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      " €Ty Gwtoituni Xrf (Bttglam ≪&Ut$Tton. " "Irstfa Grind The Poor, And Rich Men Rule The Law."

      " € ty Gwtoituni xrf ( Bttglam < &ut $ tton . " " IrSTfa grind the poor , and rich men rule the law . "

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      PROGRESS . OP INGEJTBIAR 1 SM . Yesterday , soon after 8 even a . nu , a-ao ^ her alarm of fir ^ - Tras raised in this town , information being received from Writtle that a s ' - ^ ck npps tbe farm of jBIr r"Egbert Ba&er , in that parlbh wmp flinies . The endues of the Son , Etnitabla , and Exabaage offices ¦ Were immediately despatched , tat , on arriving as near to the spot as practicable , it -was found thnt they coald be of no serrice- The stsck , which consisted of * Trbtit , comprised the produce of about twelve acres , SEd s ' rotl by itself st s distacc ? of a -qaarter ol a mile from ilr . Baker ' s farming bnJldinas ; attempts to save Bry ^ poriion of it would haTe bten fruitless ; and , theref tn-e , t-j -view ita gradnal destruction was tbe melantkoly alteroaiiTe of those prwt-nt . The wheat was of a ssDerior quality , and its raW 33 estimated at about ^ 250 , ¦ which is coTered fcy insurance in the Essex Economic ,

      The inhabitants of DamuoT ? "were-aEs ' in arcnsed by tie xicjang of the fire-bell on ' WeCnetuay , soon after flta-pm ., & messenger arriving from Great Eastun with the distressing intelligence that the premises upon tbe G 3 ebe Faun in that parka , in the occupation of Mr . Turner , were on flre . The ename v ? as immediately despatched , and ttat from Lord j . layna . rd'B at Eastern lioUge also speedily armed ; but tfcra ^ h each worked "WtH , the bail dings on fire could not be saved . Tbe bnfldinzs consumed consist of two barns , a stable , cow house , cart-shed , cbaise-hcBw .. and a Ikm-to piesocte , one vsggon , two earis , sbc bosses of hay , harness , &e . &c—CMmsford Chnmidt . J

      ABNOLD— On Sunday nishl ! an , between six and sei-s 2 r ' slock , a stack of stre-3-, belonging to lix . T . Robinson , of Arnold , -was discovered to be on fire , and al-hongh the pariah engine w&s brought into operation Vtxj esriy , and every means used to ex' . inrvlsh it , the stack - . ras entirely ccnsmrsd . if ihc -sricd had not teen silil , mnch more dmna » e wculd have been done , as some corn-Btacia stood not far from it There is no donbt that it was the work of an incesdiary . —Notts -2 tTiftf . - ^ GrEiTE . —Yesterday ( Tuesday ) morning , about four 0 c : -ck , a bam , mill-fconse , and stable , balancing to Mr . BfDjamin Slack , removing o&ctr to the Winchcomb union , were discovered to b ; - an fire . We regret to s 4 d . that there is but very little doubt that the fire -spas the work of in meeadiary . —Chcttenliam . Chroxirle .

      Ke > -t . —On Satnrt ^ y eTrainr I , st , abont eleven , the cry ol fire was heard ihr < -nghou . Atb- ' ord , ^ nd it was soon tno-arn that the stari " yard v > f Messrs . B ^ nton , at BiTiowbiil , "was on £ re The tovm fcnr r * e -was qnickJy Conveyed to the spot , but nothing could arrest the process of the devouring clement , and two small wheat it 2 _ ka -were e ^ ssais ^ li is q-ite evident it was the act of an incendiary . — Eniish Observer . BER £ 02 D . —YaFterdsy information w ^^ ceived at tfee insurance o £ er 3 in the city of an extSslre fire on

      CfcrisTra 55-3 ay , in a lar-e range of ^ - . ablins , bflousing to M ^ -srs . BoEley . situate in the pis-market . HtreforcL The fire biote out at tkree o ' clock in tbe morning . at ffbicb time tbtre were nf nrly twenty horses in the stables . It -fras -tsitb the gTearest difficulty that thty eculd be reirotM . After seme timt ; : hey were all got out , but not before eight of tb . & 32 -were borccc to to such an extent tiat some of them ^ ere obliged to be killed on the following day . The entire ranije of stables , and several * -on * of straw and corn , were con-Euasd , "iLc total damage must be considerable .

      IBDPORDSHIUS . Xrr- - : > - TBrssDiT , D £ c . 2 g . —Notwithstanding the active vjsiianre 0 / ihe police , and the expensive measures ac-jpttd by tha faHuere for the pToUrtioa ol t > . tir prop ^ rtr , by tfce employment of tightly watchmer , ihe Jrcendiary finds occasion for tie pr >« tcurion of his Edsehievens work , and tint too trith so raach secrec-. u to Isave liUle chance of detection . - Thes 8 outrages , wbicb have now lasted more than a zcontb , and were in the first instance confined to the districts ot Bedford , int-. n , nad Siggleswsde , have extended to the otfee ? disrriets of tbe connty . In the districts of Wobnra and Dasstsble th = re have i » en no firej of macnitude , but tbe frtgnescy of frustrated iocendiary attempts afford incontestable proof of the nnirgrsility of this atrocieus

      sjstem-In aridUion to the ootrages already reported , three more fires have occurred , by one of which property to s very large ajnc-sni has befcn destroyed- One was at Ke ^ rberry firm , near Selsoe , ia the occopstion of air . Sq =: re ^ Lich was discovered at an early hour on the moro ' ns ; of Saturday "week . There was a watchman ^ hu ? i Jsty is was to go rcand tha premises every half h * u ; . snd to give tLe alarm , should any person apprsreh . The man deciarea that he did so but , not-¦» i ! h .- ^ 2 ding his vigiiaDce , the iimea bun . t _ out from & l £ ue rizk ct tzrlej , a great part of whuaT was de ~ troyi i before assistance could be b « L From informa-Ben . btalued by Captain Bonltbse , chief constable of tfce iBrsl police , 2 . man nunsd Booth has been appwhenutd oe suspicion , but ii is nnaetsto-,. ^ that there is no e- ? : -ieace to bring tbe charge horns to him .

      The second fise took p ' , nearly at the sams time on thi preaises of Sir , Peter Kempton , of Manlden , irhiira is ¦ frithin two miles of Selsse . J : btoie out in tbe tarn , which contained a larg * % aantity " of c ^ -rn . The tthA belsg strong , and tbe premises exposed , U ? s lames aitoiaed such » n asK-naancy sa to endanrer the safety cf the dweiiing-house and onVomces . On the arrival of the Arupthill engine , the bam was on fire at every point , so that all hope of saving it Wisabtndon-4 . Owin ? to the elevated position of the premises , the- Er-Trss visible lor aeveml milsa round ,- bid amo : i $ st the

      labourerticho viewed it from Ihe Tieighfr . jj u tatd Vie ttratirisUDice excited JiiCe asUmiihment , and slill less commiseration . From the contignity of these fires , ' oonpled witti the interval of tbe tima l » tw « in tbaxa , it ' is generally believed that -hey have been caused by the . nine feand . It is presumed that a chemical coicbastible j Was employed in « aeh case . This ir . ay be uone with ] fei greater seenrity to * J » gnflty party iban tbe « tnp ; oyment of any erft "" 11 ? means of firing the devoted premises . &a s . Qch preparations , being on the principle of a fuse , will burn for any given time before conflagration is produced . ; i ; i i

      The third fire took place on the Tuesday following , and so far as regards the valne ef the ptoptrty destroyed is the most serious of the tbn * . Tha- eircum-Btances are very sinsular . The fire broke out at » farm adjacent to tiie hamlet of Eaton Socon , in the occupation of Mr . J . Hall , an opnlent farmer and corndealer . It appsars that the shepherd had only left the stackyard to look after his flock , and when , z \ Jess than half » mile dletsnt , ho perceived flamts issuing from tbe stack-yard . Tbe man roae back , and found several of ihe farm servants assMRb ' . ed , and in great consternation , ibeir master being in London . Two powerful engines other from St

      were obtained , one from Eaton and the ITeot ' s , but tbe flames had made such rapid progress , and there was bo great a difficulty is getting a ready and sufficient supply of water , that the -stickyard and theds were -wholly destroyed . The loss of property is Tery great . There were nine stacks of com in the yard , and two of the hovels coutaintd about one ' hundred loads eacfcf There can be no dcnM bus thar the fire Was caused by an incendiary , and by the same agency as that to which allusion has been already made . Tbe afiair has undergone a searching ii-vestigition , but -withont eliciting any tfne that might lead to the

      detection of the miscreant . In this terrible state of things the question naturally arises—what can be the probable motive for such a wilful and extensive destruction of property ? The opinion almost vnicersd ' y entertained b y disinterested and rejlecling persons is ih < d these incexdlary fires result from a conspiracy amongst the agriatUural labourers in Drier to compel the farmers to discontinue the use ofsucb tnadiintry asisapplicable to V * purposes 6 / husbandry from iriiicfc . it is said , ibry hope io ^ el m ore consttnit emxHoymaii vrith a hi&er rale of v > j < jcs .

      let it not be supposed thit tbe low rate ef wages , Which for the year hns not averaged mere- than 7 s . 6-wfcfck , inclu iim ? . cf course , ths-se oriiy partially employed , is altogether the fault of the tenant f-irmers , Who are the great employers *> 1 tlie labourer - tbe plain truth is , they are tot in a condition to pay fair wages . The rent of land in Bedfordshire is lower than in some of the neighbouriag counties , r . nd many of the proprie tors have made liberal abatements at their audit-day ; l » ut the fact is , that rest seems to be a mdrnportant item in the femert consideration . It is th ; ected

      numerous charges to which tbe land is subj , such j as poor nfces , titha , county-rate , police-ratr highway- ] lateTtba * he comnlains . Tbe owner , wbo cultivates M 8 own land , possesses over the ttssnt firmer only one advantage , if be is fortunate to possess capitaL he imv speculate ^ improvements , with the chance of ietam ; wbsreas the tense * farmer , holding on a short tease is deterred from such speculation by the prospect r fbdng ' turned but of possession whin , from the exi * nditie of his capital , the land mny . have become Sore prbauctiva This important subject wffl , II » said , be ihortly discussed at a concty meeting , which is to be convened nnder the highest auspices .- §

      orrtspendent of ihe Times . Auoai>—On Friday motninf last , about seven o ' clock , an alarm was given through this town that the gfcaek-yazd of ilr . John Bowell , of Bilsby , was on fire . On tbe arrival of the engines at the scene of confiagrafion , flie lames lad assumed a power that conld not be arrested , as far a * the stacks snd some beast-sheds were ^ oDceroed ; and had sot the win d providentially gifted , no humsn power comld have saved a vestige of tbe fannitead . Joe mpplj ol water was inexbiastible , attd it vis « onreved 4 » thft engines with great order by the re » pectabla labonrers , amongst whom were many

      womea » a JoaQa . - Wittjin an ftonr alter the are kK * BOT * , BO * le * i than 1 . 00 I persons were present ; jel whfle » number of pocawomen were to be seen araiehea : wiUi wet , tfcere were many stout men looking « nietiv © o * and jnaWng nse of the most nnbecomin faSmaxe The fire oonsumed a wheat stack containing K dgbty quarters / a seed stack , a straw , stack , and » 2 rtc ? a » agrical » ral baliajngs ; the boose wwth srach difeeaBT « TBa ^>« anB of wet blankets . There seems toie itfaodUiju * "ttie . fire was the act of an in , ? eodiafy—J ^ kdetU ^ lh ... ? ,..

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      STaTB OP THE PBA . SANTRT . The following statement is from Mr . Sheridan of the connty of Dorset , who has fesen mainly instrumental in making known the distress and Bufferings of the agricaltura ] labourers of that county : — " How far the low rate of wages I complain of would permit the labourer to procure even the comforts given to the poor-house pauper may be seen by the following agreement between a carrier and bis employer . It is not an unusual one : "' 7 s . par week , to have half a bushel of wheat ptr week for 2 s . 6 d ., wiih honse and garden , potato © , ground , and 200 of fuiz « , the carter to pay ii . for cutting it , and to have 10 s . for the harvest mouth . ' The value of this may bo calculated thus : — s . d . Wages ... ... 7 0 Grist or tailing wheat—this advantage to the labourer is very questionable 0 6

      House rant 1 0 Garden 0 3 Potatoe-grnund—this year the crop failed ... 0 6 Equal to 10 s . for the harvest month 0 2 ^ Equal to Bi'O farz-i at 6 b . per 100 0 2 | j 9 8 Dsduct 4 s . on account of cutting fnrze , which nearly amounts to Id . per w © ek 0 1 Per week ... ... ... y 7 " The man has a wife and five * mall children to support , the eldest under eleven years of age . It will be acknowledged difficult , I presume , with this sum , to : provide ihem with food and clothing .

      " Thus even this agreement ( which is neither very unfair ner very unusual ) proves to be insufficient to supply the wants of the labourer and his family . And if 8 Ten this scale of 9 =. 7 d . per week faiis to suppert him , hew nttwly insufficient must the pittance of 6 s . and f s . be fur the same purpose ? I can , from my own personal knowledge , instance one out of m 3 By cases of tb-s nature . A n » n , his wife , and eight childrenwhen not employed at piece work the man earns 7 a . per week , but , reckoning his labour thtoi-. gb . the year , it may average 8 ^ . He has two boys , -who earn 33 . 6 d .: between them , which makes tbe total amount of wageB to support these ten people lie . « d . per wtek . It is ; expended thus : — - lfl lo ves at 6 d 5 s . Od . . ^ bnshel barky ... ,.. i e Soap and candles ... ... ... 0 10 V . b . of suet to mis with potatoes and bread , t 6 Bouse rent i ... 2 s

      Leaving Is . id to clothe , and anpply with other necessaries , ten persons . It will b ^ obssrTed that there is no charge for potatoes bacon , tra , sugar , butter , or even j cheese . They nt-ver t 3 ste meat , but live , from or . e i we * k s ^ -nd to another , on the articles aboveenumerated /' , ' Here is furtt , w and most p . iinful evidence of the ' CD ' .: « Ution of the ppople of the same county from j the mouth of the Honourable and Ksverend Mr . Osbob . se , the chairman of tbe Blandford Board of GaardLins : — ' " He had beard sa much la ' ely with regard to the labouring population of the county , that he thought , it behovtU ev < rry juan ie take some part , fcithsr in ; proving that the accusiitioos broagut against the county ; were nnirue ; or , if trne , in endeafouiii S to amend ,

      that whicij they luust ail deeply dtplors . It had been broadly stattd that every stventh man in thb county of I > . rict was a panper . He wanld , with all hie heart , that he could at once fling back that statt&ient as false , and stats that it was sol the case j but , unhappily , he could not do so . He was obliged to own , opos a eajefal examinatisn made up to that time of tbe relief afforded in the three last quarters as compared with olhers preceding—he was eorry to be obliged to own thai that charge was but too trne . But j whilst it was true—whilst from the experience that he ( haJ attaiatd in that most unfavourable situation as chair-: man of ihfeir board of guardians , he was obliged te own ' tUat the ist-ourirg pDpnlstian were aot prepared for 1 tfa- common casualties of life , and that tbey were '

      ol iigcd ti > be rendering , to tham out of thfe poor ' e rate that assu-taace wtuch in otb ^ r parishes the labourers c--uld avail themselves a * * * * * II there was one suKject acre ttnn another -which ought to shame the nppor and middle clasrea of eociety , it was the . siateLatjjLs WjI had bees mmle at the olher end ot tse county . Be stood there readp to awm snd product ? eases ten times- &orse , in that union , than any one case Hi 3 i he had heard in any olher part 0 / the vnmly ; and those cases , unfortunately , were not confined to that aaian . He had the certificate of tb « m ^ dical man of a o < -jgbbc > uruig ucion , which went ir . flnit eJy beyond any tbiag wnich had bet-n reported . He h » i I sees himself

      in one room , twtive leet by six , a bed acri jss , ax tbe end at- whieb . lay a child , at Uae bead aaothcr , tha futher and mothtr bet-ween them , and two gi t . s in a bed adjoiniDj . This be had seen in a rocsa tractive feet by sx , He had seen that , and even worse ; nay , he had kaown where the dead had had to be kept for nights in e : ose contact with the living—where children had btsn § a . ced to sleep with objects wnteh affcctcil more ihza anything the heart of infancy—and this , because of tfc * condition of tbe d welliage of tbe poor . Ha asserted mat thert -were bouses that he could enter one sf-ji ? another , which thej ? would not , it they saw , wish to y-ii a buman bei » g intu . '

      Is rs-p . y toth \ B a Mi _ FiEJtrHAS 3 OS is rfj » orted to h 3 ve . % id— -1 duT . ' -isay that it is not all very tnie ; but 1 XhxzX it is a very nard thing that we should sit bare to fceaT each a slnr cast t pon the county . " The Revete : ni e ^ atleajan very tj uly replied that the slur had bten already cast , nor w as there one man at that meeting wlw ouul-i lessee the disgrace of it by contradicting ihe st&temectB .

      MORE RSTE 1 . AT 103 S 0 * MISEST . ' A writer in th » Time * of Saturday , Ka . js-. r- " Yon bare lauly called etteul -ion to the low rate of wages in Dorsetshire ; but Dors etabire is not the only county where the cry of then ; . which have reaped down cur fields has entered iato t he ears « f the Lord of Saboath , ' In thi * neighbourhood ¦ ihe wa ^ es ot an able-bodied man are 9 s . » w&tk , wben fnljy employed j . ootof which &um ar * to- be maintai ued , on an average , six individuals , being 2 ^ d . » -d sy pep head for lodging , f # od , elotblBg , fixe , l : gbt , fce . —a cra ^ hovel , withont an j inch of garden , rente ! at 52 s . ; and ooals , with esr-: riage , eoatlag jCIJID * . a ton . Six is oertainly not beyond i tbu average number in a cottage . Bat it may be Bald I that the wife and children ought to earn something :

      } and this brings as to an intolerable grievance—namely , ; tbe out-door work of women and girls * a cause to which i may be traced much of the frightful «? il with which-we are cow beeet . The wife Is * - ? es her homo for tbe fields , und all goes wrong , —farewell to neatness , comfort , and cont *? nt , henceforth succeaded by neglect , disorder , and I misrule-, whiiesbe vo wham tbeiaws-o ? God intrust the care of bar baBband ' s ho ^ Be , exposed . to wind and rain , I is stooping and s ' -aggtjing , with bob-nailtd shoes , ante-deep in clod an j farrow , picking stones « t 6 d . i a-day ; tbe chDdrtn ictbe meanviiile untended , tbe : ragged clotkes unpatcb&d , the potato diuuet uncooked . I Tfce girls , too , takec from school , follow tht same i course , and grow np rude , corrapt , and ignwiuit of i every wcmasly pursuit : hands bardaned to horn ; rough : in tone , uncouth in manner , mind and person alike i deprived of every g ? ace that readers woman amiable

      and respectable in whatever rank . Nothing but the stamp of public reprobation can pat an end to this accursed practice , because it is cheag , i . e . saves jone shilf lings in vcaoes from ihe farmer ^ only at the- empense ifdegradation to body and soul ; but if it be not put down , our English cottagers will be brought in religkm , morals , and decency , to tbe standasd of the Hottentot Sad enough for a boy of seven yaass old to be picking stones and screeching at the crows from morning till night , returning home hungry and over-fagged to his potatomash , learning his dnty towards God > y lisping bias , phetny ; snd towards h » aeighbour by coveting the crumbs that fall from a rich man ' s table , but earning , however , a shilling a we * k , which may perhaps pay loi wear and tear of shoes aad jerkin- A ^ plain unvarnished statement of cottage economy would probably disgast delicacy and refinement , but ought to make luxury and profusion mourn in ib&ae and sorsow .

      " Blackstone tells bs , that * there la no man so wri tcbed but he may demand a supply of all the necessaries of life from the community ; ' but this only proves that the wretched are more wretched bow than then ; for t ' -iling limbs and sweating brow now fail to procur * thb&e necessaries , even before accident ot illness consign suffering and want to the mercy of guardian , overseer , and officer , whose one common object is to reduce rates , and who , after pitching the bewildered applicant to and fro like a ahattlecock , will perhsps order a cripple , or hiB sick wife , to state the case to the board sitting twelve miles off , calculating hovr long the instinctive love of home , and horror of beingpennod a * : d badged in the union , will bear up against starvation . "

      THE METROPOLIS . The Distressed Keedlb Women . —In consequence of the very depressed state of this class of persons , whose miseries have been so frequently before the public , a meeting tool : place at the chambers of Mr . AJdennan Farebrother , at Lancaster-place , Waterloo Bridge , on Wednesday , to take into consideration the propriety of an establishment being formed for affording work to as many of the unemployed as possible , to insure to them a fair remuneration for their labour , that no middle-women , or job masters be

      employed , and the goods manufactured to be expressly for distribution to the deserving poor ; thus serving two parties at the same time—namely , the needlewomen so employed , and the destitute poor , who , at the hands of the humane , receive those comforts so desirable at this inclement season , to be supported by contribution , and each subscriber to receive goods to the amount of their subscription , for their own distrifeutio * , The worthy Alderman and the gentleman present , signified their decided approbation of such an institution being established .

      TH » S * . PAHCBA 8 FaBTHIKQ SHIR * CABS . —A rather secret , or sort of hole and corner meeting of the vestry of this parish has taken place , on the subject of the farthing shir 4-maklng system j and we are told that the vestry came to a unanimous approval of a certain letter addressed to the Poor law Commieaioners . We hate these packed afiairs , and we think little of the honour of those tbatattend them , and less of that of any man who can condescend to preside at them . The Poor Law Commissioners put three points to tbe humane directors of the poor—Pid ftey pay the pauper ? osly

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      one farthing a-piece for making a shirt ? Did they allow the paupers to spend their shift farthing in buying tea , or rather tea-leaves 7 And , lastly , did the paupers sleep four in a bed ? The answer of the directors is most unsatisfactory . They say that by their local Act the poor are allewed not more than one-sixth of their earnings . How scandalous was it of the parish to job such an Act through Parliament , when that weakminded man , afterwards George the Fourth , was Regent , In the plenitude of bis gluttony and intoxication . This infamous Act was jobbed when an ultra-Tory party rode rough-shod over the parish ; but for years the ulcra-Liberals have had a complete ascendancy throughout this most extensive parish , and yet they have made no alteration in this law . It is little less th » n horrible tb

      think of giving the poor one-sixth of their earnings ; bdt the directors fiich from these suffering creatures even a portion , and not a small portion , of this wretched Bixth . For instance , in some cases the parish receives 33 . 6 d . formakiuga dozen shirts . Here are 42 pence , onesixth ef which is sevenpence , and the paupers are paid only threepence , being defrauded of more than one-half . The lowest Burn which the parish receives for ehlrtmaking is 2 s . or 24 penoe , oue sixth of which is 41 , and the poor creatures are paid only a farthing a shirt , ' or threepence per cjozin , being again defrauded of one' { penny out df every fourpence , or out of 26 percent , of their earniugs . Where is the encouragtajent to industry ? Where is there any system of enabling the paupers to make a little fund for their future comfort ? They

      are allowed to spend their farthings in buying tea oi tea-leaves , or otherwise as they may think proper ; but surely , when porlions of the poor exhibit such txtraor- j ! dinary industry as to make four shirts for a penny , the extra indulgence of tea should be allowed by the parish . Their exhausted system require such healthy and innocent stimulants . Having earued their farthings , they ought not to be driven to the necessity of spending them ' for the first necessaries of life . " Where there is & will ; there is a way , " says the proverb ; and if the directors of the poor cannot by law give the paupers more than one-sixth of their earnings , there must be other ways of making it up to them . The directors state that the ' evidence before the Curoner's Inquest is not correct ] vritb . respect to four paupers sleeping in one bed . Only '

      three sleep in onbb 3 d , and this only occasionally—ami th&t the beds ate very large . Wo forget the size of * be creat bed of Ware , iu Hertfordshire , and the number of butchers and their wives that need te sleep iir < it at once ; but we certainly are disgusted at a large , wealthy parish , in nne of the most enlightened districts of London , making paupers lie three in a bed . We sc-e not why they might not have separate beds . There is a little of tbe insufferable cant of this parish belr-jyt'd in the letter to tho Poor Law Commis . sionare . Ann Humphreys , the pauper on whom the inquest wus held , is said by tiie Yzelry CicrS to havu expressed . herself to be very comfortable . If the dyin *{ pauper j Anu Humphries w&s bo comfortable v . ith three in b ' 'd , j we sUould like to know how her two bed-fellowa wra j tff with respect to comfort—Weekly Dispatch . t

      EFFECTS OF AH 01 HER " EXTENSION OK COMMERCE i MORE " OVER-PRoDbCTION . ' The Times states that : — ' Luiiers from Manchester state , that there are mills building in all the mauufac- ; hiring districts of Lancashire , especially in the nti ^ h- ' bourhood of Blackburn and Preston ; at tbe samo time , nearly all th ; mills alrpady existing are beincr increased in size or in production by means of new machinery . Another means of increasing production has batn the request of tbe insurance-: ffioc * . that the " blowins ; - TOnm '' shall be in a buil .-ling apart from the mill . It u = fd to occupy an entire flat ot the mill , and is note , of course , filed with machinery . F-om these rppearapces , a dr ^ ad is expressed of a violent over-produc' . ion , with its disastrous consequences . " (

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      YORKSHIRE WINTER GOAL DELIVERY . Saivudat . Dec . 30 , ( Brfore Mr . Justice Maule . ) HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT LEEDS . J « ots Newton . 24 . was charged with having , at Leeds , on the 24 th of November , assaulted Isaac Stater , and stolen from his pereon f <> nr shillings aad a canvas purse . Mr . HiLi was Counsel fur the prosecution ; the prisoner ws > undefended . The fasts of the case were Tery brief . The prosesutor , Isaac Slater , is a colliery Bteward , at B ^ eston , near * Leeds . H « was at the Free Market Hotel , in Tioar ' s Croft , Leer ' s , on the evening of the 28 > -h of November ,

      aud on goin ? to the door of tbe inn , about eevefljj o'clock , he was att ^ rked by two men , who ronbed him of ttie money mentioned in the indictment . Fortanately tb-sy only got their hands into his left band bi etches pocktc , for he had in the other the sura of £ 59 17 a tJd . Tha ostJpr of the Fiee Market Hotel saw ttie men go up to prosecutor , and hearing him cry that they were robbing aim , he ran up and seized hold of the prisoner , when the other man kicked him , and the fellow whom he bad seirsd got-away , leaving his hat btbind him . The prisoner was re-t ? ksn in a few minutes afterwarda-without his bat . He then admitted that tbu bat was his , but deuied that he had robbed the prosecutor . Tbe ostler , however , swore positively to him .

      Tbe Jiuy , without hesitation , found the prisoner Gr ' -itlty of the robbery ; and the Learned Jud ^ e sentenced him to be transported for tun year * . MIGHT * 'AY KOUBEnY NEAR YORK . Thomas Clarkson . 21 , and Thomas Spink . 18 , were charged wita having on the ISih of November last , at DrnghtU 4 cs , near York , feloniously assaulted John Harrison , and stolen 27 sovereigns from him . Mr Disarsley was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . STaPLBTON ( who held the brief for Mr . Wilkins ) appeared for Clarkaon ; the other prisoner was undefended . Tbe Jury found both prisoners Guilty . His Lordship sentenced Clarkson to fifteen years , and Spiak- to ten years , transportation .

      BERWJRT 1 T . 0 TI . EY .. Richard Brook , 31 , was charged witb having , o » the 6 th of December , at Otley , commttteCliwtlf ol ana 'corrupt perjury in the testimony he gave in the Barkston Ash and Skyrack Gourt of Requests . Mr . Hall aud Mr . Ovexekd wers counsel foF'the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . The perjury kid to tbe charge of the prisonor was committed during the trial of an aa - aotien ia tbe Barkston Ash asd Sky rack Courts of Bequests , at OEley , in which Gfcorge Aiellor , ot- Shipley , shopkeeper , was tba plaintiff , and the piisoner , wh » lives

      at Bulldon , wa ^ the defendant . Tho action was b * ou $ ht to reoover tbe value of seme shop goods and a csrt load of coals . The prisoner , . a » tbo defendant in the action , stated Ifcat be bad never bad any busineos ttansactians with Mr . Mellor , and b » claimed to give evidence in hi » own behalf . He was then sworn , and he made a felon statemeat to the effect that he never had ordered " any coals of Mr . Metier , and that the complainant had not , on or about the 30 th of May , or at any otatr period , delivered , nor bad he ( the prisooer ) assisted him to deliver vjjj coals at his door . This Btateia&nt was positively contradicted by several parties .

      The Jnjy found tie prisoner- Guilty , but recom mended him to mercy on the ground of hb- ignorance To be transported for seven years .

      STAB 3 IKG hi SHEFFIELD . Adam , Wilson , iS , who bad been out on bail , 'was charged wilh having , on the 29 th of July-last , at Sheffield , stabbed Wm . Bsgshaw , with int « at to do him some grievous bodily harm . Mr . Pashley and Mr . Oyerend ware counsel for the prosecution ; . Mr . BeaXon defended , the prisoner . T-fee circumstances were these : —The prosecutor and the prisoner—tae former of whom was-older and much stronger than the latter—were both employed at a grinding wheal in Granville-street , Sheffield , and on the day named in the iartictment they quarrelled in the yard attached to the wheel , upon which occasion the prosecutor strack the prisoner a violent blow , upon which the latter se ; fc-d a knife which was lying by , and struck at the prosecutor over tbe thigh , inflicting a wound two and a half inches long , and about the third of an ineh deep , but not of a sextous character .

      The ease was one of a most ordinary kind , and th # Jury foand the prisoner Guilty of a common assault . Mr . Ebatqs took an objwtion , in arrest of judgment , to the wording of the indictment , an objection which his Lordship allowed , and the prlsoner'e father entwed into rcco ^ a . nctB of £ 5 that h * should appear and receive judgment when called upon .

      HIGHVAY ROBBERY AT HOLBECKj HIAR LEJSDS . Thomas Plows , 2-1 , was charged with having , on tbe 15 th of December , assaulted Arthur Oates , aud stolon from his pereon a cotton purse and J 3 s . in silver . Mr . Ingham and Mr . Hardy were counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr . Dearslb ? for the prisoner . The prosecutor is a stone mason , and has been lately employed at tha building of a new church at Leeds . On Friday , the 15 th oi December , he got bis wages paid about five o ' clock in the evening , after which he went to the Old George Inn , in Briggate , where he had some ale , aDd v ? b « re Ue remained until about eight o ' clock . On leaving there he went to the Golden Lion Inn , Hoi . beck ; there he saw the prisoner . After leaving the Golden . Lion Inn , the prosecutor went home , and when

      he bad got about two hundred yards on his road , he was attacked by two men , who robbed him of the money named in the indictment Tbe prosecutor was enabled distinctly to swear to the prisoner as ene of those men , whom , after the robbery , he foJlowed , and saw him again enter the Golden Lion Inn , where he ¦ was soon afterwards apprehended . He had no money when he was taken , and denied that he had ever bees out ot the Golden Lion , nor conld either ttie landlord or landlady say that he had left tbe house during the time the robbery bad been committed * A man named Lister was apprehended and committed for trial as the prisoner ' s accomplice , and against him the Grand Jory ignored the bill ; that man it had been shown , had been out of the Golden Lion at the time of the robbery , sad bad returned there afterwards .

      H 0 USEBB . EA . KlNa kt LBKD 5 . WiUiam Haroreaves , 25 , and William Jackson , 24 , were charged with feloniously breaking into the dwelling house of George Walker , at Leeds , on the 19 th of November last , and stealing therefrom nine Bilver tea spoons , a tin cash box , and various other articles , Mr . Hill and Mr . HaRdt were counsel for tfa « prosecution . The pruoner Hargreavea pleaded Guilty ; Jackson /?? £ » aarltJe ^ -. ied ,

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      Tbe prisoner Jackson , attempted to prote an alibi but this failed , and the Jury found him Guilty . The prisoners were respectively sentenced to be trans ported ten year ? .

      BIGAMY AT LEEDS . Mary Hilton , 31 , was conviated of bigamy , in having intermarried with John Hutchioson , of Leeds , her former husband , George Hilton , being Btill alive . The Jury recommended her to mercy , and the Judge sentenced her to be imprisoned for two months . BURGLARY AT LEEDS . Joseph Hogg . 19 William Mayfield , 18 , Thomas Hirst , 19 , Richard Binder , 19 , and John Binder , 25 , were charged with borgliarionsly breaking into the house of Joseph Buckton , at Leeds , on the 21 sfc of Dvo . and stealing therefrom one pinchbeck watch , two silver table spoons , a pair of sllva * sugar tongB , and other articles . The prisoner Hogg pleaded GutKy . , Mr . Ingham and Mr . Overend were for the prosecution : tbe prisoners were undefended .

      The . Learned Judgb thought there waa scarcely a case sufficiently strong against any of them except the one who had pleaded Guilty , to warrant the Jury in coavioting them , and they were all therefore acquitted . Hogg was sentenced to be imprisoned one year .

      SENTENCES . Wra . and John RichatdBon , pleaded Guilty of sheepstealing , to bo transported ten yaars . Mary Carr , concealing the birth of her child , to be imprisoned two calender months . Chas . Thaokray pluadad Guilty to a burglary , to be transported tor life . J > hn Crabtree and James Baltnforth , sheep-stealing at Huddersfield , to be imprisoned one year . John Williams and Geo . Wood , highway robbery , to be transported ten years . Thos Wesnill and Quo . Smith , sacrilege , to be imprisoned nii , o calender months-Tlios . Shaw , Joseph Castelow , Jahn Carrier and Thoa . W ; i ) fter , convicted ot burglary at Pjntefract , to be transported ten years .

      Thos . Wrictat , convicted of stabbing at North Bierley , to bo imprifiiiiie'l four calender months . Thos . Piekoring , convicted of sheepstealing at Pickering , to be imprisoned twelve calender months . These sentences closed the business before Mr , Justice Maule . SECOND COURT—SaturaY . ( "Before Mr . Justice ColtmanJ RAPE AT LEEDS . Jeptha Paver . S 3 , waa indieted for having , on the 4 tb of October last , at Leeda , violently and felonionely assaulted Eliai Hughes , and committed a rape on her person .

      Mr . Hall and Mr . Hill were counsel for the proBBCutiou ; Mr Wilkins defended the prisoner . ' The proseeutrfx ie sixteen years of aije , and is employed at tbe mill of Messrs . Titley , Tat ham , and Walker , flix-spinners , Water-lane , Leeds , at which place , also , the prisoner was engaged as a depnty-overiooker , and was stationed in the room in which the proneeutMX worked , and which waa at the top of the building . The offence was nlle ^ ed to have been committed aoon after seven o ' clock in the evening , when the other girls , who worked In tbe same f"ora , were leaviog work , but before th ^ y h ; i d all got oat of the frames , thare being , according to the statement of the prosecutrix herself , six of them in tbe room at the time .

      The prosecutrix underwent a very long and severe cross-axami&attou by Mr . Wilkins , as did also two of the t ; irls who were in the mill ; when , from tbe levity of manner displayed by the latter , and the admissions of tho prosecutrix , Mr . Hall stated to the Judge his nnwtllingn' -ss to proceed further . His LoRDsniP acquiesced , and under bis direction the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .

      MAN 8 I . AO 0 HTER AT LEEM 1 NG . : George Powler , 40 , was found Guilty of the manslaughter of John Webster , at Exelby Leeming , in the North Riding . To be imprisoned six calendar months .

      N 1 GUT POACUIJN Q AT RIB 8 T 0 * . Wm Fairburn , 44 , and Chartes Fairbwn , 38 , were found Guilty of poaching on enc osed lands at Ribston , in the West Biding , the prop-rty of John Milner , and were sentenced to be imprisoned for two years . Samuel- Bardy , 32 , charged with the sam « offence , Was Acquitted . SENTENCES . John Haynes , convicted of Manslaughter , at Ecc ! esfleld , to be imprisoned one calendar month . Robert Greensmitb , convicted of cutting and wounding at KawtnutBh , to be imprisoned three calendar hiontbs . George BtiggB , Qeorge Frost , aad John Wadsworth , convicted of forgery , and uttering forged orders at Huddersfleld ,. to be severally transported for seVBD years .

      Ttaesa sentences closed the business , nnd tbe Learned Jnd ^ e retired from the Court about half-past nine o ' clock . ¦ — ¦ - - ^¦! 1 * J ~ ' ——^^^*^ " — ¦ - — -. rf . J * i . iii ¦ ¦

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      What right has he to it?—Lord Hereford ' s territorial revenue from Antrim and Dowcshire is £ 52 , 000 a year . Accident . —The proprietor of the Stamford Mercury met with a severe accident the other day . His hand got entangled in the works of his printing machine , during its progress , and had he not been fortunately dragged back iu time , the limb would have been crushed to atoms . The band haa been dreadfully lacerated .

      ; THE WINTER IS COMING . The winter is coming , with frost ; and with snow . The once shady trees are all leafleBS and sear ; While piercing and keen northern hurricanes blow , And nature eeems mourning the death of ihe year . Still hearts glowing with friendship shall crowd round the hearth , Where the Christmas log blazes with warm oheerfulliRht , Still the eniile of affection , the accents of mirth , Shall add to the pleasures of eaoh winter ' s night .

      And many long ^ ¦ years delight may know , Illumin'd by love's never vanishing star ; And preserve the rioh blessing of health while below , By taking the Lite Pills oi Patriarch Parr ,

      I^Owtfin Ffltfoementg.

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      PRAK < CS—The Royal Court of Paria decided on Wednesday that an East Indian slave , as well as all other slaves , recovered their liberty the moment they set their foot on the territory of France . The Chambers—M . Sauzefc , conservative , has been elected president of the Chamber . He ob- j tained 170 votes out of 306 . M . Dupin had 12 votes ; j the remainder were given for M . OdillOn Barrot , ' with the exception of the few votes given for MM . Dufaure , ( Jarneron , Dupont de 1 'Eure , and Laflute . M . Dufaure had one vote ; M . Dupont five ; M . Garneron one ;; and M . Laffifcie , one .

      On Friday the Chamber of Deputies proceeded to the election of the four vice-presidents of the Chamber . Thoisame members were chosen who were vice-presidents during last session . The names are MM . Bignon Dabelleyme , Lepelleti&r , d'Aulnay , ! and Salvandy . They all belong to , the Conner- j vative party , and their election is therefore con- ' sidered by their organs a further triumph to Che Ministry . ; A curious circumstance occurred in 4 he Chamber

      of Deputies on Saturday . M . Laffitte , who , as the oldest member present , presided at ail the Parliamentary sittings , yielded his place to M . Sauz-t , the definite president , on Saturday . It is the usual custom fbrjthe provisional president , doyen d ' age , to address the house on leaving the chair ' . M LafiUte did so , and in the course of his remarks introduced some matters which were not altogether pleasing to a large body of the Mini sterial members , and the consequence was that there wero considerable murmars in the house .

      The correspondent of tbe Chronicle describes M . j Laffitte ' s speech as being of " a perfectly rovolutioc- > ary oharacter . "— " He said that the peace which the country erij <» yed was but apparent ; and that at its j root lurked confusion and anarchy ; that the French ' people were really in a state of complete disorganiaa- ! tion , and ( hat venality and corruption were the ruling principles of the government . Under these ' circumstances ( lie continued ) it was nquit-ite to act with caution . For fourteen years a 6 tfiig « le had ' been raging between the central and local powers , ' or , in other ; words , between Monarchy and Democracy . " J

      The exoitement produced by this speech waa tre- i mendous . Mr . Sauzet then took the chair , and , as j is also ugua ) , ho proposed a vote of thanks to the "doyen d ' age , " There was great opposition made on the extreme right , and it w&s for sojtia days doubtful how the matter would go ; but ultimately a vote \ 7 as carried of thanks to the u Bureau Provisuire , " without naming M . Laffite . ' This is the first time such marked disapprobation has been shown in a similar case . SPAXN .- ^ State of Madrid—Outrageous Condtjct of the Ministry . — A correspondent in the Chronicle states that the nei » hboarboo , d of Madrid is one immense camp ; that the troops are exercised daily , not as Spanish soldiers usnally are , but for civil warfare ; and thai the great cbjrct is ' to qualify them to use the bayouet v ; eli . At the present moment it is a question with tne Oaverament whether there should ! not be a further increase of the . army i to the amount of 35 , 000 men .

      The outrage oommitttd by the millitary ruffians on the Eco- . del Commercio has created- so great a sensation in Madrid , as to have suspended for a timo the interest of the Olo-zaga affair ; and that interest has . been groaily increased by tba evident determination of the Government to screen the culprits from punishment . At the meeting of the Congress on ; the 2 $ rdf after M . Martinez de la Rosa had reported to the Chamber that he had presented their address to-her Majesty , and that it had been received graciously , M . Pastor Diaz rose , and after alluding to the disgraceful outrage committed ai the office-of the Eco dtl Commercio , asked what 8 tep 3 the Government bad taken to discover and punish tbe authors of that

      outrage , and ito preveat a renewal of the like kind . The Count de La * Navas supported M .. Diaz in his questions , and asktrf , besides , if the Government was inclined to make any answer to the returns required by the Chamber , of ihe number of deputies of tbs present Chamber who had received" employment or favours from the Government . Upon this M . Gonzales Bravo- got up and' said , very eoolly , that the members of Congrebs certainly had » right to put questions to Government if they chose ; but that it was quite m tho option of Government to answer them or not , as they might think proper and convenient . As ! to the events which had happened at the office of the Eco del Commercio , he would only say that it iwould bo beUer for the members to attend to the projects of law put before them than to busy themselres with puttisji ? questions to the Government . This piece of impertinence from tho ox ^ editor of the Giureguy . produced an

      extraordinary d « # ree of indignation and surprise , and that noUonly among the opposition , but among the supporters of the Ministers themselves . So great was the confusion that business was - for some time suspended . Half-a-dozen members-attempted to enter the tribBne at once—the Prasjdent rang his bell in vain—the regulations of the Chamber were read , and listened to with pretty' much the same attention as la generally given to the Riot Act in Eu / .-Und ; but , at length , M . Cabal , Jero contrived to make himself heard , and demanded categorically of the Ministry if they adhered to the doctrines of Bravo , or would answer the question put to them or not?—to which M . Gonzales Bravo replied-that he did not think it " souveuient" to give aaanswer to that question , ' Another s ^ cene of confusian . followed ihis , and further " interpellations" were m # de , but all without effect ; no information : could be drawn from M . Gonzales Bravo .

      M . Heruando Lopez then enquired when the budget would be brought forward , to-which'M . Bravo replied , " Ministers know theirduty ; Shat " they were engaged in tbe labours ot their respective offices , and would at the proper time state the result to the 1 Cortes . " This was not exactly the answer to calm the previous exoitement , and the confusion became so great , that the President was obliged to pass to-the order of the day , and so the afiair ended . ¦ PORT OGAC—Lisbon , Tbescat , Deo . 26 . — Souor Olozaga has taken refuge in Portugal , having entered Castello Branco on the 19 th lnst . The authorises immediately communicated with the Lisbon Government , who despatched orders for his reception with' the attention due to his exalted rank . : The Portuguese Chambers-have again been summanly , closed , with nothing effective done .

      The exoitement still continues throughout the wiuo distriots , and the farmers are uprooting their vines in various-directions . Tranquillity ; generally prevails , although memorials to the Queen to dismiss her Ministers have been forwarded froia . both Oporto and Coimbra . I'HAfJT . —LfltterB from Rome , announce that the utmost distress prevails in that city . Commerce , agriculture , and manufactures ara in a deplorable state , and the only income derived by the shopkeepers is from strangers ,.

      Letters from Leghorn state that rumours prevailed there- of further troubles in the interior of Italy , but that they wafo not confirmed by recent letters received from Naples and Rome . The Italian Government , howevoi , take great precautions to prevent the news oi political excitement from spreading . Cardinal Messina , the new cardinal legate at Ravenna , m place of cardinal Amat , had arrived in that city ,, and assumed the Government . The probability of dispensing with the Swiss Guards , and replacing them by corps of peasants , under the name of Pontifical Volunteers , was still spoken of . It was thought that this plan , if pub-in execution , would create disorders in the Pontifical States . It

      was at one time proposed to re-establish the National Guard , but the Pontifical Government is afraid that it would ba made the means of disseminating liberal opinions . The court of Rome is greatly embarassed , aot only in ifcj internal policy , but in its diplomatic relations ; , with regard to the latter , Russiajis very prominent . United | States . —The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Aoadia , Captain Ryrio , arrived at Liverpool on Saturday morning last . She left Boston on the l « ch , and Halifax , where she was detained several hours , at o £ o ' clock , a . m ., on the 19 th uH . - ^

      The most important intelligence is that of the proceedings of the democratic party in the House of Representatives , it would appear that } he Democratic party had given up its division , and that the friends of Mr . Calhouo . had consented to their being absorbed by the Tan Burenites . Some allege that this is on the understanding , that although Van Buren is to be tho President of the ensuing election , Mr . Calhoun is to command the votes of the Democrats in 1848 . No signs whatever of compromise appear in the , election of Mr . Jones , of Virgina , to be president , and of the other officers of tho House of Representatives . All are to a man * Van Burenites . i

      The Correspondent of the Times says : —Congrc&s have convened , and , eb I predicted , have elected Mr . Jones , of Virginia , Speaker of the House of Representatives . Their first acts remove all doubt as to the policy by which they will be governed . Mr . Jones is j » decided Van Buren man , and all his power and . influence will be directed to the elevation of his chieftain to the office of President , fn the formation of the committees of the house he has not been unmindful of the great object which hia party havemiiewj and for which they are preparing to make a deathlike struggle . Every movement which they made indicates the prevalence of a temper of the most proscriptive character . They have thrown their lag to the breezo , and it would seem that they neither ask , nor will grantq uarter .

      , All their ! officers , just appointed , via . clerk , printer , sergeant -at-arms , doorkeeper , &c , are goot and true Van Buren men . Everything was arrange < in caucus ; and so powerful were the friends of Mr Van Buren , that they literally walked " roughBhr d ' over the supporter ? of every other e ^ did ^ te if . * £ , Presidency , * ""

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      The Pbesidency . —Expected Election of Mb , Van Bbben . —The same writer , adds that , —* One political question 1 consider settled by the proceedings whicti have already taken place in the House of Representatives . It has been demonstrated that Mr . Van Buren has a large majority of the Locofoco members in his favoar . Perhaps the friends of all the other candidates of the party united would not amount to more than one-third or the whole number ; and it is not improbab ' c that his strength in the Baltimore convention will be in the same ratio . He will , consequently , be the nominee of the party ; and , therefore , tho great contest in November next for the Presidency will be assuredly between Henry Clay , of Kentucky , Whig , and Martin Van Buren , of mw York , Democratic All other aspirants are as duafc in the balance . "

      On the same subject we Bad tbe foJIswingin the New York Herald : — "A most perfect union has at length been completed among all the elements of the democratic party in tbe House of Representatives , These meubcra , numbering nearly 126 , have hud several caucuses , and have almost completed their arrangements for the presidential campaign . " In addition to the election of ivlr . Jones , the new Van Buren speaker , we have already mentioned that all the other officers of the house nominated are Van Burea men , including Blair and Rives as the printers of that body . From the consultations among all the elements of that party , we learn that the following are the arrangements for the next campaign , entered into , and agreed upon , by the combined democracy of Congress .:

      —President in 1844 ..... Martin Van Buren " Vice President do A Southera Man " The Succession in 1848 .. John C . Calhoun " Secretary of State , 1844 Thomas H . Bentoa " Secretary of the Treasury do . James Buchanan " Secretary of War Col . Johnson . " In the Senate , on the 12 th . Mr . Benton announced the death . of Dr . LinA , iu a ' very eloquent and appropriate address , and , on the following day a similar annouccment was made in both houses of the death of Mr . M'Robert , of Illinois , and Congress ordered mourning pn the occasion . The papers continued to be occupied with tha Oregon question .

      The correspondence betwen the Mexican and the United StateB authorities and governments on the subiect of the annexation of Texas has been

      pub-; ¦ [ . ; lished . Mexico threatens war in the event of such , a measure being carried . The United states government refers the whole to Congress , and , in reply to the Mexican charge that such a measure would violate justice and the laws of nations , the United States reminds Mexico that Texas has already been reco # n ? Zrfd as an independent Republic by f several nations . In po part of the correspondence on the part of tho Uniied States is annexation openly avowed . - ... Steamboat Explosion—Thursday morning , Dec 7 , about oue o ' clock , the steamer Warren collapsed a flue while lying at tho wharf at Freeport , on the Alldghany river . There were , at the time of the accident , about eighteen or twenty persons on board . of which number about twelve were scalded—four or fivs not expected to survive .

      Disasters , &c—Packet ship Hiberoia , at Nsw York frona Liverpool , bad heavy weather all tha passage ; 17 ' -h ult ., lat . 47 . 30 ., Ion . 24 . 30 ., sprung the ferecKist ,, niizen-inast head , and main-yard , carried away crops-jack and miznu topsail yard duripg the passage ; 24 vh , in a heavy gale , the second'officer and one seaman , while in the act of furling the foretopsail , fell from the yard on deck ; 8 th inst ., whilst lying-to in a heavy gaU frem the westward , lost main top 3 ail . The New York and Hudson Albany mail-bags were robbed on Monday of 15 ^ , 000 dollars . The New Turk ship Birmingham , bound to Mobile , was lost on Ellson ' s Reef , Bahamas , on" the ISta ult ., with all her cargo—lives saved .

      CANADA . —The intelligence from Canada is highly interesting . In the House of Assembly , on the 1 st ultimo , the member for the first riding of York , Mr . Price , seconded by Mr . Holmes , member for Montreal , roue and moved a resolution tantamount to a vote of confiiler . ee in the late advisers of his Excellency tho Governor-General . It was opposed by Messrs . D . B . Niger , Noel , and Simpson , Sir A . M'Nab . and several other members ,- and the koa e adjourned without coming to- any decision . On the 2 d ult . tho debate was resumed , and Mr .

      W ' akefidld took » prominent part in opposing Mr Price's motion . Mr . Price's motion was carried by 48 yrttes to 24 . The vote " was followed up by an address , of most circuolocutory remonstrance , UTgin $ that , according to the resolutions of the Legislative Assembly , of the 3 d of September , 184-1 , the members of the Provincial Administration were enmied to . id vise on all Crowa appointments to office . i > ir Chaa . Metcalfe ,. in reply , declared thai , far from running counter to those resolutions , he considered them as constituting the necessary guide of every administration .

      The new Canadian tariff on imported " oaltle and agricultural produce is now in foil operation . There is mueh distress , a / ising . from poverty , among the inhabitants along the line of the Beauharnois Canal . Tne people of Kiaston celebrated' the resignation of the ministry in a very public manner . TF 3 CAS . —A short lima since ,, by order of President Housrton , an auction was held at Galvestonto sell the ships and stores of the . Texan Navy ; but an armed mob arose and- prevented both the sale and the attendance of bidders An attempt to effect a sale was-subsefuently made , bau there were no bidders . It was feared in Texas , that the difficulties between- the British Ministers and the Mexican Government would retard the progress of negotiations between Mexico and Texas . General Houston expresses his opinion , that the United States shoald make reparation foe wrongs done by United States officers to Texans on the froatiers . Nonsense

      Texans that were captured or dispersed by Captain Cook and the United . StateB troops were out robbing the Santa Fe traders A notorious brigand chief on the Texan frontier * , who had murdered twenty men witb his own hands , and known and dreaded as Pete CFeter ) Whetstone , was shot dead a few days since , by aoitiaan of the Uoited States * whose life he had threatened . Tiie-ruffian was sixtv yearb of age . That frontier , espeeially adjoining " Arkansas , is partly peopled by . desperadoes . Judge Field , in addressing one of the courts there , recently said that two proseontiDg attorney . - * bad be « H murdered for doing their duty—a judge barred out of his court by a mob , and his We endangered ; and another judge attacked on his bench by ruffians , merely for-ordering silence in the-eenxt—while a third was forced by an armed blackguard to leave the bench and drink with him , during a session of the oourt . " European emigrants will find Texas anything but a desirable place to settle in , until law and order beoeme established there .

      WBXICO ^ -Santa Anna has been ye-eleoted President of Mexioo . M . Alexander de Grot , a Belgian , has obtained a grant of territory m Mexico , and has engaged to introduce 10 jOQO > Belgian , German , and Swiss families within ten years .. A British ffeet was expected before Ver& Crux ,, in oonsequence of the insult offered to the British flag , and other causes . Several vessels of war have- sailed from , Halifax for-fche Galf . In Yuoatan ,. a wvolt waa on the eve of ' breaking out , at Our last dates , among , the Mestispes tlndians and half-castes ) against tne people of Spanish origin . The privileges given to tha clergy were tho ohief causes , particulaisly the taxatioa of the people for their supp&rt .

      From New . Grenada . —From Carthagena advices are to fhe 25 th November . The Governor of Santa Martha and two or three of his friends were assasinated at the Cienaga on the , 14 th November . The party consisted of some eight or tea individual who were banished from Nei * Grenada at the close of the late revolution . WESJT INDIES . —We have advices froai Kingston , Jamaica , to the 26 ihLI * ovember . A proposition was before the Assembly to protect the interests of graaicrs , by imposing heavy duties on foreign , cattle . A dispensary was about to be established in Kinasian . Hath . —The Hayti Assembly has published s projet of a constitution , very similar t » that of the United States .

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Death op \ » rave Man . —Louia Bruno , the ig § repid mariner of Rouen , who has saved so many persons from drowning , and who was not long ago rewarded for his courage and humanity by the Cross of the Legion of Honour , and the gift of a house built for him by the city of Rouen , has just S ^! ^ * ' by aooidenfc , a& the age of- thirty-six . He fell froM the stona bridge in that city upon a boat near one of the arches , and fractttred his BkuU .

      ParaciwiraES oi the Danube . —Turkish Fbontiers , Dec . 15 . —A plot for the oversow of the present < jrder of things in the distvicta of the Panube and Bosnia has just bee a discovered . Numerous arrests have taken pir ^ e . This plot appears to have had the same purx , ose and object as the formerly-discovered conBpira > cy of Braila . The traces of a very artfftlljrprer , ared and cleverlyworked scheme of the Polish Propaganda directed on the Solavonio populations of the Danube are quite perceptible . The leaders have fled . Thb funeral of Lp ^ g Brumc , of Roaen , whose death was annonneed * few days ago , took place , on Wednesday , The . » fleMBe wa / foffowed by an »?• mense oonoonwe ^ f pemna of all ranks , by detwamenta of the national guards and of th ^ lmM thedeceased ^ in g ^ a f mem of the L # ioa © f Honour , by several deputatiena of Freemason * AC

      Unit- a SmBS Abut . —The standing army of the Umtp . dstate * is the smallest in the world , flw '* PpP ' ulationof 17 , 000 , 000 of ; people- ?^ men ; in-° \ ading non-commissioned officers , dragoons , dju » cians , and artificers , probably 6 \ 600 . ^ 9 « S estimate for the year will fall short of-h » t j £ « nearly 100 , 000 dollars , and a reduction f f sewwa important offices is recommended , *<^ 5 £ L , vj !? I remounting a regiment qf dragoonfl for . the WR (»»

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      ^ _ ^ LESDS BOROUGH SESSIONS . These Sassioas terminated on Saturday last , havingcorainenced on tha Tuesday previous . Tlie business waa vsry light . Tfc «» foHovJin ^ sentences were passed . TO HE T 3 ANSP 0 RTED FlFTEBN YBAH 8 '—John Bryan , 17 , slaaling money , tho property of Joseph PearaoD . TRANsroRTfiD Seven Years . —James Kay , 42 ,. stealing linen , the property of J . » hn Qalbreith .

      Imprison 3 » Twelve Months—William Mitch&ll , 18 , stealing books , the property of James Hill * Fi 3 nci 8 Chsdvrick , 21 . stealing a pig , the property of Bojijuinn Lonsdale . Pool Lockwood , 2 . 4 , stealing a wooden box , the property- < rf Benjamin Sho » p . Thomas feti * m > rd , 17 , Je > hn Raymond , 18 . and James Little , 16 , stealing money , the property of Francis Strickland . Miles Fume * s , li , and John William Harper , 21 , stealing brass , the property of Thomas Holmes .

      Imprisonsi > EioBSt Months . —El zibetn HargrsaveB , 25 , stealins ; linen , the property of Sarah Kinder , John Marshall , 17 , stealing lead , the property of Thomas Illlotson . Joha Blackburn , etealint ; a shirt , tho property of Tnonias . Walker . Btizabetd Kent , 39 , stealing money , the property of John Moore . IMPKIS 0 N 2 D SIX Months . —Robert Hopkins , L 5 , stealing brass , tbe property of Tfcotnaa Holmes . IMPRtsoN&D Five Months . —Francis Qanningbam , Ijt , stealinfj a pair of trousers , the property of Geozge Watson . Charles Ramadan , 11 . stealing lead , the property of . Joseph Jwwett . El'Zftbeth Harrison , Id ., and Rebecca Hartley , 18 , stealing money , the property of Benjamin Cother . Ann Kelly , CO , stealing a dress , tbe property ot Hoary Shaw . Cbarloa Noble , 26 , stealing bacon , the property of Pbmbe Watson .

      Imprisoned Four Months . —El'zi Thompson * 18 , stealing * boots , tbe property of Robert Wright Geo . Kelvey , 13 , stealing tea , the property of Thoma » -Hollins . Mariu Bo ^ 4 y , 24 , stealing wearing apparel , the property of Mr . Plummer . Win . NewhouBe , 4 Q \ stealing two silver-plated pints , the property ef Hannah Rogeia Wm , Benson , 15 , stealing : lead , the property of Joseph Chadwick . Goorge Carter , 28 , obtaining jBfOOdB by false pretences , with intent to defroad Rich . Perry ^ Jnsepb , Hornet , 27 ,, obtaining money- by false pretences , with intent to de&aud Messrs . Titley Tatham , and Walker . IM £ RISON £ D Two MON-THS . —Jivmes Jaakson , 21 , stealing a pair of boots , the property of George Appleyard . Charlotte Newhouse , IS , Bte&ling wearing apparel , the property o £ Mr . Plumrner .

      lMEiUS . QNED Ons , : MONTH . —Angeliaa Bray , 1 » , stealing money , the property of Mr . John Moore . John Walsh , 11 , atoalins : a plated piat , the property of Robert Havriaaa . Elizibeth SmUb , 20 , stealing money , tbe properly of Thomas Nicholls . iMynisoNED rowRTEEN Days Emuia Atkinson , 14 , stealing shoes , the property of Samuel Scbolefield . Nor Goiltt . —Bridget Dempsey , 18 , stealing boots , the property ot Robert Wright . Wm . Armitage , 48 , stealing cloth , the property of Antonio Macedo . Sarah Barnett , 20 , and Ann MCann , 1 $ , stealing a cloak , the

      property of John Ivea Manby . Wm . Davidson , stealing Backs , the property of Wm . £ iward Kenworthy . John M'Doaald , 16 . stealing books , tbe property of James HUL John Blakey , 2 S . and Wm Whittam , 32 , stealing chisels , the property of John Hudson . Mary Parker , 49 , stealing wearing apparel , the property of Wm . Dobbin . George Buckley , 16 , stealing a wheel , the property of James Soholea . Mary M'Danald , 30 , stealing cotton print , tbe property of Margaret Clerk . Hat the w Galloway , 27 , receiving brass , knowing it to have been stolen . i : No Bill . —Martha Richmond , 26 , stealing money , the property of John GilL

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