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      MANSION HOUSE . Wxdmsdat . —Attejcptsd Suicide . —A female of respectable appearance , but appearing to labour under much mental distress , who stated her name to be Ha :. nan Haines , was brought up and charged with having contemplated _elfcdestruction . One of the City police stated tliat he found the prisoner in the neighbourhood of the _river Thames , in a deplorable state of mind , and when bt- inquired the cause of her distress , she stated that her _hujband had deserted her and robbed her of aU her clothes , and taken away with him the servant maid ; that

      » h . had struggled with adversity , and aetuaUy with _star-Tsaos , _uatU that day , when her landlord threatened to seize what trifling matters of furniture she had for rent , Binvuming to 3 s . if A , and that she Iiad come to the place in which she wa » _apprehended for the purpose of putting an end to her _esUu-ncc The witness added that she had given to him the : sai : ies of some very respectable relations of hvr husband , and their addresses , and seemed desirous upon bis suggestion , to seek the humane interposition of tbe Lord Jfayor . —The Lord _JIayor directed the unhappy woman io be removed to the Compter _tUl Friday , tliat inquiry miiclit be made as to her friends .

      _FJtrDAV . _—R-iCMT WAV TO " _PtTT SciCIDE DOWN-. " flamnb Hai" — . -who was charged on Wednesday witli havi :::.- 3 :: t _? i : ded self-destruction , was brought up for _reexamination . The defendant had mentioned upon her first examination some particulars about her husband's relatives , and the Lord Mayor directed that care should be taken of her by the matron of tlie Compter . His lordship said bv found thc poor woman's statement was un _. exaggerated , and tliat she was really an object of compassion . He handed her a sovereign , which , he said hc had received for her , and desired her to leave her address with " Mr . Goodman , and to caU at the Mansion House on Monday next . The appearance of the defendant was mnch altered for the better .

      GUILDHALL . _Satckdat . —Breaking a _Policemax ' s Arm . —Robert Clifford , a carpenter , residing at No . 4 , Dudleycourt , was charged with breaking a policeman ' s arm . Thc prisoner has been several times remanded for the offence . City police constable Covcncy , No . 36 , said that on tbe morning of the Sth instant , between one and two o clock , he was on duty in St . Martiii _' s-le-Grand , wben lie saw the prisoner standing at the top of Newgate-street . The prisoner seeing witness , called out * " Where isJSewgate-strect ?" . . " vYitiiess told him that hc was in Newgate-street . Prisoner replied "You arc a b— liar . " Witness crossed over and asked him what he meant b y such language , but hc still persisted in abusing witness . Seeing he was

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

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

      MARYLEBONE . Tuesday . —Extensive Roebebt . —A young niannaincd William Tonng , who on the same morning completed a term of six mouths * imprisonment for stealing articles of wearing apparel to the amount of upwards of £ 50 , was placed at the bar before Mr . Rawlinson , charged with having committed another robbery of almost equal extent . The -prisoner was remanded .

      _WOnSDIP-STKEET . Mosdat . —Supposed Mobdeb . —Several respectablelooldng persons attended before Mr . Broughton , the sitting magistrate , to make a statement touching the mysterious disappearance of Mr . William May , a silk-manufacturer on a minor scale , resident in Sew King-street , near Bonner ' s Half , lietlmal-grcen , who had been missing since the 9 th Bee , under circumstances which induced his friends to believe that he had beeu murdered . A large printed bill , offering ten guineas reward for his discovery , and which had already been extensively circulated in tlie district , was handed to the magistrate . In this it was stated that Mr . Mav was last seen ou the night ofthe 9 th

      of December , between thc hours of ten aud eleven , near the police station in Chapel-yard , Spitalfields , by some person who knew hun , and tlie following morning his hat and handkerchief were found in a field near the Twig FoUy Bridge , uear tlie Angel and Crown , at Twig FoUy . From that rime _notJjimjfnrflier could be ascertained respecting hiin , and it was added ,, that he was therefore supposed to have been murdered . He was described as about forty-four years of age , five feet three inches high , Of fair complexion , marked -with the small pox , was dressed in a brown Taglioni coat , black satin waistcoat , black trousers , witli black , satin stock , and bis linen marked " \ V . M ., " andhe had about him £ fi , and a pair of blue steel spectacles in green case , mounted with

      silver . Tr / EsnAT . — Attempted Suicide . — Mary Parker , a good-looking young married woman , was placed at the bar , charged with attempting to commit self-destruction by throwing herself into the Regent s canal . It appeared from the statement ofa respectable middle-aged woman , named Mary Ann Gooch , that haring been hastil y summoned between _ebven and twelve o ' clock on Saturday night to attend the death-bed of a neighbour , she wiis proceeding to that person ' s residence , which closely adjoins thc canal , when she saw the prisoner suddenly rush down the _Imnk from the side of the bridge , and , without waiting to divest herself of auy of her dress , plunge headlong into the water . Without a moment ' s delay the witness ran in after her , and succeeded in catching hold of

      the prisoner , but the latter struggled so violently to disengage herself from her grasp , that the back of witness ' s dress was entirely burst open in her efforts to save her . Witness at length became so completely _exhausted by her exertions , that she man bave been dragged under the water , had not two young men , who were attracted by her cries , fortunately como up to her assistance , and by their aid they were both rescued from theu * perilous situation . The prisoner was then conveyed to a neighbouring public-house , where she soon after revived ; but tbe first use thc prisoner made of her recovered powers of speech was to revile the witness in thc most vituperative terms for having effected ber preservation . It appeared the prisoner had been taken to the Shoreditch workhouse , where , after maintaining an obstinate silence for some time , she had at length stated herself to be thc wife ofa person employed in tha docks , and living in _Felhamatreet , Spitalfields , with whom , she said , she had had a quarrel , which determined her on self-destruction . The

      magistrate warmly commended the conduct of the witness , Mrs . Gooch ;• and , after stating that he considered her weU worthy of a reward from the Humane Society , directed Tilt , tlie usher , to present her with a trifling gratuity in acknowledgment of her humane and courageous behaviour . A decent-looking man , who said be was the prisoner ' s husband , here stepped forward in great agitation , . nnd stated to the magistrate that be was wholly at a loss to account for his wife ' s conduct She was a most sober , weU-conductt-d woman , and had two children , to whom she was tenderly attached ; and so littlo suspicion had her family of her intentions , that they had been in a state of distraction in consequence of her unaccountable disappearance . The magistrate said be should commit theprisoner to gaol ; but , at the earnest intercession of her husband , however , who promised to guard against luch an occurrence in future , the prisoner , who throughout displayed an air of firmness and self-possession , was ultimately set at _Uberty , and left the court with her friends .

      The Coistsg Case . —James Green , and his daughter , Anne Green , a child 11 years of age , who stood charged with having been found engaged in the manufacture of an _imniease quantity of spurious coin , and in whose _apprehension , it _wDl be recollected , two officers , named Bnmnaa and Cult ? , were seriously injured , were placed at the bar for final examination . The particulars ofthe former hearing have already heen published . In defence the male prisoner said that his daughter was perfectly innocent ; and for himself he should say nothing _Ktpresrot _, nnder the advice of Mr . Duncombe , bis _soUcitor . Both prisoners were then fully committed for trial .

      Tbcbsdat . —Suspected _Mubdeb . —Mr . Bingham was engaged in an investigation relative to tbe fete ofa gentleman named WiUiam May , a commercial traveUer in the silk trade , recently residing at So . 8 , New King-street , Bethnal-green , who had suddenly disappeared under circumstances of mystery and suspicion . A few days since , two brothers of the missing gentleman , stated that tlie latter left home ou the evening of Monday , the 9 th ult ., to visit a friend in the neighbourhood of Spitalfields , from whom he parted In good health and spirits about eleven o ' clock the same night , since which time nothing whatever had been either ieen or heard of him . The applicants ex .

      prosed tbeir conviction that their brother had been murdered , and their suspicions to tbat effect were strengthened by the feet that his hat and handkerchief had been found early neitmorning on the baufcof the Regent ' s Canal , near the bridge at Twig Folly , the former being much crushed aad broken , evidently by heavy blows , while some of bis papers ware d _^ scoveredlyingoutheoppositebankofthecanal . FoHce-constahle Mountford _, K 108 , stated that the occurrence bad crested a strong sensation in the neighbourhood _, lie had ascertained that at eleven o ' clock on the night in question the missing gentleman had left a public house in Spitalfields , caUed the Job's Castle , at _twtbra o ' clock ; proceeding in tbe direction of his _» wn reiidence ,

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      wbich adjoined the canal . About half an hour afterwards , a woman named Smith , living at Twig Polly , observed a person being led along by a young man , towards the canal bridge , in such a manner ai to excite suspicionc and noticing that the gentleman was a good deal inbriated , _ehe questioned his conductor aa to liis intentions ; the young man , however , made her no reply , and she soon after _lo * t sight of them . A woman named Gardiner , residing close to the canal , told him that , shortly before one o ' clock , whUe in bed , she was awoke by a stifled cry of distress , and at the same moment heard an exclamation in another man ' s voice of "Bun , you»— -, run . " This was foUowed by the sound of hasty footsteps along the bank , but as ail shortly after became quiet again , sho thought it unnecessary to take any

      further notice of the matter . About the same hour a third woman , named BisseU , living nt Old Ford , was proceeding home along a secluded lane leading from the canal bridge , when she was alarmed at seeing a man , who was stripped to his shirt , rise slowly up from a ditch skirting the footpath , and who called out to her in a faint voice , " For God's sake stop and help me ; " he then made an ineffectual attempt to scramble ont of the ditch , -but fell back again , apparently in a state of exhaustion . She felt so greatly terrified that she hastened on , but had only proceeded a few yards when she encountered a tall man standing still , who stared at her as she passed him , and continued watching her tUl she was out of sight . Immediately on reaching home , she mentioned the circumstance to her husband ; but the place in question beiug a considerable distance

      from their house , her husband thought it would be then useless to take any steps in the matter . Thc officer added that he had seen the hat of the missing gentleman , which had been picked up by two working men , named HiU and Goldsmith , and he was satisfied from its appearance that it must have been struck violently by some heavy instrument , as the crown was completely beaten in , and one side of it split open down to the very brim . Mr . Bingham said bethought hehad heard quite sufficient to justify him in entertaining a suspicion that some foul play had been practised , and he should , therefore , immediately commumicate with Mr . Itatford , the cannl company's superintendent , who he was satisfied would as soon as possible cause thc water to be drawn off from tliat part of tlie canal in whicli the body of the unfortunate gentleman is supposed to have been secreted .

      BOW STREET . Tuesday . _—Bdeglaex and Extensivh _Kojjbert . — Richard Elliot , described on the police-sheet as a tobacconist , residing at No . 20 , Bell-street , Paddington , and Richard Vincent , 19 , Carlisle-street , Portman-market , an omnibus driver , were brought up in custody of the detective police , and placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , charged with burglariously entering tlio dweUing-house of Mr . Thomas Cox , clerical tailor and robe maker , 39 , _Southamptou-stroet , Strand , on the 25 th Dec , and ( stealing therein several pieces of sUk , linen , Ac ., to a considerable amount . Thc prisoner Elliot is the same person who was tried and acquitted , about nine months back , at the Oxford Assizes , on a charge of having been concerned in stealing the sum of £ 800 from tho boot of the Cheltenham coach . Tho prosecutor said tliat shortly after ten o ' clock on tho morning of Tuesday , 24 th December ,

      he left home for the purpose of going to Tonbridge _WeUs , from whence , in consequence of a message he receired , he returned on the Thursday following , when he found that Ms premises had been broken openj and property amounting to nearly £ 300 had been taken away . The articles produced formed a portion of it , consisting of 460 yards of silk , value £ 130 , together with eighteen pieces of linen , worth £ 20 , and a great coat , llie price of which was £ i , which was taken from a stand in the shop . There were also U 6 yards of linen , being eight pieces , with some remnants , and eighty-two yards of lavendor . coloured silk , all of which bore bis private mark . Inspector Shackle , of the detective force , proved the capture of the prisoners , and the recovery of a considerable portion of the property , all of which was identified by the prosecutor . Several witnesses wcre examined , and Mr . Jardine ordered the prisoners to be remanded .

      TUZSDAY . _1 * £ ABG 03 _O'CoNNOE V . NeCEOMANCY . — Samuel Gregory , a person whose manner indicated a great degree of excitement , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , charged with having broken plate-glass worth £ 10 , at tlie house of Mr . Canton , the dentist , in St . Martin ' s-lane . —Mr . Davis , a solicitor , stated that he was at Mr . Canton ' s house on Monday evening , when the prisoner came and asked for Mr . Feargus O'Connor . He told him that that gentleman did not live there , and he went away . Presently he eame again , and was again informed that Mr . O'Connor did not live Ihere . After some hesitation he went away , and witness went up stairs to the drawing-room ; but hc had scarcely got to thc top ofthe stairs when hc found that theprisoner had followed him . He again asked for Mr . O'Connor , and appeared

      disposed to persist in saying thathe did Uve there . Mr . Davis said , " I told you before that hc did not live here _, " and after some hesitation the prisoner went down , but just as he got outside the door , and Mr . Davis was about to shut it , hc turned round and smashed the glass to atoms . —Mr . Jardine asked the prisoner -what he had to say to the charge . —The prisoner said , in the first place , I beg to say I have not the means of paying so large a sum as £ 10 ; some smaller sum , perhaps , I might pay . If I had known what I had been about , of course I should not have done what I did , so far at least as worldly prudence is concerned . I should also teU your worship that I have bad no sleep for many nights past , in consequence ofthe annoyance I have experienced from Mr . O'Connor and several other riotous persons making a disturbance

      about my apartments . From that cause I have had no sleep for the last six nights ; what little I have had was one afternoon , during the day time . Now that , as your worship must be well aware , makes a great difference in the bearing of a person , and give , ? the imagination a great predomination over thc judgment . That being the case , I dare say I should not give a very good explanation of my conduct ; but , perhaps , your worship would rather that I should give even a bad explanation than none at all ( a laugh . )—Two persons who knew the prisoner ( he lodged with one of them ) stated that he had for some time complained of noises in his head , and had fancied persons made a noise near his room ; but he had not before known

      him to imagine Mr . O'C . to be one of those who annoyed him . lie was a person of education aud general mildness of demeanour . He never drank anything but cocoa and water . His famUy lived at Brighton , but were rather poor in circumstances . —Mr . Jardine , seeing that tlie prisoner was evidently insane , directed that he should be taken to the surgeon of St . Martin ' s parish , aud "fter a medical opinion had been obtained , he would make an order respecting him . The magistrate told Mr . Canton that hc regretted there was little chance of his getting paid for the damage done . Thc -fact of it being over £ 5 , took it out of Ids jurisdiction . If the relations of the prisoner should be in a situation to pay , he would advise them to do so .

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

      CLERKENWELL . Tuesday . —Stabbing . —William Benny was charged with attempting to stab his wife . The prisoner , on the previous evening , asked his wife to give him some money ; she declared she had given him all she had . She left the house , and went into a grocer ' s shop , and was standing by the counter when she felt a thrust at her side , and on turning round , saw the blade of a knife projecting from her hmband ' s hand . The prisoner was held to _baU for th »« essions . ' . ¦ . " ** " , _¦¦ ¦ -.-. _ , Fbiday . — Case of Great Distress , —Yesterday , Henry Gruffett , a man whose appearance bespoke great distress , applied for relief . —He stated that he was a native of Leeds , in Yorkshire , but had been in Toronto , iu Canada , for the last eighteen years . On the 20 th of

      October last hc landed at Liverpool , and proceeded forthwith to Leeds for the purpose of seeing his father and mother , who Uved there ; but on reaching Leeds he found that they were both dead . Falling in with some old associates he became intoxicated , and was robbed of aU he possessed . Me was a storekeeper in Toronto , and had a wife and family there , lie wrote at once to his wife , stating his condition , and ] requested a remittance ; and , about ten days ago , he had received an answer from her , stating that she would send him in a few day s a sum sufficient to enable him to return , and would address thc letter to the London Post-office . In Leeds , in order to

      support himself , he was obliged to pawn tho principal part of his clothes ; and on arriving in London , three days ago , he was utterly destitute . —Mr . Combe : Why don't you apply to the parish ?—I did apply to Clerkenwell workhouse , but they refused to give me any out-door relief ; they would take me in . —Mr . Combe : And why did jou not go in !—I would die first . I would rather endure any suffering than go into such a filthy place as their straw-yard . —Mr . Combe : How do you know whether it is filthy or not ?—I was , unfortunately , obliged to take refuge in one on my way from London to Leeds . —Mr . Combe ordered the poor feUow a trifle from the poorbox .

      Assault . — John _Walshe , an Irish mechanic , was charged with wounding James Tomlinson , whereby his life was endangered . —The wounded man was conveyed from the hospital to the court yesterday ; his head was bandaged , and hc seemed pale and feeble . —The prisoner was fined £ 5 or six _weeks'imprisonmeut . —Theprosccutor was conveyed back to the hospital .

      LAMBETH . Tuesday . —Bbctal Pabents . —Cbcel _Tbeatmebt op a Child . —Dunn , one of thc beadles of the parish of St . Mary , Lambeth , accompanied by a number of the inhabitants of Hooper-street , Westminster-road , entered thc court , and complained of tbe gross and inhuman treatment ofa child named Pratt by its parents . A decentlooking woman entered the witneBs-box , and stated that she lived next door to the parents of thc child , and that both herself and her family wcre frequently disturbed and shocked by the piteous cries of the little fellow . His parents , who were woodcutters , were in tho habit of re-

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      turning home at the most unseasonable hours , and lt appeared to be tbe constant habit of one or ; other of tbem , on entering tlieir room , to beat the child in the most cruel manner . On that morning witness heard the Uttle fellow ' s cries on two . occasions , the first time about two o ' clock , and tho last about eight , and upon subsequently seeing hun she examined his person , and found him in the most shocking state . The ' poor cbUd , who is only five years of ago , was here exhibited to Mr . Henry , and presented a shocking spectacle . His face , neck , arms , loins , back , and legs were covered with livid marks , some of which had evidently been the result of violence inflicted at different times , but most of tliem had been reeontly caused . The magistrate turned away quite shocked at the scene , and directed that a warrant should at once be issued against the father , who had inflicted the injuries on that morning , and that it be executed without delay . Mr , Henry also directed that the child should be at once conveyed to Lambeth workhouse , and attended by thc parish surgeon .

      Wednesday . —Robert Pratt , for whose apprehension a warrant had been granted on the preceding day , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Henry , on a charge of 11-treating his son , Richard Pratt , a child of five and ia half years old . Eliza Kingate gave evidence of the frightful cruelty perpetrated by the unnatural parent on his own child , fully corroborating the evidence adduced on the preceding day . Four othor witnesses were examined ; one of them , a tradesman who lives opposite the prisoner , added that one day he heard a violent screaming issue from Pratt's house , and on hurrying across and looking through the window , he saw the child hanging from the top baluster by a rope , with a noose round his

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

      Seeiko the Old Year out , and the New Yeah in . — George Jefferson , a highly respectable-looking elderly man , was brought before Mr . Henry , the sitting magistrate , charged with being drunk and disorderly . —The veteran said it was aU owing to tho lumbago , and seeing the old year out and the new one in . —The Magistrate : Yes ; but that ' s no excuse . —The prisoner pleaded hard for forgiveness ; he had fought brarely his country ' s battles , but tlie lumbago , and the parting ; glass with the old year , had overcome his reason .. —Upon the understanding that theprisoner would turn over anew leaf with the new year , the Magistrate said , iu consideration of his services , he was disposed to let him off . —Theprisoner promised amendment , and was discharged .

      WANDSWORTn . Wednesday . —Infamous _Tbbatheht of a Child A respcctablelooking elderly man solicited the magistrate ' s interference in a revolting case of cruelty , of which his granddaughter had been tho victim . Hc stated , that about ten months since Mrs . Elizabeth Ross , the widow of an officer , residing at Bolingbroke-place _, _Battcrsea , proposed to take his grandchild off his hands and bring her up as her own . She said sho would perform the duties of a parent towards the little girl , and she should Jive with her as a companion . To this proposition he assented . He went to see tho child two or three times up to four months since , when it was apparently doing well ; he had no opportunity of speaking to his grandchild alone , and Mrs . Ross suggested that he bad better discontinue his visits , as it oidy made the child unsettled in

      her mind . From that time he had never seen his grandchild until she was brought home by Mrs . Ross in a most deplorable state . It appeared that the father of the child had enlisted for a soldier , and the mother had accompanied him to Ireland . —Mrs . Smith , a _bonnct-makcr of Westminster , said that on Monday , about half-past eight o ' clock , she found tho child standing at the _shop-door ; the was in a most horrible state of emaciation . In . _factj she could compare her to nothing else than a living ' skeleton . Her clothes were ragged ; the shoes she had on did not protect her feet , which were bleeding very much and full of sores . She asked tlie ohild how she had come there , and she said Mrs . Ross had brought ber there ; that they bad walked all the way from Battersea , and tbat that person had left her , telling her never to come back again .

      The child was ravenous for food j her bones almost broke through tho skin , her body was covered with bruises nnd sores , and her feet was one mass of blood and conniption . —Tbe grandfather said , they had made inquiries in the neighbourhood , and learned that Mrs . Ross , who lived alone , nndmadethepoorchUdher servant , had been seen to strike her , aud to drag her up and down the garden by her ears until tbey were absolutely torn and Weeding : They would prove also that Mrs . Ross made the child sleep on the door-mats , and frequently left her locked up iu the houso without food or firing for many hours together . She had also been seen at work , such as was only fit for a woman , at four o ' clock in tho mbrning _.-rMr . Clive , the magistrate , ordered a warrant for the immediate apprehension of this she-brute .

      -Thursday . —The Alleged Inhuman Treatment or a Child—In the case reported yesterday , the warrant to apprehend Mrs . Elizabeth Ross on a charge of violently assaulting , abusing , and starving Caroline Johnson , a child not eight years of age , was placed in tlie hands of Barnes , the summoning-officor , and yesterday morning he reported to Mr . Paynter , the sitting magistrate , that ho apprehended tho accused at nine o ' clock on Wednesday night , and conveyed her to the Wandsworth police station . She expressed much surprise at being taken into custody , and said she had always behaved kindly to the girl , and only corrected her when she deserved it . At the station-house , whUst tlie charge was being taken , the accused suddenly fell to the ground , exclaiming , that she was bleeding to death . Mr . Finch , the divisional surgeon , was sent for , and ordered her immediate removal to tbe Wandsworth Union , where she received the care her case demanded . She is still in a precarious state , and her present removal it is considered would be attended with danger . Mr . Paynter , under these circumstances , remanded her oase until a future day .

      SOUTHWARK . ' Thursday . —A " Free-born Englishman , "—Thomas Walsh , a man advanced in years , was charged -with stealing a pair of candlesticks from the house of a publican . It appearod the prisoner had just come out of gaol , after having suffered six months' imprisonment , and that he went into the complainant ' s house and took a pair of brass candlesticks , with whicli ho was in the act of leaving , when he was taken into custody . The prisoner ' s defence was , that , he caine out of gaol ponnylcss ; that having lost his character no person would employ him ; tlio pangs of hunger impelled him to take tho articles with a view of procuring some food . Ho had no wish to conceal the facts , and would prefer being sent to gaol to remaining at large without thc means _ofaubsis . tence . —He was committed .

      SURREY SESSIONS , Jan . 3 . Alleged Robbery by a Man op Property . —George Hazel Frazer , a young man of highly respectable appearance and connections , surrendered to take his trial , charging him with feloniously stealing from the person of Ann Thorpe , wife of Richard Thorpe , one half-crown and a latch-key , thc property of her husband . From the statement of Ann Thorpe it appeared that she went into a public-house iu the borough , on the evening of 4 th of December last , to call for a glass of gin , and while standing at the bar she felt some person ' s hand in her pocket , and ou turning round saw tbe prisoner take his hand away , when she immediately accused him ofthe robbery . The prosecutrix at the same time said that if he would return the money she would forgive the prisoner aud let him go . The prisoner denied the robbery in the

      most positive terms , and a policeman coming up at the same time , the prisoner addressed hiin , saying , " This female accuses me of robbing her . " The police asked her of what she had been robbed , when she stated that the prisoner had robbed her of two half-crowns and a latch key . One of the half crowns the prosecutor gave a description of , stating that it was a George thc Fourth ' s one , and black at the edges . The hrisoner was taken to the station-house , where he pulled his handkerchief out of his coat pocket . The policeman , pearing something rattle , asked tlie prisoner what he had got there , to wliicli he replied nothing . The key was , However , found in tho handkerchief , at which tho prisoner seemed thunderstruck , and said he could not account for the possession . He was then searched ,

      and two half-crowns were found in his pocket , one of which the prosecutrix indentitied as belonging to her , and swore it was the same as she lost . Mr . Charnock , on behalf of theprisoner , made a powerful speech . The learned counsel said , it was one of thc most unholy prosecutions ever brought into a court of justice . The prisoner was a man placed above want , for he bad ample funds at bis command , having recently come into possession ofa handsome independent property , of which he was at the present moment in the full enjoyment . The learned counsel called several witnesses , who proved the prosecutrix to be a person of the lowest character , and contradicted her testimony in essential points . The Chairman summed up at great length , and - the jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guiltv .

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      Covent Garden. A New Candidate For Histr...

      COVENT GARDEN . A new candidate for histrionic honeurs—i . e .. new to tlio metropolis , made- his debut in tlie character of Hamlet on Saturday evening . The gentleman iB Mr . Henry Betty , son of the celebrated " Young Roscius , " as his father was surnanied , _S _^ the tune when the precocity of his talents for the stage oxcited so _exh-aordinary an biterest The celebrity oftho elder Betty ' s name still continues , and is no smaU stock in trade for an aspirant to public favour to commence with ; in addition to it , however , Mr . Henry _Bettybcws a considerable self-acquired reputation from his efforts at the various provincial theatres . In all the

      physical quabties of an actor , Mr . Betty is not deficient , possessing a tall and commanding figure , considerable grace of manner , a voice wWch wo conceive to bo good although its powers appeared impaired by hoarseness , _togel ther with large and well formed features : Of his impersonation ofthe character of Hamlet while we certainly cannot regard _lusi efforts as perfect , much ma y be _saldinTu praise . There was a general show of discretion in his reading , which with one or two exceptions was completely free from any straining after what are called " nointe " the language being delivered with a straightforward Wiphcity ; and where earnestness and energy was _requisite be was all-sufficient . His appearance at the commenTe _,

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      ment of the evening was . greeted with cheering maita of encouragement : in the course of the play he . _wasi-epoatedlv and warmly applauded ; and at the conclusion , the honours of a reoaU bofore the curtain were awarded to him accompaniod by the usual demonstrations of unqualified a pprobation . ' The characters of Laertes , by Mr . Jamos Vining , and Poloniusi by Mr . Bass , were well sustained The performance of the latter gentleman , who is from Manchester , deserves particular encomium , as it evinced considerable inteUigence and tact . We should not omit mention of Mr . Rogers , who played the First Aator ; he delivered bis speeches with a noat and emphatic elocution which occasioned a regret that his services had not been higher cast in the tragedy . Miss A . Mercer undertook the character of Ophelia , in lieu of Mrs . Seymour , who was Mother sustained by Watson

      ill and the x _^ aeen was Mrs . , who lookod both handsome aud regal . On Wednesday evenin" Mr . Betty made his fourth appearance on these boards ? arid the * second time as Claude MeVivottc , in Sir Edward Ljtton Bulwer ' s melo-dramatic play of the Lady of Lvons . The cbivalric bearing of this character is not _misuked to the display of Mr , Betty ' s histrionic qualifications . He delivered with considerable effect tbo noble sentiments it is embucd with , and in case of action and _eleganco of deportment left little to be desired . The performance was very successful , as was proved by the loud and frequent applause from all parts of the house . The part of Pauline Deichappellet was ably sustained by Miss A . Mercer . Mr . _Bhbs , as Colonel VJumas , astonished the house by the briUiancy of liis performance . He is extremel y clever , and must become as popular .

      Tun Antigone of Sophocles . —Tlus , perhaps the most famous of the Greek tragedies , was produced at Covent Garden on Thursday evening . Thc production of this tragedy i" tbe English language , and on the English stage , ' has been anticipated with great curiosity ever since If . Laurent , the manager of Covent Garden , signified Ids intention to bring it out "; and _wojare happy to say public curiosity has not been disappointed . It was acticipated that the tragedy must be a failure , or if anything could save it , it would be Mendelssohn ' s music . How widely different the result ! The music proved detrimental , whilst the tragedy itself has been most triumphantly successful . All tliat ' concerns the drama , does the greatest credit to the manager , tlio actors , aud every one employed . -Although the theatre has not been converted into an antique ono for the occasion , tbe stage has been approximated' to thc Greek sufficiently to produce an effect

      bom picturesque and satisfactory . The seeue represents a _procentum . The entrances from the palace aro from curtains hung in tbe centre , aud there arc doors _con-ectly placed , leading to the interior , and the country abroad . Tho port of the stage in which the principal characters stand is elevated above the rest , which forms an orchestra , with a Thymelo for the chorus . The scene , which was richly decorated with fresco paintings , is admirably executed hy Mr . John Macfarrcn . Of tlie actors , we must give the palm to Miss Yandenhoif _" , who played Antigone . Declaiming with dignity in the earl y part of the play , where she sets Croon , at defiance , completely preserving the stern simplicity of the character , she portrayed tlio con , eluding despair of Antigone , when she utters wild lyric effusions in her grief , witli a mourufulness , and at the same time with a sculptural elegance of gesture , that produced an effect perfectly electrical , and totally unlike anything that we have seen . Waving her arms in despondency to the chorus , flinging tlio hair from her forehead ,

      dropping her hands m the last dead calm of gnef , and finally leaving the stage witli eyes now east to the ground , now raised to heaven , as if in hopeless supplication , — she formed a series of really beautiful pictures , —or , shall wo say , statues . The dignity of Creon was well supported by Mr . YaudenhofF . There were some fine points in Ids performance . We may instanco the droppiug onthe ground , when soul-stricken by tlio news that Eurydke has killed herself . Tbo rest of tbe performers acted their parts in a manner every way satisfactory . The tragedy , as we have 6 aid , succeeded most triumphantly iu spite of the music , and though the choruses wero hissed with great intensity of purpose , the impression left on the whole of the audience at tho fall of tho curtain _eoernod to be tbat tbey bad witnessed a great work , new to thorn from its extreme simplicity , and striking by its deep solemnity . The audience at the descent ofthe curtain wore most clamorous in theu * applause . It was announced that Antigone would bo repeated on Saturday . This announcement was received with acclamations .

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

      length entraps him into an elaborate and diverting hoax , during the progress of which every one escapes , leaving the Bey alouc in a state of rage and mortification . Miss _Condell played Isabella , and sang several lively cavatinas with neatness and brilliancy , and appeared to be more at home than in tlio Castle of Aymon . Mr . Allen was the lover , and his singing w ; as " by far thc best of the ovening ; while Jfr . Le / Mer laboured hard tobe droll as Taddeo . The Bey was in thi * hands of lir , 1 ' , Corri , who saug the airy phrases of Rossini ' s music with a fine Irish broguo and other eccentricities . In the Inst scene , when in the course of tlio hoax he slips off his loose Algerino costume and gets nipped up in a pair of European pantaloons , he made tlie most of it , aud was very entertaining .

      VICTORIA . We droppedinto this well-conducted theatre on Tuesday evening , but too late to _" witness the commencement of tbe new drama which Mr . Osbaldiston bas this week produced for thc entertainment of his patrons ; we , however , saw sufficient to induce us to give our full approval to thc new piece—an approvid which seemed to be universally entertained ; The drama is from tlie pen of thc author of Susan HopUy , the popularity of which this new piece bids fair to rival . It is entitled Marianne , the Child of Charity , and details tlio adventures ofa poor but virtuous girl , Jf « rian »< _-, who is supposed to be a mere child of charity , but who eventually proves to bo the heiress of immense wealth . Thopart of Marianne was . weU performed by Miss Vine-cut . Mi * . Osbaldiston admirably performed tbe part of Captain Sefton , the father of Marianne , who had been supposed to

      bo dead , but who returns from slavery in time to rescuo his daughter from the plots of her enemies . Onibwig , a rascally lawyer , and Sir A'icodemus Sefton , ii blackguardly sporting character , were well acted by Mr . Esser Jones and Mr . T . Higgle . Mr . W . Searle was very successful in the character of a desperado , named Nightshade , Mr , " John Herbert , as Job Scroggs _, a cat ' s-meat vendor , kept-ihe house in a roar of - laughter the whole time he was on tho stage ; and Miss E . Terr y , as Miss Charlotte Todd , a gay lad y of fashion , was excellent . The curtain descended amidst an unanimousroar of applause ; and the piece was announced to be performed every evening till further notice . The laughable drama , entitled Wilful Murder , followed , and kept the house in a continued fit of good humour until the commencement of the pantomime , tlio merits of wliich we have before noticed .

      OLYMPIC . The Outcast , a drama written purposely for Mr . Rayner , so deservedly popular on the Yorkshire boards , was again performed at this theatre on Wednesday evening , when that gentleman resumed his original part of ¦ Walter GraysdaU , and Mrs . W . Wost sustained the character of tho heroine . The piece consists of a strange medley of scenes and circumstances , among which may be enumerated a harvest home , a gang of poachers , a shipwreck , an incendiary conflagration , a child rescued from the flames , and other incidents "by flood and field . " The drama affords scope for the display of Mr . ltayner ' _s peculiar forte and powerf al talents , and most ably he acquitted himself in both the whirlwind of passion and the subdued pathos by which some of the scenes were distinguished , Tho audience wero extremely liberal iu their plaudits . Mrs . W . West laboured hard and successfully to make tho most of an indifferent part . _Thejiouse was well attended .

      MAItYLERONE . We visited this elegant theatre ou Thursday eveningi The performances wore Barnaby Radge , succeeded by Mr . A . Morgan ' s splendid panorama of the scenery of Affghanistan , mado famous by the late war . Thc panorama reflects the greatest credit on the artist . The performances concluded with theplantomime , which continues in high favour with the visitors , Royal Polytechnic _Institowon . —At this festive season , when so many are in search of enjoyment , it becomes the duty ofthe public journalist to point out to his

      readers those places where may be found rational amusement and pleasing novelty . Among the many such places witli which this great city abounds , none can give more satisfaction than the Royal Polytechnic Institution . All kinds of amusement are to be found there ; lectures on Chemistry , Natural Philosophy , and other branches of science . We must especially notice Mr . C . E . Home ' s Lectures on the National Music of different nations . Mr . Home ranks among the highest as a com . poser and musician . We arc glad to find that this institution maintains its ground so well , and recommend oui * readers to pay it an early visit ,

      ENGLISH THEATRICALS IN PARIS . PARis ,. I ) Ec ; , 31 . —Notwithstanding the' fatiguing occupation ' s ' of the Carnival , and particularly of tlie preparations for the Jour de VAn—notwithstanding tbe bah masques ofthe Opera-house , of the Opera Comiquc , and other theatres , and the countless soirees dansantes of the season , the English theatrical company continue , and deservedly , to attract audiences crowded infinitel y beyond their hopes , Thc performance of . Hamlet has been tollowed by tlio rirginius of Mr . Sheridan Knowles , and has been not less successful . At thc conclusion the curtain descended amid transports of applause , which were kept up until Mr . Macready again appeared to receive the renewed expression of the gratification derived by the public from tbis remnrkablo performance . Miss Helen Faucit ' s Virginia , was replete with grace , gentleness , and classic simplicity . ¦ It would be impossible to act the character better . The remaining dramatis _ ocrs < ma : were creditably filled .

      _ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE . The first of "Batty ' _s Equestrian Morning Fetes , and Fashionable Day Performances , commencing at half-past one , and terminating at half-past three , " wa _» given on Monday . The programme included a variety of novel acta of horsemanship ; the songs & e of " the S outhern Minstrels , Messrs . Woolcot _, Robl bins , Parker , and King _. in their American nationalities and Ethopian entertainment ; " and , lastly , a splendid equestrian pageant , executed by eight horses with their dames and cavaliers , entitled , the " _QuadrillMof fto Moyon Age . " Tho acta of horsemanship , by Mr . Newsome and Mr . Selim Bridges , wore admirably performed ; and the feats of the "Spotted Steed , Taglioni , " trained by Mr . R . Smith , excited much applause . Tho Southern American Minstrels contributed greatly to tho pleasure of the entertainment . The audience on this occasion was moro select than numerous ; for tho announcement of these morning _ffitos has not yet become _sufficioutl y

      SADLER'S WELLS . On _Tuesday evening , the 31 st ult ., wo visited thia really popular theatre . Tho play waa Sir Edward Litton Bulwer ' s , Lady of Lyons ; or , Love ami Pride . Ihe houso was a complete overflow . Tho characters weres sustained as thoy can only bo _bus-^ _m * _* _¦» theatre m ° - Phel P ' " OlJude Mel notte , Mrs Warner as Pauline _Deschappelles , and Mr Lr . Bennett as General Dumas are especially deserving of commendation : theu * acting elicited frequent marks of approbation .

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      Gksebal Tom Thumb . —Wo paid our respects to the General on { Thursday , and were much pleased with the Visit . The General represented the " Grecian Statues" in a pleasing and graceful stvie . his representation of Napoleon-was much . applauded . One of the dresses in which thc General appeared was a splendid highland costume of tlie Stuart pl _. nid . We must not forget to mention that tbe . intervals between the performances were enlivened by a Vfll'icty of fashionable and favorite airs on the pianoforte . ...

      GRATUITOUS EXHIBITIONS . At the present holiday time the publication of the Mowing list of public exhibitions , which maybe seen free of charge , may be useful to our London readers . Thc British Museum , Great lixisscU-street , Moomsbury . — This great na tional exhibition , with its extensive and recent additions , will afford ample amusement to the admirer Of natural history , aud materially assist the roseareli of the antiquarian—open oa Thursday , Friday , and ° TlxNationalGaUcry , Trafalgar-square . --largecollection of pictures , by ancient and modem masters—any day except Friday and Saturday . East India Company ' s Museum , East India House—Large collection of objects of interest from the Eastern worldon Saturday . , r . Most

      Geological Museum , Craig ' _s-ww _* , Charing-eross . — interesting collection of geological specimens and remains in natural history—Daily . London Missionary Museum , _BloomfieU-sU-etl , _Moorfitlds —Heathen and other curiosities brought homo by the missionary preachers of thc society from every quarter of Uie globe . This collection has been made witli great care , and is highly interesting—Thursday , Saturday , and Tuesday . ' .,, Museum of the Itoyal College of Surgeons , Lincoln _s-Imi Fields . —This museum , founded by the celebrated John Hunter , contains almost innumerable objects of interest , amongst which are the skeleton of _O'Urian , the Irish giant ( nearly eight feet in height ) , aud of Miss _Creacliame , the Sicilian dwarf , who , when alive , was stated to weigh but six pounds . —Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday . Sir John Soane's Museum , Mneoln ' s-Inn Fields . —Thursday and Friday .

      Government School of Design , Somerset Ilouse , Strand . — Monday . United Service Museum , Great Scotland-yard , _WiitehaU . — An immense collection of naval and military trophies , brought fi-om nil parts of the world . —Saturday—any other day hy a member ' s order . Royal Gardens , Kcw . —Daily . Hampton Court Palace . —This ancient palace Can be seen daily ( Friday excepted ) . - Cfreenwich Hospital and Painted HaU . —Friday . Dvlwich Gallery of 1 'aintings . —Every day , except Friday .

      Thc following also may be viewed , by obtaining a member ' s order : —Society of Arts , Adelphi ; Itoyal Institution Museum , Albomarle-street ; Asiatic Museum , Graf tonstreet ; Entomological Museum , Uond-street ; Linmcan Collection , Soho-square ; Botanic Gardens , Chelsea ; Economic Geology Museum , Horticultural Gardens , Cliiswick ; Koyal Botanic Gardens , Bcgcnfs-park ; and the Stafford Gallery , _Belgrave-square .

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      Ireland.-Repeal Association. Dublix.—Mon...

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

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      Repeal in London . —TnuusnAY Evening , Jan . 2 . —Gray ' s Inn Ward , Albert , Gray ' s Inn-lane . —On Sunday evening _kai thc . large-room was respectab l y filled . Mr . Miiiton , anEi ) gb ' shgcntfcman , inthcclmir , who delivered an excellent address . He was followed by Mr . W . Pear , English gentleman , who said he was sorry to obtrude upon the time of thc _^ meeting , but that their cbairman , perhaps , was not aware that tho intended procession to honour Mr . Duncombe on the opening of Parliament had been postponed until Easter Monday , when delegates from all parts of England and Scotland would bo present . Hut though the law prohibited delegates from Ireland , there was uo law to prohibit visitors from attending . Mr . Dear then passed a high eulogium upon tho Repealers of London , and sat down loudly cheered . The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr . Collins , R . W ., and Mr . Reading , R . W . Several new associates were enrolled .

      _Dhurt-iake Wakd , Craven ' s Head , Drury-lane . — On Sunday evening last , Mr . Karnes , an English gentleman , presided . The meeting was ably addressed by Mr . Denis Lane , R . W . Mr . Harrington also addressed thc meeting , and several members were enrolled . Lord French ' s Ward . —On Sunday evening last a numerous and respectable meeting was held in the long room at the Fountain and Still , Golden-lane ; Mr . T . Lally _, R . W . and V ., in the chair . Mr . 1 ' . Calanan , R . W ., Dr . Looney , Messrs . Collins , Healey ; and M'Carthy addressed thc meeting . .

      In Greenwich and _-DEriroiiD tbo cause progresses admirably , under the fostering care and oxperience o ! Dr . Drury . Washington- Ward , Cable-street , Wellelosc-squaro . —At the last meeting of this Ward there could not have been less than 700 persons present . Tlie meeting was addressed at g . ieat length by Mi * . W . J . O'Connell , inspector-general . _Aldersoate Ward , Sun Tavern , London-Wall . — At thc last meeting of this Ward , Mt * . Murphy in tbe chair , it was severally addressed by Messrs . Peckham and Looney . Mb . W . J . O'Connell , Inspector-general , will attend tho Inspector-general ' s Ward , Prince ' s Head , Storcy ' s-gatc , Westminster ; and the Lincoln ' s-innfields Ward , Temperance Hall , Clement ' s-lauc , Strand , on Sunday evening next , Jan . 5 .

      _liaianiON Conciliation Ward . —At the last meeting Mr . Guiness _, of Dublin , presided . A letter was read by Mi * . Frecl , R . W ., which hc had received from Mr . Ray , tlio secretary of tho Association in Dublin ; thc following is an extract * . —" That some persons professing Chartist and Socialist princi ples have got in amongst you , aiid you are bound to prove that you are determined now , as ever , to exclude from our body such dangerous characters . " It appears that some persons had collected monies for the Association , wliich wero returned , and which led to the letter above quoted . Tlio names ofthe parties were expunged from thc books of the association . A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr . Hay for the prompt manner in which ho had acted .

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      SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE . More Sihpwkecks . —Late on Sunday ni g ht week a schooner , thc Minerva , belonging to St . Ives , foundered off St . Eval ' s Head . Sho was Laden with copper ore from Wales , and a heavy gale springing up on tho night previous , she sprung a leak , and although tho pumps wore worked , the water so rapidly gained upon them in the hold that the crew , for the preservation of life , took tothe boat , and within a quarter of an hour afterwards she sunk into deep water . On Sunday a shipwreck , very nearly attended with the most lamentable results , happened on the coast of Ennismore , Ireland , to the Lady Grace , a schooner , belonging to Kilrush . She was from Glasgow , running to that port , when , by some unlucky chance , she

      was driven b y a north-easterly gale upon a reef of rocks , north ot Hinchcad , a few miles from Ennismore . The crew wer e lashed to the rigging , and after great difficulty were saved , and got ashore . Earl y on Monday morning a fine now barque , called tho Taegar , Captain lloddington master , belonging to Liverpool , was wreched on the Blackwater Bank . There being much wind from ihe eastward , and much surf among the breakers , the crew took : to the boats , and succeeded in reaching the shore in safety . The wreck lies in a niogt dangerous position , and there is no doubt will shortly go to pieces . A largo Prussian steamer , named tho Prince , is announced to be wrecked near Mongcnok . She is valued at £ 1 _T , 000 , but

      there is no knowing as yet whether any lives are lost . In the course of Christmas-day a small vessel , supr posed to bo . named iho Joseph , ' is reported to havo been lost , with all hands , at thc back of Pendcnnis Castle , a large quantity of wreck having been found washed up on the beach . Other two vessels arc lost , the Helen ( William Miles ) , of London , and the Nimrod , of Aberdeen , both wrecked on tho northern coast . The slap Francis , of Liverpool , Captain Shap _, sunk in Mumblo Bay in October last , having a valuable cargo of oopper ore from Valparaiso , bound to Swansea . The crow of the American liner , Elizabeth , wrecked a few weeks since , and who were supposed to have perished , it is now ascertained were picked up and all saved .

      Dreadful Disaster at Sea . —Immense Loss of SnirriNo . —Marseilles , Dec . 28 . —Wc continue to receivo from all quarters the most dreadful accounts of the disasters committed by the late storms . It appears certain that no less thau eighty vessels wore lost in the Black Sea , the greater portion of them insured in France . Thc following is an extract of a letter written by a mercantile liouse at Tagarog : — "lam sorry to have to inform you tliat six English vessels , laden and ready to sail , were , in thc late gale , wrecked and completely broken up by tho ice . 1 could only learn the names of four of them—viz ., fhe Elizabeth , Ann , _Metcaif , and British Queen , lt was expected that the cargoes of thc two last would bo saved . " Nine vessels , principally Grecian , were lost near to _Niadre .

      _Brauford _Woolcombkus . —On Monday , a meeting oftho woolcombcrs in the employ ot Mr . _Wiilett , was held in the largo room , _Butterworth-buildings , to tako into consideration the propriety , of sending a deputation to their employer , to make an arrangement , if possible , to prevent the serious reduction intended to take place iu the various sorts of wool , amounting to Vs ., and in some instances , 8 s . in a week ' s work . A deputation was appointed , whose

      * L J . '— . _»__ . _< _tn « n * icnifnr « _tj nt \ fl a . — _^ .. _ _ labours wc regret to say were useless , and a general meeting of the _Woolcombers will be held on Monday evening , in the Odd Follows' Hall , . at six o ' clock Several employers having announced their intention of following the steps of Mr . _WiUett , the . pro _spocta of the workmen arc _gloomy in the extreme . SriiUTED _CoNnuci of thb Running . _Horsi * s 0 . ciett of Carpenters . —On Monday evening , December 30 th , 1844 , the quarterly meeting of the _i \\ society was held at the Running Horse ; Duke-street Grosvenor-square . Mr . J . W . Young , President _$ thc society , occupied the chair . Messrs . Stallwood and Dowling wcre introduced as a deputation from tho "Duncombe Testimonial" Central Committee and were most courteously received . Thc deputation _, having briefly addressed the meeting , withdrewafter which Mr . James Grassby , in an eloquent speech , detailed thc many virtues of tho patriotic Duncombe . and concluded by moving that the sum

      of £ 10 be voted from the funds of the society to tlio " Duncombe Testimonial . " The motion having been duly seconded , Mr . Heath said the llunniug Iioi Se Society of Carpenters bad achieved fame for _takin-r the lead in good and patriotic works ( cheers ); an 5 he was sure they would not be backward in _exhibit _, ing to the world ' their gratitude forthe great services rendered them by T . S . Duncombe , M . P . ( Ch eera . ) He would therefore move , as an amendment , that the sum of £ 20 be given as their quota to the ]) Un . combo Testimohial . The amendment having been duly seconded , tho President put the questions to tlio vote , when the amendment of Mr . Heath for £ 20 van unanimously _adopted amid loud cheera . The _depu . ration was then called in , and the President having stated to them the resolution come to by the societv , Messrs . Dowling and Stallwood , in tho uamo of the Central Committee , returned their thanks and retired .

      Duncombe Testimonial , Central Committee of Trades ,- Ac , _Savillc-housc , Leicester-square , Wednesday Evening , January 1 st , 1 S 45 ; Mr . J . Grassby iu the cliair . —Mr . J . Whetstone , steward to the Runiiirig-hbrse Society of Carpenters , attended , and handed in tho £ 20 voted by that Society on Monday evening . A letter was read from Mr . Drury , secretary to the Trades of Sheffield , to Mr . Duncombe ; and also one from Mr . Duncombe , in reply . This correspondence was deemed of sueh importance that it was resolved thatthe offer of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., be accepted ; and that ten-thousand copies be printed' for circulation amongst the Trades . A

      letter was read from 11 . Norman , _UiSq ., tlie treasurer , apolooising for non-atteudance , and acknowledging the receipt oftho £ 20 from tho Corkcirtters' Society . A letter was read from Mi * . Kibbey , Tiverton , announcing £ 5 5 s . from two other gentlemen in that borough ; and that all sums collected would be forwarded to tbe treasurer in a few days . A letter was read announcing that tho Associated Trades of Dublin had taken up tlie Testimonial with spirit . A letter was also received from Mr . C . _Pavitt , Bootcloser , enclosing £ 1 4 s . 8 d ., the subscription of a few Shoemakers in the city of Oxford .

      Duncombe Testimonial . —The central committee will meet for the dispatch of business , at Saville House , Leicester-square , on Wednesday evening next , January the Sth , at half-past eight precisely . Dr . Wolff . —Authentic information lias reached Bombay from Persia respecting the adventurous Doctor . The tyrant of Bokhara had permitted him to leave , and he was , when the Elphinstonc left the Persian Gulf , safe in Persia .

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      Citt Op London.— The Public Discussion W...

      _Citt op London . — The public discussion wul be resumed in thc Chartist nail , 1 , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday morning next , January 5 th , at half-past ten . —A meeting of the shareholders of the above HaU will bo held in the Coffee Room , at thc same hour on thc same day . Southwark and Lambeth . —Mr . J . F . Linden wil lecture in thc St . George ' s Temperance Hall , Blackfriars-road , corner of Webber-street , on Sunday evening next , January Sth , at seven precisely . Camberwell and Walworth . —A meeting- will bo held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , January 6 th , at eight o ' clock precisely . ILuniEKSurrn . —A meeting will be held at tbe Dun Cow , Brook-gyeon-kno , on Tuesday evening , January 7 th , at eight precisely .

      Somehstown . —Mr . P . M'Grath , president o f the Executive , will lecture on Free Trade , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , Croiner-street , on Sunday evening next , January Sth , at _half-pagt seven . Whitechapel . —Mi * . J . Dowling will lecture at thc White-house , St . Mary-street , on Sunday evening next , January Sth , at half-past seven . Tower Hamlets . —Mr . John _Sewell will lecture at tho Whittington and Cat , Church-row , _Bethnak green , on Sunday evening next , January 5 th , at seven o ' clock precisely . Westminster . —A lecture will be delivered in the Assembly Room , Clock-house , Castle-street , Leicester-square , on Sunday evening next , January 5 th , by Mr , Gardner , at seven o ' clock .

      Kino of Prussia , Toolet-street . —The membera of the St . John ' s and St . Glare ' s locality are requested to attend on Tuesday evening next , at eight o ' clock , Turnagain-Lane . —Thc members of this locality aro -requested to meet , at eight o ' clock , on Tuesday evening next , January 7 th , when T . S . Duucombe ' s letter will be taken into consideration . _WniTTiNOTOs and Oat , iCiiuRCH . _Row , _Bethsai . - Ghek ; v . —Mr . Sewel will lecture on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Sapfiion-Hill . —On Tuesday next , January 7 th , a meeting will be held at Hop _' kinson ' s Coffee-house , Saffron-hill , chair to be taken at half-past eight o ' clock , for thc purpose of re-organiziug this locality . Tower Hamlets . —The general councillors residing in the Tower Hamlets are requested to meet at the Standard of Liberty , 171 , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , on Sunday ovening uext , at six o ' clock .

      _INoTmGiiAH . —Mr . Dorman will lecture in tho Chapel , llice-plaee , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . Subject : A Review of Mr . T . Bailey ' s pamphlet , entitled the Rights ' of Labour . The members of the Byron Ward locality will meet at Mr . J . Sweet ' s on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . Newcastle . —A discussion will tako place in Martin Jude ' s long room , Three Tuns , Manor-street , next _Sundiu * evening , at seven o ' clock . Subject : Will a Repeal ofthe Corn Laws , under present circumstances , be _beneficialtotheWorlting Classes ? All communication to be addressed to James Nisbett , at Mr . Hamson ' 8 , tanner , & c ., Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Mr . Doyle ' s Last Fortnight's Route . — Bacup , Jan . 13 th ; Haslingden , 14 th ; Accrington , 15 th ; Oswaldwistlo , 16 th _Wlioatley-lane , 17 th : Clitheroe , ISth ; Sawlcy , 10 th ; Sabdcn , 20 _thy Barnoldswick , 21 st ; Colne , 22 d ; Barrowford ; 23 d ; Marsden , 24 th ; Haggate , 25 th ; Burnlev , 26 th .

      Mr . West will lecture at the following places on his route to Macclesfield , whore he is going to reside : ~ Leeds , on Sunday , Jan . 5 th ; Bradford , Monday , 6 th ; Hebden Bridge , Tuesday , 7 th ; Todmorden , Wednesday , 8 th ; and at the Carpenters ' Hall , Manchester , Sunday , 12 th . West Riding Delegate Meeting . —This meeting will be held in tho Working Man ' s Hall , Bidlcloselane _, Halifax , on Sunday , Jan . 12 th , 1 S 45 , to commence at eleven o clock iii tho forenoon . Mr . Jambs Leach will lecture in thc National Charter Association Room , Bank-street , Great

      George-street , Salford , on Sunday , January -5 th , at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . A members ' meeting will take place in thc above room on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . The Chartists of Salford are requested to meet in tho above room ' on Tuesday evening next . The Chartists oi- Djsrut are requested to attend a general meeting , on Sunday next , January oth , at six o ' clock in the evening ; to be held at Mr . _Thomat Chester ' s , No . 10 , Castle-place , Siddel ' s Lane . All communications for the Chartist Association of Derby , must , in future , be directed to Mr . William Chandler , Upper Brook-street , Derby .

      Greenwich And Deptford. Meeting.—At The-...

      GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD . Meeting . —At the- usual . weekly meeting ofthe members of the above locality , Mr . Turner in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : " That thc thanks of this meeting aw due , and hereby given , to Feargus O ' Connor , Esq ., tor thc able manner in which he has replied to the trashy pamphlet of the Messrs . Chambers and Co . "

      Bankrupts. (From Friday's Gazette. J Geo...

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Gazette . J George Edward Lankan , Southampton , builder—Joan Weightman , Cotton-end , Northampton , wharfinger— Benjamin Wyment Palmer , Daventry , wine-rccrctan t—Andrew Padbury . jun ., Epsom , _Surrev , grocer—John sew " - bold , Nottingham , tailor—James Ward , Manchester , engineer—John Woodlioad , Todmorden , Yorkshire , dogger . DIVIDENDS . r Jan . 24 , "W . Code , Bungay , Suffolk , grocer-Jan . mi , j ; Crieh , Sheffield , maltster—Jan . 80 , T . Fisher , Selby , _\ _uirkshire , linendraper—Jan . 30 , J . Jackson , Kingstoii-uiw » Hull , innkeeper—Jan . 30 , Gr . Sheppard , Thornton L _«* Ua _>> Yorkshire , corn . dealer-Jan .-2 i , W , Jackson J " _^ _TO baiter—Feb . 1 , 6 . Grantham , Manchester , gvoccr—J '>»• - _'¦•• T , Hobinson , _Ijeicester , wine-merchant .

      Printed By Dotjgal M'Gowan, Of 17i Great Windmiu Street, Haymarket, In The City Of Westminster, At To 101

      Printed by DOTJGAL M'GOWAN , of 17 _i Great WindmiU street , Haymarket , In the City of Westminster , at to 101

      Office In The Same Street Anu Ransn, »~:...

      Office in the same Street anu ransn , _»~ :--prietor , FEAKGUS O'CONNOR , Esq .,. indpubnshedBj Wuuah Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , _Brandoo * street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , Ne *** " ton , ia the County of Surrey , at the Office , No . Wh Str * nd , in tho Parish of St . Maiy-le-Strand , _«»• City of Westminster Saturday , January 4 , 1845 ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04011845/page/8/