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8 THE NORTHERN STAR. April 3, 1847.
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all the contracts made under this act , and an inspector af nuisances , who would bare authority to remove such as were injurious to the public health . He next proceeded to describe the nature of the measures which he intendt d to propose for procuring abetter supply of pure and wholesome water . A sufficient supply of water was an indispensable condition to all drains ; for drains without a sufficient supply of water only aggravated the evil which tbey were intended to cure . The supply of water even ia this metropolis was scanty and not regular . He therefore proposed that in future the town councils ganoid supply water totach house in our large towns— that they should construct waterworks , and that , if necessary , they should compel the sale ef existing waterworks , securing the existing rate of dividends totfie pro ^ rietoraof those works of which they compelled the sale . He aso
made provision for tbeborro wing of money fortbecdl . struction of such works , and for the 1 f . " S ° / " 'J ? ea * y instalments , upon the owners aud occupiers of properly , forthe rrxWmentof ««• II ^ ' ^ T ' 1 ° wtJwhichhad hitherto been the great obstacle to the hope of seeing sanatory measure , taken with . good heart bythe inhabitants of < fae towns themselves . In the first instanc . some outlay must be incurred if we intended to do anything for the improvement of tbe public heaub . It was a tribute which property ought ti pay for the health ofthe poor , and for its own superior comfort and enjoyment . It would also in the long run be productive of a saving not only of life but of money also , as he proved by reference to a paper of some length drawn up by a
physician of great eminence . His Lordship thus cm . eluded : — "Heel tbat in a matter so large and so com . pi ; cat many imperfections will be discovered , and that many oversights have occurred jn the bill which we propos etobringin . lean only say that it bas been framed " ** » u honest intention , and with th Bmgie view of Public good , and most thankful shall I b « - if tj . mea sure , after undergoing consideration by Pailia . ment , a nd receiving ultimately the sanction of the Throne s naU ' result effect in some degree what we aim a 4—namely , to diminish in some degree those noxious in fluences which now so painfully afflict so large a porp ortiou of oar towns and cities—to hunt down to their sour <" . if * T e can , the prevailing causes of disease
to let in pure air and supply pure water—to wage war wherever we can against filth and stench , and their attendant consequences , bodily weakness and depression , fever , and the death-dealing pestilence , and thus we hope to lengthen the lives and add to the happin- ss of aU classes of our fellow-countrymen . " { Chiars . ) Mr IUckishon seconded the motion , applauding the couraje ofthe noble lord in devising so comprehensive a scheme , but expressing his fear tbat more opposition would be offered it , particularly in London , than was anticipated by the noble lord . He w ished to know why the bill did not provide for the removal of cemetries from the immediate vicinity of large towns . Lord Mobpeth replied , tbat intermural interment was now under the consideration of tbe government , and was of sufficient importance to be introduced iu a separate
bill . The Earl of Likcols could not see that , with the exception of the provisions for preventing the nuisance of smoke and for the better ventilation of bouses , provisions which the noble lord would find it very difficult to carry out , tbe biU which bad just been introduced was more comprehensive than was that which he himself had introduced into the house two years ago . He was afraid that in its operations thebiU would be found to give rise to too minute an interference with local interests and powers . He had an objection , on principle , to the construction of new boards—partieularly boards such as that now proposed , with three paid commissioners . If tbe duties to be devolved upon the board would be sufficiently onerons to justify the paying of three new commissioners , they would be too great for the Commissioner of Wo > ds
and Forests , with his ether duties , to attend to as ex officio chairman ofthe board . ^ His bill did not provide for throwing the whole duty connected with the superintendence of its operation upon the Home Secretary . AU the interference on thepart of tbatfuuetionary which ban bien provided for having been analogous in principle and extent to the interference which he now exercised in regard to prisons , an extent to which he thought the Home Secretary should be empowered to interfere , in reference to any measure embodying sanatory regulations . The name of the proposed board seemed to imply that it was the intention of the government to devolve upon it the superintendence of some great scheme of public works .
and if tbis were the case , he hoped tbat on tbe second reading of tbe bill the government would state what that scheme was . He regarded it as extremely desirable that towns of great magnitude should be excluded from > he operation of a general bill , and that tbey sbould be separately legislated for , If there were difficulties in the way , in regard to ordiaarily large towns , tbey were increased a hundred fold when they came to deal with Loudon . So far as the metropolis was concerned , he had no hesitation in predicting tbatthe noble lord's bill would be a complete failure . In conclusion he declared bis intention of giving the bill his consideration , and of assisting the government to bring it to a successful
termination Mr Aoliosri thanked Lord Morpeth tor bringing this Ttall forward , hut intimated his opinion that it did not no far enough . His lordship ' s bill was to improve the sanatory condition of large towns and large cities ; but why was the sanatory condition of small towns , which too often wanted drainage , paving , and cleansing , to be left unimproved ! He recommended the government to bring in a bill for promoting the health and improvement of all towns , as it would pat an end to the many applications now daily made to Parliament for bills to sane tion local improvement . Mr Greens reminded the house that there were at present twenty bills for the improvement of towns before Parliament . He thought that they must all be suspended until tbis bill bad undergone consideration .
Sir W . Clat shared in the doubts of Lird Lincoln as to the policy of including the city of London in this bill . Tbe mere notion of placing the supply of water to the metropolis in the bands of a new board would excite the jealousy and fear of every water company in London . Several members having expressed themselves in favour of the bill it was introduced , and at a later stage of the business read a first time . Armi Service Bill . —Mr F . Maule moved that tbe hove resolve itself into committee on the Army Service
BiU . Sir Howard Docglas moved as an amendment that the house shonld go into tbe said committee that day six months . The honourable and gallant member said that had the government given the assurance that tbis measure h id the recommendation ofthe Commander-in-Chief he should not have opposed tbe opinion of that illustrious soldier ; bnt as they bad sot done so , aad ms be believed tbe measure would act most detrimentally to tbe military service of the country , he felt bound to give it his decided opposition . He considered tbe idea ot attracting a superior description of men by offering them the limited enlistment proposed , and turning them off after twenty-one or twenty-four years service with a pension of fid . a day , to be perfectly prep > sterous . On the contrary , he believed that such a system of enlistment ,
and such a miserable pension , would deter men from entering the army at all . Tbe honourable and gallant member statid the remarkable statistical facts , tbat in the present composition of the British tinny those who had been agricultural labourers , by far the greatest portion , were the best soldiers , those who bad been mechanics were generally inferior , those who hud been shopmen and clerks were very ind'fferent , and those who were tbe sons of gentlemen and professional men were the very worst of all—thus establishing that the principle of attempting to draw the army from a better class than tbat of agricultural labourers was a false one . Voluntary engagements aud unlimited service , with liberal pensions—these were the true principles upon which to maintain that superiority which the British army has attained .
Major Latakd opposed the amendaaent , exposing the hards-hip and injustice of the present system of enlistmeat , whitfi was virtually for life—in a speech which elicited frequent cheers from some parties in the house , and clamurous objections from others . Mr Sidnet Herbert , in stating his objections to the bill before the house , admitted the objectionable cbanct < r of unlimited enlistment . In practice , however , so fer as the British army was concerned , the majority oi those who left the army , left it , after an average service of fifteen years . ^ If the rightbononrable gentleman ( Mr Fox Kaule ) hafl framed tbis bill with a view to legalize the discharge of all who enlisted after a service equal in length to that after which men naturally left the army .
it would have been a less hazardous experiment . There was an objection to the proposed bill , also , in a civil point of view , and it was for the government and the house to consider bow far it would be safe to adopt a syst . m tbe effect of which would be that a large proportion of the population would pass through the ranks , and acqu ire a knowledge of military discipline . Had be been prep jsing a bill for limited enlistment , he would have made the term of service fourteen instead of ten yeas s , which would enable a soldier to take the full tour of home and foreign serf ice previous to his discharge . He trusted the right honourable gentleman would reconsider the bill , and reproduce it in a form which would be less li ible to objection than it was as it now
Stood Mr Fox MiOLE defended the principle aud details of the bill in its present shape , it being , as he maintained , to the latter alone that Mr S . Herbert bad taken exception , the propriety of thejformer being recognised by him . The ' periol of 10 years had not beem adopted without due deliberation . To tbe proposal of fourteen years he saw this very grave objec tion—that a commanding offiser would have great objections to re-enlisting a soldier at the a » e of thirty-two , who had enlisted at the age of " eighteen . The consequence would be , that reenlistment would seldom take place , and the soldier be discharged , after fourteen years' service , without any chance of receiving a pension , for hehad insuperable objections to giving a pension for so short a period of sew cp . Public opinion was now ripe for the adoption of a system of limited enlistment , and it would be inexpedient any long-r to delay it . Sir H . Docglas d dined to divide on bis amendment , and it was accordingly negatived .
The house then resolved itself into committee pro forma The chairman was ibtn ordered to report progress , and o < tained leave to sit again . Tm- Fever ( Ireland ) Bill went through committe . Tne lipase adjourned at a quarter past one o ' clock . WEDNESDAY , M & bcb 30 . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —The House met at twelve dock .
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Lord J . RcssiiL . on moving tbe adjournment of the house till Monday , tbe 12 th of April , gave notice tbat he proposed to take on tbat day the Navy Estimates , and aWo the Miscellaneous Estimates , should there be time during the evening for both . On Friday , the 16 th , he would move the third reading of the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill as well as that of tho Landed Property ( Ireland ) Bill , and would , on the following Tuesday , introduce the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill . The uoble lord also stated , in answer to a question put by Captain Pechell , tbat the Home Secretary would , after the recess , appoint an early day for introducing a bill , tha object of which would be to supersede the present Poor-law commissioners . The noble lord then announced that the expenditure ou the public works , in Ireland , during the w . ek ending the 27 th of March , amounted to £ 210 , 506 10 i . 4 d . '
Mr Doscqi . be gave notice that , on Tuesday , the 20 th of April , he should move for a committee to laqnire into the operation of the Metropolitan Buildings Act . Irish Poor-law . —Oa bringing up the report of the committee on the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , a somewhat animated conversation took place , chiefly in reference to the propriety of furnishing the returns of the subscriptions contributed by tbe different Irish landlords for the relief of distress in tbat country , which had been moved for some time ago by Sir Benjamin Hall . Mr Lefbot strongly objected to such returns , on the ground tbat , whilst the information which would be afforded by them would be partial and incorrect , they would place many landlords whose names might not appear appended to any public subscriptions , but who might nevertheless have expended a great deal of money in their respective localities in acts of private benevolence , iu an unmerited !; odious position .
Sir B . HAir , thought if ike returns which had been moved for were laid upon tbe table ofthe house , honourable members would be furnished with informatln n upon a subject which had given rise to a good deal of discussion and angry recrimination—the conduct ofthe Irish landlords ; at the same time tbat such of these landlords as had been unjustly attacked , if any of them bad been so , would be able to point to the returns asked for as a vindication ef their conduct . He thought that such returns were much needed , and he could not account for tbe delay which had already taken place in furnishing them . Sir G . Gkev admitted that the information which woald be furnished by tbe returns , would bo at best but of a partial character , inasmuch as they would not include many meritorious cases of private charity ; but he thought tbat , on tbe whole , much useful information would be conveyed by them .
Mr P . Scaurs was at a loss to conceive how any member ofthe bouse could rise in his place and viedicate the conduct of tha Irish landlords generally- He had proofs in his possession which clearly convicted many of them , daring the time of the cholera aa well as now , ofthe utmost callousness to the sufferings of their fellow-countrymen and dependents , and of the grossest dereliction of their duty . Mr V . Smith agreed with the hon . gentleman , that some of tbe parties alluded to had been guilty of conduct , in tbe present trying emergency , which by no means redounded to their credit , but he also concurred iu what had fallen from Sir 6 . Grey , to tbe effect that the returns would be but partial , he himself being cognizan t of some cases , in which public subscriptions might not have been contributed , but In which large sums had been expended by proprietors in giving employment and relief to the poor on their respective estates .
Abut Service Bill On the motion of Mr Fox MactiB , the house then went into committee on the Army Service Bill . After some general observations on the principle of the measure from Sir de Lacv Evans , who expressed bis satisfaction at the course pursued by the Horse Guards , in the liberal promotion of non-commissioned officers , and from Mr Goulboxm . Sir H . Dodolas moved that the period of enlistment be extended to fourteen years ; upon which question the committee divided , tbe proposition being rejected by a majority of thirty-five . After a further amendment from Major Layabd , to the effect , that after tbe passing of the bill , soldiers who have completed their ten years of service should be entitled to their discharge on giving six months' notice , which was opposed by Mr F . Maule , and withdrawn , The report was brought up and ordered to be taken into consideration after tbe recess .
THURSDAY AWL I . Tbe HOUSE OF COMMONS met at twelve o ' clock . The Army Service Bill passed through Committee , The house adjourned to Monday , April 12 .
( From our Third Bditionof fart iwcfc . ) FRIDAY , March 2 G . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord Mo . nteaole rose ta move — " Thata select committee be appointed to consider and to report , on the recommendations of tbe several Parliamentary committees and commissions , on the state of the Irish poor , as relating to the expediency of introducing permanently the system of outdoor relief for the able , bodied labourer ; and on the effect of such a measure en the well-being of Ireland , the interest of the poor themselves , and the emigration of Irish paupirs into Great Britain ; and also , to consider and to report on the effects of enlarging the present electoral divisions , for the purpose of raising and levying the assessments under the Poor Law . " Earl Grey could not agree to the motion of the noble lord .
Lord Brougham , tbe Archbishop of Dublin , Lord Devon , tbe Marquis of Clanncarde , and Lord Rosse , also spoke on tbe motion . The house then divided , when tbe numbers were —• Contents 12 Non-contents 39
Majority a ; ainst the motion 27 Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS —On the motion that the House go into committee on the Customs Duties Bill , the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated the intention of the Government to raise the proposed protective duty , on British spirits from 6 d . to 9 d . After which . Lord George Bentinck moved , an amendment , that a Committee of Inquiry be appointed to consider the entire question of the spiritduties . A protracted debate followed , and on the division the amendment was rejected by a majority of 185 against 68 . Majority against Lord George Bentrack ' s motion , 117 .
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Dreadfcl Colliery Accidknt . — Seven Lives Lost . —Ob Wednesday an inquest was held at Church Gresley , Derbyshire , on the bodies of a number of men who were killed in a colliery the day previously . It appeared tbat on Tuesday the 30 th ult ., about half-past five o ' clock in the morning , fourteen colliers , nun and boys , got into the cage at the Church Pit , Church Gresley , to be let down to their usual employment . Daniel Batch , the engine man . let them down , but when they | had descended ibove forty yards , he heard one of the wheels crack , and immediately stopped the engine , lie ran to the pit mouth ,
and found the drum running fast , the spur wheel having broken , and fallen under the drum . The cage was precip itated to the bottom of the pit , winch is 270 yards deep ; the rope broke off the drum , and went down the shaft , although longer than the depth of the pit . It was between nine and ten o ' clock before a rope could be attached to the pumping engine , and another cage letdown , when the bodies of the dead and dying were drawn up . Tbejury , after a patient investiuatioB , returned a verdict to the effect— "That the deceased met their deaths by the accidental breaking of the spti' w eel . "
BiMtiNOHAv . —W ' eekly meftings ar « being Leld in t > e Public Office , for the public reading of Ho . vilt s Letters on Labour and other schemes of co-operation . The Chartist Land plan has been already commented on , and been favourably received . Polytechnic Ikstituiioj .. —Within thsefiw days Mr Gustapaon , engineer , R . N ., baa deposited a model of an engine in tbe museum of this establishment , more particularly adapted to marine service . As part ot the construction is quite new , we advise our scientific friends to lose no time in paying a visit to the Polytechnic . Poisoning in Essex . —An inquest was held on Tuesday at Coggeshall , upon tlie illegitimate child of a woman named Porter . The body exhibited all the Symptoms ef having bad ptmon administen d , and the stomach was ordered to be sent to London for analysation . The inquest was adjourned until the report of the chemist should be received .
The celebrated Dr Hunter , when starting in life , gave lectures . His first lecture was attended only by tbe porter . "John , " said tbe gnat man , unmoved by the circumstance , "take that skeleton down tbat 1 may say with propriety— * gentlemen . '" Civilization is a word that h in < verybody ' s mouth ; but few of those who make so frequent use of it , seem , to know exactly what they mean , or to attach any precise definition to it . TiieB douin Arabs arc , as I understand the word civilization , much more civilized than avast portion of the British population . I speak of their conduct only aa regards each other , not as regards their intercourse with the rest of the world . —Addison ' s Travels .
Compassion for the unhappy is always noble , even when they are guilty . The law has a rigiitto condemn them ; but man has no ri-ht to exult in their misfortune , nor describe them in colours darker than the truth .
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( From the Gazetteot Tuesday , March 80 . ) Edward Marshall , Clifton-street , Sun-street , Finsbury , Sew terer— WiUiam Heath Bonds , Creek-road , Deptford , censed victualler—Henry Howell , Shrewsbury , draper-Augusta Sophia Tipper , Henry Hoc Tipper , and Allied Tipper , Upper Thames-Street , wholesale stationers-George Atkins Soar , Great- Marjlebone street , glass . cutter—John Haly , Surrey-strect , Strand , merch-int—William Swain , Chelteuham , builder—Joseph Chatterton , Manchester , coachbuilder-Jauius Sbarpe , IUddlesden , Yorkshire , coal merc ' iant—Benjamin Burrows , Sutton in-Ashfield , Nottinghamshire , fanner—Stephen and James Chappil , Hunslet , Yorkshire , earthenware manufacturers WilliUian Hodgson , jun ., Halton , Yorkshire victuall r —Thomas Sivill , Liverpool , publican— John Jebb , Stauwardine - in - the - Fields , Shropshire , grocer — James Tranter , Jan ., "Jttoxeter , 8 tafford .-liire , timber merchant —William Henry Lovatt , Wolverhampton , factor .
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LANDLORD AND TENANT IN IRELAND . TO THE tUITOB OF THE NORTHESt * STAB . Sir , —As the subject of" Tenant Right" in England , and " Compensation to Tenants in Ireland " is now before Parliament , I consider it my duty to lay my case before the public ; may I therefore request you will give insertion to the following extract from the Sun , in which my case is concisely and correctly stated ? I am , Sir , Your obedient servant . William Berwick . Belfast , March 2 2 , 1847 . ( From the Sun . )
Ou * attention has recently been directed to a case , apparently of great hardship and oppression , by a correspondent , who bas forwarded us a paxphlet detailing tbe particulars of the transaction , and who has been pleased to compliment us on tbe part we have taken on thb landlord and tenant question in Ireland . If the account is a correct one , and we see no reason to doubt its accuracy , great injustice has been done to the gentleman who was the sufferer oa the occasion . Although it is some time since the circumstance took place , it is still fresh in the recollection of the inhabitants ofthe district , and it is said bas deterred many from the free expression of any political opinion opposed to that of their landlord . The case to which we allude is that of Mr William Berwick , foimerly of Lisnabreen House , In the county of Down . It appears that this gentleman purchased a farm , held under the Marquis ofDownshire , subject to the yearly rent of £ 5816 s ., for the good-will of which he paid the sum of £ 1 , 000 , and on which he expended a further sum of £ 800 , in permanent and lasting improve .
ments . In the course ofthe ten years , during which he remained in occupation , Mr Berwick , in his pamphlet , asserts that he incurred the anger ofthe late Marquis for the active part which he took in getting up and forwarding petitions to parliament for the total abolition of tithes and church cess . Whatever foundation there might be for this statement , it appears that tbe rent was raised most enormously ; and that a rent was imposed on the dwelling-house itself , contrary to all former precedent in that part of tbe country . The total increase was from £ 5816 s . per annum to £ 174 0 s . 2 d ., very nearly three times the former amount , Mr Berwick found tbat he would be unable to retain possession of tbe farm at so high a rent , and was in consequence obliged to dispose of his interest for a sum of 300 guineas , thus sustaining a loss of £ 1 , 485 . It is said tbat immediately after his parting with tbe farm the rent was agiin reduced from £ 174 0 » . 2 d . to £ 100 per annum , at which rent the new tenant was permitted to enjoy the fruits of Mr Berwick ' s expenditure .
If there should be anything iucorrect in tbis statement , it is capable of immediate contradiction . It appears to us the simple questions are—Did Mr Berwick pay £ 1 , 000 for the purchase of the good will ! Did he expend any , and what further sum in improvements of a lasting character . Was bis rent increased in tbe manner above stated , and was that increased rent tbe value of the land in the state or condition in which it was when Mr Berwick ' s predecessor ( for whose expenditure thereon he paid £ 1 , 000 ) enter into possession , or was it the rack-rent value , without making any allowance whatsoever for improvements ! If the latter , it appears to us that Mr Berwick has been treated in a most unjust and inequitable manner , and that he is fairly entitled to some compensation for the losses he has sustained .
It ' a not our wish or design to cast any imputation upon tbe memory of the late Marquis of Downshire , however we may have differed from him in political opinions . We always beard and believed that he was an excellent landlord , a kind-hearted and benevolent nobleman . We have heard a similar account of the inheritor if his estates and honours . We have alluded to the case because we conceive that there must be some mistake somewhere ( a most unfortunate one for Mr Berwick , ) and we trust that the liberality and justice of the present Marquis will prompt him to make speedy reparation , if the mistake should have been on the part ot his father . We allude to it , in order that if there be error it may be corrected , and if not , that what we cannot but consider a most injurious precedent may be taken away , and tbat the injured man may receive the only amends now in the power of those who leaped the benefit of his loss .
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National Alliance . —On Wednesday evening , a public meeting of the members and friends of this alliance , for promoting the "real representation of the people in Parliament , " was convened at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street . William Howitt , Esq ., having been voted to the chair , proceeded to address the meeting . The following resolutions were adopted : — "That the safety of a nation depends on the virtue and wisdom of its people , and upon a free government honestly and economically administered by representative institutions . That the House of Commons is not a fair representation of the people of Great Britain because not above one in six of tho adult male population can vote in the election of its members ; and because the small and declining boroughs , whose elfictions are made at the dictation of
aristocratic patrons . are put upon a level in point of influence and political power with the large and wealthy cities , boroughs , and counties . That the industrious classes are excluded from the right to elect members , and are deprived of the privilege to sit in Parliament byjabsurd property qualifications . That since the passing of the Reform Bill the vexatious operation of the tax-paying clauses has debarred many thousands of men from the exercise of their undoubted rights , and the refusal of the Whig government to repeal those clauses is evidence of strong hostility to the principles of popular progress . That the increasing intelligence of the people is an additional reason why their claim to the possession of their political rights should be at once admitted . That the disorganised state of political parties and the reasons above
specified , lead this meeting to resolve that the present is a favourable time for creating a national movement in favour of the full enfranchisement of all classes of the people . " "That this meeting cordially approves of the formation ofthe National Alliance for promoting the real representation of the people in Parliament , because it seeks to extend the suffrage to every man who is of sane mind , criminals excepted ; to protect his vote by ballot ; to provide equal electoral districts ; to abolish property qualifications for members ; to remunerate members tor services performed , and to procure annual elections . This alliance pledges itself to adopt none other than peaceful and legal modes of action to rouse the people and to urge its claim upon the Legislature . " " That the success of the Alliance will depend on the zeal , prudence ,
and self-sacrificing spirit of its members and supporters , also upon their willingness to contribute freely and continually to its funds . This meeting therefore appeals to the friends of reform to enrol their names as members of the Alliance , and to for . ward the amount of their subscriptions to the treasurer , that the machinery for an efficient popular movement may be at once provided , and active operations commenced . " The following gentlemen addressed the meeting , Mr Ebenezer Clarke , Dr Epps , Mr 11 . Vincent , Mr Bontems , Mr 0 . Gilpin , and Mr Thomas Cooper . This last-named gentleman , better known as "Thomas Cooper the Chartist , " candidly announced that he had been kicked out ol the Chartist movement , and , consequently was no
longer" Thomas Cooper , the Chartist , " although he still had a sneaking affection for the Charter . He had seen many meetings in favour of the principles that had been advocated that nigh t , but never one like that before . He had been present at meetings when the black hands of 70 , 000 colliers were held up in their favour , but a well-dressed assembly like that was a novelty to him , and betokened an advance oi the cause . He was delighted to see an association formed , in which , without sacrificing principle , men of all classes could unite for the furtherance of this great cause . In the assertion of this right in forme times , they had been driven by the pressure of want and the impulses of nexperienced enthusiasm into violence , both of language and action , but they uow knew bettertfce . & c .
, Yankee Speculation . —The New York Tribune contains the following : —An enterprising Yankee at Canton has recently built a Chinese Junk ot 300 tons fitted and rigged entirely after the Chinese mode , which he intends taking to New York , loading her with every species of China knicknacs , curiosities , etc to be sold on board after arrival off that city , lie takes also a Chinese crew , a theatrical and juggling company , males and females , and everything , curious , illustrative of the manners and customs of the Celestials . The junk will have canvass sails and a Christian rudder to make her suitable for the long voyage ,- but upon arrival at the Narrows , everything will
foreign be replaced by Chinese articles , mat sails , clumsy rudder and all , and the junk anchor off the city in her entire oriental costume and build , where she will remain as a show-shop , sale room and mountebank exhibition . It is expected she will make the passage in five months . The cost of the whole affair will be about 30 , 000 dollars , and tho " cute " proprietor will undoubtedly rualize a large fortune . He iiaw ! He haw !—Colonel Sibthorpe tells us that it takes three years to make a good dragoon . VY e wonder how many it takes to make a good member ot Parliament ; but we forget tbat the perfection of the latter depends not so much upon the number of years as the length of them— Punch .
Bank Robdebt . —W . II . Blagncy , charged with having stolen one hundred ten-pound promissory notes ofthe Leamington bank . has been found guilty and sentenced to be transported for ten years . ' Another Amhkican ^ Portrait . — Mr Cor ' win or " Black Tom , " as they call him out West , is a man of about forty-five years of age , of dark complexion dark eyes , and dark hiiir ; hence his soubri quet . * 110 is one of the best looking men of the Senate . His features have an extreme mobility . When he speaks the siiitiraent he would convey , or the feeling h 0 would express , is anticipated by the expression of his countenance . Fire dashes from his eye , as he in a cfciy mood denounces iniquity or baseness . A quiet snide , is painted on his countenance while he holds up to ridicule , an opponent or an absurdity ; and all his features are writhed in scorn when he depicts the low cunning of low men , or the meanness of vice — iVsw York Tribune .
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did not think now that the prisoner wounded her intentionally . In reply to Mr Cottingbam , the complainant said that she believed the prisoner was paring his finger nails with a penknife at the time she was wounded . That she heard him exclaim that he had a penknife in his hand , and desired her to stand off—this was after she was wounded . Prisoner asked the complainant whether she did not attempt to strike him with the empty pewter-pot , and that he put up his hand to ward off the blow , which was the way the accident occurred . The reply was , that she did make such an attempt , and that she still believed that the wound was accidentally given . Mr Cottingham . —Thtu , if that was the case , wby did you afterwards give the prisoner into custody ?
Complainant . —I was in a passion with htm then . Mr Cottingham observed that he should not permit a case of so serious a nature to be settled in the manner described . The complainant again interceded in tbe accused ' s behalf , saying that she freely forgave him , and tbat she knew that he did not wound her intentionally . Mr Cottingham said that although it was not probable a jury would convict the accused upon the evidence ofthe complainant , yet he should give her an opportunity of preferring an indictment against bim at the sessions , and for that purpose should adjudge bim to enter into his own recognizance for . £ 50 , and find two securities of £ 50 each , to appear at tbe next Central Criminal Court Sessions .
AooaAVATED and Indkcent AssAULi , —Mr J . Roderick , a man advanced in life , was charged with indecently assaulting Mary Ackcry and Rebecca Lewis , two married women , residing in Charlotte-street , Blackfriars-road , Mrs Ackery stated between 7 and 8 o ' clock on the preceding night , she was walking along Charlottestreet ; just before she arrived at her house , the prisoner came behind her and seixed her round the waist with one band while with the other he attacked her in the most indelicate manner . She screamed out , he immediately let her go , and walked on at a smart-pace before her , and had not proceeded far before she observed him act precisely in a similar manner to the other female . She added that immediately after the last attack the prisoner was given into custody .
Policeman , 103 M , said tbat Mrs Lewis was not in attendance that morning , although she pressed the charge against tbe prisoner at the station-house on the preceding night . The policeman added , a third female had been indecently assaulted at the same time by the accused , but she was also absent . Mr Cottingham said that he was quite aware of the repugnance females had to appear to give evidence in such cases . It was a pity , however , for the sake of the public , that offenders of such a description should , in many instances , escape the punishment they , so justly deserved , owing to the absence of those who from a feeling of delicacy , did not attend to press tbe charge . The magistrate then inflicted the full penalty of £ 5 on the prisoner , or in default of payment , to be committed for two months .
CLERKENWELL . —A Rakeb . —On Monday , Henry Hillier , rleven years of age , was placed at tbe bar charged by Mr Henry Manning , master baker , Gray ' s Inn-lane , Holborn , with stealing fire two-pound loaves . The prosecutor said , that on Sunday morning , about eight o'clock , the prisoner entered his shop , took the loaves from the shop window , and walked off with them . On taking bim into custody , he said his father and mother were dead , and be stole tbe property through hunger . He was going to tako them to a coffee-shop , where be could sell them for 3 d each to tbe rakers . Mr Hillier , a respectable haberdasher , said tbat he could notkeep the prisoner at home , in consequence of his propensity to associate with bad company , He had used mild and severe measures with him to no purpose . He had locked him in a room , but be escaped through the window at the risk
of his life , and be had not seen bim for a considerable time since that period . He made an effort to get bim into the Refuge for the Destitute at Hoxton , but tbey refused to receive him , Marriott , Dl G , stated tbe prisoner was an associate of thieves , and was what they termed a " raker . " Mr Greenwood inquired the meaning of raker . Marriott said the prisoner and his companions crept into the sewers , and went for a considersble distance through them , raking after nails , bones , and property that might have been dropped or washed down the sink holes , and frequently they got Into houses and robbed them , Mr Greenwood said he would commit tbe prisoner for trial , and he advised the father to be present to state to the Court what he had stated there that day , and the Judge would no doubt adopt some means to save the boy from destruction .
MART . BORO *" i > H-STREET No Law von the Pooa . —On Monday , Captain Sympson , of Lane ' s Hotel , was summoned before Mr Bingham , f » r having horsewhipped and kicked Lewis Nottidge , his servant . The complainant said he was Captain Sympson ' s groom . On Wednesday afternoon Captain Sympson , after being out for an afternoon ride , brought his mare into Bushnell ' s stableyard , and sent for him ( complainant ) to take charge of the animal . Complainant attended his master ' s summons immediately , and , on taking the mare into the stable , the defendant called him a and a rascal , Complainant asked his master if he addressed such language to him . His master said he did , and he then told his master if the scandalous names were repeated he would leave him to dress the mare himself Captain Sympson ordered bim out of the stables . He told the
captain he would leave the stables , if tbe owner came and desired him to do so . Tbe owner was sent for , and complainant , on receiving directions to leave tbe stable , was about to comply , when the captain proceeded to lash him over the head with the riding-whip he had in his hand . Complainant stopped this assault as soon as he could , by wresting the whip from his master ' s hand . His master then kicked bim on the legs as he was about to quit tbe stable . The next day his master sant for bim to settle the affair , but he told him he should appeal to the law for tbe abuse and the injuries he had sustained . An ostler named Stene , said he beard the captain call bis servant bad names , and afterwards horsewhip him . — Richard Bushneil , the owner of the stable yard , said he was not present at the commencement of the difference . He was sent for , and by the captain ' s desire he told the
complainant to leave the stable . Witness saw the captain strike his servant with his riding . wbip . Tho complainant was perfectly sober at tho time . Captain Sympson , in bis defence , said the complainant proceeded to handle the mare in such a way as led him to suppose that the animal would injure itself . He spoke to the coinpl'iinant , who replied he might dress the mare himself . IU ordered the complainant out of the stables , eing irritated at his insolence , Tbe complainant refused to go , and then he certainly did give him a Blight cut over the shoulder with a light whip which he carried . He denied having applied the filthy name to the complainant , as sworn to , and he further denied having kicked the com . plainant . The next morning he sent for the complainant , intending to give him a £ 1 for what he had done to bim . The complainant stopped his good intentions , by saying
lfit cost lum £ S 0 he would have redress at law Mr Bingham called up the complainant , and asked him it he was now willing to accept a sov .-reign fr m the defendant . The complainant said his maM . rnevxr made an offer of a sovereign . His object was Mot mousy ; he would nottakeja sovereign now ; aud " if tin- complainant were fined , and any part of the fine went to him , be was agreeable to have it placed in the poor-box . Air Sing- , ham asked the stable-jard keeper how many blow . h > . saw given ? The witness replied he saw ove or two blows . There might , however , have been a greater number . Mr Bingham said the assault was ol a trifling charattttr . Had there been no provocation , a fine oHOs , would hav-t been sufficient on a gentleman of the defendant ' s station j as there appeared to have been considerable provocation ho should make the fine 20 s ., and costs .
The Powce —rollcc-constable J . Fry , F 110 , was ac cused by Mrs II . Watts , the wite of a procer nml cheesemonger , at 10 , Dudley . street , of having misbehaved himself in the execution of his duty . —The complainant stated that on Friday last a woman cume into her shop , and told her she had been paid a bad half-crown in nchange for a sovereign , which had been tendered in payment of articles purchased at the shop . Complainant had no recollection of having seen tlie woman before . and refused to exchange tho bad money lor good . The woman left the shop , saying she would to and fetch lu-v husband . In about an hour or so the woman returned with two police-constables one of whom wus the defendant . Ho said to her , " How came you to civt- this woman bad money ? I have a bad half-crown which you Rave to this woman , and this is not your first offence , lor you have
been twice convicted before . " Complainant replied , that this was not true . Her husband bad been twenty years in business , and never bad a charge against him in his life . He had certainly been summoned once to tbe Court of Requests because be refused to change a bad fourpenny-piece , but that was all , The defendant told hor she mus t , go with bim . Conceiving herself to be in custody , ibe sent for a man to come and shut up her shop , as her husband was ill in bed . The man came , and then she told the policemen ttiat , it she must go with him , she would see herself righted at any cost . She produced her cash-box , in which were about £ 12 in silver , and allowed the constable to see their was no bud money there . The defendant did not take her away , as she expected , but be went out ot the shop , saying to her . "You
and the other woman had better settle it . " The d .-. fendant afterwards told the woman to go home , for ha would ascertain the rights of ttie affair , aud see . her again in an hour , —A witness named Sarte was culled to corroborate the statement of the complainant . She said she saw tbe police-constable in Mrs Watt ' s shop , jmri she went in . She heard the police-constable say to Mrs Watts that it was not tbe first time she had been charged with passing bad money , for two or three persons had complained of the same thing . —Mr Bingham : Is ( his all your evidence 1—Mrs Watts : It is—Mr Bingham " . I am clearly of opinion that the last witness has put the case out of court , and that the dvftndautis entitled to an acquittal . If any bad money was passed , it was passed accidentally ; and no imputation attaches to the
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complainant , who bad never been twice convicted , or proved to have passed bad money intentionally . The constable hearing the woman ' s account of having received a had half-crown , calls on the complainant , and as alleged without reason tells the complainant she bad been twice convicted . Now if tbe constable did know the fact from his own knowledge , he acted foolishly and improperly . If he did not know the fact , his conduct was still worse . But I am clearly of opinion he used no such language , —Mrs Watts : I will swear he did—Mr Bingham : Hold your tongue , woman . I understand the mistake you make as to what you believe the constable to have said . I am bound to acquit the constable ; he did not use the words Mrs Watts thought he did , but he used the words deposed to by the witness . —Charge dismissed .
Seocctioh of a Coal MBECHANr—Hester Fife and Elixa Black were charged with having annoyed and threatened Mr . George Webb , a coal merchant , residing in Cloudeslcy-terrace , Islington . Complainant stated , that during the last four or five weeks the defendants had been iu the habit of following bim about and de . manding money from him , and on his refusing to give any , Fife bad tbreatend to blow out bis brains ; on Monday last , when he went to a Mr Patterson ' s , in Prince ' sstreeet , defendants came there , when Fife new at him and scratched his face , and swore she would murder him if she suffered for it at the gallows ; the other defendant , Black , also vowed that she would be tbe death of bim ; in consequence of such conduct he considered hlmsell' to
be ia personal danger . Fife in answer to the charge , said , that complainant seduced her , and took her away from a comfortable situation in a family in which she was living as cook , and that she was now enceinte by him . He had repeatedly promised to marry her , and she considered that he had treated her in a most scandalous manner . Complainant said he was not the seducer but the seduced , and that the young woman , Fife , after falling in love with bim , would never let him alone , Both the defendants denied the assault and threats imputed to them , and the case was disposed of by Mr Rawlinson ordering Fife to enter into ber own recogaizance in £ 20 for her keeping the peace and being of good behaviour for twelve months . Black , on her promising not to offend in a similar way again , was discharged .
GREENWICH . —Felokv . —A . Son Apjkeuebmd bt his Father fob Robbing bis Mastee , —Wm . Lawson was charged with stealing a cash box , containing upwards of sixty pounds ia gold and silver , tbe property of Mr Halsey , a grocer , of Deptford . The prisoner had been about four months in Mr Halsey ' s employ , Mr Halsey rose about 9 o ' clock last Sunday morning , and went to breakfast , leaving the cash box on bis dressing table . The cash box was missed about balf . past 10 o ' clock . The prisoner had gone out , and left the door open . He gave information ofthe robbery at ths police station , and at half past 11 o ' clock he was informed that two men had taken the empty cash box open to the station house , and stated that tbey had picked it up in a brick field at Newcross , together with a screw-driver , aad a letter addressed to theprisoner . The screw-driver had been taken from
Mr Halsey's cupboard . The letter purported to be from the prisoner ' s mother , lamenting in strong terms his past conduct . 3 , Lawson , prisoner ' s father , deposed the letter produced was in the handwriting of bis daughter , who had written it at the request of her mother . Ho also stated that he met his son ( the prisoner ) in Pimlico , on Monday , riding on horseback . He seized hold of the horse ' s bridle , and held the prisoner by tbe leg , aud having dismounted bim , conveyed them both to a liverystable , in Broadway , Westminster . He then searched the prisoner , and took from him £ 13 in gold , and £ 9 5 s , in silver . He afterwards delivered up the prisoner and the money to tbe inspector of the A division , at Scotland-yard station . On the way to the station the prisoner said he was alarmed by two men in the field , who he was sure had
picked up tbe cash box , < tc . On his way to the police court , the prisoner said tbat he placed a pair of shoes at his master ' s bed-room door , when be saw the cash box on the drawers , and it suddenly came into bis mind to take it ; he did so , and broke the box open in a field and t-iok the money , leaving only some papers and a book , and said tbat he did not care what was done with him , as he could not be leading a worse life than he was then . Tbe prisoner bad on at the time a new frock coat , trousers , waistcoat , satin stock , shirt front , and hat , which he said be had purchased with part of the stolen money on Sunday , for which he paid £ 3 Us . Mr Jeremy said he should commit the prisoner to Newgate for trial on the present evidence , but would remand bim for a week , in the hope of getting additional evidence as to tbe money , etc . The prisoner was accordingly remanded to Maidstone gaol .
LAMBETH . —Youtufuj . PaosLiOA . cv . —Three little boys , two of 13 , and the third only 12 years , were charged with felony . Tbe prisoners had stolen some new bottles from the stores ef a pickle-maker in Walworth-common ; and sold them at a marine storsdealer ' s . Two of the prisoners , Edward and Charles Jones , are the sons of a policeman , who was sent for . Tbe father ail . mitted tint his sous had been twice before in custody , and though he had used every possible means to Improve them , it seemed all to no purpose . The youngest , had , be said , been tried at the Old Bailey , and since then was in the habit of leaving home and stopping away for
several days together . The boy went so far as to tell him ( the father ) tbat it was useless to endeavour to keep him from stealing , for if he saw any article of pro-Dertv he felt tbat he could not keep his hands off it , and tbat be must steal it . —Mr Elliott feared that the father bad not corrected the prisoners , and asked him if he had any objection to the gaoler giving them a sound hogging . The father replied tbat be bad not the least objection , but begged to say that he bad himself Hogged them to such a degree as to bring up . n him the censure of the neighbours . The third prisoner was then discharged , and the Jones ' s , having been well flogged , were also discharged .
WoMaiiousE Education . —At Lambeth when Mr Elliott was about to leave the bench , Davis , one of the ushers , brought into court seven young women , who , he said , bad beenin tbe outer waiting room the whole ofthe day , and whoso conduct whilst there was of the most shameful description , and their language such as was unfit for any decent person to hear . Mr Elliott recognised all the parties as persons who bad been frequently charged before bins with disorderly conduct at Lambeth Woikhouse , and whom he had as frequently sent to Brixton , They said tbey had been turned out of Lambeth Workhouse by the guardians , and told to provide situations for themselves ; but their clothes were in such a state , that no person would take them into their employment , Mr Elliott sent foi Mr Bushell , of Kennington-lane , one of the guardians ot the parish ef Lambeth , and that gentleman
recognised all tho young women , except one , as most worthless persons , who , though perfectly able to work , would not look out for situations , nor do anything in the building ; in fact , they set all law and order at defiance ; discharged themselves from the workhouse , when they thought proper , aud perhaps tho same day , after spending the discharge money , came back , and insisted upon being re-admitted . Mr Elliott highly disapproved of the practise of giving discharge money to sucb persons , for , from all he had heard , it appeared they spent it in profl ' tcacy ; and , where persons discharged themselves without reasonable cause , he did not think they should be received back as a matter of course . Tbey shoald all be earning their own subsistence , and not living upon the industry
of the rate-payers of the parish . Mr Bushell undertook to have st-raetlung douofortwo of the partus , who were not quite so bad as the others , whom he could not answer for . particularly one ( Brewn ) , who had been frequently committed to prison , and who , on the present occasion , had discharged herseif from the house without the slightest cause . Brown said unless sho was taken into the house , she certainly should be sent to prison again , Mr Elliott told her , that if she was broughtbefore him , he should give ber tbe severest punishment be could . Mr Bushell ultimately offered tohave all the parties admitted into the workhouse as casual paupers that night , and hav * their case brought before the board on the following day .
WESTMINSTER . —George Thorpe , a master baker . of 4 , Miiriboroufc'h-road , Chelsea , was brought before the uiani !> ti'ute shortly before the hour of retiring , charged with baring indecently exposed his person . In consequence of tho wife of the proprietor of the house irametliutely opposite defendant ' s , and the female residents , having repeatedly been disgusted by defendant ' s exliibiiiiig himself in a most indecent manner at the win . dow , the landlady applied at this court , when Mr Broderi )> directed Mr Taylor , an inspector of the B d vision , to take steps to bring the offender to justice . John Fryer , 31 B , was placed in the house opposite to defendant ' s , and having ( seen his disgusting conduct at tho firsi-iloor window of his house , at about 3 o ' clock on
Tuesday uiternuon , immediately proceeded to defendant ' s shop and took him into custody , when he said he sbould like to make It up . Tbe wife of the proprietor of tbe opposite house and a lady residing in it , gave evidence of difendant ' s conduct , which is unfit for publication , Defendant , hi answer to the charge , said he did not do it with any-intention to offend—he wasou the opposite side ot the room , and did not think aaybody could ste him , The defence was in direct contradiction to tbe evidence against defendant , which was of the strongest possible nature . MrBroderip obstvved that it appeared that di-fendant had b . tn carrying on this disgusting behaviour f-ir some length of time , and he would endeavour to put a . stop to it . He ttien committed him as a rogue and vagabond for three months to hard labour .
HAMMERSMITH . —On Thursday J . Chandler ( 22 ) , sun of a bunt builder near tho High Bridge , Hammer-Kmltli , was charged with having violated E . S . Perriam , a girl of weak intellect , aged 17 . Mr Pelhara attended on behalf ol the prisoner . The evidence of the girl and other witnesses was conclusive as to the commission of ihe offence , the wimesses all stating that the evidence ot the girl was precisel y to them what she had Stated at Hie court , Tin- prisoner , who declined saying anything , was commuted to Newgate for trial on the capita ! charge . ExiaaoBDiNABV CiSE of Biaiiir . —D . Aheron , an * ri-hmaii , upwards of GO years of age . ivas examined on
a charge of bigamy . Timothy Aheron , the -brother of tho prHoncr , deponed that in the yeur 18 * 23 . he was preseiitat . he mairiajre of bis brother with Ann Fitzpatrlck , ¦ it Kensington Church . Tho pi-hoaur , after that marri-ige , lived with his wife for two or three years , when they separated , and after tbis the prisoner wviit to live with Catherine Joyce , then present . The woman Joyce was aware that tho prisoner was a iiiarrie . ! hii . ii when she mat lied nim , —Mrs Catherine Joyce , alias Regan , deposed that in the year 1828 the prisoner visiti d her as a single man , and made a proposal of marriage to her , which she accepted . Soon after their marriage he ill-used her , and scarcely allowed her the common necessaries of life ; and on one occasion
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he was committed for a month for ill-treating her . Had not been told by the last witness or any of his family that the prisoner was a married man . Sophia Craddock stated that last year the prisoner paid hf g addresses to her as a single man , and believing that he was so she consented to be his wife , and they were mar . ried on the 19 th of July , at Batteriea church . Soon after she discovered that be had another wife living , and gave the prisoner into custo dy , The policeman who took the prisoner into custody produced the certificate * of the three marriages , The prisoner was fully commit , ted for trial .
Painless Operations. Pooie, Dorset.—The ...
PAINLESS OPERATIONS . Pooie , Dorset . —The patient in this case was a young sailor , It years of age , named Samuel Clark , an apprentice belonging to a Scotch vessel , labouring under frost bite of both feet and ankles , who was le f t at this port by his captain and placed under the care of Dr Hamilton , the operator , who states that the case was a precarious one , owing : to the existence of a severe inflammatory fever , immediately previous to and during the development of the gangrene , which had reduced the patient considerably . The first operation was performed on the right leg . The patient having been place I on the table the inhalation commenced ; but owing to the lad not receiving it kindly , some time elapsed before he was brought
fully under its influence—nearly half an hour from commencement , but only five minutes from tho effectual inhalation . Absolute insensibility beingproduced , the circular operation was commenced ana completed in one minute , without the smallest indication of suffering to the patient , who , on being restored to his senses , was not aware ofthe amputation having taken place ; nor could he be convinced of the fact until repeatedly assured of it by his favourite nurse . It was not considered exped ent to remove both legs at the same time , owing to the great do * bility of the patient . At the expiration of eleven days the lad consented to the amputation of the left leg , during which time he had greatly improved in his general health . The second amputation was performed by Dr Hamiltonassisted , as before , by Mr
, J . W . West . The usual preliminaries , as in the former cases , having been arranged , the vapour was administered as before by Mr 11 . Hamilton , dentist , from an elegant apparatus , which is a modification of Robinson ' s inhaler , with an improvement in the mechanical appliance and construction of the valve —the most important part of the apparatus ; the nine's and safety of which were beautifully shown in both these operations . After an inhalation of three minutes the patient violently forced the tube front his mouth , at the same time raising himselt and uttering some wild incoherent expressions , evidently showing the intoxicating effect oi the vapour . The inhalation was continued for five minutes longer ,, when the absence of all sensibility was clearly shown ; . the muscles becoming completely passive ,
accompanied with deep sonorous breathing , the eyes presenting a bright suffusion , the pupils being fixed up and widely dilated . At this moment the circular incision was rapidly performed ( which apart from the inhalation of ether is the most painful part of the operation ) without the least indication of suffering . The subsequent steps of the operation were quickly completed ( occupying in the whole about one minute ) ,, and this also without the least indication ofthe presence of sensation ; nor were there any excitomctory movements exhibited in the stump as in the first instance . The patient was kept under the influence of the vapour for the space of ten minutes from the removal of the leg in both cases ( by alternating the vapour with atmospheric air ) , during which time the arteries were secured , the flap stitched up , and the bandage applied . As these steps were being completed the patient was allowed gradually to recover his consciousness , which he did in the course
of one or two minutes , although still showing strong symptoms of intoxication ; so that on being asked how he felt , he replied in his Scotch accent , stretching out his arms and yawning as one just awoke from a deep sleep , "How con a drunken mon tell enything about it ? " He was then placed in bed ; and as further consciousness returned , he sought convincing proof of the operation having been completed by having recourse to ocular demonstration , pulling off the blanket which covered his stumps , and , in this manner , satisfying himself . Very slight depression succeeded the operation , and he quickly regained his usual spirits without recourse to stimulants of any kind . No hremorrhage followed in either case , nor has there been a single unpleasant symptom , from the first operation up to the present period ; oa the contrary , the patient has progressed rapidly in every respect , and is now able to set up , and be removed from his bed .
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LONDON . ~* Friday . —At this day ' s market there was so little passing in the wheat trade , and the attendance of buyers so small , that we can only quote prices _ nominally . The demand for Franco nnd Reljrium haa , in a great degree , subsided .
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PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Richmond ( Yorkshire ) , Saturday . —We only had a thinsupply of grain this morning , the prices were much the same as last week . —Wheat sold from 10 » to lis ; oate , 3 s fid to 4 s Gd ; barley , Gs to Gs 6 d ; beans , Gs Gd to 7 s per bushel . Wakefield , Friday . —The supply of wheat this week is small , and of other atircles moderate . There is a fair inquiry for wheat , and a disposition to do business at some reduction , but holders are firm , aud require last week ' s prices . Manchester , Saturday . —At our market this morning the transactions in wheat were of a very limited nature , and we repeat nominally the quotations of this day se'nnight . for both English and foreign flour n fair inquiry lias experienced . Wabbikoton , Thursday . —A very slender attendance of millers and farmers to-day . What little wheat was sold was at 10 s Od to lis per bushel , which is ! Jd toGdper bushel less than last week . There was a fair supply of oats for seed , but a dull sale . Hcll , Tuesday . — The trade has been very inactive during the past week . The fine favourable wAtherwe have txperienced bas not been without its effect . At this day's market the supply of wheat was small , there being a short attendance of farmers , who are much occupied with field work , Liverpool , Monday . —The arrivals since Tuesday last have been very large , consisting of about Ji . OuO barrels ofrlour , 53 , 000 quarters of Indian corn , 20 , 000 barrels of Indian corn meal , 14 , 000 quarters of wheat , and 3850 quarters of benns , all from Foreign ports , and chiefly from the United States . On Friday the business was at irregular prices .
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STATE OF TRADE . Leeds . —The cloth markets at both Cloth Halls have been of much the same character as the markets during the last few weeks . The demand continues to be principally for goods of low qualities for shipping ; but fiae goods , considering the season , continues to be exceedingly dull of sale . J 1 ancuebti . 11 . —The state of our Cloth Market is without any decided change , but if any change the heavy purchaser has had a slight advantage , whilst the general sales must be noted at last week ' s rates . Bradford . —There is a steady demand for combing wool , and as tho supply is a bare one , prices are firm . Short wools continue in good request at lormer prices . There is considerable improvement iu the yarn market , both for the homo and export trade . HuDDHiisFiELD . —Tho market has been tolerably brisk today for goods suited to the season ; but more in particular for light fancies of low anil middling qualities . The trade in the warehouses during the week has been about an average one ofthe season . Halifax . —We have no alteration to notice in this market since last week ' s report . Trices of wool are quoted stationary , and stocks rather low .
IlAitxsiiET . —We are glad to have to note a slight improvement during this month , there having been a good demand for fancy Hollands , so that the weavers have been generally well employed . llocuoiLE Flan-mel Maeket . — There is very little change fur better to report . Prices continue very low , and , considering the time ofthe year , the business trans , acted has been limited . The wool market has bocn dull , with no change in prices . Nottingham . —The hosiery trade is , if any change be observable , somewhat better , tbe demand having slightly increased . The lace trade is quiet without any change in . prices , Leicester . —The London trade still continues very flat : country houses are making cautiously , and no improvement has yet manifested itself in the demand . Spinners are still working short time . Wools are steady . Glasgow . —Cotton Yarn : Our yarn market still as . suiucs a drooping aspect . Cotton Coods : —We are sorry ive cannot report any improvement . Business in general is still very depressed , there being comparatively little leniaiid , and prices continue low .
Deaths. Lately, In Carlow, Aged 95, Char...
DEATHS . Lately , in Carlow , aged 95 , Charles M'Elroy . He was present at the battle of Buuket ' s Hill , at the commence , ment of the American revolutionary war , was afterwards engaged iu the English expedition in aid of the French royalists , in 1792 , in which he was made prisoner , but - ffectedhis escape to Italy . The last scenes of his mi ... tary career were laid iu Ireland , during the trouble some times of 1798 . Recently , at Lyme Regis , aged 47 , Mary Anning , ef European fame as a discoverer of fossils , more particularly those of the ichthyosaurus , plcsiosaurus , pterodactyle , and many iisb in the blue lias of that locality . Born a dull infant , she was taken by her nurse , while yet in arms , to an exhibition of equestrian performances in a field . A sudden shower caused this woman and many others to s « ek fer shelter benea th a tree , where they were struck dead by a flash of lightning . Some one took the infant Mary Aiming from among the group of dead , and put her into warm water , upon which she revived , and was ever after a lively girl . The history of Lyme Regis contains many interesting particulars respecting M « s M . Anning ' s history and researches . The great ichthyosaurus now at the British Museum , was sold i » situ to Mr Hawkins by Miss Anuing .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03041847/page/8/
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