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      question to publie arbitration , the following specimen of toleration occurred : - A Mr . J . Pkhh ( caiman ) here handed £ 1 to Mr . O'Connell , and asked permisMon to say a few words . He was in the hall on the previous Monday and heard the captain ( Mr . O'Neill ) say that six men could settle the difference , and he had proposed fifty that day . ( Groans and hisses for Mr . O'Neill . ) He ( Mr . Smith ) would like to know what that was for , and why Mr . _O'N-ill should walk through the street- * arm-in-arm with Mr . Meagher ? ( Great confusion . ) Mr . ABK . 1 S 9 . —Because ha is a paid Young Irelander . ( Awful uproar . ) Mr . O'Cissxu . then handed in the £ 1 siven to

      him , obwrving that Mr . Smith who subscribed was _Dothine to thelate Attorney-General . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Neill asked permission again to explain . Be admitted tbat he bad walked witb Mr . Meagher , nnd he also hid him to dine at his house but it was in hopes of effecting a reconciliation . ( Groans and eheers . ) As to his altering his opinion since the previous day , it must be perfectly plain that he had net & n » s * ; and he would not detain the _assocmtion on that _subject , but merely express a hope that the seceders would themselves come forward with an offer of pe aee- ( cherrs ) -f _** r it was essential to the safety of Ireland they should do so . ( Great Onfunon . ) . .. . _,, , .. . wouldbut 8

      Mr . O'CoMrm . hoped they , was IW { hey wonld not ; and said he could not assent to the doctrine that a reconciliation was necessary for the safety of Ireland . ( Cheer s . ) He did not care a twopenny ticket for the whole of ihem . or whether they joined or not ; and he was determined to reduce their nobles to ninepenee . ( Cheers . ) Having said this once far all , he ( Mr . O'Connell ) hoped there was an end to the Youn g Irelanders . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Amass . —Wait till the next time your back is turned . ( Cheers and uproar . ) [ Heaven help poor Ireland if these are the people who are to save her !] . ISr . _O'Cm-wiLt announced that the association must now be economical , and should _discoitinue their newspapers ind drawbacks to club reoms . Rent £ 88 .

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      O'Higgins And Chartism, Versus Young Ire...

      O'HIGGINS AND CHARTISM , versus YOUNG IRELAND . TO THE ZDITOB Of THE MO » THEtt » STAB . Sin , —In order that my English Chartist brethren mv clearly understand the nature , meaning , and rigin ofthe subjoined correspondence , I have to states for their information , that it originated in a meeting held in the round room of the Rotunda , on Wednesday , the 2 nd instant , of what is called here the Young Ireland party . I went to that meeting ont of sheer curiosity ; pail one shilling for my ticket which gave me a right to he there . The gentlemen of the press having beard my name mentioned in the way I have stated in my letter of the fan instant , the Young Ireland party , as appears by the letters o f their secretary , Mr . J . D . McGee , became alarmed _, _kst the breach between them and Mr . O'Connell should become " wider and deeper , "" when he saw tbe name ofa man at their meeting who is known to be identified with the political principles , now for the first time published in an Irish newspaper .

      I he-pe . for the character of my countrymen , that bat few , Tery few , ofthe Young Ireland party concurred in the puerile objection of their inexperienced secretary . P-ttMCK _O'UlGOINS .

      Dublin , 30 th December . 1846 . TO THE _EMT-iS OF THE _HEtHAN . Committee-room , 8 , _Wirklow-street , Deer . 3 rd , 1846 . Srm , —The committee of which 1 an temporarily the secretary , renueU me to write to you , to say tbat Mr . _CHlggins , whoa * nam * appears in your report of tbis _morning , in _theli" » t of the chief persons at our meeting of-Wednesday , was not there as a guest cf the commit . tee . Though yonr report does not , ol course , say tbat such was the fact , the public might Infer it , from their knowledge that nearly all the gentlemen whose names are given in the same paragraph were guests , and none Others beside bad a right to be on the platform . The committee can see no reason why Mr . 0 'H _'** x * ns shonld be selected for mention rather than Mr . Costelloe or other gentlemen uninvited . The Cummittfe in this statement , it is hardly necessary to say . mean nothing disparaging to Mr .

      O'Hig-The committee further request me to state that there il , in their opinion , one or two inaccuracies in the _ri * . port , _SS Stating "that several gentlemen _remonstrated " against the removal of an intemperate man , and that there was " counter-cheering" at the dissolving ofthe meeting . With these _exceptions , the committee oeg me to express tbeir gratification at the fullness and general faithfhlneu of a report so rapidly , _ystso accurately got _«& t . I remain , Sir , yours , & c , T . D . M'Gee , Sec . pro tern , TO TBE ZDITOB OF THE FBEEKAU ' S JODBVAt . Snt . —Having been out of town on Friday and Saturday last , I did not see the letter in the Freeman's Journal , signed T . D . M'Gee . in which ray name is mentioned , until this day .

      The want of perspicuity in Mr . _M'Gee ' s letter would lead the public to infer that Mr . _O'Bijrsins had intruded npon a platform _wherenone bnt guests had a right to he . It also states "that tbe committee can see noreason why Mr . _O'Higgins should be selected for mention rather than Mr . Costello or oth « r gentlemen aninrited . " Now , then , of all the ridiculous objections that _erer were made , even in _thesa ridiculous times , this objection ofa " selection for _m-rnt ' on rather than , ** is the most ridiculous . Be it known , then , to Mr . T . D . M'Gee , and all whom it may concern , that Mr . O'Higgins never obtruded himself anywhere—that he was not on the platform in the Rotunda on "Wednesday night—that he had no wish to be on it—that he want to the meeting- to see and hear young gentlemen of whose eloquence he had heard so much from others—that bis tiefcet being for the reserved seats , Ire toot his place there , and remained in it till the conclusion ofthe proceedings , after which he walked home and weut to bed , soberly and quietly .

      Thecircumstance which led to the mention of my name in the Freeman ' s Journal was simply this . A tall handsome gentleman helunging to the staff of the _FKEEMiii happened to be jammed with me at the entrance from Cavendish-row bv the pressure of the orowd . A gentleman inside cried out " _make way for Mr . _O'Higgins—I am glad toseeyoa at onr meeting . " In tbis way , and ia this only , was my presence at the meeting mad * known to the gentlemen of ths press . - Permit me to say , iu conclusion , that neither Mr . M'Gee nor the committee can conceal from fhe citizens of Dublin that tbis _ridicn ' as letter was written with the view and in the hope of relieving themselves from the imaginary contamination of political principles not yet sufficient !) fashionable for their adoption , I am . Sir , - ., Tour very obedient servant , Patbick O'Higgins .

      No , 15 , 5 orth Ann Street . Dec . 7 th , 1846 . TO THE SSITOX OF TBE rEEIKAV . 2 , George ' s Place . Sec 7 th , 1846 . * My Peas Sib—A letter having appaard in the Freenan's Journal ot the . 4 th instant ,, signed T . D . M'Gee , in which the following passage appeared : — " The committee can see noreason why Mr . O'Higgins should be selected for mention , i-ather than Mr . CostelJo or Other gentlemen uninvited . As man ; of my friends seemed to think I was the person above alluded to , I wrote " to Mr . M'Gee to _requesthe would state wheth « r 1 was the individual referred to . I did so , not _wishing it _' should be _sappoted thai I attended a _meeting , in the object of which I did not concur . As I did not receive an answer , I am ' now compelled to trespass on your columns , in order to state that I was sot at tbat meeting .

      I cannot _attribute my not being favoured with the expected reply to anything but an apparent want of the knowledge ef ths courtesies which _sh-mM be observed between gentlemen . I remain , * vy dear 3 ir , Yours very truly , E . W . _COSTEU . 0 .

      " 32 , Blackwall-straet _, Dec . 7 th , 1846 . "SiK , —In answer to your note of Friday ( which in the hurry of many duties I omitted answering ) I beg to state that a member of our committee having stated to jne that Mr . Patrick Costello , barrister ( a well-known Old Irelander ) , was present , I could not resist the temptation to observe ths fact , as illustrating how strange it was , that when ths pr « _, s » selected men from the crowd for notice , a Chartist 3 houldba _preferred to a moral force man . " Your name was not brought in question at all in my presence . " I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , " THos . B . _M'G « . "E . W . Costello , E-q ., _bamster-at-law , 2 , George's-p ' . ace . "

      . ' To •Thb Editor Ov Ths Fbeehan.... . ...

      . ' TO THB EDITOR OV THS FBEEHAN .. . . . Sin , —I am again reluctantly obliged to trespass on the columns of your paper , in ~ cousequcnce ofa false charge having bean . insinuated , though ; not openly or _manfnlly stated , against ' myself personally , as well as against the political principles . which I have always held , from the avows ! of which I nerer for one ; moment * hruni . 0 - _^ _! l The unfounded charge to which I have alluded , occurs n a letter , signed T . D . M'Gee , and addressed to E . * ¥ . Costello , barrlster-at-law , namely , "I eould not resist the temptation to observe the fact , as illustratiug how itrange it was that when the press selected men from the

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      crowd for notice , a Chartist should be preferred to * moral force man . " Now , as I have been already invidinu ' _-ly selected for objection b y Mr . T . D . M'Gee , there can _1-e no possibility of doubt that I am the person meant -is _f"hs " Chartist irho was preferred to a _physical force man . " The obvious intention of Mr . _M'Gse is to confound Chartism and physical force for the double purpose ot propitiating his great adversary , and leading the public to believe that physical force constitutes one ofthe principles of Chartism . It is not true that physical force forms any portion of Chartist doctrine . This , false charge against Chartists and Chartism is as base as that wbich used to be made hy canting hypocrites against Catholics and Catholicism , as reaom for their opposition to Catholic -mancipation . They _expressed great sympathy for the Catholics , but could not _conscientously advocate their cause until such time as they should abandon their superstitious practices and idolatry .

      It appears , Sir , that you are guilty of a high and unpardonable crime for having selected for mention a Chartist from the crowd rather than a moral force man , who was not at the meeting . Sir , lama Chartist ; but I say tbat physical force Is no more a part of Chartism than superstition and idolatry are parts of Catholicism . The accusation in both cases is equally false . In order to put an end to this matter , and to enable Mr , M'Gee to resist hereafter the temptation of insinuating that which is untrue , I beg leave to sub * _jin the object of Chartism , its principles , the rights it seek to _achieva , and the meats proposed to achieve those rights . I am your veryobedlnt servant * , Pat-sic * * _CHioaiNB . No . 15 , North Anne-street , 10 th Bee . 1846 .

      " _Cffi . & TISM . "And its object is , to secure a full , fair , and free representation of the people In the House of Commons . _•' _raiacirtEB . " 1 . Tbat the power of making laws for this realm , is , by the constitution , lodged in the hands of the Sovereign , thu Lords of Parliament , and the representatives of the Commons . " 2 . That it is required by the principles of the con . _stitution , that the whole body ofthe people should be really represented in the House of Commons . " 3 . That the present system of virtual representation is not real representation , and is , therefore , no representation at all . " 4 . That _thaie who have no votes for electing representatives , are the slaves ofthe representatives of those wl : _« _kavovates . " 5 . That where there is no representation there can be no constitutional power of taxation ,

      " 6 . That the rich and the poor , being of the same species , are under the same laws of nature ; and being alike capable of benefit or injury from their legislators , necessarily have in the election of those legislators the same right ; but the rich , in defence of their liberty and property , bave every advantage which wealth , knowledge , and the purchased power of others afford them , while the poor , destitute of these , have no security but in the purity of legislation , nor any means of self-defence but in the elective power . The poor , then , have an equal right , but more need , to elect representatives than the rich . . " THE PEOrLE ' S BIGHTS . " 1 . That every male inhabitant of Great Britain and Ireland , ( infants , insane persons , and criminals only excepted ) is ofa common right , and by the laws of God , a free man , rnd entitled to the full enjoyment ot political liberty .

      " 2 . That it is essential to s man s political liberty that ha _hav- * a share either in legislation itself or in the electing of those who are to frame the laws which , although they ought to protect him in the full enjoyment of those absolute rights which are vested in him by the immutable laws of nature , may yet be fabricated to tbe destruction of his person , his property , his religious freedom , his family , and his fame ; that , therefore , the right to un * - verial suffrage is an inherent right . " 3 . That itis a natural right of tbe people of this empire , and required by the principles of the constitution , that they elect a new house of representatives once at least in every year : because , whenever a parliament continues in being for a longer term than one session , then thousands who _uince it was chosen haveattained to man ' s st _. te , ( that is to say , the age of twenty-one years ) , and are , therefore , entitled to enter into immediate possession of that elective power which is their best aud most sacred inheritance , are in . that case unjustly denied their right , aud excluded from tbe enjoyment of political liberty .

      " 4 . That itis , therefore , right and just that all thc male inhabitants of this kingdom ( infants , insane persons _, and criminals excepted ) shall fully , fairly , and _completely enjoy the elective franchise , that is to say , universal suffrage ; that in order to protect the poor elector a . sainst tyranny , the voting shall be by ballot—that the parliaments shall be annual—that the property qualification shall be abolished—that the whole empire shall be divided into equal electoral districts , and that the representatives of the people shall be paid . " MEANS TO ACHIEVE TH 08 E BIGHTS . " 1 . By creating a public opinion in favour of those rights and principles , through the medium of public meetings , petitions to parliament , discussions , lectures , cheap publications , and the newspaper press , and also by securing the return of members to parliament , pledged to support the object of Chartism .

      " 2 . By raising the requisite funis , by subscriptions and voluntary donations , to defray the expenses incurred in achieving the object _.

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      Monday. Westminster. —Stephen Gammon, A ...

      MONDAY . WESTMINSTER . —Stephen Gammon , a bricklayer , was _charged with violently assaulting Julia ( Villon , a decent-looking woman , and destroying ber property . Complainant said that the defendant , for whom she washed , came to her residence _» n Saturday night , and asked for his linen . She requested him to wait for a few minutes , as it was not quite ready , when defendant asked her to have a game at cribbage with him , and , upon her refusal , used the" most flltby lunguage to her , and seizing a very heavy mahogany stool , hurled it at her head . She

      stooped , and it fortunately escaped her , but from the violence with which it had been thrown , was broken into pieces , and knocked down some _rockeryware . Defendant th h attacked her with his fists and beat her severely . A female , who was present , having confirmed this statement , Mr . Broderip inquired whether she wished to tike the case to the sessions , or would be content with bis adjudicating upon it . Complainant wished the magistrate to dispose of it . Mr . Broderip said that defendant must pay a fine of £ 5 , or be committed for two months , and pay the amount of damage .

      CLERKENWELL . _—DlSTDSBANCE at i FUNEBIL . — Daniel O'Leary , aged 16 , was charged with having been drunk and disorderly , in St . Luke ' s Church-yard , during a funeral , and with having assaulted tbe gravedigger . It appeared that on Sunday afternoon the prisoner ' s grandmother was interred in the . above burial ground . The prisoner had not been invited to follow as a mourner , and on the arriral ef the funeral procession at the grave , thc prisoner was there in a state of intoxication . Being remonstrated with by his brother-in-law , he challenged to fight him and others of the mourners whilst tbey were lowering the coffin into th « grave , andon being _interfered with by the grave digger he struck him and cut his lip , A policeman was called and the prisoner was given into custody . The clergyman and other witnesses gave evidence as to the violent conduct ofthe prisoner . He was convicted in the penalty of 40 s . or one months imprisonment .

      THAMES . —Am Exiled Polish Nobleman . _ Some time since the Count de Jas Dembicki applied at this court under the following circumstances . He said that he was cousin to the late King of Poland , and also closely allied to the Duke of Lorraine . Being -obliged to quit his country in the late Polish revolution , he took refuge in this country , where his necessities were liberally relieved ; but fearing to tire out his friends , and having prospects of permanent _emplnyment in the United States ot America , he was desirous of going out as an emigrant to that country . The magistrate told the old gentleman , who was grey-headed and much advanced in years , bearing several military decorations of honour Upon his person , that tbe funds placed at the ' disposal of that court were intended for specific purposes , within any of which his case did not colne . Mr . _Taruley called attention to a letter which he received in the above case , and irhleii ran as follows : —

      " _Clisrd , Somerset , Dec ., 19 , IMS . " Sir , —Can you find out the name of the Polish nobleman about whom I wrote to you a few days since 1 Hare the _goodness to take such steps as are necessary to find his addres _, and you will _oblige " Your obedient servant , "E . J . _Bdssell . " Mr . Yardley expressed his hope that the press would give publicity to tbe letter . MARLBOROUG IT-STREET . —A Female Champion . —Mrs . Benjamin _Cnunt _, the wife of tbe pugilistic champion , was summoned before Mr . Hardwick for having _drubbed John Gill- The complainant is a baker , living in Pentonville . On Saturday night week he was about leaving Caunt's house , when a demand was made on him for five shillings , which lu- acknowledged he was indebted . He replied he would pay the next time he eame to the house , and he thought it was wrong to be importuned for

      the small amount , especially as "Ben" owed bim two guineas . Mrs , Caunt , hearing these words , came out of the bar , and said , " Does Ben owe yen anything—then I'll pay you this way , " at the same time giving him a coup \ e of facers which for severity would have done no discredit to her husband's powers . The defendant then weut into the bar , and as ho was very angry at being assaulted , and at finding that his mouth was filled with blood , he used some rough language to the defendant . Caunt , who was in the bar , then came round , and saying he would not allow hia wife to be abused , put him out of tke'house . Mrs , Caunt did not deny the assault . She had _baen prorbked to use ber fists in consequence ef certain insulting epithtts applied to her by ths complainant in the'first instance . A witness was called , who said the complainant - rnude use of bad language to Mrs . Caunt before he was struck . Mr . Hardwick said , that under tbe circumstances oi _' t he c a se , he should dismiss tbe summons . ' ' -. ¦

      Monday. Westminster. —Stephen Gammon, A ...

      . LAMBETH . — _Dmpebate _Ootsaoi at MaxlboxouoH Bodsk . — -Six City paupers , belonging to Marlborough House , Peckliam , and whose ages ranged frem fourteen to eighteen years , were placed at the bar before Mr . Elliott—One on a charge of felony , and the other five with being guilty ofa most violent _outrnge in the esta . blishment , and with having broken no less than 167 squares of glass . From the testimony of Mr . Richards , the proprietor of Marlborough House , several of bis servants , and three or fourof the paupers ofthe establishment , it appeared that the prisoners , who were paupers belonging to the City of London , bad been guilty of various offences _ior some time past , such as petty theft , assaulting the other paupers , throwing , snow-balls and

      at theaced inmates and pilfering their allowances , for these tbey had been brought before tiie Board of City guardians , who sat at Marlborough House , and who directed that they should be taken before a magistrate at tbis Court to be dealt with according to law for their re . _spective offences . Finding this to be thc determination of the Board , four of the prisoners armed themselves with bludgeons , sullied into the di-ing hall , and before they could be secured , smashed no less than 167 squares of glass , of the value ef near £ 8 . While waiting in the hall of Mr . Richard ' s private dwelling , the prisoner Cox flung a piece of iron , wliich he had concoaled about bim , through a square of plate glass , of the value of 20 s ., and smashed it to pieces .

      _Theprinonersin reply to th _<* charge said , that for any offdnce of which they had formerly been irulltj , they had suffered the penalty ofthe law ; yet wn ' -n tbey went back to the house , their allowance was so stinted that they were nearly starving . Mr . Richards denied this ; and Mr , Elliott said , it was quite clear that they had beeu galley of very vioIeHt conduct , and for this he wonld convict them in a penalty of £ 5 each , the value of tho glass dsstroyed , or in default two months , imprisonment . One prisoner was ordered to pay an additional penalty of 20 s . for the plate gluts , or another month .

      TUESDAY . WOOLWICH . —John Tatten and J . Mackintosh , the stewards of the Friendly Equitable _Prorident Benefit Society , a club established amongst the auizang of the doc k yar d , were summoned to show cause why they had ex . clndod * two persons named Buvhan , father aud son , from the _banefits of that soeiety . It appeared from " the evi . dence , tbat both father and son wtrc members ofthe Society , and that the son was in the reeeipt of sick pay . On Saturday fortnight they eame from Welling , a distance of three miles from Woolwich ( a sick member being _allowed to come that distance by the rules ) to tbat town for the purpose of purchasing that weeks provisions , While in a shop the stewards happened to pass and saw the complainant ( Buchan , jun . ) lifting up the lid of a basket whilst his father put the goods in . This , it was con . tended , was a breach of the IStb article of the club ,

      whieh provided for tbe exelusiou of any person " doing any kind of work , or transacing any kind of business , " during the receipt of pay from the funds as a sick mem . b ' . T , It was also proved that tbe complainants were seen in a public-house , where they stopped for the purpose of rest and refreshment . On these grounds the club ex . eluded Buchan jun ., andalso his fattier , for conniving : at his conduct . Mr . Traill considered that the lilting up the lid ofthe basket could not be construed into a viola _, tion of the 13 th rule ofthe society , as there was _Iobs labourin this than in tbe act of a man blowing his nose , which he presumed was not prohibited by the rule . The absence , however , ofthe complainant from his home at a distance of three miles , in a cold evening , was _notjust towards the Society , as retarding hia recovery from sickness , and on these grounds he refused to interfere , and dismissed tbe summons ,

      WOHSHIP-8 TBEET . —Rebecca Hurst waB charged with baring feloniously received a . large quantity of manufactured silk , the property of Messrs . Jones and Pain , silk manufacturers , in Fort-street , _Spitalfields . It appeared from the evidence of Mr . Michael Meyers , an umbrella-maker , in Great _Aite . street , _Goodman ' _s-ridds , thnt on the morning of Friday _se ' nnight the silk in question , amounting to ti yards , was brought to hia shop by a respectable-looking man , who represented himself as a silk manufacturer , and said that being pressed for money , he was compelled to part with it at a sacrifice , and would let him have it for £ 10 , Tho great disparity between the value of the property and the sum asked for it hating excited his suspicion , he requestsd the man to leave the silk and return back in the afternoon to com . plete th « negociatioa . He had scarcely quitted the shop ,

      however , when the prisoner abruptly entered and _requested an advance of £ 3 upon the silk which hau just been left by ber husband , as he was in imm _. diate want of the money . Witness decline ! to comply with her request , and subsequently went round to the _warehousei _* ot different manufacturers in the neighbourhood to exhibit the silk , which was at length identified by the prosecutor as their property , the materials of which had been entrusted to one of their journeymen , who had cut the work of his loom that morning , and absconded . Witness then procured the assistance of Sergeant Price , and the prisoner having called at the time appointed to receive the money , abe was given into custody . _After lodging her in the station house , the sergeant proceeded to the residence of her husband , who had since absconded , on searching which he discovered a _1-irg-.- _qc-mtity of silk bobbins and plain and knotted silk , which had been Since identified by other manufacturers . Mr . ' Humphreys , who attended for the defence , _produced a _cc-rtificate of ihe prisoner ' s marriage , and coutended that

      his client had acted throughout under the immediatecontroul and direction of her husband , who was alone responsible for the _alleged criminality . Mr . _Heritage , however , on the purtof the prosecution , r . plied that although he had no intention to dispute the fact of thie prisoner ' s marriage , he was in a position to show that such a defence was rendered wholly nugatory by her previous marriage to another husband , who had been transported for a similar offence about eight years ago , and of whose existence for a considerable period after her subsequent union he could produce tbe . most conclusive evidence . The latter ceremony was cousequen tl _. v nvalied , and the prisoner must be regarded as a feme sole , and held responsible in law for her actions . Mr Bingham said that under the circumstances just stated , he felt bound to deal with the prisoner as a free and voluntary agent in the transaction , and should , therefore , send the case for tbe _considerntion of a jury . Tbe depositions were accordingly ordered to be taken , and the priBoaer was committed for trial .

      THURSDAY . WORSniP STREET . Bigamy . —Samuel Load , late a guard upon the BaBtern Union Railway , was finally examined , and committed , on a very aggravated case of bigamy . The _prisoner , a native of Derby , became acquainted with a young woman named Hannah Fletcher , a serrant in Lord Scardale's family , at Kedleston Hall , in that neighbourhood , and in ' December last , when he had obtained the situation of guard on thc Ipswich Railway , he married-her , and brought her to London . In the course of his journeys to Ipswich ,

      however , he formed an _acquaintance with a young woman named Alderton , a _druxsmaker there , and very respectably connected , and having in October induced her to elope with bim , married her in London . In the interval he had been squandering money which his first wife had saved while in Lord Scarsdale's service , nnd even took away her watcb and work box , bo : h of which ho presented to-his second wife . The work box , however , contained , unknown to him , some letters which led to the discovery of his rascality , and npon bis apprehension the two wires appeared against bim .

      THAMES . — Genibal _Pioees ' s Expedition . —Adderley Wilcocks Sleigh , who was bailed on Wednesday , sur rendered before Mr , Yardley , to answer a charge of violating the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment and Equipment Act , and engaging and enrolling British sub . jects for a warlike expedition intended to be sent to the Equador . The witnesses were bound over to prosecute . Tbe defendant tendered bail , and his sureties were accepted . At this moment a sheriff ' s officer who had been in waiting all day for the purpose of arresting Sleigh on a civil process for a debt of large amount , advanced towards him and laid bold of bis arm , Roche , the jailor of t he Cour t , said the defendant was in custody till tire

      usual fee of 2 s . 6 d ,, payable on entering into a recognizance , was paid . An altercation ensued , and at last Roche complained that a sheriff ' s officer was interfering with his duty and bad arrested the defendant .. Mr Yardley , the sitting magistrate , decided tbat the defendant could not be arrested in that office , The sheriff ' * officer , therefore , was forced to let go bis bold of the defendant , who retired into the gaoler ' s room and paid bis fee . He then went out at the back door and disappeared immediately . The sheriff ' s officer and his employer waited in the passage of the Court until they were informed the defendant had made his escape , and they departed much chagrined ,

      MARYLEBONE—A _Teemaoant Mrs , Butt , wife of Mr . Jameo Bott , of the Archery Grounds , _Bayswater _, was charged with having threatened the life of her husband . Complainant stated that he had been marr ied about ten years to defendant , who was his second wife , and that in consequence of the violence of her conduct , his life waB continually in danger . She was constantly abusing and vilifying his daughters by the former marriage , and on that morning ( yesterday ) , she rushed at him with wooden raallett , with which she threatened to dash out his brains . She once in her passion threw a candlestick at a large looking-glass , which was dashed _topieces . Defendant was ultimately ordered to find two securities in £ 50 each , for her keeping the peace for the next three months .

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      Ru 8 sia . —A friend of ours has returned from and European tour , in whicli he went the _* _-length of St . Petorsburgb , residing there for sorao time . Uo bad every opportunity of observing the manners of all classes , from the highest to the lowest ; and from the _infoi't-qation he gives uu , wo are disposed to beliovo , despite some of our _Russianised jouin : il 9 , that the pictures given by the Marquis de la Custine and Ivan Golovinc , of Russia and Austria , arc substantially correct . The basest idolatry of rank is everywhere prevalent ; and the tourist was forced ,

      _notwithstanding all his efforts aud protestations , to bear the title of count , to which he had no earthly oretension , and no wish to lay claim , and to submit to be fleeced and cheated in proportion . lie describes the Russians as distinguished , by a total disregard of truth , every one lying from , the cabman to ihe uoble , and only ashamed at being detected in it . Russia must undergo some _dreRtAtul convulsion before it can take its _plate among civilised nations . —Edinburgh Weekly Register _'« A * _t _« t _% * M

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      HULL , . A discussion on the Banking System , as connected with the _working classes , took place on Sunday evening Iwt , when Mr . Tate opened the debate , and 8 ho _* ved how the Banking system haj d been the means of giving the aristooracy and middle classes the powers of carrying out their designs in the shape of Railway , Shipping , and other Companies , Irom which the working roan was shut out . At the conclusion of the discussion , it was resolved *—"That in the opinion of this meeting . the present system of Banking has operated injuriously upon tbe working classes ; also , tbat the thanks of this meeting are due and hereby given to the projectors of the plan of a bank , as adopted at the Land Conference _, as we _b- _'l ' _we it will be an auxiliary in carrying out the Land Plan . "

      BIRMINGHAM . At the quarterly meeting , of tbe members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , held at Walter Thorn , 111 , Rea Street , on Monday the 2 nd inst . It was unanimously Agreed that each shareholder pay a levy of 14 d „ to defray ; the local expenses of the present quarter , commencing December the 6 th . A _unanimoiis opinion was expressed that immediate steps be taken , both by the members of the Land Company , and the whole body of Chartists , to _liqtradata the debt due to our tried friend , generous , and confiding champion . Feargus O'Connor , Esq .. as treasurer ofthe Defence Fund . We hope every sub * secretaro _engaged in the movement will consider it a duty to introduce the matter at the meetings . So that no member will be prevented from _subscribing his or her share _.

      CARLISLE . The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company held their weekly meeting on Sunday afternoon , when after the usual business was disposed of , Mr . Gilbertson gave his report ofthe proceeding * at Conference , which cave the greatest satisfaction . Every one seemed highly delighted with _, the establishment ofa Bank of Deposit , considering it the best plan tbat could be devised to forward the objects of the oompany . The report of the finance committee , and the resolutions passed thereon , was _fery satisfactory , althoneh none of them ever doubted tbe integrity of Mr . O'Connor , and they would advise that gentleman to let his envious slanderers rail on unh e ed e d , as their pitiful attempts to injure his character only merits contempt .

      DARLINGTON . A public meeting ofthe members ofthe Darlington branch of tbe Chartist Co-operative Land Company was held last Monday night , at half-past seven , in the Christian's _meeting room , Bowes Street , for the purpose of explaining the nature and objects of the Land plan , ' as the inhabitants of Darlington have never had an opportunity of hearing it explained before . Joseph Searle was elected to the chair , w hen he descanted upon the origin and progress of the company , which elicited great _applause from the audience . Mews . Mow and Carlton next addressed the meeting . The audience manifested a great desire to get alt the information they could . We think that if one of the directors was te pay a visit to this part of the oountry , ° there might be a great deal of good done .

      Onr meetings for the future will be held every Monday night , at half-past seven o ' cl o ck , in the above room .

      THE LAND ! THE LAND ! A public meeting was held at the Hall of Zeta , Pewter Platter , White Lion Street . Norton Folgate , on Tuesday Evening , 'December 23 rd . Mr . Tapps was unanimously called to the chair , after which , Messrs . P . M'Grath , T . Clark , and C . Doyle , addressed the meeting in their usnal eloquent and con . _vincin-r style . A district of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company was formed , and a secretary and treasurer appointed . The first meeting of the members and friends of this district will take place on Tuesday Evening , January the 5 th , 1847 .

      WORCESTER . Ata general meeting of this branch , held oa Monday , the 21 st ult ., in a large room , at tb e Fish I nn , Mr . George Jones in tlie chair , a vote of thanks was siven to Mr . Conn , junior , delegate for this district . A voluntary contribution has been entered iato , to be contineed fora fortnight , towards the debt due to Mr . O'Connor . ASHTON . The usual weekly meeting of the Land Company , was held on Sunday hat , in the Chartist Room , _Bentinck Street , when the following resolution was passed : — " Tha * a general meeting of the Shareholders of this locality be held on Sunday mcr . _Deep-mber 27 th , to take into consideration , the propriety of making a levy of 6- 3 , on each member , towards paying off t !* e debt due to Feargus O'Connor Esq . "

      BRIGHTON . A vote of thanks has been passed to the members the . Land Cftnf &* er \ 0 . _e _

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      WAKEFIELD . Thb Land and thk Chabtbb . —Pursuant to j ( i > iice , Dr . M'Douali delivered a lecture ou the Land , in tbe Theatre , on Thursday evening , December 17 th , Mr . Dawson in _the-ohair . The Lecturer commenced by showing the advantage of removing the surplus labour out of the labour market , and putting them in possession ofthe Land , thereby removing the competition that at present exists _intbemi-nufacturing districts , and effectually putting " an end to low wages . He tben went on to show the advantages tbat a Bank of Deposit would _b-. ' . to the members ofthe Chartist Land Company , and proved that the security offered by that bank , would be' better than that given by the Savings ' Banks , "for , " said lit * ' ' what does the Savings '

      , Bank offer you ? the Bank of England , what does the Bank of England give you ? the Government , and what does the Government g iv e you ? why 800 , 000 , 000 in the shape ofa debt , tie then proceeded to show what co-operation could do , and te do that he showed what it had done , by pointing te the East India Company , which was formed on the co-nperative plan . A tew merchant *} bought a piece of land and built a factory in Calcutta , and from time to time , they have purchased more land , until at the present time , thev are possessed of nearly all the land in India . They send out their own ships , and sailors , and' soldiers . He then showed that the working classes by uniting their millions of pence , could accomplish what the merchants had done by their thousands of pounds .

      After tne lecture , a public meeting took place to adept the National Petition . Mr . Joseph Homer , jun .. corn-miller , was unanimously called to the chair ,. who read the following letter from Daniel Gaskell _, Esq ., who intends offering himself " as a ( it and proper person" to represent , ( or rather mis-represent ) , tbe Borough of Wakefield , in the next Parliament , but if he intends to be returned lor Wakefield , he must retract what he has written , or be will meet with a- " w a rmish reception . " Lupaet Hall , December 9 th , 1846 . Sib , — -I very rarel y attend publie _meetings , aud as I do not agree with these who tnink annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage desirable , I must beg to decline _attending the meeting _contemplated by the Committee , on behalf of whom you done me the honour to address

      me . I rema i n , Sir , Tour ' s respectfully , Daniel Gasket ., To W . Dawson , Letters were likewise read from Charles Waterton , Esq ., aud Ca ptain Ward , apologizing for nonat t endance . The letter from Mr . Waterton was a curiosity in its way . He refused to attend th * meeting , on the {¦ round that the " working classes" bad invaded his domini o ns in " large armed gangs" for the purpose ofolunderinghim . Under tlioBecircumstancea . be left the advocacy of the working classes * ' to those who have not been so cruelly treated by them . " The lord of Walton Hall must be taking leave of his senses in thus denouncing the working classes for the acts of a tew poachers .

      The Chairman said that , it gave him great pleasure to have an opportunity of declaring his principles before an audience of his fellow townsmen , and after ably . combatting the assertion that the working classes were too ignorant , to have the suffrage , he called upon Mr . Dawson to move a resolution in favour of the Charter , which was seconded by Mr . Gill , and carried without a dissentient . Mr . Layenby moved the adoption of the National Petition , which was _seconded by Mr . Brook , and ably supported by Dr , M'Douall , who _exp lained clearly and satisfactorily the " six points , " and entered at great length to show the justice and equity of the People ' s Charter . The Chairman put the Petition to tlie mcelin _* -, which was carried without a dissentient . A vote or thanks was passed to the Chairrnnn . and the Lecturer for _tht-ir services , when the _meet ing separated .

      CHARTIST ASSEMBLY ROOMS , DEAN STREET , SOHO . Mr . Ernest Jones delivered a very animated lecture to un overflowing audience at the above rooms , on Sunday evening , _Di-cembei'the 20 th , He ehosB tV " r his subject— " The Castle and the Cottage , in the feudal ages . " At the close of this interesting lecture , which was much applauded , the lecturer received an unanimous _vot-j of thanks , which he briefly acknowledged , and the meeting wag _diwolyerj , 5 _* . ¦•* " _*• •• > w

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      ASSEMBLY AND READING ROOMS _. 83 , DEAJ _*" STREET , SOHO . At a full meeting of the Proprietory Committee held on Sunday evening , December the 20 th , Mr . _r-ickersg ill in tha chair , it was unanimously re . solved" That the best thanks of this Committee are due , and hereby given to Mr . J . Douglass , the Less * e , a ., d all parties connected with the Royal Marylebone Theatre ; for the excellent arrangements and the facility with which those arrangements were carried out on the night ofthe benefit , on Tuesday , the eighth day of December ; and this committee hereby recommend to all societies who may wish to improve their funds , the propriety of taking the Royal Marylebone Theatre for that purpose . "

      MANCHESTER . Mr . James Clark lectured in the People ' s Institute on Sunday last , on—' The present state of society . " The lecturer was much applauded .

      TODMORDEN . Dr . M'Douall lectured here on Monday night last to a numerous and _otteative audience . The lecturer throughout gave great satisfaction , and is likely to give an impetus to the Land movement here . At the conclusion of the lecture , a resolution was passed unanimously , that a committee be appointed to assist the general election committee . The committee elected to raise subscriptions towards paying the debt due to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., are doing well . Truro , Cornwall . *—At our usual weekly meeting , held at the house of Mr . Edward _Tregenzers , Pydarstree t , after the reading of Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , it was unanimously resolved , -- " _Tlmtaaubscription be entered into towards defraying the debt owing to that gentleman ; a ubscription was then entered into and 12 s . collected . * ¦ -.

      TOWER HAMLETS . At a meeting of the local committee of the Tower Hamlets , on Thursday evening , December 17 , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — ** Committee-room , Dec . 17 , 1846 . __ " Resolved , that having heard from the Deputation app inted to wait on Mr . Hutchinson , for thc purpose of ascertaining his political views with reference to the Charter , and tbe result of tbat interview having fallen far -diort of our antici pations , do hereby earnestly recommend to our Chartist Brethren in the Tower Hamlets to refrain , for the present , from promising their support to Mr . Hutchinson at the next election . " .

      CENTRAL REGISTRATION AND ELECTION COMMITTEE . M e ssrs . Gover _, _H a rnet , and Knabs , attended as a _deputation from the City Locality , to urge upon the attention ofthe Central Committee the desirability of securing the return of members at the next general election pledged to the principles of the People ' s Charter , when it was moved that the report be received , and that the deputation be requested o state to their locality , that the Central Committee are without funds , but to assure them and the country that if properly supported they will leave no means untried within their power . The Secretary of the South Londen Registration Committee then brought forward the synopsis of the Reform Act , relative to Rating and Registration , when it was resolved : *—

      "That a Sub-Committee ot three be appointed viz : —Messrs , Jones , Grassby , and May , to examine and prepare the same for publication , and to r e p o r t the same to this Committee at its next meeting . It was resolved . - ' That the standing orders be suspended , and thnt this Committee stand adjourned to Wednesday , the 30 th inst ., at 8 o ' clock precisely .

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      THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER ! MEETING AT ELY AND LYNN . The Town of Ely was roused from its usual quietude on Monday last by the announcement of a public meeting for the Land and the Charter , the first yet held in this place , The farmers were all on the alert , and , accordingly at the appointed hour in the _evening , many were seen wending tlieir way to the _^ place of meeting , with sundry threats and misgivings at the Laud and Charter having found their way to Ely . Mr . Ainger having been called to the chair , briefly introduced the business of the evening .

      Mr . Ernest Jones , who had been invited for the occasion , then rose to explain the plan ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Company und the principles of the People ' s Charter . iln the course ol his addres > , he met , one by one , every objection that had bee u urged against their justice and efficacy , pointed out the advantages to accrue from either , and called on those opponents , there present , to mount the platform and refute him if they could , They ha d talked largely beforehand , be was prepared to hear them now . We need not say they did not accept the

      challenge , and Mr . Jones concluded by hoping th it those men who had not dared to contest the Chartist principle openly , when challenged , would not presume in future , to attempt a pot-house , hole-andcorner opposition . At the conclusion of bis address , which ' w a s enthu s iastically a pp lau d ed , a vote of thanks with three hearty rounds of applause were _accorded to Mr . Jones , ana the meeting separated with rapturous cheers for O'Connor , Duncombe , the Chart e r and the Land . Many joined the Land Company after the meeting . LYNN .

      Two meetings for the Land ana the Charter were held in the Temperance Hall in this town on th e evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday last . There are . probably , few towns in England more under the controul of shopocracy than Lynn , and accordingly , they attempted by every means in their power to prevent the attendance of the working classes . Their object was , however , frustrated , and the principles ofthe People ' s Charter bave once more found iheir way and established their footing in this place . Mr . Ernest Jonos delivered two lectures , the fir t on tho Land , and the ensuing evening on the Charter . Mr . Bunton and Mr . Scott acted as chairmen on th e se occasions .

      The lecturer was loudly applauded during the course of either lecture , and concluded his addre .- _* _* . with the following words : —I am aware of the subjection in which working men are held n this town , I am aware ofthe corrupt money power that reigns here . We throw down the challenge to this monied aristocracy of Lynn . We have come among them and thev 'll not get rid of us again . What ? Do those pitiful money-grasping _shopocrats think , now that it has come here , the glorious Charter will allow them any longer to trample upon labour ? I see many of you , rich men of trade , present in this room . Men much mere powerful than you , by the side ol whom you are puling babes , great , terrible , factor--kings of the north , are quailing before the powers ot the Charter , and do you , you miserable scrapers ol

      the poor man ' s earnings across your dirty counter , you little grinders of the working man , think you can resist us ? There you stand before me--and besides you stand the honest men you cheat—mock-ehristians ! besides you stand the brothers you oppres . _** , —Why do you not mount this platform ?—why do you not face your working men , tell them you have aright to trample on them , that God made thc Bastile f o r th e poor man 's age , that God buil _* palaces foe you ?—why do you not say you are of a superior race , that Ged made two Adams , one fo r the rich and another for the poor ?—why do you not tell them you will send again for a regiment from Norwich , to intimidate those who intend no violence , that you mity clip the workman ' s wages and take ten shillings from' the seaman ' s pay , as you did bef o r e ?

      This platform is a tribunal—this Hall a court ot justice—1 am your accuser—you are mi * erable culprits , and the working men . are the judges J No w what have you to say in your defence ? Ha . 'your power is gone ! your boast has died ! you bear us coming , and you dare not wave us back , you tee us rising and you cannot strike us dowu . But , mark me ! Do not presume to punish and oppress yotii working men because they have had the courage tc ceme here , and hear and think a little for themselves . We know your old game ! We have our eye upon you . Again and again we shall come hen and see how you have benefitted by this naming And remember ! we have a Trade Union to assist the struggle of labour , we have a Land Company tc guarantee tbe support of labour , and we will have a Charter to ensure the triumph of labour .

      Frequent bursts of applause testified to the truth o f thes e words , and the meeting separated with three cheers for the Charter and O'Connor . The National Petition received a large accession of signatures .

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      Sheffield..—On Sunday Dec. 2tth, A Discu...

      Sheffield .. —On Sunday Dec . 2 tth , a discussion will take place in the Democratic Temperance Room , 32 , Queen Street . Subject , " Co-operation , its inestimable value to the Working Classes , for the achievement of th iv Social and _Pf-Uueal _Rights v t he leas t possible time . Chair to be taken at halfpa st s e ven o ' clo c k , on Mondpy 'evening , Dec . SSth . A tea party will be held in the above room , the pro ceeds to go to the debt due to Mr . O'Connor , _$ ijr Victim Fund . Tickets may be hid b y app lying to the Class Collectors . Tea en the table at five o ' clock . On Tuesday evenin-. ' , Dec . 29 th at the same place _, the quarterly meetiug ofthe , Charti » _tCo-operative Land Company will bo held . Chair ta be taken at S o ' clock .

      South Shields . *— A meeting of the membera of this locality , belonging tothe Land Company , will take place at the house of Mr . Dai _^ _lis _, King Street , on Friday , January lsl _,-18-l _* 7 , at four o ' clock , p . m . ToDMOBDUN .-. The Chartists of this place will hold a publio tea party and b _* 41 , on Friday , the lirst of January , tea to be on the . table , at five o ' clock in the ftfternooi ) .

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      _MaurtHBo-fB . _-Mr , T . Clark , will deliver a put "f ' ect «» . subject , ** Hopes of the Democracy / at the Coach Painters' Arms . Circu 93 St . reet , on Sun nay evening next , December 27 th , at 8 o ' clock pre Cisely , The Vetera ** Orphans' and Victims' Commit tkk will meet on _Wednesday evening next , at thi Land Office , 83 Dean Street , Soho , a t 8 o ' clock . _AasBMBiiT Room ** , 83 , Dean Street , Soho , — Th proprietorycommittee will meot on Sunday evenin next , December the 27 th , at six o ' clock precisely . Ii tn evening at half-past seven precisely , Mr . Doyli will dehvera public lecture , subject : " Progress 0 Chartism , and the _Laml in Scoltand . "

      _FixsBUBT . —A general meeting of the members 0 the Finsbury oranch of the National Co-operativj Land Company , will take place on Tuesday , Jariuar ] 5 th , 1847 , at the Mechanics Institute , Frederick ! place , Goswell-road , Islington . j Bkthnal Gbben . —Ageneralmeetingof the Share holders of the Whittington nnd Cat branch of th Land Company will be held on Sunday _evening January 3 rd , 1847 , at six o ' clock , respecting the caa m lhomis Mitchell and tberesolution of Conference ' for . location at O'Connorville on tbe first of May 18-17 . All members are requested to settle their las years expenses for directors . Shoreditch . —The adjourned discussion : •* Has _Trailes Unions' proved beneficial to tbe _workinclasses ? " will take place on Tuesday evening next December 29 th , chair to be taken at eight o ' clock iit Mr . Taylor ' s . Railway _Engine Coffee Ilouse , 122 _Brich-lane . near Church-street . *

      _COMMSMMAIIOX OF THE BlRTH DaT OF PaINE .-rhe commit ' ee appointed for erecting a monument b this nobU' of nature _; invite all friends favourable t _< the above object , to meet them on Wednesday even _, ing , Deeember . 30 th , at the Assembly Rooms , 83 _Dean-strcet , to make arrangements for the abov ' festival , some interesting _communications from America will be laid before the meeting . The North London District ofthe Chartisi Co-operative Land Company will hold a meeting ai the Finsbury Institution , Frederick Place , ( ioswcll _r- _'nd , for the tran _.-action of important business , oi Tuesday evening next , December 29 , at _half-paal eight o ' clock precisely , _Fins-burt Litrrart aud Mechanics Institution , Frederick ' s Place , _Goswell-road . —Mr . ErneBt _Jonet will deliver a public lecture , on Sunday evening next , December 27 . at seven o ' clock precisely . Subject , "The Prose of Life" . '

      Ashton . —A tea party and ball will be held in th Chartist room . Bentinek » treet , on New Year ' s ev ( Friday ) . The proceeds to go towards paying off th debt due to Mr . O'Connor .

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      —m _^ m— LATER NEWS FROM IRELAND . Mato . —The Mayo Constitution ofthe 22 nd contains ¦ _iccounts of eight inquests , in each of which cases the juries returned _veniicts of " died from starvation" '' want of the common necessaries of life . " Mr . Atkinson , one of the Coroners of tbe County , reports the death of seven men from the same cause tothe Lord Lieutenant . Crime is greatly on the increase . THE DESTRUCTION OF _SHANSON VALE COBS MULS . The Cork Constitution says , — " We are indebted to a friend for the following deplorable intelligence . We greatly grieve to have _tidinas so calamitous to communicate . There are no more respectable men than the Messrs Allinnone who were more ready to assist- in relieving the distresses of a district b y which this casualty will be severely felt . What makes the matter worse , ia that the r stock was the only large supply of food in that part of the country . Its destruction has created consternation _through the west of the county .

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      I ROYAL MARYLEBONE TUEATRE . The success ofthe manager last year in stepp ing out of tho nursery to select his opening from the popular rages of the day , has induced him to repeat the experiment , and we are happy to add , with _undiminished success . The " _Railway King " is succ eeded by " Harlequin and the Spirit of the Moon , or Giselle and the Night _Prancn- _** . " The subject is romantic and pleasing , _hav-ins * gone tho round of most of the London Theatres , and taken ¦• _

      earth on _conditio-i of h-ading Giselle in a dream through the frolics ofa Willis , moonlight d ance , and as a Pantomime opening without a little diablerie , would be to the gods as porridge without salt , we have the Red Fire-King , who kindly conveys ail the _luckless youths netted by the Wilis to his warm _subt'rranean abode . Giselle ' s dream over , she is awakened to her mundane pursuits the Will Queen becomes Columbine , the Beadle Clown , tho Dem o n _Pantuloon _, Giselle ' s quondam lover Harlequin , and the comic portion of the Pantomime begins . Of the irresistible drollery of Mr . T . Lee as Giselle , it is not _possible for words to convey any idea—hi 3 _leok , action , singing- and dancing , rich and racy , are in t he wu % _atyte of _luviesque . Had the induction no other attraction , he alone would carry it _through— -seconded

      as it is by able acting , magnificent scenery , and every requisite to produce effect , its success is decided and complete . Among the scenery deserving s p ecial m e n t ion , are : —the view ofthe Moon as seen through the Monster Telescope of Lord Rosse , embracing a circumference of 60 feet , and accurately representing the phenomena of its appearance ; the _ialso and the mill , the coral cave and star , t he Wilis lake by moonlight , the demon ' s cave , and its mag * nificent change to a fairy palace . The comic _auenes are lively and satirical , the hits at the times many and bard . It were the _height of injustice to take _loaveof the subject without bestowing due meed oi

      praise on the very clever pan torn imi- _* _ts engaged therein . Mr . J . Doughty , whose fame has precded him throughout thc provinces , is the Clown , and fully warrants un in confirming the jud gmen t of our provincial cotemporaries ta his praise . The Brothers Buffos support him ably as Harlequin and Pantaloon , and Miss Clara Harcourt , from he r M a je st y ' s and the Olympic Theatres , is decidedly one of the prettiest and most graceful Columbines the _staije now possesses . We can only commend our friends to pay a visit to this justly-popular temp le of amusement during the holidays , and sure we are tbat they will fully concur with us , and thank us for this --easonable intimation .

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      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . During the week Mr . Bullock Webster gave his second lecture on Practical Draining in the Theatre ofthe Royal Polytechnic Institution , on wiiicb ' _occasion ho confined himself exclusively to the method of _draining in clay soils for surface water only , —not where the subsoil itself was filled with water , but where the injury arose from the water resting on an impervious bed of clay . He urged that very deep draining on that kind of soil had been tried and failed years aiio , and he mentioned the names of several persons who had proved this , amongst whom we observed was Lord Portman . He also said that in the _strona lands in the Weald of Kent they were returning to the old system of thirty-inch drains . There ) were , however , he stated , circumstances under which draining may have answered , viz ., where there bad been a great deal of water under the sub-•¦ oU which could not get away . He thought that

      drains at a depth of four or five feet in clays could certainly do no barm if filled with a porous material , but he conceived that it would add much to the exp ense , without adequate advantage , and he warned his hearers not to form conclusions too hastily . In the course of the last year , he said , he had t r av ell e d abou t 10 , 000 miles in search of the data upon which he had based his reasoning , he had examined draining which had been dene in varrous parts ot " the country within the last thirty or forty years , and he found in all instances he was fully borne cut ia his own opini-w on the subject , lie then touched upon the subject of the different tiles with , much * sound philosophy , and concluded by expressing his belief that the cylindrical tile , divided horizontally , v » ere preferable to the flat roll , and tile as- giving a more effective current , antl consequently a greater capability for clearing tbe drain .

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      THEATRE ROYAI , MARYI . El'Q'Si ' . ! _vBorrtiETOB _,. sut . _tovEainaE _^ ¦ ' ISSSEB , MR-. JOHN DOffCIASSi . ; IMMENSE HOLIDAY ATTRACTIOS _* _eORGEOUa I PA 5 TOMIME . ON MONDAY and daring the _weelu , to commence _witli j a drama of great interest entitled" Alice Kingsuii ' ij or the _Dear-stalkers oflfalnhault Forest . " Supportod by Messrs . Cowle , J .. Rayner , _Lickfblii , 6 . Pennett , _«* , Phillips , Mrs . _Camgbell . j To be . followed * on Monday , _Tussday , and _Wednesday , ; by " A Day aftwthe Wedding . " Characters by Messrs 1 Cowle , Gates , _LifJ-fMd , Miss Mar _& in , Mrs . liekfold . i On Thursday * Friday , and Saturday , by " Robert lit Grange , or a Kight of Terror . " Robert Le Grange , Mr . ! Cowle ; _Chewnlier , Mr . Liekfold ; Marie , Miss Martin . _; To conclutte every ovening with the magnificent nev Pantomime , " entitled " Harlequin and the spirit of tin Moon , " ¦ _* Gis lie and tha Sight Pranears . " Giselle , Mr T . Lee ; down , Mr . J . Doughty , of provincial celebrity , Harlequin and Pantaloon , by the brother ' s buffos - _. Q . _olutubine , i & iss Clari Harcourt , from her Majesty ' s _andths ; Olympic Theatres . TU * reception given to this pantoiiHW 8 .. pv _* , v _% _*» it the best in London .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 26, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26121846/page/8/