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      THE SYSTEM . *• OI "what s "wicked world ia this , " Divinest SbatepEffe said , Where comelinsss iadeem'd amiss , And good is ill besteaS ? jHsera &BB 2 xta ara forbidden lore , And jespas pierced unto the core , To mate its gums be ihed—Where fair is foal sad fool is fair ,

      And honesty ' s splceaix rare . Ticeis enitaon'd in f nlsome state , And track is talent' s test 2 t 33 round virtue ever 'wait , To till or to infest Misery mats nsthni'Mngmirth , PJsasnre to pain" gives heedless birth , The bad the good molest—AH proper things inverted are ; Suxa eart 2 Hs some unlucky star .

      2 Ierir is . spnm'd and pines in thought , Wisdom is folly ' s fool , Titles and rani are sold and bonght , And la * is but misrnle . Humility is humbly priz'd , 3 TM 1 b pride is fed with latteries—Simpliaty ' s a tool , And tts ^ fitT—alss , the -while—The very name makes lewdness smile . HsiaKty is scouted off , Cant thrives like craning care ; Scarse legislation's ceaseless voics , Prevents toe patriot ' s prayer . B = Sgion is a factions spy , Aadpride pnffa sonl-chxrg'd charity ; Bicbes Jite chsriots roll . Banning "with finst the asking eye , Of panful , pflgrim poverty .

      O-sriinfces makes unkind ingrates , "We ' re tort by those we loTe , And bspjH » ES 3 or quickly sates , Or umiaKy doth -ibotb . JSteU icga ^ aip's ^ self in thnB off * nd ^ - luierest alcne mates constant friends ) ' * And purity ' s a dove tnai aetfcs in Tain a resting place , For aH eosspire its life Jo chase . Tne age of chivalry is gone , TTnsn ardent knights Trent forth , 3 $ y yeaervns valour prompted on , Tosaccon ? -STrongfed "SForfch-Snch gallant xnce in deezn'd romance , And feshions new from fickle France , Hstb magneto id fee Keith . Tea , inighthood now is folly ' s ape , Who cornea aloft to shew bis shape .

      Where , where , is common sense , I pray ? " ^ httsommpfi e ^ en in sound ! Wnere Tes = pQ , justice , tnr-h , I say ? lasy "was "but bTmhens fonnd ! "Where now is love ? if modest crosi Humanity I—go ask her ghost ' . Whtrs pesce ?—not to be fonnrf I Where information ?—in despair ! Patriotism I—England answers ¦ where ! B ^ no-srn and grace have long been dsad , The -wine of life is drawn , And fHihj lees are itft instead—H- » ncnr is put in pawn ; Ana no one czn redeem her theaca—S a-tet liberty is txQed hencs—Oh . -srhen will daylight di-srn . ?

      B ma 3 E ien " sstsm my hopes are -cnrl'd , — Ikank God there ia a better world ! J . W Bzttersea .

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      A GUIDE TO ROOM . " a Mrr-CHEH . London . Price One Shilling . This i 3 & neat pocket volume , well known among ihe lovers of dancing , to -whose thanks Mr . Mitchell is enni-ed for this improved Edition . The portion devoied to the ** Ikiqneue of the Bail Ro ^ -m" onght to be read and understood by all who wish to make themselT ^ agreeable ; and is indispensably necessary to those parries who wish to pass master sren si a village fete . The" Dances" serve as an excellent assistant to the -memory , which even the befit daaccrssometiniesSnd rajhtr treacherous . No person onght to take the lead in a set of Quadrilles without * The Guide" in his -waistcoat pocsei . There is an excsSsm glossary of French terras nssd , but after aB—as dancing is new cultivated by the most humble , all the introduction needed bring neatness and

      cleanliness in person and dress , modesty in beha"rionr , and a desire to pleass evinced to all—we think ihe English terms ought to be snbstitnied for the Ps-ncb tkronghoni the whole o : the work . Many "persons desirous of a guide ithile learning to dance , wonld be asiaid of the hard French terms at the lead and in the description of the fi ^ nr ^ a , and would conclcde that ihocsn the bock mi ^ ht really contain " ralnible information , jez it was only to be nnder-Etood ly those who had misspeni tbtir tiin ^ in learning Tresch ; besides , as we have a langnage capable Of tipreiiiss onr ideas and of masuig otirselTes nn-^ Etsiciid , evm ihough we be -pving dijeerions for threading the intricate maz = 5 m xze *' ' CalEdonJans Qoasirlll -s , " we think thai laBgna ^ e on ^ ht to have the preference to one waieh few nndcrs ^ nd , if EOikij be taken as a wholej and fewer sifll know how io prononnee .

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      CASUSIE . —The M ^ xPicrrsJNG Br 3 E ? E ? s . —CoB ^ ieerable improTement ha 3 taken place in thisi-ra-ch of trade . There has been for the last few weeks , a great demand for weavers , so tb&t it is pretty trlear thai they either have orderSj or See a pretij good prospect of a marke : for them . Impqetakt to Meslkees ot Benefit Societies . —Tsz ' Feex Gabdesebs * of Cuojsle . —Seven indrndnai ^ , oSce-bDanss , of lbs ** £ > ien Lodge of Free Gardeners , " were snmiaoned before the silting Tflassiraiss ai tbe Towi Hall , for having expelled , contra 1 " ? to Actof Parliament , another member from

      the bencSia of the society . 3 ir . John S 211 I , solicitor , appeared for the -defendant ? , and Mr . Wannop for the plaintdll Mr . Saul con : « Bded ihat the magistrates had no jurisdiction in the case , for aithon ^ h the rales of the society had heen sanctioned by th « barnsier appointed io certify , still they only contemplated matters of dispute respecting money , -and , not as in this ca-e , the espdling of a member Tot alleged misconduct towards tie society . 3 t is pro-Tided bj rule tw = \ Ety-seveifi& , " If any member be ceifccte ^ in profane swearing , or arpear ai the Lodge ia

      a sta-e of istoxication , or act in any way so as to f Estcrb tbe harmony Gf the society , or to injure its 1 tere « 3 in any manner whatever , Ench member « afl bs Ibsd , Enspended , or espelled from the s ^ iety , 33 a majority of the members may deterj ^ e . " Mr . Waacop , on the other hand , argned « ai the ma ^ istrats hada full and perfect jsrisdic-»¦»? in the case ; he quoted teIs tw . nr » -founb , ^* a Provides , " That in case of dispute " between ~^ soc ? ty and any mtmber or person claiming on « conBt ofa member , reference shall be made to Sr ^ KS- Parsnaiii to tbe 10 Geo . 4 ih . c . SS . s . 27 .

      -acM ^? ^ -n contended tliat tbe members bad j S ~* j . iiJegalij in expelling his client withont B ^ SM ' -5 mater before the magistrates , as was ^ mea for bj the foregoing rule . The magis-Cei 7 ' C 0 J ^ n ? ( or some time , and finally ageed Bom TtT xu ^ JarisdicSon in tbiB ca 3 e , and called jwfl iur . Wannop to go on with his case . Ha pro-^ fa ^ ad called Mr . A .-G . Dean , who said he had gen a member for abont len jeaiB , and the last r *" ia ; was in the Lodge room was in January lagt , - ¦ ani he pud ^ dueg tb 4 V _ had not fQWreiiea *^ » aj iaemberanc « the 8 th of January , 1842 ; a ^ Lf 6 ^ t * e 3 q > elled in his absence and re-: f ; S nt *«»* fthe 5 WDe , agned by Hobert Sempls , ^ rlz . " »« r ofihe Bociety , and that he had not t — uia vu

      mr .- - * *** » uw ^ uuavco * XIO ouiMCbh tean ^ vS 111 ^ 011- m - S * 31 * nen pm in the ¦«? Sr m of Ae Proceedings of the society to i ~ ff * w «» nop Btroneiy objected as « vi' feTh * e v ft wa 3 receiT « 5 d as meh bj a S"' ^ * *« «» jpawies . The book went to JjO ] S inat Mr . Dean had preferred certain charges wmsi anoiher member of the nsuae of Sewib , sad

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      that these chargps had been referred to the arbitration of a committee chosen with the consent of both parties ; the result of which was , that the committee awarded that the charges made by Sir . Dean against . Mr . SftwelL , were unjust , frivolous , and Texa ^ ions ; and that thsy considered Mr . SevreU as a good and useful member of tbe society . Mr . Saul then called two witnesses , who proved , that Mr . Dean had Epoken disrespectfnlly of the society ; and endearoured to deter one of them from joining it ; intjonseqnence of this conduct , a meeting of tbe whole body -was called to consider the conduct of Mr , Dean , which they deemed snfficiently bad to warrant them in expelling him . The foregoing are the main features of the case , which lasted nearly three hours . The magistrates retired for a few minntes and returned with the following decision : — We are unanimously of opinion that the case be dismissed with co ^ ts .

      The Wobkikg Mss ' s Mettai Improvement Society . —The members of this society he ) d their weekly meeting at their room , No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , on Sunday evening last , Mr . John Hntchinson in the chair . After the usual business was gone through ; Mr . Henry Bowman read some written observations on the following question : — M Have tht poetical writings of Robert Burns , the Scottish poet , tended to destroy superstition , promote morality , and forward the cause of public liberty" ? which he illustrated by reading a number of the poems and songs of that Stirling and patriotic bard ; which afforded considerable amusement and gr ^ tffieation to those assembled . On the motion of Mi . Joan Armstrong , the ui&cnssion was adjourned until next Sunday evening , when it is expected a lively and animated debate will take place . Nonmembers aTe admitted gratis . The discu-sion wfl commence precisely at rfx o ' clock in the evening .

      SHBFFIEXJJ . —A Wohas killed is ATTEMPrisg to QEiLL a Fighi . —Vn Tharsaay morning , an inquisition was heid at the Town Hall , before Mr . Badgt-r , on view of the body of Eiiza Rooney , a married woman , aged 42 , who , on the Tuesday nisht previous , while attempting to separate James 3 > i * l » ean and John Al'Gswa-n , who were fighting in her house , received a kick from one , an da blow from the ot&er , on the siomach , which ruptured that organ , and caused death . The poor woman has left a husband and several children , one of whom , an inf-. nt of three month ' s oIj , was at the breast when its mother received her death blow . Tne inquest was adjourned .

      SmciDK . —Ou Thursday evpiring , aa iDquest was taken before Thos . Badger , Esq . at the hoa * e of John Thorpe , the Sheaf Tavern , Ntw Cattle Market , on vi rsy of the bo ^ y of Mary Ann , the daughter of £ he above John Thorpe . It appear' d in evidence , that for some time pasi , the deceased , who was about twenty-two years of age , had bs « n unsteady , and addieied to drink . On Tuesday evening she was in company wiih some friends at her father ' s house , and wa _< 5 the worse for hquor . Between twelve and one o ' clock , her faiher desired her to go to bed , wisich she refused to do , and in a state of great cxcitemsni she threatened » o go and drown herself in the canal : She had frequently made nsa of the

      same threat before , and , tnerefore , her friend 3 did not en ^ rtam any apprthension that she would then put it urto execution . She contrived , however , to go mspereeived , out of the back door of the housp , and almost immediate 5 y afterwards search was made for her , but wiihom tfisct . ^ nothing whatever was heard of her until five o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon , when she was found drowned in the ca-al , near the bheai Works , at which place she would be en&bl-d to throw herself in from her father's yard The verdict of the Jury was , " That the deceased " as found drowned , having , while labouring under the tff ? et * of liquor and great exciiemrnt , thrown herseli into the canal . "

      BALUNGDON , near Scsbitrt . Fatal AcciDczn . —On sataraay morning , a tumbril , loaded witn hme , was standing in the King ' s Head Yard , Bailin » don . A man and boy took off one of the wheels , and while the boy was nnderneatb putting some grease npon it , the tumbril fell upon him , broke hi 3 neck , and he died insxantiy .

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      Thb Red Babk at Poist ? ad , the scene of the murder of Maria Martin , by Corder , some years ago , wa 3 destroyed , with oth- r properly , on Monday night , by an act of incendiarism . FbidatNight's Gazstte announces that the Poorlaw Commissioners have appointed Sir Francis HastingB Doyle , Ban ., of the Inner Temple , barrister-at law , a Commissioner to inquire into the employment of women and children in agricultufe . Phimhoses webe gatheked , in Maidingley-wood , on Sunday last ; and two days before Chriituias violets and primroses were gathered in tho open ground . In Mr . Cbrisford ' s garden there i 3 an apple-tree now in blossom . —Cambridge Advertiser .

      A sot of clothes , which formerly belonged to the great Darnel Lambert , was sold among other effects the other day at Leicester . The ** smallcjothes" 0 / lie man-mountain measured ne&r ' y a yard luUDdit the knep . Olt > ha 3 L > -A Sigs of the Times . —At the petit Fes .= ] ona oaToursdij , beiore the liev . T . S . ililis , J . Mcilor , and J . F . Lter * , Esqrs ., about sixty of tht better class of rate-payers , small fsrm-T 3 , shopkeepers , machine mak' -rs , &c in Oldham-above-Tovru , -were summoned for arrears of poor ' s rate . They were required to . makesnch arrangements for payment is the overseers would accept .

      The Dcke or Newcastle asd " His Ow >" agaix . —As we predicted on the occasion of the txtensive enclosure a few months back , another portion of our celebrated park is about being taken from the pabhc The Duke ' s agent is now enclosing the whole of the west side ol the bowling green , towards Lcnton , inactive of the " Rtck-holes , " the mest inieieciing part of the park . "— Nottijigham Review . Ths BiacirHOHSE Tkagedt . —The Oxfordshire macistra ^ fs have committed ti ^ kiel Savase and Wiiliam Penu for the robbery of Mr . William Broomhead , of Eckington , near Sheffield , at Blackthorn e , to Oxford gaol , to take treir trials at the ensuing assizes . We understand that the eridence at present , against them 13 not thought quite sufficient for a" committal for mmtJer , bnt that further evidence is expected to be forthcoming before the assizes .

      BorLEB Fxplosion . —On Thursday , about twelve o ' clock , an explosion took place at the patent rope manufactory of Messrs . Webs-ter , at Deptford , near this town . The boiler , which was a very large one , blew up -with a tremendous crash , carrying away the roof of the apartment in which it was placed , and tff-ecting other serious damage to the premises . One of the workmen , named William Halliday , was much injured , and Ttmains in a very precarious state ; two oiher persons received slight injuries . —Durham Countu Herald .

      The Chixese Treaty . —The great seal of England was on Saturday affixed to tbe treaty recently ratified between this country and China , at the residence of the Lord Chancellor , in Great George-Rtrtet , Hanover- ? qnare , after which it was transmitted to theiWar-ofnce , for tbe purpose of being forwarded to tht . ^ Celesiial" Empire , under the care of Major Malcolm . The seal 13 inclosed in a very handsome filvV j box ( similar to that used for the patent of his Royal Highness tbe Prince of Wales ) , and , together with the important document to which it ia appended , is inclosed in an elegant ca < e covered with crimson TPJTet .

      Ccbiocs a ^ Fatal Accident . —On Saturday last , as a man nam « l Laby , a Burton and Kettering earner , was riding throBgh Barton Seagrave , with his son , a yenng man of about eighteen , an elm tree , staeding in the churchjard , fell on ths cart , iBJared slightly th « father , and broke the son ' s back Some men were employed in ftLiag the tree , and it appears had cut it away on one side , witho » t being awaTe that the other was considerably decayed . A rope had been sent for by which to control its fall 5 bns before ibe return of the person sent the tree fell , and at the instant of its fall the unfortunate subjects of the accident were passing , by . —Northampton Beiald .

      Os MosiDAY last a singular aecident happened to a child two years of age , eoh of Mr . Avery , a miller , residing 2 % , SummerVhill , WarbletoD , Sussex The infant was le ' t m a room for a few minutes , when he took up a small penknife , left open on a chair , and infiicwd a dreadful cut in his abdomen , from which the bowels proirnded . Medical assistance was immediately proenxed , and the wound sewed up , and hopes are entertained that the little suff . rer may recover . Specimens of Fketch Adveeti ? i > -g . —A dealer

      in hams advertises that his hams are so well cured that-the longer they are kept the better they are ; and of such an excellent quality that , if eaten constantly by women of the worst temper imaginable , tbey will render them gentle and tractable as lambs . They are particularly recommended as diet for children , to give them a quiet disposition . Another person advertises pommadefor promoting the growth of hair ; and states that he is so certain of its efficacy that he makes a rule of never accepting any payment of a purchaser , however bald , until he has his head covered with hair .

      Okb of those interesting , and , in these parts raTe phenomena , familarly known at the Spectre of the Brodcen , was observed by a gentleman of East Knojle , on hiB return from Shaftesbury , a few days since , and which he thus describes : The early part of the day was obscured by fog , until about ihree o ' clock * P . X ., -when tbe sun bursting throngh the cioudB , the hill-tops , under Mb enlightening in-Tlnenee , . shook off their Bhronding , while the valleys remaiHed immersed in mist . On my arriving at the point where theroad begins to decline , I observed , in tie direction of Wardour , a spectre of gigantic proportions , which , for a time , continued a pretty close imitator of my actions , and , within certain limits , an assiduous attendant on my motions ; on raising iny hand to iay hat , I was gratified frith , a parting salute . "—Bath Paper .

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      A CLEBGTMAN , whose name was M'Namara , died in America , about nineteen years since , leaving a very large property , which not being claimed by any of his friends , wa 9 taken possession of by Congress . The property , unless claimed within two years , ceases to be private , and becomes public property . The host of the Angel Hotel , at Whitby , last week , set before his friends a Yorkshire phristmas pie , seven feet in circumference and containing four stones of flour , 12 lbs . of butter and suet , a brace of phr-asantB , a brace of partridges , two geese , two rabbits , ten chickens , six ducke , two tongues , one turkey , and 6 lbs . of ham .

      Oxe of the most singular names ever met with , perhaps , is that of a gentleman of fortune in Kent . His family name wa 3 Bear , and as he had maternal relations of the name of Savage , his parents gavs him the Christian name ( or rather the un-Christian name ) of Savage . Hence he enjoys the pleasing and amiable name of Savage Bear , Esq . Hurtibr Twenty Yeabs Ago . —A man of the name of Cornelius Brosnan , was la ^ -t week committed by J . Drnmmond , E » q , the stipendiary magistrate of this town , to the couuty gaol , charged ^ with a murder committed twenty years ago on a man named Edmond M'Sweeney . The prisoner was arrested by one of the police stationed in Castleisland . —Kerry Examiner .

      Thb Ship Scotland . —Dreadful Disaster . — The ship Scotland , a well-known transient vessel , which has sailed between this port and New York for some years , experienced a dreadful disaster on the 21 st uls .. about nine o ' clock in the evening , in lat . 58 , long . 22 . In a heavy gale she was struck by a s «» a , which carried overboard her commander ( CaptBin Robinson ) , tho second mate ( Mr . A- Palmer ) , the steward , J . Simpson ( a boy ) , and two seamen . It swrpt tbe decks of cabin and round-hou .-e , bnlwarks , spare spars , studding sails , and railing ; split the covering board , stove in the fore and after hatches , and caboose and caboose-house , partly filled the ship with water , and shifted the cargo . The Scotland , which sailed hence on the 8 h nit ., immedia ' eh put back , and reached here on Thursdav in

      thiB dilapidated state . Her tscape was providential , for the whole of the chests , books , and nautical instruments were likewise carried away . The captain ' s chronometer was found s about , twenty-four hours after the accident , totally unfit for use . Fortunately , it was remembered that an old compass had been stowed away in a chest between decks , which , bejng regulated , was rendered available . She was out altogether twenty days . Poor Captain Robinson , who was well known in the trade , has left a wife and , we believe , three children ( sons ) to dep ' . ore his loss . He was a very amiable man , of a religious turn of mind , and was reading his Bible when the disaster occurred . Tho steward , who was severely injured by the calamity , died on Friday , on his way to the hospital . —Liverpool Albion .

      Fires in thb Metropolis—Oa Monday Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent of the Brigade Force , at the meeting of the directors forming the committee of the London Fire Establishment , made his arnual record of the ci'nfi / vgratioiis that harve occurred duringthe past year ( 1842 ) in and around the metrop&lis . The report commonces by stating that fires were on the increase in London , the number of last year exceeding by 73 those of the precseding twelvemonths , and * 213 overtheaverageof the la ~ t nine years , though bapp i ' y not so extensive in magnitude . Tne following are the number of fires that have taken p ^ ace since the Fire Brigade was formed in the year 1833 , together with the number of hou-es totally destroyed and those seriously and slightly tfama " ed : —In 1833 there were 450 firep , destroying 31 hon < es mta ^ ly , and damaging 427 other buildings .

      In 1834 , 482 fire * ; houses burned down 28 , and 454 i ; jurrd . Jn 1835 , 471 fires ; 31 houfe 3 burned down and 440 damaged seriously and slightly , in 1836 , 554 fires ; 33 houses totally destroyed , and 531 more or leFsdamag-H In 1837 , 501 fire . " ; 22 houses consumed , and 479 damaged . In 1838 , 560 fin s ; 33 bouses destroyed , and 535 injured . In 1839 , 584 fires 17 houses consumed , and 567 damaged . In 1840 , 681 fiVs ; 26 house- burned down , and 655 fiamagwi . In 1841 , 695 fires : 24 houses totally consumed , 673 more or less injured ; and last year ( 1842 ) 769 firea ; 24 houses destroyed , and 743 more or Jess injured . From the report it appears that tbe chief number of fires take place in private and lodging houses , and carpenters' work > hops . Public houses and drapers' shops follow in rotation . Upwards of 20 persona hate lost their lives at fires in the course of tbe

      year . The Flag of England . —Not a port have I visited since I left America , that I did not see the flag of Ensland . It was the first flag I saw on entering tha waters ef France ; it was the only one floating in the ancient harbour of Rome , at Civita Vecehia . Again I saw it in the deserted harbour of the Piraeus whtre once rode the fleets of Themi-Ftocles . 1 first saw the dome and minarets of Constantinople from beneath a cloud of cannon smoke that issued from British hne-of-battle ships , saluting ihe Mahommedan ally of Britain . The first object that met my eye on scaling the summit of the

      Pyramids was the cross of St . George , which some English travellers had planted there . Beyond the cataracis , on tne boraeTs of : ne Desert of ftubia , the only sign of civilisation that 1 saw was the English cross flying from the masts of a traveller ' s boat . Here , on the extreme verge of civihdation I stood before this emblem of the universal presence of that nation ; aud in these lawless regions it gave me a pleasing sense of security to find myself so near a representation of that power beneath whose broad jegis . there is protection abroad for the most humble fugitive from violence and oppression . —American Traveller ' s Journal .

      Windsor—Melancholy and Fatal Accident . — On Friday a very dreadful accidem occurred at the Malthouse at Upton , belonging to Messrs . Jennings , the brewers , of Windsor , by which one unfortunate man was killed on the spot , and two others much injured . The malthouse consists of three stories , the two lower of which are the working floors , and the upper was used for storing barley , a large quantity of which was placed there . There were four men at work in the house , and happening to perceive one of the beams of the &oot tlightiy giving way , they removed the malt from that part to the other side of the flooring , which thus became overloaded , and occasioned the subsequent accident . They then perceived some barley trickling down from the floor to the story bsnes ; h , on which one of them returned

      to the room to stop up the hole or crevice , when the whole of the flooring of that story fell into the room beBeath , which was also broken away , and the whole fell to tho basement story , carrying the men with them in the general wreck . Assittauce was speedily procured , and tne poor fellows were extricated as soon as possible , when it was found that one of them , iiamed Robinson , was killed on the spot , having been dreadfully fractured on the head A second , named Lane , the maltsfer , was found to have received several dreadful injuries , internally and externally ; he was conveyed 10 his lodgings , where he now lies with little or no prospect of recovery . The third man was very severely wounded , but not dangerously ; and the f » Hrth providentially escaped with a slight bruise . — Windsor Express .

      Sbriovs Affray with Poachers . —Uu Saturday last four men , named George Rawhnson , Richard Rawlinson , John Stockton , and William Dawaon , were charged at the county court , before Dr . Penny and several o : her magistrates , with being ont armed in pursuit of game , on lands belonging to the Marquis of Westminster on tbe previous Saturday morning ; and also with violently assaulting the keepers . It appeared from tbe evidence , that 011 Saturday morning , December 17 , four keepers in the service of the Marqais of Westminster , named William Hurst , Jan ., Charles Dryland , James Morgan , aud William Kobarts , were on the look-out on the preserves belonging to the Marquis of Westminster , at Sour Bett 3 , near Churton , by Aldford ; and about

      two o clock a disturbance amougst the pheasants gave intimation that they were being disturbed by poachers . In the course of a few mihute 3 afterwards they came suddenly upon five poachers , four of whom were the men whose names we have given above , and the fifth is not yet in custody . All the poachers , except one , were armed with guns , —the prisoner Wo . Rawlmson carrying a pitchfork . On seeing the poachers , the keepers , of course , hailed them ; when the former presented their guns , and warned them to stand off at their peril . The keepers then desired the poachers not to fire , addisg , that as both'parties were armed , if a shos were fired , it would be returned , and lives would be lost . After a good deal of mareuvring , the poachers retired from the

      preserves into an adjoining field , being still followed by the keepersi when William Hurst suddenly sprang at George t ^ wlinson , and threw him down . The latter immediately called to his mates ; to come to his aid , when one of them stepped forward and aimed a % remendons blow with a gua at Hurst , but which happily did not take effect . Both parties then closed , and a terrific combat ensued , man to man , which continued until the keepers were severely beaten and overpowered . During the struggle , Dryland and . one of the poachers had a severe fight in a ditch , and while they weTe both prosterate , | William Rawlinson assaulted Dryland with apitchfork , and beat him till he became nearly insensible . The keepers , now finding themselves defeated , were on the point of retiring , when they heard one of the

      antagonists say , " Let us follow them , and give them more ? they attempted to do so , when Hurst fired at the poachers , and one of them fell . The poachers now retired in their turn , leaving the wounded man behind them , and , after the keepers had seen them clear away , they returned to pick him Tip , and having conveyed him to the kennels he was there treated with the utmott kindness . Information of the affray was immediatly given to Mr . Stewardson , high constable of Baoxton , and he * with the assistance of Thomas Parkinson , of Farndon , and William Moor , of Christlefon , succeeded in apprehending Rawlinson , Dawson , and Stockton by Tuesday morning . Both the keepers and watchers were very severely beaten . After the evidence had been heard the prisoners were fully oommitted for trial . —Ches * ter Cowant .

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      Trade in Dundee . —Trade this week leaves us very little to say . As regards flax there is nothing whatever new from what we have for some weeks bad to report ; 1 the 'transactions being altogether unworthy of notice . The lat < j R'ga and Memel 6 hips have not yet made their appearance , but it is now pretty well ascertained that at the present rate of consumption there will not be fl * x enough to keep all the machinery nov ? at work going until the usual time of arrival of vessels ffom the Baltic in spring . This circumstance , however , as well as the high rate at whieh flax is offering to open at for winter contracts , has not yet produced any effect upon prices in tbi » market . —Dundee Advertiser .

      Awfdlly Suddek Death . —On the evening of Saturday Jast , tna celebration of the marriage of a couple at Potento , in this locality , was abruptly put a stop to by the death of ths bridegroom , a young man named Robert M'Dougall , Bfirvant to Mr . Kidd , miller there . The arrangements for the marriage being completed , the Rev . Or , Mitchell , the clergyman of the parish , arrived at three o ' clock , when the marriage ceremony was gone through ; and the company assembled were thereafter enjoying themselves , as on similar joyous ocoasions , when their mirth was suddenly terminated , and their rejoicing turned into mourning , by the bridegroom falling back upon his chair and expiring , at eight o ' clock , without either u'tering a word or giving a moan . — Caledoniaji Mercury .

      Riot at Wokkihgton . —A serious riot took place here on Monday last , in consequence of the master mariners wishing to reduce the wages of the sailors . About a fortnight ago , the lat ter convened a meeting , and had come to the resolution , that if any one shou'd g " o on board of this vessel until they had obtained the wages f . hf y were accustomed to have , he should bo sewn up ia a sheepskin , which was provided for the occasion , and carried round the town as a mark oi disgrace . Uuluckily one of their number had disobeyed the resolution , and the punishment was carried into effect so severely that

      his life was despaired of . Five of the ringleaders ot this affair w . re taken into custody , and committed to ihe treadmill at Carlisle ; but when they should have baen taken off in the coach the sailors rose up m arms to rescue them , smashed ia tho coach windows , and drove it om of the square twice . The magisUates , in this trying crisis , read the Riot Act , swore in a number of . special constables , and broke up the chairs and tables in the room to arm them with , and by these resolu'e means they finally over came the mob , and tho pri oners were taken off to Carlisle gaol . —Carlisle paper .

      Novel TnEATMtrxT of a Fracture . —Tn the course of a forenoon ramble along the norlh beach , lately , we came upon tho coitage of aB ori g inal 11 pair of old ancients as it was ever our lot to "foregather " with . The patriarch , about fourscore , stands as erect as" a ballrush , with a hale healthy look and an unbroken eet of ivory such as our forefathers used to sport , who could lift a goodly sized keg of whisky by seizing it with * their teeth . " David , " for such ia the name of our hero , had missed his footing and fallen on tbe Black Rock , by which two of his ribs were broken : and the following narrative of his treatment was delivered with great anima ' . ion , in answer to our query whether ho had not sent for a doctor \ " Doctor 1—deevil ? na , na , I n «' er tried Doctors a ' my life , and 1 ' se no , gaun to begin m > w wi * them and their trash , o drugs ! IS ' a ., na , I just warsl ' t aiy ways hatne thou st . es , and tho ' -vvite and me fa'n out the tvva bits 0 '

      ribs was broken andf Sarah gied me a wee soup o whisky , thou sees , find that warmed a' my inside ; and then we got heaps o' flannen and sweeh it about my breast , and that koepit a' warm outside ; and Sarah gied me anolher glass o' whisky , and that mont me up like , and keepit a' warm ; and thrn . as 1 thoct , my ribs were pent in , I filled myself Sue and fou o ' meat , —heapso'grand an ' warmmeat—kopit a' etraucht in the inside ; . aud that I tied a cord round about me , an ' t koepit 2 he b : tnes fiue and ticht outside —aud we just workit on that way , keeping all thingB fine and warm and ftraucht outside and inside , till the ribs gat . to ruend . arid now they ' re as weel as ever they were ! ' Tne funny old fellow finished his narrative with a smUe of triumph as he added , " Na , na , they'll no torture' me wi their bondages and their physic ; I ' m as auld ' s the maist o' them , in mair ways than ane !"—Ayr Advertizer .

      Cuedv'lity . —We have seldom heard of a more striking instance of credulity than the following , which occurred a week or two ago , to a farmer who resided on the borders of Yorkshire , in the parish of Bon land , and near to the town of Slaidburn . The name of his farm was " Gold Hill , " or , as it is called by his neighbours ,, " Gowd Hill . " A gypsy called upon the subject of pur story , and , knowing well the weak side of humanity , after speaking of the name of his farm , gave him sundry hints of its having reference to some ^ treasure concealed on the premises , and which Fhe could discover by certain means in her power . The wily hag quickly took advantage of his credulity in lending a willing ear to her idle talcs , and , in answer to hia request : to be put in possession of tho treasure , required the usual * ' infallible" crossing of the hand wiih money , and as the riches to be oota'ned were great , so the amount demanded was highj being no less than

      £ 100 . Bui as riches wre not of easy attainment , stud Mich an opportunity of acquiring them seldom occurs the weak-minded fellow determined to possess the treas re , and gathered all his money , which amounted to £ 25 , as the price for the information , but the sybil would not sell him the secret for this sum , and he accordingly borrowed of his neighbours £ 75 , to make up the amount demanded . The gypsey having received the hundred sovereign ! ' , wrapped them in a piece of brown piper , and going With the man upstairs , they both knelt down , and , after pretending to utter some charms upon them , she returned to him a brown parcel , to be put in a box , which was not to be opened for a week , when there was to be £ 150 , The tale scarcely needs to be further told : on opening the parcel , there were one hundred " and fifty pieces of tin ! When the fraud was discovered , the impostor had decampud , but she has been ' traced to the neighbourhood of Manchester . A reward of £ 10 is offered for her

      ap ;> rehenaion . Scenery in Ohio . —The weather- was as bright and beaaiful as the opening of the month of May could make it ; th . 3 sky a deep blue , spotted with snow-white and fleecy clouds ; and the air as fresh as a May-morning in Eugland : though the scene was warmer and more intensely brilliant in it , 9 light . Tne outlines of t ^ io hills that bounded the valley on either bide were gracefully undulated , and the hills themselves were wooded to their summits . The forest-trees were in their brightest Uvery of green , after the heavy rains ; the paw-paw , the redbud , and the dogwood all mingled their varied blossomB with the general verdure ; the birds sang so exultingly , that on 6 might have fancied a general

      convention of the feathered throng to celebrate some jubilee ; in short , Nature was in h < r loveliest and most attractive garb' ; and it was happiness of no ordinary kind , to waik alone upon the upper deck of the boat , aud feast the senses ot sight and hearing , with the scenes , and odours , and sounds , on every side . Mere existence was a pleasure , and gave , in its silent enjoyment , some conception of the Oriental ideas of a Paradise , which '' should consist of eternal repose ., amid trees , andfljwers , and running-streams , and singing birds . Among these , tho ever-varying notes of the mocking-bird were easily distinguished from their superior vigour and brilliance above all others . The valley of the Scioto is the favourite haunt of this Caradori of the Woods ; and since we

      had hung with delight upon the thrilling accents of that sweetest and most winning of all songstresses from our native land , we had heard no warbkngs that could so well compare with hers , as those of the Rubini of Ohio . Mr . Atwater ; indeed , calls him a Shakspere , not of Stra ' tford-upon-Avon , but of Chiilicothe , on tho Scioto , and thus describes his doings— " The Shakppere aloaong birds seats himself on some tree , where the greatest variety of all sorts of birds dwell , and matkes it his business to mock and disappoint them ; hence bis common name of mocking-bird . . Having seated himself in a proptr plae&r he listens in profound silence to the songs of the several sorts of birds around him . Ia the vernal season , he

      makes the love-call of a female of some near neighbour , with heart-stirring melody , until the males come in florks , to caress their beloved mate j when lo J no such lovely bird is there ; they find , instead of the loyely fair one , a homely brown thrush . Having succeeded in imposing on one species , he proceeds to play off similar * tricks upon travellers , ' and continues his play until he is satisfied with his own mischief , and his neighbours' disappointment . When the other birds havo young ones , he watches their nests , until the parents have left them in quest of food , when , seating himsblf near their domiciles , he imitates the scream of the hawk , or some other bird of prey . If tho parents heed the scream , ana come home , very well ; but if not heeded by them

      he proceeds to imitate the voice of the young ones in the utmost agOBy and 'distress ; he utters their shrill cry and * dying groan , when the affrighted and afflicted parents come flying in the utmost haste and trepidation , to relieve their Buffering dying young oneB ; but , behold no one is near them , except the innocent , the plain , the honest and candid Mr . Thrush ( the mocking-bird ) who retires , as if laughing in his sleeve , at the trick he has played off upon the parents . " We had heard the mocking-bird in great perfection in the woods , and on the risers of the South , and especially at

      Montgomery , on the river Alabama ; but the bird of the Seioto , whose notes delighted our ear , was in no degree inferior to that of the Southern stream on whose borders we had listened with intense delight to the sweetest warbler we had heard . The two indeed , were so equally matched in musical powers that if the single combat described in the " Music ' s Duel" of the old poet Herrick were to be again performed , the heroes should be taken from the banks of these two streams ; and the spirit-stirring vigour of ths Northern , blended with the melting tenderness of the Southern bird , would make such music as Shakspere' describes , wafting

      "Like perfume o ' ez a bank ot violets Stealing and giving odour . " Buckingham sAmeiicd .

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      The Case is a NcTsnELL .-i-A very wealthy planter in Woodtord county , Kentucky , says : — " I had rather be taxed for the poor ] boy ' s education than tho poor man's ignorance ; for the one or the other I am compelled to be . " j An Action was tried in the CouH of Exchequer , in which the defendant , having engaged a , house-at Brighton for five weeks at eight guineas a week , quitted at the end of tho week , because it was intolerably infested with bugs . Lord Abinger held " that persons who let ready-furnisjbed houses were bound to take care that the premises were free from nuisance , " and the jury immediately fouad for tho defendant . \

      Hard Work . —It ' s hard work td go up hill without leanjpg forward—and it ' s hard work for a" neutral" editor to speak of politics without leaning one way or the other . It ' s hard work tjo make a dinner of grape shot , unless they are wellj boiled—and its hard work to digest a fool ' s argument , unless it be soaked in something like reason . It's hard work to do nothing , and have too much of it on band— and it ' s hard work to collect a debt ojf one who says , " 111 pay to-morrosv . " It ' s hard wjork to squeeze cider oat of a brick-bat—and it ' s hard work to scratch out ideas for a paragraph , after being on a spree for twenSy-four hours . It ' s ! hard work te hold lightning by the tail—and it ' s hard work to stem the torrent of a woman ' s will . —American paper . i

      Racing Statistics of Great \ Buitain . —We should probably not be far wide o > the mark were we to put down the direct expendimre of ] the Turf at the sum of £ 200 , 000 ; but were the capital vested in horseflshto betaken into consideration , and the incidental disbursements to which jthe amusement inevitably leads , we feel persuaded that more ihan one million of money per aneum is , \ bona fide circulated . In round numbers , it aapears that during the past season about 1000 horses [ have been contested , whilst £ 150 , 000 were distributed among the

      . j Tak Late Dreadful Accident Jin Galwat . — The inquest un the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers at tne late awful calamity here , was resumed this morning before the Coroner , Mr . J . JBlakeny . The Court-house wa-i densely crowded , j Several witnesses were examined , all of whom concurred in stating , that the commotion was produced by an unfounded alarm that the galleries wjre falling ; and the medical gentleman whe attended the deceased having givefe testimony to the effect jthat death was produced by suffocation , tne Jury returned a verdict , "That the several persons came byjtheir deaths in consequence of injuries received by reason of exsreme pressure at the chapel ; and that the alarm given on that occasion was not the result of ) any laaiicio is intent , but arose from an apprehension on the part of the congregation of extreme danger .

      Physical Force . —We . find the Navy , at the present moment , consists of 234 vessels of all sorts , mounting in the whole 3 390 guns , which i * ab ut G 7 l > guns less than la ^ t Is ' Year's d ^ y , and consequently we have abjut 7 , 000 seamen fewer in employ . It appears we have 18 sea-going line-ofbattle ships , being seven less than ilast year ; 39 sloops , one less , 36 smaller vessels , j nineteen lfss than last year ; 6-i steamers , four additional ; 21 surveying-vessels ; 10 troop-ships ; and 10 receiving-ships . Our force at home comprises 604 gun- " ; packets , 46 ; Mediterranean , 1 , 035 ; jBrazils , 4 ti 3 ; East Indies , 886 ; North America and ] We 3 t Indi « s , 476 ; Cape and Coa * t of Africa , 3 »> 9 ; ' 'surveying , 93 ; troop-ships , 56 . —Hampshire Telegraph .

      Ntw Year ' s Dav in the City F ^ risons —Sunday being New Year ' s Day , the whole of the prisoners at present in Newgate , those in Giltspurstreet Comp ' . er , about 200 , and t ' n& Debtors in the Borough Compier , tweiuy-one in number , were regaled with lib . of roaBt beef , lib 6 } bread , and a pint of porter each person , the gift ofitne Sheriff * of London and Middlesex , Mr . Alderman Hooper and Mr . j . Pilcher . In addition to the above allowance , those who are confined in the Borough Corapter will , upon the 6 th instant ( Old Christnaass D-ty ) , receive from Mr . Pritchard , the Hifih [ Bailiff , lib of roast beef , greens , potatoes , lib . of pJum-pudding , and a pint of beer each , —thus showing that the criminals fare much butter at this reason of tho yenr than the inmates of the union workhouses .

      The Gamekeeper and the Farmer ^—On Sunday se'nuight , one of the gamekeepers of | J . Attwood , Esq . having assumed a disguise lor the' better detection of poachersupon theesta'p . passed the hou = eof one of the tenants , near Lea Wood , Ednpy Common : the farmer thinking him a rough-looking customer , and suspeeting his intention of picking up what game he could , followed him , armed with a jstout cudgel , and came up to him at the wood on ] the Copt fold Hall estate . The supposed trespasser having refused to quit the place , the farmer commenced an attack upon him , and the single-stick exercise was

      maintained on both sides / with considerable skill for some minutes ; the farmer , however , began ! to lay about him with increased ' vigour , his intentions evidently being a capture , when the keeper , stiilj maintaining his incog ., not v / ish ' mg to strike nisfriend , presented a braco of double-barrelled pistols ; his assailant , nothing daunted , drew forth the huge key of his granarydoar , which he as deliberately pointed at the disgui .-ed keeper , and again called upon him to withdraw—at last the ke ' -per revealed himself to the farmer , and the incident his given risti to a hearty joke in the neighbourhood where the parties reside . — Eiscx Herald . \

      The Extraordinart Mildness of the Season . —The new comet in Drace was at its nearest point to the earth on the 15 th of December , ijfts distance , however , even at that period , was 7 . 000 p 00 leagues . Comets are remarkable for the hi ^ h temperature they diffuse on our atmosphere on their approach to the earth , and for the subsequently low temperature at their termination . I anticipate the frost wi . l set in towards the end of the mouth , as we have the luminaries and the planet Metcury applying to a Conjunction of Saturn in Capricorn ; such a posiwou of Satarn in Capricorn the aricient philosophers always held would influence ithe air in

      winter to very frosty weather , as wasjtbe casein 1784 , when there was a protrac ed frost and snow storm , three months long , which commeuced on New Year ' s eve ; and also in 11 ) 13 , when the cold Saturn was traversing Capricorn , another severe wintt-r occurred , which commenced on D cember 26 tfo , and continued 'two or three months . ! From the inclement aspects of the planets on the 31 and 7 th of ^ January we may anticipate violent ! storms of snojw , frost , &c , and severe gales may be expected . A very stormy period sets in , continuing ) wiih little intermission to the end of the month . —G . Sugden , Howden , Dec . 28 . !

      High Court of Justiciary . —Trul of Alexander M'Kensie for ATTEMr to MiiuDER—On Saturday , the trial of Alexander M'Kefczie , cattle dca er and farmer , came on for the assault , with intejit to murder , James Duff , in the neighbourhood of Dundee . M'Konzie was charged under the Act George the Fourth , cap . 38 , with assault , jcoramitted by means of loaded fire-arms , and with intent to kill , in bo far as , for the purpose of evading payment of a sum of £ 1 , 000 sterling , which he was indebted to James Duff , grazier , he did on the 15 th of 0 ,-tober , 1842 , in or near a wood or { plantation called the Gillie Wood , being part of the policy or pleasure grounds of the Earl of Campejrdown , in the county of Forfar , into which he had decoyed the said James Duff , wickedly and feloniously attack and assault him with a loaded pistol , and , with discharging the same with intent to kill him-, whereby

      he was wounded in the back to the effusion of his blood , and serious injury of his person , and imminent danger of his life . The prisoner , who appeared to be in great di-tress pleaded guilty . ( Trie Lord Advocate restricted the libel . By the 1 law , the crime , to which the prisoner had pleaded guilty , was undoubtedly capital ; and he , along with his Learned Friends with whom he consulted , had felt very great difficulty as to the course which ] ought to be pursued . After due deliberation , however , he had come to the conclusion , that , consistently with his duty , he might in this case restrict the libel to an arbitrary punishment , in the belief that the sentence which the Court might award would be suffi cient for the vindication of the law . After short addresses from the Court , the prisoner ) vas sentenced , by the Lord Justice Clerk , to transportation for the whole period of his natural life . j

      The Colliery Riots in AvRSHiRE .-j-At the High Court of Justiciary , Edinburgh , on Friday , William Gibson , Robert Wood , James iGraham , and Robert Donnachio were placed at , I the bar accused of mobbing and rioting with loaded firearms , for the purpose of assaulting , molesting , and intimidating working men employed in the colliery at West Hawkedfield , in the parish of St . Evox , Ayrshire , on the 14 th and 16 th November last ; and in particular with Wounding and injuring [ Bernard Boyle . Michael Brady , Charles Donally , a ^ nd Win . Clark , and with discharging a loaded pistol , or other fire-arms , at John Dawson , by which he was murdered . A great number of witnesses having been examined for the prosecution , the Lord Advocate departed from the whole charge against the prisoner Dounachie . Tbe declarations of the other prisoners were then read , generally denying the

      charges in tbe libel , and stating circumstanees to ihe eSedtof bringing out a case of alibi . Exculpatory proof being then read , the Lord Advocate addressed the jury for the Crown , and Mr . Crawford for Wood and Graham , for whom he craved a verdict of not proven , at the same time strongly recommending Gibson , whose guilt had been clearly established , to the leniency of the court . The Ltad Justice Clerk then Bummed up the evidence , and the Jury retired a little after eleven to ' consider as to their verdiot ; and in about half an Ihour returned into court and delivered he following terdiot : — Unanimously find William Gibson ! Guilty ; and by a great majority find Robert Wood and Ja « . trranam Guilty of mobbing , rioting , and ) assault , but not Guilty of murder , . and by a great majority recommend the prisoners to tbe leniency of the court . Find Robert Donnachie Not Guilty . " The court delayed pronouncing sentence . !

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      MvJ > si-Ge ? jeral Ptcrcy I > rohmgnd , C . B , Director-General of the Royal Artiliery , died at Woolwich on Sunday . Copenhagen , Walcheron , Flushing , Corunna , and Waterloo , formed the chief of the various encounters in which he was engaged . A Generous Landlord —The Marquis of Exeter , at his late rent audit iu St . Martin's , Stamford Biron , returned to his agricultural tenant the amount of the half-year's Income-tax . —Lincolnshire Chronicle . A pugilistic contest , which terminated fatally took place as Hunston . near Chicbester , about three o ' clock on Sunday morning last , between Edmund

      and , Ephrafm Cousens , the sona of two brothers The men , it ' appears , with others , had been drinking through the night , and a quarrel having ensued , tha parties agreed to fi ^ ht . The contest continued neal an hour , and terminated in Ephraim being unable to rise from the effects of a blow which the other had dealt him . He lingered through the day , and died at Beven o ' clock in the evening . An inques !; was held on the remains on Wednesday , before Mr . I . L . Sellis , when a verdict of " Manslaughter" was returned against Edmund Consens , who has since been committed for trial at the next assizes . —

      Sussex paper .: Attempt , to upset a Raii / wat Tbain . —A lad named William Hart was brought before the Maycf of Reading on Wednesday last , charged with havmtf wilfully placed a piece iron upon one of the rails 01 thfl Great Western line , with the view of obstructing the froo passage of the same . From the facts deposed to in evidence , it would seem that , at a few minutes before nine o ' clock , on Tuesday morning last , the policeman on duty at that part of the line which passes immediately opposite Battle Farm , observed something on the rail , at a distance of nearly half d mile from him , which he supposed to be a rabbis until its stationary apprarance excited a suspicion in his mind that he was mistaken . As the train was at that moment in sight , he , after

      some little hesitation , ran towards the spot with all possible ppfefd , and had hardly succeeded in kicking off the iron when the engine passed by . There is no doubt , from the construction of the intended ob- » stacle , and from > its peculiar position on the rail , that , in nine cases out of ten , the effect would have been to throw the engine off the line , and , in the present instance , to send it down an embankment twenty-two fee . t in depth . Tbe prisoner , who ia afarmer ' s labourer , and only sixteen years of age , pleaded guilty to the charge . We hear that this wanton aud reckless youth has been before repeatedly seen loitering on the railway , and frequently chastised for go doing by the Company ' s officers . He wa * fined £ 5 , and , in default of payment , committed for three months . —Devizes

      Gazettee . Accident on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway—Malicious Conduct . —An accident occurred to thef evening train on Sunday last , on this railway , whfch fortunately was not attended with serious results , though it was clearly the effect of wilful and . deliberate malice on tho part of some unknown miscreants . The evening train , which left Glasgow at five o ' clock on Sunday evening , had arrived within a hundred yards of the Polmont station , and was running with great velocity , apparently not-intending to stop there , when the engine came in collision with a low truck , the property of the Cempany ! , which had been placc-d across the

      rails in such a position as effectually to block up the road . Tho wheels-of the truck not , being on the rails , th > j engine was able to push it but a little way when the velocity of its procress caused it to pasg over it , crushing both truck and wheels . By this , however , the engine itself was thrown off the rails ; and it was fortunate that the connec ' ien between the enginaand the carriages gave way , so that none of the carnages were drngg ^ d after ; and the passengers , of whom there were about thirty , escaped with a feWslight bruises , occasioned by their being thrown violently against the sides of the carriages . The arrival ofcthe train in Edinburgh was delayed by this accident from seven at night , its usual period of arriving , till two in the morning . —Scotsman .

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      GUILDHALL , LONDON . While Sir Chapman Marshall asd Sir James Duse , the sitting Alderman , were on Saturday adjudicating on a case which required the presence of iwo Magistrates , a tall well-dressed lady , of "a certain age , " advanced to the table with the air of a grenadier . ¦ The oase having just concluded which occupied the attention of the two Magistrates , Sir James Duke , on beholding the lady , hastily quitted his seat , and retreated into the Magistrates' private room ; Sir C . Marsaall was , however , not so fortunate . The worthy Magistrate , who appeared as if some sudden calamity h % < i overtaken him , thus addressed the lady—Now Misa Newell , what do you want with me \

      Miss Newell ( with greai solemnity )—Well , Sir Chapman , I've got you ; and though one gentleman I won't listen to me , another shall , for four-andtwenty years I have pursued this subject , and as this is the last day of the old year , I ' m determined to bring it to a point . Alderman—Do ^ madam , tell me how long you are J going to detain me ? Miss Newell ( looking up at the j office clock , and then at her gold watch)—Why what do you think of a quarter of an hour ? Alderman—No ; pray Bay five minutes . Miss NewelL— l * d rather you'd split the difference ; however , I can say a good deal in five minutes . Alderman—Well- begin . Miss Newell ^ Sir Chapman , do you believe ia God i

      Alderman—Really , Madam , IMiss Newell-rCome , come , Sir Chapman , I ' ve got you in a corner , and you must answer me ; do you believe in a God ? Alderman—Upon my word you must not—Miss Newell-7-Oh , well , I suppose you do believe ; well that ' s one , point gained , however . —( Here the Court was an irrepressible scene of laughter . ) Well , as I told you some twenty-four years ago , when we were both mucH younger , that I had a divine revelation from heaven , which informed me that I should sit upon the throne of this kingdom . What was the consequence \ They locked me up in St . Luke ' s . I However , I got out , and again I paid you a visit , ' when you were Lord Mayor , at tha Mansion-house * some time ago . : Alderman—Yes , I remember it , Miss .

      Miss Newell ( in a voice of triumph—Oh ! you do . remember it . Well , then , from that hour to this 1 have pursued the same steady line of conduct—( Laughter)—and my undying conviction is ( striking her hand with much force upon the table ) that I shall wear the" Crown of England , have a large house , and keep a great number of servants . Alderman—Now pray , Madam , come to a conclusion , for you see the five minutes have just expired . Miss Newell ( looking at the clock , and again at her watch )—Not m fast , Sir , I kuow what o ' cloek it I 8 —CRoara of laughter )—besides I say that the Q , ueea of this country set ' s a bad example to her subjects . Alderman—I cannot hear this ; you must not be allowed to talk thus .: I won ' t listed

      Miss Newell—But you must , and I ask again , why the Queen , a lad ^ -ocenpyinga Btati on the highest in the land , does not suskle her own child ? Only place me in such a situation , Sir Chapman , and I'll let the world see an example of a great lady nurturing her own babe . ( The gravity of the Court wag quite overcome by th * a speech , and justice fairly langhed outright . ) Alderman—Miss Newell , you have had more than five minutes allowed yon , and I must beg of you to retire . Do not compel me to use force . _ Misa Newell—Well . I h * T © done for tne ' raenent

      I rather like you , Sir £ hapiaM , and , asit'fl the last day of the old year , I VraB determined to say as tondi as I could , and I think I have opened some of your eyea , bo give us your hand at parting . The Alderman moit good humouredly extended his hand at the request of the lady , / who . ; after shaking it most Warmly , dropped a graceful courtesy to the Aldermanrexclaimiag , "Pardon me . Sir Gh * pman , if I take leave of you in the wordsi of a good Old song— Adieu , thoa dreary pile l *— ( Loud laughter , during which the-candidate for the Crown with " drew . ) j-

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      ST . JAMES'S PARK . —SUNDAY . TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHITEHALL , 1 st . January , 1843 . Sir , —Agreeably to the wishes of the assembled multitude in the Park , near the Horse Guards , this dav , I have the hoflour to transmit a copy of the following resolution passed unanimously in reference to certain proceedings in Warwickshire , which are considered as an evident tampering with the national rights of the people at iarge—namely , the sanction given by tho A'i ministration to an assemblage held at Birmingham , for the purpose of contemptuous exultation—alike p . fl . ctive on the Government , the governed , and equSUy dangerous to the public welfare . Charles He ; vby Ackerlev , Chairman .

      Resolved unanimously . " That the object of the Government agents at Birmingham appears , by tbeir dastardly acts on both sides , to have attempted to neutralize , under the word Alteration , ' that- opW > i « a wbiofa has been already carried by upwards of four milliens of signatures for the rights of the working Glasses in tbeir Petition , registered as tbe Chatter . That tho retroeade « Kord < alteration' as a backward move , being in opposition to forward motion , —this Assembly of tee London Operative Mechanics , in bebatf of tbeir feljowtuen in tVia provinces—will not sanction the inconsistent proceedings o | tbe past week , for endeavouring to ondo what has already been done . Therefore the Charter , as recognized by the whole country , and ' nailed to ths mast . ' shall be tbe lever of all our Rights , as those of all mankind . ' - '

      The above was received with enthusiastic approbation , followed by three tremendous cheera , many congratulating the Chair aian i . Capt . Ackerley ) iu bis auspioious . commencemgnt of the ensuing new year .

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      CKE 0 XICLE 3 OF THE € ABEWOB . >\ Bj EDWAitD Wx > 1 . We hare lecarad the first number of a new publication nader this tide , which is intended to be COBticaed weekly , aid 10 form ai the end of the year 02 which we have jus : entered , 3 volume of mtmsih-g deails , calcuiaitd 10 exciie the attention of those wao are no ; above coEamisstratiDg the wants and snfilxinga of lie d * stiune , which it is intended to ponrtrsy in a series of anecdotes ; the one beginning in the present number , exceedingly well written as it is , relates to a young sprig of the iilslscraey bred in tbe lap of wealth , and trained to hsMis of selfishness by defective education . The B Chronicles of ths Caren-onr * present a wide

      field , and we iave no donbx from the specimen before us , ihe talented writer will carry out his plan ia sneb a manser as to obtain the " recosa pence of his literary labours in the sympathy of the pnhlic . ^ The work , he tells ns , is tbe result of the _ daily walks , and the occasional wanderings , during the last jear , of one who professes himself to 1 ) 6 a lover of tV e human raee , —of one who can find ieauij beneath the most homely of bonnets , —who can look for merit in the meanest of cottages , —who can sympathise with a sorrowful man , equally upon iis couch of straw , as when upon a bed ot damask , — and wculd plead for him whom the world denies ihe risti to make known his tale of suffering and of miserr "

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . : :.- ' -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 7, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1194/page/3/