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      ** ""* ' * ' THE CHARTER HYMN . BT * A 5 S > SZS ., AJHBPBT 05 , DSVOH . y ^_ « Sang little island . " ,-wflt as on high , in you beaattfnl aky , J ^ W to be fcee , and bat- tJWMy , V ^ r ^ itoos , lay d » hn to tbe Chirto . S ^ T ^ dky ^ ttt U fixed in Ow Ottrtef , t ^ bwk in the rays < rf fi » Chartw ; -p ^ TtTMat * !**• mota '**** to 4 balr d ** holes '

      « . « tv onr God oft has heart from oraiod w ifjider din *— ^^ JB » P od ""¦¦ V i . Zne KB * now f « the Charter . viy B « ava » « PP « r » e of the Charter , TnaMemBg * diStoae on the Charter ; ^^ ebOTb * shall bear the glad *« Bd through tbe ^ d ' etrtli ataH rejoice in Gib Charter . - ^ la-itrnrnpet doth sound , bidding heroea sronnd . ^ Jvdefend her and nerer desert her ; win , her banners thsirwave are inscribed by the br » T « «« h flod , aad <* a rigkts , sad the Charter , m ftte *» * f « uHled the Cflwter , ks fim a » a rock is tbe Charter ; * he namlaiM BiaU ft » . •»* "to * ** & in the tea , Xe make room * ° * the glorious Charter .

      • tea ( 3 » r&rt » go forth , from tbe south to the north , ^^ aing yoar light in eaoh qaarter j _*" wZin « aronnd thehannonioo * aonad , ^ ST om are charmed by the Charter . PnH a *» 7 . T& » ir » y for a ® Charts , A km * and strong pall for the Charter ; your toBgae * and your pens , those grand moral mem * , Will for ever establish the Charter . m as taitm and knara , those sycophant dares , ^ rm flj to » me barbarous quarter , « Sa * «*« *«*• Uke saT <«^ J * 11 ' When they think of the land of tbe Charter . Thai snceea to the National Charter ; Hem' for the land of the Charter . With corn , 'wine , and oil , the reward of our ton , ¦ Sfe tans « k » H & » & «** * &e Carter .

      rbibs oa <* *!»«> " wittl 3 ° ? dafl M *™"' t ^ their abouti » en < i across tbe wide water , itA Amsiflrt s < m « ahaU discharge their great guns , TsaWi Mon gaining theCharter . Be Kesrings that flow from the Charter , iBBUJonariaa abuw ^ y the Charts ; Thai obi bannaa shall we . inscribed by the biaTe With God , and oarrighti , and the Charter . ' lafcrton , March 15 th , 1841 .

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      CHARTISTS AND LIBERTY . YES ! the morning is avakeniBg , "When the Charter most be woo—Yes , ' the darkness sow is breaking , At the dawning of the son Of Liberty . Vot the conntims dew-drops beaming All in beanty o'er the land , Wi » en tbe moon ' s first ray iB streaming , Shall sarpass the nnmeroos band Of Liber ty . Multitudes , that none can number , In that season of theii power , Sbili arise , as from a slumber , Cbar tisU wakened in an hoar Of Liberty . Then from tie engg ? mountain * The jorfnl shoot shall fly . And shady Tales and fountains Shall echo tbe reply Of Liberty .

      The poor man ' s lowly dwelling ShtU send the news around , With many voices nreliiBg In one continued sonnd Of Liberty . Tbes shall the voice of singing Row joyWly oJoo ? , And Chartists be ngoidng In ose triumphant song Of Liberty .

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      TEE REVOLUTION OF THE THREE DAYS . ( From Mr . Baiket ' t France since 3830 . ^ THE PPBUCAH 05 OP THE OBBIKAXCES . Tie Ministers returned to Paris , carrying with tern the Ordinances signed in due form by the King . ii fiTe o ' clock in the afternoon , M . Sanro , chief tew of the MmUeur receiyed the Tery nnnsnal eaer to repair punctually at eleven o ' clock that opt to the hotel of the Keeper of the Seals . On ins arrival thuher , M . de Chantelanze handed « p _» Mm the Ordinances and the report to the

      * a * , with directions that thej should be inserted a-a * Almitevr on riie followiag moraJBg . M . o * to eraiced confidtrabie emotion on perusing case toamenti : his Toice seemed ro falter a ; parteaa pisageg ; and M . de Monthel , who w * s F ^ t , itoarking his agitation , said , in an inqair-Bt mm , » Wrfl ! God preserve the &ia * 1 " il » 7 Ged oreserve France , " replied M . Sanvc . SLr ** ° , ^^^ R from the room , jwlded . ^^ eafca , 1 an Eow fifty years old . j haTe ^ jj . « w « II die events of the revolution , and I confess « 1 i » Te jotj presence with a mind full of awful fincecHoa for the foture . " at dosed the door , aod the die was cvsi .

      0 HB 3 B OS THE TIBST BAT . OtQft Mtaday aorning , ChiTlea the Tenth , with « new of avoiding all farther eommaita as to tbe ^ f ^ aees , or perhaps to divert his mind from the F ^ wo ff any unpleasant reflections , commanded ^ J ^* 1 ? « ranK « ment 8 to be made foralmnt-««* m M fiambooillet . Instead of BeUiug off at "«»« hour of nine o ' clock , the horses were ort oSot S ""^ honr of ***** lon * W « n ^ mi c *» ? e /?* MonXw of that morning could ™ J- & . Cloud . Instead of retcrara / f home » t « t oh « T . v ° * iB ; ha evening , as had be « n hia WZ ™^ ^ * " P ^ aitafcht before the royal J ^ 7 « tBnied to the Palace . The chase was dull ? jj _ - — "" w * i * t j . ajdtc . o . us cix « feM ? rrsta uuu

      XilS ? * ' 8 fbOTghtfnl and ftb ^ at . » a Ww dinK lhe fineness of the weather , it ^ ^ g be fore the hounds coald find their game , erea taen the Btag was unwilling to show any e aVw - ?* ? re P eat * d turnings and windings , aijJ ^ f ^ was lost . The Eing appeared to j ^ 'mterest in this bis most favourite amasen | U ** ' « on , seemingly absorbed in thought '; m ^ r ** of tbe hunismen pointed < rat to his a ^ » a e broken braatheB in the fwew , &s an £ 2 ** ? he track which the animal h » d takes , j ^ J ^^ wiUiow attention , and made no comment . JossnW ^ ? i" were is to *! ignorance of the *« auf ^ V the Ordinanees , made every effort i ^ T ^^ iung , iaji d ispe l the gloata which was S *^^! 102151001 ^ - 16001 *© 0118- All was in vain ; Wd «» . ii 7 ' i 06 t ^ eoijjectnres , abaodoned as ^^¦ V ^^ JH ^^ V All ^— ^ ^^^^ T ^^^^ W ^^^ B W VHV 1 B HP * t temots the

      ^^• . to remove King ' s depresp ^ Z ^ w ^ ay . wnen matters were evidently ff OttwtIv jBencm 3 ' ManBOnt **** & succession kL ^ f *' «* tiEg that the disrarbaBee w » a . " bo ^ ' obS&S ^* " Nation , " «* urging srempt ^ Caw ^ measnrea - The i * 8 t missive he seat ^ liaoA 1 ** ^ Colontl K omi erowsky ; who - a& t ?^ - * ° ^ Te ^" » P « rt « f £ >« state *^ tor « " fn ^ e - * ide- « te-eamp deHvered his despatch * ltt ^ Sf f ^*** 1 » would re * d the despatch , J * eS ^^ * omffl * - Havin g passed l ^^^ fautle « s exi * cu ± Jo , I reqn ^ teTthi **| 3 fE * f > g » tOlus Majesty and implore an ^ SfSi * ¥ * ®* kwi of etiquette forbade isSLttW -f ?* A ^ " ^ -. " AS i 4 !> xpa * tion

      {• *«• wCj V *? 'wauea oy th « itinrinto his FSj S" ^ ?? w written inactions , h W ^ : ^ ^^ ? " ^ *« Marshal Wj ^ fl ^ Lo ^ a < imDM , . and" to act on the ^ prewSS ?* i ! e B fErJ > lld ft « Dwphmwerc 4 ^ Sol * l ¥ r ? ° ^ . but 8 * Mfta * . A « M . 5 " 0 * thl ^ IS ^ * ttls opportunity of tonchia * fe * Sdffi 2 k . * 2 SS of' ^ e insurrection , the *» ff orfJ ? J 5 ^ - ' ' •** to jrtnwed through UUi t

      ir'TtrHmi S ^ r ^ T ' " % *" f " >» po . cseaoia , wm » >• r 2 £ * SF B ? talI ^ 8 ^!* ed toi >«' "in » I ^ rfect fe ^" ' ? StmH . 1 B ? dle 5 M £ eda «» iart * e exciters £ ^ i ^ i ^ *" » »• * ei » mueeo . a ^^ risTl ^* ' ^ , ? ^^ of gooTnews i JfahB l ^* * * « ***** of snch reports I ^^ fcUa our , aai jff ^ ii ag to dcu bf-ffiit

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      THK LAST DAT . The d » y ttu passed in the usoal Toatine of Court eeremonj ; la ^ w tnonsina , the mass and the audieaow : in the eyeninfe the rubber of whist , with its formalities ; and it was thns , while the earthquake was rumbling In the neighbourhood , that precautions were taken tfr avoid it Manjr ill-natared com ^ eots h » T « been made on this whist-party by tbe malevolent , as if Charles the Tenth h * d reajly occupied himself purposely ^ rUb . this trifling ssrasraent while enrroonded with such imminent dangers ; bat those who have lived in courts must know that the daily life is . regulated by » monotonous uaiformity , which is not to be infringed bee&oses variety of private interests are connected with itt existence .

      . Charles tbe Tenth did not of his own accord propose the woe ; bnt ereij evening at * a stated hour , the lord in waiting approached Ms Majesty and Raid , "Sire , th « card-table { s ^ prepared * and your party is formed . " On the evening of th « 28 tb , tbe usual ceremony took place ; and the King , indeed , sat down mechanically in his accustomed manner—we all become gradually the creatures of habit , partial * lariy u we adrance in life : but the distant murmur of cannon was ftill audible , and tbe echo of civil war mounded in the vale below the chateau . Charles was evidently disturbed j any idea of amassment was tittle in anison with his feelings ; the eaxds were left untouched ; he rose from his chair , and went out on the balcony , where he remained some time ldbking towards Paris with considerable anxiety .

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      SAZST HXXiXte—The Gkmlehxn avu the Beggjlb .. —We had a miserable object to look at on Sncd&y afternoon . A poor man came into our village begging ; he stated that be had a wife and four children at Rochdale . The poor nan was so weak and feeble , through want of food , that be was icaroe able to stand . He was seen by one of our Chartists leaning against a wall , vomiting blood ; he was taken into tha house , where ha got sonerafreshment , which he received with tears , saying that he had not broke his fast since Friday morning . When the poor fellow had refreshed himself , he said he bad been in tbe neighbourhood of Biagley , and that he had gone to a gentleman ' s house to ask for relief . The servant opened the door , and told him that his master did not allow them to relieve beggars , but be ( the poor man ) told such a pitiful tale , that he gave him strat

      bread and meat , telling him u > put it out « f tight . Tbe poor man did as was requested , and was returning out » f the yard , when the Blaster , who had been looking oat of the window , stopped him , and demanded to knew what be had got in his hat . The poer man took the bread and meat aod showed it to h ' un . H « then asked him who gare hkn that ; he replied that his servant had given it . The gentleman , if he may be so called , wanted t » know Trnich of tbe serranu it was . Tbe poor man being afraid that if be told which of tbe servants it was , be w * uld Jose hfs place , refused to say . The gentleman then snatched tbe bread ont of his hand , and threw it U tbe dog , saying , " Here , Carlow , take tbee that , for I know thee , but this is a . mtmrm "—c * Ui » g him a damned Chartist , a fcTasthopper , and a vagabond , and ordered him off the premises . —Correspondent .

      BBIGFHTO 2 T—Fatal Aocident . —On Thursday week , as a poor man , named Cripps , was cleaning ( be windows of the Jews' Synagogue , in Devonshire-place , Brighton , be was seized witb a fit , and fell several feet . He expired in lees than five minutes . We regret to add that he has left a wif « and fonr children to lament their lost . $ 3 LAZ > FOXU >*—BoABoor Guardians . —Henry Leah , Esq ., has again been oh ose a chairman of the board , and John Farrer , Esq ., of Pudsey , vicechairman . Out of the thirty guardians , there are dow twenty that are decidedly hostile to a union workhouse , and the New Poor Law generally . Btgotrt . —The clergy of Bradford have of late been busy concocting a petition to Parliament praying for the repeal of tbe Catholic Emancipation Act , and setting out a long list of the evils which have accrued from it .

      Bailwat Txaffjc . Besides the opposition coaches from this place to Brighouse , which daily cause pnch a stir in the town , a waggon , laden witb merchandise , proceeds erery day from this town to the depot at Brighouse . A Lavgmablk Take ix . —An itinerant musician , who gave bis name Henry Usterfield , was committed on Monday to the House of Correction at Wakefield for three months , nnder the following ludicrous circumstances . He hid been incarcerated at Wakefield , and on being liberated last week , contrived to insinuate himself into the good graces of a landlady , who keeps a pnblic bouse- at Knoll's Hill , on tbe road from this place to Wakefield , and partook of her cheer for some days , and obtained & suit of clothes from her on tbe strength of st&tiDg that he

      had a considerable annttity to draw &t Bradford as last Friday .. On thai day he induced her to pay the coach fare for both . of them to Bradford , to obtain the annuity , under the promise th&t he would pay liberally . They took up their quarters at the Bowling Green Inn , made a hearty good dinner of the best , and had something warm afterwards . He then contrived to Blip out , and leatve the shot to be dealt with as it best could . He was not disco-Tered till the next day , when he had borrowed a fiddle , and was bard at work in a beer-shop in Bowling-lane , and had by false pretences obtained good entertainment there , which yet remains unpaid . As to my lady of the Knoll ' s Hill , she bad to foot it home without a penny ia her pocket .

      Robbixg am Ekploteb . —On Monday went last , three weavers from H or ton , named John Watmnff . Jobs Charlton , and Edward Thorp , who were employed by Mr . Bobert Leach , of this , place , manufacturer , went to his warehouse in order to deliver in * nd obtaia more -work . They were furnished with the proper quantity of weft and warp . They had an empty sack with them , and afterwards they went into a room which contained several cotton warps . On their going away the warehouseman fancied tie pockets of one of them was larger than usual ,. and with assistance followed and searched them , when two gross of aJpacba weft , and a cotton vrarp , besides the weft and warp delivered out to th * m , were found upon them and in tbe sack . They were brought up at seven o ' clock on Tuesday morning , and committed to take their trial at the present Pontefract sessions .

      LEEDS . —Wood Patkkekt . —Workmen are now enj ; a ££ d in laying doTro a length of wood pavement , in Y ] car- 'ane , opposite to the House of Recovery . The blocks are hexagonal , made of Norwegian timber , six inches deep . Mr . Stead , tbe patentee , is the contractor for tbe work . Death by Bussing . —On Monday , an inquest was held at the Fleece Inn , Statmingley , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Nancy Wade , a little girl six years of age , who , on Friday last , was so dreadfully burnt by her clothes taking fire , as to cause her death tbe next day . Verdict—* Accidentally burnt . " .

      Highway Rosbeby . —On Saturday last , Abraham Wilkinson underwent an examination before the magistrates at the Court House , on a charge of having ( in eoojoBctuni with another man , not in-ctratody , ) robbed William Hargreavea , on tbe . highw&y . The prosecutor had been sent with a letter t 9 Horsforth , on the 5 th of February last , and on bis return in the evening , was-stopped by two men in Horsforth wood , who ill-need him and rifled his pockets ; they , however , did . net B 9 cee « diasettingt , ny \ hing , as his watch broke from the Bwivel ^ and be had no money about hirii . He gave" information , with s description of tbe men , w the police , wbo bare eter since been on . the look o ut for the prisoner . He was appreheaded on Fridav , whilst offering for sale Borne old iron , wbleb bad b « en stolen fromths Leeds and Selby railway , at Micklefield . HargreaTes swore positively to . kit identity , and bis evidence was supported ; by two ether wittes » e # . He was , therefore , committed tor trial .

      IxeuzsT . —On Monday last , at inquest was held at the Star Inn , Braaley , before John Blackbuhi , Esq ., on view of the body of David Barker , of that Tillage . Tbe deceased was fifteen years of age , aod had for some vevrs been subject to fit * . He died in one of these onjFriday night , after having retired to bed . Verdiet- ^** Found dead in bed . " Ovebsekes ot TH * Poosl—At the petty sessions , on Saturday last , some gentlemen , whose names appeared in oar last , were excused from filling the ofBee of overseer ot the poor , on account of various « ngagements preventing their attention to the duties . The following alterations were mads by tbe magistrates : — Sir . Joseph Richardson , in the place of Mr . George ~ Kebinson ; Mr . Al . Johnson , in the plaee ef Mr . John Rantfiden ; Mr . Win . Hornsby , in the place of Mr . Wm . Cooper ; and Mr . Luke March , in tbe place of Mr . J . HothamJ

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      The MAifCHjESTKS aad Leeda mail is to « e » ae running on the 30 th of April . Ahothkb baileoad ( tbe second ) ib about to be commenced in tbe island of Cuba . Lkttkbs with defective Stamps attached to them , are charged by the Post-offioe authorities the same as if Btamps were not attached to such letters . Mr . East aad Sir R . Ikglis have brought in a Bill to prohibit dog-carts throughout tbe united kingdom . Pins Appi . es in Singapore are so abundant that ship captains frequently purchase them by boatloads to scour their deckB . , I » 1840 , 115 . 206 persons arrived in the United States by sea . The average immigration may be stated at 120 , 000 » -year . Thb quantity op minerals conveyed along the North Midland Railway is almost out-stripping the accommodations « f the company . .

      Cbaxpaqnb . —Aboat 4 , 700 , 000 English gallons of genuine champagne can be grown in France in the course of the year , but more than tea times that quantity is annually manufactured and sold as such . ,. Taking Tins bt thb Forelock . —It is said that the . Van Burenite party have already selected -their candidate for tbe next presidential election in the person of Commodore Stewart , of the IJ . S . Navy . All persons can procure copies of registered lists of shareholders in any of ibe joint-stock banks for a nominal sum , on applying at the stamps and tax department of Somerset-bouse . A Cuhning chap was taken before the police of Philadelphia , and fined five dollars for offering to sell faufages whioh he made out of red flannel and minced turnips .

      Tasy wbi rs to us from Rome on the 23 rd that tbe celebrated Bergami , who figured in the trial of Queen Caroline of England , died a few days before , at his villa of Fossombrone . —London paper . r Askt in IaELAND . —The total strength of the army in IreJand » t prefect comprises four regiments or cavalry , five of infantry , and thirty-three depots 01 infantry—13 , 276 rank and file . Duelling . —By the Mexican laws , be who kills another i& a duel , becomes answerable for all debts . If we had a similar law for Great Britain , " affairs of honour" would be of rare occurrence . Mr . Jobs Parnell , of Teignmouth , tbe leading preacher among the " Plymouth Brethren , " as they are called in that neighbourhood , is the eldest son of Sir Heary Parnell , Bart . —Gllohe .

      A formal announcement has been made of tbe discontinuance of " The Tracts for the Times . " The communication is made in a letter addressed by the Her . Mr . N # waan te the Bishop of Oxford . An English surveying corps in now exploring the shores of tbe Dead Sea . It is not unlikely that the Syrian war will lead to the profitable export of gre&t quantities of the asphaicum which h&s given a name to this strange inland sea . Sectarian Intolerance . —In the public cemetery at Winchester , a wall—low and diminutive , it is true , as if aabamed ef the principle it representsseparates . the final resting place of the Churchman and tbe Disseater .

      Ah old Noodle . —A Noble Duke , we hear , intends at l »« t to enter the state of matrimony with a young lady of great personal attractions , and but just introduced into the fashionable world . The Duke alluded to is in bis seventy-fourth year . —Pott . The Niger Expedition . —The desire to see the vessels continues unabated . Crowds of distinguished visitors , anxious to inspect her Majesty's sfcip Albert , now lying in the basin in Deptford dockyard , arrive there daily . Two ro * EiCNERS " of distinction , " at Vienna , had made a wager which produced fatal consequences . One of them bet that he would drink as much Rheim as tbe other would drink Champagne , and the next 4 av be was a corpse .

      The Russian forces concentrated in Poland do not exceed 60 , 000 men , 30 , 001 of whom are stationed in and about Kalisoh , and the rest are distributed throughout the kingdom . In a very short time an army of 120 , 000 men could be easily assembled . A Bill recently brought in provides that after the 1 st of January , 1842 , alt dog-carts , &c ., shall be prohibited thonghout the whole of the United Kingdom , under certain penalties , in the same manner as they are bow prohibited in London . Thk Loeds Commissioners of the Admiralty and tbe Board of Ordnansa have sanctioned the introduction of the metropolitan police force into the dockyards and other departments of the public service .

      MAT » tci » B . — Shockino Affair . — On Monday two brothers residing at Smallbridge , near Rochdale , began to quarrel and fight , when their mother , an aged woman , stepped betwixt , and received an aoeidental blow , when she fell down in a fit and « xpired on the spot . —Manchester Chronicle . Fatal Duel . —A duel was fought at Alton , 111 * on tbe 4 th instant , between Judge Smith , of the Illinois- Supreae Court , and Mr . M'CJernand , late Secretary of State of Illinois . They fought with rifies—distance fifty paces . Judge Smith was the challenger , and was killod on the spot .

      The nuptials of Lord Monte&gle and Miss Marshall are fco be aolemnited next week . It was expected bis Lordshi p would have gone to Mount Treuchard , cointy Limerick , but we understand the Noble Lord ha * deferred bis departure for Ireland until the close of the season . —London Paper . Much is said about tbe unhralthiness ot Romney Marsh , Kent , but if long life will prove to tbe contrary , it was instanced last week oy thirteen individuals going into a tradesman ' s shop at Lydd , during one afternoon , whose united ages amounted to 1 , 020 yean , averaging above seventy-eight years each ! On Saturday , a commercial traveller of London , named Rutland , aged fifty-six , committed suicide at Sheffield , by cutting his throat ; ha was a hird drinker , and suffered under delirium tremens .

      Majob Burns , the son of the poet , who has recently completed twenty-six years service in India , and who now holds an appointment under the factory commission , has been officially engaged during the last ten days in ascertaining the condition , of the persons employed in the paper and Other factories of the locality of Maidstone . The friends of tbe Seamen ' s Hospital have held their annual meeting . The number of patients admitted during the past year has been 2 , 564 ; relief , medicines , and medical stores were also given to 1 , 505 out-patients . Since the establishment of this hospital , in 1821 , it baa been instrumental in relieving , through medical aid and otherwise , 53 , 471 patients .

      The amount of Exchequer bills authorised to be raised , charged on tbe aids or supplies of 1841 , is £ 21 , 751 ^ 56 , from which , if the sum of £ 125 , 200 , for Exchequer bills paid off in money , and provided for from surplus of ways and means , to tbe 5 ih of Jan-, 1841 , &c , be deducted , there will remain a sum of £ 21 , 626 , 350 , which constitutes the amount to be provided for in the present year . Respite of the Sentence o * Death . —On Saturday last , Mr . John . Noble , Governor of York Castle , received a respite from her Majesty ' s Secretary of State , of the sentence of death which was passed by Mr . Baron Rolfe , at the last Yorkshire Assizes , on John Mitchell , the youth who was tried for the murder of Mr . Blackburn , near Barnsley . Mitchell will , consequently , be transported for life .

      The quantity of malt used in the distilleries in the United Kingdom was , in 1839 , 4 , 223 , 342 bushel *; and in 1840 , 4 , 037 , 122 bushels . The quantities used in the three countries for the last year wore as follows : —England , 233 , 263 ; Ireland , 486 , 140 ; and Scotland , 3 , 312 , 619 bushels , being neariy five times as much as that Used in England and Ireland together . It is intended to memorialise the Lords of the Treasury for a reduction of the duty on oranges , now about 1 » per cent , on their value , to an ad valorem duty of five per cent ., the same as is now imposed upon applet from abroad . The many thousands of bushels of the latter , which have been annually imported and consumed lince the reduction of the duty , warrants tbe belief that a corresponding duty on oranges would create an amazing demand for that extremely serviceable fruit .

      A state prisoner at Smyrna , sentenced to die ot hunger in prison , was found alive twenty-eight days after his incarceration . This unfortunate man , whose sentence has been commuted , bad prolonged his existence by a box of wafers , which -also contained a small piece of gum elastic and" * morsel of sealing wax . After having lived seme time by economising this substitute for food , be began to eat the pasteboard box . Part of the lid of the box was left unoonsumed when be waa visited .

      Coimcia ^ — total number oonviots received on board the balks in England , during tbe year 1840 , amounted to 3 , 773 , of whoa 1 , 209 were under twenty years of age . The expeace of the Convict Hulk Establishment in England amounted , from January 1 to June SO , 1840 , to £ 29 , 320 , ana from July 1 to December 31 , l& 40 , to £ 30 , 233 , making tbe expenee for the whole year ££ 9 , 053 . The expense Of tbe Convict Hulk EaU . bIi « hment at Bermuda , from the 1 st Jnly , 1839 , to tbe 30 th of June , 1840 , amonnted to £ 18 . 758 .

      The Dean op York . —In the Coart of Chancery , on Wednesday , the 30 th ult ., the Lord Chancellor refused the application of tbe Dean of York for the prohibition to restrain Dr . Phillimore , as Commissary of the Archbishop of York , from pronouncing any Eentence after a rec « nt investigation of the charges , of simony made against the Dean . The Lord Chancellor would not assume that there would be any excess of authority in the act ef the Archbishop or his Commissary .

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      Tjtt Gpy « a » on F « inntB .-The wreek of this 01-rated , vessel , it is now certain , has gone to pieces on onr coast . We hare hoard that portioiw ^ her timbers have been cast up on no less a space of shore than sixty miles . At AUtffraw , amongst otfier ftrtiole » , a chest belonging to William Thorns , one of the > pwen « era from Cheltenham ,. we before , and wnteimnt wearing apparel , booka , and £ 60 in money , hasbeeri found . —Carnarvon Htrdd . , MTSTiauou 8 A mui . ^ . On Friday wrenin * . a shell

      enciosing tne body of * male child , apparently about two yews old , waa discovered lying [ a , * crner of Chapel-yard , Spitalfields , by policeman ¦ l ' fg- of the H dimron . The body waa wrapt ina 8 h « rad , on the breast of whioh , a Bljp of pap » r was placed , outain-^ ? , " ? , * £ e word 8 God W- y ° » my babe ,-fare . well . No ^ external marks of violence appeared upon its person , bat it had evidently been a wmrideraWa time dead , the process of decomposition haying commenced . It was removed to the workhouse to await a Coroner ' s inquest .

      Voracity op Boi Comthictob . —A siagular instance of the voracity and power of appetite of this reptile ooonrred * few days since at the Zoological Garden ! m the Regent ' s Park . Twofino tiger boa constrictors were broughtiorer by Captain Kedman from Calcutta , and presented by hAta to th * menagene on the 4 th of , September last . They were respectively 11 fa * an'd flTfeet in length , and had lived in harmony together in' their cage until last week , when the smaller one , being siokly , would not eat at the usual time of feeding . The larger one had just eaten a rabbit and three guinea pigs / when , it appears , he made a gorg * of bis mor * weakly companion , which was proved by the sudden disappearance of the latter , and ihe mortf bulky site of the former , which exceeded three f&t in diameter in the greatest proportion of his body . So singular a case of the carnivorous power and propensity of this reptile is not on record .

      United STATES .-Tbe packet ship North America , Lapt . Lowber , reached Liverpool on Sunday , after a run across the Atlantic in fifteen days , conveying New York papers to the 20 th , being four days later than previously receiyed by Gunard ' e steam-ship Britannia . The intelligence by this arrival presents some features of interest . A « regards Mr . M * Leod his trial will txke place at Lrookport , and not , as has been atated , at Albany , bat it is still unoertain when it comes on . The Attorney-General , Mr . Crittenden , was on his way to Lockport for the purpose , it was said , Of demanding the surrender of M'Leod to the Federal Government , a measure grounded upon the wal b

      avo y the British Government of the destruction of the Caroline . It is asserted on the other hand , eren if such be the case , that- M'Leod will not be given up , theatre of Aew York persisting in the ri ^ ht to br ing him to trial within its own territory . The question is therefore still involved in difficulty ; Respecting the internal affairs of tbe states the chief occurrence has been the issuing of a proclamation by the President convening an extra session of Congress J ' or the 31 st of May . This proceeding has its origin , not in relation to the affairs of M'Leod , but in consequence of the state of the finances of tbe country . In Canada election matters absorbed all other qutstions .

      The Revkkue . —The official statement of the year ' s and quarter ' s revenue was published on Monday night . It exhibits , upon the whole year , a decrease of £ 309 , 280 ; and upon the quarter ending on Monday the deorease compared with the quarter ending April 5 , 1040 , is £ 70 , 5 U . The principal sources ot rerenae which show a decrease are the Customs and the Post-office , the former amounting to £ 301 , 042 , and the latter to no less than £ 833 , 000 . The increase is to bo found principally in the Exoi « e , which exceed * the last year by £ 483 , 293 . The Stamps also have increased * 152 , 722 , and the Taxes £ 275 , 019 . The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund , amounts for the quarter ended April 51841

      , , to £ 4 , 917 , 733 . Dbibntiok op Newspapers . —The following letter has been received from Colonel Maberly , the Secretary to the Postmaster-General , who also announces that the strictest investigation shall be made into the numerous complaints preferred of the irregular transmission of newspapers : — Caution to pontmasters . sub-postmasters , or other persons employed in the Post-office , February , 1841 . The complaints on the subject of missing newspapers , etated to have been committed to the post , continue to be so numerous , that hia lordship thinks it expedient that every one engaged in the Pont-offico service should be made acquainted with the 32 d section of the act 1 st Vio . cap . 36 , by which it is provided , That every person

      employed in the Post-office , who shall steal , or shall secrete or destroy , or shall wilfully detain , ox delay in course of conveyance or delivery thereof by the post , any printed newspaper , without covers , or in covers open at tbe sides , shall be guilty of a misdemeanour , and being convicted thereof , shall suffer such punishment , by fine or imprisonment , or by both , as to the court shall seem meet . ' And his lordship further desires it may be distinctly understood , that every individual , acting in any capacity in the service of the Post-offiee , who shall be guilty of such au offence , will be prosecuted with the utmost rigour of the law . —By command , W . L . Maberly , Secretary . " A Mad Railwat Passenger . —On Friday , a young labouring countryman , dressed in a "round

      frock , got into one of the carriages at Heading to procoedto London by one of the morning trains , and on its stopping at Slough , sontrary to the regulations , he got out and jumped about the platform in a very uuusual and extraordinary manner ; so muoh so , indeed , as to convince every person who saw his strange , gesticulations that bis mind was affected . However , he was again persuaded to enter the carriage , and proceeded to London with the other passagers . Mr . Byles , of the Hope Inn , Windsor , and his son , with one of the guards , were in the same box , and their attention was excited by the violent manner of their fellow passenger , whom Mr . Byles wa'ched most attentively . When the train neared Han well , the young countryman suddenly made a desperate attempt to jump out of the carriage ( the train then going at great speed ) , bat by the firmness and promptness of Mr . By lea ,

      who was assisted by his ton and the guard , he was forced back into his seat , and compelled to remain there until their arrival at PaJdington , when it was deemed necessary , from bis extreme violence , to have him confined until taken before a magistrate , and examined by a medical gentleman . This was done , and the medical man gave his decided bis opinion that he was insane , lu securing him , it appeared he was in a paroxysm of rage , and hit Mr . Byles , the guard , and every person who laid hold of him , and he broke the windows of the cab in his way to the magistrates . The magistrate deemed it necessary to order that he should be taken care of until his friends were discovered . His name was discovered to be Sanders , and he said he had killed his child , and he intended to kill himself . -- Bucks Gazette .

      The RoBBERr at Windsor Castle . —The robbery of plate and other articles of value at the Castle baa been discovered to be far more extensive than it was at firgt suppesed . The silver table , the legs and the top of which have been carried off , was a portion of the valuble effects , of a like description , which was sent from Hanover many years since , at the time that country was threatened to be invaded by Bonaparte , by the army under the command of Marshal Mortimer . At that time various articles of splendid silver furniture , consisting of tables , looking-glass frames , chairs , and " dogs " ( in use abroad , where wood is used for fuel ) , &c ., were * ent for security to this country , and at that time were deposited at Cumberland Lodge , in the Great Park ,

      under the care of a German named Koelmann . It has been discovered that two splendid solid silver figures , upwards of Bixteen inches in height , each bearing a crown , and likewise brought from Hanover at the period referred to , have been purloined . These had been deposited among the stores , near the silver table , a great portion of whioh has been carried off . The person who has absconded had access to this part of the stores . This table having been a little out of order , was taken out of tbe room at tbe Castle in which it usually was , for the purpose of undergoing some repairs , but the required repairs had not taken p ' ace . The porter , who has absconded , no tidings of whom have yet been discovered , was injjtf receipt of only eighteen shillings per week—HH

      say only sixteen shilhnfs . It ia believed that heVH left the country . His wife states that after be Iem home on the Thursday morning he returned again in the course Of the day , and then left again as usual .. The only things she has missed from the bouse since his departure are bis pair of razors , which it appears he took with him in his flight . It has transpired , that when the suspected party left the Castle , he called upon a Jew namea Morris , residing in Peascod-street , a dealer in -watches , jewellery ; and in eld gold and silver , and requested the loan of tea shillings ; bat this , having been ref 6 sed , he thence proceeded to Mr . Radnor , a pawnbroker , with whom he pledged his watch'for fifteen shillings . When he cattett at Mr . Radnor ' s , he merely esaid he wanted eome money , and aaked for that « um upon his watch , whM was immediately advanced . He then seamed as tSRal ; and there waft nothing in his manner or appearance to indicate

      that he w «> labouring under feelings either of excitement or alarm . Tbe ? ace he has be * n traced to the railway station at SI- jugh . The mortality of " London , and , indeed , of England generally , shows * gradual decrease , whilst it i > well knownthepopulaJ Aon i » CTWW * considerably . The rate * of premiuirj for J ^ f ^ Insurance have been greatly reduced ? luring the > Ias $ few years ; jot the offices continue as prosperous ts foriaerly . Tnese facts clearly , dr imonitrate that some cause , either unknown or uu' needed , must have produced suoh favourable resul ta . Amongst theso causes , the increased knowl edge of anatomy , and the many very valuable disc overies in medicine , will stand most prominent . ' £ he email-pox , that annually ; carried off thousand * , has been successfully combaUed by vaccination' ; and gout , that used to olaim its numerous victim ? has been thoroughly vanquished by Blair ' s Goi , aud ' Rheumatic Pills , as is evinced by their exte ; isive and unprecedented eale .

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      At a public vestht of the parishioners of St . Leonard ' s , bhoreditch , two gentlemen objected to 8 err *» s orersoera , v . they were freed from such an office by having * Tyburn tifiketa . ' ^ It appears that those tickets , whioh are once traoafltrable , are given to . such persona as opnvict feloas to death . The tickets relieve their possessors from all parochial offices , and all scot and lot duties , such as those of overseers ^ guardians , churchwardenB ,. & . o ., &c . The vestry overruled these objections to serve , in order to try their right . Dbwbiohshibb Assizes—Yesterday

      weekEd-, ward Chubbe was tried before Mr . Justice Williams , for the wilful nnrder of Eran Evana , at Llanttsilto , on the 30 th of January last . We stated the facts at the time , namely , that Evans ( a watcher ef game preserves to- Mr . Lloyd , of RhaggattJ bad been enticed out © fhuhoose at night by the prisoner , who killed him and threw bis bod y into a pit . Tne Jury returned a verdict "tit- ** Guilty of the cause of hia death . " Senteaceof death was then passed , a «< d the prisoner wa * removed from the bar , moaning most piteouBiy . —Country Paper .

      FiBB . —Tkowbrudok , April 2 . —This morning about two o ' clock , by the observations o . the police force , who weija out on duty , a fire was disoovored in the brewhoviseand cellar uf Mr . Joseph Townsend , at the Tuns and Bowls Iun , Marketplace , Trowbridge . An alarm being given , assistance was soon at hand ; and , by the active exertions of nthe townspeople , and by catting off the communications , the damage was confided to the cellar and the brewhouse . . Some very largo pieces , with their contents , were burnt or spoiled ; and tho very confined spot where the fire originated precluded the possibility fora time of directing the engines iiito full play ; but by five o ' clock all danger had subsided for the surrounding premises , many of which were very old , and liable to ignite . We are happy to say Mr ; Towosend had been fully insured in two respectable officea for many years . No knowledge exists of the cause of the fire .

      Alabkin * and extensive Firk and narrow escape op thh Fahily . —Between one and two o ' clock on Monday morning , a most alarming fire broke out ia the Elephant and Castle pnblio-honse , kept by Mr . Leidard , High-street , Whitechapel . The family , it appears , 'had closed tbe house at the usual hour on Sunday night , when , to all appearance , everything was perfectly safe , and in the course of half an hour afterwards the whole of the inmates were in bed . Atthe above-named hour , as policeooDfitable Bead , No . 50 of the H division , whowas on duty , was pasting the house , he obeerved a very great light ia the place , which , not noticing before , excite his suspicions that the house waa on fire , and , upon a minute examination , he found his feard were

      realised . He directly sprang his rattle , when policeconstables- No » . 14 aod 98 came to his aid . Witb a judgment which reflects ureat credit on them , they prevented the doors and shutters from being forced open by the neighbours , and thus saved the lives of the inmates . Some minutes elapsed before they were arouwd , and when they appeared at the windows it was ascertained by the police that the stairs were on fire , and the only mode of esoape waa from the windows . Unfortunatel y no ladders could be obtained in the neighbourhood , and as the fire was assuming a terrific aspect , the policemen saw that the only means which was left to them to assist the inmates in their escape , was to adept the following plan . One stood close to the frout of the house , and the

      next one got upon his shoulders , and thus reached the lead beneath the first floor window , having fixed themselves firmly they then called to Mr . and Mrs . Leidard , the maid servant , and pot-boy , who were at the second floor window , to get out and lower themselves . down . The two females were accordingly assisted out by Mr . Leidard and the boy , and were caught by the police and lowered down in safety , the men following the example . The police maiutained their perilous position , although the smoke which ipfiued from the apertures in the shutters nearly fuffocated them until they were certain that all had escaped . Their heroic conduct was loudly

      cheered by the spectators . By thin time the brigade engines from Wellclose Bquare , Jeffery-square , and WatlfogrStreet , reached the scene of destruction and were soon got to work , a powerful supply of water keing obtained , but an hour elapsed before the flames were got under , and then not before the lower part was completely destroyed . Although an active inquiry has been instituted as to the cause of the fire , it is unknown , but , from the appearance of the place , and the information of the police , it evidently originated in the bar . The house and stock are insured in the Sun Fire-office , and the damage done is estimated at about £ 1 , 500 .

      O'Connkix 8 Idea of the Benefit of Bullying thb English People—At a meeting of the Repeal Association , in the Corn Exchange , lately , Mr . O'Connell replies to the argument that bullying England will obtain no good tor Ireland , by citing instances in which England has been bullied with the best effrot : — " How did the Catholics of Ireland get , in the year 1778 , their act of emancipation 1 General Gates conquered Burgoyne at Saratoga , and made the British army surrender . Ireland immediately rose and said , ' You must give us an Emancipation Bill : ' and England was bullied , and grained it . ( Cheers . ) The next year the Volunteers sprang into action ; and Ireland called for free trade , which England refused contemptuously : the Irish put on

      the ctnaoa ot the Yolunieers , ' Free trade , or else - — , ' and the word else was just down by the touchhole . ( Cheers and laughter . ) What was the conference ! England waa bullied , and free trade was granted . Again , in 1782 , when the combined fleets of France , Spain , and Holland , swept the Channel , the Volunteers gained the independeuce of the Irish Parliament , which England was most unwilling to grant ; but she bullied again , and may God bless their memories for doing so . ( Cheers . ) In 1792 , the English Government refused to allow the petition of the Roman Catholics for farther emancipation : but in that year Dumourier won the battle of Jemmappes ; and , at the close of it , England was bullied again to allow Catholic barristers to practise ; for which I humbly thank them . In 1793 , wiien Belgium was conquered by France , further concessions were bullied from England : and I want to know whether it was out of grace or favour she granted

      Emancipationt England won t be bullied , forsooth ! I am not a fighting m&n , and yet I have bullied Eugland from this room , and succeeded . " ( Loud cheers , ) A voice— " Aud will do it agaia . " Mr . O'Connell—'' I hope I am doing it now . . I had the great hero aud the greatest statesman of England against me—Wellington of Waterloo—a mighty great general—and Peel , the great orator ; yet from this room , Protestant and Catholic bullied both statesman and warrior , and obtained Emancipation . " ( Cheers . ) Then for the future—' ! throw out these things here in order to warn the people of England of the impolioy of their going to war under the circumstances in which they have placed Ireland at present . A single shot fired front a hostile vessel —one ball booming over the ocean from a hostile cannon to England ¦¦ ¦¦ . » then ——— - " [ Here the honourable and learned gentleman placed his finger to his nose , looked most significantly , and immenso and enthusiastic cheering instantly burst forth from every quarter of the room , j

      Tbade Combination . —At the Mansion House on Saturday * a journeyman shomaker , named Henry Dean , was brought before Aldermau Wilson , charged with having , in tbe language of the trade , " blocked tbe shop" of Mr . Reynolds , shoemaker , in Arthur-street . There were many men in waiting to hear the result of the accusation . William Pierce , foreman to Mr . Raynold , stated that the defendant h * d , no doubt , been stationed opposite to his master ' s premises , to watoh for and prevent the workmen from going in about their business . Several man were paid regularly by those workmen who were engaged in combination , to watch and endeavour , by persuasion or menaced , t » put a stop- to business altogether , or base it ou their own terms .

      Mr . Reynolds had only just raised the wages ofhia men . 'J&oiaas Green , of No . 23 , New-street , Bishop * gat « , stated thai he was jtiac going into Mr . ReyaoWu warehouse vfith his work when the defendant called him ever , and said , " Reynold ^ warehouse is . on tbe strike . " Witness said that he Neither knew ndrcarcd if that were the case . The ¦• feodaat then said , ^ -You mas t all strike ^ fo » we Have t $ ot a great maay of the nwu away , audtm six weekati « a * there wilibe a geutral strike in th&lrade , and there . will not Hfe'i pair of shoes left in . a shop undar a > bob ' " ( avahilUuR . > Witness , au * . other mea > % h » worked for Mr . Reynolds , had been caastaritJy annoyud for fiv « i or six vraeka by several saen , who were employed to urge them to

      strike ,: aad who were freqaenily changed , in order to > esoape accusation . Witness bad been previously bod hMdof by t ^ e collar by a , tall man , wJ * o j «»» s employed to preveat men from working , and told that he ought to be horsewhapped . ' John Sharpe , who iB oliefcer at Mr . ReynoldsV , suted that tl » defendant was frequently in the aabit of watobing opposite the shop for a whole day to iatimidate the men . ¦ That wa > called " bldckiug the shop . " Four or five stood there st a > - time . Alderman Wilson— " Do you know the » to be employed in that sort of btisiness !" Wimess-r- " There is no doubfrof their object at all . Some of those wh » bad been employed by Mr . Reynolds hive been amongst them . This sort of work has b «* a going o * for the last ftmr m 6 nth 8 . The wnoie

      defenijanvdeolarwt that tne . was m monjiie nu srepresentatjoa and part of a . ^ lot , to oatch him , and' he" assured , thtf Aldcriaan he cbuld prov ^ that he had beenm a pablic housd the j ^ rfticlp « l part of the day * andnever mad » any * tto * pt toprevent any person from going too w <^ , . AldarmaB ^ jJsob--' The evidence ia very str ^ n ^ agamat ^ on , »« you shall have an ' opp'brttuuty of producing . your witntsses . Such combinations as these ; are most danwrous , and here is . an Act whksh . givw to the Magistrate the power of . punishing interference Buqh as has been described . ' 1 iehall remand : the case till Wedueaday nek « , ' tad- if you tio' not satisfsctotily account for being ; in tkaj ; situation , 1 Bhall most probably commit you to Bridewell . " : The defendant then entered into bail for his appearance oa Wednesday .

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      JCVXITOS C * FKHims . —At the WestmfasUr Fe « - sions . oa We # aesdav , the 31 st ult .. one of the grand jury was uoiewtood to say that the ages of the prisooera should be mentioned upon tbe indictments , a * some time ago , when the grand jury had returned a true bill against a boy , be was merely brought into the court , and reprimanded . The child was six Jears old . The chairman said that . a child was not eld to be legally guilty under seven years of age , and from seven years of age to twelve h « was pieturned to be guilty or not of any crime for which h » waa : indicted , according to circuinstanoes , which might lead the cooit to a supposition of bis knowledge of the guilt of the act at the time it was committed . For instance , a boy was indicted for murder many years ago ,, and because he had run into the woods and hid himself , afterwards , it was

      coneluded that he knew he waa committing a crime al the time it waa done , aud he was therefore executed . From the age of fourteen and upwards Wiy person was presumed to have a knowledge of the law . He hoped that the time was not far off when every child between ( he age of eevea and fourteen would be regarded as an erring being , capable of being reclaimed ; aad , instead of beiafi punished as a felon , ho woald be instructed as an unfortunate child . He regarded tbe opportuaitiea he enjoyed of inquiring into the character and ; previous education of juvenile delinquents as one' of the greatest benefits ho derived from his ecopation of the sessional chair ; and if they knew the misery in which the poor children were found who were so often placed at the bar , their hearts would bleed for them .

      Charge of Forgert agawst aw Ex-Mator . — Great surprise was excited in Stafford , on Thursday week , by the examination of Mr . Thomas Stevenson , late mayor of the borough , oa a charge of forgery with intent to defraud Messrs . Silvester , leatherdealers , of the same town . The examination , winch lasted nearly eight hours , took place before E . Lloyd , Esq . '( mayor ) , and Messrs . Sbaw arid Jones . The substance of the charge was briefly this : — That he had _ feloniously uttered a forged acceptance to a bill of exchange , in the name of his

      nephew , Mr . William Wynn . It appeared from the evidence , that for a length of time Mr . Wynn , nephew » f the accused , had been in the habit of lending his name to liis uncle in the shape of accommodation bills , but at length he objected to continue the practice , and a bill , purporting to be accepted by him , but bearing a forced signature , was uttered by thoprisoner . "* After a careful examination of the evidence , the magistrates came to ft conclusion that it was a proper case to go before another tribunal , but accepted bail for the prisoner ' s appearance , himself in £ 5 U 0 and two sure : ies in je 250 each . ¦

      Suicide of an Aged Female . —On Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at the Goat , Queen-street , Horselydown , oh the body of Elizabeth Lattimer , a widow , aged seventy-two . Sarah Kirkbam , of 4 , Earl ' s-place , Horselydown , said deceased lodged with her , and for the last few days appeared much dejected ^ in spirits . On Friday morning * witness went into deceased's bed-room with her breakfast , when Bhe complained of pain in the head , and said she feared she was going to lose her Bensetf . During , the forenoon , witness went several times and knocked at her door to ijjfuire bow Bhe was ; but receiving no answer , she at last , about : two o ' clock in the afternoon , opened deceased ' s room door , and found her quite dressed , and with s >

      cloak on , suspended by tbe neck from the bed rail , by means of a siik handkerchief . WitnesBgave an alarm , and persons came and cut deceased down : and a surgeon waa sent for , <» ho said thai deceased was dead . Deceased had latterly been very fretful , and said the cause was , that the had transferred from her own name to that of her daughter some money she bad in the Bank , and that , wanting £ 2 , her daughter refused to draw for that sum . Elizabeth Lattimer , deceased ' s . djwghttr-in-law , said that ever since she had made it ' uransfer of her money ( about £ 50 ) to her daughter , she appeared distressed in mind , which was augmented by the latter having

      refused twice to . draw for the sums of £ 2 or £ 3 . The last refusal took place about a fortnight since , and the deceased ' and her daughter had a bitter quarrel , which ended by the mother being thrust out of doors by the father . - Elizabeth Pholps , deceased ' s daughter , denied the above allegations , and deposed that she had since Christmas given her mother , at several times , the sum of 10 a . each time . Witness never wished for the transfer her mother had made in her favour , and intended , in May , to draw from the Bank tho whole sum , in order that her mother might dieposa of it as she pleased . Verdict— " Temporary insanity . "

      Murder bt Tubs-out Sawters at . Ashton . — At Liverpool Assizes , on Monday , before Mr . Baron Maule , John Hulme , 31 , and John Williams , 30 , were indicted for the wilful murder of Benj&mta Cooper , at Ashton-under-Lyne , on the 11 th ot Dec . last . Mr . Sergeant Atcherley , Mr . Brandt , and Mr . Wortley appeared for tne prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Overend for the prisoners . The indictment was of great length , and consisted of four counts . The first count charged them with having of malice aforethought assaulted one Benjamin Cooper , a joiner , and that Hulme , with ft certain metal pipe , plugged at one end with lead and wood , had made to serve the purposa of a cannon , then slid there charged with gunpowder , and

      charged with twenty bullets or slugs , which was discharged at and and against Benjamin Cooper , of which he died instantly . The other counts varied the charge . Both the prisoners pleaded not guilty . Mr . Sergeant Atcherley then proceeded to state the case . The jury had heard from tbe officer of the court that thia waa an indictment which imputed to the two prisoners at the bar the crime of murder . Here Mr . Wilkins begged his Lordship to order alt witnesses out of Court , which having been done , Mr . Sergeant Atoherley proceeded with his speech , aud at the conclusion called aa witnesses , James Cooper , Thomas Hadfield , James Bosooe , Riohard Whitfield , John Goldbope , James Ashworth , Geo .

      Keyes , Let ' . s Broad bent , Edward Davis , Samuel Hard wick , Henry Hardwick , Job Arundel , Thos . Profit , George Shear , Thomas Hodgkiuson , Sarah Davies , Anne Booth , John Ashworth , Jas . Bowstead , and several others . At the conclusion , Miv Wilkins applied for an adjournment , as it would be impossible to finish before twelve at night . \ His * ' Lordship appealed to th « Jury whether they would at once proceed to the termination of the trial , or theo adjourn , and consent to be accommodated for the night under custody . The jury adopted tbe latter alternative—apartments were provided for them : at an hotel , and three bailiffc were sworn to keep them in safe custody , and not allow any One to Speak to ikem .

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      ,,. ^_^ , — . i .. w ¦ . THE CHILDREN OF THE MONARCH * and of THE PEOPLE . LOOK ON this prcTuaB . ! and ok this ! The Shetland ponies Monday afternoon , at intended for the Liliputian Marylebone police-effice , » e ^ ipage of the Princess poot woman , named Mary Royal were erroneously Coaway , who carried in stated in the papers of lost her arras a sickly-looking week to Lave been " pur- baby , about two years old , chased " for that purpose , and who bad with her two-They were , with the gra- other children , tie youngcious permission of her eat apparently five t and the MBie 8 ty , presented for the eldest seven yeaw of age ,

      us © of . her Royal Hlghoasa ^ ¦««*» placed at tne bar , the Princess Royal by Mrs . charged with following : Cox , of Lawford , Essex , and begging of' ladies and These little animals , of gentlemen la Wimpolescarcely larger tiza tfcana sbreet * 7 wo . ' of'tbe cbil-Newfoundland 4 og , are dren were also begging ; , beautifully marked Mack and , in conse (| ueuce these * and white , aud of exq , ut- of ,, witness conveyed th& site symmatry : ttvey ' -wholefamilytothestatioofive years old , and have house . Me RawiiWabeen brought up almest Did the woman say . Warlike domestic animals , be- thing when you took bier ? ingaccustomed tocom < ato Withes *—Tea , Sir ; « ba the hotu& , ami totted out a / told me sto was eom ^ eUed

      foj ftan& They were re- to beg . and that kwas eeived by her Ma ^ wty and bette * io » bet todo ao thaa bis Roysl Higbaess Prisos starve with her ebildwi ia Albert , in the garden * of tbe streets . Mr . Rfwlin-Buckuighan RJace last son—lake them over to SatuBday . the workhouse , aad tttere state the paarticttlars connected with the caao . They will , no doub * , be thett taken in . The poor ortatur * and her offspring were accordingl'f taken away by tbo cowtable , who . ln the course of ten mlnntev returned 'with theta , saying that an offer of aAmiiaioo faM men made in the event ef the -worosa conseattaJE to W at onee pawed to Ireland with her childreB . bnf ¦ h ^ tad refused to into the hoiue anch coaditioOT ; the

      go upon perwn whom be ( tbe constobie ) saw told Mm thrf'lho case had already been brought under the notice or the board . Woman—What shall I do , Sb , If I $ t $ » l ^ r fandf J l » ra my * idx ^ Mmd O ^ t ^ iX ^ V 1 ought not to be compelled to , ' go , m t . WM'WWnfl to this pariA , ai ^ d iriy huaband , ^ ho Is now dead , lived Initforfortaryeart ; my cWldiea ^ w ejaw ^ 5 ^ and my husbaiid was burled by tbe pvkh . Xtilfo-I « or my children hm broken our fiat ritm & £ W ytsUrdav # *» ino , *** aU « W ^ VI otdd telfiontha ^ S ^ m-iMBtanat ougbtto ^ eilooked to a | aW

      event * fortb « pievatf .: . the wmo-fjO . ot them abonlfl be an after cwttWeatow , iand . * f& / iM : ) fcWWPy * laid * , 1 should recommend that tWJLbe admitted ^ nto the bouse directly ; take them o ^ there fgaln ,, and if they are not ' received request tiat some « ne may pome here , and lei me know the , reason of j ^ eir being ; refused . The canatable once more took them t « the hau » e , and preiently brou ^ t them b&ok , ' ftccompanied by . Mr . Tuctwood , one of the messengers 9 ! tfae . WorKhopjse ; after some converaatlon . with whom it was agreed upon that the poor woman , * nd her childran should betaken careof inthe ^ rorShousK ) until neit ^ day wajj ^ fla ^ , -,-. MWH which day tbe matter will be agatu btougbii unflH | i % I la 1 * * »•* notice of the BoardV * ,.. ^ S ^ tJk . Kr ^ ^ J ^^^ l

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      A Chinesb Book , fob thb Pooa . — For twentytwo cash or t $ een > I purchased in elegant book , filled witb choice subjects of the graphic art , as patterns for the use of the young needle-woman . She is asumed to be poor , and henee tbe little manual is priced at about one penny of our money . It has a cover of a kir yellow , studded with spangles of jtold , and contains between two and three hundred figures , culled fron ^ the varied stores of nature and art . In fact , the objects are so well selected and so numerous , that they might serve as illustrations to a small

      encyclopaedia . One acqaainted with Chinese literature aod natural history might deliver several lectures with this book before him . The meadow , the . grove , the brook , the antiquary ' s znnsenm , and tbe pages of mythology , witb the adornments of the house and garden , are all laid under contribution . Tbe book is said to be for the use of the person who belongs to the preen ttindov , which is an epithet for the dwelling of a poor woman ; while the red galle * y denotes the residence of a rich female . —The Chines * as they are .

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      A SONSET , A' BCT TWA LIKES , n 5 EH 3 G A TT&ETCHEI > -I-OOK 1 ^ G BEGGAB TTTBS T £ 0 * i TA 1 ACE I > OOa HE HAP ESSaTXD TO K > 0 CK IT , BtT BiP&AmKD . 0 LCLGEi ye not at that g * re&t man ' s door , T 5 » fit toe « lean fur you"Hi too n& £ ke for one so poor : Id mtnali are a lordly crew , kl 3 d their lad jj bat a mesial too , ) Ebeya * parn ye from the gate , for 7097 np so many and skin so ben -, Azdlest ye bad touched tbe bright bras * there , Bcoose of their eoraiag bo late , Thej'd ca »» e to be seonr'd the plate Tout bands poUttted , and share The carae d tbeir hearu on thy filthy state .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 10, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct850/page/3/