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ABUTTAL OF THE ACADIA—IMPORT AST NEWS . WAR ! Liverpool , Thtrsdav . The Royal mail steamer Acadia , Captain Harrison , arrived here this morning , with the usual mails from Canada and the United States , and about ninety passengers . She left Boston on the 1 st of January .
OREGON AND TEXAS . Senate , Dec . 16 . —Mr . Allen , chairman on foreign relations , gave notice of a joint resolution giving the twelve months * notice to Great Britain , as required by the stipulation of the conventions of 1816 and 1 S 27 , for the dissolving the joint occupancy of the Oregon territory . . The Vice-Presidentannonnced the unfinished business to be the resolutions of inquiry proposed by Mr . Cass , as tothe condition of the navy , the national fortifications , the army , the militia , & c . resolutions
Mr . Niles said he would go for the . After all that had been done by the Executive for the settlement of this controversy by notations , the matter had at length passed from his hands , and it was now thrown upon the eg . slat . ve department . The negotiations had came to a point-to a standthey were broken off-they were stopped Wecan recede-we must stand up for our ngiits . I" regard of territorv the President has recommended all nroper measures for the support of our claims , consistent with treaty obligations . Mr . Ndes then adverted to the fact of the English government having extended its judicial jurisdiction over its citizens in Oregon . We were called npon to do the same in behalfofom * citizens . The provisions of joint occupation were not adapted to a settled and civilised country , nor intended to be . It was necessary to have but one government over the samepeople . With this view , the President had recommended the twelvemonths '
notice , with , a view to an exclusive jurisdiction over our portion of the territory . This was a peace movement—it was nece-sary for peace—he advocated these resolutions for the sake of peace . Recurring to the expediency of these resolutions , he said that as war might follow , as it was within the range of probabilities , the propositions here submitted were absolutely required of the Senate . But he believed there would be peace—that the 49 'h parallel would yet be agreed npon as the dividing line ; that , if negot iations were renewed , Great Britain would reconsider her refusal , reverse it , and fall back upon the
49 th degree . She would do so when she found that she could bully us out of no more . Mr . Niles disclaimed the apprehension that war , if it did come , would result from the precipitancy of the proceed ings of this body and its co-operate branch of the national Legislature . Nothing of the sort , hi reviewing ihe relative prowess of England and the United States , the learned senator thought if the English were a bold , brave , and courageous nation , it was fair to conclude that we might be found so in an equal degree , descended as we were from the same stock , Ac . Mr . Niles , in conclusion , reiterated his determination to vote for the resolutions .
Mr . Crittenden next followed in the discussion . He saw in the resolutions themselves nothing objectionable , and he should vote for them . The remarks of the hon . senator , however , who had introduced these resolutions , gave to them peculiar significancy . Air . Crittenden then reviewed the remarks of General Cass of yesterday , that we must give the twelvemonths' notice , and that if Great Britain then persists in her claim , war is inevitable ; and said that if this were so , we had better , at once , emplov ourselves to put on the whole harness of war . He read from the reported speech of General Cass the passage npon this point , and asked of the distinguished senator , if this was to be understood as bi-i solemn opinion ? General Cass , after some general explanation , said , that in his own private opinion war was almost inevitable .
Mr . Crittenden desired a more explicit understanding ot this branch of the senator ' s remarks , delivered in the Senate . General Cass replied , that if we gave twelvemonths' notice , and that if , at the expiration of that period , Great Britain persisted in her claim to the whole of the territory , war was inevitable . Mr . Crittenden said , that th ' s was a substantial retractation of the senator ' s war-like opinions of yesterday . General Cass said that he did not retract a single word that he had said yesterday . "Mr . Crittenden was totally at a loss to reconcile the remarks of yeiterday with the explanation of today .
General Cass further explained . Mr . Crittenden further commented upon the contingencies of war , and said , that lie had much preferred the explanation of to-day to the remarks of yesterday . It built np the contingency of war u on so many conditions and provocations , that it almost dissipated it entirely . Mr . Crittenden had but one object in his remarks , aud that was to soften the alarm which the senator ' s remarks of yesterday might have excited . He should vote for the resolu tions , however , as he feared not that their adoption would hasten the contingency of the war . Mr . Crittenden , as affording time for reflection , suggested two years ' notice instead of one . General Cass further defined his position , as assumed in his remarks of yesterday .
Mr . Webster here arose , and all eyes and ears wen bent forward to see and hear him . He began with his usual coolness , delibarativeness , thoughtfuines . -s and quiet self-confidence , so characteristic of the man . Although these resolutions did not charge the committees referred to with any extraordinary inquiries , yet he regretted their introduction now , and the remarks of the senator from Micnigan , as calculated to produce unnecessary alarm . Every unnecessary alarm about the state of the public peace was a great evil and was severely felt upon the business of the country . There were two ways in which a government might proceed—we might excite a great alarm without any preparation , and we might proceed in that quiet and efficient way of inquiry upon the
national defences which would attain the end desired , withoutdisturbing the public tranquillity . Mr . Webster was of opinion that the President did not antici p ate war , —thrt the tone of his message did not exnibit that he apprehended any serious danger to the peace of the country , & c . Mr . Webster recurred to the losses which would affect our commerce and our sea-board from a war with England , and was far from believing that any such dreadful exigency was seriously to be apprehended . Mr . Sevisrwas astonished that nothing could be brought forward upon this floor in regard to Oregon but that it met invariably tbe opposition of the other side . He repudiated all the chop-logic about silence , and doing the thing quietly , Ac . But if wa
made a movement of mere inquiry about Oregon , we were told to keep still , or there would be war ; that the steamers of Great Britain would ravage eur coast , and their crews steal our sucking nigs ; while the senator from Massachusetts talked of danger to commerce , and all about a strip of barren country on the coast of the Pacific . This was all very well . It was , perhaps , a small business to go to war about a few boxes of tea , or in defence of the rights of a few scores of ragamuffins of sailors ; but Mr . Sevier was not disposed to act so stealthily in this matter , or cower away to the bullying of Great Britain . Her bullying was the whole secret of her power—it was by bullying that she had got the nations of Europe under her thumb . Just like
some of our Court-house bullies in the West—they contrived to lick some poor fellow , and then every fellow in tiie county considered them bullies , and not to be treated with contempt . But the senator from Massachusetts advised as to "lay low and keep dark . " [ Mr . Webster here explainad what he had said . ] Mr . Sevier pursued his argument in a tone of patriotic defiance to the end , and was disposed , so far from being silent , to talk to Great Britain a little louder than anybody else . Mr . Berrien respectfully dissented , as one of the representatives of the people on this floor , from the remarks of the senator from Arkansas . Mr . Berrien regretted that the regular order of proceedings had been anticipated by these resolutions . He assumed
thatnegotiations werenot at anend , from the evidence furnished in Mr . Buchanan ' s "final letter to Mi-. Pakenham . He thought that if we should leave this matter of twelvemonths * notice alone , Great Britain herself would give it , and dissolve accordingly the joint occupancy oCthe whole of Oregon , which The thought would be preferable to our giving the notice . The dispute whick had existed for thirty years upon this question was not , in fact , a dispute for the territory , but for th » navigation of the Columbia ; and if two nations so intimately associated as the United States and Great Britain should go to wax on so small an object , without having first exhausted all means of an arnicaVe adjustment , they would deserve the execrations of all posterity , & c .
Mr . AUen , with almost unwonted energy , opposed the recommendations from the other side , to goon quietly , silently , & e ., in the inquiries proposed through the resolutions of thesenatorfrom Michigan . He defended tiie resolutions and the speech of thr mover open them in all its parts , notwithstanding the objections and complaints uttered against it today . From some general observations upon the exigency of the times—tiie character of the controversy —the condition of the public mind—the propriety of apublic discussion , Mr . Allen proceeded to review the late official diplomatic correspondence on the Oregon question , and the conclusion he assumed brought us
to a dead stand . As to right , neither i-y negotiations , nor by conventions , nor by the Executive , had Great Britain , the right to a single inch of Oregon up to 54 deg . 40 min . Her claims were another thing—and all this difficulty had arisen from our deference to her claims , and not from any acknowledgment of her rights , & e . Mr . J . M . Clayton took up the subject of the Atlantic coast defences . The neglect ef Congress for fifteen or twenty years past , to put our seaboard fortifications in any state of efficiency , was notorious . He represented the Delaware river and bay as in a dreadfully defenceless condition . Now , he said , he would ' go fer those resolution *; whetUr there was
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peace or war he would go for those resolutions . He vould go for the repair of our defences , assuming that there was to be peace for many years to come . Thesenatorfrom Connecticut had said that the best mode of preserving peace was to prepare for war , and the senator from Ohio had endorsed the expression , but had also said that tho best preparation , after all , was to prepare the hearts of the people for the war which was to follow . He proceeded to examine some discrepancies in the remarks of Mr . Allen , and then argued from the examples in the Senate in 1831 on the north-eastern boundary , and in 1 S 36 on the question of the French indemnities , that there was no danger of war in this instance . He concluded by saying , that independently of any opinion off the subject , and whether there would be pcaceor war , he sliould vote for the resolutions .
Mr . Brccse advocated the resolntions , and insisted that Oregon , so far from being the barren desert it had been represented , was a delightful and prolific region . Mr . Woodbridgc , in view of the propriety in any event of fitting up our defences , especially along our northern frontiers , said he would vote for the resolutions . The result was—Ayes , 42 ; noes , none . Mr . Allen this morning introduced , on leave , the following joint resolution , viz . : — "Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America , in
Congress assembled—That the President of the united States be , and he is hereby advised to give , forthwith , notice to the Government of Great Britain , that the Government of the United States will , in virtue of the second article of the convention of the 6 th of August , A . D . 1 S 27 , between the United States and Great Britain , relative to the joint occupancy of the Oregon temtory , and after the expiration of twelve months from the day on which such notice shall have been received by theGovernmcnt of Great Britain , annul and abrogate that convention . " This was read the first time , and a second reading was urged by Mr . Allen ^ but objected to . Dec . 22 .
Mr . Levy , of Florida , offered a resolution , which was read , as follows : — Resolved , That it is the opinion of the Senate that negotiations be opened with the government of Spain for the cession to the " United States of tho island of Cuba , the inhabitants of the same assenting thereto . Dec . 27 . Mr . Levy , on leave , withdrew his resolution for instructing the President upon the subject of opening
negotiations for the purchase of the kingdom of Spain , of the island of Cuba . Mr . Atchison ' s resolutions for instructing the several committees in the premises respectively , upon the expediency of establishing a local government over Oregon , and of a line of block-houses , and of a corps of mountaineer riflemen , for the protection and defence of emigrants ; and of a post route and post offices ; and of Indian agencies , principal and sub ., and upon the expediency of granting lands to settlers , « fcc .
Mr . Calhoun said that as these resolutions embraced a series of questions of the greatest character , he should be pleased if the S . nate would permit the postponement of their consideration until some day after the holidays , and that , meantime , the resolutions be printed . Mr . Atchison said he had no sort of objection to their postponement ; but as they were mere resolutions of inquiry , be thought there could be no impropriety in referring them to the committees . They went no further than the President had gone in his message . Mr . Calhoun admitted that these resolutions , and the resolution of Mr . Allen , for giving the twelve months' notice , be laid aside , and taken up on some given day after the holidays . At any time , thereafter , at the pleasure of the Senate , " would be suitable to him .
Mr . Atchison said that Mr . Allen s resolution had been referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations ; and that these resolutions would refer themselves . Mr . Calhoun suggested that meantime the resolutions be laid over , and that , on some future day , the whole subject matter of all the resolutions of Mr . Atchison , and of the resolution of Mr . Allen , be taken up together . Mr . Allen hoped the resolution would bepewnitted to pass to the committees . When they should render in their reports , a day for their consideration could be appointed . Mr . Calhoun submitted to the arrangement , with the understanding that the whole of these Oregon inquiries should be taken up together , when formally taken up for discussion . So the instructions of Mr . Atchison to half a dozen of the committees , were referred . The Senate , after a short executive session , adjourned .
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , Dec . 10 . The joint resolutions for the admission of the State of Texas with the Union was discussed and passed by a vote of 141 to 56 . Mr . Douglass , of Blinois , from the Committee on Territories , introduced a bill for the extension of the United States government over Oregon , till the joint occupancy is terminated , which it authorises the President to make . It provides that it be considered as a part of Wisconsin Temtory up to 54 . 40 ., establishing military posts , mail routes , die , and appropriates 200 , 000 dols . tor these objects . Referred to committee of the whole , and made the special order for the second Tuesday in January .
Mr . Winthrop , of Massachusetts , introduced the following resolutions , which under the rule go over for debate : — Resolved , That the differences between the United States and Great Britain , on the subject of the Oregon territory , are still a fit subject for negotiation and compromise , and that satisfactory evidence has not yet beenafforded thatnocompromise which theUnited States ought to accept can be effected . Resolved , That it would be a dishonour to the ass
in which we live , and in the highest degree discreditable to both the nations concerned , if they should suffer themselves to be drawn into a war , upon a question of no immediate or practicalinterest to either of them . Resolved , That if no other mode for the amicable adjustment of this question remains , it is due to the principles of civilization and Christianity that a resort to arbitration should be had ; and that this Government cannot relieve itself from all responsibility which may follow the failure to settle the controversy , while this resort is still untried .
Resolved , That arbitration does not necessarily involve a reference to crowned heads ; and that if a jealousy of such a reference is entertained in any quarter , a commission of able and dispassionate citizens , either from the two countries concerned , or from the world at large , offers itself as an obvious and unobjectionable alternative . The resolutions L * e over for debate . Mr . Douglass offered the following counter resolutions : — Resolved , That the title to any part of the Oregon territory south of 54 degrees 40 minutes of north latitude , is not open to compromise , so as to surrender any part of the said territory . Resolved , That the question of title to the territory should not be left open to arbitration . Mr . Douglass proposed to debate the resolutions ; . wh . cn those of Mr . Winthrop came up , they accordingly fell over .
There will , before the session termintes , be a straggle in the house upon some of these propositions —so far as they may be supposed to interfere with the existing convention with Great Britain . Dec 27 . The bill for extending the law of the United States over Texas was taken up , and read thrice and passed . Dec . 29 . A bill from the Senate , organising Texas into a collection district , was taken up , read three times , and passed ; after which the house adjourned , Mr . Douglas , of Blinois , having the floor on the naturalisation question . Mr . Buwlin submitted sundry resolutions , viz : —
1 . Resolved , That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of employing a portion of the home squadron within our territory of Oregon , in exploring the coast , rivers , harbours , bays and straits , and also for the protection of our extensive commerce on the North Pacific Ocean . 2 . Resolved , that the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing an exploring expedition by land , to examine the various passes in the Rocky Mountains , and the territories adjacent thereto , for the purpose of ascertaining the most practicable route for connecting navigable waters of the Mississippi with those of the Oregon territory . 3 . Resolved , ' That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire info the expediency of employing a portion of the troops of the United States as a pioneer corps to aid and protect emigrants by land on their route to Oregon .
4 . _ Resolved , That the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending the laws regulating our Indian intercourse over the territory of Oregon , with provision for the gradual extinguishment of the Indian title to lands in that territory , upon principles of justice and equity , so as to avoid conflicts between the settlers and the Indian tribes , relative to their possessions , and for the purpose of securing lasting peace and friendship between them . 5 . Resolved , That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a system of surveys in Oregon , commensurate with the settlement by American citizens , similar to the system already established in other poitions of the territories of the United States .
6 . Received , That the Committee on the Militia be instructed to inquire into the expediency of organising the militia in the territory of Oregon , and furnishing them with arms and ammunition , to enable them to defend themselves against the encroachments of the hostile Indians in that vicinitv . 7 . Resolved , That the Committee on the Postoffice and Post-roads be instructed to inquire into the
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expediency of transporting a monthly mail to Oregon , by means of small detachments of otherwise unemployed soldiers , from Fort Leavenworth , so as to secure the mail facility at little additional cost tothe government , and preserve a line of military patrol along the route . These resolutions were laid over under the rule for debate .
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SENTENCES . The following is a correct list of the sentences passed upon the pr isoners at the last session : — To be Transported for Life—Thomas Smith 21 . For Fifteen Years . — Thomas Bennett , Jolm Reed , alias Frederick Mason , and Charles Bowen . For fourteen Years . —John Dancock , Geo . Bates , and William Wilkes . For Ten Y < ars . —John Thomas , Philip Wetzel , Frederick Bunyan , Charles Shannon , James Norman , George Lake , William Frederick Kelly , John Concannon , William Breason , Edward Cunningham , Henry Mortimer , William Tapson , and William Mills . For Seven Years . —John Kloba , James Darks , Thomas Penny-father , John Bradley , Jeremiah Graham , alias John Scott , William Porter , Henry Harman , Thomas alias James Henwille , John Wilson , and Frederick Fitzgerald .
Imprisonment and Hard-Labour for Two Years . — William Bennett , Edward Uogwood , George Sanders , alias Andrews . For Eighteen Months . —Dennis Shine . For Twelve -Voiitfts . —Peter Burgess , Thomas Blake , Benjamin Brown , John Moore , Henry Brown , Frances Read , Eliza Cross , John Gordon , Henry Prcseott , George Mitchell , Henry Jameson , William Roberts , Mary Davis , John White , James Hudson , Emma Austin , Mary Aune Williams . For Nne Months , — Mary Anne Nyo .
For Six Months . —James Thorn , Arthur Webb , Mary Barrett , Mary Anne Lloyd , Daniel Cruikshank , Mary Green , John Young , Pierce Driscoll , James Parker , John Ashford , Richard Carter , William Lory , Amelia Hayiies , Thomas Walker , Alfred Hay , Rosina Bayley , George Evans , Robert Studley , Charles Holmes , Abraham Wheeler , John Mansell , Isaac Hoare , Benjamin Shepherd , William Stockwell , William Deacon , Mary Witsou . For Four Months . — William Hewsori , John Grunme , Benjamin Freeman , John Jetty . For Three Montiis . — Thomas Scholfield , William Codd , John Whcatley , Jamos Beasley , Edward Heawood , Barbara Goulding , Mary Green , Johu ReiUy , Thumas Hamilton . For TwoMontht . —Edward Home . Several other prisoners were sentenced to undergo different shorter periods of imprisonment varying from one month to seven days in Newgate .
The following were acquitted—George John Ford , Richard Riley , John Tu " obs , David Lewis , Rlizabetli James , Susannah James , Ellen Dasey , Richard Warwick , James Hogan , Anne Hogan , William Barry , Edward Walker , William Prohett , John Brumell , John Strutt , George Dickenson , Thomas Emmcrson , Mary Anne Sears , Mar , v Anne Chalk , - John Tew , William Oldham , Thomas Roberts , Mary Roberts , Richard George Reef , Robert Downs , Thomas Bash , William Bond , Elizabeth , Sanders , James Whitsido , Caroline Barber , Anne Jones , William Gibbs , Joseph Mitchley , Mary Day , Henry Joseph Killerby .
There was only one bill ignored by the grand jury viz ., against Isaac Clark . - ¦ • • Judgment Respited . —Henry Spiccr , Mary Smith . Remanded to Vie next Session , —George Johnstone , for murder ; George Green , James Thomas . The court at its rising adjourned to Monday , Feb . 2 nd .
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MANSION HOUSE . Tuesday . —A Smasher Learned in the Law !—A young fellow , named occasionally William t ' oston , who has been some time one of the leaders of the Westminster gang of bad money uttcrers , was brtught up for final ex . amination upon the charge of having exhibited two of his manoeuvres in the shop of Mr . Baker , 110 , Chcapside , tobacconist . The cool self-possession of the prisoner caused some surprise in the justice-room ; for he not only questioned the right of the Lord Mayor to send him for trial , but he denied the application of the law as quoted by Mr . Goodman to his particular case . Frederick Breach , shopman to Mr . Baker , said : —On Tuesday last between two and three o ' clock in the afternoon , the prisoner came into the shop , aud asking for three cheroots laid down a sovereign . I gave him half a sovereign in chance . He then asked me to change it , as he thought it
was light . I accordingly took from him what I then believed to be the coin I had just given him , and gave him another half sovereign . He then requested me to give him silver instead of the half sovereignl had just handed to him , but upon taking up the half sovereign I perceived that it was a counterfeit , and not the sound one which I had just given to him . I laid down the counterfeit piece , and going round I shut the door , and demanded from the prisoner the good half sovereign which I had that moment given him , when he ' Said , " Here it is ; here is the good half sovereign which you gave me ; " and I took it from him . When I looked for the counterfeit he had last given me , it was gone from the counter , and could not be found . I then determined to examine the half sovereign which he had returned me in the first instance , and I discovered it also to be counterfeit and it was the one which
I now pro'luc « . —The Lord Mayor : Well , I shall commit tha prisoner for trial . Do you wish to say anything , prisoner ?—The prisoner : Yes , my lord . I wish to know whether you can commit me without knowing that the Mint will prosecute !—The Lord Mayor : No doubt of it . I intend to commit you now , and Mr . G oodman will make out your commitment . —The prisoner : I wish to know whether Mr . Goodman has got the authority of the solicitor to the Mint to send this case to the Central Criminal Court . You'll excuse me , my lord , but I don't think he has . The law requires that two offences must be committed by the same party , and one within fourteen days of the other . Now whereis the second piece of bad money to show against me ( laughter )?—The Lord Major : The act of parliament is construed by you too partially in your own case . We have a section that will meet your
case . —The prisoner : I do aot consider that you can legally commit me , without producing bad money passed by me within fourteen days , In fact I know it ( a laugh ) . —The Lord Mayor : Yon will find yourself mistaken . You have , with all your legal acquirements upon the branch of trade you follow , stumbled upon a section under which you will not bi prosecuted , and you have overlooked that under whieh you certainly shall be prosecuted . You supposed that wc would go against you for a heavier punishment , and indict you for an offence , the proof of which would require additional evidence . We shall do nothing of the kind . As we can't get any more for you , we shall be satisfied with the one year ' s imprisonment . —The prisoner : I don't think I shall get it ( laughter ) . The Lord Mayor : I do ; and if the Mint should hesitate upon the subject , I shall direct the City Solicitor to prosecute . The prisoner was then committed for trial .
WORSHIP-STREET . Tuesday . — Forqeuy . — Michael Marlow , formerly a police coustablt , and who , it has been stated , has been in custody , and impriioned as a begging-letter writer since his discharge from the police force , was placed at the bar before Mr . Bingham upon several charges of uttering forged checks purporting to bo drawn by Mr . Henry Thomas Tunson , a gentleman of fortune residing at Ealing , near Southampton , upun Messrs . Glyn and Co ., the bankers in the city . The facts previously esta-Wished were , in brief , that the prisoner , on tho 28 th ult ., went to the sign of the King ' Head , at Clapton , and obtained a bottle of brandy in the name of a married lady named Tate , presenting in payment a check upon Messrs . Glyn and Company , for £ 10 . Mr . Hubble , the landlord , having several times given cash for checks from the sauw quarter , so suspicion was entertained with respect to the one in question , but it was afterwards returned as a forgery . The prisoner was again remanded for the production of further evidence .
MARLBOROUG-H STREET . Wesdesday . —Embezzlement . —Thomas Thorn was brought before Mr . Maltby for final examination , charged with having embezzled various sums ofuuney belonging to his late employer , Mr . Watson , carver , gilder , and picture-dealer , No . 210 , Piccadilly . Mr . Watson said tlie prisoner was engaged by him iu August , 1844 , as clerk , and continued in the same until Febuary 1845 , when hu left . It was ths duty of the prisoner to keep the books , and receive money , and hand the same over immediately to him . Prosecutor , some time after the prisoner had gone away , ascertained that several of the customers'bills had been receivedand not accounted for . He immediately sought out the prisoner , but was unable to meet with him until receatly , wlien Ue caused him to ba taken Into custody . The prisoner made no defence and was fully committed .
CLERKENWELL . Monday . — Isish Amosements . —On ! why did ye Die '—John Sbaughensey was charged with violently assaulting Anne Connor . It appeared from the evidence that on the 3 rd instant the child of a man named Shaughensey , who lives in Sawyer ' s-rlace , Bunbill-i » w died and that since then all the relatives and acquaintances of the parents , who are Irish , have bsen assembled at the house , and a continued scene of boisterous merriment was kept up iu the very room where the deceased lay , up to the morning of Sunday last , the day of burial . It appeared that each person upon entering the room raised the lid of the coffin , and inspected the features of the corpse , and then put down a sum of money wherewith to
yrocuve porter , gin , & c . The prisoner , who had been there all the week , quarrelled with the complainant on Sunday morning . The room wa » quite full of people at the time , and a frightful scene ensued , the relatives of each party joining in the affray . The prisoner seised the complainant by the neck , and flung her under the table . He afterwards forced her head through a pane of glass , by which she wa ; much cut . At length the police came , the riot was quelled , and the corpse wag removed . Mr . Greenwood said that anything so shockingly barbarous and savage as what had just been detailed he had never heard . Such brutal indulgence was as bad as anything ever heard of thesavsges ef New Zealand , or of the ancient Mexicans . The prisoner was fined £ 3 , or six weeks' imprisonmrat , -
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years surgeon in the armiss of Greece , Poland , and Portugal , who made an application to Mr . Bond , about two months since , with reference to some alleged claims on the government , to-day waited upon Mr , Burrell on the same subject . The magistrate having inquired his business , Dr . Quail said that lie had come to put himself undelete protection of tho magistrate , us he eiuld not obtain satisfaction of the ministers . He had been promised attention to his claims many times from the ministers , but those promises had led to no result . Mr . Burrell : What claims?—Dr . Quail ; They are for seventeen years ' pay and pension for services to Greece , Poland , and Portugal . £ 25 , 000 per annum is accredited to this government from Portugal to pay the Legion to which I belong , and of which I have never received a fraction .
There is credit open upon the revenue of Greece , upon which 1 have a claim of £ 15 , 000 , since 1829 , whilst the government are also indebted to me in the amount of £ 50 a-year , for eight years , from Poland . The British Parliament accords £ 12 , 400 a-year to pay the Polish refugees , but I have not been paid any sub ' -idy since 1837 . Dr . Quail was proceeding , when Mr . Burrell stopped him , by observing , " This is not a matter which I can entertain . " Dr . Quail : I wish for a warrant , sir , against the secretary of tho Treasury , that he may be brought before you to explain the motives for my being deprived of my rights . Mr . Burrell : Oh , no ; I cannot think of doing that . There is not the slightest ground for entertaining such an application . The natural influence must be that if the claims were just they would be acceded to . The complainant then retired .
WOOLWICH . Toesoay . — Cojibiittal of a Gang op Notorious Buuglaks . — Three young men , who gave the names ol William Mumford , George Reed , and Thumas Tapncr , were charged before Mr . Jeremy with having attempted to enter the dwelling of Mr . Thomas Dixon , furniture-broker , of Poivis-street . Police constable Gladwin deposed , that on the evening of Sunday , the 4 th inst . he was on duty in Hare-street , when he saw the prisoner Miniiford , with the other prisoners , go to the door of Mr . Dixon ' s house , where he then stood , while Mumford walked backwards and forwards on tho opposite side of the street . Witness then secreted himself , and he saw Reed take something out of his pocket , and apply it to the keyhole of the door . Mumford now passed by the plaoo where he was hiding ,
and as soon as he saw him he gave a loud cough . The other prisoners went away immediately . Witness ran over and collared Reed and Tupncr , and convoyed them to' the station-house , where ho took two skeleton-keys from Reed , one from his hand , and the other from his pocket . As they were on the road to the station-house , Reed threw some keys away , which were picked up by some boys . Witness then went in pursuit of Mumford , and took him into custody on the Market-head . A sergeant and constable of the L division stated that they knew Reed and Mumford as notorious house breakers . Reed ' s proper name was Franklin , He had been tried and convicted of burglary , and had since been twice summarily convicted . Mumford ' s proper name was Higgins , aud he had beea twice tried for highway robbery . Tkt prisoners were committed to Newgate .
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DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF FIRE-DAMP IN MONMOUTHSHIRE . Newport , Monmouthshire , Jan . 14 . —This morning a fearful explosion of fire-damp occurred seven miles from this town , at the works of Mr . John Russell , by which a sacrifice of thirty-five lives has taken place . , ' , So far as we have heen aide to discover , the disaster occurred through the injudicious use of Davy ' s lamp . [ another account . ] There happened this morning , about half-past seven ' o ' clock , a tremendous explosion of fire-damp at the colliery of Messrs . Jolm Russell nnd Co ., of Risca , in this neighbourhood , accompanied with a
frightiul loss of life . It appears that a great number of the workmen have fceen keeping holiday , and that only about 150 men were working in the pit at the time of the explosion . The accident occurred in a big vein , where about thirty-five men were working , which is the number missing on their being mustered at the mouth of the pit . Fourteen bodies have been already brought up , the state of the pit being such as to prevent searching for the remainder . It was expected that about four o ' clock to-day there would be sufficient air in the workings to enable the search to be continued . There can , however , be little doubt that the remaining number are dead .
Poachixg Affray.—On Tuesday Last, Januar...
Poachixg Affray . —On Tuesday last , January 13 , the magistrates of Worcestershire , sitting in petty sessions at Worcester , were occupied some time in investigating a charge brought by William Mann , a gamekeeper of Lord Sandys , who resides at Ombersley , in that county , against a labouring man named William Day , for cutting and wounding him , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . The case , as laid before the bench on the part of the prosecution , was briefly as follows : —On Saturday , the 8 th of November last , the gamekeeper , while patrolling a certain portion of his Lordship's preserves , called Gardener ' s-coppice , encountered the prisoner Day , iu company with his companions , named Woodward and Curnock , busily engaged in laying snares for game . On the parties catching
sight ot the gamekeeper they approached him in a menacing attitude , and Woodward and Day set upon the keeper with heavy sticks or bludgeons while Curnock kept the keeper ' s dog at bay . The keeper attempted to defend himself , bat was overcome by numbers , and the poachers succeeded in knocking down Mann aud rendering him insensible from the effects of two scalp wounds , the marks of which he showed to the Court . On recovering his senses the keeper found himself alone , and saw nothing more of his assailants until hist week , when Day was taken at the house of his parents at White Lady Aston , about ten miles from Omberslcy . Woodward , the second of the poachers , was tried at the last Worcestershire Quarter Sessions ( last week ) on a charge ol stealing a waistcoat at Worcester , and , being found
guilty , was sentenced to three months' Imprisonment , at the expiration of which time he will be taken before the magistrates on the charge of attacking Mann as above described . Cu . nock , it seems , has left the country , never having been seen or heard of since the above transaction . Both the complainant aud the defendant were supported by . legal advisers ; Mr . Hide , of Worcester , appearing for the prosecution , and Mr . lirampton , of the same city , for the accused . On behalf of Day a bold defence was set up , Mr . Brampton being instructed to plead an alibi . To substantiate this , two witnesses were called , viz ., the mother of the accused , and a young woman owning the euphonious name of Martha Huggins , with whom it would seem that Day is "keeping comnany . "
Mrs . Day deposed that her son left home at 0 o ' clock on the Saturday morning with Martha Huggins to « o to Worcester , and returned at 11 o'clock with her . Martha said that " Bill Day " went with her on the Saturday morning to Worcester . Both left White Lady Aston at 9 o ' clock , and she positively swore that he never left her company until 9 o ' clock the same evening * . The attack at Ombersley , II ve or six miles from Worcester , was stated to have taken place fit 4 o ' clock in the afternoon . After patiently hearing botli sides , the magistrates decided on committing the prisoner to take his trial at the March assizes on the charge , when the jury would decide on the validity of the defence set up . The prisoner was accordingly committed for trial .
Another Serious Collision on the Miuland Railway . —A very serious collision took place at the Chesterfield station on Tuesday morning . It appeared that as the down train , from Derby to Leeds , arrived at the station at Chestcrfield . ' she was moving at the most terrific speed , and , although her steam was shut off at A considerable distance from the station , the train , in consequence of the rate it was then going at , was unable to stop , and ran with iearful violence into a mineral train which was crossing at the moment from the down to the up line . The engine of the passenger train was thrown off the line , and it was almost a miracle that none of the passengers were either killed or wounded . We are happy to state , however , that the whole number escaped uninjured , and the only inconvenience they suffered was a delay of some two or three hours until the line could be cleared ; tho engine itself was completely smashed . The engine
of the mineral train was also seriously damaged , but not to the extent of the passenger engine , which was a remarkably powerful one and nearly new . Mr . Cooper , the station-master , was instantly on the spot , and it was soon ascertained that all the passengers were safe , and indeed that not a single " individual was hurt ; the greatest confusion , however , prevailed , and for some time the line was impassable . Four engines , and a large number of labourers , were set to work to clear the line of all impediments , so that the public should be as little inconvenienced as possible . Our correspondent was informed that the reason the driver could not stop the engine at the station , was owing to the slippery state of the rails . Immediately on the accident becoming known at Derby , the engine-driver and guard in charge of the tram , were sent for by tho board to explain the cause of the accident , and there cannot be a doubt but the most rigid investigation will be instituted as to the cause of tho accident .
The Twenty Million Subscription List .-On lucsdayoneof the most voluminous returns that probably ever issued from the Parliamentary printing press , appeared . It is a list of all subscribers to the Railways of last session under £ 2 , 000 . The return is much more curious in its details than the preced ing one , which gave a list of purchasers above £ 2 , 000 each . 1 he return includes upwards of twenty thousand subscribers to the lines and branches of last session a one subscribing to the extent of £ 213 , 80 , 703 us . 4 d . it presents a combination of peers and F m * n ^ anti "" -admirals , spinsters and haltpays , M . P . s and special pleaders , professors and cottonapmners , gentleman ' s cooks and Q . C . ' s attorney s clerks and college scouts , waiters at Lloyds , relieving officers and excisemen , barristers and butchers , Catholic priests and coachmen , editors and engineers , dairymen and dyers , braziers , bankers , beersellers , and butlers , domestic servants , footmen , and mail-guards , with a multitude of other «* Uinss unrecorded is tho book of trades .
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The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. ...
THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith , are held every week on the following days and places ' . —
SI / . YDAT EVENING . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartiat Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , at half-past seven . —Somen Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-strect , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmelt ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o'clock precisely . —Marylebone : at tlie Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halfpast seven . MONDAY EVENING . CamknvcU : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o'clock precisely .
TUESDAY EVENING . Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , Blackheathhill , at eight o ' clock . Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Judo , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o'clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Hull : The weekly meetings of the Co-operative Land Society are , on Sunday night at six , and Tuesday at eight o'clock , in the Council-room , Pier-street , Wellington-str « . et .
Tower Hamlets.—Mr. P. M'Grath Will Deliv...
Tower Hamlets . —Mr . P . M'Grath will deliver a lecture on " The Land and the Charter , " at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock precisely . City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , Farringdon-street . —The public discussion will be resumed at half-past ten o'clock on Sunday morning next , January 18 th , In the evening , at seven o ' clock , Mr . B . Wall will deliver a lecture on " Elocution , including sketches of celebrated orators of the platluiiUi the pulpit , and the bar . "
Marylebone . —Mr . C . Doyle , of the Executive Committee , will deliver a public lecture—Subject , "Defenceof Chartism and the Chartist Policy "on Sunday evening next , January 18 th , at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , to commence at seven o ' clock precisely . Frost , Williajis , and Jonrs— A public meeting will be held at the Investigation Hall , Circus-street , Marylebone , on Tuesday evening next , January 20 th , to petition for the restoration of the above exiles . The members of the Executive Committee and Mr . Thomas Cooper will be present and address the meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . Westminster . —Mr . P M'Grath , President of the Executive Committee , will deliver a public lecture at the Parthenium , St . Martin ' s-lane , on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock , January 18 th . Subject , " Review of the events of the past year . "
Cahukrwell and Walworth . —A meeting will he held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , January 10 th , at eight precisely . Frost , Williams , and Jones . —A public meeting to petition Parliament to address her Majesty to grant a free pardon to the above-named patriotic exiles will be held at the Hall , Turnagain-lane , Farringdon-street , on Monday evening , January 26 th . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Di / a'combe Soiree . —The next meeting of the uener . il committee will be held at the Parthenium .
72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , on Tuesday evening next , January 20 th , at eight o ' clock precisely , when a return of cash and tickets must be made . A meeting of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , City District , will Jbo held in the hall , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday evening next , Jan . 18 th , at five o'clock precisely . Chartist Co-operative Land Society . —A special meeting of the members of the Westminster district will be held on Sunday next , January 18 th , to bear the auditors' report , at the Parthenium , St . Martin'slane .
Militia . —After the usual lecture on Sunday evening next , January ISth , a public meeting will be held at the City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , to take into consideration the attempt of the Government to force the people unwillingly to serve in the militia . Admission free . The Natal Day of the Immortal Thomas Paine will be commemorated by a public democratic supper at the George and Dragon , Blackheath-hill , on Monday evening , January 20 th . The following democrats have accepted invitations , and will be present : —The members of tbe Chartist Executive
committee , Mr . G . J . Harney , and Edmund Stallwood . Tickets Is . 6 d . each , to be obtained of Mr . Morgan , Butcher-row , Deptford ; Mr . T . M . Wheeler , Crown-court , Dean-street ; Mr . G . J . Harney , Northern Star Office ; and at the bar of the George and Dragon .
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LONDON . Chartist Co-operative Land Society , —At a meeting of the City District it was resolved unanimously , " That this district hold a meeting once per fortnight , at tho City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagainlane , Farringdon-street . " "That each member do pay one penny per month , to defray local expenses . " " That the sub-secretary ( Mr . James Wyatt ) do attend the Hall every Sunday evening , to enrol members and receive contributions . " "That the next meeting be held on Sunday evening next , Jan . 18 tb , at five o ' clock precisely . " Somers-Town . —A respectable audience assembled on Sunday evening last , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tottbridjje-street , New-road , to hear Mr . John Shaw , the metropolitan delegate to the late Chartist Convention at Manchester , give a report of his delegation . Mr . John Hornbv was called to the elt . tir
Mr . Shaw concisely and ably detailed the proceedings of that important conference , and resumed his seat amid the cheering of a full and attentive meeting . On the motion of Messrs . Humphries and Laurie , a vote of thanks was awarded to Mr . Shaw for the satisfactory manner he had discharged the duties of his delegation , and Mr . Shaw having responded the meeting separated . The Militia . —A public meeting will be held in the South London Chartist Hall , corner of Webherstrect , Blackfriars-road , on Monday evening next , January 19 th , 1816 , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against organising the militia force ; chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr . P . M'Grath , C Doyle , T . M . Wheeler , Mr . T . Clark , Mr . R . Ridley , and Mr . T . Cooper , author of the " Purgatory of Suicides , " die , will attend and address the meeting .
The Approaching Duncombb Soiree , —At the general committee meeting , held at the Parthenium , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , on Wednesday evening , Jan . the 14 th instant—Mr . James in the chair—letters were read from Douglas Jeirold and Chas . Dickens , Esqrs ., highly approving of the objectof themceting Also from W . D . Christie , M . P . for Weymouth , stating the great pleasure that he had in accepting the invitation te be present at the soiree . Mr . J . Knight reported that he had attended a meeting ot the engineers , held at the Exinouth Arms , Commercial-road East , and that that body had pledged themselves unanimously to attend the soiree , and expressed a desire that Mr . Feargus O'Connor should be present on the occasion and address the meeting . — Favourable reports were received from all quarters , many of the committee renewing their supply ol tickets , their first lieing exhausted . Much routine business was necessarily gone through , and the meeting adjourned .
Bankrupts, [^Rom The Gazette Of Friday, ...
BANKRUPTS , [^ rom the Gazette of Friday , Jcrouare 16 . ) Thomas Ledyard Evill aud Thomas Dotvglass , of Vigostreet , cloth manufacturers—Isaac Denning , of 1 , Tichboume-strcet , watchmaker—Thomas Woodyatt IUoper , of 5 , Bathurst-street , Hydc-park-gardens , chemist—Alfred Bunnell , of ID , Bridge-house . place , Newingtoucauscway , window blind maker—Thonms Caswell and Tames Thomas Tindal , of Northampton and Sheffield , leather sellers—Frederic Kerr , of Barley-street , Marylebone , of IVntraheilen , Shropshire , and Hammersmith , bookseller— "William Orchard , of Portse * , Hampshire , builder—IUeliard Stafford , of 1 , Wamford-court , City , share agent—William Buckley , of Hollingrove , York , shire , woollen cloth manufacturer—William Lawrence , of Sheffield , stove manufacturer—Thomas Clay , of Longroydbridge , Yorkshire , merchant—Thomas Brown , of Leeds , stockbroker —Thomas Williams , of Bristol , victualler—William Maud , of Liverpool , victualler—PeUr Owen , of Liverpool , miller— Robert Edwards Walker , of Liverpool , shipbroker—John Alldritt , of Hugely , Stanfordshire , ropomaker .
Fatal Accidbst On Tux Midland Railway.— ...
Fatal Accidbst on tux Midland Railway . — On Friday a fatal accident occurred at the Matchley station of tho Midland Railway , near Leeds . One of the workmen , » bricklayer , was crossing the line with a plank ou his shoulder , when , unperceived by him , ono of the fast trains from Manchester came up , and the buffer of the engine struck the poor fellow , and threw him to a distance of about twenty yards . The engine was immediately stopped , and the unfortunate man picked up , but life was quite extinct , ThcMaqdebttrg GazettepuhMshea details of a horrible
drama , which occurred in a village near that town . A man in a fit of insanity killed his wife and five children , and then set fire to his house to conceal his crime . He next inflicted on himself two wounds in the neck and chest , and presented himself to a surgeon of Magdeburg , declaring that he had been attacked and thus injured by the individual who had committed this series of crimes . The authorities at once proceeded to the house , and found-nearly every thing consumed , and the bodies calcined . The man afterwards acknowledged that it wm he who had done all himself .
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Sionb Or A Mild Winter —It Has Been Remarked Whenever A Severe Winter Is About To Take Nlace. That
Sionb or a Mild Winter —It has been remarked whenever a severe winter is about to take nlace . that
the ants bury themselves very deep in the earth . Last winter , which was very severe , these insects were found at the depth of two feet below the surface of the earth , whilst this year they are onlv two inches under ground . The same with the bees ; last long winter they had stopped every avenue to their hives . This season the entrance to them is scarcely closed . —Bntsielles Gazette . Tue D & uhken Duke of Maslbohough . — . At the Lambelli Police-office on Tuesday last , while the night charges were being disposed of , a person of respectable appearance got into the witness-box , and , addressing Mr . Henry , said , that on the preceding uight a gentleman had been charged at the Towur-strent station-house with being intoxicated , and being admitted to bail was so ill on that
msrmng as to be quite unabla to attend before his worship , and as it was not his intention to appear , he ( the applicant ) had come prepared to pay tho amount of the recognizances which had been entered into . Mr . Henry replied , that as the party had declined coming forward , he certainly should estreat bis recognizances . He ( Mr . Henry ) then asked what was the amount oftbe recognizance entered into for the appearance of the party , aud was told by the police-sergeant who had taken the charge , that the amount was 40 s . The recognizances were accordingly estreated , and the applicant at onco paid the £ ' - ' . It has since been rumoured that the party charged , instead of being Mr . George Spencer Frevill , as he described himself at the stationhouse , was no less a personage than George Spencer Churchill , Duke of . Marlborough . It appears that about eleven o ' clock on Monday night the attention of policeennstable Wi A was called to a gentleman who was
lying on the floor outside one of tho boxes in Astlcy ' s Theatre , and wno appeared to be labouring under the effects of excessive intoxication , Tho constable , with assistance , convoyed hii drunken charge to the station-house in Tower-street , Lambeth ; and on reaching that place he appeared so far gone , that the sergeant on duty felt it necessary to send for Mr . Wagstaff , the divisional surgeon , who promptly attended , and by his assistance tlie patient became sufficiently recovered to be conscious of his situation , and gave a fictitious name and address . He , however , sent for the Marquis of Blandford , but the noble Marquis was from home at the time The intelligence of the awkward situation of his master had , however , it is said , reached the ears of Morris , tho Duke of Marlborough's valet , and that person instantly hastened to the station-house , gave bail for the prisoner ' s appearance the next day , and was the person who attended audpaid the money .
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Office , in the same Street and I ' nruh , for * h » Proprietor , VEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., and published by Wileiam Hewitt , of No . , Charles-street , Hruij . . don-street , Walworth , in tho Parish of St . Mary , Now . ington , in the Comity of Surrey , at the Office , No . 1 ( 1 , Great Windmill-street , Hajuwrket , in the City of Westminster . Saturday , January 17 , 18181
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