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      THE REPEAL YAGARIES . " A SEW FACE OS AX OLD KUEXD . " In the weekly Freeman ' s Journal we find the fol _lowing aooount _' of the recent " melting up" of the old "leavy metal " ., of the Com Exchange , and the _ahn _^ e in which it _rc-appears as a bran spanking new •" u- _sti-ig-r— " THE ' 82 CLUB . " " At a numerous meeting of gentlemen , held at 17 , Upper _Buckingham-street , Dublin , on the 2 nd of January , 1 M 5 , _WUlvim Smith O'Brien , Esq .. M . P ., in the chair , it was moved by Henry Grattan , Esq ., M . P . ; seconded by Win . Bryan , Esq .: That we whose names are hereunto subscribed , do hereby constitute ourselves a club , to he caUed " The ' $ 2 Club . " That the object of the club is to -facilitate the Itcpeal of the Union—to secure the esta-Uishment of the Legislative Independence of Ireland ; and as a means for the attainment of these ends , to encourage Irish nia ! iuf-: _i-turc _8 , art , and literature , and to diffuse throngl : _socrty a national feeling .

      FDKDAMEKtAL MIES Vovcri by Charles G . Duffy , Esq . ; seconded by John Lloy < l _n-zsw-aia _, Esq .: That the club shall dine together on ihe ai ::::.. _rsary ofthe Declaration of Legislative Indepen-• li . - :-- _-- i-, 17-32 , and of such other great events in Irish _hisxui _/ r . s shaU be hereafter detennined . —Moved by John _Ois- ; , lis < i . ; seconded by Thomas _MacSevin , Esq .: That the Charter Toast of the club be " The Legislative Independence of Ireland . - * - —Moved hy Francis Comyn , Esq ., _Ex-J . P . ; seconded by Bichard O'Gonnan , jun ., Esq .: That the club shall give an annual ball . —Moved by K . Mullen , Esq . ; seconded by Hobert Ferguson , Esq .: That the dub uniform be a green body coat with velvet collar , white sUrt tarings , and gVl buttons , inscribed " liS 2 " in a wreath of Shamrocks , white tdbinet vest , green pantaloons

      uniform with ant hi whiter , and white duck in summer , potent leather loots , white lad gloves , and black satin cravat , subject to changes by the Committeee , all or Ibish ¦ masctactcbe . —Moved by Richard O'Gonnan , Esq . ; seconded by John Dillon , Esq .: That all the _members shaU be obliged to wear the club uniform at meetings -whenever required to do so by the Committee . —Moved by James O'Hea _, Esq . ; seconded by _YTil . liam Mackey , Esq .: That the Asnoai Sobsceiption be -Oke Gcixea , payable in advance . —Moved by Thomas Davis , Esq . ; seconded hy J . M . Loughnan , Esq : That future members he elected at a General Meeting ofthe club , by ballot , on a notice signed by a proposer and seconder ; that this notice be sent to the secretaries three weeks at least before the day of ballot , and that the secretaries send the names ofthe candidates to the members a

      fortnight before the ballot—Moved by Wilson G ray , Esq . ; seconded by Thomas Gahvny , Esq .: That the business of the club be managed hy the ' (' ¦ resident _^ Vice-President , Secretaries , Treasurers , and a Committee of twenty-one , with power to increase their numbers during the present year to thirty-one ; the office-bearers being es-officio members of the Committee . —Moved by Edward Clements , Esq . ; seconded by Joseph Henrv Dunne , jun ., Esq . : That thc quorum of Committee be seven , and that the meetings of Committee be summoned by at least two of the secretaries , or the requisition of seven members of Committee . —Moved by Henry Grattan , Esq ., M . F . ; seconded by Francis Comyn , Esq ., ex-J . F .: That in the ballot one black bean in seven shall exclude , and that at least twentyone members must vote to render sueh ballot valid . — The following Gentlemen were elected Officers and Committee for the year lSi-5 : —President , Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., M . P . —Vice Presidents , the Bight Hon . Lord French , William Smith O'Brien , Esq ., M . P ., Henry Grattan , Esq .,

      _JLP-, EdmondB . Eoche , Eiq ., M . P ., Cornelius M * Loughlin . Esq ., T . C . —Committee , Hon . George Hely Hutchinson , James KeHy , Esq ., M . P ., Bichard Albert Fitzgerald , Esq ., Sir Benjamin Morris , Mayor of Waterford , Maurice O'Connell , Esq ., M . P ., John Mitchell , Esq ., Richard Dowden , Esq ., Mayor of Cork , Thomas Davis , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , Caleb PowelL Esq ., M . P ., Charles Gavin Duffy , Esq ., T . C , William John Geary , Esq ., Mayor of limerick , JohnDillon , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , Nicholas Haher , Esq ., M . P ., Bobert Cane , Esq ., Mayor of Kilkenny , Hobert Mullen , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , Francis Comyn , Esq ., Richard O ' Gormon , Esq ., Sir Cohnan _O'Loghlcn , Bart , "Win . Campbell , Esq , Mayor of Drogheda , John O'Connell . Esq ., M . P _., Charles Bianconi , Esq ., Mayor of Clonmel : —Secretaries , John Gray , Esq ., T . C , 17 , Upper Bucldnghain-street , Thomas MacSevin , Esq ., Barristerat-Law , 26 , Summer-Edl , Matthew Moriarty , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , 35 , Rutland-street : —Treasurers , John Ferguson , Esq ., Solicitor , 98 , Lower Gardiner-street , "William Bryan , Esq ., Baheny-Lodge , Rahenv .

      On this _irisft mode of achieving " national independence" by means of an " annual dinner" ! an •" annual ball" ! " a green body coat with velvet collar , white skirt lining , gilt buttons , white tabinet vest , pantaloons , patent leather boots , white _ktd gwves ! and black satin cravat" ! the Dublin World justly remarks : — We should rejoice did some one of the initiated inform os whereabouts is to be found that "old curiosity shop , " that theatrical repository of tarnished properties , out of which every now and then some "imp of malice" selects some battered and nondescript absurdity , and throws it in the way of our patriots , as an engine of incalculable power for the regeneration of our country . Some months ago , this laughing spirit cast in the way of—it must have

      been some denizen of Mary ' s Lane—a sign of portentous power—a button ! who struck all of a heap -with the serene and melancholy splendour with which it shone out upon some ancient garment , like a solitary and impressive memorial of former gentility , pronounced at once that such a button so placed was the onl y fitting emblem Of Ireland ' s memories and hopes , and was , in fact , the filing of aU others , with which to work ont her nationality . We have tried the button , since then , folly and carefully , according to the prescription . It has been worp on the right breast and on the left , with rosettes of " national _g _^ _een _, _' and without them . It has even been exhibited , as the medical people say , in the strongest form , Chinese fashion , on the hat ; nay ,

      the gentle sex themselves , puzzled though they ¦ were , like our gracious Queen , when first she _-assumed the regal garter , " where on earth to place it , " found means , nevertheless , to bring the glimmer ofthe button to bear on the Saxons , in addition to the lightings of their _orrn far more effective artillery . Yet what has been the result on the nationality of Ireland ? none that we have been able to detect yet ; in fact , no effect of any sort worth recording has followed , except , indeed , an unexpected one wliich we charge the chemists to inquire into , seeing that it raises a suspicion that there must exist some hidden sympathy between buttons and the "laughing gas , " for we never failed to observe that a broad grin overspread the countenance of every man on whom their influence was tested . This last effect

      was grievously disheartening , showing , as it did , no indications of those recollections which were expected by the inventors . Perhaps the materials of which the buttons were composed destroyed the influence which the form was , in itself * , well calculated to exert . The brass peeped out in time from beneath the gilding , like ugly motives now and then intruding themselves amidst the disinterested self-devotion of a patriot , and then , of course , they became shabby and suspicious . But now , whatever ihe cause may have been , that panacea has been laid aside ; and always excepting that " star of the brave , " that "radiant and adored deceit , " ' as Byron called the .-Legion of Honour , which still clings to the breast of Dr . Gray , not one Bepeal button now twinkles on the cause of nationality . In fact , the truth is sot to be disguised ,

      that the public faith in buttons has declined , and the whole experiment has been a failure . For our own part , are had no belief in such trumperies—we may be permitted to call them so now—from the beginning . We ventured to insinuate that there were other modes in which the chums of Ireland could be far more manfully asserted . We sng _^ sted that advantage Should be taken of the prestige with which the monster assemblages of last year " hsA invested her demands ; and _thatber advocates should lie directed to bring them before the legislature at a period when time had not diminished the influence which these meetings must have exerted , and when her representatives might have cited them as proofs that _<* ae .-f liad come ihere , prompted by the wishes of her people . Bnt our admonitions were disregarded , and we

      -fear that never since the agitation commenced did apathy and disappointment so completely beset our people . It is , therefore , with extreme regret that we perceive that another piece of ancient trumpery is about to be burnished up in order to furnish a pretext for another precisely similar experiment We allude to a new club , wliich is to be formed under the name of the " eighty-two -club , " concerning which we are told by the Freeman" That the object of the Club is toFacilitate the Bepeal " of fhe Union—to secure the Establishment ofthe _Legis-• _"lative Independence of Ireland—and , as a means for - « the attainment of these ends , to encourage Irish Manu"factures , Art , and Literature , and to diffuse through " society a national feeling . " And all this it is to accomplish—how do our readers conceive ? By ussuming a -- " -falls nallowed by ihe most glorious associations " by -- _adopting as their charter toast , " The legislative independence of Ireland : " and "as their costume , the national

      ' green f and by " promulgat ing as their profession of faith , " the declaration wliich we have above extracted . With great respect to the eighty-two Club , we must . -say , that there is no one association connected with . that period which ought to convey one proud or pleasur-_ able sensation to the minds ofthe great mass of thc Irish - people , Thehhrtory of that " glorious revolution" is shortly -told . Is was the result of a combination of a few aristo-. _crstic families belonging to the smallest section of the people , who endeavoured to perpetuate to themselves a power which was fast _escapingfrom their grasp , and which _Vthey had ever employed to persecute and oppress the vast . majority—a combination of men , who , through the mouth . ofthe " revered Charlemont" himself , spurned the claims ofthe Roman Catholics with contempt ; and who , having made a revolution for their own benefit , laughed at the people Who had sustained them in it . These are the associations connected with ¦' ' _&> " in the minds ofthe

      Soman Catholics of this country . This is an age of ad'i-UMement ; and we think that ' those who take onthem-. selves the guidance of the people should look forward to a - state of things very different indeed from the recollection -of bigotry , semi-bavbarism and oppression , which are suggested by ihai epoch . We foresee Tory clearly the history . _uMch will jet be given of this new bauble which has been / adopted . The -82 Club will wear the national green , and . proclaim their faith , and drink their toast , until every man . in the laud shall have grown weary of their childishness ; . * _ad shall become indifferent to their proceedings ; anil t the Irish people will either abandon in despair the contest which they have so long maintained with such unparalleled devotion , or they will scatter these follies to the winds , . sod choose other men to conduct it .

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      * 3 « _mi > ctinir this same mode of " regenerating ' « 3 Ireland , " thsEvemng Facte haa the following apt lines :- — 0 ! justice to Erin is quickly advancing , The heart of Tom Steele is as light as a feather ; Bepeal must be gained by the " feeds and the dancing—" The " black satin cravat , " the boots— " patent leather . '' Hurrah for the Club ! let the shout bo uproarious ! Success must be sure when such leaders unite ; What force can resist men whose dress is so glorious , "Whose breeches aro green and whose waistcoats are white I Repeal now is certain ! ' twere treason to doubt it ; Tho ' 82 Club in resources so rich is : Its members have gone quite the right way about it , The Union is dished by the Emerald breeches ! :

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      THE CONDITION OP ENGLAND QUESTION . TO THE _EDITOB . OF THE NOBTHBBM STAB . Sib , —Itis now nearly twelve months since I addressed a letter to my fellow-workmen and the " country at large , through the medium of your valuable journal , on the fallacy of an extension of Free Trade ; showing that such extension did not bring comfort to the homes of the artizan , mechanic , and labourer . As the meeting of Parliament is approaching , wc shall no doubt have the mover and seconder of the address in reply to the Royal speech , again lauding the prosperity of the country , and quoting the exports and imports as proof of such prosperity . Sir , I ha ve been a close observer of passing events , at least in the unfortunate trade to wluch I belong ( namely , fustian-cutting ) , audi find since I last addressed you on

      this subject , that the Fustian Cutters , with all the brisk trade we have had , are now in a worse condition ( if worse can be ) , than we were twelve months since . I still maintain that it is because Capital is protected , and Labour , the poor man ' s only property , is still left unprotected . I am not aware that the population of any other country ever presented such a subject for serious mquiry and reflection as that of England at the present moment . Ignorance and poverty , intelligence and comfort , have in all ages been so intimately connected as cause and effect , that I can scarcely bring myself to believe in the existence Of the one , without thinking of the other as its natural consequence ; yet , in despite of such association , we find

      that the reverse is precisely the case with the working Classes of this country . They are not only the most industrious and hard-working people on earth , but thej are also the most intelligent and best informed , and what ismost extraordinary , _andapparently unaccountable , they are the most wretched and poverty-struck of human beings . Though they aro well informed , not only on almost all subjects immediately connected with their peculiar situation in life—though by their industry , aided by the inventions of genius , they produce more than any other people in the world , and ought hi consequence also to enjoy more , yet the pages of almost every journal in the kingdom teem with accounts of deaths from starvation ; yes , even in fhe very journals wliich arc chanting the

      revival and extension of trade . This is a most anomalous situation for any people to be placed in , when it is viewed in conjunction with that of the higher classes in the country—the money and landed aristocracy . They still sleep on beds of down ; they still live on the fat of the land ; they still reside in mansions , which rival in splendour and comfort the palaces of continental sovereigns ; they still sport their carriages , — while the poor man has to toil sixteen or eighteen hours —and yet live in misery . Nor is this all ; some of the fairest portion of God ' s creation—yes , sir , young women that cannot get a sufficiency by their employment aro ekeing out a miserable and deplorable existence by prostitution . Is this not a state of things calling for Parliamentary inquiry ?

      Such is the situation of a large portion of our manufacturing population . And it is one which demands the most serious inquiry and deliberation from every wellwisher of his country . The few possess everythingwealth , comfort , and legislative authority ; while the many can lay claim to nothing but unmatched physical power , and an extent of intelligence and information , which puts to the blush the attainments of most of their " superiors . " Both these they do possess—and possess in such abundance , that unless some decided improvement takes place in then : condition—( of which God knows I see but little prospect)—a tremendous conflict must one day or other ensue between them and those whose proceedings have reduced them to such pitiable distress .

      It would be the height of folly to believe for a moment , that a great body of men who are thoroughly aware of their rights , should be content to sit down day after day to a scanty meal of " hog ' s fare ; " while those who have no care but amusements , and no toil but that of " killing the dvdl hour of idleness , " are enjoying the sweets of the land ; and a still greater absurdity to imagine , intelligent as the people of this country are , that if the fatal hour ever arrived in which the two classes should be arrayed against each other , they would not ultimately prevail . 6 od forbid that such a conflict should ever take place ; but looking at the present condition of the Working Classes , I put it to any reasonable man , whether it is not such as to afford strong grounds for alarm ? whether it can long remain as it now is ? and whether it would not be wise in those who possess the supreme power to prevent , by timely concession , the possibility of such an occurrence ?

      Were the Working Classes of this country " a swinish multitude , " alike ignorant of their rights and of their power to enforce them , there would be little danger in taxing , oppressing , over-working , and starring them to any extent which might appear desirable to those in power ; any resistance which they might make would be speedily overcome , and terminate in their subjection to a more galling yoke and more oppressive burthens ; but , instead of this being the case , they have within them all the elements of power—undisputed physical force—and intelligence unparalleled in any age or country . What , then , is the course which would be most prudent for an enlightened Government to pursue ? Resistance ? Noit would only be the signal of anarchy and defeat , of horrors and abominations ; but that concession of equal

      rights which justice demands , and that relief from oppressive taxes and over . working , which have reduced the people of this country to such a state of degradation and misery . The Minister who has sufficient boldness to do this , may " guide the storm '' which impends , and direct " the whirlwinds" of popular feeling . And never was it in the power of any Government to commence the great work of concession under more favourable circumstances than now exist . Let the Premier , then , pursue this plain and simple course , and he will have arranged under his banner the strength , talent , and industrious classes of the country . Concession , instead of weakening , will strengthen—aud the loss of the affection ofthe privileged few will be amply compensated for by the favour , support , and approbation ofthe many .

      I shaU conclude this letter by calling on my fellow workmen , and the operatives of the United Kingdom , to step boldly forward in demanding that Labour shall be protected , and in calling their attention to the correspondence betwixt Mr . Drury of Sheffield , and T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., in your paper of the 4 th inst . That the Trades in every town , village , and hamlet may be prepared to join in unity in the forthcoming struggle , is the sincere wish of yours , in the cause of justice against injustice , Lvmm , Cheshire , Jan . 20 th , 1845 . W . D .

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      _DaHTKG-BOHOIAHY .- _^ COSFLICX WITH , AXD CaPTURB of the Bubolabs . —On the night of Thursday a daring burglary was committed at Gerrard ' s-cross , Buckinghamshire , on thc premises of Mr . Thomas Teowell , the French Horn-inn . The above premises have on two previous cccasions been burglariously entered , the last time not three months since , by ( it isbelieved ) the same gang of desperadoes who have had their rendezvous in the neighbourhood of Uxbridge . On the last occasion the thieves effected an entry through the brick wall in front ofthe house , whicli is fourteen inches thick , and making an aperture eight inches in diameter , through which one of them entered and admitted his companions at the front doer . They then broke open the bar , wine cellar , & c , and having

      collected whatever they could lay hands on , they sat down in the bar and drank wine and spirits and smoked cigars until they must have been far advanced in intoxication , when they quitted the premises ( it is supposed about four o'clock ) , carrying off with them two flitches of bacon , two cheeses , a timepiece , two pounds of cigars , three coats , three pairs of gaiters , a flannel waistcoat , and a variety of other articles , besides a bottle of brandy and a bottle of peppermint . The burglary was first discovered about five o ' clock on Friday morning , when information was immediately despatched to Mr . John Larkin , the superintendent ofthe Iver and Burnham police , who , taking with him George King , one of nis officers , started for Uxbridge , and obtained the assistance of

      Serjeant Roadnight , T 11 , to whom the persons of the gang , whom it was anticipated would make for "Oxbridge , werc known . Thc officers accordingly stationed themselves in the neighbourhood of Long Bridge , on Uxbridge Moor , which divides Middlesex from Buckinghamshire , and about nine o ' clock thoy observed three of the gang , named Robert Ball , Samuel Townsend , and ltobert Shoppee , coming oyer the bridge in a state of intoxication . On their coming up to where the officers were secreted , the latter rushed out , each seizing his man , when a most fearful conflict took place between them . The thieves

      fought furiously , and , notwithstanding the police in return used their truncheons , the result was for some time dubious ; but at that juncture Mr . Cane , a surgeon at Uxbridge , drove up in his gig , and having under the cushion a life-preserver he armed himself with it , and the tide was turned in favour of the officers . The prisoners were then secured and taken to the station-house at Uxbridge , when , on searching them , there was found on Shoppee a pair of scissors , which had been stolen from the French Horn , and on Townsend an ornament wliich had been on the top of the timepiece Btolen . Most of the property has been recovered . The gang are committed to Beaconsfield _saol .

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      AppRKHKisioit or a Wesletan _Pjjbacher . — ¦ A very singular circumstance occurred at Wootton-under-Edge on Sunday last . On returning from evening service Miss Hunt , the Bister of Mr . Hunt , the bookseller , discovered that the house had been broken into during the absence of the family , and that a cheque for money , a watch , and a number of other articles had been carried away . She instantl y sent for a person named James Hall , who was in her brother ' s employment , and who had that afternoon been officiating as usual as a Wcsleyan local preacher , and on communicating to him what had occurred , he went for a policeman , and on returning with him the premises were gone over with the view of ascertaining the manner in which the house had been entered . Whilst they were so employed Mr . Hunt himself arrived , and , on being told what had occurred , his

      first inquiry was as to whether a savage little dog which he had left in the house had been killed in tho fray ; and on learning that it was safe and well , he instantly concluded that the robbery had been accomplished by a person who was well known to the dog . This aroused the suspicions of the policeman , and he contrived to accompany Hall to his lodgings , and from one thing to another he f elt himself justified in taking him into custody . On being searched the watch was found upon the person of the prisoner , as well as the cheque , and a handkerchief which belonged jto Mr . Hunt ; and the probability is , that he had the articles in his pockets at the time he was assisting the policeman to inspect the premises . He has since made a confession , and all the stolen property has been recovered , some part of it having been found concealed in a hovel about half a mile distant from _Woottonunder-Edge . The prisoner has been fully committed for trial .

      An Old Trick . —On Saturday afternoon a man of short stature , in a brown coat , called on a very poor woman , residing in Swan-court , and asked her if she took in washing ; on her replying that she did , he said he had half-a-dozen shirts which he wanted her to wash , and that he supposed they would come to half-a-crown , but if not , that ho would pay her that sum , and , putting a 5 s . piece into her hand , told her he would send them—that thero wore two of his own and four of his master ' s . The poor woman then gave hini the change—a half-crown piece . On finding his scheme to answer thus far so well , the fellow then asked her if she had not four of them already ? On receivin g an answer in the negative , he falsely told

      her that he had come from Cursitor-street ; to which the woman replied that she had had nothing from any one of that address . The fellow responded , " Then there has been a mistake made , and they have been left with the wrong laundress * _, I must give you back again your half-crown ; " he then returned her a piece , which , very soon after his departure , the poor toiling washerwoman discovered was a counterfeit , and that a cruel trick had been played upon her . The poor woman , with hopes almost forlorn , repaired to Cursitor-street in search ofthe fellow , where she related her story ; but where no one at all answering the description of the swindler is known , nor whence any clothes had been sent to the woman .

      Fires—On Tuesday night , between ten and eleven o ' clock , a fire broke out upon thc premises belonging to Mi _\ Farraday , a japanner , No . 33 , Brick-lane , Spitalfields . It originated in the workshops at the rear of the dwelling , a building composed chiefly of timber . The building was nearly destroyed . Between twelve and one a second fire was discovered upon the premises of Mr . Davis , a saddler , of 100 , High-street , Borough , by a gentleman in passing . ' An alarm was raised , and Serjeant Cowiie , of the M division of police , hastened to the spot , but the smoke was so dense tho inmates were unable to descend the the stairs . The Serjeant having obtained a ladder the inhabitants were enabled to escape through one of the upper windows . One engine was found sufficient to subdue thc flames .

      Alarming Fire . —On Tuesday morning , about half _, past five , a fire , at first of an alarming character , was discovered by one of the constables of tho E division of police , raging in thc workshops at the back of Mr . Myers ' musical instrument warehouse , 63 , Charlottestreet , Fitzroy-square . The constables alarmed the inmates , and as soon as they opened the passage doors the flames from the _worhshops rushed by tho back windows into the first floor . The injury done is confined to the destruction ofthe workshops and then' contents , and veiy great damage done to the furniture on the first floor .

      A Fatal Duel . —A duel took place at Montz on the 3 rd inst ., between M . Rupferberg , aged 21 , a clerk in the commercial house at Manheim , but a native of Mentz , and a M . de Lavalette , a Prussian Dragoon officer , of a noble family , aged 24 , which terminated fatally for the latter . The quarrel aroso _^ from M . Lavalette laughing at M . Rupferberg slip-: ping as he was squiring a young lady * from the play / and it was decided with pistols . They fought at fi _£ teen paces . M . de Lavalette fired the first , and wounded M . Rupferberg in the belly , who , in falling , fired , and struck M . de Lavalette on the artery ofthe neck . They were both taken into the town , Ml Rupferberg grievously wounded , and M . de Lavalette dead .

      Two Churches Destroyed bv Fire . —Edinburgh _^ Sunday Evening . —An event of a most disastrous and truly impressive character has occurred here this morning . The cathedral or collegiate church of the Greyfriars , in connexion with the Scottish Esta-j blisned Church , a pile of great extent , and peculiarly venerable from its antiquity and historical _associa- ; tions , has been almost totally destroyed by fire . It must be understood , that , as in many instances is the case in Scotland , the edifice comprised two churches under one roof , the one being separated from the other by a substantial wall of masonry . Tho eastern half ,. in which tho Rev . Dr . Robert Lee officiated , was called the Old Greyfriars : the western , of which the Rev . Mr . Robertson was minister , thc New Greyfriars . The building , now in ruins , is finely

      situated to _ihe south-west of the city , overlooked by the Castle , on its lofty rock , within ! less than half a mile , and the churchyard adjoined the grounds of Heriot ' s Hospital . The eastern portion , in wliich the fire originated , is the more ancient , bearing the date of 1613 ; the western half was erected a century later ; but the site of the former had been occupied by a monastic establishment for some centuries previous to the dato mentioned . Tho fire was caused by thc overheating of the flue of a stove in thc southeastern portion of the building . All the seating , furniture , and books have been destroyed , including some highly-prized relics—a table once the ! property ofthe Reformer , John Knox , and one or two bibles of early and rare editions . Fire at Paisley . —A veiy distressing fire in a weaver ' s shop in Great Hamilton-street , Paisley , took place on Friday night . One of the weavers had just commenced a web of Mr . Morgan ' s , a two-yards wide shawl , with a double-nicked harness , which v _/ as

      entirely new , and all the other utensils of the best description and in good condition . While dressing his web , his harness being held forward by the rods , he turned to speak to a brother weaver who stood by the loom-side , when the great' Weight of the leads having shifted the rods and brought the harness above the gas , __ the instant the hamessj web , heddles , box , carriage , & c , were in a blaze . The fire had reached the joists of the loft when the shopmates , to save the other looms as well as thc tenement , knocked off the racks and brought the burning articles to the treddle-hole . Water was instantly dashed upon it , and the fire got under , but the web and all the weaving materials are lying a sad wreck ) So intense was the heat that the leads were melted into one piece . Thus the weaver , after a month ' s mounting and a great outlay , has in four or five minutes been deprived of his only means of supporting his family . —Renfrewshire Advertiser . ¦¦¦ <

      Coroner's Inquest . —On Monday , Mr . W . Carter held an inquest at the Duke ' s Head , Fore-street , Lambeth , onthe body of Charles Inger , aged 64 , a harness-maker , of 28 , Lower Fore-street , Lambeth ] whose death occurred under the fbllowinn- distressing circumstances : —Thomas Masser , a police constable of the L division , said , that on Friday morning last ; about two o ' clock , he was on duty near the deceased ' s house , when he heard a great disturbance . Upoii going to the street door he could distinctly hear some persons quarrelling within . He knocked , and the door was opened to him , when he saw deceased , and a man named Thomas Couch , in the passage . The wife of deceased was also present , upon witness entering , the deceased wished witness to take the

      man into custody for being in his house . He also said that he had been along with his wife since the Thursday morning , drinking . The deceased appeared somewhat excited in consequence of the base conduct ot his wife . He attempted to get her up stairs ! but she resisted , and said she would go wherever Couch went . Witness having been obstructed in the execution of his duty by Couch , he threatened to take him into custody , when the wife replied , "If you do , you shall take me also . " Upon deceased hearing that , he told witness that he was quite broken-hearted at his wife ' s conduct . Shortly afterwards he staggered a little , and then fell backwards npon witness ' s knee , a _corpso . Medical aid wassent for , and Mr . Waggstaff promptly attended , " and pronounced life extinct . Upon the wife being informed of the fact , she replied , " Thank God for it ! " The deceased was perfectly sober at thc time , but his wife

      and the man Couch were both intoxicated . Ann Emily Inger , a daughter of the deceased , said , that her mother had six children , all of whom lived with her . On Thursday morning , at about eleven o'clock , her mother went out , and she had been drinking with Couch up to two o ' clock on Friday morning , when she returned home with him . At that time the deceased was in bed , and upon witness informing him who had accompanied her mother home , he became greatly excited , got up , dressed himself , and called for the police to remove Couch . Nothing was done to cause Tier father ' s death , more than the misconduct of her mother in bringing the man Couch home . Her mother had been- to various public-houses , drinking with him , the previous day , and witness had tried to persuade her to go home , but she would not . Mr . W . C . T . Waggstaff , surgeori ' , said he was called to attend deceased on Friday morning . On arriving he found him in the front

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      room quite dead . ' His countenance was pallid and his lips livid . There was no doubt but that death arose from an affection of the heart , accelerated by considerable excitement of mind . Other evidence having , been called , the jury returned the following verdict : —That the deceased died a natural death , accelerated by the base conduct of his wife . The widow was then called in , and severely lectured , by the coroner , who told her that she was morally responsible for her husband ' s death . The jury and also himself were perfectly satisfied that his death was hastened by her unnatural conduct towards him ; and he ( the coroner ) was of opinion that she was not any longer worthy of being called by thc name of woman . Ah means of support for herself and six children were lost through her own misconduct ; and now she and her children would have to go into the workhouse , to be supported by the hard work of other and more deserving persons .

      Murderous Attempt . —Pwllheli was thrown into a state of much consternation and excitement , on Tuesday morning last , by the intelligence that a foul and deadly attempt had beenmado on the previous night , about eleven o ' clock , on the person of Mr . Evan Williams , of Gelliwig , Leyn , while returning home in company with Mrs . Williams from this town . Having proceeded nearly as far as the Penrhos Church , on the new road , they found that they werc followed by some person ; who , when he had ap-Ereached them within a few yards , fired a gun , the all from whicli entered Mr . Williams's back , and passed out through the lower part of the abdomen . The unfortunate man immediately fell to the ground ,

      telling Mrs . Williams that he was a dying man , whilst she , almost frantic with horror , cried out " Murder , " and ran tothe nearest farmhouse , ¦ and called Gegin Bach , informing the inmates of the catastrophe . The villain , in the meantime , had made his escape . The wounded sufferer was taken to the farmhouse ,. and medical aid obtained as quickly as possible . Mr . Williams remains in a very weak state , but we are happy to state that favourable hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery . The cause of the villanous attack is wrapped in mistery , and the assassin has hitherto eluded every attempt at his apprehension . —Carnarvon Herald .

      Sudden Death . —On Tuesday night an inquest was held at the Friend in Hand Tavern , Elizabeth-street , Broniptoii , before Mr . Wakley , M _. P ., on view ofthe body of Colonel Charles Robert Kennett , ' aged 61 , who was found dead in his bed on Sunday morning . Mr . William Morrah , surgeon , of Sloane-street , deposed that he was intimately acquainted with thc late gallant colonel , who had served under the Duke of Wellington in the _poninsular campaigns . Witness had attended him professionally since the 10 th of last December ; his complaint was disease of the heart . On Sundav morning last , during divine

      service , witness was called from church to attend at the residence of the deceased . Witness went immediately , and found the gallant officer in bed , quite dead : he must have been dead some hours . —By the Coroner : I am of opinion that tho death of the deceased occurred from natural causes . When I first entered the deceased ' s room there was a phial and tumbler on his dressing-table , the latter of which had contained thc medicine I had prescribed for him . I have no reason to imagine that he died otherwise than by natural causes . —The evidence of the housekeeper having been heard , the jury returned a verdict of—Died by thc visitation of God .

      Strange and Horrible . —Two brothel's ,- residing in the commune of Pranzac , lately sold a pair of fat bullocks to a butcher of Angouleme . It was agreed that they should , on an appointed day , proceed tothe slaughter-house of Angouleme and receive the money . The money was didy paid , and the brothers set out to return home . When not far from their own house , a man , with a large hood over his face , suddenly appeared on the road before thom , and taking aim with a fowling-piece at the foremost brother , shot him dead . He then fired at thc second , and broke his arm , and otherwise wounded him . The latter had strength enough to tear open his brother ' s coat and take out the puree containing the money which thoy had received for their cattle ; with it he succeeded in reaching his house . The authorities are investigating the matter , but nothing has yet been discovered . —Galignani .

      Death by Fire . —On Monday night , Mrs , Johnson , aged 76 , wife of a r etired calico printer residing at Wandsworth , was burnt to death by the accidental ignition of her clothes . She was found dead in the passage of her house ; her clothes were almost wholly consumed , and all her hair was burnt off . Attempt to Murder a Priest in Corsica . —The Court of Assizes of Corsica was occupied on Dec . 9 with the trial of a young man , named J . B . Michelangeli _, aged twenty-two , for twice discharging , on June 7 , a fowling-piece at a priest , named Albcrtini , with an intent to kill him . It appeared that Albertini , who was the curtS , of the commune of Lecci , frequently in his sermoiis alluded to his parishioners ' conduct , and mentioned their names . The prisoner

      was more than once reprimanded in this way for living with a young girl , who was on the point of becoming a mother . On All Saints ' -day the curey seeing both parties in church , made so strong an attack on them that the girl was obliged to leave the place ill , and the lover soon followed her . A few days after she was delivered of a child , which died almost immediately , and the mother survived it but a short time . In the verses which , according to the Corsican custom , were sung over the corpse , the priest was declared to be the cause of her death . The next Sunday the priest declared from the pulpit that the girl ' s death was a just judgment for her immoral conduct . According to thc evidence of Albertini , nothing occurred until the day of the attempt on his

      life , when , about six m the morning , he perceived , as he was cleaning a horse , the prisoner coming towards him . The prisoner spoke to a woman , named Laurc Ferioli , who lived in the priest ' s house as housekeeper , and reproached her with being on improper terms with her master . The latter , when approaching the parties , in order to interfere , was , he declared , aimed at by the prisoner , and fired at , but missed . He then returned to the house , and got a gun , with whicli he pursued theprisoner , who , turning round about , fired at him , but without effect . Such was the ariest ' _s statement and that of Laurc

      Ferioli ; but Pierre Ferioli , the brother-in-law ofthe latter , who was at work in a field close at hand , declared that the priest had fired thc first , and that the prisoner had only fired onee on returning it . Mathieu Marclii , another witness , who was at work at a greater distance , stated that , on hearing the first shot , * he had looked towards the priest ' s house , and perceived the smoke to come from the place where he was standing . Under this contradictory evidence the jury took some time to consider their verdict . At last'they declared the prisoner to be Guilty . The court , however , sentenced him to only two years' imprisonment .

      Ireland . '—Another Murder in Tipperary . —On Saturday morning a man of advanced age , named Samuel Smith , was murdered at Barrisnafarny , near Monoygall . His head was shockingly fractured , and death must _haye been instantaneous . Malicious Burning . —On the night of the 6 th instant , an uninhabited dwelling-house and outoffices , in which were two cowb , on the townland of _Oldcastle , near Coachford , the property of Mary Hill , widow , were maliciously set on fire and totally consumed . The land had been in possession of the

      brother of the widow ' s late husband , but having allowed it to get into arrear of rent , he was ejected , It is supposed that the eviction in this case was the cause ofthe premises being fired . Another . —On the night of Wednesday , the 8 th inst ., a range of cow-houses , on the lands of Ruskeen , near Charleville , the property of Mr . Patrick Carroll , of Killacalla , were maliciously fired and totally consumed . A number of fowls , goats , and other domestic animals , the property of the herdsman , werc also destroyed by the flames . No cause is assigned for this malicious outrage . —Cork Constitution ,

      Shooting- at a Serjeant . —On Tuesday evening week a corporal of the 44 th Regiment , quartered in George ' s-square Barracks , Devonport , with his musket deliberately shot at a Serjeant whilst thc latter was in the barracks in conversation with another corporal . The ball passed through the Serjeant ' s coat and waistcoat , grazing his breast , struck against the wall and rebounded into the barrack-square , and is now in possession of the authorities . The corporal was immediately arrested , but gave no explanation of what induced him to commit such a rash act , nor did he express any regret for having done it . It appeared that- ho had been absent without leave , and on examining his kit his great coat was missing . This the serjeant in the course of liis duty reported ; and it is supposed that revenge prompted him to make the attempt on thc Serjeant ' s life . A general courtmartial will shortly be assembled to try the prisoner .

      Collision with an Omnibus at Westminster Bridge . —On Wednesday afternoon , as an omnibus was coming down the Surrey side of Westminster Bridge a person was observed driving at a furious rate , and evidently intending to make a passage between the omnibus and footpath—an intention which immediately became obvious to a young lady who was with the person in question could not be effected without great danger , and she exclaimed " Stop' for God ' s sake , stop ! " but without inducing him to pay any attention ; and in another moment he had forced his way , and the wheel of thc phaeton going over a stone , he was precipitated on tho ground . ost

      Mprovidentially a man who was passing seized hold ol the reins and stopped the horse , while the young lad y threw herself into thc carriage road and dragged the unfortunate sufferer from the ground By this time a crowd of persons had assembled , and the gentleman was lifted into the phaeton , though suffering so severely from his fall as to require assistance m pursuing liis journey ; The conductor ofthe omnibus ( to whom no blame whatever can be attached ) was most active in rendering assistance It is to be hoped that'the narrow escape of this gentleman from a dreadful death will be a warning to others against driving with such reckless _disregard of their own safety or that of others .

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      Destructive Fire at Manchester _^— On Tuesday evening a fire was discovered-in the warehouse oi MeBsn . Smith and Ingle , paper manufacturers , Piccadilly , which spread with a rapidity very similar to that ofthe conflagration _whichdestroyed the warehouse at the corner of New Brown-street , about two years ago , and soon ravaged through every floor of the warehouse , and left merely the shell standing . The alarm was given about twenty-five minutes past nine o'clock , the police constables in the neighbourhood ofthe warehouse springing their rattles ; but , from what wc could gather , no one seems to have perceived the fire till it was bursting forth from the windows , intimation was given at the police-yard , about half-nast nine o'clock : and , in ten minutes , * _>¦« . m '

      afterwards , the Niagara engine was on the spot , followed by others in rapid succession . The warehouse of Messrs . Smith and Ingle is a long building four stories _in'height , with the end ( four windows in breadth ) fronting Piccadilly , and one side ( ten windows in length ) , forming one side of the Mosley Armsyard , wliich is a narrow yard , open through from Piccadilly to Back Piccadilly ; the other side of this vard being formed by the Mosley Anns Hotel . Webeiieve the upper part of Messrs . Smith and Ingle ' s warehouse was occupied by Messrs . Taylor , Humphreys , Hurst , and Co ., flannel and drugget manufacturers . Adjoining the warehouse , in front , to the west , is the White Boar Inn ; and the aspect of the conflagration , at ten o ' clock , was truly alarming . Thc whole of

      the warehouse of Messrs . Smith and Ingle appeared to be in flames , which rushed from the side windows , spread across the yard , and soon communicated to the wood-work of the Mosley Amis Hotel , the cornice and window-frames of which house were repeatedly on fire . Fortunately the latter were immediately forced outwards by men stationed in the different chambers ; and the interior was thus preserved , though not without the greatest exertions ofthe firemen . __ Meanwhile the White Bear Inn was in the most imminent danger , and many by-standers declared that nothing could save it . Under this'impression , the furniture , bedding , < fec , were hurled out of the chamber windows ; and much mischief was done by the hasty way in which the property was thrown about in removal . Behind the White Bear is a crooked yard , which also leads through into Back Piccadilly . In one tenement in this yard was a poor j

      woman confined to her bed by sickness ; she was hurriedly removed in her night-dress , and conveyed away , seated on a pile of bedding , < fcc , in a-large porter's cart , filled with goods removed from the premises . Both thc Mosley Arms and the White Bear were repeatedly on fire , both on the roof , the cornices , and the window-frames ; and as often thc firemen succeeded in extinguishing the flames , not , however , before they had penetrated into the bar of the White Bear , and quite destroyed one side of that room . The engines worked very effectively ; there appeared to be a good supply of water , and before the firemen had been an hour on the spot the flames were completely subdued , though of course not extinguished . The amount of loss it is of courso idle to speculateupon at ' present . The entire stock in the warehouses _' on thc west side of the Mosley Arms-yard is utterly destroyed . We have not heard even a speculation as to tlic cause ofthe fire .

      Horrible Murder . —Amsterdam , Jan . 20 . —A young woman was found murdered thc other day in a ditch in the Nistlerode district , near Bois-lc-Duc . It appears that she had in her possession the sum of ninety florins , tho produce of the sale of a cow belonging to her father , and that sho was proceeding home with the money . Two police-officers first discovered the body ofthe unfortunate victim , and near it a large knife , with wliich thc deed had been committed . They returned in a short time to anadj . _iT cent inn , in which they had seen the young woman , " and produced the knife , which the landlady immediately recognised as her own . In a few minutes her husband came in , and on being shown the knife stoutly denied that it belonged to him . This raised

      suspicion , * the officers examined his dress , and found the entire sum whicli thc poor girl had received . Enormous Fall of Earth- in a Mine . —On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Coseley Tavern , at Coseley , on the body of Benjamin Smith , a miner , whose death , with that of two other men , was caused by an enormous fall of earth in a mine in which they were working . Thc accompanying statement , given before tlw coroner by one of the survivors , will bo perused with deep interest : —Joseph Parkes said—I live at Coseley , in this parish , and am a miner . On Friday last I was at work with deceased , Benjamin Smith ( who was about thirty-two years old , and a miner , living at Coseley ) , in a coal-pit at the Fox Yards , in the parish of Tipton , in this county ; and

      while we were at work there , about half-past nine o'clock that morning , a quantity of clod and earth fell in , to the amount of more than a thousand tons , and almost every man in the pit was stopped up . Some few of the men were a distance off , and got clear away ; but the deceased , myself , and four others , were stopped up in one of the hollows . Great exertions were made to get us out ; there was plenty of help , and nearly all the miners from the adjoining collieries came to give thoir assistance . Several tons of stuff were soon removed , and in about an hour one of the six men was got out very badly hurt , but he is still alive . > Another was got out soon after without much injury . As fast as the miners got the Btuff away more fell in , but in the course of

      the day all thc remaining men , except myself , were got out , but I was not got out till about ten o'clock that night . I was not at all hurt , but was very weak through the damp and confinement , and benig without food . I had not had anything to eat from the previous night , so that I was more than 24 hours without tasting it . I was quite sensible all the time , and conversed with all the men . I talked with Smith as long as he lived , which was about an hour and a half . I could hear the miners working to get us out . I believe everything was done that could be done . I was afraid to stir , although I saw my suffering companions close to me nearly buried in the earth . It was light a part of thetime from a candle , but after it went out we were in darkness all the time . Some of the men had their arms wedged

      down , and asked me to remove thc clods from their mouths to allow them to breathe , and I did so several times , although it endangered my own life , as the stuff continued falling . The butty was one of those stopped up , and lie died . While he was confined his arms were crushed against his body , and his head was kept bent down . He could scarcely breathe , and when I removed the clod from his mouth he breathed so hard that the candle went out , and we gave ourselves up for lost . I have been a miner from my childhood , and have worked at the pit in question about six weeks , and speaking from my experience I think thc occurrence was accidental .

      and could not be prevented . I did not think there was any danger , or I would not have worked at the p it . There is plenty of timber , and every precaution is taken to ensure the safety of the men . After the deceased was got out , his body was , I believe , taken to his house . It is now lying there . The two othc / s who were killed were removed to Dudlev . I think the accident took place through there being a hollow above the one where we worked , and the stuff between the two dropping down . I do not think any one is to be blamed with reference to it . Other corroborative evidence was given , and the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death . —Wolverhampton Chronicle .

      > Supposed Child Murder in York . —For some time past considerable excitement has prevailed amongst the principal portion of the inhabitants of Walmgate and its neighbourhood , owing to a report haying gained extensive circulation that a new born female child , which had been interred in St . Dennis Church-yard , had come by its death by violence . The deceased was the illegitimate child of Jane Lambert , who resides in Mill-yard , Lawrence-street , and who ia employed at Swale ' s factory . The circumstances having become known to John Wood , Esq ., the coroner , he at once gave directions for the exhumation of the body , and a jury were summoned . The inquest was held on Thursday , and again , by adjournment , on Friday and Monday evenings , at the house of Mrs . Herbert , thc Lord Nelson-inn , Walmgate , and terminated by a verdict of manslaughter against the mother , Jane Lambert , who was forthwith committed for trial at the ensuing assizes .

      Extensive Embezzlement . —Manchester , Jan . 21 . —Yesterday morning a young man , named Evan Prince , whose connections are highly respectable , was brought up to the Borough Court , before Daniel Maude , Esq ., the stipendiary magistrate , charged with having embezzled the sum of £ 3500 from his employer , Mr . Darnel Percival , woollen-draper , of King-street , in this town . No suspicion had attached to the _; prisoner until lately , and then it originated not with his employer , but in another quarter : and Mr . _Beswick , thc chief superintendent of police , made a communication to Mr . Percival before Christmas No steps were taken to apprehend the prisoner until Friday last , when Mr . Beswick sent Mrs . Chell , the wife of the keeper ofthe Town Hallwith £ 212 s Gd

      , in marked money to Mr . Percival _' s shop , with _instructions to purchase some cloth from the prisoner . Mrs . Chell did as she was directed , and took the cloth to Mr . Beswick , who then sent Mrs . Chell ' s daughter with marked gold ar _ d silver , to the amount of three guineas , to purchase a further quantity of cloth . She bought six yards of cloth , and gave the prisoner the money . She had just left the shop when Mr . Beswick entered , * and the" prisoner knowing him , said , " Can Iserve you with _anything ?" Mr . Beswick told him that he wished to sneak to Sim in . private , and went with hhn into the counting-house where Mr . Percival was waitiner . Mr . _TWw _£ _v + i , _J

      told lum thathe was suspected ofrobbing his employer and he must be searched . In his pockets were found £ 7 m gold and £ l in silver Two of the sovereigns ! were identified by Mr . Beswiek as part ofthe money which he had given to Mrs . Chell and her daughter Thc pri soner was then taken into , custody , and Mr . Beswick proceeded to his lodgings , andinhis bed-room found gold and silver to thc amount of £ 150 . This dis cpvery was mentioned to the prisoner , who admitted that he had robbed his employer to a serious amount alleging that he was ill , and as it was not likely that he would be able long to follow his business , he had resolved to make a provision for himself . Mr Beswick then told him that he had reason to suppose

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      that , he had a considerable sum of _niouev -if _iVT aiid in Wales . The prisoner admitted _thMC _^ _t said that his banking-book was at his father W l , i at Mold , and that it would be found in A _^ under his sister's bed . Mr . Beswiek , accom _^ by Mr . Percival , at once proceeded to Mold _/ _If'N prised the prisoner ' s father , who is a _dranr _* _$ there , of the objeet of their visit . The old mm \ declared his entire ignorance of anything wromi _^ bed-room of the daughter was search ed . _bnfV _?^ box could be found . In the cellar , however _** _ings bank book was found , from which it _an _„ SaT _* ? l .+ + _Io _TiTMcnno . had 4 M 45 ? 1 Q „ 11 J _WPeaittl xt . ~ i . l . n . Tin / I *» / vmaifim-Milila _ottni _^ 1 * ... _^ _" _" _T _^

      „ , , saving-bank . Upon making further inquiry iT _™ found that the prisoner ' s hat-box had been _' sp _. u his sister to the house of a gentleman named llannLr ' in Mold , aud was in the possession of that _"entlcm _? servant . Mr . Beswick and Mr . Perciva l _niT ' went to Mr . Hancock ' s , and having obtained nn sion of the hat-box opened it , and found in it _S in gold , wrapped up in various papers ; bant * books containing a statement of deposits bv $ prisoner at the North and South Wales Hank M f \ the Royal Bank of Liverpool , Messrs . Devon I \ Wardle ' s , and Messrs . Granville ' s , at Chestermortgage deed and a promissory note for £ 70 -m ' prisoner , who declined saying anything in his dcren « was fully committed to the assizes for trial , it ! , „' pears that Mr . Percival was not in the habit ! l taking stock , and had little suspicion of what v 2 going on .

      Triangular Dujl in Reality . —Thc following is ,-extract from a private letter , dated Nice , _Janlg . ' " There has been rather a damp thrown over _sotrictr at large here recently . At a-club supper , after a ball , a dispute arose between a Russian , a French man , and an Italian . The Russian challenged the Frenchman , and the Italian the Russian . Tlic latter two immediately went out ; their feelings _toward each other almost amounted to madness , as _thot fixed to have but one pistol loaded , and the muzzles _ti each other's breasts ; but the second ( for they haj only one , as the others would not , they said , wait to witness a murder ) loaded the pistol so that it _wouH

      not go ou . lhey then returned to _iown to the Italian ' s rooms for other pistols . While there , h walked the governor with the police , arrested both , and put them in confinement , as also the Frenclunan ! This happened two days before Christmas-day , and they are not yet liberated . It must , it is feared , end in bloodshed , as thc Frenchman struck the Russian ; and although everything has been done by th-English residents to bring about . a reconciliation , itis impossible . As for the first affair , that may be saiii to be finished , as thc Italian is in thc service , and will bo sent on duty to a fort , where he will lie kept as a prisoner . This affair has caused quite a com . motion here , all three being well known .

      The Ruislip Mubder , _commitied Eight Yearago . —Exasiixatiox op TnE Accused . —Charles Lamb , a prisoner in the House of Correction , Coldbath-fields , underwent an examination 011 Tucs day , before Mr . Mills , an Uxbridge magistrate , _nthe board-room of the prison , on a charge of having murdered John Brill , a youth of * , who was murdered in a wood at Ruislip in February , 1337 . George Sibley , also a prisoner in the House of Correction , was the first witness called . Ho stated —I came lately from Harcfield . I am now in tli ' Housc of Correction . I know Charles Lamb . I have known him rather better than twelve months , I have been intimate with him . We used to go out

      poaching , and were at hide and seek together . _Abouj a fortnight before" Lamb was sent to prison I w _^ coming from Rickniansworth to Harefield with him , and when we were in a lane at tho bottom of a field wo began to talk about getting into _tyouble and _getting out again . I said , " It is easy enough to get into trouble , but not very easy to get out again . " Lamh said to me , " You have been in prison , haven't you 1 I have heard it is very bad , " 1 said , " Of course it is , - " and he then said , " I would sooner be taken for murder than go to prison for this . " I said " Murder ! Charley ? " and he replied * ' Yes . I wain Churchill's wood getting a bundle of wood when John Brill came up to me , and I took and struck

      him and knocked him down . A few moments alter that I took and picked up his cap , and hung it upon a bough , and put his bill-hook and cap beside hini , to look as if he had fallen out of a tree . " Lamb then said to me , " Nobody else knows of it but you , and if y ou tell , I will kill you . " He said that when Brill came up to him , as he was walking along the wood , he said , "Well , master Lamb , is it you ?" Upon which he took and struck and knocked him down . I had heard of the murder some years ago ; and that a man named Lavender had been had up for it . I have always been on good terms with thc prisoner Lamb . The reason of my making this statement _Jwas that I had such queer dreams . 1

      thought something would happen if I did not tell . I have voluntarily made this statement , without promise or favour from any ono . I first made it to Mr . Hoare , " the chief warden ofthe House of Correction , having first told the yardsman that I wished to do it . I was 25 years of age last August . I am now looking- Lamb in the face , and I state _tliat lie told , me what I have now said , and it is thc truth , an ! j nothing but the truth . —Mr . Woodbridgc , the clerk : Now , Lamb , have you any question to ask tliei witness ?—Lamb : No , sir , I can't ask him anything . ! I never told it to him . If God Almighty refuses to receive me into heaven I never did it . . You must be a very wicked man to say I told you so ; you must be I worse than the man who did the murder , whoever I

      that was . Thank the Almighty I have uot to answer for , that , let me go where I will or suffer what 1 _wUi for it . You arc doing this just on _purpose to get yourself out of prison . —Other witnesses were examined but all they could depose to was tlic fact oi the youth being missing , and afterwards found , bavin ; been evidently murdered . In conclusion thc prisoner was asked what he had to say . —Prisoner ; Al ! 1 have got to say , gentlemen , is , that I never named it to him if I was to die " momently . " —Mr . Mills then told thc prisoner that it would bo his duty io send him for trial at the next session of the Centra ! Criminal Court .

      Sudden Death . — On Monday night Mr . Pavne . held an inquest at the Red Lion , Poppin _' s-eourt _, ; Fleet-street , on the body of Robert George Banlicld , aged 28 . Deceased was a compositor , and lived at i : _txo . 6 , St . Andrev / s-hill _, _Doctors ' _-conrmons . On ? Sunday afternoon he hired a cab iu Giltspur-strcet , h and had got as far as New Bridge-street , on his waj i home , when he called out to the driver that he though ! _? he should die . He was assisted out , and , on a police- j man coming up , he was again placed in the cab , _ani k taken to Black Horse-court station-house . l ' rom | there he was conveyed to the house of Mr . Hiiteliia- ] son , surgeon , Farringdon-strect _, who found life ex- a tinct , and who was of opinion that the decca-ied Id j died from a disease of the heart . Verdict—Natural $ Death . . i

      Wigak . —Supposed CniLD Murder . —On Saturdays last , as a man was engaged in emptying a privy he I longing to a lot of cottages in St . Paul ' s-strccf , i Hindlcy , near Wigan , he found the body of a malt | child , which from appearances had been born tbns a or four days . . The infant was immediately p laced it | the custody of tho county-police , who werc induced tig apprehend a young woman who was believed to havi i been lately delivered of a child ; and she _wasacvj cordingly brought up at the inquest , which ws summoned for Monday morning , before Mr . _Ileys s county coroner . After evidence had been tender * | as to the finding of the body , a surgeon was cs amined , who gave his opinion without hesitation | that the child had been born alive . Tho young we- . | man m custody tendered the most satisfactory pro * | of her innocence ; and , in the absence of othc | evidence , the jury returned a verdict of—Wife § Murder against some person or persons unknown . 1

      A Secret Drawer. —Wc Have Received The F...

      A Secret Drawer . —Wc have received the foilo ' l ing from our Crewe correspondent : — "Last Mon * Sl the furniture , & c ., which belonged to Mr . CJailo ? | who . was poisoned by his daughter at Crewe , _^ disposed ot equally to his two sisters , a brother , ml a nephew ,. they having administered to them as l « _H heirs , and the crown having no claim to the ft * perty in consequence of its never having been | possession of the unfortunate girl who was late executed . A Mv . Vickers , tailor , wished to uurcM a chest of drawers , but , bcimr anxious to have _tlirfi _tticti

      a bargain , he refused to give the sum asked tor It was nearly decided that he should have tacit only , some eighteen-pence preventhur thc compfcM ; ofthe bargain , when the stepdaughter of the dece } - * said there was a secret drawer , which might coniajsomcthing of value . This drawer was forced of *; and was found to contain 101 sovereigns . This _kw together with £ 15 iu a building fund , is all the _moM that has yet been discovered belonging to the « . ceased , although a short time before his death lie _^ understood to have said that he was worth _frMLiverpool Albion .

      The Biter Bit . —A curious instance of a 9 , llirt j ; overreaching himself occurred on Monday W , ' Chester . A Scotchman was in possession ot a \ i of a rather seedy appearance , and but for a _titlHV , bearing date somewhere towards thc middle 0 ' a ' last century , the book might have been P j V the sixteenth century . In order the bottor to hance the value of liis book he carefully took out _^ title-page , and substitued in its place , as wli a possibly could , a title-page which ho found aw _^ ; some lumber , and which had belonged toa ; oj bearing date in Elizabeth ' s reign , a _« d othor _« K . valuable edition . The next thing was _hov torthfi wind m > tho _nllDvod * _R'Mo _« .. ; t ] innf . tllft fl ' . IUO _* , ;

      detected . Towards dusk he hied his waj' * Swarbrick _' s shop , Bridgc-strect-row , wuerC . j " i _- curious in Bibles frequently resort , and _V fM necessity of selling his book ( as he wished tow" _^ the next train to Liverpool ) so strongjy , tll ! \ ¦ _„•• bookseller , hardly loolring beyond the _titlc-pagt _y mediately closed with thc Scotchman , and g « a V' _-je his price , namely £ 115 s . Luckily , however , w bookseller , as soon as his eyes were open to y , _-. j after the seller had taken his departure , » ° ' _{¦ carefully pinned amongst the leaves two . _£ l l rJ _^ Scotch bank , whicli Mr . Swarbrick will ¦ detain w the £ 1 15 s . be returned , or compensation g " Liverpool Allien .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25011845/page/6/