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Ile Confiscation Of Cracow. French Juurr...
_IlE CONFISCATION OF CRACOW . French juurrals continue to comment on this To * trtE e of roland ' s spoliators . The _Dcmo-^ . _Irtfiip * " **' _--o * _* " _<( . j , hfm _P _. _* wer » bave embarked npon aa _rnter-*"* f » r n _* I , Enloas than tney * " ' foreseen . The " _^ _' _^(• _espwst _Tol _' sli _« id « peit < U _* nce hns revolted all _•** * ' " id Europe . An insurrection ef Poland would i ,, _n- _^ , tii be universally applauded , and Galicia appears J- ** " - ° av ail itself of such favourable opportunity . _*^" V _&•* ! rffers _from _***' * - ' 0 _** ntrT . 'be present state of _* * ' - go * * J" ** - "*™* *? can _«!<»¦»« prevent a rising before _^ j of " * winter- _The Austrian government has * _' arms to the peasants , who now have turned against iue
" uaotX _n"B _«»»»«> * _pinioi reoeuion gets it _^ s _trongerandmoreiriesistible . In this patriotic " _^ ment the women are foremost . Emulating with O"" T £ nt ( mic wives who formerly animated their _hus-*¦? _iheeoinbat _. aiid' mixed in tbeir deliberations : tbe •* _~ _of rilana _now-a-day keep up the sacred fire if _^ ,, 1 enthusiasm . ¦ _"" fte Austrian government Is much alarmed at tbis pa-, - _fnthus _**** _-- _iiartial law , which , during the _fLttteiOB of February was extended only ot « three _jSrt ' . _* now P * * 18 _* 1116 _^ twelve . _« je Eeforme says : —
« _, e whole of the German periodical press , witb three tf pri 0 'tt 8 , prot * -st * ' equally with the French and English ** jyr * . against tbe act of spoliation , committed by the _^ _j northern despots . The exceptions are the Augsburg _gffCttt , tbeFreneh Journal of Frankfort , and one of the ngm batfh papers . Tbe language in which the journals _jj _, e other side of the Rhine express ( he indignation , nhsii tted as tbey are to the yoke of censorship , is but an _gnirfett and feeble interpreter of the feeling prevailing _jmnnc tbe people of Germanyia general .
Until now the jlupsburg Gazette was onr leading jjner , commanding the most extensive circulation in ( _jerraauy . It was and is , also , the only German _p-fcr whose Introduction into the Austrian empire j not pat under any restraint . It was under this _^ ff that tho _Attgsburgh Ga zette alone , amongst the German papers , endeavoured first to ] defend Austria jo ibe atrocious transactions of Gal ' _-icia . and now _jrs ' nfor the annexation cf Cracow . But the . im-Bression | in Germany respecting _thescjtwo cecum _nees , 05 so strong , that the circulation of the Augsburg fcj _;< i / _ewasvrithina few months Bunk from nearly fi ottO copies down to 9 , 000 .
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THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOR POUND'S REGENERATION , To THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . They wno permit oppression , share the crime , Bbeihkes , —We have already informed vou of ( mr sentiments in relation to the confiscation of Crscow . through the medium of tbe ** Resolutions " adopted " at the public meeting On the 30 th of No-Tfruber . Since the adoption of those Resolutions we have _Jie « ime _i-formed ofa pubic document said to bean _afe-tractof the protest of L *> r < l Palmer-ton , addressed to the Northern despotisms on the _subject of the Craeow confiscation . We have postponed adifrvssimr yon nnfil this day , hnnss in the interim to learn that the alleeed ; - - protest '' of the English minister for foreign affairs was a fer er-, and not the veritable production of a publici functionary to whom , more than to any other nan , is committed the gnardianshipof this country ' s toncrar .
With pain and shame we are now forced to declare that we believe the said document to be really _isenuine abstract of Lord _Palmerston ' _s " -protest . " The said " abstract" first appeared in the columns t £ the Journal des Debuts , purporting to be supplied U thai Journal by its London correspondent . It _tras subsequently copied into the London daily papers without note or comment , -save the correction of an error regarding dates . Although ne authentic copy of Lord Palmerston ' _a " protest" has yet appeared , yet not one of the London journals has denied the statement ofthe Journal des Debats , and the orjans of the present administration have , _indeed , Touched forthe accuracy of that statement by _EivniS it unqualified publicity in their column *? .
" Presuming , therefore , that the _alleged abstract of Lord Pahnerston ' s " •¦ protest * " is correct , we denounce it as disjrracefol to the present English government , and not less a sin against the honour of this country than against the cause of that unfortunate people in whose behalf it is profess- dly directed . In tne " protest " imputed to Lord Palmerston , le _arsues the question on the hypothesis that " the amfiseation of Cracow is as yet but projected , " and addnces arguments to show the bad policy of such a proceeding . What a piece of miserable Jesuitism is this , when at the date of writing his protest Lord Palmerston _alreadv knew that the seizure of Cracow
• was an accomplished fact : indeed the official documents ofthe "' apostolic' * spoiler and his agents , announcing that _Cracwian independence bad ceased , must have been in the hands of Lord Palmerston before his - ' protest" was penned . On tbe questions of right and necessity , Lord _Paln-erston " ap peals to the treales of 1 S 15 , showing that a solemn _engasement entered into by eight powers cannot be annulled bv three of them ; and that it was impossible that a little republic of 130 . 000 _--ouls could cause serious disquietude to three of the most powerful States in Europe . " Such is this miserable " protest /' made in the name of Great Britain .
An Ensrlishstatesman _worthy of the name wonld have _-rgned the question after a more convincing manner . His - ' protest" would have been a _declaration to the effect that ** the faith-breakers who hail violated a solemn engagement , had by that act _outbivred themselves from all communion with men _klicvms in justice and honour ; that the treaty they had broken having ceased to bind them had ceased to bind all ; and , that henceforth the British government would regard tbe question of "Polish nationality not as confined to one city , but as embracing ibe entire country _, which of right ought to esistas an independent nation . "
There was a time in this country ' s history when a Blake commanded ber fleets , and a Cromwell _gui-M her councils , that thesivfferance of wron _**; and feonour was unknown to England ; but now we are ruled bv the chiefs ofa worn-out aristocracy , and a « n io whom the rise and fall of " stocks" is ot more importance than ihe rise and fall of nations ; it is tie interest of these just now that there should be " peace , " that they may quietly continue to make "Far upon tbe Industrious millions- and plunder them of tie fruits of their lahour ; and , therefore ,
" In a bondman skt-y , "With 'bated breath and -whispering humbleaess _, " Wd Palmerston ** protests . " The despots receive the waste-paper and grin defiance . We desire not war ; we would avert it by every fceans consistent with duty and honour ; but we _wou'd M provoke the _aggression ofthe wicked by tamely _alit'wing them to march to _*** _vards onr sanctuary , . over tie prostrate bodies of our murdered brethrenC and tie smoking ruins of thpir _desolated home- * ; least ol all _wauld we desire to see our England in the day of combat ranged on the side of the oppressors , as in former times has been too often the _csbs . If the tyrants wil ! _plunge Europe intorcnewed _^ convulsions , let at least the British people be found henceforth on the side of the nations .
N _« r do we desire a return of the days of Cromwell , -ar tiie rule of one man of capacity in exebange for the rale of aristocratic flunkies and soulless _money-^ raSickers ; but we do desire tbe _infusion of thc young blood of democracy \ fito England's political system , that the life which this great nation has at its heart , - may be called forth and exhibited in generous deeds « f national virtue and true greatness . The protest of Lord Palmerston adds but to the conviction we previously held , that Poland has nothing to hope for at the hands of the government of _England . The people may succour their Polish brethren , but the government wiii not , unless , indeed _, driven thereto by the thunder-voice of public opinion , or radically reformed by the people taking their affairs into their own hands . .. .
In the next session of parliament the question of Cracow ' s confiscation , and tbe violation of the treaty of Vienna , must come under the consideration ofthe legislature . If the parties in the Ilouse of Commons . ** ao claim to be considered the " friends of Poland , " merely make their " n . otion" to be as usual answered -Jibe _mi-iister and out-voted by his _supporter , any ¦ _aw-li " motion" will be a mere _mockei-y . If the "friends of Poland" are in earnest , they will in the fet place appeal to the people , who , we are confident , _*•*! b y petitions and remonstrances answer such ¦ _typeal . Friends , you possess the inestimable right of pub-« _dy meetiugand publicly associating ; use that right _* eer . trcat vou to express your syn : pathy and afford _?* _¦<* aid to _' a noble but unfortunate _i-eople , whose _Strings and heroism must be to all of you a house--- ¦ _'M _bistorv .
_"e ask you to strengthen our hands , as Without _^ _-or support we are nothing . In many towns we _•¦^ alread y a staff of associate members represent * _jj- 2 th * « Committee , and rtadv to act at onr call ; we _% = that in every town patriots will now be _fortllw-ffluig to afford * ris their aid . Fr < . the Vistula to the Seine , from the Tiber to " Mj . Khinc _, from the Baltic to the Mediteranean , p _'fa « t " What will England do for Poland ?" ¦ _JH'le of Great Britain and Ireland , it is for you to _IlSHjr .
Signed ; on l * half of the Committee , ERNEST JONES , _President . , , G . JULIAN HARNEY , Secretary - " - ¦ " . -on , December 7 th , 1810 .
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PUBLIC _JlEETING'foF TIIE FRATE RNAL DEMOCRATS . X * _- _** . _* _L > m very _numeroiis assemblage oftlie membera and mends of tins society took place on Monday evening hist , December 7 th , m the German Society ' s nail of Meeting , Druty-laue . John Moy was called to the Jglus _IUrsby _sa 1 ) ad had ROme ] eUerg _^ ¦ no country the writers wishing to know if thev could be associated with the _societyas honorary members _, lie was sure that the society would be happv to have tue co-operation of all goo I democrats anxious to advance the principle of human brotherhood . ( Cheers ) 1 wool the persons who had written to him he had muck pleasure in proposing as honorary members — Uter Gray , of Dumfries ; and William Beesley _. ' of _Accnngton , _North-Lancashire ; b _.-th men of iiitegnty and s . _crling patriotism . ( Cheers . ) lie hoped io see the leading democrats throughout the country , ere long , associated with the societv in promoting the principles of fraternity and freedom ( Cheers )
. . Messrs . Gray and Beesley were then unanimously elected members . Several candidates for membership were then proposed . _Ji-ixuc _Habxey reported thnt the resolutions adopted b y the Democratic Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration had been forwarded to Lord Palmerston , and io the leading public journals . Tho ' * Northern Star , " - _' Murning Advertiser , " and " Sun , " had published the resolutions ; the * Globe , " and "' Douglas Jerrold _' s New .-paper , " had merely noticed them ; and the "Times , " " Chronicle , " " Daily News . " and "Weekly Dispatch , " had not even notic . d them . ( Hear , hear . ) Carl _Schatper reported tbat an account of the meeting of the Poland ' s Regeneration Committee , had been published in the Reforme . ( Cheers . )
Subsequently a vote ot thanks to those journals which had published 'he democratic resolutions , was unanimously adopted . Jm . uk Haknet , after reading the address of the French Democracy to the Democracy of Europe , which w _.-is loudly cheered , proceeded to read the address of the Fraternal DemoiTats . given below . The address was warmly applauded . J . II . proceeded to speak at some length <> n the Polish question , and concluded by moving the _adoption of the address . Gam . Schaffek , in an energetic speech , which was loudly cheered , seconded tbe motion . The _address was then unanimously adopted . The meeting then adjourned until Monday evening , _December 21 st . when Christopher Doyle will deliver an address oa " The state and prospects of Democracy in Scotland . "
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THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS ( ASSEMBLING IN LONDON ) TO THE DEMOCRACY OF EUROPE . "All Men are Brethren . " _Fniiow Mbr , The last net of imperial brigandage towards Poland has been consummated—the last shred of Polish nationality bas ceased to exist—the " iree eity" of Cracow has become an Austrian out-post , the pirate flap of the Kaisers * of Vienna , floats over the tombs of Sobieski . and Koskiusco . The Poiisii exiles , wherever scattered , hive , in the name of their _bleeding country , protested against this crowlm : wrong ; in the name ol the' _gngeed millions within Poland , in the name of the living martyrs _suffering in dungeons and e . iprive chains , whose cries cannot reach us , they ( the exiles ) have appealed to Europe against this last outrage on the part of j their remorseless enemies ;
The democracy of France have also protested against this latest crime of _purp . _' e-e ' ad criminals ; they bave appealed to Europe to assert with them tbe _rij-bts of man against the unholy conspiracies of the _usuri-in _^ despotisms ; To Uiose appeals we add ours , in full confidence _, that the nations will not for long remain silent or inactive . We deplore not the rending of the treaty of Vienna . The pact of 1815 was an unholy bond of alliance against the people of all nations . Whether
victors or vanquished in the _preceeding war , the people who had _fought the battles , and paid the cost , and borne thesufferiug of the _stragi'le—the peoplethe _peonlc of all uatims , were conspired against by Hie signers fef the treaty of Vienna ; a treaty made to perpetuate injustice in the name of religion , and tyrantiy in the name of peace : a treaty entered into for the purpose of _surpassing liberty , obstructing popular proaress , and protecting corrupt governments and prejurcd kings from the just vengeance ofthe people they bad used , cheated , and were then _oreparin-r to enchain .
The people of France , Belgium , Germany , and Poland , - in 1830 , combatted against the treaty of Vienna ; subsequently tbe people of Spain and _Portugal , rose likewise ; almost yearly Italy has been the theatre of " bloody _protects , " and years ago , the Briti _> h people joined in the general renunciation , if by n more peaceable expression of public opinion , not on that aecmmt tbe less decisive . On the other hand , the violation of the " treaty " commenced bv the hypocrite Alexander , and consummated by the _' tvrant Nicholas towards the" guaranteed" _"conriiiutional" " Kingdom of Poland " has boen at last completed _bythe confiscation of Cracow ; the free and independent existence of which was "« naranteed" bvthe treaty of Vienna " for ever . " The Russian , Prussian , and Austrian despots have joined to share tho infamy , the last-named takes the spoil .
But for Poland , the imbecile Ferdinand would never have had a throne ; but for John Sobieski and hi- * Polish heroes , Vienna would have fallen before the a =-sault of Mahomroedan hordes ; yet now Sobivski ' s tomb is at the ir-ercy of an Austrian _gaoler . Behold the gratitude of kings ! The confiscation of Cracow does not induce us to despair of the cause of Poland , on the contrary , we are satisfied that its fall will hasten the moment of Poland ' s restoration . Governments can no longer profess to be bouud by the treaty of Vienna ; the whole question of Polish nationality is re-opened for
_eovernments as well as for nations ; if the governments of western Europe refuse to perform their duty , the peop le must do their _' s . And the people must act . Already _St-ab-erland is threatenedwith the fate of Poland . Nor is this all . Could popular inaction be counted upon by the _desootisms , the probability is that the entire of Germanr would be seized by Austria and Prussia - that Italv wonld become the sole property of Austria ; and northward and southward Russia would seize upon her wished for prey , and Scandinavia and Turkey become part and parcel of tbe Muscovite empire . aim ofthe
This is no dream ; it is the undoubted triune despots . Will the nations permit it ? We abhor war , but even war is less terrible than S omf _' thing is earnestly to be desired before all others , tbat the people of Europe , no matter by what name calling themselves , should learn that their true interests are one and Ihe same . The abolition of national prejudices will prepare the way for general and effective action . Let the nations be but united in sentiment , and their moral power will be more invincible than all the physical lorce of their oppressors . Should those oppressors madly dare the physical force of united myriads , woe to them . .
We hear a whisper of the probability of anew _Con-re ? s of kings to patch up broken treaties , cement roval differences , and form a new league against the people . Against any such _Congret-s , no matter under what pretext called together , we warn you . Instead , let A CONGRESS OF NATIONS
ASSEMBLE TO PREPARE FOR THE GREAT •« CRUSADE . " Our Polish brethren have appealed to the nations of Europe ; and the nations will not let them appeal in -vain . By the blood of Poland ' s martyrs ; by the wrons"' and sufferings , tortures and "miseries of Poland ' s children ; by the foul dishonour we have suffered in permitting so long these crimes against humani ty , we swear to devote our energies to the triumphant restoration of Poland . Our _Freiich brethren have demandedthe fraternal aid of their brethren of every land in this holy work , and that demand we are convinced will ere long be _universally responded to . For ourselves , we swear that onr lives shall be dedicated to the glorious mission of _rocuinK humanity from the thraldom of aristocratic institutions , and despotic _goveramentB . Our cause is the cause of right and justice , progress and freedom . Up then men of every land , —
" Rise and rally ! forward nations ! "Will must ripen into deed . " Signed by the Secretaries : — _^ G . Jo tja _* _Ha-rhei , native of Great Britain . J . A . Michelot , native of France . _CUbl ScnAPPEB , native of Germany . Louis Obobski , native of Poland . Peter Hour , native of Scandinavia . J . _Schabeluz , native of Switzerland . N- Nameh , native of Hungary . Decomber 7 th , 1846 .
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_Violation of _CnACOw .-The Acte General of the Congress of Vienna , that guaranteed for ever the Iibertv and neutrality of Cracow , begins with these solemn words- " / - ' A * _name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity . " And the liberty the neutralUvof Cracow is set at _noug ht-violated ! The _religious impressions of some emperors and _kinijs like the professional impressions of burglars , seem token in nothing harder than wax , that they may at fitting opportunity , p lunder accordingly . —limen . Tim Central Protection Society . — At the monthly meeting of the Central Society forthe Protectioa of _JU-riculture an . l British Industry , held on Tuesday at 17 , Old Bond Street , the question of the repeal of the malt tax was brought under the notice ofthe committee , when aresolution was adopted that a meeting of that body should be summoned for th « 12 th of January next , to take that subject into consideration .
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. :. FRANCE . About a month ago tbe French government 8 i « - nalised its devotion to the Northern despotisms by prosecuting three Polish journals published in Paris . Ihe Procureur de Roicalled the editors before him , and intimated to them that they must _immediatelv pay _mta the Treasury the same amount of caution money which is required from French $ n * nals . This caution money amounts to £ 5 O : O 0 Of ., and as all the _Poiesm Pans put together would have difficulty in getting together such a sum , tlie consequence will be that all the Polish journals must at once cease . At the interview between the Procureur du Roi and the editors , the latter pointed out to that functionary that for the last fifteen years they had been allowed to publish without any caution ; that their journals were not read by any in France " but the
persons , Poles themselves , and that they never interfered with the affairs of France ; but the leual _aentleman was inexorable , and told them coolly that they must either payor cease publishing ; and he added , that if they created public scandal , by obliging him to prosecute them , tiiey would all be forthwith ordered out of France .: This threat of prosecuting the editors was subsequentl y carried into effect . The events of Cracow , however , have excited a strong fe < ling in favour of the Poles , the prosecution of the editors has within the last few days been suspended lor the present . This cessation of persecution is . however , merely temporary . While Nicholas continues cold to Louis-Phillippe the _Polish journals may be permitted to exist ; bat should the autocrat exhibit friendshi p ] their term ol life is closed .
GuizoTS " protest" against the confiscation of Cracow was despatched to the three Northern Courts the latter end of last week . No copy of the " protest . " has been _published , but of course the thing is a regular sham .
PORTUGAL . The Citil Wait ;—Accounts have recentl y been received in tbis country of a great defeat that the popular party in _Portugal , under Sa da Bandcira , are alleged to have received atthe hands of the Queen ' s troops ; the facts of the case are briefly these :- — There was a force stationed at Chaves , under the command of the ViBconilc de Vinhaes and the Baron de Caiia . the latter a renegade from the popular cause . Sa da Bandeira , the commander of the popular forces , who with his division had taken up position within twt > miles of Chaves , was induce to believe that the fidelity ofthe 3 rd and 15 th regiments was not to be depended on , he determined , therefore to retire to Val de Passes , about ten miles from that
town . While performing this movement , on Monday the 16 th of November , the enemy came out to attack htm . The _3- _* d and 15 th were posted on the left ot his force . Colonel Joaquim Eusebio , commander of the 3 rd , as soon as thc enemy appeared , deserted to them with the above regiments . Notwithstanding this . San da Bandeira ordered his right wiug nnd centro to attack the enemy , who were driven back into Chaves . Sa da Bandeira retreated with the remainder of bis forces , and reached Oporto on the night of the 20 th of November , his men in a complete state of disorder . The popular party lost about 10 killed and 20 wounded . The numerical loss by tbis treacherous _desertion was about 500 men . Such we believe to be the real account of this notable defeat o f t h e Q ue e n s troops .
We take the following from the Madrid corrcspon _pondent of thc Morning Post : — _rhOCLAMATIOK BV TUB LISBON DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEE . It is time to leave this fulse position , ami the glorious revolution iu which we find ourselves struggling pi ores that tiie nation abhors the hereditary succession to the throne . Crowned heads are thc bloodsuckers of the nation . Let us be those who set nn example to the south of _Europe , crying Down with the tyrants !" The _Freticli revolution , with its utifortunate fate , does no ; affright us—that gallant nution _succumhed to _foreign bayonets—but if wrecked iu one storm , the rem tinder do not cease to navigate , _Onn-iiards , patriots!—the propaganda is our banner —ths expenses of the state , the sustainment of soldiers and the clergy , nnd the disproportion in the repartition of property are the causes of our misfortune * . All men are and should be equal .
Viva the Noble Count . las Antas ! Vtea the _Lusitanian Republic ! Viva the true patriots ! Viva liberty of conscience ! Down with the tyrants ! The Commission or Salvation .
SWITZERLAND . "The Gazette of Augsbnrgh , " says La Presse , — " Received from Fan ' s a communication , which we give with reserve . It relates to conferences opened between France and Austria in respect to Switzerland , and at which M . Guizot had laid down as the basis of the discussion the three following- propositions , which have been acceded to by the Court of Vienna : —1 . Resource is not to be had to extraordinary measures _, except in ca-e of absolute necessity . 2 . No armed intervention to take place except after a previous understanding , and with the simultaneous cooperation of the contracting Powers , and after the cantonal Governments shall have had notice , and
baen called iipon to change the measures which _Slrill have caused the intervention . 3 . Under no circumstances is any alteration to be made in the limits of tlie cantons . According to the Gazette of Augshurgh , M . Guizot has added that , in order to facilitate the deliberations , it would be well to fix on a central situation at wbich to hold the conference , and thai _, he had selected Zurich , subject , however , to the approbation of the other Powers . It is further said that these arrangements have received , by anticipation _, the assent of Russia , who , in consequence of the distance at which she is . has given her powers to Austria . Sardinia and the Grand Duchy ol Baden , as being contiguous Powers , arc to be admitted to the conference . "
SWEDEN . Stockholm , Nov . 27 . —Yesterday , at noon , an illdressed young man appeared at the Palace , and required Colonel Von Peyron , his Majesty ' s chamberlain on duty , to procure him an _audienceof the King . The chamberlain declining to do so . he threatened the Colonel with a pistol , and soon afterwards aimed a second pistol at Count Von Horn , governor of the Palace , who had hastened with some men from the guard house to arrest him . This pistol was discharged , happily , without injuring any one . Fr . nn
the examination of the p risoner , wbich immediately took place in the police office , it appears that his name is Platin , and that he was quartermaster in tlie regiment of Dececarlia , that he lias been for a year in the asylum of Danviken , from which he was discharged as cured on tke 20 sh of May , 1 S 45 , when he was sent back to his relations , and had only been two days in Stockholm . The two pistols were fully loaded with iron shot ol different sizes . The report of the _physicians who have examined him state tbat be is completely insane ; and lie will therefore be sent to the hospital at Danviken .
THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . More Rdssiav lies refuted . — " We haye received , " says the Times , " correspondence from Trebizonde and Tiflis of a very interesting character . It states that the announcements in the Russian journals of victories gained over Schamyl were untrue . He had , by acting on the Fabian system , refusing a general engagement , harassed , and literally defeated , the Russian generals /'
POLAND . The Polish Frontiers , Nov . 20 . —On thc 10 th of January next year , the custom houses between the kingdom of Poland and the Russian empire will be abolished . The kingdom of Poland , establish- d by the Emperor Alexander , and sanctioned by the European powers in the Congress of Vienna , having lost its constitution in 1831 by a ukase of the Emperor Nicholas , will be abolished at the Russian new year , and converted into a government of Russia , for which all the preparatory measures are already in progress . " A letter from Cracow , ofthe 23 rd-ultimo , In the Presse . savs : —
Five Polish women have just been arrested . In Gallicia the peasantry are more closely watched than ever . An ordonnince from the Austrian government forbids every peasant to leave his dwelling after sunsut , to hold any communication witb his neighbours , or to attend any _assemblage . The whole country , in fact , is militarily occupied , like a place in a state of siege .
GREECE . Athens , Nov . 20 . —Oil the 12 th instant _thesesond session of the Greek Parliament was closed by royal ordinance . _Yesterday the third session was opened by King Otho in person . The " speech" like most other " Ro ya l S p eeches , " is beneath notice . Brigandage is still in tho ascendant .
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A Vessel _Dustroybd by _Spontaneous CoMBOition . —On Sunday night a vessel named the James , Mr . M _' _-Kenzie , master , « as destroyed by fire off Shields harbour under remarkable circumstances She had sailed from Shields on tbe previous Friday with a full cargo of coals , but owing to the boisterous state ofthe weather was obliged to put back , ank in attempting to re-enter the harbour struck on the bar , and afterwards drifted on to the Herd Sand , the crew having fortunately been taken off . In a short time she was discovered to be on fire , and although several p ilot boats put off to render her assistance it was found impossible to extinguish the flames , which
burnt with so much violence tbat in less than an hiur her bull and mast were in a body of fire , lighting up the coast and iron bound rocks of Tynemouth Castle with singular brilliancy . The flames rayed s-veral hours , and the vessel was consumed to the water ' s edge . The cause of the fire , there is reason to believe , was _spontaneouse combuston ofthe coals , the vessel having been noticed to be filled with a _uaseous matter a few hours prior to her destruction . There was nothing else on board that was likely to have occasioned the fire . She was a brig , and bo longed to Perth . Her loss will amount to _severahundred pounds .
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»¦ ¦ _ExTnA-iRDir-A RT SuicmE in thb Strand _UffJOW _WoBKimusB . — On Monday , information was forwarded to the Coroner ' s Office ef the death ot Charles Fisher , aged 38 , an inmate ofthe Strand Union Workhouse , St . Pancras , who committed suicide under the followm _* circumstances : —The deceased , a baker , had been residi ng with his brother , of the same business , in Moor-street , Seven-dials . In consequence of his exhibition of mental _derangement , it was resolved by his friends that he should be placed under snme restraint , lest he should in his _wandering excitement , lay violent hands on himself . On
Thursday week , he was removed to the above institution , in a state of insanity . The unfortunate man continued until nine the same evening , giving vent t j all kinds of incoherent expressions , when he suddenly arose and _proceeded to an adjoining closet , ( telling the nurseses it was " all right" ) , opened the wiiidow , and precipitated himself therefrom , fa i lin _g a distance of up _ivards of forty feet . An alarm wai immediatel y given , and on being picked up , he seemed comparatively unhurt , but on a medical examination , it was proved that he had received severe internal injuries . He lingered until Saturday evening last , when death put a period to his sufferings .
_MEMNCiiohY Suicioh of a FKMAws .-Mr . Carter , on Monday held an inquest , at West , Moulsey , on the body ot Mary Ann Watford , aged 24 , the wife of a ballast gatherer . On the evening of Fri ' ay last , a . party m whose _hon 8 e she lodged , was astonished at hearing screams of children proceeding from the deceased apartment . After searching round the room , the unfortunate woman was discovered hanging to the bed-post . The deceased was cut down , and a _messeng . r was sent to Hampton Court for medical assistance , but by the time tbe surgeon arrived , life was found to be extinct . It was proved that the deceased had been for some time in a low and desponding state of mind , arising from ill . heakh . Verdict — " That the deceased destroyed her life whilst of unsound mind . "
Fatal Affray at Ciirlsea —On Tuesday evening , an inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at St . _Gcora-e ' s Hospital , on the body of William Woodhans , a ed thirty-one years , lately _rcsidinn nt No . 9 . Ellisstreet , _Sloane street , Chelsea . The deceased was a painter . On Tuesday night , the 24 th ult ., ho and several companions were drinking at the Hans Town Tap , Lower George Street , when the deceased had some words with a man named George Mitchell , respeetin L' the payment of a pint of beer , and they ultimately commenced fighting in the street . They both fell heavily to the ground , the deceased being underneath . Th _» y Eot up aud resumed the fight , and the deceased was thrown a second time , but was unable to gel up again . The police came and assisted the _deceased , when they found he had received a
contused wound at the back of thc head , from which the blood was issuing profusely . The deceased was subsequently taken to Mr . Boswood _' s surgery , where the wound was dressed , ad he somewhat rallied . The police afterwards removed him to the above hospital . Mr . C . Hy de , the house surgeon , said the deceased was admitted with a scalp wound at the base oftlie skull . The deceased remained until ten o ' clock on the following day , when he left the institution , although witness begged of him to remain . Ho returned , and was readmitted and warded , when erysipelus in the head supervened , followed by inflamation of the scalp , neck , and face , ' from the wound , which caused his death on Friday last . Tlie Jury , after a long deliberation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
DiiKADFUL Death _nr Suffocation in a Sewer . — On Tuesday , Mr . Biker held an _inquest at the Devonshire Arms , _Devonshiro-strcet , Globe-town , Mile-end-road , on tho body of Samuel Ilodder , need forty , foreman in the service , of Mr . Jobn Thomas , builder . The deceased on . Monday afternoon was employed in excavating a sswer in Devonshire-street , from the main line . The ground was of a sandy nature , and in consequence of its bavins occasionally given way ho was cautioned by his employers to put up _tresscls , whieh he refused to do , ob ' serving that there was no danger . Deceased was at a depth of about , nine feet when the ground nave way and buried him , in which position he remained for a quarter ol an hour , his son who saw thc fall of earth , with several others , assisting in his exhumation . Oa beinsr extricated he was taken to the Devonshire Arms , arid was attended by Mr . Leake , who found life extinct . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Outrage by Soloiers . —Davirl Oliver and J » hn J » _iies , privates in tlie 8 th Regiment , were bronoht before the county _manistratfs at Rochester , on Monday , on _acharsre of assault , _arisin < rnut ofthe followins : disgraceful circumstances : —On Friday ni » ht , between nine and ten o ' clock , the _prisoners , _havino ! escaped from the quarters at Upnor Castle , after roll call , they removed thc numbers from their caps , _equipped themselves in cloaks , and armed themselves with bludgeons proceeded to the bouse of Mr . S _* . _Stronahill . farmer , at Frindsbury , where they _commenced knocking violently at the front door , to the _iirent a ' arm of the inmate . ' . Fortunately Mr . Stronghill and his brother wero both at home , and on going to the door , found the prisoners standim ; one on each side of thc doorway , who immediately demanded fond , swearinit thev would have some before thev left . Mr .
S . Stmnghill threatened to report thpm to their commanding officer , notwithstanding which , they persisted in thnir first , demand , and in the most violent _langnane _, declared they cared no more for their officer than tbey did for bim . Oliver holding up his bludgeon in a menacing attitude , swore that he would give him _something . He was , however , overpowered , and the _assistance ofthe labourini'iTOcn in Mr . Stronghill ' s employ having been obtained , ho was safely lodeed in tli « station house at Rochester . Jones es caped and returned to his quarters of Honor Castle , where he was apprehended next dav . Jones was adjudged to piy a penalty of 30 s . ., and Oliver ; who was most violent on the occasion , a penalty double that amount . In default they were committed to Maidstone Gaol , the former for one month , and the latter for two months .
A _Footi-ad in petticoats . —We have received reports from various quarters , of a Madge Wildfire . " who has been seen on the outskirts of Gat . eshca ' l , south and west , and has attacked various individuals with felonious intent . A young man _,, named Gout , who lives at thc Low Fell , relates tbat he was returning home after dusk , and had got to that nart of the road which lies opposite to the residence of Mr . William Wylam , of Cramer Dykes , when " the woman" came np to him , and presented a pistol at his nead , at the same time , _demasKiing
his bundle . He hesitated to comuly , and received a blow on the face with the butt-end , to quicken his deliberations . He then held out the bundle- ;¦ but when she was about to take it . yntm r j Cout _beinsa strapping lad , struck her on the side of her head nnd knocked hex * down . _Clapping a whistle to her mouth , she sounded an _a ' arm , and four fellows came to h . r assistance . Cout , however , who retained bis saddle , sot clear off , and never ran faster home in his life than on this occasion . The suspicion is that , th- * woman" is a man in _masquerade . —Gateshead Observer .
Railway _Ronnr-niES . —For some timo past numerous robberies have been committed on the Great Western Railway , Bristol , and Mr . llennett , _ona of * the contractors on the line , estimates Iiis losses thereby at from £ 700 to £ 1 . 000 a year . One ni « ht last week two men were detected stealing iron from the line . And one ol them , in attempting to get into a boat , fell _in'o tho water , and , in consequence of the weight of iron he had about him , was drowned . His companion was apprehended , and has been committed ,
Bkxterous Attrhpt- at Robbery . —A clever attempt was made on Saturday evening , by a welldressed tbief , to steal _abonfc £ 400 worth of plate _, the property of Mr . Johnson , the late Lord Mayor ot London . One of Alderman Johnson ' s servants was _I'mployed in loading a cab , at the private door of the Mansion House , with the goods of his master , and as soon as a chest of plate was deposited on tho driver ' s box , a man bustled into the vehicle . _suddcnlv _, ' and ordered the driver to set off for thc Brighton railroad as quickly as _possible . The cabman , supposing that the person who gave him the order was _iuly authorised , began to turn his horse round : but luckily , one of the attendants at the Mansion Ilouse , who was assisting in packing up the goods , eausrht a glimpse of tho cab , and called out to the driver that there was somethine mora for him to carry . The tbief inside immediately opened the door at the far sidc _. on being asked what he had to do with the property , and disappeared in a twinkling .
Railway Collmo . y . —A collision which threatened to iuvolve serious consequences took place at the _VVadboroughstation , on the Bristol and Birmingham line of Railway , on Friday last . A man , contrary to i * gulation , was shifting some coal-w . tirgons from a siding ta the main line at tho time tho 8 15 am . train was approaching ; and while the waggons were being removed , the engine-man of tho train from Bristol , not _seeing tlio obstruction until he was within a short distance of the spot , could not stop , and although every effort was used to prevent the aeeident , a collision took place , by whioh several of the coal-waggons were damaged , tbe luggage vans thrown off the line , and some of the carriages
slightly injured . A lengthened inquiry took place , at the termination of which the p liceman was declared to be guilty of gross disobedience of orders in allowiuigthe waggons to . be on tho main line atthe time thk train wiis due . After . " a suitable admonition from the magistrate , the policeman was sentenced to _tyy a due _of-lfls . or to be imprisoned for one month iii the House of Correction , the magistrate ob _* orvin » that tlie mitigation took place in consequence of thu prisoners good character , " aud from a conviction that he would lose his situation under the company . None of the passengers were seriously in j ured , but tht engine man has suffered considerably .
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_Dbplouablh Case of _Scicros . —On Tuesday , an inquest was held before Mr . C . J . Carter , coroner for West Kent , at the Duke of Kent , Royal Hill , Greenwich- to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Jane Carey , aged 59 , years , wife of a jeweller , who met her death from causes as stated in the following distressin ! " evidence . Jane Carey , daughter of the deceased , _dt-poseit tbat her mother rose about eight o ' clock on Monday morning last , and that about a quarter of an hour afterwards , hearing a heavy gurgling noise , she arose , dressed herself , and , going into the parlour , she saw her father ' s raior lying on the floor covered with blood , and her unhappy parent deluged with blood , lying on the ground , with an _extensive and deep wound in the throat , nearly from ear to ear . Her
father and the rest of the _laini'y were in bed and asleep ai the time , whom she immediately alarmed . The deceased had appeared lightheaded lately , and on the preceding night ; but on Saturday her spirits were good and her conduct rational . Her father and motherlived happily together , as did the family . They never had an idea that deceased was mentally diseased . Dr . _Purves was sent for , and deceased expired at nine o ' clock the same night . The business of witness ' s father had been very precarious during the last two years , which caused a considerable state of despondency in her mother ' s mind , and she was compelled to take a place of servitude , at Brixton Hill , in eonsequence . The remaining evidence was unimportant , and the Jury , on the Coroner s summing up , returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "
Death _jjrom Want . —On Tuesday , an inquest was held , by Mr . _Wakley _, on the body of Thomas Wells , an infant , aged four months . The deceased ' s father is a gold and silver chaser , but having been out of employment some time , he contrived to obtain a miserable pittance by writing window hills and fancy labels for drapers' prices , but latterly that species of work failed , and for the last live weeks he was unable to earn more than would get a meal , and that a wretched one , a day , passing the nights chiefly in the streets . On Saturday , having obtained a littk employment , the wife got a temporary lodging , and on awaking in the morning the infant was found dead by her side . The medical officer gave it as his opinion that the deceased died from want of nourishment , and the jury returned a _veidict of ** Died from want . "
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JMONDAV . SOUTHWARK . —A . «¦ FRKE"NiooER . _ Sarabo Brown , an African , upwards of six feet in height , nnd stout in proportion , wag biought before Mr . Seeker , under the followinj * circumstances ;—It appeared that the defendant had recently arrivtd from the Gambia , in a vessel chiefly manned by tho natives of that country , and the ship , having encountered severe weather , was so seriously damaged that it was found _neeensarv to take her into the dry dock to repair her . The defendant and six other of his countrymen were , _consequently , taken out ofthe vessel wl _. ile in dock , and , hy the . ouners , placed under the care of the landlord of a public-house , ealled the Admiral Till , in _Bermondsey . On Saturday evening last the defendant , with his countrymen , had been
enjoyinir , themselves , _dancing and _sinking in their country fashion , in the tap-room , and at twelve o ' clock they were _ordered to leave off , an
policeman to disarm him of it , and after considerable difficulty the defendant kickini ? and bltim ? with all the ferocity of a savage , _^ vas at length loljrcd in the _station-htuse . When the complainant _produnt-d the formidable weapon the _defendant was prevented trom using the latter said : — ' Me no want to bill the man ; me want to oat my grub with it . Me no breakee the door . Me like to dance and sing my country fash , and dey lock me up in limbo . "—( _Laughter . ) Several witnesses deposed to the fact , that had not tho Portuguese knife been wrested from the defendant , he was in _sueb a state of excitement , ho would have done serious mischief . Mr . Seeker said that uncivilised persons , such as the defendant , ought not to be suffered to carry about such deadly weapons as the one produced , when tiiey came ashore . That as tho defendant had committed damage to sonic extent , he should order him to piy for it , orin default to commit him for 21 day * to gaol .
MAKYLERONE . —Robberv bt a Man im CrtAfcGF of a House . —George Phillips , a cabinet-maker , long residing at Battersea , was _brought up from _Southumpton , charged with _having plundered the .-remises of William _Jt'iuse , Esq ., 83 , _Xliipor Montasup-otrcet , _Bryanst-onesquare , of property value of upwards of £ 100 . Prosecutor stated that ha and big family quitted Loudon for the Continent in June last , leaving the prisoner and his wife in the care of the house . On the 12 th of November they returned home , ut which time the wife was there , but the prisoner had left . On the following _morning , he ( prosecutor ) found on a mantel piece in one of his rooms , a letter from the prisoner , which ran thus _;—
" Sir—I know you must receive this with cxrcratioq , but having hart an opportunity , as I thought , of making money , and not expecting you in town so soon , I ventured to make ! ree with some of your property . The speculation I ens-aged in was eminently _successful , but tlie _proceedscannot be made available until Friday next , consequently your property cannot be _rcatored till that time . Pray don't treat Mrs . Phillips _harshly , for she is pood and innoc _.-nt . I don ' t dure stay to put the _drawimrroom carpet down , for fear of _eonseq / _iene-. 8 . You will hear from me again on Friday , when the whole of your property will be returned . "PniM . ir . s . " -
Prosecutor added , that on examination of the premises be ascertained that various locks had bei-n forced , , and thnt a _hii'ire quantity of _ivenriii'r apparel , plate and other a ' _rtick'S had been abstracted . On the _2-tth of the month { _November ) , he received , another letter by post in the same handwriting as the-former , wherein t _' . ie prisoner s « t forth iii most _patlioiie laiiL'u -ge the misery which he experienced day and night , _thiough the had conduet which lie had been guilty of , and again referred to the vice of g-im ' _-ling having let ! him into the dilemma in which he was placed , adding , _tliat he had lately been hesitating as to whether he should give _himsi-lf up to justice oiv destroy himself , and _mentioninj where a number of duplicates fon- a great portion of the stolen property would be found . He once more implored pity for his wif _.:, and _reauestad of prosecutor that he would
act as . kindly as lie coald . Sergeant _Hannnnt stated , that ha first received information of the robbery on the 14 th alt ., and that on prosecutor receiving the second lette * he repaired to She house , alien he found at the top of a safe in the front erea a book , contain ' ng twenty duplicates , most of _wiiicU related to plate , <& c _., belonging to prosecutor , and pledged in tbe name of Phillips . On Saturday laslu owing to some intimation communicated to him , lie wintto Southampton , and in a lodging in Oxford street , in that town , foand the prisoner with his wife . It was further stated 4 h . it prosecutor had no reason to suspect the wife , who therefore was not _tnUen into custody . Shu accompanied her husband i ' ro : n Southampton , In order to afford Jlme for the production ol numerous other witnesses nceessnry for the completion of the ease , thu _iirisoner wast rciuandud .
MANSION-HOUSE .- —TaE Bos _.-nqoet and _"Wiot-am Gano o » Swindlers . —A clergyman waited on tlie Lord Mayor lor tlie purpose of asking his L- ' _ii-dship ' s arivii _.-e as to the most judicious mode of bringing to justice thu swindling vagabonds who are in the habit of sending circulars round to tradesmen offering money for bills . He had been induced , by one of these circulars , to apply . to Messrs . _Bosanquet and Co ., as some ofthe squad called themselves , for cash for a bill of £ 100 . He deposited the hill with them , and was told to call next day . He did call , and he received £ 5 , with an assurance that he should have all the rest a day or two after , but every subsequent application was unsuccessful . He never received a shilling more , and the bill , which he had no
doubt _wss in circulation , would soon be due . The Lord Mayor said that doubtless the bill would , if it should not be paid , hu placed in thu hands of some solicitor , employed by the swindler , and the applicant would bo sued upon it . He bad within a few days received a vast number of letters from tradesmen in England , Ireland , and Scotland , _inelosinjr copies of tho printed circulars , offering pecuniary accommodations . The offers were made by those fellows with the view of getting respectable bills into their possession , and they found it very easy to turn such securities to advantageous account , leaving of course tbe injudicious parties who had confided in them to pny them , or to bear the disagreeable responsibility .
GUILDHALL . —Impudent Stbeet Robbem , — Two young men , named Jones aad Finlayson , the latter a sweep , wer < - charged nith having committed the following daring robbery : —It appeared from the statement of a Mr . Iisvtis Hache , that on Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , while proceeding along Snow Hill , three persons suddenly pounced upon him , The sweep piimed bis arms behind , while tho others rifled his pockets of six ivory tablets value ono pound . The third party disappeared , and Jones was making off , but as soon as the _prosecutor could get away from the sweep ha pursued , and took tlio former into custody . A _policcm-in afterwards apprehended the latter . Both prisoners were recognised as having been several times iu custody . They w ere remanded for a few days , to give the officer time to trace the property , and , if possible , to apprehend the third party .
WORSHIP-STREET . —A •• Hebo . " —A _. _uti-burnt , _fine-Jookilig _; fellow , named William Cotton , dressed in the tattered uniform Of the _22 d Regiment , was placed at the bar , brforo Mr . Bingham , on the charge of mendicancy . Police constable Ball , N 305 , stated _tl'at about two o ' clock on that afternoon he saw the prisoner standing in a supplicating _attitudo , in Shoreditch , with his wife and
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child , all of whom prf seated the niost deplorable _spp _^ r _* . 'nice . The prisoner had one of the sleeves or his cout ripped up , so as to _expote his naked arm , which bore the marks of several wounds , and tho spectacle having excited the commiseration of some of ihe bystanders , who bestowed alms upon him , witness felt it his duty to take him into custody . In answer to the Magistrate ' s question * , the prisoner , wbo wore a medal at his breast , and , besides his disabled arm , exhibited a severe sabre cut down one of his checks , said that he had served under Sir Charles Napier through the whole of the Scindian _campaign , and was present at the battles of Meanee and Hyderabad , in which lie received several gun-shot wound ' s , which disabled him from further service , and lie wasconsequemly discharged . Hehad mndeappHcation for a pension on account of his wounds , but the only recompense he bad been able to obtain was a gratuity
amounting- to a . voir and a half' - * pay , which had been long since expended to support his wife and child , and as he was completely crij . pl . d . ind had no means of earning a subsistence , he was compelled to solicit public charity to gave himself and family from starvation . The prisoner handed to the Magistrate the certificate of his discharge , formally signed by the commanding officer of hisregiment and other documents , in proof of his story . After _pi-rusinjsr which , Mr . Bingham pointed out to him the _illegality of the means he had adopted to ameliorate _his-distress , and ordered him tobe _remamied , to enable the officer to make inquiries in tho proper quarter as to tbe truth of his statement . [ This is a fine specimen of the real value of that gratitude to our " brave soldiers ** of which so much is said in Parliament after a " glorious victory , " Poor men _t behold your reward I The rich officers carry oft the solid pudding , yon the empty praise , wounds and huggnrs . l
WEDNESDAY . MAB £ «© nOU & H- _* * _-TREET . __ Francis Olifiere was brought before Mr . Long , charged with having obtained one thousand pounds worth of jewellery by _^ fraudulent pretences , from Mr . John Linnett , an extensive jeweller , formerly of Argyle-atreet , _Begent-s treet . The particular * of the alleged offence appear to be these ;—The prisoneris a workcrin hair , and as such became known to Mr . _Llrmelt . Tn January , 1 * 845 , tha pri « f » ner called on Mr . tinnett , and stating that he was employed by Her M _»" jesty , and had shortly to « ee Her _Mijesty on _muttors of business , request , d to have some- diamond rings and brooches to exhibit , as there was a probability that Her Majesty might become a purchaser . The prisoner , on _thia representation ; _succeeded in obtaining diamond jewellery of the value of upwards of £ 500 ' . The property so obtained was principally pledged with Mr _. lawion , pawn * _broker , Green . « tF « et , _Leicealer . _squiirc , After the _prisonar got tha property from Mr . Linnett nothing more
was seen or heard ' of him .. Subs' _-quently Mr . Linnett . became bankrupt , and as this transaction came under the notice of the assignees they instituted an inquiry into the situation ofthe property , and finding th » greater portion in the hands of Mr . Lawton they commenced proceedings for recovery of it , and tt ' . trmattly they obtained it for : he uao of tlia estate . The prisoner was sought out and given _into-cu-stody for the alleged fraud by tha pawnbroker . Thomas Heardon , assistant to Mr . Lawton , and Mr . John Linnett proved the above circumtanoe , Mr . _FitaspatricH ashed if the property alleged to > have been fraudulently obtained was ready to be produced , and Mr . Linnett replied that the property was in the hands of the assignees . Mr . Long was of opinion that the offence was one of felony rather than one of ob « taining goods under false pretences—he shoul i therefore remand the prisoner till Saturday , to Hive time for the production of Mr . Linnett ' s goods , and other necessary evidence .
WOUSIIIP-STBEET The wif « of William Cotton , the wounded soldier , who was examined by Mr . Bingham nn the preceding day for begging in- the s _. reets , entered the court , with an infant in her arms , and in great mental distress , applied to the Magistrate for assistance . The poor woman stated _th-at the scanty and precarious means of support on which she had previously depended , having : wholly failed since her husband's incarceration , she was now reduced to the last extremity , and had not tasted food since the preceding morning—3 he had been lately living at a general lodging house in Westminster , but iv . _'ts now no lengrr able to procure even that miserable shelter , and her helpless condition was aggravated bythe debilitated state of her health , only three weeks having elapsed since hen -confinement with the child she then carried . Mr . Bingham t dd the unfortunate woman that
she must upply fur relief to the relieving' _ofhcer-i ot tho parish in which she last 9 lept _, who were bonud to provide her with the food and nourishment she so obviously stood in need of ; and he directed Hanley , the chief usher , to furnish her with an _imiiiGiliate supply of food , and a trifli . % ' _grntuity from the poor-box , to unable her to support herself until her claim could be properly attended to . A young woman , named Mary Ann Buckler , was brought up for-final examination , charged with having stolen money and weaving apparel from tke person of several little children . The prisoner was taken into custod y while endeavouring to effect her escape in Finsbury square , _afti-r robbing a child , named Elizabeth Gray , of
ls . 6- ! ., which was found in her possession at thc station liouse . A second charge was now preferred against her l * y an intelligent little girl , named Emma Turner , who was proceeding to her grandmother ' s house ' , on the 17 tb . ultimo , with a bundle of wearing apparel and two halfcrowns , when the prisoner stopped her in the _Commercial . road , and having induced the child to deliver them Imtli to _hi : _P ; she _dis-appi _/ rcd with her booty . Upwards of a dozen other children , who had been robbed under similar circumstances , attended , with their partnts , to identify tbe prisoner , but the extreme youth of the little complainants precluded the _reception of tilth' testimony . The prisoner , who asserted her innocence , was fully committed upon the above charges .
SOVTIIYYARK . — _JoJm Denny , a sboem . _ikor , lodging at So . 75 , Ann-street , _Kent-street . Souiliwark , win * placed at the bar before Mr . Seeker , on the charge of having wilfully st fire to the house . Alfred Cole stilted that he lives nt "Ss . 73 ,. Aim-street , and that thc prisoner , his wife , and two children are his lodgers , aud occupy * the front room on the first floor . That tho prisoner is in . the constant habit of quarrelling with and b _.-ntinsr his wife , whom he turned out of the house on Sunday ln-t _, and she has not hem near the place since . On the preceding nifjlit , about right o ' clock , the prisoner having * been out the greater part of the day , returned home . He proceeded up stairs to his room , and remained about an hour , during which time _witness constantly heard him , _In-unking up wood , and soon after lie left ( . ft' U'itlleSS was alarmed by hearing cries of "i'ire , " from same person
in thu street . He immediately tan into tin- street , and . on looking up . to the windows of the prisom-r's Mini , he perceived that it was on lire , and then he returned into the house , and met tho prisoner cominjj downstairs as quickly as possible , and without uttering a word rushed through the pa-sage to the street-door . Witness , however , ran after him , seized him , and called upun him , til know what was the matter , but he made no answer ; and then witness called him a villain , charged him with _, wilfully set'hig the liouse on fire . The prisoner disengaged himself , and ran out of the house into the street , aud immediately disappeared down one of the turnings leading out of Ann-str _.-. et into the Dom * . read . - While tbe witness was scuffling with the _prisoner he saw a matt named _DuTtoiijhnw rush into tbe houht- ai » d proceed up stairs , and when he ( witness ) followed dim , on ' reaching '
the prisoners room , he saw a quantity of fire lying about on the floor , and the person above named busily engaged in endeavouring to put it ont . The boards of the floor were burned through , and he saw a chair hud been broken up , and partly burnt . After the fire was _extinguished , ha immediately went in p > r . suit of : he prisoner , aud found him in the Uermondsey New-road , am ! immediut < -ly gave him into custody on the charge of _nilfully setting fire to the house . Tlie witness added , that the street in whieh he lives is very thickly populated , and that had not the fire being discovered so soon as it was , the houses right and left , which contain gmit munV _' . rs of lodger .--, would have been speedily in _tlatm-s . The prisoner's two children were from home at the- time , and , as before mentioned , his wife had not been there since the day he turned luv out , Tbe prisoner said he had no wish tt ) conceal anything ; that the facts were , he was in the act of lighting a fire in the grata , and u _. l in a
moment , _wlu-n he tnrnad round , he saw abuse in the centre of the _room . II _« immediately made an tlf . » rt _t- > _exiinguWi it , but was _orct'pou'ureil by _tiiu smoke and heat , aud before he eould _atiermi ' _ilisll it , he was forced to riltt out of the apartment , lie scarcely knew what he did from the fright , and add-d _, that tha obj « ot he had in his closing the door after him , was to prevent the lira from having vent . He , however , did not explain the reasoa . of his not waiting in the passage and telling the landlord of the . house what had happened , and « hen seized by Shat person mid held , then _breaking nw » y and leaving tbe neighbourhood altogether , He , however , added , thathe could have no _possibl-. * motive for setting the man's house on fire , _fi . y bis own goods would have been destroyed , aud lie would nut have gained anything by it , but would havo been deprived of thc lew articles offurniture he possessed . Mr . Seeker ordered thc depositions to be taken , and committed the prisoner : ' or trial to ? he Central Criminal Coi ; rt .
THAMES Important to _Mari * vebs . — Mr . Edward _Ilun-y Hugging , the owner and muster of the barque John Anderson , 300 tons burthen , appeared bjfore Mr . Yardley to answer tho complaint of four seamen , named John Hnvey , Benjamin Jones , Eccles Hitchie , and Alexander Kussell , who claimed wages to the amount of £ -13 for their services , on a voyage from St . Johu ' s , New llruuswick _, St , Ann ' s , in Jamaica ; New Orleans , Cork , mid London , to the port of discharge —Mr . Pelham appeared for the seamen , and the case of Davey having been firs * called on , it appeared he shipped at St . John ' s , and signed the Bhip _' s articles for £ _'i 15 i . currency , or £ 3 2 a . 6 d . sterling , aud _tlitre wa- a _bal-mce of £ 1116 s . 2 ( 1 . due to him . It appeared from his statement on examition hy Mr , Pelham , that the ship was _Miort-handed on leaving Cork , and when she was about to gut under
weigh , and orders were given to heave anchor , Davey and three others declined to man the windlass , or do any duty _whatevf-r , alleging ns a reason that thc ship was two hands short and one sick below . Tho boats crew which brought the master from the shore to the ship manned the windlass , aud the vessel was got under weigh . The master ordered the malcontents to go below . Ou the same day , after clearing Cork Harbour , a heavy gale of wind came on , and tho foresail was split and carried away . Davey and his three shipmates tillered their services before the gale came on , and they were declined by the mailer . Next _uioi'iiiiig , _liowever , lie wns glad enough to avail himself of their assistance , and they returned to their duty . —Mr . Pe lham contended that , as tlio master had par . ioned the offence of which the men had been guilty , lie couW not seek fttota \ forfeituro . of wages , ftv . a
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 12, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12121846/page/7/
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