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      Phillip's Patbot Fire-Ankihieatok.—An In...

      THE PAPAL _HIERARCHY IN ENGLAND . The excitement : upon this question appears to be gradually suby / _iing . Fever meetings are being held , and thclaogaage delivered breathes a more rational and liberal spirit than that addressed to previous meetings . - At tho . ; Surrey County meeting , Sir Edward _Bagden _* delivered what may be considered his legal opinion . He appears to have discovered that although the law connives at free communication

      with-Rome by the Papal Church in this country , the offence of p nmtdgating the Pope ' s bull within the four seas is punishable . Tha mischief is , that the same statute which denounces the offence is shorn of all its penal clauses—so th at although the crime is punishable , law does not declare what the punishment shall be . Omitting tho legal p hraseology-of the lawyer , we direct the attention of our renders to the following liberal and patriotic letter -of Mr . SharmaH Crawford , to Mr , Thomas Liresey , of Rocfriale , for the consideration of his _constituents : —

      "Dear Sib , —As you _acquaint mc that some of my constituents wish tc ba informed of my views on the subject so deeply agitating the minds of the people of England , I _w-iBlng comply with the desire you express . . . - " It is said that the iPope , in hislato appointment ofa hierarchy in England , has assumed a pretension of suprema cy ever the realm , inconsistent with tbe spiritual independence of the nation . 1 freely admit that the wording of the document , which proclaimed this new _establishment , is liable to the charge of assuming to ignore every other religion and religious establishment , as the mere offspring of infidelity . _Se far I concur in the honest expression of indignant rebuke of the arrogant declaration

      of ecclesiastical exclusiveness , which this wording conveys , and which 1 may say is the general character of all ecclesiastical documents emanating from the see-of Rome . But if the hierarchy appointed by the Pope s authority , be considered as limited to the duties appertaining to the Catholic community , I know no reason why that-religious body should not have bishops , if they , chooso that mode of church government . I know no reason why those bishops should not style themselves by tbe name of the district for which they are appointed to act , as the Roman Catholic bishops of that district . To deny to the Roman Catholics in England the claim to have bishops for their church , would be a violation of religious liberty , and

      directly contrary to the manner of treatment adopted towards that community in all other portions of tbe British dominions . But it is said the Tope assumed powers _beywid this . If he does so , what is the value of such assumption ? I assert that no papal power can be established over the realm of England ; no fetters can be placed on the minds of the English Protestants ; no power on earth can bind on them an ecclesiastical domination , if they do not yield themselves the willing subjects of religious despotism , by departing from the true princip les of religious liberty . .. ' . ' It is said , also , this proceeding of _thelPope is an invasion of the Queen ' s supremacy , and -thus ' loyal feelings of the people are called fourth to

      declare their affectionate attachment to the . rule ofi their sovereign . But this power , called the Queen ' s ; supremacy , is not truly the supremacy ofthe Queen . < It is the power of the State , civil and spiritual , over the religion of the people . The Queen , in ecclesiastical as well as political affairs , must be guided by her council and the enactments of her parliament . This supremacy of the State was established when all the people of England were supposed to be of one religion , and those who held power in the government were compelled to declare themselves of that same relig ion ; but since the test laws against the admission of Dissenters , arid the penal laws against Roman Catholics , have been repealed , both the Parliament and the Council may be mixed

      bodies of every religions denomination . I ask , then , can . a church pretend to possess even a fragment of security for religious liberty , which is subject to be ruled by state authorities constituted as I have described ? ' [ Whilst I protest against any acknowledgment of the authority of the Pope over the people of these realms , unless as regards the voluntary submission ofthe Catholic community to his ecclesiastical rule , I protest also against a continuance of that power which tbe laws of England place in the hands of the State government over the doctrines and ordinances of the Church , and I call for their repeal . But it will be said ( and , I admit , truly } , a

      church supported by State funds ought to submit to State government . I cannot rebut this pica . I therefore claim the total extinction of this system . J . would desire to see the Church freed from State support and State domination . I would desire to see every man in these realms in a position to give free homage to his Creator in the manner his conscience directs—subject , as regards these matters , to no power of control , civil or ecclesiastical , to which he does not voluntarily submit , and subject , to no claim to . pay , in any form , for the ministry or ordinances of any church with which he is not joined in communion .

      " 1 should further remark that it cannot be denied that the Prayer-book and ordinances of the _Established Church retain many remnants of Popish doctrines and Popish ceremonies . If we desire to rescue our Church from an affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church , why should not these blemishes be extracted , and the doctrines and rules of our Church made conformable to the true principles of Protestantism ? " I would say , then , to all sincere Protestants , — If you fear the aggressions of Popery , meet them by the purification of your own Church ; make provision , by your own donations , for your clergy ; abstract them from the contamination of

      Statepay ; and release the faith , ordinances , and patronage of your Church from all the evils and anomalies of State-rule . Let no penal or restrictive laws be enacted against any reli gious denomination , but make yourselves strong on the solid rock of reli g'Ons liberty . Then you will be in the true Protestant position of taking the Scriptures as the sole rule of faith and conduct , casting aside all the dogmas of fallible mortals , and rejecting all human supremacy over the consciences of men . "I hopo my 'constituents will feel that the opinions which I have now expressed are ia perfect consistency with those I declared when the electors of Rochdale first did me the honour of electing me as their representative . By these principles I have been guided in my past parliamentary course , and by tbe same principles I shall be ruled in treating any proposition which may be made in Parliament on the subject ofthe present agitation . ' I _wil consent , to no laws restrictive of what I consider

      the just and equal rights of every religious community ; arid I will not be a party to " any attempt , if such be made , to divert the minds of the people from the united pursuit of measures of substantial utility and reform , by exciting their passions on the fanatic intolerance of religions contention . -. " ' "lam , dear sir , yours faithfully , "WlT _. T . TAV SlURMAN CRAWFORD . " Crawfordsburn _, December , 14 , 1850 . " .

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      Christmas Is Ihb Frozen Regions.—In; 180...

      Christmas is ihb Frozen Regions . —In ; _180 , I , who am at home to write this , kept Christmasiday with the South Polar expedition , consisting of ; the " Erebus" and " Terror , " and their crews . -. In 1830 , some commemoration of Crhistmas may , { perhaps , take place in the Frozen Regions—Heaven I grant it ! It is not beyond hope!—and beheld by I the later crews ofthe same ships ; for they are the very same that have so long been missing , arid tbat lire painfully connected in the public mind with iFranklin ' s name . The Christmas day of 1841 " was i ushered in by one of those dense fogs bo peculiar , to i eery high latitudes . The two ships , beset in the . I heavy pack , or vast belt of ice , drifting on . the confines ofthe Antartic-pole , alone broke the still ,- .

      leep solitude of the wide scene of desolation . We i managed to reserve for our _Ghristmas . dinner . the [ _OBual old English fare , roast beef , wich . roast ' gopse , [ Followed hythe homely never to . be forgotten | alum pudding . Oar ox and goose , it must be eon _Ifessed , were . not of English growth . They'had never seen the old country , but drew their first ! breath on the fern-clad plateau of the Waimate _,-tiear the Bay of Islands , in New Zealand . Wo had _brought them thence , that they might be offered up n sacrifice to Christmas on the ice-girt sea of the ' antarctic Circle :- After divine service had-been : _jerformed _, we hoped for few other signs ' of the day ; : jut all the amusements contemplated for the [ Christmas evening were reserved , not resigned . On ! Jew New Year ' s Day we crossed the Antartic Circle , _ust 250 miles from the margin of the pack , . which _iivas drifting with us from the southward . _^ . Both uhips were made fast with ice anchors and Hawsers

      ; a a flow piece which formed a fender between them , itdmitting of free communication . . On this piece of ; ce both ships' companies were' actively employed i _jn the lstday of the year , making preparation for ' « seeing the old year out and the new one in . " A I madraugular space was hewn out in the ice for a I lance , having in the . centre an elevated chair , : arved out of the same substance . Adjacent to this : _srystal ball-room , another excavated square formed ; the refreshment-room , having a fa ' _bkV in the midst , !» lso cutout of'a block of _ice , on which glasses , : with bottles of wine and grog , were placed-as re-! Freshmerit for the dancers . z This edifice of ice , all _; open as it was to the sky , sad . entered b yueseend i ing a flig ht of steps cut in . the ice , received the ap-[ pellatioa of _M . Antaitic Hotel , " and bore on * a si gn-I board , fixed to a pole , the words , " Pilgrim ? of the I Ocean , " and en the _reversal Pioneers of Science . " . _• Christmas number of Jlousehcld Words .

      Tusks _, and CmtDRES . —In . the Canton of-Basle , iin Switzerland , _thereJs a law which compels every I newly-married couple-Jo plant six trees jmmediat ; ely i Efter the ce ' reraony , " and two * more on the birth-. of t _everyTcbild . Tbey are p lanted-on the common ?; I _freq-iently near tbe high road - . ' . and . a . great part of 1 them being fruit trees are at once both useful ' end i ornamental .

      St. Alban'selection. - . .. J St Aibis's...

      ST . _ALBAN'SELECTION . - . .. j St _AiBis _' _s / ' _fio _^^ _f-PPg _' _^ oa of the ' candidates for the vacant seat in _parliament occasioned ' bv the death of Mr . Raphael , tbe late member took p lace . on that day . " The candidates were escorted to the hustings by their respective friends , and at eleven o ' clock the ' proceedings were opened by Mr . Blegg , the town clerk , reading the writ and the other formal documents . Mr . T . Kinder , proposed , and Mr . T . Bowman seconded , the nomination of Mr . Jacob Bell . Mr . J . Scarancke proposed , and Mr . J . Bennett ' seconded , the nomination of Mr . Alderman and Sheriff Carden . The candidates then addressed the electors . Mr . Bell professed to bo a Liberal Whig , and Alderman Carden a Liberal Tory . At the conclusion a show of hands was taken , which was declared to be in favour of Alderman Carden , and a poll was domanded on behalf of Mr . Bell .

      THE roix . Tho polling commenced at eight o clock oh Tuesday , and progressed very languidly , the greater number of tlie ' electors keeping back , apparently in expectation of some satisfactory determination of the r doubts . When four o ' clock arrived , tho Mayor declared the state of the poll as follows : Bell 276 Carden ... ... 147 Majority for Mr . Bell ... 129 The announcement was received with loud cheers bthe friends of the successful : candidate . Mr .

      y Bell stood forward to address the electors , but the uproar was so great that not a word he said could be heard , and at length he merely said that he thanked the electors for the honour they had done him in electing him . their representative , and desisted from any further attempt to make a spe ' ech . Mr . Carden was received also with a good deal of noise and interruption . A vote of thanks was then proposed to tho Mayor by Mr . Carden for his very impartial conduct during the election ; and that officer having returned thanks , the proceedings terminated .

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      The Colosseum. This Magnificent Establis...

      THE COLOSSEUM . This magnificent establishment , whose varied attractions have made it for many years past one of the favourite places of resort for strangers , has recently undergone some repairs and restorations prior to its re-opening to the public for the holidays . The general character of the amusements is as before . There are the splendid conservatories , the galleries of sculpture , the ascending room , the aviary , the picturesque views and water-falls , the out-of-doors promenade , and all the minor attractions of the place , so familiar to the visitors , and which form so agreeable an addition to that grand feature of the exhibition , the stupendous panoramas . It was for the display of such pictures that

      the Colosseum was originally designed and erected by Mr . Horner , whose magnificent panorama of London , the first and the greatest thing of the kind ever attempted , so long formed one of the marvels of the metropolis it represented . Then came the panorama of Paris , scarcely inferior to the first' in point of interest , and as an artistic work in many respects more remarkable . The proprietors have now added another panorama , and there was , on Monday evening , a private view of this work , prior to its being thrown open to the public on tbe great annual festival of holiday-makers and London sightseers . This new panorama represents the Lake of Thun _, in the Bernese-bberland , about seventeen miles from Berne . The painting covers the whole

      space formerly occupied by the Panorama of London and Paris , so that there is ample field for tbe display of the wonders of mountain , ravine , and lake , in all their native grandeur . . The view is taken , from a good point of view to the northward of the town of Thun . The town itself is seen beneath ,, with its quaint old buildings , and picturesque cottages are scattered hero and there throughout the landscape .- The Lake of Thun , "dotted with tbe boats ofthe peasantry , and traversed by the traffic steamers , of course , forms a conspicuous object in the panorama ; and the scene is walled in , as it were , from side to side , by

      magnificent mountains , towering in the distance , till their undefined outlines lose themselves in the clouds and mist . The view embraces some of the objects most familiar to travellers , such as Westerhorn , Finster Aarhoru , the Jiingfrau , Interlachen , and so forth . The panorama is painted in " ternpera , " by whioh the artists ( Damon and Son ) gain the advantage of having their picture as well seen by artificial as by natural light , though they lose somewhat in the vividness and contrast of colour . We have no doubt that this panorama will not only fina many visitors at the Christmas season , but also prove a permanent attraction .

      Wages Of Agbicuwurai Labourers. — A Corr...

      Wages of Agbicuwurai Labourers . — A correspondent of the Bucks Chronicle says : — " A universal complaint is spread throughout the whole of this parish (* * Yendover ) , arising from the oppression of tbe farmers in reducing the wages of farm labourers to 7 s . per week , being equally as low as they were when wheat was ' selling at full 5 s . per quarter lower than at the present time . The labourer then gave 4 d . for the 41 b . loaf f now he gives 5 Jd . for the same . Suppose the labourer has a wife and two children to support—and it is evident that the children can earn nothing , and when the wife has seen to the family her time is all taken up so that she has no advantage of the plait or lace

      market—out of the 7 s . per week we must deduct Is . 6 d . for rent , Is . for fuel , and 6 d . for soap , thus reducing the sum to 4 s . per week , being just Is . per head for food per week , which barely supplies _lj'b . of bread a day , without anything to eat with it . Now , I would appeal " to any farmer in the pirish , and ask" if this is the way to improve the labouring classes ? Or , do tbey think that labour can be performed properl y with this p ittance 1 and if it could , would it not be the means of bringing universal sickness throughout the parish , and thereby raise the poor-rates so high tbat it might embarrass the parish ? It was ' generally admitted , by good authority , that the low'diet of the . poor people brought , ou much sickness . " In 1816 the bread was at such a high price that the poor could not get a sufficiency to eat ; and had these prices

      continued much longer the number of paupers would have so much increased that the farmers would have had as much to pay for poor rates as they obtained above the average price for , their wheat . Again , I would ask ' the farmers whether they have begun at the right p lace in reducing the wages of the labourer ? Many of the farmers employ only two labourers ; so that the saving is about 2 s . per week ; " Is " riot the old adage carried but here—• The weakest go to the wall ? '" Are there not many other sources to which the farmers mig ht apply . first with greater economy ? . Would riot a better" system of husbandry than that which is now used increase the amount of-labour—keeping more stock ; laying _' aside hunting and sporting , which only ten ' ds 4 ' o -impoverish the . country as well themselves—Better remunerate the farmers ? I must

      conclude with the remark , that the farmers have come to the bregent conclusion without considering what _they-were aboutj and thereby began in tho wrong _placed' . "The editor adds—"' In allusion to the reduction of wageS by the farmers ; we may mention that at the last county court at Hungerford , before Mr . J . B . Parry , 'Q . C ., on the" 1 . 2 th inst ., it was proved that . in the adjoining parishes the wages of labourers had been reduced to . _Bs _^ This cre ated considerable surprise in the court ; ' arid in one * case the learned judge refused to make any- order far present payment _bySaV , farm labourer , stating'that it must tie _imprissiuie _^ out ' of such a sum / after deducting house rent _. forhimto pay anything towards old debts , and made an order for the payment of 5 s . per quarter—the first payment to commence at March next . " * _- - - '¦

      . The" _NoTTrsoHAMBHiBE Fabmebb . —A ' society formed of the farmers of _NottingbamBhire ' have published ' an address , signed by l , 200 " practicarmenj " in which they enter into a statement of their ' reason for uniting . Oh the occasion of * -Mr ? Bromley ' s re- - _sigua ' tion of the seat " for ' . South _*^ Nottinghamshire " _^ they . p ' utforward Mr . " Barrow , ' afcandidate qftfidir " own , in opposition " to Lord'Newarkv _thVnoniinee'b' the " landlords . "I . "We complain' *) _they-jsay _^ _V that ? we have neither free trade nbr . prdte cti 6 _n----we are " hampered with high " reiit ' s , 'hi <> h '" taxes , * direct and indirect , " which increase the price bY , _^ lab * t > ur and of every article ' of consumption , ajfd broadly ! _sfete " , the impossibility " of long ., contending _^ " against ; the

      foreigner , who has greatly . 'the * advantage of its in all these respects . " It is a question _whicljLthe result alone can settle . " _JtHs said tihat the aristocracy of the couiity . are _' c _' ombihg to crush' this attempt at independerice _^ oh . _theparfoftfhe occupiers by forcing them , -under penalty , of ejectment from their farms , to vote'for the " _aristbcratical candidate . The friends of troth parties _ are seek ingtq bring about a compromise . _\ It is suggested 'tba ' t-if Mr . Barrow " , be returned for South . Nottinghamshire " without further opposition , * Lord' Newark will be considered" as ' entitled" to 'the . ' vaoant seat iri North Notts , to be created by the retirement of Mr . Houldsworth . /•" - - ~ .

      _: Improvement at tiie . General Posr-OFPiCB . — Workmen _« ro busily engaged in a very , extensive improvement at the General Post-office , in St . Martih ' s- . le-Grand , the yard from the grand portioo to the . north entrance having been excavated ! for ! the . purpose of forming a range of . workshops ( carpenters , plumbers , Ac ., ) underground . " ' -The roof will be of gla ' ss and externally there . will be . no alteration , in the appearance of the edifice . ' " The improvement has . been deemed : necessary in . consequence of . . _tno . -rast accumulation of _^ pa pers iri the . vaults , ' in Somei _; of % which _( were tho-workshops . " -The * new fqundation _^ jUbe carried out-as far as the outer railings m St . _^ Martin ' s-le-grand , ahd it is contemplated td continue tho _Vofks on the south ' sidetowards Cheapside . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ _¦; ¦ " - _^

      The Following Appeared In Our Second Edi...

      The following appeared in our second edition of last week :--- ; .: " .... _' ¦ . ' . ' . ' . ' , -V ' " ! . _"J- v " .- V" -. "' ' :.

      THE WEAVERS ' ' _SiRtEE AT ; ' BIN . GLEY . / Many of the readers of the Northern Star will be aware that the _weavers in the emptoytnent of Messrs . Jones , Sharp , * : and Sons , of ' Albion and Prospect Mills , _Binglev , ( amounting to 250 ) , struck work on Wednesday , the 30 th of October , in consequence of their employers wanting them to attend to two looms in place of one ; and further reducing theirwagesfromfivepenceto twopence per . piece . After-a protracted struggle of nearly seven weeks ,

      the employers have at length yielded to the demands of the operatives . Many public meetings have been held during the interval , two or three at the request of Messrs . Sharp , to see if they could not compromise the matter with the operatives * however , on Monday forenoon , December 15 , when the operatives had assembled in the Odd Fellows Hall , to receive , their wages from the committee who had managed the strike , _Messrs . A . and W . Sharp attended , and tried to induce the operatives to resume their work , by granting a portion of their demands .

      Mr . James Leach was appointed to take the chair , and he requested the operatives not to . come to any hasty decision , nor to be content vvith a half victory when a complete one was just within their grasp . . ¦ * ¦ After a stormy discussion , Messrs . Sharp at last stated , they were willing to grant all that the operatives wanted , but added , " we would have seen yeuin the moon before we gave it , if you had not compelled us . " . Accordingly the operatives who had not already got work elsewhere , went to their old places on Monday afternoon . As there was £ 22 in the hands of the committee , and as Mr . W _; Anderton , and other large manufacturers , had given notice of a reduction , a public meeting was held in the Odd

      Fellows Hall , on Tuesday evening , to consider what was to be done with the surplus money , and what course was to be pursued with respect to Mr . Anderton . The room , which is a very large one , was crowded in every part . Mr . John Green was called to the chair , and made a short introductory speech , congratulatirig the operatives on the victory they had gained . Mr . E . B . Wildman . moved the first resolution , thanking the clergy , gentry ,-and shopkeepers , for the liberal support they- had g ives , in the past struggle . Mr . JonN Robinson seconded it . The resolution _waB supported by Mr . Thomas Holt , in an able speech . He understood some of the manufacturers were going to _disoharge all their male weavers ; if they did so , and the women were united , the women themselves , would be too strong for them . Married women had no business to be at

      the mill at all , and he doubted not but tbat they could find better work for the single ones , at home . They must trust to _themselvea . and help themselves . Tbe clergy , < tc , of the neighbourhood bad supp orted them , but they must now , when they had the chance , make such provisions that when another struggle came they could altogether support themselves . The . working classes were too apt to desert their leaders , but he hoped that if any of the leaders of this strike were persecuted , their fellows would manfully support them .

      Mr . John Smith moved the second resolution , thanking the working classes for their generous support . He said the subscriptions from different parts ofthe country had rapidl y increased since the commencement . The subscriptions in the last week were more than any they had had . before . He felt confident that the country was at last awakened to a consciousness of its duties , and determined to nobly assist those who demanded their just remuneration for their labour . Mr . Wm . Emmott seconded the resolution . Several of Mr . Anderton ' s weavers then gave an account of an interview they had with him concerning his proposed reduction . , Short addresses were delivered by Mr . John Robinson and Mr . Joseph Wood .

      A deputation , consisting ofthe Chairman and Mr . John Smith , was ordered to wait upon Mr . Anderton again . .. ¦ ... ' The £ 22 remaining in the hands of the Committee was ordered to be used in establishing a local union , and in assisting in Mr . Anderton ' s weavers , should a strike be necessary . After votes of thanks to the Chairman and the Committee , the meeting separated .

      Charge Of Cruelty Against Mr. Sloane , T...

      CHARGE OF CRUELTY AGAINST Mr . SLOANE , THE SPECIAL PLEADER . At the Guildhall Police Court , on Friday , Mr . G . Sloane , again appeared ! before Mr ' Alderman Humphrey , to answer the charge of cruelly ill-using his servant girl , Jane \ Willbred . Mrs . Sloane was not present , her friends having advised her to meet the cbarge at ' the Old Bailey . ¦ _;/ Jane Wilbred , was then called in , arid appeared a little b 6 tter . She said—Mr . Sloane b ' eat me at various time # for wearing my shift sleeves on my shoulders . Mrs . Sloane beat me for the same thing . There was meat always cooked ori Sunday , but I had none of-it . When my mistress could not make me eat my own dirt my master beat .-me ' until he made me to _do'it . ' ( Sensation . ) There was . no water clo ' _set'or privy in'the . chambers . Mrs . Sloane and the yourig lady-made use of the chamber pot ;

      I also made use of the pot . I was not allowed to use it more than" once a day . If I used _itfat night Mrs . Sloane ' said she would make me eat ; it , " and tried to do so . " They put the dirt on a turnip and forced it-down my-throat on an iron spoon ; My master _^ as presen t " - - Sometimes I dirtied about the place when-I co _^ ld « npt get at the pot ih the day time . ' _M' . _^ SIoa _^ e _^ was present wheh Mrs ' Sloane attempted-to put-. it "in my mouth / but not ' when she first _; did : so ? Mr . Sloane stood behind ni ' e , and-he '; beat me at that tithe with " a shoe on my back , because I would not take it . ( A shudder ran through the ' auditors during the recital of these filthy and horrible details . ) It only happened once that Mr . Sloane beat me for that reason . Mrs ; Sloane was present when Mr . Sloane beat me . Miss Duvaux , the young lady , was also present * at the time when my dirt was forced into my mouth with the spoon , -- . ,.

      Miss Duvaux not bemg present tho case was adjourned for a week , and Sloane was liberated on giving two ' sureties of £ 250 each , ' , and _himselfi ' in £ 500 , tbat he will ' attend again on Friday next . ' On leaving the court , Sloane was pursued by a mob , and pelted with mud ; until ' a'policeman met him , : who'hurried him into A _^ _nuWfl _& _'house ' , and afterwards' put him into a cab . Od arriving at the Temple , another mob was waiting for him ,, when finding hi 3 only safety in flight , . Sloane ' ordered' the cab to be driven ; across Waterloo Bridge / rahd he ultimately found shelter at tho railway station , ¦ ¦ ' - ' - ' ' ¦ _i-i - ¦ ¦ _:. ' ¦¦ j . -i -r ¦

      Strike of , . _Mechanics at Leeds . —The whole of the workmen ( nearly 1 , 100 in" number ) in tho employment of Messrs , E , B . Wilson and Co ,, . ofthe Leeds Railway Foundry ,. are out ori-strike . The hands turned out on Monday j riorning last , . on a question , as we are inforirie ' d , ai'i 8 lng . 6 ut df _^ _fljerdiscbarge of the smith ' s foremanj _^ _ndJ _| _bmJaV : feel in g of general _diseatisfactiori at ; tl j ' Br .: _cohduQf . v : of the manager . The workmen up td _yesterday ( Friday ) had not . resumed their employment . " . * : ' - " Encounter with . BuROLARs .-f-. Ori Thursday morning two polioe officers , having been apprised of an intended burglary , were _' place ' d in the . vicinity of Lewisham and Blackheath , when they _^ perceived four men coming in a light chaise cart . . The officers challenged the' parties to' surrender , and

      stopped the horse , on which two of the ' men presented pistols ' at the . officers , whoi not being adequately arined , were obliged to allow the thieves to escape , but' kept possession of the cart , . which contained'housebreaking implements _^ It is said that the thieves form part of what is" termed the' Surrey gang . ' . .. " \ . ' ' ; .. ; ''' ¦ ' The Plate , _Robbert _. In the Strand .. — ¦ At the Central Criminal , Court on Friday , C . . Clinton , D . J . Shaw , J . Badcock , J . Gardner ,, and G . Buncher , were tried for the , burglary , and Mary'Aririe Bun cher _. _' arid Mary "Arine . Chererieau were indioted for h arbouring the prisoners . ' Clinton pleaded guilty . / rKe ' evjdence ( which has" alread appeared in our ; cj >) _umnsXhavir ig been ; given , the prisoners were acdhitteh , _, with _' , thf . exception of the boy Clinton , wH _^ ' * jas sente ffc ed to * be transported for twenty

      years : ; , " _-,.. ¦ ; . . Un _* _mk _& al' Crime . —George Goddard , aged 09 , arid _Thomas Whittaker , aged 18 , . were indioted at the Y . _ojrk _ABsSjS ' Kfor that tbey , oil tho 19 th Of November last , at Huddersfield , did feloniously and wickedly perpetrate a detestable crime _^ , _TJie evidence was of the most " conclusive kind , ahd _thiTjury at once returned a' verdict of Guilty . His lordship put on tho black cap and sentenced both prisoners to death , and said that he could hold out no hope to them of mercy in this . world . ' / '

      . Colonial Appointments . —Sir John Atholl Bahnatyne Murray Macgregbr is appointed President arid Senior . ; Member . of-Council ! at ; the . Virgin Islands ;• Mr . Phillip E . _Wodehouso , for some ! years employed in the Civil Service at . Ceylon , District Judge . and Memborof Council ih ' . " tnat island ! will succeed Major Fancou ' rt as Superintendent at ' Honduras ; Mr * J . V .-Drysdale ! is appointed Colonial Secretary for St , Lucia ; Mr . _Robei't " G . Maohligh is appointed--Treasurer at St . Lucia ;! Mr , W . ' G , _Alves isapppinted a Member of -the Council at St ' Vincent ; Mr .: ; R _. . Qordon is appointed a Member of the Council at -Tobago . —Observer _^ ' . _" .. v . ' Rbadino _; Gaol is sofull . that the " visiting , justices havo issued directions to , , tho clerks ' " of , the several petty sessional divisions . throughout the 6 o " untv that all prisoners for , trial aro _, to ho committed to Abingdon Gaol . „_ . . __„ ;¦ ¦ "" - - ¦•**

      The , Right Hon . Dr . _Lushinoton , Mr . Falconer , an , _-, Dr ; _I" ? V _{ ? . 's Pomraons , arehpphintcu _arbitrates to determine the boundary between tho provinces pf Canada and Nova Scotia , _whichlas'for some years been m dispute , ' _, U 1 * . - •»» . _w

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      WANDSW ORTH . —An / illegal Warrant . —W . Stevens , of 23 ,: _Lansdowne-place , South : Lambeth , builder , was cbarged ' with . _assaulting abroker ' _s man and stealing his warrant , of distress , ' and George Thomas Kenning , of 2 , _'Fletcher's-pIace , Wandsworth-road , builder , " was also charged with . assaulting the broker ' s man . —Henry Stokes , of No . 1 , Mill-pond-street , Bermondsey , stated- that he was an assistant to Mr . James Chipperfield , a broker who held a warrant from Mr . D . S . Muntonto distrain on the premises . of the defendant Kenning for £ 7 for rent due at Michaelmas ; he went there on Saturday morning , and the gate being opened he toldhim

      walked , in . He saw . defendant Kenning , what he wanted , said he expected his master- every minute , and prooeeded to take an inventory of the property that was .. in the yard . Kenning left the premises for an . hour cautioning him not to open the gate to any one in his absence , and on his return told him to make him out a receipt for £ T . The witness _saidhe had no stamped receipt-but his master would be there very soon , and would give it him . Kenning then went out , as he said , to get an officer to turn him out , but brought in the other defendant Stevens , who demanded witness to produce his authority for being there , saying that he was an honourable and honest man .. The witness aaidhe did not know who or what he was and he

      should not produce it . nenmng men _asaea w see it andlheproduced it , when Stevens , snatched it out of his hands , and saying it was an illegal document put it into his pocket . The witness said he would give him in charge for the robbery . They left the premises for a few minutes , and on their return said if he could not give a Btamped recoiptthey would bundle him out , and _Running ' s son opened the gate whilst his father caught him by the throat and Stevens collared him by the coat , and tore it all to pieces . A police officer was coming by who saw how he was treated , and he told him to take Stevens into cuBtody for the robbery and assault ; Kenning followed to the station , and was charged also . Mr . . Mayo , who appeared for the defendants ,

      cross-examined the . broker ' s man at some-length in the , course of which he stated he had been to Kenning ' _s premises fifty times , but only got possession once . He did not ask him to send a lad for a stamp , but he tendered him the money . Did not know that the goods were worth £ 150 . Stevens did not _aak him if his name was in the warrant , until after he had taken it . The policeman had got the warrant . —Mr . Beadon asked to see . the warrant , and then wished to know who had filled it up with tbe date March 21 , *—The witness said he had . —Mr . Beadon—and not in the presence of Mr . Munton or the broker ?—The witness replied in the ; negative—Mr . Beadon then observed the charge must be dismissed ; the warrant was ah illegal ono , and the broker ' s man had committed a trespass . '

      HAMMERSMITH . —Base Imposition . . —• Joseph Bryan , aged 35 , an Irishman , and journeyman carpenter ) was charged . with having obtained money and other relief under false pretences , with intent to defraud the parish of St . Mary Abbotts , ' _Kensington . —Mr . Meadows assistant relieving ' . officer , of Kensington , stated that , on the 29 th of November last , the prisoner applied to tho board of ; guardians for relief , stating tbat he was . a widower with , five children _^ and that he had been thrown out of work , by having met with an accident to . his leg . . The board , believing his statement , ordered him to receive 3 s . and three quartern loaves , which witness gave him . On the 6 th of December witness gave him a like amount of money and bread . On the

      13 th inst ., the prisoner app lied again for trie reiiel , stating that his leg was still bad . —Mr . George Todd , builder , of the Marlborough-road , Chelsea , proved that the prisoner had been many years in his employ . On the 7 th inst . he paid the prisoner 18 s . 31 d ., for the whole of that week's work and over-hours ; . and . on . the 14 th inst . he paid him 15 s ! 9 d . for that week ' s work . —; Mr . Madden , relieving officer for Kensington , said that the board were desirous that the prisoner should be severely punished , they believing that' others of his countrymen were defrauding them ! in a similar manner . — Mr . Beadon said he should Commit the prisoner for trial for the fraud . ''' . . " . "

      SOUTHWARK . —Smuggling . — -David Muir and Jariies Hempseed , two officers belonging to the barque Swift , trading between St . Petersburgh and London , were brought up charged with concealing ori board their vessel four gallons of French brandy and a quantity of foreign compressed tobacco , contraryto the 8 th and 9 th Vict ., cap . 87 , . sec . 57 . —Thomas Wimber , an officer of the Customs ' , said that on Saturday last he was rummaging the vessel in question , which was

      lying off Brown ' s Wharf , _Tooley-street , when some of his men discovered a small kog of brandy , containing four gallons , and a quantity of toba-co ooncoaled under the prisoners' berths . Witness immediately went on deck and inquired about the property , which both prisoners acknowledged to belong to them . —In answer to the _charge , the prisoners said tbey had nothing to say . Th ey hoped the magistrate ' _worild be lenient , as it was the first time they had been caught . —The magistrate fined them 40 s . each .

      LAMBETH . —Brutal Assault . —On Monday . W . Newson , a middle-aged man , who has . been transported , and who ia a notorious " horse coper , " an associate ofthe swell mob , was placed at the bar before the Hon . G . C . Norton for final examination on the following charge of cutting and wounding : — Eliza Cooper , a girl of the town , whoso head was bound up , and who still appeared in a faint and _deli-, cate state from loss of blood , deposed that about seven o clock on the morning of Tuesday ,-, the 17 th inst ., " she was standing at the door of ber lodgings , No . 4 , New-street , New Kent-road , with another young woman , named Collins , when the prisoner and another man came by , and the other man asked them to have something' to drink . They all four then went into the house , and the prisoner ' s friend

      gave her ( witness ) Is ., and sbe sent for half ; a pint of gin . When ! the gin was . brought they all sat down and when seated , about ten minutes she . received a yiolenE blow on her head , which knocked her , down senseless . ' When the came to , . Bhe found 8 he w & a covered with blood , and that ' she had a 'deep . and extensive wound on the forehead . She . was a _^ isfijd to a place where she got the wound _dres 8 eji , . bulpjji stiiroohtihued to suffer ' the most excruciating _gronf from , the injury . —In her cross-examination bl _^ w _^ Games , who attended for the prisoner , ' the ! _witness declared that up to the time in question' the _prisoner was a perfect ' stranger to her , ahd tnat _^ notithe slightest quarrel , nor even one word 6 f ; abuse , hjid taken place b ' efoi . e the blow was given by tlje _' p .

      _risoner . —Frances , Collins said sho was present on theoccasion , and saw the prisoner take the . poker . _'forV as she ( witness ) supposed , of Btirring . ttfo fire . v ! H ! instantly grasped tho instrument with * both _, hi 5 hands , and struck the last witness a desperate ' blow-With ' it across the'left temple . He still held . " the weapon with both his'h arids , and , " exclaiiiiirig _" , ( ? I'll do for you before I go , " was about . ! to « _, _fepeat _' tno ' blow ; when ' . 8 he ( witness ) laid hold of . the poker arid prevented him , saying af the time " , " sYoh n _^ o 1 i 8 % r , are you going to murder the poor girl !" , ' _" ' Tfre-pji '' s ' oner'theh dropped the poker ahd / rah awa _^ _p-it ' she ( witness ) followed hiiri closely ' , ' and . gaVe'him ihtocu 8 tody . —In _fiercross-examinatidn " the ' witness ; _hrlmif . _fn /! _4-Via ni _* ic _/\ noi . woo * r » ltm . _AM k .. _^ ' . _nni . «' A' * _w . _? .. C ' _MUUV & VU _viiu _loyuvA . ma iu i iiub nub _liiuuil

      _.... _^ . . ivjuur , au so as not to be perfectly aware of wh ' aV'he did ! Stfo denied that the slightest quarrel or angry _word _prd " _J 00 de d the blow . —The witness and tbo _prosecutrijc * com plaibbJ ' of having been ' much annoyed b _/ aset ; of _Jtrallies and thieves , the friends of thVprisoher _* , ' Who had offered the prosecutrix 10 s . hbt'to appear against bim , and because ' * she did not choose to accept , it had threatened to " : injure them'both _!—Mtv Norton regretted these porsons had not been * given into _bustody _; and said that , if brought before _* him ho should punish thomtO tho utmost , extent of the law . - —The constable who secured the _prisonerprodticed the ' ppke ' r with which the wound had been inflicted , arid bo- great wa _' s the force used tliut it was

      bent nearly to an angle . —Mi * . Games described the aot of his client ' as one of "drunken insanity , and pressed the magistrate to "de . il with the case summarily . —Mr . Norton , however , remarked that it was one of muoh too serious a character ' to bo lightly dealt with , and fully " committed the prisoner to take his ' trinl ! for the cutting and _wbtt _' nding with intent _to'dogreyious bodily harm . * " '* ¦ " CLERKEN _. WEtL _' .-RoBBERY .-Theodore Joshua Sansbury , a respe otable dressed youth , ' about seventeen yeara of age ; residing . with his parents at No . 4 , _Pembroke-terrace , , Islington , was placed at the bar for . final examination before Mr . ' Combe charged by Miss Louisa Carpenter , of No 3 * Peter . 8 .. terrace , ; i 8 lihgton , ' the proprietress , of a * boarding school ,, with haying stolen fivo' silver spoons anoV a pair of _sugar-tonges . The case excited considerable interest . in consequence of the _reBpeotabihtr-ofc-tho prisoner ' s- fri « fH 0 - « _JT 1 " -

      , nexiohs , and the _courTr- « a 8 crowded by ladies tho proprietress of tho boardin _^ _sehool _establishhients mathematical- _jhstruraentvtXrsr- _!^ _oweiieSs ' upon whom the _prisoherjiad practise _a- -hJ 8 deUnquenoies _' . with' . ingenuity' and to a great _exW Miss Louisa Carpentei y having _beeri _twinTfefa that she kept a ladies' _sohool . On the _^ h _rrw ™ yemher theVisoner calle _;^ inquired of . her servant ' whether she was aUome and , beinganswered in the affirmative ; he reLS to have an _nitbrview- with 1 _^ On " be „ Sv S _B- _^ _S V _^ ' he - _" _Presented _S _HU m 2 ? M OT _,- ?• l ? ! r ? 1

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      - m i r—¦ _^ -. ' _**¦ *¦ - _—¦*•¦¦ - ¦¦ _- ¦ ' " ' ' " ' .. j . "'; " - n ersen , who mado * every inquiry-at thfi prisoner * i L - _^^ t _^ gthhe ascertained tbat ' tbe pawnbrbkers _' ,: anu _^^ _*^ t Mi * . Perkin ' s , pawnproperty hid'beehpiedgbv . - _^ _"viouC , wb er' ? „ broker _. _' near Kirig ' src ' _ross , Battle-. . ' : - _^ ig g . . ' ultimately ; went and offered some tort- _* "" _? _f eases and mathematical instruments in pledge , anu ,. being recognised , he was stopped arid given _^ lnto custody . —Collins proved the apprehension ' of . the prisoner , and , the five silver spoons and sugortorigs having been produced , were identified by _MiBS Carpenter . —John Charles Stilwell , _shopmari to Mr . Perliin 3 , the pawnbroker , deposed that , on the 7 th of November laBt , thepris . oner pledged the property at the shop of his employer ,, in the name of " J . Shadrach , _Wakefield-street , "; which he - said was his father ' s name and address . He * subsequently came to the Bhop and offered other aticles for _nledee . when he detained him and gave him into

      the custody of Collins .-Mr . Mould ( the ) uere said that the prisoner had been carrying on his depredations in a wholesale manner upon respectable tradesmen , but more especially upon ladies keeping schools / several of whom were in attendance to prefer charge ' s _againBt him . under similar circumstances . —Collins ' said , if the prisoner were remanded for a week he could bring forward numerous other charges , against bim . —Mr . Combe full y committed the prisoner for trial on the charge of Miss Carpenter , but ordered his remand for the purpose of the attendance of the necessary evidence in other cases which would be brought . for ward against him . —The father and brother of the prisoner were present during the investigation , and seemed to feel deeply his degraded ' position ; but ; on the contrary , the prisoner treated the whole matter with the . utmost indifference

      BOW-STREET . _—CnARGs of Cruelty against a Pole . —Adolphe de _Werdinski , who styles himself a Polish count and refugee , came before -Mr . Jardine to complain of . the injustice done him by the friends . and protector s of the girl Mary Anne Richards , whom , it was alleged , he cruelly ill-used during a period of ten years , while under his care , as his adopted child . —This person , it will be remembered , was committed . for trial from this court , and _^ was discharged by proclamation , in consequence of the fees -. not being paid when the indictment was made but . On Saturday last the girl _Riohards , Mrs . Fleming , who has taken care _> _of her , and Mr . ' Montague attended before Mr . "Jardineand the worthy magistrate then expressed an

      , opinion that de Werdinski might be again indicted . —The alleged oount now said he had seen it reported in the newspapers that Mr / . Jardine had given orders for his re-apprehension . He wanted the trial to take place , that he might vindicate his character . It would then be found that lie . was an ill-used person , and that he had been calumniated . — Mr . Jardihe saidHe never directed himto . be apprehended , but said it was possible that an indictment might be preferred against , him . '—The ' . " Count commenced using strong language againBt Mr Montague . —Mr . Jardine stopped him , and ordered him to leave the court . — The ' Count "did so , continuing , as he went , to abuse the girl's protectors . Street ' Robbert . —A young woman named

      SmithorB was charged with the following robbery . — A gentleman named Levy , residing at Bruges , in Belgium , stated that on Monday night , between ten and eleven o ' clock , he was on his way to Norfolkstreet , where he was visiting a friend , when the prisoner came up and asked him to treat her . He declined at first , but she became so troublesome and annoying that he gave her a shilling to get rid of her . This , however , was not enough to induce her to go away , and she threw her arms round his waist , and took a purse from his pocket , containing £ 710 s . in gold , and two £ 5 notes , but before she could conceal it he snatched it from her hand . The two notes

      were safe , but £ 4 of the £ 7 10 s . was missing , and he therefore called a policeman , and gave her into custody . At the station she was searched , and the £ 4 , with some foreign coins which had been in the purse , were found upon her . —The prisoner denied having stolen the money . ' Sho picked it up in the street , arid the complainant' must have dropped it when he gave her the Is . —The complainant said his presence was required immediately at Bruges , and it would be a serious inconvenience to him to be detained here to prosecute . —Mr . Jardine had no alternative , then , but to discharge the prisoner . —The money having been restored , the prisoner was liberated , mUch to' her own surprise .

      Plating with the Police . —Frederick Williams , a young man of . respectable appearance , was charged with assaulting a constable on duty . It appeared that on Monday ni g ht , as the officer was on duty in the Strand ; the defendant came up , called him a "Bobby , " and " slapped him on the back twice . Witness took no notice of the first blow , but on its being repeated he took the defendant to the stationhouse _,, where he was bailed . Tbe defendant said that he had but just left the Adelphi Theatre , and merely said to the constable , " How are you , old fellow ? " and slapped him with his open hand on the back . Messrs . Willoughby and Park , friends of the defendant , who were present , corroborated h _| s statement . —Mr . Jardine said that such playing with constables on duty- could not be overlooked . The defendant mUst pay 20 s ., or be imprisoned ten days . The fine was paid . *

      MARLBOROUGH-STREET . — The Norton-Street- Robbery and Attempted Strangulation . — William Thompson , alias •' the '' " Black Diamond , " ( jharged withi ' having * heeii concerned in committing a most daring robbery , accompanied with violence , oh the person of Mr . ' A . Dubois , was re-examined . =-The prisoner ' was now deYended by Mr . Cross , solicitor , of Surrey-street , 'Strand . —The evidence adduced on the-former examination having been read over by Mr . Leadley ; the chief clerk , the

      prisoner s . aolicit ' or then proceeded to cross-examine the prosecutor as to the identity of the prisoner , but elicited nothing whatever to shake the . eviderice he Offered on the previous occasion , he ( the , prosecutor ) being confident the prisoner was the _^ man who . gagged and .-robbed him ;—Several who bad _been'robbed by . _simMa' _^ _inoans were'iri court ; but cbuld . not distinctly _sjwe ' _ati . that the prisoner was the person ' who ' _committed the offence . —The prisoner , who _pei-siatedfin his innocence , was fully committed for trial' * - ¦ : •¦ •' _= ' .

      A Wanton Crime —W ; illiam Hewitt was placed before ' . Mr .: Bingham ; _-cfiarged with the following wilful outrage . —Thomas Dal ton , a p orter in the _ibjploy of Messrs ., Foster and Co ., waterproofers , . _^ . Piccadilly , stated thaton'Saturday night , about mho o ' clock , he was in his' eriiploy ' erB' shop , when he heard a tremendous crash at thS window , and on looking _^ . round he found- ' that one' of the panes of glass , measuring thirty-two inches by sixty inches , had been" broken , and-on the floor of the shop he _Lpi 4 ked-up' the pav'in ' g ., ; stone produced .- He then went ! i _$ ! j the . dopr , and ' Be ' e _^ g ; the _prisbnei ?' standing close ¦ > OV < taxed ¦ 'hi ' tru wit . K _? _hMnt » t . Viin _' _Wi'rfet . vnt . nr . ftf _fhn

      * ojfe- } ce , ;; which he . at . ohee . admitted :---Witness then _gayejhurt in charge . —The prisoner kid ha cer 'tainl y .: did break . theu jwJbido _* 3 l _& jffltit was by accident . . ' _* f--Mr < ' _- _< _-Bingham coinmitte 8 * _lpe prisoner-for two : mdiaij . s . with " . hard _labox _^ S'M _:-:- ' _*" ,. ' r | l _* _R-YLEBqNE . Co | _jife _^ ATioN at Clapham ! . _GolffliptpN _., pF the Inqbi _^ iart . —Edward . Amos , _aj-Jte _^ _teV ; _!^ _waaf chargeo _! o _' n _^ _his own . confession . witH _^ ettihg fire J _, g the property of ' . Cant . - Ross , at ] _Cla pham .- _^ _Youngr . 140 ! D ,- said i ' . Ori _Saturday nigb , t ., afeleven ' o ' clock ,, the prisoner . earner up to me . in ! ttie _! Ne _**' -rbad , ' and asked ' me if I * was the policeman ori duty there . " I told him that 1

      _sriwi | r id . he ' theri _^ aid , . "I had better give hiysqlf up -to ar u , _JfofcOwun't I am sure to bo taken before the iff _qro- _^^ r _# u _/« ai d . that' some man . had ' sent a _l-M- tor . fq _^| Vpt . a-n Rb 8 s ' s bro ' ther ' . intim ' ating . ' tha '; the _iP _^ y _. _po _S-C _^ , _^ _if-r b vrhb ! h ' ad , V dohe . it ' , ' ( alludmj 9 _^ , _^ ° _^; i _^ _Hed . h _/ m" : ! p * irticul « fly " . what he _# FS _^ h _)^ f _^ fQ _^^ _L- _" » _% _^ was set * at ° ) a Mm _y _^ _dMms _™ * _fe _**^* . * i _"Jtef _fe 7 _W'fe _^^ _W _^ Me _" _- ! more , ! and tbat _f hc _^ _mtendefcto _; _hayelme ; down . the * next night to set fire to . the who o of -t . hi hni _] Ai _£ « a - n . ? _?^

      way to this , court ; pn _^ _uXday _^ mOTningfhb said , ' '' I know nothing aboutsettingfire td the place . I was _^ ero _^ mm _^ M .. _baphenei but I _hS nothing . to ., do . with ' it _* : .. Captain Ro _' _ssand I have " _bwn upon very good-terms _tand' ho was * ' always an _W WBfe _$ _toeol something to eat , and < to obtain" a npfe - i _' ? _W _"*? o > _n- " onQyV _'* , The . prisoner had beeft employed as , a' carpenter in tho erection of a S _^ ¥ _^ _^ taia _Ro 88 ! Md "boat three , weeks ago he . was discharged ,. improperly as he imagined , by Wood , the foreman of tho _wois -Prisoner waa remanded . ' * ¦ ' T _^ W _S- _- J . , _*^ _^ _- _^ _Consumptio _^ of Gas . - ?? P . »} •?"' 0 U ?; _I-S , a Smith . OCCUDVinP _-Mllar nf hi ' by

      Cdk ? fvS , „ l _- ' _"P _^ _M _* tile Gaslight and Thr ? _ubHra _?^ _Pnrm _£ _«™« _nwtanees . mrough the cellar in which defendant' " works ' a S _^ fl-m _* _Passed , which , supplied the upper nor _^ P _^ _nj _^ s _^ ith gas in aTisitiroate _manw _^ ii . 1 * nt . _- had _eurreptiotisly drilled " a hole - A- ' ? . _t a P . consumed the gas at his pleasure , without the consent or knowledge of tho company , and . of course without paying for the article .- " Ko ourner having been uso ' d tho waste of gas was very great , in addition / to tho consumption , and the _superintendeht . of ' the' company estimated tho loss to _niS'empTojte . _fs during tho twelve months , which another witness _^ iroved had elapsed since tho practice commenced , a > £ 12 . The offence was clearly : £ 1 for the

      proved , and the _defenihm . _^ fiiicd offenee , £ 5 damage , and 7 s . costs . . - '¦ - ¦ WORSHIP-STREET . — _Anowikr Burglary . — . _Causut in the Fact . —John Gross , 23 , was charged with being found , in ' the houso of a porson named Kelly , a tradesman in B pthnal-green , foXthe purpose of committing a felony . —Proseoutor has two shops of business , arid the ono . in question _isi-let ' t unoccupied after olev 6 n o ' clock at night!—Policoi , mari . Boyce , watchod . the prisoner during tho fog on Sunday night after that hour , but . lost him until calleu _. on by a noighbour of Mr . Kelly ' s to effect an entrrtrico to -se . uch- The * policeman ! went to tlie frauk door _whilp the neighbour , ' knocked af tho front , and the prisoner rushed into the officer ' s

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      terested m the _au 6 ce 83 . <* r _^ y .. _~ Brrv-. ™ _"" ™ - « Fati 3 interesting experiments ! hbwhmk CondUoted for the purpose . of . _bringlng the _. _flaxjfibre . into \ such a condition as to enabfe it . to be . _spuh ' uj _^ rif the _exists ing cotton , silk , or wool machinery , _< _villibe \ gratified to _.-hear , that on . Saturday _: last a- considerable quantity of the material so prepared was ' _forwarded to us from Manchester , by Mr . _Claussen , the We niou 8 discoverer of the process . Tbe sample of the flax cotton was accompanied b y a _considcr k bie quantity of the article in . all . its subsequent _siaVpH

      ot tne _apniEing manufacture , including the _«& . vers , " the •« rovings , " and yarns spun for " warp s' ? as well as for "wefts . " We have also been fa \ youred with a quantity of flax and wool yarn spun \ together , and capable of being used in the _manuA facturo of flannol and cloth ; and we are _informetll that _BampleB of both flannel and cloth woven fromthis material will be forwarded to us in a few _^• _ys . - The whole . of the experiments connected with the spinning of flax cottori having been now successfully completed , the next step which it isiii » tended to take id that of weaving the material into fabrics . —Morning Chronicle .

      Pbivate Secretary to the . Prime Minister .- * Mr . Arthur Russell , whose father , was emp loyed for many years in the diplomatic service , _hasJaeeh appointed _tcrsucoed Mr .- Charles J . Grey as one of the private secretaries to Lord John Russell . —Observer ,

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      _, - CORN . Mabk-Lane , Monday . December 23 . —The supply of wheat , both English and Foreign , last week , was much larger than of late . This morning .. the show by land-car * riage samples from the ne ' _ghbburing counties was moderate ; fine dry samples obtained late rates , but « ut-of-con _diiioned and secondary descriptions were a Blow sale * at a reduction of Is to ls . per quarter . Business in Foreign waa exceedingly limited , but we do not alter our quotations . With the exception of Foreign grinding , all sorts of barley must be written Is per quar . er cheaper . Beans and _peaaof all descriptions are Is per qr . lower . Oats were in less demand , and Scotch , of which the _arrival is unusual ] j large , are obtainable at a reduction of 64 per qr . . Weekly Aveeaoe fob _Pecember , 21 . — Wheat * J 9 _s 9 d barley 24 s 3 d ; oats 17 s Id rye 25 s lid ; beans 27 s lid peas _V 9 s 5 d . ' Richmond , ( YdBKSHUt , ) Dec . 21 We had a tolerable supply of grain in our market this morninj _Whsat told from , 4 s 6 d to Ss fid ; Oats , Is lOd to 3 s : Barlej , 3 _g Od to ) 3 i 6 d ; Beans , 4 s to 4 s 8 d per bushel .

      CATTLE SxiTHnELB , Monday , December 23 .-Tbe show of _forelca stock in to-day's market was very limited ; whilst that of home-fed beasts were chiefly composed . of last week ' s re « fuse , and in very middling condition . Aa scarcely ans buyers were in attendance , the beef trade ruled heavy ia the extreme at _Fridwy ' _s decline in the quotations . The highest figure for . the best beef did not exceed 3 s 8 dper 81 bs . The numbers of . Sheep were limited , but in full average condition . Although the demand for this description of stock was in a sluggish state , Friday's advance in currencies was fairly supported ; the best old Downs selling at 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d per 8 tt > s . Calves and pigs , the supply of which was small , ruled heavy at late rates . Beef , 2 s 8 d to 3 s 8 d ; mutton , 3 s to Od 4 s 4 d ; veal , 2 i 6 & to 3 s 6 d ; pork , 2 s 6 d to 4 s Od Price per stone of Bibs ( shikmg the offaL )

      Newgate and Leadinhaix , Monday , Dec . 23—Interior beef , 2 s Od to 2 s 2 d ; middling , ditto , 2 s 4 d to 2 s 6 d ; prime large , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime small , 3 s Od to 3 s 4 d : large pork , 2 s 4 d to 3 s fid ; inferior mutton ; 2 s 4 d to 2 g 8 d ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d ; veal , 2 * 6 d to 3 s Cd ; small pork , 3 s 8 d to' 4 s Od ; per 81 b « . by the carcase .

      PROVISIONS . . j * U *«> os , Monday . —Our market in the past week mlesl dull . The dealings in Irish butter were very limited , and prices the turn in favour of buyers . Foreign merely steady in demand and value . Irish and Hamburgh singed bacon was sold to a _mpdeteteeitent only at a decline of is . per c wt . Of hams _ariJCTted nothing hew to report . English _BiOTElijH ' gjSkET _, Dee . 23 . —Our prices present v _« ry . h _^ altera - _atfiput trade is dull , which is generally the case Chri « tma * sfweek . Dorset , fine weekly , 94 s . to 86 s . per cwt . ; do ., middling , 70 s . to 80 s . j Devon , fresh made , to fresh

      —s . —s . ; , 3 b . to lis . per dozen lbs . Covent _Gabden Mabket , Saturday , December 21 . — vegetables are abundantl y supplied . Hothouse grapes and pine-apples are quite equal to the demand , " and the same thing may be saiu of apples and pears . Oranges and lemons are plentiful . Nuts have not altered-since our last account . Forced English strawberries . have made their appearance in small quantities . Some" excellent seakale and a little rhubarb has been supplied . French _beana are cheaper . Carrots and turnips are good in quality , and so are potatoes . The latter are getting dearer . Lettuces and other salading are sufficient for the demand .

      WOOL . _-Londox , Monday . —The imports of Wool into London last week was 2 , 942 . bales , including 257 from Turkey , 380 from Germany , SI from Belgium 201 from Bombay , 575 from Spain , 72 from JHe Cape of Good Hope , 52 from Italy . 497 from Sydnej , * 379 " from Van Diemen ' s Land , 35 from . Feru , and 463 from Taganrog . LivrarooL , Saturday . —Scotch .-There is , if _anythinr , a little better demand for laid Highland , and to close sales befere the end of the year , rather less money has been taken . .. White Highland . is in rather more request at our quotations . Crossed / and Cheviot Wools are still mush neglected , except at a reduction on our present rates .

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      From The Gazette Of Tuesday, December 2i...

      From the Gazette of Tuesday , December 2 ith . : BANKRUPTS . John Burgoyne ' Piilin and , George Alfred _Pillin , of Featherstone ' _-buildings , Holborn ; sword cutlers—George Milton , late of- £ ii 2 abeth-few _" a _" ce Liverpool-road , Islington , contractor _^ qhn Barber ,-of Eaton _Locnn , Bedfordshire , _buUderi _^ _Tobii Nix Harlow , - of Bamsgate , wine merchant—Charles Marson , of Newmarket , liverv-stable keeper—Henry Hiwaer , of 59 , _Blackfriars-road , linendraper . ¦ SCOTCH _SEQUESTRATIONS . ' Andrew Wilson , of Lesmahagow , Lanarkshire , carrier-William . Mountain , of Greenock , rope and rag merchant William _Drysdale , J phn Drysdale , and'Mudie Drysdale of Boll MUU _, ? tirliugstiire ,, wool spinners . ' '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 28, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28121850/page/8/