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      _^¦ _¦ " ** I M ¦¦ ' ' . - " - ' ' — " * saent of our Hierarchy , bears fruits of order , _seaeefalness _, decency , religion , and virtue , it may he that the Holy See shall not be thought to have acted unwisely when it bound up the very soul and salvation of a chief pastor with those of a city ¦ where the name indeed is glorious but the purlieus infamous ; in which the very . granduer of its public edifices is as a shadow to screen from tbe public eye sin and misery the most appalling . If the wealth of tbe Abbey be stagnant and not diffusive , if it in no way rescue tbe neighbouring population from the depths in which it i 3 sunk , let there be no "jealously of any one who , by whatever name , is ready to make the latter hia care without interfering with the former .

      Thanks to you , crave" and generous and noblehearted people of England , who would not be stirred up br those whose duty itis to teach you gentleness , meekness , and forebearance , to support what they call a religions eause by irreligious means ; and would not _^ _V _^^^ _f-K " ' your unoffending fellow citizens , to _thefollow er of " Ifo Popery , and on the pretence of a fabled ag TiKinks to yon , docile and obedient children of ihe Catholic faith ; many of you I know by nature fervid but by religion mildened , who have felt indeed—who could help it ?—theindignities that have been cast upon yonr religion , your pastors , and your highest chief , but have borne them inthe spirit of the great head of your church in silence

      and nnretorting forbearance . But whatever has been said in ignorance or in malice against ns , or against what is most dear to us , commend with me to the forgiveness of a merciful God , to the retributions of his kindness , not to the award of his justice . May he not render to others as they would have done to us ; but may he shower down his "kindnesses upon them in proportion as they would have dealt unkindly in bur regard . The storm is fast passin g away ; an honest and upright people will soon see through the arts that have been

      employed to deceive it , and the reaction of generosity will soon set in . Inquiry is awakened , the _respective merits of churches will be tried by fair tests , and not by worldly considerations ; and truth , for which we contend , will calmly triumph . Let jonr loyalty be nnimpeaceable and yonr faithfulness to social duties above reproach . Shut thus the mouths of adversaries , and gaiu the higher goodwill of your fellow countrymen , who will defend in you , as for themselves , your constitutional right- " ? , including full religious liberty .

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      Alleged Police Outbage In Clerkenwell. A...

      ALLEGED POLICE OUTBAGE IN CLERKENWELL . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Clerkenweil was held on Tuesday night at the Crown Tavern , Clerkenwell-green , for the purpose of adopting measures to liquidate the expenses that Mr . John Brooks and Mr . William Purchase , two inhabitants of -Jlefkenwell . had lately been put to , in being tried ? efore the Central Criminal Court on a charge of assaulting and obstructing the police in the execution of their duty , but wha were acquitted after one minute ' s deliberation by the jury . It was also proposed to vote some testimony to the conduct of the jury on that occasion . Mr . Wakley , M . P . for the borough , was voted to tbe chair amidst tbe acclamations of the meeting .

      The Chairman began by saying that he was glad to find himself among bis constituents , and be could assure them that whenever he was invited on an occasion like the present he would be sure to attend if his health permitted . The particulars of tbe case which they had met to consider wonld be detailed to them by other gentlemen , but he was told tbat an aggression had been made by tbe police on the ri g hts of the citizens , and he thought such au aggression ought to be met and put down at once . ( Hear , hear . ) In former times the inhabitants of this country kept watch and ward themselves , and every householder was a police constable ; but now a system of centralisation had been adopted which had entirely altered

      the old system , aud lodged the power of police in the bands of the Crown . He said this with regret , for he liked the Crown . He had said hefore , and he would repeat it tben , that he believed there was more real liberty nnder the Monarchy ofthis nation than in any other country in the world . ( Lond applause . ) But that ought to make the people more jealous of the exercise of this power , which of late years has been lodged in the hands of the Crown , and wbich had actually added 5 , 000 men to tbe standing army , differing only from other soldiers in

      this respect , that they wore blue coats instead of red ones . ( Laughter and applause . ) Now , with respect to the case before them , he wanted to know bow these men came to be tried at all ? II tbey were sent for trial by a magistrate , be thought the resolutions ought to touch him . ( Great applause . ) And with regard to the _policeman , he urged upon them that whenever an abuse of authority was shown by them , tbe citizens ought never to rest satisfied until thev represented his misconduct to the proper quarter , and had him removed from his position . He reminded them tbat ministers and secretaries of

      state could know nothing of the outrages committed by these ra n , unless the inhabitants made their complaints , and he believed if they would express their opinions earnestly and firmly , their grievances would be remedied . ( Applause . ) ' Mr . Cameron , in moving the first resolution , stated tbe facts of the case as tbey appeared at the examination before Mr . Combe , the magistrate , and afterwards at the trial . It appeared that one night , about eleven o ' clock , two policemen , Cooper and fisher , dressed in plain clothes , were leading two juvenile thieves np Warner-street , when Purchase , one ofthe acquitted prisoners , accidentally brushed up against Cooper , who immediately turned round ,

      charged Purchase with attempting to rescue the prisoners , and knocked him down twice . Purchase however , succeeded in getting away from the policeman , and took refuge in Brooks' honse , rushed down to the kitchen where Brooks , his wife , and two nieces were sitting , and passing by them went into his own bed-room . The policeman Cooper followed bim into Brooks * kitchen , and collared Brooks , struck him , and aimed blows at his wife and nieces . Such were the facts placed before Mr . Combe , the magistrate , by respectable and disinterested witnesses , and he could only account for Mr . Combe ' s not acquitting the prisoners on tbe ground that he did not pay attention to the case

      before him . Tbey all knew that Mr . Combe had & knack of amusing himself , while evidence was going on before him , in reading the newspapers . ( Great applause and laughter . ) It was afterwards proposed to Mr . Brooks that if he could persuade Purchase ( who was his brother-in-law ) to plead guilty he wonld be dismissed on his own recognizances , while no evidence whatever would be received against Brooks . But the old veteran spurned the offer , and determined that he and his brotherin-law shonld be tried together . ( Great applause . ) After criticising the condnct of the counsel and the judge at the trial , which he characterised as a mockery of justice , though their defects were nobly redeemed by the verdict of the jury , he concluded

      by moving a vote of censure on tbe policemen Cooper and Fisher , whose evidence had been found on the trial to be false ; and that a memorial should be sent to tbe Commissioners of Police praying that they might be dismissed from her Majesty ' s service , which was seconded by Mr . Esher . Policeman Fisher found a defender in Mr . J . M . Cameron ; and Mr . "Wakeling justified the conduct of the magistrate in sending a case , which he could not himself determine , before a British jury ; and tbat the jury themselves only dismissed the prisoners because there was such a discrepancy in the evidence tbat they could not believe either one side or the other . This gave rise to great clamour , and Mr . Wakeling , after some further remarks , sat down .

      The resolution was * tben put to the meeting and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks to the jury was tben moved by Mr . Mason , and seconded by Mr . Freethy , auctioneer , who stated thaton thenig ht of the attack on Brooks and Purchase , about a quarter of an hour before the attack took place , both the policemen were in his house ( the Bull ' s Head , Hatton-garden ) and he would take his oath they were both drunk . ( Loud cries of «« hear , hear . " ) The vote was passed by acclamation . A committee was then appointed to raise subscriptions for tbe purpose of _paying the legal expenses Messrs . Brooks and Purchase " had-been pat to , as well as to have a benefi t to be got up for their behalf at some public place of amusement . Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .

      C Haxges Is Ihb N«W Fokest.-The Solicito...

      C haxges is _ihb N _« w FoKEST .-The Solicitors of the " Woods and Forests have received instructions to eive the _necessaryparliamentary notices , lions w B " «» . . _^ _¦•^ _ofabiUtoextinguish plained of .

      C Haxges Is Ihb N«W Fokest.-The Solicito...

      COURT OF _EXCHKQUERi-TH CBSDAT , Nov , 21 " { C _^ tluded frm j _^ ieventh _page . _Jz _«' - _„ LnD vf . v . bradshaw . — _JunaMiHl . liveredlug dment in this case , which had . _beenreoeX _arpied . -This was a . rule for . a new trial on ? he Sound of misdirection , and , in the argument several points had . been put forward , on _whichit was alleg ed on the part of the plaintiff that ; the Chief Baron had misdirected the jury . Time ; had been taken to consider these points , and the result was , that in his ( Mr . Baron Parke ' s ) opinion , the rule ought to be discharged generally . In the first place , it was comp lained that the Chief Baron had fallen into an error of law in directing the jury that the National Land Company was illegal as a lottery and falling within the various acts relating

      to such schemes . The question on this point was , whether this company was a lottery , and . as suoh , illegal , or whether it fell within the meaning of the llth section of the 12 th of George II ., c . 20 . On this point it was that the rule had been chiefly acceded to on his ( Mr .. Baron Parkes ) part , and , after consideration , he must say that he was not perfectly satisfied upon it so as to enable him to agree with the Chief Baron , in the opinion expressed by Mm at the trial , and if this were , the main p oint in the case , or all that the . Chief Baron had said on this subject , he should say there ought to be a new trial . But it was clear that the Chief Baron told the jury that this company was illegal , both . under the Lottery Acts and the , Banking Act ,

      and as it was perfectly clear that it was illegal under the Banking Act , it was quite indifferent whether it was also illegal as a lottery or notl ' As far as this action was concerned it was enough that the company was ' illegal in one shape ; and there ought , therefore , to be no rule , on this point . But the plaintiff ' s counsel by no means relied on this as the main objection to the summing up . They stated that the substantial objection was , that the Chief Baron had left it to the jury to put a ' construction on the plea . Now , it was enough to say that , this was a groundless imputation on the learned judge ' s direction . He left it to the jury tb Bay what sense the word "dishonest" meant in the libel—namely ; whether it imputed political or personal dishonesty

      to the plaintiff , and , whatever sense it bore there ; it must also bear in the plea where it was justified . Then again it was objected , that the . Chief Baron had left the question of the , defendant ' s . 6 bna fides .. in-publishing the libel ' , to the jury as an ingredient in the question whether the plaintiff was or was not entitled to a verdict on tbe second issue : hut the Chief Baronreports to _usthatthat portion of his summing up had reference to the question of damages , and , on examination ofthe summing up , that does * appear to be borne out Upon this question of damages no doubt the bona fides of the defendant was a most material point ; and oh that therefore tho rule also falls to the ground . It was also contended that the jury had been erroneously directed , inasmuch as the Chief Baron had laid it down that the subscribers to the company could not recover back their , nioney in equity . But what the jury were told was , that there would be difficulties

      in their way , not that it would be impossible . Now there can be no doubt that in this the direction was quite correct . There would be great difficultiesespecially if trie scheme should turn out to be an illegal lottery , for . then all would be in pari delicto , promoters and adventurers both , and all would , be equally liable to penalties . The onl y remaining complaint was , that the Chief Baron had told the jury that all the funds placed in Mr . O'Connor ' s name in the bank would , in the event of his bankruptcy , go to bis assignees and be lost to the subscribers , and in this I am also of opinion that his Lordship was quite correct . Such would unquestionably be the result of Mr . O'Connor ' s bankruptcy . Under all the circumstances ofthe case , therefore , I am of opinion that the direction of my Lord was free from the objection s imputed to it , and that the rule ought to be discharged . The rest ofthe Court concurred , and so the rule was discharged .

      Explosions In Mixes.—At The Meeting Of T...

      Explosions in Mixes . —At the meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers , on Tuesday , "W . Cubitt , Esq ., President , in the . chair , a paper was read , entitled , " A comparative view of the recorded explosions in coal mines , " by Mr . West . The reports of Faraday , Lyell , De Ia Becho , I Playfair , and others , were carefully analysed and tabulated , from which itappeared , that tendencies towards a dangerous condition existed in mines reputed to be comparatively safe , and that these tendencies were so numerous , and varied . so suddenly in their nature and extent , as to necessitate attention to every kind of precaution . The proposed appointment , by the government , of inspectors of mines , was noticed , not with the intention

      of showing that their supervision would diminish the responsibility of the niinins ; engineers and overmen , but of demonstrating , that by establishing more constant communication between the various districts , they might induce the general adoption of those measnres of precaution which were found in certain mines to be so efficacious in averting accidents , or in affording means of safety when they did occur . The different depths of mines , varying from seventyfive yards at Darky , to 300 yards at Haswell , did not appear to have any influence on the accidents . The tendency to the emission of carburetted hydrogen gas from certain seams would have appeared a more rational reason , though the records did not appear to bear out that theory , as mines receiving

      a tolerable character , had been the scenes of repeated explosions ; for instance , the Jarrow Mine , where , although reported "to be not very fiery , " there had been six explosions in twenty-eight years , and 140 persons had been killed .- The compatibility of general good ventilation , with the occasional occurrence of the most fatal explosions , was particularly dwelt on . The witnesses on the inquests after the Haswell and the Jarrow accidents agreed that the " ventilation was perfect , " " the pit full of air , '' and "the air qnite good , and plenty of it . " The fault , then , did not lie in the quantity of air , but rather in the difficulty of . directing it so generally throughout all parts of the mine , as to sweep away the gas as it

      was produced . The " splits for the air were noticed , and the condition of tho goaf , the pockets of gas formed in the roof , and the sudden irruptions from the occasional falls in the goaf and old stalls , were dwelt on at great length , and , combined with the injudicious uso of unprotected lights , and the liability of accident to the lamps , were shown to have been the probable cause of all the explosions . The miners' lamp 3 were passed over somewhat too cursorily , as at the present moment , when so much has been done foi * their improvement , that part of the subject might have been descanted on with advantage . The precautions for saving life on the occurrence of accidents , such as abolishing bratticed shafts , and sinking a pair at each mine at such

      distances apart as should insure one remaining intact , in case of an explosion injuring the other ; the " scaling off" ofa portion of the fresh air for the exhausting furnace , and conducting the return air into the upcast shaft at somo height above the fire ; together with several minor details for insuring the constant working ofthe exhausting apparatus , to draw off the fatal " after-damp , or choke-damp , " were strongly insisted . The rashness and carelessness of the miners was instanced with regret ; but it was shown that by education and good example theirbetter qualities might be brought out , and that then the best safeguard _^ against accident would be the instinctive love of life , and a knowledge of impending danger from the infringement of any of the

      precautionary regulations established m the mines . The improvement of the workmen was , therefore , strongly insisted on , as more real benefit would probably rosultfrom such measures , than from the appointment of a host of government inspectors . : PRESENTATION * OP THE DaHOMIA _** * Pbincbss to the Queen . —It was stated in the papers , a short time since , that Capt . Forbes , of her Majesty ' s ship Bonnetta , had brought with him to this country a young "African princess , presented to him by the King of Dahomey , and that her Majesty having been informed of the circumstance , had graciously signified ber intention of taking charge of the child . Her Majest y having appointed Saturday last for the presentation ofthe princess , Capt Forbes , accompanied by his

      interesting charge , attended at Windsor Castle for that purpose , when the young princess , who is not more than eight years of age , was presented to the Queen and the Prince Consort , in the presence of the Prince of Wales , the Princess Royal , other members of the royal famUv , aud several of the royal _household . Capt . Forbishad been e ngaged innegotiatingatreaty with the King of Dahomey , having for its object the termination of the export of slaves from that kingdom , when this interesting child , considered to be of high rank , was captured by the king from a neighbouring ruler , with whom he had been at war , and she had been detained as a close prisoner , not having been disposed of ( as is the custom of his Dahoman Majesty with captives of . inferior rank ) to the Portuguese and Brazilian slave dealers . She had been closely confined for nearly two years , when she was presented ( as a mark of the highest respect and as an

      especial favour ) to Capt . Forbes , by the King . After the formal presentation of the little princess to her Majesty at Windsor , she returned with Capt . Forbes to Winkfield-placc , where she will remain until the necessary arrangements be made for her future education , under theauspices ofher Majesty . Since her arrival in this country she has made considerable progress in the study of ihe English language , and manifests great musical talent and intelligence of no common order . Her hair is short , black , and curling , strongly indicative of her African birth ; while her features are pleasing and handsome , and her manners and conduct most mild and affectionate to all about her . " The Morning Chronicle has "heard it rumoured " that Lord Kormanby is about to return from the _French Embassy , and receive the appointment of Governor-General of India . ' . 7 . M . Gustave Schwab , a popular poet of Germany , died oa the 4 th , at Stutgart , aged 5 S _.

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      _MM _^"" _——~———— "'' ¦ a * ' _——^^^^ _" _^< ' } i _^ _*^ ; ' / . '' ,. _WESTMHfST- i _^^ ; ' _* _, Cum von , _JSaubt . — _STikwoon ' v . _. _O- 'Connob . ZNxsxbbsat , . Nov ., 13 th . — _, The plaintiff ; stated that he had been engaged eight years reporter . to the Northern ; Star , at , a salary of , £ 52 per annum . On the 6 th of July last , he ' received notice that his , services would not be required after _theb _' th of Oct . On applying for bis three last weeks ' wages he was refused payment , and therefore . this , action iwas brought for . the •• recove ' ryrthereof _.- _^ The Judge stated , that a set-off hadbeen entered , by the ; defendant , against the claim , ef . which ; he supposed the plaintiff had . received nptice . _—Mi _* . Stallwood said he had , but denied being responsible for debts due b y a society , of which he " was only the secre' _^

      tary . He had resigned that office , and , therefore , had nothing to do with the debts of the society . He saw , in the set-off , items : for _^ advertisements inserted under the head "Agency . " . Now , he ( the plaintiff ) , thought , if that meant anything it showed that Mr . O ' Connor was in his debt ; as he was , in a . certain sense ,, the agent of Mr . O'Connor ' s , However , he would hand over to his Honour certain documents to prove that he had discontinued to be the servant ofthe Benefit Society , on whose account the advertisements were inserted . —Mr . Rider , who appeared for . ' Mr . O'Connor , said that the statement made by plaintiff was correot , so far , as regarded the non-payment of his three ' last weeks' wages . The payment had been discontinued

      oh account of a debt , contracted by plaintiff for advertisements connected with a certain Benefit Society . The debt amounted to the sum of £ 7 6 s . Cd . That portion of , the debt , ' , for the insertion of ad _vertiseraehts , under the head "i Agency , " were relating to the plaintiff ' s private affairs ; he having commenced a provision store at Minster Lovel , Oxfordshire , which he caused to be advertised as an " agency . " The advertisements . relative to the Benefit Society appeared in the Northern Star prior to any intimation being given by plaintiff of his . intention to relinquish his . office . The first insertion appeared _February 27 th , 1847 , the . last , January 12 th , 1850 . —Plaintiff , in reply , denied , his liability , inasmuch as he wasonly acting in capacity of servant to the above-named society ; and . further

      stated , that , no demand had ever been made oii him for ; the amount , on the contrary , thatthe bill had been . given by direction of Mr . Eider to another party . He . ealled as a witness . Mr . John Arnott , who stated that be had been summoned to give evidence , that by direction of Mr . -Rider he ( witness ) , as advertisingagent of the Northern Star , . had given the bill of the debt due for advertisements to Mr . Grassby , wbo succeeded plaintiff as secretary to the National Benefit Society . He knew no more of the affair . —Mr . Rider said thathe had not made any demand on Mr . Grassby ; but had , merely submitted the account to him , as Mr . Stallwood ' s successor , in order to ascertain the position of affairs , Mr . Stallwood having issued a circular to the

      members , stating that a surplus of . monies were inthe Bank , and that there . . were " no "hidden " , demands on the Society . He did not consider it his business to apply to the present officers for the debt ., Mr . O ' Connor having distinctly said that as the . advertisements were in the hand-writing of Mr . Stallwood , bore his signature , and were brought to tho office by him , he , of course , should demand payment of him . He would submit to his Honour ' s consideration a printed document , issued by the plaintiff , congratulating the members ef the Society on its position—having money in hand , and no debt due , which evidently exonerated the Society , and showed that Mr . Stallwood considered the debt specified , by the Bet-off ,, as hiB own . —Various documents were tendered , when the judge observed that , it was quite , clear that the advertisements

      were ( with one or two exceptions ) inserted inthe paper prior to any notice being given by plaintiff of his intention to withdraw from office , and previous to any of the documents tendered , being issued to the members . He would , however , further inspect tbose documents , and give judgment on Tuesday next . Judgment was consequently given on Tuesday last . His .-Honour said he had : gone through the documents , and his opinion was that the _set'Off was fully established . The defendant was justified in claiming of the plaintiff , the amount due foi * advertisements . —Plaintiff : Am I to understand that your Honour decides the case in favour of Mr . O'Connor ?—Judge : Of .. course . —Plaintiff : Allow me to ask if your Honour has examined those documents of mine?—Judge : I have already told you , and given my decision .

      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Shbblock V . O'CoifKOB . " Fhioay . —On this oase being called on , Mr . Roberts ( not Mr . Roberts , of Manchester , ) appeared for the plaintiff ,. and tho defendant appeared in person . The plaintiff was originally a member ofthe East Durham branch of the National Land Company , but becoming dissatisfied , applied to the office , 14 A , High Holborn , for repayment . Hehad never seen Mr . "O'Connor , but had been informed that he , was the head of the concern , and acted upon that impression when he paid the money . —A Clerk of tbe Registration Office put in books as evidence of the provisional registration , but on being crossexamined by Mr . O'Connor , knew nothing ofthe subsequent . proceedings , having been but lately

      engaged in . the office . —No further evidence being addnced on the part of the plaintiff , Mr . O ' Connor addressed the Judge ,. , and . referred to the old maxim , " that he who pleaded liis own cause had a fool for his client , ' ' but he appeared there on behalf of 70 , 000 shareholders . His Honour might not be aware that in several similar cases the Judges had decided to give no judgment until the Company was wound up . He had taken all the necessary steps to bring it before Parliament early the next session , and though both Lord Campbell and Sir P . Pollock bad decided , that in law the property was his own , yet he was determined that every shareholder should receive 20 s . in the pound , provided the estates realised sufficient . The accounts had been submitted to the strictest investigation for nine weeks before a Committee of the House of Commons and

      Government Auditors , and from their evidence it was shown that about £ 5 , 000 was owing to him . His Honour was aware that the Company had to endure a great amount of antagonism , owing to prejudice against himself , but the strictest justice should be done to the shareholders , nnd Parliament itself would appoint parties to see the funds properly applied _. His Honour in giving judgment , stated , that the only evidence before him was , that the plaintiff had paid into a Company £ 2 16 s ., but who that Company were he had no evidence , ne had heard of the Land Company , and knew that in the Court of Exchequer the Judges had refused to give judgment until Parliament came to a decision , relative to its being wound up . He could make no order of payment on the defendant .

      Marylebone County Court. Mills, V. Brook...

      MARYLEBONE COUNTY COURT . Mills , v . Brooks . —Fearful Collision . This was a case heard at , tho last sitting of the Court , and reserved forjudgment . It was an action brought by . thb piaintiC a eoal merchant , against the defendant , an omnibus proprietor , to recover compensation for injuries . received through the negligence of defendant ' s servants , The damages were laid at £ 50 . . The following are the facts : — on the night of Sunday , the lst of May last , the p laintiff being at chapel , met with a lady with whom he was . acquainted ; after the service he drove her in his chaise to her residence , St . John _' s-woodterrace , from whence he was returning when defendant ' s omnibus , without driver or conductor , eame along , the horses in full gallop , when the vehicle ran against ) plaintiff ' s chaise , which was

      overturned ,, and ' plaintiff being throyra out sustained an extensive shock tothe system , concussion of tbe brain ,, and . other severe , injuries , through whicli his lifo was for some months despaired , of ; and _upto the present time he had not recovered . On the part of the defendant it was deposed that at the time ofthe horses starting , which they did from the slamming of another _oninibuse ' s door after dielodging its passengers , . the vehicle was standing . opposite the Marlhorou _/ rh Arms Tavern ., The coachman was in the house , but the conductor , who was by the . _sjde of tho horses , caught hold ofthe roins and endeavoured to stop their . career , but in SO doing was thrown down and severely bruised . —His Honour . said hehad considered . the case and his udgmebt was for the amount sought for , less £ 10 . Judgment for £ 40 , with all costs .

      The Type-Pounders' Strike . Committee-Ro...

      THE TYPE-POUNDERS' STRIKE . Committee-room , 18 th November . Sm „—The No . 1 Lodge of the London Society oi Operative Bricklayers have sent a gift of £ 5 to help us in our present strike . We are nowin our twentythird week , ahd still firm and fast together . Your obedient Servant ; . _VRoBsnx Yuill , Secretary .

      Extsnsive Pma Ih Finsburt. —An Alarming ...

      _Extsnsive _Pma ih Finsburt . —An alarming fire broke out on Thursday night in thc premises of Mr . Hynam , chemical light manufacturer , situato in Princes-square , Princes-street , Finsbury . The premises were probably ; the largest of any in , the same line of business in town , and , froni tho highly combustible stock contained therein , it seems miraculous that the whole was not levelled with the ground . How the calamity began is ,. for the present , enveloped in obscurity . . Death of Sir Lummy St . George _Skeufisotos , Bart . —This baronet , so long known as tho author of many dramatic pieces , died a few days since , at the advanced age of eighty-two . The deceased inherited the title on the demise of his father in 1815 . Mr . George Thompson had arrived at New York _, and had been bitterly attacked by the pro _^ slavery Journals .

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      MANSION-HOUSE _;—OBTlwwot _GoODSiFRA . ODUmstw . —Robert - _^ Murray * - ; Campbell : and William Pomfret _^ who were charged'with having' defrauded tradesihen of goods _* were brought up ' for _further examination . —Mr . _Bussell attended for Pomfret _.-rr Alderman-Gibbs asked whether -Mr . 'Pennington , to whom it appeared the prisoners had referred _tradesmen for the supply of character ; _was'present . _^ litr . Pennington stood forward immediately } . and said , I have no _acqhaintanoe'wbatever with the fellows ! at the bar . ' *> I don't at all-acknowledge them . —Mr . Richard-C . ' Buckingham ; of 21 , . Crutched-friars ,

      otirk outter and' manufacturer , said he received : a letter from the firnrof Campbell and Co . ' of No . 8 , _Billiterstreetj on the 25 th of October , ; requesting to know the terms upon whichhe did business . ; He answered the letter , and received another from Mfc Pomfret'on the subject of his capability ef executing an extensive export order ; -He answered that letter also , and heoalied at their office the * day after in order to explain any misunderstanding which mi ght have arisen in consequence of the fact that there were two houses in Crutched-friars _< of the name " , and he told them tbat he could not in honour . ikterfere if the order were -intended for the other ' concern . Mr , Pomfret , whomhe paw ' upon the occasion , seemed duly to appreciate the feeling , and the

      order was the consequence of-the interview . -, ( A laugh . ) The two prisoner ' s called at the witness ' s counting-house , subsequently looked at samples ,, and consulted together . Some observations passed between them as to the price , as . the invoice ! was subject to twelve and a . balf discount . ¦ ¦> They agreed ultimately that the invoice should be ¦ made out -at the price he charged , 5 s ., ' and they referred ; the witness to Mr . Pennington as evidence , of _theinrespectability . Tha i inquiries after Mr . ;¦ Pennington himself , however , were not satisfactory , for nobody knew anvthih ' gat all about him , and of course the order was declined . —The : witness ; said upon ; his cross-examination > that his * ' impression . _waBJthat Pomfret was clerk-to ,-Campbell . —Alderman Gibbs then directed that . Mr . Pennington should be put to the bar , along * with ; _Campbelltand Pomfret .-i-The

      new prisoner said hisname was Jolm Pennington , and he stood as far : apart from , the other prisoners as , he could , and declared that , he was undergoing most cruel indignity merely because some persons had got hold of and made abase use of his . cards . — Ed Ward Howling ( -16 B division of the Metropolitan Police ) said : At the latter end of March or . the . beginning . of April I received such information as h > duced me to watch his house in PimlicO , and , I watched him from place , to place . I saw him and Campbell speaking together at a public-house in the Strand .. Ihave no doubt that they wer _^ tho persons . —Pennington : This is really a dreadful thing . Jam-here charged with , being acquainted with , a man I never saw before . —Mr . T . E . Death ,

      of St . MaHm ' s-le-Grand , engraver and printer ; said that his recollection of ., " Campbell and 7 Co . " having been refreshed by what he had ieenin . the newspapers , he called at . the . Justice-room to give the firm a lift . What he lost was a trifle , but the case illustrated character . Mi . ; Campbell gave , an order on the 2 _* ith July for cards to the amount of 12 s . 6 d ., which . was sent to his , then address , at No . 34 , Coleman-street . Tho boy ... who took ' tba cards home . ' had received directions not to leave _, them without receiving the money , but he returned empty . . Soon afterwards , Mr . Campbell called in the witness ' s absence , and * gavo . another order , which the boy received the strictest injunctions not to part with for a moment without the amount ,

      whioh altogether extended to £ 1 9 s ., ' .. but . the boy returned ; as before ,, not .: having . ba < _l the . power to resist the arguments of Messrs . Campbell and | Co . — Alderman Gibbs :: Didyou apply to hira yourself afterwards ? Witness :. Ye 9 ; I went immediately : afterwards , and . I saw Mr . CampbeH ' an'd demanded the cards . He said the cards . ' . were not there , and that he all al 6 ng , expecte"d credit 7 . 1 told him that I never gave , credit to strangers , ' , and that I ; should certainly . discharge the boy who had neglected ; the strict orders he had received . ' , « ' Qh then" said he , . " If you turn away . the boy I'll take him into . my employment . " ( Laughter . )—Alderman Gibbs . 'Did . you see , anybody else at Mr . Campbell ' s house ? Witheas : I did . I saw his ,. clerk , a stout' fellow _^

      who said : to me , pointing to Campbell , " That s . an ass . I'll settle the matter , with . you . " ( Great laughter . ) , So the stout fellow took my address , said . he'd . call and settle it ; but he never came ,. and I gave it up as a bad job . _r-Mr . Buckingham , brother to the former witness of that name , and also residing 'in ., Crutched-friars , said that Campbell called at . his house , looked at some " samples . of corks , gay © the reference of 'Pennington _attd Co ., " and left weird that , if the reference was approved , the goods required would be to the amount of £ 42 10 s .. The inquiries about Mr . Pennington . not being satisfactory the matter dropped . The ' _witness said that , upon inquiring for Mr . . Pennington , he was introduced to a very old . man , who said the

      house of •' Campbell and Co . " was a highly respectable house , and , if they wanted . ariy _assistfince , he would most willingly , give it himself . ( Laughter . ) —Pennington ; You see these people have got hold of some of my cards , and regularly placed a person to represent me for bad . purposes . Upon . crossexamination , the witness said he _fsawsboth Campbell , and , , Pomfret when tho applications were made ,, and considered that . they both represented the firm of Campbell and Co . — Joseph Young , bootmaker , of Greystoke-place , Fetter-lane , said 7 Mr . Campbell came to me , and ordered a pah * of boots on the 15 th of August . I took them to his counting-house , " but nobody was there , so I brought them home .. Ho called next

      day , tried on the boots , said he had unfortunately left his money with , his clerk , put down a dollar , said he would call next day and pay the rest , and off he went ( Laughter . ) I called and called , and at last he threatened to charge me with the police . — Mr . W . II . Dickson , engraver , stated that the firm of Campbell and Co . did him out of a door _* _-plate and a set of cards , to . the amount of £ 1 5 s . Campbell , and Pomfret were together when the order was given , and tha _suggestion of the latter , that the cards should be plain , and not embossed , was adopted ;—Pennington said it waB quite monstrous to detain him upon matters of which he knew nothing . He was well known in the Cit 3 , and particularly to Mr . Forrester . —Alderman Gibbs : , 1 have been asking him whether he knows you , and he says he does not , —Pennington ; There is no charge against me . Why should I bo detained

      ?—Alderman Gibbs : In a former caso it was proved , that you said you were not Mr . Pennington afc one time , and you wero introduced next day as Mr . Pennington ; and all that has been stated about you ; confirms the evidence in that case . —Scott ,. the officer ,: who apprehended the prisoners , said there were other persons who would on a future day ' appear against them . —The prisoners were then remanded . GUILDHALL . —Cardinal Wiseman . —Sir Peter Laurie asked Mr . Alderman Humphrey , the Bitting magistrate ofthis court , if he had seen the report tbat had gone the round of the daily , journals , containing ' a statment made from the , bench by Mr . Alderman Challis , relative to the generally anticipated departure of Cardinal Wiseman from this country?—Mr . Alderman Humphrey said he certainly had se ' en ' it , but not without some surprise , as he had since ascertained that no such information

      as that of the Cardinal having received notice to quit London in forty-ei g ht hours had as yet come before the City authorities , in any form , official-or otherwise . He had made inquiries , and the result satisfied him that Mr . Alderman Challis had been misled in consequence of reading an incorrect statement that appeared in one of the newspapers to that effect . MARLBOROUGH-STREET . — Exiraormnart . Case of _Allegep Mistaken Identity . —Mr . John Goldsmid , of No . ; 39 , Mecklenburg-square , attended before Mr . Bingham , te produce , evidence to show that he was not the individual who had assaulted a revenue officer , named , George Trenaman , at the Blue Posts Tavern * Haymarket , oh the 5 th inst .

      Itwill be recollected that at . the first hearing of the case ,. Trenaman said , as he . was in the executid ' n of his duty , about to serve the _; u 3 nal notice paper on the landlord of . tho Blue Posts , the defendant , who with a number of other gentlemen and females , was standing _before the bar , accosted ; him with a proposal to have , something to drink , which was declined and then proceeded to push , him about roughly ' This was the assault , and the defence of-Mr . Goldsmid was , that he was not the right person ; ' that he was not ' attheBIue Posts that day at all , but that he was at Brighton , an assertion that could bo substantiated by his famil y and his servants . The complainant having persisted on the defendant as the person who had committe d the

      assaultupon hini , the case was adjourned for a wqek to procuro additional . . evidence . —The ' landlord of the Blue Posts was now . examined , and swore not only that Mr . Goldsmid . was not in his house on _tbd night in question , but that the assault complained of was in reality committed by a , gentle , man . named _Hoecins —Mr . Goldsmid ' s brother deposed . that the defen dant was in Brighton at the time tho alleged assault took placo .-The complainant said , notwitbstandinir this evidence , he was still certain that Mr Gold - _smid was the gentleman who assaulted him " and fin called Harriet Rock , barmaidat the Angleaea Hotel Haymarket , who swore positively that on the night in question Mr , Go ldsmid was at her bar ahnnt _.-JC

      o ' clock at night , in company with the boots of thi Blue Posts .-Mr . Bingham : I am of opinion that the defendant ought to provide one surety to _answerany chargethat may be made . it the sessions . The defendant denies he is the person who as saulted _. the complainant , and he is chtitl ' ed 7 thereforo , to havo . the opinion of a British jury on the evidence he can bnng forward . Without exnS sing any opinion on the matter , I require him to find one surety to answer she _chaVge attho _seSnB En ™™ - ? * Miiw _^ ExHlw « OH Bi , iU » o ; i » Piece , of wo 6 d , \ be _pfeperty ol _> £ _™ 'iox 23

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      Henderson , builders , & o .-tF . Welby deposed that he '' wiuii _titoe-keeper _^^ _toHKe ' prosefeuWr _^ ati , _tha Exhibition , bulldfBg _^ ih Hy de ' -pai _* k . V The . ' . prisoner was employed _aB- ' a _« a _^ entar 'ither » l _'* _- '' On J Mohaay ; nigfit , ' justas . be _# a 8 a 1 _jout _1 e ' i _^ ng _'his '! wbfk , _wUness | was informed that h _^ fprisoher ) bad a quantity of' metal screws about him , and he wafs ' given in charge ; ' The r pri 8 bner 7 was _' _B _" _ubse _6 _' _uently _searched ' _" '' and about three dozen screws ; and two * pieces of wood'belorigin _& _'tathe ; firm ' were found upon him . ' , _The-prisbner had ' no . right to th " e property , - ' and ' as there _were ; _abeut , 2 ' 000 men _em ployed onthe' building , 'the ! pro' secutors _; in order to _^ deter _. _others'frqfe committingsimilarfoffehces , 'th 6 ught : it ' 'tKeirduty'to make an

      example of the' _defendantv _^ The"defendant ; , m ; answer , to the _^' _jbharg _^' _gaid _^ _he'hBd'fip intention Of stealing ' tbe _Iscrews _or-tho woo'd _^ _'He bad 'bad the screws 'infhisp _' ocket all day ' "while abput hit work . — Committed for trial . '' ' . '* ' "' ° 7 . _- ¦ - ' - _''¦' ' ; WORSHIP-STREET ; - _^ Assicw . —Matilda Jane Smith ;; the keeper ' of ' a hbuse ' of ill repute-in Brydges-str . eet , ' _Cbvehtgafden , " appeared' before Mr . ' Arnold upon an adjourned summons ; 'to answer a . charge 7 of _having ; assaulted , and otherwise , illtreated a ' youhg cdun _^ ry girr named Emily 8 tovensbn , Otherwise Watts , who had been introduced , as she . allege'd , to' the defendant ' by a gentleman iwho had decoyed her froin her home at Nottingham , and subsequently "deserted heri—Evidence was adduced

      whioh contradicted the girl ' s statement as to thc _bruiae sfoh her . person , 'and as to her being sober on tlie ; evening ; of hor'flight ' from _Brydges-Btreeti—Mr , Arnold said that after an' attentive' consideration of the . whole of _^ the evidence , * ' -be _fshould hot feel justified , in pronouncing a / conviction against the defendant ,, upon ; the unsupported ' testimony of a person who had given such- _contradictory'Recounts ofher former life and character _^ ahd several ; material parts of ; whose evidence had been whollyicontr overted by -witnesses / entitled to the fullest credit , and he should therefore at once order the defendant to be'discharged ,, -Since the ' ease was brought ; _-un--der his notice ., he had received various communication ' s _respecting the eiri ; one of which _contained an

      offer onthe part of abehevoleht society for the reformatioii . of young females for her admission ; into their , asylum ; and alsda letter : from her mother : at Nottingham , who . expressed ah anxious wish 'to receive her back uhderher roof , * in which case he understood tKat her former master waB-again * willing to ' provide her witKi ample employment . He should leave it tothe girl to determino' as to which of the above _coursesfsne _^^ was doairous to adopt , and should direct her , in the meantime , to be conveyed back to the ; Infirmary pf Hackney Workhouse , - where she would remain until her health was re-established . The magistrate announced the receipt of a £ 5 note from "A Nobleman ; " 16 a . - from "A . B . C . ; " and 10 a . ' from "X , Y , " onbehalf of the young woman ; the

      donors of which / however , had invested him with a discretionary power to apply / the money to other purposes if the girl should prove to be'hn unworthy object bf their bounty . \ 7 LAMBETH . —Fraud . —Miss Georgiaha Homan , alias Honour , alias _Qrantfalids Irwin , alias Bowen , alias _"ReyhbldSj ' awell-dressed young woman , ; who has been in * custody for the last week , on a charge of carrying . on a wholesale and ingenious system of fraud on the charitableand benevolent ' was again p laced at the bar for further examination ; when the courtwas literally erowded ' with her dupes . —Mr . ; Game attehdedfor the prisoner , who represented herselfto bea " governess . "—The Rev . James Sherman , minister ofthe Surrey Chapel in the Blackfriars-road , deposed that about the middle of the year 1849 the prisonerobtained a 8 umof i _£ 57 or £ 6 from him , by fraudulent pretences , on the promise of getting the child of a member of his _fconeregation into the

      Orphan Working School . —Mr . Samuel Wood , a g entleman residing at Waltbamstow , said the prisoner had obtained twenty guineas from him on her undertaking to secure the election into the Governesses' Institution of a lady for whom he was interested . —Several persons were examined i from whom the prisoner , by the most artful'craft and plausible representations , had obtained sums of money varying from five pounds to five shillings . Itwas Baid that the prisoner had not only managed to live in dashing style herself , and keep her page in livery , but _supported her motber and ' two sisters by this species of plunder . Sergeant Quinnear and Merit' who haTOthe . management ' of the case , informed the magistrate that they had at present as many as twenty cases against the prisoner , and if remanded they had very little doubt the charges would amount to as many more . —The prisoner , who during the whole of the examination kept her face concealed , was remanded until Tuesday next .

      Robbert or a Watch , —Sarah Freeman was charged with stealing a silver watch and appendages , of the value of £ 10 , the property of Mr-Garland , a furrier , carrying on business at No . 15 , Brook-street , Lambeth . —Mr . Garland deposed that on the 14 th inst . he placed his watch on the man * tel-shelf in the parlour , and soon after his wife removed it from there and placed it in a cupboard _whichwaij kept locked . On the following day the key of the cupboard was missing , and could hot be found , and ' on Saturday last it was forcedbpen , and the watch and chain missing . Having ho doubt that the watch must have heen taken by some person iri the house , he sent for Sergeant Goff , and that officer , on questioning the prisoner , who is in

      the prosecutor ' s . employment , ascertained that she had been out onthe previous afternoon , and had been in company with a young man who kept her company , named Plumb . ; Goff subsequently * found out Plumb , and that person at once acknowledged that the prisoner had given , him the watch saying she had found it at the top of the street , and he at once gave up the property . —Sergeant Goff in his evidence said , that it was his belief that , the young man Plumb was quite innocent of any guilty knowledge that the watch had been stolen , as he had made his master acquainted with the circumstance , and on his recommendation was about to advertise the property . On this representation Plumb was admitted aa a witness against his sweetheart , and the . latter was fully committed for trial .

      BO W-STREET . _—Obtaisin-o a Place todhr a False Chabactur . — Catherine Priestly , was charged by Mrs . Farriell _, residing near Hungerford-market , with entering her service under a false character ; and Mary Ann Ashley with personating , as a reference , a "Mrs . Anger , ; of 49 , _Welbeok-streefc . " Complainant ' s son corroborated her statement . —Prisoners made an ineffective defence . _^ Mi _* . Jardine said that . the prisoners had rendered themselves liable to a penalty of £ 20 or six months ' , imprisonment . It was _injthis way improper persons obtained places for bad purposes _, ne should fine each £ 10 , or in default of payment three _monthsV imprisonment .

      THAMES . — -Alleged Extensive _Embezzlement . —Mr . John Keeling ; a respectable looking man , was charged with haying embezzled divers Bums of money the property of his late , employers , Messrs . Cooke and . Co . " , the extensive soap manufacturers , Goodman ' s-yard , . Whitechapel : The manner in which the . frauds appeared to be perpetrated was this . The prisoner waa . accustomed to make out the invoices , " as well as to collect orders and to see the articles weighed in the wei ghing store . The amounts stated in the books were in agreat many instances considerabl y less than those shown in the invoice , and the . prisoner , who collected the accounts , was enabled to appropriate "the difference . —Remanded .

      ¦ CLERKENWELL . -A Heartless LAD .-Edward Treyerton , a boy twelve years of age , was placed at the bar before Mr . Combe , charged by Maria Treyerton ,. his own mother , with : stealing ten shillings , under the follewing distressing circumstances : — The prosecutrix , a care-worn looking woman , thirty-three years of age , said that she resided at 30 , aronmonger-row . St . Lukes . On Tuesday week _astshe wassittingmher apartment , a back room in the above house , at needlework , when her husband wasseired with a fit of apoplexy _. and expired . Sheplaeedten shilhngsin a . drawer , and during her temporary absence the money-was stolen . She >«••

      pected thei prisoner , who absconded , but was anprehended b y a po iceman of the G division . -Mr . Combe questioned her , and elicited that her _husfcn _^ . t _^ t _^ H _*™ s to be buried on Wednesday , aad the 10 s . were all she had inthe world . _. TWprisonor stole the monoy on Monday 2 Kd _* hen aPPreh _^ ded ; he _was dressed in % il h _^ t _* ' 'W a d wai » tcoat , and he had a w th th » S , rChief ' _^ _^ _^ 8 aid he had purchased _feft m ,. T _% '" n 1 bad Wid . left . -Mr . _Mai-TOfn P « . _ltk )' _? , ; ou ar _* r m _*> 'e children ? Witness : I have six children , and the prisoner is SfJ £ but 0 I _- uT _^ ' ; Ma e" Have you " _an-SSf'te P _t _"**« _- < - no * , sir . _ Mr 7 MaIIet : tlow long have you lived m St . _Luke '« _na-, _'« M wit .

      W _^; ftn P _^ mbwof - ? _? ' sir -: p <> li ' _** * - constableJ . ¦ « n !! VV _^ _-PF _^ the * apprehension . of the prisoner _-who to dhimthathehad taken _thelOg . andpurobased the clothes , < bc .-Mr . Combe sympathised ior * the poor , woman , , and ordered . that one _sovereign should be handed to her from tho _poor-bex of _«! e C ° v _"i' thafc Mr ' » yl _» _s' " i the chief _usber of , the . establishment , should make inquiries about the ° * sei _*» n order that it might ; be properly attended to . The _uhfortunate woman , ; with tears in her eyes , _appoared grateful for the humane attentions and consideration of the worthy magistrate , and loft the court . —The prisoner , who stood at the bar without the least emotion , was remanded for one W 6 _Gfc- _» ' : _wL 0 I , IC ?' : _Es- ; I , i J 0 _l' / ANp _^ _"BOBD ASSAUM . -On S _Xt _* Alf d F UZ ? on , _**? *> laced the bar of tbo _abore court , charged , with havin _g _^ _JuS

      ( sergeant , Archer , 1417 , and Fisher 127 ft _fh apprehension _causedeonaide _table interest _^> t court was . crowded to excess * bvw « U _& _- _^* , tbe tirti and tbeir . friends . _~ It _anSd _£ r _° ' " quence of information _wbivVfr jv : d that .. in conse-? o the _^ 2 _^' of _^^ _as _^^ woveinthe habitof holdinV _&& the 9 hartl L sts house . situate . at No . 41 Tn ? _$ _fit m ( i _? _W _, at a well .. On . _Tuflsdav _^ ikf i _^? milI " 8 treet ' _^ keno ' olock _SpwS a V about quarter past eight w & toh fh _« _m P y i- t t 0 tbe place m order to watch thdr proceedings , f _% ir arrival at the

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      hohsetbeyfound _^ placarded with ' a g _^ er » lbill , ' announcing lectures to be _delivered at ftrtlicoS meetings . The officers were out of uniform , and oS prooeedi _^ . through _^^ a g _^^ soner * _actings ' - % _* _t * . doorke « pe »' , _'* 'aUhough ;' th _^ b _^ _istated _i tHo _^ admis - sioh _^ was _ffee ;''' _JsiB w \ _i about _tocenter ,- when tbe _^ ri « 6 ' ner _seiied hblff * * * , f hi . C 0 llar _, randi < kuowing _? himto be ' a policeman ' " » _aid _« they , did h' 6 fc ' _Waiit any _d-4 polico there ; there waB no : admission 'fof them / ' ' Fisher came _upi _' _-when theprisoner said , - " We ' will * have no- _d—denies amongstus y "' and be _' - gtriiclchim ' a-violent "blow on the chest ; <* They . to'dlc _thd _" _^^^^^ _' _^! _!!© cdaftod y when he _-struggled- ' and " resisted ibbm ] _callfff g out tothecro _^ d that it ; wa _* an arbitrary : prq ' _eS _'* ding , _-

      _andcalling _outtb thermob 'Mb 'followed td % and iiiform the meetibg of his' _' appireheiisibn _.- _'Abher and'Fisher confirme'd the ab 6 ye _faots / and described the place where the _meetings were' held as heing constructed for the purpose " of _debating , ' Pif'looking the prisoner up in'the gtatlon-boiise , ' they ( the officers ) _returnedi to the * house inTurnmill-Btreet _, and * they found an immense congregation ' of _persons in the heat of debate , _' obndemning the _arbitrary conduct of the police , and proposing a subscription to pay any penalty that might be 'inflicted . Oh the officers being recognised , ' there was a cry of '' Down with the pojicej " " no spies f >>> pitch , ' em _^ down stairs ; -and other exclamations , when the Officers retired from tho place . —Mr . ' Combe asked the prisoner what hehad to say?—The prisoner said that ; a society _had-been' instituted at the bouse in Turnto to

      mill-street _^ afford assistance Polish And _* _Htfngarian _: _Eefugees . " i He -was a shoemaker , ' -and attended there to lend his aid towardstbe _objectl He was placed at - _^ the doorinside to prevent any intruders entering , and * be stopped the efficere * but he denied having assaulted them . They subscribed what they could afford in" aid * of their object and carried on their * proceedings in ' a quiet * and _' p ' eaceable manner . ; He went to the meeting as a member to hear his political ri ghts explained , ahd they took it , by _iturns to mihdthe door , andprevent ' p ' olicemen / out % of uniform' entering the room * —Mr , Combe said that further inquiries should' _beimade ' He ordered the prisoner to find bail , himselfin £ -1 _* and : two sureties in £ 20 each , to appear-at this * court : at a future day- to answer the charge , and Mr . Fuzzonleft the court surrounded by a host of his friends . :.: ¦ ¦¦ _""

      Th| ; Polish ^ Committee. .J A Public Me...

      TH | ; POLISH _^ COMMITTEE . . _J A public meotiDg was held on WednesdayeVening , at the British Institution , Cowper-street , to ; hear the report of ' the Committee , relative to the state of the funds , " and the general position '' of the Committee and the Refugees . ' About nine o ' clock , Mr . Housemax was Called to the chair , and in an impartial manner stated the object of the meeting . ' '' : , J ' _ Mr . _Bezeb delivered in the report of the _iliditors _. from which it appeared that the expenditure _, during the existence of tho Committee ; had been upwards of £ 108 , . exceeding the _receipts by £ 4 lis . 0 ? d .,, which was due to Messrs . Levi and Davis , excepting 6 i . 3 d . due to Mr . Brown . There were also liabilities against the Committee amounting to above £ 37 . He . then entered into a detail of the whole , transactions ofthe Committee since its formation . '

      The report having been moved and seconded for adoption , f MrrDADDO moved ' . as an amendment : — •'• That auditors be appointed by that meeting ;" _' , which was supported by Mr . T . Brows and others . "; ' Several questions were asked of Mr . Davis , respecting the / accounts , which were satisfactoril y answered . _. The motion and amendment were then put , and the motion for the . adoption of the report was carried ; by a large , majority . 7 Mr . Davis , in a speech of great length , ' and ability , detailed tbo , causes which led to a difference between a portion of the Poles and the Committee ; showed that the Committee decided by fa majority of twenty-one to three , to cease meeting at Turnmill-street , as an attempt had been made to inti _«

      midate them ; and that the minority , acting with a few delegates from the Trades , had formed a new committee . He then read a protest from upwards of forty Poles ; objecting to a joint committee of Poles and English / and expressing their eiitireconfidence in the English Committee . Six weeks after thatthey signed another protest , stating that they had no confidence in the English . From * this it was en 'dent that they , being ignorant of the Ianguage ; had been tampered with by others . Mr . Davis then read an extremely well-written address , _-signed by about twenty-five Poles and Hungarians , who were present on the platform , stating their gratitude to Mr . Davis and the Committee , for the exertions they had made , requesting their further'friendship , and regretting , the ingratitude of some of their brethren . Mr . Davis concluded by saying , that they had had a good opportunity of

      distinguisniHg between the deserving and the undeserving , and were determined torender the former all the assistance in tbeir power . , Mr . Browx , in an energetic address , supported the decision of the Trades Committee , and defended the Poles froiii the charge of ingratitude . Briesski , an . active leader among one section of the Poles , defended-their conduct , and stated that the Committee did hot ' approve of their going to Holstein , which " was an interference with their Democratic rights . The Committee were ' their servants , and had no right to dictate to them . He also complained of the Committee retaining on their list one whom the Poles believed to have been a spy . ,. ' Col . _Oborski- , an old veteran _Democrat , and Capt . Ko l a , in vajn endeavoured to procure a hear- * ing _^ _-they belonging to the party supporting the original Committee .

      The Chairman in vain strove to induce the Poles , who appeared nearly equally divided in numbers , to a state of quietude , and , twelve o ' clock having arrived , the gas was put out , and tho meeting dissolved . _„ ' : [ A more detailed account of the receipts and expenditure will be publishe ' d in next week ' s Star , ]

      The' Municipal Elections At Stock Port.—...

      THE' MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AT STOCK PORT . —CHARTIST INFLUENCE .

      __ During Dr . _M-Douall ' _s incarceration , the Chartists of Stockport memoralised the Home _Secrctary for his release , or , otherwise ,. a relaxation of the harshness which the prison rules , subjected him to . To this memorial twenty-seven ofthe Tory Councillors attached their names , ' and for this one good action the . Chartists of this town havo not opposed them intheMunicipal . Electiohs _^ fand consequently they hare won erery contest ' Howerer , an unlocked for vacancy arose in the middle ward , which Mr . Alexander Henry Shaw was appointed to fill . The Chartists remembered , however , that when ha ' was asked to eign the M'Douall testimonial , he had said , "No ; if the scratchof my pen would d ° bim any good ; I would not do it , nor for any such an animal . '"and they , resol ved'to ODcose

      him . The Tory Committee was informed ofthe Chartist hostility . to their candidate , and requested to withdraw him . Mr , Shaw expressed bis regret and sorrow for offending the Chartist body , and stated that he was unacquainted witb their " , place of meeting , otherwise he would have attended and given an ample apology . But when requested for a written recantation of the bffensivo expression , he unhesitatingly refused . The Chartists then began their canvas , and the Whigs ' offered to defray the expense of . the Chartist canvas , which was wisely refused . After a desperate struggle , in the worst ward in the town for Chartist influence , the final stato of the poll wis as follows : —Chapman ( Whig ) 228 ; Shaw ( Tory ) 225 . Majority ,-3 . Honour to the Chartists of Stockport ! Thoy have justly punished inhumanity , and shown their power .

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      . Irom The Gaiettt Of Tuadas, November I...

      . Irom the _Gaiettt of Tuadas , November IM . BANKRUPTS . "William Bennitt , jun ., Worley "Wigan , Worcestershire , brickmnker—Edward Brewster , Hand-court , City , printer _—Jas _, Butterfield , Newbury , _Btrkshirei _grocsr—Abraham Chadwick , Burnedge- and _FairCvicw , Lancashire , cotton spinner—EdmuadCha » wic"k , Manchester , starch manufacturer-Ann Elizabeth Hickman , _Cannon . street-rond , St . George ' s-in-the-East , and Moses John Hickman , _rrincespiaco . St . Gcorga ' g . _in-the-Eagt , _undwtatert - Williain Negus , Ba _Rnigge-wellB-ro _^ victualler -Joseph Smith , _'sss _^ ss _^ : " oma 5 TuffiewH _« toa old - SCOTCH _bliQUESTRATION . Gilbert Peat , Glasgow , grocer-Robert Strutters , Glasgow , cabinet-maker .

      ¦ from th « Gazette of Friday , November 22 , . _- ' [¦ ' BA _^ _KRUPtfS . '" _^ _'Wi'liam King , of Gravesend , draper—Francois Felix Voudlon , of 12 , _Pvinces-strcct , HuuoTer . _fquare , court millmer—Edward _HedKefe _, of Chilton FoUatt . Wiltshire , builder-George Augustus Clare , of 128 , Mount-street , Grosvenor-square , house decorator—William Bradburn , or Sinfthal , Shropshire , corn dealer—Robert Jlilea , of _Pontypridd , Glamorganshire , grocer—Arthur Beard , late of Liverpool and Bootle , wine _nicrchant—Robert Gibion , of York , ironmonger—William Uuze , of Stockport , draper- * Edward Leigh , of _Gloisop , * Derbyshire ; cottoa manuweturer—John Simpson , of _UancheBtev , gveeer .

      Birth. , . On The '12th Nit,-At Rontj 'P...

      BIRTH . , . On the ' 12 th nit ,-at rontj ' _pridd-Glamorganshire . il « . M . Evans i wife of Mr . E . Evans , landlord of the King & Head , of a son , who has been mimed _Koasuth Mamui Evans . * _<¦•' .-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 23, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23111850/page/8/