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MANCHESTER . COURT HOUSE , Friday , September 11 . ( Before Mr . Maude , and C . S . Walker , Esq . ) A . young boy , name * Beardsley , was brought up on ft charge of picking pocXets . A gentleman appeared against him , ¦ who said that as he was coming from the Corn Exchange , he felt a hand in his pocket ; he turned round and found the prisoner in the act of stealing his handkerchief . Mr . Maude—Well , -what hare you to « ay to thia charge ? Prisoner—It was my own . Mr . Beswicfc—The prisoner had upon him , when the policeman took him , no less than fire silk hand-MANCHESTER .
kerchiefs . Mr . Mande—Where did you get all these from ? Prisoner—Three I had bought , and the others are my own . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Maude—Why , you have more handkerchiefs than any gentleman in iSaacfeeeter bad at a time . Committed for on * xuoath bo hard labour . Prisoner—Cannot I have my handkerchiefs ? Mr . Maude—I wonder you are not ashamed to ask for them . Mr . Bums was brought up on a charge of being drunk , and abusing his -wife . Mr . Maude—Well , Mrs . BumB , -what hare you to say ?
Mrs . Burns—Well , Sir , he abases me shamefully , and has done for a long time . She had a life like a dog with him , and many times she bad not had a bit of meat to put in her head ; and look here , Sir , ( showing her neck ) see how he has served me ; and oa last Saturday night she waited for him coming home , and had nothing to eat , but he did not come ; she then pat on her boanet and went after him , and met him at a public house ; she asked him if he was coming home ; to which he said , he should when he thought proper ; and this is the way he spends his Saturday evenings and Sabbaths ; she then broke down in a fit of crying .
Magistrate—Well , what have you to say to this charge . Bums—Well , Sir , I had a sup of drink on Saturday night , and when I went into the house , Elizabeth pulled the poker out of the fire , and pretended to hit me with , it I cangkt hold of it , and see how it has blistered my finger . ( Laughter . ) Well , then , I had some company coming on Sunday . I thought I would have something decent , and I went and pawned her . Because she had pawned my things , I thought I would take some things of hers . I did so , and got a few crumpeta for my company . Magistrate— "What do you say to putting the poker in the fire and burning him . Mrs . Burns—Well , Sir , I accidentally put it in the fire , and knowing that he wa 9 just coming drunk , 1 took it up to prevent him abusing me . Magistrate—You see what this drink does for you ; it is Tery strange you cannot take it in moderation .
Ah ! says Burns , it is this drink ; but Elisabeth is continually making me uneasy , and then I try to drown it with drink -, you see , sir , I married Elizabeth about three years ago , and before I married her , I took , her to be a decent lass : well , we had not been married moro than six weeks before Elizabeth brought me a line baby , i Laughter . ) Silence , you rascal , cried Elizabeth , I am not come hear to Bwear a child-The magistrates asked him if he would behave himself for the future , to which he said he would ; he was willing to maintain her and the baby , if Elizabeth would be comfortable , and he Would be better for the future . Magistrate—See that you do , then : you are discharged by paring for tlie warrant Saturday , September 12 ! h .
Mary Roberts , a very pretty aad interesting little girl , was brought up on a charge of Etcaling handkerchiefs . Prosecutor , a linen draper , said that she came into his shop with a young man , and asked the price of seme handkerchiefs ; he suspected she had taken one or two , and searched uader her sha-svl , and found those produced ; he gave her in charga to the police . The young man ran away , and hid not been detected . Magistrate— 'What have you to say to this charge ? Mary—The young man gave them to me . She cried very much during the examination . She was called again in a short time after , for the purpose of reading the depositions of the witness , when the magistrate said tbat he would remand her till another day , to see if anything more would be brought \ If there is any credit to be given to lawyers' sympathy , they all seemed to pity poor Mary . )
James laherwcod was brought up , charged with stealing a small quantity of cotton waste , worth about three-pence per lb . Tbe prisoner , who has a wife and three children , said in his defence , that it was an overlooker that put it in his handkerchief . Magistrate—You should have h . vl more sense than have been persuaded by your master to rob your real master of the milL Committed to take bis trial at the sessions . There were three young gentlemen or the name of Russell , brothers , placed on the dock for an assault . Mr . Davis , prosecutor , was about to be swoni , when up jumped a limb of the law , and begged pardon . He might be a Little out of order , but he wished to ask the prosecutor before he was sworn , whether he believed in a future state of rewards and punishments , because he had heard tbat he was a Socialist .
Prosecutor said that he did , which seemed rather to astonish the pleader . The prosecutor stated his case to the satisfaction of the magistrates . Mr . Russell—The eldest was bound to keep the peace in two suredes of ; £ 20 each , and the two others were liberated . George Roberts was next brought up on a charge of suspicion of having robbed somebody , he being a poor miserable lookiDg man . He applied to be booked at the railway . The servants in that establishment thinking that he looked rather Buspicioue , sent for an officer , who brought him to the Xew Bailey .
Mr . Beswick said , that he had upon him , when brought to him , £ 18 lCs . 2 cL , besides a number of beads . He had heard of a robbery being committed near Sulybridge , and be had seat over for Gate ' y . Magistrate—Where did you get all this money ? Roberts—I have worked for it . Magistrate—What are you ? Roberts—A spinner . Magistrate—How long hare you been out of employment ? Roberts—Twelve months ; but then he had been labouring and saving since . Magistrate—Where was you going to ? Roberts—To Dublin on a journey of pleasure . Magistrate—And do you put so much money in your pocket to go pleasuring . Roberts—Why so large , as it is my own . I haTe a right to put it where I think proper .
Magistrate—What was you going to do with the beads ? Roberts—I was going to give them to a young woman in Stalybridge . Magistrate—Why did net you do so ? Roberts—Because I could not see her . Magistrate—Where did you purchase them ? Roberts—At the next shop to the Market-placej Staly * bridge . Magistrate—What is the person ' s name who keeps the Bhop ? Roberts—He did not know . Magistrate—Well , Gately is coming for yon at twelve o ' clock . Prisoner—That ' s reet . ( Laughter . ) COURT HOUSE , TUESDAY . ( Before Mr . Potter and C . S . Walker , Esq . ) A young man was brought up on a charge of being drunk , and annoying his father .
Policeman sworn—Ho found the prisoner knocking at Mr . Ridgway ' s door , whs appeared to be his son . The father came to the window , and ordered him to take him to the lock-up , which he did . That was all he had to say . Mr . Ridgway , senior , said that the prisoner had carried on in a very irregular manner for some time . He would not attend to his business—came home at all hours of the night He had tried him often times , to see if he would reform , but he found he would not ; therefore , he was determined to punish one way or other . He bad now been for the last six weeks in the house at proper time ten nights . Magistrate—What is the caus « of this , Mr . Ridgway ? The Father—It is intemperance . Magistrate—Has he his proper faculties ?
Mr . Ridgway—Yes , when he keeps from drink , but he has been in the asylum once , entirely through intemperance , and he had also injured his mental faculties with drink . Magistrate ( to the yonng man , who seemed to have been brought up very respectably , but , alas ! to all appearance , he was nothing less tft » m an emaciated skele ton )—What hare you to say this ? Prisoner—Why , I told my father , if he would send Be a waistcoat , 1 would attend to my business . The prisoner could scarcely muster strength enough to « peak to the Court Magistrate—Ton must find two bondsmen to keep tbe peace for one month . Thomas James and Thomas Walker were next placed at the bar , on a charge of pick-pocketing .
P »« ecntor swore that Jones contrived to pat his hand m £ o his pocket , and steal his handkerchief . He turned himself round , and saw him throw it down . He immediately gave him in custody . Magwtaate—What have yon against Walker f Policeman—He came After him , and said * h * t it mi a shame to take him . Magistrate—But did he attempt to lelease him ;? Policeman—No . Magistrate—Then be is discharged . Magistrate , to Beswick'' —Has tbe prisoner ever been here before f Beswick—T « 3 ; he had !> een imprisoned one month , on a charge of felony , and h ad also been here for similar offences as the present , bL't was discharged . Committed for . twc months V ) bard labour .
Sarah Kelley was charged with stealing clothes . Tbe prosecutor , said , that ab * ut six m > inths ago , the prisoner at the bar took some clothes from her to wash-and nunfle , aodihe . hadJifiTjsr brought Jhem back
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The pawnbroker being ¦ worn , said that the prisoner bM pledged the things now produced , which the pro-• feoutor said were her * , « n the 6 th ana lAttfco ! last February . Kelley said , that she ted agreed to pay for them , at so much per week , with prosecutor . An elderly lady swora , said , that she beard ( he pril soner say , that she owed this money ; bat that she expected a remittance from America very won , from some friends , and , as soon as she could get it , she would discharge the debt Magistrate—Yon must pay Se . costs , aad pay a fine likewise of 20 s . Another woman then came forward against the prisoner for detaining a shirt , or , as she called it , of stealing one . Magistrate—How can you tell that it is your ehirtr Woman—Because it is a new one . v-T ^ . ^^^^ . 11 ^^^ ^^^! ?^
Magistrate—Are there not plenty of new shirts alike ? The woman -who niaie ttem swore to the article . A respectable young lady said that she would be bound to pay the money for her , because she thought that she was an honest woman , and had done what she had done from mere want . Two boys were brought up for stealing pocket-handkerchiefs from John Garside and James Mallorby . The case was not very material . They , however , were well known t » Mr . Beswick as old offenders ; the One got three months to hard labour , and the other two . Margaret Willan was brought up on a charge of stealing a pnrse from a yonng man who had been with her , for bo good purpose . . The prosecutor stated , that she had taken half-asoverelgn with the purse . Margaret denied the charge against her .
She was committed to take her trial at the Sessions . After this decision , Margaret made the following confession .: —She said , the prisoner was with ner on such a night ; he was quite drunk and foolish , and she was then committed—and would very likely be transported . But that man is a perjured man . She would allow that sbe had taken five shillings from him , and that was ail . He had forsworn himself , and she hoped the breath would be ont of him before the sessions came on , for the lies which he had told .
Teetotallers . —As three men were standing upon a bridge giving temperance tracts away , two men camo up , apparently Irishmen . They , seeing the young men were giving some Bort of papers away , made towards them . They gave the lesser of the two one or two . The other stood holding his hand for some likewise , at the same time saying , while pulling up his sleeve , " My brother has got it worse than I have ; he has it all down his back . " " Has he ? " cried the teetotallers , "Got what ? " "Why , the itch , to be sure . Am't they for curing the itch ? " The poor fellow , when told of his mistake , seemed quite confuted , and begged pardon . Beerselleks . —A beerseller , who had been In tho habit of taking in the Northern Star , was asked by tho company why he had left it off ? Why , " Bald he , because it excites the people . " " Then we will cease drinking your ale . " " Why ? " "Because it excite 3 the people . "
Panacea for Allaying the Discontent of the Country . —Two gentlemen were riding in a coach the other day , when the affairs of the nation became the topic of conversation , and likewise the unsettled sta te of the public mind . Well , " said one , "there is one thing which I look forward to , which will allay » great deal of the discontent of the country ; and that is , our beloved Queen to have a son and heir , when she is brought to the couch . "
Repealers Opening their Etes . —Notwithstanding the many which the middle classes have put in prison for telling them nothing more than truth , the Corn Law Kepeaters have now come out , at the eleventh hour , with an article on tho apathy of the midiile classes . Just like the poor short-sighted silly fools , always many years behind the working classes , for any thing that is likely to benefit the working classes . Coroners Inquest . —An inquest was held before Mr . Chapman , borough coroner , at the Star and Garter , Bank Top , on the a lth ult , on tho body of Jane Hannah Bruff , aged eight years . After viewing the body , wbich was at a small house in Britain-street , a picture of misery and distress , the following investigation took place : —John Brufi" said he was brother to the deceased .
Oa Monday night she was taken ill with violent vomiting , and continued to get worse . On Wednesday night he went to bed , but in a short time he was awoke by another sister calling him . He got up , and went to se e what was the matter . She said that she thought her sister was dead . He stripped down the clothes , and said , nothing of the sort , for he thought he could feol her breath . He had not a candle in thu house , nor had he a halfpenny to purchase one . He retired to rest again about half-past two o ' clock ; he was awoke again ; he got up aud went down stairs , and called a neighbour up , and procured a light , and went to the bed , when he found that she was quite stiff He then told two women of it , and they came in ; their names were Elizabeth Potts and Sarah Atherton .
Coroner-Was any doctor sent for ? Bruff—No ; he thought it would be of no service , besides , he did not know how he could pay for one ; Mrs . Potts gave her a little castor oil ; he had nothing more to give Coroner—Did you stay at home to wait upon her ? Bruff—Xo ; to tell you the truth , I was like to leok after a little of something to do , to procure bread for those who depended upon me for support j they had neither father nor mother , and all he could get , was about ten shillings per week , as porter , out of which he had to pay two shillings for lent , and two shillings and sixpence it cost him for the ass . He had a brother and sister who worked ; the one got four shillings and the other six shillings ; the latter , however , kept one shilling and sixpence himself , being
fourteen shillings only to be devoted to subsistence and clothing for himself and three others . Coroner—Why did not you get & recommendation to the Infirmary ? Bruff—If she had lived till next morning he should , but before he did not know where to apply to for one . The Coroner thought it was very wrong that he did not do so before . By a Juror—Did not you feel alarmed when you got up the first time , Bruff ? Ne . Coroner—Why did you not get some one to wait upon her ? I had a sister at home two days , who was poorly . She is about fifteen years of age . Coroner—Do you think she had plenty to eat . Bruff—Yes , he thought she had , for ho would go -without himself ao that she might have plenty . How did you manage for cooking if they < Ui went out to work ? The little boy prepared the
potatoes , who remains at home , and then , when Bruff came home he fried the meat . Mary Potts deposed that she saw the deceased the day before her death . She was very much cramped and wanted to vomit . Coroner Was she cramped in her feet ? Yes , more in her feet than anywhere else . She gave the brother a little castor oil for her . She had not had a relax since she was first taken ; that was about 1 o ' clock ; at 8 she gave her some more castor oil , and also some tea . She did not see her again until ntxt morning , about a quarter past two , when the brother came to knock her up . He teld me he feared that Hannah was dead , and that I must make all the haste I could . Sho could not believe tb . it ahe was dead , but she got a glass and put it to her face to see if she breathed , but she did not ; she was dead .
Coroner—How was it that he did not get a recommend ? He did ask me the night before she died where he could get one , but she told him that he could not get one that night , but he must go in the morning . Coroner—Did you see it from the time it was taken ill ? Mrs . Potts I did not see it from Monday to Wednesday . Coroner —Then did they live together ? Mrs . Potts—They were very fond of the children , and especially the two youngest ; and she thought so far as that they were comfortable . Coroner—How has the brother , John Biuff , conducted himself ? Mrs . Potts—Quite sober . There was nobody to take care of the children , only the neighbours , who went in now and then , the other children being too young . The eldest brother was at his work all the week . Verdict—Died by the visitation of God .
A Mas of Feelikg . —On Friday evening last , as an old carter , of the name of Ellis , was returning home , his ass , loaded with bricks , hay , &c . lay down in Medlock-street , Huime , ami refused to stir . The generous okl man , unlike other carters , at once got assistance , and lifted the ass into the cart , immediately yoking himself to the shafts , proceeded to draw the poor ass to the stable , amidst the cheers of the bystanders . Mr , T . D . Gregg . —Mr , Gregg is delivering lectures against popery every week , but what his object is very few know . But , towever , the poor Catholics , as well as the Chartists , according to hU logic , are to go to a very warm place . But he does not say what am to become of the Protestants . Why , heaven , to be sore . But whatever will he do with the latter-day saint * for
, they declare that all until now have been wrong . One of the ministers of this last party was going to chapel , and he saw a maa with a white handkerchief on , and he heard him say something which hurt his feeling ? . However , he told him he was a liar , and such should be burned with fire and brimstone for e «< er . Bat After making a few observations on something , and his memory had a Bttle failed him , he said he did not like hell-fire preachers , and » hen they beard any one preach euch doctrine , they mast conclude that h # did not belong them . O , says a few in the room , what a contradiction 1 We certainly must give them credit for one thing—tfeat is , they never have a meeting but what they have a collection . Perfectly agreeing with the opinions of many of tbe rich , that nothing is good unless they pay a great deal of money for it
Fire . —On Saturday morning , about two o ' clock , a fire was seen issuing from the premises occupied fey J . Kirkham , Eaq ^ timber merchant , Port-rtxeet Engines were speedily on the spot , and , by the active exertions of the firemen , ifc was in a few hours extinguished . Fortunately tbe wind blew in a direction which conveyed the flames from the buildings ; or , had it been in any other direction , the -whole of the extensive building , and an immense quantity of timber , moat have been consumed . The loss is calculated to be . ai-out £ 500 . The building is insured , bat tbe property , _ whieh consisted of turning lathes , and . saw mills , r t ? as not . The came of the flee is not yet bwra .
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CARLISLE . United Ancient Order of Druids . —The Victoria City Locige of thin body , held their first anniversary on Monday last . * They walked in procession from the houso of Mr . Riohard Kirkbrido , Moulders ' Arms , Botchergate , to the parish church of Saint Mary ' s , where an excellent sermon was preaohed by the Kev . Mr . Reeves . There wore upwards of seventy walked in procession , preceded by a band of music , and a beautiful crimson silk flag , with figures , and heavy yellow silk fringe ; on one side was " United to assist , " and on the reverse , " United
Ancient Order of Druids , No . 147 . " Those composing the procession were respectable in appearance , wearing oriuison silk sashes , and medals . After the service , they proceeded through tho principal streets of the city , and re ; uraed to the house of Mr . Kirkbride , where an excellent dinner was prepared tor them . There were throe separate apartments , all of which were beautifully decorated with evergreens , flowers , and fruits ; we also observed several small silk flags , with tlie following devices : — * ' Not for ourselves , but for the whole world . " " We believe in God , and trust in the immortality of the soul . "
White silk banner , with gilt letters , - "The Leaguo of Friendship and Virtue . " Green silk banner , with gilt letters , M Unity , peace , aud concord , unitGd in brotherly love . " A large party eat down to an excellent dinner , prepared by Mr . Kirkbride , and which did him great credit . Mr . John Mo . Gkpin was in the chair ; the evening was spent in the utmost cordiality and friendship , verifying the great objects in view—to assist one another , and to endeavour to lessen the troubles and vicissitudes of this life , which , at best , is but a , thorny path . We highly approve of these societies , but would like to see tUo members cast off all sorts of foolish and empty display , and , above all thinjiH , to look to tho performance of those more important duties , on the full performance of which depend the real happiness of the people of this country .
STAI / 2-ERIDGE . Drinking for a Wager . —A short' time since , a number of men left Stcikport to go to work at Staley bridge , among whom was a joiner , the other being dressers ; and , as is the custom , they must pay their footing , which was done ; however , some of the Stockport men were rather the wor 3 e next morning , and could not get to their work . This was a source of rejoicing , for ouo of the old hands , who was forward in making it known whenever he got into company . An individual , who was in tho habit of shaving when ho had done his work , met with the joiner at a public-house , the sign of the Church . Tho former began , ag us , ual , brow-be&ting tho latter about the Stockport men being always poorly after & sup of drink , and could not attend their work , challenged to drink the joiner blind which
paid the shot , i . e ., he that was druuk first . The joiner accepted tho challenge , and two glasses of hot rum and water was brought in , which was soon drunk , and theu another the same , and while in the act of drinking the third , down fell ' the great boaster from his seat . The joiner , in order to prove that the pro tern , barber was drunk , and himself sober , lifted him up again , and set him upright on his seat , while doing which the lather-box flew out of his pocket . He called for a sup of warm water , and began giving him a right good lather , after which , not having a razor at hand , he began taking it off with the screw driver , to the great mirth of all present ; he , however , brought a little of the skin as well as the beard oif with it . The joiner WAS prouonnced tho winner , and the other had to pay the shot ; but this was not the worst , for he was so poorly that he could noD get to hi 3 woik again for nearly a week . Tho great champion of drinking has never been heard to boast since .
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FRANCE . The preparations for war still continue , a ^ will be appear from the subjoined extract from the Moniteur ^ official jourcal );—"The Government has jusfc appointed General Dode de la Brunerie President of the Committee of Fortifications , and has placed under his directions General ( of Engineers ) Vaillant , and Colonels ( of Engineers ) Dupau , d'Aigremont , and Noizet , to conduct th * works necessary for ti : c fortification of Paris . This measure , tho execution of which will immediately commence under the joint controul of the War Minister and the Minister for Public Works , is the iudiapensable completion of the organization of the power of France . The Government would not have fulfilled its eutire duty if it had not directed its attention to this important subject . The system of fortificatiou agreed on is that proposed by the Commission of General Defence , nominated on the 29 th of April , 1836 , to determine
definitively the plan of defence for the kingdom . This commission , composed of general officers of all branches of the service , completed its labours and presented its report on the 16 th of May , 1840 . " Iu accordance with this system , a regularly constructed line of bastions , stone soarp , moats , and g lacis , will encompass Paria and the faubourgs , BUfa ' ciently large to include triple of the surface at present built upon , and will touch the same points pretty nearly as were intended by aformer plan to be occupied by the detached forts . It will effect no alteration in the territorial divisions , nor in the freedom of the communication at present existing . It will be protected against the batteries of the oaemy by external works , all of which will be further removed from Paris than the fort of Vmcennes . These works will form the first line of defence , and will keep the enemy at a sufficient distance from Paris to render impossible the use of incendiary projectiles .
" This plan , which combines all the advantages belonging to the different plans previously proposed by mea of skill and science , is anterior by several months to the present events . It disposes of the principal difficulties hitherto existing , shields Paris from all external-danger , and renders in particular a 6 iego impossible , ty removing from the enemy all hope of carrying so vast a work . Ic is destined to exercise A considerable influence on the policy of France , fat it protects the country from the greatest danger wihioh can , p * ssibly threaten it in the event of a general war . It will form , ib conjunction with the excellent works executed at Lyons , two grand centres of resistance on the two most important points of the territory . In giving an immense power to Franco , it augments tho chances of peace , and diminishes tie ehincee of war . "
It is understood that the fortifications will cost £ 4 , 000 , 000 , aad that they will occupy ten years in completion . They will , howevOT , be sufficiently advanced by the spring to be of cood service . In the mean time the most active wai 5 ike preparations ara being made , both by eeaand by land , aad the spirit which animates . the French people will be JGound faithfully reflected in the following article from the Toulonnaie ^—" Itsa time , " says the Touleimau , " to redeem the faults me have committed by row . wdice . Let as cover the . seas of the Levant -with our squadrons , at
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! &iW ^ H ^ W « osMi |* o •** « nns the BattafM < Islands , Italy ; itfiTBelgiumrwho claim our assistance . Let our araiee simultaneous !? cross the Rhine and Tar . AFaTfempt ia now making to gw ^ Jfrflft : " » d Syria to revolt j we must awake irom their Bjumber Poland , Ireland , the Gancasus , the Germanic Confederation , ; iq ' the name of our ideas of general emancipation . Franco < must rive egress to the lava of the volcano of which she had olosgd the crater , and then ,, WAvshall behold that cc-alittonfollon ^ er knees and fare » We ibefo te her . Thfcmatefieiabounds ; men are not wanting . The citizens will defend the frontiers of the conntrv . Atot f ^ i ^
whilst pur soldiers shall chastise those contemptible vaunters , and cause our dignity to be respected ; All this can be still effected , but no time should be lost , unless we wish to be stamped for ever as cowards and miscreants in the eyes of the world ,. " Y " The Russians , will come down , on us ; but they will \ no repulsed ; and , if Napoleon ' s prophecy must come to ' paaa—if France ia either to become a republic or * prey to the Cossacks , she will riothesi * tate between these two alternatives , for she abhors slavery and the knout . Let the XJovernment take care ; circumstances are growing daily more serious ; the French people will on no account submit to humiliation . "
SPAIN . The insurrection at Madrid ( noticed in our last ) has been followed by that of all' the large towns throughout the kingdom . Meantime the . Queen Regent remains at Valladolid with O'DonnelPs army , and refuses to dismiss her Ministers . But if the intelligence contained in the following , telegraphic dispatch be confirmed , the Regent must give way : — .. Barcelona , Sept . 9 . Espartero has issned a manifesto , declaring upon what conditions he will obey the orders of the Queeu . . "He requires from her the revocation of the municipal law , the dissolution of the Cortes , and the dismissal of the Ministers . . "The Municipalities of Tarragona , Hens , and Arfiiiis de Mar haye declared in favour of the insurreotjon . , Barclcona is tranquil . "
. , PORTUGAL . FURTHER INTELLIGENCE OF THE BEVOLT IN PORTUGAL . The following letter was receved by the Iberia steamer , arrived at Falmouth with the Peninsula mails . Her dates are , from Gibraltar the 3 rd , Cadiz the 4 th , Lisbon the 7 th , Oporto the 8 th , and from Vigo the 9 th inst .: — " Lisbon , Sept . 7 , 4 o ' clock p . m . " ? tmay easily be imagined how exceedingly difficult it must be to obtain correct information of what is actually going on in the provinces , consequent upon the insurrectionary movement of the 6 th
Resiment of Infantry at Castello Brarico on the 28 th ult ., every channel to prevent a circulation of news having by Government orders been blockaded , even to embargoing the telegraph which announces the arrival off the bar of Oportoof the weekly packet from England with the mail . All these manoeuvres only tend to excito the more the public distrust and curiosity . ¦ * * « "Thirty army officers of Oporto , suspected of Saptembrist principles , have been deported to Fraganza , Moncorvo , Villareal , and Valcnya , there to present themselves to the military authority , aud to be kept under espionage .
" Two of the ringleaders of the emeute of the night of the lUh ult ., Major Cabral and Commander f ran <; a , who had taken refuge on board the French corvette La Blonde , have managed to safely find their way to Algrave . " It is currently reported that the detachments of tho 2 nd Caoadores at Peniche and Leiria , the 14 th Regiment at Braga , the 29 th , at Vianna do Minho , 4 tn and fith Caoadores , in the Algarve , and the depot of the 1 st Regiment of Artillery , at Santarem have all gone off to the disaffected ; further , that Major-General Count das Autas is at their head .
" It i 3 now well known that the high Chartist deputy , Joaquim Antonio de Magalhaes , has been recently importuned to accept the portefeuille for Foreign Affairs , with the privilege of bringing : into the Ministry any two of his friends ; this surprising amalgamation , it is said , has been brought about by tho indefatigable working of a Noble Lord , holding a high diplomatic situation at Her Most Faithful Majesty ' s Court . Notwithstanding , however , the gifted orator prefers keeping aloof at this tumultuous epoch . The Minister of Justice , M . Costa Cabral , is the pet with tho camarilla at the Palace . ~ * . j ? On Saturday last , the Duke de Palmella invited bap Viscount de Sa da Bandoira to an excursion to Ciutra , ; to return this afternoon . This seemingly extraordinary circumstance , at a period , when political opinions are so very conflicting , has given rise to numerous rumours and conjectures .
' It is going the round , that His Majesty King Ferdinand has bent to Germany for Jour hundred horses , at his own expense , to form a new regiment of cavalry . " Arrived on tho 5 th inst . —The Braganza , steam packet , from London and Falmouth , with the mail of the 29 th ult . ; the Iberia , from Gibraltar and Cadiz ; on the 6 th , the British brig-of-war , Tnnculo , trom Cadiz . Sailed on the 5 th , the Brayanza , steam packet , for Cadiz and Gibraltar . "Foreign ships of war in the Tagus . —Trinculo and Espoir brigs , British ; La Blonde , corvette , French . " UNITED STATES AND CANADA .
Livehpool , Sunday Midnight . —By the steamship Acadin , Captain Miller , which has just arrived in the river , we haye received New York and Boston papers to the 2 d instant , and Halifax dates of the 'di . Thft Acadia has made her passage in ten days , which may be considered an . extraordinary run , when it is known that she had strong head winds for nearly a week . She has brought sixty-nine passengers . There is no news of any importance from Canada . The Money Market is easy , and discounts are readily obtained at seven premium in favour of England . A dreadful event has occurred in Florida ; The settlement at Indian Key was destroyed on the night of the 5 th by the savages , and a number of the
inhabitants butchered . Indian Key is a small island near Key West , and a short distance from tho southern part of the mainland . It is well known to most English captains in the West India trade . During tho night about one huridred and fifty Indians landed from the main , in canoes , and with frightful yells attacked the town , consisting of thirty houses . They massacred all the inhabitants they could find , about eleven or twelve in number , sparing neither age nor sex , and dashing out the brains of infants against the walls . They then plundered the place , and set it on fire—remaining on the island until every house was reduced to ashes , and afterwards retiring with their canoes laden to the water ' s edge with booty . Fortunately about twenty of the
islanders took refuge under an old wharf , and contrived to effect their escape to Key West , where they arrived on the 7 th , exhausted with terror , privations , and fatigue . They were conveyed to the latter place on board a wrecking schooner , which providentially passed near their hiding-place on the morning after the slaughter . A Bmall XJnited States force , consisting of twelve invalids , commanded by Lieutenant Sloan , followed the marauders from Table Key , and galled thoir retreat ; but were obliged to retreat . The savages , having satiated themselves with blood and plunder , retired with many trophies and scalps in this foray . It is feared , and not without reason , that other settlements will be attacked with similarly horrible results . Imagine
human beings , with the facea and passions of fiends , and the agile ferocity of wild boasts , and you have a true picture of Indians excited by war . The next tragedy that has come to our knowledge has been enacted in Mexico , where ( in the city ) there has been fighting for ten days , and a great carnage . It seems that Urrea and Farrias , Federal leaders , revolted on the 15 th instant , captured- the city , and beaieged the President , Bustamente , in his palace ! This continued for some days , when the Centralists ( government party ) rallied , aud the Federalists were so , far worsted that thoy agreed to the release of Bustamente , on the conditions that he should form a provisional government , and assemble a convention to model a new constitution . Santa
Anna was soon on the march towards the sanguinary sceno ^ with the intent of supporting the government ; but his services were politely declined--the "powers that be" ( that is , if they now really be ) stating that they could quell tho revolt without his aid ; It may , therefore , be inferred that , up to the end of July ( our latest dates ) , tb . 9 insurrectionists had been Worsted . Simultaneously with the above event , and doubtless by a preeoncerted policy , a revolt was matured at Tampics , having for its object—so say the Federal accounts—the assassination of the central authorities and many wealthy inhabitants . The conspirators were betrayed b y a spy , and most of the ringleaders are in custody . Meanwhile Canales , a Mexican general , has revolted , and is at San Patricio , near the Texan frontier , with 300 men , 300 of whom are from Texas . We have letters of the 8 th instant , stating that he contemplated an
attack on Laredo ; but , on the other hand , a large party of Indians and Mexicans have , it is rumoured , burnt the town of Linville , near Matagorda . Thus Mexico , like all the other Spanish American nations , is fast becoming the theatre of anarchy , robbery , and murder . The truth is , the descendants of the conquerors of Montezuma are totally unfit for the solemn responsibility of self-government . They want common sense , common ( political )" honesty , and , more than all—the schoolmaster ! A fire took place at Easton ( Massachusetts ) a few days since , in which the almshouse was burnt , and , horrible to relate , five of the unfortunate inmates perished in the flames . A naval squadron is fitting out from the United States far the East India and China seas . It is to be composed > of the razee Independence , the frigate Constellation , the sloops of war Boston , Coru : ord , * nd another sleqp . ¦ ' .
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An arrival at New Orleans hat % rouaht flh&a ^ datestotte-lttfort . B ^ th pWMfcwmSnlSR in . the capital , and each claimed ( be adTuliZ ? All communication b # tweeri Meaeo&wt ^ h ¥ t ( SnS was cut off , or only kep £ ftp at the ffik % Wra smallpox had broken oat at Guaaaftfat < 3 i Wfeifcya 25 150 persons died / of the disease -in ~» few daysJ ^ ftft the settlements on the riTere in Texas , and ' esDari . ally the Brassoe , were so rinheaJthyr ^ haFS planters and their families vtere flo ^ khrff ^ ftS Houstoe and Galveston for safety . The deathw ^ JS ~ - ^ - - "
numerous , - : The Vittal and several other BritisH' vessels of war have assembled at Quebec for the trial , by tmrt martial , of Captain Drew . : ^ ' i The Montreal Gazette of Tuesday pnblisheL * l o ^ > "I **? * - st - Peter ' s , Tort SneUfng , "JuWV 1840 , which gives the following account of the ksd of Mr ,-Simpson , nephew of Governor Simpson , of Hudson ' s Bay , and of hw two companiapja . '& » letter is written by Mr . Peter M'Lebd , fonwrly rf Montreal : — ' " . ¦ y i ' w * . _ Yeu will recollect that , for the past two yean , Mr . Deaseand Mr . S , impson ( nephew of Governor Simpson ) , of the Hudson ' s Bay Company , have been employed in the prosecutidn ' of Arctic discovery " ot order of the company . So «© ' tim » in Febrn « f ? or March last , these gentlemen returned , on their , » a »
to England , with reports of their discoveries , & « . Mr . Dease went by the usual route , eta the lakes * Mr . Simpson ( for what'reason I have not learned ^ separated from his companion , and determined upon proceeding to England via the United States . , * Bt thisr way , perhaps , he deemed it the most expedient rout . His party consisted of three men anda bov A few days after their departure from the colony Mr . Simpson showed symptoms of a deranged mini and , in fact , ordered his men to turn with him and go back to the colony . They did so , and returned seventy miles . Again he ordered his men to wheel about and come southward , requesting them to hafiton their horses in order to overtake a of colonists
party with whom they set out in the first inatance . They were proceeding thus when , oa the evening of the 14 th , just after the moon rose and while . the men were employed about the horses ! and preparing the encampment , Mr . Simpson , with ! out any provocation ( as reported to me ) , took hia double-barrelled gun , and first shot John Bird dead , and then fired the second barrel at Le Gros . a Canadian , who fell and survived but a few momenta . The boy was a son of Le Gros j and he and tha other person , named Bruce , without any interference on the part of Mr . Simpson , took two of the horses and set out to overtake the party of colonists , ' whom they came up with that night . The next day sir meu returned to the scene of disaster , and dis covered Mr . Simpsons tent extended on the ground and . supposing him to bo under it . they were nfi-airf X
approach too close until they were certain where he was , They , therefore , fired two vollies over where they supposed him to be lying . Immediately afterwards , the report of a gun was heard from be * tween where tho two carts stood . Upon going to the place they found Mr . Simpson extended near his mattress , with the upper part of his head completely blown off . He had placed tho muzzle of his gun immediately between his eyes . The nightcap he wore is much blackened and burnt . Having biiriej these three unfortunate men in the plain , the colo . nists proceeded to this place , where tliey arrived % few days ago . No reasons have been assigned for Mr . Simpson ' s conduct but one ; and from all I can learn he must have been labouring under a melancholy aberration of intellect , and supposed that Biri and Le Grog intended killing him for the purpose ot getthg possession of his papers . "
LOSS OF THE BRIG FLORENCE , OF NET » YORK , AND FIFTY LIVES . Captain M'Curdy , of the fcrig Attention , vhh \ arrived yesterday from St . John ' s , Newfoundland , has fnrnished Messrs . Topliff with the following account of the melancholy wwck of the bri * Florence , of New York . The Florence sailed from this port last spring , for Rotterdam , and was on her return to New York . . The following disaster is one of those awful ocen * . rences of which the south-eastern coast of Newfoundland is often the seene : —
The brig Florence , of and for New York , baniuel Rose , master , sailed from Rotterdam , June 30 , with a crew of eight persons , and seventy-nine passengers . Her cargo consisted only o . f ballast , and a few casks of wine . They wero favoured with pleasant weather until nearly up with' the eastern part of the banks of Newfoundland ; after that they were assailed with a snecession of Rales , attended with fog and rain , up to the time of iheir ^ hipwreck . On Sunday morning , August 9 , the man on the look-out sans : out , " hard down the helm , breakers a-hf ad . The helm wag immediately put a-lee , but before the sails were taken aback , the brig struck the rocks on her larboard Bide . A moment ; before she * i & ' li e ° fsere ? ° eightmiles P «
r ^ ,,, r , hour . She instantly filled and fell over on her side . Immediately a , scene of terror presented iteejf , tha horror of which can better be imagined than described . Here the wife aud husband bidding each other a last farewell ; the frantic mother clasping her infant to her bosom , as if even death should not separate them ; and some few who had no relations on board were eudeavouring to secure what money they had b y fastening it to their bodies , but Tvhich , alas ! proved the means of their destruction ; for that which they vainly thought would secure them a comfortable home in thefertili lands of the far West , changed their destiny to an eternal home in death . On attempting to swim to
the land , the weight of the money sunk them to the bottom . Captain Rose , with commendable coolness , commanded all to remain by the wreck until soma means were devised to escape with life . For thia purpose the second mate , Mr . Wm . Robbs , of Spring " field , Massachusetts ; took the end of a line and sprang from the vessel to a ledge which lay between her and the shore ; but at the time an overwhelming sea overtook him , and dashed tho devoted sailor against the rocks , a mangled corpse . Captain Rosa next attempted the only means of saving the lives of thoEe on board . He was more fortunate and reached the land in . safety . The crew were all saved with the exception of the second mate ; but
only 30 of the 79 pasisengers were saved , and ofthesa many were saved by Captain Rose and the chief mate ( Mr . Schofield ; at the imminent peril of their own lives . By the time all were on shore wno wer » saved , about three hours after the brig struck , there were scarcely-two planks together ; ail was literally in splinters . Thus 37 were thrown ashore upon a barren , and to theman unknown part of the coast , Many were half clad , and most of them without shoes . Not a solitary biscuit was saved . In this pitiable condition they commenced their journey through thick woods and swamps , and over bleafe and rugged hills , in hopes of finding some hunua habitation .
Fot four days they continued their course , governed chiefly by the wind—the sun , moonj and stars being obscured nearly all thi 8 timo by the fog aud ram equniia , which latter were very freqneni ; sometimes eating bark from the trees and wha { few berries they could find . Early on the morning of the 12 th , Captain Rose and Mr . Schofield ascended * hill , in hopes the fog might clear off and afford them a view of the surrounding country . At MM o ' clock the weather cleared _ & little , and they weta enabled to see the harbour and village of Rienouse . The happy- intelligence was soon communicated to the r « st , and they resumed their march with lighter hearts . When they entered the village , its hosniinUin ' ! a > 1 . al >! i _ A _ . I I . 1 . " iV * lltftrf lvalue luiitbuitaubs welcomed tnem witn
. ' __ every *""* their present need demanded , Mr . Goodrich , •<» whose benevolence the crew and passengers speak in the warmest terms of gratitude , gave them money and clothes , and furnished them with a vessel to convey them to St . John ' d , the residence of the United States Consular Agent . At nine p . nw «» Saturday , the 15 th , they were landed at St . John «• The news of their arrival soon brought to the show rich and poor , old and young , some thrusting brew into ihe bands of the shipwrecked strangers , »* others taking tlie poor wretches home 'wbh thftBU Nothing was , spared which pity could suggest » alleviate their wants or sufferings . The next d » . * being-Sunday , nothing was publicly done for t e but on Monday , handbills were posted up , requesting a meeting to take place at the Chamberof Cottr merce , to devise means to TeUeve the necessities ol
those whom fate had . thrown upon their shores . Some £ 70 or £ 80 was collected in a , short tinw * * * resolutions were passed to raise a eufficient s ° « whereby the emigrants might be enabled to reacn the place of their destination . A committee *» also appointed to receive clothing or money from « who felt disposed to give ^ Captain M'Curdf < " « not learn tfie result , as he sailed on the follP 1 ™! morning , but thinks from the philanthropic spun manifested by the people of St . John's , that w » unfortunate people were amply provided for . The chief mate of . the Florence has arrived & «• in the Attention . ... ? ¦ -
FALMOUTH .-We understand that oar . « wgj member , Mr . J . W . Freshfield , has retired from »• profession of the law . The Hon . Gentleman thus have more time at his disposal for the ser ™" othiaconstituents . —C&m «« i // G fl * rf ^ ' ¦ , An ANTr-MALTHU 8 iAK .-Mr . O'ConneH statej » few days since , that his grandmother was V *^ S ' twenty-one children , but John Prentice , one or » finest piaantry in tW world , " has fairly totf « J grandmamaof the great Dan . J ° i * ° H ? tta * oi » k « -. v . t » A Tro . > c «? . „ .. ^ * t , « fiiiher of tweniy-i" ^
children , his eara sposa having J ^ t V ^^^ him with twins . - John is a'native «? Dt H £ S 2 in the connty of Tyrone , and now ; resides m w ^ fard ' s-close , Grassmarket , Edinburgh , * PT ^ aa the City Charity Workhouse . He mf ^ i Z ^ - age of twenty-one , and by bin fixa * wife HSeff . teen children , fourteen eons and tnrw ^^' t He married a second time , * to 81 B ifirffertf-Catharine Maedouald , who is now upw * f » ° [ i oh" " five years of age , aad who has bwug ht ^ gpi dren , four previously , and twins (» tyT * "' other day . —Edinburgh Obmvtr-
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^ . ^^ S- ^ f ^ S-fel ^ journey from Paris 4 tf texttwiely Aslightfnl ; he was only seen to © pen fe& "eyes \ wic « taring the whole of the journey ! Tte * U Bt toy of & sovereign is to remember he fej ^^ two M'rewigas-God and the law .-amrflV . if , Frtmoe . ^ THB ^ nsia © ag at to etch well , for it is pretty well kn « wn to every tax-paying simpleton in : EagW tta * she can < &aw well . - Ww £ ed , bot not AsHUtED . —I never wonder to "See men wicked , but I often wonder to see them not « ha * e < L—Stft / t 1 <HKB , Cjlsdid . —In the window of a house in Park'lane , St . Martin ' s , is a paper with the following TWrds : — " Thia house to lei , well stocked with ifcgs . "—Lincoln Gazette .
iP xitcb Ai ^ ekt known attach much importance " * fco the " coming event , " which is casting something ? XBore than its " shadew before , " having arrived at the sagacious conclusion that the natkm will be less disposed to grudge bis " aaking hay , " when they Bee an illustrious personage is " in tie straw . " At all events , he is well satisfied witk the prospect before Mm . LrcrFKR MiTCHBS , — " I wonder kow they make lucifer matches , " said a young married lady to her husband , about b ' ix weeks after tfeeir nuptials , and with whom she could never agree . * The process is ? ery simple , " herepliei , * ' I once made one . "" Indeed * ad pray how did yoc manage it ! " " By goiDg to « bnrch with y « a , " was the brief and satisfactory explanation .
It is siiD that tbe Qneea objected to Prince Albert dining with the citizens on the day of his "being presented with tho civic freedom , lest he should be too free wits some of tbe citizens' wives , for it ¦ w as in the City that her uncle Sussex first beheld the beautiful Lady Cecilia Buggins .
A Fact . —He that shortens the road to knowledge lengthens life ; aad we are all of us more indebted ftaa we believe we are to that class of writers whom Johnson termed " the pioneers of literature , doomed to clear away the dirt and the rubbish , for those heroes who press on to honour and to victory , without deigning to bestow a single smile en the humble drudge that facilitates their progress . "—Coltou . ^ AXTTHIKC QUBEB TSIIS MOElNIXg ! " qnoth one of ¦ 4 hft directors of an e&ss-end railway , the other morning , to the chief engineer . " Only one passenger cut in halves , and a couple into quarters , " replied the latter , with edifying coolness . " Is that all ! ' retorted the querist , who went away thanking HeaTen that mailers were in so -admirable a * train . "
Masch of Intellect—Caution to the Disordesly . —A signboard , near Shrewsbury , has the following classical inscription : — " All parsons Ibond fyghteing or tmspessin on this-ground will be executed with ike utmost wigger of the law . " Believe me th « re is on the face of this world no scamp like an English one , no blackguard like one of turhalf geuileman , so mean , so low , so vulgar , — so ludicrousl y ignorant and conceited , so desperately heartless and depraved . —Mr . Tidmarsh .
"Experimental" Trading . —fn the Palace Court , lately , two cases were heard , brought by two -diSirent brewers against a beer-ahop keeper , residin g a-t a place celled tue " Experimental Gardens , " near Battle-bridge , and verdicts obtained . The learned counsel for ihe plaintiffs remarked , that the defendant had successfully tried the * experiment" of getting credh , jind his " experimental knowledge " he had not coaaned to one brewer . The learned judge ( C . J . Knowles , E 5 q . ) rc-aiarkei' that his experiments had not been partiall y mnde . They were impaxual as to bretvers—( a IsugL ) . It was a clumsy and cruel contrivance of the Homans to use hedgehogs for clothes-brushes , and prepare them for ii by starving them to death ; our method of sweeping chimneys is not more ingenious , and little less inhuman . —So ulhey ,
Aguesablk Companions . —The most agreeable of » 11 companions is a simple frank man , ¦ without anv high pretensions to an oppressive greatness ; one who loves life , aad understands the Jise of it , obligingalike at all hours ; above all , of a golden temper , aad steadfast as an anchor . Tke Law of Love ih Axkjuca . —In 1 G 47 , the General Court of Massachusetts enacted , that if any young man attempted to address any vpung woman without the consent of her parents , " or , in case of their absence , of a neighbouring magistrate of the County Court , he should be fined £ 5 for the first , offence , £ 10 for the second , and imprisonment for the third , in 1650 , Captain Daniel Blase was fined the first-namad sura , but hi off for i-i conditionally , ** for making love to Edmund Bridge ' s daughter , ¦ mthout her parent ' s consent . "
Ptelic Virtte . —Public virtue is ' the only life and soul of states : genius found empires ; public firtue preserves them ; but selfishness is tae destruction . —Segvr . The Roman Circcs Maximcs . —Below the Palatine-hill was the famous Circus Maximus , which was planned by Tarqoinius Priscu 3 , and enlarged in succeeding ages , during which it continued a place for the celebration of Circensian games . The accounts given by _ historians of the number of spectators which it is said to have contained vary from 150 , 000 to 38 ' . » , 00 a spectators . Idlsnzss . —St . Amoroso Bars , idleness is the devil ' s pillow ; wherefore many good Christians , who think the devil deserves none , take it away from him , and put it under their own heads . — Jean Paul Richier .
Charitt . — " I fear , " said a country Curate to his fiock , " when I explained to you , in my last charity sermon , that philanthropy was the love ofcur species , yon must hare understood me to say specie , which may account for the fimallness of the collection . Yon will prove , I hope , by your present contribution , that you axe no longer labouring under the same mistake . " The Benefit op Advertising . —A merchant in one of our northern civies lately put an advertisement in a paper , headed— "Boy wanted . " The next morning he found a band-box on his door step , Trith this inscription on the top— How will this one answer ! " On opening it , he found a nice , fat , chutoy-looking Bpe * imen of the article he wanted , "warmly done op in flannel !
American Juries . —A jidge in one of the new counties in Western Virginia inquired of the sheriff whether he had made up a jury . The sheriff replied that he had impanntlled eleven and expected to have the other soon , as they were running him down with dogs . —New York Paper . An Awkward Coincidence . —A Church of England divine was discussing , at a certain parochial board , the question as to the appointment of a chaplain for the Union , and hazarded an assertion , that if it could be ascertained , he bad no doubl nine out often of the cMdren in the house were of parents of Church principles ! " That is a curious coincidence , '' said a Guardian , for I understand that nine out of ten of the said children are illegitimate !"—Kentish Mercury .
How to Propagate Truth . —The surest way of contracting the empire of error is to increase the general power of discerning its character . In the present stage of civilization , this is , in fact , all that can be done . The days of mystery and concealment are past . There is now no resource but a system of of fairness and open dealing ; no feasible mode of preserving and propagating truth but by exalting ignorance into knowledge . —Bayley ' s Essay on Formation of Opinion ,
Eloquence . —The following is an extract from a speech delivered by a member of the Indiana legislature , on a bill to encourage the killing of wolves , Tvhich in sublimity , has seldom beeji surpassed : — "Mr . Speaker , —the wolf is the most ferocious animal in * i prowls in oar western prairies or runs U large in the forests of Indiana- He tr&cps from his lurking place at the hour of midnight , when all nature is locked in the silent- embraces of Morpheus , and ere the portals of the east are , unbarred , or bright Phcebas rises in all his golden majesty , whole litters of pigs are destroyed , "
On a certain occasion , when Charles Bannister , the father of the well-known Jack , was under examination as a witness in the Court of King ' s Bench , the lord chief justice miring , caused a temporary suspension of the proceedings . One of the leamed ' counsel , by way of pleasantry , asked Charles for a song . * With all my heart , " he answered , if I can have aa accompaniment . " The barrister replied , tbat he had no music there . u I wonder at that , " said Charles , "for you seem to have the band under your nose . "— Life of Bannister .
A Consternation . —H « r Majesty must get a nurse Jbr ber sponse , who will take care of his goods and nW . ta !« It ippesjB that he was eo naught ? 011 Sunday &g to lose the diamond pin which Joan Ball stood an his marriage . Her Majesty , with the wholeseme niggardliness which subjected her grandfather to the whip of Peter Pindar , grieved mconsokhly for three days , until bob was relieved by a quicklighted painter , who found it on the floor . —World . PEJOfT-A-LiJfEBS . — There is -a well-known taunt against a humble class of men , who lire by their pens , which , girding not at the quality of their work ,
but the rate of its remuneration , twits them as pensj-a-linerB 1 Can the world be aware - of the range « f the shaft ! What , pr » yT was glorious John iiilton , npoowhom rested an after-glow of the holy aspiritatioir of the sacred writers , like the twilight befneathed by a midsummer sun ! Why , he was , as jou may reckon any time in his divine ** Paradise Loet , * ' not even * ba * pennj- * -Ener » " We have no proof tfcat Sbakfipeare , the nigh priest of humanity , was eras araithing-a-liner , and we know , thai Homer ~ Bot only sold his lines gratis for nothing , " but f » r » bredH to all eternity .--Thomai Hood .
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day teat at Preston , it appeared tbat t $ e estimates for clotihtng , pay , and contingencies for thfl force for \ 8 H amocnted to £ 30 , 606 6 s . ; and ( fee Rev . ^ T . Macbeth , Rural Dean « f Lancaster , after stating that the number of Crimea committed In the hundred of South Lonsdale only amounted to twelve , whilst in the other hundreds it numbered frotn seven hundred and thirteen to sixtyfive , moved that the hundred of South Lonsdale should be exempted from the operation of the bill , ana that the rate-payers should take the management of the-police into thelrowniiatids . .
The motion being seconded by Mr . Clarke , Attorney . General of the Isle of Man and Recorder of Liverpool , A discussion ensued , which ended in a division ; when the motion was lost by a Majority of nine , there bedng upwards of a dozen magistrates present who have been added to the commission by the party at present ia power . : * A meeting of the rate-payers of North Lonsdale is to be held in a few days to petition for the exemption of that hundred . ¦ ¦ The motion of the Rev . Mr . Mackreth was founded on a petition signed by nearly the whole rate-payers of the rural districts in South Lonsd&le .
INTRODUCTION OP THE RURAL POtlCE INTO YORKSHIRE . , A meeting of the magistrates of the West-Riding of Yorkshire is appointed to be holden in the Court House , Wakeneld , ou the 22 nd inst ., for the purpose of taking into consideration the introduction of the rural police system into the riding . A strong opposition has been manifested by the inhabitants , especially of the manufacturing districts of the county , against the introduction of the measure , and . meetings of the rate-payers have been held inmost of the towns to petition the magistracy to reject it It is said that most , vf the magistrates are wavering . in their opinions as to , the eligibility of the systeui , and Lord Wharncliffo ' s decision is looked to with much interest on the subject .
The petitioners against the measure have great faith In their endeavours to oppose it , ami call upon Lord Wlnrnclifft ! to act up to the spirit of bis observation at the last met ting of the West Riding magistrates on on the subject , -which was : — "That the voice of the rate-payers ought to be the guide of the magistrates in the matter—that the will of the rate-payers should be consulted before burdening them to such au txtent "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 19, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2702/page/6/
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