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      THE IKISH IMMIGRATfTSGRATE . ( From , Ote Baptist Herald , Jamaica Paper . ) gee yoodar lone tpot wkew the billow is leaping jn gpartiveneai wild o ' er its « heil-ooTer'd stand ; Where the strong pinion'd bird of patresenee ii K&StfpVS I * wing ontte bwera u a wafta to the land . A wanderer rerti there from hia servitude falling , TSa home tar awy o'er AtiaxrUal wave ; Os his asbei ateardrop vu never seen falling , ypr -who caret to weep o'er the Immigrant "! gray * ? I t « VM bat in vaia for the name ol the stranger , Ibe water * and winds alone tympathis'd ben ; AJ 1 wu ttQI , urn tbe aeream of the Bea-watcbiag ranger , ijd a manwirar that lingered nmreariedly near .

      ftte dnpe-of fond hopes that were false as enchanting , rTakh tiM soft siren-voice of a demom impren'd , tjbe land of hia £ * tbua he hailed from , pasting Io aeisa the bright priza in the dimes of the West And now , in tbe distance , hit eye reste delighted 0 n tbe 'island of vprisgs , " with ita moontain and dell , yot dreaming Mi prospect * could ever be blighted , Or the lo » g'd = &r reality tarnish the spelL Ye bearta warm with life for Hibemia still beating , Oh judge , If ye can , of your eonntrymen ' s woe , T / fhea tie Troth , foil of horror , discovered the cheating Vb * t hired sad Inflicted the mtaderouB blow !

      pjBppoistaesft fell tooth on hu cheek preyd relesUwi ; There wu grief in bis eye , and despair on his brow ; While a burning disease drunk bis life-blood , reyntlw , jrfwha stay describe whst the sequel is now ? ijndistnxb'd be thy zest in the graTe ' s silent keeping , Prom the fangs of the wicked riave- traffickers free : lay wife , and thy babe * are as quietly sleeping , Unwept , * neath the shade of the Cocoa-nut tree . Bat a Toioe deep and load to the Throne is ascending , From the blood of the martyr'd and immigrant race ; For vengeance it eaUs , &or will cease , till impending Destruction be barJ'd at the guilty and base .

      i > 33 m . rise ia thy-might aad thy terrible glory—, O Sod of the nation * , lead ob in tbe -van , Jill the tyrant oppressors of earth sink before thee , ' "it » A man cease to seek the enslaving of man . : T ^ J . M ¦ - Betbsalem .

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      THE TOICE OF FREEDOM . Pale freedom expiring , lay languid alone , If one listing fl * r prayer , none lamenting her moan ; The rack of suspense , and the canker of pain , Bad wither ed her soul , and had harrow'd her brain , And had harried the tide of each blne-ch&nnel'd vein : — They throb and start , on her forehead high-Swell , cofl , and crawl , or idly lie Each one as a panting agony . Enfeebled by age , or outliving my friends , 1 % bow to tbe mandate harsh destiny sends—Obey the stem summons , and gladly resign My soal to that tomb where the shadows recline , ¦ Where spirits akj > could eomingle with mine ; But falling ; tb . ua— she indignant saith , Feeling s&e chill of the tyrant ' s breath , ' Is dying indeed a doable deatu 2

      WDd waHings arouse her , strike deep on her ear , And murmuring millions are near and more near ; Ib ftpg " * " ^ she greets them , but gazing awhile , Her features beam sadly , with sorrowing smile , T . iVa torches" faint giow o ' er a funeral pile . Why ^ sappnant crouch ? the sternly cried- — Why tury enthnU'd , when all beside Their crt" ** have burst , or have nobly died ? Ye laurel-wre&th'd heroes , my patriots proad , Awake from the sepulchre , look from the cloud ! Rekindle , ye martyrs , the far-flashing fire ! Strike , soul-stirring minstrel , thy silrer-string ' d lyre—Attune to thy children the lays of their sire;—How they seom'd the wiles of knavery . ' How they drew broad blades with bTarery ! How they death prrferfd ^ o ^ alavary !

      And number , then Ocean , the names . of thy dead-Assemble thy bobs who for liberty bled ! Thy bbek-bQloWd bosom , all dripping with gore—Thy terrible tempett , with thnnder-tongn'd roar—Thy huge-throated caverns , with corpses bsf ore— - These show : then tell bow no gold they sought . ' To sefiee as ah-, both word and thought , 5 fat the night , aad right , for which thsyfoufht ! "bring cijmsoo-hued standards , theeasmon , asd bomb—Breathe cornet , and clarion , trumpet , and drum—¦ Rn «> i oaward , ye sqnadxao—march , " tamping brigade ! CRetm , Warrior t helmet , and death-dealing blade—Bexanage , aad botwr , foil sternly displayed J The red-turf glare on the battle-field : The dying and dead that would not yield 1 The hearts' best blood that -victory seal'd ! Tjvox valley , sod mcrantain , from forest aad plain—¦ Where bloofcsttft 3 » rk hesiher , or w »> es t&nrnlte gnin ^~ " Prwn the bird hi the sir , high soaring along , On building its nest the green meadows among—Burst forth in foil chorus , one rapturous song ! Wind *! memly * mid the bnsche * shout ! Echo in concert the world throughout , Freedom proclaiming the earth about ! 105 . Trent-side , Dae , 1841 .

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      A SOCKET—ON THE TREATMENT WHICH 18 NECESSARY FOR ME TO UNDERGO ERE I CAN ATTAIN A CURE . To gain a core I must be subject to A lengthy operation of three years , Which mayntbe quite ss sharp as it appears , To those who hare 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 iteatment wont be wholly new—Tii only for the patient to be lain In one position , which is on his back , On pallet hard—and by a daily strain , On spiral column , cause the nerves to act , Which , from their being preas'd npon , refrain—Tout are the palsied limbs to life brought back .

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      A SONNET . To raise the means 111 try the easiest plan ; I do not like to see one bearing all The burden—when the weight , in truth , should fall , In equal portions on the whole divan . Therefore , te those who do poetics scan , I have a m&auseript , and now appeal „ To them for friendly aid , in making sale To tbe new -work 111 print ' sooo as I can . I cannot boast a book unmii'd with fanlts ; This few expect , we © know my education Was limited—who sees a line that halts Will date it from my sickly situation . O , then , my friends , stand forth , unpress'd , and be The instruments of pure humanity ! Jakes Yeksox . South Molton , Dec 12 th , 1841 .

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      SUEHOINGHABX . —Public Office . —Rotter EG 6 S . —On Monday last , Mr . Charles Connor ,, of Manchester , was brought before the magistrates at the public office , charged with assaulting the keeper of a huckster ' s shop in Brom sgTOTe-street , named Waierhouse . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that Mr . Connor had been breakfasting at the houee of Mr . George White , and had purchased some eggs from the shop of the complainant , one of which was unfit for human food . Mr . Connor took the egg back , and requiied Waserbonse to exchange it , which he refused to do . Connor then threatened to smash it between his eyes ; upon which a scuffle enraedand a portion of enps and saucers

      belong-, ing to Waterhouse were mashed in the melee ; blows were freely exchanged on both sides , wbich caused % crowd to assemble around the door , and Connor wsa subsequently given into tbe custody of tbe police . Mr . Connor cross-examined she complainant in suca a manner as to cause shouts of laughter in the court . Waterhouse exhibited his broken " crockery , " and demanded compensation for it , and complained to the magistrates that Mr . White had threatened to ssrTe him out . After a eh on consultation , the case vras dismissed , aoid Mr . Connor left the court accompanied by Mr . White ; leaving the dealer in rotten eggB to console himtelf by paving for the Bammens in addition to his broken tarthenware .

      BxcscmxG Kxdjuppeks- A simple 4 ookiBg ehopstick" was brought before the magistrates , eharged with refusixjEto'siYe his name and residence after being legally enlisted . The " crimp" cslled oh aaother of his honourable tribe , who was like ^ a Maypole enveloped in ribands , to substantiate the charge ; from whose evidence it appeared that a rascally aiten . pt had been made w entrap the poor tkuple ielkw , by thrusiing a shilling into his hand , and afterwards insisting that be was legally enlisted . The magistrates discharged tbe nnwLliog soldier , apon which tbe kidnapping recruiting serjeant growled like a bear , asti eaid that the man was eslisied as JfcgaUy » b a * y recruit he eve * got . rexhap mJ

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      PETERHEAD Steikb of the Londoh Masoks . —In coBBeqnenee of information received here that the quarrymen and scatters of granite at the Dartmore Qaames , froki wberfceMessrs . Grissell and Peto hare been principally supplied with granite , have ceased to prepare material for the abovenamed firm , % general meeting of the masons and of tbe above-named branches was held at the house of Mr . Farquharson , on Saturday evening , Deo . 11 th , for the purpose of taking into * consideration the proper course to be pursued should 4 hey CQriesell and Feto ) apply here for a supply of such material . The room was crowded almost to soffocatfoa . Mr . Cole was unanimously called to the ehair ; Mr . Lind , vfho 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 wm composed of a body of intelligent men , on the ease which was bow before them , and he hoped that before he concluded he wonld convince the meeting that the masons who were now on strike in London , had been treated worse than beasts , and that they were individuals worthy ef all Ihe sympathy thkt eonld 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 load applause . Mr . Munro then rose , and after a few honest and appropriate remarks , proposed the following resolution , namely— "That this meeting fully justifies the maeons in striking against tbe tyrannical oonduot of their foreman , Allen , and pledges itself not to prepare , either directly or indirectly , any material for Grissell and Teto , until the wishes of the masons on strike a » - eomplied with . ** Mr . Farquharson seconded the resolution , which vzaa carried unaaimously . Mr . Lind then . addr&sed the-fflestmg at considerable length on / the ' preseaJ position of the strike , and tbe necessity of 'the working classes , generally , uniting for the defence of their natural

      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 the bondsmen . He returned his sincere ) thanks for the kind sympathy they had manifested for their oppressed brethren , and hoped that those whose cast they had been considering wonld ever continue to merit it . ( " Hear , hear , " from all parts of the roojn . ) A vote of thanks was 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 .

      TVT ATtyiiESOKE . —A meeting for the repeal of the window tax , was held a short time ago at Doffell ' s rooms , at which a resolution condemning the impost , and pointing out the Charter as the only remedy , was negatived ib fa roar 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 SmiHGB Tail cibculated bt Post—A great curiosity was 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 from tbe back of the 1 head , and is worn by the Chinese at considerable ! length , and held by them in the highest veneration . It was eut from the head of one of the Chinese who ' was captured at the taking of the Fort of Chumpee ¦ on the 12 th of Jannary last , and the poor fellow is

      reported to bave lost his life almost at the same moment that his carefully-cultivated tail was cat from hie 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 doubt from its ' appearance that it was once the valued ornament uf a very yonng , and in all probability , a very hand- ; some 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 Yin- ' cent , of the name of Fulcher . —Bury Herald . \

      Two hundred , pjckds damages were awarded , ] in a case of crim con ., in the Exchequer Court , on ' Saturday . The plaintiff was a Mr . Catherwoed , an : engineer , who married a Miss Gertrude , at Beyrout ,, in Syria , in 1834 . Jn 1836 , while the plairiiiff waa ' in America on business , and his wife in England , the defendant , a Mr . Caslon , who is p laintiff ' a second i cousin , formed the acquaintance with the wife , which ended in the seduction and elopement . The brother ' of the plaintiff said that the wife had "an ! Eastern education , a lively disposition , a fond nature , ' and Spanish blood . " Mr . Thesigex , for the defence \ pleaded that the criminal solicitation originated with , the lady ,-and that she was in the habit of receiving risks from y" notorious Marqnis , " a travelling acquaint an iwi in Syria , Verdict for the plaintiff , j ami damages as above . TbSSaTESXD RB 816 » AI 1 OS 0 ? IHB I < 9 »^ M * TOtt ! otDcbus . —At a meeting of thecommoB connoU .

      on ! RnmdsirYi » JpT © T ** fty pf ?« teg ^¦ fcSs ^ fe . i certain occasJooS was taken into eonsider « . tiM , % pon I the motjon . of Mr . CaUaghan , and seconded -by j Alderman Purcell . A great deal of acrimony and j personal ill-feeling was exhibited in the course of ' the debate whieh-ensaed . Tbe immediate eaaae fi tie motion appasn to have been a speech , *** d * by *! the Lord Mayor at the . Corn Exchange on Monday I week , when , Mr . FitzpWick having proposed that j his Lordship should continue in office another year , j the Lord Mayor endeavoured to forestal the appoint- j ment of his successor , saying that " there was no , man in the corporation who should be preferred to Cornelius M'Loughlin , George Row , and Alde " rman I O'Neill . " Mr . CtHaghan tbongnt that ff the eleetfto ' of Lord Mayor was conducted by open votingilris Lordship would exercise an undue influence orer the

      votes of the council , and many members bad stated , ' that by the Ballot alone eoula they maintain their i independence—The Lord Major said— " The reasons , given by both the mover and seconder of tbe propo- : sition resolve themselves into personal attacks upon , roe—the intimidation , the power of the people , and , the dictation of mine . I will pot an end to this—1 i have sat too long in this chair . ( " No , no . ") Gentle- ; men , I have prepared a notice for the election of another Lord Mayor . ( Sensation , and C No , no . " ) The imaginary bagbear of my iDSuence , indeed ! My influence arises from my community of sentiment \

      with those I represent . If this motion be carried I will leave thiB chair , and also the corporation . "— . Mr . M'Loughlin contended that the jobbing of the \ pJd corporation all arose from the ballot . —The Lord ; Mayor said that he should emphatically declare j totiDg ^ by ballot in that assembly would be the preg- j nant parent of jobbiDg . Several ether members declared themselves of the same opinion , and Mr .: Callaghan , finding that the majority weie against him , withdrew hia motion , and his Lordship was then indnced to withdraw his intended resignation ! from the hands of the town-clerk , shortly after ; which the council adjourned . j

      MtJRDEB IN THE MANCHESTER WOBKHOUSE . —On j 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 Jacksoa ' s conduct c&l- ! culated to excite the an ^ rv feeling of his assailant ; j and it is therefore supposed that the wanton ferocity j which he displayed was the effect of temporary insanity , particularly as he had been subject to fits j of lunacy . Jackson was sixty-seven years of age , and had been upwards of ' four years in the work- ] house , during which time he conducted himself re- ] mark&bly well . On Tuesday afternoon , Jackson {

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

      view of the body , before Mr . Rutter , when , in addition to the above-mentioned facts , it was stated , that j » fortnight ago the prisoner had threatened to make a cripple of deceased , unless he returned 18 d ., which the prisoner had lent him ; and HetheriDgton himself voluntarily stated that he assaulted deceased because he said he wonld not pay him . Mr . Snape , the workhouse surgeon , deposed that the deceased came to bin 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 hi 3 side ; and , on the examination , it was discovered that three of his ribs were fractured , and that his jaw was also severely bruised . 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 prodneed infiammatien in that part . There was much effused blood under the skin , caused by external violence . The left lung was also in a diseased fctate , deceased having been labouring under asthma and chronic affection of the lnngs for some time previously . The external violence he bad suffered was sufficient to account for his death . The prisoner was twice nnder restraint , about fcur months ago , in coreeqneuce of a mania , induced , ' by epilepsy From the testimony of Mr . Robinson , Governor oi the workhouse , it appeared that the prisoner was thirty years of age ; that he was dangerously violeni when he received any provocation , and that be had been frequently confined for eatr ^ geous conduct . The Jury returned & verdict of wilf ul murder againsl the prisoner . —Man Chester Gvartir . aiu

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      Thk Maste » of the Creydon Union W- ^ khOTse , who reeently ordered the hair of . a casual placer to be eut off , has been Jeed £ 5 for the offence , or a month ' s imprisonment , by the Magistrates sitting m Petty Sessions , at the Town Hall , Ooyden . "What a Shockimo Bad Hat 1 "—The © r&inof this singular say ing which iaade fun for the metropolis for months , is not involved in the fame obscurity ae that which shroads the origin of Quis and some others . There bad been a hotlf-contested election for the borough ef Soutbwark , and one of the candidates was an eminent hatter . This

      gentleman , in canvassiBg the electors , adopted a somewhat professional mode of conciliating their good-will , and of bribing them without letting them perceive that they were bribed . Whenever he called apon or met a voter whose hat was not of the best material , or , being so , « had seen its best days , be invariably said . " What a shocking bad hat you have got ; call at my warehouse and you shall have a new ne ? ' Upon the day of the electing this circumstance was remembered , and his opponent * made the most of it , by inciting the crowd to keep np an incessant cry or " What a shocking bad hat I '' all the time the honourable candidate was addressing them .

      Thicks dpok Tbaveij , bbs . —We have had several communications relative to the infamous system of plunder carried on at Liverpool by shipped agents and brokers , upon the ignorant , simple , aad unsuspecting persons who go to that port for the purpose of emigration . No sooner does as unhappy gudgeon " arrive at the docks , than a shark in the appearance of a friend , accostslim with , "are you for America !" If you answer-in the affirmative , he then kindly offers you bis assistance , points out the first and best ship , will offer to introduce him to the agent , to make his own bargain . &c , but his object is to get a commission of 74 per cent , from the passage money . Then he pointB out the best and cheapest stores ; shews where provi 8 ioBS ^ m « . J }» J > Ougnt at of the right kind , and at a modmte prfw ; aad jf he can succeed in " pattering the eutttteV' Beeem , another

      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 , be may get a ticket for quite another vessel , sot the one he bargained for . In many instances parties have been kept waiting for two , three , 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 ef sailing epscified on their tiek « t . If the day for sailing be acknowledged on the ticket , they can recover one shilling per head , per day , after th « iim * TriTertised for sailiaa is expired , not otherwise . In these and in many other ways are the poor creatures fleeced , whom tbe corruptions of society have made weary of their father land , and prefer leaving it , to staying at home to mend it .

      Extraordinary and Extensive Fraud on the Poob—Proceedings under thb Weights and Measures' Act . —On Saturday a Petty Session was holden in tbe Committee-room of St . Andrew ' s workhonse . Gray ' s Inn-lane , before Mr . Witham , Mr . M'William , and other magistrates , to adjudicate on some complaints by Mr . Keeve , 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 ei g ht weights , the same boingof an uniast standard . The defendant 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 on 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 561 ba . were light upwards of four ounces each , another 561 bs . was short of that quantity 3 J ounees , 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 bra ? 8 weight which was used in the tea scales , was unjust 19 grains . Mr . M'WiUiam— " I am sorry the law lixits the fine—if it did not , our judgment would be very severe . We convict foji&-the full penalty of £ 5 . " The money was tau&diately paid . The next case drew forth much JtaB ^ nerited censure . William Sheen , the owner djfattml shed ,

      at No . 9 , Little Coram-street , was summonwfor the following fraud . Mr . Turner 8 * id this was a most peculiar case , and he produced the coal machine wbich he had seized on defendant ' s premises . ^ The scoop in which the coal ia put is 2 £ feet higher than the part where the weight is placed , aud it is supported by an iron frame . The frame stands level when no coal is in the scoop , but the moment you begin to fill it , it incfines towards tbe weights * and causes a false balance of Ulb . in Ulbs ., 2 | Ibs . in 28 iba ., 51 b 3 . in 561 bs ., and so on in doubling the deficiency in proportion to the increase , Mr . M'William— " Yon have been guilty of a very grave offence ,, and must not expect mercy at our bands . We fine you £ 5 . " Defeoaant was then renuuitftin custody * Henry Grtjre , % chandler , at 1 & , Great Wild-street , waa fined 4 Oa _ for having in bfcshop three svaiithta liahi'MisVsyskiRk . . Thfe A * ffihA * nl —tti

      a fl dpout « rf ^ a ^ - B ^ o ^ eSpKoId , appeared ^ to aftwwtr &&& ( FWWriatt 141 b . weight light 2 ; dr % o 6 ins , » n addition - \ A Which the ring of It was in « wh « condition that it could easily bt ? 3 astantly taken eft * 71 b . weight unjmt 8 at . JOdnrfkat , ^«» tli « V £ ik . « Ut > ilWt . 9 < 3 a « taM . Fined forty shilhngB . " . . . ¦ / ' . Ddbi 4 n PeLicE . —The . Jbisb Cocrt . —Lord Wo Hill , r-one of Earl de Grey ' s aides de-camp , was brought op in custody of a policeman , ob a . warrant isaaedoB the inforuiatioa « f » caj »» a , najnod T-h ^ Barry . ' . His Lordship gave as his ' reason , for not atteudfeRoi Saturday that he got nesamaioaa , or at least tMfcao tiotiee of a * bit of paper" which had been handed to * him jatt at he cameia from hunting . The complainant was then sworn—I am a carman ,

      and reside in Power b Court . I had occasion to go to tbe residence of Lord William Hill , in the Lower Castle Yard , on the 23 ih of November . I went for 33 . lOd . car-hire , which his Lordship owed ne for having driven him for two heura-on the 21 st , and two hoars on the 22 ad of November . I weBt on the Monday after the 22 nd , and the servant told me his Lordship was gone with the Lord Lieutenant , and I 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 . The witness continued—I went after him to the stable , and asked if he were going to pay me , and be asked me if I bad change for a sovereign . I told him I had not . He asked me my fare , and I replied 43 . He turned round and said he would not pay me ' a d d rap ; " then got sp in his gig and drove off . On the 29 th I went to the same place , when hia Lordship was coming in from hunting . I said , " My Lord , I have called on you { or 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 cr insulting manner . When I told his Lordship where I drove him , he said , " Set 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 fohowed , and asked was he going to pay me . He took me by the shoulder , and wheeled me round , at tbe same time striking me with » stick on the right side of the head ; he then pushed me out , when i told him 2 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 Etairs . Lord Hill—He is an unconscionable liar ; that's whal I nay . Mr . Porter—Let me tell you . Lord Hill , that is very improper language to use towards a Tee gubjeat on his Oath , and such as should not be used in the 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 such ; if not , vre 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 aad £ 1 costs .

      Value op Practical Illustration . — On re-entering the room , Charles's mother found him Bobbing and crying with great violence . She expostulated with him , and represented that , though he confessed he loved Frank very much for saving him from punishment , it was evident he lovod himself better . Charles by degrees became more tranquil , but kept looking over the playthings with eager curiosity ; 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 notiee 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

      tbe 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 wronp . So true was that needle , she said , that whatever circumstances might 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 error , and resumption ef noble and generous- feeling—such as that wbich influenced bis pchool fellow , when he magnanimously , scorned to allow another to suffer for a fault in which he had i ( be largest share . —Parley ' s Penny Library ,

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      QmtMiL BANKBtMCY lir . EteftDPE AMD AMBBICA . —The principal 8 ta « "idTeflwaeni 8 of this republic , soutbvand north , are la debt fojmjm&QO dollars , and all but two or ttMrefffflTMunable to pay the interest , and thus wiU be ^ kropi in two years . In South America every ' lpwenSntent is in debt—probably the aggregate ii eanal to 100 , 000 , 000 dollars"J , . ^* cent of which wiM ever be . paid * Ia Europe , all the governments , Cbristf an and Turk , are in debt , / xt , amoiu >* M 3 , 000 , 000 , 000 dollars or more . ( Nearly as many d « lars' as there have been minutes since the creation of fhe world . ) These debts are iM"a 8 in | l ^« df | riU ky the ^ oundatUm of revolutions . f % » 4 nfj government in the world oat of de lwft »<« art ;* b ^ lsrteioau temp ^ ary only ) is the f ? d ^ , * OTj «^ $ » ipC - the * United States , and this ^«« ebVtb . o : ^ inacy of old Jackson ; N . B . Pernap * W 9 CttBS 8 i !*> veTOm . ent may be ont of' debtou > we dott'tkiof certainly . —New York Herald ,

      S AVAIfAQH i *» fasting impostor , " is not yet suffioientW reeoveredi from the effeots of his nine or ten days ' partial abstinence from food in Reading gaol Uf todergothe exercise of the wheel ; nor has he yet Men allowed by the medical officers of the pnao % Jbi-. consequence of the weak state of his gtomaolfeat present , to take any animal food . He is , however , allowed two pints of gruel and four rounds of toast daily , with the addition , every alternate day , of a pint of soup . The whole of these allowances he regularly consumes . Cavaaagh admits that he managed to deceive the publio pretty well outside of . the gaol , but that as soon aa he got inside IS ? !* Ff * be " bowled out . " His hopes were , that if he could have contrived te keep up the 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 , as application was made for the interferencs of tne pWioe of Reading , under the following circumetaaofc : —A respeotable man , living on his own property in the . neighbourhood of Baeingstoke , observed some time ago , that there appeared to be a better understanding between bis only daughter and his groom than was proper in their relative positions , the young lady havin « the expectation of succeeding to aibrtune of from £ 15 , 000 to £ 20 , 000 . The groom wartberefore discharged . Last Wednesday morning . twgBver , the young lady was missing ; and an alarm being given , it was found that the groom , bis brother , and the inamorata had tied about four o ' clock in the morning in a cart . The parents proceeded in their

      chaise to Heading , 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 hia wife , he insisted on their going with him to Reading . Upon their arrival at the Horse add Jockey the police were sent fdr , and there ensued a most tremendous row . The brother tried to escape , the groom claimed his bride , the mother scolded hdr daughter , and the daughter very tindutifully slappedher face . At length the contending parties adjourned to the police office , the fugitives fceing consigned to durance . At first it was thought that the ease was one of abduction , but it turned out tHat the lady 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 churoh , by bans , but as these had not bejen proclaimed in the bride ' s parish , and only in a feigned name , the marriage is invalid . The lady declared herself to be of full age , ( which her appearance warranta ) , which is another informality . There were , however two prodigious bundles of wearing apparel , linen , &q ., found in the cart , whioh had been 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 brideferoom repenting of his matrimonial adventure , and declaring he had done with it , and the lady returning in despair to her friends .

      Something Like an Eve to Business . —Old Twas well known several years since on the Yazoo River , no less for hia peculiar stutter than ats a skilful player at " old sledge . " He 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 haif of them , when his adversary rose for the purpose of leaving off . " Oh , don ' t g-g-gg-go , " said T— , g-g- « ive me a c-c-chance . " " Chance , the devil ! " shouted the gentleman , " Haven't you won a hundred dollars of me ! " " Y-y-y-yes , ' * replied Tr— , » ' but I want a ch-ch-ch-chance for t-t-t-t ' otherhundred . " T-5 por / - ing 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 public as rather irreconcilable with common notions of justice . The penny theft was as bad as the pound theft , and deserved the same punishment , but certainly no more . Chief JdBtioe Denman was , however , the Judge in the penny ease , and he has signally shewn that the indul gence charged against him in the Waldegrave affair is not always his disposition . In Mb rigour to the miserable letter carrier he haa amply saade up for his leniency to the lord . The seritenee . of . seven years' transporta tion Vthe theft oCthe sovereign was passed by Mr . Biron PttkeVoto of flie . flrfcesfe and steadiest administrators of juBtrj » .= Tbejodfclal jnerits ' of Lord

      Penman and BatSMtokCare , indeed , pretty fairly represented by the cwb eases in question , Lord Dernnan ' a being to the other as a penny iai to . a sove-Ntfrjk ^^ s ^ s ^ mhwHBifeAByfratt « letter th ^ canrfer is transported for life . Foe the Etaheqaer Bill fraud Mr . B . Smith Is irajopportedr for Hfe . Things that are ~ eqH * l ~ to the saofo thing are equiTla each other ; therefore the Exchequer Bill fraud and the robbery Of tbe peney 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 the theft of the wvereign with the « eveiv . years ' transportation . The lesson to carriers , aeooi ^ iBgi ^ I « ord Denman , seems to be , that if they ia , ve set'their minds On atefcHag , they should take care to steal gold at least . A . little stealing Is a dangerous thing . Steal much , or filoh not . —Exafinntr .

      Progrkbs op -5 abbatism .- * 'Mobb P « rsec 0 tiow . — The old Bajia ^ ithat "those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad , " is etrikirigly exemplified in the present conduct of the AgnewHes . 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 tbe 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 Arbroafch , 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 subjeoted to a Beries 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 cloBed doors ! The public were ordered to withdraw , but bo disgusted were they with the conduct of trie clerical inquisitors , that scarcely a man would stir . The Provost , who was called in , recommended the audience to separate , but , disapproving , as he did , of the resolution of the

      Presbytery , he refused to interfere in his official capacity ; and j after a scene of indescribable wrangling , the holy Presbyters were compelled to adjourn to a tavern . This case is full of instruction . It demonstrates , in the first place , the lengths to which the zealots of the charch are prepared to go ; and , in the second place , it shows : the contempt in whioh 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 iheir 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 !

      Sbcbet Ohders . —There are at present in this country , societies appertaining to thirty , or more , of these institutions , viz : —United Ancient Ordror of Druids—Ancient Free and Accepted Masons- —Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Manchester f ' Jnity--Ancient Orderof Foresters—Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds , Ashton Unity—Ancient Free G . ardeners —Loyal Order of Orangemen—United Ori ' . er of Odd Fellows , Sheffield Unity—Ancient Nob ) e Order of Odd Fellows , Bolton Unity— Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Yoikshire Unit}—Inde pendent Reformed Order of Odd Fellows—Leeds United Order of Odd Fellows—Grand United Ordr r 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 , Hull Unity—" independent Order of Freemasons—Independent Q ' rder of Free Gardeners ^ -Royal Foresters—Independent Royal Foresters—Anoient . Order of Rv mans—Ancient Order of Britons—Loyal Free Mefflanics—British Mariners—Independent British , yiariners —^ United Order of Artists—Honourable Or der of the Peaceful Dove —Leeds United Order of the Ark—Leeds Independent Order of the Ark— Grand ProteBtant Confederacy— United Order o / . the Golden Fleece , B . U . — Independent Order of the Golden Fleece , Bradford Unity—B oval Order of Fishers— Most Noble Order of the ^ Cnighta of , Malta—United Order of Philanthrop ' . ats—Independent Order of ReohabiteB—Free mm ) Independent Order of Aaoient Greeks .

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      Seasonable & int . —Persons in the middle and upper ranks of lfe would do well to look over their wardrobes at the present inclement season , and see if anything can be foond which might bo spared for the use of the poor A Ratoeb Early . —The young Prince it seems has already Commenced patronizing the barbers . On a shop window in Dn ^ y-Iane a paper is exhibited , bearing the announcement that within is sold * ' The Genuine New Prinoe of Wales' Shaving Powder . " On another , The Dttke of Cornwall ' s Genuine Sausages . " In ihb Court of Qukkn ' s Bbbch , on Thursday Be ' nnight , Mr . Ofeur , captain of the brig Leile , in the Levant Trade , obtained a verdict , damages £ 20 , against a person named Watkins for trim con . On the plaiHtifTa 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 .

      In thb Coubt op Common Pleas last week damages to the amount of £ 100 were recovered against Mr . Hawking , of Paternoster-row , Spitalfields , for having kicked a child named Nathan , whilst sitting on the steps of the defeadaat ' s door , with euch violence as to render him a cripple for A Glass Coffin . —We are informed that one of the workmen employed at the New Glass Hoose , Mexbro ' , has made for himself a coffin of clear glass not bo much with the design of looking out himself , as that others may 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 ho may have the opportunity to mark the process of decomposition . —Sheffield Independent .

      Mehthyr Ttdvil , 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 lust taken place , presses most heavily on the workmen in general , and the undeeround workmen , besides , cannot get nearly a sufficient number of trams to take oaf the ore , and consequently work less time . All will feel the consequences . —Silurian . A Xtoiuops Law-Suit . —A passenger in an American steam-boat , a short time since , " brought a suit , " in St . Louis , against tbe captain of the vessel "fer not starting at the hour he advertised , " thereby creating a loss to the said passenger through non-punotoality . The case went before a Jury , who were so convinced of-the justice of the , claim that they brought in a verdiot 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 tveek in trying an action for breach of promise of marriage , brought by a Miss 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 op the Tweed Bank . —The following notice was posted on the door of the Tweed Banking House , on Monday morning : — " Messrs . Batson , Berry , and Co ., beg to inform the public , that

      owing to unavoidable circumstances , they are obliged to saspend payment Berwick , DeeemberGtn , 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 in their stability , and there i 3 _ hardly an individual in busk ess but has suffered in consequence . Many have lost their all , and tho 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 recovers from the shock . "

      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 lis son was engaged as barrister in the first cause , he hurried into hid 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 tho bird , " replied the sluggard , rubbing his eyes . —Colburn ' s New Monthly Magazine for December .

      Irish Mile stones—A stranger riding 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 ^ ble ss 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 clear ' and dean . A Stack moved whole by the Wind . —A very extraordinary oirenmstanoe 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 liftea 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 a . lQTia * j- * Etsex aerald .-rr ^ ThA next high wind may place th ^ okwk in ita former position . !

      AT 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 fltter-up , who was suffocated by gas on the premises of Mr . Scott , ironfounder , and - gas-fitter , on the previons day . On Thursday , deceased went down a dry well , adjoining a gasometer , to dear away some dirt from a main pipe , aud in doing which he caused a leakage in a loint , 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 surgeons for some time before he was considered out of danger . Tbe 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 on Thursday week , before Lord Abinger , in wnich the plaintiff was Mr . Hay ward , 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 defendant , 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 tha 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 bnsband was cognizant of all this . Other gentlemen ,

      chiefly officers , had also accompanied her to the play , aud 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 bad a very damaging effect upon the plaintiff's case . Lord Abinger , in summing up the case to the Jury , observed that the seduction of the wife by the husband must , undoubtedly , impair his claim foi compensation , if she should afterwards desert him for another ; for if such a wifa 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 verdiot from the Jnry , as nothing could-juatity the oowduct of the defendant . Verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 20 damages .

      Noble Conduct of a Portland . Mam . —On the morning of the loss of the brig Amjpntus on Portland Beach , a party of Portland men , were on the beach anxio « 8 ly awaiting the unfortunate vessel coming on shore ; and all equally desirous of assisting in Baving the lives of the crew . Shortly after she 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 fer 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 bad 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 , < T .

      Hansferd , a Por ^ lander , rushed . into the surf and was buried amonget the white foam . After the receding of the waves he was seen struggling ' with a man in each hand , and although he was unable to keep upon . biB lega , he firmly kept his hold of them , and wm by his . brave companions hauled up the beach bringing with him the two poor fellows , who with Hansford , were with difficulty restored .- Such scenes redound to the credit of these , brave islanders , The whole of the caigo , of this vessel , consisting of timber , belonging to Mr . Cornish , builder , of Exeter , has been under the able direction and superintendence of George Arden , Esq ., agent to Lloyds , safely got onto The bodies of the master-, Hallett , who has left a widow and two children , and John Harris , cook , were picked up on Wednesday last , off Fieet . On Monday , ' the leg ef a youth was found on the beach , 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 , iTintneai described himself as a "penraan ;** bflt . on beiui ^ " - ' asked'in what species of penmanship he * Sr » 8-- « B ? ployed , he replied that h « " penned" sheep in Smithfield market . , : - ^? At a Shop Window in Holborn , a paper ts ex ' hibited on which is written , " A perfect blind painter wanted . " It is presumed that the Mm * painter must be able to see his way in the transparency line . " A Teetotaler in TaoratB . —On Wednesday , Henry Powell , a demure , methodistical peroonag * whose fac ^ was moulded In " the pale east of thought , " was brought up charged with being drank

      and disorderly in West-street . Saffron-hlil , at the commencement of the little hours . The prisoner , it appeared , was holding forth from the text , "Drink abundantly , O , beloved ! " and his congregation , which was for the greater part composed of a sisterhood not " vowed to Vesta ' s temple , " exhibited strong signs of an a priori obedience to the injunction . Mr . Powell , who as it subsequently transpired , belonged to the stoical class of teetotalers , though on the present occasion fell into the trap set bv that cunning old epicure Horace , in the Hue—* Doiee est despere in loco , " which may be freely translated—11 'Tis sweet to drink and make loyer-bnt /^ iji ' Care should be taken as to inhere and tcheftr

      Mr . Powell said he had no memory of the matter , nor was he aware of any thing connected with ft until he fonnd himself in the station-house . He was ' not at all a disciple of the school which held that : ' ' : ; \ "Alassisgood , " / , ^ And a glass is good , . . . . - ¦ - ¦ .,. _ ..,. And a pipe to smoke in oold weather f * on the contrary , he practised the Cavanagh doctrine * of abstemiousness to the fullest extent to which they could be carried out . How be came in contact 4 kiu the Cyprian votaries he could not tell , as hisfcrtta ^ -. peculiar worship was pledged to the tenet * # ro-- , pounded from the temple of- Diana , at Epkesus . >¦•

      The magistrate having tested the case wrflpotb * < 'HA strictest accuracy which HattoH- « arden ^ me » stwri ; ii affords as . to the delicate and' intereBtinjc ^ jadica- * - ' ion of degrees of inebrity , pronounced that tho drinking was not according unto the law , and that the soi-disant teetotaler should pay 5 s . for being uproariously drunk . Not having the money about ' " : him , being duly cleared out , in accordance with the '' practice of the neighbourhood , -Mir , Powell had to send to the teetotal-hall , Aldersgate-Btrefet , for the amount of his liberation . Whether tbe bill , was duly honoured remains yet to be ee © B ^ aid it will be a curious subject for future inqttfrSfto iScertaia how the fact will be recorded , in th ^ teajDirMea archives . **" ' ' " ~ - '" • . ' ¦ i T 7 r ? ¦ . ¦>¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦

      Messrs . Pickfobd & Co ., the well known ; car riere , 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 unique character , and tbe building is more vast and extensive than any other ia England . Our immediate object in noticing this off-shoot of the railway system isi to give publicity to the following interesting facts , connected with it » formal opening on Wednesday last . A train of waggons arriving at half-past seven , pan ., beingLrutt in and unloaded in the presence of Messrs . Pickford , and amidst the cheers of iheir large body of workmen .

      tie 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 bead of the house , Joseph Baxendale , Esq ., presided . The united servitude of the thirteen who partook of the hospitality of Messrs . Pickford , equalled 28 ( 3 years , averaging twenty-two years each , two having been in their employment between forty and fifty years , five between twenty and thirty years , the ages of the whole exceeding 500 years . We need not say that , where such a party was collected , all was harmony and hanpiness , that " the London and Birmingham Railway , " and " Success to tbe Railway System , " were amoog the many toasts drunk on the occasion . The lengthened services of tbe gentlemen so hospitably entertained by the worthy employers , speak most eloquently pf good servants and kind masters . —Railway Times .

      Fbknch Way of Tbeating a Skbcceb . —Dr , R—m one of the most eminent physicians orParis , attended the wife of an at ) woe' ( attorney-at-law ) , near the Tuileries . The husband haying , been informed that the Doctor was too attentive to his patient , took a ^ opportunity of looking into his wife ' s secretaire dqrias her absence , and there found several tetters , of thia disciple of : Galen . He immediately v (» twron " the Doctor , and telling him of the ^ lisooverjCidenuUided that he should give up the letters which the ladyhati sent to him . This was at first refused , bat the dtt * d being a man of spirit , resorted to threatau and

      bbtained the letters . M This is not ^ llr' said Bei ^ JE do not think my wife worth fighting for , but ^ f you do not instantly pay me 6 , 000 francs by way of indemniiy , I vfill horse-vrhip you in public' * Tfie Doctor , after many grimaces , paid the money , whic ) l in less than an h ^ kwas handed over by the husband to the Bureau d ^ Bienfaisanee , for the poor of the 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 vfqs repentant , or the Doctor waajutarillihg to add tohi » loss of 6 , 000 francs , the expense of eupporting he » , for she h&a gOTw-iato mfmatiut . i * £ ihvJ [ mi 1 m

      much admired for his magnificent donation to tbtf poor of his distriot . —Paris Correnoondmt uflQJobe . APPAI . I . INO Mirangn at T > nnnngT > i . —fin * ^ t ' ifa , most daring and horrible murders that has occurred in this part of the country for several years , waa perpetrated last Tuesday night on the person of m man named Peter Dolao . a weaver , who-Jcept ~ 'M huckstery in the midst of a populous neighbour ^ hood of Poolboy , outside Sunday ' s Gate , in the suburbs of this town ; The deceased , who was age * about fifty years , was a man of singular and retired habits , and generally believed . to be possessed of s considerable sum of money . He was supposed to be originally from the neighbourhood of Carlanstowa as ho sometime ago expressed a wish to be buried there after his death . He waa singularly , fearful for s long tlmeb&ck of an attack from robbera 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 * report that he kept fire-arms in his possession . Although the father of two children be , at the time of his death had neither of them residing with him . On Wednesday morning he was found lying dead in his house ; both sides of his Bkoll were horribly disfigured from wounds apparently inflicted with * seven pound weight , which was found . beside him covered with blood . On the left Bide of the forehead the weight had entered completely , and forced a large , portion of the skull in upon the brain ; on the whole , the head presented a moat horrible and appalling appearance . The poekets in whioh he usually kept his money were cut away , and a trass wbich he wore appeared to have been searched , The lid of a boi in his bed-room was also broken . The murder must have been committed early in the night as , all his clothes were on when he was found dead . :

      Dfath prom Machinery . —On Friday last , aa 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 injim « s received by being caught by a strap on the 2 Tth of November last . It appeared from the evidence , tbat on the 27 th nit . deceased was attempting to tie the end of a strap with a piece of band whilst it was revolving roand a drum , ia doing whioh bo got one of his fingers eatangledintbe buckle of the . strap , and waa taken several times round the Bifcft , by whioh his left am was broken and mangled in a shocking manner Two medical eentlemen immediately attended him

      at the eounting-house of the mill , and propose taking away some-of the splintered bone , but- he refused t » 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 the medical gentlemen left him , saying they would wipe tbeir hands of the business . He was afterwards attended by Mr . Hague , the veterinary surgeoB , who- informed the deceased that it was most likely te woald lose his arm , upon which the latter said he would rather die than lose bis arm , and he hoped he ( Mr . Hague ) would attend him and do his best . MY Hague then- called a surgeon , named Lowe , ae he said , to attend to deceased ' s constitution , while he attended to tbe limb . The arm was set between

      them , and they afterwards attended deceased till * few days previous to hiB death , when another sai - geon was called in , wbo 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 , postmortem examination of the body that death had been caused by look-law , caused by the irritation of a splintered bone on the museles oT the arm . The coroner in summing up 6 aid that no > blame could be attacked to the proprietors of the mill where the accident occurred ; that after the lamentable occurrence he had been provided with , the best medical assistance , but that he had

      preferred the assistance of a veterinary surgeon , and r t was forthe-jury to say whether or not he was criminally responsible as to the deceased ' s death , for the unskilful manner in which W had : aeted « & 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 had remained , and pointed out to Hague the necessity of the operation ^ and he h * 4 not attended to it , it would then have been clear that death bad resulted from MrTHague ' s nnskilfttf treatment . He left the case in tne hands of fl » jury , who , after a short oonstiltation , retwtaed * ye ^ ot of ^ AeeWeiiWdett !^'' / > ^ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ -: ¦ ¦ - V . ^ -. v . 'J

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct873/page/3/