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SPAIN . . _ . _ Mad rid , Not . 3 . —The event anticipated here for some days has just oecurrecL "While engaged in miring a part of this letter , I heard the first shots of a nmement sixnilar-to that of "Valencia and other place ? fired in the Puerta del Sol this evening , about half-past seven o ' clock . Since lour , indeed , crowds bad been gradnaHv assembling there , and it wa 8 obvion * , from their appearance and conduct , that some ifisturbanee was to take place . Some of them at a later hour attempted to enter the . Post-office , a " -Strorig ' - 'builnlngr in tbe Puerta del Sol , but the piquet guard of the liatioaal Militia omfaty there , relnsed tliem admission , and ultimately closedlegates The crowds still increasing on the outside , the ex-- _ ™
eifenent became very great amongst them , and some HZtr -pr seventy persons , dressed in the uniform of lie National Gnard , commenced crying Yiva la Uberiadl Ywa la Contlitttcioni Viva Isabella Seemrfa ! Mverda los MimstrasJ ( death to the JBnisier *) , and such like exclamations , which were " responded to by shouts from - the crowd . The alarm immediately spread through the town , and persons were sees rnnning in all directions to their bouses , which were immediately closed up throughout the dty . A « soon as the firing ceased , the drams beat to arm- * , ani the National Guard began to assemble fromall ports of the town in - tbe Place of the Constitution , where a considerable number of them are now drawn up infantrj and cavalry . The garrison -and artillery were ordered underarms , and a battalion
of the regiment of the Reina Gobernadora , and a _ jqaadron of the Lancers of the Guard , occupy the entrances to the Palace . From the lower part of the CaUe Mayor near the Palace , where the latter are stationed , to the Puertadt-lSol , is patrolled by a company of the National Guardj the officer of which was reading a proclamation as my informant passed them , declaring Madrid in a state of siege , and staling , that . all persons found in smaller or larger groups In the streets would be arrested If they did not disperse immediately , on being ordered to d ' o so . Since the occupation-of t&Vstreets by the guards and military , the ciry wears the appearance of perfect tranquilTiry . Not a soul is to fre seen in the Puena del Sol , and tie " gates of the Post-office remained dosed . No accident or loss of life , that I . could learn , has occurred on the occasion .
TreffastftfffofrTnesdav , cs-ntains a Hoval decree accepting the resignation of the Minister of "War ud interim , Brigadier Hubert , which the Duke de Trias provisionally fills . The acceptance of General Narraez ' s resignation , thOTgh not yet gazetted , is positivel y stated bv other Journal * , -whieb might lead to xhe breaking op of tbe army of reserve , at any rate woold prevent its being augmented to 40 , 000 men . General Alama is
said to have been carrying tales to the Queen and Mraister ^ , to raise sus ; ucions of Narvatz harbouring ssb : rious designs against the capital . Others attribute his removal to tbe intrigues of the canons and preheDdiaries of Toledo , wbe at any price wished to impede his return to that province and La llanehe ,. where he shot without merey all convicted traitors . One of these offered a large ^ um of money , besides raising and equipping a , whole battalion at Ms own expense , to save his life , but in vain . to
The French Ambassador is said Tastni ^ ht hare submitted a proposal of Den Carlos to be protoeol-Szed byJFfaneeaad the northern Powers recognL-dng inm as constitutional Xing of Spain , to reign with iwo chamber ^ acknowledging the national debt of Spain , and the alienation of tae church property ; % . Mole , it is supposed , wishing to improve the presentfavourable position of the Pretenders affairs to his advantage . Of Queen Isabel , her morhtr , and England , no mention is made in these protocols . Espartero is said to have demanded the j = u ^ penaon of the constitution and of the libtrty of tie press , without which he could notterminate tbe war . Thisisa new embarrassment to the already vcry unpopular ministrv ef Frias .
. Baron de Meer has forcibly seized a snm of 16 , 000 doTlars , belonging to the house of Doh Pedro Gil ana CoL e 3-2 epury of Catalonia . . From the city of Yaleneia we have no further news . But it is no : thought possible for General Yan Haltn to march against it , and leave Cabrera in uncontrolled possession of I » ower Aragoa . Two Saragossa mails have arrived , no * Carlirt columns intercepting the road at present . - General Alava , with part of the army of reserve , was to march to Old Castile . A party of Carli * t cavalry was on the 27 th ult . ** Castrileje , near Segovia ; they entrred Sepul ^ edo , and the authorities of Riazi fkd in time . Letters
from Vittoria , of the 27 th tjIl , state that Zurbano and Kodarquez -were in pursuit of tbe Caxlists in Old Castile . Merino ^ s force was estimated at 1 , 500 asn . . - " _ . ' .- -- _ . ¦ -- '" . :- ¦ - ¦¦ --:- - From Lisbon we hear , on the 23 rd , that a strong Trench squadron was mustering there . A steamer of war had arrived from Hoebelle with an Ambassa-I dor Extraordinary , a peer of France , and Aid-de-Camp of Lonis Philippe , to stand godfather to the royal infanr Queen Donna" Maria was expected to give birth to , in the name of his Sovereign . Admiral La Bretoniere had three large frigates , sne corvette , and one l ) rig under his command in fee Tagus .
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IrtJSSIA . Letters from Russia , arrived from different quarter ? , confirm a portion of the intelligence which , in * pteof the vigilance of the Muscovite police , and of its cabinets noirs , transpired some days ago . It appears that the Emperor , has determined on the examhiaticn of all the positions held by his troops along the Kuban , and on' leaving garrison ? only in the strong places . The active corps of the army of " ^ Northern Caucasus will accordingly resume its winter ^ cantonments along the Don and the Sea ef ¦ izoph . The ; General in Chief Rajew * ki was , as is usually the case , held accountable for tbe ineffective state of that army and its late defeats ; but it
b now well ascertained that the demoralization of tiie Russian soldiers proceeds'from their ill success in everjen « nmter , anafromtbeirdistrQstof theCossaris . Knmerous desertions daily take place ^ anditwouldbe ntteriy impossible to combine during winter any military operation ^ sothat the costly support ofthe trooja intibarpositions wouldbeadeadlo&f . V They would , moreover , be constantly exposed to partial surprises , : Sckness , &c . The Enssianileetemployedin thebloekade of the coast of Abasa wpuldnotfarebetter , thatis , ifitwere able to remainon that station dnring winter , liable , as it would be , at every moment to perish in astorm , and itecrews by thehands of the natives , thrown
H on the coast . -The Anglo-Turkish Company , which has undertaken to- supply the Cau-« aan ? aloiig that coast is in foil operation . They Hot onl y furnish them goods and ammunition , hut SfJ" send them men and arin 3 , and the Emperor Aiebolas , whose reliance on his own forces and impaasabinty are » mnch extolled ly the journals , - appears now . convinced that the sm against -the Circasaaas has uinicted a serious blow on bis power . Instead of attempting to reduce those insurgents , be will hereafter confine himself to allay the spir it of revolt in Georgia , and to keep his forces ready to eomend , if neeessary , ^ for the possession of Constantffiople . —Courier Trancais .
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EAST INDIES . A PRIKCE HAKQED POB . MtTBUEB .. —The Delhi Gazette , July 4 ih , gives a long account of tiie public execution of a Prince of the house of Timoar for iBurder . _ ---- - - - - :-- --- ¦ ¦ •' ¦ .. * £ he ciiaMnal ^ Mirza Hydur Shekoh , a cousin , of his ' present ^ Majesty , took- an opportunity , during ~ the hoghtofTa ; storm that ^ ' . Tinted Delhi on she 11 th oltimd ,. to , XDiunfcr ; his wife ,- the Kaudera : % ltan BegmB , " DT-jcuittmg . iex almost ; to pieces srtth . a word , bQet . which he quietly -left the . ioiwe ^ nd threw himsell iowa * . well near at hind , with the
tttention of 1 perpetrating- suicide . His courage , however , ' j&aled ' ;^ aiii ^ e was drawn-out , and -se * - cured . by person ^ 'jrio-liad collected on his cries for hel p . - r-.-- " . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦^ y ^ iv : ^ : ' ¦' -- " : He made no 3 efcn » on- ^ ns trial , and receivei his Be * tence , ^ of , -tefflg iqng ,,, witli gullen . apaAy , merely ohsempg ^^^ ra ^ gpoi /' U-HU . ajljiciiU , -:- an infant , . tQgaTthci fej Sefcie ii * esecsdwu , ri - _ - / The B fj > lPan % ' ofI ) elbl ^^ ve ^ ndAnhfltttisfied j witii the . jusiac |" Bf tie pnnishmeni ; sthilerthe ohbmon people are ^ eail , excited , « tf IM « 8 Sswan aetoftjianny . - , , . ., / f , . > X ^ .- . U-
Niiibiibj - or-m sire j ^ Ti ^ tkr to imz - ' - ¦ - . BTJ&ME SB- . TOROKBi ; ' " ' ' - r .: ^ - ' ' , Acconnts ^ from tiie Burmese Enrpb * rtateflialthe [ recond act . of , Tharrawadie > . usurpation 1 WM ¦ tiffl ^^^^^^ tpw . ^ thftaftMiip ^ wifli ; twenQr-toree tr o |; iu Mowen , inolndingr 4 to « ft . feales ; ' ^ le ^ a ^ e agamgt ftejoang-JWBeerM I to supposed jr ^ flection towards the V . Tt ^ fl ^
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'Mb . Batty , of Batry ' s Circus Eoyal , has purchased , in Edinburgh , the young lion "Wallace ior 160 guineas . TH . . FKTBisc-H ConstjIj is DTJB 1 . IN has offered a preminm of 30 , 000 francs for paper from which writing cannot be obliterated . ^ How to Know a Clown . —Put a cigar in his aouth ; if he goes through the street smoking , you need not ^ uess farthe r . Mb . Htjtt , the new Gotebsor of Wes-TKRH Atjstbalia , has been appointed Vice-Admiral of that province . Railway Shabes . —Shares have been already -taken in tbe Carlisle and Pen nth Hail way Company to the amount of nearly £ 30 , 000 . i ^ - ^ s ^^^ a ^ s . s- 16 eg . ineM .. - : * B
A whole-lenth Statue of the late Viscount Downe , executed by Chantrey , has just been erected in Snaith Ghurch , Yorksbire . . Minjstebull Patronage . —Mr . Spr ins Rice bas appointed his cousin , Mr . Coilis , to be Deputy Keeper of the Irish Court of Exchequer . ' . Johnston . — "We understand a Radical Association now exists ? in that town—that it numbers 300 , and is carrying on its operations with vigour . Suow .- ^ -There have been considerable falls of snow in the North of EBglaud , as well as in Scotland .
THX Man who actually fired the * hot tbat killed Mr O'Ketffe is in custody and folly identified ; but to trace the conspiracy to its source is now the object , — Tipperary Free . Press . _ A LABfiE quantity of spurious fourpennj pieces , or , as they are usually called , " Joes , " professing to De of the present reign , have lately got into circulation . They are not well executed . The Mayob of Dieppe has appointed a commission to examine into the best means of improving the steam communication between tbat port and England . Letters fkom Tuscany state that fresh political arrtsts bad been made in Rimini , and tbat the whole of Romagna was in an " alarming fermpDL "
The Dcke of YTet / ltkgton has been pre sentrd with ten fine buffaloes , for hi ? park at StratbfieloWe , by the Earl of Powis , from Walcotpark , Shropshire . Last week , an interesting female , aged 24 , attempted to commit suicide by swallowing laudanum , in London . Tbe unfortunate yoonp woman was in extreme want , which drove her to desperation . Beqdist , —The late Mr . Winch , « f Newcastle has bequeathed to the LinEsein Soeiery his valuable herbarium , containing more than 12 , 008 specimens , as also a rich collection of books . The Royal Society have decided on proposing the Marquis of NoBTHAMPTON to fill the Present ' s chair , in the roem of the Duke ot Scssex .
The wreck of tbe Lady Charlotte has been dis covered , and it is expected to regain the large quant ity of . specie she contains , by means of diviug beHs . . * . Sir Robert Peei has contributed £ 500 to the Lichfield-and Coventry Diocesan Church Building As-ot-iatioD , " the object of which is the erection of iifWfhurehes and paraonage-houses where thev are requirt-d . The Shock at the great explosion of the powder-mills near Mods , was felt at Avesnes , ten leagues south of where the mills were situated , and produced there all the effects of an earthquake , for which it was taken bv the inhabitants .
The Greatest distance accomplished by the Royal Wiiliam steamer , on her passage to " New York , on one day , Tras 265 miles , and the least was 112 miles . The wind was against her nearly all her voyage . The Princess de Beira , according to the Cowier ¦ Francais , immediately after the religious Ceremonies of her marriage were performed , put tbe cn . wn of Spain upon her head with her own hands . : M . Yictob Hugo , aeconiing to the Presse , has sold M . Delloye , the publisher , for 240 , 000 fr ., the ri nt of printing bis works for 10 years ; and , by terms of the agreement , has received half of this monry down ..
Belfast Harbotjr . —It is stated that the fcjOTerhmtarf have promised a l ^ au of twenty-five thousand pounds to the Commissioners for the improvement of Belfast harbour . During the First ten Months of the present year 360 failures have been declared before the Consular Tribune of the Seine . The deficits thus . occasioned amount to about 22 , 000 , 000 of francs . The Russians not being allowed to trade with the Chinese by sea , obtain their teas in caravans by land ; and this turns out to be of a superior quality by reason of its passing through a dry country inscad of being subject to the heat of a tropical octan .
The Eruption of Mount Etna continues with great violence . On the morning of tbe 30 th September , at six o'clock , a tremendous bnrst came forth , which " excited great alarm . It appears , bowever , that no serious consequences have ensued . Vesuvius is quiet . The Mausoleum at Bowood , was consecrated on Wednesday , by the Lord Bishop of Samm , and will be nsed in fotore as the burial place of the Lansdowne family . The noble Marquis and Marchioness were present at the interesting ceremony .
On Fbiday , Dudley Lobd Nobth , eldest , son of the Earl of Guilford , a fine hoy , ten years of age tumbled against the fire-place at Walderfhaw Park , and npset a kettle of boiling water over himself . He is not dangerously , although * everelyhurt .---Xenft "* A Gazette . ^ CiYic Honours , —The freedom of the city of London has been voted in a box , value £ fty guineas , to . Colonel Pisley , of the Royal Engineers , for the services ~ he ~ bad rendered in blowing to pieces the two wrecks which so dangerously obstructed the . river Thames .
; " Singular Cibcumstance . —The other day , Mr . Lennox , fishmonger , St . John-street , Perth , on opening an oyster , found therein an English shilling 1 How the coin got there ii a puzzler . —Perth Advertiser . -.. - ¦ _ FOBGEBIBS . —The Brighton Gazette says , extensive ibrgeries have * been committed ; by a gentleman connected with a great public establishment , who with an accomplice has made off to America . The father of the accomplice is " honourably known to the public . ** '
A r CtJjiioTJS " . ' . Case of Hydrophobia . —A woman , residing at Camberwell , was bitten by a dog twelve years ago : the wound was cauterized and healed up , but at the end of six months she van attacked by a fit of hydrophobia , which went off in the course of six weeks , and has been periodically renewed from that time up till the present . - Tan Amburgh . —The Literary Gazette exclaims at the lion owner allowing poor Van Amburgh only £ 5 a week for his keeping and training of the lions . / Now we can tell the Literacy Gazette , that many an honest man cannot get a tenth part of the money for doing ten times as much useful vrerk .
Another- of those wretched "victims tbat are every day offered up to the Moloch of the fifty inBl ) on- *> vear system , was found atTVateriooBridge , London . ^ The remains of the deceased , a female nnserably clad ,-was fbnnd at -the bottom of one of the piers , evidently having dashed herself frtm the top to-put an-end to her miserable existence . - " Skeleton—The Asiatic Journal , November , 1838 , says , ; that a skeleton of the human bod y , measuring nine feet nine inches , has been dug up by miners near-tie southern extremity of the Himalaya Mountains , at a very short distance from the snrface of the nearest stratum of mould . —Mirror .
• -IrtQUESTi— On Eriday evening an inquest was held at tt « Three Kings , Clerlenwell-close , on the body of John Gray , ; aged sixty-three . It appeared ' from the evidence-that thg deceased had some years back ' 1 held the ; situatipri of a letter-carrier " in the € « Beral Post-office $ nut lately bad been an outdoor | ptraper of Clerkenwell parish , ' On Tuesday 4 ast kie called at the workhouse . for his allowance ., which he obtained . On ^ hisTeturn [ homehe fell down iff ' Il 4 d-3 joTii » treet ^ ClettenWell , and was taken in ~ f k insensible-; - £ bkt ii ~ : Ui , ^ e shop of Mr . * Austip , - a rer ^ ebnrln ? jJi 6 . i . 'bore s ^ eet , wherfrhe expired in a fwrniinuiii . Verdict / Died by the fisitatibn of 'saa-V - - ' : - ^ ' - — ¦ - ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ; .. . . ¦ - ¦ ¦; . . - ..
Tbio th ' "Exmibxtiov of Abts . —The Prefect of the Seine and his officers are actively engaged in the preparations for the grand exhibition of arts and manufactures for next year , and it is , expected that the manufactnrere and others who wish to expose their prodncts will be allowed next week . to drposit , at the Hotel de Yllle , models or sample * of their several articles , to be submitted to the jury of admission , and to mate the requisite declarations .
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. NoyeL FlGHT .-A fi ^ ht , such as perhap , fiia never heen witnessed at the select plac ^ of amasement near the Barrieredu Combat , 'in Pan , , took pUce aftw days ago incidentall y in the Rue de la Madeleine , - ^ at Brussels , between a Newfoundland dog and aionkey , laden with a conple of baskets lhe ass , with a belhgerent spirit not often exhibited not t ^ T f h \ V « : » > completely vanquished not only the dog out also his proprietor , who , contrary to all the known rules of fair play , came to he assistanceof his favourite . Had it been possible to ^ announce the improviso exhibition a fortnight beforehand , it would no doubt have attracted crowds oi amateurs . JL ^^^^ jg jL ^^ mentM , r S ^ 2 ™ S ^ S ? i l ''? ctof . lllD 118 ' -
t THElNFBBNALBASTrLE SYSTEM . —Mr . Edltor in my recent communications I have comtnentea somewhat severely on the misdeeds of the metropolitan and provincial magistracy . Permit me now to address you on a subject in which magistrates are frequentl y very much embarrassed , and are at a loss how to act . The case to which ! am about to direct your attention is one of a peculiarly distressing nature . One day last week , Mary Ann Bailey , I young woman about nineteen years of age , was broaght to Hattan Garden police office by a policeman , who stated that he found her sitting on the step of a door in Hatton . Garden with scarcely a rae
to cover her , and evidently in a state of starvation bhesta ^ d that her father and mother were both ?> o ; t ^ t she had no friends or relations , and tad lett bt . Thomas ' s hospital six weeks ago , where she had been with a fever . She had not been in bed for afortmght , and had not U « ted food for several days . J ^ r . iio geni , the sitting magistrate , ordered the officer to take her to St . Andrew ' s workhouse , that being the parish in whaeh she was fonnd . He accordingly took her there the same day , and saw the master of the workhouse , who , on hearing that St Giles s was the last parish in which she had slept , refused to receive her , but recommended him to take
her to St . Giles ' s , and if they refused to take her in there , to bring her back , and they would receive her . He accordingly took her there , but they refused to receive her , saying , that as she was found in St . Andrew ' s parish they were bound to receive her , and pass her to her own parish with the usual ceremonies . He then took her back to St Andrew ' s , where he saw Mr . Wilkes , the assistant overseer , who contended that she " ought" to be received by St . Giles ' s , and actually refused to receive her . The policeman , not knowing how to act after such repeated refusals to admit her , was compelled to take her to the station-house for the ni ght . The following day he applied to the magistrate for
directions what to dp under the circumstances . Mr . Rogers then desired him to go to the overseers nt St . Andrew ' s , with bis compliments , and say that she was starving , and that they ought to take her in . The policeman then took her , and on his return reported that the overseer said he would receive her , but would communicate with the overseers of St . Gilas ' s on the subject . I regret to say that the above is not a solitary instance ; it is , unhappily , one of frequent occurrence , and is highly disgraceful to any parish . Here Lj an unfortunate young woman , recently discharged from an hospital , and in the la « t stage of destitution , without friends to assist her , and in this weak and enfeebled state she is
bandied about from one workhouse to another , on the most miserable—paltry ^—subterfuge that ever was resorted to ; the officer of one parish refusing to admit the poor emaciated creature , on the plea that she ought to be received into the Bastile of the parish in which she was found ; and the other on the equally plausible one , that she ought to be ' admitted into the workhouse of the parish where she last slept . What an exquisite specimen of huminity it displays on the part of the two Jacks in office How frequently is it the case that a parcel of pragmatical underlings , "drest in a little brief fcuthority , " orerstep the bounds of their du ties . AVhat a pity it is that such fellows should have the power to
refuse admission to a poor starving creature like the female in question . What a pity , also , that all power should be taken from magistrates in similar cases ; they ought , decidedly , to be vested with cer - tain discretionary powers , in all such cases of urgent necessity instead of being obliged to send their compliments to the officials , of Union Bastiles , requesting them to admit persons in a state of starvatuin . These advocates of starvation principles need not be so extremely chary of admitting individual .-, under such circumstances , for , according to the
" regulations" now acted upon under that delightful " Poor Law Amendment Act , " the food doled put to the miserable inmates seems to be distributed on the Homoeopathic principle , "in an attenuated and diluted state , " carried to such an extent , as to become infinite in its division , and scarcely ponderable in its substance—a kind of *? eurati ^ process . " Heaven preserve us all from such " processes , " and from the " tendermercies" of workhouse officials , whb are deaf to the voice of pity . The case I have here cited is an exemplification . —Weekly Dispatch ,
Poob Law Hascality —Stepney Union . — The reader * of The Dispatch are aware how signally the Bashaw Poor-starvers have been foiled in the Stepnry Union in their infamous project of inflicting a debt of £ 30 , 000 on the inhabitants to build a pauper coercion Bastile . Let other Unions learn a lesson in this particular from the noble stand made by the inhabitants against such a gross act of injustice to themselves and inhumanity to the poor . The inhabitants of Stepney XJnion are , however , litile aware of the evil about to be inflicted upon them in another shape . On Monday week , at a meeting of the Board of Guardians , Dr . Kay , the newlyappointed assistant to the imperial trio at
Somersethouse , attended , and stated that the " three kings '' had determined that , as the Guardians " . . would not have one central house , they would alter the arrangement of the poor in those now in use , in short , that by making new places , and pulling down , enlarging and building , they would put the inhabitants to as much expense as possible . Mr . Single and the other guardians of Mije-end , loudly protested against any further interference of their " demi-devii" rulers , and Mr . Single said that the Poor Law Commissioners having only two years since made alterations which were quite unnecessary , to the tune of upwards of £ 2 , 000 , and having inflicted an increased expenditure on Mile-esd , £ 3
the amount of j , 000 per annum , he strongly deprecated any further expenditure of the rates raised for the relief of the poor . After a very warm discussion , Dr . Kay said that the orders of the Commissioners w ereimperative , and that Limehouse workhouse was to be altered and fitted up for a children ' s esublisbroent . The Guardiana of Mile-end having protested against this measure , left the Board , Mr . Single observing that Limehouse was the most unhealthy sitnation in the whole Union for the purpose—the workhouse was in a narrow lane , enclosed on every side with high buildings and an open sewer running at the back of the building ; the cholera first made itsappearance there whenityisrited London , and
there its attacks weremostseverely felt . Inpnrsuance of this mandate the poor children were removed from Mile-end , where they were situated in a healthy , open place , with a field at the back of the house to play in , to the dreary confined house in Church-lane , Limehouse , and their tears , which flowed abundantly , as they passedalong the streets , bespoke their anticipation of the misery they were tn undergo in the prison-looking fabric at JLimebonse ^ The men were , on the same ; evening , immediately removed to Mile-end from Limehonse , and one of them died suddenly soon after his arrival . The surgeon on the inquest held to inquire into the cause of his death stated , that it had no doubt hf » en accelerated by his removals
repeated , having been in a short period sent from Limehouse to Horsleydown , from Horsleydown to Limehouse , and from Limehonse to Mileend and he hsying been subject to fits . When will such persecution cease ? : As a set-off , however ^ to all this ; unnecessary change , the Commissioners , through their agent ,: Dr . Kay , declare that the children at Limehouse will be educated ; - a gymna-B ^ nrnis to be established , and iifeady the toast ' , of a 74 is ereeted in the yard with riggingup , / which -toe pauper children willbe forced to mount , and learn to be sailors whether they will' or not . An ; Iqdian rubber netting is provided at " the bottom for the humane purpose of saving the trouble of holding a
Coroner ' s Inquest , ( a tather troublesome affair , ) on ' the bodies of those forced aspir ^ nfe ' to maritime knowledge . The ' old servants of fhe ' Ufiion are ; to be discharged forthwith , ^ and a , numKer of mapters , sub-uiasteTs , and ' assistents instructe'd in the systein of theirrmasterearetofeappplnfea * . Miss Mndge , the matron of ^ Mile-end ; -Wbrkh puse , Tia 8 already been ; disQharged by Dr . Kfy , much against the feelings of the Thhahitants of Mile-end ^ she ^ ^ hayipg filled the office of matron" for twenty years to . the Ransfaction ! of the rate-payers , and ' to the credit of herself . The reason assigned , for her discharge fa not-concealed , as she chose rather topVey the
Guardians than the ~ nBorping ; tpbl ; pf . the Commissippers is admitting Dissenting teathefs from i £ e nei | h . bflurl ing Baptist college to the ' members of that perftu ^ aqn in the house ; over which she presided . For . sucK . correct liberality , she is discarded tomake room for some tool of the Bashaws . The ^ continued tyrannical interference of the Somerset-bouse junta has caused the most inveterate feeling of dislike to the system altogether in this district , and measures are now in progress amongst a number of Guardians of the . Union , which will , if successful , much curb the power of these tyranteby exposing the whole of their actions to the public eye . - Weekly Dispatch .
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«Majob John , Macphail has been appointed Governpr of Domitf ca . ¦ v _ CAB ^ ICK . THE MoNK . --In the eotnmission Court pf Dublin , on Mpnday , Carrick , ¦ ' ? the mpnk " as he is called , wag tried on a charge of murdering John Touche , a child / placed under his care , t'ie evI . fenc . , P roved that the prUonet had treated the cluld ^^ with extreme brutality ¦ . ¦;^ uttne Judge charged the jury , thatrnnless 'they were satisfied ihat thn mtent was . to cause death , theirWerdict rcust be ^ manslaughter . " The Jury ; were locked up all night , and on Tuesday mprning brought in a verdict of aggravated manglaa ghtek" The Jadge said , that it was not the province-of the Jury botof thte Lourt ,- to consider the ; circumstances of aggravation ^ ; and tke verdict was altered to" manslau-zliter . ' On Wednesday j Carrick was sentenced to trausnortation for life . - i , ™ >** , *** * ^^ Go , enior « f Domii > . ; " '"" ^ . "
Accident on the London and Birmingham Railway . —^ On Friday morning , about twenty minutes past three o ' clock , an accident of a senpu ^ cnaracter occurred on the line of ; the London and Birminghom railroad , about three miles da this side of Leighton . The Birmingham mail-train started at th ^ usual hour from the latter place for London ^ on Thursday night , and ought to have arrived at the Uston-grove terminus by seven o ' clock on Fnday morning . U p to eleven o ' clock great uneasiness was manifested at its ndthavirig made its appearance , and various ? were the surmises as to the cause of its delay . About twenty minutes after eleven it came in divtsted of its usual appendagesthe
Post-, office and luggage vans , when the following particulars were elicited :-The train starred at its usual hour from Birmingham , bringing about fifty passengers , the Post-office letters , and luggage . On arriving about three miles and a half on this side o Lbighton , where the road runs along an embankment 90 feet in height , the engine and tender got off the linein the direction of the embankmeritj and before it was in the power" of the engineer to check its proirress , it had proceeded , dragging with it the greater portion of the train , fight over the steep declivity , producing a concussiah Which dashed the Post-office luggage-van and one of the first-class carriages to peices , and seriously damaged the whole
of the remainder . The escape of the engineers , guards , and passengers , was truly providential . The engine , after having gone dpWn the declivity a considerable distance , became , from its immen . xe weight so deeply imbedded in the mould that the wheels were entirely clogged , and it fell uponi its side towards the mound , which had the effect of throwing those carriages which were over the embaiikment in tbe same direction , and those remaining still on the line on their sides the reverse way . The confusion at tbe moment is described te have been dreadful . On the engineers , officers , and guard * recovering the shock , it was found that among the passengers , with but one exception , only a few slight bruises had been
sustained , and that a gentleman ^ who was Heatedalone in one of the first class carriages , vras bruised about the thigh and hips by the force with which the panntlling had been dashed in against him . One of theguards , named Young , was found lying at : the bottom of the embankment , bruised in a most shocking manner , having beeu at the time of the concussion pitched , together with ^ he fo pt-bpard and ironwork ol the dickey of the carriage on which he was seated , the whole depth of the declivity . He was assisted up , and placed in one of the carriages , in a ¦ wea k , otate , but we are happy to state his injuries are not of a serious nature , as he managed to walk to his residence on the arrival of the train in town .
MYSTBRiOug EbBBEBY . -On tbe Us instant , a gentleman , withhis carriage and suite , arr ivtd at Dover about one o ' clock in the rnbrriing , from London j- on his way tto Paris . ' The carriage was put up into the yard at th * Shi p ^ Hotel ; but there being no room in the-l 6 ckiup oftach-nouseM , it was left under cover behind the great gates , which were shut , and said to be locked 1 . At five o ' clock the same morning it was discovered that the imperial from tbe roof of ' the barriages , several hat-boxes , and other property had been stolen . The owner
was informed of the robbery , who stated he had an inventory of the property , and that it and the value of the imperial amounted to about two hundred pouRds ; aud a » the imperial , among other articlfs , contained vsiluable military court dresses , they could only by replaced by returning to London . The Messrs . Worthingt 6 n , pf the Ship Hotel , theretore , agreed to compromise the matter , by paving a sum of £ 120 and upwards to the gentleman for hia lo * Sj who returned to London . In the meantime the police searched' in all directions , and every inquiry was made to trace out the robber and th *»
property ,, without effect ., i Oh Saturday s as a boy in the employ of Mr , R . C . Polhill , a ; butcher , went nto a field tor his master ' s horse , he discovered something behind a hedge at the edge of the clifiE next Limekiln-street , j Upon a nearer aproach he found the imperial and all the other articles stolen ; and lost no time in informing Messrs . Wbrthingtnn , who had the whole removed to the Ship Hotel . The imperial had been broken open and rummaged ; but , there being no money , it appeared that the robbers repented of thu act , , it is supposed , not knowing what to do with the booty , abandoned it . The affair remains in as much mystery a * at first . An express was subsequently forwarded to London to acquaint the gentleman that his property was found , and to prevent hia getting other dresses made .
Awful Catastrophe .- — -Twenty Lives Lost . —About one o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon week , three pinnaces , baying on board the men employed at the Breakwater , at Plymouth , left the Chatham hulk , which is moored insidei that Structure , as a rendezvous for the men ; the sea was then running very high , and the wind blowing a fearful gale from S . S . W . - The destination of the boats was the quarry . at Oreston , but as" they proceeded across the Sound , they encountered tremendous . seax , and especially so when approaching the Cobler-buby , where the run of the ebb-tide from Catwater meeting the seas which came in from the S . S . W ., produced a peculiarly hea . vy swell , and
dangerous surf . When about two-thirds of the way across the Sound , a man in the leading boat exclaimed that the second pinnace had disappeared . At the same instant , the crew observed thAt several l ^ ersbns on the Old Victualling-office point and the Batten were waving their hands , and making other gesticulations , as if to call theiKattention to some particular circumstance . The boat immediately made into the VictualHng ^ ofltee ; point , where ''¦' the crowds , who had assembled to witness the effects of the storm , told thecrew that the second pinnace had sunk , and that some . of the crew were then clinging to the . Cobler . The irew : of , the vsecsnd boat immediatel y struck their sail , and , at the imminent risk of their lives , put abouty and went back' to the spot where ,: as nearly as could be judged , the ill-fated vessel went down . Not one of the crew were to be
seen , and nothing but some of the hats and baskets belonging to the" sufferers was recovCTed . The boat itself was seen bottoih upwards , aud ? in that state it floated to the rocks under Mount Batten . From the particulars which we have been able to glean from parties who witn'essed this lamentable occurrence j it appeared that the boat was coming in at a rapid rate , having ; a reefed lug . R ' all set , when upon descending a heavy sea , which followed close upon another , the boat ' s way , completely buried her in the sea ahead , and she instantly went ; down . The first boat very nearly shared the same fate . She was some distance ahead of the / second pinnace , and when near the Cobler ^ buried' her bowa ; in the game tnanner , sbippjng so much water that she was -filled nearly up to the thwarts ;< this was fortunately baled out before the circumstance-recurred , wbichit did ^ eyefal tihies on her way in . This boat was also iri a state of the
utmost jeopardy when : she ftped thes sea to return to the : spot where the pinnace sunk ; she , however ultimately reached Oreston safely ; the erewr being in a most miijerable' state , ' lrpm the' terror' which their own : 8 ituationhad pr ^ uced ; . and the sorrow which they ; could not but ^ feel" from the loss of ' their " rbrotbers , " ; as they , emphatically ferrned- th % n The third ;^^ bbat did not ; leave thi CKaffatn vhiil somq time ' after-the ; departureof the other two , eo that Ishe
was too far ^ iiehiBd " -to render 4 ny assistantel qp ; ^ o Thursday night fcone tif the ; bodies had been gashed on shore . ; As soon : aS ^ 'aiW : sinkitig ' of ^ ie boa ; 5 became ; knpwn ' it / the : Barbicdn ; % e bra > e ; fellows , whose names . we have ^ ple ' a ^ yi re in making public , viz ^ Aaam' FrieiiasbipV ^ bn Musgrove ; James Churchwobdi ' : . W » H » aft Crapp , and Qenrge Parkery jumped into ¦ a' gig i belonging to Mes ^ ri ; Hawker , ; and pushed ojit ' to : sea with tb : ¥ ' hbpe of sajmg the men ; their' eHbris weie ^ however ^ anavailing . On proceeding from the Pier to Mount Battentne
, boat , we perceived ^ was'thrbwn hbttiom upwards on fte rocks ^ nd $ } % ¦ fiearl ^ ia the' same 8 where Ae ^^ c ^ ma ^ -otwaivibrig ; was ^ recked some lyears « ince ^ ' ^ hen BjBveBty pejrgpns perished Portions of fte ^ o& h ^ violence of - the sea | it' Wis apparent'that sne would 80011 go to pieces' : Th ^ inpst ; h ^ ayt-Ttending sight was ^ the retarn of the bereaved widows from Qreston , whither they had ; gone to learn the truth of the car tastrophe . The condition of these poor creatures was pitiable in the extreme , and their tears and lamentations could not but move a heart hiade of the sternest stum
une of them was accompanied by the children who were sharers in her calamity , and a more distressed group has seldom beea seen .
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i ^? : TKE CASttB iNNV TiKWp ^ TH ^ ln addjtion . to the rmelancholy loss of life owing to thiscalaniitous event , we have to add that of another lemale , formerl y a servant ai the inn , who on Saturday last entreated to . see the bodies of the poor suaerers , and having seen them and retnrned home , aieMn half an , hour , tcom . the severe shock she Selling Wines and Spirits without a License . —At the Mansion House , yesterday week , a female of the name of Harriet Wallace was summoneaby Wyiatt , the informer ^ under the 35 th fcreo . ni ., for selling Wine and other spirituous -----j . ?™ , *;** ™ : CisltK-Tsn . Takw « th :-
liquors , not being licensed . The defendant is the keeper pf a notorious brothel in Oxendpn-street , near the Haymarket , and it has lately become very usuil for persons keeping such houses to supply wines spirits , fcc * - to their customers , for which they charge most exorbitant prices . Mr . Clarkspn said , he appeared in rather an unusual character on this rccasion ; he attended to support some informations against the proprietors of some houses of a description to wUieh it was unnecessary for him more par ticularly to allude . The sale of wine and spirits by persons keeping such establishments had now arrived
at a very serious height , and was doubtless a very great injury tu the publicans , who were compelled to pay large sums for their licenses , and consequently ou-ht to be protected . The female , who appeared for the defendant , applied to have the hearing of the ca . se postponed for a few . days , in consequence of the absence of MrHi Wallace from town . Mr . Dyer inquired when the summons was served . The officer said it was only served on Thursday . M > . Dyer
thought a longer time ought to be given , as in many instances one day was not sufficient for a person to P P a defence . The female said she had written to Mrs , Wallace , and she had no doubt that she would be in town by filonday . Mr . Dyer— " You areafriend of Mrs , Wallace , who keeps the house ?' The , Eemale- " No j Mrs . Wallace does not keep the house ; but I am a friend of the person who d 6 es kei ' P it . " Mr . Clarkson- " Pray what is that person s name ? " The female said she must decline
answerin g that question . Mr . Clarkspn said that was prBcisely what he expected , and was a sufficient proof that the parties were quite alive as to the means b y which they could evade the law . The name of a ; party was put forward , but if any prosecution wasinstituted , then that party turned round bv saying that he or she was not the proprietor of che premises . To this case , however , the 6 th section of the 35 th Geo . III . / which was the only clause not repealed by the 9 ch Geo . IV ., commonly called the Publicans' Act , particularly applied . He thought better should be
some reason shown for postponing the case , -Mr . Dyer inquired how the name of Mrs Watlace was got hold of ? Mr Le Breton , the vestry clerk of St . Martin ' s parish , said Mrs . Wallace was rated for the house . Mr . Clarkspn-- " Is the person to whom you say the house belongs at presentintownH" The Female— ' I do notknow . " Mr . Dyer thought under all the .. circumstan . ces , particularly as the summons had been served only the previous day , that the case ought to be adjourned , and it was accordingly appointed to be heard on last Wednesaay .
The Heurtng Fishery . — Thirty-ni >' e Lives Lost . —The catch of herrings has this week somewhat improved ; thisj however , is but a poor consolation to those engaged in the fishery , for the dreadful loss ot life which has taken place amongst the men engaged in that hazardous employment . We have to record the loss of three fishihg-boiijts , with all their crews , excepting only ' one mail , who was saved after having encountered the greatest dangers ; in addition to these , ten men have been washed or fallen overboard since the commencement of the season , making in all thirty-nine who have perished , many of whom have left widows and families in a state of destitution ., 'lheMary , the proof
perty Messrs . Scarfe and George , and th" Retcard , belonging to Mr . Giles , were lost with all hands in the gale of Monday se ' nniglit . The Walter and ¦ A nn ,, the property of Mn W . Campbell , was struck by a sea on the morning of Sunday iast , and turned bottPm upwards ; nine of her crew were drowned , one man named Hales alone being saved . It appears that Hales was in the cabin with some of his shipmate * , when he heard the master on deck sing out " Hold on , my boys , here comes a heavy sea . " Some one then said , " Put the helm up , " which he ( Hales ) believes was done . Another then called out , "Put the helm down , " and this indecision was , it ; appears , fatal ; the sea struck her on her broad-M < te , * and turned her completely over . The situation ot Kales
and bis companions was now reversed , i . e ., they stood upoa the roof of the cabm up to their knee ? in water j ' - 'how Ibnj ; they remaiued in this perilous situation it is imppsiible to say—Hales sup . poses about three hours—but the quantity of air contained in the cabin * from which all fresh supply was excluded , would not have been sufficient to afford oxygen enough ta preserve one man for so long a time . His companions gradually sunk from exhaustion , but the sea having rolled ' the boat on ber beam-ends , Hales ,, by great exertion , escaped from the cabin ^ and bung on by the scaffolding until he was picked up by a Yorkshire coble . The remainder of the crew were of course washed overboard when the first sea struck the boat . Hales is suffering great I v from numbness and cold
consequent upon his long immersion in the water .- Suffolk Chronicle . Miss A . C . Burdett and the Irish Barrister . —A few weeks have only elapsed since Mr . Dunn , the Irish barrister , rendered himself the ridicule of Harrogate by his indiscreet annoyance Miss Cputts Burdott at that fashionable watering place , and which ultimately led to his being taken into custody and bound over to keep the peace . Miss Coutts Burdett returned tp town immediately after the above
proceedings , but bad not long enjoyed the quiet of the metropolis before her persecutor arrived at the Gloucester Hotel , Piccadilly , the windows of the apartments occupied by Mr . Dunn commanding those oi Miss Coutts Burdett . During the past week Mn Dunn was reneatedly observed walking past the residence of Miss Coutts '¦ Burdett ,. " who , -, we understand , is necessitated to keep two constables constantly : wittm' the hall of her mansion in Stratton street to protect her from a repetition of his annoyances .
The National Rent . —We areproud to learn , that in a great many towns the rent is being amply £ ind cheerfully collected , and fund . 1 for the support of the delegates to tbe Conyenrion are also swelling up . If there be any place not in activity on a matter go important , we urge them to bestir themselves . Universal Suffrage can very ; easily be carried by a penhy-per-week isubscription on the part of working men . If they do riot think liberty is worth so smalt a sum , they must just submit to be taxed sixty or one hundred times more every week , and be slaves besides . —True Scotsman .
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A FAVOURITE SUBJECT , There is soinethirig very interesting in the pecai sional revival of an old ; English custom , which sets our fathers ^ nd mothers rubbingup their recollections , gives emplbyment to " the oddest inbabitant , " or sends us poking for information : into .- the . curious pages 6 f a Walton or a Hone . Thus , when , a few years ago , archery dame into favour as a fashionable amusement , one's interest was bespoken ane ^ for the entertaining history of Robin Hood and his bold back woo dsinen , the ancient" glory of our English bowmen was brought to mind ; and Hattdown Hill arid Cressy passed before us in review / . How much more interesting , however , wueh such
revival affects the poutical glpiies of our country ! when it calls to mind some distent historical epoch reflecting her moral greatness , and appealing , to bur a 9 spciation 8 as the proud , inheritors of English liberty ! ^ ' .-. "¦ ' :.. ; . ¦ ¦ ¦' ' ¦ ' ' -i 1 / . ' - ' . : r ^ .: ¦' ' . "' . ' ¦ The ancient office of Royal Favpurite , which , from the time of Philip Gaveston to that of / Earl Bute , forms so ^^ distinguished ; a feature in the , political history of this . great ^^ country , has perhaps been too long in abeyance { for' since tne ^ resigiiation of the last-mentione . 4 ioblemaij , , in i 768 , > tlii ) ugh wome hate' approached , none c . ap . be . considered . ; tb ; jhaye attained to thateriviedpost . " . Bntit is now happily f . yi ved--in the nineteenth century ; ; and the mind ppce-more reverts with a new-feit interest- to ' thosie pages of ourhmofv , which affect to do justice ; to its
lormerTepreseiitatives . " - ' V Aswe"bfelrtng to these shallow ^ : nd presum ptions politicians' ,, finding totory iHS 16 ^^^ ^ heii : ^ . e- . clarei agaiiQst'history , '' ahSQ . < Jf course declare against nistbTy « n this bc ^ sistent : censors . the necessary task of abiding 1 by if * Kings aiid ( Jueens : dught , np , doubt , tp have JFftvputfite 8 i ;! and all ^ those disasters ^ the < 5 0 jttjitry yfech ^ . 'history conceiy ^ is : to > b ave' flowed from this s 6 ur . ee are pure chimeras . It is mo . * t ridiculous to ( Bflptfi > ke that bur Somersets , Spencers ^ Baclonghains , ^ ol . seys , * c , enjoyed any moje thau a moderate and
reas 6 nabw : * ar « pf inflneiiee with Rdyalty ^ 6 r " iffiat the powers they wielded ; in the state by virWe ot tbat Mfluence , . were in aay ^^^ degree oppressive ot iricdriyenientui theii bpCTation . To ' say that Royal Favouritisiip . destroys the balance of political p ^ wer - ^ -that it invades one of the , iirsfc principles of the constitution , " while violating its integrity—¦ that it fomen ts jealounes and divisions amongst the nobilityapd . < iii «! ia > isf ? ictibh amongst the people , shields lnisgo vernment , facilitates abuse , strengthens faction , dissL'ininati's ! the spirit of partiality which it exeinplifieSiCbrrnpts the pure and inveterates the corrupt , —all this , we are sure , is abominable misrepresenta-
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tipn pri the part of hwtoryv : and ought hot : to : be credited for a moment . "N » , no ;; Kings and Qaeens ought to have Favourites- ^ -it is- very proper and be . coining ; especially in ( Jueens , who , with the gentleness : and susceptibility common to their ; sex , iare necessarily more easily ' .-led to give away their regard and confidence , and , of course , proportionably less liable to be cajoled bv the pbjecfcsdl their attach-, ment ; . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .. '" ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦• ¦ : " - ¦• . . . ¦ ' :. : . ¦" - .- - •" ' .: ., : ; -- ' v - When there is already mnchdiscontent in a state > nothing can be ; better than that the accidents ot loyal favour shouMpresent additional aiid unlopked tor element of political oistrast ; nothing more : desirable , than that the private feelings of the Sovereign should become mixed np wfth pubUc affairs , that the fate of nni ^ ~ e .. V * - -i JL " . ^ :. * -il : ? i / 4 tipn : pn the part orhi . torT . ai . dimsl . tnotiw
fc ' L ¦ : , « v » 'v * wuo vVital LUUUlCIll UJ the _ whple conntry ^ honld depend therefrom . When stabihtyissoughtfor our commercial , manufacturing an ^ other great national inter ests , after Ion * limes - £ Zi v ? - | P ^^ « o « ne thing _ isl ; ovbted in the political world . equally with a nxed , con ^ sistent conrse . of administration ; when the countrr , du < u ^ ted with- the turmoils of faction , and growu inditierent to " d stiuctidns ; . without a difference- * ' is even less solicitous about the professed princ-pltsj pf !? overmnent than about the responsibility of its public men and the pursuit of some decisive line of V u hcy ~ aot ^ ing can be better , at that janciure , than that the- individual partialities and personal weakness of the SovereignShould become an unusaal and precarious hinge for all the affairis of the empire to swing on . . ' ; .-. ¦ . If fayouritisra is ^ podit is all so much the butter
, When the Sovereign is young ani inexperiencedbetter still , when a female . Hare again , as osual , we must " declare . a ^ ainsthistory . " For asre-ipects the age of tbe Sovereign , who can doubt but ttaafc tne ; youth and inexperience of Edward the Suctb derived useful support froni the coun els of the ingenious Lord Seymour ?— who , by dint of those artsol insinuation by which old and crafty stated men used to be able to circumvent young mpnarchs , gained so valnablt ! an ascendancy ov ^ r tfce mind of the . King , as . at one time , to have induced hiin : tdr write an autograph letter tct both Houses of Parliament requesting that the noble and ingenious Lord might be appointed governor over him ? Arid how Toolish to believe . What old chronicles relate , tliat th © King far tiio
voang . was good and wise tohavesigned ^ of his own accord , the death-warrant of the poot old Kentish wpmau that was burrifd fpr a ^ heretic , and had never done so but for the undue iiifluence of Granmer . Again , nt'ed we doubt ; that the ciiuutry was exceedingly indebted to that amiable nobleman : the Duke ot Northumberland for the complete ? 4 <> minu > n he so happily obtained over the mind pf his youthful and virtuous Sovereign ; who , like our gracious Queen , ; was a ypiiiig Relonner to <); but who , nevertheless—whether by means ot lpng walks , on Windsor Terrace , or whit , » e are not abk to ascerfjiiij—was brought to connive at , arid even actively to promote , the wholesale corruption of the representative Dbdy in J 552 , and other works equally iaudajle , and consistent with his natural character . Those who , fastening on such unimportaiit facts , would vnfVr that juvenile Sovereign !;' . ilbyif graciuds
, and good , carinbt be safely lrtft to the sole . ^ iiidiiuW ' and exclusive iiifliienceof old and cunning Mini .-ters , ' are very much to be pitied , iio doubt , for . the shallowness of their judgment . As for tbe result of the same preponderance © f persphal influence at Court , where the Sovereign i » not only young , but also of the weaker se ^ qur , history cannot enli ghten us because it offers no case : in point . The only way in which we might form an ' i ^ ea , would be , b y combining the tacts of yburig Edward ' s reign with those recorded of our female sovereigns in connexion with the sarhe subjectv when we should doubtless have reason to be gratified at the probability ^ hat the circiimstances of age and sex , which meet in the person pt our yonng Queen , may , under a con 1 t : nuance of the present tutelage , unite all the political consequences Pf both conjunctures , as discovered to us in ttiatfeviewV
As it is a pan of the philosophy of this age to allow that Kings are men so some may think , perhaps they do not hazard overmuch , in sabiiiittine that Queens may be women . Such sophists would probabljr go pn to persuade yoa that there is a stricter tie ot regard between man aiid woman than between man and man ; and that if a Queen ( feniimne gender ) takes into her peculiar good grades a Minister ( masculine ); and walk * , and-talks , and rides , and dines with him , for monthstogethr , by confession of the Gazette , having no ^^ ot her manminister m the mean time te divide her attention or share her regiird , —this may be neither very correct in her Majesty quoad Queen , nor altogether prudent quoad woman ; and thnr , by the same rulej if the ssiid man-ministpr acceptsand profits of SDch m « hopoly of the said walks , talks , &c ., such conduct may neither be quite proper in him quoad minister .
nor quite fair quoad man . r But it is enough to reply tp > such stuff , that the Qaeeni being young , stands iu need of instruction and protection '; ' and the Ipiigvacntion ; enables the Favourite to impart lessons in political ftrirnomT andtimotiierbrirtchp * of a femalfi education , with singular effect , and with a degree of . benefit to : the royal recipient , surely far ; above the price of the dinners , or any other favours- —mentioned at . leastinthe . e # « e % ¦ - . History waH certainly wrong in attributing any inconveniences , moral or political , to the old system ; ot Royal Favourites—now happily restored : and Mornl Philcrsophy has always Oeen botli wrong and rude , in ascribing to women any natural weaknessls -such as fondness for flattery , aad the like . We have , therefore , nu-rel y to ¦ . " declare against" both , in order to feel perfectly ? atisfied with the present state pf things . . ; ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦< ¦ ¦ - -
Perfect satisfaction being restpred , it only remairia to classify this new and welcome specinien of a race thougUt to be extiiice . Shall we link his name with the " gentle Mortimer" of Queen Isabella , or compare him with the unfortunate Trppbadonr pf Scottwh celebrity ? In these unromantio times , we suspeel , whatever other points of resemblance n ? ight ° e found , that the career of theXmodem ' Favonrito will-be marked by no . such intefe 3 ting vicissitude - s as rendered the fortunes of the former , ill-fated : couple matters for the ballad- 'inphger . We have no idea , in these ffays of gas lamps and railroads , that it will ever be " pur . painful duty to announce" such a disaster as that— " .
" . The treacherous Governor of Windsor Castle having at the dead of night admitted Lyridhurst and Wellington through a suhtefraneah passage into the Castle , y the gentle M- —— ' was dragged front the . royal presence which he was adorning , and , amidst the heartrending cries of his distracted mistress , hurried away by bis Tory foes to certain death . OF- . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . - ¦' ¦ ' ^ :. ' ¦ ¦ '"' . ¦¦ ¦ : . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' l "We regret to say , that yesterday evening , while her Majesty ; wa 3 supping with the Duchess of Kent , and listening , as usual , to the seraphic strains of The Favpnnte , Lord Brougham ^ leading the way up a private staircase at the head Of a : small body oT ilwdical ? Refprniers , suddenly entered the Queen's apartments , arid approaching tbe nnbaW niMom ™ .
glared pn hinifor sdine time with looks indicative . ' of the worst intentions . HM- ' unexpeGted aipjpearance and the constant twitching ef bis nose inspit ^ ; the ; greatest alarm in the mind of the Qaeeri : who , however * was too i much terrified to call put ,-until Roebuck and other , assassins stepping ipTwatds , her i ^ ajesty , in a trembling ypice , demanded the qWept of tUe «^ Prpceedmg . Ro epuqk made , rip reply , but ordered The Favourite *^ quit a place of -vrtucli he was ^ unworthy . ' ^ The . Favourite , readily ; perceived the dreadful nature pf hi ^ situation , and tremblingly clasped the robes ' of the Queenj wh 6 at the sariie ' tone endeavoured to screen him froin his pursuers . But Brpugharii j at that instant drawing a dagger from the ppeket of his tilaid trousers ^ and rnshihe eu
the wretcbed man , pluriged it into his bosom ; shivering his lute to atoms , by the force of the bldw , while the Queen filled the room , with her cries . The other Radical Reformers theri setting on hirn , tore him from his royaVprbtectressi ; and , dragging him into i the ante-chamber , there , with the assistance of the learned ancfinhuman nobleman , despatched hint with six-iand-iifty wounds . 3 ' v ¦ > ;> But may we coiripare hitpj therii with the yoiinr and handsome Essex , the brave and accomplished Essex ? - ^ No doubt , with much propriety . : Arid ^ th > twe > royal mistresses , one with the Other r—The Pnly ¦ exception to the parallel seems tP be , thafr iri the fonner instance ; the Queen , was old , 'the : Favourite young ; with ns the Queen is ypHng , ithe Favpnnte old . Again , Elizabeth ; . jt iriayM ilfged v ^ asiM pnly . old butuglyv arid riot pnly nVlyibnt masculirie
ana a snrew ; pur wen-beloved Queen , on the coritrary , , wnptpnl yyo ^ ngbut prettyV and riot only pretty bat feminine and ^ oPd ^ riatnred ; vlT 6 r" the ^ astfreason , ' i £ ' ma ^ doubted also ^ waetheryher Majestyftever -v boxes ^ Lord M- ^> ea ^> - ^ i even supposing sher ;; wereto ^ dpso , onsome ^ Sufficientprovpcationiitmaj be doubted whether I ^ rd M- ^ -. would clap h& ' ' - riand . tohis swprd arid swear ^ he would ; not t * ke ; it Iromiher father . " It may be cpriadered inpre pro-. bable that ^ the Eamb-like Lord wbuld " torn : th 6 : * _ other :. cheei ^? - ' : ; -i . Vs : » . ; -. i : ' - -- v ^ --:-- ; -: ^ - ^/ - - y- h ^ .- : - ' 'y ' - Lastly , ca ^ ve liken the modern Favourite to the ftimptts Earl of Leicester MOhl ije ; v rio . VWhat J ; i . Jieicesiter ^ described as ^ possessed of neither ^ rtne ner abilities {?'—Brit perhaps prie : happier p 6 irit ofi j reseri ^ blaricebetweeri the GircnmstaBcesi of- the ^ itWal noblemen ' may . indnce you to tolerate , titacoiaipariBoni- ' - !;' : "'' - ;' : " ' "¦ :: '" [ . i ' :: : ''' ¦'¦ - ' ¦ .. ¦ ' ,:- ' : ' v i ' .:.: ;¦ - ^ : '
% It is / remarked ^ we think by -HtiirieVBurt ^ if fte ' paramount /; mHaence ; , m ; ^ Earl of Leicester was an-eyilfpr the cpnritry . uwas iri a great measure ^ coij ^ Aalauce ^ py ^ he-extra-. ' ordinary meiits of ^^ Ms contemporaries aid- Official colleagnes--the , gifted Buirleigh and ; 'the celebrated Chan ^ llor ; Bacon ; - Sp , iflny % elnonl dSS opinioix that the glbnons nfeaiid sUpperedease- ^ the Votmm cum { sitie ^ ^ gnUa ^^^ Ma ^ Domo of Windsor Gastle , tat all at variance with the ; arduous duties of a Prime Miriistjer Of Englantfj such person , w ^; corioeive ^ riirist deriW xomfdrt ithe momar ithe reflects , that his Lordship is assodated m offtce with the great Glenelg / and . tae immprtel Cottenham . —Spectator -
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j . Thb Thames TTnnTKi .. —Th 8 great nndertak-I n ^ is now progressing ^ rery rapidly ; 810 feet are I comp leted , leaving 110 to low watermark on the I Middlesex side . The entire length of tie tunnel I * 31 T > e 1 , 3 ( H > feet , and the Bectiorial area of the I exKwatton ig 850 feet , being 22 feet 6 inches in I boght , and 33 feet in breadth ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 17, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1032/page/3/
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