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_^ « Food asd Riois . —The alarm in the _Sc &&" _pjanee on account of the aprehended T _^^ m _ihe esportationof corn to _^ _England , ap-* _An hePn the increase . At Cherbourg , St . _jcsis *? " * . md other p laces , senousnots have _al-P ' _Snilace , and in other places the excitement _*** " atthat apprehensions are entertained of an _c _^^ _s _^ ndent mites from St . Malo on the 3 _^ _iaornuigaTOtuig _^ found posteaupatthe ' _^" f _oorfrnitand vegetable market calling upon _^ dace to assemble and set fire to the houses _^ _ff _ltoviu 5 the mayor of the town , and M . Louis of . - * " f 0 lDieriy deputy , accusing them of the cause _^ r ? n aeasmS _deamessofbreaa' by their large _exd _rtms of black wheat . Yesterday a company of _jtf _^ r ; _rtg iment . of the line was marched in quick _^ _"hpinanjWlierea numerous body of the people ftl * . ,. _« imti « the nassageof _thaRance . hv .
_fillino-^ _Sannd with enormous blocks of stone . The _P _^ oy and the troops sent from this town being _^ atoo _veak , and two of the gendarmes having _^( _jriously wounded by the stones thrown at them , t _^^ _nforceme _ntsbecame necessary , and two _com-^ _eso _f the line were sent for from St . Brieue , and PLjnthata battery , of artillery has been _dis-^ _. _A _cdin allhasre ftom Rennes . "We hear , _howrZ tliat theriot has been renewed to-day , and that f * _te 5 of people from Broons , Beckere ] , and even St . _^ hav e gone to join those ef Dinan . A highly - _^ table merchant , M ; Paul Robert , is s a i d to _Sebad one of hisarms broken , and to have received 3 _^ severe ill treatment . The authorities , _howler are able to enforce . the l a ws and through the v _^ _es and courage of the Procureur _du Roi _se-S _^ of the most forward among the rioters have Ln arrested . The same disturbances have occurred _^ the whole coastof Lower Brittany , black wheat _vsfofftlw only resource of the poor in seasons when _growth of potatoes fail . "
_jBE Fbexch Press asd the Imposteh . —The _policy of the proceeding in Ireland , in collecting _pjaey for O'Connell at a season like the present , has _sniiek with astonishment even his ardent admirer , ' jigParis Frtsse . Inspeaking of the O'Connell triiaw . that paper says :-- __ .. . _jt » pj > ears that the _^ aniount collected ttMyeir exceeds _gst o f the past . It is inconceivable ho w a man who has jpiirate income which would enable him to live in a _p _ocely manner , can have the heart to receive every year _jgnnof 500 . 000 f . or 600 , 000 £ , extracted sous by sous _jan the wretched earnings " of the poor , who cannot ? day procurea meal of victuals . The population _^ _ich pays this tribute is one of the most wretched of r-sope , scarcely ever tasting either bread or meat , and
_jjjng in dens rather than houses . Thousandsof families _^ jnld consider themselves fortunate if they -were treated _vjiisowell as the hounds kept by Mr . O'Connell at his _^ orofDerrynane-aobey . But it the present time the _Section of this tribute has something particularly rel 8 } rins in it . Ireland is threatened by , or rather is _jjtnaUs suffering from scarcity . The potatoe crop , the _jjHunonfoofl of the lower orders , has in many districts _tsnp IeteJy failed ; and it is at such a moment as this that « r . O'Connell , who lacks no luxury , permits the agents of * ihe Association" to plunder those wretched creatures { s the purpose of swelling his civil list . How can he « I « tmat his adversaries should place any faith in his
_pjcerity _, and allow themselves to beguiled when fcede-\ _iiKS ' eloquent terms the sad situation of his country 1 _jjj O'Connell , when the rrotestaut lords , forgetting _jhorielis ious prejudices , came forward and subscribed _jare sums for the relief of the suffering poor , renounced _jhfieut which he has hitherto received , he would have sited a noble part , and would by bo doing have proved to jV _{ most incredulous that his sympathy for his country _jjsntras capable of influencing him to make real and pitetantial sacrifices . To harangue for hours together in Conciliation Hall is an excellent thing no doubt , bat the Iriih people require something more substantial at the present moment than this eloquence
SPAIN . More Blood . —Acconnts from Valencia to the 22 th instant state that the sentence of the court mrtial on the parties implicated in the military ingrrectionof the 3 rd had been carried into effect at t wo r . M . on the preceding day . A corporal and four _sudiers of the Gerona regiment were shot in the Place del Remedio _, the troops of the garrison formis a square , and immediately the execution was _crer , General Roncali harangued the troops , who _saie inarched in rotation by the dead bodies , and then returned to their barracks . Seventeen soldiers d the same regiment have been condemned bo ten jears presidio at Ceuta , three to eight years presidio Is the Peninsula , and two io six years ditto . Sergeant Suarez , the head of the mutiny , was still in £ « Dcealment .
The Madrid papers of the ISth state that General _Varvacz has been raised to the dignity of a grandee o'Spain _, with tbe title of Dukeof Valencia . General Mcali has resigned the Captain-Generalcy of Tilcucia . _Xarvaez , notwithstanding his new dignity , docs not appear comfortable in his seat , and loses no _Cftwlunity of getting rid of those whom he considers _sltis declared or secret opponents ,
PORTUGAL . We have Lisbon intelligence of the 19 th instant . The disorganisation of society consequent on _misjovtrnment was showing itself in the impunity of atrocious crimes , and in a ct s of violence an d ille ga lity inflicted on persons who had exercised their privilege as voters at the late elections , in o pp osition to the tows of government . The prosecutions of the press wre going on vigorously , two in one week against fw editor , and three others hanging over him . Commerce and agriculture continued in a very depressed sate , the Custom-house receipts for October less by any contos than those of the same month last year . A slight earthquake was felt at Oporto on the 3 rd _is & nt .
_SWITZERLAND . _LirsAXNE , _Novejuier IS . —The Swiss Courier pub Mcs the speeches made in the General Assembly of _fk Clergy of the Canton deVaud , and the letter of resignation sent by the Protestant clergy of that canton . The conflict which has occurred in the Canton deVaud between the executive government Slid the national church is the subject of great excitement here , and may give rise to serious results . Before Christmas the whole of the Protestant clergy of the canton will have quitted their respective charges , and the government will probably be obliged
toiupply their places with members of the laity , for lie Council of State will not be able to find a sufficient number of successors , neither members of the church , nor students belonging to the canton itself , nor clergymen from the other cantons . The populace in _general take but little interest in the fate of the receding clergy ; and the Government , seconded as it is by the Communist Societies , and the Liberals w ho oppose the . Methodist and extreme parties in the _dmreh , will remain in power . The retirement of the clergy has , however , had a serious effect on the stability of the Conservative party .
Lettersfrom Zurich , of the 30 th , state that the _jorernment of Zurich has set Lieutenant Brunner , raeofthe refugees from Lucerne , at liberty . Lieutenant Brnnner had been arrested , at th e re q uest of flic Lucerne government , as a party in the murder of _^ L Leu . The Zurich government , after a minute in < rairv into the charges against Lieutenant Brunner , came to the resolution thatthcre wasnot the slightest _wideneein support of the charges brought against him , and that they therefore could not agree to detain him any longer , or to deliver him up , as had ken demanded by the government of Lucerne . This determination has caused a great sensation , and the Lucerne government considers it as a breach of the treaty between the cantons for the reciprocal extradition of criminals . The family of M . Casimir Pfyffer has applied to Itare that gentleman set at liberty on bail , but the _Garraiittee of the Grand Council has refused to
interfere . , , , The election for the half of the members of the Grand Council of Bale city , who go out by rotation , have turned out in favour of the Conservatives .
POLAND
_COXSPHtACT IN POSEN . The German AUgemane Zcitung gives the following half official _notification i—" "Berux , Nov . 11 . "According to authentic accounts from Posen , twenty-five persons were arrested there on the Sth instant under strong suspicion of dangerous trea sonable intrigues , but , with the exception of a _booksdler , mostly belonging to the lower class of the community . " Letters from the Polish frontier , likewise of _^ ov . ii _t bring much m 0 re detailed accounts of the _Wcurrence in question . The f o ll o win g a re the chief _Seculars : — . " A secret _political association has been discovered
ffl Posen , which is , to all appearances , a continuation ™ the conspiracy of last February , of w hich the uovern ment was at that time unable to discover the _pleaders . The instiga t o r s o f all these s e cret _fcttneeuvres are most probably to be found in Poland _^ u Paris , where the restoration of Polish _independence is not vet despaired of ; and the idea employed as a never-failing engineforstirringupthe exciteable spirits of the unhappy Poles . The insurrection on this occasion _vras intended to explode in the grand duch y of _Tosen _, in which all the Poles were expected to take part . The first act was to be the seizure of tue _ powder maeazine _. to which it is said false keys
had alread y been procured , through one of the conspirators , a locksmith , aided by a military person , who had given Mm access to examine the locks _, iiic public treasurv was next to be got possession of , and then the signal was to be given for a general nsmg of the people , to arm whom the public depots _w to be seized upon ; and in case these did not _sofiice _, pikes , sevthes , and other similar weapons are _oedared to have been in readiness in several-villages . 1 his last circumstance leads to the conclusion that * hc intended moment of revolt was close at hand , otherwi se aieh collections of weapons would have hecnmostimpmdently dangerous , as involving almost
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certain detection . It is not y e t known h ow or by whom , the conspiracy was discovered ; one thing only is certain , that , from forty to fifty persons have already been arrested , of whom the few who belong to a higher class of society are all foreigners , which confirms the conjecture that neither thesource of the cons p irac y , nor its leader s , are to be found within the Russian bounds . Among the natives of Posen who are implicated in the affair , are especially named the locksmith above alluded to ( in whose loft seven persons were found concealed ) , a baker , several noncommissioned officers , a wine merchant , « fec ., & c . A domiciliary search , which was yesterday set on foot by the police , produced no discovery . "
TURKEY . The Lebakos Disarmed . —Cohsiastinople , Nov . 7 . —We were all astonished here b « learning , a day or two ago , that Shekib Effendi had _^ isanned the _^ Lebanon . Turkish troops , it seems , had possession of all the strong positions of the mountain ; the means wereat hand suddenly to disarm the tribes , and the Porte has be e n tem p ted , by the facilities it thus enjoyed , toexecutea project whichit has no doubt long wished to see carried into effect . The disarmment ( which if not already complete , will be completed in a few days' time ) has taken place , it appears , entirely without resistance . Indeed , the mountain has not for many years been so tranquil as during the last few months ; so much so , that there was not even a pretext for having recourse to the violent and extreme course that has been pursued . At all the embassies here , the intelligence of thia event has- occasioned great surprise and displeasure _.
GREECE . Correspondence from Athens of the 10 th inst . states that the Ministers were every day becoming more unpopular , and that considerable alarm prevailed throughout the provinces , in consequence oi the number of brigands infesting them . To the present period , however , they had respected travellers , but they plundered villages indiscriminately . The 12 th inst . was fixed for closing the Chambers , after sitting fourteen months , !
THE RIVER PLATE . The French Government has received accounts from Buenos Ayres of the ISthof September , which state that the United French and English squadrons have forced the entrance of the Uruguay and the Parana . Guarebaldi , the commander of the Montevidean forces , has occupied the island of Martin Garcia , which commands the mouth of the Uruguay , and which is said to be the most important military station in South America . A part of the squadron had ascended the river for the purpose of occupying the islands in the neighbourhood of Monte Video . The government of Buenos Ayres continued to publish dec r ees f o r b i dd in g al l i ntercours e and communication with the allied squadrons . None of the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres could obtain passports to leave the city , except by giving security , and binding themselves to have no intercourse with Monte Video .
CIRCASSIA . As Emissary from Russia to Circassia Adjudged to Death _bv Shamil . — The following is an extract from a letter ftom Constantinople , dated November 7 th : —A ! fact has taken place in Dagnestan , which will produce much sensation in Russia , and may have important consequences . An embassy , who h as been called an ambassador , from the court of St Petersburg ( the Kaisasker or grand judge of the Mahomedans of the Crimea ) having been sent to make overtures , or at least prop os als of p eace with Circassia , has been put to death at the instigation of Shamil . Two pretexts have been alleged by the Circassians in justification of this act : the first is that the Kaisasker did not go straightly and openly to his professed
object ; that he did net address himself at once to Shamil , and declare distinctly the mission with which he was intrusted , but conferred previously with beys and chiefs possessing influence in Circassia , in a way to excite suspicion , and to give himself the character of a spy ( and that he did proceed in this manner all the accounts agree in affirming ); and the second is , that , being a Mussulman hisappearance as envoy from a Christian power to a Mussulman people is , by the Koran , declared to be the highest act of treason—incurring the penalty of death —of which an Islamite can be guilty . The Kaisasker , as soon as his proceedings and his ostensible purpose on the Circassian territory were known , was arrested by order of Shamil , and brought before a council of Ulemahs , to
be put on his trial . He underwent a regular trial or examination , the result of which was that he was publicly beheaded , his quality of ambassador from Russia , which he pleaded urgently , affording him no protection whatever . I must add , that this emissary was notaccredited from the court of St . Petersburg , that though he claimed the title of ambassador he had no papers to show that he was really one , and if _. therefore , it be true , that he had been tampering with the fidefitv of the Circassian chiefs , endeavouring to corrupt them , or to sow division among them , his execution as a spy was certainly a justifiable act . Shamil may on this occasion have acted fiom the impulses of a Circassian ; but assuredl y , supposing that fact I have stated to be correct , he may justify his conduct by argument which will be held good b y a ll civilised states . The effect of this bold measure will be , no doubt , to strengthen the Emperor Nicholas in the
obstinacy ( which seemed to be relaxing ) with which he has ever prosecuted the Circassian war _; and this effect has been probably aimed at by Shamil ; for he has acuteness enough to see that the independence of Circassia may be greatly more perilled by peace , by the establishment of commercial relations between that country and Russia , than it can be by a concontinuance of war , in which Russia gets so dreadfully the worst of it , as to furnish a spectacle of defeat and disaster to the world every successive year she wages it . At the request of the Russian ambassador here the Porte has sent a firman to the Turkish provinces on the frontier of the Russian territory , desiring the Pachas of those provinces to take every measure to prevent the emigration of Mahomedans into Dagnestan , whether they have l a tel y gone in great numbers to join the Circassians . Of course this firman will produce no effect .
ALGERIA . Progress of the Arab Insurrection . —The Journal des Bebats publishes news from Algeria of the 15 th and 16 th , from which it appears that the prospects of those parts of the colony where the insurrection has broken out are by no means improved . The I > d > ats even admits that the insurrection itself is spreading , and that the French troops continue stili on the defensive , not being in a position to attack their enemies . Our contemporary states that this state of affairs is likely te continue for some time yet . Accounts from Constantine state that a serious
insurrection has taken place in the province of Constance . One of the cherifs has placed himself at the head of some of the tribes in the part of the province s i t u a te d b etween Se tif a n d the cam p o f Batua , on the way to Biscara , and by the latest accounts that part of the country was in full insurrection . The Governor of Constantine has sent a strong column of troops in quest of ihe rebellious eherif _, an d set a reward upon his head . Marshal Bugeaud , in his reports to the Government on the state of the colony , does not conceal the serious nature of the insurrection . He has made urgent requests for additional r ei nforcement s , especially in cavalry .
SOUTH AUSTRALIA . The Posts of South Australia . —A bill declaring Port Adelaide a free port , by abolishing dues and fees of every description heretofore pa yab l e by vessels visiting or frequenting our harbours , passed the Council on Thursday , July -3 , and takes effect from that dav . Its operation is not restricted to vessels of any nation , but applies equally to all ships , from whatever part of the globe they may have taken their departure . Doubtless the captains m command of the first arrivals will be as much surprised to hear that they have no tonnage dues , landing dues , entrance d ues , c l earance d ues , light dues , harbour dues , p ilotage dues , or Custom-house fees to pay , as were our own hon . members of council , and the colonists generally , at this spontaneous act of liberality on the part of his Excellency the Governor .
NEW ZEALAND . Third Rkpcxsb axd Slaughter of British _Tn o ors bt the _Natives . -By intelligence from New Zea l and , received viC t Bombay , it appears that a third attempt of the British forces toreduce theduel Hekihas turned out a total and disastrous failure . On the 1 st of July , after a week of unsuccessful operation ! before Heki ' s pah , or stockade _^ _tress-m the course of which the commander , Colonel Despard , discovered that" the guns _hehad brought with aimfrom Auckland were quite ineffective for breach injr , from their very defective carnages , as they fre _JLtly « pSet from Mr own firing " -it , \ vas _ _deterpaving
mihed to resort to morevigorous measures _., _reinforced _Mmself with one of the heavy , guns belonging to her Majesty ' s s hi p Hazar d , which piece of artulery was brought up to his camp with infinite d iffi c ulty , over fifteen miles of " most execrable road "—and having likewise received practical evidences of the activity and resources of the " rebels , or the " enemy , " as they are variously designated , which made it clear that he must either advance or retreat—the colonel resolved on attempting to carry Heki ' s position by a coup de main . After fir i n o ff the " few shots brought up from the Hazard , twentysix in number , " which , it was expected , would so oosen the stockades as to enable the assailant party
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to cut and pul l them d own the assault commenced . We give the result in the Colonel ' s own words , in his despatch of the following day ;—When the advance was sounded , they rushed forward in the most gallant and daring manner , aad every endeavour was made to pull the stockaae down . They partiaU y succeeded in opening the outer one , but the inward one resisted all their efforts , and being lined with men firing through loopholes on a level with the ground , and from others halfway up , our men were falling so fast that , notwithstanding the most daring acts of bravery and the greatest perseverance , they were obliged to retire . This could not be effected without additional loss in the endeavour to bring off the wounded men , in which they were generally successful . The retreat was covered by the party under Lieutenant-Colonel Hulme , of the 96 th regiment ; - and too much praise cannot be given to that officer for the . coolness and steadiness 1 with which he conducted it undora very heavy , fire .
In t h is a ct i on , the Colonel a dd s , " one-third of the men actually engaged fell ; " and ' , 'during the eight days that he had been engaged in carrying on operations against the place , one-fourth of the whole strength of the British soldiers under his command ( originally not exceeding 490 ) had been either killed orwounded . " A private letter , of a later date , speaks of a second attack , some days afterwards , with the guns of the Hazard , which is stated to have been followed b y the evacuation of the pah in the night time ; but the story seems of very dubious authenticity .
AMERICA . _TJMVEfcSAtf 8 _TJTETRAGB AND THE IATO . _' The following pithy address , . issued by the American National Reformers , is at present circulating throug h th e Stat es , in the shape of advertisements and handbills . It will , just now , possess peculiar Interest for our readers : —
VOT _» TOURSFXF A FARM . Are you an American citizen ? Then you are a jointowner of the public lands . Why not take enough of your property to provide yourself a home ? _Wliy not vote yourself a farm ? Remember Poor Richard's saying : — "Now I have a sheep and a cow , every one bids me ' good morrow . '" If a man have a house and a home of his own , though it be a thousand miles ofij he is well received in other people ' s houses ; while the homeless wretch is turned away . The bare right to a farm , though you should never go near it , would save you from many an insult , . Therefore , vote yourself a farm . Are you a party follower ? Then you have long enough employed your vote to benefit scheming _offiee-seekers : use it for once to benefit yourself— vote yourself a farm . Are you tired of slavery—of drudging for others—of poverty and its attendant miseries ? . Then , vote yourself a farm .
Are you endowed with reason f Then you must know that your right to life necessarily includes the right to a place to live in—the right to a home . Assert this right , so long denied to mankind , by feudal robbers and their attorney i . Tote yourself a farm . Are you a _belierer in the Scriptures ? Then assert that the land is the Lord ' s , became He made it . Resist , then , the blasphemers who exact money for His work , even as you would resist them should they claim to be worshipped foi His holiness . Emancipate the poor from the necessity of encouraging such blasphemy— -vote tue freedom or the
PUBLIC LANDS . Are you a man S Then assert the sacred rights of man —especially your right to stand upon God ' s earth , and to till it for your own profit . Vote yourself a farm . Would you free your country , and the sons of toil everywhere , from the heartless , irresponsible mastery of the aristocracy of avarice ? Would you disarm this aristocracy of its chief weapon , the fearfulpower of banishment from God's earth % Then join with your neighbours to form a true American party , having for its guidance the principles of the American Revolution , and whose chief measures shall be—1 . To limit the quantity of land that any one man may henceforth monopolise or inherit ; and , 2 . To make the public land free to actual settlers only , each having the right to seU his improvements to any man not possessedof other land . Thesegreatmeasuresoucecarried
wealth would bscome a _changed social element ; it would then consist of the accumulated products of human labour , instead of a hoggish monopoly of the products of God ' s labour ; and the antagonism of capital and labour for ever cease . Capital could no longer grasp the largest share of the labourer ' s ' earnings , as a reward for not doing him aU the injury the laws of the feudal aristocracy authorise , viz ., the denial of all stock to work upon and all place to live in , To derive any profit from the labourer , it must first give him work ; for it could no longer wax fat by levying a dead tax upon his existence . Thehoary iniquities of Norman land-pirates would cease to pass current as American law . Capital , with its power for good undiminished , would lose the power to oppress ; and a new era would dawn upon the earth , and rejoice the souls of a thousand generations , Therefore , forget not to vote yourself a farm _.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Rotaii Gamblino . —The Constituttonel mentions a rumour that Queen Christina has lost by the late failure at the Bourse a sum of 1 , 2 C 0 , 000 francs . Corn Riots in Italy . —Letters from Ancona of the 14 t h instant , state that some En glish merchants having made large purchases of grain in that place , the p ublic are in a state of g re a t alarm , and are endeavouring to get the exportation stopped . At Rimini the people are also in a state of commotion , and attacked some vessels in the harbour , loaded with grain , which they obliged the owners to discharge .
The Buildixo of the _PmAMins Rivalled , — The Pacha of Egypt has given instructions for the immediate construction of the barrage , a work that will occupy ( if even then practicable ) at least ten years before it is finished . Thirty thousand men have been ordered to the Delta ; several thousand have been landed from the ships of war , and passed up the canal : several idle Frenchmen , and their families , have been engaged to superintend in some way or other the work of destruction to Lower Egypt . An hospital is the first building to be erected near the spot . We do not recollect the exact amount of lives l os t i n cl e arin g out the Mahmou d iea Canal , but it is certain more than three times that number will be swept off . Several medical men extra have been sent up .
Mahometan Schism . —A new sect has lately set itself up in Persia , at the head of which is a merchant who had returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca , and proclaimed himself a successor to the Prophet . The way they treat such matters at Shiraz appears in the following account ( June 23 ) : —Four persons being heard repeating their profession of faith according to the form prescribed by the impostor , were apprehende d tried , and found guilty of unpardonable blasphemy . They were sentenced to lose their beards by five being set to them . Not deeming the loss of their beards a sufficient punishment , they were further sentenced the next day , to have their faces blacked and exposed through the city . Each of them was led by a mirgazah ( executioner ) , who had made a hole in his nose and passed through it a string , whi c h he sometimes pulled with such violence that the unfortunate fellows cried out alternately for mercy from the executioner and for veHgeance from heaven .
A Husband vor the Spanish Q , ueek . — -A Madrid paper , El Tiempo , gives the following flattering account of the young Neapolitan Prince Trapani _, who is spoken of as a husband for the young Queen of Spain : — " He is a child that eats , drinks , walks , and says his prayers as he is ordered . " Wholesale Robbery . —The Booty taken in Scisde . —We understand that a grant has been made to the captors of the booty taken inScinde , b y the troops under Major-General Sir Charles Napier , in February and March , 1843 . The amount of bullion and treasure isstated at _upwards of £ 400 , 000 , —what the value of jewels , & c , may be is not known , but they will probably realize £ 100 , 000 , so that not l ess than half a million sterling will fall to be divided among the captors ,
The Scarcity in Holland . —The Hague , Nov . 19 . —In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States General to-oay , the project of law for encouraging the importation 6 t provisions was adopted , after a long debate , by a majority of 47 to 5 . The Opening of the Diet in _Mecklenbdrgh Schwerin took place on the 12 th inst . with the accustomed formalities . Expedition to Borneo against the Pirates . — The Agincourt , 12 , with the flag of the Commander-in-Chief , Rear-Admiral SirT . Cochrane , and the
squadron with winch the Admiral proceeded on an expedition against the pirates of Borneo , returned to Hong-Kong on the 15 th and 16 th of September . They succeeded in destroying a piratical fort at Borneo , after a desperate resistance , in which the loss on board the squadron was severe . Twenty-five were put hors de combat , while lying at the raft , ten of them killed , and fifteen wounded . Among the officers , Mr Leonard Gabbard , mate of the Wolverine , was killed ; and Lieutenant Thomas Heard , ( 1840 ) , of the Agincourt , formerly of the Samarang ; and Mr . Pyne , second master oi the Vestal , wounded . The Admiral has given the pirates a lesson which they will not easily forget .
Famine in Prussia . —The dearness of all sorts of provisions in Prussia has already provoked numerous petitions to the government . The bakers of Breslau have entreated the president of the province to
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prohibit , or > atall _ events to restnot , the exportation of corn . _^ I _^*^*^* _, _^ , - ' . _^ _; The _PhesIIw Italy . ;— The _Angtburg'GaxMti sayi _; in its corre _^ _Bidenbe fr _^ m Palermo , ; that the _cenBure ¦ is _exei _^ _lsed / _wi _& rgi _^ t _^ journals : The _Revettfadii Commerce had _^ _ufiedHheword '' pa _^ _triotism'' _itftheTeense of caro for the general welfare . This _expresfioni was cut but '; The ' editor _; after having _spokehweorrt , the price of which _* isiconstantly falling , _haajtekefl why the price of _breauV-was - raised from 5 to l _^ er _^ cent .- ? This passage was rescinded . In _anotheft _^ rtiele the subject' was * the' mineral wealth of- _Httssia 1 . It experienced a' similar fate .
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Nationm^Sspciation , Op . United Trades....
_NATioNm _^ sspciATiON _, op . United Trades . — The Central Committee ; jnet at ( the Trades' Office , ' 30 , Hyde-street . Biopnw _^ my _;;> h Monday , November 24 th . _A'drage . _, mass ., of letters , ; each bearing' the kindly _feeflhg _. of the pVQvincial . tfa'des towards the association ' i _ywere laid before the committee . Amongst others the _following , " are particularly worthy of notice : —From _^ he Miners of 'Holytown , ' announcing the acqui _^ lpn ' of 400 / members from their body ; from the _^ _Garpet Weavers _' of VKidderminster , announcingthe _^ number of members ' _whb'had already given in _their-jiclhesion j » , l , 392 , ' and also containing a n o rder . fofcpaymentTor ! that number j from Mr . Golding , _spwetary 6 f , tfi . e _^ Manchester district , annountip ! _kl |» t _^& e _3 _^^ tneBeveTaitrades in
_activei _^ _cnumsoMBmmn _^ . M that '• vast industrial emporium ; 'Trom . Mr . Hogers ' , ' delegate of the BristolTrades , announcing the adhesion of the Carpenters and Joiners ; from' Mr . 'Humphries , of Nottingham , convey ing the adhesion of the Framework-knitters of that district ; from Mr . Orme , of Chester , bearing the adhesion of the Plasterers of that district ; from Mr . Jones , of Holywell ( Wales ) , ' who forwarded the adhesionbf the Boot and Shoe Makers of that town . At the conclusion of the business of the Central Committee , a mutual meeting of the Board of Directors and the Central Committee was held , for the purpose of making efficient arrangements for the agitation of the provinces on the joint principles of both associations . It was agreed that Mr . David Ross should deliver his first provincial lecture in Manchester on Monday next ., December 1 st . Upwards of fifty shares have been taken up in the association for the employment of labour since our last report .
Operative Tailors . —A document , drawn up with apparently great care by the Operative Tailors' Ass o ciation , shows that in Liverpool 1 , 187 men , 333 women , and 41 boys are employed in their own houses , which are for th e mo s t p a rt in a d i rty an d un h e a lth y state ; while only 003 men and 130 boys are emp loye d in worksho p s on their masters ' premises , O i the dwellings used as workshops 522 are bedrooms and 127 are cellars ; while in 222 courts parties are working at home for shops .
TnE United Trades Association and the Lancashire Framework-kxitters . —Sir , in the Star ot Oct . 18 th , 1845 , under the head of " Trades'Movements , " there appears a statement to the effect that the Leicestershire Framework-knitters have sent in their adhesion to the United Trades' Union . This is not true . There are 18 , 000 Framework-knitters in this county , and not 1 , 000 as yet h ave j oine d the association . I send this that people may not be led astray . —ThOMAs Winters , Secretary . —15 , Eatons treet , Leicester , Nov . 25 th , 184 ? .
Leicester . —Framework-knitters . —The Framework-knitters of this town held a public meeting in the Royal Amphith e atr e , on Monday last ( when from 1 , 200 to 1 , 400 assembled ) , to read and anal yse th e speech of M . D . Hill , Q . C ., d e livered i n the C o urt of Queen ' s Bench , in the case of Chawncr v . Cummins , concerning the stoppage of wages for framerent , « fcc , contrary to t h e prov i s i ons o f t h e Truck Act . Mr . George Buckby was unanimously called to the chair , who , after briefly opening the business , called upon Mr . T . Winters , the secretary , to address the meeting . He commenced by reading the speeches of the counsel , and argued that the whole of Mr . D . Hill ' s speech was a genuine piece of sophistry throughout , showing there was no analogy between the
services of man and a machine . If the frame was a _coworkman of the man , by the same rule every machine or tool in the kingdom was entitled to a part of the man ' s earnings . Mr . Hill ; had said there was no g ross sum , but a net sum , while all the world knew that from the earliest history of frame-knitting , t h ere had never been a gross and net sum . After reading a table of . frame expenses under a Mr . Collins , of which tho following is a summary , he concluded by appealing to the good sense of the meeting on the question at issue : — "Twelve frames ; one , three at once ; three , four at once ; t h ree five at once ; t h ree , six at once ; one seven , and one , eigkt at once , whose united weekly charges amounted to £ 6 4 s , 5 d _, for which sum 135 dozens of stocking legs would have to be made , leaving the workman is . lid . in debt ,
before they could eavn one farthing for themselves . These twelve frames , multiplied by six , gives seventytwo , making 810 dozens for charges per week , leaving the workman £ 1 9 s . Od . in debt . " Mr . W . Upton , of Thumaston , next addressed the meeting in a very effective manner , after which Mr . Kirby , of Great Wigstone , delivered an instructive address , enlivened at times by several amusing anecdotes . The chairman then delivered one of his usual effective speeches with great energy , full y demonstrat i n g t h e baneful system under which we live , not only to the workmen themselves , but to the ratepayers . A few quest i ons were a s ked , and satisfactorily answered , when a- unanimous vote of thanks were given to J . Briggs _/ Eso . ., for the use of the theatre—Thomas _WixTERSj'Secretarv .
Mansfield Framework-knitters . —The Framework-knitters , as a body , are , doubtless , aware that the Ticket Bill will become law on the 1 st of Januar y ; that is a bill com p ellin g manufacturers to give a ticket on the delivery of work , specifying the quality and the price of the said work . This has caused a great deal of confusion in the ranks of the mi d dlemen or a g ents , as the y are full y aware that it will expose their nefarious practices . Attemptr , are already being made to make up the loss which they will sustain through the Ticket Bill , by reducing the
men ' s already starvation prices . Men are beginning to see how futile are mere sectional unions—that they arc incapable of coping with those gigantic evils which meet them on every hand . We have now joined the National Association of United Trades , and are determined to supportthe Executive in their laborious task . We called a public meeting on Monday , the 24 th inst ., for the transaction of the quarterly business , when committees were formed to prepare statements of all kinds of work , preparatory to the Ticket Bill becoming law . We hope the Framework-knitters throughout the country will do likewise .
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" DEPLORABLE CALAMITY IN IRELAND . At a late hour on Tuesday evening accounts reached Dublin of the following frightful catastrophe : —The night-boat to Longford started on Tuesday afternoon , having on board eight passengers in the fore or principal cabin , and considerably upwards of twenty in the after-cabin . Upon reaching the neighbourhood of Clonsilla , the steersman went below to dine , and unhappily committed the rudder , as we have been informed , to a boy em p lo y ed on board th e boat . This boy , either knowing nothing of the
proper mode of steering , or not attending to the serious duty unfortunately and rashly committed to him , permitted the boat to run upon the bank of the canal , which caused her immediately to capsize , and speedily to fill with water . The fore-cabin passenge rs were save d , as that portion of the boat lay almost out of the water , which is , of course , shallow at the bank ; the unhappy after-passengers plunged into the deepest portion of the canal , could not extricate th e m s elves , and as no immediate assistance was at hand many of them have perished in the waters . The number drowned is fifteen .
Fatal Accident At The Loudwater Paper Mi...
Fatal Accident at the Loudwater Paper Mill , near Rickmersworth . —Oti Friday night , Nov . 21 st , as Thomas Try , in the employ of Messrs . Weedon , and Son , was returning from a part of the mill where alum is stored , to the engine-room , there being a s h o rt e r cut ov e r an a lm o st dr y dit c h , across which a plank is laid , than by the main road , the night being very dark , it is surmised tho poor fellow lost his footing and fell headlong into the cavity , a depth of many feet ; his head came in contact with one of the piles that support the bank , causing a violent contusion . A man passing at some distance hearing
a _nCisemade by , the buckets , proceededm the direction th e r e of , but not seeing anything went forward with his work . Having again to pass the same wav in a few minutes , he heard a groan , being much alarmed , he called loudly for a light , when poor Try wa s discovered l y in g in the chasm , his head restin g upon the pole which had inflicted a wound from which the Wood was streaming . Further assistance having arrived , the poor fellow was removed to his cottage in a hopeless condition . Medical aid was procured with all dispatch , but the poor fellow lingered till four o ' clock the following morning when death terminated his sufferings . He has left a widow and six children totally unprovided for
Fatal Accident At The Loudwater Paper Mi...
" DETERMINED 'AND' DELIBERATE _^; : ¦; _=-iii _^" ¦ - _-.--. MURDER .....,. ; - _..,:.:.,-:. _^ , i ; : ; t-6 n-Thursday evening , at about a _quarter-patt five o ' clock _^' one of the most cool and deliberate acts of _mitrder'Uiaf has been committed in the metropolis for many yea » s , ' wa 6 perpetrated in Peaeook-streetNewington . At that _ttrno Daniel Fitzgerald ; a labourer in the employ of Mr . Quennel _, a respectable builder , in _Kennington-lane _, and a countryman of his , named Owen M'Carthy , were proceeding home after the labours of the day , and as they turned into _Peacock-etreet they were met , at rather a dark spot , by a person who came in front of them , and who , without the slightest parley or uttering a sentence ,
deliberately presented a pistol to the breast of poor Fitzgerald , and discharged its contents into his body , M'Carthy was so affected with the suddenness of . the act and the flash of the powder upon his face , that he became powerless for a moment , and the assassin would have escaped but for the promptitude of two gentlemen named Cotton and Allara , who , witnessing the murder _, instantly pursued the assassin , who had taken to his heels . His pursuers , however , gained ground so fast upon him , that they succeeded in capturing him before he had got far down Kennington-lane , and after running about 500 yards or a little better .
On securing him those gentlemen took him to the police station in Kennington-lane , and gave him over to Lockyer , the gaoler , saying that he had been shooting somebody , but they did not know whether the man he shot at > yas dead or not . The prisoner all this time never uttered a single' syllable , and' was taken'into the station by'Lockyer , where he sat down apparently quite composed , In a few minutes intelligence reached the station that Fitzgerald was noniore , ' and that so deliberatcwaa the act of assassination that the uufortunafe man neveruttered a single groan . The body having fallen closs to the Peacock public-house , at the corner of Peacock-street
nnd Kennington-road _, was carried into that house , arid Mr . Smith , a surgeon in the neighbourhoed , was in immediate attendance , but the instant he saw the deceased he pronounced him dead . On examining the body he found that the ball had entered the left . breast , passed through ( he had not the slightest doubt ) the heart , and came out at the left side of the back , so that his death must have been instantaneous , and one of the policemen picked up the ball which had caused the fatal wound at the bottom of the staircase of the- Peacoek , it having fallen from the body while the deceased was being removed .
The murderer , upon the charge being about to _bs entered against him , gave the name of Samuel Quennel , and it was then ascertained that he was brother of Mr . Quennel , the builder , and , as well as the deceased , had been employed by him . While the charge was being taken , Mr . Inspector Carter asked the prisoner if he had the pistol about him ? and his reply was , that he had not . Immediately after , however , the prisoner was in the act of taking something out of his pocket , when Lockyer seized his arm , and found that he had got a pistol in his hand , which was immediately seeured . It was a good sized pocket-pistol , single barrel , percussion lock , and it was evident that it had been but just discharged . Upon the prisoner being further searched , some strong cording was found in his pocket , with twopence in copper , and some trifling article .
On making inquiries as to the causes which led to so deliberate an act of murder , it appeared that , for some cause or other , the prisoner had been discharged from his employment by hi 6 brother on Saturday last , and , supposing that Fitzgerald had been the cause of his dismissal , had been heard during the week to make . use of the most _violent threats towards Fitzgerald , and even go so far as to say that he would shoot him . Poor Fitzgerald resided at No 11 , Peacock-street , and his assassin resided close by , so that the unfortunate man met his death within a few yards of his home ; indeed , sufficiently near for his wife and five children to hear the report of the shot which deprived them of a husbaud and a father . The prisoner , who is a married man , is twentytwo years of age .
EXAMINATION OF THE MURDERER . On Friday morning , shortly after Mr . Henry had taken his seat on the bench at the Lambeth court , and disposed of the night charges , the prisoner , Samuel Quennell , was brought from the police cells which adjoin the court , and placed at the _felen's bar . The first witness called was Owen M'Carthy , a labourer , of _Ns . 10 , Queen-street , Walworth , who deposed that he had formerly been in the employment of Mr . Quennell , builder , of Kennington-lane , and brother to the prisoner . Was at work at Mr . _Queaaell _' s the day before , and on coming out at his _dinner-hcur saw the prisoner standing nearly opposite , and closo to the Ilorse and Groom public-house . About five o ' clock he ( witness ) and Fitzgerald left Mr . Quennell ' s yard , went along Kennington-lane , across the Ke nningtonroad , and got into the court leading to
Peacock-street . The deceased was a little in front of him ( witness ) when he saw the prisoner come in front of him and point something towards his breast , and discharge a pistol at him . Witness ' s eyes were dazzled at the moment , and he first thought it was something to frighten them ; but , at the instant , he saw Fitzgerald in the act of falling , exclaiming , " I'm shot . " As soon as he recovered his sight , he saw the prisoner walkaway , nnd he followed and called out , " He has shot the man , " The prisoner then commenced running , but two gentlemen stopped him , and witness came up when the gentleman had secured him ; but he did not hear the prisoner say anything . Witness went to inform the prisoner ' s brother what had happened , and the prisoner was taken to the station . Witness did not know what had become of Fitzgerald , He did not know of his own knowledge whether there had been any disagreement between the prisoner and the deceased .
Mr , Wm . Henry Cullcn deposed , that on the preceding evening he was passing along _theKennington-road , when he heard tho report of a pistol , and immediately after he saw the prisoner run , and heard some persons call out "Stop him . " He ( witness ) instantly followed and took the prisoner . Some persons came up at the time , and the prisoner said , "Take _ms to the station-house , " Henry Martin _Allain , a barge builder , in _Agnes-street , Waterloo-road , corroborated the greater part of the _evidence of the last witness . In reply to Mr . Henry , this witness said the only expression he heard the prisoner use was , "Take me to the station-house ; there is where ) I want to go . " Ann Westwood , of No . 1 , Peacock-street , deposed that about a quarter to five o ' clock , she was in her own house , and heard the report of a pistol , and on opening the door she saw the deceased lying close to her door all of a heap .
Frederick , Bunn , shopman to Mrs . Tubb , who keeps a broker ' s shop in the New-cut , said that on Saturday evening last , between seven and eight o'clock , a person , whom he believed to be the prisoner , came to the shop and examined a pistol which was hung up for sale . The first pistol he examined he drew the trigger without the cap being on , and so injured it that the witness charged him 2 s . for the injury , and the prisoner bought another for us _. The pistol he had sold was a new one , and similar to the one produced , but he could not take it upon himself to swear that the pistol produced was the same .
Mr . John Marne , a gun-maker in the Walworth-road _, deposed that on Saturday evening a person , similarly _attir . d to the prisoner , called at his shop , and first asked for a bullet-mould to fit a pistol he produced . He guaged the pistol and found it corresponded exactly with the pistol produced , The prisoner ultimately purchased a quarter of a pound of balls similar to those produced , and then left the shop . The pistol then produced corresponded in every respect with the one now produced , but he , witness , would uot take upon him to swear that the prisoner was the man .
The witness then fitted the bullet which had inflicted the fatal woHnd to the pistol , and said the ball was one of the same description as those which hehad sold . Mr . Win . Papham , a surgeon , of Queen _' s-row , Ken . ningtou-road , said that he was passing near the Peacock public-house , when lie _lieurd a loud report of a gun or pistol shot , and immediately after saw a person run out of the _eourt , and heard a man in a flannel jacket say , " The man is shot . " He ( witness ) went into the publichouse , wh « r « he found a mam l y ing on the table fust dying . He removed his jacket and shirt , and found a wound under the blade bone of the left side near Ui _« seventh rib . He alto found a wound on the breast , and had no doubt that both had been caused by a gun-shot , He afterwards probed the wound in company with Mr . Smith , and they were both of opinion that the ball had _pftBied through the heart , and were perfectly satisfied that the gun-shot had been the cause of death .
Mr . Henry said the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court was up , and therefore it would be impossible for the prisoner to be tried at the present session * , He should , under the circumstances , remand the prisoner until Monday next , The prisoner , who seemed a good deal affected , wai removed from the bar .
Snockixa Death Of A Female By Fire.—On F...
_SnocKixa Death of a Female by Fire . —On Friday evening Mr . Bedford held an ; lnquest at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of Hannah Blackburn , aged thirty-six . __ The deceased was the wife of a carv e r and guilder , residing in the Kew-horse-road , Richmond , and about six o ' clock in the evening of Friday , October 24 , was in the act of brushing the fire-grate , in which there was a fire , when by accident her- cap caught fire , and her face , neck , and shoulders were dreadfully burnt . She was brought to £ he above hospital where she gradually sank under the injuries , and expired on Monday last . V er dict , Accidental Death . Great Fire in Russia . —The greater part of the town of Moischauck , in the Government of Tamboff , in Russia , has been destroyed by fire .
Snockixa Death Of A Female By Fire.—On F...
THE IRISH . . . _Ibeland ' s _Lessor-The prospect of famine m Ireland has . not prevented th * collection : ot _rfhe O'Connell tribute , and probaWy bjU _^ _Ot _mUCtT T _* _ducHthr ' _aMuhTBlow'the - _iteual ' _arerago . ' _Ifcis equally shocking and'extraordinary ; that ; the tax should have been levied and . paid by a people toreknowing that they . were squandering the means _w life itself in the money they gave . : The improvidence , it may be said , is characteristic ; the pinch oi scarcity has not -yet been felt _/ _'and the Irish peasant does not look before him ; but what is to . be thoug ht ; of the , mah who could take advantage of thisi . _im- > providence ; and diminish the wretched ; means of the Door creatures to swell his own income , knowing that
the time must come when they must : bitterly repent 6 f _:, th ' eir thoughtless generosity , and ; reflect that what they had given to Mr . O'Connell had ! by so muchhastened the coming of the day of want ? But what cares he ? If thousands are doomed to perish byfamine or pestilence , what matters it _wliejine ? _it'ia a _, little sooner or a little later ? ' . „ The' _^ ibute ; kept in . ; their pockets would not averjt the calamity , " would !" only postpone , it ; and _/ ir ' the _^' must die ;* _itMs _^ as ¦ well that he should have' the .. benefit of -the _^ m _& _ife _^ _'j suffi c ient to p rolon g the stru gglej . but hot'to carry * the sufferers through it . This . is probably the reasoningof the grasping man ; " heartless as'it is , we can imagine _^ no better . _^ The peasant who this year-has- * given his usual tribute to O'Connell has given _^ h-.
value at least four-fold or five-fold the ' cust" 6 rnSfy : ; contribution . This Mr . O'Connell . must have _neell . ' conscious of when he levied the tax , ahdneyer | : _^ _eles ' 3 ' " he consented to the imposition , a ware th a t ' _thfcjpbor _^ : , creatures know not what they Were about / and _% « re _|" robbing themselves and . ' their children for him ' . _^ Tti *' take from the poor the gift they could not spat _^; Would seem the height ' of cruelty . and meanness '; but ' " that is not all in this case ) for the poor , iii their thoughtlessness , have drawn oh theiV _naiTOwed ' means of existence 20 or 25 per cent , more , than they ; have . been aware of , and sordid advantage has been 5 taken of their want of foresight and reflection ; Dbubt _^" less , however , the _salveito Mr . _O'Connell's conscience " is the expectation that England will supply all wants ,
an d he h as never , as he avows , been an enemy to the connexion with England , for , intruth _. he has no objection" to her capital and " charity . He is willing that Ireland should liyevwithheron the terras , what ' s yours is mine , and what ' s _^ riiine ! s my own—Ireland for the Irish , and English aid , ' when I re l an d s _uffices hot . for the Irish .. Eo _£ _theilaM ;|& ur years the _Jriah agitators have beenTCok 6 iimg _2 _"witn delightori the troubles and difficulties of England ; they haye looked out for our misfortunes as their harbingers of good ; they have prayed for the worst curses on us that can visit nations ; but the first calamity has fallen on the people taught to hope for their neighbours' troubles , and their only resource 13 in the prosperity of the country whose adversity was
malignantly counted on as the sure source of advantage . If England were now plunged in war , how hopeless would be the state of the people of Ireland ! The recruiting sergeant would not bo able to take the multitude ready to serve for bread , and what thousands of the aged , the women , and the children would be doomed to famine , England being drained by the demand for her self-preservation _^ Happy , most happy is it for Ireland , that England is at peace and comparatively prosperous . As Mr . O'Connell believes that the reversal of his conviction waB a miracle , he should also , in consistency , believe that the present calamity of Ireland is a-judgment on her for the guilty prayers he has taught her people to put up for embarrassments and misfortunes to England . He must not be like the Pharisaical
gentlewoman descri b ed b y Gait , who never failed to call the afflictions of her neigbours "judgments , " while to her own she gave the mild name of " trials . " And it is to be remembered that he distinctly ascribed the miracle of his deliverance from gaol to the effect of the prayers which had been offered up ; and to the same cause he may , with more scriptural authority , attribute the pending scourge , for we are taught that the unhallowed prayer for a neighbour ' s misfortunes is likely to recoil in curses on those that offend heaven by putting it up . ' Sweet are the uses of adversity , and profitable , indeed , to the Irish peopie will be the present affliction if it teaches them the policy of humanity—interest in the well-being of othersand to renounce Mr . cO'Connell ' s precepts of hatred and ill-will . — Examiner .
Fatal Accident.—Wood Pavement Conducive ...
Fatal Accident . —Wood Pavement Conducive to TEMrEnANCE . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the Middlesex Hospital on the body of Thomas Ashton , aged 74 , sculptor _. of Great Mavylebone-street , Golden-square . The deceased was , on the evening of the 21 st ult ., in the act of crossing Regentstreet , nearthe ( _Juadrant , being worse for liquor , when he was knocked down by a cart belonging to Messrs . Gill and Coulson , ale andportor merchants , Beaufortbuildings , Strand , and the wheels of the cart passed over him . He was conveyed to tho above hospital , whore , on examination by Mn Ileiley , the housesurgeon , he was found to have sustained a fracture of the left thigh , and other severe injuries . He went on very well till Monday , the ITth instant , when he was seized with delirium Uemcns , under which he sank , and died on Sunday last . The driver , of the
cart said that when within about two yards of deceased he called to him to get out of the way , but he seemed _confounded and stood still , an d b efore he ( the driver ) could pull up , the horse , which , was going slowly , knocked him down . A juror remarked that on the ni g ht of the acci de nt h appe nin g it w a s wet , and it taking plaee qn the wood paving , it would have been almost impossible to have pulled up so as to have avoided deceased . —Mr . Wakley said he considered the wood paving an excellent thing , as it caused people to look about them Juror _: Yes , and causes many accidents . —Mr . Wakley : I'd have the roads as soft as feathers , and I am convinced it would promote temperance , by tending to keep pedestrians sober . ' —The jury did not consider any blame attributable to the driver , and returned a verdict of" Accidental Death . " The Game Laws . —A Poacher Shot . —Petworth .
—Some considerable excitement has been caused in this neighbourhood from the circumstance of a poacher having been shot in the night of Sunday last by the head gamekeeper on Barkfold estate , in the parish _of'Kirdford , near this town , the property of Mr . Richard Hasler , of Aldingbourne . The man shot was a confirmed poacher , having been once tried at the Lewes assizes and sentenced to one month ' s imprisonment for nig ht poaching with others , and during the last spring tried by the local magistrates and fined in the penalty of £ 5 for a similar offence , remarking at tbe time he paid the money that he would soon make that up again . The name of the deceased was Benjamin Remnant , a single man , 29 years of age . The name of the gamekeeper is Thomas
Denver . On Wednesday an inquest was iiolden which terminated in a verdict of " Manslaughter " against Denver , who was thereupon committed to await his trial at the next assizes at Lewes . Suicide by an Insane Lady . — On Friday Mr . B a ker he ld an i n q uest at the Victor y , _Kingslandroad , on . the body of Miss Frances Heath . Deceased was a maiden lady , residing with her brother at No . 8 , Orchard-place , Kingsland-road . About eleven years since her mind became affected , and she was obliged to be placed in Saint Luke ' s , where she remained for twelve months , and being incurable was
taken home . Her insanity was of a mild character , and she did not require any _particulr restraint . On the morning of tho 29 th of September last , about six o'clock , she w as obse r ved b y s o me persons in th e street to precipitate herself from a two-pair back window into the yard below . A n alarm being raised , she was found lying quite insensible , and bleeding profusely f rom a wound en the hea d , havin g fallen on some iron railings . She lingered until Sunday last , when she died . On being questioned as to what induced her to jump out of window , s h e sai d , "The devil came to her and rang the bell three times . " Verdict— " Unsound mind . "
Decrease or Chime in Staffordshire . — The number of prisoners in Stafford gaol is now less than 300 ; thero have been upwards of 800 prisoners in it . The whole of the additional buildings erected during the last two years are unoccupied . William Cobbett , Esq ., a b arri s ter , and the son of the late William Cobbett . now lies in the Queen ' s prison , for contempt of the Court of Chancery , innot paying , as ordered , certain costs . The Duicn LiBEKATon . —The inauguration of an equestrian statute of "William the Silent , " t h e great founder of Dutch liberty , took p lace on the 17 th inst ., at the Hague , in the ' presence of the whole court and the _great authorities of the kingdom . The ceremony of unveiling the statue was performed by the King himself , amidst the deafening shouts of applause , and a salute of 101 cannon shots , whilst tho band played the National air of " WilheJni von Nassau . "
_Extraordikart Ewe . —An ewe sheep , bred by Mr . John Whincup , of Walshford , near Wetherby , was slaughtered on the 18 th inst ., by Mr . Thomas Hill , butcher , Wetherby , and weighed the enormous weight of 18 Glb . A line of Packets , of 600 tons burden , is contemplated at Baltimore , to sail on the first of every month between that port and Liverpool , The Mayor ' s Office at a Discount —Two gentlemen , namely , Robinson Watson , Esq ., and F Thompson , Esq ., have alread y each paid £ 100 rather than fill the office of Mayor of Stockton , to which the former was elected on the 10 th instant , and the latter yesterday se ' nnight . , American SiEAM ERS . _ Neither the Great Britain nor the _kreat Western will cross the Atlantic this season again , . and the Halifax boats will run only oneo a month during the winter .
fitE LAND . -Atamectingof the shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Societv , held November 24 th , at the house of Mr . Walter Thorn , 111 , Reastreet , Mr . Butterworth in the chair , it was unanimous l y resolved :- _< " That a special meeting of delegates of the whole district be held on Sunday , De . cember 6 th , at the Shi p Inn , Steelhouse-lane , at twelve o clock , for the purpose of suggesting any alteration in the rules that maj be thought necessary and to express our views to the delegate appointed to the Conference . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_29111845/page/1/
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