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H . t . lu > nnirnr «« 1 ! r nvin 1 « ti . l .. J —« 2 /*•—! : < .=.. . — . * ' j -. o-ih be universally applauded , and Galicia appears '' -ttnc , fl aTa ! 1 ilsc , f of snc' » favourable opportunity . T ^ rtf" ? to lell - K from ! llat eounlry . lbe present state of -str 4 ss afl » scarcity can alone prevent a rising before **" e , ^ 3 uf tbe winter . The Austrian government has « o a 11 " tbe peasants , who now have turned against ? Ac-ong the higher classes the spirit of rebellion gets V ^ day stronger and more ir- esistible . Iu ihispatriotic L ^' nitnt the women are foremost . Emulating with a ,, sc Ttutouic wives who formerly animated their hus-^ s to tiie combat , jaud mixed in their deliberations : tbe jjdies of Poland now-a-day keep up the sacred fire ( f jjUoaal enthusiasm . is much
The Austrian government alarmed at this patriotic enthusiasm . KartULl law , winch , during tiie Igtorreceion of February was extended only over three districts is now proclaimed in twelve . The Reformc says : — The whole of the German periodical press , with three jjceptions , protests equally with the French and English paprrs , against the act of spoliation committed by the $ rcc northern despots . The exceptions are the Augsburg fi orrPr , the trench Journal of Frankfort , aud one of the Janituriih papers . The language in which the journals ca the otherside of tbe Rhine express tbe indignation , gnbmitied as they are to the yoke of censorship , is but an jopfiiect and feeble interpreter of the feeling prevailing anion ; : the people of Germany in general .
Until now the -4 uos 6 urg Gazette was onr leading paper . coBHnaudlug the moatextenswe circulation in Germauy . It was and is , also , the only German paper whose introduction into the Austrian empire k not put nnder any restraint . It was under this ? Jew that the . / It ^ sburyn Gazette alone , amongst the German papers , endeavoured first to { defend Austria in the atrocious transactions of Gallicia , and now sgatn for the annexation of Cracow . But the impressiouf u Germany respecting these | two occurrences teas so Strang , that the circulation of the Augsburg Gazette wa * within a few months sunk from nearly fO . OUO copies down to 9 , 000 .
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THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOR POLAND'S REGENERATION , TO THE PEO PLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
They who permit oppression , share the crime . Brethren , —We have already informed you of onr sentiments in relation to the confiscation of Cracow , through the medium of the " Resolutions " adopted at the public meeting on the 30 th of No-• vernber . Since the adoption of those Resolutions we hare become i-formedofa pubic document said to be an abstract of the protest of Lord Palmers ! on , addressed to the Northern despotisms on the subject of the Cr aeow confiscation . We havepostponed addressing yon until this day , lopinjr in the interim to learn that the allceed ?* protest" of the English minister for foreign affairs was a for er < - . and not the veritable production of a public functionary to whom , more than to any other man , is committed the guardianship of this country ' s honour .
With pain and shame we are now forced to declare that we believe the said document to be really a genuine abstract of Lord Palmerston ' s " protest . " The said " abstract" first appeared in the columns of the Journal desDibat i . purporting to be supplied is that Journal by its London correspondent . It -eras subsequently copied into the London daily papers without note or comment , save the correction of an error retarding dates . Although no authentic copy of Lord Palmerston ' s " protest" has yet ap . peared . yet not one of the London journals has denied tte statement of the Journal des Debals , and the organs of the present administration have , indeed , vouched for the accuracy of tli . it statement by giving it unqualified publicity in their columns .
Presuming , therefore , that the alleged abstract of Lord Palmerston ' s " protest" is correct , we denounce it as disgraceful to the present English government , and not less a sin against the honour of this country than against the cause of that unfortunate people in whose behalf it is proiess < dry directed . In the "protest" imputed to Lord Palmerston , he arjrnes the question on the hypothesis that "tbe confiscation ofCrncovr is as yet bat projected , " and adduces arguments to show the bad policy of such a prooeedinsr . " What a piece of miserable Jesuitism is this , when at the date of writing his protest Lord Palmerston alreadv knew that the seizure of Cracow
was an accomplished fact ; indeed the official documen t s of the ** apostolic" spoiler and his agents , announcins that Cracovian independence had ceased , mnst have been in the hands of Lord Palmerston before his " protest" was penned . On the questions of right ana * necessity , Lord Palirereton " ap peals to the treaies of 1815 , showing that a solemn encasement entered into by eight powers cannot be annulled by three of them ; and that it was impossible that a little republic of 130 . 000 souls could cause serii . us disquietude to three of the most powerful states in Europe . "' Such is this miserable " protest , " made in the name of Great Britain .
An Enalish statesman worthy of the name would have * rgued the question after a more concmema manner . His " protest" would have been a declaration to the effect that ** the faith-breakers who lad violated a solemn engagement , had by that act Outlawed themselves from all communion with men believing in justice and honour ; that the tre-ity they had broken having ceased to bind them had ceased to bind all : and . that henceforth the British government would regard the question of Polish nationality not as confined to one city , but as embracing the entire country , which of right ought to exist as an independent nation . "
There was a time in this country ' s history when a Blake commanded her fleets , and a Cromwell guided her councils , that the sufferance of wrong and dishonour was unknown to England ; but now we are ruled bv the chiefs of a worn-out aristocracy , and men u > whom the rise and fall of " stocks" is ot more Importance than the rise and fall of nations ; it is the ii ' . ter ? st of these just now that there should be " peace , " that they may quietly continue to make wsr cr-wi the industrious millions , and plunder them of the ' fruits of their labour ; and , therefore ,
** In a bondman ' s key . With 'bated breath and whispering humbleness , " Lord Palmerston "protests . " The despots receive the vra-sis-paper and grin defiance . Wc desire not war : we would avert it by every means consistent with duty and honour ; but we would not pn . voke the aggression of the kicked by taniely allowing them to march towards our sanctuary over the nr <» -traie bodies of our murdered brethren , and tiie smoking ruins of their desolated home *; least of all wnuld we desire to see our England in the day « f combat ranged on the side of the oppressors , as in fornii-r times has been too often the case . If the tyrants will plunge Europe into renewed ^ convulsions , let at kast the British people be found henceforth on the si- ' o of the nations .
: N .. r do wc desire a return of the days of Cromwell , or the ru ' e of one man of capacity in exchange for the ru ' t : of aristocratic flunkies and soulless rooneytrafncfiers ; but we do desire tbe Iiifn Jon of the young blood of democracy into England ' s political system , that the life which this great nation has at its heart , may be called forth and exhibited in generous deeds of national virtue and true greatness . The protest of Lord Palmerston adds bat fri the convic'ion we previously held , that Poland lias nothing to hope for at the hands of the government of England . The piop ' e may succour their Poli s h brethren , but the g overnment will net , unltss , indeed , driven thereto by the thunder-voice of public opinion , or radically reformed by the people taking their sffairs into their own hands .
In the next session of parliament the question of Cracow ' s e-mtiscation , and the violation of the treaty of Vk-iiaa , must come under the consideration oi" tbe legislature . If the parties in the Ilouse of Commons , who claim to be considered the " friends of Poland , " merely make their *'« oiion" to be as usual answered by the minister and out-voted by his supporters , any such " motion" will be a mere mockery . ^ If the " fri-.-r . ds of Poland" are in earnest , they will in the first place appeal to the people , who , we are confident , will by petitions and lemonstrances answer such a ? praL _ Friends , you possess the inestimable right of publicit noting and publicly associating ; use that right we tr-tieat you to esnress yonr syrrpathy and afford jou r aid to * a noble but unfortunate reople , whose Su & V rk'rs and her & ism must be to all of you a household iiistorv .
We ask vou to gtreneticn our hands , as without your support we are nothing . In many towns we hav e alreadv a stiff of associate members reprcsentjCE this Committee , and ready to act at our call ; wc "" Pi that in everv town patriots will now be forth-^ miiiB to afford us their aid . Fx-iii the Vistula to the Seine , from the Tiber to * ha Rhine , from the Baltic to the Mediterancan . a * tioi . . sslt " What will England do for Poland ?" *<¦> ]>*¦ of Great Britain and Ireland , it is for you to ansv , ir .
feigned ^ on l * half the Committee , ERNEST JONES , President . . G . JULIAN HARNEY , Secret . ™ , ^ "nio ;! , December Tih , 1816 .
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PUBLIC MEETING OF THE - FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . XJi ^ ^ A very . numerous assemblage of the members and friends of tbts society took place on Monday evening last December 7 th , m the German Soeietj ' s HaS of cha i ? Ug J ' Jobn M ° y ™ as called to the >"" . * a « T said , he had had some letters from the . country , tlje writers wishing to know if the ? could be associated with the society as honorary members , lie was sure that the society would be happv to have the co-operation of all good democrats anxious to advance the principle of human brotherhood . ( Cheers . 1 wool the persons who had written to him he had rnucn pleasure in proposing as honorary members : — leter Gray , of Dumfries ; and William Beeslcy . ot Aecnnjiton , Nortii-Lnnea 4 iire ; both men of integrity and sterling patriotism . ( Cheers . ) De hoped to see the leading democrats throughout the country , ere long , associated with the society in promoting tho principles of fraternity and freedom . ( Cheers . )
Messrs . Gray and Beesley were then unanimously elected members . Several caudidates for membership were then proposed . Jvlias Hauset reported that the resolutions adopted by the Democratic Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration had been forwarded to Lord Palmerston , and to the leading public journals . The " Northern Star . " "Morning Advertiser , " and "Sun , " had published the resolutions : the * Globe , " and " Douglas Jerrold's Newspaper , " bad merely noticed them , and the "Times , " "Chronicle , " "Dailv Ivcws , " and " Weekly Dispatch , " had not even noticed them , ( llear , hear . ) Caul Sciupp ek reported that an account of the meeting of the Poland ' s Regeneration Committee , had been published in the Reforme . ( Cheers . )
Subsequently a vote of thanks to those journals which had published the democratic resolutions , was unanimously adopted . Julian Uarset , after reading ; tbe address of the French Democracy to the Democracy of Europe , which was loudly cheered , proceeded to read the a « ldress of the Fraternal Democrats , given below . The address was warmly applauded . J . U . proceeded to speak at some length on the Polish question , and concluded by moving the adoption of the address . Carl Schappek , in an energetic speech , which was loudly cheered , seconded the motion . The address was then unanimously adopted . The meeting then adjourned until Monday evening , December 21 at , when Christopher Doyle will deliver an add res * on " The state and prospects of Democracy in Scotland . "
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THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS ( ASSEMBL 1 NG IN LONDON } TO THE DEMOCRACY OF EUROPE . "AllMen are Brethren " Fellow Men , The last act of imperial brigandage towards Poland has bt-en consummated—the last shred of Polish nationality has ceased to exist—the " free city" of Cracow has become an Austrian out-post , the pirate flan of the Kaisers' of Vienna , floats over the tombs ofSobieski , and Koskiusco . The Polish exiles , wherever scattered , hive , in the name of their bleeding country , protested against this crowing wrong ; in the name ot the ' gagced millions within Poland , in the name of the living martyrs suffering in dungeons and captive chains , whose cries cannot reach us , they ( the exiles ) have appealed to Europe against this last outrage on the part of their remorseless enemies ;
The democracy of France' have also protested against this latest crime of purple-clad criminals ; they have appealed to Europe to assert with them the rights of man against the unholy conspiracies of the usurping despotisms ; To those appeals we add ours , in full confidence , that the nations will not for long remain silent er inactive . We deplore not the rending of the treaty of Vienna . The pac t of 1815 was an unholy bond of allianceacainst tbe people of all nations . Whether
• victorsor vanquished in the preceeding war , the people who had fought the battles , and paid the cost , and borne the suffering of the struggle--the peoplethe people of all natuns , were conspired against by the signers ef the treaty of Vienna ; a treaty made to pernetuatc injustice in the name of religion , and tyranny in the name of peace : a treaty entered into for the purpose of surpressing liberty , obstructing popular progress , and protecting corrupt governments and prejured kings from the just vengeance of the people they had used , cheated , and weio then preparing to enchain .
Tbe people of France , Belgium , Germany , and Poland , in 1830 , combatted against the treaty of Vienna ; subsequently the people of Spain and Portugal , rose likewise ; almost yearly Italy has been the theatre of " bloody protests , " and years ago , the British people joined in the general renunciation , if by a more peaceable expression of public opinion , not on that account the less decisive . On the other hand , the violation of the " treaty " conimenced-by thehypocrite Alexander , and
consummated by the tyrant Nicholas towards the " guaranteed" " " constitutional" " Kingdom of Poland ; " has been at last completed by tbe confiscation of Gracow ; the free and independent existence of which was " guaranteed" by the treaty of Vienna " for ever . " The Russian , Prussian , and Austrian despots have joined to share the infamy , the last-named takes the spoil . But for Poland , the imbecile Ferdinand would never have had a throne ; but for John Sohieski and his Polish heroes , Vienna would have fallen before the assault of Mahomnaedan hordes ; yet now
fioblrski ' - t tomb is at the ipercy of an Austrian sjaoler . Behold the gratitude of kings I . The confiscation of Cracow does not induce us to despair of the cause of Poland , on the contrary , we are satisfied that its fall will hasten the moment of Poland ' s restoration . Governments can no longer profess to be bound by the treaty of Vienna ; the whole question of Polish nationality is re-opened for governments as well as for nations ; if the governments of western Europe refuse to perform taeir dulv , the people must do their ' s . . *
And the neople must act . Already Switzerland is threatened with the fate of Poland . Nor is this all . Could popular inaction be counted upon by the despotisms , ths probability is that the entire of Germany would be seized by Austria and Prussia ; that Ital v wculd become the sole property of Austria ; and northward and southward Russia would seize upon her wished for prey , and Scandinavia and Turkey become part and parcel of the Muscovite empire . This is no dream ; itis the undoubted aim of the triune despots . Will the nations permit it ? We abhor war , but even war is less terrible than slavery . ' ...,,
One thing is earnestly to be desired before all others , that ihe people of Enrope , no matter by wnat name calling themselves , should learn that thclr true interests are one and the same . The abolition of national prejudices will prepare the way for general and effective action . Let the nations be but united in sentiment , and their moral power will be more invincible than all the physical force of their oppressors . Should those oppressors madly dare the physical force of nnited myriads , woe to them . - We hear a whisper of the pro bability of anew Congress of kings to patch up broken treaties ^ cement royal differences , and form a new league against the people . Against any such Congress , no mat ' -er under what pretort called ir . gefher . we warn you . Instead , let A CONCxRESS OF NATIONS ASSEMBLE TO PREPARE FOR TIIE GREAT CRUSADE "
Our Polish brethren have appealed to the nations of Europe ; and the nations will not let them appeal in vain . By tbp blood of Poland ' s martyrs ; by thcwr « 'n ^ s and sufferings , tortures and miseries of Poland ' s children ; by the foul dishonour we have suffered in permitting so long these crimes against humani » y , we swear to devote our energies to the triumphant restoration of Poland . Our French brethren have demand : dthe fraternal aid of their brethren of every land in this holy work , and that demand we are convinced will ere long be nnivetsallvresponded to . For ourselves , we swear that our lives shall be dedicated to the glorious mission of reMUiinsr humanity from the thraldom of aristocratic institutions , and despotic governments . Our cause is the cause of right and justice , progress and freedom- TJp then men of every land , — " Rise and rally ! forward nations I Will must ripmmto deed . "
Signed by the Secretaries : — G . Jcuas ILvr ' , native of Great Britain J . A . MiCUELOT , native of France . Carl ScniPi-EB , native of Germany . Louis OnaasKi , native of Poland . Pethr Holm , native of Scandinavia . J . ScnAnEUiz , native of Switzerland . N . Naukh , native of Hungary . Dicoinber 7 th , 1846 .
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Violation of Ckacow . —The Acte General of the Centres * of Vienna , that guaranteed fur ever thoiibertv and neutrality of Craco w , begins with these solemn words— "Ja ^< 5 name ° f ffte - " ^ I [ ol lf ana Indivisible Trinity . " And the liberty , the neutraiirv of Cracow is set at nought—violated ! The religious impressions of some emperors and kmss like the professional impressions of burplars , seem taken in nothing harder than wax . that they may , at fatting opportunity , plunder accordingly . —lunch . The Central FnorECTio . v Society . — At the mouthlv meeting of the Central Society for the I rorcction of Ai-riciiltiire and British Industry , held on Tue .-day at 17 , Old Bond Street , the question of the repeal ( if the malt tax was broug ht under the notice of the committee , when a resolution was adopted that : i mceringof that body should be summoned for th ' J 2 ch of January next , " to take that subject into consideration .
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FRANCE . ' About a month ago tbe French government signalised its devotion to the Northern despotisms by prosecuting three Polish journals published in Paris . The Procureur de Roi called the editors before him , and intimated to them that they must immediately pay into the Treasury the same amoanfc of caution money which is required from French jfloVnnls . This caution money amounts to £ 50 . 0 Q 0 f ., aud as all the Pole * in Paris put together would have difficulty in getting together such a sum , the consequence will be that all the Polish journals must at once cease . At the interview between the Procureur du Roi and tbe editors , the latter pointed out to that functionary that for the last fifteen years they had been allowed to publish without any caution ; that their journals were : not read by any persons in Francebut the
, Poles themselves , and that they " never interfered With the affairs of France ; but the legal centleman was inexorable , and told them coolly that they must either . payor cease publishing ; and ho added , that if they created public scandal , by obliging him to prosecute them , they would all be forthwith ordered out of France . This threat of prosecuting the editors was subsequently carried into effect . The events of Cracow , however , have excited a strong feeling in favour of the Poles , the prosecution of the editors has within the last few days been suspended for the present . This cessdtion of persecution is , however , merely temporary . While Nicholas continues cold to Lonis-Phillippe the P » lish journals may be permitted to exist ; bat should the autocrat exhibit friendship ; their term ol life is closed .
Gcizot ' s "protest" against the confiscation of Cracow was despatched to the three Northern Courts the latter end ot last week . No copy of tbe " protest" has been published , but of course the thing is a regular sham .
PORTUGAL . The Civil War . —Accounts have recently been received in this country of a great defeat that the popular party in Portugal , under Sa da Bandeira , are alleged to havercceivid at tho hands of the Queen ' s troops ; the facts of the case are briefly these : — ¦* There was a force stationed at Chaves , under the command of the Viscondede Vinhaes and the Baron de Cazia , the latter a renegade from the popular cause . Sa da Bandeira , the commander of the popular forces , who with his division had taken up position within tw « miles of Chaves , was induce to believe that the fidelity of the 3 rd and 15 th regiments was not to be depended on , he determined , therefore to retire to Valde Passes , about ten miles from that
town W hue performing this movement , on Monday the 16 th of November , the enemy came out to attack him . The 3 'd and loth were posted on the left of his force . Colonel Joaquim Eusebio , commander of the 3 rd , as soon as tho enemy appeared , desrrted to them with the above regiments . Notwithstanding this . San da Bandeira ordered his right wing and centre to attack the enemy , who were driven back into Chaves . __ Sa da Bandeira retreated with the remainder of his forces , and reached Oporto on the night of the 20 th of November , his men in a complete state of disorder . The popular party lost about 10 killed and 20 wounded . The numerical loss by this treacherous desertion was about 500 men . Such we believe to be the real account of this notable defeat of the Queen ' s troops .
We take the following from the Madrid correspon pondent of the i & niimj Post : — r & OCLAHATIUN BI TUB LISBON DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE . It is time to leave this false position , and the glorious revolution in which we iind ourselves struggling proves that tiie nation abhors tbe hereditary succession to the throne . Crnwned heads are the bloodsuckers of the nation . let us be thoee who ret or . example to the south of Europe , crying " Down with the tyrants !" The French revolution , with its unfortunate fate , does not affright us—that gallant nation succumbed to foreign bayonets—but if wrecked in one storm , the remainder do not cease to navigate , Onwnards , patriots!—the propaganda is our banner —the expenses of the state , the sustninment of soldi-.-rs and the clergy , and the disproportion in tho repartition of property are tha causes of our misfortunes . All men arc and should be equal .
Vita the Noble Count das Antas ! Viva the Lusitanian It-. public ! Viva tbe true patriots ! Viva liberty of conscience ! Down with the tyrants ! The Commission of Salvatiok .
SWITZERLAND . 'The Gazette of Augeburgh , " says La Presse . — 14 Received from Paris a communication , wliich we give with reserve . It relates to conferences opened between France and Austria in respect to Switzerland , aud at which M . Guizot bad laid down as tbe basis of the discussion the three following propositions , which have been acceded 10 by tho Court of Vienna : —1 . Resource is not to be had to extraordinary measures , except in , case of absolute necessity . 2 . No armed intervention to'take place except after a previous understanding , and with the simultaneous cooperation of the contracting Powers , and after the cantonal Governments shall have had notice , and j
b _ cn called upon to change the measures which shall have caused the intervention . 3 . Under no circumstances is any alteration to be made in the limits of the cantons . According to tbe Gazette of Augshurgh , M- Guizot has added that , in order to facilitate the deliberations , it would be well to fix on a central situation at which to hold the conference , and that he had selected Zurich , subject , however , to the approbation of the other Powers . It is further said that these arrangements have received , by anticipation , the assent of Russia , who , in consequence of the distance at which she is . has eiven her powers to Austria . Sardinia and the Grand Duchy of Baden , as beintj contiguous Powers , are to be admitted to the conference . "
SWEDEN . Stockholm , Nov . 27 . —Yesterday , at Moon , an illdressed youmr man appeared at the Palace , and required Colonel Von Peyron , his Majesty ' s chamberlain on duty , to procure him an audience of the King , 'flic chamberlain declining to do so . he threatened the Colonel with a pistol , and soon afterwards aimed a second oistol at Count Von Horn , governor of the Palace , who had hastened with some men from the guard house to arrest him . This pistol was discharged , happily , without injuring any one . From
the examination of the prisoner , which immediately took pjace in the police office , it appears that his name is Platin , and ( hat lie was quartermaster in the repimentof Deeccarlia , that he has been for a year in the asylum of Danriken , from which he was discharged as cured on the 20 th of May , 1845 , when he was sent back to his relations , and had only been two days in Stockholm . The two pistols were fully loaded with iron shot ol different sizes . The report of tbe physicians who have examined him state that he is completely insane ; and he will therefore be sent to the hospital at Danviken .
THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . Mure Russian libs refuted . — "We have received , " says the Times , " correspondence from Ti-ebizonde and Tiflis of a very interesting character . It states that the announcements in thu Russian journals of victories gained over Schamyl were untrue . He had , by acting en the Fabian system , refusing a general engagement , harassed , and literally defeated , the Russian generals . "
POLAND . The Polish Frontiers , Nov . 20 . —On the 10 th of January next year , the custom houses between the kingdom of Poland and the Russian empire will be abolished . The kingdom of Poland , established by the Eraeeror Alexander , and sanctioned by the European powers in the Congress of Vienna , having lost its constitution in 1831 by a ukase of the Emperor Nicholas , will be abolished at the Russian new year , and converted into a government of Russia , for which all ( he preparatory measures arc already in progress . A letter from Cracow , of the 23 rd ultimo , in the Presse . savs : —
Five Polish women have just been arrested . In Gallicia the peasantry are more closely watched than ever . An ordonnance from the Austrian government forbids every peasant to leave bis dwelling after sunset , to hold any communication with his neighbours , or to attend any assemblage . Tbe whole country , in fact , is militarily occupied , like a place in a state of siege .
GREECE . Athens , Nov . 20 . —On the 12 th instant the second session of the Greek Parliament was closed by royal ordinance . Yesrerday the third session was opened by King Otho in person . The " speech" like most other " Royal Speeches , " is beneath notice . Brigandage is still in the ascendant .
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A Vessel Destroyed bt Spontaneous Combustion . —On Sunday night a vessel named the James , Mr . M'KetiZ'e , master , was destroyed by fire off Shields harbour under remarkable circumstances She had sailed from Shields on the previous Friday with a full cargii of coals , but owing to the boisterous state of the weather was obliged to put back , and in attempting to re-enter the harbour struck on the bar , and afterwards drifted on to the Herd Sand , the crew having fortunately been taken off . In a short time she was discovered to be on fire , and although several pilot boats put off to render her assistance it
was found impossible to extinguish the flames , whicli burnt with so much violence that in less than an h > ur her bull and mast were in a body of fire , lighting up the coast and iron bound rocks of Tynemouth Castle with singular brilliancy . The flames ra » cd several hours , and the vessel was consumed to the water ' s edge . The cause of the fire , there is reason to believe , was spontaneonse combuston of the coals , the vessel having been noticed to be filled with a ( raseous matter a few hours prior fo her destruction . There was nothing else on board that was likely to hare occasioned the fire . She was a brig , and be lonecd to Perth . Her loss will amount to severaji undrid pounds . '
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ExTriAIRDl . VAuY SciCIDK IN THE STRAND UNION Workhouse . -On Monday , information was forwarded to the Coroner ' s Office ef the de ; ith of Charles Fisher , aged 38 , an inmate of the Strand Union Workhouse ,, St . Pancras , who committed suicide under the following circumstances - .-The deceased , a hiker , ha I been residing with his brother , of the s : ime business , in Moor-strect , Seven-dials . In consequence of his exhibition of mental deraneemer . t , it was resolved by his friends that he should be placed under some restraint , lest he should in his w milerinq : excitement , lay violent hands en himself . On
Thursday week he was removed to the above institution , in a state of insanity . The unfortunate man continued until nine tho same evening , eiving vent t > all kinds of incoherent expressions , when he suddenly arose and proceeded to an adjoining closet , ( telling the nuvaoscsit was " all right" ) , opem-d the window and precipitated himself therefrom , falling a distance of upwards of forty feet . An alarm was immediately given , and on beinpr picked up , he seemed comparatively unhurt , but on a medical examination , it was proved that he had received severe internal injuries . He lingered until Saturday evening last , when death put a period to his sufferings .
Mewnc-iioly SuicmK of a Female—Mr . Carter , on Monday , held an inquest , at WVsfc Moulsev , on the body of Mary Ann Waford , aged 24 , the wife of a ballast gatherer . On the evening of Fri av last , a . party in whose ho-ise she lodged , was astonished at bearing screams of children proccclinsr from the deceased apartment . After searching round the room , the unfortunate woman was discovered hanging to the bed-post . The deceased was cut down , and a messenger was sent to Hampton Court for medical assistance , but by the time the surgeon arrived , life was found to be extinct . It was proved that the deceased had been for some time in a low and desponding state of mind , arising from ill-health . Verdict — " That the deceased destroyed her life whilst of unsound mind . "
Fatal Afprav at Chelsea —On Tuesday evening , an inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of William . Woodhans , aced thirty-one years , lately residing nt No . 9 . Ellisstreet , Sloane street , Chelsea . The deceased was a painter . On Tuesday nipht , the 24 Ui ult ., he and several companions were drinking at the Hans Town Tap . Lower George Street , when the deceased had some words with a man named George Mitchell , respecting the payment of a pint of beer , and they ultimately commenced fighting in the street . They both fell heavily to the ground , the deceased being underneath . Th"y eot upacd resumed the fight , and the deceased was thrown a second time , but was unable to get up again . The police came and assisted the deceased , when they found lie had received a
contused wound at the back of the head , from which the blood was issuing profusely . The deceased wan subsequently taken to Mr . Boswood ' s surgery , where the wound was dressed , ad he somewhat rallied . The police afterwsrds removed him to the above hospital . Mr . C . Hyde , the house surgeon , said the deceased was admitted with a scalp wound at the base of the skullt The deceased remained until ten o clock on the following day , when he left the institution , although witness begged of him to remain . He returned , and was readmitted and wardi-d , when erysipelus in the head supervened , followed by inttamation of the scalp , neck , and face , from the wound , which caused his death on Friday last . The Jury , after a long deliberation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Drbaopci , Dea * k nv Suppocatwh jk a Skwkr . — On Tuesday , Mr . B-tker held an inque « t at the Devonshire Arms , Devonshire-street ,. Globe-town , Mile-end-road , on the body of Samuel llodder , ased forty , foreman in the service , of Mr , John Thomas , builder . The deceased on Monday afternoon was employed in excavating a sewer in Devonshire-street , from the main line . The eronnd wasof a sandy nature , and in consequence of its having occasionally given way ho was cautioned by his employers to put up tressels , which he refused to do , observing that there was no danger . : Deceased was at a depth of about nine feet when the ground gave way and buried him , in which position he remained for a quarter of an hour , his son , who saw the fall of earth , with several nthors . assisting in his exhumation . On being extricate I he was taken to the Devonshire Arms , and was attended by Mr . Leake , who found life extinct . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Outrage by Soloiers . —David Oliver and John Junes , privates inthe 8 th Redment , were brought before the county magistrates at , Rochester , on Monday , on a charge of assault , arisins out of the following disgraceful clrcunistances : » -0 n Friday nielli , between nine and ten o ' clock , the prisoners , havinir escaped from the . quarters at Upnor Castle , after roll call , they removed the numbers from their caps , eq-rfipppd themselves in cloaks , and armed themselves with bludgeons proceeded to the house of Mr . S . Stronghill , farmer , at , Frindsbury , where they commenced knocking violently at the front door , to the great a ' arm . ' of the inmates . Fortunately Mr . Stronghill and his brother were both at home , and on going to tho door , found the prisoners standing one on each side of the doorway , who immediately demanded food , swearing they would have some before thev left . Mr .
S . Stronghill threatened to report them to their commanding officer , notwithstanding which , they persisted in their firs' demand , and in the most violent lanpa c , declared they cared no more for their officer than they did for him . Oliver holding up his bludeeow in a menacing attitude , swore that he would give him something . He was , however , overpowered , and thea ^ istanceoftlielnboiirinoraen in Mr . Stronghill ' s employ having been obtained , he was safely lodged in the station house at Rochester . Jones es caped and returned to his quarters of Upnor Castle , where lie was apprehended next dav , Jones was adjudged to pty a penalty of 30 s ., and Oliver , who was most violent on the occasion , a penalty double that amount . In default they were committed to Maidstone Gaol , theiformer for one month , and the latter for two months .
A Footpad in petticoats . —We have receiveil reports from various quarters , of a " Madge Wildfire . who has been seen on the outskirts of' Gateshead , south and west , and has attacked various individuals with felonious intent . A young man , named Gout , who lives at the Low Fell , relates that he was returning home after dusk , and had got to that part of the road wliich lies opposite to the residence of Mr . William NYylam , of Cramer Dykes , when " the woman" came up to him , and presented a pistol at his head , at the same time , demanding
his bundle . He hesitated to comply , and received a blow on the face with the butt-end , to quicken his deliberations . He then held out the bundle ; but when she was about to take it . young Cout being a strapping lad , struck her on the side of her head an ! knocked her down . Clapping a whistle to ' her mouth , she sounded an a ' a-m , and four fellows came to her assistance , Cont , h owever , who retained bis saddle , got clear off , and never ran faster home in his life than on this occasion . The suspicion is that the woman" is a man in masquerade . — Gateshead Observer .
Railway ^ kobbeiues . —For some time past numerous robberies have been committed on the Great Western Railway , Bristol , and Mr . Hennett , one of the contractors on the line , estimates his losses thereby at from £ f 00 to £ 1 . 000 a year . One night last week two men were detected stealing iron from the Hoc , and one ot them , in attempting to get into a boat , fell in o the water , and , in consequence of the weight of iron he had about him , was drowned . His companion was apprehended , and has been committed , Dexterous Attfmpt at Robbery . —A clever attempt was made on Saturday evening , by a welldressed thief , to steal about £ 400 worth of « plate , the property of Mr . Johnson , the late Lord Mayor of London . One of Alderman Johnson ' s servants
was employed in loading a cab , at the private door of the Mansion House , with the goods of his master , and as soon as a chest of plate was deposited on the driver ' s box . a man bustled into the vehicle suddenly , and ordered the driver to set off for tbe Brighton railroad as quickly as po = sib ! e . The cabman , supposing that tho poreon who gave him the order was duly authorised , began to turn his horse round ; but luckily , one of the attendants at the Mansion House , who was assisting in packing up the goods , caught a glimpse of the cab , and called out to the driver that there was something more for him to carry . The thief inside immediately opened the door at the far side . on being asked what he had to do with the property , and disappeared in a twinkling .
Railway Colu-ios . —A collision which threatened to involve serious consequences took place at the Wadb'TCush station , on the Bristol and Birmingham line of Railway , on Friday last . A man , contrary to regulation , was shifting some coal-waggons from a siding ta the main line at the time the 8 Id am . train was approaching ; and while the waggons were being removed , the engine-man of the train from Bristol , n » t sc-ing the obstruction until he was within a short distance of the spot , could not stop , and although every effort was used to prevent the aceii . ' ent , a collision took place , by which several of the coal-wageons were damaged , the luggage vans thrown off the line , and some of the carriages
slightly injured . A lengthened inquiry took place , at the termination of which the p liceman was'declared to be guilty of gross disobedience of orders in allowing the waggons to be on the main line at the time the train was due . After | a suitable admonition from the magistrate , the policeman was sentenced to pay a fine of 40 s . or to be imprisoned for one month in the Ilouse of Correction , the magistrate observing that tho mitigation took place in consequence of the prisoners good character , ' . and from . a conviction that he would . losa his situation under the company . None of the- passengers were seriously injured , but the engine man has suffered considerably .
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Dkflorablk ., Ca 8 b op Suicide . —On Tuesday , an inquest waa held before Mr . G . J . Garter , coroner for West Kent , at the Duke of Kent , Royal Hill , Greenwich , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Jane Carey , aged 59 years , wife of a jeweller , who met her death from causes as stated in the following distressing evidence , Jane Carey , daughter of the deceased , d-posed that her mother rose about eight o ' clock on Monday morning last , and that about a quarter of an hour afterwards , hearing a heavy gurgling noise , she arose , dressed herself , and , going into the parlour , she saw her father ' s razor lying on the floor covered with bl » od , and her unhappy parent deluged with b ; 00 . 1 , lying on the ground , with * n extensive and deep wound in the throat , nearly from car to ear . liei '
Fattier and the rest of the fami ' y were in bed and asleep at tho time , whom she immediately filarmedi The deceased had appeared light-headed lately , and on the preceding night ; but on Saturday her spirits were good and her conduct rational Her fatber and mother lived happily together , as did the family . They never had an idea that deceased was mentally diseased . Dr . Purves was sent for , and deceased expired at nine o ' clock tiie same night . The business ot witness ' s father had been very precarious durin" the last two years , which causal a considerable state of despondency in her mother ' s mind , and she was compelled to take a place of servitude , at Brixton Hill , in consequence . The remaining evidence was unimportant , and the Jury , on tho Coroner ' s summing up , returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "
Dbath i'iiom Want . —On Tuesday , an inquest was hold , by Mr . Wakley . on the body of Thomas Wells . an infant , aged four months . The deceased ' s father is a gold and silver chaser , but bavins : been out of employment some time , he contrived te obtain ? . misorable pittance bv writing window bills and fancy labels for drapers' prices , but latterly that species of work failed , and for the last five weeks he was unable to earn moretlian would get a meal , and that a wretched one , a day , passing the nichts chiefly in the streets . On . Saturday , having obtained a little employment , tbe wife cot a temporary lodging , and on awaking in tho morning the infant was found dead by hot- side . This medical officer gave it as Ids opinion that tho deceased died from want of nourishment , and the jury returned a vcidiet of " Died from want . "
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SIONDAY . SOUTHWARK—A " Fuke"Niooer—Sambo Brown , an African , upwards of six fret in height , and stout in proportion , ' was bi ought before Mr . Seclter , under the following circumstances : —It appeared that the defendant had recently arrived from the Gambia , in a vessel Chiefly manned t'y the natives ot that country , and the ship , having encountered severe weather , was so seriously damaged that it was found necessary to take her into the dry dock to repair her . The dufendant and siK other of his countrymen were , consequently , taken out of the vessel while in doelt , and , by the owners , placed under the care of tbe landlord of a publichouse , called the Admiral Till , in Btrmoiidsey , On Saturday evening last the defendant , with his countrymen , had been enin
joyinc themselves , danc ; n ; and em ^ ing country fashion , in the tap-room , and at twelve o ' clock they were ordered to leave off , and retire to their beds . They , however , showed some unwillingness' to break up , but after some coaxinjc they were induced to proceed to their room , They , however , had not been long Uiere when a fracas ensued . a : ><) ihey all cameiushing downstairs , the defendant foremost , and finding the bar locked , he procecrded to force it open , and on the l-mdlo .-d ' s interference he was assaulted , and had his coat turn . The disturbance n » w became so serious that it was found necessary to send for thepoliee , when the defvndantrushad up stairs to his sea-chest and armed himself with a Ion ? Portuguese knife , and , concealing it underneath his peajacket , came down prepared for a determined resistance . The landlord suspecting that he had a deadly weapon about him , contrived with the assistance ' of the
policeman tn disarm him of it , and after considerable difficulty the defendant kicking and bitinpf with all the ferocity of a savage , was at length lodged in tbe station-house , When tbe complainant produced the formidable weapon the defendant was prevented from using tho latter said : — . ' Me no want to kill the man ; >» e want to eat my grub with it . Me no brenkee ' the door . Ife like to dance and sing ; my country £ tsli , and dey lock me up in limbo . "—( Laughter ) Several witnesses deposed to the fact , that had not the Portuguese knife been wrested from the defendant , he was in sueh a state of excitement , he would have done serious mischief , Mr , Seeker s : tfd that uncivilised persons , such as the defendant , ou (? ht not to he suffered to carry ahoutsuch deadly weapons as the one pi-odiieed , when they came ashore . That as thr , drfendant had committed damage to some extent , he sl ; ouli order him to p"y for it , or in default to commit him for 21 days to gaol .
MABALERONE — . Robberv by a Man is Chahgf of A House . —George Phillips , a cabinet-maker , lonn residing at Battersea , was broutiht up from Southampton , charged with having plundered the . remises of William Rouse , Esq ., 33 . Upper Montague-street , Bryanstoncsquare , of property value of upwards of £ 100 . Prosecutor st , ited that he and his fimily quitted London for tha Continent in June last , leaving the prisoner and bis wife in the care of the house . Ou the 12 th of November they returned home , at which time tho wife was there , but the prisoner had left . On the following niornimr , he ( prosecutor ) found on a mantel piece in one of his rooms , a letter from the prisoner , which ran thus :
" Sir—I know you must receive this with exocralion , but havlhi ; had an opportunity , as I thought , of making money , and not expecting you in town so soon , I ventured to make : ree with some of your property . The speculation I engii ^ d in w « s eminently successful , but the proceeds cannot be made available until Friday next , consequently your property cannot be restored till that time . Pray don ' t treat Mrs . Phillips harshly , for she is ( , -ood and Innocent . I dnu't dtro stay to put tbe drawingroom carptt down , for fear of conseq'iencts . You will hear from me again on Friday , when the whole of your property will be returned . "Phillips . "
Prosecutor added , that on examination of the premises be ascertained that various lojks had been forced , and that a large quantity of wearing : apparel , plate and other articles hud been abstracted . On the 24 th of tiie month ( November ) , he received another letter by post in the same handwriting as the former , wherein tiie prisoner set forth in most pathetic laneu 'ge the misety whicli he experienced day and night , tlnough tbe bad conduet which be had been guilty of , and again referred fo the vice of gamiJing having led him into the dilemma in wliich he was placed , adding , tiiat he had lately been hesitating as to whether he should ( five himself up to justice or destroy himself , and mentiom ' n ; where a number of duplicates for a ureal portion of the stolen property would be found . He once more implored pity for his wife , and requested of prosecutor that" he would
act as ktnd / y as he could . Sergeant Hannant stated , that he first received information oftliu robbery on the Hth ult ., and that on prosecutor receiving tbe second letter he repaired to the bouse , when ho found at the top of a safe in the front erea a book , coniain ' twenty duplicates ; most of wliict ; related to plate , & c ., belonging to prosecutor , and pledged in the name of Phillips . On Saturday last , owing to some intimation communicated to him , he went to Southampton , aud in a lodging in Oxford street , in that town , found tbe prisoner witii his wife . It was further stated that prosecutor bad no reason to suspect the wife , who therefore was not taken into custody . She accompanied her husband from Southampton , In order to afford time for the production oi numerous otber witnesses necessary for the completion of the case , the prisoner was remanded .
MANSlON-nOUSE . —The Bosanqoet and Wioram Gang op Swindlers . — -A clergyman waited on the Lord Mayor for tbe purpose of asking his Lordsbip ' j advice as to tbe most judicious mode of bringing to justice the swindling vagabonds who are in the habit of sending circulars round to tradesmen offering money for bills . He had been induced , by one of these circulars , to apply to Messrs . Iiosiiuquet and Co ., as some of the squad called themselves , for cash for a bill of £ 100 . He deposited the bill with them , and was told to call next day . He did call , and he received £ 5 , with an assurance that he should have all the rest a day or two after , but every subsequent application was unsuccessful . He never received a shilling more , and the bill , which be had no
doubt wss in circulation , - would soon be due . The Lord Mayor said that doubtless the bill would , if it should not be paid , be placed in tho bands of some solicitor , employed by the swindler , and the applicant would be sued upon it . He had within a few days received a vast number of letters from tradesmen in England , Ireland , and Scotland , inclosing copies of the printed circulars , offering pecuniary accommodations . The oilers were made by those fellows with the view of getting respectable bills into their possession , and they , found it very easy to turn such securities to advantageous account , leaving of course the injudicious pvties who had confided in them to pay them , or to bear thu disagreeable responsibility .
GUILDHALL . —Iupddrnt Street Rouueut . — Two young men , named Jones and Finlaysoo , the latter a sweep , w ^ r .- charged with having- committed the following daring robbery : —It appeared from the statement of a Mr . L'i « is Ilache , that on Saturday night , about twelve o'clock , while proceeding along Snow Hill , three persons suddenly pounced upon him , The sweep pinued hie arras behind , while thu others rifled his iiockets of six ivory tablets value one pound . The third party disi \ pfie .-ircd , and Jones was making off , but as soon as the . ' prosecutor could get away from the . sweep he purg-jed , and took the former into custody . A pollerman afterwards apprehended tho latter . Both prisoners were recognised as having been several times in custody . They were remanded for a few days , to give thu oflleer time to truce the property , and , if possible , to apprehend tiie third party .
WORSHIP-STREET . —A " Hebo . "— A san-bnriit , fine-looking fellow , named William Cotton , dressed in the tattered uniform of the V 2 d R giment , was placed at the bar , bifore Mr . Bingham , ou the charge of mendicancy . Police constable Hall , N 305 , stated tl-at about two o ' clock on that afternoon he saw the prisoner standing in a supp licating attitude , in Shoreditch , with bis wife aud
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child , all of . whom prrtented tbe . mqxt deplorable appearance . . Tho prisoner had one of the glecveaof liiscuat ripped up , so as to expose his naked arm , which bore the marks of several wounds , and the spectacle having-excited the commiseration of some of the bystanders , wh « bestowed alms upon him , wltneis fels It his duty to take him into custody . In answer to the Magistrate ' s question ? , the prisoner , who wore a medal at his breast , and , besides his disabled arm , exhibited a severe sabre out down one of his cheeks , said that he had served under Sir Charles Napier through the whole of the Scindiau campaign , and was present nt t ' , c battles of Meaneeand Hjdcrabad , in which be received sevsral gun-shot wounds , which disabled him from further service , and lie wns consequentl y discharged . He had niadeappUaxtion for a pension on account of his wounds , but the only recompense he had been able to obtain was a gr .-. tuity
amounting to a year and a liali ' . < pay , which had been long siuca expanded to support his wife and child , and a * lie was completely ci £ : > pl-d , md had no means of earning a subsistence , ha was compelled to solicit public charity tn save himself and family from starvation , 'tbe prisoner handed to the Magistrate the certificate of his discharge , formally signed by the commanding officer of bis regiment and other documents , in proof of his story . Af ter p rusinr which , Mr , Bingham pointed out to Km . the illegality of the means he had adopted to ameliorate his liistres-:, and ordered him to be remanded , to enable the officer to make inquiries in th » proper quarter as to the truth of his statement . [ This is a fiae specimen of the real value of that gratitude to our " brave soldiers , " of nhich so much is said in Parliament after a " glorious victory . " Poor men ! behold your reward ! T ' na rich . oflieersean-y of ? tho solid pudding , VOU the GlHpt } ' PHUM , wounds and beggars . ]
WEDNESDAY . MAItLBOKOUGH-STREET . —Frsncis Olificre wa » brought btjfore Mr , Long , charged with having obtained one thomand pounds worth of j . 'wollery by fraudulent pretences , from Mr . John Linnett , an extensive jeweller , formerly of Argylc-strect , Regent-street . The particular * of tbe a ) leg « d offence appear to be these : —The priseser is a work' * in hair , and ax such became known to Mr . Linnett . In January , 1845 , the prisoner called on Mr . Linnett , and stating that he was employed by Tier Majesty , and had shortly to see Her Mijesty on matters of business , request d to h * ve same diamond rings and brooches to exhibit , as there was a probability that Her Mnjesty might become apnrehaser . The prisoner , on t ! iU representation , succeeded in obtaining diamond jewel . Icry of the value of upwards of £ 500 . The property sa obtained was principally pledged with Mr . Lawson , pawnbroker , Green-street , Leicester-square . After the prisoner got the property from Mr . Linnett nothing more
was seen or beard of him . Subsequently Mr . Linttelt became bankrupt , and as this transaction came under the notice of tbe assignees they instituted an inquiry into the situation of tbe property , and finding the greater poition in tho hands of Mr . Law ton they commenced proceedings for recovery of it , and u ' titnat ' . ly they obtained it for ; be use of the estate . Tiie prisoner was sought out and given into custody for the alleged fraud by tha pawnbroker . Thomas Reurnan , assistant to Mr . Law . ton , and Mr . John Linnett proved tbe above circutatance . Mr Fitzpatrick asked if the property alleged to have been fraudulently obtained was ready to be produced , and Mr Linnett replied that the property was in the hands of tho assignees . Mr . Long was of opinion that the offence was one of felony rather than one of obturning goads under false pretences—he should therefore remand the prisoner till Saturday , to give time for the production of Mr . Linniitt ' s goods , and other necessary evidence .
WORSHIP-STREET—The wifi of William Cotton , the wounded soldier , who was examined by Mr . Bingham on the preceding day for begging in the BireetSj entered ; the court , with an infant in her arms , and in great rnen > till distress , applied to the Magistrate for assistance . Th * poor woman stated that the scanty and precarious meant of support on which she had previously depi ndsd , having wholly failed since her husband ' s incarceration , she was now reduced to the last extremity , and bad not tasted food since th « preceding morning—she bad been latel y living at a general lodging house in Westminster , but was now no longer able to procure even that miserable shelter , and her helpless condition was aggravated by the debilitated state of her health , only three weeks haviug elapsed since her confinement with the child she then
carried . Mr . Bingham t > ld the unfortunate woman that she must apply for relief to the relieving officers of the parish in which she last slept , who were bonud to provide her wilh the food and nourishment she so obviously stood in need of ; and be directed Hanley , the chief usher , to furnish her with an immedixte supply of food , and a trifling grituity from the poor-box , to enable ber to support herself until her claim could be properly attended to . A young woman , named Mary Ann Buckler , wa » brought up for final examination , charged with having xtoleu moiiey and wearing apparel from tke person of several little children . The prisoner was taken into cus « tody while endeavouring to effect ber escape in Finsbury square , after robbing a child , named Elizabeth Gray , of
Is . Gil ., which was found in her possession at the station bouse , A . second charge was now preferred against her hy an intelligent little girl , named Emma Turner , who was proceeding to her grandmother's hou ^ e , on the 17 th ultimo , with a bundle of wearing apparel and two halfcrowns , when the prisoner stopped her iu the Commercial-road , and haviug induced tbe child to deliver them both to her , she disappired with her booty . Upwards of a dozen otber children , who had been robbed under similar circumstances , attended , with their parents , to identify the prisoner , but the extreme youth of tbft little complainants precluded the reception of their testimony . The prisoner , who asserted her innocence , was fully committed upon tbe above charges .
SOUTHYTARK . —John Denny , a shoemaker , lodging st No . 75 , Ann-street , Kent-street , Soutliwarlc , was placed at the bar before Mr . Seeker , on the charge of having wilfully « t fire to the house . Alfred Cole suted that he lives at Xa . 75 , Ann-street , and that the- prisoner , his wife , and two children are his lodgers , and occupy the front room on the first floor . That tbe prisoner ig in the constant habit of quarrelling with and b ntinihis wife , whom he turned out of the bouse on Sunday last , and she hss not been near the place since . On tho preceding night , about eight o ' clock , the prisoner having been out the greater part of the day , returned home , He proceeded up stairs to his room , and rtnv . iitvfcd about an hour , during which time witness constantly beard him breaking up wood , and soon after lie left off witness wag
alarmed by hearing cries of " Fire , " from some person in the street . He immediately ran into tho street , and on looking up to the windows of the prisoner ' s r . iom , be perceived that it was on fire , and then he returned into tho house , and met the prisoner coming downstairs as quickly as possible , and without uttering a word rushed through tbe passage to tho street-door . Witness , however , ran after him , seized him , and called upon , him to know what was the matter , but he made no answer ; aud then witness culled him a villain , charged him with wilfully setting the house on fire . The prisoner disengaged himself , and ran out of the house into the street , and Immediately disappeared down one of the turnings leading out of Ann-street into tho Dover-read , While the witness was scuffling with the prUoner he saw a man
named Burton shaw rush into the house and proceed up stairs , and when he ( witness ) followed him , on reaching the prisoner's room , he saw a quantity of fire lying about on the floor , and the person above named busily engaged in endeavouring to put it out . The boards of the floor tvere burned throuyli , and lie saw p . chair hud been broker , up , and partly burnt . After tbe fire was extinguished , he immediately went in pursuit of the prisoner , and found him in the Bennondsey New-road , aud immediately gave him into custody on tbe charge of wilfully setting fire to the house . The witness added , that the street in which he lives is very thickly populated , and that had not the fire being discovered so soou as it wag , the houses right and left , which contain great numbers of lodgers , would have been speediiyiu flames . The prisoner ' s two children were from home at the time , and , us before mentioned , his wife had not been there since the day he turned her out , The prisoner said he bad no wish to conceal anything ; that the facts were , his was in
the act of lighting a fire in the grate , and siil in a moincut , when be turned round , he saw a baze in the centre of the room . He immediately made an effort t : i extinguish it , but was overpowered by the smoke aud heat , and before he could aceamplish it , be was forced to rua out of the apartment . He scarcely knew what he did from the fright , and added , that the object he had in bis closing the door after him , was to prevent the fire from having vent . He , however , did not explain tbe reason of his not waiting in tbe passage and telling the landlord of the house what had happened , and « hen seized by that person and held , then breaking away and leaving tbe neighbourhood altogether , lie , however , added , that he could have no possible motive for setting the man ' s bouse on fire , for bis own goods would have been dentroyed , and be would not have gained anything by it , but would have been deprived of the few articles of furniture he possessed . Mr . Seeker ordered the depositions- to be taken , and committed the prisoner for trial to the Central Criminal Court ,
THAMES . — Important to Mariners . —Mr . Edward Henry Huggins , the owner and master of the barque John Anderson , SUO tons burthen , appeared before Mr . Yardley to answer the complaint of four seamen , named John Davey , Benjamin Joues , Eccles . Ritchie , and Alexander Russell , who claimed wages to tbe amount of £ 43 for their services , on a voyage from St . John ' s , New Brunswick , St . Ann ' s , in Jamaica ; New Orleans , Cork , siai London , to the port of discharge —Mr . PelUam appeared for the seamen , and the case of Davey having beou first called on , it appeared lie shipped at St . John's , and signed tho ship ' s articles for £ 3 15 s . currency , or £ 8 2 < . M . sterling , and there was a b & bmee of £ 1116 s . 2 d . due to him . It appeared from bis statement on examition by Mr . Felham , that the ship was shorcbauded on leaving Cork , and when she was about to gut under
weigh , and orders were given to heave anchor , Davey and three others declined to man the windlass , or do any duty whatever , alleging as a reason that the ship was two bauds short utul one sick below . The bonis vrtw whieh brought the master from the slioro to the ship manned the windlass , and the vessel was got under weigh . Th « master ordered the malcontents to go below . Oo the same day , after clearing Cork Harbour , a heavy gale of wind came on , and tiie foresail was split and carried away . Davey and his three shipmates offered their « r . vices baforc the gale came on , and they were declined by the master . Nest morning , however , he was glad enough to iivnil himself of their assistance , and they tolumed to their duty . —Mr . I'e ' . ham contended that , as the master had pardoned the ofi' ^ uos of which the nv .-n had been guilty , he could not seek a tota ifurfciture of wages , and
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 12, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12121846/page/7/
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