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      TAIL'S MAGAZINE . The present Number contains a pithy aiticle OH ffie CUoreb , © f Scotland and the Veto Question . $ ecoli 6 ctions of Days in Belgium , by Mra . Opie , a cutss of rubbish from . She Opium Eater , and Beveral UgifeT articles , both-prose and Terse , of considerable merit . The eHef political artiele is bold and piquast . We grre it below .

      ** PARLIAMENT . ; ** >" ero fi 4 dlaa when Roma was on fire . At a time " ten tiie cona&y nas just escaped from a grand rel » eilicn ; -when insurrections are almost nightly threatened iri s . 11 parts of the country ; . when proTisions are tegfc . -wages low ; thousands of unemployed operatives in starvation ; trade and manufactures at a stand ; tho Oasuie weekly filled with bankrupts ; -when the defifltency in the national revenue is greater than it has ever Ifaen since &e war ; and new taxes are to be imposed afters quarter of s century of peace ; when war is raging ill India ana Cfcina , and threatened-by America

      , Russia , and France ; our navy in a Btate of utter ? Bahness , and our army fully employed in keeping down their fellow sobject *—the two arirtocratie parties , who altanateJy misrale the State , are , night after right exhsasting their energies , and occupying the to ? ¦ ¦ " Parliament—that is , of the People—in » dirty , miserable , unprincipled squabble for power and place ; the aieaas employed being the blackening of each a&er ' s cha » ct § iSj and the showing up the incapacity of eaci other to govern the country ; a task in which , ft ian-t be admitted ,, both factions have admirably sneeeed-tt

      % -Az such a time , we ask , is this the business of the I ^ iiLi tnre . ? Is there any other proof required of the » 7 * oh ; ie necessity of a radical change in the constitution of l * axiiament ? Who cares whether the Tories are in office or the Whigs are in office , if they -conduct the GoTerumait on toe nine tyrannical principle of making fee poor mere poor , and the rich more rich '? A conaiderabie part of the Session has already elapsed , and * fat measure , in which the people have an interest , ^ V Hi * ds acy progre ss ? Not one . Is there really any » ee « Blty for holding an annual Session of such a Par-Bament as that -which we now hare ? We suspect not It is an annual eye-sore to the nation ; a waste of their tele , ia reading the interminable harangues , from which bo HrBefit accrue * to any one ; but which it is still asctssiry to do , lest new chains should be forged for toe It is

      People . great annoyance to " country gentleffiBn , " whom it unseasonably remoTes from their more -eongerial , gporteman-like habits of hunting foxes and poacheis ; and a great loss to the men engaged in business , trho have seats in Parliament : in short , every iody saffeis by tiie annual palaver ; nobody gains . We , therefore , hope that aome patriotic and spirited . Member wfll move that the Mutiny Bill , and all the -other Bills which are absurdly enough brought in anjanally , and carried through both Houses , without any--iody , either witbin or without the walls of Parliament "being aware of it , except the clerks and one or two "Members , be roted for two years , and that the Houses , attLtlr rising , adjourn to the 4 th of February , 1 S 42 , < ao as to give the nation a Jubilee in the year 1 & 41 ; for wiiiei . aswsh « pe , the birth , of an heir to the Crown , . 4 a unr time , win furniflh an additional reason .

      : But to the occurrences of the month , such as they are : —The Queen was married , on the 10 th February , to Pricce Albert of Gobourg and Saxe Gotha , ( we believe ire are right in the name , ) who , after all , is not to be a King , but only a Royal Highness ; of which ¦ dignity we haTe hare had rather more than enough in Siis eountary , during the last half century . There were , - * £ course , abundance « f firing of cannon , and idleness , -S&ti eating and driving , && $ . illuminations , " though the Joriei strictly limited themselves , in point of eandlts , to what they conceived would protect their windy W 3 from the anticipated active and rather , exuberant loyalty of the junior TTK > m > w » i ^ of ultra

      Whigln th * House of Commons , the quarrel with the ^ b- - = u ' s Beach proceeds apace . Both parties are marahalLing their forces , nothing daunted ; and before all is over , the Sheriff and Stockdals may have for their companions , not only the Jodgea-of the Qneen ' a Beach , but the Speaker and all the oSeers of the House of Commons . The Tories , wishiHg to get credit for economy , eai uown Prince Albert ' s income from £ 50 , 000 to £ 30 , 000 , by 868 to 158 ; while Mr . Hume ' s motion to seduce it to £ 81 , 001 , which . was five times more than his Royal Highness asked , was supported by only thirty-eight Members . O rare economists ! . The £ oO , ct > 0 a-year win , of coarse , be spent entirely in tharity , as th » Prince con hate no other use for it ; yet -be will not be able to get quit of it even in this way , if

      he follow the example of oilier Royal Highnesses—content himself with subscribing , and leave the paying to his wife ' a gohjeetfc . Following the exuraple of the Commuas , the Lords also snubbed the Qn&en , by depriving -itr of giving precedency to Prince Albert as she wished , and as her Ministers proposed . The Tories may , therefore , now give up an hope of office daring this reign , and we strongly advise them to join us Radicals" without delay . They have already adopted same of our opinions , and Gisy wUl adopt some more by another year or two ' s exclusion from office . The grand subject in the Lords has been Socialism , ( of the doctrines of Wiiich , their Lordships either are or pretend to ba tetaliy ignorant , * and the presenting of Mr . Owen to the Qoeea . Lord Melbourne cried peccavi—emitting

      tiie ouvious defence , that her Majesty m : ght have as much curiosity to see , and was as well entitled to see , tiia wiid beasts that travel the country , " Ursa Major " include- ! ^ as any other of her subjects ; and that , at the prese&t&saftn , the Bear h&dtnot only a " monkey jacket " on—as appears from an address , under LLs own paw , in TA « Montvtg Chronicle—but was also muzzled , and had a strong irw chain ronnd his neck , held by a company of Life Chards . It was also too bad in the Premier not to inform the Bishops , that had it not been for the gr .-at honour conferred on Mr . Owen by the presentation , the late auspicious event—the Queen ' marriage —never would have taken place . It was the developement of Mr . Owen's views on the subject that induced h ^ r Majesty to put her neck into the matrimonial

      noose ; finding that there wu a possibility , before the end of her reign , that its grasp might be somewhat slackened by an alteration of the abominable and antiquated laws now in force in this country on the subject of divorce ; for obtaining which , to incompatibility of temper , or 'la oanxxtemad mxtbiel et persevemnt des epouz ; a sufficient ground for divorce by the law of France and of most other civilised countries , must be eenjoined , at least one crime , adultery , to which in pracciee , in Scotland , is almost uniformly and necessarily , added perjury . O envy of surrounding nations , and wonder of the world ! The social quarrel is however settled ; the queen has confessed herself a naughty girl , and is never again to look at a wild , beast without the permission of tte Bench of Bishops and the Tame Elephant !

      " The Wii with Chisa has begun , and already several hundred Chinese have been murdered by cur cruisers , because the government of China will not allow us to poison its subjects ; in which poisoning , it appears , weh » ve obtaiaed a vectod- rig at . An expedition is fitting out at Plymouth to * destroy Canton if necessary ; ' and Pekrn aiao , it appears , if the Emperor ' does not do us justice . " Was there ever such an atrocious proceeding ? It is enough to rliBe all Asia to ' do rustic * en the English for their cenEuries of crime , misrule , and oppression in the East . "

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      THE LAST WHIG POLICE PLOT . On Tuesday night , a meeting was held of the committee for aiding the defence of Neesom and bis companions , charged with attending an illegal meeting at the Trade ? Hall , Abbey-street , BethnaUGreen , whose trial has , s ' mee the discovery of the spy , Harris , allot Taylor , been removed by certiorari into the Queen ' s Bench . It is not now , however , believed that the Government will have the hardihood to persevere in prosecution for an offence so palpably instigated by policemen at the present time doing duly , and others who have been for many years employed as spies , having been first duly initiated by drilling in " the force . " Soon after

      eight o ' clock , Mr . Cater was called to the chair ; and he announced ; hat this was a special meeting , called for the purpose of enabling Mr . Gonlding , who had been , actively engaged both in calling the Bethnal Green meeting , and , sines bis discbarge , in visiting the solicitor employed for the defence of the prisoners , an opportunity of defending himself from certain diaries that had been brought against him . He ( tho chairman ) believed that none but members of the committee , or of tbe Working Men ' s Associa tion were present , and therefore would call on any gentleman who had charges against Mr . Gonlding to prefer , to state them . Mr . Gouldijcq submitted that there was an individual present who belonged to no Association ,

      whom he observed taking notes , and he thought , in fairness , that that individual should not be permitted to remain . [ This was in allusion to the correspondent of the Northern Star , who has been personally for many years known to having suffered a long incarceration , during the unstamped crusade , with Mr . Watson , of the City Road , as Wfll as to other persons then present ; these gentlemen stated their knowledge of the individual whom Mr . Goulding objected to ; notwithstanding which , Mr . G . stili pres-ed his objection to the presence of a reporter , and the sense of the meeting was compelled to be taken , when the unanimous decision , except Mr . Goulding himself , was for the reporter remaining . Tills , perhaps , is too much to say on so trifling a subject , but for what follows . ]

      Mr . j-pueh , ( one of the parties included in the indictmen ; , ) stated that Mr . Roberts , the Solicitor , had informed him that no person , but Goulding could have put the man , whom they had detected in endeavouring to obtain copies of the depositions , in possession of the document ( a list of witnesses ) which was found upon him when taken into custod y ; that he ( GouldiD ^) had urged , when taxed with it , that it waa impossible for him to have done so . for that neither Mr . Roberts nor

      his clerk , had furnished him with a list of witnesses . Now it would be important to observe two things ; first , that Goulding was correct in that particular ; and next , that the list found in the man ' s possession exactly corresponded , in names , numbersj and arrangement , with the only document of that kind that ever had been prepared ; and which Goulding admitted having taken a copy of . It was now , therefore , incumbent on him to clear himself . Previous to which , however , he had better hear the whole charge .

      Mr . 2 s £ esojc said he was glad he had an opportunity to make a statement which he had been , anxious to make for several weeks ; he had strong cause to suspect , from the time he and his companions were arrested , till the present time , that there had been a plot laid for the purpose of entrapping innocent men—a plot , that , he would say , was at present chiefly confined to Mr . Goulding , though that there were others concerned was manifest , although they did not at present appear . He knew nothing of Mr Goading personally , publicly or privately , previous to this affair , and could not , therefore , be charged with being actuated by malice or any other improper motive ; but if they have enemies among them , the

      sooner it is known , the better for the safety of those who may otherwise be unthinkingly entrapped . It would be shown , and could not be denied , that Goulding persuaded other persons to bmg ~ aiins to that meeting , for which vhey were to be tried for being present at ; but when Mr . Goulding was arrested , no arms were found in his possession ; again , when they were all examined before the magistrates , all except Goulding were examined in the usual open public way ; but when Goulding waa brought into the room , all other persons were put aside , and only Inspector Pierce remained until Mr . Goulding ' s examination was taken . In short , the prisoners were divided into two distinct parties , like sneep * nd goats ; Mr . Goulding being one of the sheep ,- > and

      placed on the right hand , soon had his liberty . Mow he ( Mr . Neesom ) was not a little surprised , that a man who was known to have taken a mo 3 t active part , in calling both that and the previous meeting , should be discharged , while others , who took no part at all , but were merely there as spectators , participating in the sentiments of the meeting , were , imprisoned . He , however , took no particular notice even of that at the time ; but , the next step we find Mr . Goulding taking is , that of sending a card to the prisoners confined , countersigned by the name of" John Overs , " announcing that Mr . Roberts had been appointed by the Trading Company to conduct their defence : that card he ( Mr . Neesom ) had in his possession , and would read to them ; it waa to the following effect : —

      " Friends , —Mr . Roberts has been appointed by the Trading Company to take your cause in hand .

      " Yours truly , " Gouldisg , Director . u Johk Ovbbs , Secretary . " Now , he had the authority of Mr . Overs for stating that he never signed , nor authorised any one to sign , such a card ; nor had he had any communication with Mr . Roberts or Goulding on the subject . From the receipt of this card , which was on tbe back of Mr . Roberto ' s , they ( the prisoners ) were induced to consider it all right ; but it would S pear that the Trading Company never authorised r . Rober ts or any one else to act as their solicitor , though they kindly lent them about twentj-foor siuliiBff to meet * nj u&mediftte expense * He

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      ( Mr . Nefeom ) e&Iled en Mr . Roberto wi ^ 3 « tariay eyieniaft while tiie witnesaeawere i gfring thei * depo sitions , when Mr , R . called him into a private ; roojn and tftdfrm , there was a warrant agjkfiisi a certain Mr . B . ; he ( Neesom ) wat u » t * nily to . ^ rise that individual ; yet , notwithgtandingihat , Gouldingiwas found in the house of this Mr . B . after be knew the warrant was issued against him . He ( Mr . NeesQm > call ed yesterday on Mr . Roberts again , to know ifit were necessary that they should appear at tip Old Bailey this morning , to save their bail ; he reeejred a very satisfactory answer j bat Mr . R . then tobXhiia , th * Goulding had used every means in bis power io persuade him ( Mr . Roberts ) to give the depositions up to him , alleging as a reason that there were fM * - % > Xua >\ mIIaiI SB Mt TTnViirrtn ¦¦¦¦ O . I .. 1

      spies who had given evidence , and be should like to have them all , to try and find them out ; but he ( Mr . Roberts ) had just previous received a note from the secretary to tbjus committee , telling him on no account to give . them up ; and when 'Goulding found it waa useless to endeavour to induce him to give them up , he then asked for a . list of witnesses , which he and his clerk allowed him to do . No other person ever bad a . list . [ Ria a precise copy of this , list , so takwi b y Goulding , that waa found in the possession of the ' spy IjSfria a / iai Taylor , when taken into custody J Now , Goulding had , when taxed with this glaring fact , alleged that ha ( Neesom ) had received a list of witnesses alsoi but the list he received was previous to thffdepd * sitions being taken , and when they called on th *

      persons named therein , few of them could w r « ? ceivedas witnesses out of fifty : and it was an important fact to bear in mind that the list he ( Neesom ) had been furnished a copy of , long previously to the depositions being taken , and in reality , to find the persons to send to give their depositions , ) was made out by Goulding himself , and was totally different from the list of witnesses whose depositions had been given and accepted , and Which , bo copied by Goulding , precisely corresponds with thatfound in thepossessionofthespy in custody . There was another Eoin t . On Tuesday last , an individual named Sellers ad occasion to write to Mr . Roberts , in connection with this business , alleging some errors of his own depositions . Goulding called the same dav . and

      Mr . Roberts showed the letter to him , as he appeared to be the acting man for the defence of the prisoners . The clerk then filed it , and will swear that no other person than Goulding could have had aoc&& to i | f { yet , that very document is found in this possession of the spy in custody , and was not missed by Mr . Roberts till the Thursday morning , when they found it had been taken from the file . One more observation , and he had done : —Mr . Goulding had made himself appear a very poor man ; he had told him coming to the very meeting for which they were indicted , that he had pledged nearly the last article he had to make a shilling . Now , it could be shown that while he had done no woik , and could have done no work , ever since the arrests , he could yet afford

      to take supper with the lawyer and another or two , aye , and to pay for it too , and it was not a five farthing supper either : and though , that fact of itself , was not of much weight ; yet , taken in conjunction with the other particulars he had stated , he ( Mr . Neesom ) did say that it called for a full , clear and explicit explanation , such as would remove-all doubt , and probibilitv of doubt from their minds , and suspicion from Mr . Goulding . Mr . Watson stated that he had a few questions to ask in connection with this affair ; but he would prefer waiting Mr . Goulding ' s explanation first , as the questions would be perhaps considerably modified by tho nature of that explanation .

      Mr . Newton reminded the Chairman that one important fact had been omitted by Mr . Neesom , viz ., that when the man who is in custody called on Sellers , he said— " So you have had a letter from Mr . Roberts . " Now , now could thte man by possibility have known that Mr . Roberts had written to Sellers , but for Goulding telling him ! Again , it would be recollected , that when this man applied to the several individuals ' for the copies of the deposi-. tions , they refused to give them up without Mr Roberts ' s authority ; and thereupon the spy was furnished with that gentleman ' s cards , which he declares he never gave to any other person than Goulding .

      Mr . Gopldiho now commenced his reply . He was rejoiced that there was a reporter for the public press present , as it would enable him to clear his character to tiie world , and in the face of his fellowmen ; he hoped the reporter would do him the Bame justice he had done his accusers fit is fortunate for Mr . G . then , that the meeting were of » different opinion from him at the commencement of the proceedings , or h * would not have had recourse thus to change his itUnd , and rejoice at the presence of a reporter . ' He may rely , however , that not one shadow of prejudice runs through this pen ; for if there be any leaning on either side , it is . onl y in accordance with the good constitutional maxim , that no man is to be

      ever presumed guilty , unt il proved to be so . ] He , Mr . Goulding , was astonished at the nature of this charge ; astonished , be said , not because be had been taken by surprise ; because he expected something more tremendous ; thete waif Aowever . nothing new nor terrible addaoed against him . ana nothing that he had not heard before . lathe first place , he would aakrltow it was that neither Mr . Roberts nor his-oleri Twerethere thisevening 1 Thej would say , whether he had any copy of evidence that was given him by Mr . Roberta : and" aslo taking the liBt of witnesses , as alleged by Mr . Neesom , the case was thus : —He stated to Mr . Roberts that he had been pestered by various parties , at places where he had met them , for copies of

      tne depositions and the list of witnesses , and that , if he had made any out . he would take some round , as he had not much to do that afternoon ; this was on the Friday , as stated ; Mr . Roberts , however , refused ; and be never had any other list of witnesses than that which he took down himself at the Trades' Hall . [ Mr . Roberts positively declares that he allowed Goulding to take a copy of the names and addresses of those persons who had given their depositions . ] He had now a copy of that list , the original of which might be Been at his house . It had been admitted by Mr . Roberts that other persons might have had access to his office during his absence ; and his clerk admitted that he had given a list of ii&mes , but no human being except Mrs .

      Neesom has ever had an opportunity of seeing that list . The next charge was that he had persuaded other persons to come armed to the Thursday night's meeting , although he did not come armed himself . Now ne had only spoken to two persons on the subject of arming , ana one went armed and the other did not : he himself was not armed , and why ! He was glad to see Mr . Watson in the room ; it was fortunate for him , as he could corroborate a conversation he had with him some months ago , when Mr . Watson stated the folly and danger of people going armed to public meetings ; that conversation had made a deep impression upon his mind ; and he entirely agreed with Mr . Watson , that when the time arrived that arms would be wanted , the people

      would take means to possess themselves of them . Besides , he had his family to maintain , and he never had the means to spare to get arms ; although at the meeting , when some one said , " Now , Goulding , you have made a good speech , but it would be as well if you had something to correspond with it " he did ask a person who said he had a brace of pistols to lend him one ; but that was merely to show to the person who had applied the observation to him ; and it turned out that the person who said he had a brace of pistols only had one , so that he gave him no positive answer . Next , as to his being examined before the magistrates privately ; he could not hel p what those men in authority chose to do ; the simple facts were these ; when he went in , he was asked his

      name , and he gave it ; but when asked his address , he refused ; when Inspeotor Pierce turned round and ordered the rest of the persons out of the room ; and then asked him if he did not read the newspaper at the meeting , saying that he either heard him or saw him ; he ( Goulding ) answered , " I am not going to criminate myself ; " Pierce then said * We know where you live . " There were then a few other questions , and the doors were ooen . Now , he could only account for their knowing msSQdresBby this jwroumstance ; it so happened that when he was in custody a dog came in , belonging to Mr . 'Cole , a publican in his neighbourhood ; seeing the dog he knew the master could not be far off ; and he therefore took out his pocket-book and wrote his address upon a scrap of

      paper , in readiness to get Mr . Cole to call on his wife to let her know where he was ; soon after he saw Mr . C . and gave it him , but he had not got it two minutes before be saw him give it into the hands of a Commissioner of Police . [ Commissioner was the term used , several times by Goulding , who admitted in a subsequent part of the proceedings , that he had been in the police , but that , he said was tent / ears ago . ] Now , as to the card signed John Overs ; he ( Goulding ) is a director of the trading company of which Mr . Overs is Secretary , and from a conversation he had with some of the other directors , who by the rules of the society are empowered at any time to act for the body at large , in eases of emergency , of which he considered this one , he feit authorised to sign the Secretary ' s name to that card , as they had advanced money to pay the Solicitor , and as the parties said they would employ Mr . Wooler , who , however , was not in a condition to attend to their

      case , he introduced Mr . Roberts . [ The name" John Overs" on the card is written totally different from the rest , and i s as though a good writer , which Goulding evidentl y is , had tried to imitate tke penmanship of one who could hardly sign his name ] : — Next , as to the letter of Sellers , which it is alleged no one but he could have known anything about . Why did not Mr . Roberts and his clerk oome and bring their call-boolrT He would repeat that question as often as they alleged anything in connection with his visit to Mr . Roberts . Next , as to his pleading poverty and supping with the Solicitor and others ; the fact was this : the . time of his having pledged for his last shilling , was before the second hearing of the prisoners , but he had been very hard at work since ; besides which , he has a club , where he takes money every week , and his own labour . And tbe whole expense of his supper was but Se . [ It should be stated thai a day or twOjRtaoft , before thia Si . sapper , { folding tod

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      aoowpanied one or Iwo persons who were out enrS J * y £ S& to procure bail for the persons then in tfaWodj ^ irtto ifi ; e ^ ittfr-hoijwe , where He borrowed # ^ SJ ^^^^^ tne 8 tat € ' «! nt ** Paging mSm ^ m-bMi jo Prai se ashilling , which "Mr . ™* WM W $ P $ * -i ? } ^ e now eaxne to the charge $ ad only been given to him to distribute to persons connected with this business . Why , that might be , b 4 t then he had received at least 150 , and how could he be answerable for whose hands they might have got intiV for any person who asked for one , he gave to , indiscriminately . He had now stated what he believed fully and completely cleared himBelf ; and ho would now state what he had done sin « e his discharge . In the first place , Mr . Neesom . who now - - « ' " ¦ - ' , '¦¦' - ¦ .. ¦ .

      accuses him , would not have been at liberty , had he ( Mr . Goulding ) not made a favourable representation of his character ti > Mr . Roberts , who , thereupon , himself became bail for hint ; and after all his efforts on behalf of the parties charged at that meeting ,-he is now coupled with a villain who ought to l > e punished with the utmost severity of the fynv . ¦ . ¦••¦;¦ ' ' ¦¦' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ -: . ¦ ¦ : ¦'¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ' Several members of the committee wished to put a few- questions to Mr . Goulding , which , through the < jbalr . waa accordingly done . ' . ' Did the police know jfour residence before that night , when you say the Commissioners saw the paper ia Mr . Cole ' s hand/—Certainly not . : Don't you recollect going to a chandler ' s shop opposite your residence f—That was another dmvision !!!

      Have you ever been in the police force {—Yes , but that is ten years ago . Did Inspector Pierce know you before that night ! —Certainly not . Can you account for being so much impressed with the conversation you had with Mr . Watson , respecting the folly of the people going armed to meetings ; and yet being one of a council to recommend all persons who attended that meeting at which Neesom presided to came armed ?—Yes , I certainl y was impressed with that' conversation , because 1 have always had a very high respect for Mr . Watson ; and as to recommending the people to come armed , there was no dictation , for every one did as he liked , and the council had nothing to do with it , and he would

      appeal to Mr . Wilkins , whom he saw in the room , as to that fact . [ Mr . Wilkins admitted that the Council , as a body , had nothing to do witb > it , but most emphatically declared that it was at Goulding ' s suggestion . ] M Well , " said Goulding , ( we give his exact words , ) I had no morepower than the rest ; and even if I had suggested anything wrong , their own good ssnse would have told them not to do itl " Can you state how it is , that after this conversation in Mr . Watson ' s shop , with which you were eo much impressed with the folly of arming , you are found associating with , and persuading persons to arm!—Why I am not the only " moral-force " man that associates with "physical-force" men ; and as to persuading people to arm , I only spoke to two ; that ' s not like a meeting of five or six hundred . [ The gentleman seemed desirous to forget that the two ,

      with the police « o act on it , constitute the conspiracy and illegally meeting ; bat here is the confession ana the fact , whatever Mr . Goulding may be . ] Mr . 'VfaTSON nowrose , ( it being considerably past eleven , ) to move the adjournment of the investigation for a fortnight : he would not prejudge the case , but he thought it would turn out ' , that the persons who urged others « to arm , were the very party to bring the police down on them . He would not say Mr . Goulding was guilty , but it was manifest there was treachery somewhere ; and he could not forget the fact , that he had more than once told'Goulding , in his shop , that he was distrusted ; at the very time that the latter was complaining that the persons for whose benefit he was acting were dissatisfied with him . He ( Mr . Watson ) would therefore move the adjournment of the investigation , without prejudice , till this day fortnight , which , being seconded , was agreed to .

      [ This unparalleled plot needs only one remark ; after ** getting the fish into the net / ' as is evident by the facts that have come out , the police spies try to deprive their victims even of their defence , by getting copies Of the intended evidence in their favour , in order to bring forward , out of the thirty bluebottles whose names are indorsed on the indictment , something that would do . And all this would have succeeded , be it remembered , as in the case of Frost and others it has succeeded , but for the trifling accident of Mr . Neesom happening to call ou one of the witnesses on business , and thereby discovering that a M screw was loose . ** Wretched as these despicable vagabond spies are , they are purity itself compared with their treacherous and bloodthirsty employers . ] ¦

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      —« i ^ > — -. ¦ ST . LEONARD'S , S H O REDIT C H , LONDON . Important Public Vestry in Favour op Fbost , Williams , and Jones . —On Monday last , a public veBtry of tho ratepayers , was held in the Church of the above parish , to petition both houses of Parliament , andher Majesty for a free pardon for Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones . The requisition was numerously and respectably signed by men of all parties ; the meeting , which was composed entirely of ratepayers , no others being permitted to enter , was presided over by the Upper Churchwarden , Robert Rudland , Esq . Mr . Dyson opened the business of the meeting by stating that though he was strongly attached to the princi p les of Chartism , and was ready to avow and defend his opinions on all occasions , he was happy

      in believing that men of all parties in politics could unite in the object of the present meeting , indeed they had already done so , for the requisition was signed , he knew , both b y Tory and Chartist gentlemen or great respectability . Mr . Dyson went very fully into the history of the case , commenting on every circumstance as it passed in review before him , referring to the prejudice and excitement that existed among the class from whom the Jury were selected , the enmity of the magistrates against Mr . Frost , the quarrel between him and Xord John Russell , and the thanksgiving farce , which could have . no other effect , if indeed it were not expressly done for the purpose , than to taint the minds of the

      public with prejudice and hatred against the accused , and deprive them of the chance of afairtrial . Ho condemned the trial by Special Commission as being another means by which a fair chance had been denied the prisoners , and insisted that they were surely aB well entitled to a postponement of therr trial , to allow of the subsidence of passion and prejudice , as Bolam , who was accused of a barbarous murder , and complained that no such necessary measure of justice was doalt out to them . We have not roomfor a full report of all Mr . Dyson urged , but can merel y state ' that his speech was an amplification and elucidation of all the points contained in the resolution which he proposed , of which the

      following is a copy : —• ** Resolved , That this Public Vestry deplore and deprecate the late disturbances in Wales , yet having calmly considered all the circumstances attendant on the trials of John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , are of opinion . First , That so great a degree of excitement existed or was created at the period , and in the locality ofthpse trials as to render calm and dispassionate enquiry , and an unbiassed verdict extremely difficult , if not impossible , and that there is ground for fearing that some portion of this prejudice towards the minds of some members of the cabinet , and of the local magistrates , between whom and Mr . Frost a notorious private quarrel had long existed ; aad that the prevalence of Bueh a state of

      feeling among a class from which a jury is to be chosen ia inconsistent With tbe requirements of English law , which demands a trial without prejudice . — Secondly , That the trials and convictions have been pronounced to be illegal , by two out of the three Learned Judges who presided on the Special Commission , that six of the learned personages have confirmed that decision ; that these men have so far coincided as to admit of informality , and that six only out of the fifteen have pronounced them to be illegal : and this public vestry believe that no sane man will deny the existence , cither of illegality , of informality , or of doubt , circumstances by a humane rule of criminal juriprudence , uniformly given in favour of the prisoner , and consider that to depart from that rule in a case so beset with doubt and difficulty , as that under consideration , wenld be inconsistent with the impartial administration of the

      law . ; This public vestry do , therofore , petition both Houses of Parliament to present a humble address to her Majesty , praying her to recall Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones , and to grant them her royal and unconditional pardon . " Mr . Marshall Poeland seconded the resolution with g ^ reat pleasure : nothing could bo- raise the Queen in the love and esteem of the people , as her compliance with the prayer of such a petition . It was the wish , almost the unanimous wish , of the people of England . He thought great injustice had been done in detaining them at all , after such a division of opinion among the judges on their case . It was a uniform rule to give all prisoners the benefit of doubt , and the denial to do so in this instance , was a great stain and dishonour on the Governmeni , and an example of disregard for the form * of law , which would hare a very bad e&et on the people .

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      He was convinced that villains were abroad among the people , whose employment it ^ wastd ^ urge them to violence , and afterwards betray them to the Government . . He remembered m play in , which Tall eyrand could not induce a Colone . 1 of a Frenoh regiment to get up * a rebellion to suit the purposes of that crafty politician , bnt atlastinduoed him to do so by sayin g « Good night , Colonel—it might hate been Good night , General . " The soldier * on hearing ithii , paused for a moment , but ultimatel y accepted the bribe , and the people became the victims of the minister and his spy . ¦¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ " Mr . Godoh thought that they ought to petition the Queen , as well as both Houses of Parliament , as it WaHWAll bnnnm noithnrT ^ in 1 anni > r ! nMiJKMa <««* AJ __ . ... . .... .. .

      for the people .: He hoped they would place the petition in the hands of some influential nobleman , who would present it in person to her Majesty , that she might be acquainted with the desires of the people . Dr . Wade deserved the thanks of all good men for his conduct at the levee , in his interview with the Qneen . . He believed the Queen would pardon them , if it , were not for badly disposed men by whom Bhe was surrounded . Mr . Pba ^ bcb agreed with the resolution , and thought it could not be better worde 4 than it was . Such was the force of prejudice , that had this'Subject been mooted some time back , it would not have

      this evening . He hoped and , believed they should be unanimous . As to spies , look at the Villany practised iu the case of the Bethnal Green Chartists , where a rascal bid been procuring the C 6 piea of the depesition from them in order to embarrass them , and deprive them of the means of defence . He believed that spies wok continually at their dirty work , for their dirty and more despicable employers . Mr . Raw concurred with the object of the resolution , and contended for the superiority of mild measures over harsh and severe punishments , in promoting peace and goodwill between the Government and the people . Ho should like to read the fable of

      the contention between the sun and the wind , as to which would soonest compel the traveller to lay aside his cloak . He thought it a lesson which all legislators and governors ought to bear in mind . He made an able and lengthy speech , for which we regret we have not room . The resolution was then carried by a vast majority , being only about twenty hands appearing on the contrary . A petition was then read and agreed to for the Queen , the Lords , and the Commons , and the Members for the Tower Hamlets , in the parish of Shoreditch , will be requested b y letter to support it in the House of Commons . Mr . Leader will present it to the Commoas , and Earl Stanhope to the Queen and the Lords .

      A resolution was unanimously carried condemnatory of the conduct of some parties who had the audacity to close the gates ot the churchyard , to prevent the people from being present , but it is but right to say , that every precaution was taken to keep out those who were not ratepayers ; and there were a few malignants who would have made it an excuse for defeating the meeting , by saying it was egal , owing to the presence of parties not entitled to be there . Hundreds were anxiously waiting the result on the outside , who , on being informed of the intended manoeuvre , very wisely ceased to press for admission . ' ' ¦¦ . ¦ "

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      MIDDLESEX COURT OF REQUESTS . HAPPT JER&Y AND THE " HRDGE " BONE OF BEEF . Happy Jerry ( for so his better half called him , according to his own confession ) , a running butcher , was summoned by John Bewdley , for the value of an aitch-bone of beef , which Jerry had bought of him . Jerry was one of that class of casuists who argue \ ami 8 $ um quod nescitur non amittitttr , which , familiarly paraphrased , means"He that is robb'd , not knowing what is stol ' n , - Let him not know it , and he ' s not robb'd at all ; " . ; ¦ - ¦ ' . - ;_ . _ ¦ -. ' . ; . or , to descend to the vulgar tongue , may be explained in the language of the Jew to his graceless son : — "Ma tear poy . rop any potty ; but , ycr «{« in , tout rop ter peepelsh . " ' H What have you to say to this demand upon ybut " inquired Mr . Commissioner Dubois . ** Don't owe it , " answered Happy Jerry . Mr . Commissioner Duboia—Did you have the beef ! "Carn't deny but vot I did , " replied Jerry . "Then you must pay the money , "observed the worthy Commissioner . '

      "Not so be if there ' s any honour in this here court , " said Happy Jerry , rather sharply . "Honour 1 " said the Commissioner , smiling ; " why what has that to do with the matter , - Mr . Jeremiah ?" "A goodish deal , " replied Jerry , giving his head a knowing shake , and looking at the plaintiff , " as Mr . Bewdley knows . ' Mr . Com . Dubois—You ought to have returned the meat if you had any objection to it . Happy Jerry—I had a wery heavy objection to it , but there . vos a pertikler circumstance as perw « nted me taking the hedge bone back . The case , yer Worship , was as this : —Vun Saturday arternoon I vos on the look-out for a hedge bone as vos bespoke on

      me , and as I vos a passing Mister Bewdley s shop , 'tween the lights , I see vun as I thought as * * ud suit me ; but ven I come 3 to handle it , I ses , ses I , "Mister Bewdley , I werry much ' spects as this here aint hox beef , " and . with that , ses he , "Honour bright , ' ¦ says he , " better never vos ? and bo I agrees to give him 3 s . 8 d . a stun for it . Veil , your Vorship , I hadn't got no money vith me , but as Mister Bewdley kuowed as I vos a tradesman of hintegrity , yjvsays he . " I'll gi' yer short credit for it . " * Thank ' ee , " ees I ; and , yer Vorship , I claps i t in the basket along wi' some other joints as I'd got . and gets away home . But directly I pulls it out of , the basket , and claps it on the block , my old ooman , sessho to me , ses she , " Happy Jerry ' s done for

      vonst . " " Vitch vay ! " ses I . " Vy , " says , she , "that ere hedge bone is reglar bull beef ; " and I ' m blowed , yer Vorship , if the old ooman vosn ' t zakly right . " All this may be quite true , " said Mr . Commissioner Dubois , " but why did you not take the meat back to the plaintiff !" "Vy , " said Happy Jerry , scratching his head , " that ere ' s the werry pertickler cercumstamce as I vos a speaking to yer Vorship about . Yer see as this , I ' d kertracted ( contracted ) with the landlord as keeps the Vite Hoss for a hedge bone as I vos to let him nave at six o ' clock , cos the werryidentical bit of meat vos vonted for Eupper agin nine o ' olock . "

      Mr . Commissioner Dubois—And you were obliged to let the landlord have it ! " In course , " said Happy Jerry . Mr . Commissioner Dubois—And he paid you for it 1 Happy Jerry—In course , 4 s . 8 d . a stun . , Mr . Commissioner Dubois—A shilling more per stone than you bought it for I w Zakly the case , yer vorship , " said Jerry . Mr . Commissioner Dubois—Then what is your objection , Mister Jeremiah , for really I cannot perceive it ? Happy Jerry—Vy , the kertract ( contract ) as * I made yith the landlua of the Vite Hoss aint nuthen to do vith MiBter Bewdley ' s a putting bull beef off on me for hox beef . That ' s agin all reglations in the trade . " ,

      "¦ Oh , said Mr . Commissioner Duboia , " I perfectly understand you now . You mean that however you imposed upon the landlord of the White Horse , Bewdley was bound not to impose upon you . Happy Jerry—Vy , that ' s pour vay a putting on it , but I means to say as this—butchers knows vof , meat is , but our customers don't know nuthen about . it . Now , then , yer vorahip , its a werry hobwious coiisekvence as ve ' s a right to make vot ve can out of our customers as don ' t know nuthen , but ve aint got ri

      nogho to cheat vun another , as does know all about it .. " Argued like a philosopher , " said Mr . Commissioner Dubois . The plaintiff denied that the " hedge" bone was bull beefi' and eventually Happy Jerry had a verdict given against him . ^ " Yell , " said Jerry , in a very desponding tone , " this kervite stuns me , it does . If so be there aint to be no honour among the butchers , Newgit Market ' ell soon look precious keryeer . " And nodding his head , Happy Jerry left the court .

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      ^ LoaAi * iameis . ; Leeds Corn Mahket Tpbsdat , March 2 nd . — " ¦ The wind having * b ^ oontrar y haV caused mppliei i to be smaller , particularly , of fine Wheat , which hafe ' ^ been in fair demand and made rather more money t there has also been a better demand for the second ' } qualities at last week ' s prices , bnt no improvement . in the inferior qualities . Them has been very little ' iteration ^ the prtce of toe Barley , but all other / descriptions are difficult to quit . Oats without ' alteration . ' "Beans full as wall sold . J . _ _ _ .- . _¦ _ .. . ^ _ ' - ?

      . Leeps Ciorn Mabkets , Tvesdat , March 3 / -- t Thera has been more busmen don&at the Cloth ; Halls on . Saturday and Tuesday last , than some fe w * previous ' weeks , though we cannot argue from this , ¦ that any improvement has taken place in trade . ! Suffering amongst the working classes prevails to a , very extensive amount ; indeed , in the manu&ctar- s ing viUsgei by which we are surrounded , the com- ' ^ plaints of want of employment are more general * h * , n , have b » en e > e * before known . The' inquiry is , Whan are we to come to the worst t -Aad this seems to be , » by no means an easy questidn to answ ^ v In tha « warehouBes ' there is little . doing V in faxtj buBmess cannot be done without a consvieTabie sacrifice is ,: price , and there is a poor prospect of submitting to > with the present high prices of the raw materiaL

      Bradford Wool Market .- —The business in ' ! Wool has been more limited than even our last re- ;; port , and rather lower prices hay « been accepted . ' ' Although the supply continues bare in the market , ' ^ it is quite equal to the demand . Yarn Market . —Jxi - '¦ - ¦' this branch of our trade there continues a steady , ' though . limited demand ; notwithstanding this , un- less some immediate change for the' better takes < place , it ia more than probable that short time work- ' ing will continue , as the prices realised are not equal ^ to the cosfrof produCtion .-7-Pi « 1 scarcely quote any observable difference in either ' - ' ^ demand or prices ; perhaps we might say rather less ' 1 has been done . Saxonys and four-quarters and six-. i quarter plain Blacks are most inquired after . " ; ^

      HcBDERSFiELD ClotS Maeket , Mabch 8 . —Tha i market to-day has been m % uch the same depre ^ sed state as last week ; very littlefbusMes * ie ttoing eithe * in the H , all or in the i ^ ehouse ^ / Prleesfare a » ak . s ruinous to those who are obliged'to « ett ^ - - ' MOl ^ -wWefei peots of the spring trader appears to naVe efltirMf : subsided ; the general opinion is , the U «* has past ^ The wool market is flat , and pnees lower from ldw > to 3 d . per lb , and very little wp ' meeft doing * " 1 Rochdale Flannel Market , March S . ^ -T&efe has been another dull market thf ? day . F ^ rr buyers Were in attendance , and those "were notatixfottstor i purchase , except on a limited scal ^ and at very low - ' l prices . Stocks keep augmenting , although worjc ' also keeps falling off . Wool 3 of all Quality main- tain their price , but still the demand continues only -

      limited . , , /"* ¦' , Rochdale Monthlt Cattle Fair , March 2 . ' There was a . good show of Cattle in the market ' to-day , and a numerous attendance- of fanners and dealers . The principal stocks were milkers and . drapes , which went off pretty freely , although prices are rather on the decline .. - ; , ' -. ; : Darungtoh Corn Market , March 8 . —At ear ' market on Monday last , we had a large suppl y of wheat , which sold at from 14 s . to 17 s . per bolt Butter Is . 3 d . per lb ., Potatoes Is , 6 d . per bushel . s Manchester Corn Market , Satordatv ^ Feb . 29 . ^ The trade during the week was of a fira character , ' and for prime and well known marks of Enghah Flour , factors demanded higher prices , which for one

      or two parcels of a very superior quality wtei- * realised , 60 s per sack having been obtained ; W 4 % although the transactions were not very extensive , i ; fair amount of business was effected at an improvev , ] ment on the previous currency . Oat f and Oatmeal I met a limited Inquiry , and were . so . ld on ratheif 5 lower terms . There was hot much passing in th $ - ' A trade at our market this morning v an ^ in- the valu « I of Wheat no alteration can be noted , but holdew /^ firmly demanded the cui ^ ncy of thi 3 o % WnnighK In the Flour trade a steady demand vfis'firmly mist - by the factors at fullprioes ; inttfor eitr * suft * fih « iis EngUsh we raise our quotations Is per sackiTfii i inquiry for Oats and Oatmeal was of a limit *! nature , but choice samples of the latter artido supported previous prices . No change in Beans or Malt can be noted . ' ' -.. '¦

      Liverpool Corn Market , Mondat , March 2 . ~ : During the past week the imports of British GraM Flour and Oatmeal , have been very light : Tk& 1 Foreign arrivals comprise 5960 quarters of Wheat ( from Odessa , the Mediterranean , and the Baltic ) , 1 , 690 quarters of Oats , and 1 ^ 90 quarters of Barley . '¦ We have not had any very active demand for Wheat : but a fair retail trade to the local millers ana ?; dealers , and two or three purchases for shipment Coastwise and to Ireland have , in conjunction vrith our small stocks , enabled holders to obtain very full : prices , as well for good English as for Free Foreignj ' A few parcels of Irish new have been taken "for the

      interior' At 7 s . to 7 s . 6 d . per 701 bs . American fjp af Flour hfgmei * fair sale ai 43 s . 6 d . to 44 s . per baas rel , andSrai three to four thousand barrels hate changed httads at 30 s . 6 d . to 31 s . per barrel , in bond Choice mealing Oats , continuing extremely seaia * have brodght 3 s . lid ., and good qualities bavebeeft rather more saleable at 3 s . 9 d . to 33 / lOd . per 461 bB . Oatmeal has still moved slowly at 33 s . 63 . to 34 s 6 d . per 2401 bs : Good malting Barley has sold at 45 s . to 468 . ; . Chovalier would command 47 a . to 48 s per imperil quarter . In the early part of tie week Beans advanced Is . to 23 . per quarter j whi « a improvement they have since maintained upen # modesat « demand . Peas as last quoted . .,

      Liverpool Cactus Market , Moitdat , March : % —' The supply of both descriptions of < 8 tock to-day hai been . exceedingly limited , and thp- quality , en the average , middling . There' was a pretty good attendance of buyers and dealers , and the principal part of the Stock was sold up at very high prices . — The few- that were left were only of an ordinary description . The best Beef was sold at 7 d , second ditto , 6 id , with afew at a shade lesa . Good wetBer Mutton sold at from 7 id to 8 d , and middling 7 d per lb . sinking the offaL The very small supply may be attributed principally to the prevailing easterlj winds which have prevented several of tbe vessels arriving with Stock aawas expected ., Number of Cattle aftaarket . —Beasts 6 W ; Sheep 2771 .

      London Corn Exchange , Monday , March 2 . — There was a moderate supply of wheat from Kent , but a very limited quantity from Essex and Suffolk , with rather a short show of barley , beans , and pete , from all ihese counties , and the fresh arrival of oatl were but small , consisting of a few cargoes from our own coast and Scotland , with two from Ireland . There have been fair imports of foreign barley si ** this day se ' nnigjbt , a few cargoes of oats and pea % but no wheat . During the past week the weather has continued sharp and very frosty , with strong north easterly winds . The condition of all new wheat being much improved by the recent dry and very favourable state of the weatherthere w »»

      , brisk demand this morning at an advance of 13 to Sa per qr on the currency of this day se ' nnight , a&di § ood steady trade was experienced for foreknat tully the rates of last Monday . Prime marks of ship flour were in fair teduest at an advance « f Uf >« sack . The selectest samples of malting barley , met a fair sale at quite ' as much money , bnt secondary sorts of malting were not so readily disposed ^ whilst those qualities adapted for distillers w « reM as dear , and placed readily . : Malt was withDO alteration in value . Beans and peas in good demand and both articles the turn dearer . A fair extent of business was transacted in oats , both to the deakn

      and consumers , and last week ' s prices were folly Bupftortei . for all descriptions . There was a tdWably firm ' MoTtffor ^ tove TCeed , fine qualities of both English and f 6 reign % dBting a fair demand . Tbs demand for bonded grain ^ was usually c onSnodw Bmall quantities of oats fojf exportation . London Wool Market , Monday , Mabch 2 .-The demand for all" descriptions of British wools Btw continues firm , and the prices have , in some instances an npward tendency , whilst the qo » nW on sale is extensive . Colonial wool is inqinred w on full terms , but , in other kinds of -foreign ¥ *> exceedingly little is passing . Arrivals—700 pa ages .

      London Smithpield Market , Monday , Marcb 2 . —In our market of to-day , the supply of beasts iwj the time of tiie year considered , but moderate , T * there was a great comparative improvement uvh * quality of the short-horns , Devons , runts , and Herafords offer ing . The weather being favourable ** slaughtering , and the attendance of buyers sbniewo ** numerous * the beef trade was steady at the on > renciea noted this day so ' nnight , but the highest qnotation , or 4 s 8 d per 81 b was only realised for the oe * Scots . Most kinds of sheep , the numbers of whiea were by no means extensive , went off steadill *• late rates . The sheep .. owing to their lamene 8 S , « Ppeared to have suffered considerably from traveuiofr A few lambs were received from ^ Essex and SurreTi which produced from 6 s to 7 s per 81 b . TbftT «» J trade was very doll , at the quotations . Piga ed * heavily at last week ' s prices .

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      O'CoiraoR , Esq ., of Hammersmith , Cpuntj _ »• cuesex , by Joshba Hobson , at his Printi > t OfflcM , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-streetjBri «» W and Published by the said Joshua Hobson , U » the said Fsahocs O'Cowob , ) at his Dwefliftf house , No . 5 , Market-street , Briggate i « _! % , ternal Communication existing between theiB No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nob . WJ *^ 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus oonstitotfK the whole of the said Printing and Publiltal * Office one Premisefl . All CommunicationB * mnst be addressed , ( P < mH >* to J . Hobsoh , Northern Star ffiee , lM * b S ^ urday , March 7 , 1840 .

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      SDSPigffiNT TO THE LONDON POST--g ? H » DIRECTORY , for 1840 . London : - - intuy-aaa vo « ?• w ^!^ ^ *??^ * for ererybody . It contoms all the P « t-offioe arrangements for carrying S ^ SSft ^ J ta s e ' \ Plete «««« i < tf Parliament , with the town and country residences rf every Peerand every Member , of the House of Commons , lists of all the pubUe . companies in London , Eimes of thsir officers , and much other valu-» bk inforoatioa wspecting them ; the rates of postage npon foreign letters to all parts ; in fine , it m a m lutum b * parvo that every body should have . SOSPLUWEKT Tn TOT ? . Tnvrwwr -nz-vcrn

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      THE NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL . —A fortnightly newspaper devoted to the interests of the landsiiarkin ^ Colony , and having for its main object the d-. 3 iribution ^ f light and shade between this and W neighbouring Colonies , in such a manner as to ¦ eid as many emigrants as possible among the cannftals of New Zealand . The present , which is the first , number contains a map of the Colony and a well arranged variety of matters relative to New Zealand , South Australia , New South Wales , dec .

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      MOW OTJS LQtfPQN COEIIESPOKBENT . ; INCARCERATION OF THE SHERIFFS . On Friday last , the second meeting of the freeholders of Middlesex , ( the former one having been dissolved , in consequence of the interruption offered to the privilege advocates , by the reading of the Riot Act ) took place at the Freemasons'Tavern , Great Queen-Street , and was attended "by nearly the same parties who figured at the former meeting , with the addition of some hundreds of persons attracted by curiosity , and whose claim to a Middlesex freehold was at least questionable , although none were admitted without tickets . It is a remarkable " sign of the times , " that those men who were formerly the most loudly cheered at public meetings , were , on this occasion , treated to deafeohur groans : "PUTS TUT mTTl T-r \ "fcTT \< " \ V ¦ nr \ TVTlTa&

      for instance , Mr . Hume , Mr . Warburton , and others of the . " liberal" school , were hailed on their entrance by the most unequivocal marks of disapprobation ; while the Tories who had opposed the " privilege-faction , " were hailed with long , loud , and heartv cheering . In short , the distinction of Whigs and Tories seemed to bq entirely forgotten ; and It was now merely a question with the meeting of arbjtrary power vernu constitutional justice .. Mr . Gibbons moved an address to the Queen , praying her Majesty to exercise her royal prerogative , and by an immediate dissolution of Parliament , dismiss a House of Commons , which ha « attempted to establish an arbitrary and irresponsible power , and has shown itself opposed to the first principles of a free constitution . ' The motion was seconded by Mr . Laurie .

      An amendment was moved by Sir John Salt , and seconded by Mr . Nioholson , affirming the right of the House of Commons to print ami * publish freely , as the grand inquest of the nation . The address was carried by a considerable majority , certainly ; but tho most laughable part of the affair was , when Sir Francis Burdett , who was well received on his first appearance , spoke of ihe House as 658 tyrants . Here a storm arose that baffl . es descriDtion . " Well done , Old Glory i" "Sotheyarel " u You include yourself , of-course . "— " That ' s what Dan said ; and what does he Bay nowV with a number of other disjointed expletives , that told exceedingly well ; the renegade Baronet , however , was not to be dismayed ; on he kept , and ultimately succeeded in bringing round the meeting to attend to

      him . Remember Wilkes , and the glorious 45 , " said he , for singular as it was to observe on this occasion so many of the great apostles of modern freedom . " The words " modern freedom" were no sooner out of the Baronet ' s mouth , than a yell like a Cherokee war-whoop drowned the remainder of the sentence ; but it is a fact , that he was loudly cheered on retiring . The "liberal" party who have advocated the imprisonment of tne Sheriffs did not get a shadow- of a ehance , and the almost unanimous feeling of the meeting seemed to be against the tyrant majority . A daily paper stated that the liberals had procured tickets for several boxen ; but , if such were the case , the " moral force" of the meeting completely upset the " physical force" of the bruisers . On the whole , the result of the meeting is viewed with great satisfaction by ' all who are not disposed to bind themselves to the chariot wheels of the Whig faction .

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      The Lord Mator is gone up to-day ( Tuesday ) with the address of the Common Council to the Queen , praying for the release of the remaining Sheriff . Firs . —A destructive fire broke out at ten o ' olock last night ( Monday ) , at the printing-office of Mr . Johnson , Loyell's Court , Paternoster Row ; and , owing to the impossibility of getting an engine near the premises , from the backward situation and the narrowness of the courts , the whole stock and buildings were entirely consumed . The damage cannot be less than from £ 8 , 000 to £ 10 , 006 , and Mr . Johnson is only partially insured . Many valuable stereotype works are among the destroyed property . m

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      ^ Curiocs CoisacsiT ? op Moxk& Two expert painters of Paris , Messrs . Didron and Darand , wMle travelling in the east to explore and delineate its Christian antiquities , have communicated an account of their visi t to Mount Athos , regarded by the Greeks as a " Holy land , " and forming the site cf a monkish republic , which has no parallel in any other part of the world . Shis singular region includes twenty monasteries , all spaciously built and strongly fortified , encompassed b y ten villages , rwo hundred and forty cells or farm nouses , and four hundred and sixty hermitages ; the whole peopled with a fraternity of friars , amounting to 6 , 000 in number , and conferring its character of sanctity upon . the mountain they inhabit . Dnrar Lakb Theatre . —A fiat of bankruptcy

      having been issued against Mr . Hammond , the lessee of this theatre , it was dosed on Saturday ; bat the committee have allowed it to be re-opened this evening , under the direction of a committee of the performers . We have received a lone letter from Mr . Hammond , in which he attributes bis failure to a breach of faith en the part of a friend , who had promissd to become his partner . We cannot , of course , insert any letter which makes grave charges against an individual of whom we know nothing . Besides , Mr . Hammond will shortly have an

      opportunity of bringing his case fully before the public through fee Cocimisaisners of Bankrupt . 1 $ was clearly a very foolish speculation for him to enter into ; but want of judgment seems to be all that can be alleged against him in the transaction , and the character he has always borne justifies xa in believing htm when he says , that from the time at which ite became a- theatrical manager , up to this nnforferaste ownwxkm with Dnuy-uoe Theatre , " neither actor ^ aor tradesman ever lost ajfarthing of his $ tivj K Wir-Tuni *

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      • . - — \ ? Worship Street ( Wednesday ) . — -The Bethnal Green Chartists . —Henry Harris , who was remanded from Friday last to this day , on the charge of having unlawfully obtained certain legal documents under false and fraudulent pretences , was this morning brought up for re-examination . Mr . H . B . Roberto , the solicitor for the prosecution , stated that he had not been able to obtain any further evidence , but he trusted that the Bench would consider that what had already been produced would be sufficient to warrant them in committing the prisoner , who . however , he still believed was a tool in the hands of some evil-disposed-parsons , who were desirous of depriving his clients of their means of defence , and thus defeat the ends of justice . The prisoner , who , it is stated , is an ex-policeman , made a rambling defence , and was fully committed for trial .

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      Host Extraordinart;— On Monday morning , a fine hare , apparently hard run , took refuge from her pursuers in . the ship-building yard at Kelvinghaugh , and made for the slip under a vessel ' s bottom , when a general hunt took place , to the infinite amusement of the carpenters . Mallets , wedges , tree-nails , and every " come-at-able" missile wete thrown at poor puss , who , feeling tbe nnoomfortableness of her situation , took the water in capital style , and would inevitably have met , what the paragraph mongers would call " a . watarv vtata "

      m the bosom of the Clyde , but for the intrepidity of one of the apprentices , who , notwithstanding the coldness of the morning , rushed into the stream and captured the ill-fated animal just as she ; was on the eve of " sinking to rise no more "^ -80 that if the young sportsman has gotacoW bath , he has a chance of having a warn dinner for his trouble . So far , however , as Miss Puss is concerned , she will mid herself much in a ^ imilar predicament With the trout that leapt out of the frying-panihto the fire . — Scottish Patriot . -

      Sir Puer Laurie and Mr . Pearcs . —After the county meeting at the Freemasons ' Tavern on Friday last , Mr . France , the under-aheriff , visited Mr . rearce in his cell , and handed him the following note from the worthy alderman : — "Sir Peter Laurie having- the right to distribute part of Sir John Langham s gift to poor soldiers and sailors , requests Mr . l ' earoe ' s Acceptance of £ 4 ., as an old soldier , for the relief of his wife and family , who have been deprived of their support by the conduct of a portion of the House of Commons , which , in his opinion , is not more illeg » i and arbitrary than it iaoeaaand pttuaL "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 7, 1840, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2674/page/8/