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      Monday, February 24, ¦ House Of Lokds.-T...

      government might think it fit to propose . The hon . member for Buckinghamshire took a perfectly parliamentary course on that subject . He stated that ,, having appealed to the government on former occasions , he now appealed to the house . I do not in the slightest degree complain of the course the hon . gentleman took , but I stated wlwt must have been the effect in the view of every one if the motion had been successful . Sir , 269 members of this house voted for that motion , and 233 members voted against it . There was , therefore , a ma j ority of those persons present in the house of 14 members against it . Now , Sir , upon a question of that kind , brought forward in hostility to the government at the very commencement of the session , the

      Chancellor of the Exchequer having given notice that he would bring forward his financial statement for the year in two days after , a majority of fourteen must tend to weaken any government which had so small a majority in the House of Commons—( hear , hear ) —but it appeared tome , that although tbatmapnty wa-s small , yet , if there was a determination in all the members of that majority to maintain the principles of commercial policy which in effect were m question on that day , that this union might have made up for the smallnessof the majority , and that the government might have conducted successfully

      the affairs of the country . But , on the 20 th of Feb ., a motion was made in reference to a certain question of Parliamentary Reform , and on that question , and in a thin house of little more than 150 members , the government was leaten by a majority of nearly twolo one . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , observe , if that had occurred in ordinary circumstances , 1 might have thought it owing to ; he hour and to the thinness of tbe house tbat those in favour of the motion should have attended , and that those who were not in favour of it were not present ; but tbat on the second reading of the bill which the house then gave leave to introduce { he latter would attend and

      make a majority in accordance with the view taken by government on this subject expressed through me , as its organ ; but , in the actual circumstances in which we wer e p l a ced , I did consider tbat , although hon . gentlemen may have entirely acted with a view to the particular question before them ¦ —( hear , hear)—and not at all with respect to the g overnm e nt , —although that might have been their intention and view —( hear , hear)—yet that , in effect , having the whole of the financial and other measures before them—having tho probability , whicb I was inclined to believe in , that on other measures , and on other incidental questions , we might meet with similar defeats , I came to the conclusion that the government was not

      in a position to conduct satisfactorily the business of the country in this house during the forthcoming session . ( Hear , hear . ) I thought it was for the public interest that , if this were the case , the house should not enter discussions on financial measures , and be led to form opinions on those questions , when it was not so probable that the government should be able successfully to go through the session . I thought , likewise , that it was a . very dangerous , and that it was a very disadvantageous thing for the country , that a government should continue liable to defeats from time to time , having but a small majority at any time , and therefore carrying on a kind of lingering existence during creat part of the session . I therefore

      assembled the members of the Cabinet , and I stated to them it was my opinion that the best coarse we could take , as a ministry , was to forward our resignations to her Majesty , and enable her Majesty to form another administration . My colleagues at present in the Cabinet concurred with me in that op inion ; but one very important member of the Cabinet ( the Marquis of Lansdowne ) , f , ord President of tbe Council , was at that time absent in the country , and I did not like to forward our resignations to her Majesty on that day , a n d I there f ore asked the house on Friday to consent to an adjournment to this day . Earl y o n t b e fo l lowing morning the Marquis of Lansdowne reached town , and met me at Buckingham Palace . He informed

      me he entirely concurred in the view I took . I therefore proceeded at once to her Majesty , to lay before her the unanimous resignations of the members of the administration . Her Majesty was graciously pleassd to accept those resignations , and she was pleased also to inform me tbat it was her intention to send immediately to Lord Stanley for the purpose of in trusting- Lim with the charge of forming a government . I was informed later in the afternoon that I was required to proceed to Buckingham Palace , and I was then informed by her Majesty that Lord Stanley had stated that he was not then prepared to form a government . Her Majesty then asked me toundertake the charge of reconstructing a government which might be able to

      obtain the confidence of the house . ( Hear , hear . ) I thonght it my duty , under those circumstances , to attempt that task . ( Hear , hear . ) I have , therefor e , assured her Majesty that I would undertake it . 1 am perfectly aware of the many difficulties which surround that task , but I shall only add to those difficulties , and be acting most improperly , if I were to state anything further at present . ( Hear , hear . ) I have only further to request that the house , without passing now to any discussion , or orming any judgment with respect to what has iftken place , will adjourn to Friday next , when I rust some definitive resolution may have been come " _ o , and when I shall either have succeeded in or " bandoned the task I have undertaken , and in / ither case the house will know what is likely to be the result . Sir , I move that this house do adjourn

      to Friday next . ( The noble lord sat down amidst cheers from both sides of the house . ) Mr . Disraeli said—Sir , it is not my intention to trouble the house with any length e n ed remark after the statement of the noble lord . ( Hear , hear . ) It is most true—indeed , it is a matter of public notoriety—thai Lord Stanley has had an audience of her Maiesty ; and when Lord Stanley has received the gracious permission of her Majesty to state what transpired at tbe audience , he will do so in a constitutional manner from his place in parliament . ( Hear , hear . ) But , Sir , there is one observation in the statement of the noble lord whicb I feel i t my duty not to let pass unnoticed on this occasion . ( Hear . ) Sir , when the noble lord states that Lord Stanley stated to her Majesty that he was aot prepared to form an administration—Lord J . Russell . —Not then prepared to form an

      administration—Mr . Disraeli . —The correction of the noble lord does not stall affect tbe statement I am about to make to the house . . Jfow , I have to express my conv i ct io n , that when the noble lord said that Lord Stanley had stated to her Majesty , that he was not iire pared then to form an administration , the noble ord made a statement to the house which , upon further reflection , I think he will acknowledge is not founded upon what really took place . ( Cheers from the Opposition . ) Lord J . Russell said—Sir , after what tbe honourable gentleman has stated , I think it necessary to make a single observation . The honourable gentleman is no doubt correct * when he states that

      Lord Stanley will , at the proper time , and when he has obtained her Majesty ' s g r a cious p erm i ssion to do s o , give an explanation of what took place at { he interview between the noble lord and his Sovereign , a n d my opin i on i s , that Lord Stanley ' s statement will bear out whatlhave already said , Bamely , that he was not then prepared to form an administration . —{ " Hear , h e ar , " from tho Treasury bfincliBH . 1 Mr . Roebuck said—Sir , before the motion for adjournm e n t is put , I a m a nx i ous to m e one sin gle observation upon the extraordinary state of affairs in which wo are at present placed . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord has moved that we should adjoarn to Friday , a n d the no bl e lord is a b o u t to co nst ruct a Cabinet without the House of Commons having the slightest opportunity to express any opinion of its own noon the subject . Her Majesty , we are

      told , has been obliged , if I may so use the phrase , to send for somebody to make an administration , and that step has hitherto failed . Now , sir , I do hope that the noblelord -who has hitherto acted as the leader , not simply of a great party in this ho u se , but also as being the representative of a great princi ple , will not forget in all the proceedings about to take place that that principle is now in h is han d , and that in a great measure whatever will hereafter take place with respect to that great principle of financial arrangement in this country , fti existence will depend upon the proceedings which he is to take , and upon him will rest the responsibility if we are again called upon to fight the battle of free trade . ( Cheers . ) The motion for the adjournment to Friday was then put and carried , and the house , which was full to overflowing , imme d iately a djourned .

      TUESDAY , Fsblvarx 25 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Earl of St . Gebuuss , in moving the second reading of the Marriage Affinity Bill , described it as a measure which had last session obtained the sanction of the other branch of the Legislature , failing only on account of the late period at which it had come up to their lordships * house . He proceeded to adduce a multiplicity of testimony and a variety of arguments to sustain the conclusion that marriage within tbe degree of affinity sanctioned by this measure was

      aeither contrary to the Levitical nor the Canon law . Such unions were permitted in nearly every Protestant state of Europe , were sanctioned by tbe Bomisb , and sot prohibited by tbe Greek , churches . { Hear , hear . ) In asocial point of view , the prohibition was more dangerous than the permission ; on the moral question , tbe advantages lay on tbe side of relaxation ; and as a matter of right , it would be the greatest legislative tyranny to enforce the restrictive law . ( Hear , hear . ) The Archbishop of Cantehbuht , the Bishops of Exetkb , St . David ' s , and Uobwich , opposed the

      Viscount Gage supported the bill . Lord Campbell apprehended that the bill was prompte d by factitious agitation got up by parties who had themselves violated the law , and worked by the usual and professional machinery . He

      Monday, February 24, ¦ House Of Lokds.-T...

      contended that marriages coming within the scope of the bill had been prohibited almost invariably in Chr is t i an countr i e s , and were repeatedly fleelared illegal and incestuous by the English law . ( Hear , hear . ) If such unions were not prohibited by the present statutes , he considered that a new enactment ought to be passed for that special purpose . Objecting , in much detail , to the principle of the bill the noble and learned lord hoped it would h « wieeted bv a decisive majority . ( Hear , hear . )

      The Bishop of Lokdon wished to correct the impression which bad become public , tbat he had changed his opinion with regard to the bill . He still disapproved of its intended relaxations , and repeated some of the Scriptural and moral arguments that had been quoted against it . In his belief the agitation in its favour was confined to the manufacturing districts . Lord Bboughau opposed tbe bill , as did tbe Bishop of Ossoky ; and , after a brief reply from the Earl of St . Gbkmaiss , their lordships divided on the queseion that the bill be read a second time .

      Contents 16 Ifon-contents ... 50—34 The house adjourned at a quarter past eleven to Friday . FRIDAY , Febbtjabv 28 . HOUSE OF LORDS . — Mixistebial Cbisis . — The Marquis of Lansdowne informed the house , that the attempt in whicb Lord John Russell bad been engaged , in conjunction with the Earl of Aberdeen and Sir James Graham , to form an Administration , bad failed ; and that Lord Stanley had been again called in to construct a Government . That noble lord having also failed , her Majesty had on that morning sent for the Duke of Wellington , for t he purp o s e of consulting h i m on the best course to be pursued under these novel and unprecedented circumstances .

      The Earl of Aberdeen explained , that the only reason why he had been adverse to co-operate with Lord John Russell in the formation of a Cabinet was , he objected to any penal measure of legi slation being proposed in the late Papal aggression . Lord Stanley related his own actions and experiences from day today d uring th e ev e ntful p er i od under discussion . Ultimately , as Mr . Gladstone refused to coalesce , h e w as t h ro w n b ack upon the membersofhisown especial party , only one of whom ( alluding to Mr . Homes ) had acquired any official experience . Even ofthesemanyoftheablest declined to accept office , some from occupation , and others from modesty . Feeling , therefore , that his list , though comprising very competent persons ,

      would show a great lack of experienced ministers ; that a hostile majority would muster against them in the House of Commons ; and that various reasons com b ined to ren d er a . dissolution impossible for the present ; he had come to the resolution of relinquishing tbe endeavour to found a government . Clearing up various mis-statements that had obtained currency , among which was the unfounded assertion that the Queen had refused her permission to dissolve Parliament . Lord Stanley enlarged upon the measures which he had intended to prosecute if possible in becoming tbe head of an administration . In finance , he had designed to appropriate all surplus revenue to the reduction of that complicated injustice , th e in c ome t a x , and hoped to remove one-half this year , an d the w h ole in two or three years more . For the relief of agricultural distress he purposed to propose a moderate fixed duty on the importation of corn , from

      which he should , besides , derive a revenue of one and a half or two millions to help towards abolishing the income tax . And respecting Papal Aggression , he would have proposed that both branches of the legislature should pass a strong resolution upon the subject at present ; but as lie took a Very serious view of the question , and believed that no act should be drawn up like the Ecclesiastical T itles Bi l l h a d been , under a n im p u l s e of anger , he thought that a parliamentary inquiry ought to investigate the relationship existing between the English Catholics and the Roman See , and all legislation postponed until the results of that investigation were ascertained . Lord Stanley concluded by vindicating his own conduct throug hout the crisis . After some explanation by the Marquis of Lansdowne , their lordships adjourned at half-past seven o ' clock .

      house OP COMMONS . —MrNrsrEBiAL Crisis . — Lord J . Russell gave a series of explanations to the same effect as those offered b y t h e Marquis of Lansdowne to the Peers , concluding with a similar st a tement , that the government was under an interregnum while her Majesty awaited the counsels of the Duke of Wellington . The noble lord then removed a misconception of what he had said on Monday , explained the motives of his resignation , and defended himself against certain charges—especially that of shrinking from the difficulties of his position . These difficulties had arisen out of three questions—first , that of the commercial policy which had been commenced in 1816 , and whicb , having been found beneficial to the great mass of

      the people , the present government had followed out ; secondly , the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , in r e spect to w hi c h h e ret a in ed his opinion t ha t t he assumption of these titles was an usurpation of power on the part of a foreign prince which it was impossible for Parliament to pass over ; and thirdly , the extension of the suffrage . The noble lord said he had prepared an outline of a measure which be had laid before his colleagues , but looking at the duration of the present parliament , it was thought desirable that the bill should be deferred and matured until the next session . He justified the expression he had used on a previous evening relative to Lord St a nl e y ' s inability to form a cabinet , and which had provoked so eager a contradiction

      f ro m t h e mem b er f or Bucking hamshire . Mr . Disraeli explained . Sir J . Graham traversed the same ground of detail which had been passed over by Lord Aberdeen , ' in the U pper House . He enlarged upon the dangerous tendency of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , and explained his reasons for thinking that measure an insuperable bar to any present coalition with Lord John Russell's cabinet . Sir R . H . Inglis reminded the hon . baronet of the large majority that bad already pronounced in favour of the bill , and dcalared that no Ministry could find favour with the house who were disposed to such timid concessions to the Papal pretensions .

      After some remarks from Mr . J . 0 'Connell , Mr . B . Osborne , Colonel Sibthorp , Mr . P . Howard , Mr . Spoon ' er , and Mr . Wyld , Mr . Wakley considered tbat if another Whig Administration were formed , it would be almost an insult to the Reformers of the country to exclude from it Mr . Hume , whose well known d iffidenc e a n d extreme modesty should not preclude him trom the Councils of the Sovereign , to w h ic h youn g puny lordlings were admitted , Mr . Scnolfield , Alderman Sidney , Mr . Bankes , and Mr . Slaney shortly addressed tbe house , w h en the order of the day was postponed , and the house a d journe d a t eig ht o ' clock until Monday .

      8 The Northern Stir March 1, \Mi

      8 THE NORTHERN STIR March 1 , \ mi

      Anniversary Of The French Revolution. . ...

      ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . . The allottees of O ' Connorville celebrated the above event on Monday , February 24 th , i n the School-room , where an excellent tea was provided for the occasion . About fifty male and female democrats sat down to tea . Aftea tea the tables were cleared , when Mr . Lambourne was called to the chair . The Chaibman having explained the objects of the meeting , the following sentiments were spoken to : — " The Sovereignty of the People and the Fraternity of Nations , " "F . O'Connor , Esq ., and the Land Plan , " "Our Brothers of France , Italy , and Hungary , who fou ght the battle of Freedom in that eventful year , 1848—may they , and all who have struggled in the same noble cause , meet with success , " " The Northern Star and the Democratic Press" and "More Pigs and Less Parsons . "

      , The following resolutions were unanimously carried : — " That the meeting of O'Connorville have the greatest confidence in Mr . O'Connor , and feel con . vinced that he will do justice to all parties concerned in the Winding-up of the Land Company . " " That the allottees of O'Connorville are unanimously of opinion that Feargus O ' Connor , Esq ., M . P ., would be tbe fittest person to act as official manager , as he best understands the different interests of the various parties ; and they are confident that he will render substantial justice to all . And they hereby pledge themselves to petition that he

      may be appointed official manager under the bill for the dissolution of the National Land Company . " The rest of the evening's entertainments consisted of democratic songs , recit a tion s , and dancing . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , cheers for the democratics of all nations , a n d thr e e cheers for Mr . O'Connor , the meeting separated at an early hour , highl y grat i fie d wit h the da y ' s " enjoyment . The holding of this meeting is sufficient to prove that the men of O'Connorville are real democrats ; and we feel convinced that they will yield to none , in their asp irations for the spread of democracy , at home and abroad .

      A Padteb's Wardrobe.— An Ag Ed Female , ...

      A Padteb's Wardrobe . — An ag ed female , name d Bett y H a rwoo d , who ha d b een i n rec ei pt o f parish relief and who was found dead in bed on the 19 th ult ., possessed the following articles , which , s i nce her death , have been sold : —Fifty-two bonnets , fifty-two dresses , fifty-two pairs of shoes , in each pair of shoes there was a pair of stockings , and in each pair of stockings a pair of garters . —Preston Guardian . A Moxsieb Tabus-cloth . —M . Soyer has ordered from the celebrated firm of Jeffery , Mooris , and Co ., Compton House , Liverpool , a table-cloth one hun d re d yards long ^ which is to cover the principal banqueting table in Soyer ' s Universal Symposium , at Gore House .

      The Late General Bbm. The Following Lett...

      THE LATE GENERAL BBM . The following letter is taken from the Times , and will be interesting to our readers , as it relates to the late General Bern : — "Sib , —Tbe end of celebrated men is sometimes clothed in mystery , as are the summits of certain high mountains often concealed in mist ; but while the latter is natural , the former is too often , affected . The busy tongue of folly casts a doubt over that page where truth ought to dwell . ' No sooner has tbe grave closed over the mortal r e ma i ns of B e rn , than there are individuals who assert that he is yet alive ; while others , more

      audacious , hesitate not to affirm that be was poisoned a t the i nst a nc e o f t he gov e rnment un de r w hich h e found an asylum . The matter is of sufficient importance for you , an d throu gh you for tbe world to know , that the one and the other presumption are equally groundless . " Without stopping to inquire into the nature or extent of the hospitality afforded to Bern , it is onl y the truth to say that it was to the last honourable and liberal . Such is the testimony of General Kmety , the friend of Bern , w i th whom I have just b e e n honoured with a conversation on the subject ; and which , as it may interest your readers , I take the liberty to notice for your columns .

      "To put the fact of Bern ' s de cease be y on d all suspicion , his physician , Monsieur Kalozdy , an Hungarian of considerable attainments , has drawn up a report intended for the press , showing tho nature of the malady and the natural causes of Bern ' s death . This painful event took place at half past one a . m . of the 10 th December last , when this first of artillery officers—the King of Cannons , as he was surnamed in the Hungarian warsbr e athe d h i s last , at the age of 55 in his countryhouse , close to the walls of Aleppo . His grave lies on a height near the military barracks of the town . "Honoured and revered in life , the hereof Ostralenka , the victor of many battles , will be deeply deplored by the Sclaves , the Poles and the

      Hungarians , to obtain whose freedom the most distinguished portion of his lite was gallantly devoted with an indomitable spirit , a n d a noble e nthus i asm ; and though there are various opinions concerning the wisdom of the policy of the renowned soldier , y e t i t is hope d th e re w i l l now prev a il a generou s sympathy for tbe death of the exile . . ' •" ¦¦¦ " To the common cause of grief and solicitude his immediate friends have another—the circumstance of his deep poverty . Bern has left foreign debts amounting , as far as is yet known , to about 4 O , 000 f . His creditors are chiefly in Paris . Rem , like some other illustrious men , cared little for money . His wealth consisted mainly in his great strategic talents ; a genius which created out of

      scattered elements such a vast field of resources , the skilful employment of which more than shook an empire to the centre , and from an humble posi . tionatabound placed Hungary in an attitude of terrific action—a strife , though confessedly unequal , yet so determined and brilliant that his united enemies cease d not t o admi re whi le they pour e d down with gigantic strength to crush him . " The wealth of assaulted cities lay at Bern's feet , but he remained poor , bearing an irreproachable public reputation . One incident worth a hundred will serve prominently to exhibit the grandeur of Bern's character . At a moment when , chiefly through his instrumentality , the flag of Hungary was everywhere triumphant , the

      government of that country offered him to be commanderin-chief of all the Hungarian forces—an elevated pos i tion , b ut one which h e woul d on l y consent t o accept after the government had explained itself distinctly on the points which were nearest his heart—the freedom of the Sclavonians and the reconstruction of Poland . "Such , among others , were the objects of his ambition—such the ends he proposed to accomplish . War Avas the means ; and surely , whatever his failings , that man is great who , denying h i msel f , makes his own prosperity to depend on the advancement of his fellow-men in the moral and social scale of being . Bern would sacrifice self in everything to attain these great ends . Even to the

      last the mind of this remarkable man lost none of its vi gour ; he was actively engaged in useful experiments desig n ed to b en e fit t h e country whi o h afforded him its hospitality , and though they diminished his pecuniary resources yet his purse was ever open to succour his needy countrymen . Perm it me to a dd t h at the Sultan ' s government , with an honourable generosity , has provided for the payment of his local debts : and Mahomet Pasha , late Ottoman Ambassador to St . James' , and now Governor-General of Aleppo , is generously occupied in measures calculated to promate the object proposed in respect to the European creditors

      of the deceased . Your most obedient servant , "Aleppo , Jan . 18 . " 0 . " " P . S ., 23 rd of January . —At a public sale held here to-day of a portion of Bern ' s effects considerable anxiety was felt to obtain souvenirs of the late general . An old cotton sock , worth 4 d ., sold for 9 s . ; a cotton coat worth 25 s ., sold for 55 s . ; a pair of fur lined inexpressibles , worth 30 s ., sold for £ 6 ; c ommon cott o n nig htcaps , worth 3 d ., b roug h t 16 s . ; a broken common china cup , value 2 d ., sold for 20 s . ; an odd pillow case , value Is ., brought 5 s . ; a cravat , value 7 s ., realised 20 s . ; a pair of leather straps , value Id ., sold for 9 s . ! & c . "

      His gallantry to the fair sex is thus described : — "Bern , although shy and reserved , was the most gallant of men iu his deference to females . Lady Horatio Weston , tho wife of an Englishman in the Austrian service , had been placed by her husband , for safety , in the fortress of Karlsburg , and on the retreat of the Austrians from Kronstadt , of course he had followed the army , while she was left behind . At Captain Weston's request , Mr . Colquohoun , our consul-general at Bucharest , sent his servant with a letter , to request Bern to allow him to enter Karlsburg , and br i n g La d y Horatio away . Bom not only com plied , b ut s e nt up his own carriage , paid her eve r y a ttent i on in his p owe r , and appointed an officer of hussars , Baron Isoika , to escort her to the frontier . To the widow of tho Austrian Major St . Quentin , who was in Klausenburg , B e rn not o n ly gave passports to enable her to leave the country ,

      but requested her to make use of his purse to any extent she might require . To the widow of Count Mikes , his letter of condolence was a most beautiful and touching proof of his kindness of heart and delicacy of feeling . Nor did such qualities , united to his heroic courage , and crowned by the halo of success , ( which we fear has always something to do with the matter ) , fail to win him the hearts of the ladies of Transylvania . After the taking of Hermannstadt , they presented him with a beautiful Turkish sabre , fo r merl y worn by Prince Rachotsky , worked splendid housings for his steed , and overwhelmed him with fetes and speeches . At the same time they presented to Baron Kemeny a richlyornamented buzogany , or antique staff of command , whioh had been once used by his ancestor , Prince Kemeny , and bore his name on the handle , with the date 1640 . "'—British Quarterly Revieiv .

      The Hungarian Refugees In London. In A L...

      THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES IN LONDON . In a largo dilapidated house , numbere d 41 , Turnmill-street , Clerkenwell , in a very wretched condition , exist nearly sixty of the officers and soldiers of the great Kossuth and the late General Bern , miserably lodged , miserably clothed , an d miser a bl y fed—victims , in short , to hun g er , cold , and the want of every necessary of life . Soma of these brave and suffering sons of freedom were also engaged under Mazzini and Garibaldi , in the endeavours of these patriots to liberate Italy from the Austrian yoke , and to emancipate the eternal city , Rome , from the frightful tyranny of the Pope and bis Cardinals . The course pursued by

      there-actionary party m France haying expelled them from Italy , together with thousands of the sons of the Italian soil , their brothers in the noble struggle for freedom sustained by the people of that peninsula , they first found a refuge in the adjacent country of Switzerland . Switzerland , however , being ruled by time-serving politicians ; and the re-actionary party , who are st i mulate d by the Jesu i ts of th e Sonderbund , still possessing great power in that confederation , th e presence o f t h e se poor re f uge e s from Austrian brutality and Papal revenge became a source of disquiet to the central government ; and , at the instance of the coalesced German and Italian despots , aided by the French President , they were once more driven forth ,

      " —— The world before them where to choose Their place of rest , and Providence their guide . " In this their sore strait they sought the shores of England—the oaly land in Europe in which there . is " rest for the sole of their foot ; " and here , since la st O ctober , they have dragged out a miserable existence , a prey to every possible form of privation— " strangers in a strange land "—men of " a ny sorrow s , and acquainted with grief . " To the credit of the working classes of this metropoli s , the hands which were clenched to spurn the monster Baynau from the English soil , were extended as became men and brothers to the victims of his atrocious tyranny and sanguinary excesses . A committee of these kindly men undertook the task of at lea s t providing shelt e r for the destitute patriots , and of organising among themselves a subscription in aid of their support ..

      But" Honey from silkworms who can gather , Or silk from the yellow bee "tbey are poor themselves—desperately poor ; and they a re consequently una b le to ai d t be h ap less fugitives as they doubtless would have wished . The rigid economy rendered necessary by the want of funds has , h ow e ver , already produced its effects ; their haggard looks , miserable faces , scanty clothing , and wretched lodging , are obvious to all who visit these refugees ; and the sad result has been one officer recently dea d , and others at this moment deadly ill ; in fact , with death staring them full iu the face , and destruction per f ectl y inevitable , unlest timely assistance is afforded to rescue them

      The Hungarian Refugees In London. In A L...

      from this slough of , despond—to them , in d eed , that which Dante designated hell—la citta doliente . Let it not be supposed that these noble-hearted men solicit charity , and desir e to le ad a n i d le , mendicant life ; on the contrary , the y esch e w alms , and only desire employment , to qualify themselves for which they are one and all in a state of forwardness as regards the study of the English language . Many of them are , it is said , able artists ; others are excellent scholars ; others , aga i n , are mathematicians of a high order of ability ; all are willing—all are anxious to live by their own labour , be it of the hea d ov be it of t h e h a n d s , without being beholden to any person except for the friendly procuration of employment . But in the meantime , as they wait

      for w or k , they perish—it is the old story , " while tho grass grows the steed starves . " Under these circumstances , and considering the sympathy which the English people have manifested spontaneously and generously in the Hungarian and Italian struggles , it will rest as an eternal disgrace upon the character of this nation if these poor destitute victims of the most terrible and bloodthirsty secular and clerical despotisms tbat ever cursed tho earth , should die of want in the metropolis of this the richest and freest country in the world . In the name then of liberty—in the name of hospitality—in the name of humanity , let notoh . people of England ! these poor patriots perish !—Observer .

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      'Thames.—Rosina Herbert Again. — Rosina ...

      ' THAMES . —Rosina Herbert again . — Rosina Herbert , a sempstress , whose name has been so oft en before th e pu b li c , was brought before Mr . Yardley , on reman d , c h ar g e d with p a wning si x linen blouses , value 4 s . 6 d . each , the materials of which were given to her to be made up by a poor woman named Elizabeth Mercer , of No . 10 , Storerstreet , Stepney . —In answer to questions by Mr . Yardley , tbe prosecutrix said she first became acquainted with the prisoner last April , and gave her slop-work to make up . Last July the prisoner raised money at the pawnbroker ' s upon a coat which the witness gave her to make up , and as she did not redeem it or make good the loss , she refused to employ her any longer , a nd lost si ght of

      her until a fe w w ee k s ag o , when the prisoner called upon her and paid the value of the coat which had been pawned , and said that , o w in g to the publicity given to her examination at , this court on a charge of illegally pawning seven cottonshirts , more than £ 20 had been sent her by various benevolent persons , which she hud expended in providing a home and clothes for herself , her husband , and children . The prisoner also said that she was most anxious to obtain employment as a needlewoman , and keep her home about her . The witness , who had just buried her husband , and was oh tbe eve of her confinement with a posthumous child , took pity on the prisoner , and gave her more work . The prisoner had made about two dozen blouses

      since the latter end of November , and on the 1 st of February she had six on hand , which had never been returned . The prosecutrix had sent for them previous to , and in the course of , her confinement with her last child twenty times , and at last went to Somerford-street , Mile-end , where the prisoner and her husband had lodged , and found they had absconded . Subsequently to this , the prisoner's husband sent a letter to Mrs . Mercer , intimating that the blouses had been pawned . The prosecutrix , who was in utter d esp ai r at the pros p ect o f los i ng her e mployment , an d who w a s oblige d to give unexceptionable security , sought the prisoner in all directions , and met with her on Wednesday morning in Rosemary-lane , when she taxed her with

      her ingratitude . The prisoner accompanied Mrs . Mercer to her dwelling , and said the blouses were not p aw ne d for much , but refused to give any clue to the place where they could be found , and the consequence has been tbat Mrs . Mercer , who only obtained a profit of Id . each on the blouses , bas been entirely deprived of employment—Policeconstable Smith , 415 K , said he had been unable to trace the blouses pawned by Rosina Herbert , but he had brought forward a woman , her landlady , of whom the prisoner had borrowed a shawl under the pretence that she wanted to raise money upon it for the purpose of redeeming the blouses . The prisoner raised 8 s . upon the shawl , and sent her landlady the duplicate , and then absconded with the money .

      —Mr . Yardley said he felt bound to visit this case with great severity , and he sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of £ 5 for illegally pawning , and 17 s ., the value of the goods pledged , and in default of payment committed her to the House of Correction for two months , and to be kept to hard labour . WORSHIP-STREET . —Charge op Sacrilegi . —A young man , named William Cooke , was charged with having sacrilegiously entered the parish church of Christchurch , Spitalfields , with intent to commit felony . A tradesman named Hayman stated that he was passing the churoh on his way home shortly after eleven o ' clock on the preceding ni g ht , when his attention was attracted by a noise inside resembling tbe clinking of a

      hammer upon some iron substance , and suspecting thai some thieves had effected an entrance he at once communicated the circumstance to tho pol iceman oh the be a t , who repaired to the sexton ' s h ou s e to procure th e ke y s o f t he church , and on returning with the sexton to the building and effecting an entrance at the rear of it they found the prisoner crouched down behind a door , endeavouring to conceal himself . In answer to their questions he refused to give any account of himself whatever , and he was accordingl y taken into custody . On entering the body of the building they discovered tbat a large chest , containing an iron safe in which the register and other parish

      muniments were kept , had been broken open , and that an unsuccessful attempt had been made to force the safe itself , in the evident expectation that the communion plate was there deposited . The implements with whicb the attempt had been made , consisting of a hatchet , poker , and crowbar , w ere lying scattered about the place , and upon further examination they found tbat two large squares of glass , in a glazed door leading from the vestibule into the body of tbe church , had been broken out , leaving an aperture of sufficient size for the admission of a man's body . The prisoner declined o ff e ring any answers to t he ch a rge , and was ordered to be reman d e d for th e com p letion of t he evidence .

      ' Burglary . — John Fitzger a ld , a stout , impudentlooking lad , about sixteen or seventeen years of age , was placed at the bar before Mr . Arnold , c ha r g ed wit b having , upon two separate occasions , burgl a rious ly broken into the dwelling-house of Mr . William Knight , superintendent of the Dolphincourt Ragged School , Spitalfi eld s , and stolen a quantity of wearing apparel , trinkets , and other articles , his property . —The prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been for some time an inmate of the refuge attached to the school , but was expe l le d i n the e a rl y part of the present month for general misconduct . On the night of Thursday last , after ascertaining that his premises had been properly secured , witness retired to rest , but ,

      ab out f our o ' clock on the following morning , be was aroused from his sleep by a private watchman , who apprised him that his house had been entered by thieves j and upon examining the place he found that the back kitchen window had been forced , an d that a box in the ad jo i nin g room in which he kept his wardrobe , ha d b een broken o p en and plundered of its contents . No clue could be obtained to the thief in this case ; and about the same hour on the following Sunday morning he was again arou s ed by the watchman , who expressed his conviction tbat another robbery had been committed , as he had just found the street-door wide open . Upon entering his parlour he missed several other articles of clothing , together with a

      small bag , containing a number of trinkets ' , and upon examining a desk in the kitchen , which had been opened by one of a bunch of keys , Which had been taken from an adjoining room , he discovered thai a quantity of loose silver had been likewise abstracted from that . The wearing apparel trinkets , and keys , now produced b y the police * were his property , and formed a portion of the articles which had been stolen upon each of the occasions referred to . —Police-constable Hayes , 420 N . stated that in consequence ef inform a tion h e h ad received , he repaired on the preceding night to the Standard Theatre , in the gallery of which he found the prisoner , and took him into custody upon the present charge . On reaching the station-house he

      was confronted with the prosecutor , who at once claimed nearly all the clothing he had on him at the time as his property , an d on searching his p o cket s , the trinkets , keys , and other art i cles , were discovered in his possession . —The prisoner declined offering any defence , and was fully committed to Newgate for trial , on both charges . MARYLEBONE .-An Impudent Robbbrt .-Thomas William Thomas , alias Williams , alias Johnson , was placed at the bar , charged with the following robbery : Several witnesses were examined , and it appeared that about a month ago tho pr isoner entered the shop of Mr . Harris , Unionplace , New-road , and requested to know what he should pay for the making up of a suit of clothes .

      He wastold that the price would be thirty-shillings , and upon his receiving that information he quitted the place , promising to call on the next morning and bring with him the cloth . In a short time after his departure a coat , value £ 3 10 s ., was missed from the counter , and information of tho robbery was communicated to the police . Tottman , 393 A , apprehended the prisoner on Saturday aft e rnoon l a s t , from pr i v a te in f ormation w hich h e lad received , and found the stolen coat upon big ( prisoner ' s ) back . The prisoner was asked what he had to say , and he alleged that he bought the coat of a man whom he met with in a skittle-ground It was shown that the prisoner was an old offender ' and had p rev i ousl y been convicted . He was sent to Newgate for trial . - MARLBOROUGII-STREET .-Mr . Bower soli citor , of Chancery-lane , on behalf of the Bari of

      'Thames.—Rosina Herbert Again. — Rosina ...

      Stamford , applied for a warrant to apprehend the man Sheridan , for conspiring with Mary Ann Parkes and Jane Lewis , to affiliate a child on his lordship . —Mr . Fraser , who a pe a re d on th e former occasion as the professional adviser of Mary Ann Parkes , said he felt it due to his professional char a ct e r to aff o r d every facility in his power towards attaining the ends of justice in this case . The man Sheridan was not his client , although during the time Mary Ann Parkes and Jane Lewis were giving in their statement to him Sheridan was in his office with them . It was in Sheridan ' s pr e sence t ha t Mary Ann Parkes made tho declaration that she

      had never had intercourse with any other man than the Earl of Stamford , although abundant evidence was afterwards produced that Mary Ann Parkes and Sheridan had passed as man and wife , and had cohabited together , as such , f o r som e time . —Mr . Bingham said he presumed the inference of conspiracy on the part of Sheridan was founded on the fact of his having been present when Mary Ann Parkes made her statement , a portion of which he must have known was false ; He should recommend the solicitor for the prosecution to proceed with the depositions against the two women for perjury in the regular way . —The parties then retired for tho purpose of going on with the charge of perjury against the two women .

      Mr . Disraeli and an Omnibus Dbiveb . — John Stanley , omnibus driver , was summoned before Mr . Bingham , for having by careless and wilful misbehaviour done damage to the carriage of Mr . Disraeli .--A solicitor who attended professionally for the complainant , said a collision having occurred in Regent-street between an omnibus driven by the def e nd a nt , and Mr . Disraeli's carriage , Mr . Disraeli had thought it necessary the circumstances should be investigated , especially as the lives of tliree ' persons were thereby endangered . —John Farrow , coachman to Mr . Disraeli , had been in his present service tor nine years . On Saturday , the 8 th of February , while driving down Regent-street , about five o ' clock , with a brougham , in which was Mrs .

      Disraeli , an omni b us was su dde nly pulle d over on to th e brou gham , and the result was a collision , which knocked over the brougham . Witness was thrown off the box , and so was the footman . The collision was too sudden to allow witness to pull off so as to prevent contact . —Several other witnesses were called , who confirmed the material portions of the coachman ' s statement . —John Crow proved that the amount of damage done to the brougham was £ 8 10 s . —A gentleman named Gray witnessed the accident . The brougham ran into the omnibus , as it appeared to him because the head of the horse in

      the broug ham a ctu al l y came into the window of the omnibu s t h roug h the glass . —Another witness , named Pellew , who was outside the omnibus at the time , said the omnibus was about to pull up to let out some passengers at the time , when a gig was passing , which apparently was not seen by the driver ot the brougham . The driver -of the brougham , in attempting to clear the gig , ran upon the hind wheels of the omnibus , and caused tbe accident . —Another witness , named Smith , said he saw the brougham pull into the omnibus . Had the brougham driver driven properly , no accident would have occurred . —A cabdriver saw the

      occurrence , which he considered was the result of accident . It arose from the horse in a g ig shying at the noise made in loading a rubbish cart . —Mr . Bingham said the affair verified the old legal adage , to be satisfied with a good case , and not to attempt at any thing more . The defendant had a very strong case until the last witness was called , when he upset it all . However , he was so much perplexed by the evidence that had been given , that lie should postpone his decision , —On Thursday Mr . Bingham gave judgment , and said that , although tbe evidence was somewhat contradictory , he must consider the case as made out . lie therefore directed that the defendant should be fined Cd . for the p u b l i c offence , and in addition to the coachmaker ' s bill .

      BOW-STREET . —Caution to Omnibus Conductors . —Daniel Webb , a conductor to one of tbe Pim l i c o omni b uses , w a s summone d a t th e i nstanc e of Mr . Wray , the Metropolitan Police Receiver , with having carried more passengers in his omnibus than he was licensed for . —The defendant pleaded Gu i lt y , and Mr . Wray said he was induced to institute these proceedings in consequence of the defendaht having admitted into his omnibus a boy who was suffering from small pox . The boy sat upon his mother ' s lap , and he made fourteen persons in the vehicl e , whioh exceeded the number the defendant was licensed to carry . —Mr . Jardine fined the defendant 10 s . and costs , or t e n d ays ' imprisonment . — The fine was paid . Attempt to Stab a Constable . —T . Shean was charged with attempting to stab Police-constable Drinkwater . —The prisoner ' s le ft tem p le wa s covere d

      with adhesive plaister , and he appeared to have been severely beaten , —Drinkwater stated that on Saturday night last he was on duty in Bedfordbury , Covent-garden , w h en several di sor d erly per s on s w ere turning out of the Cock and Bottle , publichouse . He endeavoured to disperse them , when they all went away with the exception of one man who persisted in setting on a step of a door . Witness desired him to move , when the prisoner , who was intoxicated , called out to him not to go away for him . Directly afterwards the prisoner and several other men rushed upon him and forced him against the wall . Witness took his staff out , and the prisoner exclaimed— " Oh , two can play at that . " He instantl y took out a large clasp knife , opened it , and ran at witness with the knife uplifted . The prisoner would have stubbed him ; but , be fore he re a ched him , witness s tru c k hi m upon t he head with the staff and knocked him down . A

      struggle ensued , in the course of which- witness's hands were slightly cut with a knife . After considerable trouble the prisoner was secured . —Mr . Jar d ine wa s o f o pinion , that the constable had done nothing more than his duty . If the constable bad killed him he would have been justified by law , for he had a right to strike him if he attempted to stab him with a knife . It was a most unpardonable offence to use a knife , and he ( Mr . Jardine ) was sorry to say he had very little power in such cases . How ever , he should inflict the full punishment , and order him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for one month .

      Embezzlement . — A young man named Jo h n D e nt Burke , a clerk in the Inland department of tbe General Post-office , was charged with embezzling a parcel containing a watch . —From the statement of Mr . Pooock , the Post-office solicitor , it appeared that the prisoner took the opportunity which his duties afforded him of altering the direction of tbe parcel to his own name and address , thereby causing the delivery of the same at his own lod gin g s , by the postman , in the ordinary way . Suspicion , however , having been excited towards him , a detective officer was sent to the prisoner ' s lodgings in Hungerford-skeet , Strand , where the packet and its contents were found in one of his drawers . —Inspector Field , of the detective force , proved that he went to the p ri s oner ' s rooms to make inquiries respecting the packet . He at first denied all knowledge of it , but when the parcel was discovered , he said it had been sent to him through the post by a friend in the country . —Mr . Hall rem a n d e h i m for

      a week . CLERKENWELL . —Stealing Jewellery . —H . Goodwill , eigh te e n years of a g e , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Combe , charged by Mrs . Mary Yilley , h er mistr e ss Bentley-terrace , Kin g slan d , with stealings quantity of p . weJlery . —It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutrix carried on the business of a jeweller , and b eing in want of a servant , she applied to the Refuge for the Destitute for Fem a l e s , in the Hackney-road , where tbe prisoner had been received after . her conviction for felony . She was highly recommended by the authorities of that Institution , having conducted herself in a most

      exemplary manner , and was received into the service of the prosecutrix , who reposed confidence in her until Sunday evening last , when she missed from the shop window a pair of gold ear-rings , and a valuable brooch . The prisoner , who had only been a fortnight in the service , was suspected , and questioned , w h en she d e ni ed all knowl ed ge o f t he robbery . A police-constable whs called in , and on searching the prisoner ' s trunk , the missing property was found therein , and she was given into custody . —She did not deny the charge , an d she was fully committed to Newgate for trial . MANSION-HOUSE . —Street Prowlers . —Three

      young men , named Monecas , Leo , and List , were brought before Alderman Wire , charged with having prowled about the streets for the purpose of picking pockets , and appropriating any property which might tempt their skill and experience . —The prisoners had made various unsuccessful efforts upon the careless passers-by in the crowded streets , and at last they fixed their attention upou a shopwindow in which there where several valuable articles , and one of them in an instant , with the han d o f a m a ster , " starred the glaze " ( cut out a piece of glass , ) while the two others covered him but not from the vigilance of tbe officer . Just as the band was introduced at the broken pane a young lady stepped down from the top of the shop , and the three thieves sli ppe d aside , but wore irnmediately secured . They were committed for one month .

      SOUTHWARK . —Indecent , Assault . —William brirhchs , a young man of respectable appearance , clerk in the employ of Messrs . Blown and Co ., st o ne merc ha nt s , of Bankside , was placed at tbe bar before Mr . A'Beckett , charged with indecently assaulting Maria Palmer in a railway carriage . — Mr . A Beckett remarked that the charge was one of so serious a nature against the defendant , namely , that ofgrossly assaulting a female passenger , and taking advantage of the darkness that prevailed when the train was passing through a tunnel to effect his p urpos e , that he should not dispose of the ease hi mself , but send it before another tribunal . He ( the magistrate ) should therefore adjudge the defendant to find two sureties of £ 50 each to appear to answer the charge at the next sessions . —It was intimated that the comp lainant ' s father , being in indi gent circumstances , was so tin a condition to

      'Thames.—Rosina Herbert Again. — Rosina ...

      bear the expenses oftbenroseenfi ™ — - ^ 2 } Mr . A'Beeke ? t said if the lE £ ?& g ; * M * d o so ,. he should apply to the Home Offl ^ U "oft subject so that the law should not be £ 8 ? . ° ? > 9 ° Tom ° ™ ? thB public afc larg o m i tl H LAMBETH . —An old Offender ~ vi liams , alias George Miller , the companion ? ' ' % desperate robberies of George lAwkeS 8 ? *» l fected so extraordinary an escape fromti , *" <*< Prison Clerkenwell , was placed in the uW ? Iod » l Mr . Elliott on a charge of stealing an „» " ( :, 0 fa of the value of £ 2 , from the shop 3 „^ yeK Charles Kcdge , a furniture broker and . , of K in the Kent-road , as far back as the 'iY ' T ^ in , 1849 , From the evidence it appeared tint n Wbery in this instance was effected in the s ™ , , ° bmanner as many others by the same einT ! "''nS bv tWO Minn Hl-icirifr nn in n H „ l ,. - *? " 8 > Hainnl . ?

      _ handed in the property , and all drirtnV $ " , a * speed tha insured escape , in the month A * vember following the prisoner made an , , « K ° - get a portmanteau from the top of a oah w *<> street , hut having been closely watck « ik ^ stable , he could not effect the robber ¦ V * "' ceeded in getting into the cart with his com " - SU ( : ' In driving away at a desperate rate the Z ' ° - in contact with a lamp-post , and the prfroni ?' was much stunned by the fall , was secured f ' . ^ associates , George and John Ilackett , suo . «» - ' getting off . For this oftvnee the . E ? ett 5 >> brought to Malborough-strect Police-court Z i ' tenced to throe months' imprisonment u **' time the prisoner was fully identified as " bri * tla 6 of the persons who had stolen the chair hi ? J « hedges , and it was the intention of tho-i ? *• have taken him when released from prison i !? , ' miscalculated the time , and by this means ti , „ ? soner again became at large . On -Friday n L'T ' was taken in Mint-street , in the Boron " f I charge of being concerned with a youn feui * named Goodwin m the commission of Uo -imT * sacrilege in breaking into tbo Old Protestant CW ? iuu disse

      . a nting unapei at Croydon . On th * charges the egal evidence as to his identity ^ not sufficientl y strong , and be was discharged C his companion was sentenced to three months' 2 prisotiment . The testimony asto theprisonerhav ^ stolen the chair , the property of Mr . Ke % « A quite conclusive . Tho prisoner was committed < £ trial . l ( > t GBEENWICH .-TnE Great Railway R 0 BIiER . -Enoch Pearson Barrett , late switchman o » tim London , Brighton and South Coast Raifaav » , „ brought up oniromnnd charged with feJonv- nl Geor g e Barr e tt , his brother , Mary Aim BarrMi u wife , E l izab e th Ev a n s , John Evans , and fl ! b 2 Ab b ot , of Wilton , near Newport Pagnell , tt ? were charged with being accessaries totho stoiiin !!

      ot an immense quantity of property entrusted S the railway company , alleged to be worth umvw , of £ 2 , 000 . All the prisoners had been prES examined at this and the Lambeth Court with ttm exception of Abbot , who was subsequently aim ,. bended at his dwelling-place , near Newport k ? nell . —Sergeant Carpenter , 38 B , said he amiS . hended Abbot at the village of WiUen . BuckiiH , ^ shire , and on searching his premises , found varion Lulca uwi

      a « . , ue naa no uoubt would prove to bn part of the stolen property , of which only ons article was identified , and that was a silver watch The prisoner equivocated about the watch buf ultimately admitted that he had received it from the prisoner , George Barrett . —Inspector Owen Q { the Dover Railway , produced an invoice of a watch which exactly agreed with the descriptioa given . —seargeant Carpenter said that ho could l to

      proceea no urwer -aay m the ease , the arran-a . ment and collection of the evidence being ° so difficult on account of the lapse of time of the numerous robberies , and prayed a remand of all the prisoners for another week . —Mr . Traill re . marked that it would take up much time , and re « raanded the whole of the prisoners for a week

      The Murder At Bath . The Coroner's Inque...

      THE MURDER AT BATH . The coroner ' s inquest upon the body of the uni fortunate woman , M ary Clark , was resumed on Monday . Chas . Langley , a plasterer , living in the samo house with deceased and her husband , deposed la the latter coming home on Tuesday evening , tha 18 t h ult soon after which he heard a noise ia Clarke ' s room resembling the cracking of a stick and Mrs . Clarke exclaim , " Don't do it , Clarke ''

      Soon after he heard a heavy fall upon the floor , and a " no i se which he thoug ht was occasioned hy Clarke b eating his wife , whom witness had heard iras tipsy , and therefore he did not interfere , He afterwards went up stairs on hearing Clarke call out , and found him holding his wife in bis arms . Claika said , «« I have done it . " Witness then went to tha woman , and found she was dead . Clarke said , " I ) a run for a doctor , " and witness then fetched Mr , Hunt . Upon his return , Clarke said , " Where is tbe doctor ? " Witness said , "Mr . Hunt is coming . " Clarke was crying .

      Mrs . Langley , wife of the last witness , deposed that she was fetched home on Tuesday evening the 18 th February . She had seen Mrs . Clarke about five o ' clock the same evening . Witness returned with her husband and Mrs . Tadd . As they entered the house , a great scuffling was heard in Clarke ' s room . She heard several heavy falls , but no screams . Witness ran up stairs , and . ' / bund Clarke ' s door open . She went in , and Mrs . Clarke was standing against the wall with lici- hair hanging about her face . She was very ' pa l e , and appeared fainting or dying , sh e was making use of her hands , as though trying to grasp , something . Her husband , who was behind her , cajjjjht hold of her hair , and pulled her back suddenly . Witness said , "If tha

      woman is in liquor she is not to be murdered , Clarke , for God ' s sak e , don't kill her . " Clarke tried to shut the door , but the ketch would noi hold . He afterwards succeeded , and shut witness out . She ran up stairs to call another lodger . On her return the door was open , and the deceased was sitting on the floor in a corner of the room , Witness was f rightened at her pale appearance . Cl a rke w a s l ean i n over her , and witness was afraid ho was' choking her Witness immediately ran down stairs screaming , Clarke was in a lean . ing position over his wife , whose head was backward , and there was great scuffling on the floor as witness passed the door . She ran to Mrs . Tadd ' s house , and told her what she bad seen , but slio

      thought nothing of it , as Clarke , she said , frequently beat bis wife . Witness returned , and in abo ut two minutes Clarke c a me d o w n st ai r s , and asked her to go up ; she immediately went up , and found the deceased still seated by the wall . On g o ing into the room witness exclaimed , " Oh , my God , you have murdered her—she is dead , " Clarke said , " Don ' t say so . " Witness said , " How did you do it ? " and he replied , "I only pushed ; her . ' Witness said she would fetch a doctor . , Clarke said , "Do , oh do . " All three of the de- - ceased ' s children were in the room . Witness ran i for her husband , and sent him for a doctor . Snfl ) w ai ted a nd returned with h e r hu sb an d . Clarke i then was sitting near his wife , and holding her t

      round the neck . Mr . finrlt arrived shortly after- wards . The witness then deposed to tho deceased d hav i ng been away from ' -ner home tho whole of Sa- ; turday and Sunday , aid both n ghts . Witness i : never heard any quarrelling between Clarke ai ^ i his wife . . They had lived in the house for about ssx ] weeks . Clarke went to his work at Bristol on . Won-1 day mornings , and returned Saturday evenings , t , Witness never knew her tipsy before , or knew her ei away from home prior to the Saturday or Sunday a ] nights before her death . Witness , on finding Mrs . s Clarke not come home on Saturday night , went up u ] and expressed her sorrow to Mr . Clarke that a

      his wife had been away . He was very reserved , id but said , " Unfortunate wretch , what shall Hod with her ? " He said nothing more , and seemed not io inclined to apeak . Witness said probably his »«*¦« would not return before he went to his work on o Monday morning , and asked him what , in that casuist would be done for his young children . He made no n reply . The inquest was then adjourned . The inquest was brought to a conclusion on Tues-uc day . The examination of witnesses having bceaei conclu d e d , the coroner ; summed up , and the juryju returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Joseplse ] ClarKe , the husband of the deceased .

      Royal Polytechnic Institution. . The Che...

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . . The chemical professor , Mr . Pepper , of this ini i stitution , hasjust commenced here a second lecturetui on the curious principle—fire—which althoug h' : di < ti i not display so very many brilliant and astoiiishitylii experiments , is more adapted to instructtbe mind bjd the philosophical spirit which pervaded tho wholfhi discourse . De entered at great length into tin t exam i n a tion of ignitionandcombustion , aud aftoafi demonstrating the hidden source of fire , a " a obtaining , or rather evoking boat from solids , fluid ^ un and gases by condensations , by contrasting nialnv ter like water drawn from a sponge , the term i g"i ig hea

      tion came under consideration ; its derivation , , In or force , was shown to be correct by various espcrspv ments—some gun cotton placed in a jar of carboni-bo acid ; gas could not be ignited by the combusti < ust of a lighted taper . The professor in vain % deavoured to bring the fire in contact with it , Mt , cause tbe gas directly extinguished the flame ; bl e ; > a red hot p o k er being mer e ly ignited matter i % i not affect ed b y a v a cuum or tb e nox i ou s ga s , a / is , « imm ed i a t e l y fire d the exp losive compound . M . ' mcrous brilliant experiments were exhibited durudur the lecture of the learned professor , all beamear on the point , which appeared to give great salt sa faction to a crowded audience .

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      omcc , ib , u wuumuu- , » ymtt «« , «^» - of Westminister , for tbe Proprietor , FEARGUS 0 wi o t N B , E 8 q ., M . l \ , and published bj tbe said I ' lUViu Rioeb , at the office in the Bame . ' ssreet and paris « iaris Saturday March 1 st . 1851 ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 1, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01031851/page/8/