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      THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS' SRATE . ( Frxm ih * Soptitt Serald , Jamaica Paper . ) gee yonder lone * pot where the billow is leaping In EportiTeness wild o ' er its ahell-coTer'd strand ; Where the strong pinion'd bird of potreaenoe ii nreeping Ita wing on the bnete a * it "waf t » to the land . * , maderer rests there from hit aerritade caning , jjU borne tax away o ' er Atlanta ' s ware ; On bis aahes a teat-drop tu never seen falling , for who cares to weep o ' er the Immigrants grava T I aaked bat in Tain for thenune of the stranger , The -mien and Winds alone i—mp&ihia'd here ; £ 11 was itill , are the mean , of the sea-watc&i&g ranger , A _ a xnumnrer that lingered xunreartedly near .

      The dupe of fond hope * that were false as enchanting , ^ Tiich t he soft siren-voice o ? a demom imp—ass * d , The land of bis fathers he basted from , panting To - » the bright prize in the dimes of the West And now , in the distance , his eye rests delighted qq { be " island of springs , " with its mountain and dell , jf ot dreaming bi » prospects oonld ever be bHghted , Qj tbe long'd-for reality ba&iah the spell . ye bearts warm with life for Hibemia still beating , Oh jodge , if ye can , of your countrymen ' s woe , ^ fben the Truth , full of horror , discovered the cheating That lured and inflicted the murderous blow !

      Pia ppomtmesfJ feu tooth on hu cheek prefd relestlus ; There was grief in his eye , and despair on his brow ; ¦ While a burning disease drank his life-blood , repentless , isd who may describe what the sequel is now ? "UndisturVd be thy rest in the graTe ' s silent keeping , From the fangs of the wicked Blare-traffickers free : Thy wife , and thy babes are as quietly sleeping , Unwept , * neatb the shade of the Cocoa-nut tree . Bnt s Trice deep and load to the Throne is ascending , From the blood of the martyrM and Immigrant race ; For vengeance it calls , nor will cease , till impending Destruction be hurl'd at the guilty and base .

      Bise , rise in thy might and thy terriWe glory—0 God of the nations , lead on in the Tan , Till the tyrant oppressors of earth sink before thee , And TTinn cease to seek the enslaving of man , J . M . Bethsalem .

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      THE YOICE OF FREEDOM , Pale freedom expiring , lay langiud alone , >' one listing her prayer , nose lamenting her moan ; The *—ek oi suspense , and the canker of pain , Bad wither * d her soul , and had harroWd her brain , And had harried the tide of each bloe-chanDel'd

      Tein : — They throb and start , on her forehead high-Swell , coil , and crawl , or idly lie Each one as a panting agony . Enfeebled by age , or outliving my friends , IMbow to the mandate harsh destiny sends—Obey the stern summons , and gladly resign My soul to that tomb where the shadows recline , "RThere spirits » V 3 " eonld camingle ¦ with mine ; Bat falling thns—she indignant saita , Fdrling the chill of the tyrant's breath , Is dying indeed a double death ! Wild wailing * arouse her , strike deep on her ear , And murmuring million * are near and more near ; Is sngoiib . she greets them , but gazing a while , Her features beam sadly , with sorrowing smile , t . jVb torches * faint glow o'er a funeral pile .

      Wby * snppliant eronch ? she sternly cried—Why tirry enthralTd , when all beside Their rh *<«« hare burst , or hare nobly died ? Te lsurel-wreath'd heroes , my patriots proud , Awake from the sepulchre , look from the cloud ! Bekindle , ye martyrs , the far-flashing fire I Strike , soul-stirring minstrel , thy silTcr-string * d lyre—Attune to thy children the lays of their sire ;—How they soom'd the wiles of knaxery ! How they drew broad blades with bravery ! How they death preferr * d to slaTery . '

      And number , thon Ocean , the names of thy dead—Assemble thy sons who for liberty bled ! Thy black-billo' - 'd bosom , aa dripping witli gore—Thy terrible tempe » t , with thunder-tongu'd roar—Thy huge-throated caTems , with corpses before—These show : then tell how no gold they sought ! To be free as air , both word and thought , Was the might , and right , for which they fought . ' Bring crimflon-hued standards , the ntnnnn , and bomb—Breathe cornet , and clarion , trumpet , and drum—Bush onward , ye squadron— march , tramping brigade ! Gleam , warrior's helmet , and death-dealing blade—Be carnage , and horror , full sternly displayed ! The red-turf glare on the battle-field ! The dying and dead that would not yield ; The hearts' best blood that victory seal'd ! From ralley , and mountain , from forest and plain—Where blooms the dirk heather , or wares the white

      grain—Frem the bird in the air , high soaring along , Or building its nest the green meadows among—Burst forth in full chorus , one rapturous song . ' Winds ! merrily " mid the branches shout ! Echo in concert the world throughout , Freedom prodaimisg the earth about . ' 10 * Trent-Bide , Dec , 1541 .

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      A SONNET—ON THE TREATMENT WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO rNDERGK ) ERE I CAN ATTAIN A CURE . To gaii a core I must be subject to A lengthy operation of three years , Which maynt be quite as sharp as it appears , To tbost who haTe full liberty to go Where e'er they list—but I , who scarcely know Freedom from palsy ' s thrall—the sound but cheers Of health ' s return—it dries affliction ' s tears : Besides , the treatment wont be wholly new"Tu only for the patient to be lain In one position , which is on his back , On pallet bard—and by a daily strain , On spiral column , cause the nerves to act , Which , from their being press'd upon , refrain—Thus are the palsied limbs to life brought hactr .

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      A SONNET . To raise the means I'll try the easiest plan ; I do not like to see ene bearing all The burden—when the weight , in truth , should fall , In equal portions on the whole dlTan . Therefore , te those who do poetics scan , I hare a manuscript , and now appeal To them for friendly aid , in making sale To the new work 111 print ' soon aa I can . 1 eamot baart a book nnmix'd with iaulta , This few expect , who know my education Was limited—who sees a line that halts "Will date it from my sickly situation . 0 , then , my friends , stand forth , unpres 3 'd , and be The instruments of pure humanity ! James Vjsb > "OW . South Molton , Dec . 12 th , 1 S 4 L

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      BHtSUHGHAM —Public Cffice .-Rotte * Eggs . —Un Monday last , Mr . Charles Connor , of Manchester , was brought before the magistrates » t the public office , charged -with assaulting the keeper of a huckster ' s shop in BromEgrove-street , named Walerhouse . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that Mr . Connor hid been breakfasting at the houte of Mr . George White , and had purchased some eggs from the shop of the complainant , one of which was unfit for Iranian food . Mi . Connor took tte egg back , and required Waterhonse to exchange it , which he refused to do . Connor then threatened to szcash it between his eyes ; upon which a scuffle ensued , and a portion of cups and saucers

      belonging to Wfcterbouse were smashed in the melee ; blows were freely exchanged on boib sides , -which caused a crowd to assemble around the door , and Connor was subsequently given into the custody of the police . Mr . Connor-cross-examined the complainant in EBci a manner as to eause shoute of langhter in the court . Waurhouse exhibited his broken u crockery , " and demanded c ompensation for it , and complained to the magistrates that Mr . White had threatened to serve him out . After a short consultation , the case was dismissed , and Mr-Connor left the court accompanied by Mr . White , learb g the dealer in rotten eggs to console aimtelf by paying for the E _ mm 6 ns in addition to his broken earthenware .

      , RxcBnujiG KmsippXBS . A simple-lookiBg " ehopKick" was brought before the magistrates , charged with refusing to give his name and residence * ter being legally enlisted . The " crimp" called on aaoihtr of his honourable tribe , who was like a Majpoie eirveioped in ribands , to substantiate the charge ; from whose eyidenceit appeared that a r » s-< n 5 y attempt had been made to entrap the poor raLple fellcw , by thrusting a shilling into his hand , ana afterwards insisting that be was legally enlisted . The magistrates discharged the unwilling soldier , fcpon which the kidnapping recruiting Serjeant growled like a bear , ana Baid that the man was cslirted as ietsdly is My recruit he ever got . Perhaps * ] ^

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      PEVEBHTiAP . Steikb of the London Masons . —In consequence of information received here that the quarrymen and scablers of granite at the Dartmore Qaarries . from whence Messrs . Grissell and Peto haTe been principally supplied with granite , hare ceased to prepare material for the abovenamed firm , a general meeting of the masons and of the above-named branches was held at the house of Mr . Farquhareon , on Saturday evening , Dec . 11 th , for the purpose of taking into consideration the proper course to be pursued should they ( Grissell sad Peto ) apply here for a supply of such material . The room was crowded almost to suffocation . Mr . Cole was unanimously called to the chair ; Mr . Lind , who had been delegated from the Aberdeen

      Branch of Masons , briefly addressed the meeting , and introduced Mr . Carter , a delegate from the London masons on strike , to address them . He was proud of having an opportunity of addressing a meeting which by all experience was composed of a body of intelligent men , on the case which was bow before them , and he hoped that before he concluded be would convince the meeting that the masons who were now on strike in London , had been treated worse th&n beasts , and that they were individuals worthy ef all the sympathy that could be manifested towards them . He then entered into a detailed account of the grievances that had caused the strike , and showed the meeting the subtle -attempts that had been made to refute

      them , and sat down amidst loud applause . Mr . Monro then rose , and after a few honest and appropriate remarks , proposed the following resolution , namely— " That this meeting fully justifies the masons in striking against the tyrannical conduct of their foreman , Allen , and pledges itself not to prepare , either directly or indirectly , any material for Grissell and Peto , until the wishes of tbe masons on strike are complied with . " Mr . FarquharEon seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Lind then addressed tbe meeting at considerable length on the present position of the strike , and tie necessity of the -working ; classes , generally , uniting for the defence of their natnral

      rights , and concluded amidst deafening cheers . Mr . Carter then rose , and after making a few remarks on the conduct of a portion of the press , called upon the men of Peterhead to unite , and defend themselves from the hands of tbe bondsmen . He returned his sincere thanks for the kind sympathy they had manifested for their oppressed brethren , and hoped that those whose case they had been considering would ever continue to merit it . ( Hear , hear , " from all parts of the room . ) A vote of thanks w&s then given to the delegates and the Chairman , and the meeting ( which was one of the most peaceable and harmonious that has been for some time past ) separated .

      BXABYZEBONE . —A meeting for the repeal of the window tax , was held a short time ago at Dnffell ' s rooms , at which a resolution condemnin g the impost , and pointing out the Charter as the only remedy , was negatived ia favour of an amendment by Mr . Frampton , who said he had read the People ' s Charter , and did not approve of it , because it did not go far enough , he would therefore move as an amendment to the resolution , that it conclude at the words "full measure of the People ' s political rights . "

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      A St&ixgk Tail circulated bt Post—A great curiosity vras forwarded through the Post-office on Friday last , to a tradesman in Bury , ( Suffolk . ) It was nothing less than the pigtail of a Chinaman , or that lock of hair which grows frem the back of the bead , and is worn by the Chinese at considerable length , and held by them in the highest veneration . It was cut from the head of one of the Chinese who was captured at the taking of the Fort of Chumpee on the 12 th of January last , and the poor fellow is

      reported to have lost his life almost at the same moment that his carefully-cultivated tail was cut from kis head . The lock of hair is more than a yard in length , beautifully plaited , and is of a rich glossy jet black . There can be no deubt from its appearance that it was once the valued ornament uf a very young , and in all probability , a very handsome man . It was forwarded by post to a tradesman of this town by his nephew , a surgeon in the royal navy , on board her Majesty ' s ship Saint Vincent , of tbe name of Fulcher . —Bury Herald .

      Two hundred pocnds damages were awarded , in a case of crim con ., in the Exchequer Court , on Saturday . The p ' aintiff was a Mr . Catherwood , an engineer , who married a Miss Gertrude , » t Bevrout , in Syria , in 1834 . In 1836 , while the plaintiff was in America on business , and bis wife in England , the defendant , a Mr . Cation , who is plaintiff ' s second cousin , formed the acquaintance with the wife , which ended in tbe seduction and elopement . The brother of the plaintiff said that the wife had " an Eastern edncatioD , a lively disposition , a fond nature , and Spanish blood . " Mr . Thesiger , for tbe defence pleaded that the criminal solicitation originated with the lady , and that she was in tbe habit of receiving visits from a " notorious Marquis , " a travelling acquaintance in Syria . Yerdici for the plaintiff , and damages as above .

      Thbeatexed Resignation of the Lord Matoe of Dublin . —At a meeting of the common council , on Thursday , the propriety of voting by ballot on certain occasions was taken into consideration , upon the motion of Mr . C&llaghan , and seconded by Alderman Purcell . A great deal of acrimony and personal ill-feelirg was exhibited in the eoaise of the debate which ensued . The immediate cause of the motion appears to hare been a speech made by the Lord Major at the Corn Exchange on Monday week , when , Mr . Fitzpatrick having proposed that his Lordship should continue in office another year , the Lord Mayor endeavoured toforestal the appointment of his successor , saying that " there was no man in tbe corporation who should be preferred to

      Cornelius M'Loughlin , George Row , and Alderman O'Neill . " Mr . Callaghan thought that if the election of Lord Mayor was conducted by open voting his Lordship would exercise an undue influence orer the T-otes of the council , and many members bad stated , that by tbe Ballot alone could they maintain their independence—The Lord Major Eaid— " The reasons given bj both the mover and seconder of the proposition resolve themselves into personal attacks upon me—the intimidation , the power of the people , and the dictation of nine . 1 'will pnt an end to this—1 have sat too long in this chair . (" No , no . ") Gentlemen , I nave prepared a notice for tbe election of ano ; her Lord Mayor . ( Sensation , and (" No , no . ")

      The imaginary bugbear of my influence , lodeed ! My influence arises from my community of sentiment with those I represent . If this motion be carried I will leave this chair , and also the corporation . 'Mr . M'Loughlin contended that the jobbing ef the old corporation all arose from the ballot . —The Lord Mayor said that ha should emphatically declare voting by ballot in that assembly would be the pregnant parent of jobbing . Several other members declared themselves of the same opinion , and Mr . Callaghan , finding that the majority wei e against him , withdrew his motion , and his Lordship was then induced to withdraw his intended resignation from the hands of the town-clerk , shortly after which the council adjourned .

      IIUADES . VI TBK MxNCHESTEB WoBKHOUSB . —Ofl Tuesday evening last , a barbarous and unprovoked assault , attended with fatal results , was made on a poor old man , named Peter Jackson , a pauper in the Manchester workhouse , by a fellow inmate , named Timothy Hetherington . Those who witnessed the assault observed nothing in Jackson ' s conduct calculated to excite the angry feeling of his assailant ; and it is therefore snpposed that the wanton ferocity which he displayed was the effect of temporary insanity , particularly as he had been subject to fits of lunacy . Jackson was sixty-seven years of age , &od had been vipw&rds of four yearB in the workhouse , during which time he conducted himself remarkably well . On Tuesday afternoon , Jackson

      was standing in the men ' s day-room ; and he ( HetheriDgton ) the moment he entered , seized him by the collar , threw him down on his back , and kicked him on tbe head and side several times with great violence . Several persons happened to be within view at the time , who ran to the old man ' s assist-Ance , and gave Hetberington into the custody of the police . Medical aid was procured for Jackson , but he died on Thursday from the wonnd 3 which he had received . Yesterday Hetherington was placed at the bar of the Borough Court , before C . J . S . Walker , charged with wilful murder . The assault having been proved , he was remanded until the result of the coroner ' s inquest was known . Last nitrht the inquest was held at the workhouse , on

      yiew of tbe body , before Mr . Rutter , when , in addition to the above-mentioned facts , it was stated , that t , fortnight ago the prisoner had t > . reatened to make a cripple of deceased , unless he returned 18 d ., which the prisoner had lent him ; and Hethericgton himself voluntarily stated that he assaulted deceased because he said be would not pay him . Mr . Snape , the work house surgeon , deposed that the deceased came to him for medical aid on Tuesday evening , about half-past six o ' clock , and was then labouring under a great difficulty of breathing . He complained of acute pain in his side ; and , on the examination , it was discovered that three of his ribs were fractured , and that his jaw was also severely brni- ' ed . He died on Thursday ; and , on a post mortem examination , it was found that one of the

      fractured ribs had penetrated the right lung , which injury produced iEflammatien in that part . There was much effused blood under the Ekin , caused by external violence . Tho left inDg was also in a diseased ttate , deceased having been labouring under asthma and chronic affection of the lucgs for some time previously . The external violence he bad suffered was sufficient to account for his death . The prisoner was twice under restraint , about four months ago , in coneeqnence of a mania , induced by epilepsy . From the testimony of Mr . Robinson , Governor of the workhouse , it appeared that the prisoner was thirty years of age ; that he was dangerously violent when he received any provocation , and that he bad been frequently confined for outrageous conduct . The Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner . —Manchester Guardian ,

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      The Mastek of the Croydon Union Workhouse , who recently ordered the hair of a casual pauper to be cut off , has been fined £ 5 for- the offence , or a month ' s imprisonment , by the Magistrates sitting in Petty Sessions , at the Town Hall , Croydon . " What a Shocking Bad Hat !"—The origin of this singular saying which made fun for the metropolis for months , is not involved in tbe same obscurity as that which shronds the erigin of Quia and some others . There had bees a hotly-contested election for the borough of Southwark , and one of the candidates was an eminent hatter . This gentleman , in canvassing the electors , adopted a somewhat

      professional mode of conciliating their go « 4-will , and of bribing them without letting them perceive that they were bribed . Whenever he called upon or met » Toter whose hat was not of the best material , or , being bo , had Been its best days , he invariably said , " What a shocking bad hat you hare got ; call at my warehouse and you shall have a bow ne ! " Upon the day of the electing this oircum-Btance was remembered , and his opponent ? made the most of it , by inciting the crowd to keep up an incessant cry of " What a Bhocking bad bat ! '' all the time the honourable candidate was addressing them .

      Tbicks ppow Travellers . —We hare had several communications relative to the infamous system of plunder carried en at Liverpool by snippets' a ^ euta and brokers , upon the ignorant , simple , and unsuspecting persona who go to that port for the purpose of emigration . No sooner does aa unhappy " gudgeon " arrive at the docks , than a shark in the appearance of a friend , accosts him with , "are you for America ^ If you answer in the affirmative , he then kindly offers yon his assistance , points out the first and best ship , will offer to introduce htm to the agent , to make his own bargain , &c , but his object is to get a commiBEion of 7 i per cent , from tho passage money . Then he points out the best and cheapest stores ; shews where provisions may be bougnt at of the right kind , and at a moderate price ; and if he can succeed in " pattering the customer" secureanother

      , five per cent . Again , if the intending emigrant do not mind when he pays his money to the agent , broker , or charterer of the ships Co ., he may get a ticket for quite another vessel , not the -one he bargained for . In many instances parties have been kept waiting for two , throe , and upwards of three weeks , some of them in a deplorable condition . They have no redrses , in consequence of not being particular in having the time of sailing specified on their ticket . If tbe day for sailing be acknowledged on the ticket , they can recover one shilling per head , per day , after the time advertised for sailing is expired , not otherwise . In these and in many other way 8 are the poor creatures fleeced , whom the corruptions of society have made weary of their father land , and prefer leaving it , to staying at home to mend it .

      Extraordinary and Extensivb Fraud on the Poor—Proceedings under thb Weights and Measures' Act . —On Saturday a Petty Session was holden in tbe Committee-room of St . Andrew's workhouse , Gray ' s Inn-lane , before Mr . Witham , Mr . M'Wilfiam , and other magistrate * , to adjudicate on some complaints by Mr . Reeve , the Inspector of Weights and Measures , against several fradulent tradesmen . The following gross case excited much indignation . Thomas Young , a baker and chandler shop-keeper , in Little Coram-street , was charged with having in use eight weights , the same b ^ ing of an uniust standard . The defendaat pleaded Guilty . Mr . Witham— "The fraud seems very extensive , and it will be necessary , notwithstanding the plea ,

      to hear the evidence to guide us in our judgment . " Mr . Turner , of Vine-street , Hatton-garden , was then sworn . He said that oh the 30 th of last month he accompanied Mr . Reeve to the defendant ' s house , and nearly every weight on the premises he found most abominably deficient . Two 5 Slbs . were light upwards of four ounces each , another 561 bs . was 6 hort of that quantity 3 J ounces , and a 281 bs . was less 1 } ounce , 141 b . was deficient three-quarters of an cunce , a 4 lb . was against the purchaser 2 \ ounces , and an ounce brass weight which was used in the tea Bcales , was unjust 19 grains . Mr . VI'William— " I am sorry the law litciis the fine—if if did not , our judgment would be very severe . We convict you in the full penalty of £ 5 . " The money was immediately

      paid . The next case drew forth much well-merited censure . William Sheen , the owner of a coal shed , at No . 9 , Little Coram-street , was summoned for the following fraud . Mr . Turner said this was a mos > t peculiar case , and he produced the coal machine which he had seized on defendant ' s premises . The scoop in which the coal is put is 2 \ feet higher than the part where the weight is placed , and it ia supported by an iron frame . The frame Btands level when no coal is in the scoop , but the moment you begin to fill it , it inclines towards the weights , and causes a false balance of Ulb . in Ulbs ., 2 ^ 1 bs . in 28 Ibs ., olbs . in 56 ibs ., and so on in doubling the deficiency in proportion to the increase . Mr . l

      MWilliam— Yon have been guilty of a very grave offence , and must not expect meroy at our hands . We fine you £ 5 . " Defendant was then removed in custody . Henry Grove , a chandler , at 13 , Great Wild-street , was fined 403 ^ , for having in his Bhop three weights light and uBjusr The ~ dW « rfl ( Taiit « ald he did not weigh with them . James Pearce , a coal and potatoe dealer , at 256 , ToUeaham-court-road , appeared to answer the charge of having a Ulb . weight light 2 drachms , in addition to which the ring of it was in such a condition that it could easily be instantly taken off , a 71 b . weight unjust 8 cz . 10 drachms , and another 71 b , ditto about 9 drachms . Fined forty shillinge .

      Dublin Pslice . —The Irish Court . —Lord Wm Hill , one of Earl de Grey ' s aides-de-camp , was brought np in custody of a policeman , on a warrant issued on the information of a carman , named Thos . Barry . His Lordship gave as his reason for not attending on Saturday that he got no summons , or at least took no notice of a " bit of paper" which had been handed to him just as he came ia from hunting ' . Tbe complainant was then sworn—I am a carman , and reside in Power ' s Court . I had occasion to go to the residence of Lord William Hill , in the Lower Castle Yard , on the 29 th of November . I went for 3 s . lOd . car-hire , which his Lordship owed me for having driven him for two hours on the 21 st , and two hoars on the 22 nd of November . I went on the

      Monday after the 22 nd , and the servant told me his Lordship was gone with tho Lord Lieutenant , and was told to come in the morning at half-past nine , which I did , and waited till half-past eleven , when his Lordship came down and said he was not aware that I was waiting there . Lord Hill—To save trouble I am quite willing to pay him his fare , and settle the matter at once . Mr . Porter—Wo are not now in the carriage-court , discussing a case relative to him ; we are trying your Lordship for an assault . Tbe witness continued—I went after him to the stable , and asked if he were going to pay me , and he asked me if I had change for a sovereign . I told him I had not . He asked me my fare , and I replied 4 s . He turned round and Baid he would not pay me

      " a d d rap ; " then got ap in bis gig and drove off . On the 29 th I went to the same place , when his Lordship was coming in from hunting . I said , M Lord , I have called on you for payment for having drove you the other night . " He asked me where I drove him to , and I told him to " Kate Roach ' s . " ( Laughter . ) I did not speak to his Lordship in a leering er insulting manner . When I told his Lordship where I drove him , he said , " Get out , you ruffian ; don ' t speak to me in such a manner . " He pushed me out with the butt-end of his whip . I then waited till he came down after dressing . I was in the Court-yard , not the Castle-yard . I followed , and asked was he going to pay me . He took me by the shoulder , and wheeled me round , at the same

      time striking me with a stick on tbe right side of the head ; he then pushed me out , when I told him 1 would summon him for the assault ; I was hurt severely , for he could not strike me any harder . He then said , " You may go and be d d , " and walked up stairs . Lord Hill—He is an unconscionable liar ; that ' s what I say . Mr . Porter—Let me tell you , Lord Hill , that is very improper language to use towards a tree subject on his oath , and such as should not be used in tbe presence of three magistrates . He has a right to be heard on oath , and you can controvert his evidence by other evidence , it you have 6 uch ; if not , we are bound to believe him . You can make any statement you please . Lord Hill—I have nothing to say , only that I did not strike him . His Lordship was fined £ 3 and £ 1 coats .

      Value of Pbactical Illustration . — On re-entering the room , Charles ' s mother found him sobbing and crying with great violence She expostulated with him , and represeBted that , though he confessed he loved Frank very much for saving him from punishment , it was evident he loved himself better . Charles by degrees became more tranquil , but kept looking over the p ) ay things with eager curiosity j at length , he selected a miniature compass , which he pronounced the prettiest of all . His mother briefly explained its uses , and told him after moving it about , to notice it attentively , and he would find the needle , when the compass was at rest , always pointed one way ; namely , to the north . This much surprised Charles . It would turn its own way , he said , do what he would . She then proceeded to show the little boy , that he was just as obstinate as

      the compass ; do what she would with him , he would still turn his own way , the difference consisting in one thing only—that the compass would always go the right way while he always went the wrong . So true was that needle , she said , that whatever circumstances mi ^ ht from time to time occasion it to deviate , or vary , it would continually return to the same point ; and skilful navigators could calculate upon those little deviations with such nicety that they could find their way over trackless oceans to the most remote parts of the world , by the aid of that instrument . She then expressed a hope that she might in future calculate as correctly upon his departure from errer , and resumption ef noble and generous feeling—such as that which influenced his school fellow when he magnanimously scorned to allow another to suffer for a fault in -which he had the lariert ihare . —Parley ' s Penny Library .

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      General Bankruptcy in Eueopb and America . —The principal state governments of this republic , south and north , are in debt for 200 , 000 , 000 dollars , and all bat two or three will be usable to pay tbe interest , ana thus will be bankrupt in two years . In bouth America erery government is in debt—probably the aggregate- is equal to 100 , 000 , 000 dollarsnot a cent of which will ever be paid . In Europe , all the governments , Christian and Turk , are in debt , to the amount of 3 , 000 , 000 , 000 dollars or more . ( Nearly as many dollars as there have been minutes since the creation of the world . ) These debts are increasing , and will lay the foundation of revolutions . TEa only government in the world out of debt ( we count the late loan temporary only ) is the federal government of the United States , and this was dene by the obstinacy of old Jackson . N . B . Perhaps the Chinese government may be out of debtbut we don ' t know certainly . —New Fork Herald .

      Cavanagh , the "fasting impostor , " is not yet sufficientl y recovered from the effects of his nine or ten days' partial abstinence from food in Reading gaol to undergo the exercise of the wheel ; nor has he yet been allowed by the medical officers of the prison , m consequence of the weak state of his stomach at present , to take any animal food . He is , however , allowed two pints of « ruel and four rounds of toast daily , with the addition , every alternate day , of a pint ef soup . The whole of these allowances he regularly consumes . Cavanagh admits that he managed to deceive the publio pretty well outside of tho gaol , but that as soon as he got inside he expected to be "bowled out . " His hopes were , that if he could have contrived te keep up tne deception for a week , the Magistrates would have been impressed with the belief that he was not an impostor , and have therefore liberated him .

      Singular Cask op Elopement . —On Wednesday last , an application was made for the interference of the polioe of Reading , under the following circumstances : —A respectable man , living on his own property ia the neighbourhood of Basingstoke , observed some time ago , that there appeared to be a better understanding between hw oaty daughter and his groom than was proper in their relative positions , the young lady having the expectation of succeeding to a fortune of from £ 15 , 000 to £ 20 , 000 . The groom was therefore discharged . Last Wednesday morning , however , the young lady was missing ; and an alarm being given , it was found that the groom , his brother , and the inamorata had fled about four o ' clock in the morning in a cart . The parents proceeded in their

      chaise to Reading , and on the Bath road , about a mile and a half from the town , they met the trio returning in the humble vehicle . The father seized the horse , and , though told by the ex-groom that the lady was his wife , he insisted on their going with him to ReadiDg . Upon their arrival at the Horse and Jockey the police were sent for , and there ensued a most tremendous row . The brother tried to escape , the groom claimed his bride , the mother scolded her daughter , and the daughter very undutifully slapped her face . At length the contending parties adjourned to the police-office , the fugitives being consigned to durance . At first it was thought that the case was one of abduction , but it turned out that the l&dy was one month over the age of sixteen , which took the cause so far out of court . It had

      previously been ascertained that the parties were married on Wednesday morning , at St . Giles's church , by bans , but as these had not been proclaimed in the bride ' s parish , and onl y in a feigned name , the marriage is invalid . The lady declared herself to be of full age , ( which her appearance warrants ) , which is another informality . There were , however , two prodigious bundles of wearing apparel , linen , &c , found in the cart , which had bean taken by the young lady and given to her swain , and the two men were detained on a suspicion of stealing . On Thursday , there being no proof of a guilty knowledge , they were discharged from custody , the bridegroom repenting of his matrimonial adventure , and declaring he had done with it , and the lady returning in despair to her friends .

      Something Like an Eye to Business . —Old Twas vreil known several years since on the Yazoo River , no less for his peculiar stutter than as a skilful player at "old sledge . " Ho once managed to induce a gentleman to play with him , who , on sitting down , pulled oat 200 dollars . It was not long before T was the owner of half of them , when his adversary rose for the purpose of leaving off . u don ' t g-g-gggo , " said T , " g-g-give me a c-c-chance . " " Channe , the devil ! " shouted the gentleman , " Haven ' t you won a hundred dollars of me ? " w Y-y-y-yes , replied T , " but I want a oh-ch-ch-chance for t-t-t-t ' other hundred . " —Sporting Review .

      Equal Justice . —The sentences of seven years ' transportation for stealing a sovereign from a letter , and transportation for life for stealing a penny , have struck the publio as rather irreconcilable with common notions of justice . The penny theft was as bad as tbe pound theft , and deserved the same punishment , but certainly no more . Chief Justice Denman was , however , the Judge in the penny case , and he has signally shewn that the indulgence charged against him in the Waldegrave affair is not always his disposition . In his rigour to the miserable letter Carrier h » baa amply « na « U » up for hit Iwmwj to the lord . The sentence of seven years' transportation for the theft of tbe sovereign was passed by Mr . Baron Parke , one of the firmest and steadiest administrators of justico . Tho judicial merits of Lord

      Denman and Baron Parke are , indeed , pretty fairly represented by the two oases in question , Lord Denman ' s being to the other as a penny is to a sovereign . For stealing a peany from a letter the carrier in transported for life . For the Exchequer Bill fraud Mr . B . Smith is transported for life . Things that are equal to the same thing are equal to each other ; therefore the Exchequer Bill fraud and the robbery of the penny are , in the eye of the law , equal . Here the foot-rule fits both to a hair ; but it is quite at fault when applied to tho theft of the sovereign with the seven years' transportation . The lesson to carriers , according to Lord Denman , seems to be , that if they have set their minds on stealing , they should take care to steal gold at least . A little stealing is a dangerous thing . Steal much , or filch not . —Examiner .

      Progress of Sabbatism . —More Persecution . — The old Baying , that" those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad , " is strikingly exemplified in the present conduct of the Agnewitts . Under the pretext of preventing Sabbath desecration , a new act of tyranny has been perpetrated ; a man named George Key and his wife having been deprived of Church privilege by the Kirk Session of Barry , for the heinous offence of burying one of their children on a Sunday ! They selected that day , as of all others the most suitable ; and , in his appeal to the Presbytery at Arbroath , Key mentions that those who attended the funeral afterwards repaired to the Church . Scarcely , however , had the sorrowing parents laid their child in the grave , when , in place

      of receiving consolation , they were subjected to a series of cruel annoyances from the parish minister and his satellites ; and , because , forsooth , they would not submit to be rebuked before the session , not believing they had been guilty of any crime , they were refused " tokens" to the communion , or , in plain language , excommunicated . A more arbitrary proceeding could hardly be conceived . Sunday burying has , from time immemorial , been common all over Scotland , and the Kirk Session of Barry has won for itself the inevitable distinction of being the first to punish it as a crime . This , however , is not all . On the matter being brought before the Presbytery , that reverend body determined to conduct the case with closed doors 1 The public were ordered to withdraw , but so disgusted were they with the conduct of the clerical inquisitors , that scarcely a mam would stir . The Provost , who was called in , recommended the audience to separate , but ,

      disapproving , as ho did , of the resolution of the Presbytery , he refused to interfere in his official capacity ; and , after a scene of indescribable wrangling , the holy Presbyters were compelled to adjourn to a tavern . This case is fall of instruction . It demonstrates , in the first place , the lengths to whieh the zralots of the church are prepared to go ; and . in the second place , it shows the contempt in which they are beginning to be held by the people . Conduct more wildly insane than that of the Sabbath tyrants in this case it is impossible to imagine . Had their object been to incur general indignation and obloquy , they could not have chosen better means . Under the plea of promoting Sabbath observance , they have sought to establish a piece of despotism unheard of since the days of inquisitions and starchambers ; and yet these are the men who . at this very moment , are clamouring for unrestricted power ! God forbid that the religious liberties of the country should ever be entrusted to such hands !

      Secret Orders . —There are at present in this country , societies appertaining to thirty , or more , of theBe institutions , viz : —United Ancient Order of Druids—Ancient Free and Accepted Masons—Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Manchester Unity-Ancient Order of Foresters—Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds , Ashton Unity—Ancient Free Gardeners —Loyal Order of Orangemen— Ua < ted Order of Odd Fellows , Sheffield Unity—Ancient Noble Order of Odd Fellows , Bolton Unity—Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Yorkshire Unity—Independent Reformed Order of Odd Fellows—Leeds United Order of Odd Fellows-rGrand United Order of Odd Fellows , No . 3 . —Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Paddock Unity—Modern Order of

      Druids—Independent Order of Druids—Loyal and Independent Order of Shepherds , Hall Unity—Independent Order of Freemasons—Independent Order of Free Gardeners—Royal Foresters—Independent Royal Foresters—Ancient Order of Romans—Ancient Order of Britons—Loyal Free Mechanics—British Mariners—Independent British Mariners—United Ord » r of Artists—Honourable Order of the Peaceiul Dove —Leeds United Order of the Ark—Leedp , Independent Order of the Ark— Grand Protesta / jt Confederacy— United Order of the Golden FVeece , B . U . — Independent Order of the Golden Fief ce , Bradford Unity—Royal Order of Fishers—Mo ? t Noble Order of the Knights of Malta—United Ctf . der of Philanthropists—Independent Order of IVachabites—Free and Independent Order of Ancient Greeks .

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      Seasonable Hint . —Persons ht tfct' middle and upper ranks of life would do well to kx ^ over their wardrobes at the present inclement sea * on , and see if anything can be found which might bt spared for the use of the poor . Rather Eablt . —The young Prince it seems has already commenced patronizing the barbei s . On a shop window in Drury-lane a paper is exhibited , bearing the announcement that within is sold '' The Genuine New Prince of Wales' Shaving Pox vder . " On another , "Tbe Duke of Cornwall ' s Gennine Sausages . "

      In thb Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Thursday se nnight , Mr . Ofeur , captain of the brig Leile , ia the Levant Trade , obtained a verdict , damages £% 0 , against a person named Watkins for crim eon . On the plaintiff ' s return from a long absence his wife presented him with a living proof of criminal familiarities—she was old enough to be the defendant ' s mother . Ix the Coubt of Common Pleas last week damages to the amount of £ 100 were recovered against Mr . Hawking , of Paternoster-row , Spitalfields , for haying kicked a child named Nathan , whilst sitting oa the steps of the defendant ' s door , with such violence as to render him a cripple for life .

      A Glass Coffin . —Wo are informed that one of the workmen employed at the New Glass House , MexbroYhas made for himself a coffin of clear glass , not so much with the design of looking out himself , asthat othersmay look in . It appears that he has a relative , holding a situation in Guy's Hospital , London , and his will is , that after death his body be enclosed in the coffin and sent to his relative , in order that he may have the opportunity to mark the process of decomposition . —Sheffield Independent .

      Merthyb Tydvil , Dec . 11 . —The vast extent of machinery destroyed by the late dreadful explosion , at Penydarren Ironworks , has been completely repaired , and the works are carried on as efficiently as ever . The third reduction in wages , which has just taken place , presses most heavily on the workmen in general , and the nndesround workmen , besides , cannot get nearly a sufficient number of trams to take out the ore , and consequently work less time . All will feel the consequences . —Silurian . A Cubious Law-Suit . —A passenger in an American steam-boat , a short time since , " brought a suit , " in St . Louis , against the captain of the vessel " for not starting at the hour he advertised , " thereby creating a loss to the said passeuger through non-punctuality . The case went before a Jury , who were so convinced of the justice of the claim that they brought in a verdict of 190 dollars !—no trifling sum for the dilatory captain to pay , as the penalty of his not being a good time-keeper .

      A Venerable Lover . —The Court of Queen ' s Bench , London , was occupied two day ' s last week in trying an action for breach of promise of marriage , brought by a Misa Darbon , aged twenty-seven years , against Mr . Rosser , a wealthy law—and love solicitor , aged eighty . The venerable swain had written 400 letters in the course of four years . The Jury gave a verdict for the young lady—Damages , £ 1 , 600 . Stoppage of the Tweed Bank . —The following notice was posted on the door of the Tweed Banking louse , on Monday morning : — Messrs . Batson , Berry , and Co ., beg to inform the publio , that

      owing to unavoidable circumstances , they are obliged to suspend payment . Berwick , December 6 tb , 1841 . " Extract of a letter dated Berwick , Monday evening : — " The bank did not open to-day , and tho above bill was issued about eleven o ' clock . The puplie had the utmost confidence m their stability , and there is hardly an individual in busk ess but has suffered in consequence . Many have lost their all , and the circumstance has caused a very great sensation . I have not heard any reason assigned for their failure ; but there are many heavy individual losses , and it will be a long time before the town reoovers from the shook . "

      Early Rising . —The late Chief Baron O'Grady ( Ireland ) , who , like matutine planets , was generally up before the sun , was always in the same predicament with reference to his own son , Dennis , whose slumbers were generally prolonged into the morning . Once when the Baron was on circuit , and knew that his son was engaged as barrister in the first cause , he hurried into his bedroom , and waking him without much ceremony , exclaimed , " Up with you , Dennis , Dennis ! remember it ' s the early bird that catches the worm ! " " Serve the worm right for being up still earlier than the bird , " replied the sluggard , rubbing his * yta . —Colburn's New Monthly Magazine for December .

      Irish Milestones—A stranger ndmg along the road , observed that all the mile-stones were turned in a particular way , not facing the road , but rather averted from it . He called to a countryman , and inquired the reason . " Oh , bless you , Sir , " replied the man , "the wind is so strong sometimes in these parts , that if we weren't to turn the backs of the mile-stones to it , the figures would be blown off them nlnr— - * " * -i-- ^ — ¦ ¦ - - -. . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ' ' •¦¦ ¦ •' A Stack moved whole by the Wind . —A very extraordinary circumstance occurred during the late severe gales which have prevailed . A wheat stack , of about sixty quarters , the property of Mr . Whitwell , at Little Potton Island , which had been placed on a nine-stone frame , was lifted up by the wind , and carried a distance of four feet from the stones , neither the thatch nor a sheaf being misplaced ; it now stands as perpendicular as when placed on the stones . —Essex Herald . — [ The next high wind may place the stack in its former position .

      A Man Suffocated by Gas . —On Friday evening , an inquest was held at the Court House , Stockport , before Mr . C . Hudson , coroner , on view of the body of Henry Taylor , a gas fitter-up , who was suffocated by gas on the premises of Mr . Scott , ironfouader and gas-fitter , on the previous day . On Thursday , deceased went down a dry well , adjoining a gasometer , to dear away some dirt from a main pipe , and in doing which he caused a leakage in a oint , and , the gas escaping , he was suffocated before he could leave the well . A young mau who went to his assistance was very near sharing the same fate , he being insensible when taken out of the well , and it required the unremitting attention of three Burgeons for some time before he was considered out of danger . The man Taylor , was quite dead before taken out of the well . A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned .

      Crim . Con . —An action for criminal conversation was tried in the Court of Exchequer oa Thursday week , before Lord Abinger , in wnich the plaintiff was Mr . Hayward , of the firm of Hayward and Moore , booksellers , in Paternoster Row , and the defendant a Mr . Barlow , an engineer . In March last that firm became bankrupt , and the defendaat , who , as in most similar cases , was an "intimate friend" of the plaintiff , and a constant visitor at his house , where the heedlessness or blindness of the plaintiff had given him frequent opportunities of prosecuting his guilty design , threw off tho mask of friendship , and Mrs . Hayward eloped , and lived with her seducer as Mrs . Barlow . It was shewn in the evidence that the defendant had been in the habit of dining and visiting with the plaintiff ' s wife , while the latter was engaged in his business in the city , and also of accompanying her to the theatre . The husband was cognizxnt of all this . Other gentlemen .

      chiefly officers , had also accompanied her to the play , atid visited her at her husband ' s house . It was also proved that the plaintiff had seduced Mrs . Hayward , when a girl of 16 , at her mother's house , and had not married her , till three years after that event , although a child was born after it . The last circumstance had a very damaging effect upon the plaintiff ' s case . Lord Abinger , in summing up the case to the Jury , observed that the seduotion of the wife by the husband must , undoubtedly , impair his claim for compensation , if she should afterwards desert him for another ; for if such a wife adopted a licentious course of life , perhaps it was not too much to say that she did but follow that example which her husband had taught her before marriage . The plaintiff , however , was entitled , for all that , to the verdict from the Jury , as nothing could justify the conduct of the defendant . Verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 20 damages .

      Noble Conduct of a Portland Man . —On the morning of the loss of the brig Amyntvs on Portland Beach , a party of Portland men , were on the beach anxiously awaiting the unfortunate vessel coming on shore ; and all equally desirous of assisting in saving the lives of the crew . Shortly after Bbe struck , these brave fellows were to be seen in the midst of the foaming surf ( trusting only to a rope fastened round the waist , wheh was held by their companions ) , throwing ropes on board for the crew to secure themselves ; the ship was at this moment struck by a most tremendous sea , so violently that the foremast ( on which six of the crew had sought safety ) was carried away , and broken in three places , and the whole was precipitated into the midst of the surf . One loud shriek was heard from those who witnessed this awful sight . All were on the look out to offer assistance , and to save life ; and in an instant , O . Hansferd . a Portlander , rushed into the surf and

      was buried amongst the white foam . After ike receding of the waves he was seen struggling with a man in each hand , and although he was unable to keep upon his legs , he firmly kept his hold of them , and was by his brave companions hauled up the beach bringing with him the two poor fellows , who with Hanstoid , were with difficulty restored . Such scenes redound to the credit of these brave islanders . The whole of the cargo , of this vessel , consisting of timber , belonging to Mr . Cornish , builder , ot Exeter , has been under the able direction and superintendence of George Arden , Esq ., agent to Lloyds , safely got out ) . The bodies of the master , Haliett , who has left a widow and two children , and John Harris , cook , were picked np on Wednesday last , off Fleet . Oa Monday , the leg of a youth was found on the beaeh , having been by the violence of the sea , torn from the body : it is supposed to be that of Robert Harris , the other sufferer .

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      At the Criminal Court , on Saturday , a witne » described himself as a " penman ; " but , oa being asked in what species of penmanship he was employed , he replied that ho " penned" sheep in Smithfield market . r At a Shop Window in Holborn , a paper is exhibited on which is written , w A perfect blind painter wanted . " It is presumed that the blind painter mast be able to see his way in the transparency line . " : A Teetotaler in Troublb . — On Wednesday Henry Powell , demure , meibodiatieal personage whose face was moulded In "the pale cast of

      thought / ' was brought up charged with being drunk and disorderly ia West-street . Saffron-bill * * si- 'the commencement of the little hour ? . The prisoner , it appeared , was holding forth from the text , ' * Brink abunda » t ] j > O , belored I" and his congregation , which wm for the greater part composed of a sirter-Jiood at * •* vowed to Vesta ' s temple , " exhibited strong si / pu of ma priori obedience to the injunction . Mr , Pfrwell , who aa it subsequently transpired , belonged to the stoical class of teetotalers , though oa the present © eeaskra fell into the trap set bv that cunning old epicure Horace , in tbe line— Dufce esfc despere in lew , " which may be freely

      translated" 'Tib sweet to drink and make love—but then Care shod * be taken as to where ^ and when , " Mr . Powell said he had no memory of the matter ,, nor waa he aware of any thing connected with , it until he found himself in the station-house . He was not at all a disciple of the school which held that " A lass is good , And a glass is good , And a pipe to smoke in cold weather - T on the contrary , he practised the Cavanagh doctrines of abstemiousness to the fullest extent to which they c » uld be earned out . How he came in contact with tbe Cyprian votaries he could not tell , as his own peculiar worship was pledged to the tenets propounded from the temple of Diana , at Ephesas .

      The magistrate having tested the case with the strictest accuracy which Hattou-garden measure affords as to the delicate and interesting adjudication of degrees of inebrity , pronounced that the drinking was not according unto the lav , and that the soi-dxsant teetotaler should pay 5 s . for being uproariously drunk . Not having the money about him , being duly cleared out , ia accordance with the practice of the neighbourhood , Mr . Powell had to send to the teetotal-hall , Aldersgate-Btreet , for the amount of his liberation . Whether the bill was duly honoured remains yet to be seen , aid it will be a curious subject for future inquiry to ascertain how the fact will be recorded in the temperance archives .

      a Messrs . Pickford & Co ., the well known , carriers , in order to meet their very extensive and largely increasing business , have recently erected on a considerable scale , at a cost of about £ 20 , 000 ., premises adapted to their trade , in a close proximity to the London and Birmingham Railway , and connected therewith by a junction line at Camden Town . The whole was designed by Lewis Cubitt , Esq ., and completed under his supervision . The arrangements are of the most perfect and onique character , and the building is more vast and extensive than any other in England . Our immediate object in noticing this off-shoot of the railway system is , to give publicity to the following interesting facts , connected with its formal opening on Wednesday last . A train of waggons arriving at half-past seven , p . m ., being run in and unloaded in the presence of Messrs . Picktbrd , and amidst the cheers of their large body of workmen .

      the head gentlemen ( thirteen in all ) , of the several departments in the London establishment , which comprises altogether nearly 100 clerks , were invited by Messrs ; Pickford to partake of a commemoration dinner , at which the head of the house , Joseph Baxendale , Esq ., presided . The united servitude of the thirteen who partook of the hospitality of Messrs . Pickford , equalled 28 b' years , averaging twenty-two years each , two having been in their employment between forty and fifty years , five between twenty and thirty years , the agea of the whole exceeding 500 years . We need not say that , where such a party was collected , all was harmony and haopiness , that "the London and Birmingham Railway , " and " Success to the Railway System , " were among the many toasts drunk on the occasion . The lengthened services of the gentlemen so hospitably entertained by the worthy employers , speak most eloquently of good servants and kind masters . —Railway Times .

      French Way of Treating a Seducer . —Dr . R— , one of the most eminent physicians of Paris , attended the wife of an avuo € ( aUoraey-at-law ) , pear the Tuileries . The husband having been informed that the Doctor was too attentive to his patient , took an opportunity of looking into his wife ' s secretaire during her absence , and there found several letters of this disciple of Galen . He immediately called on the Doctor , and telling him of the discovery , demanded that he should give up the letters which the lady bad sent to him . This was at first refused , but the avou £ being a man of spirit , resorted to threats , and obtained the letters . "This is not all , '' said he , ** I

      do not think my wife worth fighting for , but if yon do not instantly pay me 6 , 000 francs by way of uademnity , I wUV horgp-whip—yon—U > - t » uti »» i » ' « Mh » Doctor , after many grimaces , paid the money , which iu less than an hour was handed over by the husband to the Bureau de Bienfaisance , for the poor of toe arrondisement . He then went home and quietly put his wife out of doors , telling her that she might if she pleased , join her seducer . Either the lady was repentant , or the Doctor was unwilling to add tu his loss of ( r fiOO francs , the expense of supporting her , for she has gone into retirement , and the avoveia much admired for his magnificent donation to tbe poor of his district . —Paris Correspondent of Globe .

      Appalling Mvbdes . at Dbogheba . —One of the most daring and horrible murders that has occurred in this part of the country for several years , was perpetrated last Tuesday night on the person ot * man named Peter Dolau . a weaver , who kept a huckatery in the midst of a populous neighbourhood of Poolboy , outside Sunday ' s Gate , in tbe suburbs of this town . The deceased , who was aged about fifty years , was a man of singular and retired habits , and generally believed to bo possessed of ft considerable sum of money . He was supposed to be originally from the neighbourhood of Carlaustown as he sometime ago expressed a wish to be buried there after his death . He was singularly fearful for a long time back of an attack from robbers or murderers , and was prepared to defend himself by keeping always in his bed-room a long iron spike

      made fast to a pole , and with a view of preventing any attempt upon him , he industriously circulated a report that he kept fire-arm 9 in his possession . Although the father of two children he , at the time of his death had neither of them residing with him . On Wednesday morning he was found Tying dead in his house ; both sides of his skull were horribly disfigured from wounds apparently inflicted with a . seven pound weight , which was found beside him covered with blood . On the left side of the forehead the weight had entered completely , and forced a large portion of the skull in upon the brain ; oa the whole-, the head presented a most horrible and appalling appearance . The pockets in which he usually kept his money were cut away , and a truss which he wore appeared to have been searched , The lid of a bo £ in his bed-room was also broken .

      The murder must have been committed early in tbe night as all his clothes were on when he was found dead . ' , Dkath from Machinery . —On Friday last , an inquest was held by Mr . C . Hudson , coroner , at the Boar ' s Head , Hyde , Cheshire , on view of the body of John Laver , aged 23 , a carder , late in the employ ef Mr . Thomas Ashton , a cotton manufacturer of Hyde , wbo died from injuries received by being caught by a strap on the 27 th of November last . It appeared from the evidence , that on the 27 th nit . deceased was attempting to tie the end of a strap with a piece of band whilst it was revolving round a drum , in doing which bo got one of his fingers entangled in the buckle of the strap , and was taken

      several times round the shaft , by which his left ana was broken and mangled in a shocking manner . Two medical gentlemen immediately attended htm at the counting-house or the mill , and proposed taking away some of the splintered bone , but herefused , to let them meddle with it , saying none should interfere with it but Mr . T . Hague , a veterinary surgeon , whom he had sent for . Upon this tbe medical gentlemen left him , saying they would wipe their hands of the business . He was afcerwards attended by Mr . Hague , the veterinary surgeon , who informed the deceased that it was most likely be would lose his arm , upon which the latter said ho would rather die than lose his arm , and he hoped be ( Mr . Hague ) would attend him and do his best . Mr .

      Hague then called a surgeon , named Lowe , as he said , to attend to deceased ' s constitution , while be attended to , the limb . The arm was Bet between , then , and they afterwards attended deceased till a few days previous to his death , when another surgeon was called in , who found him labouring under tenanus , or lock-jaw ; and , notwithstanding every attention was paid to him , he expired on Thursday last . It was the opinion of a medical gentleman who made a post mortem examination of the body that death had been caused by lock-law , caused by the irritation , of * splintered boae on the musrieB of the arm . Tho coroner in summing up eaid that no blame could be attacked to the proprietors of the mill where the accident occurred ; that after the lamentable occurrence he bad been provided with

      the best medical assistance , but that he had preferred the assistance of a veterinary surgeon , and it wasfor the jury to say whether or not ho was criminally responsible as to the deceased's death , for the unskilful manner in which he had acted on tbe occasion . He considered that Messrs . William and Frederick Tinker , the gentlemen who were called in to the assistance of deceased in the first instance , had been too hasty in leaving the case in the hands of Mr . Hague If they bad remained , and pointed out to Hague the necessity of the operation , and he had not attended to it , it would then have been clear that death had resulted from Mr . Hague ' s unskilful treatment . He left the case in the hands of the jury , who , after a short consultation , returned » verdict of Accidental deatL "

      Paetrg * The Northers Star.

      paetrg * THE NORTHERS STAR .

      Iocal Antr €R*Iural Zntetlisence.

      iocal antr € r * iural ZnteTlisence .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct733/page/3/