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      ' ~ " ~~ THE WAX-CRY * T heard B—* ° * tiw ^ rfid , fflJKHaaA , yril—TbaTguriBTmthiwcf aa Indian * cry ; wbo , asbtfcwetj totetbiewflietfeU , ^ fte watrwieop ealto bii coHuades to die ! VAt the feroeiocs din of feudal strife , Ifben ciio ^ if&daB BA tribtiritliMbe aipie , when beiria cmagft , whotoate | m gf Bte I U the ad product of impetaoo * rage ! I heard it—* ot the hated martial Bound * , Wafted by Eajtern sephyrs from afar ;' i ,. harbinger 1 of scat * , sad blood , and wounds—Th lire eooewBttanta-of C 9 kriatto » war ! tfBBatan- * - * te « ffe « MnthteMo ^ - Tbe widow * groan , tbe orphan ' s tear an thine ; A . nation ' s fiowea are nerificM by thee , i . gory offering at ambition * ahrh » t

      I beard it-at tbe patrioticall it bntaV Iiie peallBg ttmder , from tbe Stottiah plain ! lad Cambria -wept teraaenkraon oC Frott , Ai bar hflla and datea re-ocfc ^ 'd the ataaia yjomBnglaad , the land of labour and toil ; It nreU'd on the gale , decisive and strong , Sbroegli the tengtfcaad breadth of the Emerald late , The aovod ounipotent gatbsfd along . I beard It—twa * tynanyg fnneralknell— + tfcehigh resolves ol a people oppreo'd—U » e groans of the boos of labour , that tell Tig dangToos to alight a nation ' s behest . Twm the mustering forth of th « patriot band—The banner of freedom streaming on high—Hay spake , aad nought their power eould withstand The ( Starter , the Charter , -we'll have , or we'll die ! Joseph Radfokd , T ^ yyflfogfajun . Messrs . Collins , M'Douall , and White . t It ia customary te perform the funeral liiee i traitor * , or murderers , when proceeding to the place execatioa .

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      Fltctq CHiLDna . —Cbilders , also called Flying Childers , a chesnut horse , -with part white on his nose and four whhe legs , foaled in 1715 , bred by Mr . Leonard Cbilders , of Can-bouse , near Doneaster , and was purchaseil when yoang by the Duke of Devonshire . Gulden was got by the D * rley Arabian ; his dam was called Betty Leedes , by Old Careless ; his Eranddam ( own aster to Leeds ) by Leedes ' s Arabian , His great granddam . by Spanker , oat of the old Morocco mare that was the granddam of Spanker . Childers started several times at Newmarket n ^ f ™** the best horses of bis time , and was never beat . Is ApriL 1721 , he beat the Duke of Baton ' s SpeedwelL . 8 s 7 71 b . each , four miles , 500 guineas , and in October following he received of Speedwell » 0 © guineas

      forfeit . In October , 1721 , Chflders beat the Earl of Drogfceda's -Chanter , lOss each , six miles , for 1 , 000 mineas . In April , 1723 , be received of the Duke of Bridgewatert mare and Mflsingtowne ' s Stripling , guineas forfeit each , and in November following receiTed 10 * gtnneaa from Lord Godolphin * 8 Bobsey . About the ytar 1721 Childertraa a ^ crial against Almazor and the Dake of Richmond ' s Brown Betty , carrying Ast- 21 b ., orer the round course » t Kewmarket ia . six " minutesand 40 seconds ( the round course is three miles four furlongs and 93 yards in length ) , aad it was thought that he mored 82 * feet in one Beeond of time , which is nearly at the rite of one mile in a minute—a degree of Telocity which no horse has erer beea known to exceed . He likewise

      ran over the Beacon Course ( the Beacon Coarse is four miles one furlong and 188 yards in length ) , in seven minutes and 30 seconds , and it was supposed that he coTered at every bousd a space of 25 feet . He also leaped ten yards on level ground with his rider . He was allowed by sportsmen to be the fleetest horse that ever ran at Newmarket , or , as generally believed , that was ever bred in the world . He was not only eminent as a racer , but allowed bv breeders to be a very valuable stallion , though he covered only a few mares , except the Duke of Devonshire ' s . He died in Ma Grace ' s Btud in the year 1741 , aged 26 , and the last of hk get that w&s trained was Yelter CromirdU Esq ' s * Kesigul * foaled in 1740 . — History «/ the British . Turf .

      Lrklutd as it is sow . —It 13 not alone here , in this dilapidated quarter , where the want of employment and the impossibility of obtaining it , produce the idleness with wMci its inhabitants , in common with all their countrymen , are reproached , and beget th 8 filth and poverty that degrade them ; it is not here alone , in this district , where trade once reared a race of opulent manufacturers , that you must look . Go , go into her most splendid streets , walk along her noble quays , contemplate her magnificent stone buildings , look at her river choked with colliers instead of galleons , her mendicant merchants , her unfrequented custom-house , her bankrupt shopkeepers , her pauperised gentry , her beggared population ; behold the former residences

      of her nobility converted into insolvent hotels , and entrepots for traders too poor to buy , and only vending on commission ! Is this as it ou ^ bt ? Are these things as they should be I Is not Venice groaning beneath the Austrian yoke 1 Have we not here , too , what may be called a foreign soldiery , insnfferable from iheir insolence * 13 sot the whole country held by an army of occupation 1 Have you not an armed gendarmerie meeting you at every turn , in every petty hamlet and Tillage t Here , here where we stand , in the heart of a great city , unrivalled in the beauty of Us situation , which ia equally adapted for 4 ha purposes of commerce—in the very centre of a country rich by nature , and not wanting in cultivation , you find the anomaly of an almost starving population , and a universally pauperised community .

      Dakito Ekcofwtbb -with x Tigkk . —On the high road between Madras ana Hyderabad , and about sixty miles from the latter , in a small place called Kelcondah , situated in a narrow p ass between two high hills . In the beginning of 182— , a tiger took np his residence in the abandoned old fort which crowns one of these eminences , and committed almost daily depredations on the numerous travellers passing on that much-freqnented road . He at last carried his audacity to rach a pitch as to walk off in broad daylight with an officer's servant from the midst of a party of sepoys . On arriving at Seennderabad , his master , who was much attached to the poor fellow , from having bad him long in his service , related the ^ ircumstanoe , and Captain W , of the commissariat , determined on avenging his death . W— ......

      bn ; why Bhould 1 attempt any mystery in relating as . gallant an action as was ever performed by a staunch votary of NimrodS and such was Whistler , who wiil sot , I am sore , feel annoyed in seeing his name recorded where it so vrdl deserves a place . Well then , Whistler , who was no novice at this sort of work , immediately started -off to the scene of action , with a couple of friends . On arriving at Neleondah , scorns wero immediately placed upon the look-out , one of whom shortly afterwards announced that he had discovered the Tctreat of the tiger , and led the party towards the top oftbehilL Here , amidst a

      -chaos of large rocks , he pointed to a deep chasm , at the end of which was a recess , where he said the animal had retired . It was , however , impossible to get sight of him without first dropping down a height of sixteen or eighteen feet into the den . below , from which there was no retreat . Whistler hesitated not , took the fearful leap , and , fortunately alighting on on his feet , saw the monster quietly reposing at the further end of the den . He gave him no time to ri 3 e , but with the quickness of thought levelling his rifle , sent a ball through his brain , and extended Sim lifeless oa the spot . — Major Napier ' s Scenes and Sketches .

      Taxi Boa Cosstrictob . —One of my snakecatching friends at Milapoor could produce besides the usual assortment of dancing eebraa , every other delicacy of the seasoa in the serpent department . His " carpet snakes" [ so called from beiDg often found eoneealed under the matting of the bungalows ] were in good condition ; he had seme fine , fiercelooking , bright-green " eye-snakes ; ' and some charming young boas , which , although he assured nw they were mere " pups , " measured about fifteen feet in length , and were as thick as the arm of the

      stoutest man . For a conplt of rupees I was tempted to purchase one of these monsters , which to the most brilliant colours added a perfectly docile and amiable disposition , and coiling its knotty folds round my neck and body , frequently to the astonished beholder , enabled me to enact a very good fac-samile of Laoooon . It was , however , never bo vrarm in it * embrace , but I could always remove it at will , anc place it in Us basket , where for days andwe « ks it woold fie rolled up , unmolesting and Bnmoiested . — Kapier ' f Scenes and Sketches ,

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      EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS FROM MARSEILLES . ( From the Times . ) . We hare reowTed bj aa ariraordin «» T ourier fetterafrom our correspondent in Alexandria , of the g . nwfc . tad from Malta , of the fth ftat , and Drought by the Meteor * wad another steam-vessel lna J ? e ? S * l *? ^ * ° MaMefflea , * here they arrived on the 12 thmst . It appteara from the » " letters and journals , that the-Euphrates arrived m Alexandria on the 30 th ult ., out took the ground « n enteriig ihat harbour , which £ *** £ " * . *«»»*; & *• * h » delivery « f herdespatcbes . By ihfl 1 intelligence from Syria it appears a large STSU ' - ^ " ^ consisting of between lOOWand

      . 12 , 000 men , was proceedingto attack Ibrahim in the plats . He is said to have 15 , 000 men under his wmwand ., The former was composed of 5 , 000 Turks , 4 , 000 Syrian mountaineers , and 1 J 00 English . On the result of the impending earaeement ( say our letters ) depends the fate ofthe eampaign . The rumoured spirit of disaffection in the army of Ibrahim is however for him a menacing affair , and would render the issue of toe contest in no respect dwibtful . '' The Bame paper ( the Malta Times ) states ihat a Greek vessel , which arrived in that island on the 3 d , stated that he parted company on the 2 nd with the French fleet of 11 sail of the line , off Cape Passaroon its return to Toolon .

      Independently of our own despatches , we find In the Semaphore de Marseilles % private letter dated Alexandria , November 1 , which states that the last accounts from Syria were more favourable for Mehemet AH ; that the mountaineers were becoming dissatisfied with their new allies , in conseqaence of the departure of the Emir Bechir , the sending of the prisoners taken from Ibrahim to Constantinople , and the removal of the mountaineers who had declared for the Sultan to points remote from them .

      The Semaphore repeats that the new Emir , with 5 , 000 Turkish troops , 4 , 000 mountaineers , and 1 , 500 English , ( the latter under the orders of Commodore Napier in person ) had marched to attack Ibrahim , who had 15 , 000 men in the plain . This correspondent states that the operations before St . Jean d'Acre had ceased , or had not been commenced , for the want-of adequate means to carry on a Biege . The place was said to be very Btrong on the sea side , but , infinitely more strong on the side of the land . Soliman Pasha , who had been ill of fever , had left to have an interview with Ibrahim Pasha ^

      The Malta Times mentions a rumour that , on the contrary , Acre had fallen inte the hands of the allies ; but this report seems to require confirmation ; for a private letter from a most respectable quarter in Alexandria informs us that Admiral Stopford left Beyrout on the 26 th of October , with two sail of the line , to bombard that place . M . Desmeloises , the manager of the French consulate , had returned to Beyrout , and most of the French residents who had quitted it had returned to that place , which had not suffered so much as had been stated . The correspondent of the Semaphore states ( but erroneously no doubt ) that the Emir Bechir had been entrapped on board an English vessel by an invitation to a grand dinner , and then told that he must go to London . He requested to be conveyed to France or Rome , but was refused .

      UNITED STATES . The Royal mail steam-Bhip , Acadia , Captain Miller , arrived at Liverpool , on Sunday . She left Boston on the -1 st , and Halifax on tbe 3 rd inst ., aud has been , including the stoppage at tho latter port , thirteen days and twenty hours on the passage , the latter half of which wa 3 extremely Btormy . She has brought fifty-three passengers . Her mails filled nearly a dozen large bags . The Royal mail steam-ship , Britannia , Captain Judkins , which sailed from Liverpool on the 20 th ul ^ arrived off Halifax on the 31 st ult ., bat , owing to fog , did not reach the wharf till the 1 st instant , after a passage of twelve days and twentyfour houre . She left in the evening for Boston , which she would probably make oa the morning of the 3 rd instant .

      By the Acadia we have received New York papers to the evening of the 31 st nit ., and Boston of the 1 st , and Halifax of the 3 rd instant . The rapid passage made by the packet-ship , Garrick , the dates by which were to the 26 th ult ^ h * . a , by limiting , in this instance , the space of time over which the intelligence usually brought by the steamers extends , diminished the interest of that conveyed by the Acadia . The prominent topic of the American papers , next to the President ' s election , was the alleged elective frauds , respecting which , amidst the mass of criminations and recriminations which filled the New York papers , it is impossible , in the present stage of the investigation carrying on before the Recorder of that city , for a person at a distance to form an opinion .

      Additional returns of the elections which would decide whether Mr . Van Buren would be continued in office , or General Harrison be elevated to the chief . magistracy of the republic , had been received at New York . The state of Ohio had , it was understood , declared in favour of the latter , while that of Pennsylvania would , it was inferred from the imperfect returns which : had been received , declare for the former . The friends of Mr . Van Buren were far from desponding aa to his ultimate chance of reelection .

      The commissioners appointed by the United States Government to survey the disputed boundary had completed their task , and were on their return . It is stated thai they had "no donbt in their minds that the line claimed by the United States is the true line , and that no person who makes ; he examination with the intention of ascertaining the truth can arrive at any other conclusion . "

      WARLIKE PREPARATIONS IN AUSTRIA , PRUSSIA , &c . The foreign papers , which have also reached us , are filled with evidence of the activity and energy displayed by Austria , Prussia , and the other German Btates , to prepare for war . The Bavarian army ready for toe field is estimated at 60 , 000 men . The Courrier de Franconxe publishes a letter from Berlin , dated the 2 d inst ., which states that the Minister of War had ordered 4 , 000 , 000 of cartouches to be prepared . This is the most extensive order of the kind which has been made since the war . This order had been in progress of execution for the last fourteea days , and wonld require a month longer to complete .

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      Gexuisb Shoehakkk's Bill . —Our readers have probably often seen copies of whimsical bills of items , said to be the genuine bills of shoemakers . Many of these are fabrications : but the following is a literal copy of an original bill of charges , with the omission of the names : — £ . s . d . Nov . 16 th , Clogged up Miss 0 0 10 Dec . 14 th , Meaded up Miss 0 0 2 1840 . Jan . l 3 t , Heeltapt Miss 0 0 11 — 3 rd , Retapt Master 9 0 3 £ April 1 st , Turned up Clogged np Mended the Maid ... 0 0 S M&y 1 st , Lined Bound and put a piece

      on Madam 0 4 3 Oct . 2 nd , Soling the Maid 0 0 8 — I 4 ; h , Tapping Madam 0 0 6 — 16 th , Putting a piece on Madam 0 0 2 — 18 th , Stretching and easing little Master 0 0 3 —Sheffield Iris . £ 0 8 6 £ Pbostitutiox in Birmingham . —The Society for the Protection of Young Females have lately sent agents to Birmingham to make inquiries concerning the extent of prostitution in that town , and the desirability of establishing a branch of their Society in the district . The Society ' s agents state that "they find , from statistics which hare been laid before them , that in the town and neighbourhood of

      Birmingham , there are upwards of seven hundred infamous houses , in each of which from one to twelve young females are kept : or licentious purposes , and in many of which juvenile , and even infantine , prostitution is carried on . They find also that , in addition to these , there are numerous houses of assignation , where boys and girls , from eight to fourteen years or age , are encouraged to spend the whole night together , the boys being thus trained to a course of immortality and crime , the girls to degradation and -ruin . Tney have also ascertained that there are in Birmingham procurers and procuresses , moving apparently in respectable spheres of life , who , though ostensibly living by trade , are , in reality , maimy dependent for subsistence upon the number of thoughtless and innocent girls they trepan , to feed the mortality of the bagnios , where the average of human existence , af : er entering upon their d&rk

      scene of pollution , is , at the utmost , not more than seven years . These evils , though ( being usually wript up in their own dark shadow ) they do not obtrude themselves at every turn upon our notice , are not on that account less real . The sadness of the desolate hearth , robbed of its fairest hope ; the deep and harrowing pangs which parents feel whose child , long perhaps the joy of their hearts , has been seduced from a borne of peace and virtue to the haonis of vice asd degradation ; the broken hearts of unhappy victims , who lured as they thought , to a life of pleasure , find , instead , a life of wretchedness and woe!—these loudly cry for the interference of all who as yet have not tasted of their bitterness , but who know not how soon , through the machinations of wretches who live by the trepanning of innocence , they , too , may be made to share in pangs which no tongue can describe . "—Staffordshire Examiner .

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      A Tobacco Tbbtotal Societt . —A society has been formed , and with considerable success , at Hexham . Northumberland , to discontinue the use of tobacco in any shape . Ma . Richaud Hodges , an elderly man , who holds a situation in the Bank of England , was fined £ 5 at Marylebone Police-office , on Monday , for having attempted to flog his servant-girl , about eighteen years old , with a rod , in the obsolete manner of birching children . AForeighkb , named Rudolph Ohrtmann , was convicted at the same office on Tuesday , forsmoking in a second-class carriage on the Great Western Railway . The defendant , and several companions , who contrived to escape , persevered in smoking thongh remonstrated with by the guard . He was fined forty shillings .

      Wsbeobbt to hear that a wheat rick , the property of Mr . Daniel Young , farmer , of Longhope , in this countv . and situated about a mile aad a quarter from Mitcheldean , was set on fire on Tuesday evening last , by an incendiary , who as yet remains undiscovered . —Gloucester Journal . It is the intention ok Government to light all the dock-yard establishments with gas , aud the expence is ordered to be estimated . " Lord John Rdssell ( says a correspondent ) admitted to one of his quondam friends , last week , that Sir Robert Peel and Lord Lyndhurst were ' virtually' in office . Upon this fact , I can have no hesitation in pledging my Bolemn assurance . — Kentish Observer .

      Feveb and sic&hess have for a long time existed in Lincoln to a very alarming and fearful extent ; and , considering the crowded and filthy state of some of the populous parts of the city , it is providential that its ravages have not been more destructive . —Lincoln Mercury . Camwe Fidelity . —A few days since , a lady with a poodle-dog at her feet , entered a fiesber ' s shop in town to pay an account . The transaction over , a few small tit-bita were thrown to the dog , but , to the surprise of all , he declined acceptance . On returning home , he laid a sixpence at the feet of his mistress . It appeared that in paying the account , the lady had dropped a sixpence , which the poodle picked up , and he was too faithful to his trust to open his mouth for Bcraps , and thereby run the risk of loosing his mistress ' s money . —Paisley Advertiser .

      Wife Advertising . —The following unique advertisement appeared in the Manchester and Salford Advertiser ^ of Saturday week : — Matrimony . — -A Wise and Prudent Farmer , aged thirty-gix , is desirous to meet with a lady that possessed wit £ 130 , one that can churn , clean shippons , milk and go with butter to market . Size age no material . None needs to apply that got red hair . Any lady that got the money may meet with a good and substantial husband by applyin g to Landsend Hunts Farm near Middleton , Lancashire . "

      La Nourricb dp Palais . —The intended nurse of the future hope of England" has arrived at Buckingham Palace , where her own accouchement is shortly to take place , and the probable period of the " greatevent " may be guessed with tolerable accuracy from that of the royal nuree , as it is calculated that it will succeed it in about three weeks . The lady is wife of a medical gentleman at Reading , and the conditions on which she has engaged are , the sum of £ 1000 , with a pension of £ 300 a-year for her life . —Court JournaL

      ANOTHEit Tragedy at Tulle , the Residbncb op the late Lafpargb . —A letter from Tulle , of the lstingt ., has the following : — Another horrible crime has been committed in our town . This district appears destined to become celebrated in the annals of criminal justice . This morning , at nine o'clock , a man named Beronie , cut his wife'B throat , under the following circumstances of shocking atrocity : —Beronie ' B wife went in the morning to mass , and upon her return found her husband in the act of shaving . No sooner had he perceived his wife than he shot the door , and threw himself upon her , razor in hand . The unfortunate woman , in her struggles to protect herself from his violence , received several wounds in her hand 3 , aud two of her fingers were

      completelv severed . The rage of Beronie was not exhausted by this first assault . He armed himself successively with a shoemaker ' s knife , and with a knife of still larger size , which he thruBt inte hia wife's neck . The cries of the nnfortnnate woman drew the neighbours to the spot , but they found the door closed . One woman , having perceived blood through a chink in the door , cried out , ' Brigand , what are you about \ Justice is informed , ana you will be immediately arrested . ' This menaceaffrighted Beronie , and his unfortunate wife was able to open the door aud rush into the street . A horrible spectacle thenpresentcdit 8 elftotheeyesofthepttblie . She carried the knife still stuck in her throat , and her blood

      streamed copiously from the wound . After running a few yards , she fell apparently lifeless in the street . That same evening the last saeraments were administered to her , and not the slightest hspe is entertained of her recovery . Bsronie , the moment his wife left the house , « m ) eavo < ured to cat his throat with his razor . He irAicted a severe wound , but it is not thought that it will proye mortal . He lost a great deal of blood , and was conveyed to the hospital , where a strar ' t waistcoat was pat upon him to prevent any forth / j attempt at suicide . His age is thirty-five , and hM wife ' a twenty-seven . They nave four children , t'ae eldest eight years of age . The ime the esnlt of furious

      cr was T jealousy , a passion by which Bero oie has been tormented ever since the period of his v jarriage . His suspicions are said to be totally up founded , his wife having been of the most retired and prudent character . Berouie's disposition wju ; always dark and vicious . He voluntarily enter ed the institute of the Brothers of the Christian . Doctrine ; but the superiors of that body declined to intrust him with the education of youth . He then became a shoemaker , bnt , being generally disliked , be got little work . His jealousy amounted almost to downright madness . He was in the constant nabit of beating his wife , and a few days since told nis eldest son to mount guard with a cudgel 'for there were no fewer than four scoundrels al to * . t moment with his mother . '"

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      A correspondent at Boulogne writes that , a few days since , a fishing-boat of that port , having picked up at sea one of the trunks of M . Guizot , which went down with the Phoenix , the crew , instead of landing it at the quay , got it oa shore concealed in their nets , and carried it into the house of the owner of the boat , where the contents of the prise were to be divided . The embroidery of M ^ &tniSPBNeoat was destined to ornament the clothes ' - for the ushermen ' s wives , but the captors quarrelled about ' the partition of their booty . Oue of them * to whose share nothing bnt an eld pair of slippers was allotted , complained so loudly , that tba > polioe got wind of the affair , and next day ; made a seizure , not only of the trunk and its contents , but of the owner of the boat and all his men , who are safely lodged in prison . Before tb . 9 loss of the Phoenix , another boat found a piano floating at large , brought it to Boulogne and sold it . —Herald .

      Indboorous Conduct op a Cler « tman . —A rather singular but disgraceful occurrence took place on Sunday week , at a village not fifty miles from Bel * Rravo ? m this county . At tlw church in question it is an invariable practice at all funerals for the choir to sing four verses or a , psalm during the time the corpse is in tho church , but on tho day of the occurrence , owing to the reverend incumbent having made an engagement for dinner , he ordered that only two verses should be tSHiiK , > At , tl » . conclusion of the second terse ha , oooscqaenrfy walked / rom the desk ,

      and directed the corpse to be taken to the grave ; but the choristers , unused to a curtailment of their part of the service , proceeded with their performance , in consequence of which the bearers hesitated to obey the orders of the rerrefeud gentleman , when he exclaimed , in a voice that terrified both bearers and mourners , "If you don't bring the corpse directly I'll not atop to . bmy jtl" The , funeral procession then left the church , and reached the grave ere the choir had finished their chant for the dead . —Leicester Mercury .

      Apprehension of a Desperate Robber . —Our readers will recollect that , on the 23 rd of last month , James Alexander ; or Ellshender , a notorious robber , who had earned lor himself the sobriquet of " The modern Rob Roy , " had broken out of Lanark Gaol , where he was incarcerated , charged with a desperate act of highway robbery , and that £ 20 was offered by the authorities there for his apprehension . - Since then our active police have been on the alart to discover the daring freebooter : and having gos a hint that he was likely to visit Hallow Fair , Sergeant-Major Colquhoun traced Ellshender yesterday afternoon to a house ia Burntsfield Links ,

      where , assisted by the criminal officers of the establishment , and Mr . Currie , chief officer of police at Lanark , they pounced upon him and a confederate named Somerville . Both 'Ellshender and Somorvillu are strong and desperate men , and they made a powerful resistance , but C ^ flufioun and his party succeeded in overpowering them both , and in dragging , or almost carrying them bodily , to the cells of the police office , where they were Bafely lodged , to be dealt with according to law . The farmers in the west of E&inburghBhire , as well as those of Lanark and Linlithgowshirea , will , we believe , feel relieved by the knowledge that Ellahender is at length in safe keeping . —Caledonian Mercury .

      Brptal Act . —During the night of Friday , some unfeeling wretch entered the pig-cote belonging to Mr . John Ball , linen-manufacturer , Barnsley , aud cut all the four feet off a fine fat pig , and otherwise cruelly lacerated it about the shoulders . The poor animal was in such a state when discovered , that the owner was compelled to have it killed immediately . Mr . Ball is an important evidenee against , the murderers of Mr . Blackburn , and it is strongly suspected that this inhuman act has been committed by some of the murderers' associates . —Lincoln Standard .

      Release or John Thoroqood . —John Thcrogood has at length been allowed to walk out of Chelmsford gaol , after an imprisonment of twenty-two months for a rate of 09 . 6 d ., claimed by the richest Church in Christendom . Who his deliverer is , he cannot tell . Possibly the u illustrious stranger , " Sir Robert Inglis , may , or perhaps some dignitary of that overgrown establishment , inwardly ashamed that he should riot in wealth , with a princely income of £ 20 , 000 or 30 , 000 a year , whUe a poor shoemaker , a sincere Christian , and a couseteutioua man , should be treated like a felon , because- he cannot conform to her oppressive laws . But of what ubu is it to let John Thorogood free , if William Baines is to supply

      his place ! Is there to be uoend to this martyrdom , notwithstanding the almost unanimous opinions expressed in the House of Cqmoioiis against the folly and madness of making the very name of the Church odious to every Dissenter , and to many Churchmen ? A Bill in accordance with these opinions passed the Commons , but all the good it contained was neutralized by the misohievoua clause introduced by the Duke of Wellington , at the suggestion , no doubt , of the heads of the Church . The imprisonment ef Mr . Baines , of Leicester , is the first fruit of this precious "Bill for the Relief of Dissenters . " And what is the amount of relief ! Mockery . On Friday , William Raines , of Leioestera conscientious

      . Dissenter , like John Thorogood , was taken in execution under a writ de contumace , issuing out of tho Ecclesiastical Court of London , and hurried off to gaol on the very day after the martyr for 5 s . 6 d . was released . We-wish ' the Church joy of the result . He is imprisoned for the non-payment of £ 2 53-, the rate , and the co 3 ts , £ 1 * 25 3 s ., more than fifty times the original claim . If the fees and other costs incurred in these absurd and cruel proceedings increase in proportion to those demanded of John Thorogood , by the time the second martyr has

      completed the twenty-second month of imprisonment hi > will be called upon to pay for tbe support of tiii ^ State Church at Ua . it £ 800 . But these cruel proceedings cannot go on . Thissecond act of oppression has roused the sympathy and indiguation of the people of Leicester , and the feeling will extend like wildfire to the breast of every honest Dissenter anil Catholic througout the United Kingdom . Let the Dissenters stand true to their colours , and by nex > session of Patliaraent they may expect a deliver , from this grievous and unwarrantable impost .

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      The Inundations in France . —The Courrier de Lyon of the 10 th instant , says : — " The Saone gradually but sensibly subsided yesterday and last ni « ht , so that this morning the transversal streams which ran from it to the Rhone have ceased , the Place Bellicotir is become nearly free from water , and the streets tfayersable . Still the waters continue to cover the quays to a great height , and a greater p ortion of the streets which abut upon them . The ' out du Change has Buffered great damage the

      Bquared stones , which c&vered the upper part of the spurs , have been washed down , and the bridge has evidently sunk near the middle pile . The thieves continue their depredations , but the police is vigilant and active , and it is to be hoped that these iniquities will be totally suppressed . The Minister of the Interior , upon the representation of M . Sauzet , one of the deputies for the Rhone , has granted 100 , 000 francs for the relief of the sufferers by these disasters . " .

      Wanton Crueltt . —One of the most atrocious acts of barbarity which malevolence could be guilty of was committed at Huddersfield , in the night between the 23 rd and 24 th ult , when Rome miscreant found meaus to apply a burning fluid , probably vitriol , to the belly and teats of a sow with a litter of niue young pigs , the property of Mr . Edwin Walker . The consequence was the death of the whole litter , and the material injury of the mothor occasioned by the torture she underwent . A reward of £ 10 is offered for the discovery of the inhuman wretch who could wreak his vengeance or gratify his spleen in this cruel manner . —Lincoln Standard .

      My sterjoub Affair . —On Thursday morning , Mr . HitcJiins , the victim of the Wrights and other convicted felons , received a parcel containing a large plumb cake , which came from London by the Express coach , and was directed ' Mr . Hitohin ' s , Mr . Brierley's , County Jail , Nottingham . " About eleven o ' clock , he broke off a small portion of the cake , and ate it , taking also a glass of wine . In about half an hour afterwards , he was taken violently sick , with dreadful pain at the stomach , a burning sensation in his throat and jaws , cold perspiration , aud limbs partially contracted . Mr . Attenburrow , surgeon to the jail , was called in at about twelve o ' clock , and administered ammonia ,

      the yoke of eggs , &c . Laat night Mr . Hitching was better , but in great agony . —Nott . Review . Intrepidity of a Female . —On Tuesday evening , aa Mary , wife of Mr . College , corn-chandler , of Cow Cross , Clerkenwell was sitting alone in her parlour , a ruffianly-looking fellow slily sneaked into the shop , ana got behind the counter , when h&made an effort to steal the till , which , however , fortunately happened to be locked . Mrs . College having occasion at the time to enter the shop , was proeeeding towards the counter , when the ruffian being alarmed , endeavoured to make his esoap «; but Mrs . College , with great presence of mind , rushed towards him , aud seizing hold of him , prevented him from going into the street . He then made his way ; along the shop towards the parlour , having extricated himself from the grasp of Mrs . College . She pursued him , and again seized hold of him , and called

      for assistance . Mr . College was absent from home at the time , and there was no one at hand to assist her ; but she kept a tight hold of the fellow , who struggled with her in a violent manner , and threatened to murder her if she did not let him go . He at length succeeded in taking a large pocket-knife from his pocket , on perceiving whioh , Mrs . College kept a tight grasp of his arm , and held him until Bean , 16 G , and several other persons , arrived to her assistance , and wrested the knife from him . He was taken to Rosoraan-street Station house ,, where he gave his name John Smith , but his real name is Flathen . He was attired in a smock frock , and had the appearance of a Smithfield drover . On Wednesday , he was taken before Mr . Greenwood , at Hatton Garden , when Mrs . College attended with her husband , and proved the case against him . He was committed to tbe House of Correction and hard abour for three months .

      Extraordinary Suicide . —On Wednesday evening an investigation took place before William Carter , Esq ., the Coroner for Surreyy at the King George , near the-Surrey Zoological-gardens , respecting the death of John Bowler , Esq ^ ., of the firm of B ) wlor , Jarratt , and Co ., of Castle-street , Borough , who destroyed himself in a most extraordinary manner , on Saturday evening . Mr . Jarratt , the deceased ' s partner , stated that he was at the deceased ' s house , No . 33 , Newingtoa-place , on Saturday . He waa there for some time , aa the deceased had not been at business . The- deceased had been under modkral treatment for a considerable period , and was ordered by hia doctor not to be left by

      himself , as he was in a continued state of nervous excitement . Infant , the deceased eould not bear to be alone , and oue of the men servants was directed to be constantly with him , and to sleep in his bed-room . On the evening in question Mr . Bowler left the drawing-room about six o ' clock , and witness supposed he had gone to the water closet , but as a oug-period elapsed , aud he did not return , witness became anxious , and directed Freeman , the gardener , to search for him . The water-oloset and every part of the house was examined , but no trace of the deceased could be discovered . The search was then carried on throughout the garden-grounds and outhouse ? , with the same result . Messengers were sent to one or two of the neighbours , where the deceased might possibly have gone , but they had neither seen nor heard any thins of him . At last he was

      discovered in one of the , water-butts with his head downwards . He waeas soon as possible brought into the house , and the servants sent for medical assistance , which wa 3 promptly procured , but it was two late , as the deceased was quite dead . By the Coroner" Ha 3 no doubt that this was the deeoased ' s own act . and that at the time of it * commission he was not of suuud aaind . " Several of the Jury , which consisted » f tho principal inhabitants of the nei g hbourhood , and included several of the Board of Guardians of St . Mary , Newington , who were well acquainted with the deceased gentleman , seemed fully aware ot what the deceased laboured under . The Coroner observed this was a mast melancholy case , but they could have no doubt it was the deceased ' s own aot . The Jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict , " That the deceased destroyed himself while ia > state of temporary insanity .

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      * T * w dat fat man for ! " Asked Prinee Albert when he first be , beld , the Lord Chancellor . u ForP exclaimed Vifciorta , * What do yon think hew for , « £ » £ & •? » T ^ MMeiettce * A . beiM «! ' "Con-7 Tat is dat ? date » no . vord in my moder tonjraaoa ? m my tader ' a dominkn dat explain vat 4 aTm « ui- * «« WM no consdenoe in mein country ! " 1 ; n 2 ? % , thlrt K » eldest sonwould be irtyW cause de vhale vas do prince of de &heb " - " ^ P » n « e is Known to be at an immense discount ? fa Russia it is at * low premium ; ia Austria at par ; Ja Prussia going down , and in England looking to ! ^

      SeaSkake—tA slave who had been amusing W self with striving to catch the numerous wmie * anakea which were passing the vessel , at length m *» peeded ia seising one by the middle , but the creator reared itB head and seized him by the fleshy part el the arm . He immediately relinquished his stud and came up the vessel's side , bat did not mention j he circumstance for some hours afterwards . Whom i saw him he was in a state beyond the power ef medicine ; He died twenty-four hours after he ma bittett .-lr >« , tedV City of the Caliphs . ^ THE ^ wet nurse for the Bbyal infant being « a englishwoman , no donbt can be entertained of its thriving well ; since it is clear that English fare , as wehaveproof to ourcoBt , agrees remarkably well with all classes of Germans , whether of Royal or plebeian blood . J

      « n . i » , DOING JOHI * BULL . " So J Che 8 ' " Cry ^ Tories ' Quoth Whigs , John Bull—well do our part to' do * him too P * r ? tu v - *? P *!? ple of Fran <> e a ™ calling out with JrAi ^ r ^ V ^^?^*^ * « very hoar ine ?? rt * sickening bevextft ^* ? deretand that a question has been mooted in the Home Cabinet at Vindsor Castle , toXn * Sira ?^ ^ /^ one appointed to «• tfc&S " ? & * $ ottH ^ J * 1 inf ** > and before the closing of the bones of the head , that the nurse doesjiot steal any portion of the Royal bra £ ? Melbourne , on being consulted on the point ; Jocjl

      Thb Kussian Sou ) iEB .-There waa a forge at work in one of them and at the gateway of the farmyard stood a man , who was pointed out to me as * Russian prisoner . He served me for a epecimen of a raw which from that time I always found it eaay «™^? !; The ni « cheek bones , PS eyes , and turned-up nose , the shuffling gait , a ^ om-£ 2 , T ^? u Ween ll l Pi * " * ' " slouch and a ' military strut , would , even in the absence of the ha £ h « Hi heir handor belt , at once distinguish them froS c £ sfaZ ^^ - ^^ orth ' s Year among ** ™

      LiCHFiEiD 18 celebrated for containing tha t « T ^ T ^ 'J Iohn 8 On WM born . " > d his father && * bo * k » lle ^ ahop ; the house where Garriek lived , and his eldest brother died ; and theMrthplace , or , atlea 8 t , residence , of Dr . James , invent ^ ofthe tever powder . In the cathedral aretWO bftMk tiiol monuments ; one to Garrick , put up by hi * friends aD ° ther t 0 Johnsoa » erected by «• kxetee ' s last toast . Here ' s health to Joh » Bun , while he pays tag Church revel ; -. ** .- * But ceasing , hurl him and his race to the devil '

      A " PIOUS AND BXPEBIEWCBD PARMEB , SIX feet high , and possessed of good property , " advertW in a provincial paper , for " a lad y 7 iSu S comjetej to manage a dairy , and will make herself ^ useful—one that can milk , and has the needfulreadrsize age * and beauty no object . " Here ' s an oppo £ S » Ji ? -ff 1 ° i hamanity is in want of » n ^ lCr ^ make 1 herself " extra useful , " in no object , and she may be as ugly as the devil ! gS helptheman T whatawistfnl eye the maddoctow will cast at this pious farmer ! « v »«» WIT AMONGST THE BIG WHIOS . " When ' s the Quebk not a queen !" Abikoer said . " W jj ?» " answered Cottekhak , " When she ' s abed . "

      The last SuNDAY ' ssermon at Windsor , before tha Queen and suite , m the private chapel of the CastS was , we see , preached by the Rsv ^ F . Short , D . D Deputy-derk of the Closet in Waiting . Prodded hSTvT ^ Women , we should « y that the Rev . _ Mr . Short is just the person to preach before a courtly audience . One of the "Short * fam . y would be hardly likely to be a pulpirbW His text , at any rate , was short enough ; it consisted merely of a part of a verse of the 50 th Psalm , Tb » Lord be praised . " Whether any . of th 7 ° ' lori ^ present among the , congregation were alluded to , fa not stated . '

      HEW NATlOHAt FOBS OF A PRATKB . / Ordained b y / authority . J Thus let each true and loyal Briton pray For our beloved Sovereign every day ' May the Queen ' s happiness and glory be Great as her income , or her Vanity : May those that dare presume to blame her action , Be few and worthies , as her benefactions ; And all that would her baby-sway reject , As strong and mighty as her intellect I " Lambeth Palace . William Cahtoa * . It is the vwlgar notion in Persia that tlw English , as a nation , live in ships upon the water , and have no territorial possession except in tb countries' of others . Our present Persians aeem still to have a lingering impression of this sort .

      Resolution is bkautisullt defined by Bishop Hall , who observes , that tranquillity consists in » steadiness of the mind ; and how can that vessel , which is beaten upon by oontary waves and winds and tottereth to either part ^ be said to keep a stead ; course ! Resolution is the only mother of security . Time tries the characters of men , as the furaaee assays the quality of metals , by disengaging the impurities , dissipating the superficial glitter , and having the sterling gold bright and pure . Nothing is a worse symptom in a nation , or individuals , than apathy to improvement and self satisfied degradation . —Essex Time * .

      Our nature is inseparable from desires , and tha very word desire ( the craving for something no possessed , ) implies that our present felicity is net complete . —Hobbes .

      1 J » CIBEKCES 1 B& : CKUBCa-TARD . Oar bodies are like Shoes , which off we east ; Physic their Cobbler , and Death their Latt . Authors in France seldom speak ill of eaeh other unless they have a personal pique . Authors in England seldom speak well of each other unless tiwy have a perfect friendship . —Pop ? . A lawyer once pleaded with great ability tlw cause of his client for near an hoar . When he had done , his antagonist , with a supercilous sneer , said he did not understand a word tbe other said ; wb » neatly replied , I believe so , for 1 was speaking law . "

      Persecution . —Religious persecution is the baa * of all religion ^ and the friends of persecution are the worst enemies religion has ; and of all perae «» - tions that of calumny ia thb most intolerable . Any other kind o £ persecution caa affeet our outward circumstances only , our properties , our livea ; bos this may affeat oar characters for ever . ** Why , TbM , my dear fellow , how old you lookV "Dare say ,. Bob , for the fast ia , I never was so old in all my life . " Public YiBTP *" . —Public virtue is the only life and soul of states ; gening founds empires ; public virtue preserves them , bat selfishness ia their destruction .

      Tbe . Duke and tss Quakhr . —His Graeo ( of Graft oa ) b « ing fox-hunting near Newmarket , s Quaker , at some distance , upon an adjoining eminence * pulled off hia hat , and gave a view hallo ! The hounds immediately ran to him , aud being drawn off the scent , were consequently at fault , which so enraged the duke , that , galloping up to the offender , he asked in an angry tone , "Are you a QuakerV * ** I ain , friend , " he replied . * ' Well , then , " rejoined his grace , as joa never pull off your hat to a > Christian , I will thank you ia future not to pay that compliment to a Jut . " —British Turf .

      IK rOLKSTOXE CHUMH-TAftD . An house he hath , ' tia made of such good fasbioa , The tenant never shall pay for reparation ; Nor will his landlord ever raise his rent , Nor turn him out of doors for non-payment . From heavy taxes , too , this cell is free ; To such a house , who would not tenant be ! Conundrum—What feature of the human fao » is the emblem both of pride and meanness 1—Answer : The nose ! Why ! Because it is above speaking aud beneath notice !

      Watkb Cresses . —Almost one of the first London cries which pervades our ears in the morning is that of some itinerant vendor of water ensses . It is calculated that throughout the metropolis and ita suburbs there are not less than 700 persons , including men , women , and ohil dren , who procure a sabsi » - tence wholly by selling water cresses . It will be interesting to the collectors of autographs to know that Queen Adelaide has sent , through the medium of Lord Howe , 8 ix most elegantly embossed cards , with appropriate texts of Scripture in her own handwriting , for the ensuin < Rutland Bazaar . For » lady who derives £ 100 , 000 a year from the taxes , this ia a ohaap contribution ; possibly , however , it may not be lae only one .

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      LIKES TO MESSRS . WHITE AND COLLINS . O -weleome , British patriots bra-re , Ye glorious ions of liberty , You've been immured , a * in a pave , But tow the tyranti ye defy . May He who rules the earth aud skies Protect yoo from tbe oppressor ' s sway—Hay 70 a spread light -where rivrVnesa lies , And make it « hi ^« like orient day . Hay Scotia * sou ne ' er ML behind , But stni advance the noble cause , TJntfl they do tbe tyrante bind , Well then have j rat and equal laws . May Scotia ' s thistle , and England ' s rose , Bloom boany on tbe flowery lea , Nought disturbing their repose , And may the country so « n be free . May freedom , harmony , and love , Be fraught with m&jetty divine-May White and Collins bravely moTe Tbe csose that sooa will make them shine . Amccs BreeMn , November , 1840 .

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      '"• ' >»»» l- . M »'«» l 1 » r > . l » .. »»» l i m . »» l < l » r »« A «^ . 1 ¦¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . 1 ..... WB&im . I ^ ¦¦ •¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ . - . ! , <¦• . . ¦ - .-. . -. .- :... . NO , 7 ., ; - ¦ :. ¦ ¦ ¦ ;; .. . . : . , , ; : . ,. ,. . : .. .. . . .. .. Ik furtherance of on * plan *• present another digest offoreip . w . ges and meam , of subristenee , which have been collected from most accurate sources . Let UBremind our readers that "facts are ^ rntong , ? and ihat his from-th ^ sWist ^ detaUs tb ^ which should ever be our object , can have no better ftrtart ^ - ^ fbrf * - ^ For workmett and others , who may reaoltenpon emigration from their native land , we pres ^^^ r ^ tS r ^ T ^ " * £ dto for ^ cot otriea ; and ,, secondly , as pointing out what are V ^ . he i * -& ^*» Z £ -liZ * reject that the state of the working popnlati ( mtf » g ^ Europe . Artisans per day . Agriculturists . ^ Otoer Labourer * . ^ Suteis&ee . LNonw 1 ^^^***^^ 5 ^ * fe 4 » . a ^ W ^ isitool * . S « & 10 I ' * ge , 17 d . earnings , The Ubohrers ;? «¦» « i 10 a . . live on salt herrings , batva " meal pwrridge , potatoea , oatmeal bread , may be , twice a-week , bacon , « v salt beef , and fresh fish . S . Sweden . ~ Corn and brandy la in t **^ - « tS ^ ^ 't * Kff « i «* g . P « a . >« . >» * . * . * , * £ . . ^ . tC ^ ffW t * . 2 Si »! K 3 : -SST " ¦* •* SSa ^ S tSSSSStS doors , nothing . £ l * ' ri ( l « * && * 7 * bread ; the artisans on better food , with coffee and fresh 2 . GottenburgbPerday . X ^ d . to , Perjh , ^ to & P £ P « day , lOd . to Tntowne perweek , Cnder sixteen . in Per year , about £ 3 . Y %% the following food . LbSurer ^ ( Few « icb la . wmmer . es . to harvest , per day , namely , 11 busheU of rye labourer * , ) „ ,. . ^ jj ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ t f to 6 f > barley , 8 a . ; 4 | ditto of peas , 5 s . ; 4 | dittofof malt , 4 s . ; 9 | ditto of potatoes , 3 a . 2 d . ; lSlba . ofsalt . ls . ; 751 ba . of herrings , 3 s . 6 d . ; 19 lbs . of butter , 6 s . 6 d . ; 31 bs . of hops , Is . ; ifllba . of stock fish , 2 s . 3 d . ; 191 ba , of pork , 4 s . 6 d . ; half a cow , 16 s . ; milk , £ 1 2 s . ; 42 bottles of potatoe brandy , 8 s . 3 d . ; lodging and wood , £ l 6 s . ; 3 Rtt 8 sia NodiBHncUonofdaaaeagiven . In Georgia the ay of labourers Is T ^ tSu ^ ^ 10 ° ' Sid . per day ; in St Petersburg it K . 3 d . ' ^^ ^^ tLl ^ Z 1 . Archangel ... Summer , lOd . ; win-Summer , 8 d .-winter nd . « sour cabbage soup . ter . 8 d . ; often oftendoubled ? ' " - " " ¦ P ^ I "" ' £ 7 to Decid 9 ^ ^ V coald subdoubled . * 10 ' aifl ^ A great deal . of . tea Peryear , £ 18 to £ 30 . Per year , £ 18 to £ 30 ^ ' ' lk by the P ea 8 ants - * CaaaKBA PeMla 7 ' - t ° P ^ bylandforsubais tence . Perday . ls . Per week , 3 s . Per w « ek , underPer year , £ 28 to They can subsist in most sixteen , 2 s . 6 d . £ 35 , supposed cases , but very poorly . to include the 4- Denmark .... Ome-third more than Per day 6 d . to 8 d . fwith In d * a ™ aa n man'aearnings . , b ^« . t **^ s&r'sw ¦ " •¦ %% ' -sr as "sssaass Towns . 12 » - a-week . clieap , and very bad . L Lttbeck v V ^! ' £ i ^ XVtf" * - Par ^ * ** 7 < L * Tbey - ¦* - * ™«« - * foitably . Greatest luxury —a cop of coffee in the 6 . Mecklenburg Per week , 7 s . to 10 s . Per week , 3 a fid ., adwelling , Per week 5 a 3 d n ° ?? llll i& * * . * 64 , and freeboard- garden and ^ ture for to 7 ^ ' Could subsist on good food . Ing- cow and two sheep . 7 ^^ per **' * - p < i i ^ tsuiSf" ^ m * to Per ^ 3 i te 4 d > Per day > 2 d > to 3 d - ye "' - can roi * ? ery wil 8 . Sarony ..... b » average amount of wages is not mow than 90 . -ujy . " U a day . ' . With difficulty .

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      i THE NQETHERK STAR . SATURDAY , NOtEMBER 21 , 1840 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 21, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2711/page/3/