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      DESTITUTION 15 THE METROPOLIS . IDoiing the last few days , though the -weather has l » en mild , there h&ve been u m&ny sb S 00 mm , "women , and children admitted into the Re ! nge for tfee Destitute , Playionse-yard j there having been since the opening . last Monday "week , ( M 2 provided with nightly lodging , and -who sIbo have given to them a alice of Ijread nitht and morning . There -will be no more than ^ 00 allowed admission ,, mita the cold weather sets in , for fear of fever , "which happened last year from too many bang congregated together .

      B 0 KH 0 BS- OF PK 0 STITCT 10 S 15 THE KErEOPOLIS . It would be well for the foreign aympthisers who indulge in fainting fits and torrents of tears oTer the ignorance and barbarism of the . inhabitants of the Antipodes , to turn their eyes homewardB before they look abroad for objects t > f compassion . If the young and the morematnre female saints who crowd Bxeter-H&U , to hear impassioned addresses , and * pen their pursestrings ia behalf of the "wild ravages of the South Sea ininntla , of the bsck woods of America , and of the desera of Africa , would -oonfine their charity to home , and peruse the lamentable catalogue of human misery , and consequent vice and crime which the metropolis presents , they "would find truly deserving -objects upon -whom they coold beneficially exercise the best qualities

      md energies o I their heads and hearts , by securing t ' ue temporal aad eternal welfare of their own fl ^ sh an . 1 blood . Of all the ¦ objects which this doleful catalogue of human "woes presents , the most heart-stirring , are the " wrerched fallen daughters of Sve who- are compelled to sacrifice the honour and dignity of their sex . that they may procure the commonest necessaries of life . In 4 he metropolis , it 1 b calculated that there are SO . -fc&fl of this nnforrunate class . la one hospital there were admitted , in & short spies of tnne , -2 s 70 o female children of the tender age of nine , ten , eleven , and firelfe , ami forty of the age of foxateen , all aff ^ A ed by the foal , slow , but certain consuming disease that follows the life of prostitution 3 > r . Tait , in his report of one of those hospitals ,

      established for the receptioD of female outcasts , states , that of l . Oflfl there were -676 under twenty years of age . And the police retains enumerates 5 , 000 hoosas tenanted by unfortunate females . In Great Etchfield-atreet , ( what is the Society for the Protection of Vice doing ? j there is a house , Trim a regular establishment , into which . unsuspecting females are entrapped , under tke pretext of being engaged at some industrious calling . TThese poor creatures , -qaiekly initiated into crime , and l 9 d from one tics to another , are , by degrees , engulphed within a vortex of infamy , from which they only escape when , being found unprofitable , they are driven upon the streets by their iiihman employers . So systematically is Tice followed op and prostitution encouraged in this den , that there is attached to it & regular agent ,

      "Whose sole and 3 nly daty is to proem © -victims , in search of whom he bcouts Germany , Holland , Spain , ami Portngai A keeper of one of these infamoaa houses , U ) avoid prosecution , went to Boulogne a short time ago , carrying with her £ 30 , 000—the fruits of her brutal traffic for tea years . It is even calculated that in this country £ 8 . 000 , 000 is annually expended in profligacy , dtbauchtry , and prostitution . Amongst the wretched female outcasts "who thus gain their liTelihood at the expense cf their honour , there is a large number of dressmakers and needlewomen , who " , working from an early hour in the morning to late at night for eightpence and tenpeEce a day , are ncible to maintain themselves by -such industry , and are , therefore , compelled to walk the streets at night , in search of the means to support and clothe their jaded and worn-out frames Can the wealthy , Bible-reading females of England

      think of expending tbsir charity and benevolence in distant lands , upon Thugs , Hottent-ts , Canibals , and Savages , when so much misery , depravity , and vice are to be met with in their own land and at their very doors ? If they are interested in the dignixy i > f their Bpecies , and have an ardent wish to rescue their own bex from the lowest depth of degradation and infamy , let them but visit the pnrlieiis of St . Giles ' s , or the hack streets of Whitechapel , the Borough , and Westminster , "Where they wiD find objects innumerable of the above class , "Whose wretched , depraved , and outcast condition cannot fail of exciting the compassion of every true Christian and every truly benevolent and kind-hearted philanthropist . Eighty thousand females receiving the wages and eating the bread of sin and death . There is a Ent-ject for the Saints of Exeter Hall to contemplate I There is an object worthy of tb = ir sympathy , their compassion , ana their benevolence !

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      of ace . They receive from the parish 2 s . 6 d-, and ihr ee ' loaves per week . There Is a small garden attached to the cottage , but they have no potato land and are , to buyfueL The woman sometimes obtains a little w ork , and then a portion of their miserable pittance is taken away . The room , both above and below , la in a most dilapidated state , and the rain beating through on . every side ; the floor is of mud and stones , and filthy . In the extreme ; what window tbere U to tte coitaga is boarded to protect the inmates from the wf ^ ther ; a more wretched hovel there cannot be conceived . . I saw & lad of eighteen iu the room , who told me be ^ u out of work , and had been &o for three weeks • he depended on his mother for food . Father , mother , and son sleep in the same room . In the n * xt cottage "resides Jane

      Gnndry with her three brothers . This Is slso in the moat disgraceful state i the floor is of mad , wean by time , and the rain beating in . The room « n the ground floor is not , I should think , twelve feet square , which is th « B 5 Z 9 of the bed-Toom abo"ro , In which Elizi Grundry and her three brothers ate ccmpelled to sleep . The eldest , who is thirty years of -tge , only receives , I was told , 2 a , per week and hia meals ; the second , aged twenty-two , has 5 a . pet weak ; the third is out of work , and has not keen able to procure any since haymaking . The -sister told ice he had a bad leg , "which he was obliged to poulBee , and for this purpose he had been allowed two loaves , bat no other allowance does he receive from the parish . The next cottage is occupied by Anna Warr , whose husband is a hurdler . He

      ! is enabled to earn better wages than the rest , but the ! cottage , if not worse , is quite as bad as the rest There ! ia bat one small room above , which is only to be ' ¦ reached by a kind of ladder . In this she and her husband and five children sleep . The rain penetrates : through several parts of the ceiling , and runs down ' upon the beds . The room below is much in the same state . I observed the floor at the doorway was filled j with old straw and rubbiEh , which Anna Warr told me « was placed there to fill up great holes in the mud fl > or , I and to prevent the rain running further into the room . ¦ By the side of the fire on a hard bench in this wretched I hovel was lying one of the children sick with the mea-; sles ; the poor ¦ woman had another in ner arras , who , ' she said , 'was about to hsre the disease also . " i Mr . Sheridan adds a sentence , in wbich we heartily

      concur , viz .. — * ' You will asfe , perhapB , what end I propose to myself by exposing these cases of destitution and suffering ? answer , that this public opinion will be brought to bear on the condition of ihe labonrer in this countymen will be induced to give the subject their consideration who never thought of it before—cottages will be examined which before were Bcaxcely visited—the matter -will be discussed—Vestries : wili be called , as there have been at Batcombe , to inquire into the

      ' charges against their parish—endeavonrs will be made to refute them—they may possibly discover trifl ng ' errors , bnt every case that I have or shall produce will be found substantially corjecL These are the objects I have in view—the exposure of injustice and hard treatment of the poor . " And these are the objects hi which p . 11 right-minded ' m ^ n will be ready to rive their assistance , iet men of all parties , instead of disputing as to where the imputation of biams should rest , unite to remove the evil , and . the blame will die away of itself .

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      Applicant—literary employment , Sir . I have applied at all the newspaper offices , but I could not get anything to do . At length I would have been willing t » enlist in the metropolitan police . Mr . Combe—Where did you Bleep last ? The applicant replied In > coffee-house , near Oxfordstreet . They would not keep him in the workhouse , as ho did not like to return to Ireland , -where he feared his prospects would not be bette * than they were hero . He declared In an earnest manDer that he was very hungry , as he bad not tasted any sort of food Since the morning of the previous day . iTho poor fellow ' s looks confirmed the asBerti » m . The clerk humanely suggested that he should have some food immediately .

      Mr . Combe said the applicant ' s story was a distressing one , but of Its truth he had no proof ; and before he should feel justified in making any considerable advance from the poor-box he must have some confirmation of the statements made by him . The applicant said the master of the Cferkenwell workhouse would , he felt confident , speak favourably of his conduct whilst there . The worthy magistrate directed that the applicant should have some food at once , and that one of the officers of the court should accompany him to the workhouse , and obtain a bed there for bim . On the following day inquiries should be made concerning him .

      On Monday , General Evans waited upon Mr . Greenwood the sitting magistrate for the day , in reference to the above case . From this visit it transpired that Mr . Otway Cave , denied the statement made by Seafont . Mr . Cdve stating that " he has no relation of that name , and is utterly unacquainted with the individual in question or his family ' * Mr . Greenwood took occasion to observe that tbe poor-box of the Court was very deficient in funds . With the exception of £ 5 forwarded there on the previous day , they had not received a donation for a long

      time . The district over which that court had jurisdiction included as wretched & population as any in London , —Field-lane . St Giles ' s , Saffron-hill , and that miserable district verging on the city in the neighbourhood of Smithfield . Then Kingaland and its ' neighbourhood , in another direction . From all these places many destitute , and some deserving objects came . A groat deal of money , be observed , bad been showered into some of tbe other police-courts , whilst , with tbe exception of the donation already alluded to , they hud received nothing , although there would be so much need for it .

      INGRATITUDE (!) OF IDE POOR . " Thames Police—Five shillings were received or ) Saturday , for the poor woman Acne Lyall , in addition to which Mr . Broderip yesterday acknowledged the receipt of 12 s . 6 d . for the same purpose from General B . and Mrs . C . B-, transmitted from Wapping by J . Elms , and an acknowledgement n quested in the Times . Admiral Sir E . Codrington forwarded £ 1 for the poor-box . Tne cases of distress developed at this court are very numerous , and make a continuous drain upon tbe poorbox . On Monday , a poor woman name > 1 Jemima Wells , who Las only juat recovered from slow typhus fever , came to return thanks to Mr . Broderip for pecuniary and other assistance , rendered at a very trying period . About six weeks since , the poor woman was procuring

      a hvmg : for hsrEslf and three orphan children , as a laundress , aided by her eldest sop , a very meritorious lad , who regularly handed her over almost all his little earnings , when typhus made its appearance amongst them , and ran through tbe whole of her children . At length she was herself attacked , and tbeii source of subsistence being thus stopped , they were compelled to sell and pawn what little necessarieB they had in the effort to work through . Fortunately the case reached the ears of the chief usher of this eoutt , who , with prompt humanity , rendered what assistance he conld afford , and immediately laid tha case before Mr . Broderip , who directed that instant relief uhonld be afforded . The poor woman immediately on her recovery came to thank the magistrate not only for the bounty bestowed , but aho for the manner in which it had been dispensed by the usher .

      Mr . Broderip directed tbe usher to see that the wants of tbe family were provided for until she could resume be usual employment .

      A HUMANE PROSECUTOR . A very painful case , which excited a considerable degree of sympathy in the court , came on in the course of * he day . Bai-janiin Green , a journeyman baker , was charged by fcig tmployer , Arcos Chiiver , who resides at John-street , CroiE-s ^ reet , St . George ' s-in-the-Eaat , with having attempted to steal four quirtcrn loaves . The prisoner , a most miserable-looking creature , appea . ed . stunned at the position in -which he found himself placed , and the prosecutor had scarcely been sworn , when it be&ime evident that he would lose a whole batch of bread ratLer than proceed with tbe charge .

      It appeared that at a quarter to seven o ' clock yesterday mornin ? , the prosecuSor , having some previous cauBe cf suspicion , went down into the bakehouse , and found * bat the prisoner , who had been twelve ni : ntha in his employment , had the f > ur loaves tied up in a handkerchief , ready to be taken away . " But , your worship / ' continued tbe humane prosecutor , and tbe tears chased one another down his cheeks as be spoke , "he is a married nian , with four children , and I don't wish to prosecute him : 01 Sir , I don ' t wish to follow it up . " This touch of genuine humanity had an electric iffVct . The prisoner burst into tears , and every heart in the court waa touched with sympathy . Mr . Bro < 1 eiip , after laudins tbe humanity of the kindhearted biker , discharged the prisoner , who left the dock deeply affected .

      APPALLING CASE OP DESTITUTION . Wobship-stbeet , MONDAY . —Immediately aftei the Court met , Serjeant Alderman , of the H division , attended before Mr . Broughton , accompanied by a wretched , half-starved-looking man , named Robert Sidgrave , whose distressing case had been brought under his notice . The Strjeant stated that information having reached him that a child , iteo pears o d . had died from starvation , at a cheap lodging-house in Went worth-street , Whitechapel , he proceeded thither on Saturday morning , to ascertain whether there was any truth in tbe sta ' tement . On reaching the house , be was shewn into a miserable apartment on the first floor , where he found the wife of the man Sidgrave , with three young children , one of

      -whom was lying dead , as had been represented . An old cloth had been thrown over the dead child , which the mother removed , thereby exposing the body , which was in a complete state of nudity , and its skeleton appearance fully bore out the poor woman's statement that it died from actual starvation . There was not a morsel of food in the place , and he felt satisfied , from tbe emaciated frame and feeble moaning cries of one of the other children , that it was also in a dying Btate . He soon after-wards saw the father of tbe children , and on asking him "whether he bad applied to . he parish for assistance , he said that he had , but no relief had been given to him for nearly a fortnight , when he received 5 s . from Attrell , the

      relieving officer , -who at tbe same time intimated that it would be useless to apply again , as nothing mon would be done for him . In consequence of the man's statement be ( the sergeant ) repaired to the residence of Air . Bru&h&eld , the overseer « f Spitalfields , who , on being apprised of the facts , immediately sent a note to Attrell , directing him to give prompt attention to the case . In compliance with the order a small quantity of food was supplied to the poor people on Saturday night , but on going to the house that morning bo fwund that nothing further had been done , and as the trifl . n ^ relief they had received was completely exhausted , " he thought it neceB 8 ary to represent the case to the magistrate ,

      Mr . BroDgbton asked the sergeant what amount of relief was granted on Saturday to the distressed family ? Sergeant Alderman said that all they received teas a loaf of bread , an ounce of tea , half a pound ( if sugur , and a pound of oatmeal . Tbe poor maa was then called into the witness-box , and in answer to the magistrate ' s questions , he said that he belonged to Preston in Lancashire , and was a carpenter by trade , but being thrown out of woik , ha came np to London about four months ago in the hope of bettering his condition . After spending a fortnight in

      fruitless attempts to procure employment , he was . attacked with fever and was laid up for several weeks . Soon after hia recovery be went to Attrell and begged relief for himself and family , as they were periEhin ;; from want ; but all he got was 5 « .. with an intimation Vtat if he made another application he would be given into custody . A few days afterwards he went out and endeavoured to pick up a trjfld by hawking lucifVr matches , when he accidtntaliy met Attrell ia Whitecbapd , who told him that he had known him for years as a common cadger , and if he again caught him begging about the streets , he tcould huve him sent to prison for three -months .

      Serjeant Alderman Baid that he had made the strictest inquiries into the case , and found that the man had only been in London about four months . A good deal of commisstration was expressed for him iu the neighboartiooa , where it teas the ooieral opinion ifial his child waslilerallp starved lo death . Jdr . Broughton desired the serjeant to proceed at once to Mr . Brushfield and communicate his wishes that the family should either be taken into the workheuse or be allowed sufficient out-door . relief to meet the urgency of the case , fie should , in th 9 meantime , give 5 s . out of the poor-box to supply their immediate wants .

      PRISON TOBTUBES—MORE HCRDEE . While such horrible cases as tbe boots form' dai ' Y themes for the reporters of the London press ; " while destitution in its most awful shape is scouring" the agricultural districts ; and while despite " revived trade" and the return of " prosperity , " the ma : ' « - factoring masses are as low sunk as ever in the slouei ^ of misery ; while all this is going on and a * a matter of course , our gaols are erammed -with the victims of tbis horrible state of society ; the wrecthed inmates of thostt gaols are being murdered— TORTORED to DEAT . H by the cruel discipline and horrible treatment to which they are subjected . Within the last few days two of the wretched beings confined in the Mill bank Penitentiary , have died from the effects of the pestilential air and horrible discipline of that murderous den .

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      Another wretched man has been murdered in that horrid hell , Coldbath Fields prison . As a specimen of the treatment in this Inquisition , take the following evidence of one of the fellew-sufferers of the victim , examined on the ' Inquest " : — , " David Williams , aged 29 . was well and hearty when he entered the prison in May , but about July last ,, he was very ill , and went to the surgeon for advice . Witness heard Allen , the infirmary warder , say there was nothing tbe matter with him , adding that he should

      report him to the governor for trying to evade labour Ho was taken before the governor and placed in the dark celL Witness bttd heard tbe governor direct the turnkey to keep a sharp look out after the prisoner . He got worse and worse , and could not eat his victuals , and during the last week of his confinement he a ? ked permission of the surgeon to keep off tbe wheel—permission was not {/ ranted . On coming out , the bones were literally protruding through his skin , and he was obliged to have a pillow lo sit upon . ' *

      And the Jury returned a verdict— " That the deceased died of inflammation In the throat , which he was less able to bear up against , from the low state of health consequent on the prison dietary " The following paragraph appeared is the Times of Monday ;—" Insanity in the Model Prison Although this prison has been opened so short a time , and the prisoners have been carefully selected from the various gaols in point of health , two have become insane this year , and have been transferred to Bethlehem—viz . John Reeve , on the 24 th of June , and John Hill Stone , on the 17 th of August . "

      This " Model Prison" is one of " the fruits of the Reform Bill , " one of the hellish acts of the Whig regime , now made to' produce its intended results in the insanity of its inmates ! Well ! well ! it may be used for its concoctors yet . Meanwhile let our readers treasure Up ( AGAINST THE DAY OF RETRIBUTION ) the FACTS contained in this ( as well as every other ) portion of "The Condition-of England Question . " A . iwiitet iu the Morning Cfirontclc commenting upon ibese atrocities says j—• ¦ some insist UpOB OV 6 r WOrKing their prisoners—some on under feeding—some on

      the sacred privilege of forcing women and children to mount 12 000 fret of tread wheel daily . F&intings , emaciations , and lingering deaths follow . " The surgeons of the hulks , where the convicts sentenced to transportation are received before being sent out of the country , give the following evidence on the effi cts of the present system of " prison discipline : — " We continue to receive from the different ptiBona men in such a state of exhaustion , arising from the colds , solitary confinement , ami inadequate food , that they are unfit for the dock-yard labour , and incapable of making tlie voyage to Botany Bay . "

      But death is not the worst punishment falling upon our system-made criminals ; insanity is committing terrific havoc in ranks of these unfortunates , and this we hold to be a punishment worse than death .

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      FRANCE . —Republicanism in the Abmt . —The correspondent : of the Dispatch asserts that «« Publiean principles are almost universal amongst the French soldiers . He says : — " Were tfae ^ e a popular outbreak to-morrow Louis Philippe would not calculate upon one-t « ntb part of the army to support him . Disaffection does not prevail only amongst certain sections of each regiment , but whole regiments themselves are known to be so imbued with Republican notions that they are never trusted near the capital . Even th « Ministerial and Court journals frequently allude to some particular corps as one which is notoriously inclined to sedition , from the Colonel down to the drummers . Marshal

      Soult ( the Minister of War ) has , ever since the commencement of ibis present lease of power , endeavoured to check this spirit in the army , by tbe fusion of faithful ( so called ) inen amongst the suspected' regiments . The scheme has , however , signally failed ; for the recruits thus { introduced into the old corps have speedily become converts to the principle * of freedom . On a late occasion the King received a private report from the War-pmco , relative to the particular reglmenta which might be employed to garrison the new fortresses around Paris , ] and upon whose support the Crown might calculate in any case , of emergency . This report had been very carefully compiled from accurate

      returns furnished by the Prefects of the departments in which the various corps had served , the Governors of the towns in which they had been located , and in some instances their very Colonels themselves . The result of this examination into tbe feelings of the army was by no means satisfactory to Louis Philippe , and I can state , upon the very best authority , that be exclaimed , in the agony of his mind , ' Good God ! what will become of France if the army should throw itself into the arms of the people ? ' He ought to have said— had he sincerely } expressed his meaning— ' What will become of my ! dynasty V for his Citizan Majesty evidently regarfia France only as tbe means of aggrandivemeut , wealth , and power for his own family . "

      " Glorv" and Algiers— The National publishes the following letter from Tlemcen . It is not . at all improbable that the late ordonnances for grants to certain departments to meet unforeseen expences , have reference to Tunis and Morocco : — " Contrary to his promise tbe Emperor of Morocco Abdherraman receives in his territory the khalifas of Add-el-Kader . i The Ouled Ria and the Augads , who had abandoned their tribes to avoid submitting to the French , had likewise encamped there . When the French troops leave their garrison , the Arabs take refuge in the territory of Morocco , where it is forbidden to pursue them , and when the French return to Tjamcen the incursions [ of tbe Arabs recommence . Two French convoys had been attacked on the road to Oran ; there were five men ] wounded , two killed , and tw . « nty horses captured . This coup de-main is generally attribute ! to the Beni-Mattas . "

      The Moniteur publishes accounts from Algiers , of the 20 th instant , which state that General Tempoure attacked the ! camp of the Caliph Sidi Embarackben-Allah , on the lHh , at Mallah , a place forty leagues to the west of Mascarah . This chief , who was on his w ^ s to join Abd-el-Kader , ia described as only second to the latter in importance . His army , whioh consistied of several battalions of infantry and a regiment of cavalry , were entirely destroyed . Sidi Embarack himself was killed , with 400 of his men . 300 prisoners ! , and three standards were taken .

      Satan ln trooble . —The editor of a newspaper in Paris , bearing the lugabrious title of Satan , has been found guilty , before the Tribunal Correctionel , of a libel upon Mdlle . Ines Gonzales , ayoungactross of the Theatre Porte St . Martin , in attributing to her some traits in private life which tended to injure her honour , and destroy her good repute with the public . The ; editor ( M . Borel ) is sentenced to three months' imprisonment , and damages to the amount of 500 f . to M | bs Gonzales , and he is further required to insert this ; sentence in Satan , and in any three other papers | the lady may appoint , at his proper charge and expense . SPAIN . —iGur lastest accounts last week announced the resignation of the offices held by Narvaez . Subsequently we find him withdrawing his resignation and receiving from the Queen the Grand Cross of the | Order of Charles III .

      The Madrid mail did not arrive at Paris on Wednesday , in consequence of the Spanish Malloposte having been attacked on tho 11 th by robbers in the Pinares d'Aranda , and robbed . The travellers were completely stripped of their effects , but tho mail was saved , and was expected to arrive in Paris on Thursday . This intelligence was received in Paris by telegraph . The Press . —The correspondent of the Times , writing fromi Madrid , Nov . 16 th , says : " The reign of terror prevails amongst the Progresists periodicals . The JSspectador has to-day ( for the second time during the short month of November ) failed to make its appearanca . One of its editors is in prison

      on suspicion of being privy to the conspiracy against Narvacz . The rest have all run away . The editors of the Eco del Comercio are still in separate confinement on similar charges , wiih this difference in thoir favour , 4-that they have been removed from the custody of the R > giment of tho Princesa ( the favourite of iNarvaez ) , where , as they alleged , they were liable at any moment to be shot by the partisan population of the barrack for their imaginary crime , if the soldiers should take it into their heada to anticipate the flaw ' s delay—a proceeding for which there have been abundant precedents of late in Spain . " i

      The Ministry—The days of the Lopez gang are numbered . Intelligence from Madrid down to the lflih , announce thatM . Ologaza of "Golden Fleece " notoriety , is io all intents and purposes the " Universal Minister , " trying to patch up a Cabinet but in vain . \ Barcelona—Barcelona has fallen ! Unsupported by their degenerate countrymen the heroic Catalans have laid down their arms , but the terms they obtained attest the anxiety of the " victors" for a termination of the straggle . Of course once , haying obtained possession of the place no scruple was made about violating faith with the fallen . Hence the order for the general disarming of the inhabitants under pain of death . The French Government , on Thursday , received the following despatches announciug intelligence of the surrender of Barcelona : —

      TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES . 1 " Perpiijnan , Nov . 21 . " Barcelona ! capitulated the day before yesterday . Tbe troops entered yesterday . The terms are about the same as those granted to the insurgents of Saragossa . " j . i " Barcelonetta , Nov . 20 . " The insurgents , seeing that an attack was becoming imminenti have sent for two days past commission after commission to the Captain-General , in order to obtain a better capitulation than that offered on the 11 th . The Captain- General bas made fresh concessions , founded upon ; tbe general wish of seeing the reign of Isabella II . inaugurated by a grand act of clemency and reconciliation . . ! " The troop ' s are at this moment entering the town . The leaders compromised and designated by the Captain-General will embark on board a French ship , which will convey them to Port Vendres . "

      i " Barcelona , Nov . 22 . " The Queen's troops havo taken poa&ession of all the gates of Barcelona without difficulty . The Ciptain-General yesterday appointed and installed a new municipality . Some armed National Guards having committed excesses against the military , and having uttered seditious cries , a bando , dated this morning , has ordered the general disarming of the inhabitants . Such as shall not deliver up their arms within the delay of six hours , will incur tke penalty of death . " The members of the Junta , and about one hundred officers of the free corps , or National Guard , depart this day for France , on board the Gameleon or the Phenicia . with pafispo * ts fsem the Captain-CrcneraL " It will bejseen by the following that Figacras , " the last entrenchment of liberty , " still holds out : — ; j " Perpignan , Nov . 23 .

      " The insurgents of the fort of Figueras made a sortie yesterday in the direction of Llers . Prim repulsed them , took five prisoners , and established his head-quarters at Villa Bertram . " The Pbenicia steamer left Barcelona last evening , and landed atj Port Vendres this morning nine passengers , two of Iwhom were members of the Junta . She conveys thirty ; other Spaniards to Marseilles . " The Cameleon is expected at Port Vendres , having left Barcelona at the same time as the Phenicia . " A new mdnicipality was yesterday installed at Barcelona . " I .

      AUSTRIA . —The Emperor of Austria , it is said , in the German papers , has suspended the meetings of the Hungarian Diet . A most inconvenient spirit of liberty has crept into that part of his Imperial Majesty ' s dominions , and gives him an infinity of trouble . At the present moment a royal command has been rejected by the Diet , and only seventeen or eighteen hands held up for it . Every attempt has been made either to force or cajole the deputies to vote in favour of it , but without effect . The Hungarian deputies would keep the purse strings , and the emperor has shown his high displeasure by suspending the meetings of the Diet .

      Ths Rvssuxs and Circassians . ^—A letter from Warsaw , in the Treves Gazette , gives some details of a late battle ] between the Russians and Circassians . The latter with about 1 , 200 men , attacked with great resolution two Russian batallions , when marohing to relieve other troops . The Russians fought bravely , but were obliged ; to retire before the great numbers of the enemy . 'Six Russian oflTcers were killed , and the loss on that side was in general great . A regiment of Chasseurs came to tiSe aid of the Russians , and foroed the Circassians t <> give way .

      German League Dott on Iron- — Extract of a letter from Germany , dated 21 st Nov ., 1843 : — " The duty question on iron will not be regulated before

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      December , as the meeting afc-Berlin has separated , and will n « tjB «^ ' « wdft'BftW- 'ttgJSi ™ - ^ - 'Deoomber . when their deliberations will be finally closed . It appears that prior to their separation theyagreed to place a duty on pig iron , metal , &c , of £ L sterline pet ton , and upon bar iron an increase of duty of 30 s ., making £ 4 Ito . per ton j and this will pertainlv come into effect , unless ftronff representations are made by the EnjjliBh and Belgian government ^ and steps taken to prevent this " imprudent " resolve . Tn no Base will the duty be enforced as early as the L" of JanTary . 1844 , W it will be February ^ March , or even April , as our people require tune for settling their affaira . "

      ITALT . —Letters from Rone of the 10 th instant state that several further arrests have taken place , and that a band of insurgents have shewn themselves in the neighbourhood of Perugia . . , It was reported iu Paris on Thursday , that the Pope was taken suddenly and dangerously ill . In . the present disturbed state of Italy , and especially of the States of the Church , any change m the Holy See is not considered unimportant . In . themeantime it is said , in a letter of the 15 th , whieh has ; been received from the Roman States , thatthe disturbances in the neighbourhood of Bologna and Ravenn * nave been put down . GREECE . —Some disturbances have taken place at Patmos .

      TURKEY . —Constantinople , Nov . 7 ih . —Accounts from the North of Albania describe that province as overran by armed bands , who are pandering the villages , burning the churches ' , and levying contributions on the Christians . The roads are impassable , and tbe various governors are blockaded within their towns . The Porte has issued orders for the immediate advance of thirtyfive thousand men againBt the insurgents , under the command of Reschid Pacha , the Rumeli Valaasi . Gamik Paoha and Omar' Pacha are appointed generals of divisions . Orders have also been sent to assemble a corps of observation in Thessaly , ia anticipation of disturbances in Greece . The alarm felt by the Porte at the state of things in that country , which was described in a former letter , has rather increased than subsided . _ _ . .. ..

      A conspiracy has been discovered at Ibraila , the object of which was a revolution in Bulgaria . Several Russian agents are said to have been connected with the plot . Prince Bibesko will be warned by the fate of Ghyka against interfering with any such laudable undertaking . Letters latelj received from Persia , dated m the middle of last month , inform us that the Shah is still at Teheran , and that the troops have all been dismissed . Narsis , the new patriarch of thff Armenian church , is expected immediately at Uteh Klissia , and is to be accompanied by General Neidhart , the Governor of Georgia , who is to instal him formally in his patriarchate . After this ceremony , the general will visit the frontiers . Mirz » Saleh , who was formerly in England , had lately returned from a mission to Tiflis with presents from the Shah to the Emperor . The Shah has issued a proclamation , limiting the rate of interest to twelve

      Letters received this day from Mosul state that the Nestorians , still inhabiting the unconquered districts , arid those who had taken refuge amongst them , had successfully attacked the invaders ; The Tureo-Kurdiah governor , who had been instated at Ardesha , had been expelled , and the mountaineers had regained possession of many important . passes of theTiyarre country . The i'acha of Mosul has refused to releas « the Nestdrian prisoners , and to procure the liberation of such as had been sold into slavery .

      " Beyrout , Oct . 1 . —By the arrival of a courier here last night , we learn that disturbances of a very serious nature , terminating in loss of life , had broken oat st Latachia . on the 5 th instant , in which place the people had made an attack upon the Albanians , who were worsted , with the loss of thirtyeight killed and seventeen severely wounded . The holy city had also been the seat of disturbance , as had been Naplous and Tripoli . The obnoxious system pursued by Government , in the levying of the taxes , had given rise to the meute , and as long as the defence of the country is committed to the custody of the Albanians , as noted for their intolerance as for their cruel disposition , so long will the country remain a prey to anarchy and revolution . *' JAMAICA . —The following rather Whiggishlooking oufcbnrst of " patriotism" in the Falmouth Baptist Herald , will give some idea of the state of political feeling in Jamaica .

      " ¦ The almost unbearable burden of taxes—the extravagant jobberies of the vestries , and of the House of Assembly—the waste of publio money upon a worthless police force—a mad scheme of emigration , and a corrupt semi-popish church—^ the hypocritical cry of conciliation while laws are every year passed gradually encroaching upon the liberties of the people—and above all—the irreligionthe infidelity—the licentiousness—the lore of slavery—and the robbery—of law-makers—and law dispensers—all cry aloud for a most rigorous , and searching reformation . " But who are to be the reformers ? The people . They are the strength of the country—and with them lies the power of reform . Verily if the taxpayers do not so feel the necessity of improvement as to induce them to exercise their rights , they deserve to be crushed and trodden under foot by thoir haughty oppressors .

      " It ia never to be expected that a corrupt House will cleanse itself . There are bnt few indeed in the Halls of Legislature who are either fit or willing to raise the standard . There must be pressure from without—a clamorous demand for justice—a determined stand against all abominations in the statea resolve that every representative shall be answerable to his constituents for his conduct , and the privilege of voting exercised only on behalf of those who pledge themselves to the cause of truth , liberty , and justice . * ' We say , then , let those who have votes , give them only to the advocate of Reform—those who are qualified either by house or laud to vote , register your titles and claim your rights . Let all voters unite in each parish in the formation of a Reform Association—let them seek for honest find faithful men as

      representatives in vestries and assembly ; and next year , at the expected election , sound the trumpet of liberty—expel the jobbers—the placemen—the proslavery party—the emigration schemers—the policemen—the oppressors of their country , and place in their stead such a noble baud of patriots as shall well deserve the name of the Honourable House of Assembly . " Are there no enlightened , liberal-minded men in each parish , who with superior abilities , and better opportunities than the labouring classes of voters , will spare a little time to gather up the forces in battle array .

      " Jamaica is not like England * where bribery—intimidation—corrupt freemen—and apathetic voters diminish the ranks of Reformers . Hero , a little toil , and a little care will ensure such a long list of liberal votes , as would make the triumph of Reform sure and certain . The struggle of our election i ? ould completely overrun the hopes of , the Tory party—and the fair fabric of freedom and equity would be built upon an eternal basis . 11 We call then upon Reformers of all classes to come forward and unite their ranks against the common foe . Prepare a plan of action—look out for suitable men fur the vestries , aad tbe House of Assembly—urge the freeholders to register their titjes —facilitate this- registration business , and in a few months the day shall be yours—the battle shall be won , and amidst the death lamentations of oppression the laurels of victory shall erown the brow of every Reformer and lover of his country . "

      Disease . —Disease , to the " clay tenement" of the body , is like a latent reservoir of water at the foundation of an edifice , " Which creeps in rotting vapours round the wall&i Till soon the building crumbles , totters , falls . " But by a timely application of that inestimable remedy which was made kuowu by the long-li ? e < i Parr , we may dry up tho pernicious damp , appl / sound earth to the sinking foundation of our constitution , arrest the progress of decay , and occupy our fleshy dwelling through a long succession of years , while those of the neglectful and imprudent are prt * maturely tumbling into decav .

      Tremendous Hurricane . —We have been favoured with tbe following extract from a letter received by &r > M . Turner , M P . for Truro , from hia sop , Mr . Cba * Walsingham-Turner , her Britannic Majesty ' s Consul " Carthagena , dated Ootober 23 : ^ - "On the morning "» the 21 st inst . a most awful catastrophe occurred be" within two hundred yards of my balcony , and in' «| P * of my house . About four o ' clock in the morning n" * vivid lightning came on , with tremendous thundet "" such lightning as was never seen at Caithagena witu " the memory of man . I left my bed , and proceeds w the window , where I had not been five minates beft « I heard a great rushing of wind proceeding j ^ 018 . - .. east , and I observed also a waterspout , wW ' ^ sooner saw than it burst , carrying with it into toe ^ five large felucca boats , of forty to fifty tons escfl . Whinh fell infrn tho wnfap aim in nnsirta rioWD . S * W

      coarse sank , with the poor sailors on board * fittee | L whom were drowned ., it then proceeded in J ^ west direction , unroofing housea , carrying oSM 0 ^ trees , and . even rocks of great weight This ^ ot ^ Z two poor fellows , sailors , who belonged to one . ° : ^ vewels , were found deadabout a league from CinWWf ^ having been carried off and dropped by the : WI £ ^ On the whole were thrown huge stonea , Bomw ^ . demolished , and the roof of the JPrirfchU ?** ££ ,. convicts are confined , w&a completely carnea » ^ You may well imagine the heartrending cnaa * poor mariners— O Dios into Strange , boyse ™*> may seem , an English brig was at anchor mvm ^ yards of the spot where the waterspout ^' . TLed tained no damage whatever . I have just beea ™ " , that two of the feluchas only the day bel 0 I . n ^ Had 300 prisoners for political offonces from Bareeion * j i not been an eye-witness of this awful vi «»^ could not have believed if— Wat Briton *

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      DEEADFTX STATE OP TBE PcOfi . IX TtORSZTSUlUZ . ( Trcm the Times of 2 ioc . 23 rd . J There has been some hot discussion in the Dorsetshire county papers , arising out of the insufficient rate of vrages paid to the labonrers in certain district * , and brought forward bj Mr . Biindslev Saerifian -when preiidiBg as xhiirman at the West Dorsal Agricultural UeetLng . Attempts to refute the facts liave been met by strong- corroborative evidence of their truth ; and ibongh the spirit of irritation and opposition unaccountably Tensed in some quarters may appear disheartening , yet , on the -whole the dispnte has had a , salutary tffect , inasmuch as it ins tended to the farlber publicity of ibe charges ; to -which publicity ire confidently trust for jgnendmeaV It is every man ' s business to aid his

      fallow maa whenever he shall see occasion to do so . God tx £ bo linked and interwoven the destinies of the ri = b and poor , the -wise and foolish , the weak and strong , that do man , or class of men , can stand apart andprociaim themselves independent of the rest . It is impossible for any one not morally blind to deny that there is something lnghtful and pecaliar ia tbe present mutual position of the rich and poor in England . Tbe lower classes are becoming opponents instead-of depenent" ; tbe cord is ¦ worn threadbare , almost to breaking , which borad the two orderslandly together ; the" poor man no longer beHeves that industry axid submission" on his own part » B 1 guarantee protection and relief on tbe other ; he is xaplgjy loosing all confidence in the good-vil ] of his

      superiors towards him- We repeat , that in a great measure this loss of confidence proceeds from errors in the administration of the New Poor Ltw , and from faults in its construction . The Rev . Frederick Kooke , clergyman of the parish of Rampisham , has come publidy forward , and briefly and frankly confirmed the reports of the iardahip existing in hts own district , in a letter addressed to tfcie editor of the Ztorsel Coirrdy Chronicle ; in tfeis spirit , the Rev _ Charles Brngham baa published a letter , "which "we quote frum the ~ ¥ eovil Mercury , the tene and temper of which do honour alike to nis own feeling 3 * and the sacred profession to which he belongs . Mr . Bingham says " , alluding to the contradictions "we have referred to : —

      " It is by no means my desire or intention to degrade this very important inquiry into & matter of mere controversy or personality . I do rejoice from my hean that it is sei on foot . That there may be cases even here , an exposure of ^ which might "lead to bentficia ] results , it is no port of my present purpose either to affirm or to tleny ; bet I tlo affirm that the trtatmtnt of the poor by the fannera , the rats of wages , and their condition in general , is sotorionsly better here than in BOms parts cf the vale ; and that , if any such cases be discovered as even Mr . Lane admits to exist at Bstcombe —namely , iBt , that frora four to five shillings a "week has been paid to a msn on the roads ; or . 2 adly , that six shillings a "week has been thought sufficient for the

      existence of a man , his wife , and two children ; or 3 ilj , that & "Woman , ¦ with two aanlt daughters , ana a son of twenty-one , are deeping ifnol in the same Htd at least ia the same soiaH room—I pledge myself , and 1 am snre I may add the fanners of use parish , te nse our exertions to remove them . Perhaps , as the . ¦ whole tnbject stems xlow to be fairly lancched belora the public , 1 may be allowed to say somethiag ^ of the Bill-field poor-houses Though I tad long ico-sm and lamented the existence of this nuisance It "Was brought before my attention morepar--licularJy by my friend and curate tbe Rev . H . P . Hope , in a request lait "winter to join in a subscription for giving the cottages a coat of thatch , and doing some other trifling repairs . On that occasion 1 paid them a visit in company -with him ; and , thoneh J teas not unwilling to

      assist in rM ' "j than , as jar as might be , Aabiiaine , J tllll deemed it 10 bs wp duly io enter- a solemn jrroiest agaiisi ikeir being considered capable of svsh repair as Should render ihim fit habitations for human beinys at all —or , at any rate , for so many , and snch large families , as they contained . Here , then , Sir , I maintain there is a ¦ wrong . Most of tho fanners I believe to be yexj poor tbemsclTes , and any extensive plan of amelioration ¦ wo nld ha far beyond thtir means ; but Bare I am , that -vrhrthsi they * , r I , or the landowners , or the law ustll , be in fcnit , we onsht not to allow darkl ess to conceal Etch scenes of irretchedBeas as this

      . t > urel Mi , Out an effort ought to be made sc ~ nsi ~ ere , s-MF ^ s ^ sasSrfis s £ 5 £ 3 SsSSS £ = fege , or ete afford-. ni Me some « ylL ^ i * «^ flan U » . Tmion-liM » e from the nu ^« wlfchlt erposetL" ' ia

      " What these miser ^ s are gross may be eathe-ed Irem the adcrisaon of 3 Lr . Bingbazn himself tbit he * ' deemed it hia duty to enter a solemn protest against the shelter provided being considered fit for hnnsan iibitaJaoni" What the » iaeTies « re in detail , ars ex- * plained in the recapitalation ol instances given bj Mr . Sheridan in Ms answer to the charge of tx- Sggemtkm : — ' j "James and Elisi Gfondry , living im one of the fow cottages called the poor-honse . The greiter part of the I Wisdom are broken , and filled up -with rags to keep ' the rain and -wind out . There is a very smtil room be-, low , which has once been paved , but is now in a ! j nost dilapidated flats ; tha room above is of tfee same mzi , Triih do possibility of keeping out the Tain ! wfcicii beat * through In different ptaces . They have : ' four children , and the hnsband on ' p receirfs sir sftillimrs '

      J > sr week , and out cf this &sy harf io pay poor-rates . In i Tough tteaiher tke iceman loid me a candle cou- 'd no ! he i Teept alight in Uic rocvu" In the i-ci- ; cottage uTe Ti ^ os . i ftnd EUzifeeth Fzajppton , , tfcs fvraitr fcigfcty Bj years '

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      AN ENGLISHWOMAN " STEALING" BREAD FOR HER CHILDREN . EIGBTEOUS JUDGMEJiT OF lHE * "bULL MAGISTRATES . Yesterday , in the Police Court , before the sitting magistrates , Messrs . Raikes and Palmer , a clean-looking middle-aged "woman , far advanced in pregnancy , named Elizabeth Collins , -was charged with stealing a louf from the Hull Workhouse . Mr . Moxon , Clerk to tbe Guardians , said—Yesterday , about three or four o'clock , this ¦ woman came with four children for relief ; in coastquence of the relieving officer beiw ; ont of the way , I lo'd her sJie ums ! ttaiL 1 subsequently went io dinner . When I was gone , I understand tbe woman , "without any hesitation , stretched out her arm and took one of the loaves . By tbe Magistrates—The window was a sash window , and she had thrown it np to take She loaf .

      Coitsn , the JJ aster of the Vagrant-omce , and an old resident in tbe Workhouse , deposed to tbe woman taking the loaf ; he said she immediately divided it among her children , who at once commenced eating it Col ton produced the remains of the loaf , aud said that , ¦ when he took the -woman into the Station-house , she said she would do it again sooner than see her children starve . The prisoner , who cried very bitterly , said a man in his shirt-Bltfeves eave her the loaf . Mr . C- West , Governor of the Poor—How long would it have been before the relievinij officer returned ? Mr . Mcim-About sixotiock . ilr . West—That was a vtry long time for the woman to wait , if her children wanted bread . Mr . Raikes—You cannot be surprised al a hungry woman wiih four starring children taking a loaf .

      Prisoner—1 trailed from fire ' w o ' clock at noon for relief ; the children were crying for hreud . and I gave them it They lun ^ d me out once ; and Ihit gentleman , ipointing to Mr . MoxeE ) told me io go where J came from . And how could I do that . The police-inspector here saw me and my children late the night before , lying on the cold stones , and he took me to the Siation-house ; I was brought here yesterday , and their woiBhips sent me to the Charity-halL We had not had above a bite or two for two or three days before . Mr . Ayre aid it was correct that the woman had bsen sent to the Workhoosa at twelve o ' clock the previous day . Mr . West—We are very much troubled with people who are travelling abont btgijing . 1 should think we have not lera than thirty a day . Mr . Palmer—People cannot , on that account , be allowed to starve .

      Mr . West—No , Sir ; but we have plenty of our own poor , and they should stay at home . Mr . R likes—1 think it is extremely hard—upon the children especially . Mr . West—There are so many people going begging abont the country . Mr , Palmer—I am sure this woman looks like anythink but a tramping beggar . Prisoner—No , your honour , I am no beggar : I never did beg ; I cannot-Mr . West—It ia no wish of ours to punish the woman . Mr . Palmer—Jf you or 1 had four children starting , J ihixk it is very likely we should have done the same . If bread is to be given , lei it bi given at once , and not hunger the poor zrrelches past endurance , Du you expect to be confined soon , my woman ?

      Prisoner—Ye 9 , Sir . I have a pair of shoes and a Eh-itrl in pawn ; give me them and Til leavo the town ; it is better I should be taken in labour on the road than in these cold streets . Mr . Palmer—Where ' s your husband ? P . isoner—I do not know , Sir . Mr . West—l don ' t think , Sir , she is so far advanced in prvgoancy 23 Ehe appears . V « ry likely her husband is within a few miles . We will relieve her , and she can then go ont of the town . The woman , it appeared , hid ct / ine from the North of EngJand . Mr . Pilmer—I have no doubt taere are thousands of beegars tramping about , but this woman really does not look like one . Mr . M'Manns—This is terrible weather for her to leave the town . ; Mr . Raifces—It is ; she cannot go to-day . Mr . -Mcxon said he had not attended to the woman , because he really had eo time to do so .

      Mr . West—Mi . Moxon is only doing his duty in bringing the case here . Mr . Palmer—We are not finding fault with Mr . Moxon for doing so ; but I think the woman might have had bread given to her sooner ; she was eiiWed to have bread . You would not have her and her cftudren die starving in the street . Mr . West—Oh , certainly not ; she would have had bread given to her . Mr . Moxon—Undoubtedly ; as Boon as the officer came she would have been relieved .

      Mr . Raikes—1 cannot look at it in the light of a felony ; she only anticipated what she would otherwise have had to wait six hours for . Mr . Palmer—What wculd you suggest , Mr . 'West ? > Il . West—I shall be sltl if yon will liberate her . 5 Ir . Raikes—We cannot pnnish her . Mr . PalEi 3 r—Most certainly not ; nor for Ihe sakt of humanity can weturn her out of ihe town penniless , arid in her present condition . Hi . West—We will give her something . 1 Mr . Moxon—We will take her into the vagrant office to-day . Mr . Palmer— And what to-morrow ? Mr . West—We will see that ahe is properly relieved . The Magistrate !" , after expressing a hope that the woman and her children would be properly cared for , ] allowed her to be taken to the vagrant office .

      D 1 STB . ESSIXG CASE . j Giebxenwell . —On Friday , a young man , aged ' twenty , dressed in threadbare black garments , and ' having a haggard and care-worn look , applied for assistance , stating that his name was Charles Seafont , ' and that his father vi&s a clergyman of theXJhnrch of England , and resided in ihe little village of Lomb , in ; the county of Tipp « rary , near Nenagh ; he died about ' , a year ago , leaving applicant , who was then in Trinity I College , wholly unprovided for . Applicant then left the university , where he had been for two years a student ; intendea for the church . For some timeaffcer tbe death ¦

      othis parent hia relations supported him , but , not wishing to intrude further on them , he made up a little money , which enabled him to come to London . Since e ™^" ^ ' abont a moath "S ' he httd done all he mSi « ii £ i m em P loTn » ntof some » ort , bnt failedj r ? f v Us , J aoney beSfe apent he was obliged to go to WhSwv ^ ° ^ onfie t Vhere he ** %££ & £ . aSSSa ^ asisss llr ^ SE- ^ ^^

      Tbe clerk then referred to the directory , and told the applicant Mr . Cave ' s addreEa . " Wla lre Mr . Cumbe . —What sort of employment have yon sought in London ? fVU

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      THE CASE OF THE POOR FAIRLY

      STATED . " We arc perfectly certain that THE RIGHTS ok the pooh oi every surt and kind whatever in this country—secular , ecclesiastical , moral , physical , educational , recreational , and every other , WANT LOOKING UP and attending to in right 'darncst . We give the poor man every right and privilege under the sun upon paper ! He is the happiest and loftiest of human beings in Blaekdone * s Commentaries and in De Lolme

      upon the Constitution . He is ' free , 'independent , ' ' master of himself , ' and ' a lord of the creation , ' in company with the squire , lawyer , and surgeon of the parish ; as good as any one of them . ' His house is his castle , ' and ' the air of Heaven is his birthright' ; he lifts up his head and says ' I am a man '—and all that . The onl y drawback from this high state of existence is , THAT HE HAS OFTEN NO 13 RJ £ AD TO EAT I and

      that both the bodies and the souls of these favoured beings are allowed to take their chance , as the saying is . The 'favourite of liberty and ' law' 1 * at uhekty to starve at what rate he p leases , upon the out-door benefice-nee of the Poor Law . What right has he to complain so long as he is told that the Barons of Runnymede met six hundred years ago , and screwed the Magna Charta out of King John?—London Times , Monday , Nov . 27 fh , 1843 .

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      Serious Accident at a Church IN HULL . —During the e ; ale of Wednesday forenoon about twenty feet of the graceful spire of St . Stephen ' s Church was blown down . The spire , which ig about ninety feet in height , was completed , with the exception of fixing a cross On the top , and the scaffolding , which had not been taken down , was borne by the wind against the newly laid etone-work , which was seen to resist the pressure for some time , and which gave the workmen an opportunity of getting out of the way At length it fell with * terrific of ash through the roof of the church . No person was hurt . This unfortunate circumstance will delay the opening of the edifice — vv

      Hull Packet . A Man Dhowned in B ^ D .-On Friday night a lighterman , named David Augin , moored his blrge , which wasjwavily laden , close to tho Temple , and vrent , to bed m the cabin . Upon the tide turnia « , the b . vjje having become firmly imbedded in the mud I diu not rise with the water , which flowed into the cabia' where Augm slept , and iu tho momi / ic- he was discovered a corpse , having boen saffucated in his bed by th . .-vater . The lifeless body of the deceased is now awaiting the Coroner's inquest . The poor fejlow has , left a wii ^ aid tamily , ~ -Observer . t

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      SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM . On Saturday night last , about half-past six o ' clock , a raDge of barley stacks , the produce of fifty acres , on the farm of Mr . Thomas Kersey , Faktnham-hall , was discovered to be on fire , and was entirely consumed . — Notwich Mercu-y . About , one o ' clock on Sunday morning , a fire broke out on the farm premises of Mr . William labor , of Pol-Btcad , the property of Mrs . Tyrell , which destroyed a bam containing beans , stables , cart-sheds , neat-houses , &c The damage is roughly estimated at between £ 500 and £ 6 Q 0 . Tbe property was insured . — Norwich Mercury .

      Stotfolu . —On Monday ni"ht , about eleven o'clock , a fire brake out in the rick yard of Mr . Bryant Giddius , situate in the very heart of the village of Stotfold . The wind was high , anil we deeply regret to state that seventeen stacks of wheat , barley , bay , and beans , peas , and straw , were completely consumed . Most of tbe respectable neighbours were prompt in rendering assistance ; but we are sorry to bear , that there was an evident lukcwarmneaa , if not an acuial disinclination evinced by the lower classes of Stotfold . The motives which could have actuated the perpetrators of this foul act are involved in mystery , for it appears that no one individual in the county of Bedford is more respected for kindness and humanity than is Mr . Otddins , and there ia not at the present moment one unemployed labourer in the parish!— Herts Reformer .

      Shortly after ten o'clock on Monday night last a fire w : ia discovered in a stack-yard , in the occupation of Mrs . Brown , widow , in the parish of Hothwell , at the back of the dwelling-houae . When the range of bovelfl ignited , the fliniea immediately spread over the whole length of them la a blue flune . lira . Brown is greatly respected in the ne ighbourhood , and no cauBe can be assigned for the diabolical act . — Northampton Mercury . On Sunday night , batweeu teu and eleven o ' clock , a stack of barley , about thirty yards long , at the farm of Mr . George Gayford Bymer , and abuut a furlong from the fanning premises , was set on fire and destroyed—Norwich Mercury .

      SA-WBiviuQtwoRtn . —On Tuesday evening , about half-past nix o'clock , a fire broke out iu a baru at Crumps Fdttu , in Cl&y-lane , about one mile from Sawbridgd worth . By half-past nine o'clock the whole of the farm buildings , and tut corn stacks excepting one wheat stack , were levelled to tbe ground in one huge burning muss , which continued to blaz-s until six o ' clock tho next morning . The barns were all filled with corn , unthrashed . The farui-hoUse , which stood opposite the stack-yard , was not touched . There appears , unfortunately , to be little reason for doubting that the fire was the wbrk of some vile incendiary . — HerU Reformer .

      ¦ LklUHTON Bt'ZZifiD . —A bam filled with corn , the property of Mr . Thomas Garuett , of Billington , near Leighton , was destroyed by fire on Friday evening the 17 th instant . Had the wind been ia an opposite direc tion , the flinieB must hare extended to the dwellinghouse . — // er / s Reformer . Arlington . —Another incendiary fire occurred at Arlington , on Tuesday night , when much farming produce was consumed ; we have not , as yet , learned the particulars —Herts Reformer . Felmeushah . —Fire . — Early on tke morning of Thursday a tire broke out upon the farm of Swannell ,

      Falmerahatn . The Bedford engines were Bent for , and the fire was extinguished before much property waa destroyed . Part of the homestead was burnt . The fire is believed to be the work of an incendiary . —Herts Reformer . ¦ . Between eight and nine o'clock on Tuesday night the 21 st instant , a 6 tack of clover standing in a Hold leading from Everdon , to Preston Capes , in the parish of Evordon , tbe property of Mr . Brummage , containing about fifteen or sixteen tons , waa wilfully set on fire , by which the whole waa consumed ; the loss is estimated at £ 60 . Mr . Brummage was insured in the County Fire-cfike . — Northampton Mercui y .

      LivfiBi'OOL—In tn is town there are 12 , 000 adults cannot read , and 25 , 000 go to no school whatever .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct957/page/6/