Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 31st December 1842, Edition 5 of 5, Page 3, Untitled Article

Page 3
Page 3
3 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (2)
    • iocal anfc 43f*neral 3HnteIIfsawe<
    • ^ orir:'.
  • Text (7)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      SONG FOB THE MILLIONS . It cornea ! it comes I ihe glorions day , When holy freedom iball prevail , "When battle strife , and Woody fray Saall be M a forgotten tale—When Tirtoe "hall triumphant riae , And Ties be swept from off the earth , fftten man shall look np to the skies , And Mesa the God that s » ve him birth—When joy , and charity , and peace , And Iotb , shall cheer the human heart—Wbea hate shall die , and discard cease , And treachery from the world depart . Te millions that all sorrows share , And , ' midst of plenty , starve and pine , Be joyful , for your constant prayer Hath reacti'd the throne of Heaven divine He who can comfort ye hath sent His Angel to make lond proclaim , That " truth shall reign- " each knee be bent

      For " Knowledge" is that Angel ' s same Oh - ' blessed messenger of Heaven , Hail ! hail to thee , the soul ' s delight , Thy mission hath 'been sorely given , To torn our darkness into light—Thy presence righteous rapture brings Men feel thy power , and own thy sway , Beneath the shadow of thy wrings Injustice and deceit decay . Those lights usurped by the few Unto the many thon wilt giro , ProTing the proTerh to be trae—Tnat all shall free and equal lire . Then let mankind embrace thy form , The foretaste of immortal life , Thy fruits alone can quell the storm 6 f brutal ignorance and strife . Be it the poets' pride to praise

      Thy good effects , thy moral power , Who sees thy pure rerolendent rays , Descending in a genial shower , Inspire his heart , bis bead , and pen , To pioneer thy glorious reign , To soothe the souls of saTage men , A ^ d heal tiie pangs of mental pftin . Knowledge 2 the patriot ' s heart tbon cheers , Freedom revives where ' ere thou goes , But tyrants' breasts are flll'd with fears , For thy disciples are their foes . What fool is he would stop thy course , Or straggle to impede thy way , O ' er all the earth thy mighty force Rolls on in triumph day by day . Thy works shall cause men to combine , And deaase corruption to the core . Thou hast the power , the task be thine , The reign of freedom to restore . BekjaMIH Stot Manchester .

      Untitled Article

      AN ADDRESS Written h / John WatJcins . and Spoken by Mr Saville , at the Royal Victtria Theatre ^ on Wednesday . December 7 th , lBi 2 , forthe Benefit # / the Orphan of the late WiUUm Thomas , Stone AlaiGn . See here this child . '—this little lonely flower , Befresb'd to-night by your reviving shower . Look up , my boy !—thy benefactors see ! Tis innocence we help when we help thee ! He lost his mother ! ( greatest loss below . ' ) Lost her before a mother he could know . The vampire Death did steal her breath away , While he asleep upon her bosom lay ; But then he had a father!—now no more ! Bereft of both , and left upon life " B shore 1 Had not our Union stretch'd its band to save , Inis brother ' s child had periab'd on his grave .

      Twas oa a luckless morn near Sonningls Brow , Where the Great Western cuts the line below , The steam-horse fifing with its carriage-train Of Christmas folks , to -visit borne again ; An thinking of the friends they soon will see—Bat hark ! that crash ;—those shrieks of agony ! Dsath met them there , alas ! no zdore they'll hear "A merry Christmas and a Happy Year !" This orphan ' s father shared the frightful doom—Hnri'd from tha railway to a > sadden tomb . Of parents , kindred , friends , and home bereft , Aral to the Bistile ' a tender mercies left . Mysterious Providence by this hath tried

      If we had pity for him to proride . We Bought yocx aid , and yon . to-night ba-re shown , Torn care no less for him than for your own . He lost his mother and his fitier too ; But found the want of both supplied by you . Tea , to your hearts we ne ' er appeal in Tain , TJnsteel'd by pride—unpetrified by gain ! Up-titled crowns around your brows may shine , But there Philanthropy beans more divine ! Tour breasts flime not with high-born Honour ' s star , But , wanned by pity , they are nobler far . "Virtue more virtuous is in sons of toil , For Tirtue loTes a hardy , honest soiL

      This child scarce knows how he can fhsmV ye yet , Bat BesTen repays the poor man ' s pious debt ; His parents spirits hoTer o ' er your head , And blessings on you for his sake they shed ! From a Correspondent .

      Iocal Anfc 43f*Neral 3hnteiifsawe≪

      iocal anfc 43 f * neral 3 HnteIIfsawe <

      Untitled Article

      Xi £ J £ 0 S . —Tsxpuujkce Society . —The annual festival of this society was celebrated on Monday evening last , by a party in the Music Hall , Albionstreet . There was a very numerous and hi&hly respectacle company of both sexes , and the saloon of the Music Hall , which wss elegantly and appropriately decorated with evergreens , flags , & . c , presented a gay and festive scene . Tea was serred up on numerous tables , divided into suitable partitions , each section being presided over by a lady to whose management it had been previously assigned ; &ad to all of whom the company were greatly indebted . The tables haying been all stored . We thank thee , Lord , for this oar food , " Was sung , after which &mple s jusuce was dose to the viands , and the cop winch che-ers but cot inebriates" was freely partaken of . After tea the tables were cleared from

      the body of the room and the company , increased to & densely wedged mass , were accommodated by cross seats , every portion of the orchestra being also occupied . Previous to th ' e commencement of the business , four stanzas of an appropriate hymn by Mr . Sigourney , of America , were sung . Mr . John Andrew jan . was ammuieed in the placards calling the meeting to preside , but at his request , and by the vote of the meeting , his brother . Mr . Joseph Andrew , occupied the chair , and addressed the meeting at some length , as did also , J . S . Buckingham , Esq ., the oriental traveller , who entered into a narration oi events and clrcnmstances which led him to the eoncloKion that total abstinence from intoxicating liquors was the best adapted to the physical and mental health of man ; and the Rev . Joseph Barker , of Newcastle . Thank 3 were then voted to the ladies and the meeting broke up about ten o ' clock .

      Fatal Accident . —On Tuesday noon , an inquest was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn , E = q-, on the body of John Calverley , fifty-four years of age , who died in the Infirmary on Monday evening . The deceased was a sizing boiler , at Morley ; he had bee-a . ai Gildersome , on Friday last , which place hedeft about five o ' clock in the afternoon , and on crossing a Said in the occupation of Mr . Thomas BeeverSjhe by some means , on stepping from the side of afooipaihjfelliiitoadirchandsnsrained a compound dislocation of ihe ancle joint . He lay in this state until about nine o ' clock , when he was found and removed home , from whence he was brought to the Infirmary on Saturday morning . Mr . Allan , the House Surgeon , attributed his death to the injuries as had sustained , and the previous state or the deceased ' s health . Yerdict . "Accidental Death . "

      CoHMmAi .. —On Saturday last , a boy named Samuel Scott , was commi tted for trial by the sitting feagUtrates , at the Court House , on a charge of having stolen two pairs of children ' s shoes from the shop of ilrs . Wheatky , at the top of Meadowune . Highwat Robberi " . —Oa Tuesday last , a man of bad character , named Samusl Fothercill , residing at Holbeck , wa 3 broa ^ ht before Griffon Wrighi , ± * q . and Ric ' uard Bramley , E ^ q ., on a charge of highway robbery . Two other men , named Hudson and Holds * orth , were in custody on the same rasrge , but there being no evidence to implicate them , they were discharged . The Rev . Israel Holfwe , Wesleyan minister , deposed , that he resided at

      ¦ Dramiey , and on the evening of the Tuesday pre-* "JOf he had been at Armley to preach j he was rewrning home alone at near nine o ' clock , and when Within a short distance of Cockshot Lane Bar , on toe Leeds and Stamingley road , he was attacked by «« ee men who knocked him down , covered hiBeyes , » a stole from his person a silver watch , with a steel g * j > a silver snuff-box , with his name , Israel 5 «* ate , " engraved on the lid , a pocket-knife with PWn handle and two blades , a Hirer pencil caaa , r \ \ ° thereaboute , in money , a pair of Bpectacles , » d other articles . Information of this robbery was ftunto of

      ihe pojjc ^ bat no trace the thieves waa I- ?** " *! nntO Sunday last , when , from some Cbfl ? ®* ^ which reached the ears of Inspector h ™^ ** , along with Hartley and Stubbs-wenWo Xft ? " ol > dim n * med Stockwell , in Holbeek , ^ jnwaa Fothergill lodged ; they found him there n » t fnV- - ^ marching him they found nothing : 2 L ° ^ fL * rf ' s pocketlhey found a silver pencil "f ^ Peari-hanaied knife , and » brass watch key ! StS ™? rf which articles Mr . Holgate identified tt * Su of tae property of which he bad been robbed . jL « J >» rt of ihe property had been discovered . SKnPf * " faUT committed to York Castle for Ki airtihe nttJaBsiKs .

      Untitled Article

      Thb .-Islk op Mah . —A memorial to the Board of Trade from several' mercantile houses in Leeds has recently been transmittedto ~ London . The memorialists express their opinion of the injustice of levying a tax of 2 jd per cent , oa British goods imported into the Isle of Man , and they further state their conviction that such a form of taxation is detrimental to the manufacturing and other trading interests of the united kingdom , whose goods ? they submit , should go free into that part of Her Majesty's dominion . In reply to the memorial the following communication has been received : — " Office of Committee of Privy Council for TradeWhitehall

      , , December 10 , 1842 . —Gentlemen , —r am directed by the . Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of the printed application ^ signed by yourselves and other merchants of Leeds , relative to the duty of 2 £ per cent , and fifteen per cent , on the importation into the Isle of Man . of cotton , woollen , and other British manufaotnr * d goods ; and I am directed to acquaint you , for your information and that of the memorialists , that my Lords do not at present see any sufficient reason for an alteration in the coasting system , t am , gentlemen . your obedientservant , J . Macgseqob- Messrs Stowe , Brothers and Co ., Leeds . "

      Savage Assault . —On Saturday last , Mr . Joseph Norihorp , of Pudsey , batcher , was fin « d by the magistrates at the Court House 40 s . and costs , for an aggravated assault on a young man named Cooke , at the house of Mr , Wilson , the White Swan Inn , Briggate , -on the Tuesday previous . The defendant was in liquor , and was very violent and abusive ; he not only struck the complainant with an iron spitoon , by which his hand was greatly injured , but also threw a tumbler glass at the head of another person which only missed him b y a very providential turn , or a sacrifice of life might have been the result .

      BOIiTON—Charge of Embfzzlkment—At the Borough Court , on Monday list , George Harkness , late a traveller for Robert and George John Clapperton , of Bolton , drapers and travelling chapmen , was brought up , charged with having embezzled various sums of money belonging to his employers , and with having stolen from them two yards of broad cloth , and two yards and a half of kerseymere . It was stated in evidenoe , tbat , about May , 1840 , the prisoner entered the prosecutors' service as a traveller , for the term ot four years , and was to have meat , lodgings , clothe ? , and travelling expenses ; the clothes to be paid for at the end of the term , when they were to start him in business . He continued in their service until the 31 st of December

      last ; when , by consent , he returned to Scotland . It was his duty to enter all goods sold in one book , and the money received in another book , and make up hia accounts every Friday evening . He had sold a gown piece to Mrs . Culcheth , of Horwich , for which no entry bad been made j and it was proved that he had received the money . A number of papers with various sums of money upon them , in his own handwriting , were handed in , but not received as evidence . John Shaw , a fellow-servant with prisoner , stated , tbat some time ago , on a Saturday night , be asked the prisoner if he had any money ; and the prisoner said he had , and showed fcim 83 . or 10 s . He then said he had Bold goods for ready money , and not entered them . On the 22 d October Last , he saw prisoner cat off the

      cloth spoken of , in prosecutors warehouse , fold it in a parcel , ' direct it for himself , and take it away This witness was severely cross-examined by Mr . Jaxdine / as to being a- servant eo long a time , and not having informed his employers when he had a knowledge of the prisoner ' s defalcations . Mr . Jardine declined calling evidence in defence , reserving it for the Quarter Sessions , if necessary . The prisoner , hesaid , had left by consent , bring furnished with money by the prosecutor to go to Scotland , and no inquiries were made about him . He returned to Bolton about three weeks ago , and entered the service of Mr . Watson , another draper , and had been amongst the prosecutors ' customers . They , probably , not liking their connection injured , had instituted the prosecution . The prisoner was oommitted for trial &c the borough sessions .

      txUDHS&SFLEJJJ . —On Monday night last , as a young man named Holroyde , was returning from Liudley homewards , he mistook his road from the darkness of the night , and instead of coming through the style on the road at the Top of Aialeys , got so near to the edge of a precipice that he fell , and sofarlnjnred himself that his life is despaired off , BAHNSLEY . —On Stind&y a public examination of the children of the Odd Fellows Sunday School , will take place in the school room , at two o'clock in the afternoon , after which several scholars will recite pieces . A collection will be made at the

      close in aid of the funds of the school . Also on Monday evening a public tea party and ball will take place in ; he Odd Fellows' Hall , the proceeds to be appropriated to the support of the above school . The amusements of the evening will be interspersed with songs , reoi ' ations , and a party of glee singers will be in attendance . The tea will be on the table at five o ' clock , p . m ., and the ball to commence at eight punctually . Tickets , to tea and ba 1 , Is . each , Ball only , 6 d ., may be had of the printer , of J . school-master , Mr . Tbomas Fretwell , Odd Fellows ' Hali , Mr . Joshua Wilkinson , Musical Tavern , and of the committee .

      Untitled Article

      Wages . —Lord Lonsdale has ordered a reduction to be made in ihe wages ot his labourers—of two shflungs per week on those receiving 13 s . —Carlisle Journal . Bsidpobt . —As a proof of the mildness of the season , there is now to be seen in the garden of Mr . James Trevis , of Biddlelake Farm , near this town , a robin ' s nest , with four young ones ; they appear quite healthy and strong . —Salisbury Herald . The Typhus Fever continues its ravages , turning many once happy homes into houses ef mourning . Many families have been severely visitedmore than one gap having been made in some . — Dundee Herald . Thx Rev . Wm . Bailey , L . L . D ., charged with forging a promissery note for £ 2875 , purporting to be drawn by Robert Smith , deceased , on Miss Anne Baiiey , ( sister of the prisoner , ) -has . been committed for tria at the Old Bailey .

      A scPEBFiRB beaver hat was sent by post the other day from Manchester to Belfast . The postage on this novel transmission was 3 d . —[ False : there is no such postage- ] A drove of 5000 geese passed throngh Cambridge last week , on their way to the great holocaust in London . When they halted , the hissing njuHiKid « were fed with 10 combs of oats and 20 bushels of potatoes . The Leicester Herald ( an ultra Tory journal ) was discontinued on Saturday week , after being in existence fifteen years . A few days ago , as one of the engines , with the tender attached , was going at full speed between this town and Rotherham , a pigeon was seen to fly very low , directly aloDg the line before the engine . Whether from fright or want of speed is not known , but , strange to say , it was overtaken , knocked down by the " engine , and run over . —Sheffield Iris .

      Chkisthas Boxes . —The board of management of the St . Marylebone Alms-houses , St . John ' s-wood , have distributed a Christmas gift of Ss . to each single person inhabiting a room in that institution , and 7 s . 6 d . - to each married couple . The institution affords a refuge , with bread and coals , to above seventy aged and decayed ratepayers of St . Marylebone . Forfeiture op a Railway . —On Wednesday , the 21 st inst ., Sir Henry Hunloke , Bart ., of Wingerworth Hall , proceeded , along with Mr . Brown and other witnesses , to take possession of the branch line of railroad leading from Hopton-bridge to Timberlane , ( known as the Duke ' s line ) , which the North Midland Company has forfeited to him under certain arrangements . —Derbyshire Courier .

      The Unemployed . —Large numbers of operatives in want of employment still wander about the streets . On Friday a party , consisting of upwards of a hundred , held a meeting in Albion-street , in the open air , to discuss their grievances . Prevented as they are from soliciting charity , what can these famiihed creatures do ! lhey are at present literally starving , with no prospects of relief . —Glasgow dtixen . A Man Shot Dbxd with a . Cobk . —A few mornings ago , Dr . G . M . M'Cullock , of Maghera , near Belfastand Dr . Barr , of that town , were visiting a

      , patient a short distanoe in the country , and on their return to town , they called at the hotel , and got two bottles of soda-w&ter , when , whilst Surgeon Barr was in the act of uncorking one of the bottles , the cork flew , and struck Surgeon M'Culiock somewhere about the jugular vein , and he fell almost instantaneously . Snrgeoa Barr , who was much agitated at the shock , was unable to render much relief . Surgeon Marcus Doorish was immediately called in , who used every means possible to restore the unfortunate gentleman to life , but the vital spark

      had fled . Sever children ! belonging to St . Saviour ' B Charity School , Southwark , divided among themselves a small packet of yellowish powder which one of them had picked up in the street , and fonnd to be of a sweetish taste . They were soon afterwards taken dreadfully ill , the powder having been found to be arsenic , and although prompt remedies were applied , one of them who had eaten the largest portion died the same day , and the rest had a very narrow escape . Lip * : ahd Laboub . —A sempstress in London , it

      appear is paid l | d . for making a Bailor ' s Bhirt . By working very hard , " and finding her own needles , *' she may thus earn 4 ^ d . » ° * * J « Ti ; price of the cheapest quartern loal she can buy ie 5 ^ d . A loaf of bread is Id . dearer than her whole day ' tf work . One of- these wretched sufferers was caught taking prufcsic acid the other day . When the labour ol life is bo severe , who can wonder that the poor ebouud often be reckless in leaving it ! When we coutrae ^ the wages of industry with the rewards of dissipation , is there room for surprise at the prevalence vf vice !

      Untitled Article

      A fbiekd to Astro-Meteorology states his opinion " that this winter will not only be much more severe than any we have had of late years , but that the cold weather will commence soon after the new moon , if not before . The year will pass out with sharp weather , whilst from the 1 st to the 11 th of January we are likely to experience tho lowest temperature for the next year . About the 3 rd and 7 th days will be extremely rigorous , with much snow and probably wind . " —Hampshire Advertiser .

      Loss op £ 3 , 000 in Bank Notes . —We have learned that a parcel , transmitted from a provincial town by caravan , and containing , as we are informed , £ 3 , 000 in bank notes , has been lost or stolen . The parcel was directed to the office of a banking establishment in this city , and was delivered , in mistake for another , to an individual who travelled by the caravan , on its arrival in this city . On inquiry being made subsequently at the residence of this person , he exhibited what he stated to be the contents , which consisted of brown paper folded neatly . The affair is enveloped in mystery . An inquiry upon the subject has commenced at one of the police-offices . It is said that the notes were sent up to Dublin for the purpose of King cancelled . —Mercantile Advertiser .

      A Royal Babob of Christmas Beef . —Her Majesty commanded that a baron of beef , according to '' old English custom in baronial halls and royal palaces , " should be tho chief dish at the royal banquet at the Castle on Christmas Day . A Bplendid baron , weighing nearly 250 pounds , was selected for the occasion by one of the purveyors of meat to her Majesty at Windsor . The baron wa 3 nearly four feet in length , and upwards of two feet wide ; " a dainty dish , " in ^ every way worthy to " set before " the Queen . This enormous joint was roasted on Friday , and placed upon the banquet table cold . Extraordinary Fire— On the 12 th inst ., before daybreak , as the London mail was approaching Huntley , a village between Gloucester and Ross , the

      guard , in passing ajan loaded with goods , discovered something on fire inside the waggon , and immediately called and gave the alarm to the driver , who , quickly climbing up the side of the vehicle , removed the tarpaulin when t ^ e flames burst forth with great violence : the horses , becoming much frightened , started off at full gallop , and with such speed that the guard of the mail was obliged to call out to tho coachman Bcveral times , to enable them to keep a-head of the fiery vehicle in the rear , which blazed away for several miles , the affrighted animals galloping at the top of their speed , till the whole of the goods ; which consisted of hop 3 , grocery , and drapery , and the body of the waggon , were totally consumed . The driver of the van is severely burnt , and the value of the goods consumed is very considerable .

      Spain . —The Barcelonese have been effectually quieted , but with a strong hand , and at a heavy expense to the rebellious city . Thirteen soldiers aetive in the insurrection has been shot , by order of the Regent ; some 70 or 80 more are to be transported for different periods , up to ten years ; and a fine of twelve million reala have been exacted from the city of Barcelona , to be paid within a period of eight days . The conduct of the Frenoh constd at Barcelona , M . Lesseps , during the insurrection , has roused strong feelings of indignation in the Spanish Government and its snppsrters , which at one time almost threatened a rupture between Espartero and Louis Philippe . This functionary is accused of having by his statements milled the defenders of a

      fort at Barcelona into surrender to the insurgents , of detaining the wife and children of the Spanish Captain-General as hostages for the insurgent junta , and of re-lauding several of the most violent of its members to return and blow up the flame of rebellion after the insurgents had laid down their arms . The answer of the French Government to these charges was to take npon itself the responsibility of theConsnl ' 8 acts by rewarding him with the rank of an officer of the legion of hononr . * Mutual remonstrances have ensued , the French Government alleging that its Consul has been calumniated , but as Espartero has been too cautions to give his too powerful neighbour any feasible pretext for a quarrel , the threatening aspect of affairs will , it is hoped , disappear .

      Mrs . Trollope and the New Poor Law . — Every one to whom the New Poor Law forms a matter of consideration will be interested to know that Mrs . Trollope , who so successfully directed attention to the Factory System by her work entitled " Michael Armstrong , " intends commancing the New Year with a new production in Snilling Monthly Numbers , called M Jessie Phillips , " of which the existing Poor Law furnishes the theme . The following is an extract from the prospectus : — " The object the author has had in view in the composition of this work has been to call the attention of her readers to the absolute necessity of some alteration in the Law which at present regulates the maintenance and management of the poor . Her

      own conviction of its tyranny and injustice , of the cruel hardships which are inflicted on the poor by the attempt to enforce them , is strong , and she conscientiously believes well founded . She is also deeply impressed with the general impolicy and evil tendency of that system of administrative centralization , which s , eems of late to have been creeping into the praccice of our Government . Above all , the authoress is anxious to declare her detestation of the newly broached doctrine that the poor havenoripAl to a sufficiency of necessary food to sustain the life which' God has given them ; and she hopes and believes that tliore are still abnndautly enough English hearts to join with her in scouting this doctrine as unchristian .

      Shipwreck . —On Friday morning last , we regiet to state , that in consequence of the foggy and stormy state of the weather , the galliot Die Gate Hoffnung was driven into oar bay , about three o'clock in the morning , and grounded amid a tremendous surf on that formidable sandbank , Cefn Sidan , immediately under Taplan , which has so often ingulfed vessels and their valuable cargoes . She was bound from Leghorn , in Italy , to the city of Hamburgh , with a general cargo , consisting , among other things , of valuable marble statuary , the principal of which was a splendid statue of Diana , intended as a present to the King of Prussia , the value of which is estimated at £ " 2 . 000 . The crew consisted of the captain , mate , and three sailors ; the captain ' s wife

      and two children were also on board . Of these all were saved , except one little boy , the captain ' s son , who died from exhaustion and exposure to the tempest . From the time the ship struck a tremendous surf continued to break over her , and it was with the greatest difficulty they saved themselves from being swept away by clinging to the rigging . In this forlorn state they were discovered by David Williams , a fisherman , living at Penybach , who , at low water , with a few of his neighbours , at considerable personal risk , rowed to the vessel , and succeeded in extricating the captain and crew from their perilous situation . The ship sailed from the port of Emden ,

      and belonged to the captain , J . N . C . Selck , entirely . The ship left Leghorn on the 26 th of October , and m consequence of the thickness of the weather the captain was unable to take * single observation since the 9 th of this month , which , with the heavy southwesterly gales that prevailed , will account for his ignorance of the precise position in which he was when the ship was driven on shore . She has since become a total wreck , and is imbedded in the Bands . Mr . M'Kierman , of Pcmbrey , thinks some of the marble in the hold may be recovered , and has engaged to make an attempt to rai : e the same on being allowed one-third in value of all he succeeds in bringing up . We are sorry to state the ship was only insured to half its value . —Carmarthen Journal .

      A Fashionable Miscreant . —At Bow-etreet . on Thursday , a gentlemanly young man , fashionably attired , who gave his name Charles Henry , was charged before Mr . Hall , with taking Isabella Spicer , a child interesting in appearance , and only nine years of age , to a brothel . Mary Ann White , the owner of the House , stated that the prisoner came to her house , about two o ' clock this morning , and asked to be shown to a room . He was accompanied by a child , and she ( witness ) 'would not allow him to go up stairs with such a child . He then abused her , and knocked her down , when she gave him into the custody of a policeman . The child was ordered to be placed in the witness box , and as she appeared at the bar of the box , which she could

      but just look over , an indescribable thrill of indignation ran through the court . After being questioned upon the naturo of an oath , she was sworn , and stated that she lived in OakJey-streefc , Lambeth , and was oat selling lucifer matches , and having come over to this side ot the water , she had lost herself , and wa 9 coming ' own St . MartiuVlane , inquiriDg her way home , when the prisoner came up and asked her to come with him , and he would give her some money . She followed him , expecting that he would give her something , and he then took her to the house of last witness , in a court off Long-acre . The parents of the child said they were oat all night looking for her , as her usual time for coming home was tea o ' clock . Mr . Hall condemned them for allowing their child to go about begging ; they , however , pleaded their extreme poverty . Police constable , 40 F , Btated tbat when he took the prisoner into custody , he offered him £ 2 to

      allow him to escape , but he ( ihe policeman ) was determined to secure him . The prisoner then strugled to get away , and sttuck the officer so severely , as to fell him to the earth . The officer pursued him , and succeeded in re-capturing him , when he conveyed him to the station house . The magistrate said tbat the prisoner was guilty of three distinct charges , the first of which he would not at present give an opinion upon . But for the assault npon the woman , who so properly refused to admit him into her house with a child of such a tender age , he would fine him £ 5 , or , in default of payment , to one month in the House of Correction . For the assault upon the constable , he would at once commit him for one month to hard labour . Mr . Hall severely animadverted upon the conduct of the prisoner , who , ia' answer to the magistrate ' s inquiry , said he was of high family , and a law student . The prisoner was then removed , but appeared not the least affeoted .

      Untitled Article

      A melancholv . accidrnt happened at the Steven * ton railway station on Wednesday last . It ' -. appears that an active young man of the name of Charles Ward , nineteen-years of age , was employed as an assistant by the company , and on the afrival ot one of the luggage trains , about one or two o ' clock in the morning , he very imprudently endeavoured to get on the step of one of the truoks before it had Btopped , and his foot slipping he Was knocked down , and the carriage went over both his thighs , crushing them in a dreadful manner . The poor fellow was brought to our infirmary in a fly , but survived only one hour after his arrival . —O . r / brd'Herald .

      Attempt to Mtjrder a Farmer in Brandon , Suwolk . —On the night of the 22 ad instant a most daring attempt was made to murder Mr . George Wood , farmer , of the village of Brandon , Suffolk . He had gone during the day to Sohara , a small town not far distant , , to transact some business , and started homewards at about ten o ' clookv Upon reaching his residence within a mile , and when sear the house of Mr . Kenyon ^ whichitands amidst some trees and Bhrubs , a , gun or large pistol was levelled at him and disharged . It fortunately happened that he esoaped uninjured , and the ruffian , as Boon as be found that his otjeot had failed , ran off as fast as he could . Mr . Wood is not better known than respected in the village , and with what object his life can ha ? e been sought , except for the purpose of plunder , cannot be . conceived . A reward of £ 50 for such information as would lead to the apprehea-Bion of the parties has been offered .

      Compabati vb National Stature . —In consequence of arguments respecting the height for soldiers we have taken some pains at various times to ascertain the relative height of English , Iriah , and Scotch recruits . As far as the Line Regiments are concerned the Irish have a decided advantage in height ; ' It must be , however , taken into account that the Guards , the Marines , and the majority of the Cavalry and Artillery are English , and the recruits for these are all of superior standard . It may then be doubted , if an equal number of tall men were deducted out of the total recruits raised in Ireland , whether any difference would exist . In weight the English recruit has the advantage , the heights being equal . A regiment of the line that consists wholly of Englishmen will generally be found to average Bhorter than either the Irish , Scotch , or the miked corps , —Naval and Military Gazette .

      Singular Recovery of Stolen Property . —A bag containing the sum of £ 85 in notes and coin , the property of the stewards of the Ruby , was stolen from tho cabin of that vessel , at Graveseud , on Saturday se'nnight . No traces could be found either of the box or the thief , and the disconsolate owners had givenupaVl thoughts of ever recovering their lost treasure . On Wednesday se ' nnight it was discovered , with its contents untouohod , amongst the aahea heaped up in a coal barge . It appears that on the night of the robbery the Ruby was moored alongside the said barge , and the robber , fearful of deteotion , had buried his plunder amongst the rubbish until he could find an opportunity of conveying it away in safety . The culprit has not yet been discovered .

      Infant Lecturer . —Master Arthur Harvey , of Halesworth , aged eight years and a half , has been lecturing on astronomy at Framlingbam , Woodbridge , & 0 . The correct and appiopriate language of the young lecturer , illustrated by many suitable diagrams constructed by himself , excited the admiration and oallfc'J forth the warm approbation of his auditors . His modest self-possession and freedom from embarrassment , his extraordinarily' retentive memory and accurracy of minute detail , we are told , would do credit to au experienced lecturer , —Norwich Paper . — [ We think the poor child would have been better in bed 1

      The Poor Law Commissioners versus Christmas Fare . —At tho last meeting of the Limeriek Uoard of Guardians a letter was read from the Guardians , disapproving of the proposed dietary for the paupers on Christmas-day , when the following very sensible resolution , appended at the foot of the letter , was adopted , with the full approval of all present : — Resolved , that the Commissioners be requested to defray the expenses of the extra diet out of their enormous salaries . " Mansfield —Oa Monday morning ! two oat stacks , one barley stack , one of hay , and one of straw , and two barns , one containing about forty loads of un ^ thrashed wheat , were completely burnt to a cinder , one barn was completely gutted ; nothing but the bare walls are standing . The property belongs to Mr . John Naylor , of . Ple ' asley Hill , in the parish of Mansfield . The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary . X

      Gheen Christmas . —The weather on the continent during the last tor * night has been equally fine and spring-like as wi ; h us . Tuesday week , in Hamburg , was one of tho most beautiful days which , during tho revolving months of 1842 , has shone upon the picturesque and delightful scenery of its 6 ubarbs . Amongst tho shipping , the men at work thrtw off , not only j ^ ekets , but waistooats and neckerchiefs , as they would havo

      day was quite warm . Since Saturday , the weather at sea has assumed a more equinoctial appearance , t'n Sunday , at break of day ithe song of theblackbird saluted our oars with all th ? freshness of returning summer . Yesterday was one of the warmest days we have had during this very unseasonable weather . Our own out-door avocations gave us a broiling ; and we met with several windows throwin open to the full extent , where clerks and artfzans were pursuing their in dustrioua oecupa ( iouB .- -i ? as * ern Counties Herald .

      Sbiuous Affray between the military and Police , at Paisley . —Since tlie arrival of the depot of the B 7 th regiment of Royal Irish Fusileers at Paisley garrison , a good deal of quarrelling and diBturbanoo have taken place between them on the one hand , and the inhabitants and police on the other . Threeof the soldiers had been drinking in a public house in Moss-street , on the afternoon of Monday , and had fallen out with some other company in the room in which they were sitting . After ^ having left tho house , they returned in a few minutes , leaped the counter of a shop , and commenced an indiscriminate attack on a'J who came in their way , which , as a matter of course , soon threw the whole house into- the utmost

      confusion . Two police officers arriving , one of them was strHck a slight blow with a stick , which had the effect of making him start back and bo more on his guard . When the landlord had succeeded in getting all concerned in the row turned out at the door , he followed the soldiers towards the County-builfiings on their way to tho barracks , in order to preserve the peace till they got out of the . . townv When they arrived at the north end of the building another stand was made , and the stick or club with which the soldier was armed was again put into requisition—the fellow twirling it ' about , his head , aad striking at every one within his reach . The officer who was struck the second time again approached , and received a blow which felled him . This raised the

      indignation of tho spectators , and one stout fellow , more courageous than the rest , rusned upon the madman and threw him off his feet . He and one of his companions were then taken to the police-officethe third escaped . The two soldiers have since been handed over to the county Fiscal for prosecution . The police officer is still in a dangerous state , his skull having been laid bare and slightly fractured . On the same oveuing , about ei ^ ht o ' clock , a night watchman , while proceeding to the office to goon duty , was attacked by another of these men , who struck at him with his stick , and used . the most threatening language . He was taken into custody , and will be brought ' up ii under a libyl by tho burgh Fiscal . —Glasgow Chronicle .

      A Fatal Experiment . —On Tuesday evening last , the quiet and pea . oeiul . village of Eckingtoni | _ in this county , was thrown into a state of great excitement by a report that a boy about ten years of age , tho son of a labouring man named Thomas Jeynes , had hung himself , and on inquiry the report was found to be buttoo true . For some time past the deceased had been in the employ of Mr . Sheppard , of the above place , as carter ' s boy , and on the evening in question , upon Haynes , tho cirter , going into the stable between five and six o ' clock , he discovered him lying at full length upon tho ground , with a cord , one end of which was attached to a beam , drawn tightly roujid h \ s ' neck , by which his head was raised about a quarter of a yard from , the

      ground . It was conceived almost impossible that strangulation could have taken place while he was in this position , as he had the free use of all his limbs , and he could easiJy havo extricated himself from his situation ; but it was supposed that he had balanced himself upon something while he fastened tho cord to the beam , having dono which he lost his hold and fell , and continued struggling until he got into the position in which he was discovered , bu-. was then too weak to make any efforts to save himself . Immediately ho was found he was taken into Mr . Sheppard ' s house , and a person living in the village , who is occasionally called in in cases of necessity , was sent for to bleed him ; but when he arrived life was quite extinct , and the blood refused to . flow . Various rumours were speedily afloat as to the cause of this melancholy event , some of which were calculated , if true , to connect with it John Haynes , Mr . Sheppard's carter . It was said that he was

      continually ill-treating the boy , and some ventured to hint that he had aotually hung him . On Friday an inquest was held on the body at the Ball Inn , Eokington , before Mr . C . Beet , and a highly respeotable jury , when , after diligently and carefully investigating the case , the jury returned a yerdict that the deceased died from strangulation ; and unanimously acquitted Haynes , the carter , of all blame whatever . Iu the course of the inquiry it was stated that while the deceased was talking with two other boys , about his own age , the night before his death about the murder at Rouse Lench , upon one of his companions remarking that the prisoner Archer would be hung , he observed " that he should not mind about being hung . " The general opinion now is , that he had no intention of committing suicide , but was merely trying what eensation hanging would produce , when he lost his hold , fell , and could not recover himself . —Ten Town ' s Messenger .

      Untitled Article

      Novel Mode of Robbing a Hen-Roost . —Farmer Budd , of North Fareham , had his fowl-house robbed a few nights since , iu tho following novel manner , of nine fowls : —The thieves having found a hole in the house large enough for their purpose , sent in a ferret , secured by a string , which , on seizing a : fowl , was drawn to the hole , the bird taken , and thetrjok repeated . The tenth experiment failed by the string breaking , leaving the ferret behind to disclose the manner of a robbery , which otherwise would havs been unacoonntable . Many fowl-houses in the neighbourhood have lately been robbed in this ingenious way . —Hampshire Advertiser *

      Meeting at Skibbbreen—Presence of the Military and Police dispensed with . —A numerously attended meeting of the magistrates and inhabitants generally of Skibbereen and the surrounding diHtriots , took place on Thursday in the court-house of that town , Lord Carbery in the chair , for the purpose of adopting measures in regard to the removal of the large military and police forces quartered in the town since-the unfortunate occurrence at Rath . The result of considerable discussion was the passing of a resolution , proposed by

      Alexander O Drisooll , Esq ., seconded by Richard Towns « nd , Esq ., to the effect , that , deeming the collection of the poor rates throughout the district , as represented by the returns of the collectors , to be ia a much more satisfactory state than could , under the circumstances , have been looked for , it was tho opinion of the meeting that the military should be reduced to a major and fifty rank and file—the same to be quartered in barracks ; and the entire of tho constabulary , say 120 , be ordered off to their respective quarters . —Cork Reporter . V

      Death from oter eating at a Christmas Feast . —Last Monday evening Mr . Payne heJdan inquest in the vestry-room of the church of St . Mary Somerset , Upper Thames-street , on the body of Thomas Rogers , aged fifty-five . It appeared in evidence that the deceased was a workman in the employ of Mr . Rithbono , of Trigg ' s-wharf , Thames-street . On Christmas-eve all the men on the premises were , according to the usual custom , regaled with a supper , and at eight o ' clock sat down to the table . The deceased ate very heartily , and upon the removal of the cloth drank freely ; for , from the bottles : of whisky with which his master had provided them , they were allowed to take as much as they could drink . After

      eleven o ' clock at night he could not hold hi * -head up , and aB he leaned forwards on the table his companions , thinking he would be safer if placed by himself , conveyed him into the counting-house , where they laid him on the floor , and put a preat coat under his head . At one o ' olock all the other men , with the exception of George Stags , left the premises , and he being so far intoxicated as not to be able to get home , laid down by the side of deceased . At seven o ' clock deceased was found dead . Mr . Pullen , surgeon , said that death was caused by congestion of the brain , the result of eating and drinking immoderately . He was predisposed to that affection , and had before suffered from fits of epilepsy . Verdict" Natural death . "

      The Weather- —During the last month the weather has mote resembled that of midsummer than nearly midwinter . So genial has been the temperature , that the fields are now greener than they have been at any time since the month of May . In an evening : walk lately the atmosphere was so fresh-and mild that it seemed to want only the presence of the bean-flower and white clover to persuade us that it was an evening of midsummer . The Wheat is everywhere looking fresher than we ever saw it at this period of the year , and there is a greater breadth of this st-ff of life sown than Was ever seen in Scotland . However , it is a common remark that we have seldom very cold weather until after the

      " shortest day . " That event passed off with Thursr day , and yesterday morning we had accordingly some of the usual indications of winter , namnly , hail and snow , accompanied by a perfect hurricane of wind from Ihe North-West , which continued the greater part of the day . This wintry change , we observe , has been felt with even more severity in the West , as the Glasgow tie raidremarks , ?• that between eight and nine o ' clock in the evening ( of Thursday ) a perfect torrent of hail came down , aocomanied by hurricane gusts , a vivid flash of lightning , and a sonorous , peal of thunder . The convulsion of the element * was fearful , but fortunately it lasted only for a very brief space . "—Cafedonian Mercury . ,

      :. TitB Biter Bit . —On . Tuesday last , while a labouring man , employed . at the printworks of Messrs . Charles Swainson and Co ., Bannister-hall , near this . town , was examining the lodge banks near to tho Bide of the river Darwen , his attention was called to a bed of sand at the river ' s edge , by a shrill screaming as of something in distress , whioh , on more closely searching for , he discovered to be a weasel caught by the leg in the jaws of a large eel . On his hear approach , the weasel , by a desperate effort , made his escape , but riot so the eel ; he , poor i ' eiloW i had heeh roughly handled by a more powerful foe—an otter , it is supposed—and left with eight

      or nine inches of his tail-end eaten off , to perish by 6 ome smaller enemy . The man , afraid to come near so strange a looking thing , got a long stick , with which he turned it ovor several times , to satisfy himself what it was before he dare come near it . At length , when he-saw the monster too near dead to do him much harm , he secured it and carried it homo in triumph . No one will much wonder at the man ' s caniionwhen informed that , what remained of the eel weighed two pounds and a half ; and the followir g eveniDg was , with a few potatoes , as the man expressed it , a hearty supper for four , such as they had not had , for quantity and quality , for a long time . —Preston Mot . "

      Extensive Fifes caused by a . "Balloon . —On Tuesday , information waa received at the j various insurance-offices throughput the metropolis of a serious fire having occurred on the night of Thursday last at or near the village of Westonzoyland , a few miles from Bridgewater , occasioned by a fireballoon . The circumstances under which it took place are as folljws : —In the early part of last week , the village wa < placarded in all directions , announcing the arrival of the wonderful Wizard of the South , and that , he would honour the inhabitants with a grand performance ou the evening in question ( Thursday ) , the announcement of which would be signalised by the ascont of a " monster" ' firo balloon . Accordingly , at the time named , a great crowd assembled to witness the fete , and the balloon was sent off , to the apparent dolight of all ; but , before it had attained any great elevation ^ the machine suddenly burst into flames , and unfortunately descended into an

      extensive stack-yard of Mr . Taswell , situated about a mile from the village , where it set fire to a valuable rick of wheat , and before tho inhabitants could reaeh tho premises two adjoining stacks ignited and blazed away with awful violence . Although every exert ion was used to stay the work of devastation , it was impossible , in consequence of the strong wind that prevailed , and in a snort time the whole premises , consisting of barns , « dw and cart houses , besides tho whole of the stock in the stack-yard , were in names . For an hour and more the appearance of the fire was terrific , and the light was distinctly seen at Bridgewater , whence au engine was despatched to the spot , bat was unable to reach it until the entire property was consumed . Happily no lives were lost . In the course of the following day the Winard was taken into custody , and underwent an examination before the magistrates . He was ufterwartfs discharged .

      A Man Shot . —At an early hour yesterday morning a man was deprived of life , about half a mile to the east of Rutherglen , under the following circumstances : —Mr . Mason , farmer-i in Ballochmill , it appears , being very much molested by miduight thieves , and haying had his potatoe bin suveyal times plundered of a part of its contents , sent out one of hiai aervantflya young lad named John M'Bryde , to guard the property . For this purpose , John M'Bryde was furnished with a loaded gun ; but , notwithstanding all the precautions he had taken , and all the vigilanre he displayed , twice tince ho was Bet to waich , during the titne-he-. was in the hoitso warming himself , considerable quantities of the potatoes were stolen . This accordingly called for more attention

      ou the part of the guard . Yesterday monnug , however , being Very - stormyand cold , about two o'clock he was a ^ ain induced to leav ^ his po .: t for the purpose of warming himself . As happened on former occasions , his absence was taken advauta ^ o of , and on going to examine that all was right , he was surprised to obserre three men at ivork uinonfzsl the potatoes . He instantly discharged the ftun whichhe carried at the depredators , arid the whole of them disappeared , leaving their sacks halt' filled in the hurry and alarm . So far as we have learnt , it does not a opear that it had occurred to eit'iWr M'Bryde or Jiis master that any of the thieves were materially injured , no more having been heard of tho matter till about nine o ' olock in the morning , when the

      corpse of a man , shot through the body , was found lying not above forty yards from Mr . Mason ' s potato bin by a person belonging to Ruther&len . The dead body having been convcyied to the burgh gaol , a constable was despatched to apprehend M'Bryde , who was likewise brought to the Bame place . During the day the body of the dead m&n was ideHtified as that of a person named James x \ llan , a quartier by . trade , who resided in Uavau nah-street , Glasgoyf . The poor creature had only one arm , seemed to have been blind of an eye , and his whole appearance indicated the most indigent circumstances . His back and arm were completely

      riddled , and it appears astonishing how he could have dragged himself to the place where he was found after being so frightfully Wounded . The deoeaeed , we have been informed , was upwards of forty years £ f age , and was not known as a bad oharacter ; indeed , on the contrary , his neighbours , it is said , looked upon him as rather a decent , although a very poor man . Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Bell Went out to Ruth ? r ^ len , and took a precognition of the case ; and siibsequont to this M ^ Bryde was transferrod to Glasgow i ? ruon . The prisoner "> is only about Boventeen years of age . —• Glasgow Saturday Pest .

      Untitled Article

      Manslaughter at WALTHAM .-r-A case involving the loss of human life , and originating in the custom of ' ¦ * Waits ^ v or parties proceeding round the village withgnusic and singing on Christmas Eve , occurred at Great Waltham , on Saturday night ; a quarrel and fight took place between the party when excited by the drink they had received at the different houses , and at length Frederick Olive , aged twenty-seven , a carpenter , reoeiyed a blow from John Go wen , a shoemaker , whioh instantly deprived him of existence . Yesterday an inquest was held upon the body at the Six Bella public-house , before C . C . Lewis , Esq .. and a highly respectable Jury After a lengthened investigation of witnesses , the Jury returned a verdiot of " Manslaaghtpr" against John Gdwers , and the prisoner was committed on the Coroner ' s warrant for trial at the assizes . -Ho appears about thirty years of age , and has a wife and two children . —Essex Herald . '

      Singular Occurreace . —Some consternation and alarm was excited at Brownlow Fold Colliery , in Halliwell , near Oldham , on Monday morning , about half-past five o ' clock , when , on descending the p \ t , which is thirty-two yards two feet in depth , a female waaibund lying at the bottom . She was brought out , and found to be a young woman of twenty-one years of age , named Margaret Briudle , servant ata house near Great Bridge , Xittle B . Iton , Sha was still alive , bnt in a state of insensibility , : ind medical assistance was immediately procured . Her ancles and legs . were found to be fractured , and there was a severe contusion on the back of tho head . From inquiries immediately instituted , it was ascertained tbat sh ? had kept company with a man

      named John Horrocks , the engine-tender at the coal pit ; and , having been seen with her about eleven o ' clock on Sunday evening , he / was suspected of having thrown her down the pit . He was consequently apprehended , and brought before the magistrates , and remanded till Thursday . It appears however from other inquiries , that she heard of hia having been walking out with another female on Sunday , and had threatened to throw herself dona —nay , that she had on a former occasion made tho attompt . Horrocks Bays that ho left her at home at eleven o ' clock in the evening , and went to his work » whore he remained until two o ' clock ; but he nevee saw her . Another man was working there allni ^ hti and he also states that he never saw her . She ia

      not considered to be in a daDgerdua state , but is quite insane . What probably saved her life was the force of air gathering under htr clothes , 3 nd preventing that impetus which she would otherwise have acquired , . Heartless Robbery . —Late on Saturday night at early tho ; follonrng ( Christmas-day ) morn ; ng . mnie thief or thieves broke into the workshops of Mi . G . Carter , carpenter and builder , King's Arms-yard * Marylebone-street , Golden-square , and stole therefrom the whole of the workmen's tools , together with eyery moveable article of the slightest value the workshops contained , A crow-bar , whioh was subsequently found , was used for eftvotiBg an entrance into the premises . The Iosb to the poor workmen mufet bo lamentably great , as a box of carpenter's tools cost about £ 50 and upwards . The police ara in active search . of the villiins , and it is hoped ihej will not lone elude their vigilance .

      The Pay Day . —At the Oldham petit sessions , on Thursday last , before the Rev . T . 5 > . Miltej E . Hibbert , J . Mello ' r , and J . F . Leea , Esq 9 ., the acconnta ot th 8 special ooKsiaWes who were employed at Middleton-during the late disturbances , were presented for examination . It appeared that two hundred and thirty-one constables had been engaged . Mr . Hibbort wished to know from county police-Bergeant White , who was in attendance , by whose authority sixteen of these had been allowed to continue on duty five days longer than the remainder . The policeman was unable to say who gave the order j but he supposed it was done by direction of a committee of the gentlemen of Middleton . Air . Hibbeib

      said he thought it was improper to allow such proceedings , without tho authority o * any magistrate or of any officer connected with th «^< aaty . Mr . Mills concurred in Mr . Hibbcrt's opif ( t » n on this subj ct , and said , there was another feature in the accounts which was irregular ; he atluded to the charges rnade for the time of the constables . In the cy * u 4 ? nct ? ui < : n& of the diatorbances , they Charged for eight hours par day ; when , , the riots were or ^ ho decline , they charged for ten bours per daj [^ P * i , ; . '« t a later period j when the excitement was neitT / over , some charged for twelve . hours per day . This ssenied strange . PolicemanWhite was unable to oxplaiu . satisfectorily the cause of these singularities in tho accounts . The bills were ; however , ultimately signed . ;

      Distress in Paisley . —The state of the poor ia Paisley was a ^ ain brought before a meetinc of the county of Renfrew on Tuesday . It appears that the distress continues without abatement . A faint hope is held put that trade may revive in January , but ott grounds which seem to ug very questionable . Sir James Graham , in reply to an application for assistance from government , referred to the money which had bfienalready remitted , and stated that the gentlemen of the district had not yet done all that they ought to do . This assertion will scarcely be controverted , if ic be true , as Mr , Sharpe stated , thzt the sum applied by tho couaty only amounted to our . and a fraction per cenL upon the assessable rent—one and a fraction , to , keep a / our / Apart of the

      inhabitants of the place from starvatioa 1 What will the heavily-taxed gentlemen of England , where the ordinary average poor ' s rate is 2 a , per pound , cr fsn per cent ., think of the measure here furnished of Scottish . phiianthropy \ The absence of a legal provi 8 ioh for the poor in this country seem to have almost obliterated the groat truth so beautifully ' enunciafed bv Capt . Drummond . that ' * property has its duties as well as its rights . " Whatever call such great and sudden distress may make upon the country at larger it is clear that the obligation . is stropj ^ sfc upon the ucighbouriflg dif-trict . K may be aiM j said , that a town like Paisley , with 60 , 000 inhabitants , adds five or six per cent , to the value of all the lands- within many miles of it . The money raised under ] the queen ' s letter enjoining

      colieotiohs in all the . churches , amounts to £ 90 , 000 ; and it has been handed over , it aeems , to a manufacturers ' relief committee in London . Of this fund , . £ 12 , 000 had gone to Paisley , and it has received £ 6 , 000 from other sources , making in all £ 18 , 000 . This is a large sum : but , if the number of the destitui | amounts to 11 , 000 , as stated at the meeting , itWould scarcely supply them with bread crid water for bix months , while ths distress has already endured for eighteen . The provost said , thafi £ 100 , 000 would be required to give effeotual reliot '; and both he and the sheriff spoke in ominous terras as to the future peace of the district , if the sufferings of the people were not speedily alleviated . Greenockjtoo , is in a very depressed condition , and the state of matters in Renfrewshire altogether seeias to bo gloomy in the extreme . —Scotsman .

      .- . Storm :- in ^ Ulrica . —( From the Boston U . S ^ Morning Post , Dec .. l . y-jin- the evening , about six o ' ctiick , a south-east snow storm set in , which coatinued unlil about nine o ' clock , when it commenced raining , and the wind , which up to that time had blown moderately , burst forth from ES . E with tremeadouB fury . Many veseela which were riding at ; anehor in the harbour were driven from their moorings , and either dashed against the ends ot the wharfs or . jammed alongside of each other . A large vessel was almost blown , on her ^ beam ends , and several schooners and brigs were : jammed together , chafing and cracking—some of them with no person on board . One or two small vessels were also snnk at this wharf / AtFort-hill- wharf several small ve 83 ela

      were more or less- damaged . A small schooner , trie Jane Fish , of St . George ^ Maine , was driven from her anchor against the wharf , and Nathan Fuller , the mate , in attempting to leave the vessel , fell between her side and the wharf , and waa drowned . ' The crew of this vesssel state that the bi-i f * , Uncle Sam , had been blown adrift , and waa then driving about the harbour ; and that the ship Tyrone had parted her headfasts , swung round , and sustained considerable damage . The space between India and Central-Wharfs was filling up fast with drifting wrecks , and those vessels at the ends of these wharfs were careening , as if their tall masts would turu them over . The end of Long-wharbrought up eeveral small craft , which probably

      were sunk . The space between this wharf and Central-wharf was also the scene of great destruction . The noise oli ' tilHng masts , and the crashing of drifting wrecks rose at intervals , above the storm , and might have ' been hoard even at tho centre of the city . At the northern wharfs , and , in fact , at all the wharfe , more or less damage-waB sustained by a great portion of the shipping . Such was the terrific violence of tho gale , that it was dangerous for an individaal to venture to the ends of the wharfs .. We were informed that more than a dozen vessels had ' been turk , and that the crews of one or two | 6 f them had perished , but the names of the vessels we could not learn . This leads us to hope that ! Buch reports are exaggerated . At 2 i . ni . W 8

      took another stroll along the wharfa , and fonnd things comparatively quiet , the wind having shifted to E . N . E . Although we saw nearly twenty vessels more or less damaged , we could not obtain any particulars , for moss of them were deserted . The schooner , Conclusion , of Gloucester , lying at-. the north-end of T-wharf , had her stern Btove in , and sustained otheri damage / A larger ship , Baid to be the Riga , was driven up the dock at Long-wharf , one had her bowsprit carried away close to the knight heads . One of the . ships which arrived yesterday was reported to have drifted from her an nhors . and sustained creat damage . A ship at the

      and of Commercial-wharf was also reported to have sHfftited cdneiderably . The bark Anita , too , was said to have sustained some damage ., Perhaps no gale that has visited this place for some time has destroyed so much property in this port in so short a time . We fear that a few days wiUinfold tales of shipwreck and death along oar coaetB that will briug pain and sorrow to many a bereaved boflonr for no vessel close in with land could carry sail or ride at anchor in exposed' aituationfl and weather fcuch a tempest . We have taken no notice of the damage on the land , but undoubtedly it iacsnriderablo , for nothing fragile , expoeed to raoh fury , could escape unscathed . " : ; ¦ ^

      ^ Orir:'.

      ^ orir : ' .

      Untitled Article

      THE NORTHERN STAR . _^ ^ 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 31, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct917/page/3/