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      tl Over Hns A 5 D Ivaes in Debt . " —A hatter in Nc-w York gives a definition of the common phrase u o-rer head and e&TB in debt . " He sajs in his ad-Terri * ementj it means a man who hasn ' t paid for his hs . z . Diffid £ > ce . —A man gets along faster with a Sensible married woman in hoars than wiih a young girl in whole days . It is next to impossible to make them talk , or to reach them . They are like a jtreen Kan in ; there are half a dozen outer coats to be pu'ieaofi ! , oneby one and . slowly , before you reach ti .- - keraal of their character . Jdleses 3 . —The worst vices springing from the wor = i principles—the excesses of the libertine , and the outrages of the plunderer—usuallytake their rice tr-. 'ta early and unsubdued idleness . Fair ' s Lnsrour $ e $ on Education .

      Obd AyswEB . —The elder folks were talking of the races , when one turned to a listening child and ai . d said , " Did you ever see a r&cer , Bobby ?" " "\> s , " was the answer , " I hare seen the candles run / ' - A Dbt RrB . —The late ReT . Mr . Walker of Dundo :-2 ld , "who wis as well known for his piety as his re » ay talent for repartee , had , in his youth , beta a sergeant in the army . One day as hs * entered the Pre * t > yferial court , be was addressed by a clerical brother , who was notorious for hi ? ardent and con-Btaiit attachment to his bottle , with , — " Come away , ca ? : a n—if you had still been a soldir-r , what sitnati'ju wonJd you have given me in your company ? As I live by the word of my month , at anyrate ^ 1 th : r . k I would have made a capital fifer ¥ ' " . No , no , ' said , the clerical wit , that would never have dun ? , for the pay wou '; d not have been half enough to have kept your tehisti ' e tcet . " '

      / scoNiSKIKO —A Western Editor west off in a Br of } 'v ^ terics » few weeks since , at the s ? jfht of three bm-, who uncereiDonious ] y entered his office and req : sted the liberty of paying for a year ' s subsciipfeon 10 ths paper . Tii £ Ansatcis Cbaracieb , — " We are . born in a hurry , " &ays aa American , " we are educated at fnli sp--A . We make a fortune with the wave of a ¦ warn , and loosa it in- like manner , to re-mak ^ ana re-: iw > e it in the twinkling of an eye . Our body is & lcn - umotive , travelling at the rate of ten leagues an hcur : oar thoughts are as a high-preteure engine ; our life resembles a shooting star , and death surprises us like an electric itruk-e . " -

      Pctebtt is an enormous erd . By poverty , I underhand the state of man possessing no permanent prt lh ny , in a country where wealth and luxury ha-. e already gained a secure establishment . He , then , that 13 to born to poverty , may be said , unatr anutacr name , to be born a slave . — Godwin-E . suop Otieb ' s " Pastoral Addresses , " announced am ' ¦; . « the new clerical tvorkf , include ,-it is said , sotu- uffociionate advice to the clergy as to the best Bode of securing the "loaves and Ji shes , "— good thi ' ij :- ; which the whole clerical hoitar « f in search of , thouirn but few of the number have th& wit to succee : - . u their site nip 13 .

      0 > the bat that Sir Robert Peel dined at the R o > aj table , the mtnature carriage built- foj the Pr .:: ¦ & ?« Royal became the subject of conversation ; it vu .- much extolled for its lightness and ele ^ auee by Lord Melbourne , who had seen it , and who , additions inmseif to Sir Robert , said , ** Peel , I ' m sure wul approve of it ; let me recommend you to go and -ee our 'turn-out . '" "I shall be only too happv , " promptly rejoined Sir Robert . A Duichsxs AXD his wipe were travelling ; they sat down oy theroaooide exceedingly fatigued . The wiiV r- ihrd , " I wish I was in Heaven . " The husband rtpiics , " I wish I was at the tavern . " " uh , you ' . id rogue , " says she , jou always want to get the t «« t place . " Y . iVKKpsJt . — A man died in Kentocky so tarnation " . 3 . a thai it took two clergymen and a boy to pre .- h his funeral sermon .

      T :. i Bishop op Lo . vdos id a plain spoken individual . Ween he read the account of tLe Visitation proi-r-dings at York , and the sentence passed on the jDeau , he emphatically , but rather nnclerically , remsj > ra , that lv the I > ean was a d—d fool , inasmuch as ; -e not only sinned simomacally , -but suffered himself to be found out afterwards . " The last mn-t et-rtainly appear in the eyes of a Bishop the worst of follies . * " ~ Tffj > s trsuAG from me , " as the chicken said when he lc-t his head . " 1 am the greatest woman in the world , Toll , " renisiked her most gracious . Majesty to the learned pan :. "How very deceptive the eye is sometinst .-- ! " rejoined the ironical bird .

      It ts believed that the silver stolen from the plate room at Windsor Castle wa 3 immediately tun into bar-. lo prevent its being identified . May not this lea-i : o the probability of its forming , by this time , a porr-on of the current coin of the realm 1 " i mea > - , Pou-T , to take you to the German company , " said the Qneen to the learned parrot . " Pray do ; i' -t , " rfjo'ned Poll , u I see quite enough of Geih .-jh company here . " Th . ~ Covkt 5 EWSMJS * , by a slight literal mistake , tta" . ' 5 an Tnurjday , that ' ¦ ike besIs rang a merry pee ; •; . her Majesty ' s arrival . "' Merry " Peels" in corn :- -nun with her Majesty have been -somewhat scarce . We recollect bui one " Peel / ' and that was ' - . iv tUinu but a merry one .

      f > .--E Trade to the Lawtees . —A man from the country applied to a respectable solicitor for legal * dv :.: t . After detailing the circumstances of the » 5 P . he was asked if be bad stated the facts exactly as tLev occurred . " 0 ay , sir , " rejoined the applfcanr , " I thought it best t-o teii you the plain truth ; you . -. Ti put the lies to it yourself . "

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      Di- > CRirao . s of a . Republican Pb £ Side . \ t . —Mr . G . Combe , the phrenologist , thus describes General H 3 rr " : ; on , whom he saw last year at his residence at North BeaJ , ab ut a quarter of a mile from the Ohio : —He is lot 17 , raiher above the middle siature , ileader , aud stoops considerably . His temperament is nervous aud bilicai ; his head is lon # , of foil average height , but not remarkably broad . The anter . or lobe is above an average , both iu length , froni front to back . a ; d height ; and both the ob-8 erv :. n ,: and reflecting ort ; an 3 are well developed , The ^ . ead is obviously flit in the region of acqui-The seemed present

      sitiT ^^ ej ; . moral re ^ cion to an average dsvelopmen :. His eye is vivacious , and hi ; eou-w-. ei . anc-e is h shly expresiive of though ;; indeed , his v > j . ole appsaraneo is much more that of a literary or &citn ; i 5 c man than that of a mihtaiy commander His habitation presented unequivocal indicationi ofhuni ' jle fortune ; indeed , it may be saiJ , withoui the : ea » t feeling of disre : ? pect , of poverty ; yet himaster and appearance were those of a man of thi wor .- 'i , vrho was familiar with the best socieiy , ant ¦ who , - . n the retirrment of his farm at Isonh Bend retained the polish and appearance of a gentleman .

      The EAir lli > . —There is no human being walk through this life in a way more peculiar to himsri than ihe easy mau . The hopes and fears , joys am * uguish , which worry and harrass the res * , of man kind , ire unknown to him ; he came into this worl he knows not how—he jogs through it just becaus he sees other people doing so—he cats . and drinks sleeps soundly , and dies easily—and when he i buried , the sexton , as he stands in the half-fille grave , stacks his spade in it for a moment-- and take snuff . The f-a > v man is generally of middle ftatnrt stout , with cheeks having a kind of rouKhue& ? , lik a fo-vl with the feathers oif , ro ? y , however , an streaked like a winter pear . There i 3 usually little watery saliva at the corners of bis mouth , an in cold weather his proboscis has a drop hangin

      from it like a diamond in the nose oi a Persii queen . He wears an everlasting drab great COS gretn leather gloves , and » has slightly tnrned I oVhiad . His rrowsers in summer—they are a . vei old pair—are usually too short for him , and displ ; glaring vrhite worsted stockings ; his hair appea to obey no sort of arrangement , and he was nev a « en w-. vh an umbrella in his life . He speaks alwa in a kind of cosy whisper , as if he was conversi : with his wife under a coverlit—he has a look universal benignity , and breathes heavily throu his nose . He is fond ef using the word " Sir , " a stick- it into his sentences oftener than other peor . He tikes off his hat in banks and attorney's ofile and has a guise of inoffensiveness which nobody c mistake .

      How to lead Maskixd . —If masters fully und stood the influence which even the slightest perso attention produces on the minds of their workm they would be mOTe lavish than than they are o simple act of justice which can cost them so lit and wculd profit them &o much . Treat a man 1 a friend , and you soon make him one ; treat him 1 a rogue and his honesty must be much greater tt your wisdom , if he do not soon justify your bus cions . ' In no vraj are men so easily led—often ilk true , so blindly led—as through the affectio Thanks to the benign arrangemtats of a merci Father , the . affeetioas are the only part of our-nati the cultivation of which man cannot neglect , ho ever much he may often pervert them . Every w

      comes into the world surrounded by objects of aff tion . The filial and parental tie is one which bii rich and poor alike ; and is often the stronger in I poor , because it iB almost the only domestic biessi ¦ wh ich they oan truly call their own . Hence it that men who are quite inaccessible to reason , i easily led by the affections ; and no wise man v neglect to use , especially when it is for the mat ] beueSiof all , this powerful and univerjaUy prevail : instrument . The next stage to the tie of parent a -. efaild , in the progress of society , is that of mas * < i serv 3 a £ { * &d it is for the interest of Loth fcsjery into their relations with each otbcT as mi . M possible « f &e kindly feeling which has b ( afoned ir f th # boscm , in cnildhood , by the domes 1 iireside . —Tkt tUrorfdr . Parkinson ' s Pamphlet .

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      THE SECOND " SETTLEMENT" OF THE CHINA QUESTION . The Dogberries of Government are loud in their seif-felicitatiODS about the news by the overland mail . ** There is no country in the world , " says the Ch-onicle , in which a Minister is more frequently tried than in England by the unjust test of the results rather than the principles ot his policy ; and we think we may say with confidence , that there have been few Ministries that have stood the test more triumphantly than the present . " It must certainly be a great subject of congratulation to Ministers to know that their foreign policy meets with approbation—when tried by an " unjust test . " The Chron \ c : e has thus dexterously and judiciously sought to ehelve " the principles" of the q uarrel

      with China . There is so much of truth in the pithy axiom announced by that journal that Ministers are iu this country most frequently tried by the " unjust test" of their success , that were their success in China beyond dispute , there would be nothing remaining for all who question their principles , but to enter a protest—an appeal from the-people in the intoxication of success , to the people become sober again , and called upon to pay the bill ,. under the n , fli < yice of a headache the oonoequtuce of their debauch—and drop the controversy , for the the present . Honesty is the best policy ; and a less rtstricted imercourse with Chioa , purchased by an opium war , might hare its advantages materially neutralised by the fraud and violence which

      procured it . Bat even the success may be questioned . The Chronicle tells us— " The wrongs of our merchants haTe been redressed ; the position of our trade immensely benefitted ; increased facilities given for carry-. ug it on in future ; and our diplomatic inter course freed from those offensive and humiliating forms , so long ft source of serious embarrassment between the countries . " And all this , we are as > ured , has been attained " in a single campaignat an iucredibly small expenditure either of life or means . Lei us contrast this magnificent verbiage with the meagre abstract of events upon which it rests .

      • " The wrong 3 of our merchants have been re-S dressed . " By " wrongs of our merchants , " we ! suppose the writer means the seizure and destruction 1 of the opium . How have they been redressed ! " An ' indemnity to the British Government of six millions ' of dollars , payable in six yearly instalments , " is » aid to have been promised by the Chinese Commissiouers . This is not repayment to the merchant : it is a contribution towards the payment of the expense incurred by the British Government in fitting out thr expedition . " The Plenipotentiary ha 3 published officially his intention to urge the opium-indemnification claims upon the British Government , with the cuMcurreiice aloo of the Governor-General of India . " It is uncertain yet whether the opium-merchauts at Cauton are to be indemnified for tbeir losses ; and if " "they are , it is to be at the expense , not of the Chinese Government , but of the British people . of

      J ^ " The p osition our trade immensely benefittedincreaBed'facilities given for carrying it on in future . " The clauses * saicf to be stipulated" in " the preliminary treaty signed officially by tke Plenipotentiaries' ' are—" cession of the island of Hong-Kong to the British Crown , " and " the trade of Canton to be opened ten days after the Chinese New Year . " That is to say—the British have now in Hong-Koojt , au inland thirteen leagues to the east of Micao , a right , of property similar to that which the Portuguese have long bad in the latter island : and that the trade with Canton is to be re-opened , for anything that appears to the contrary , exactly on the same footing on which it was formerly conducted . Hong-Kong is granted mtrely as a fief of the empire—as private property : and the terms upon which trade is to be conducted are left for afternegoc ' ation—to furnish matter for Palmerstonian

      protocols . "Uur diplomatic intercourse freed from those offensive and humiliating forms , " &c . The statement from China is— " . Direct official intercourse , on an eqaai footing between the two conntried . " This is undoubtedly a gain , if real : bat the politic Chines may dispense with the form of" pin" and yet keep the representatives of the British Crown as much at arm ' s length as ever . This admission on th « part of the Chinese , that Great Britain is not a tributary but an independent state , may place certain Consular and Di plomatic appointments at the di .--po < al ot' Aiinij-tcrs—entail additional expense on the cpuntry , and furnish Government with increased means of corruption—and yet leave our mercantile interests iu China exactly as they were .

      And ali this has been purchased with au " incredibly = mall expenditure either of life or of means . " Before wc admit this , we mtirt know the exact value of what has been gained . Expenditure is largo or small in proportion to the return obtained for it . But we would Bay that , prima facie , the expenditure of life in the Chines © Walcheren of Causan ha * not been small ; and that the Chinese contribution oi = ix millions of dollars ( only £ 1 ^ 0 U , 000 sterling , taking the doliar at as high a value as os . ) towajUa the expences of the expedition , will fail tar short oi the expeuces already incurred .

      In 3 hort , the result of the whole transaction seems to be—That the Directors of the East India Company , ( who have a monopoly oi the opium grown in tbeir territories , ) and some Bmirh merchants resident in Canton , having for some time carried ou a lucrative smuggling trade in opium , the Chinese Government seized their stock on hand at Whampoa ; that in consequence of this , the British Government fitted out a fleet and army , which took possession of a town in Chusan , battered down two or three Chinese forts , lost a great many men by sickness , and frightened the Chinrse Government into ceding to our Q , ueen a barren islaad mar the mouth

      of the Canton river , promising to treat English diplomalic agents with civility , and undertaking to pay by instalments , in the course of six years , a portion of the expeuces oi the expedition ; and that the Governor-General of India is to endeavour to persuade the British Government to indemnify the Canton merchants , for the purpose of enabling them to pay the East India Company , out of the taxed raised in Great Britain , and to defray the surplus expeiice incurred by the expedition , over and abore the contribution of the Chinese Government . Lastly , even this settlement has not yet been ratified by either Govern it : en t .

      The "Whig organs must be sadly at a loss for something to brag of , when they make such a hallouing about thi 3 trumpery affair . —Sp-jctator .

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      Os Monday another house fell down in High-street , St . Giles ' s . Ho life was lost . A number of quarrymen , who had been employed at Buli'jtk , six miies from Dublin , have been taken off to Pan ? , to work upon the fortifications . Mr . Abu ah Pope , of Juniata , has been found guilty and fined 228 dollars for an assault and battery on Philemon H . Maun . Thi 3 statement is headed " Pope ' s Es 3 ay on Man . " More Absckditt . —It is currently reported that Mr . Hawes was so shocked on hearing a parcel ot urchius cry " Hot cross buns , " on Good Friday , that he is determined to put a stop to it by legislative interference . While ihkee has been a slight increase in the quantity of malt used in the distilleries in England during the last year , and ouly a very slight decrease in Scotland , the falling off in Ireland has amounted to nearly one-third .

      It is stated , on the authority of a letter from St . Petersburg , that the Russian army was about to be reduced by 4 'J , 0 O 0 or 50 , 000 men . The same paper announces that the agitation in Servia still continued . Smlgglisg . —The mate of a foreign ship was fined ¦ 40 =., at a London police office , on Saturday , for smuggling a box of cigars , whioh waa also confiscated . Fcrious Driving . —A reporter , namel Clyatt , has been held to bail , himself in £ 509 , and two iureties in £ 230 , to appear to answer the charge of having tun over a child , in Bridge-street , Blackfriar ' s Road , London . Ihe child is nef said to be out of danger yet .

      Highway Robbert bt a Retvrned Trakspobt . —James Sorter , a returned transport , was sentenced to transportation for life , at the Central Criminal Court , on Saturday , for having committed a robbery upon a young lady , near the Edgewareroad , in February laot . An Unprofitable Ccstomer . —A tail hungrylocking man walked into a cookshop in London Wall , London , a day or two back , and , after consuming plate after pl&te of meat and vegetables , very cooll told the eating-housekeeper that he had no money in his pockets , and asked would they give him credit for a month ! He was taken btfore the magistrates , at the Mansion House , on Saturday , but was discharged on giving his address , and promisiDg payment in a week .

      The Poor Law made Mcederxr . —On Saturday at the Criminal Court , London , Harriet Longley , who drowned her child m the New River , to which act she was driven by her destitution , and the refusal of the Poor Law officers to relievo her , waa tried , and found guilty of murder . Sentence of death was passed upon her , but the Judges said they would record her case to her Majesty , in order to save her life . Returning j ? aox I ' bafspoKTatiok . —At the Cen tral Criminal Court , London , on Saturday , George Childs , alias Giles , was indicted for returning rrom transportation . It appeared that the prisoner waa capitally convicted in this Conn , in the year 1832 , and that his sentence was subsequently commuted to transportation for life . An officer apprehended him a lew days since in a public-house . Mr . Baron Gurney sentenced him to be imprisoned six months in the House of Correction , and afterwards transported for life .

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      Irish Railroads . —At length the subject of railroads for Ireland is taken up in good earnest ; a number of English capitalists have come forward with the necessary funds , and they are to be secured by the government in a certain per centage on their outlay . We understand that the Messrs . Baring stand at the head of the liaL—Waterford Chronicle . A Lcsus Nature . —On Friday , the wife of a weaver , named George , who resides in Rose-lane , SpitalfieWa , was delivered of a male child , which has excited the greatest curiosity . The child is a mere trunk , without arms or thighs , but is in exceedingly good health , and likely , in the opinion of the medical attendant , to do well , performing the offices of natnre perfectly . The trunk appears as if nature never intended to give thighs or arms in this instance .

      We rkgbet to mention that a quondam writer in Arbroath , who commenced business some years since as a merchant and importer of green cloth , absconded last wek , leaving debts and liabilities , as estimated by some , to the amount of upwards of £ 100 , 000-Few of our manufacturers but have sustained heavy losses , and many in the neighbouring towns ot Forfar , Kirriemuir , and Dundee , have also suffered by this nefarious transaction . —Montrose Review . Justices' Justice . —It appears by the Nottingham Review that the two labourers who were sent to prison by two Mansfield Justices for the serious offence of loitering , t . e . standing upon a causeway , looking out for a job of work , which we noticed at the time , have undergone their severe sentence of a month ' s confinement ! We think the punishment inflicted upon these men was an outstretch of the law , and we hope the two merciful Justices who committed them will have to account for it . — Weekly Dispatch .

      Skeleton sold in Covent Garden . —Amongst the numerous Iot 3 sold by Mr . Edmund Robins , in Covent Garden , on Tuesday , was the skeleton of Holloway , the murderer of Mr . S : eele , on Hounslowheath , in the year 1802 . It was knocked down to & surgeon for 3 ts . [ The presumption afterwards was that HoJIoway , and Haggerty , who was executed with him , were innocent of the offence for which they suffered . —London paper . Life p rfserving Hat . —A day or two ago the natives of Dover were much amused with the exhibition of some fishermen swimming about in the

      harbour buoyod up by White ' s life-preserving hat . Mr . White , who is at present resident in Dover , gave the men a hat each , on condition that they would jump into the water to prove its efficacy in paving life . The hata which kept their owners above water without the slightest exertion , are of the ordinary make ; and the space above the head being filled with air , they make the person having hold of them flo 3 t like a cork . They are not kept on the > iead , but held over the chest or under the chin . The hat is fastenpd with a cord or ribald to tho wearer , and fo equipped he may go to sea without fear .

      Jlvrnilb Vagrancy . —There exists a Society whose object it is to reform and provide for destitute children , juvenile beggars , and infant pickpockets . It is very slenderly provided for ; nay , its continued existence is doubtful , for the want of patronage . Of the importance of crushing crime in the egg , no reflecting person can doubt ; and were this Pjstem ef suppressing vermin vigorously acted up to , society would be relieved from continual depredation ; the gaols would be depopulated , the bulks thiiined , and the horrors of crime and punishment mitiga ' . ed to a most heart-rejoicing degree . Well , this most rational and humane plan is one that his never been adopted by our Government , has been scarcely sanctioned by the wealthy and

      enlightened oublic , and in the instance ot this society is left to struggle , and starve on its way to failure a » d extinction . All this time the Legislature is providing laws against crime ; the Executive is devising prisons at home and at the antipodes , establibhiui ; armies of police , and legions of magistrates , jui-tice ? , and juries . What a spectacle of blindness ! Crime is left to grow strong , to spread , to fecundate , and overrun the land ^ and then is the time chosen to contend with it ; when all that it is possible fur a man to do is just to keep it under—to prevent it from overshadowing aud suffocating every

      growing and green thing . " Catch your thief young . " If this maxim were acted upon , and the whole force of a preventive society were directed to tins object with full powers and means , the change effected in London , in tea year ? , would be magical . The bJooi boils to see such ohjects neglected , and at the saaio time to read of tens and hundreds of thousand ? squandered upon patching up old churcheB and chapel-, and other ruins , whose sole merit is , that they were built in a distant time of barbarism . When will the scales drop from the eyes of society ? When will it cease to be deluded and diverted from its true iuterests ?— Weekly DlspaCch .

      Lo > GF . viiv ix RpsstA Explained . —A statistical economi-t , who knows nothing of the internal arrante- ' . fiitr of the proviuce , must be sadly puzzled to account for tho extraordinary t .-nacity and vigour of the vital powers , the healthful influence of the climite , and the astonishing greatness of the average duration of human life in Bessarabia . Tne problem is , however , rasily solved , when the contrivance ot the civic authoiities to increase the numbers within their municipal jurisdiction is understood . A refugee appears and prays to be enrolled as a Metmechauinthat is , a citiz . u of the town . He 13 at first told , " That is not a matter of course , friend : you have no passport , too ; but wait awhile , and we will see what can be done for you . " The refugee waits until one of the civic community dies , and then he is summoned to appear again before the Red Table , in the magisterial office . Now the business proceeds tliu .-:

      — " Wliat is your name ? ' '— " Ivan Grit ? hov . "' What age ?"— " io . ' '' " Well , young man , attend to what 1 am going to say—Mitropbau Kalenko died yesterday , aged 50 ; if you wish to be a citizen , you must take upon yoursell his name and his age ; then we will allow you to be subsiituted for him , and Will give you his certificate and other documents . " Ivan Gohshov joytully consents , and becomes all at once a respectable citizen of a very respectable age . The departed Mitr . phan still lives underthis metamorphosis on the civic register , aud , probably , after two or three other renewals of his existence , dies at the patriarchal age of 150 . We need , therefore , no longer marvel at the frequent accounts of deaths in Russia of persons exceeding 100 years of age . —German paper . Petes tub Great asd Peter the Little . — Somk account op Uliver CromwtLi / s Helmet . —

      At the London Borough Court ol Requests on Saturday last , Peter Crump , a diminutive knight of the bodkin and shears , standing some four feet bix in his high-lows , appeared before the Commissioners as defendant iu a case in which Solomon Levy , aa elderly member of the " peplish , " was plaint if : the sum in dispute being 7 s . 6 d . Solomon Levy , the plaintiff , was a dealer in old ouriositifs , residing in tne neighbourhood of the New Cut , and he cultivated a long grty btarci , resembling a mop . " I vash . shttst a shuttm up ma shop , yer vartships , " said the Jew , ' wheu I sheed dis man come up , de vush for vhat he took . ' Mnd de vmdere , ma tear , ' I shays to him ; * All right smouchy , ' he Bhays , and den he valksinto ma shop , aud auoder von fullered

      him , and begun pulling ma goots aoout , yer vartships , aad atervards dey set to vurk a singing , and disturbad all ma neighbours . " Commissioner—1 suppose they were tired , aud wanted to rest themselves . Jew—Not a bit of it , j er vartships , not a bit of it ; dey vanted to deshtroy ma gouts ; de little von put on Oliver Cromwell ' s helmet , % nii de Oder Napoleon ' s jack-boot 3 , and vash a marching off vid ' , but ma shon Jshaac , who ' s a goot lad to his ould fader , sthopped ' em . Commissioner—Indeed ; but how do you kuow that the lioimetand jack-boots belonged to the celebrated characters you have mentioned' Jew—Not a doubt of it , yer varibhips , not a doubt of it—I've got de papers vhat shall prove it to all de vurld . Commissioner—Now I think there

      are a g « od many doubts on the subject ; but I dare say if a person wanted tho entire cros * , you could furnish it to them at a cheap rate . What happened after their adventure with Cromwell ' s helmet and Napoleon ' s bootb ? Jew—Yer vartshipa , de little von ( the defendant ) vash a lookingat a picture , vhen he poked hisfinger through it , and sphoilt it . De subject vash Peter de Great making a pair of shoes . The Commissioner said it waa Etrau ^ e the defendant ' s finger should have gone so easily through a piece of canvas . Solomon explained that it was not an oil painting , but merely a print coloured over and varnished . Its value he estimated at 7 s . 6 d . Commissioner ( to the defendaut ) —Now , what have you to say about Peter the Great 1

      Peter the Little— Please yer vorship , I'd tuck a drop too much tV , e other night , and was goiu 1 home along with my mate Bobby , wot works on the same board with me , when this here old Jew lays hold on me and pulled me ship into hi 3 shop . Commissioner He says you tried to walk off with Oliver Cromwell ' s helmet ; how came you to do that ! Peter the Little—Gammon , yer vorship ; I tried it on , and jiei walked outside to see how I looked in it , that ' s all . Commissioner—Welly how about Peter the Great ? Peter the Little—There was a great hole in it before I touched it at all , and that artful old dodger wants to victimise me for what I didh ' s do . Solomon—STieln Cot vartshi it vash him

      ma , yer ps , vhat tore it . Peter the Little—Here , Bobby , step forrud , ' cause you seed Peter the Great with his eye out . "Bobby " * long , ltan , Schneider , with a scratch wig and a cock in his eye , was then sworn to give evidence in behalf of "Peter the Little . " Commissioner—What do you know about this matter I Long Bobby—1 S 3 W thepietur in . the first instance , and one of the eyes was poked out . Jew ( lifting up his kauds )—Lard hav ^ e marshy upon us , vhat a lie . The Commissioners , after a short consultation , returned a verdict for the defendant . Solomon Levy packed up the remains of " Peter the Great" and left the

      Court , swearing in Hebrew with great volubility , followed by "Peter the Little" and his friend " Long Bobby . "

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      1 Misters' Executioner . ~ Au extraordinary sensation was excited in'Brid / rnorth , ou Sunday last , by Constable Edwards apprehending a man drunk and disorderly in the streets , during divine service , and who was surrounded by a crowd that kept shouting , "Jack Ketch 1 Jack Ketch ' " The man was conveyed to the look-up , and on his person was found a letter from M * - Dawison , the Governo * of Shrewsbury Gaol , in which were these words : — " MaTch 31 . Sir , — -Yott had better coma over ittimediately : the execution takes place on Saturday . To Thomas Taylor , cutler , Coventry-Btreet , Stourbridge . " There was another letter in his possession , and in which was the 35 s . he received for hanging Misters : he had the clothes of Misters in a bundle ,

      tied up in a filthy old Apron . Numbere visited him in the Jock-up on Sunday from curiosity , and to examine Misters' clothes . Tho report of our correspondent enables us to contradict the report of Misters being shabbily dressed . His coat was a good fine broad cloth , with velvet collar ; his waistcoat of satin , richly flowered ; his trousers of striped kerseymere ; his shirt of fine Irish clotb , but with no visible marks of blood on it , as had been stated . His entire suit was in accordance with that of a gentleman . The stockings were marked with the initials " A . C , " the same that Mr . Cooke gave him at Ludlow . Ou the evening of Sunday , as the spirit of Sir John Barleycorn evaporated , and left the professor in this peculiar line of life ( I ) compos ,

      he deplored hi * indiHcretiou , wishing himself gaiety located again with bis wife and family at hi # Stpnrbridge tinkery . Large sums wero offered-him lor different articles of dress belonging to Misters , but he declined to bargain for any portion of the precious wardrobe . On Monday , he was had up before the magistrates , and sentenced to be heavily fined in the sum of sixty pence . He is said to have a retainer for four jobs in perspective , at Gloucester and other places . — Ten Towns' Mearenyer . . it Principles op Pusevism . — Though the public journals have , for some time past , devoted so much of their attention to " Puscyism , " the principles which constitute that creed are not generally known , ft is one of its leading doctrines that the authority of the

      church is superior to that of the sovereign or the state , and that consequently the legislature has no right to interfere in ecclesiastial matters . The Puseyites maintain that all children baptised by the church are cohverted at their baptism , and that there can be no saving repentance for sins after persons have reached the yean ot maturity . They admit , however , that there may be a reconversion by means of the Sacraments . They repudiate every thing of an evangelical nature , and place the whole ebsence of religion in the observance of external forma . They are great sticklers for fasts , and attach greater importauce to them than to the Sabbath-day . They deny the right of tho common people to read the Scriptures , unless they havo first read the Common Pfayer-book , and are prepared to interpret the Scriptures by it , instead of in-erpreting the Prayerbook by the Bible . They also set up tradition as a

      sure and infallible guide in all matters of religion , and view the Bible as Rubordinate in authority to it . Puseyisin regards the Virgin Mary as in one sense divine , and uoasequently worthy of Worship , The Puseyites further maintain ( hat departed saints are to be prayed to , and that prayers are to be made for them . They believe , in . other words , in a modified form of purgatory . Their opinions on the sutijeut of transubstantiation are substantially the same as those of the Roman Catholics . They look ea all beyond the pale of the church with a harsh aud uucharitable i ye , and though they do not go so far as to say that no Dissenter can be saved , tUey assert the right of tho church to compel conformity to her ritual . They do not disguise the fact , that if tht-y were armed with the requisite civil power , they wou'd exercise that power for the purpose of extinguishing dissent . Such are the leading principles of r * Puheyism . "

      FlUGHTFUL ACCIDRNT TO A PASSENGER ON THE Eastkhn CouKTiJiii Railway . —On Sunday evening , about twenty-five minutes before eight o'clock , a most frightful accident occurred on the Eastern Counties Railway , by which a passenger , named Joseph Lovell , living at 2 , SwallowVgardens , Chamber-street , Goodman's-fields , waa bo much injured it is supposed \\ t cannot possibly survive . The Romford train , on its way to London , arrived at the station in Devonshire-street , Mile-end , at the time above-mentioned , when Lovel ) , who had been riding in one of the third-class carriages , alighted , aud was in the act of stepping across a platform with a stick iu lii « hand , upon which he was leaning , when , owing to tho greasy state of the platform , from the rain which fell in the afternoon , he suddenly slipped , and

      his stick breaking in half , he fell backwards on the rail « of the line . Af this instant a policeman called out " All right , " and the train started , and a violent shriek was immediately afterwards heard ; and it was then found that the engine and carriages had passed over the unfortunate man . He was picked up apparently lifeless , and a litter being procured , no time waa lost in conveying him to the London Hospital , where the sufferer was attended by Mr . Luke , the house-surgeon , and several other medical gentlemen , and ou examination it was ascertained that b » s left leg was literaliy dashed to pieces , and the foofof hie other leg also severely injured . It was deenii . d expedient to amputate the left limb , and that operation was immediately carried iuto effect in the most skilful manner . No hopes were eutertained of the unfortunate man ' s surviving .

      Attkmied Murder . —At the Assizes recently held at Tauuton , Richd . Roynon , was indicted for having attempted to violate and murder Elizabeth Veal . It appeared that the prosecutrix , a young woman , nineteen years of age , was on the turnpike road leading from Wtst Harptreo to Chepstoke , on the 12 th October last , when the prisoner followed her and threw her down , and then cut her throat . The evidence did not show clearly the prisoner ' s objeCJ in the astault in the firsv place , or the atttmpted mur der . A surgeon , who met the girl staggering along the road on the evening in question , deposed that he examined her throat , and found a wound three inches long and half an inch deep . The young woman identified the prisoner shortly after the

      occurrence , at an inn near the spot , to which the surgeon took her . The Jury found the prisoner guilty on this and corroborative testimony , aud judgment of death was recorded against him . [ This case forms a strange contrast in its result with that of Misters . Msters was executed for having cut the throat of his victim , who recovered ; Royuou is found guilty of an exactly similar offence . What rule governs the decision of Judges ? The law at Ludloiv and the law at Tauntou are two different things . Tnis species of haphazard aivd uncertainty in the administration of the law has , we think , a moat decided tendency to entourage rather than discourage crime . If hanging Misters might be supposed to deter those who are murderously

      inclined , We should argue that the sentence of Roynon to transportation for life will diminish its proposed effect , and encourage that disposition to risk the chaiicea , which feeling the criminally disposed are prone to indulge in . It must not be inferred from this that we think Roynon should be hung : but that if he was not hung for Air offence , Misters ' execution was a legal murder . If crime deserve punishment in proportion to its atrocity , or , in other words , if the example exhibited to the puolic should be severe in proportion to the extent and intensity of the offender ' s cruel misdeeds , then like should be administered to like , or we have injustice dealt out somewhere ; and , in a case like that of Misters , it amounts , as we have said above , to judicial murder ]

      Caution to Borrowers from Loan Societies . — At Marylebone Polics Office , ou Saturday last , Mr . Dcckes , the chairman of , and a solicitor ( whose itame djd not transpire ) connected with , one Si . Marylebone Loan aud Discount Sjciety , holding its lnceiinus iu Great Portland-street , attended before Mr . Hardwick , at his ( the magistrate ' s ) request , in consequence of a communication made to him by Lord Radstock , a few days ago , relative te a loan of ill having beuii granted to a person named ( as we understood ) Perrott , and on which £ 20 expences had been incurred . Lord Radstock was present on this occasion , aud there were also in Court several other highly influential peraons connected with the parish , who seemed to be much interested in the

      inquiry . The gentlemen of the society made a statement to the effect , that the loan was grauted in J une last , and that it was not until after there were ton weeks payments in arrear , that the matter was placed in legal hands , with a view to the recovery of tho sum duo ; but prior to this course being taken , ten letters had been written to the borrower , and two to the surety ; the society was always ready and willing to be aa lenient as possible , but if parties neglected to keep their payments good , they ought noc to blame those who had advanced them money for endeavouring to obtain the amount due to them . It further appeared that the Societys' Act possessed no controul over them whatever . Mr . Hardwiok was awar a that he had no power over them under

      the Act which had been alluded to , but he thought it was only fair and rigbt that those who borrowed sums of money , and who were , of course , supposed to be necessitous persons , should be made fully acquainted with the fact , that in the event of there bein £ any dotalcation in payments , they would be liable to be arrested upon their stamped notes , and put to considerable expence by such proceeding . The borrowers , in most cases , no doubt , imagined that by obtaining money from the society they " were rendering thtraselveB liable only to the expence attending proceedings before a magistrate , as was

      the case With other loan societies , and he ( the magistrate ) observed , that if the contrary was known , and that a man had the remotest idea that the debt could at once be put into a lawyer ' s hands withont any magisterial interference whatever , there would , he apprehended , under such circumstances j be very few applications for loan ? . The Chairman and solicitor remarked upon the fairness With which the business oi' the society was uniformly transacted , and , after a few observations , which we could not distinctly hear , from the magistrate and Lord Radstock , the latter , and the two fir ^ t named gentlemen , who had attended as requested , quitted the Court . — London Paper ,

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      Hard Swearing . —At the Pontefract Sessions , on Wednesday last , Sir Gregory Lewin , addressing the Jur / on the improbability of the prosecutor identifying a quantity of hayg which had been stolen , said that some men ' s consciences allowed them to go so far , that a witness in America once distinctly swore to a goose ' s leg ; after it had been made into * giblet pie and cooked . —Doncaster Chronicle . Thb " Parsons" again . —On Friday considerable excitement was created in Tv . nenwuth garrison , by the vicar of Tynemouth refusing to allow the body oiihotia Larkln , a private in the 95 th regiment , who bad died in the early part of last week , to be interred iu the Caatle burial ground . The deceased was a catholic , as most of the depot are , and daring his last moments received the consolations of the catholic

      priest . The corpse was consequently interred in the iYew Cemetery , nearly the whole of the depoo attending , under the superintendence of a captain , the band playing the " Dead March in Saul , " until they reached the cemetery , where the procession was met by the Rev . T . Gillow , who preceded the body to the grave , oliannting the funeral requiem . It is in contemplation by the catholics of Shields to bring the affair before the authorities . —Newcastle Chron . Railway . Accident . — Last week , an aecident

      unhappily attended with the loss of life of on §; individual , and the serious injury of two or three others , occurred on the Birmingham and Gloucester railway , by the blowing out of a plug from the boiler of one of the bank engines , on the inclined plane near Brol ) aQgroye station , by which Mr . William Creuze , ' tire , engineer . of locomotives , waa so dreadfully scalded that ho died in about twenty-four hours after . Two or three other persons , who were on the engine and . tender at the time , were also more or less injured , but they are all in a fair way of recovery .

      Tbue Lovb in Spain . —A letter from Madrid , sMarch 25 , says : —The daughter of one of our ^ Spanish grandees having become enamoured of a corporal of the Gastadores of the Royal Guards , her father , the Conde de - — -, anxious to please his daughter , applied to Gen . Espartero , requesting that he would promote the man to the rank of a commissioned officer , but . upon the lucky grenadier being made acquainted with what was intended for him , he replied , " That he felt greatly flattered , but being determined to marry a young servant girl he was much attached to , he declined all and every honour intended him . " The Robbery at Windsor Castle . —One Hun-DRtc Pqvhds Reward . . — The following has just been issued : — " Whereas divers valuable articles

      have been stolen at diriereut times from her Majesty ' s stores at Windsor Castle—a reward of £ 100 will be paid by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasury , on conviction of the offender , to any person who will give such ev / donce as shall lead to the conviction of the person or persons who stole the said articles , or who feloniously received the same ; and icr Majesty ' s pardon will also be granted to any person ( not being the actual thief or receiver ) wno shall give the like evidence . —Whitehall , April 12 , 1841 . "

      At Chester Assizes , Bartholomew Murray , who is only eighteen years of age , was charged with the murder of Mr . and Mrs . Cook , at Over Peover , near KuutBford , in Cheshire . Mr . Cook was an old man , in v < ry good circumstances . The prisoner was euga ^ ed with a number of Irish labourers in haymaking near the town ; and while there he made various inquiries concerning Mr . Cook's wealth . The a&ed couple were murdered in their beds , with an » xe , in August last ; and the murderer etood for some time over the servant-girl as she lay in bed , to

      murder her also if she waked . Though terrified , she succeeded in feigning sleep . Two bits of paper were afterwards found in the house , which contained names that ultimately led to Murray's detection : they Were parts of a written character which he had exhibited before the murder . He was proved also to become suddenly possessed of a large sum of money , the actual spending of which was proved nearly to the full amount of money taken from Mr . Cook 6 house . The Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty , " aad sentence of death was pronounced .

      " Abscondmbnt" only " Absence ! " —A few days ago , the disappearance of Mr . Abbott , one of the official assignees , bring part and parcel of the newfangled bankruptcy system , was noticed in the Bankruptcy Court as " abscondment , " and inquiries w . ; re made by the Commissioners touching Mr . Abbott's unceremonious departure ; but , as if that mode of speech sounded somewhat too harshly upon city ears , softer phraseology is adopted in au advertisement issued yesterday , summoning the attendance of assignees , solicitors , and creditors " affected (!) by the absence of Mr . Abbott , " &c . Absence of " Air . " Abbjg ^ . ' Really we are becoming a very refined people ; and no doubt the next accounts from Windsor regarding the " absence "

      of divers valuables , will be duly recorded as the transfer of various superfluities from royal to democratic hands , whereby the reciprocity system must be extended and strengthened . Determined Act of SuiciDE . — On Sunday morniug last , at Chudleigh , a man named Samuel Tuukett , of that place , about thirty years of age , put an end to his existence in a most determined manner . It appears that he first cut his throat with a small clasp knife ( an instrument of this description being picked up near the spot in which he waa found ) , and then hung himself to a beam in a stable belonging to his mother . Whilst thus suspended , it id supposed he must have bctn kicked by one of the horses , marks of this description being found on his person , his mother first discovered the body , but life was

      extinct . No ACCOUNTING FOR TaSTE . — FOLLOWING A PlG Driveh . —At Guildhall on Saturday , a pretty little girl was put to the bar charged by her mother , who appeared to be in deep affliction , with having proposed to run away with a Smithfield drover , named Bill Scroggius . The mother Baid that she had a large family of children , all of whom were exceedingly afftctiouate and obedient except Sarah , who was about sixteen years of a ^ e , and who degraded herself by associating with the drover . —The alderman : Does lie intend to irarry her f—The mother : She thinks so , but he has no notion of anything of the kind ; he wants to make her like the unfortunate poor creatures about the streets . —The alderman :

      What ! will ehe condescend to be the trull of a common pig-driver !—The mother : She does not know the misery that awaits her ; and how wretched her father , who is sick , and I am on her account . —The aldermau : What have you to say about this filthy favourite of yours , and about causing such distress to your poor parents ! The pig-driver will never marry you , if you wish to be the wife ef such a fellow . Sarah : He will marry me . He has promised me . —Tho mother : lie was heard to swear that he would not marry the finest woman in the kingdom . ( . Laughter . )—The alderman : What ! this drover , covered all over with mud and dirt!—A person in the crowd : Yes , your worship , he says he has no mind to marry any on 'em , as he can get 'em without

      « oing to that trouble . ( Laughter . )—The alderman ( to the girl ) : It is quite evident his object is to destroy and iaugii at you . I hope you will consider the deplorable condition of your poor parents , and shun the fellow . I shall order nis number to be taken , and dtul with him in such a manner as will make him remember what he has been about . —The mother : She says that she will run away with him , whatever we may do . The drover is twenty-eight years of age , and does not care about our sorrow . — The voice in the crowd : 'Pend upon it , Bill will have his way it' he can . He is not to be ' timidated .

      He says , a womans a woman , high vr low , gentle or simple , and I'm blest if ho don ' t act as sich . He ' s a reg'iar bad un arter the women , and no mistake . ( Laughter . )—The alderman : I shall certainly look after him . Iu the meantime , the obstinate and mean-spirited girl shall be locked up by herself in the Compter . —The j » irl looked ashamed , but expressed her belief that Bill meant nothiug but what waa strictly honourable , and said that if she thought otherwise she would never keep company with him again . —The alderman : When you'd tluuk of anybody for a husband , look a little higher than a pigdriver at any rate .

      The Unchristian New Poor Law Bill

      THE UNCHRISTIAN NEW POOR LAW BILL

      PROSPECTS OF THE RATE-PAYERS IN SICKNESS AND POVERTY . On Thursday evening , an inquest was held by Mr . Higgs , at St . George ' s Hospital , touching the death of Hannah Robinson , agtd 56 . The Jury having viewed the body of the deceased , whicb . pre 8 ented a ghastly spectacle , Anna French deposed , that' she knew the deceased , who rented the one-pair back room where witness lodged , at 39 , ( Jttbert-street , GrosvenoT-fcquare . She was a married woman , and her husband iaa porter . About three o ' clock in the afternoon of the 22 nd ult ., witne ? a was sitting by the fire side when she heard a

      noise like a dog howling . Slw opened the door , and observed sinoke rising up the stairs : on looking more carefully , aho saw that it proceeded from the deceased , who was sitting on the Btaira " all in a blaze . " Witness immediately called to another lodger , . named Morris , when , by their combined exertions , the flames were extinguished . They looked in the deceased ' s room ¦ when they noticed the table-cloth on fire , which was approaching the bed-clothes . Mr . Ledbitttr , & surgeon , of Oxford-street , was sent for directly , who gave the woman a draught , when , at his request , the deceased wa » brought away immediately in a cab to the hpaplUL

      By the Coroner—There was a large flra in the room . Tho deceased waa quite an invalid , and I tad not seeu her out of bed for some time before , as 6 be waa lubou * ing under a paraljtjg atToke . By a Jqrpr—She . was partly dressed . Her husband was out at th « time . She could not speak sufficiently plain for us to ; understand Iiotv the accident happened . I presume that sue had got up to put the kettle on , or to throw up the cinders , when her clothes caught fire . Tbe witness , Morris , said that she discovered several cinders in the deceased ' s apron . The whole of her clothes-wera burnt off the right side of her body .

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      Thomas Tarrant , house Burgeon , deposed that tht deceased waa brought in on the 22 d March , about font o ' clock in the afternoon . Her right arm , aide , and right side of the head were severely burnt , and were affected by paralysis . She lingered till the 2 d instant , when she died from the effects of the accident By the Coroner—Her speech waa so indistinct , that I could not make out bow it happened . Baldwin , one of the beadlea ef St . George ' s parish here informed the Coroner that the husband was pre- ' gent , and wished to speak a word to him on the subject . The Husband—I applied , sir , to the pariah to get he * into the infirmary , but the overseer said he could do nothing except I came In as well . The Coroner ( to the lury)—I think it is part of your inquiry to hear this man , as the woman ' s death may have been partlF occasioned by not being looted after The Jury ^ Certainly .

      The husband ( who was a fine hearty old man ) wa » then sworn , and stated that his name was William Ro » binson , his age 64 , and that he lived with his wife at No . 39 , Gilbert-street . He called himself a porter , it was at the workhouse , in Mount-street , Cfrosvenorequare , that he made hia application , when he saw Mr . Rowed , the assistant-overseer . .- ''' . ' By a Juror—He offered me some bread , when I told , him that was a poor consolation for a poor sick woman that wanted advice . The Coroner—There is such a system now going on in these workhouses , that illness is thought nothing of . There was a case in St Margaret ' s workhouse , where they gave a man-five shillings to get rid of him and hit family , and would not then without his carrying an infant in a dying state about tbe street , for four or fivs hours together . Their plea was , that if they let him out with his family , they would see no more of him afterwards . i ¦ ¦

      The Foreman—Did you tell the overseer how helpless your wife was ? Husband—Yes , and he said there was the workhouse for her and me , but there was no infirmary . The Foreman—But I say there is an infirmary . The Coroner—Is this man treating the poor this way at his own discretion ? : Coole ( one of the beadles)—I should say , sir , that he acts under bis regulations . ¦ • A Juror—I think this is a case that ought to come to the knowledge of all the rate-payers , so that they may see , if they come to poverty , what they may expect 1 The Coroner—If the woman had met with that care her state required , this case would not have happened . A Juror—Some representation must he made to the proper authorities of this case , as the poor woman was not fit to be left alone , and the husband could not afford to pay to get her looked after in his absence .

      By the Coroner—I left her in bed , when I went out between one and two o ' clock , as I did not know when I was like to come home , and the poor soul had nothing : at all till I did come home . By a Juror—As well as I could understand her , she said she was putting some cinders upon the fire . I could not say what she wanted a large fire for , except she wanted to put on the kettle , which she sometime * tried to do , if she thought lier niece was coming . The Foreman- —Did sne know that you applied about the infirmary- ? Husband—Yes ; and she said she would like to go there to be taken care of , and she often said , " O Lord , what can I do here . " : By a Juror—She was s *? z ? d with palsy about two months ago in the night time , and lost the use of one side , and never recovered . 1 applied four times to the overseer , and the same answer was eiven .

      Baldwin , the beadle— -I suppose , gentlemen , this was ' a doubtful case , and . tbe overseer refused it under some of the rules . * Several of the Jury—It is most shameful . . Husband—The first time I applied was about a month ago , when she got worse , and I never saw her up and dressed after , except her niece waa coming . I am -willing to work , and can get a living myself , for I paid 3 s . 9 d . a week for our lodging . I told Mr . Rowed the same , and said as I could get my own living out of doors by hard work , why should I oome in ? He said , " I dou't care , I will not take her except you come in , as I will not be a party to separate man and wife . " I said tohin » , " Well , if you won't separate us out of doors , will you separate us when we come in ? " und he said " Yes . " ( Laughter . ) The poor old fellow then shed tears , saying , * ' If the poor old seul had been , taken care ef , this would not have happened . " A Juror—It was ft trick to keep them oat altogether .

      Tbe Foremon—We irlsh , Mr . Coroner , to express our opinion in the strangest manner possible , for it appears their own beadle , 3 Ir . Coole , visited this case , and still the worean was neglected . The Coroner—Bid . the beadle come to your place ? Husband—Yes j Mr . Coole came , and saw how helpless she was , and I told him sometimes I was out for eighteen hours together , and there was no one to give the poor creature anything till I came home . By a Juror—I left her between one and two o ' clock , when I fried some pork , and we had that and some turnip tops ; then I lifted her into bed . I almost always lifted her in and oat of bed myself . I have paid rates and taxes myself in a respectable way for twenty-five years in the parish . I formerly lived in Thomas-street , Oxford-street , and have lived about tho neighbourhood for forty years .

      A Juror—I am afraid there will be no attention paid by the overseer , except wt have him before us . The Coroner—We can admonish him in our verdict The Foreman ( to the Coroner )—You ought to write to them as well . The Coroner—I suppose I had better write to the veatry generally on the subject A Juror—No ; to the Board of Guardians . The Coroner—Are there many of the Guardians ? Baldwin \ the beadle)—There is a certain quantity called the "poor board , " which , with the churchwardens and overseers , amounts to abant twenty-two . The vestry altogether consists of ltO persons . A Juror said he thought it unfair to condemn the overseer without hearing his defence .

      The Foreman—It is not finding fault with this overseer exactly , but with the shameful system he is canyinp ^ 'Ut . ( "Hear , hear , " from the Jury . ) Tne Coroner ( to the beadle )—Shall I call them the " poor board , " or the " guardians of the poor !" ( Laughter . ) A Juryman—Not the latter , certainly . The Jury now consulted together , when a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned ; to which a Juryman submitted the following appendage : — "That this Jury cannot separate withoutexpresaing , in the strongest manner , their abhorrenee of such a system of oppression to the poor , and hope that no similar case will be refused attention by the overseer or relieving officer in future . "

      The Jury appended this to their verdict , and separated on the understanding that the Coroner was to write " a sharp letter , " in addition to enclosing the verdict , to the Poor Law Board of St George ' s , Hanover-square . .

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      & $ w \ t of t $ * 3 | ir «* 0 .

      THE REVENUE . The Revenue accounts have been published for the year and quarter ending the 5 th April , 1841 . They do not present very satisfactory results : there is an aggregate decrease on the year of £ 309 , 280 : on the quarter , it is £ 70 , 154 . One principal decrease is in the Postoffice ; and in that deparment alone it amounts to £ 833 , 000 on the year , and £ 27 , M 0 on the quarter The Ministerial journals explain away this rather startling falling off in the last quarter : the receipts for

      the cerresponding quarter of the previous year , they say , -were swelled by arrears of postage at the fourpenny rate , which were not paid in till that time , and by exacting more prompt delivery of monies then due frpm the deputy-postmasters : now , it is necessary to leave large balances with tbe depaty-postinasters , to enable them to meet the demand on account of moneyorders , the business in that branch of the Post-office having largely increased since the reduction of the commission . There is the reverse of a falling-off , it is said , in the number of letters passing through tha Post-office : and that is the true test of the change .

      An attempt is made by the Go-vernment organs to gloss over tbe declining revenue , by sinking all allusion to the additional taxes imposed last year by Mr . Baring . The facts of the case are as follows : — Decrease on the year eniing 5 th of April , 1811 , £ 3 « 9 , 28 » Decrease on the Post-office 833 , 000 Apparent increase on the year Jg £ 523 , 72 * But the Chancellor of the Exchequer imposed new taxes , or increased old ones , whose conjoint amount he thus estimated : — Addition to Assessed

      Taxes £ 276 , 008 New survey on ditto ... 150 , 000 Customs and Excise ... 1 , 426 , 009 Spints ... ... - J ^ ww Real decrease on the year ... £ l , QS& 0 ' .. The whole amount of these additions did not , however , come into operation equally throughout the year : w > get an accurate viejr of our financial prospects we musj confine our attention to tbe

      quarters—Decrease on the quarter £ 70 , » 00 . * Decrease in the Post-office ............ 27 > 0 ° Apparent decrease on the qnarter £ 43 , 000 But there must be added to this , one fourth of the addition made to our taxation , amounting to ... 580 , 000 Real decrease on the quarter— .. £ 023 , 000 So much for Mr . Baring ' s per centages and additional duties , which were to makenp for Postage-cheapening and supply the income wanted to meet tbe lncreaseo expenditure . In despite of the temporary assistance na will gain by laying bands upotf the Savings Ban » deposits , it is to bethought the Cb ^ ce » or . wOl ha £ d . flUlty in raisiDg the wind to meat past jWtojW *? and future txpeiuet We look forward to the Bodgei with some curiosity . —Spectator .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . . - - - - ¦ - —— i

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct702/page/6/