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Messrs . Steen , which bad been commenced in the month of October last , and was rapidly approaching completion . The persons who have lost their _lives-{ beliered to be thirteen in number ) were workmen engaged npon the premises , carpenters and bricklayers , with a few labourers in the employment of the farm , who were at the time sinking a dram to carry off the water along the base of the colamns within _tiie _buildiug . About a quarter past seven o ' clock the _workmen commenced their operations for the day , and tbey had not been longer than three quarters of an hour at work wheu the whole building came down _trith a tremendous crash . The ruin was complete and instantaneous , and the unfortunate men , g ome of whom were employed in preparations for _archine r Cl _~_ !•__ __ i _t _. . !
the second floor of the mill ( which was three stories _jjjgh an about eighty feet in length ) , and others , as we _havealready described , were at once overwhelmed . Xhcse in the lower apartments , _wh-j had a dight wanrng afforded them by the noise of the metal beams npon the first floor , had , of course , the best chance , and most of tbem escaped with trifling injury . Kofc < o , however , those whose business bad _br-. ught them to tie upper poms . They were driven down and _cohered _** i lh immense heaps of building materials , _blanks , and metal beams , which bore before tbem ail impediments to the very basement story in a few seconds . During the day , no fewer tban seven persons _n-are _broug htforth from ths rains alive , and conveyed to the General Hospital , where every attention which them
their condition required was paid . Down to sis o ' clock in the evening , the remains of the _follow-__» men were taken out : —Samuel Benson , John Masiii , Patrick Kelly . John Shannon , James Greer , John Scul ion , and William _M'llroy . It was then believed tbat seven othera , named , _respectivelv , Keuv , Lathers , Johnson , _Brysou , Rae , and _ftl'Mann _** . were sti ll lying underneath the mass of rubbish which occupied what had been the ground floor of the bmlding . The appearance presented by the bodies was , in almost every case , truly appalling , owing to mutilations inflicted by the falling mass ; and tbe shrieks of tbe friends and relatives of the deceased were truly heartrending . The loss to the proprietors , we understand , will amount to £ 3 , 000 . "
An inquest was held on Saturday on the bodies of the uufortunate sufferers . Several witnesses having been examined the inquiry was adjourned till Thursday . The _Bdfost Newsletter says : — " Shortly after the close of the proceedings , a warrant was made out by the coroner , endorsed by W . S . Tracey , Esq ., R . M ., and handed to head-constable _M'lntyre , for the apprehension of Mr . John Magee , the contractor for the brickwork of the building ; and in a few moments the warrant was executed , and Mr . Magee was brought , in custody of the headconstable , into the room where the inquest had been
held , and where the magistrates , whose _na-ues we have above mentioned , were still sitting . Mr . Tracer then drew out Mr . _Magee ' s committal to ths county gaol . Messrs . Boyd and Steen offered any amount of bail which may be required , but the coroner refused to take it , and head-constable M'lntyre accordingly proceeded at once with bis prisoner * to the _Xew Gaol , where he placed him in the hands of the governor , at the same time stating it to be the wish of the coroner and tbe magistrates that 2 _ r . Magee should not be put npon the discipline of tbe prison , but should receive every possible indulgence . "
_Restokattox of the Romax Catholic _Bisuotoic OF Ross . —The Cork Examiner of Monday contains the following : — " It affords us peculiar pleasure to be enabled to communicate to our Catholic readers ofthe South the fact that our most Holy Father the Pope has graciously acceded to the ern ' est prayer of the Right Rev . Dr . Murphy , tbe respected pishop of the united diocese over wliich his lordship se worthily presided should be divided , and Ross restored ro its ancient episcopal rank aad dignity in tbe Catholic Church of Ireland . The ball for the consecration of the new bishop , the universally respected Right Rev . Dr . Keane , late P . P . of Middleton , now lies in the bands of the Most Rev . Dr . Slattery , the venerable Archbishop of Cashel . "
Another death from starvation has taken place ia the Ennistymon Union , and the verdict of tbe coroner ' s jury in the case attributes it to the neglect of the rice-guardians . It would appear , however , tbat these officials are not in any way to blame , having expressly directed the relieving officer to afford any relief tbat might be necessary to such of tbe cases as tbey were unable to dispose of on the board day ; but that the deceased was sent away , nevertheless , with many others , and was found dead in a field next morning . The texaxt league have fixed on the 33 rd inst . for their aggregate meeting , aud have announced to their friends that they have not lost any documents on other matters of importance by tbe burning of their offices in Westmorland-street .
The Decrees of the arson , —In reference to the statement of the Southern Reporter , that the rope had the good sense to reject that decree ofthe bigots which virtually put a ban upon education in Ireland , tbe Cork Examiner says : — " We made inquiries in a quarter as likely to be informed of the fact , if ' rack it were , a 3 almost any that could be ; and the reply was that not a word had been there heard upon the subject , nor was it likely that there was any foundation for the rumour . " Riugratwxv—On the 10 th inst . the Albert aud _Stsrs , Liverpool steamers , left our river wiih nearly
two hundred persons on board , bound for America . As we progress in the new year the wild mania of emigration appears to increase . AmOug them we Observed several very respectable-looking people , and we fervently hope that their golden anticipations will not be disappointed ; but we fear with too many tbey wiU . When the Mars was leaving at two o ' clock those poor fellows essayed a valedictory eheerto their relatives and friends on shore ; it was only an effort , for immediately many , both on board and on shore , burst into crying . —Waterford Mail .
The Mriu > ER of Mr . Maulevere . —A letter from Armagh , in the Ncwry Telegraph , contains the following : — " I can inform your readers , oawhat I "know to be reliable authority , that a _joung woman is now in safekeeping in Dublin , who is prepared to give important evidence iu reference to the perpetration of the atrocious murder of Mr . Mauleverer . I have my information from a respectable person resident near the _loc-lity where the revolting murder occurred , and also confirmation of it from a competent authority in Armagh . From what I can learn , tbe young girl in question was an eyewitness of the murder , and can , accordingly , identify tlie actual perpetrators . Shortly after the perpetration of the hideous atrocity the girl tvent to America ; and when a reward was offered for any information leading to the diacovery of the
murderer , or murderers , a person who was a confi-¦ dentof the girl stated sbe had _something of importance to communicate . As her evidence was only second-hand , it was of course considered legally defective ; and on inquiry tbe name and locals of the young girl were ascertained . She had been since brought back to Ireland , and will be forthcoming at tbe next Lent Assizes , when two prisoners at present in our gaol—namely , M'Atavey and M ' _-fally—will be put on their trial on a charge of having been implicated in tbe murder of Mr . Maulevcrcr . _JJanratty cannot be tried again on the same indictment as at last Assizes ; but 1 believe he can be tried on an indictment for conspiracy to murder , whicb , is a capital offence . If he be in America , the law of extradition renders him , under such a charge , _amenablef to the authorities here . "
The _Dctv ox Paper . —ThelFreeman says : — " We have the gratification of announcing that at a meeting of the committee of the Association for the Abolition of the Duty on Paper , held on Monday at tbeir committee room , 3 , College-green , a requisition to the Lord Mayor was agreed upon , to tbe effect that bis lordship would be pleased to convene and preside at a public meeting to petition parliament for a removal of this oppressive and injurious impost ; it was also removed to organise similar movements in the different cities and towns throughout the kingdom . The agitation promises to be prompt aud vigorous . "
Sales of _Esccmbeheb Estates . —Eight properties , none of which presented any remarkable feature , either as regarded territorial extent or net value of tbe rental , wen » set down in the list of eale for Tuesday . Of these the sales of three estates were altogether adjourned for want of competition , and » similar fate _ueFel several ofthe lots Of thy other properties , whicli found partial purchasers onlv . Anything , however , really worth the attention of the " speculator was readily bought up at , at least , the fair average rate of purchase under this Court . The Cork estates of Mr . Garret Standish Barry were offered in twelve lots , only two of which _ehansred hands , the amount produced being £ 4 , 250 . A small estate in tbe count y of Tyrone , tbe property Ofthe Hon . Andrew Godfrey Stuart , yielding an annual profit rental of £ 272 15 s . -id ., was one of the _verv few desirable investments offered during the dav , and was warmly competed for , a gentlethe
man named Gunning being finally declared purchaser at the high figure of £ 4 , 570 . The estate of the Messrs . Knox , in the county of Mayo , eonfcuniug i _, GQ 3 acres , yielding a rental of about £ 3 o 0 a year , subject to _\* id annuity of £ 300 per annum , parable to the petitioners in the cause , " Barbara linox White , " was sold in five lots for £ 1 , 1 S 1 . Another attempt was made to sell tbe estates of Mr . Samuel Maunsell , in the counties of Limerick and Kilkenny , but with no better success than attended the former experiment . With the exception of some house property in the city of Kilienny , which realised about £ 250 , the other portions of the properly found little or no favour , and ihe sale of the several lota stood adjourned for a third trial . The estate of Mr . Thomas Gowan ( owner and petitioner ) , consisting of 30 _ acres of land in the county of Wexford , producing a profit rental of £ 200 per annum , sold for £ 1 , 400 . This Wound up the proceedings of a rather dull day .
_Resiosatios of Me . _Chbistiax , the Law An vises —Itis stated that Mr . Christian , Q . C ., who some months since , accepted the office of law adviser to
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the Irish Government , on the appointment of Mr . _saldwm as a judge of the Insolvent Court , has resigned , inconsequence , it is mentioned , of the incompatibility of the duties of that office with his neavy professional engagements in the Equity The late Lord Mayor . —The Court of Queen ' s Bench gave jud gment on Tuesday in the celebrated case of " Wauchob v . _Revnolds , " which first came before their Lordships in Michaelmas term , 1840 . Its last form was in the nature of a demurrer
taken to the validity of the return filed by tbe late Corporation , alleging , in answer to the mandamus to proceed to the election of a Lord Mayor in the place of Mr . Reynolds , tbat the office was full . The Judges , with the exception of Mr . Justice Perrin , decided tbat the return was no answer to the writ , and allowed the demurrer , with costs . It was intimated at the close of the proceedings that the case is to be brought before a superior tribunal , so tbat , after eighteen months' litigation the whole question , thanks to the " glorious uncertainty , " remains virtually undecided .
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FIRE IX ST . MARTIX'S-LANE AXD LOSS OF THREE LIVES . On Wednesday morning , at a few minutes before three , one of the most calamitous fires that has occurred in the metropolis for some months past , attended with fatal results to three of the inmates , broke out in tbe premises belonging to Mr . Benjamin Caunt , known as the Coach and Hor 3 e 3 Tavern , St . Martin ' _s-lane . The building was three stories high , and had three rooms on each floor . In tbe attics slept three children , together with tbe deceased , Ruth Lowe , Edward _Noakes ( a waiter ) , and Samuel Lowe ( the potman ) , tbe latter being a cousin of Mrs . Caunt . The second floor front room was occupied by Mrs . Caunt : the middle room contained a spare bed ; and in the third , or backroom , slept the nurse , Betsy Butler , with an infant child
of Mrs . Caunt ' s . Mr . Caunt had left town on Tuesday afternoon for Lewisham ; and Mrs . Caunt , having closed ihe house about two o'clock on Wednesday morning , proceeded to retire to rest ; before doing so she requested a niece , who was staying with her on a visit , and who had hitherto occupied the second floor spare room , to sleep witk her that night . The young woman consented , and went into her room to fetch her night dress , taking opportunity at the same time , by request of her aunt , to examine the apartment , and look under the bed to see that no one was concealed in tbe house . She had a candle in her hand while thus engaged , and ; from subsequent occurrences , thero appears too much reason to fear that aa accidental spark falling
upon some combustible material in this room must bare occasioned the catastrophe . Mrs . Caunt had only been in bed a very few moments when she was aroused by the waiter , calling out from the third floor that the house was on fire , and urging bis mistress to make her escape . Mrs . Caunt roused her niece instantly , and , rushing out of her own room , entered the middle room for tbe purpose of alarming the nurse , who wa 3 sleeping with her infant in the back room . As soon as she opened the door of the middle ] room Mrs . Cauut was nearly overpowered by the flames and smoko with which the room was filled . "With great intrepidity , however , she rushed forward , and , forcing open the door of tbe third room , called to the nurse to bring out her
child . The nurse , perceiving her danger m an instant , did not stop to dress herself , but snatched up the child , and followed Mm . Caunt out of the room , literally walking through the flames _vsith which the apartment was filled . During this terrible interval _ _Toaks , the waiter , had opened tho trap door on the roof , and was busily engaged iu banding the parties who slept in this part of the house on to the leads , and thence down through a skyilght into the adjoining dwelling . The barmaid the maid servant , the potboy , and Mr . Caunt ' s eldest son , a boy about twelve years of age , were all rescued in this manner and placed in safety by Xoakes , who returned to look for tbe other children , but unfortunately too late to save them . It appears that in their alarm and excitement they had got out of bed , and hidden themselves beneath it , and here , when the fire was got under ,
the brigade men found their charred remains burned almost to a cinder . The body of Ruth Lowe , a remarkably fiue young woman , aged IS , was found in another part ofthe room , extended on the floor , aud reduced to an almost shapeless mass . In less than three minutes after the alarm was given , the Royal Society ' s fire escape arrived , and was closely followed by the brigade engines from Chandosstreet station . An abundant supply of water wa 3 obtained , and other engines having arrived , the firemen set to work vigorously , but , notwithstanding the great streams of water thrown upon and into the burning property , tbe work of destruction continued . The flames , which rose some considerable distance above the house-tops in the neighbourhood , were not subdued until tne whole ot the upper part ofthe premises was destroyed , and the lower portion extensively damaged . —Mr . Gaunt returned home from the country in the course of the morning , and then learned the loss he had sustained .
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FIRES IN MANCHESTER . —TWO COTTON MILLS BURNED . " So less than six fires have occurred in Manchester since Friday , tbe 10 th inst ., one of which broke out in a mill belonging to Messrs . Wallace , Waterhouse , and Thompson , Chepstow-street , Oxfordstreet , on Friday morning , about five o ' clock . Notwithstanding the immediate arrival of the fire brigade aud their utmost exertions , the various upper floors of the building rapidly gave way until tbe entire place was destroyed . Upwards of 300 hands will be thrown out of employment by this sad event . The building is insured in the Phoenix-ofiice for £ 6 , 000 , and tbe machinery and stock in the West of England for £ 4 , 000 , Alliance £ 4 , 000 . the Manchester Assurance Company £ 4 , 000 , which , it IS said , will be far from covering the loss . On Tuesday evening a . fire broke out in tho cotton ftctory
of Messrs . Robert _Maryland and Co ., Ancoats , wbicb destroyed a considerable portion of tbe building . Messrs . Robert Marslaud and Co . are spinners and _doublers , and their premises , called the _Ancoats-bridge Mills , consist of three parallel buildings , on the north side of the river Medlock , the middle and principal building being 120 feet long and 32 broad , and consisting of six stories and an attic . It was in this larger building , filled principally with spinning machinery , that the fire originated . It was discovered about a quarter past six o ' clock in the evening— -the work-people having left their employment at six—by some persons outside the mill , who immediately communicated tbe fact that there was a strong light in the top story to the private -watchman . An alarm was given
immediately in the neighbourhood , and Messrs . Gallimore and Co ., whose print works are on the opposite bank ofthe River Medlock , sent a private fire engine , which was got into play with considerable effect though some delay occurred owing to tbe muddy bed of the river rendering it necessary that the water should be laden into tubs before it could be passed through the engine . The town fire engines , under tbe direction of Mr . Thomas Rose , arrived at the scene of the five about twenty minutes to seven o ' clock . At this time the fire , which had commenced a t the north end of the mill , had extended nearly the whole length of the building , and the two upper stories—the sixth and seventh—were a mass of flames . By the energy of the firemen tbe flames were much
reduced by ten o clock , and there was a hope that the damage would be confined to the two top stories of the mill . By an accident which occurred at about this time similar to tbat at the fire of Messrs . Wallace and Co . ' s , last week , theamount of damage was much augmented . The floor and other supports of tbe top stories appear to have been so much injured by the fire , that about ten o ' clock they were no " longer capable of sustaining the weight of machinery upon them at the north end , and the floor , extending along nearly one-half the building from the north end falling in , carried down corresponding portions of tho fifth , fourth , third , and second stories to the bottom of tbe mill . Had the fire not been so much reduced at this time , it is probable tbat the flames would have
extended to the lower storios of the other part of the buWing , in which case the destruction of tho entire mill would have been almost inevitable . As it is , the fire ha 3 destroyed nearly one half of the larger mill , and tbe two top stories ol the remainder including tbe entire roof . The whole of the walls are standing , except a small portion of the top of the western side . The other buildings upon the premises have not suffered , except from water . The buildings are insured in the North of England to the amountof £ 2 , 700 ; intheWestofEnglandfor £ 2 , 900 ; in tbe Guardian £ 600 ; and in the Atlas for £ 600 ; total , £ 6 , 800 . The amount of damage done by the fire is estimated at about £ 5 , 000 . About 230 hands will be thrown out of employment by the calamity . The cause ofthe fire is not * known . It is said to have originated in some _waste-rovings at the north end ofthe sixth storey ofthe building , but how
they were ignited is a mystery . Dirty waste will ignite spontaneously if suffered to lie long in one place , but these were perfectly clean rovings in a basket which the spinner bad placed in his corner , on the steam pipe . Two of the fires alluded to above occurred on Saturday afternoon , between four and five o ' clock . One of them in a house in Morcton-street , _Strangeways , was caused by the joists of the flooring of the lower storey runningintO a flue , and not being sufficiently protected . The other , also in a dwelling-house , in Windmill-street , or _ifiHuted in a spark from a fire igniting some beddin " . The damage done in cither case did not exceed ' £ 5 , the flames being confined to the rooms in which they originated , and being extinguished , with the assistanceof the neighbours , before the arrival of the _fireengines . The third fire , which was more serious in & consequence ? , _Qccmxea n a
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four-storey building , occupied by Mr . Henry Parker , a leather currier , and situated in a court near _Deansgate . At a little before six o ' clock on Sunday morning , the two upper stories were discovered py a policeman to be in flames . Information being immediately given at the police yard , Mr . Rose was speedily on the spot with three engines , and succeeded in extinguishing the fire-by about eight o clock , it having been almost entirely confined to "J two upper storeys . The warehouse was closed at half-past four o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , and , consequently , nothing is known as to tbe causo of the fire , though it is conjectured to have originated from a sizing stove in the third storoy . the total damage done to the _buildins : and stock is estimated at about £ 400 . Another fire broke out about ten o ' clock on Sunday evening in tho sugar refinery of Messrs . Biuyons and Shapland , Chesterstreet , Oxford-street . The workpeople succeeded in extinguishing the flame before tho arrival of the engines , and the damage will not exceed £ 20 .
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THE PAPAL HIERARCHY IN ENGLAND . The agitation upon this question may be said to have nearly subsided , until it is again aroused within the walls of St . Stephen's when it may be expected that the zealous and enthusiastic will buckle on their armour and again send " forth their sound and fury . " The last of the county meetings have been held in Cornwall and Caermarthen , but the proceedings at the former is the only one worthy of notice . Sir C . Lemon moved , and the Hon . G . m F i ) _r'ea _^ ue seconded , an address to the Queen . Mr . J . R , Letbbridge said bo stood there the advocate of civil and religious liberty , but if they allowed Popery to be paramount , farewell to religious liberty . ( Cheers , ! Mr . J . W . Ellis
professed his opposition to Uomanism , but could not consent to interfere with or curtail the liberty of his Roman Catholic fellow countrymen . He concluded by moving an amendment—that tbe address was uncalled for amidst considerable confusion . This was seconded by Mr . E . Stephens , and after speeches from the Rev . Mr . _Molesworth , Mr . W . R . Peter , the Rev . E . J . Treffry , the Rev . J ; Wallis , the Rev . Canon Rogers , the Rev ; J . Noy , and Captain Riley j was put from the chair , when only one hand being held up , it was lost . Another amendment , _movedby Captain Thompson , expressive of the disapprobation of tbe honours conferred on Irish Roman Catholic prelates , and of tbe grant to Maynooth , was also lost , and the address carried by an overwhelming majority . Tho Chairman read letters from the Earl of
Falmouth , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , and others , expressive of tbeir concurrence in the objects ofthe meeting . Tue Church of England and Ireland . —The Irish prelates hive addressed , through the Archbishop of Armagh , a letter to tbe Archbishop of Canterbury , expressing their regret , and even " apprehension , " at observing that their brethren on this side of the channel describe themselves in " the Episcopal Address to the Queen , " as " the Archbishops aud Bishops of the Church of England , " a title which , " we beg permission to say , is unknown to the law of the kind , and whicli imports a virtuous denial of the fifth article of Union between England and Ireland . " They have painfully felt that , of late years , in legislating on ecclesiastical affairs , as on many public occasions , a disposition has been manifested to regard the Irish provinces of the United Church as if thev did not form
an integral portion of the one church of the nation . " Tho Archbishop submits to the correction , aud soothingly replies that , though it did not appear ' . 'to any of the bishops" consulted that the co-operation of the Irish prelate- could be invited , still "it would bave been better to have indited an harmonious sentence , than to have given ground for the apprehensions expressed in your Grace ' s letter . He promise * to communicate the letter to his episcopal brethren , but meanwhile can venture to say that ' we all consider the Irirh branch ofthe United Church tobe so closely identified with our own , that if one member suffers , the other cannot fail to suffer with it , aud that in all cases where co-operation is desirable or practicable , we shall be ready to act with your Grace and the other Irish prelates as an united body . "
Tbe following paragraph is from Tails Magazine , for Januarj : — " Dr . Wiseman ' s documents are no new manifestations ofthe nature of Popery , and his appointments confer upon it no new power . Still more—and here again wc approach the root of all tho mischief done out of doors , and rumoured as likely to be done in the Cabinet aad Legislatureyou ought not , and you cannot , legislate against influences . We ought not—it is persecution ; if we , as Liberals , think Romanism has a despotic tendency ; Tories think Protestant Dissent has a democratic tendency ; and if legislation , or attempts at it , bad a beginning , where would be the end ? We cannot—all history shows , in letters ot blood , tbat these things are . too subtle for laws and
penalties ; in the present case , to forbid the names would be paltry—to forbid the thing would bo persecution : but both are practically impossible . The cheik and cure for bad influences is the applir cation of good ones . We say , with Milton , " Let truth and falsehood grapple , " and perish all force and " protection , " as puerilities and paltrooneries . " A meeting was held at the Freemason ' s nail , on Tuesday—Mr . H . Hoare in the chair . —Mr . G . Hughes moved : — "That itis the opinion of this meeting , tbat the recent daring aggression of the Pope is to be attributed , in a great measure , to the crippled state of the Church of England , tbo direct consequence of the long-continued suppression of her synodical functious ; that the Church of
Eugland can deal with this aggression only in her corporate capacity—tbat is to say , in her national synod , which the 139 th canon declares to be ' the true Church of England by representation ; ' and that , therefore , the present emergency constitutes an additional plea for _urging the revival of her synodal functions upon the basis of the existing provincial Convocations of Canterbury and York . " He described the church as not only diseased , but helpless . —The Rev . J . B . Sweet , in seconding the resolution , added : —" Romanists had been in tha habit of talking triumphantly among our poor of the helplessness ofthe English Church , and the profanation of her service ; and the Anti-State Church Association had delighted to echo tbe same
topics . "—Mr . D . Percival moved an address , which declared that the exerciseof the rightof convocation , involved in the divine constitution of the church , guaranteed by Magna Charta , confirmed at the Reformation , and implied in the coronation oath , would prevent , or effectually resist , such aggressions , and rectify all internal grievances . —Dr . Biber , in seconding the address , deprecated driving matters on to a separation of Church and State , delivering the Church of England , bound band and foot , into the bands of the secular power—not into the bands of a consecrated Sovereign , but into the hands of a Prime Minister , who might be nothing more than the representative of the democracy —( great applause)—who was not the Lord ' s
anoiuted , who might have every creed ever thought of , and perhaps creeds never thought of —( laughter)—and in some instances no creed at all ? ( Continued applause . ) Many of all opinions were in Parliament , and sat in her Majesty's . Council , through the toleration of the Church of England , or they never would have had that privilege . The Anti-State Church Association was allowed to promulgate its opinions , provided they fell short of treason ; so were the Chartists . The Methodists and other Dissenters were allowed to consult together from time to time , to settle how they might make themselveB more powerful , and it was the
crying shame ofthe Church of England that she was not allowed the same liberty . ( Cheers . ) He ( Dr . Biber ) felt that he was pleading not only for Church emancipation—he was pleading for the emancipation of _^ _mr Queen —( loud cheers)—from the fetters in which she was fast bound , so that sbe could not carry out her solemn vows . ( "Hear , hear , " and "No . " ) -The Rev . J . E ; Cox moved an amendment which negatived every assertion in the address , and opposed to tbe right of Convocation the prerogative of the Crown . —The amendment , on being put to the meeting , was rejected , and the address was carried amidst great cheering . The ¦
proceedings lasted six hours . _, _SoUTUWAMt . —A meetin-t -was held on Tuesday m the Town Hall , tbe Hig h Bailiff in the chair .-Mr . _Apsley Pellatt moved a resolution to the effect that the recent bull ofthe Pope was an insolent attack upon the civil and religious liberties of Great Britain ; repudiating persecution on account of religion , and called upon Lord John Russell to bring before Parliament a measure for the immediate abolition ofthe Maynooth grant and all other endowments of Popery out of the public . purse .-A letter was read from Sir William Moleswortn , written in Paris , in which after designating the recent acts ofthe Pope as a foolish and impudent inm in
proceeding , he reminds his constituents , accordance with the principles of religious liberty and equality ( which were the true principles ol the Reformation ) , every mau ought to be entitled to adopt tbe religious faith whicb he prefers , and to propagate it to tbe best of his abilities ; that the State ought to interfere as little as possible in religious matters , and that every sect ought to be permitted to manage its spiritual concerns in the manner which it considers best . " -Several amendments were proposed by different persons , but the original motion was carried , with some verbal amendment ; an address and petition were voted , and the meeting broke up . . . .
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_Srnwo Flowers . —During the past week , primroses have been offered for sale in great quantities , wallflowers and polyanthuses may also be seen biossomine in gardens in the neighbourhood . Theap . pearanceoi these heralds of sunnier days indicate the unusual mildness of the present seas-m . _—Smtm Advertiser ,
Srnwo Flowers.—During The Past Week, Pri...
» _£$ J 0 E SHEET OF THE NATIONAL _REGISTRATION AND ELECTION COMFrom Nov . 30 th , 1847 , to Aug . 19 th , 1840 . n _, „ , dr . £ _s . d . Dec . 1 . —Balance in band 69 10 10 * 2 . —Macclesfield , per H . B . Leach 10 0 ii W . Uamer , Oldham , per T . Clark 10 0 ii Sunderland , per Mr . M'Grath ... 0 12 0 Blyth , per Ralph Darling ... 0 1 0 i . i Bishopwearmoutb , per Mr . „ M'Grath 0 8 0 10 9 _* -Exeter , per T . Clark 0 10 o loio Jan . 12 . _—Willinsborough , per T . Clark 0 9 3 18 .-Totness , per T . Clark 0 7 0 i E . Young , and W . Dean , Brighton , 2 s . 6 d . each , per W . Rider ... 0 5 0 10 _, -Falkirk , per T . Clark 0 4 G »» Mansfield , per T . Clark 0 5 1 20 .-Bristol , per T . Clark 10 0 _ eb . 3 . —Ashton-under-Lyne , per W . Woodroffe ... 0 0 0 17 . —Dundee , per James Graham ... 0 8 7 Mar . 16 . —11 . Barrow , Leicester , per T . Clark 0 5 0 : 18 . —E . Stallwood , Great Marlow 0 10 » Mr . H . Lauday , ditto 0 0 6 22 _,-Georgie Mills , Scotland ... 0 9 0 May 3 . —Returned by Carlisle Election Committee , R . Loivry ... 11 14 3 . 14 .-Mr . Parke ' s Book 0 3 7 1849 May 18 . —Interest on Money in Bank ... 1 9 8 July 10 . —Loan from Westminster Locality ... 1 0 0 „ Mr . Watson , from Hand Books of Registration .... 114 3 tt Received by Secretary , for ditto ditto ... ... 0 7 10 Returned by Overseers , St . Mary ' s Lambetb , for List of Voters ... 0 5 0 £ 03 18 U 1817 cn . " £ s . -A . Dec . 7 th—Error in last Balanco Sheet 10 0 ,, Secretary , for services and loss of time .... ... ... ... 5 0 0 „ Rent of Committee-room ... ... 0 13 9 ,, Stationary and Postage 3 13 11 „ Auditing Accounts in 1847 ... 0 7 6 „ Mr . Simpson , for returned ticket 0 10 1848 . March lltb—Carlisle Election ... ... 30 0 0 „ Post-office orders 0 4 0 ,, Trustees going to Bank 0 10 May 16 th—Messrs . M'Gowan , and Co ., for printing Addresses , & c . . ... 1 13 0 June 20 th—Deputation waiting upon Mr . O'Connor 0 7 0 1849 . March 26 th—John Earle and John Arnott , delivering Addresses ... 0 11 0 April 11 th—Deputation waiting upon Thomas Cooper ... 0 4 0 „ John Arnott , registering voters in the borough of Lambeth , filling up claims ,- and sending them in to the Overseers ... 16 17 6 „ Lists of Voters for various parishes 0 17 104 May 18 th—Advertising Hand Book of Registration ... 2 16 0 ,, Messrs . M'Gowan arid Co ., _planting , Hand Books , Claims , & e . 25 10 10 „ 21 st—Lambeth and Metropolitan Election Associations ... ... 0 3 0 „ Paid John Simpson , Treasurer ... 0 0 5 Total ... £ 06 2 94 Amount received ... 93 18 l \ Balance Due ... £ 2 4 81 Liabilities . Messrs . M'Gowan and Co ., for Printing 3 8 0 Westminster Locality 10 0 Total Amount Due £ 6 12 8 *
Swindling And False Titles. — A Spaniard...
Swindling and False Titles . — A Spaniard , named Campos was a few days ago tried by the Court of Assizes of the Department of lnire , for innumerable acts of swindling . In 1847 he established himself at Corcasonne , with a woman whom be represented to be his wife , and passed himself off as a grandee of Spain , and as a near relative of the late King Tevdivianu . Be showed several pretended bills of exchange , aud a . mass of whiit ho represented tobe valuable jew cilery . He succeeded in running into debt , and in borrowing different sums of money . He then vanished , from the place . The next place at which he figured at was SoUovillo , near lloncn ; there he pretended to be a relative ofthe President of the Republic , and he made dupes . He also induced the housekeeper of a barber to confide to him her two daughters , aged fourteen and nine ; he seduced the elder , and violated the younger . He then took
them from place to plnco , to prevent them from returning to their mother . He afterwards went to Chateauroux , where ho again passed himself off as a grandee of Spain , and a relative ofthe President of tho Republic ; and he here committed numerous acts of swindling . From one person he obtained 6 , 000 f „ and from another 12 , 000 f . He next resided at Pailleux and Issouduu , and there he _represented himself as a prince of tho Bourbon family , cousin to Henry V ., and brother-in-law to the Count dc Montemolin . His dupes in these places wero very numerous . He afterwards went to Marseilles with the two girls , and was about' to leavo the ' country when he was arrested . His frauds altogether amounted to an immense sum . It was ascertained that he had held the rank of colonel in the Spanish army , but had been obliged to leave on account of having committed some frauds . He was condemned to twenty years' hard labour at the hulks .
Death of the Duke or Newcastle . — We have to record the death of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle , whicli took place at his residence at Clumber Park , Nottinghamshire , on the afternoon of Sunday , the 12 th instant , after a _long and painful illness . Henry Pelham _Fiennes-Pelham , Duke of Newcastle , was the son of tbe third duke , by tho fifth daughter of the second Earl of Harrington . He was born on the 30 th of January , 1785 , and succeeded to the family honours as the fourth duke on the death of his father in 1795 . At an early age lie was sent to Eaton , where he remained for seven years . After having attained tho distinctions of that celebrated school , it was thought advisable that the young duke should travel , and he accordingly accompanied
a portion of his family to tho Continent , where , in consequence of the troubles which prevailed at that day , he , with his relatives , was detained a prisoner for some years . In 1807 , shortly after his return to England , his Grace married Georgiana Elizabeth , daughter of Mr . Edward Miller Mundy , of Shipley , in the county of Derby , by whom he had a numerous family . The deceased Duke was custos rotulorum of Newark , steward and keeper of Sherwood Forest and Folowood Park , and high steward of Redford ; and he was the patron of eight livings . The _^ late Duke is succeeded by his son , the Right Hon . Henry Pelham Clinton , Earl of Lincoln ; and'a vacancy is thus created in the Parliamentary representation of the Falkirk district of boroughs .
Central _Norto America , —The Hon . H . wenman Coke and the Hon , Edward Stuart Wortley liaio lately arrived at St . Louis , after an . absence of about five months , on a hunt in the buffalo range of the Red River of the North . The party to which they belonged have been' unusually successful in tbe chase , having killed 200 buffalo cows . The company consisted of eighty horsemen , principally half-breeds , and travelled the range far north-west of Devil ' s lake . The party , in their excursion , visited Pembina , Selkirk settlement , and Fort Garry , and learned , from the census recently taken , that Pembina , with the settlement attached , contained 1 , 200 inhabitants , and Fort Garry , the English trading port , with its environs , about 3 , 000 .
The country was quiet , and the people as prosperous as they could be . These travellers report that , owing to commercial restrictions , imposed on them by tho Hudson ' s Bay Company , the population of Selkirk was in a state of partial revolt , which , it was thought , would break ' out openl y , unless their alleged grievances were removed . It is reported that the Indians had burned the whole country on the plains , and that large war parties were moving in every direction . The new . _Monev Ordkrs now issuing from the General Post-Office contain an important alteration which has been made in tho printed rules . Hitherto it has been necessary that a money order should be presented for payment before the expiration' of two calendar months from the date of issue , to prevent its becoming a lapsed order ; but with respect to the new money orders , it is necessary that they should be paid before the second calendar month , or
they become lapsed . If , therefore , one of the new orders should be presented just before the second calendar month has expired , and through any error on the part of the post-office cash cannot be obtained until the second month has expired , the order becomes a lapsed one , although it has been presented within tlie given time . In the new money orders there is a similar alteration of the rules respecting the twelvemonth ' s grace allowed to the holders of moiicv orders before all claim on the Post-office for rib" amount of such ordors ceases . Tub Vacant Quarter-Master Generalship . — It is rumoured , and with some degree of certainty , that Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin , K . C . 13 . Colonel ofthe 83 rd Regiment , will succeed the late General Sir Willoughby Gordon as Quarter-M aster-General to the forces ; a saving of the extra allowance of £ 500 per annum ,, as in the recent appointment of Adjutant General _^ will , of course , be made —United S ' ervice _QaMtti
The Miners Of The North. To The "Bditor ...
THE MINERS OF THE NORTH . TO THE "BDITOR , 0 V TBE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —By the enclosed hand-bill you will perceive the _gro- 's injustice now being practised upon the miners of this district , by attempting to deprive them of the valuable services of tht-ir weighman ; but in order that it may he better understood what is meant by the conduct of tbe masters in this instance , and alio to show the importance of the weigher to tbe workmen , I submit the following explanation . "When the miners here became united they found , upon investigation , that they were defrauded to a considerable extent , by the employers not paying them for the full weight of coals sent to bank ; and although they had been defrauded bv these means to
the amount of five or six shillings per man in the fortnight , yet they overlooked the past in their generosity , but secured themselves for the future by appointing one ot their own body to stand by the weighing machine , in addition to ihe party appointed to look out on the part of the employers . The result was , that the workmen got just weight , and were advantaged several shillings per man each fortnight , out of which they paid the wages ofthe person they employed . This practice has now become nearly general in this _neighbourhood . Many of the _employers have evinced the greatest alacrity in responding to the request of their workmen for leave to appoint such weighers , and have never attempted to disturb tbe arrangements thus made .
The gentleman , however , belonging to these collieries have made the bold attempt to deprive the ¦ _votkmsn _q { . this privilege , and have necessarily and justly roused the whole body of men to a determined resistance , which itis to be hoped will be successful . It is , therefore , fully expected that , should any miners be applied to to leave their district or colliery and come to any of these collieries now on strike , that they will at once _perceive ihe object of their employers .. " To be forewarned is to be foreatrued . " Hence the utility of this notice , that the coaxing qualities of the masters in enticing workmen from their homes may in this instance be fruitless . Yours truly , M . Jude .
It may be added , as affording a proof of the christian tendencies of theowners of the above collieries , that they have commenced the usual practice of ejecting the workmen from the dwelling houses , although we arc in the middle of the winter season .
TO THE MINERS OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . Brother Miners and Fellow Workixo Men , — We , tho workmen of six united collieries , viz ., Crow Trees , Little Chilton , _llcuirh Hall , Joint Stock , Byer ' _s Green , with South Kelloa , having bad recourse to a strike , in consequence of our master dislodging our weighman from the heap , at Little Chilton Colliery , and all the alledgement is that he called a meeting according to the order of his constituents ; wo therefore think it an infringement on our rights , and we intend to stand by him or perish in the attpmpt . Wo therefore hope that no encroachment - _. _vill be made during our struggle on the said collieries . And we remain yours ,
In the Bonds of Union , Tbo Workmen of the above Collieries . _Willimi Sua-iy , Sec-rotary January Oth , 1851 .
The Address Of Coal And Iron-Stone Miner...
THE ADDRESS OF COAL AND IRON-STONE MINERS TO THE MINE PROPRIETORS AND THE COAL MASTERS OF DERBYSHIRE , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , AND LEICESTERSHIRE . Gentlemen , —It was resolved , at a Delegate Meeting of Miners , held at the Bay Tree Inn , South Normington , on Monday , October 2 Sib , 1850 , to forward a copy of the ensuing address to every coal master ' and mine proprietor , in the above three counties , for the purpose of removing any prejudices or unfavourable impressions which may exist con . cerning the objects and principles of the Miners ' National . Association , and also to show that the Association is not an illegal one or founded upon antagonistic principles , but that it is really and truly intended to benefit both master and man .
The Miners' National Association was first eslablislied at Wakefield , in Yorkshire , in the year 1841 , and its principles bave since been gradually extending throughout most , of the mining counties of Great Britain . Its laws and objects have been lately modified and improved by a Miners' Conference held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on October 14 th , 1850 , and following days . Gentlfmen , —The objects of the Miners Association are to prevent , by all peaceful and legal means , tbe warfare of classes—to bring about a general and correct feeling among miners—to evade the bickering , the hatred , and the jealousy ** hich has so long prevailed among tbat useful body ot men , and to create a healthy harmony of action not only among the men but also between the masters and men . It also aims to improve the
condition of the working miner , both physically , mentally , and morally » ' to bring about as speedily as possible a harmonious and correct feeling among nil miners , and to promote their mutual advantage ; likewise to prove to their employers , and the community at large , that while onr objects are to procure a fair day's wage for our dangerous and health destroying labour , yet , we are also desirous that the capitalist shall be remunerated for his risk , and to show that both parties have but to understand each other , lo ensure to both that mutunl relief so desirable and 80 necessary to the healthy existence of ihe coal trade ; in fine to prove that masters and men have been too long enemies—acting against instead of with and for each other , and to endeavour to make tbem friends acting justly to each other for the mutual benefit of each .
We hold that competition fairly and justly carried out may be useful as a stimulant to trade , but that competition as at present carried out bas become an hydra-headed monster , swallowing up the fair return which the capitalist ought to enjoy , and the _j'ist reward which ibe labourer ought to receive , wnile the public enjoy the benefit and do not thank either party for the sacrifices they make ! Consider _, im , ' the peculiar nature of raining we consider it both unjust and impolitic for the masters to be
competing against and underselling one another in the market , and then reducing the wages of their workmen , or what is the same thing , adding more work for tbe same money , thereby creating ill feeling and acrimony between the . employer and the employed , and making those enemies that ought to be friends . These evils and all differences between roasters and men the Association proposes to adjust by arbitration and fair argument instead of having recourse to disastrous strikes .
Gentlemen , * - Such are the objects of the Miners ' National Association , should they , as we trust they will , meet your approbation , we respectfully solicit yonr aid in carrying them out ; and hope you will encourage your workmen to join the Association for a like object . We are , Gentlemen , On behalf of tbe miners of Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire , and Leicestershire , William _Daniells , Thomas . Watson , Agents of the Miners' National Association .
Deatno*? Tiie Author Or " Wild Sports Op...
DEATno _*? tiie Author or " Wild Sports op the West . " —Wo regret to announce the death of a writer whoso genial and sportive pen has delighted thousands , Maxwell , the Irish novelist , and author of innumerable humorous sketches in the periodical literature of the day , expired on the 29 th of December , at Mussolburg , near tho Scottish capital . His generally vigorous health bad of lata broken down , and ho crept into the retirement of this sequestered village to die . He had been in early life a captain in the British army , and was , of course , the delight ofthe mess-room , and a general favourite in social circles . ' He subsequently entered the Church , and was some years prebendary of Balla , a wild Coimaught church living ,
without any congregation or caroof souls attached to it ; tkough it afforded' what he was admirably capable of dealing with , plenty of game . Of awatfmbearted , kind , and manly temperament , ' ho made friends of all who camo within the range of his wit , , or the circle of his acquaintance Ho was tbe founder of tbat school which counts the " Harry Lorrequcrs" and others among its humble disciples : but " Tho ¦ Story of my Life , and " Wild sports of the West , " will not be easily surpassed in tho peculiar qualities of that gay , offhand , and rollicking style of penmanship , of which ho was the originator . — Globe . _ Loss of _THE | RicHARn _Comiek ht _Fire . —We ara loss fi f th
sorry to notice tho total ' by re oe barque Richard Cobden , of this port , from Calcutta to London , on tho night of tho 22 nd of _October last , about fifty miles from the island of Bourbon . Most fortunately tho weather was fine and calm , and bright moonlight , and the Prince of Orange of Leith was in'tho immediate vicinity . She sent all her crew on board , but all the efforts of both ' crews were quite ineffectual , and in a few hours sho was burnt to the water ' s edge , and sunk stern foremo t . The captain and crew were taken on board the Prince of Orange , and landed at _Sti Helena , on the 21 st of November . The fire originated by spontaneous combustion of part of the cargo ( _safflower _) , —Liverpool Mercury ,
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mmm mmmm _? _^ ~——~———mm — - — - ¦_——_ ROBERT OWEN AND THE EXHIBITI ON OF 1851 . TO THE SOCIAL REFORMERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . FniENDS and Brethren . —Great reforms are tbe result of great efforts . The year 1517 will ever be remarkable in tbe annate of Europe as the most important epoch in the revolution of mind , when a poor Monk electrified tbe western world by proclaiming the ascendancy of reason and settling for ever the right of every mau to private judgment in matters of faith . The year 1619 saw , for the first time in our own country , the triumoh of popular will . An oh . scured farmer succeeded , by the aid of public opinions , in exploding that monster fallacy of political scieuce the " right divide" of kings .
The year 1776 is immortalised by one of the noblest victories in the records of naUons , when the New world declared its independence of tbe Old _rSespising the trappings of regal pomp , and founding National Law upon National Will . The year 1793 is distinguished for the birth of those European Revolutions whicli threaten the disruption of the old system of things , and demonstrate that ' peace and order" will be a stranger in society until the principles of equity and fraternity in tbeir most ; enlarged and enlightened interpretation , ate established amongst us .
The year 1851 , we are assured , will he memorable in the progress and developement of _civilisation . _Uor the first time in the history of the world there is to be a meeting of the peoples of the leading nations of the globe , not with the view of butchering each other , and making the earth around them groan in agony and death , but for fraternal Communion , each contributing their measure of ingenuity and skill to one common emporium , in which will be exhibited all that modern intellect can produce .
Such a brilliant opportunity should not be lost by the Social Reformers of this country to make further known to the world , through their brethren visiting tbe International Exhibition , the means of uni . versal happiness and brotherhood . There is a tide in the affairs of nations as of men which , taken at its flood , leads to fortune . A people , as au individual , by seizing the proper moment may achieve more by one great effort than years of agitation and suffering . And what uiomeut more opportune for
_promulgating these views so well calculated to make tbe world happy , than the time when the world is there to listen to you ? The friends of Social Progress , of all shades of opinion , will have serious cause _i . { regret if they permit an event so propitious to pass by , without an effort equal to the occasion , to place their opinions in the hands of these numerous foreigners who may be instrumental in sowing the seeds of truth in quarters they might not otherwise reach for a generation to come .
It is anticipated by the projectors of this Exhibition , and their expectations are reasonable , that it will give a mighty impetus to tbe progress of physical _science—probably advance it a century . Why not also make it subservient to the advancement of those sciences more immediately involving the welfare of the peoplo ? If our means of increasing _wnalth are to be augmented by it , why not also the mode of _disfriottting , it ' acilna ' . eri ? _TMa is , in fact , the desideratum of modern civilisation . To increase wealth , without distributing it , ia only a partial good . It rests with the devotees of iocial science , therefore , to see that this memorable demonstration fulfils the highest possible missson .
As many will come from countries where freedom of speech and press are almost unknown , such an opportunity of getting political and social information may be to them of double value , and the sense of this ou _^ ht to be to us a double stimulus . It is proposed that tracts and lectures on political and social subjects be translated into ibe leadinglanguages and distributed at tbe Exhibition , as well as at the residences of various foreigners . It is intended , also , to invite the venerable founder of Eng . lish Socialism , Robert Owen , to deliver a series of lectures during the season . It would be a worthy triumph in the career of such a man . Who might to be heard with more affection and lespect at the
meeting of " all nations , than be who bas been tbe devoted and consistent advocate of the welfare of all nations for these last sixty years ? The world owes bim a dfbt of gratitude , and no time can he more fitting for its acknowledgment . Public meetings will also be held in _varsous parts of London , to wbicb invitations will be sent to the leading visitors of the Exhibition , and every effort used to take advantage of the great occasion _* But in entering u ' , ion a war , thoujb a bloodless one , the sinews of war must be forthcoming , or the attempt at once abandoned . Let our friends , therefore , north and south , unite with a generosity and enthusiasm commensurate with their cause , and the opportunity
aiid the year ' 51 may prove the brightest era in the destiny of nations . We would _suggest that committees be forthwith formed in Manchester , Birmingham , Newcastle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , and other populous towns , to receive subscriptions and act with the central committee iH London . No lime should be lost , a week now being worth a month at any other period . Let every true friend of progress feel himself delegated to do a great work , and a great work will be done . We live in an age of popular triumphs . Let us add one more to the Hat , and tbat tiie greatest , the noblest , _IJoBEKT COOFER , George Jacob Holyoake , James Rigby .
Henry A . Ivory , Hon . Sec . Communications to be sent in the meantime to the Secretary , 52 , College-place , _Camden-town , Londoti .
The Galashiels Co-Operative Provision St...
THE GALASHIELS CO-OPERATIVE PROVISION STORE COMPANY Held their annual soiree and ball on New Year ' s night , in the Bridge Inn 4 , sser _ b ! _y-room _, which was crowded to excess , great numbers applying in rain for admission . The tea , bread , and fruits were , supplied from the company ' s stores , and were of the best description . An accomplished violin band , and numerous singers and reciters , enlivened the evening with choice and appropiiate pieces , and the greatest harmony prevailed throughout . The Chairman , in opening the proceedings , drew a humourous contrast between the domestic economy of the days of his " granny" and the present , and showed the tendency
towards a state of co-operation . Mr . William Sanderson , in a talented speech , made the following statement : —Our Co-operative Provision Company began with a capital of only £ 28 ; we have _uoiv about £ 800 ; it was started in a small room in tbe Overbaugh , at a rent of about £ 5 per annum ; we now rent pieraises to about £ 70 per annum ; then we had only one establishment ; now we bave three provision shops , a baking and a butcher ' s meat establishment , doing business to the amount of about £ 10 , 000 , and all doing well . I ara convinced that
if the members only thoroughly understood the system and looked to their own interest , all of our establishments would prosper much better . Let tbem understand that , by giving them tbe profits according to their dealinga , that they have all their provisions at prime cost , and that all the stores , the groceries , baking and butcher's meat establishments are one concern , the profits on the whole being equally divided in Hie gross purchase of the whole stores . Mr , _Walker next addressed the' meeting ou the force of habit , and tbe meeting broke up , highly pleased with the evening ' s entertainment ,
A Life Fitly Closbt-.—" Qn Saturday Morn...
A Life Fitly _Closbt-. — " Qn Saturday morning , " says the Paris Constitutionnel , -. " a humble hoarse , followed by an old woman , leading a dog by a string , left the Rue de I' IlitoutleUe , near tbe _l'onfc St . Michel . It contained the body of a woman who , under tho Directory and . tho Consulate , had been ono ofthe most fashionable ¦ merveilleuaes . She was the daughter pt a poor fruitwoiuan . ' of the Rue St . Victor , but her extraordinary . beauty . cau > ed her to take to the .-pave . Whilst leading that life she attracted the attention ofthe late English , Marquis of _" — - » mm he gave her an hotel in the Rue
Caumartin , a carriage and four horses , boxes m all the theatres , and the _toih-t of a queen , hi three fetes of Longchamps _, Tuboreuse—such was her nom de guerre—east by her luxury that of ail tbe Parisian aristocracy into tbo shade . But some escapes caused the Marquis toabandonhcr , and her own extravagance , and . orgies reducod her lower and lower-, ber beauty-at length also fadod , and she was obliged to become a seller of oranges and oysters . She subsequently became a dealer of poultry in tho market , anU so oontinned up to her deatLr- ¦
The Opeotxo op Parliament . —Tho Premier ba addressed copies of the following letter to his supporters in the Lower House : — " Downing-street , _* - Sir , —I take tbo liberty of informing you th-11 the meeting of parliament having been fixed for _lueaday _, the 4 th of February , business of importance will be brought forward without delay ; I therefore request your attendance on that day . 1 have the honour to bo , sir , your obedient servant Jon ** RCSSUL , "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18011851/page/7/
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