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      Ireland. Statu Of The Count'. *-*, Dubi....

      Morgan O'Connell has taken up £ 1 , 500 a _yeaiv-Ki ' Ktoibbon , alias O'Connell is to have £ 1 . 500 » yea _, ii the Exchequer job runs through the session ; an vunBDan O'Connell , finding the climate too sever lor the curl of his moustache , is to have ft Consul Ship at Mar » cilles-and then , and then-what next ? The same illustrious Liberator whose head still sits upon his shoulders , i * asked to dine at the same elubonSatu : d-ivlast . and what takes place ? _JSot a question about * giving Repeal _ioa't . 1 he answer is nncondition-il ; " Til go with the greatest alacrity Aeeordingh , the great Dan was requested * to take the chair . The club was assembled ; six o clock came but no Dan . A deputation was depatched _* to say that the club waited and the dinner cooled Captain Broderick returns-with an assurance that the _Lib-.-ratorhad * br «; otten , and hoped the Reform Club would excuse him . Captain Broderick hail personal knowledge that thc _Lilierator had _for-Uten : but all would not doThe dm ,- not the

      . dinner " commenced . Loud _---urmurs are heard . SW hint- - _* re _e-iven , and certain hasty _consignmS _& to a Terr hot place , of the _Libera'or _nimse f , " 4 made by his _mercantile friend _^ and one _^ . tte . man enl-iiraed «•• perhaps he 1 S . auditing the Re ,. ca _acemnts . " At this the Captain , _bes'iining to ted alarm , _hasbns away to his great Rabbi the club , _k the meantime , unanimously vote the Lord Mayor to the chair . The , oup and "the missing funds are beginning to be freely discussed when lo ! the Liberator makes his appearance and his apology in person—protests , a 3 no other man living can protest —and finally is installed Chairman , vice the Lord ilayor and jives _thetoaat , " Prosperity to Ireland , ' without . in allusion to Repeal . Are we not , therefore , justified masking "What has become of tLe Eepealtbat was last year ? What has become oi tlie funds that were last year ? " At _lenath Mokanna has raised tbe _reil , and now he cries to hi- , miserable

      and famished victims" There , ye wise saints—behold your l * ght , jour star ; Te wo _* ild _b- _ - dupes and _viciims—and ye are , "

      MB . O ' _CQSSZVUZOX " * "HES . " The Notion , in the course of some allusions to Mr . O ' uonndl ' s charge of" lying" preferred against the Times , bittingly asks : — When be w _.-s refuting « lies , * why did he not apply himself to a most audacious statement made , and again made in the . _Maif-surely a most horrible 'lie '—namely , that le , the treasurer of tiie Repeal Association' after being Intrusted with so many hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling by tlio pauper population of Ireland , wliert-with to buy tiiem ? Ireland for the Irish '— after promising tbeai Repeal in six menus , any time the last four years , only let the shilling a-year and the penny a-monih continue , that he , the _leadar , whose counsel no man wa » eTer permitted to thwart—he , the treasurer , whole

      accounts no man ever saw—has brought in the Irish people debtors tohim at last in fhe mm of £ 700—has announced in tbe committee that they cannot pay a sum of money they unanimously voted to the Davis testimonial several mouths ago , because there are not only no funds but they owe bim money , mid they must be 'justbefore tbey are generous ? ' So has the _Mailrvdorted , and reiterated with confident pertinacity . Now , "here is a 'lie' we should like to hear refuted—a most destUent and mnlignant lie . For surely the thing is impossible . It cannot be thathe has been taking the starving peasants ' _m'ts , and the _priceless trust of youth , and th _« passionate _prayers , and tears , and blessings ot 8 * 000 , 000 hearts for so many years , and means to winu tip the tran _? action with a balance against us all at last . T . _* t Mm deal with ibis ' lie' next week , and see what he

      can make of it . This is excellent , and its raciness is further enhanced by the pleasing fact of ihe Nation having a _thorough " knowledge of the literal accuracy oftlie disgraceful revelations brought to light in the columns of the Mai ' , So strictly _correct were i he secret _prscpedings ofthe finance cemmitee reported in tbe Conseivatrre organ , tbat a member present on the interesting occasion is of opiuion that Mr . O ' Connell must for nnce have acted as his own reporter , and written out his speech , to prevent an } mistake . _TtCTEAli _Afsociatiox . —The proceedings at thc _nO'tly _mest-iu of this association were of the usual description , and the ordinary actors appeared in their old and well known characters . The abuse o _* Young Ireland and the _buijabeo of " physical force " constituted the _standius theme of all the orators , and O'Connell read a long report on the points at issue between * ' Old" and * ' _Youns _; Ireland . "

      The novelty , truthfulness , and originahtyofthe document mav be judged of by the concluding sentence : —Sever cease onr efforts till we re-establish the nationality of Ireland , and make her what she ought to be , —— " great , glorious , and free First flower of the earth , and first cem ofthe sea . " "Daxiei . _O'Coxm-ll , Chairman of the Committee . " The rent for the week was £ 54 . Mr . Morgan * Johx _O'CossitL . —The Evening Post contradicts the reported appointment of this _sentleman io the office of Poor Law Commissioner in the room of Mr . Twisletoc . and asserts that such ar arrangement was never contemplated . The repon is now of several months' standing , and was tir . -t given currency to by the i _' _oifiitsolf . Why did nut the contradiction come before this ?

      Royal _Agbiccltural Societt . — The Duke _< . i Leinster and tbe Marquis of _Downsbira have se . cede . ! from this society on the ground of its tendency to become political . Mr . W . S . O'Biuex , the member for Limerick _, as leaderof the " Phalanx , " has _commencsd a series of papers in the Nation , which po-.- -e . -s the virtue ot being both practical and wcll-inteniioned . Terrific Storm . — A storm of unusual violeno occurred on Friday last , which appears to have been very general , and to have committed great havoc both on land and sea . Fall of Piuces—The accounts from the market show a general steady decline of prices .

      Dublin , Not . 24 . —Th ** accounts from the provinces this morning _; ire extremely disheartening—outrage and destitution are both-on the increase , and it is very much to ba feared that iu many cases the pressure , or perhaps the assumption of the one is but an excuse for the commission of the other . The Cori Examiner of the 23 rd , contains an account « f a very alarming outrage on the property ofthe Great Southern and Western Railway , and others ofthe provincial journa ' s , give long lists of attaeks on food waggons , robberies of bread carts , attacks on dwellings in search of provisions , and shooting of horses _em-. !< " _- _«* d in the _c-. nvevance of corn . With

      Tespcct to tho former the _Examiner says , intelligence reached town , at au earl ? hour this _morning , that an attack had b < "eu made on the works oi" this line iu progr . -ss at Kathpeacan , about a mile and a half beyond Blackpool . It will be remembered , that a numerous body of labourers applied to Mr . Beamish for employment on Wednesday last , and that that gentleman informed them arrangements would be made as speedily as possible for their advantage . It now appears that the majority of those men , increased by a large number of labourers from Carrignavar ,

      "Whitechurch , Blarney , and . the adjoining countryin all amounting to nearly _onethous-nd—assembled this morning , and immediately proceeded to Rathpeacon , where the works of this line commence . They attacked the men employed there to the number of sixty or seventy , and compelled them to desist from work : they then destroyed the wheel-bar rows , pickaxes , and other implements required in tbis _description of work , ft is said that the overseers were also maltreated , but the accuracy of this rumour is not to be relied upon .

      Mr . Percy , County Inspector , and Messrs . Walker and Green , " sub-inspectors , left town at one o'clock , to-day , with a force of five mounted and twenty infantry constabulary . The object of dispatching this detachment i- » to _in-mrc the safety of the dispersed labourers , * vh « will lie re-employed , and to intimidate these misguided men from committing further violence Fire . — -i _haggard of corn , value £ 200 , the property ofa farcer , named Kiely , w _' thin three miles of _Kiusale , was burned last night . It is said that the fire was malicious . —Cork Examiner . * A correspondent of same journal , writing from Clonakilty , uuder the date of November 21 st , gives tlw fallowing acconut of the state of affairs in that locality : — . . and

      " More trosps to quiet the unpaid famishing labourers of this locality . This day we were favoured with a reinforcement of twenty men of the Dragoon Gua _* d » , the present party of the military and police be n . ' _considered insiinieiml by thu pay clerks to pre serve _tii-sui uninjured in their official capacity . As a _pio-f of their _avprehensions , one of that esta _* blishment was escorted on Tuesday last from this town to Timo ! eague , by a party of soldiers . I arrived there in time to learn their hopes were frustrated . In a fit of frantic destitution , the maddened multitude attempted , as 1 have been told , to cut the harness of the pay clerk ' s vehicle . This town looks in a state of _siege—thesk . Jetons of men and women are creeping from shop to .-hop , imploring , in accents half _sulidued by weakness , the smallest morsel of food . When tbey ask bread , they receive a troop of dragoons . These are _malaueholy and unvarnished truths which 1 am utterly incompetent to pourtray . "

      Demi" * , >» ov . 2-3 . — -The provincial journals _received tbis _t'ay are _failed with the most melancholy details _ofj-u-Ferin _* _- ; and privation . Death by starvation Is now an ordinary occurrence , and as such is no _long-T _regarded as anyibinsr 'mtof the usual course of events . Tiie Southern Reporter gives an account of tne deaths of four persons through wa _** t of food . Two men , named M'Carthy a > . d Purcell , died on thc lands of tatter , within two miles of this ; a third nam ' -d Bahane , at _Kiladerry , three miles distance ; and a fourth , named Houriahne _, at Droming , a similar distance . . - _^ _UnBLi _^ Nov . 26 . —The most alarming statements are still published as to tne open trade in fire-arms , especially inthe counties of Tipperary and Limerick . "There are still many heart-rending accounts of distress , especiall y in the western province . '' , A proclamation has been issued offering a reward of one hundred pounds forthe arrest of " thirty men unknown , armed with guns and pistols , " who have

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      been Anti-Rent campaigning .: From a _corresiondeni o between the Earl ot _Kosse , and Sir Randolph Routh , it appears that the Commissary-General « i . l not sanction donations from . sdv ' crhiiieht to such relict committees as distribute food gratutiously , or dispose of it at reduced prices to the poor .

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      _„ THE NORTHEHN STAR . _November 38 , ig .

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      Monday. Lambeth.—Assault On A Servant. —...

      MONDAY . LAMBETH . —Assault on a Servant . —Mary E _^ ar _. a tidy looking Irish girl , attended to substantiate a charge ajjainst her lute mistress , Mrs . Blong , a lady residing at No . 3 , Brunswick-place , Clapham road , for having spat in her face and _reiused to give her a character . When the case was called on the husband of the defendant stood forward , and said that Mrs . Blong , who was naturally of an irritable disposition , was in such a state of nervous excitement since she ha ' , received the summons as to be quite incapable of _attending before his worship to answer the charge . He ( Mr . Blong ) was , however , willing to abide by whatever judgment the magistrate might come to in the matter . The complainant then proceeded ' at some length to detail the treatment which she had _n-

      _ceivid . Mrs . _ninne ; scarcely ever ceased to abuse her , particularly for the last week or ten days that she had been in her service . She _uned frequently to call her an "Irish wretch , " an "Irish reptile , " and a "Catholic deril . She bad also , after being at a Catholic chapel , placed a sUawl over her _thoulders , and moved about the kitchen in mimicry and derision of the priests while celebrating mass , and further , had , on one occasion , spat in her face . Alter shebnd left her service , Mrs . Blong hud given such a character of her to a lady who was about to engage her , that the latter declined to have anything to do with her , and the cousequence was , that she was compelled to part with her clothes to obtain the necessaries of life . Mr . Blon , ; declared that if Mrs . Blong had been

      present , » he would take her oath that the whole of the complainant ' s statement was untrue . He wa ? . sure lii « wife gave the complainjut such a chaiacter as she de . served . Mr . Elliott observed that it was exceeding cruel to withhold charactersfrom servants , particularly young women , who had nothing else to depend upon for tlieir living and future prospects in life , and recommended Mr . Blong to settle the matter with the complainant , by _giv . ing her something for her loss of time and the expenses of tiie summons , aud also such a character as she de-< erved , while in his service . On leaving _v lie court , Mr . Blong made his peace with the _comphiin ant , by giving her three half-crowns , and promised to give her such a character as she deserved , to nny person who should coma after it . and thus the matter has terminated .

      WORSHIP-STREET . _—AssxnLT on the Police . — Jobn Clifford was charged with having assaulted and wounded police constable Norman , in the _execution of his duty . It appeared from the evidence of the constable , who had beeu confined to his bed for more than a week , and exhibited the mirks of severe receut injuries , that he was on duty in Commercial-street , _AVhiteclmpvl , betwren twelve and one o ' clock on the morning of Monday se _' nnight , _uhe-i he was directed by l _: is Serjeant to proceed aud quell a _disturbance which had arisen in Flower and Dean-street , on reaching which he found the prisoner in the cUBtody of some other officers , through the hand of one of whem he was informed by a by . stander , thathe had just drawn a knife . Finding that his assistance was not required , he returned back to his

      beat , and shortly afterwards saw the prisoner , who appeared to have escap _.-d from tbe other constables , ap . preaching , surrounded by a riotous mob , and he attempted to secure him . The prisoner , however , on dUceruintr his intention , instantly struck him a violent blow oa the •• ye with a large stone , which sent bim reeling backwards , and rendered him pow * rless ; and before he could recover himself , he was struck forward again by another violent blow from some instrument on the back of ihe head that felled him to the --round in a state of insensibility . Ou being restored to consciousness , he found that he had almost lost the sight » f his left eye . and that his clothes and person were saturated with blood , hut he contrived to support himself against some railings while he sprung his rattle for assistance , and was afterwards placed in bed at the station-house , where he had remained under medical care ever since . Mr . Heritage , who appeared for the defence , said that notwithstanding

      the manner in which his client had been sworn to hy tbe police , he was instructed to give a total denial to the charge , and bad seven or eight witnrgses in attendance who would prove that _£ the constables were altogether mistaken in their identification of the prhoncr . who , although present as a casual spectator atthe commencement of thc affray , had taken no psrt whatever in the series of outrages which appeared to have been afterwards committed . Mr . Bingham said that after the numberof witnesses who had unanimously sworn to the identity ofthe prisoner , he considered it to be the provine-.: of a Jury to decide upon the cogency of any opposing testimony that might be produced in that respect ; and as the charge was ene ofa very serious description , he had no hesitation in committing him for trial , but would accept substantia ) bail , under the circumstances slated by bis solicitor , for his appearance . The bail was shortly afterwards produced , and the prisunerliberated .

      Abduction . —James Grant , late a police constable belonging to the _P division , was charged with abduction . Mr . Garaes , who attended for the prosecution , said that in the n > onth ° ot January last , the prisoner , then s policeman , was in _rustody upon the present charge , but had _managed to effect his escape . An application wa-. subsequently made to Mr . Henry at tbis court , and a warrant was granted for his apprehension , but the prisoner managed to elude the vigilance of the police until the night before when he was taken into cusody . Theclerk then read over tbe examinations of Elizabeth Ann Grant ( the wifeof theprisoncr , ) and Sarah Everest , her mother ,

      and winch were as follows : —Tha former stated on the - Slst day of October last , I left home to go to tea at Mrs . Murrell's , in Lock ' s-fields , and as I was in the shop about half . past three o ' clock in the afternoon , J . uiies Grant passed . He saw me , and beckoned to « ie . He had been paying bis addresses to me , but against the consent and wishes of my mother , for about six months , and I came to him when he beckoned me . He then asked me to go to some house with him , and wanted me to get married to him . 1 said I was too young . I was then fifteen years and seven _montns old only . He persuaded me to eo on board a steam-boat with him from

      Westminstt-r-bno _- ge to Vaiixball . There-he gave we something to drink , and I became tipsy . He took me te a brothel in _Gaywuod-street , and there by threats and persuasions I consented to his wishes . I had been there before with hiui . He kept me there and at other lodgings for nearly two months , and at the end of th : it time I was married ' . » him at the church of the parish of Christchurch , in tbe county of Surrey . During the two months , and _frequoutly since I have been married , I have asked him to let me go home to my mother , but he has always threatened he wonld beat my brains out if I

      did . On Sunday night last , the 18 ; h inst ., he was writing , and I said to him , " I may as well write home to my mother , may I ! " '• No ; if you do I'll 6 tick these razors through your _, " and took two razors out of a drawer and opened them , struck me , and knocked my head against the tt-. 1 I , because I said I would write . Yesterday I sent for my mother , and she fetched me away . During the time I have been with Grant he has frequently leaten me . He has done bo nearly every day . Yesterday he told me he would murder me if I said anything nbout him before the Magistrate . The prisoner was ultimately remanded .

      ; TTJESD & V . MARLBOROUGH-STREET . — Dabing Octbacb . — Dennis Connor , Michael Hannan , and Mary Slater , were charged with having committed the following gross outrage in the Victoria public house on Monday night . Mr . Williams , jun ., « aid , lie appeared for his father , who kept the Victoria public-house , Castle-street .- About twelve o ' clock tbe previous night a party of the lower order of Irish , amongst whom were the prisoners , came into the Souse and asked to be served with a pint of rum . Witness ' s father at first conceived they were a party from the theatre who wanted refreshment , but on _looking closer at their persons he though it would be advisable to refuse to serve thtm , and he told them so . The parry declared they would not leave the house until they

      had been served with the liquor , and as they began to assume a menacing attitude , witness ' s father conceived she safest way would be to supply them with the liquor , and accordingly the pint of rum wns drawn , and handed to on « of tho party , . The prisoner Connor _instantly seized the measure , drank nearl y half the contents , and then handed it to the woman , who also drank heartily . The liquor having been all consumed , application was made for payment . The prisoners refused to pay until they wore served with a second pint . This was of course not complied with , and then _theprisonerg began to be insulting and outrageous . Connor struck

      witness several severe blows on the bodj . The woman , Slater , seized a pewtermeasure , and threw it at witness ' s mother . Two large jugs followed in the same direction , and then the lamp glasses were smashed . The woman , by this time , furious as a wild beast , seized tbe barmaid , and actually tcru handfulls of hair from her head , leaving her nearly bald . The barmaid was called , to prove the truth of the above statement . She took off her bonnet and showed her head , One side presented a flourishing crop of hair , the other side was -nearly denuded of its natural covering . She had been _assniled by the Irishwoman without provocation , and had been thus barbarously treated .

      WORSHIP-STREET Brutal Conduct op i To . licejia * _-. —Edward Blundell was charged with creating a disturbance in the streets , and assaulting police constable Montford , K 210 . in the execution of his duty . Thc _constable stated , that while on duty in Globe-lane , Mileend , at half-past one o ' clock that morning , the defendant passed by , in company of several ether persons , one of whom accused bim of improper conduct with a wo . man , and asked him if he considered that to be his duty . He desired them to go home , and not create a disturbance , when one of the party uttered the exclamation ,

      "Give it bim , " and the defendant immediately struck him a violent blow , and knocked him down . On reco . yering bis feet , he drew out his truncheon to defend himself . On being called upon for his defence , the defendant emphatically denied the charge , and stated that he had numerous witnesses 5 n attendance who would prove that , having detected the - policeman in an act of gro _% impropriety , and threatened to report him , he had forestalled their intention by taking ; bim into custod y , in the hope of escaping the consequences of his own misconduct . The defendant then ealled his _giste ' r-in 4 aw , Mrs . Isabella Blundell , the wife ef * plumber , in Chester-place ,

      Monday. Lambeth.—Assault On A Servant. —...

      Bethnal green ; who stated'that , after spending the ' e veri' _** ing with a family party , she was returning homo with several of her relatives , and was about to bid them good night within a few doors of their own residence , when they heard the sound of v . 'ices down a dark entry , _adjoinhiRit . Ob looking down the court " she directed her husband ' s attention to the constable and a woman who were standing there , and observed to her husband that it was a olioeman ; . on which the complainant instantly turned round , and adjusting his dress , which was in » diiordered state , asked her what business it was of hers if he were a policeman , and assailing her with an infamous epithet , told her that he would serve her in the same way . Her br *) _rter-in . luw then Intimated to tho constable that he should wait until the sergeant came up ,

      in order to point the woman out to him , when the latter instantly darted out of the entry and disappeared . They then told him that they should take his number and report him to bis superiors for his insolence , when the officer pulled out his truncheon , and after flourishing it about like a madaian , made a rush at her sister-in-law , who had just come out with an infant in her amis , to learn the cause ofthe uproar , and knocked her and the child down with such violence , that after trampling upon them , he overbalanced himself and fell forward upon his hands . Ou recovering his feet , the constable , who appeared to be _greatly excited , commenced springing his rattle , and on the arrival of another officer , charged the defendant with assaulting him , and he was

      immediately carried off to the station-house . Both the infant and its mother had _sustained severe injury from the violence to which they had been subjected , and the latter was unable ta attend and give evidence , having been since confined to her bed . On being Hiked by the magistrate if he wished to offer any remark ; in reference to the inculpatory statements he had just heard , thc constable _declared that be had not been in the company of any woman at the time spoken of , pud that the whole of the testimony _against him was utterly false . In roply to the magistrate , it was stated that tho officer was a married man , and had always been considered a steady one , but that he had only been about nine or ten months in the force ; and Mr . Bingham , without any observation , immediately ordered the defendant to be discharged .

      THAMES —Febocious Outrage . — -Robert Muylove _. a seaman , Elizabeth Matthews , and Emily Green , were brought before Mr . Broderip on a charge of assaulting and robbing Henry Thompson , a sailor , belonging to the brig Caroline , in the Grand Surrey Canal . The prosecutor appeared to have been terribly mauled , andit appeared from his statement that he wot with the prison , r Green on Monday night , and after treating her she invited him to her lodgings , _Hanni ' s-place , Shadwell _, where he met the other woman prisoner and Maylove . He treated them witb all manner of things . When all bis money was expended the party became dissatisfied , and tiiey made

      a brutal attack upon bim . He was knocked down aud jumped upon by Maylove and Green . lie got up again and fought desperately , and succeeded in forcing open the door ofthe room , which _thopiisuners had locked upon him . Another conflict took place upon the stairs , and , according to tha statement of a girl named Harvey , who was Ijing upon a bed in the room where theiirst attack was made , and who took no part in the affray , thc prisoners beat tbe sailor in a most savage manner . Other evidence having bren given , Mr . Broderip fined the prisoners £ 5 each , aud in default of payment committed , them to the Ilouse of Correction for two months .

      "WEDNESDAY . _MANSlON-nOUSE . —LiBEBTr or tiie Subject . —• A young Irishman , named Richard Osborne , was charged with having carried a piece of timber through the streets in such a manner is to endanger the eyes of passengers . A policeman stated that , having _observed the defendant on the pathway poke the piece of timber up against several persons as they passed , and abuse _those "ho complained , he spr . ke to the man , and requested that a little regard * might be paid to the people . To that expostulation the defendant _ptdd no _attention , but continued his course as if he alone had a right to walk along the street . Finding that the defendant was determined to carry his load in his own peculiar way . he walked him off to the station-house . Tbe defendant said that

      he was going on quietly enough , and minding nobody , when the policeman called him an Irish blackguard ; and as he was no blackguard , although he was Irish , he did not like the name , and he therefore replied in a way that complainant did not fancy , and that that was the real cause ofthe dispute between _i-liem which led to the station-house . The policeman declared that hehad not used the offensive expression attributed to linn , as nothing could be more unjust than the application of it to a stranger of whom he knew nothing . The fact was that many persons were endangered , while some were actually hurt , by the roush carelessness of the defendant . —The Defendant : Why , my lord , should not I go along the streets free ? Why is a man , because be carries a bit of wood , to he treated like a slave ? T consider that I am at liberty to walk through the streets in this country as well as in my own . —The Lord Mayor : No doubt you are ; but you must manage to walk in such a manner as not to injure or impede others . 1 _' our notions of liberty

      are rather selfish , for jou seem to require every-ortui _aerouiod-vtion and indulgence yourself without giving and in return . That will not do here : ' It is indeed a very common thing to meet with such annoyances and I am not sorry to have the opporiunity of telling persons who are in the habit of carryingload « , that in such a case as yours a _magistrate has the power of _iu'liciing a heavy penalty , which I have no doubt it would be difficult for you to discharge . As I believe that you erren through _ignorance I shall not tine you , but I shall _cxpi ct that the occurrence will operate service : ! bly upon yourfuture conduct . —The defendant , who _eviden'l y was under tbe impression that it was the duty of all he met to get out of his way without requiringthe slightest attempt atacconicda * tion from him , said thathe should certainly remember his lordship ' s advice and act accordingly , but he certainly thought that he had a right to do as he pleas ; d in a free country ( laughter . ) The Lord Mayor : You certainl y are at liberty to do what you please , so that what you please happen not to displease others ( laughter- )

      _iTHUBSDAY . THAMES . —Alleged Cruelt y to a Lo . vatic at Sea . —An extraordinary npfd : c _* tion was made by Mr . Pelham , the solicitor , on behalf of a shipowner , in the City , _against the captain of a barque lately arrived in the river , from the Mauritius . The address of Mr . Pelham was of considerable length , aiid detailed some very harrowing circumstances . Thu ship in question sailed in June , 1844 , on a voyage from London to Singapore , Madras , Pondicherry , Fenang , llniig Kong , to the Mauritius again , and lastly to tho Island of St . Helena and England , During the voyage , which wns procrastinated by the muster , three diltVivnt crews were shipped , and the first one , with the exception of two men , were tried for mutiny at the Mauritius , and upon

      conviction sentenced to four years' transportation . The principal charge against the master , who had been guilty of very great cruelty and tjranny towards the crews he had shipped , was that of a course ol barbarous ill-usage towards a young man who was the second mate of the ship , and who became insane . The poor lunatic was afterwards exposed to thc most horrible treatment , and only _ullowed bread and water for his support . The helpless creature wiis put in irons aud fastened all day to the davits ofthe ship by a chain put round his arm , and every night he was chained by the leg to tlie cabin table . The lunatic , during his lucid intervals , had made some revelations relating to thc ill-treatment ofa boy at Singapore , who was afterwards drowned under circumstances of suspicion . The insane man is at present in iiis mother's house at Beptford _. iu a partially comatose state , anil labouring under symptoms evincing serious injury to the brain . The man ' s arms , feet , ami legs had been

      laceratedaud contused . Mr . Pelham , hfter putting m a medical certificate of the lunatic ' s condition , called upon the magistrate to Usue process against the master , for the purpose of investigating the case . He had the full authority of the owner to make this application , and the _motlicroftlie lunatic was present , who would relate the existing condit'on of _herson . Only one of the original crew , a man of colour , besides the luuaic , had returned with the ship , but " many of the hands shipped at the _Mauritius were in attendance to prove the cruelty exercised towards the lunatic on the homeward voyage . Mr . Bailantiiie thought , in a' matter of so much import _, tance , involving charges of a most serious nature , the owner , who was biiund to protect his crew , _ought to be present : he did nut think he could i-sue process on ihe application of the lunatic ' s parent , who could know nothing of the affair except from hearsay . Mr . Pelham ultimately promised to produce the owner on Friday and renew the application .

      . FRIDAY . MARYLEBONE . — Shoplifting . — A respectably dressed female , irho gave litr name Surah Littlojolm , was charged with the following robbery : —On the aame afternoon the prisoner , who lives in tlie Edgeware-road , went to the shop of Mr . Howitt , a lineudraper _, < fcc , near her own residence , and asked to look at some ribbon , to match a pattern which she had with her . A box full of ribbons was placed before her on the counter , and while turning over several pieces she was observed to take out one of them and secret it under liar shawl . As she was

      about to leave the place she was taxed with the tin ft , when * he produced the piece alluded to , and laid it down by the box . She was told by the foreman that he should not be _satisfied unless she was Searched , and she then took from her dress two other pieces of ribbon , at the same time crying and begging that her offence might be forgiven , forthe sake of her family . Glenistcr _, 174 1 ) , was calk-din , and she was conveyed to this _station bouse , where nothing more was fonnd upon her than a few of tape and other trifling articles . The-whole of the ribbon was identified as being the property of Mr , Howitt . and tho prisoner wa committed for trial .

      THAMES-STREET . —Charge of _Ckueity against the Captain of a Ship . —Mr . Johnson , a shipowner of _Fenchurcb-street , accompanied b y Mr . Pelham , the solicitor , came before Jlr . _Ballimtine _. l ' orthc purpose of renewing the application made by the latter gentleman on Thursday , against Captain Thomas _Malmgrew . the master ofthe barque Favourite , now lying in the West India dock , for cruelty towards Ilcnry Johnson , the second mate of the vessel , who , it was alleged , had been goaded into madness by the inhumanity ofthe captain , who subsequently treated tbe unfortunate lunatic with merciless severity on the voyage from the Mauritius' to London . Mr . Johnson said he came forward on public grounds to charge the captain of the Favourite , of which he ' ( Mr , Johnson ) wai owner , with various acts of cruelty , and he thought ' twas a duty he owed society , and to the' me rchant marine , to expose the tyranny which had been prac tiaed towards a number of British seamen . His ship lef t

      Monday. Lambeth.—Assault On A Servant. —...

      this ' port"in June , 18 rt , "" and nine or ten deaths had occurred , _aoma , of . them under very _^ _traordinary and susp _* . cioua . _citcumstancels ' ana ' nine cWwS ' had been _shippid during a voyage , which -had ' been procrastinated by the acts of the Captain to a most unusual length . The barque Favourite , after being fitted ' out at an _expense of upwards of £ 1 , 500 , left London on tho 19 th of _luiii-, 1844 . under the command of Thomas Malmgrew ; called . at Madeira , where the master ' s bad conduct was first developed ; _orriv , d at Madras on the 13 th of October , 1814 ; proceeded thence to Penang and S'ngapora to land goods shipped on hoard from London , from there to Madras , Arracan , and back again to Singapore ; from that place to Hong Kong , afterward * to Moulmein , Mauritius , St . Helena , and London , where

      she arrived on the 20 th of November . Mr . Johnson went overmany transactions connected with the voyage . At one p lace the captain kept tho ship unemployed for 4 months , . at another pine * he incurred debts to the amount of £ 300 and during his last stay in the Mauritius , he incurred expenses to the amount of £ 1 , 300 , for which the ship was bottomried . Mr . Jo ' . nson also charged the Captain >* ith _vatious other irregularities ; with trading on hia own account , and with staying three dfiys at St . Helena for his owu pleasure . The Captain had _declared that he would keep the ship out as long as she could float , and it was only by a _viise he was prevailed upon to bring the ship home again . Mr . Ballantine said he could have nothing to do with the matters referred to by the owners .

      — -Mr . Johnson _snid , he would enter into a narrative of the Captain ' s cruelty nnd harshness to the crews . The Captain had had nine crews from first to last , and seven chief officers . Only two men who went out in the ship returned with her , and one of them was now insane . — Mr . " . Balleutine wished to confine himself mo e especially to the case of the lunatic mentioned by Mr . Pelham on Thursday . After a long discu-sion . and the hearing of two witnesses who generally confirmed thu _Jtatement made by Mr , Pellmm on Thursday . M . i , Ballantine said , there was no pretence for saying the Captain ' s conduct had driven the second mate to mar * uess . The next question was whether the lunatic had been coerced more than the necessities of the case

      required _. It _mightaeemharsh on * hore t > chuin a lunatio to a post , or to make him fast to a table , as was represented to have beeu done in this case , but thc peculiaritii . s Oi the sea service ought to be considered , The services of every man were required in the navigation ofthe vessel . There was no one on board ship who understood the cure of insaue people , and if a seaman became deranged it might be neceBg . iry to chain him to prevent him throwing himself overboard , injuring his shipmates , or getting at the spirits . He saw _nothing to call for his interference , tut at the same time he must add , tliat Mr . Johnson , the owner , had done what was right and proper , and he wished all shipowners would take as much inter .-. st iu the welfare of their crews as he had done . The parties then retired .

      _MAltLBOBOUGH-STItEET —KOBBEin BT A Seiivant . —Ann lt ' _chards , a servant in the employ of Mr . John Gurton , landlord of tire Red Horse public liou ' _-e , Bond-street , was charged with having stolen at various times a large quantity of property from her master , The complainant said he had suspicion of the prisoner , and on Thursday morning he went up stairs aud found her coming out ef her bedroom with a bottl _; of poit wine in her hand . Th .-prisoner said she had had the wine for some time . Complainant searched her room , and in a drawer he found a stone bottle full of gin , which the prisoner said her uncle had given her . A police constable was sent for , and the prisoner ' s bedroom was thoroughly searched . Between the bed and mattras _" _. w . _, e found six bottles of wine , nine bottles of brandy , three bottles of gin , three bottles and one atone bottle full of rum , one bottle of whiskey , about two pounds weight of cigars , and a quantity of loaf-sugar , all of which complainant bad no doubt was his property . The prisouer declined to say anything , and was committed .

      Diixltii From Starvation. On Wednesday A...

      DiixlTII FROM STARVATION . On Wednesday a protracted investigation ( adjourned from Friday last ) was resumed before Mr . Mills , Deputy Coroner , _respecting the death of Louisa Mandant , aged 33 , a distressed

      needlewoman . Mary Ann Mandant , the sister of thc deceased , was then called in and sworn . . ( Her dreadfully forelorn and emaciated appearance excited the commisscration of ali present . ) She said I resided at 93 , _Cravvlbrd-otreet , with my mother and my deceased sister , who was a needlewoman , but unable to work . I am 36 years of _asje , ( she looked GO ) , and am also a needlewoman , when I can get work to do . My sister tlitd on the , 18 th of November , at eleven o ' clock in the morning . ; I left her in bed that morning with spasms of the stomach , and went to work at some bed furniture , in Salisbury mew- * , and when I came back , Mrs . Bryant , a lodger , said she was dead . My sister has been incapable to do work , and except very little , and my mother and her were wholly dependant on ray earnings , besides balf-a-crown my mother received from the parish . We lived together in the top room , for which we paid 2 s . 3 d . per week , leaving only 3 d . out ofthe half-crown .

      Mr . R . D . Harling examined . I made a postmortem examination of the deceased ' s body thirty hours after death . Externally the body exhibited all the appearances of marked emaciation . The medical gentleman here proceeded to detail his interior examination , and described the intestines as being comidetely shrivelled up for want ol nourishment . lie then observed the stomach was empty , with the exception ofa portion of faeces about the size ofa split pea , This was the only vestige of aolid food found in the whole extent of intestinal organs . The Coroner . —Then , do you say that she died from actual Starvation ? Witness , —Yes , that is'the case . Thc spasmodic contraction was caused from tho absence of food . Dr . M'Intyre was present at the post mortem examination , and entirely agreed with me .

      Mary Mandaut recalled . —Before we came to live in Crawford-street , we lived in Salisbury-street . We were in want of food and clothing at that time . When I first applied to Mr . _Messer for relief at the workhouse , I asked him if he would relieve me , as 1 was out of work , and he said he could not relieve such young people . I then asked him for a loaf of bread , as 1 had nothing to eat or diink , and lie gave me a loaf of bread . I at . the snme _toltl liini iny sister and mother were without fond , and he replied "There was the workhouse , he could do _notliint ; more for us , as my mother was a pensioner on the

      boohs . No one visited us at Crawford-street from the parish . I then went to the workhouse ami j ; ot a loaf of bread every Tuesday for about seven weeks , but no money . On each occasion 1 mentioned that my mother and sister were in want of food , but all the answer I got was , that we mustcome in , although I urged that . 1 wanted a little relief for myself and sister nut , as my mother was not fit to be left by herself . Mr . _Tuekwood once visited us in Seymourplace , and seeing that wc were without food , firing , and clothing , wanted us to go into the house , but I would sooner go mile ? away than do so .

      By the Coroner . —I believe that my deceased sistor has been without sufficient food and clothing for the las : three months . I myself have been so , and people have wondered how we could keep life in us . We have lived chiefly on tea and bread and butter . We have not tasted meat for days and days together —no '• ¦ once a . week . No one has " visited ns from the parish since the last inqe . ost , but we have had _foud given to us by our landlord . The Jury then _retir d , and after an absence of about half an hour returned , nnd the foreman delivered the following as their verdict : — " The Jurors in tlie case of Louisa _M-mdant unanimously agree that her death was caused from the want of the common necessaries of life . That the Jury regret that the office ! - ! -, of the parish of St . Marylebone have not done their duty in scrutinising the necessities of the destitute pour . The Coroner accorded in the observations of the

      Jury , and expressed Ins conviction that the coming winter would render additional caution on the part of parishes , as to the wants of the poor , exceedingly necessary .

      Destitution In The Highlands Of Scotland...

      DESTITUTION IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND . At the quarterly _meetiufj of tho Commission o ! Assembly of thc Free Church of Scotland , on Wednesday last , in Edinburgh , an interesting discussion took place on the destitution at present existing in the Highlands , and on the threatened actual famine which it was to be feared would shortly overtake the _population in these districts , more particularly in the western islands . Mr . Sheriff Spiers said the returns received were chiefly contincd to the Western Islands , with the exception of the island of Lewis , where it appears that its wealthy proprietor has made such provision as to relieve the publie from any apprehensions as to scarcity of food there , —but even deducting the large population of that island , there are still 100 , 000 persons for thc most part at this moment suffering f ' _i' _-. m the _pressure of want , and with the prospect of famine before their eyes .

      Mr . M'Lean , of _Gleearcliy , stated , that the failure of the potatoe crop throughout tlie whole of tlie Long Island has been universal . 1 could name a parish in which this article of human food was cultivated to ihe extent of probably 150 , 000 barrels , and in which 3 , 000 eould not be found at this moment , —a parish containing a population of 8 , 000 , into which not a single peek of meal has as yet been imported . The population of the Long Island may be divided into four classes , viz ., the tacksmen , who hold large possessions ; the small tenants or crofters , who pov a rent of eight to twelve pounds ; the

      cottars , whose burden is chiefly borne by the small tenants ; and lastly , the paupers , who are entitled to parochial relief . The second class now named may probably subsist themselves , and live through to the month of March , but certainly not beyond that period , unless they receive foreign aid . On the last of these two classes mentioned tho hand of want is pressing 1 . severely— -families and-districts might be pointed out where the sea-shore is their chief , almost their only resource—and their having lived through so long is a wonder and a mystery to * their neigh ' bours who are more favourably circumstanced . But for the aid extended bv the class immediately above

      Destitution In The Highlands Of Scotland...

      th m , they could not have lived so long , their own resources being completely exhausted . Only two weeks ago in one ofthe harbours of the Long Island , I -was called upon to administer the ordinance of baptism in the immediate neighbourhood to two infants , immediately thereafter the melanchol y fact transpired , that in one of the families , consistini ? of eight individuals , there was not one morsel of fo . wherewith to satisfy the _hunaer of the inmates . The father of one of these families , as a friend and myself were in the act of stepping on board the yacht , _beseeched me to request the master to give him-a handful of meal to make supper for his starving family . On the morrow , the two families

      were in the same sad predicament . They had neither money nor credit , nor any kind nf property wherewith to provide food for their children ; and even if they had , they would have experienced the utmost difficulty iu procuring any , there not being a grain of meal for sale in the country . I can never forget the joy depicted in the facts of the fathers ol these two families on their receiving an order on one of the millers of the c . untry , accompanied with an earnest request that he would give them the small quantity applied for , should it be in pecks or stones . Instances of this melancholy description might be easily multiplied ; they abound amongst tho elass spoken of , and among the pauper class also in every direction .

      Dr . Aldcorn , of Oban , gave similar evidence as to cases he had seen with Iiis own eyes , of aged and helpless _persons , and of large families , of parents and 3 _'oung children , and these most respectable in character , who had had no food for days together , except small quantities offish , if the weather permitted them to go in search of them , or shell-fish , er . ir . a few instances , a handful or two of barley-meal borrowed from neighbours not much better supplied than themselves—of nursing mothers who had failed to bo able to give nourishment to their infants from the want of it themselves ; we saw in one case a poor sickly baby labouring to drain its natural food from the breast of a mother who had got none

      herself for almost twenty-four hours before , and for many days not a half or a third of what could be necessary in such circumstances ; another case of a mother in an equally destitute condition , striving to support twins of five months old at breasts where there was not a supply for one child . To save themselves and families for a time many of these poor people , indeed almost all of there , had killed a few sheep , tn the number ef two , three , or four , which they were allowed , by the kindness of the small tenants , to graze on the common pasture , and which is their whole stock ; and , iu some instances , they had killed their only milk cow , But very few cf this class have cows at all '

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      FO '"" l ? u ' BTE- ' AcTio ' N \ 1 _X _^' ' _^ i % ' _&^^^^ i _^^^^ ia : " ' INVENTED AND ' _PATENTBD BY . _VILLIAM'IITTLB , 138 , STRAND ,-E 0 ND 0 W , November 12 th , 1846 : . . ., ......

      The Double . Action _Muchi eight . cylinders , and seven 6 l " _' sheets are produced from _eacK _•/ " " - 'l ofthe types . . Of these _eieht . fr _" " _^ six . only havoa merring _,,, ;• - * revolve backwards and forward , **•* of the end cylinders lift anu ' _' ''* _* constantly in one direction in ¦ _* " respect like the _cylind' _^ the present "Fast Machine » V reason why the em ] cvli _,, _" _, _! .., V '" fer from the other six is this '„ 0 if " quence of the" reversing moti _,,,, _> s « cylinders , it is D ! i ( . ess ; J * _, certain interval of lime shou , d T » to adm . t . of the sheet iu work £ _* e ear off before the next sheet _iVl _' _- allowed to enter ; to effect t ! . i 3 | > table mu _« tra , e „ certain diS _^ beyond the extreme vibratl „ * cv ! in _^ advantage is t » ken of this space _? P lace a lifting cylinder , whieh d \ s r , ' . require the . types to pass beyond £ centre , thus giving one sheet more fnt each end of the machine , _amouatin _^ 2 , 8 a 6 during the working of _i n _^ sheets . This will explain how it f that only seven sheets are t , _i-u , i „ ' ! fromei htcyli „ derS leacl , oftl , ee ! cylinders producing only one , _j J whilrt the remaining rix _product tt ' each , from one revolution of th ,. " ,, I or table . c ' _** As above stated , six of the eu . cylinders have a reversing _moti ,, ° _,, two are constant . The _lenj-th t , f ' th ! traverse is eight feet _; _thegprrd hthr , feet per second ; and tlio number « i sheets printed per hour 15 750 . _l

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      Bktn.Vah Gheei * .—A Special Meeting Of ...

      BKTn _. vAh _Gheei * . —A special meeting of the mem _bers of the Whittington and Cat branch of the Land Company , will be held on Sunday evening , November 29 th , at six o ' clock , to recnid their votes for delegates to the ensuing Conference . _

      CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMPANY . Meetings for the purpose ot Balloting for Delegates , to represent the Metropolis and ils suburbs , will be held at the following places : — Westminster , at "the Assembly and Reading Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Sunday evening next , November 29 th , at half-past six o ' clock , precisely . Wheeler ' s List , at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , on Wednesday evening , December the 3 rd , at eight o ' clock precisely . _Camuekwi'll and Walworth , at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , November ihe 30 th , at eit'ht o ' clock .

      Hammersmith , on _Suntbiy niorimijr next , November the 29 th , at the District Office . 2 , Little Vaie Place , _Hammersmith-roiid . at half-past ten o ' clock . Marylebone , at ihe Coach Painters Arms , Circusstreet , on Sunday evening next , November the 29 t ! i , at six o ' clock precisely . ,. Kensington , at the Duke of Sussex , High-street , on Monday evening next November the 30 th , at eight o ' clock _^ The following persons are placed in nomination as Candidates , from whom three will be chosen to represent the metropolitan district : —Messrs . James Grassby , Henry Ross , — Messenger , A . Pettit , James Illingworth , W . _Ilcwiu W . Cuffay , J . Ga . thard , J . Shaw , and J . _Knight . Tower . Hamlets . — - Mr . Ernest Jones will Lecture at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo-town , Bethnal green , on Monday evening , December the 7 th , subject , " Fallacies of the Free Traders . "

      _LiuEiiousK . —The members ot the Chartist Co-operative Land Company in the Limehouse district , are requested to meet on Monday next , Nov . 30 , at the Brunswick Hall , to elect the members for the ensuing Conference . City Petition for the _auoptiox of tiik National Petition . —A Public . Meeting will be held at the City Lecture Theatre , Milton-street , Barbican , ' for the purpose of considering the propriety of adopting the National Petition , on Thursday evening next , the 3 rd of December , at eight o ' clock precisely . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Messrs . Ernest Jones , _G-. J . Harney , S . Kydd , Dr . _M'D . _iuall , J . Knight , and others , will address the meeting . City up'LosnoN . —The members of the Land Company are requested to meet in the Ilall , Tuniaguinlanii ' _, on Sunday eveniiig _, November the 29 th . at six o ' cloek , to elect Delegates to the- ensuing Cont ' erence .

      _Criitlkgate Branch . — 1 he members ot the above _bransh are requested to meet next Sunday evening , November 29 th , at eight o ' clock , to elect three Delegates for the ensuing Land Conference . _WniTKcnArEL . —A lecture will be delivered at the Brass Founders' Anns , Whitechapel , on Sunday next , November ! 29 th , at S o ' clock , by a Friend . Subject—Republicanism and Monarchy . A general meeting of the members of the Brass Founders' Arms Branch of the Chartist Cooperative Land Company , will _tal-e place on Tuesday evening , December 1 st , at _eij . 11 o'clock , * to elect , three delegates to the Land Conference . Dr . M'Douall will lecture at the Hall of _Zethus , Old Pewter Platter Tavern , White Lion Street , Norton Folgate , on Tuesday , December 1 st , at 8 o _' _elnek .

      The Committee for the late benefit at the City of London Theatre , will meet at tlie Volunteer , Limehouse , on Sunday , November 29 th , at 0 o ' clock in the

      evening . Tim _Vmbiiass * Obphass' and Victim ' s Commit ?! - !* will meet at . the Land Office , S 3 , Dean-street , Soho , on Wednesday evening next at eight o ' clock . The _La"S"d ' a . _* -vj the Charter .. —Mr . John SkeHon will lecture on the above subject at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , Marylebone , on Sunday evening next , N _> . v . 29 th , at 8 o'clock . Central Registration _Commitiue . — The next meeting of this body will take place at S 3 , Deanstreet , Soho , on Tuesday evening next , December 1 st , at 8 o ' clock . _MuTiiopoLiiAN Committee . —This body will meet at the same time and place .

      Harmonic Meetings . —These meetings will be continued on Saturday evening , Nov . 23 th , and December 5 th at the Assembly Rooms , S 3 , Deanatreet _, Soho . On Monday , Nov . 30 i , h a Grand Harmonic Concert will be held for the benefit of the '• Whitehorn family , " to commence at half-past eight . _ . - •' .. ' On Tuesday , Ded 8 th , an evenings Dramatic Entertainment will be given , under the patronage of T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., at the Royal Mavvlebone Theatre , in aid ofvthe funds of the Assembly and Reading Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho . Tickets obtained at the Rooms , and of places of meeting ol ; the Chartist Trades , or Land _Company bodies in the

      Bktn.Vah Gheei * .—A Special Meeting Of ...

      Metropolis . Mr Pavey will lecture on the _tragej _. ol Macbeth , on Tuesday evening next , December f at ei ght o clock , .-, —J North London District of ' the Chartist J 4 _JJ Company . —The members will meet to ballot lor t _\ m delegates to the ensuing Conference , at the _Fitisbun Mechanic Institute , Frederick-place , GoswellW on Tuesday evening next , December 1 , ' Chartist Reading and Assembly Rooms ¦ - * . •} Dean Street , S 0 .. 0 . —Dr . MD ' ouall will deliver a public lecture , on Sunday evening next , November 20 th , at half-past seven o ' clock nrcci-jcly , _subiert" The Small Farm System in France . " J Ct _ThisEastern _Philanthropic Emergency Societv held at Mr . Drake ' s , the Standard of Liberty Brick " lane , __ _Spitalfields , will hold its general monthly _meeting on _Wednesday evening next . December *> nd at nine o clock . '

      Somers Town . —A meeting will be held on Mon day evening , at eight o ' clock , to elect delegates . Whitechapel . —Mr . Ernest Jones will aceei . t tha _challenge to discuss the Right of the People to the Franchise , as defined in the People ' s Charter , at tha Social Hall , Whitechapel , on Saturday erenitjv net-Dec oth at 8 o ' clock . ' * Soum London Chartist Hall . —Tlie Committe for the management of the above Hall meet every Tuesday evening at nine o ' clock . The ballot for Delegates to the next Conference , will take place at the above Hall , on Sunday euening next , the 29 th inst ., commencing at six and closing at eight o ' clock . Mr . Ernest Jones will deliver a * Lecture - > n the ? ame evening ; at eight o ' clock precisely , subject" The first curse of'humanity . "

      __ Bradford . —The members of the Chartist Association will meet in their room , _Butterworths Buildings , on Sunday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon . A _leciurg will be delivered on Sunday at 6 o ' clock in the evening . The Chartists ot Daisy-hill , on Sunday morn _, ing at 10 o ' clock . The Chartists of _Manniiiglianj will meet in their room , at 10 o ' clock , to _cleet a District Councilman .

      Tower Hamlets' Sewers Commission.—On Tue...

      Tower Hamlets' Sewers Commission . —On _Tues day a meeting of _inhabitan's and owners of property was held in _thecommittee-room , parish-linuse , ilack . ney , to devise measures for reforming tiie extravagant system of expenditure adopted by the Coinmiir _sion , and lor preventing the enforcement ofa rate of 9 d , now in course of collection . T . Sadler , Esq .., on takingthe chair , said he scarcely regretted that the irresponsibledoingsof thealniostdefunct Conin : is « ion had again aroused the parish to a sense of th-.- _yrosa injustice perpetrated under the mask of sewer * - ' rate , The parish had adequate sewerage facilities in its own bronk level , and was but little benefitted by tha Commission , who yet taxed the inhabitants hi tlie same ratio as districts with imperfect drainage , and where the Commission had expended large _**" . ir . 3 of money . Ultimately a motion for a requisition to the Church wardens to convene a public meeting was agreed to .

      The Parish of St . Pancras . —On Tuesday ata very numerously attended meeting t > f ibe B : > nrd oi Directors and Guardians oftlie Poor of the parish o { St . Pancras , alter the disposal of some general cou * tine business , the question was submitted to the consideration of the Board , relative to the paj meat , bv Government , of all medical officers , school-masters , and _school-mistresse . _"* , of unions and parish _werkhouses , out of the Consolidated Funds ! A letter from the Poor-Law Commissioners was read , requesting the Board to report the salaries of the medicaloth ' _cers , & c . if it wished those officers to be paid by

      Government- A gentleman present informed the Board , that the parish of Marylebone had already the subject under their ' consideration . They were oi opinion that it only applied to agricultural parUhe _* . ; and moreover , if they consented to accept _thepioli ' ored sum from the Government , they would virtually resian their controul over their own oflitm Mr * Douglas said that was pre cicely his view of ( lie matter , and at once moved to appoint a _CDiimiittte , and that the clerk be instructed to write to the other metropolitan parishes under the Local Acts , to learn what course they have adopted .

      Reduction- of the Ddty upon Tea . —A numerous and influential meeting of merchants , brokers , un ** porters , and others , was held . in Liverpool uu Wei ' ne .-day , to consider the best measures to Le adopted for a speedy and considerable reduction of the excessive duty now levied upon tea . The _Mayiir was in the chair , and the _mectiuc was addressed by Mr , W , Brown , M . P ., Mr . Thorneby , M . P ., Messrs . Moore , Hornby , Hodgson , Heywmtu , Blackburne , Ilorsfall _, and others . Re . *> olution ' s and a memorial were _agreed to , and a deputation appointed to present it 10 the f'nvprnmpnt .

      Death of a CEL *; nR . v . EP Spanish Refvgee , —Died yesterday , _suddenly , at his residence , 07 , Scyniourstreet _, the Canon Rieoo , brother of the celebrated ; md ill-fated General Riego . The Canon Rieoo having lived for many years in this country , wm knoivn in a considerable circle , by whom he was much respected and beloved . His literary attainments _wK varied and extensive , and he possessed in an eminent _de--ree the iine Spanish character , combined with a _i _' . *\ re _ and captivating simplicity , and a generous enthusiasm , which in advanced years lost nothing of its youthful freshness . His death , which in suppose * to Jinve been _cauaed by disease of the heart , will 1 * deeply regretted .

      Accident on the South-Eastern Railway . —0 a Wednesday evening , between the hours of nine and ten , an __ accident of . 1 most remarkable character , but which was fortunately unattended with los' ol life , took place on the South-Eastern Railway , between the New _Cross station and the Londonbridge te ; minus . It appears that at the time _befol'fl stated the servants of the company were alarmed at seeing an engine and tender proceeding up the line , at a mo-t furious speed , and as no whistle w _** sounded , they became apprehensive __ that something had happened to the driver of what they

      believed to be the train from Brighton to Dover . " _- signal of danger , was exhibited , but there being "J one on the engine to _ahut off the steam , It il . ; s ] it _*« * a furious rate _against the breaks at the end of tfle station , and smashed the springs , while the _engine and tender were completely destroyed . The ' slioc * was so great that a portion of the wall of the parcels office was knocked down , the gas extinguished , _•* J one of the horse boxes nearly destroyed . Several persons who stood on the platform had _" narrow escape of losing their lives from the burn * ing coke _^ and hot water , which were scatUf * " _- on all sides . As soon as the smoke aud 01136

      had cleared away , the engine and tender were seen _dmib _' ed up , aud reduced to a . _mia-shapeii mass , w _9 head of the tender being lifted up and forced " ™ the stone work or windows ' of the station . IVorV men were employed to clear the wreck ; but towi'j _*> to the great ' weight , it was expected that it COIN . '' not , be effected for several hours . Tho _eniihi _* - * _^ appears , started from JS _' ew Cross ; but how iaestenn 1 was turned 011 , has not bean ascertained . We may here add that an accident of a i _^ f , nature occurred on Wednesday morning « i t " *?' ' way to a poor aged fellow , named Gait , employe * _i . •» % " labourer between the Annerley aad s _* , _L-. stations . He was ' _tA work on the liu . fr when the _»» atmospheric train came up , which- kiiocken 1 down , and so dreadfully fractu . ed one of his loss **• _* his life i _* in the _gveate _- . t daiffior . _

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 28, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28111846/page/8/