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      S . Babilktt . —His letter is not well-timed . At E 3 BW period nearer to the assembling of the next Convention , such subjects may perhaps be profiKbly discussed . . : THE SHIP las CHARTISTS , BlKMIKCHXX . —We h > V revived mote , stating that the numtar of peraocs who passed the address inserted in another page , and replied toby Mr , 0 "Connor , was just « ix * Two trthert 'were present at the eosunenc 3 meni ; but they retired t 3 fore the question wsi pot Notwjths t anding this , we hare given inw « rtion to the address . It argues the questions mootsd in a calm and becoming spirit ; and it would hare ill comported with onr notions of tb » liberty of the press , to hare -withheld ao gentlemanly a remonstrance on a point of policy , beeuwe but few -were pasties to it A blackguard effusion , attributing all aorta of base and sordid motives , would hare shared a far different fate .

      T ? - » t » i fi » ¦ "W ¦ irrnv » t ^ 17 * **¦*>•* - » * T ? ttVtv Tl IT . iXP . Tt ESBATA . -JfATIOSAX YlCTM TWO BALAXCB Shbxt . —In this document , published in out last , fcr the following errors reaa" the following corrections —Income—Tor Mr . Johnson ' s collecting book Is , rsad Is . 6 ± ExpaiiUvn—FoT Mrs . lees , Motfcram , £ 3 15 s ., read 15 s . For postage , 4 c ., 7 s . , read 7 s . Id . James Jaggeb—Yes . Shexan continue to Eell -with the same license ; or she can get it renewed to her own name . As for the suffieieney of the rating , that will depend npon whether the bonse was licensed before the passing of the last beer act . J . Smxbi , Wins—Be had better appear . If judgment should go against him tor default , execution , will follow . He had better nip the posey inj

      ibebnd . Tcstias Jacket Chabhst . —The pomt he speaks of would afford food for the lawyers , if the parties haTe money . They can " settle" it for him , if he can pay for it . The wst of a patent for England i 3 about £ 120 . ~ W . Ball , Oldbert—Has no remedy . He must pay . It may be bad ; but it will be the least expense sod trouble to bun . The amount is not mudi . Of coarse A * will not inform against the plaintiff , that the debt -eras mainly for excisesble articles sold -without license . Johs Milleb . —The w National Tribute" must be

      sent to Mr . O'Connor , as Genera ] Treasurer of the N . C . Association . A Coxbespokdknt "wishes to know if Lord C&sllereagh -was ever Premier . —No . "We bare notsime to look for an answer to his second question . SruBiraT . —We thank our correspondent . He will see that we have & report from another source . ; The Poets . —* A Call to the People , " and " A Remonstrance , && , " respectfully declined * Mr . Clifton . —No room . " Dotsxais , keab Mkkthyb Ttdttl . —We thank our correspondent ; but last week his report came too late , and this week it must be rejected as " old news . "

      Me . Jtxiau Habset acknowledges the receipt of one shilling for Mrs . V . Tljp from Mr . T . Driffield , Wainfleet , Lincolnshire . ' - South Lancashire Confbbexcb . —Mr . Dixon writes us that his engagements with the National Conference of Colliers have prevented him from preparing the report of the meeting at Bolton on Sunday last . He will bare it ready for next week . Mrs Ellis begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums , per J . Sweet , Nottingham , viz .: — & s . d . J . K .. - 0 2 6 G . P . ... 0 2 € Mr . Keek 0 2 6 Charter Sunday School Children 0 3 0 Other Friends , in small sums ... 0 4 ffl Collected at J . Sweet ' s Tea Party 0 5 * 6 ? £ 10 0

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      ^ SATI 05 AL TBIBtlE . £ S £ From C Thorn , Chepstow 0 18 . JLW . and a few friends 0 4 6 POB KBS . ELLIS . JProm Th « . Harper , Woodhouse 0 0 e JOB THE EXECUT 1 TB . Prom J- H-, Leeds t > 0 3 _ George Walker , Leeds 0 10 TOB THE VICTIM FCXD . i Ticm J . H-, Leeds ... 0 * 0 j 3 _ W . BsTison , Ifewton , Ayr 0 0 * 3 ,. George Walker , Leeds 0 10 TOB TEB 3 > ETE 5 Ci TTJ 5 D . Prom Mr . Jarris , Mansfield 0 10 Prom Mr . Jarvis , Mansfield , for Mr . Orstler 0 0 6

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      * 1 VEEDS . —Dxficiest Weights . —On Saturday last , Mr . George Hanson , the inspector of weights and measures for this borough , summoned thirteen shopkeepers from the Bank and the neighbourhood , before the sitting magistrates , at the Leeds Courthouse , to answer complaints which be then preferred against them , of having in their possession certain weights which were unstamped , and had been fried ? i the balance and found wanting . The magistrates on the Bench were John Clapham , Esq . and James Mnsgrave . Esq , The names of the parties summoned were Joseph Greenwood , East-street ; SamJL Stones , ditto ; Rachael Irwell , ditto ; Matthew I&ch&rdson , ditto ; Jonathan Green , Biehmondroad ; Wm . Price , ditto ; John Price , ditto ; Francis Heselden , ditto ; John Cockcroft , ditto ; George Watson , Shannon-street ; Thomas Dinry .

      Ellerbylane ; Samnel Brownfoot , East-street ; and James Collier , -Bank . Each of these parties was eon-ricted , and fined seTerally in sums varying from 10 s . to 203 . besides tie costs , and the forfeiture of the deficient weights ; they were also severely reprimanded by the magistrates . Several of the defaulters stated that ihey had their weights adjusted at the time of the general adjustment fire years ago , upon which Mr . Hanson was asked by the Bench if weights would remain perfect for such a length of time , to which he replied , that « ven were they ever so carefully used , they would not preserre their correctness for a third of that time , and that iron weighty when suffered to come in contact with salf , corroded away yery fast indeed . In many cases he has obserred that large weights , 561 bs . and 281 bs ., when kept in damp situations , had lost from one ounce to three since the last adjustment took place .

      Cactiojj to Shopkeepebs . —We have been requested to pnt sbopieepers on their guard : against a person who is going ronnd in this town professing to be in the smploy of Mr . George Hanson , inspector of weights and measures ; he undertakes to adjust deficient weights , but is not in a situation lo gvre parties any guarantee that they are correct ; and they are therefore still liable to be fined , erenshenld be have made them all right , for he cannot stamp them except with a forged stamp . i Bital PxAXKT Bttlebs , —On Tuesday last , Henry Harrison , who styles himself an astrologer , and who \ resides at Hunslet , was charged before the sitting I magistrates at the Leeds Court-house ^ with having I committed a Tiolent assault upon the wife of George

      Lee , of Leeds , another professor of the an of peep- ] rag into futurity . The assault was prored , i £ na arose out of the circumstance of Harrison going to the house of Lee on Sunday . Harrison bad lost his watch , and not being able to rule his own planet , had gone to consult his more learned brother ; but , unfortunately , the moon happened to be in a wrong position , and Lee could not discover the missing waicb in any of ** her houses . " Thb led to some recrimination , and Harrison struck Mrs . Lee three times . Tie defendant Btoutly denied having committed the assault , and said the complainant struck him . The bench expressed them- ' Belves satisfied with the evidence , and Harrison 1 was again at fault , for be had not been able Jo discover that be should be fined 03 . and costs for his offence , and therefore be was Quite unprepared to

      far . He was consequently shown the interior of the i jalL During the proceedings & card was handed to 1 the magistrates , which bore the name and address of ' Harrison , and a description of his professional abilities . He claims affiinty with the astrologers of old , and may be consulted daily , at hi 3 residence , or parties writing to him must enclose the usual fee . j His card thus announces his mystic power ;—; 1 Horary questions ( Le . commercial and incidental ; aSkirs of Hfe , ) definitely sol y ed . Questions anSwered ; on anj subject connected with life , death , sickness , JBarriage , travelling by land er sea , Jaw suits , obtain-* Q |» situations , the welfare of absent friends , &c . " We sappose both these parties have numerous dupes who are foolish enough to part with their money in ; exchange for such information as is gathered from ' the " horary" of the magicians .

      Gksdottai , —On Thursday last , a man named Wai . Smith was committed for trial the next sessions , on the charge of stealing a pick-axe , the pro-. psrty of the surreyorB of the highways of the town- ] Mp of Holbeck . Djbaxh jpb o * Scaldisg , —On Tuesday erening las * , an inquest ( adjourned from Monday ) was held at the Irwin ' s Arms Inn , Holbeck Bridge , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of a little girl , two years and a half old , named Harriet Broadbent . The deceased on the 30 th of November last , was attempting to stir the fire , there being on it ratine tone a pan containing broth , which was preparing for dinner . With the poker she , by Borne means , Bpset the pan , and the contentB were thrown ovex ber person , by which she was sererely Kcaldetf abont the neck « nd breast . She lingered without any hope of recovery , until Sunday last , when she eipired . Verdict , " Accidental Death . *

      Woodhobss . —DBrnsLiBBAB ^ . —G . E . W . Bax ter , Esq ., of Montgomeryshire , North Wales , has kindly presented to the Druids Library , of Woodbouse , a oopy of hjs H Book of the Bastiies . "

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      Stbikb at the Rothwell Haigh and Robim-Hood CoLLiEBiss—The Miners at these Collieries * re out on strike , but not for an advance of wages , but against Bomenew regulations introduced into the pits , which baye an effect npon their earnings of at least nine-pence per day ; and which also render the danger to them from foul air much more imminent . The new regulation we understand to be this :-Formerly each man had » « tub , " or oorre , to himself , into which he filled , " placing jt for that purpose in the most convenient situation . Now tbr : / or four men " fill" all into one corw ; aud this inrolres a large amount of extra labour , the coals baring to be thrown or earned a much longer distance , and in many ^ stances BhoTeUed three or four times over . This is an inuciuk

      inry to tne men w « nou » « w ™ cu « w « u ; body . The increased danger in the pitB ariBes from defective ventilation ; a system of building walls , instead of the old system of " posts" having been lately introduced . by which the mouths of the " slips " are closed , and ventilation impeded . If this be bo , it is highly improper . These pits are known to be dangerous . Explosions from fire-damp at both Collieries have occurred ; and we believe that as many as seven lives at a time have been lost . Surely whatever is done , tbe safety of those who carry their fives in their hands every time they enter the mine , should be cared for as much as possible . We trust the owners of these Collieries will meet the men in a spirit of kindness and fairness , hear their grievances , and , where practicable , redress them . Should they not do so , we trust that the public to whom they beg of us to appeal , wlil render them all due support .

      Restjlts op the Yobk Assizes—The following is ft summary of the calendar of the prisoners tried during the late winter jail delivery , at its conclusion on Saturday night last : — To be executed ... 1 Death recorded „ . 2 To to transported for life ... ... 1 fifteen years 14 ¦ fourteen years ... 2 ¦ ten years 30 '; - ¦ — seven years 6 To be imprisoned two years 5 one year 13 nine months ... 2 ; eight months 1 eix months ... ... 4 four months 1 ¦¦ - three tbontha 4 ————— two months ... ... S one month ... ... 4 thirteen days 1 ten dayB 1 seven dayB , to be ^ fined 403 . and to enter into a recog- \ ¦ , nizance of £ 50 to keep the peace for | : two years ... ... ) Traversed until the next assizes 2 To enter into recognizances toiappear ^ when called upon to receive jadg- > 1 ment J > Admitted evidence 3 ! Not guilty . 32 \ No bill 8 [ Total ... 142 I Patal Accident on thb Nobth Midland Railwat . —On Thursday afternoon last , an accident 00-\ curred about half a mile on this side of Normanton , r by which an unfortunate plate-layer lost his life . — i His name was Benjamin Dunnill . He has left Beven I children to mourn his loss . The accident occurred [ thus : —A York luggage train was on the up " line of rails , going to the Norman ton Station . Pour plate-layers were working on that line , and two of them stepped out ef the ^ ray , on to the side of the line ; the other two , violating their express orders , going on to the down" line of rails . — While standing there , a train from Manchester

      approached ; but the attention of the two men being ioccupied with observing the ** np" luggage train ; " they did not perceive the other until it was right upon them , when one of them was fortunate enough to just escape death , being sent by a blow from the engine some good distance ; while the other , Dunnill , was killed on the spot . The driver of the Manchester engine was not aware of the accident he not having seen the man at all . When the news reached the Leeds station , the engine he had been driving was examined , and a quantity of hair and blood , together with the handle of a spade , was found in the fire box .

      Anotheb Accident and consequent loss of Life . —On Friday , Dec . 22 nd , as the York train was coming towards Leeds , the guard had no record of passengers to be put down at the Copmanthorpe Station ; and as no signal was made by the station master that he had some to " take up , " the engineer jdid not stop the train , bat proceeded onwards . A female , who had to stop at the station , jumped out of the carriage ; and it is needless to say was much injnred . She lingered on till Tuesday ]? V , when she died . in connection with this

      affair , there are one or two facts of a rather curious nature . To sate expence it has been a practice on this line to give the guard a small pocket slate , on which is set down the number of passengere fpr each station . This was on the u economical " principle . A written way-bill would only do once and paper costs money . The slate would do for a long time ; for it could be cleaned each journey , and used afresh . But still it was no protecti on to the guard . Jf the clerk neglected to set down on the Blate , he could easily Bereen himself by averring that

      the guard had rubbed out the entry . On the occasion ¦ jof the accident , the guard ' s " slate" had no entry ; 3 > ut the elerkmaintaiuing that he had duly made . it , the guard was suspended . Since then the slate has been discontinued , and way-bills adopted . It happened during the past week , the train had to stop at one of the stations to take up a passenger , and two left the train , although no account of them had been given to the , guard . Their tickets were all right ; but no entry on the waybilL Mr . Hudson , the chairman of the Directorychanced to be the train and % frV UO Vll ftuo bAlU cbuu

      , on ; ul me JJJTGDLQIJi CUAUj ^ u * ) i the tickets and Dill were at once shown to him , that be might be satisfied of the neglect , if not culpa-! bDity , of tbefclerk who took the passenger ' s money . This " slate" system is also , we understand , in opera-1 tion on the North Midland Line . j SARNSLET . —The turn-out of Mr . Peckett's : hands- still continues . It is hoped that that gen tle' : man will not persist in his attempt to ruin the in-: terestB of the whole town by causing a general re-! dnction of wages , as it is too well known , by sad

      ; experience , that they are , in many cases , at starva-; tion point already . The whole of his tenants have given np their work ; out there are few men em-| ployed by him who reside at Haylandswaine who ! have taken out work Bince the strike commenced , ! and who hitherto seem determined to act in opposi-\ tion to their fellow workmen , —thus suffering them-I selves to be made the tools of their employer . It is ; Eincerely to be hopwl , however , that these men will ; see tbeir foUj , and with one accord join hand and 1 heart with their brother operatives .

      SEWABK-A correspondent writes us that £ olonel Thompson lectured here on Free-Trade , on Pri day last , and was opposed by Mr . James Sannders , news-agent , * < J ., who ably exposed the fallacies of the erratic Colonel . It appears that a paid agent of the League was busy for a fortnight previous in beating up for a meetiug ; the result was the attendance of about 400 persons principally thorough-bred Whigs . Our correspondent adds that there is a growing feeling in Newark against the humbug of the freebooting gentry .

      Bradford . —Association fob Impbovekent , Branch , No . 3 . —The members of this body met at the Cross Keys , Wharf-street , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . A great nnmber of strangers were present , anxiously enquiring the meaning of " Paradise within the reach of all men . " The members are happy to say tbat the spirit of inquiry into u Etzler ' s Theory" is rapidly progressing in Bradford . They invite all parties in religion and politics , without distinction , to attend their meetings , to search and examine for themselves the propositions set forth in Mr . Etzler ' s pablications . The

      following resolutioa was unanimously adopted , That for She convenience of those persons friendly to our "Views in Manningham , the next meeting of this Association be held in the Chartist School Room , Manningbam , on Sunday next , at six o ' clock in the evening , when models of some of the machinery ., proposed by Mr . Etzler , will be exhibited , and books distribu ^ i to all igho wish to read and examine for themselves . " The Secretary will be in attendance to enrol members . Entrance three pence , and one halfpenny per week contribution . The usttal weekly meeting held at the Cross Keys , Wharf-street , every Sunday evening , at six o'clock .

      CLAYTON . —Suicide . —On Saturday , a handloom weaver , near Thornton , named Benthen , left hi 3 hosae in very low spirits , and not returning home , his family began to feel uneasy , and went out to make inquiry about him . They sought for inpwards of four hours in vain , but at length found h . im in a wood , about two miles off , suspended to a tree , and quite dead . ' Roebe £ Y neab HtrDDEESFiEiD . —During the night of Sunday last , the press shop belonging to Mr . Joseph Wheatley , of Ledger Bridge , Mirfield , was entered by thiey 8 S , who succeeded in carrying off six pieces of cloth , in a pressed and finished state , worth abont 3 . ' . 6 d . per yard . A reward of £ 5 has been offered for the discovery of the robbers .

      Highwat Robbebt at Hoebubt . —On . Friday last , Mr . Haigh , constable , of Horbnry , while on hi 3 way home from Wakefield , was-fitopped by three men and robbed of his watch and £ 2 . The thieves got clear off with their booty , and have not fliace been heard of . Incendiabt Fibe—A wheat-stack containing about twelve quarters , the property of Mrs . Price , a widow , near Hncknall Torkard , was fired . The fire was speedily extinguished , but not before the whole of the wheat was spoiled .

      Bc&xt to Death—On Friday last , PhcBbe Fox , widow , aged 73 , of Radford , was burnt to death . ' The mother of the deceased was burnt to death in a similar manner about thirty years ago , at Eastwood .

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      FRANCB . -AS might be expected , the Ministerial journals are furious at the speech of M . Laffitte , in the Chamber of Deputies , 9 a Saturday , on quitting the chair . The Opposition papers , on the contrary , are delighted with the whole affair , and hope that the truths which have so unexpectedly been brought out will not be lost sight of . Lmebtt op the Pbess ( 2 . )—The Gazette de France ^ another Legitimist paper , has beea Beired . This is the fifth that has been seized within the last three _ days . The papers themselves profess to be astonished at these harsh measures , and they protest that they cannot conceive " in what they have offended . " The Government , on the other hand ,

      does not seem to think it necessary to give any explanation . It is their humour , aad that is enough . The Legitimists . —The Moniteur publishes a Royal ordinance , dismissing from the post of Mayor the Count de Montbreton and the Marquis Anjorrant , for having gone to London to pay their court to the Duke de Bordeaux . The Governmont , it was said , intended to bring to trial the officers who lately repaired to Xondon with the same object , " for having violated an article of the laws of the army , which prohibits the military from quitting the kingdom , without special leave , under the penalty of forfeiting their commission . "

      Eabthruake . —On Friday last , several shocks of an earthquake were felt at Cherbourg , at four o ' clock in the afternoon . The houses were shaken by it , the furniture oscillated in the apartments , chairs and tables were displaced , and many objects were actually thrown down . A number of the inhabitants , appreaoading a catastrophe , ran out of their houses . No accident , however , took place , the shook having lasted only a few seconds . The shook experienced in the Channel Isles was , doubtless , in a mitigated degree , part of the same movement . Bread has experienced a further rise in Paris . The price of the 21 b . loaf , first quality , has been fixed from the 1 st inst . at 35 c . ( 3 | d . British ); second quality , 28 o . ; being a rise of lo . on bread of the iarst quality .

      The Univers quotes a letter from the Isle of Bourbon of the 1 st of September last , announcing that " the English had taken possession of the harbour of Diego Suarez , on the coast of Madagascar , one of the finest in the world . " Loins Philippe . —The Legitimists . —The Na ~ tional of Sunday , in commenting on the King's speech and the omission of all allusion to the pilgrimages to Belgrave-square therein , taunts the Ministry that they dared not to attack the Legitimists , for had they done so M . Guizot ' s visit to Ghent and in bringing back Louis 18 th , would have been flung in his teeth . It adds : " They have , therefore , adopted a less perilous and more certain

      method of wreaking their petty vengeance , and have determined to pour out the vials of their ill-humour upon the newspapers . The day before yesterday the Nation was seized . Yesterday the Quolidienne , and now they pounce upon La France , and so on . ThuB it appears that a jury , and not the Chambers , will have to settle the quarrel between the elder and the younger branches of the Bourbons . But the combat will not be the less interesting on that account . " —A new Legitimist paper is announced , to be called the Christian France , and the Government , it is said , are ready to pounce upon it the moment it appears . The next number of the Mode is doomed to the same fate .

      SPAIN . —Madrid , Dec . 26 . —The Government journal , La Postada , of this evening , is denouncing new conspiracies , and everything looks most unsettled and dangerous to the new Council of State . Later and Important Intelligence . —Accounts from Madrid of the 27 ch alt . announce the first step towards the attempt to govern absolutely which we have so frequently stated would take place by the close of the year , and for which our readers have been fully prepared . M . Gonzalez Bravo read on that day to the Senate , and M . Mayans , the Minister of Justice , in the same terms- read to the Chamber of Deputies , the following Royal decree : — "I , Isabel II ., using the powers granted to me by the 26 th article of the constitution , and , in compliance with the advice of my council of Ministers , have decreed the following : —The sittings of the Cortes in the present Legislature are suspended . "

      This step is said to have been adopted on the 26 th , and kept a profoand secret until its communication to the Chambers . The Government , it appears , was determined—1 st , to levy , without the legislative sanction , the supplies necessary for the wants of the Government ; 2 dly , to publish a decree on the Ayuntamientos and the Provincial Deputations , and another on the organization of the National Guards ; aud 3 rdly having accomplished those objr eta , to convoke again the Cortes , and demand from them a bill of indemnity , and an approbation of measures whiok they had considered it a duty to adopt for the welfare of the country . Should the Cortes refuse to sanction them , they are to be immediately dissolved .

      The Wak in Catalonia . —Pebpignan , Dec . 27 . — The Baron de Meer , accompanied by Pri . m and his staff , made the circuit of the lines of Figureas the day before yesterday . He was received on every point where be showed himself with demonstrations of the most determined hostility . A long continued fire of musketry , intermingled with cannon-shot and grenades , from the castle greeted him wherever he made his appearance , and rendered his near approach to the stronghold of the insnrgenta a matter of impossibility . He was therefore unable to carry his reconnaissance farther than a mere inspection of the works constructed by Prim since his arrival at Figneras , and which the cannon of the Castle of San Fernando has yet spared .

      The sacred character belonging to the 25 th of December , did not hinder the two parties mm iUcU accustomed acts of hostility against each other on that ( day . The firing from the fort began at six o ' clock in the morning , and continued at short intervals until midday . It was resumed at a quarter to six in the evening , and lasted , with scarcely any , even the shortest interruption , until long past midnight . During the latter space of time not less 400 projectiles were fired , many of which fell into the town . Four grenades entered the house where the Baron de Meer is staying ; one exploded in the roof after demolishing the chimney , and the others burst in the upper apartments . Tfee injury done has been serious and extensive .

      In the course of his inspection of the lines the day before yesterday , the Baron de Meer , and his companions , had a narrow escape of being taken prisoners . The guide who was employed to conduct them in the neighbourhood of the outworks of the Castle , either through intention , er through ignorance of the ground over which he passed , led them almost under the very walls at the moment when a party of guerillas was entering one of the gates . The calvalcade was seen from the battlements , and signals were made to those below to cut off their return . B y mere chance a trooper of the escort perceived their danger , and they had scarcely time to profit by the discovery when the guerillas were close upon them . They had but time to take refuge within their own lines when their pursuers halted . It would have been a curious incident if the Captain-General had fallen into the hands of Amettler two or three days after his arrival at Figneras .

      THE CIR CASSIANS AND THE RUSSIANS ( From a Correspondent of the Times . ) Mosdok , Nov . 21—I am enabled at present to communicate some details relative to the serious events which lately took place in the east of the Caucasus . At Tefiis it was extremely difficult to ascertain the real factB . Sohamyl , the chief of the powerful tribe of the Tschetsohenses , had penetrated in the beginning of the month of September , into the district of the tribe of the Averes , who inhabit the valley of Koisa . The troops , under the orders of Schamyl , were estimated at 10 , 000 men . With this force the hardy chieftain besieged the little fortress of Ungeula , which was garrisoned by three companies of Russians . The mountaineers succeeded

      in cutting off the river which supplied the fort ; and the garrison , after having been deprived of water during six days , was compelled to surrender at discretion . During the siege the Russian Lieutenant-Colonel , Wasiliski advanced at the head of a battalion , by a forced march from Chunsak , to the relief of Ungoula . This force was attacked by Schamyl with his entire army in the gardens of & village , where the Russians were encamped . After a determined resistunce , the entire Russian force was put to the sword by the monntaineers . — Whilst these events were passing , M . Blak de Blagenans , the General commanding the province of Dagestan , marched from the fortress of Temir-Chantschme , with all the disposable force he could collect in the province , to attack Schamyl , but the loss of the fortress of Ungola , and the massacre of Colonel Wasili&ki's battalion , forced the Russian General to take shelter in the fortress of Chunsak . where

      he was besieged by Schamyl , whose forces were increased by the population of the Avares to 20 , 000 men . The Russian General , who feared that the fortress of Temir-Chantschm ? , a most important place , might fall into the hands of the mountaineers whilst it was destitute of troops , made several attemps to force a passage through the ranks of the besiegers , in order to return to Temir-Chantschme , which was hia usual head quarters , but he failed in all his attempts . Prince Argatinski , another Russian general , arrived with 5001 men to the relief of the garrison of Chunsak . At the approach of this force Schamyl raised the siega , and withdrew into the mountains of Tsobetsohen , having compelled the entire population of the Avares to follow him , first having laid waste the entire country . The loss of the Russians amounted to 3000 men . amongst whom were 45 officers . Tschetschenses oaptured 12 pieces of artillery .

      ITALY . —The Courrier Francals quotes a letter from Rome , which announced that several new arrests for treasonable offenco 3 had taken [ place in that city .

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      Mount Etna . —Accounts from Palermo , of the 9 th ult n state that the eruption of Mount Etna at that period was considered to have come to Us termination . For the fortnight previously the old crater- ' continued to send forth hot ashes , smoke , sand , and lava . The latter had continued to flow , put bad turned aside from the direction of Bronte , which was deemed out of danger . The lands of Basiliani , are half covered over , and it is thought that the lava will go as far as Gripito . Thewhole distance it has ran over is about ten miles , it having gone across the public road in a stream sixty feet wide . On the 24 th of November , a second crater opened near Coriazzo , from which a fresh stream of lava flowed towards Cartiera . It continued to advance m the Bame dircctioa up to the day when the accounts left , marking its imsase bv a frightful

      accident , which occasioned a considerable loss of life . Not far from Cartiera the lava collected in a low spot , where a quantity of water was lying . As it continued to form a smoking mass , a number of speotator | came ^ rom various points to look at the unusual Bpeotacle . A number of workmen were also employed in cutting down the trees near the spot , Ap at once a loud explosion was heard , from the stream produced by the lava acting on the water , and the superincumbent mass was thrown around in all directions with great violence . Upwards of sixty persons were killed or severely burnt by the burning steam and pieces of red hot lava , some of them at a distance of 150 metres . The horses and mules whiohjhad brought the crowd there were also much injured , and the scene is described as an exceedingly lamentable one , The exact number of persons killed is not stated .

      INDIA AND CHINA . The Indian Mail has arrived , with letters and papers from Bombay to Dec . 1 . The prinoipal items relate to the prevalence of great sickness in the two newly-acquired possessions of Sinde in India , and of Hong-Kong , in China . Peace prevails throughout British India , although the preparations for war were busy throughout the north-western districts . An army of about 15 , 000 men was assembled on the banks of the Sutlej , and another was collecting at Agra ; the former to compel the Sikhs

      to adopt some regular fixed system of government , and the latter to force the Government of Gwalior to make proper arrangements . The Punjaub remains in a Btato of anarchy . The last intelligence from Lahore states that Heera Singh had entered into a combination with Futteh Jang , the son of Shah Soojah , ( which had excited the jealousy of the Sikh soldiery , who threatened to attack and plunder both those young men . It was expected that there would be an attempt on the part of the soldiers to pillage the wealthy inhabitants of the towns .

      The story of the murder of Dost Mahomed turns Oit to be a fabrication . He has named his son , Akbar , to be Governor of the Hill country , near Jellalabad , whenco it is thought that he will attempt ere long the invasion of PeshaWur . Pesbawur is described as in a ticklish position , for there is no longer an European General to defend it , and all the plunderers round the Kyber Pass are anxious for an opportunity to sack it . There has been a small insurrection in the Jeypoor territory of Shekawatee , south of Eelbi , when

      a chief raised 5 , 000 or 6 , 000 men , seized a fortress , and hurled defiance against the authorities . Major Foster , at the head of the Shekawatee Brigade , proceeded to attack him . _ After some resistance , the insurgent was hemmed in , in Ketrie , where his followers made terms for themselves , while he escaped with a few attendants . Howqua , the celebrated Hong merchant , died at the age of seventy-five , leaving fifteen million * of dollars' worth of property . The celebrated Mandarin Lin has also paid the debt of nature .

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Horrible Infanticide . —The Court of Assizes of the Bouches-du-Rhone was occapied on the 2 d ult . with the trial of the widow Clavelly , aged 62 , her daughter Marie Clavelly , agod SI , and the aunt of the latter , Rosalie Ducroa , aged 60 , for having , on September the 22 d , murdered a new-born child by pouring boilihg-water down its throat . It appeared from the evidence that the prisoners all lived together at Aix , in great respectability , with th » mother of the two elder prisoners , an old woman of 99 , whom they treated with the most filial affection . On the night of the murder the younger prisoner was suddenly taken ill , and , after an hour passed in great pain , confessed to her mother and aunt that she was

      in labour , and would be soon delivered . The two elder prisoners where horror-struck at the disgrace thns about to be thrown on the family , and they determined to kill the child . As soon as it was bom they poured hot water down its throat , and then pressed the windpipe until life had fled . They informed the younger prisoner that the child was dead , and the aunt went and laid it in the street . Some persons in passing found it there , and the authorities having been informed of the circumstance , immediately j instituted an investigation , which brought to light the fact that the younger prisoner was ill , and , had lately been delivered of a child . The family were taken up on suspicion , and the two

      elder prisoners confessed that the child had been made away with by them as stated above . On the trial , when asked what could have tempted them to commit such a crime , they declared that "they had lost their senses to a certain degree in seeing their family dishonoured . They had not been moved by any fear of the justice of God , though they had dreaded the opinion of men . " The jury cons dering that nothing had been proved against the younger prisoner acquitted her , and she was set at liberty after a very affeoting address from the Court . The two other prisoners were found guilty , and sentenced to imprisonment for ten years , with hard labour and exposure on the pillory . ^ Galignant ' s

      Messenger . The Canadian Assembly—Sir Charles Metcalfe , the-Governor-General of Canada , has prorogued the refractory provincial f arliament .

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      Recall of Earl De Grev . —We are able to contradict , in the most distinct and positive terms , the statement put forward by the Globe and Morning Chroni $ le , that the cabinet has resolved upon the recall of Earl De Grey from the viceroyalty of Ireland . There is not one word of truth in the story , or even a shadow of foundation for it . Standard . Dublin , Dec . 29 . ^—The State Trials . —Although more than a fortnight has yet to elapse before the commencement of term , the note of active preparation for the forthcoming state trials has been already sounded , and the public interest in the result ,

      which had beguu to nag during the vacation , increases in proportion as the all-important 15 th of January draws near . Yesterday , notices were served on the travelers to the effect that , in pursuance of the motion of Mr . Smyly , of counsel for the Crown , the special jury will will be nominated at twelve o'clock on Wednesday next , when the High Sheriff of the city and Under-Sheriff are to attend , and to bring with them the jurors' book , and the special jurors' list , signed by the sheriff or his deputy , aud all the numbers written , according to the Parliament , on distinct pieces of parchment or card .

      Shocking'Murder—We regret to state that a fearful murder was committed in the neighbourhood of Cloyne , at the back of the Deer-park , Castle Mary . The unfortunate victim was a young girl named Fitzgerald , a servant in the employ of an officer residing in the vicinity of Cork , and as she was returning to her friends in Cloyne to spend the Christmas holydays with them , she was met by some i nen , who , it is supposed , murdered her ; for she was found dead on the road , her face disfigured , most of her clothes taken , and with marks of violence on otb 4 r parts of her person . An inquest was held at Cloyne on Monday , but we have not heard the result . —Cork Examiner .

      State of Tipperarv . —Again comes the oftenrepeated and sickening task of recording another of those bloody deeds which from their unhappy frequency have ceased to excite to any great extent the feelings of curprise and horror which the bare narration of such atrocities ought naturally to produce . The last victim was a man named James Ardill , who held the humble situation of ploughman to Mr . Joseph Falkiner , of Roddeen , near Borriaokone , and in the immediate vicinage of Finnoe , the scene of the late memorable tragedy . — Early on Wednesday morning , and when within a

      few doors of his own oabiu , aud in the very hearing of hiR family , Ardill was overtaken by a party of men , who immediately fell upon and savagely murdered him by striking him several blows on the head with weapons called " skull crackers , " any one of which would have been quite sufficient to cause instant death . His wife and children , on hearing his shrieks for Help , rushed to his assistance only in time to discover Him a mutilated corpse . An Inquest wjas held on the body of the unfortunate man , when a veidict was returned of " barbarous and brutal murder by some person unknown . "

      The Late Finnoe Tragedy . —Mrs . Waller is out of danger , and recovering , though slowly . There are some persons in gaol on suspicion of being concerned in the massacre . Two men are missing from the locality of Finnoe ; they are supposed to be the two who were wounded , and they will not return , if they ever do . bo , until their wounds are healed . — Leincester Express . Inhuman ? Outrage . —On the night of the 22 ad instant some fiends in human shape went to the lands of Ballymorria and destroyed sixteen sheep ,

      the property of the Rev . Richard Clarke , of Portarlington , by cutting their throats , and ripped up their sides as with a blunt instrument , but taking a <~ y only a small portion of the saet . What adds tv + he atrocity of the act is the fact of the miscreants having cul ^ d the flack ; and out of the sixteen killed twelve were ewes , each having two lambs in embryo . A son to Mr . Clarke ' s herd , named Michael Manghan , stands committed for further examination under very suspicious circumstances . This outrage has caused great sensation . —Leinster Express ,

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      State of the County of Meath . —The Drogheda Conservative ^ in giving the details ( which in nowise differ from the accounts already published ) of the shocking murder of Mr . John Sherlo . * £ , has the following prefatory observation : — " ' xQe spread of Ribandism and other illegal societies , is already producing its fruits—murder and all Us attendant evils are at work , and innocent blood has been 8 bed . It appears that secret tribunals for deciding on the acts of j landlords are regularly established and their punishment decided on . In fact , all the horrors of midnight assassinations which disgrace the distracted county of Tipperary are about to be enacted in Meath , unless the magistrates unite , and by activity and perseverance uproot this spirit of lawless legislation . Bbutal ATTACK .- ^ On | the 17 th ult ., about ten o ' clock in the evening , as one of the officers belonging to her Majesty's steam-vessel Volcano ,

      stationed as the guardship in Kingstown . Harbour , was stationed by the side of the railway communicating with Dublin , he was brutally attacked by three ruffians , who knocked him down , and after a severe struggle , in which they out and bruised him , they took the gold baud from his cap aud rifled his pockets of thair contents , and it is supposed they thought he was dead , as they left him senseless . A policeman happened to come along about an hour afterwards and accompanied the officer along the lino . | They had not proceeded far before they met one of the ruffians , and succeeded in taking him into custody . Upon his person was found a Post-office order and a penknife , whioh formed a part of the property . The man ( whose name is William White ) has been committed for trial at the next Kilmainham Sessions , on the 4 th inst ., and the officer is summoned to appear against him .

      REPEAL ASSOCIATION . The Association met at one o ' clock on Tuesday . According to the Times reporter not more than 250 persons wexe present Dr . Murphy was called to the chair . The speakers were John O'Connell , Mr . Stauntou , and Tom Steele . Mr . John O'Connell read the following letter from hit father : — : " Killarney , Pea 31 , 1843 . "MY Dear Bay , —I began the year 1843 in the Repeal cause , and I cannot better terminate it . The last was , indeed , a magnificent Repeal year , and the next will , I hope and believe , be still more completely

      triumphant The accession of such men as John A . O'Neill , as Smith , O'Brien , and uow of Colonel Caulfleld , to the Repeal of the existing Act of Union , and to the legislative amelioration of the connection between the two oeuntries , without which that connection cannot continue to subsist beyond our time ; the accession , I say , of such men to the cause of Irish legislative protection will render the close of the year 1843 ever vivid in the history of our country . It h true that Colonel Caulfleld does not go beyond federalism ; but federalism necessarily inoludes the Repeal of the present Union statute : and it cheers the heart of Ireland to have the representative of the Chatlemont of 1782 joined In action , as in heart and soul , with the friends of our long afflicted native land .

      " We have onoe again the name of Caulfleld emblazoned on the Irish standard , and under the auspice ? of that name success and honour ore easily attainable . It would t ] quite inconsistent with the Caulfleld race to give to this country only the barren use of his name . Mo , he will serve that country by action , and counsel , and peaceable combination . \ If with the Repeal Association—well : if by separate action—well also ; be can reckon on onr energetic assistance whenever he chooses . If be prefets a mote solitary course , we will cheer him on by our approbation , and so shape our efforts as to aid his purpose as much as possible . The wish that I expressed , that Lord Charlemont would rival his ever illustrious father , seems on the verge of being realizad , at least in substance and practical effact . " I tog to enclose you my subscription to the Repeal rent for 1844 these are the particulars : —

      £ 8 . D . "Myowa ... 5 0 0 Four sons ... 4 0 0 Three daughters 3 0 0 Twenty-five grandchildren .. 150 £ 13 6 0 " Hurrah for Repeal ! And I give that shout the more cheerily because leaders ef the most estimable class are coming amongst us . Harrau for Repeal ! " Believe me to be yours sincerely , " T . M . Ray , Esq . " DANIEL O'CONNELL . . Several letters were read enclosing rent for the ensuing Repeal year , and assuring the association of the decrease o ( Ribandism throughout the vr-ious localities whence they were sent . , The rent for rbe week was £ 289 2 s . 2 d ., which Mr . O'Connell compared with the amount at the corresponding time last ytat , as an apology for its smallness .

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      ( Before Mr . Justice Maule . ) BURGLARY NEAB YORK . James Sayer , 22 , and Thomas Tattersfield , 23 were charged with a burglary at Fulford , near York , on the night of the 4 th of December . Mr . Matthews and Mr . Overend were counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoners had no counsel . His Lordship , in summing up , stated that much of the evidence on the part of the prosecution we J of a very loose and unsatisfactory character . Tne Jury , affifi&peing absent from the Court two hours returnedWerdict of Not Guilty against both the prisoners .

      BURGLARY AT FEWSTON . Charles Thackray ^ 19 , pleaded guilty to having committed a burglary in the dwelling-house of Wm . Boulton , at Fewston , and stealing several articlc 3 of wearing apparel .

      FORGERY . William Crosby , 43 , was charged with havip ^ forged an accountable receipt , in the month of June list , and uttered the same , for the purpose of defrauding Messrs . Joshua Bower and Co ., the proprietors of Allerton By water Colliery , near Kippax , in the . West Riding . I Mr ? Blanchardwas counsel for the prosecution ; \ W : prisoner was defended by Mr . Dearsley . The prisoner was in the employ of the prosecutors , as the Captain of a vessel called the Richard- la the month of June last , he got some repairs made in the sails of the vessel , by Mr . Henry Clark ,

      sailmaker , of Hull , and for those repairs he paid the sum of £ 1 2 s 2 d ; but on the 7 th July , he presented an account to Mr . Ferrand , the bookkeeper to the prosecutors , in which the repairs were charged at £ 1 193 lQd , and the account was receipted , " Sattled by me , Henry Clark . " This aoconnt and receipt were both proved to be forgeries . When the prisoner was examined before the magistrates , he stated that he had got some other repairs done to the tarpauling of the vessel by a journeyman sailmaker out of employ , that he paid that man the difference between the two sums , and that he wrote the bill and receipt .

      Mr ; Dearsley submitted , after the close of the case for the prosecution , that the evidence did nod bear out the indictment . The latter charged the prisoner with having forged and uttered a receipt or acquittance for money or goods ; but the evidence only showed that the account was settled , and that might be settled by labour , or the word " sattled" might merely mean that the account was correct . Mr . Blanshard contended that the words by

      " sat ^ ed me , Henry Clark , " clearly purported an acquittance or receipt . He cited the case , " Rex , v . Martin , " tried before Mr . Justice Patteson on jthe Oxford circuit , in which the Learned Judge held that the word Bettled imported a receipt or acquittance , and his opinion was afterward confirmed by the fifteen Judges , and it overruled a previous decision in the case of " Rex v . Thompson . " j The Judge over-ruled the objection , and the prisoner was found Guilty . —To be imprisoned for two years .

      • STABBING AT BRADFORD . " John Jones 155 , was charged with having at Bradford , on the 8 ih of November laBt , feloniously out and stabbed William White , with intent to do him s 6 me previous bodily harm . iitfhf . WASNKYand Mr . Hardy were for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . Both parties are Irish ; and on the day mentioned were drinking together at the White Horse , atfBradford , at which time they quarrelled on the subject of paying the score . The prosecutor laid hold oftha prisoner to prevent him going away , when the latter pulled a knife out of his pooket and stabbed him in the hand , but itflicted no serious wound . . The Jury found the prisoner guilty of a common ^ issanlt . He was sentenced to be imprisoned for two months to hard labour .

      MANSLAUGHTER AT ALMONDB 0 RY . John Holden ( 37 ) pleaded Guilty to a charge of Mauslaughter . at Aldmonbury , in having killed John Carter . He was sentenced to be transported for seven years . ¦

      BIGAMY AT HTJLL . J $ hn Cooper , who had been out on bail , waa charged with bigamy at Hall . Mr . Deabsley was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Bliss defended the prisoner . Mr . Dearsley said that on the 1 st of April , 1833 , the prisoner was married at Sculcoates church , Hull , to a woman named Mary Euston , and on the 12 th of February in the present year he had married , at , Holy Trinity Church , Hull , another woman named Mary Wharrey , his former wife being still ajivej , ' The evidence failed to show what was the name of She prisoner ' s first wife , Beyond " Mary "; and the Jury , under the direction of his Lordship , found a vetdict of Not Guilty . 'His Lordship refused to allow the costs of the prosecution .

      SHEEP STEALING AT NORTH BRIERLET . Abraham Sutcliffe , 32 , was found guilty of having , on the 2 nd of December , feloniously killed a sheep , the property of Robert Edmondson , of North Brierley , near Bradford , and also of having stolen , the par-case . The -Learned Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned , and kept to hard labour for one year . The Court rose at half-past five .

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      i SECOND COURT-Friday , Dec . 29 . ( Before Mr . Justice Coltman ) . ¦ : , BURGLARY AT CASTLEFORD . Joseph Patejield , 15 , William Slack , 34 , Georqe Pace , 27 . Samuel Chadwick , 26 , James Hulley , 20 . JfvnitsPatefield . John Spencer , and John Bolland , Ctne three latter of whom had not been in custody , ) were indicted for a burglary on the 27 th of July last , m the dwelling-house of Arthur Feetham and James Drake , at Castleford . Mr . Pashley and Mr . Hill were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins was for the prisoner

      Bollandj Mr . Smith for Pace ; and the other prisoners were undefended . Th ^ case was of great length and of considerable intricacy , and the Learned Judge , in summing up , very clearly elucidated the points of the evidence affecting each of the prisoners . The Jury retired , and after a short absence from the Court returned a verdict of Guilty against Wm . Slack , Samuel Cfiadwick , Joseph and James Patcfield , and John Spencer ; and of Not Guilty against Pace , Hulloy , and Bolland .

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      DIED . ;; Oil Christmas Day , after a lingering illness , Mrs . Ann Haigh , of Halifax , in the 70 th year of iwr age , the wife ot Mr . William Haigh , Wa 4 * y * 8 T"IW m j ^^ P ^ r *

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      SERIOUS } CHARGE . Rochester , January 1 . —This day the Rev . Henty Winter , chaplain to the Fortitude convict-ship , together with Mr . George Bassetti army butcher , residing In High-street , Chatham , appeared before the Rev . Geo . Davis , Mr . Wm . Gladdish , Mr . James Smith , and Mr . George Bryant , county magistrates , to answer informations , charging them with ; disposing of an heifer , en the 25 th of November last , wbich waa unfit for the food of man , the offence being S against the common law statute 6 th and 31 st of Henry III . The court was densely crowded with respectable inhabitants . >

      David Harden , the first witness , deposed that he was a butcher , and bad resided at New Brorapton , near Chatham for the last sixteen yean . The Rev . Gentleman resided on board the convict-ship off Chatham Dockyard , and also occupied a farm opposite to bis house , and another farm near the Hook and Hatchet , Caatbam parish . The other defendant lie Dad also known for a number on years as a butcher in Chatham . The Rev . Defendant has had several heifers , which he had heard had been sold , die of a disease called the murrain . About half-past seven o ' clock in the morning of the 25 th of November he saw one of the heifers lying dead and stiff in the little lodge called Mr . Winter's Hospital : there was a small cut on the neck , but the beast never bled an ounce , and was in a dreadful state . A man named John Hurrell , a butcher , opened the animal and dressed it , which he saw the man do whilst standing at his own door ; the entrails were in

      a most shocking and ulcerated state , and smelt most horridly . The flesh appeared white sickly , and the ribs had a somewhat reddish appearance . Witness had been a bntcher biaasslf for the last sixteen years . The bullock remained hanging up in the lodge until abont two o ' clock in the afternoon , when it was removed into a cart belonging to Mr . Winter , and covered over with straw , by three men—Chandler , Lake , and Morgan . The beast was divided into quarters by some one' he did not know . The carcase waa driven away by Mr . Winter's servant to Mr . Bsuett's , butcher , Chatham . He saw Mr . Brisett and bis son come to the cart and look at the meat , and young Mr . Bassett , with another man , carried it into the slaughter-house at the rear of Mr . Bajsett ' s house . The dead heifer was offered to Mr . John Williams , of Brompton , for £ 4 4 a . : That butcher would not give more than £ 2 for it The bide and flesh , for dogs ' meat , were worth about 30 s .

      The evidence of this witness was fully borne out by that of Hurrell the butcher , who dressed the carcases , and Morgan , the servant of the reverend prisoner : but—The Court being informed by the Clerk that some very important witnesses were prevented attending this day , adjourned the investigation until the next sitting . From the known respectability of the defendants , the Magistrates hound them , over , in their own recognizances , in the sum of £ 40 each , to appear on Friday .

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      Mr . Clark ' s Tour . —Monday being Christmas , Day , and I not being in the habit of preaching , two ' days were lost , as Sunday is held sacred to the pro- mulgation of the gospel alone . On Tuesday , I went j from Camborne to Truro , jwhere I attended a " Tea meeting" in the evening . ; Here I had the pleasure , of meeting three veteran friends , who had each travelled twelve miles , in order that they might learn what Chartism really was , as they had heard it much maligned , particularly by the ministers of the gospel . Mr explanation so far satisfied them , that they entered into arrangements with me to address a meeting at their village the following evening , which I did , and had the gratification of forming the nucleus of a localitv . My three respected friends forming a > part . On Thursday , I returned to Camborne , and i

      lectured to a large and enthusiastic meeting . Mr ., Bkerves presided , and opened the business in a lengthy aad effective address . I spoke nearly two hours . At the close , I called upon a person who had offered frequent interruptions to come forward ; after repeated solicitations from the chairman , be did so , stated his objections , which were so ridiculous that he was laughed at for his pains . On Friday , I Jec- j tured a third time at Penzance . The meeting was ¦ numerous and enthusiastic . Mr . O'Brien , as usual , ! rendered effectual servicef-here I enrolled several new members . On Saturday , I again lectured in the open air at Hayle . Mr . Skervcs , of Camborne , also ! addressed the meeting—it was one of the most nu- j merous and spirited I have attended in the county . ' Here I had also the pleasure of adding to the list of I enrolled . ¦ '

      Manchester . —Carpenters Hall . —On Sunday last , a Lecture was delivered in the above Hall , by , Air , William Jones , of Liverpool . The audience was large and respectable . ;

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      Fatal Result op Neglecting Gas-Escape . —A family ia South Paterson-street , Glasgow , consisting of mother and infant , with a grandmother , having gone to rest on Wednesday night , were not observed on the following day ; and fiojn a strong smeH of gas being felt , it was thought necessary to open the door , when the infant was found , and the other individuals lying insensible in bed . The unfortunate occurrence was found to arise from a gas-pipe boiDg accidentally fractured . The two survivors ate slowly recovering . —Tyne Mercury .

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      MARRIED . On Wednesday , the 27 th instant , in the Catholic Chapel , Sheffield , by the Rev . M , Cavannagh , Mr , George Walker , electro plater , to Miss Jane Elizabeth Styring , both of Sheffield . On Sunday , December 31 st , at the parish church , Stokesley , by the Rev . Charles Cator , M . A ., Rector , Mr , George Tweddell , bookseller and publisher , to Miss Elizabeth Cole .

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      Mr . James Rushworth , tarlor , of Huddersfield , hadia son christened George Emmett , on Monday last . '

      I ¦ Young Patriot.

      i ¦ YOUNG PATRIOT .

      Yorkshire Winter Gaol Delivery. Crown Court—Fridat, Dec. 29.

      YORKSHIRE WINTER GAOL DELIVERY . CROWN COURT—Fridat , Dec . 29 .

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      The Escape of thb Co . nvicts from Noinsoham Gaol . —Latest Particolabs . —A . reward of £ 50 has beea offered for the apprehension of each of Che convicts , making the large reward of £ 300 , with the £ 50 offered by the gaoler . We learn from the police , just as we are going to press , that one of the escaped convicts , or a person supposed to ba one . has been apprehended at a distance from Nottingham of nearly 200 miles . VVhitworth , the constable , hai been dispached to prove the man ' s identity . It is supposed to be Smith . —Nottingham Rtview .

      Brutal Outrage . —On Wednesday evening , about seven o ' clock , a brutal outrage was perpetrated at Arnold , by a man of the name of Shelton , on the person of a young man named Sumner . It appears that Sumuer and the daughter of Sheltoa were standing talking together , when the girl's father icatne up , and requested her to go home : she refused , when he immediately went away , and coming back with a handbill , struck Sumner three blows on the head with it , laying bare the brain . The recovery of the young man is doubtful .

      Incendiarism in Bebeordbhire . —We understand that Government have sent down three active detective policemen to assist the constabulary force of this county in the detection of the vttlaina who have committed the late acts of incendiarism on farming property . We are happy to state that the farmers also are exerting themselves for the protection of their property and the prevention of this crime by placing watchmen on the premises ; and , as instances of the advantages of the system , we may state that on Thursday last William Bone waa fully committed to Hertford gaol by the bench of magistrates at Luton , tor setting fire to Mr . Kudd's farm , called Gouche ' s farm near Dunstable . On the 26 th , Robert Truet , a labourer in the employ of Mr . Swannell . was remanded by the Rev . J . B . Magenis and the Rev . Vere A ' ston until Monday , on a charge of having set fire to the farm of Mr . Swanneli , at Telmersham . —Cambridge Adv .

      Lieutenant Mcnro . —It does not appear that the statement whioh has been put forth by several of the papers with something like authority , namely , that Lieut . Munro would surrender this session and take his trial at the Old Bailey , has any foundation , or truth in it . No notice of any such intention has bees given to the offiaers of the Central Crimincl Court , nor is it likley , under all the circumstanccr , that there will be .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1246/page/5/