPT is at the same time employing all its energies to recover its ancient power , and again trample on the minds of mankind Behold the wretched state of Spain , where the priests are once more in the asoendaut , and liberty has again succumbed with the downfall of Barcelona- And then < aot to pursue the subject further at present ) turn to Itai . t again " lost and won , " writhing in blood and chains

      at the feet of a " Cowl'd and hypocrital monk , Who prays , curs&s , and deceives . " We had thought that Napoleon had trampled for ever out of existence thai hellish monster " tbe Iniquisition "; biii it wonld appear from an article which will be found in another column , headed , M Catholic Persecution of ihe Jews , ' * tfcat we have been mistaken in that supposition . The appearance of such a document as the * Edict" of the M Inquisitor-General" of Ancona , tells badly at the present moment , when Mr . O'Coxnell is daily vaunting of

      the tolerance and liberality of the Catholic Church 1 At a late meeting of the Repeal Association , Mr . O'Co : » -hell suggested " that the words of Edmtjnd Bcbkb , which the Banner of Ulster had selected for its motto , should be adopted by the Association - . "Thai teligien is the basis of civil society and the source of all good and comfort . " This proposition , like everything else proposed by the ** Liberator" I ?) , was , of course , received without objection , and adopted as " the motto of the Association . " The wordB , as stated above , are those of Edmbmd Bubke , the pentioned tool of tbe Aristocracy , who showed his ideas

      of religion" by his political apostacy to maintain and preserve the Throne and the Altar . The Banner of Ulster is ( we believe ) a red-hot Covenanting , Cromwellian , Presbyterian paper ; hence its idea 3 of " religion" are not very likely to be in accordance with those of Daniel O'Conmell , the favourite son and hope of the Romish faith , for whose safety we are told mass is performed , and prayers offered up , every dsy in the "Vatican , by expre 33 orders of the Pope . " Religion" may be " the source of all good and comfort } " bat where , in tbi 3 " wicked" world are we to find it ? We

      shall no ; have far to go to find cant ; but where shall we seek for M Religion" ! Shall we go to Edinburgh , among John Hope and his crew ! Or shall via go to Dublin , where the motto is adopted ? If so , we shall find that Trash Gkegg and his associates say that the Dublin Rotunda religion is the only correct one j " the only source of all good and comfort ; " and the only one fit to be " tbe basis of civil society" ! The Dublin Protestants denounce the religion of Daniel O'Coxnell as being " idolatrous" and damnable ;"

      while he considers that religion to be the only true one , and Gbesg's and Co . to be the very opposite . * Who ' s to decide , when doctors disagree I" We don ' t know that any of our friends are in want of mottoes with which to decorate their Halls : but if they should , and would like anything on this question ; then , instead of the one above , we would re spectfully suggest the following : taken , not from one of Patebson ' s " blasphemous" publications ; not from any " infidel" book ; but from a very " respectable" work , reviewed in oar last— Hewitt ' s History of Priestcraft . "

      " We have seen nations sitting in the region of darkness , because their PRIESTS shut up know ledge , in their selfishness 1 . 11 We have seen slavery and ignorance blasting , UNDEB THE GUIDANCE OP PRIESTLY HANDS , millions upon millions of our race , and making melancholy the fairest portions of the earth . ' " We have Yislen&A Io sighs and the dropping of tears ; to the voice of despair and the agonies of torture and death ; we have entered dungeons , and found captives wasted to skeletons with the years of their solitary endurance ; tee have listened to their faint whispers , and have found that they uttered THE CRUELTIES OF PRIESTS !

      " We have stumbled uponjntdmght tribunals , and seen men stretched upon racks ; torn piecemeal with fiery pincers ; or plunged into endless darkness by the lancing ef their eyes . And upon asking WHOSE ACTIONS THESE WEBS—WE WEBS AJfSWEBED— ' THE PRIESTS ' . ' . ' " We have visited philosophers , and found them carefully concealing their discoveries , which would suddenly have filled the earth with light , and power , and love , because thet ' knew the PRIESTS would ZUBN ON THEM IN THEIB GBEEDT MALICE , AND DOOM ' THEM TO THE FIBE OB THE GIBBET 1 j " We have walked among women of many coun- tries , and have found thousands lost io shame , rolling ' wanton eyes , and uttering hideous words . We have turned from them with loathing , but have heard them ' cry after us , as we went— Oub hope is in the ' PRIESTS—THEY ABE OCB L 0 VB 2 S , AND DEFSNDEBS ' , TBOM ETEBJf AL PIKE ! ] " We have entered the abodes of domestic love , and ' have stood petrified to find even there all desecrated— j pnrity destroyed—faith overthrown—happiness anni- hilated ; amd it -was the work of PRIESTS 1 41 Puullt , we have seen kings otherwise merciful , lySTIGAIED B 7 THE DEVILISH LOGIC OF PBIESTCBAPT , BECOME THE BUTCHEBS Of THEIB PEOPLE J Queens , otherwise glorious , become tybahts and executionebs ; and people * who would otherwise have Fived in Uessed torm > ny , v ? £ B 2 iii ( i onxach otheb WITH ureXTIKGOTSHABLE MALICE AND BOUHDLESS BLOODTHIBSTIKESS J AND BEHOLD ! IT WAS PRIESTCRAFT , THAT , WINDING AMONGST THEM LIKE A POIS 0 N 0 U 3 SERPENT , MADDENED THEM WITH ITS BBEATH AND EXULTED WITH FIENDISH EYES , OVEB THEIB HOBBIBLS CABNAGE !" t

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      O * w motto" is somewhat lengthy ; but it is the " Worid" of Priestcraft at one view , " proclaiming in the imperishable words of truth and eloquence , the 8 » rt of M good" and u comfort , " the frauds under the name of ** religion" have inflicted Ott civil society . " But , " A brighter mom awaits the human day !" The time is coming when the human race will look back with horror upon the madness , delusion , and slavery of past and present times ? wken tyrants and priestB will be known no more , —forgotten in oblivioi&aa » remembered only to be execrated ; and —/' -HIP ;' « & £ behood ' ' s trade , Shall be as tjpefal and unprofitable , As that of truth ia now !"

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      GALVANIC EXPEBIMENTS ON THE HUMAN SUBJECT . We copy the following very interesting particulars from Mr . William Sturgeon's " Course ol Blemeaturj Lectures on Galvanism , " lately published ;—The first experiments that were made on tbe human subject were by Creve , who operated upon an amputated leg , which exhibited similar phenomena to those produced in the detached limbs of other animals . At Turin , many experiments were made upon the bodies of decapitated criminals , by Yassali , Endi , Giulle , and Rossi . Other similar experiments were subsequently performed by Aldini , both in Italy , Franca , and in Lendon . Tbote at the latter place were made on the body of a criminal , who was bung at Newgate . The phenomena exhibited by a galvanised dead man , though

      not differing ia character from those shown by other large animals , are much more calculated to exercise aa inSuence over the minds of the spectators . And , although tha physiologist ' s anxious researches stimulate him to make every effort to realize bis hopes of resuscitating the subject of his experiment , and lead biro calmly to a variety of modes of operating on the body , it is by no means surprising that the most horrid ideas should be awakened in tbe imaginations , and impressions of fear be produced in the minds , of those who , for the first ) time , witness tbe extraordinary phenomena ; amongst which we behold forcible and unnatural actions of tbe limbs , powerful and convulsive movements amongst the muscles of tbe face , with distended wildly rolling eyes ; which , combined with the most ghatitly grins and

      distortions of the mouth , present a spectacle o ! tbe most frightful description . The results of a series of galvanic experiments , performed on the body of Clydesdale , who was executed at Glasgow for murder , led the medical gentlemen present to infer , that , if certain precautions had been taken , resuscitation would have been accomplished , although tbe body had been suspended the usu&l period at the gallows , and much time afterwards occupied in preparatory arrangements for the galvanic process . "An incision was made into the napa of the neck , close below the occiput . The posterior half of the atlas vertebra was then removed by bone forceps , when tbe spinal marrow was brought into view . A profuse flow of liquid blood gushed from the wound , inundating tbe floor . " These and several other unnecessary wounds were made in various parts of the subject ,

      which tendered resuscitation impossible , with whatever judgment the galvanic stimulus had been subsequently applied . But , notwithstanding the severe laceration of the spinal marrow , and almost total evacuation of blood from the body , even half an hour subsequently , a most interesting effect was produced . When one of the conducting wires was placed in an incision under the cartilage of the seventh rib , and the other applied to the phrenic nerve laid bare in the neck , having one of the conductors in permanent connection with the batter ; , and the other ran over the tops of the plates , in the manner already explained , " full , nay , laborious breathing Instantly commenced . The chest heaved and . fell ; tbe belly was protruded , and again collapsed , with the relaxing and retiring diaphragm ; * which was continued , uninterruptedly , during the whole time this galvanio process was carried on .

      Tbe Boost successful galvanic experiments on the human subject were made on tbe body of John White , who was executed for murder , at Louisville , United States . The neck was not broken , and the body warm , and even trembling , having hung only abeut twentyfive minutes . " The poles of a powerful galvanic pile , prepared for the occasion , were immediately applied to him . He suddenly arose from his bench to a sitting posture . He Boon afterwards rose upon his feet , opened his eyes , and gave a terrific Bcreecb . His chest worked aa if in re » piratlon > One of tfaa surgeons exclaimed , to the mute spectators , that be was alive . Whilst thus standing , another galvanic discharge was administered , when White , with a sudden bound , disengaged himself from the wires , and jumped to a corner of the room .

      Some abort time afterwards , be frequently opened his eyes , and his breathing became so reguhr , that the doctors began to speak to him , but he heard not a word ; nevertheless , by the assistance of a young medical student , who took hold of his arm , he arose , took a few steps on the fleor , and seated himaelf in an armchair . He appeared overcome with the exertion thus made , but was revived by hartshorn applied to the nose . He looked like a man much intoxicated . He seemed to try to give utterance to some feelings , but he could not speak a word . Though now perfectly resuscitated , and emy method resorted to for the purpose of equalising the circulation , and save the patient , congestion on tbe brain , which increased with rapidity , shortly afterwards terminated hl « existence . *" - } -

      The phenomena developed in these two cases are of the highest importance in medical science ; for , notwithstanding the want of avceeBa in resuscitating Clydesdale , and the eventual loss of White , there appear sufficient reasons for supposing , that both events were the natural consequences of the circumstances connected with the cases . In the former case , resuscitation was impossible , for reasons already alluded to : and the fatal congestion which terminated tbe existence ot White was referable to the violence of strangulation , and not easily traced to any other cause , excepting , however , the possibility of the galvanic discharges being teo powerful ,-and injudiciously directed . A powerful battery is never required for any medical purpose whatever , and may , by an injndlcions application of its force , be the means of very serious consequences ; -whilst a battery of moderate power and properly employed , in

      similar cases , would be productive of the happiest effects . The battery employed on the body of Clydesdale , which consisted of 270 ' paita ot four-inch plate * ^ brought into intense action by a solution of nitTo-Buiphuric acid , was far too powerful for tbe purposes of this kind . I have already shown , that a few powerful discharges , or a continuous current of a few seconds ' duration , hasten the extinction of vitality in those animals whose natural functions have been intentionally prostrated and laid dormant , for the purpose of experiment ; and although a battery of fifty pairs , which would produce this effect on a rabbit , but not on a muscular man , that which was employed in the experiments on Clydesdale would be capable of subduing the vital energies , which remain after strangulation , eveu of an individual whose physical developments of organism were Of the highest order in nature .

      The tumefaction ana lividity of tbe face , produced by the strangulation at tbe gallows , enforce a strong probability that in no case of that kind would the functions of life be recalled into a natural state of activity , by the galvanic influence . Reausicitation might be accomplished , as in the case of White , but for want of a natural distribution of the blood , and the injuries inflicted on its -vessels , directly and indirectly by the rope , might prevent that promptitude and balance of circulation essemtial to the propagation of life , and all the evils consequent thereon would have to be apprehended .

      The chances of success would be very different in those cases of asphyxia , occasioned by the inhaling of noxious gases , drowning , syncope , &c in which no part of the system is deranged nor injured by violence ; and the phenomena developed during the operations on Clydesdale and White are promising indications of the most happy results being obtainable where the circumstances are of a more favourable description . A few moderate galvanic discharges , well directed , obliquely through the chest , from the neck on one side , to below tbe ribs on the other , would diffuse thelrinflaence tbrough the principal srgans of life . By these means the respiratory organs might be expected to resume their natural / auctions , and the movements of tbe heart renew their natural impulses to tbe blood ,

      which , in these cases , would not have to encounter those difficulties of circulation arising from congestion and injuries in the eanguiferoua channels—the probable consequences of the rope . Running one of the connecting wires over the tops of the galvanio plates would be the best mode of operating for bringing the lungs Into play , and a battery of one hundred three-inch plates would be sufficiently powerful to produce the necessary motions of the chest ; and even that extent of galvanic power should not be continued If it was found that by a less power these motions could be maintained . As soon as the lungs would play independently of the galvanls excitation , the battery action ought to be discontinued , and tbe usual restoratives gradually and cantiously administered . —Moncketier Guardian .

      AN ENGLISH Ab . t Acammy at Kojmb . —A letter from Some , in the Horning Pott , mentions , that " an event is on the topi * which causes much satisfaction amongst the English artists bare . The English students have hitherto been unable to follow their professional avocations withoat many disadvantages , as the institutes here bava not afforded them facilities to carry out their artutio pursuit * , not from any want of cow * tesy , but from actual want of space and accommodation . The British , Minister resident it Naples . Sir George Hamilton , baa opened » subscription among tbe English nobility » na ottoere resorting to the Italian States ; and tha fund already amount * to near three thousand pounds with which it ia intended to erect aa academy , ill Which all EDglish students will be enabled to progress with ( heir studies throughout the yeaT , and not to be compelled to remain inactive for months , witbont access to the public collections . The establishment is to contain all that is necessary for their use , also a large

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      and magnificent collection of casts from the antique and the chief works of the most celebrated modern sculptors , 4 o . ; likewise an extensive library . " Classical Researches . —The National announces the return of M . Minoi de Minais from a scientific miBBlon in Greece , Thessal , and Constantineple , which lasted three years , and was undertaken at the desire or the Minister of Public Instruction . Amongst the I * ^ ® . manu «« ripts discovered and brought to France by &L Minaa nmst be noticed , Fables by Babryaa , a fragment of the 20 th book of Polybius , several extracts from Ddxippus and Ensebius , two historians but little Known to as , a fragment of the historian Pryseas , f v , y ? he cekbrated Gallien which was deficient iu bis collection , a new edition ef m ^ pf Fables , with at life ofitbe fabulist , a Treatise on Greek Syntax by Gregory of Corinth , au unpublished grammar of Theodossius of Alexandria , a history of the Conquest of Oaiua by the Tartars , and various other works , which have safely arrived at Paris ,

      Vblccipedes ON Raiiwats . —An ingenious and very useful invention has just been exhibited , and its powers tried on the Brighton and Croydon Bailway u ™ Ji apedomotive machine , and was conducted by M ' England , the engineer , of Hatcham Iron-works , Kent-road , for the London and Brighton Railway . It weighs about-2701 bs , and is manufactured almost entirely of wrought iron . It carries four or six persons , two of whom propel ifc by meanB of treadles applied on a new and advantageous principle . Its greatest speed fora short distance is at the rate of twenty five miles an hour ; its average rate is fifteen miles an hour , carrying in both cases four passengers . Its utility on a line of railway reqairesuo comment , as , without the slightest delay , one man can convey a ineaaage from , station to station , at a far greater speed than a horse express ; and , should there be any fear of its encountering a train , it can be lifted up from , and replaced on the tramway , with as much ease aa a sedan chair .

      IMPROVED STEAM GENERATOR . An apparatus for the more rapid generation of steam for engines than can be effected by any of the variety of boilera uicnerto invenled , when the fire is merely in contact with the outside of the tubes or vessels containing water , was some two years since patented by Mr . Andrew Smith , but the " steam generator" has not been sufficiently brought before the public , and we believe is but little known . The principle is simple , but highly effective ; instead of the fire acting at once

      on the vessel containing the water , a body of metal capable of dissolving at once not less than three hundred deg , Fahrenheit , is employed as a medium between the fire and generating tubes . An iron vessel is set in connection with the furnace on the same principle as a common boiler ; near the bottom a scries of iron tubes run the whole length of the vessel , and forming one coutinuous channel , one end is connected to the force-pump attached to the engine , and the other with a series of steam receivers , all connected , and to which tho safety-valve is applied in the usual

      way . A compound metal in due proportions , consisting of bismuth , lead , and zinc , is placed in tbe vessel in sufficient quantity to form a complete metallic bath , covering the generating tubes , but not to reach the receivers ; this molten bath is geserally kept up to a heat of about BOO degrees , and tbe pump is so regulated to the size of the generator and power required , that at each stroke of the piston of the engine only sufficient water is Ivjaeted into tha tubas to supply steam for one revolution of the Crank attached . On the injection of the water into the heated tubes , it is instantaneously converted into steam , passes into tbe steam receivers , and from thence to tbe engine cylinder , when , having porforraed Its duty , the stroke of the piston inj « ota another sufficient portion of water for

      the next stroke—thus keeping tbe receivers continually supplied , without an accumulation of more steam than is absolutely necessary for the proper performance off the engine . The great advantages afforded by the generator are—economy of fuel , less variation in the heat of the tubes , and , consequently , greater regularity in working , and the absolute safety from bursting , l . OOOlbs ., at least , per square inch , being required to fracture any of the tubes ; and should such circumstances by any chance occur , it would have np effect beyond the interior ef the batb , and a new set of tubes could be inserted in & very short space of time . The small space occupied by this apparatus , in comparison with any of the eld boilers , being about onetwentieth the usual size , ia of much importance , and we recommend an inspection by all persons employing steam-engines .

      Wo cannot help considering this invention as ingenious and useful . The economy of space is immense , and the equalisation of temperature much more complete thin has hitherto been attained—a point ot extreme importance when tbe cost of fuel is taken into account . —Polytechnic Review .

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      THE MINERS OP CUMBERLAND TO THEIR BROTHER MINERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Friends and Brethren , —ft is now mow than three months since John Peile , the Earl of LonsdaJo ' B agent , and others entered into a most unhely alliance to prevent us from exercising the rights to which as men we are entitled . You are a ware that we are not seeking any advance of wages : we merely sought to unite to reduce the hours of labour as a means of elevating our moral and physical energies . Such was our object We are told by those opposed to us that by joining tbe Union we will entirely destroy the peace and comfort of our families ; but they never tell as of how much peace and comfort they have deprived UB of . Can it be said that robbing the miner of bis time , and thereby subjecting him to greater labour for less remuneration is doing him or bis family good ? Nevertheless , we

      are and have been daily subject to such cruelty . And what has this treatment produced ? Resistance on the part of the men , and a spirit of union that never can be destroyed . We say never ; for since the return from Ireland t > f our zealous , talented , uncompromising lecturer , Mr . P . M . Bropby , many of those who had returned te their work through the necessity brought about by the tyranny of John Peile , have voluntarily come forward , regardless of the threats or the test , to unite themselves man to man and heart to heart to support and protect their rights and intereatB . We are proud to say that the spirit is still alive here ; that the oppressed are ( notwithstanding spies are to be found at every meeting ) rallying to further the cause of Union . But we must Bay that the means of support we have received has been meagre indeed .

      Miners , wherever you gather together , make some little sacrifice to aid us , and show to the British Empire that Cumberland , which is a part , shall nob be trampled on by tbe oppressor . The cause is yours as much as ours , and if lost in Cumberland , will eventually be lost everywhere else . We call upon the lecturers of our association to bring our cause before their audienccB , and to tell them that unleBS something decisive be done the cause for the present must be abandoned .

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      Mr . WiLLiAia Holdgate lectured last wtek&t the following places : —Nov . 20 . Bradford Moor ; Nov . 21 , Four Line ; Ends ; Nov . 22 , Bowling ; Nov . 23 , Thornton ; and has opened a new society . Mr . Holdgate will visit tbe following places next week ; - ^ D 6 C 6 niber 4 th . Beeskon ; De cember 5 th , Hnnslet ; December 6 tb . Osmetb Common ; December 7 ch , Ossett Street Side ; December 8 th , DiW Green , The Delegate mektikg for Yorkshire District will j be holden on Saturday , the 9 \ h of December , at tea o ' clock in tbe forenoon precisely , at the house of Samuel Kombottom , Unicorn Inn , Adwalton . ;

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      CARLISLE . — - MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE Carlisle Chartjsx Association . —A meeting of the above body took place on Sunday last , at vheir room , Ne . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate ; Mr . Robert Graham in the chair . The Secretaay read over tha minutes of last meeting , which Were confirmed ; after which , various sums of money were paid ia to the Treasurer for cards and regular subscriptions ; and we are happy in being able to state , that the number of members is increasing weekly since Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Carlisle . A 1 letter was read from Mr . Baxter , the celebrated author of tbe " Book of the Baetiles , " kindly offering a copy for the use of the Association . The offer was very gratefully accepted . The Working Imen ' s Mental Improvement

      Society . —Tbe members and ethers taking an interest in this society , met on on Sunday evening last , at No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate ; when the following question was brought forward by Mr . Bowman : «« Have the Cumberland ballads of the late Robert Anderson , bad a aalutary or evil effect on society ? " Mr . Bowman went into the question at considerable length , and contended that they bad bad a salutary effect on society , inasmuch as they bad added to the enjoyment and instruction of the humble classes of tbe inhabitants of Cumberland ; and were accurate and graphic delineations of the manners and customs of the peasantry of that county . He also shewed their ] moral tendency by reading a variety of illustrations from some of the mobt popular ballads ; wherein the ruinous effects of a life of folly

      and dissipation were clearly pointed out ; the repose and happiness attendant on a life of temperance and integrity most lively pourtrayed ; where vice was held up to public destitution in all its bideouaness , and virtue and benevolence applauded and recommended . The illustrations were numerous and seemed to produce a convincing effect ion the minds of the audience . There being no opposition a vote of thanks was carried to Mr . Bowman and the Chairman . Tbe following question will be brought forward and disenssed on Sunday evening next , at six o'clock . Admittance gratis . •' Will the prosecutions now going on against Mr . Daniel O'Connell and other leading Repealers , forward or retard the Repeal of the Union ?"—[ Can our Carlisle correspondent favour us with any of AnUerson ' 8 ballads ?! i

      SALFOBD . —The ; Chartists of Salford met in tbeir rooms , Great George-street , on Sunday evening last , to hear a lecture from Mr . Bropby . Mr . M'Farlane was called to the chair , who opened the proceedings with giving an iateie * Ung account of a tons which he had lately made through a part of Scotland . Mr . Littler then gave a short address , shewing the necessity of local reform . The { Chairman then introduced Mr . Bropby to the meeting , wbo gave a very energetio and interesting address , which was UnUaed towttb . much satisfaction . i

      BILSTOK . —The Chartists of this locality have organised themselves under tbe N « w Plan , through th 4 ( assistance of Mr . M'Gratfo , vrhp delivered an excellr L address in tbe Social Institution , in Wood . streek Wednesday last , to an attentive audience j Mr . T Cadley , an IriBh Repealer , in the chair . A ray . i u mOi was proposed , seconded , and carried unanimou ~ d proving of the conduct of M * . M'Grath , belir vinfj ' hin to be a at and proper ; person to hold the bif t offiU o President of the Executive . The Star * , & be rea < every Sunday and TbuwfcyJ eveninga , at Mr . Johi White 8 . i

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      RSDIMTCH . —On Saturday evening , thfl Cfmrtiufa of this place met at the O Connor Arms , when the following auma were voted—namely , 5 s . for Mr . Gsorge White , 53 . for the Victim Fund , and 5 a . for cards . X . ONSON , —GOLDEN LION , DEAJJ-STBEET , SOHO . —On SuntUy last , o public lecture was delivered at tha above place by Mr . T . M . Wheeler , Member of the Executive Committee . The chair was filled by Mr . Philips . Ten new members were enrolled . Mr . Grover moved , and Mr . Haimes seconded , a resolution" That wa highly approve of the Executive's plan of engaging lecturers ; and hereby determine to render them our best assistance in support of the same . " A collection was afterwards made for the veteran , Mr . T . Preston . Whitechapel . —Mr , Stallwood lectured to a crowded audience in the White Horse Assembly Rooms , on Sunday evening last . ______ _ —^ ;—^

      MANCHESTER . —At a meeting of the Chartist Painters of Manchester , held in their room , Watsonstreet , Peter-street , on Wednesday evening last , the following gentlemen were elected as a Committee for the ensuing three months : —President , Mr . WilHam Hulme ; Treasurer , Mr . Edward Hall ; Secretary , Mr . Charles Taylor ; Mr . W . B . Killierew , Mr . Thomas Doyle , Mr . James Porteus , and Mr . Thos . Lee . NEWCASTLE . —Mr . C . D . Stuart lectured on Friday evening , in the Chartist Hall , Croat Inn , Cloth Market , on— " The comparative condition of the

      United States and England , showing the advantageous position of the American People as contrasted with this Country . " Mr . S . having been long resident in the States and in South America , tha information he communicated was deeply interesting , a * : d was ^ confirmed by several individuals present who had visited tbe States . At the unanimous request ol the meeting , Mr . Stuart delivered a second lectute on tbe same subject , on Sunday evening , to a nuinerons audience , giving the greatest ! satisfaction to ths Chartists and all who were present .

      Glorious Triumph ot the Chartists over ihe Free Traders in GaTESHead . —The Free Traders of Giteshead bad a meeting in the Town Hall there , on Monday evening ; their placard earnestly invited all who weie frionuly te Free Trade to attend , as they , intended to present an address to the electors of Salisbury , who voted for Mr . Bouverie at the recent election for that Borough ; and aa the Chartists considered themselves friendly to the only species of Free Trade that ia calculated to benefit the starving millions , they accepted tb . 8 invitation . At the appointed boar , ( eight o ' clock . ) Mr . Alderman Bracket , the gentleman who was elected President of the Gateshead Free Traders , at a hole and corner meeting of some six or &ev « n of that kidney , on the 9 ; h inst , walked into the

      chair as if by natural instinct , and assayed to commence tbe proceedings by reading a letter frem Mr . Bouverie ' a committee , and was going to proceed with reading the addresB , which was ready cut and dry , and only wanted tba sanction of the meeting ; but the Chartists had not been accustomed to have a chairman foisted upon them in that way , and politely asked if the ; intended to take the sense of the meeting in the appointment of chairman ? After some di&cuaiion on the subject it was agreed that tho voice of the meeting should be taken . Mr . Cook proposed that Mr . Brackett be appointed cbairman , which was put to tbe meeting and agreed to . The cbairman then read the address to tha men of Salisbury , and likewise a resolution soliciting members to the free trade society , at annual contributions of 2 s . 6 d . each , to be paid in advance , so as to aEsist in raising the £ 100 , 000 . A lengthy discussion took place on this renoiution , on which Messrs , Stuart ,

      Gamraage , Ralph Currie , Sinclair , John M'Sbane , and others took part—it was agreed to . Mr . Wm . Lackey Harie then proposed— " that the address to the electors of Salisbury be adopted by this meeting , " which was duly seconded . The free traders appeared happy that there appeared no opposition to the address ; bat , alas , they were mistaken , for Mi . Cook , of the Blua Bell Inn , Gateshead , proposed an addenda . They appeared quite chop-fallen . They requested Mr . Cook to modify his addenda . He stood to his integrity and would not fliuch a peg . Tbe result was that the chairman declared Mr . Cook's amendment carried by a large majority , and at the same time declared that he would not sign the address as agreed to by the meeting . He ran away amid the hisses of the major part of the audience . Three cheers and one cheer more waa then given for the People ' s Charter , and the meeting aeperated .

      STOCKPORT . —On Sunday Iasfc Mr . M'Grath of London , delivered a very able lecture on Class Legislation , to a numerous and attentive audience who were highly delighted . One hundred and seventeen cards were taken oat , and 16 s . collected at the door .

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      Whit eh av en . —The following Bums has been received from Newca 8 tle-on-Tyne , on the 22 nd instant , for the Cumberland colliers , to the amount of £ 25 , as follows : —BlacK Boy £ 2 10 ; Nethertou £ l 10 ; Garsfield 9 a ; Oakwellgate 8 s 6 d ; South Pelew 8 s ; Heworth 14 s 9 dj Urpeth 10 s 6 d ; Hebbum , £ ln 12 a lid ; Ouston £ l 12 s 6 d ; Heaton £ 2 7 s 9 d ; North Hetton £ 1 Us 3 d ; Exclose 7 a lOd ; Wylam £ 1 4 s 3 d ; Walker £ 11 * 8 ; Whliley £ 2 4 s ; Nova Scotia 8 s 4 d ; Ravensworth £ 1 ; Sherriff Hill £ l Is 3 d ; Gosforth £ l 10 s ; Edmondsby £ 2 2 s .

      A meeting of the Miners of this district took place on Saturday in MoBSop ' s Long Room , Newstreet , Mr . John Harrison in the chair . Mr . Matthew Halliday gave a powerful address on the restriction question , and was repeatedly cheered . MARY port , Nov . 23—Mr . Hunter attended a meeting of the Miners of this place . After tbe address of Mr . Hunter , several came forward and paid in their contributions , and took out the first and second number of the Miners' Journal . . They are a most miserable

      oppressed Bet of men , being from fourteen to sixteen hours in the bowels of the earth every day ; and , after they have done their hard day ' s work , they have to travel three and four miles to their miserable homes ; and in this neighbourhood the truck system ia carried on , both in the collieries and upon the Marvport railway going through to Carlisle . Several of our men having been employed upon the railway in the time of the strike in that part ; and you may believe me , that it is nothing short of the same system carried on in other parts of the country .

      Dearham , Nov . 24 . —Mr . Hunter , agent of the Miners' Association , addressed the miners of this place . At the conclusion , twenty gave in their names to become subssiibers to the Miner a' Joamai—also a list of names were taken down to subscribe to the Northern Star . One man paid down one Bhilling ; and said , if it were not possible to raise as much as would purchase one , he would make up the deficiency ; they having had the pleasure of seeing one copy of that valuable paper , approve of the principles ii advocates . The same steps are being taken at i'limby , Maryport , Sic which I hope will meet with bu . ocean .

      WosaciAcroK , Nov . 23 .- ^ A . -delegate meeting of the Miners ot QuinbexUuid wan held in tha New Lodge Bwm , Wa 8 hington ? 8 treer ,. Delegates were pretest from Cleator Moor , WVitehaven , Parten , Harrington , Workington , Seator ,, Dearham , Oughterslde , and Maiyport . Mr . Holiday was moved to the chair . Minutes of the last meeting feeing read , tha Secretary proceeded to call over thfj names of the collieries . The number of unemployed were ascertained to be reduced to 109 , being twenty-e ' , ght less than last week . It was then resolved that , £ \ Bhoulcl be sent to Newcastle , towards defraying the expences of tbe counsel employed on the trip ' , 8 Qf Dorau and Garraty . It was & 1 bo agreed that one half of the contributions be collected , and sent off to the General Board . HA . uaiNG ' : 0 N ( Na ?> 25 , —a meeting of the Mineia of this pla / je was held in Mr . Mosgrove ' s Long Room , it being t ' oe first meeting ot the second quarter . Mr . Hunter attended , and addressed the audience .

      M . 4 . Hollidav attended the following places ;—Ou ^ hterflWe , Monday . Nov . 20 ; Gillcmx , Tuesday , Nov .. si ; Dearham , Nov 22 ; delegate meeting , Wftrit-Ington , Nov . 23 ; Wbitehaven , Nov . 25 . At all of which places he met with good success

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      EDINBURGH . THE PROSECUTIONS FOR BLASPHEMY . A public meetiBg was held in the large Waterloo Rooms , Edinburgh , on Tuesday evening , the 21 sfe inst ., in consequence of the imprisonment of Thomaa Paterson and Henry Robinson , booksellers , of this city , for the alleged crime of jblasphexay , to pfltition Parliament for the abrogation of the laws under which they were convicted , and to memorialJZ 3 her Majesty for their release . ' ; . About an hour before the time of meeting , the rain began to pour in torrunta , anil continued so to do all the evening , which it was thought would have the effect of greatly thinning tbe attendance . But

      notwithstanding the extreme inclemency of the weather , when the hour for taking the chair arrived , tbe room was well filled with a vary respectable an lience of about 1100 persons , amongst whom were several ladies . ¦ At the commencement of the proceedings , a few individuals attempted tp breed confusion by noisy clamour . The noise was soon suppressed , and the proceedings went on in a most orderly way . This being a public meeting , all parties were allowed a fair hearing ; the Chairman did not send persons to prison for atte npting to speak in \ order , as was done by the late Lord Provost , at a recent meeting in the same rooms , called to sympathise with Dr . Kalley .

      To the first resolution an amendment was proposed , " That this meeting approves of the sentences passed by the High Court of Justiciary upon Messrs , Paterson and Robinson . " j ¦ This amendment was spoken to and supported by several persons ifrom the bo'ly of tha meeting ; but when the question was put from the chair , the original resolution was carried unanimously , with the exception of nine dissentients- After so signal a triumph , the friends Of liberty of conscience had everything their own way , and the resolutions , pstition , and memorial were carried unanimously . The meeting did not disperse till nearly twelve o'clock , tho proceedings throughout were enthusiastic , and will doubtless teach an important lesson to the authorities . 1 After an address from Mr . Peddie , who was unanimously called to ] the chair , the reaulutio&s were proposed in the following order ;—

      1—Moved by Mr . Southwell , seconded by Mr . Cummings , " That all penal restrictions upon tbe tongue or the press , to prevent the utterance or publication of opinion , are detrimental to truth and morality , and to tbe welfare of society , and that all laws fettering freedom of expression should bo immediately abrogated . " 2—Moved by jMr . H . Jefbty , seconded by Mr . * J . Grant , " That the imprisonment of Thomas Paterson and Henry Robinson , booksellers , of this city , fo » vending works containing denials of the truth of the prevalent religious doctrines , is impolitic , unjust , and intolerant" ¦ 3—Moved bf Mr . Tankard , seconded by Mr . Sergeant , " That the following petition to the House of Commons , and memorial to her Majesty be adopted by this meeting . ( These are subjoined ) . 4—Moved by Mr . Jeffery , seconded by Mr . Sutherland , — " That the ! petition to the House of Commons be presented by T . Si Dancomoe , Esq . '

      ( COP ? OF PETITION . ) To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of Edinburgh , in public meeting assembled . MvtiBLY Sheweth—That your petitioners view with much regret and indignation , the proceedings lately taken by her Majesty ' s Advocate in Scotlapd , against Thomas Paterson and Henry Robinson , booksellers of this city , ' who have been prosecuted for the sale of works containing denials of the truth of the established creeds , ; and who on that account , have been sentenced to the terms of fifteen month's and twelve month's imprisonment respectively , to be treated as common felons . ) That such persecutions are totally at variance with tbe great principle ] of Protestantism , which give ? to all the right of individual judgment , and professes therefore to interfere with the conscience of no man .

      That the crime of blasphemy , so called , has no fixed or settled definition , bat varies with time and place , as is instanced in the present day , in the lamented prosecution of Dr . Kalley of Madeira , for preaching the Protestant religion , which is there accounted blasphemous . Tbe founders of Christianity , the Protestant reformers , and all the opponents of superstitious error have been charged with the same crime . Indeed , every man who denies all religions but his own , is an infidel and blasphemer to every religion except the one which he professes . j That fallacious arguments against , and unjust vituperations of religion , may be answered by refutations and exposure , the people of Great Britain and Ireland support , at an enormous expense , priests and clergymen who are " Bet in defence of the gospel , " whose office it is te repel the attacks of infidelity , and who , if they did their duty , would render unnessary the interference of courts of law with ' matters of opinion .

      That persecution , cannot in this country in the present age , repress any system of doctrine ; and that prosecutions such as those of which your petitioners complain , are found from experience to increase the sale , of the works prosecuted . That the generally recogniued rule of morality , " To do unto others as we would that others should do unto us , " would lead the British Legislature to concede to all classes of Her Majesty ' s subjects , tha right of fully and freely expressing their opinions . Your Petitioners therefore pray that your Honourable House will take immediate steps to abrogate tbe statutes under which Thomas Paterson and Henry Robinson have been convicted . j And your petitioners , &c , &c . The memorial to ; the Queen , a copy of which has been sent us , but for which we have not room , was Bimilar in spirit to the petition : tbe " prayer" being varied as follows : —

      " We therefore pray Your Mijesty to be graciously pleased to exercise the Royal Prerogative of mercy , for the release of Thomas Paterson an 4 Henry Robinson , that they may be restored to their afflicted families , and that Your Majesty ' s ' subjects may enjoy the blessings of liberty of conscience .

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      Mortality in the Metropolis . —We regret to state that the returns for the past week shows great increase in the number of deaths . In the week ending November 11 , the deaths were 1016 , while according to the present return they amount to 1230—showing an increase of not leas than 214 . Deaths from measles , scarlatina , diarrhcea , and dysentery are still high , but the greatest increase has taken place in diseases oi ' the lungs and from old age . The average deaths caused by pneumonia ia ninety , while during the last week it was 199 . The average deaths from consumption at this season is 131 , while the present return makes it 171 , and from old age or natural decay the numbers have increased from 69 to 100 . In diseases of the lungs the increase has been more than doubled—the average being 278 , while in the week ending November 18 the number was 459 . In almost every complaint to which man is liable there has been aa increasd >

      The average for all during the last five autumns was 908 , while the last return shows aa increase for one week of 322 . We have no account of the daily mean , temperature , as no person , has yet been appointed to succeed Mr . Robertson , who made up this part of the return . ^ - / Sun , of Saturday . Infanticide — On Saturday evening , Mr . Wafcley , M . P ., coroner , held an inquest at the Crown Inn , Highstreet , Kensington , on the body of a newly-born femala infant , which was found on the morning of Thursday last , wrapped in a piece of cotton , at the side of the path in iadbroke-grove , Notting-hill . Guazzaroni , the surgeon , who had opened the body , gave it as his opinion that the child had lived some hours , and he attributed its death to neglect on the part of its parent after its birth . The coroner said in that case the neglect amounted to murder . Verdict , Wilful murder against some person unknewn .

      Robbery and Mprder . —On Saturday morning , between one and two o ' clock , a cruel robbery was perpetrated at the bouse ef two aged and infirm persons , named Sperring , situate in the Upper Bristolroad , in the parish of Weston , near Bristol . The villa ' ns , three in number , made an entrance through the roof of the dwelling , by removing several of the stone tiles . They then rushed into the kitchen , where they found Mrs . Sperring , and threatened to blow out her brains if she gave any alarm , or made the least resistance , and the poor old woman fainted . The thieves then entered the bed-room of the old man , and , with imprecations , demanded his money . He offered them a sovereign to leave tha place , but they refused , and threatened his life it he did not tell them Where ha kept bis money , stating they knew he had money in the house . One of them pulled out a box from under the bed , and broke it open , from which they toak £ 70 in money , and a silver watch , maker's name , "

      Bullock , " Bath , with which they decamped , leaving the old woman in a state of insensibility . Sperring who appears to be a man of very penurious habits , occupies a detached COttagei Which is sitnate about 200-yards from the Kelaton turnpike-gate . Hia wife being a cripple , and he refusing to allow any person to enter his dwelling , the house presents a most filthy appearance . We are given to understand that the £ 70 of which be has been plundered , was hoarded in the handle of an old saucepan , and that an additional £ 20 secreted in some rags fortunately escaped the hands of the burglars . The violence of the ruffians resulted in the death of the old woman , ( who is about eighty years of age ) , which event took place yesterday morning , and an inquest will be held on her body this day . Through the activity of tha city police , and the chief officer , Mr . Hall , four individuals are now in custody on suspicion of having been concerned in the outrage . — Devizes

      Gazette-Extraordinary and toNG-pi-AitwED bobbery A 1 THE OLD SHADES TaVEJLN , LOHDOS BRIDGE . — The Shades , so well known at Woodin ' s , near London , Bridge , was on Saturday morning found to have been broken into , under very extraordinary ciicumstances , and notes and gold stolen to the amount of sear £ 100 . That this robbery has been effected by the most expert thieves on town , there can be no doubt , and the appliances which were used show the-dexterity , coolness , and perseverance with which tha work was done . Since Mr . Woodin ' s death , Messrs . Nicholls and Pellatt have been the proprietors of the house , and they have rarely left any money on the premises , it being paid into their bankers . For several mornings previous to Saturday , Mr . Pellatt thought that the key , whan ha

      placed it in the lock , jumped ap in a very extraordinary manner , and he had it takes off , determined to have another . The old one was found to contain putty and other things , which led " to . still Btiongcr Bospicion . Upon tbe policeman going round on Saturday morning , about , 8 ix a ' clock , he observed nothing extraordinary about the premises , but on passing at twenty minutes to seven , it struck him there was a noise in the house . Some alarm seems to have been gf ven , and . it 'fcas then found that the locfc hadbeenr / jpiacedfeyanewone . An entry waa made , and the O ' rf lock / was found lying in a part of the haU , with a 'Ikeletonkej In it . There ean be no doubfcthat toe p > . anbadb «» long organised , and the mouldsof the r outer lock bad been taken , a * it bad ev « Ient ! y been

      talr . ea off and replaced . When Mr . *« " «» ™ a ' *> t > ae iron chest in which , on t&e over-night , £ 70 had been , left , he found it open , and the money g&ne . ; The process by which this was done was singular and artuttST ^ The key , which would seem to have been made forthe lock , was too small , and a blow pipe , found amongst skeleton Ujb and other things near ^ tte spofe had been used in order to fit it to the lock and thejock toit In a corner of the roeni were the old Joek , with a skeleton key in it , two skeleton keysanda dark Jtotern . No doabfc exists but «» t this robbery has been planned for a long time , and that , in the absence of the watchman , the outer padlock bad been taken off and a new one put on , While the beys were being made . At present there ia no cine to the burglars .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR ! f "" ' " ' ' T " " ' " ~ " ' " - ¦ -- ¦ ¦ — , i— . . . ... i . ¦ -. _ — i . .. „ . ¦¦¦_ . _¦¦ ¦ -,.- . — — . , . . ' , ________^ ~ - ¦— ¦ _

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct679/page/7/