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      MANSION HOUSE . Peidat . — Foegert . — Benjamin Lambourn - was brought before the Lord Mayor , charged by thc directors of the Commercial and General Life Insurance Office "with having forged a MR of exchange for £ 150 . —Mr . Humphreys , for the prosecution , stated that in March , 1 S 13 , the prisoner applied at the Commercial and General Life Insurance Company for cash for a hill for £ 300 , and obtained it on the understanding that the sum should he reduec-d by quarterly payments , and that upon each redaction a new bill should be given . Reductions bad taken placi-, the quarterly payments having been made until the amount < .. ? tlie debt was £ 150 , when uponfailureof payment of tlie re ;; ::-ar instalment it was discovered that the last bhl was a for--jry as to thc acceptor and some ofthe endorsers . — -Thorn :: * Ratley , of No . 7 , Ivy-terrace , Hoxton ,

      headwnner to Messrs . King and Bryraer , of CornhiU , stated that he hud accepted bins for the prisoner , but it was a long tin-.- ; ago . Hv had not , to thc best of his belief , accepted a bill solately for the prisouer as wo years ago . The acceptance to the bill produced was not in liis handwriting , nor had his name been written by his authority . —Thc prisoner : About the middle of the year 1 S 43 , were you not confined by Ulness to your bed!—Witness : I ¦ was . The ]» ris « .: iir : That ' s aU tlie questions I wish to Mkyou . —Sainut-l Lvng , of So . 93 , High-street , Jlaryleoone , r . i . -.. v * . il victualler , stated that the endorsement " Samud Long ™ upon tlie bill produced was not his handwriting , neither had he authorised any one to write it—Josep h Donovan , fishmonger , of No . 292 , Oxford-street , stated that the signature , "Joseph Donovan , " to the bin produced was not his , nor had it been sanctioned by him . —Mr . Humphreys said that no doubt the signature ofthe

      drawer was genuine . The prisoner was then committed for trial . Satckoay . —A Desperate Pickpocket . —A wellknown prig , named Joseph Clarke , thc tattered state of whose apparel showed that he had recently been in asevere struggle , was charged vath having picked the pocket of Mr . Edward Lenn ox Boyd , resident director ofthe United Kingdom Life Assurance Company . A voung man , named Ellis , said that he was walking down Cheapsidc that morning ( Saturday ) when he saw the prisoner deliberately putbis hand into Mr . Boyd ' s pocket , and take out a silk handkerchief . He then passed over the road , and was joined by

      some of lus companions . Mr . Boyd seized thc hat of one of his confederates , into which he had previously seen thc prisoner transfer the stolen property . The * prisoner made a desperate resistance to the police , and in the struggle his clothes were torn . The Lord Mayor mquired of the prisoner how he got lis living . —The Prisoner : By hard labour , niy Lord . —The Lord Mayor ,: No doubt you do in Cheapside . Well , I shall commit you for trial in the hope that that locality will be free of your company for some time The prisoner begged hard to be dealt with summarily , but his Lordship was resolute , and lie was locked up .

      Christmas Revelltxgs . —Hannah Heywood , a milliner , was charged by policemen ( 516 , with being drunk . The policeman said he fouud her on his beat lying against thc rails of a house quite drunk , and-incapable of taking care of herself . On being asked what she had to say she blushed , hung down her head , and whispered—nothing . Fined five shillings , or seven day ' s imprisonment . Double Assault . —John Farrowchild , a man clad in ranged fustian , was charged with assaulting Richard Franklin , of Catherine-street , Strand . Mr . Franklin proved the assault . —Lord Mayor to prisoner : "What have you to say ?—Prisoner : I know no more

      about it than a person not born ; I must have been either drunk or mad to have committed it . —The Lord Mayor was about to adjudicate , when policeman , Henry J . Mncdonald , stepped forward and said , I also charge him , your Lordship , with resisting me in the execution of my duty , and with being drunk and disorderly . —Lord Mayor to prisoner : What have you to say to that ?— -Prisoner : He hit me , and Knocked me about , and I thought 1 would just give hmi a butt in return .--Lord Mayor : You recollect that , do you ?—Prisoner : Tcs . —Hewas held to bail to take his trial at thc sessions—himself in £ 20 , and two sureties in £ 10 each .

      Another "Axdkiuiax Cite . "—Jane Smith , a miserable looking woman , was charged by C . T . Marlton with breaking a square of glass , ofthe value of 15 s . She pleaded great distress . —Lord Mayor ; "All , that ' s always the excuse set up now . You are fined 40 s , or two months in Bridewell . " Stealing through Distress . —William Lloyd and William Marshall , two deplorably ragged olgects , wer e charged with stealing a woollen shirt from the shop front of Mr . Kepple in Chcapside . Mr . Attwood , the shopman , saw the prisoners both together when Lloyd took the shirt . When captured , with the shirt in their possession , they refused to give it up . The men pleaded great distress—having no work or anything to cat or drink . Thc gaoler identified them as having been there before under similar circumstances ; and the Lord Mayor sentenced them to three months' imprisonment in Bridewell .

      TVebxesdat . —ATXEMprEn Suicide . —A female of respectable appearance , hut appearing to labour under much mental distress , who stated her name to be Hannah Haines , was brought up and charged with having cont emplated self-destruction . One of the City police stated that he found the prisoner in thc neighbourhood of the river Thames , in a deplorable state of mind , and wheu he inquired the cause of her distress , she stated that her husband liad deserted her and robbed her of all her clothes , and taken away with him the servant maid ; that she had struggled with adversity , and actually with starvation , until that day , when her landlord threatened to seize what oiaing matters of furniture she had for rent , amounting to 3 s . I'd ., and that she had come to the place in which sbe was apprehended for the purpose of putting an end to her existence . The witness added that she had

      given to huu tlie names of some very respectable relations of her husband , and their addresses , aud seemed desirous npon his suggestion , to seek the humane interposition of the Lord Mayor . —The Lord Mayor directed the unhappy woman to be removed to the Compter till Friday , that inquiry might be made as to her friends .

      GULLDHALL . Satckhay . —Breaking a Policeman's Arm . —Robert Clifford , a carpenter , residing at No . 4 , Dudleycourt , waa charged with breaking a policeman's arm . The 2 » risoner has been several times remanded for the offence . City police constable Coveney , No . 36 , said that on thc morning of thc 8 th instant , between one and two o ' clock , he was on duty in St . MartAn's-le Grand , when he saw the prisoner standing at the top of Newgate-street . The prisoner seeing witness , called out , " Where isJNewgate-street ?'' AWitness told him that he was in Newgate-street . Prisoner replied "You are a b— liar . " Witness crossed over and asked him what he meant by such language , but he still persisted in abusing witness . Seeing he was

      slightlv intoxicated , witness told him if he did not immediately go away he would lock him up , when he ( thc prisoner ) pushed his feet from under him , and lie fell upon Ms elbow and broke his arm . The prisoner was then taken to the station-house , and witness was removed to St . Bartholomew's Hospital , where he had ever since been laid up . The prisoner said he had been drinking at a house in Clorkenwell on the night in question , and was returning home when the accident occurred . He asked the complainant the way to Newgate-street , when he pushed him about , and in the scuffle that ensued thc policeman must lave accidentally slipped down . — Mr . Alderman Hooper , after condemning in severe terms the conduct ofthe defendant , committed him to take his trial at the nest London sessions .

      UNION HALL . Sattrdat . —Alleged Perjury by an Inspector of Police . —Mr . J . Harris , the landlord of the Swan Tavern , Camberwoll , was summoned before Mi-. Traill , the presiding magistrate , by Inspector Gifford , ofthe P division , for having on Sunday last unlaw fully opened his house for the sale of spirituous liquors . The Inspector , on being sworn , stated that on Sunday morning last , between the hours of eleven and twelve , his attention was directed t © three men standing near the entrance of the defendant ' s house . Two were rather thc worse for liquor , and the third was so much so that he could scarcely stand . The witness proceeded a little way on thc beat , and on his return he eaw the three men whom he had previously noticed leave the defendant ' s house . He was quite

      positive that they were all three the worse for liquor . Mr . Traill told tlie defendant that the complaint was a very serious one , and that he had rendered himself ' liable to a penalty of £ 5 . The defendant replied that he should be able to prove that thc inspector had false-sworn himself , and that he was determined to indict him for perjury . Thc fact was ( continued the defendant ) , that on the day in question a green-grocer called at his house to deliver some vegetables , and when the door was opened to receive them , two of his ( the defendant's ) neighbours insisted on forcing their way intohis house , but he refused them admission . Thc parties were all

      sober at the time , and he could produce them on any day except Saturdays . Mr . Traill inquired why they were not there on the present occasion , to rebut the testimonv ofthe inspector . Defendant ; They are all tradesmen , and to leave then ? business on Saturday would put them to great inconvenience . —The magistrate said if the [ defendant thought he could disprove what the inspector had stated , he would adjourn the case for a few days . —The defendant ( with great warmth ) : I shall be able most certainly to do so , and what is more I am determined to prosecute the inspector for perjury . —Mr . Trail said hewould adjourn the further hearing of the case till Tuesday next .

      Mr . John Jones , the proprietor of tlie Montpeher Tavern , Walworth , was summoned at the instance of policeman 28 P , with keeping his house open on Sunday last after the time allowed by Act of Parlia" % . The case was fully proved that at one o ' clock day evening the officer entered the house and persons there , one of whom was drinking in - * endant said a society met at his house , 1 not break up before one o ' clock . No " . were served after twelve at night .

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      Stealing Brass . —John Mahoncy , an apprentice to Mr . Dunkin , the extensive engineer , of the Blue Anchor-road , Bcrmondsey , was charged with robbing his employer of a considerable quantity of brass-work . The discovery of the prisoner ' s dishonesty . arose from the circumstance of his jacket being found in tho engine-room , with several brass articles of considerable value , which were broken for the purpose of being made portable , so as to carry off the premises without observation . When he was called into the counting-house to explain the matter , it was then found that he had several other brass articles concealed in his trousers and beneath his waistcoat . Mr . Traill said he should commit the prisoner for trial , but that he should be brought up again on Monday .

      MABYLEBONE . Tuesday . —Extensive Robbery . —A young man named ¦ William Young , who on the same morning completed a term of six months' imprisonment for stealing articles of wearing apparel to the amount of upwards of £ 50 , was placed at the bar before Mr . ItawUnson , charged with having committed another robbery of almost equal extent . The prisoner was remanded .

      WORSHIP-STREET . Monday . —Supposed MnanEB . —Several respectablelooking persons attended before Mr . Broughton , tho sitting magistrate , to make a statement toucliing . tlie mysterious disappearance of Mr . William May , a silk-manufacturcr on a minor scale , resident in New King-street , near Bonner ' s Hall , Bethnal-grcen , who had been missing since the 9 th Dec , under circumstances whicli induced his friends to believe that he had been murdered . A large printed bill , offering ten guineas reward for his discovery , and which had already been extensively circulated in the district , was handed to the magistrate . In this it was stated that Mr . May was la » t seen on the night of the 0 th of December , between the hours of ten and eleven , near

      the police station in Chapel-yard" , Spitalfields , by some person who knew him , and tho following morning his hat and handkerchief were found in a field near the Twig Folly Bridge , near the Angel and Crown , at Twig Folly . From that time nothing further could be ascertained respectinghim , and it was added , that he was therefore supposed to have been murdered . He was described as about forty-four years of age , five feet three inches high , of fair complexion , marked with the small pox , was dressed in a brown Taglioni coat , black satin waistcoat , black trousers , with black satin stock , and his linen marked " W . 51 ., " and he had about him JE 6 , and a pair of blue steel spectacles in green case , mounted with silver .

      Tuesday . — Attempted Suicide . — Mary Parker , a good-looking young married woman ,, was placed at the bar , charged with attempting to commit self-destruction by throwing herself into the Regent ' s canal . It appeared from the statement of a respectable middle-aged woman , named Mary Ann Qooch , that having been hastily summoned between eleven and twelve o ' clock oh Saturday night to attend the death-bed of a neighbour , she was proceeding to that person ' s residence , which closely adjoins the canal , when she saw thc prisoner suddenly rush down the bank from the side ofthe bridge , and , without waiting to divest herself of any of her dress , plunge headlong into the water . Without a moment ' s delay the witness ran in after her , and succeeded in catching hold of the prisoner , but the latter struggled so violently to disengage herself from her grasp , that the back of witness ' s

      dress was entirely burst open in her efforts to save her . Witness at length became so completely exhausted by her exertions , that she must have been dragged under the water , had not two young men , who were attracted by her cries , fortunately come up to her assistance , and by theiraid they were both rescued from their perilous situation . The prisoner was then conveyed to a neighbouring public-house , where she soon after revived ; but the first use the prisoner made of her recovered powers of speech was to revile the witness in the most vituperative terms for having effected her preservation . It appeared the prisonerhad been taken to the Shorcdileh workhouse , where , after maintaining an obstinate silence for some

      tune , she had at length stated herself to he the wife of a person employed in the docks , and living in Pelliamstreet , Spitalfields , with whom , she said , she had had a quarrel , which determined her on self-destruction . The magistrate warmly commended the conduct of the witness , Mrs . Gooeh ; and , after stating that he considered her well worthy of a reward from the Humane Society , directed Tilt , the usher , to present her with a trifling gratuity in acknowledgment of her humane and courageous behaviour . A decent-looking man , who said he was the prisoner ' s husband , here stepped forward in great agitation , and stated to the magistrate that he was wholly at a loss to account for his wife's conduct . She was a

      most sober , well-conducted woman , and had two children , to whom she was tenderly attached ; and so little suspicion had her family of her intentions , that they had been in a state of distraction in consequence of her unaccountable disappearance . The magistrate said he should commit the prisoner to gaol ; but , at the earnest intercession ot her husband , however , who promised to guard against such an occurrence in future , thc prisoner , who throughout displayed an air of firmness and self-possession , was ultimately set at liberty , and left the court with her friends .

      The Coining Case . —James Green , and his daughter , Anne Green , a child 11 years of age , who stood charged with having been found engaged in tho manufacture of an immense quantity of spurious coin , and in whose apprehension , it -wm be recoUected , two officers , named Brannan and Cole , were seriously injured , were placed at the bar for final examination . The particulars ofthe former hearing have already been published , In defence the male prisoner said that his daughter was perfectly innocent ; aud for himself he should say nothing at present , under the advice of Mr . Duncombe , his solici . tor . Both prisoners were then fully committed for trial .

      Thursday . —Suspected Mubdeb . —Mr . Bingham was engaged in an investigation relative to the fate of a gentleman named WiUiam May , a commercial traveUer in the silk trade , recently residing at No . 8 , New King-street , Bethnal-green , who had suddenly disappeared under circumstances of mystery and suspicion . A few days since , two brothers of the missing gentleman , stated that the latter left home on the evening of Monday , the 9 th ult ., to visit a friend in the neighbourhood of Spitalfields , from whom he parted in good health and spirits about eleven o ' clock the same night , since which time nothing whatever had been either seen or heard of him . The applicants expressed their conviction that their brother had been murdered , and their suspicions to that effect were strengthened by the fact that his hat and handkerchief had been found early next morning on the bank ofthe Regent ' s Canal , near

      the bridge at Twig Folly , the former being much crushed and broken , evidently by heavy blows , while some of his papers were diseoveredlying on the opposite bank ofthe canal . Police-constable Mountford , K 108 , stated that tlie occurrence had created a strong sensation in the neighbourhood . He had ascertained that at eleven o ' clock on the night in question the missing gentleman had left a public house in Spitalfields , called the Job ' s Castle , at twelve o ' clock , proceeding in the direction of his own residence , which adjoined the canal . About half an hour afterwards , a woman named Smith , living at Twig Folly , observed a person being led along by a young man , towards the canal bridge , in such a manner as to excite suspicion and noticing that tlie gentleman was a good deal inebriated , she questioned his conductor as to his intentions ; the young man , however , made her no reply , and

      she soon after lost sight of them . A woman named Gardiner , residing close to the canal , told hhn that , shortly before one o ' clock , while in bed , she was awoke by a stifled cry of distress , and at thc same moment heard an exclamation In another man ' s voice of " Hun , you , run . " This was fonowed by thc sound of hasty footsteps along the bank , but as all shortly after became quiet again , she thought it unnecessary to take any further notice of the matter . About the same hour a third woman , named BisseU , Uving at Old Ford , was proceeding home along a secluded lane leading from the canal bridge , when she was alarmed at seeing a man , who was stripped to his shirt , rise slowly up from a ditch skirting the footpath , and who called out to her in a faint voice , "For God ' s sake stop and help me ; " he then made an ineffectual attempt to scramble out of the ditch , but fell back again , apparently in a state of exhaustion . She felt so greatly terrified that she hastened on , but had only proceeded a few yards when she encountered a tall man standing still , who

      stared at her as she passed him , and continued watching her tin she was out of sight . Immediately on reaching home , she mentioned the circumstance to her husband ; but the place in question being a considerable distance from their house , her husband thought it would be then useless to take any steps in the matter . The officer added that he had seen the hat of the missing gentleman , which had been picked up by two working men , named Hill and Goldsmith , and he was satisfied from its appearance that it must have been struck violently by some heavy instrument , as the crown was completely beaten in , and one side of it split open down to . the very brim . Mr . Bingham said he thought he had heard quite sufficient to justify him in entertaining a suspicion that some foul play had been practised , and he should , therefore , immediately cominuniicate with Mr . Ratford , the canal company ' s superintendent , who he was satisfied would as soon as possible cause the water to be drawn off from that part of the canal in which the body of the unfortunate gentleman is supposed to have been secreted .

      BOW STREET . Tuesday . —BcacLAKY AMD Extensive Robbery . — Richard Elliot , described on thc police-sheet as a tobacconist , residing at No . 20 , Bell-street , Paddington , and Richard Tincont , 18 , Carlisle-street , Portman-markct , an omnibus driver , were brought up in custody of thc detective police , and placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , charged with burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Mr . Thomas Cox , clerical tailor and robe maker , 29 , Southampton-street , Strand , on the 26 th Dec ., and stealing therein several pieces of silk , linen , Ac , to a considerable amount . The prisoner Elliot is the same person who was tried and acquitted , about nine months back , at

      the Oxford Assizes , on a charge of having been concerned in stealing the sum of £ 800 from the * boot of the Cheltenham coach . The prosecutor said that shortly after ten o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday , 24 th December , he left home for the purpose of going to Tonhridge Wells , from whence , in consequence of a message he received , he returned on the Thursday following , when he found that his premises had been broken open ; and property amounting to nearly £ J 00 had been taken away . The articles produced formed a portion of it , " consisting of 460 yards of silk , value £ 130 , together with eighteen pieces of linen , worth £ 20 , and a great coat , the price of which wag £ 4 , which was taken from a stand in the shop .

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      There were also 146 yards of linen , being eight pieces , with some remnants , and eighty-two yards of lavendercoloured silk , all of which bore his private mark . Inspector Shackle , of the detective force , proved ihe capture of the prisoners , and the recovery of a considerable portion ofthe property , all of which was identified by the prosecutor . Several witnesses were examined , and Mr . Jardine ordered the prisoners to bo remanded . TorsDAT . — Feabqos O'CoNNoa v . Necbomancj . — Samuel Gregory , a person whose manner indicated a great degree of excitement , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , charged with having broken plate-glass worth £ 10 , at the house of Mr . Canton , the dentist , in St .

      Martin ' s-lanc . —Mr . Davis , a solicitor , stated that he was at Mr . Canton ' s house on Monday evening , when the prisoner came and asked for Mr . Feargus O'Connor . He told him that that gentleman did not live there , and he went away . Presently he came again , and was again informed that Mr . O'Connor did not lire there . After some hesitation he went away , and witness went up . stairs to the drawing-room ; but he had scarcely got to tho top of the stairs when he found that thc prisoner had followed him . He again asked for Mr . O'Connor , ahd appeared disposed to persist in saying that he did live there . ; Mr . Davis said , " I told you before that he did not live here ;" and after some hesitation the prisoner went down , but just as he got outside the door , and Mr . Davis was about to shut it , he turned round and smashed the glass to

      atoms . —Mr . Jardine asked tho prisoner what ho had to say to the charge . —The prisoner said , in the fivst place , I beg to say I have not the means of paying so large a sum as £ 10 ; some smaUersum , perhaps , I might pay . If I had known what I had been about , of course I should not have done what I did , so far at least as worldly prudence is concerned . I should also tell your worship that I have had no sleep for many nights past , in consequence of the annoyance I have experienced from Mr . O'Connor and several other riotous persons making a disturbance about my apartments . From that cause I have had no sleep for thc last six nights ; what little I have had was one afternoon , during tlie day time . Now that , as your worship must be well aware , makes a great difference in the bearing of a person , and gives the imagination a great predomination over the judgment . That being the case , I dare say I should not give a very good explanation of mv conduct ; but , perhaps , your worship would rather

      that I should give even a bad explanation than none at all ( a laugh . )—Two persons who knew the prisoner ( he lodged with one of them ) stated that be bad for some time complained of noises in his head , and had fancied persons made a noise near his room ; but he had not before known hhn to imagine Mr . O'C . to be one of those who annoyed him . He was a person of education and general mildness of demeanour . He never drank anything but cocoa and water . His family lived at Brighton , but wore rather poor iu circumstances , —Mr . Jardine , seeing that tho prisoner was evidently insane , directed that he should be taken to the surgeon of St .. Martin's parish , and "fter a medical opinion had been obtained , he would make an order respecting him . The magistrate told Mr . Canton that he regretted there was little chance of his getting paid for the damage done . The fact of it being over £ 5 , took it out of his jurisdiction . If tlie relations of the prisoner should be in a situation to pay , he would advise them to do so .

      MARLBORODGH-STREET . Tuesdat . —Embezzlement . —Frederick William Parker , formerly clerk to Mr . Winch , Iivcry-s tabic keeper , Great WindmiU-street , was brought up for final examination , charged with having embezzled various sums of money belonging to his employer . The particulars of this case have already been made public . The prisoner was fully committed for trial on two charges . The prisoner , although a married man , and his wife confined not more than three weeks ago , was paying his attention to a bar-maid in the Haymarket ,, and preparations for a second marriage were so far advanced that banns were reported to have been put up at a church on the other side of thc water only the Sunday before the prisoner ' s apprehension .

      CLERKENWELL , Tuesday . —Stabbing . —William Benny was charged with attempting to stab his wife . The prisoner , on the previous evening , asked his wife to give him some money ; she declared she had given him all she had . She left the house , and went into a grocer ' s shop , and was standing by the counter when she felt a thrust at her side , and on turning round , saw the blade of a knife projecting from her husband ' s hand . The prisoner was held to bail for thc sessions .

      LAMBETH . Tuesday . —Brutal Paeents . —Ceuel Treatment of a Child . —Dunn , one of the beadles of the parish of St . Mary , Lambeth , accompanied by a number of the inhabitants of Hooper-street , Westminster-road , entered the court , and complained of the gross and inhuman treatment of a child named Pratt by its parents . A decentlooking woman entered the witness-box , and stated that she lived next door to the parents of the child , and that both herself and her fanuly were frequently disturbed and shocked by the piteous cries of the little fellow . His parents , who were woodcutters , were in the habit of returning home at the most unseasonable hours , and it appeared to be thc constant habit of one or ¦' other of them , on entering their room , to beat tho child in the most cruel manner . On that morning witness heard the little

      fellow ' s cries on two occasions , the first time about two o ' clock , and the last about eight , and upon subsequently seeing hhn she examined his person , and found hhn in the most shocking state . The poor child , who is . only five years of age , was here exhibited to Mr . Henry , and presented a shocking spectacle . His face , neck , arms , loins , back , and legs were covered with livid marks , some of which had evidently been the result of violence inflicted at different times , but most of them had been recently caused . The magistrate turned away quite shocked at the scene , and directed that a warrant should at once be issued against the father , who had inflicted the injuries on that morning , and that it be executed without delay . Mr . Henry also directed that the child should be at once conveyed to Lambeth workhouse , and attended by the parish surgeon .

      Wednesday . —Robert Pratt , for whose apprehension a warrant had been granted on the preceding day , was placed at thc bar , before Mr . Henry , on a charge of U-treating his son , Richard Pratt , a child of five and ia half years old . Eliza Kingate gave evidence of the frightful cruelty perpetrated by the unnatural parent on his own child , fully corroborating the evidence adduced on the preceding day . Four other witnesses were examined ; one of them , a tradesman who lives opposite the prisoner , added that . one day he heard a violent screaming issue from Pratt's house , and on hurrying across and looking through the window , he saw the child hanging from the top baluster by a rope , with a noose round his

      neck , and his feet about six inches from the ground . He instantly forced open the window sufficiently to put in a lad who was in his employment , and who cut the child down . Thc witness added that he did not impute to the prisoner or the others in the house the dreadful crime of attempting to hang the little fellow , hut his impression was that he had been tied to the top baluster , and by endeavouring to release himself had got into the position which he had before described , and had he not heen observed so soon his death in a few moments must have been the consequence . The prisoner declared that the greater part of what the witnesses had stated was false , and wished to have the child examined , He was remanded .

      Seeing the Old Teas odt , and the New Yeab in . — George Jefferson ; a highly respectable-looking elderly man , was brought before Mr . Henry , the sitting magistrate , charged with being drunk and disorderly . —The veteran said it was all owing to the lumbago , and seeing the old year out and the new one in . —The Magistrate : Tes ; but that ' s no excuse . —The prisoner pleaded hard for forgiveness ; he had fought bravely his country ' s battles , but tlie lumbago , and the parting glass with the old year , had overcome his reason .. —Upon the understanding that the prisoner would turn over a new leaf with the new year , the Magistrate said , in consideration of his services , he was disposed to let him off . —T he prisoner promised amendment , and was discharged ,

      WANDSWORTH . Wednesday . —Infamous Treatment of a Child A respectable looking elderly man solicited the magistrate ' s interference in a revolting case of cruelty , of which his granddaughter had been tho victim . He stated , that about ten months since Mrs . Elizabeth Ross , the widow of an officer , residing at Bolingbroke-place , Battersea , pro :-posed to take his grandchild off his hands and bring her up as her own . She said she would perform the duties of a parent towards the little girl , and she should live with her as a companion . To this proposition he assented . He went to see the child two or three times up to four months since , when it was apparentl y doing well he had no opportunity of speaking to his grandchild alone , and Mrs . Ross suggested that he had better

      discontinue his visits , as it only made the child unsettled in her mind . From that time he had never seen his grandchild until she was brought home by Mrs . Ross in a most deplorable state . It appeared that tho father of the child had enlisted for a soldier , and the mother had accompanied him to Ireland . —Mrs . Smith , a bonnet-maker of Westminster , said that on Monday , about half-past eight o'clock , she found the child standing at the shop-door she was in a most horrible state of emaciation . In fact she could compare her to nothing else than a living skeleton . Her clothes were ragged ; the shoes she had on did not protect her feet , wliich were bleeding very much and fun of sores . She asked the child how she had come there , and she said Mrs . Ross had brought her there that they had walked all the way from Battersea , and that that

      person had left her , telling her never to comeback again . The child was ravenous for food ; her bones almost broke through the skin , her body was covered with bruises and sores , and her feet was one mass of blood and corruption . —The grandfather said , they had made inquiries in the neighbourhood , and learned that Mrs . Ross , who lived alone , and made the poor childher servant , had been seen to strike her , and to drag her up and down the garden by her ears until they were absolutely torn and bleeding . They would prove also that Mrs . Ross made the child sleep on the door-mats , and frequently left her locked up in the house without food or firing for many hours together . She had also been seen at work , such as was only fit for a woman , at four o ' clock in the morning . — -Mr . Clive the magistrate , ordered a warrant for the immediate apprehension of this she-brute .

      ffhubsday . —The Alleged Inhuman Tbeatmenx or a Child . —In the case reported yesterday , the warrant to apprehend Mrs . Elizabeth Ross on a charge of violently

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      assaulting , abusing , and starving Caroline Johnson , a child not eight years of age , was placed in the hands of Barnes , the summoning-officer , and yesterday morning he reported to Mr . Paynter , the sitting magistrate , that he apprehended the accused at , nine o'clockmi Wednesday night , " and conveyed her to the Wandsworth police station . She expressed much surprise : at being ; taken into custody , and said she had always behaved kindly to the girl , and only corrected her when she deserved it . At the station-house , whilst the charge was being taken , the accused suddenly fell to the ground , exclaiming , that she was bleeding to death . Mr . Finch , the divisional surgeon , was sent for , and ordered her immediate removal to . the Wandsworth Union , where she received the eare her case demanded . She is still in a precarious state , and her present removal it is considered would be attended with danger . Mr . Paynter , under these circumstances , remanded her ease uatil a future day . .

      SOUTHWARK . Thursday . —A " Fbee-born Englishman , "—Thomas Walsh , a man advanced in years , was charged with stealing a pair of candlesticks from the house of a publican . It appeared the prisoner had just como . out of gaol , after having suffered six months' imprisonment , and that he went into the complainant ' s house and took a pair of brass candlesticks , with which he was in the act of leaving , when he was taken into custody . Tho prisoner ' s defence was , that he came out of gaol pennyless ; that having lost lus character no person would employ him ; thc pangs of hunger impelled him to take the articles with a view of procuring some food . He had no wish to conceal the facts , and would prefer being sent to gaol to remaining at large without the means of subsistence . —Hewas committed .

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      COVENT GARDEN . A new candidate for histrionic honeurs—i . c . new to tho metropolis , made his debut in the character of JImnlet , on Saturdav evening . The gentleman is Mr . Henry Betty , son ofthe celebrated "Young Roscius , " as his father was surnamed , at the time when the precocity of lus talents for the stage excited so extraordinary an interest . The celebrity of the elder Betty ' s name still continues , and is no small stock in trade for an aspirant to public favour . to commence with ; in addition to it , however , Mr . Henry Betty bears a considerable self-acquired reputation from his efforts at the various provincial theatres . In all the physical qualities of an actor , Mr . Betty is not deficient , possessing a tall and commanding figure , considerable grace of manner , a voice which we conceive to be good , although its powers appeared impaired by hoarseness , together with large aud well formed features . Of his impersonation ofthe character of Hamlet while we certainly cannot

      regard his efforts as perfect , much may be said in Ins praise . There was a general show of discretion in Ins reading , which with one or two exceptions was completely free from any straining after what are called " points , " the language being delivered with a straightforward simplicity ; and where earnestness and energy was requisite , he was all-sufficient . His appearance at the commencement of the evening was greeted with cheering marks of encouragement : iu the course of thc play he was repeatedly and warmly applauded ; and at the conclusion , the honours of a recall before tlie curtain were awarded to him , accompanied by the usual demonstrations of unqualified approbation . The characters of Laertes , by Mr . James Vining , and Polonius , by Mr . Bass , were well sustained . The performance of the latter gentleman , who is from Manchester , deserves particular encomium , as it evinced considerable inteUigence and . tact . We should not omit mention of Mr . Rogers , who played the . First victor ; he delivered his speeches with a ' neat and emphatic

      elocution , which occasioned a regret that his services had not been higher cast in the tragedy . Miss A . Mercer undertook the character of Ophelia , in Ueu of Mrs . Seymour , who was ill ; and the Queen Mother was sustained by Mrs . Watson , who looked both handsome and regal . On Wednesday evening Mr . Betty made his fourth appearance on these boards , and the second time as Claude Mebwtte , in Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer's melo-dramatic play of tlie Lady of Lyons . " The chivalric bearing of this character is not unsuited to the display of Mr . Betty ' s histrionic qualifications . ¦ He delivered with considerable effect the noble sentiments it is embued with , and in case of action and elegance of deportment left little to be desired . Thc performance was very successful , ns was proved by the loud and frequent applause from all parts of tlie house . The part of Pauline Descliappclles was ably sustained by Miss A . Mercer . Mr . Bass , as Colonel Dumas , astonished the house by the brilliancy of his performance . He is extremely clever , aud must become as popular .

      The Antigone of Sophocles . —This , perhaps the most famous of the Greek tragedies , was produced at Covent Garden on Thursday evening . The production of this tragedy in the English language , and on the English stage , has been anticipated with great curiosity ever since M . Laurent , the manager of Covent Garden , signified his intention to bring it out "; and we > re happy to say public curiosity has not been disappointed . It was acticipatcd that the tragedy must be a failure , or if anything could save it , it would be Mendelssohn ' s music . How widely different the result ! Thc music proved detrimental , whilst the tragedy itself has been most triumphantly successful . All that concerns the drama does the greatest credit to the manager , ' the actors , and every one employed . Although the theatre has not been converted into an antique one for the occasion , the stage has been approximated to the Greek sufficiently to produce an effect both picturesque and satisfactory . The scene represents

      a pi'ocenium . The entrances from the palace are from curtains hung in thc centre , and there are doors correctly placed , leading to thc interior , and the country abroad . The part of the stage in which the principal characters stand is elevated above the rest , wliich forms an orchestra , with a Thymele for the chorus . The scene , which was richly decorated with fresco paintings , is admirably executed by Mr . John Macfarren . Of the actors , we must give the palm to Miss Vandenhoff , who played Antigone . Declaiming with dignity in the early part of the play , where she sets Creon at defiance , completely preserving the stern simplicity of thc character , she portrayed the concluding despair of Antigone , when she utters wild lyric effusions in her grief , with a mournfulness , and at the same time with a sculptural elegance of gesture , that produced an effect p erfectly electrical , and totaHyuiilikeanything that we have seen . Waving her arms in despondency

      to the chorus , flinging the hair from her forehead , dropping her hands in the last dead calm of grief , and finally leaving the stage with eyes now cast to the ground , now raised to heaven , as if in hopeless suppUcation , — she formed a series of really beautiful pictures , —or , shall we say , statues , The dignity of Creon was well supported by Mr . Vandenhoff . There were some fine points in his performance . We may instance the dropping on the ground , when soul-stricken by the news that Eurydke has killed herself . The rest of the performers acted their parts in a manner every way satisfactory . The tragedy , as we have said , succeeded most triumphantly in spite . of the music , and though the choruses were hissed with great intensity of purpose , the impression left on the whole of the audience at the fall ofthe curtain seemed to be that they had witnessed a great work , new to them from its extreme simplicity , and striking by its deep solemnity . The audience

      at the descent of the curtain were most clamorous m their applause . It was announced that Antigone would be repeated on Saturday . This announcement was received with acclamations .

      THE PRINCESS'S . Mr . Maddox produced another of his Anglo-Italian operatic versions on Monday evening—Rossini ' s L ' ltaliana in Algeri , one of tlie earliest of that composer ' s works . The plot is highly comic , and its purport may he put into a small compass . Mustapha , the Bey of Algiers , is tired of his wife JBlvira , and he commissions the chief of eunuchs to get bun another . The emissary , in consequence , kidnaps an Italian lady , Isabella , and her guardian Taddeo . The lady turns out to be the lover of Lindor , a captive in the hands of theBej ) , and , pretending to receive the Bey ' s addresses with pleasure , she , in conjunction with Lindor , takes advantage of his admiration and foolishness , and at

      length entraps him into an elaborate and diverting hoax , during tlie progress of which every one escapes , leaving the Bey alone in a state of rage and mortification . Miss Condell played Isabella , and sang several lively cavatinas with neatness and brilliancy , and appeared to be more at home than in the Castle of Aymon . Mr . Allen was the lover , and his singing was by far the best of the evening ; wluleMr . Leffler laboured hard to be droU as Taddeo , The Ben was in thi > hands of Mr . P . Corn , who sang the airy phrases of Rossini ' s music with a fine Irish brogue aud other eccentricities . In the last scene , when in the course of the hoax he slips off his loose Algerino costume and gets nipped up in a pair of European pantaloons , he made the most of it , and was very entertaining .

      VICTORIA . We droppedinto this well-conducted theatre on Tuesday evening , but too late to witness the commencement of the new drama which Mr . Osbaldiston has this week produced for the entertainment of his patrons ; we , however , saw sufficient to induce us to give our full approval to the new piece—an approval which seemed to be universally entertained .- The drama is from the pen of the- author of Susan Hopley , the popularity of which this now piece bids fair to rival . It is entitled J / itrtaiine , the Child of Charity , and details the adventures of a poor but virtuous girl , Marianne , who is supposed to be a mere child of charity , but who eventually proves to be the heiress of immense wealth . The part of Marianne was well performed by Miss Vincent Mr . Osbaldiston admirably performed the part of Captain Sefton , the father of Marianne , who had been suimosed to

      be dead , but who returns from slavery in time to rescue his daughter from the plots of her enemies . Grubioio a rascally lawyer , and Sir Nicodcmm Sefton , a blackguardly spoi-hng character , were well actedh y Mr . Esscr Jones and Mr . T . Higgle . Mr . W Searlc was very successful in the character of a desperado , named Nightshade . Mr . " John Herbert , as Job Scroggs , a cat ' s-meat vendon kept * he house in a roar of laughter the whole time lie was on the stage and ^ Miss E . Terr y , as Mm Charlotte Todd , a eav lady of fashion , was excellent . The curtain descended amidst an unanimousroar of applause ; and the piece was announced to be performed every evening till further notice . The laughable drama , entitled Wilful Murder , followed , and kept the house in a continued fit of good humour until the commencement ofthe pantomime the merits of which we have before noticed . '

      OLYMPIC . The Outcast , a drama written purposely for Mr . Rayner so deservedly popular on the Yorkshire boards , was ' again performed at this theatre on Wednesday evening when that gentleman resumed his original part of Walter Graysdale , and Mrs . W . West sustained the character of tlie heroine . The piece consists of a strange medlev of scenes and circumstances , among which may be enumerated a harvest home , a gang of poachers , a shipwreck an incendiary conflagration , a chUd rescued from tho flames and other incidents « by flood and field . " ibW fords scope for the display tf Mr . aaynert ^/ r forte and powerful talents , and most ably he acquitted himself m both the whirlwind of passion and the subdued pathos by which some of the scenes were distinguished &™ w w M ° « £ emely liberal in their plaudits ! Mrs . w . west laboured hard and successfully to make the most of an mdiffcrent part . The . house was well

      at-ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE . The first of " Batty's Equestrian Morning FStes and Fashionable Day Performances , commeLingat half-past one and terminating at WpartSSe * w a * given on Monday The programmei included a variety of novel acts of hoi-semans nip ; the sbS & c of "the Southern Minstrels , MessrY . Woolcot Rohl bins , Parker , and King . in their . American ^ S to and Ethopian entertainment ; " and , lastly a splendid . equestrian pageant , executed by eight holes ' ship , bv Mr . Jsimelnd ! %£ & $£ *? adnurably performed ; andthe featsof the "Spolted

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      Steed , Taglioni , " trained by Mr . R . Smith , excited much applause . The Southern American Minstrels contributed greatly to the pleasure of the entertainment . The audience on this occasion was more select than numerous ; for the announcement of these morning fetes has hot yet' become sufficiently public . : > SADLER'S WELLS . . ;/ .... On Tuesday evening , the 31 st ult ., we Visited tins really popular theatre . The play was . Sir Edward Litton Blower ' s , Lady of Lyons ; or . Love and Pride . The house was a complete overflow , iiie characters , were sustained" as they can only be sustained at . this theatre . - Mr . Phelps as Claude Melnotte , Mrs ; "Warner as Pauline Deschdppelles , and Mr . G . Bennett as General Dumas , are especially deserving of commendation ; their acting elicited frequent marks of approbation . _„ «»___

      GRATUITOUS EXHIBITIONS . At the present holiday time tho publication of the following list of public exhibitions , wliich may be seen free of charge , may be useful to our I-ondon readers . The British Museum , Great BusseU-slrcet , BloOinsbury . — This great national exhibition , with its extensive and recent additions , wUl afford ample amusement to the . adniirer of natural history , and materially assist the research of the antiquarian—open on Thursday , Friday , and Monday . ' •¦ . ,,. Tte , MionalGaUery , Trafalgar-square . —targe coUcction of pictures , by ancient and modern masters—any day except Friday and Saturday . East India Company ' s Museum , East India House . — -Large collection of objects of interest from the Eastern

      worldon Saturday . Geological Museum , Craig's-count , Qharing-cross . —Most interesting collection of geological specimens and remains in natural history—Daily . London Missionary Museum , Bloomfield-strect , Moorfields Heathen " and other curiosities broug ht homo by the missionary preachers of the society from every quarter of the globe . This coUection has been made with great care , and is highly interesting—Thursday , Saturday , and Tuesday . Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons , Lincoln ' s-Inn Fields . —This museum , founded by the celebrated John Hunter , contains almost innumerable objects of interest , amongst which are the skeleton of O'Brian , the Irish giant ( nearly eight feet in height ) , and of Miss Creacliame , the Sicilian divarf , who , when » Uve , was stated to weigh but six pounds . —Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday .

      Sir JohnSoane ' s Mitseum , Lincoln ' s-Inn Fields . —Thursday and Friday . Government SeJwol ofJJesign , Somerset Souse , Strand . — Monday . United Service Mumim , Great Scotland-yard , lfMte 7 iaB . — - An immense coUection of naval and military tropliies , brought from all parts of the world . —Saturday—any other day by a member ' s order . Royal Gardens , Keio . —Daily . Hampton Court Palace . —This ancient palace can be seen daily ( Friday excepted ) . QreenvAoh Hospital and Painted . Hall . —Friday . DtHwich Gallery of Paintings . —Every day , except Friday .

      The following also may be viewed , by obtaining a member's order : —Society of Arts , Adelphi ; Royal Institution Museum , Albemarle-stveet ; Asiatic Museum , Graf tonstreet ; Entomological Museum , Bond-street ; Linnajan Collection , Soho-squarc ; Botanic Gardens , Chelsea ; Economic Geology Museum , Horticultural Gardens , Chiswick ; Royal Botanic Gardens , Regent ' s-park ; and the Stafford Gallery , Belgrave-square .

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      IRELAND . —REPEAL ASSOCIATION . Dublin . —Monday . —The usual weekly meeting of tho Repeal Association was held this day . The proceedings were devoid of even a particle of interest . Mr . O . N . Daunt presided , and Mr . Ray , Mr . S . O'Brien , and Mr . Grattan severally addressed the meeting . The rent for the week , including £ 40 from the Repealers of Australia , was announced to be £ 178 16 s .

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      Repeal in London . —Thursday Evening , Jan . 2 . —Gray ' s Inn Ward , Albert , Gray ' s Inn-lane . —On Sunday evening last the large room was respectably filled . Mr . Minton , an English gentleman , in the chair , who delivered an excellent address . He was followed by Mr . W , Dear , English gentleman , who said he was sony to obtrude upon the time of the meeting , but that their chairman , perhaps , was not aware that the intended procession to honour Mr . Duncombe on the opening of Parliament had been postponed until Easter Monday , when delegates from all parts of England and Scotland would be present . But though the law prohibited delegates from Ireland , there was no law to prohibit visitors from attending . Mr . Dear then passed a high eulogiura upon the Repealers of London , and sat down loudly cheered . The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr . Collins , R . W ., and Mr . Reading , R . W . Several new associates were enrolled .

      Dkubt-lane "Ward , Craven ' s Head , Drury-Ianc . — On Sunday evening last , Mr . Barnes , an English gentleman , presided . The meeting was ably addressed by Mr . Denis Lane , R . W . Air . Harrington also addressed the meeting , and several members were enrolled . Lord French ' s Ward . —On Sunday evening last a numerous and respectable meeting was held in the long rooin at the Fountain and Still , Golden-lane ; Mr . T . Lally , R . W . and V ., in the chair . Mr . P . Calanan , R . W ., Dr . Looney , Messrs . Collins , Hcalcy , and M'Carthy addressed the meeting .

      In Greenwich and Deptford tlu \ cause progresses admirably , under the fostering care and experience of Dr . Drury . Washington Ward , Cable-street , Wcllclose-square . —At the last meeting of this Ward there could not have been less than 700 persons present . The meeting was addressed at gaeat length by Mr . W . J . O'Connell , inspector-general . AhDEnsoATE Ward , Sun Tavern , London-Wall . — At thc last meeting of this Ward , Mr . Murphy iu the chair , it was severally addressed by Messrs . Peckhani and Looney . Mr . W . J . O'Connem , Inspector-general , will attend the . Inspector-general ' s Ward , Prince ' s Head , Storey's-gate , Westminster ; and the Lincoln ' s-innfields Ward , Temperance Hall , Clement ' s-lane , Strand , oh Sunday evening next ; Jan . 5 .

      Brighton Conciliation Ward . —At the last meeting Mr . Guiness , of Dublin , presided . A letter was read by Mr . Frecl , R . W ., which he had received fromMr . Ray , the secretary of tho Association in Dublin ; the following is an extract : — " That some persons professing Chartist and Socialist principles have got in amongst you , and you are bound to prove that you arc determined now , as ever , to exclude from our body such dangerous characters . " It appears that some persons had collected monies for the Association , which were returned , and whicli led to the letter above quoted . The names of the parties were expunged from the books of the association . A vote of thanks , was then passed to Mr . Ray for tho prompt manner in which he had' acted .

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      Bradford Woolcombeus . —On Monday ,, a mect ' nt , ofthe woolcombcrs in thc employ of Mr . Willett , W ! held in the large room , Butterworth-buildings , J * take into consideration the propriety , of sending deputation to their ^ emp loyer , to * make an arranJ ment , ifpossible . topreventtheseriousreduction l tended to take place in the various sorts of wm amounting to 7 s ., and in some instances , 8 s . hi ' week ' s work . A deputation was-appointed , ^ J labours we regret to say were useless , anda genc-hj meeting ofthe Woolcombera will be held on Monk evening , in the Odd Fellows' Hall , at six o ' elocf Several employers having announced their intentL ' of following the steps of Mr . Willett , the prosW of the workmen are gloomy in the extreme . T ^ o tiw /\ ui \ Wt \ f \ r nt \\ tn- * i * a _ fin TWV . * w !« ... « . i *

      Spirited Conduct of thb Running Horse jj . ciety of Carpenters . —On Monday evening , 1 W her 30 th , 18 ii , the quarterly meeting ot . thc abo , ' society was held at the Running Horse , Dukc-st ree , Grosvenor-square . Mr . J . W . Young , Presi dent the society , occupied the chair . Messrs . StalhyJ andDowling were introduced as a deputation fry tho "Duncombe Testimonial" Central Commit ^ and were moat courteously received . The deputy , ' having briefly addressed thc meeting , withdrew , after which Mr . James Grassby , in an ek speech , detailed the many virtues of the patriotic Duncombe , and concluded by moving that the SUa of £ 10 be voted from the funds of the society to tL " Duncombe Testimonial" The motion having L duly secondedMr . Heath said the Running Ifo ^

      , Society of Carpenters had achieved fame for takij , ' the lead in good and patriotic works ( cheers ); aii | he was sure they would not be backward in cxlui ^ ing to thc world their gratitude for the great servic ^ rendered them by T . S . Duncombe , M . P . ( Cheery He would therefore more , as an amendment , t ) jj { the sum of £ 20 be given as their quota to the Dm ., combe Testimonial . The amendment having b « , J duly seconded , the President put the questions to tig vote , when the amendment of Mr . Heath for £ 20 ^ unanimously adopted amid loud chcers . _ The depj . tation was then called in , and the President bavin , stated to them the resolution como to by thc society Messrs . Dowling and Stallwood , in the name of ti , j Central Committee , returned their thanks and r * . tired .

      Duncomde Testimonial , Central Committee (| Trades , < fec ., Saville-houso , Leicester-square , Wei nesday Evening , January 1 st , 1845 ; Mr . J . Grassby ij the chair . —Mv . J . Whetstone , steward to the Rut ning-horse Society of Carpenters , attended , anj handed in the £ 2 ( 5 voted by that Society on Monda ; evening . A letter was read from Mr . Drury , socio tflvy to the Trades of Sheffield , to Mr , Duncombe and also one from Mr . Dunconibe , in reply . Titi $ correspondence was deemed of such importance thai it was resolved that the offer of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., be accepted ; and that ten thousand copies \?

      printed for circulation amongst the Trades . letter was read from R . Norman , Esq ., the treasurer , apologising for non-attendance , and acknowledging the receipt ofthe £ 20 from the Corkcutters' Society , A letter was read from Mr . Kibbey , Tiverton , an . nouncing £ 5 5 s . from two other gentlemen in that borough ; and that all sums collected would be for . warded to the treasurer in a few days . A letter waj read announcing that the Associated Trades of Dublin had taken up the Testimonial with spirit . . letter was also received from Mr . C . Pavitt , Boot . closer , enclosing £ 1 4 s . 8 d ., the subscription of j few Shoemakers in thc city of Oxford .

      Duncombe Testimonial . —The central committee will meet for the dispatch of business , at Saville House , Leicester-square , on Wednesday evening nai , January the 8 th , at half-past eight precisely .

      Shipping Intelligence. More Shipwrecks. ...

      SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . More Shipwrecks . —Late on Sunday night week a schooner , the : Minerva , belonging to St . Ives , foundered off St . Eval ' e Head . She was laden with copper ore from Wales , and a heavy gale springing up on the night previous , she sprung a leak , and although the pumps were worked , the water so rapidly gained upon them in tlie hold that the crew , for the preservation of life , took to the boat , and within a quarter oi an hour afterwards she sunk into deep water . On bunday a shipwreck , very nearly attended with the most lamentable results , happened on thc coast of h-nnismore , Ireland , to the Lady Grace , a schooner , belonging to Kilrush . She was from Glasgow , running to that port , when , by some unlucky cliaucc , slie waa driven by a north-easterly gale upon a reef ol rocks , north ot Hineheada few miles from Ennismorc .

      , The crew were lashed to the rigging , and after great uimculty weresaved , and gotashorc . Early on Monday morning a fine new barque , called the Taegar , Captain Rcddington master , belonging to Liverpool , was wrcehedonthe Blackwater Bank . There being much wind from the eastward , and much surf among the breakers , thc crew todk to the boats , and succeeded in reaching the shore in safety . The wreck ligs . in a most dangerous position , and there is no doubt will shortly go to pieces , A large Prussian steamer , named tho Prince , is announced to be wrecked near Mongenok . She is valued at £ 17 , 000 , but there is no knowing as yet whether any lives are lost .

      In the course of Christmas-day a small vessel , supposed to be named the Joseph , is reported to have been lost , with all hands , at the back of Pcndennis Castle , a large quantity of wreck having been found washed up on the beach . Other two vessels are lost , the Helen ( Wilham Miles ) , of London , and the Niml rod , ot Aberdeen , both wrecked on the northern coast . The ship Francis , of Liverpool , Captain Shap , sunk in Mumble Bay in October last , having a valuable cargo of copper ore from Valparaiso , bound to Swansea . The crew of the American liner , Elizabeth , wrecked a few weeks since , and who were supposed to have perished , it is now ascertained were picKed up and all saved .

      £ Dbeamul Disaster at Sea . —Imuensb Loss of Shippino . -Marseilles , Deo . 28 .-We continue to receive from all quarters the most dreadful accounts ot the disasters committed by the late storms It appears certain that no less than eighty vessels were lost in the Black Sea , the greater portion of them insured m France . The following is an extract of a letter written by a mercantile house at Ta « arog- — I ani sorry to have to inform yon that six ° English vessels , laden and ready to sail , were , in the late gale wrecked and completely broken up by the ice I could only learn the names of four of them—viz ., the h-lnsabeth , Ann , Metcalf , and British Queen . It was expected that the cargoes of the two last would be saved . Nine vessels , principally Grecian , were lost near to Niadae .

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      Visit or the Qdeen and Prince Albebt to Dui'bj Lawe TnEATBE . —Her Majesty and Prince Albcrf - tended by a numerous suite , visited tH ' on Friday evening , to witness the per cessful pantomime of Harlequin and which they were highly entertain

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      iFovtiKomiiig- @ ty City of London . —The pi . resumed in the Chartist Hall , Sunday morning next , January —A meeting of the shareholde . will be held in the Conee Roon on the same day .

      Southwark and Lambeth . —Mr lecture in the St . George ' s Tempe > friars-road , corner of Webber-streci ing next , January 5 th , at seven pre Cambehwell and Walworth . —A held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walwv . day evening next , January 6 th , at eight o ' clock r ciscly . HAiMEnsMHn . —A meeting will be held at . the Duu Cow , Bvook-green-lane , on Tuesday evening , January 7 th , at eight precisely . __ Somerstown . —Mr . P . M'Grath , president of flic Executive , will lecture on Free Trade , at the Bricklayers' Aims , Tonbridge-strcet , Cromer-sticct , ou Sunday evening next , January 5 th , at half-past seven .

      Whitechapel . —Mr . J . Dowling will lecture at tlie White-house , St . Mary-street , on Sunday eveninj next , January oth , at half-past seven . Tower Hamlets . —Mr . John Scwellwill lecture at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Betlinalgreen , on Sunday evening next , January 5 th , at seven o ' clock precisely . Westminster . —A lecture will be delivered in the Assembly Room , Clock-house , Castle-street , Lcicwter-square , on Sunday evening next , January otb , by Mr . Gardner , at seven o ' clock . King op Prussia , Toolet-stueet . —The members of the St . John's and St . Olave's locality are requested to attend on Tuesday evening next , at eight o ' clock .

      Iurnagain-Lane . —The members of this locality are requested to meet , at eight o ' clock , on Tuesday evening next , January 7 th , when T . S . Duncombe ' s letter will be taken into consideration . Whitiington and Cat , | Ciiurgu « 11 ow , Betu . vuv Grken . —Mr . Sewel will lecture on Sunday evenins next , at eight o ' clock . Saffron-Hill . —On Tuesday next , Januarv 7 th , a meeting will be held at Hopkinson ' s Con ' ce-house , Satfron-hill , chair to be taken at half-past ei g ht o clock , for the purpose of re-organizing this locality . Tower Hamlets . —The general councillors residing in the Tower Hamlets are requested to meet at the Standard of Liberty , 171 , Brick-kne , Spitalfields , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock .

      _ Nottingham . —Mr . Dorman will lecture in the Chapel , Rice-place , on Sunday evening next , at sii o'clock . Subject : A Review of Mr . T . Bailey's pamphlet , entitled the Rights of Labour . The members ofthe Byron Ward locality will meet at Mr . i . Sweet ' s on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . _ Newcastle . —A discussion will take place in Martin Jude ' s long room , Three Tuns , Manor-street , next bunday evening , at seven o ' clock . Subject : Will a Hepeal ot the Corn Laws , under present circumstance ^ lieneficial totheWorkiiig Classes ? All communications to be addressed to James Nisbett , at Mr . Harrison ' s , tanner , « fcc , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .

      Mr . Dotle ' s Last FonrNionr'a Route . — Uacup , Jan . 13 th ; Haslingden , 14 th ; Acerington , 15 th ; Oswaldwistle , 16 th ; Wheatley-lane , 17 th ; Clithcror . 18 th ; Sawley , 19 th ; Sabden , 20 th ; Barnoldswick , 21 st ; Colne , 22 d ; Barrowford , 23 d ; Marsden , 24 th I Haggate , 25 th ; Burnley , 20 th . Mr . West will lecture at the following places ou his route to Macclesfield , where ho is goiii [ r to reside : —Leeds , on Sunday , Jan . 5 th ; Bradford , Monday , 6 th ; Hebden Bridge , Tuesday , 7 th ; Todmorden , Wednesday , 8 th ; and at the Carpenters' JM Manchester , Sunday , 12 th . West Ridino Delegate Meeting .- —This meetiaff will be held in the Working Man ' s Hall , Bullclosclane , Halifax , on Sunday , Jan . 12 th , 1815 , to commence at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon .

      Halifax . —The adjourned discussion on Mr . AHanson's plan will take place in the large room , lnillclose-lane , on Sunday , Jan 12 th , at two o ' clock in the attcrnoon . Mr . B . Rushton will deliver a discourse in the same place at half-past six in the evening . . Northampton . —The members . of the New Locality will meet in thc Association Room , Golden 1 M Uustle-street , on Monday evening next . at eight o ' clock Birmingham . —Mr . Clarke will lecture in the Democratic Chapel , Thorp-street , on Sunday , Jan . oth , at half-past six o'clock . Tub Chartists op Dennv are requested to attend a general meeting , on Sunday next , Januarv 5 th , a * six o clock in the evening ; to be held at Mr ! Thointt Chester s , No . 10 , Castle-place , Siddel ' s Lane . All communications for the Chartist Association of ni ^ j ' i must ' in future > b ® directed to Mr , William Chandler , Upper Brook-street , Derby .

      Mr . James Leacu will lecture in thc National Charter Association Room , Bank-street , Great George-street , Salford , on Sunday , Januarv 5 th , at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . A mem bers meeting will take place in the above room on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . The Chartist of Salford are requested to meet in the above rooi on Tuesday evening next .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04011845/page/8/