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THE GAME LAWS . Fixe -sretcted belnps , all in the prime of life , ¦ were j left fcr txecution at the last Lvserpopl Ass- ' ZiB . Their J crime { murder ) , no doubt , is one of that magnitude j Trtncn tails alcad for the seTertst pnniibmeat that ths ! 3 a ~ w of the laEd is intitled to iuflict ; bnt "while "we i Hms fieuorace their bloodstained guilt , and admit that j it subjects its perpetrators to tie severest penalty of 5 outraged lat » s , " we must , at the same time , look to the ; causetLst ! ed these unfortunate men to the tommiraion j of thst crime for -which they 2 iave been sen tensed to ; be straEpJed liie dogs . Ciafs legislation and ariste-: eatic seifisi-sss hsve reenced them to their degraded , position . On the iota of November thej ¦ went to ' poacb on the ssfcte cf the Ear ! of Dsiby . The keepers .
armed ¦ with runs and other deadly weapors , -sratched and encountered them . A sanguinary conflict ensued , enrirg Trbich Richard Kenyon , one of the keepsrs , after Laving discharged the tiro barrels cf his doublebarrelled ran , ^ k-&s killed . Shortly after the nrardt-r , these five men—xiz 3 John Roberts , 27 ; James Hunt , 25 ; Thomas Jacques . 25 ; Josrph Rimner , 24 ; and Henry Piilin ^ ham , 27 ; sets arrested , coHimitted , and , in course of time , sesterccd to be hanged for It During the pissing of the sentence , and on the prisoners being removed from the bar , the Court rang again iiith the shrieks and cries of their relatives and friends . Can Earl D ^ rby rest on -bis pillow with an easy heart or a contented mind , -when he reflects that an aBziety ( no matter how far the law may sanction it )
to indulge his o'wii personal prediction has already sacrificed one man , and has doomed five others to the gallotrs ? If Us senses are not deprived of their natural powers , ho cannot Ynt cor j are to Ms imagination the sunken spirits and broken btsxts , not only of tha ¦ wretches themselTes , tut also of thiir parents , their 'brothers , Bisters , and other relations ancLfriends . How can his Lordship , - possessinf , as be does , the feelings ol a man and a Christian , btbold npsn Mb table or . e el the game bis anxiety to inoncpol-23 "which has brought about « nch a bloody catastrophe ? At -Apedale , on the « stata of ilr . Heathcote , another man lost bis lift ; in a £ ght-with poachers . At the Yorkshire Aee zss , Win . Logan , 43 ; Charle 3 Hsll , 30 ; and Gsorge Sharp , 36 , ¦ were convicted of having attempted to murder a
keeper of the Hon . Msniiadnke Lancley , as be pursued them virile in the act ; of poaching . At the same Assize , K-cbsrd Carter , 34 ; " Williim Bhtckburn , 20 ; ana George Dunn , 35 ; "sr ^ re also convicted of poaching on the grounds cf W . T . Clarke , Esq ., undtr similar circnmstar . cM . To the above may be added the following atrocities , committed near Glitkeroe , under the present iTsiein of Game X . 3 W& . A gang of poa . cb . erB "Were p-addag on the game preserves of James Fenton , Eiq .. ia Bailey Wood , near Hnr > t-green , and one of the £ 2 Dg shot at Wra . Loud , the under-g-nnefcecpei , and loaged the contents in his neck and face . A xe-* ard of ; £ 50 was cfijred for the apprtbension of any fif the depredators ; also a premise that if any accomplice ; tZv ^ pt the t" - '" ^ ho £ red the shot ) will confess , steps Trill be taken to obtain a free pardon for him from her Msjagty . Ar&tiiEr dsspsrate affray took place at Mitton , on the preserves of Jshn Aspinall ,
Esq , in Little iiitlon 'Wood . Tna poscbers were about twtrnty in number ; and oce cf the par : y fired a Ehot at Jobn SchoUSslc , the gamekeeper , and lodged the Trtiole of its contests ia bis loins . Ee was afterirardfi severely beaten with siieks . Hs was conveyed tome as p ; on a 3 the poachers had decamped , where he lingered 13 escrnciaiinz pt ? n nritil Tuesday morning last , -when death termirated his icfferin ;;? . He hza left a wife and seven children to curse sad execrate the existence of the present Crime Laws . A reward of j £ lCO has been efered for the aprrehetsion of any individuals who look part in the ifrrcj . This appalling Hit could be swelled to an a ^ fal siza , bnt sufficient has beeiistattd to prove what dimes the selfish voluptuousness cf tlie aristocracy creates , wid what dreadful misfortsr . es it tctiils upen tus- - " . rsds and thousands of their fellow beings . It is traly absnrd to btbold the tridely-ertendod domains of a few titled aristocrats , surrounded with armed jdph , iax the purpose of defending and protecting tbeii gaxar , while the middle classes are , by law , positively denied the right of protecting thtii gardens with traps or ssar&s . This exclusive flcminion of the ari ? tccracy over tbe living things of the earth , is a direct contravention of tbe word cf God : for it 13 written— " And God siid let ns-Eiks rusn in our Jmage zSitr out ITkeziess : and let them inva dominion ovar the fi ? h of the sea , and over the few ] of tbe air , and over the cittle , and over all the earth , and
over every creeiing thiug thatcreepeth tipo . T the earth . " Eow do preserves , kcw do gameicepcrs . tow do murders , hangings , and transportation rrisinz frcrs tbe Game Laws , coincide with these words of Scripture , trith the crfeT cf Qod tb-. t ths fo-= rls of tfce air , and the beasts of tbe field , fiboaJJ be undrr tbe dominion i < f mxa ? The cry every wb-re nised is , *• Give the people the Bible , thit tiey szzv bo ruled ctd dlrtcted by it . " TTell , they have fft the Bible , end in tbe very frst chapter lh ~ j find iLat God's- £ a . t has given them dominion orsr zV . irratioEal beings ^ snd ytt because they have availed tbcmseivts of that fl ^ t , tb-y are subjected to the most blcrnly resistsnea , which C : < gsently xasclts in bloodshed , muruirs , and tbe sacrifice of their ovn . lives . Although we ^ rt eo morbid Eyn : pE . tb . istrB \ rith crime or ciiminslB . w = feel onTselves iorct-d to express an ardett hope that the prerog £ li 7 e ^ f mercy ¦ will stet > in fettw&en the- five men sentenced to be
banged and lie gibbet , aid that her 2 J ? j = s ! y will save them from aa isacmirions aird prenfeture grave . There sremaiiy drenmst- 'sci-s connected wiih tte crimfi for which they have forfeited their lives , that are calculated to make th £ m o ^ g-eets of the Koyal mercy Although their cct -b-es Dlessal , ab initio , yet wbeB they ltft their homes they tad not pre-concerted the mnidti cf their victim , who may be said by tbe activity which lie evinced in the discharge of hi 3 duty , to have singled himself cut as an object cf their revenue ( for be discharged at the pcachtr 3 both barrels of his £ cublebsrrelled gun ) , and thus met his untimely fate . Bnt Even viewing lbs murder in its must horrid features , it cannot fee denied that the five atn as tbty were not all
ecg ' . ged id the foul deed , alfisos-yj beic ^ pr esent , they ¦ were criminis ptpiicrpes , are a large number to be executed "Where one was its viciiin ? And while we tkuB express a hope that " jastice and mercy may kiss each other , * ' we must likewise call upon onr hereditary legislators , whose duty it is by eximple sad precept to prevent crime , to adopt : os » e wboitsoHie legislative enactments that will in iatjrre prevent society being JiorriSed by the rfcvoitir . z tragedies that ha ^ e been recently psrpe&ated tl ^ roo gb tht G ^^ e Lswb . The idea that such 3 sacrifice of htiraan life shunld take place in a Christian civiiizsd constry to secure to a few tbe monopoly of pheasants and partridges , is di&gnsting acd debasirt , to human catcre , sad is directly opposed to the ordinances cf heaven . —Weekly Dispatch ,
We are assured that up to a late henr yesterday afternoon no final determination had been came to at the Heme-tffice on the case of the four u' hippy men now under sentence of death fsr tfce brnia ! znarder of Lord Derby ' s gsmekeeper . The application in their fevonrirere Etill undergoing most anxious consideration . —Observer . THE C 0 N 3 E 3 IXED Poachers—Respecting these unhappy teen , we have heen informed that on Friday , the 29 th n ^ tino , tbeir frierds , acccrcpinied by tbeir legal adviser , j rcceed&d to Koowsl ^ 7 Hall , to syiicit that a recommendation to merey msght t * st : i * . on behalf of the culprits , to the Secretary of State . The deputation just fsw the E ^ rl < f Derby , who declined to
interfere . Tbe ftz ^ -le friends then watted anon Lady Stanley , who stated that she' never interfrreu v- itb her lord ' s business . ' Lord Stanley iras in tbe fields at the time , a ^ d the depat ^ tion having waited nntii bis return his lordstip declined to inttrfere . He sail ! informntion had reached him , torcngh Sir James G .-bsm , of so many gamekeepers kveir-g been murdered by poachers , that it "was Bfcc&Rsry an tnmple should be made . An application cf a tJEiilar lirtare , we are also informed , vas made to iir . J-jsiice IVichticaD , on Fri . lny L : sL His reply was , ths : if they conld shew him £ nr giwada bsTPouldbave nooijsctlcn to recommend tL « cu ' . prits to her 2 dsjesty * £ rneii-y , bnt as the case stood &t present , b . e £ 3 w no snch grounds . —Liverpool Mercury .
IMMilCrS "WiGES P ^ ID HEK HAJE 5 TYS ARiiY C 10 THIESS . —DEAiH OP A TE 31 ALE SLAVE . "RTien it was announced , -a sbort time since , that Moses , Hjtuas , and other master tailors paid their ratn the following low wnges—t-Iz : —Cost ? , 3 s , ig , g » 6 i , 6 s , S 3 , 10 S , 12 S Ii 3 , ¦ C pWilds £ , 3 dO 7 I !; 1 T 2 i £ tC 03 t 5 , 41 , 6 J , lOd , Is 3 d Is 61 , 2- ; Ci , 3- ; , 3 s Cl . 4 s cd , upwards s ,. ' - dom ; trensETs , 6 d , 10 J , Is £ d , is 9 : 1 , 2 i Gi " , 3 s 6 d , 4 s 6 d . upwards su-idom , —a general burst of indignation ¦ sr as tbe result . But pnbMc feeli - . r asrairut these masters Trill be greatly sofiencd doxn , rj n- their prices for labour tie compartd ^ itL !! : - „ .-¦ _ i ,-id hy •¦ i :- ;/> U jesiy's army clothiers . " Iisdeed car res- ' er = can scarcely pc ? ase Trith common patit-nes , the starviag scale of wages tfhich those purvr-j ok to royal pagea-lry tnrl psrads
have agreed npoa . Little do the : spsctstors , wio , with ecstscy , befcoM tfce grand display - . ± -ich our military make when &e Sovereign goee in state , that that dis » play of gaudy uniform , " !* hich adds bo acch to the day ' s pazeanl , is obtajnad zi the txpense of unrequited labour , and a » tbe sweat of the JE '" 'ntriou 3 working riftrep ^ This eduircissantni of crc * i y aca injustice "Was eliciisd at an inquest held by Mr . Biggs , on the body of a female worke r , late in the en : ploy cf Messrs Eibbert , J 12 , Pali- ~ = 11 EiSt , army ciotli ^ rs . This inquest took place last Thnrsesy night si i ! : e B- "< L on , HarUstreet . The Eulgecl of it had committed Euicifie under tbe following tiettrmined c : rtanj&r 3 r » ces . Ths inquest-room was crowded , and the grestest interest Was eviccsd for tto leeult of the iLquiry .
Mr . Berry , surgeon , St . James ' s-street , deposed that on Tuesday evening , the deceased came into his ¦ ^ ery in a -rerv etcited Jtate , and asked tor twopeimywortli of anseale , "which was refused b . er . Shortly afterwards , lie-was called upon to attend her at her laddenee , when he found her dying from the € iF ; cU of a quantity of vitriol , Trhicfa ske had swallowed , and of Which ahe ^ ied at half-past £ ts , on the following jnendes , letamin ^ her senses to the last lactteat He administered chalk , oil , and tTery ottpr antidsre against thsgdestructiTe poison . In his opinion , whsn die applied for the arsenic , Ebe was snfftring from drin& or some other exciting cause . She bad the appearaBceof a person endesvouriDg to seem steady ac-J
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Coroline Plant sta ' ed , th » t she aiconpmied the deceased at half-jast four on last Tuesday to Messrs . Hibberfa , army c ' otbiers , where her husband worked . Her husband came from the "warehouAe , aud said that Messrs . Hibbert were much displeased at ths worti not being finished in time . ThiB annoyed the deceased , who became greatly excited . Her husband accompanied them home , and saw hi » wife up-stnirs about eight o ' clock , In about half an hour afterwards , witness met deceased coming into her honse , when she said that she had poiBoned herself . Mr . Berry waa immediately Bent for , and applied , but in vain , the iiecessaiy antidotes . It farther appeared from witness ' s evidence that the deceased purchased vitriol in Longacre , and wen * into a puslie-house at the corner of Legalley , where she mixed it with water and drank it . She "was perfectly Bober .
Mr . Graham , oQ and colourrnan , of Long-acre , deposed that she purchased two-penny worth of the oil of vitriol in his shop between eight and nine o ' clock en Tuesday night , which sho took away with her , sayins ; that she wanted to clean brass with it . She was then perfectly sober . Mrs . Parkins said that tbe deceased came into hei bouse at the corner of Leg-alley , at a quarter past nine o ' clock on Tuesday night . She asked fm a glass oi w&tcr , which she took with her outside the house ; and after the delay of fivo minutes , returned the empty turoiler , \ shkh appeared Very dark and soiled .
Mr . George Dowling , husbaud of deceased , who is what is called " a sweater , " and who appeared greatly affected , was the next witness examined . He stated thr . t they had been married twenty years , and lived on the best possible terms . Ha was a regimental tailor , and worked for Messrs . Hibbert , the army-clothic-rs On last Tuesday he was to have brought home thirty Cttts , bat eonld not finish more than eighteen , Trl-ich greatly displeased his employers . When bia wife called to him at Pall-mall on Tuesday , be mentioned to feer their displeasure ¦ which greatly excited her . She
said that her inability to give satisfaction to her employers was enough to drive her m » d . Ho then went home with her , accompanied fey another female . On their way they had one giess of rum between them . When bis wife tasttd the rum . , she said it fiat ? to her head . She was ^ first-rate hand , and was often kept dost to her \ cork for three months , without once le * zrhy her room . He employed three hundred men , and had frequently to bTibe them to buTry the work , in consequence of the pressing applications that were made to him for it by Mt-ssre . Bibbert .
By a Juror— "What wajes did jonr R'i / e * ara , br such constant labour ? Witness—Twelve saillings a wstk . ( Great sensation . ) By another Juror—Whit arc you paid for making military coats ? Witnes-. —Ohe shVHr . g and nine pence each . ' out of which 1 hsve to pay for fire , ca : ; dles , needles , and thread . My wife did the einbroHery work , buttonholes , Izc , for which she received 3-. V'npenee , and the finishers were psid elevenpence each , i . lucreas&d sensation of horror . ) I give the men whom I employ eishleerpence each , which leaves me a profit of threepence on « nch coat , for which I have to go to the warehouse to ret out the work which I have to bring home to my bouse , thence distribute it amongst tbe men , and when finished , I have to return , at iny own expense , the woik to the warehouse at Pall Mall . Tte Jury returned a veioict of " Temporary Insanity . "
Here is an illustration of the man . -. er in which the rights of labouT protected by the wealthy and the hisbtr classes , the aristocracy , and even by Mbjesty itself . Can this be called le . iritimate trading ? One shviirtQ and ninrpence for making arid decorating a scarlei mvitury uniform ojoI , to be worn by her Majesty ' s faithful sx . d devoted servants , who are sworn to shed tLe iasl drop ef their bicod in the defence of her throne , tfce : r aitar , and their conatry J Is this justice to the employers , to tbe tmployed , or to tbe public ? What must be the condi . ion of tbe 300 wretched biir . ga whom the deceased had engaged to assist her , and what ac ^ in must be the awful condition of the miserable creatures whom they alse are necessitated to hire to expedite tbeir work . ' The very idta shocks us , and fretzes tbe blood in our veins . In imagination , we see their nahed shivering skeletons Etaikicg before us ,
and Utnost bear their crk-3 to Heaven for vengeance upon lie heads of their grindiug oppressors . Can a Ckrist : E . n lock upuii the pic-. uie "Rithout shrinking into very tarih tbroajb shame , bor ? or , and indignation ? I > ESTJTrTlO >~ i : * THE METROPOLIS . StlciDE lUEOlGH Distiiess—On Thursday , at ten o " ck « k . & 2 itquett was liken ttfore I » ir . G . Miila , D ; - pcty Coroiser , at th ; : Gr ^ j-bound , New Cjinpton-street , Solio , on view of tts bt / dy of J- » csthan Bctler , aged H , a tailor , who committed . 'uieide .
It was proved in evidence that tbe deceased , wbo , witb bis wife and six children , lodged at 17 , Piceiixsvrefct , S--he , gvt up en tbe morning of Tuesday last , scd huEg himself , but was cut down before quite dead by Sir . Hing-wcll , bis landlord , who immediately sent for Mr . Cooper , surgeon , Moor-street , and that gentleman said hs wc-uld > e » n the spot in a few minutes : but cetceming for Eonit tiu ; v . Hiogwcllsent arain , and the reply was as befv-ri . Having waited fully twenty niiirctes , Mr . Mai .= Lall , su- ^ eou , of tbe sain i street , was cilkd in ; bnt be fiiitd in restoring animation , remarking that if be had Letn stnt fcr sooner the man ' s life mu-ht have teen ? ave . i . it vtrs ihown tbst tbe deceased and his family were hi great distress ; he ronul only ? et police v <> rk , and earned lets than evjht ihiltings a week , with eight mott ' . hs to feed aiid backs . 'o cover .
A got-d deal of indignation was exprsssed by ths jury at the coadect of Mr . C . » oper , an ^ 5 he was Bent for . He said , whtn the first message arrived b 9 was dressing np rtaixs , and that be baa dtsiied tbe m' -s .-enger to obtain other aid , as it would be same time before be could attend . The statement wts immediately denied by stviral ¦ vritceBsea . Mr , Addams ( the foremani tben observed , that Mr . Cooper ' a explanation had bnt eor . finned the opinion enterVaiced by him previousiy . Ho would ask Mr . Cor-psr ¦ c-betber , as an act of humanity , it was not his dn y to have hastened with all speed , lilce Mr . MarsJiall , to ranker his assistance ? Had he done so , tbe life Ef a felloe-creature wc-uM most probably have bten preserved . He ( Ibe fc-xman ) was not disposed to compromise such facts , ard be * bonld , therefore , recommend his brother jurymen , by r . show ef banda , to manifest their abborrtLce of st ^ h unfeeling
proceed lncs . The jury assented to the proposition , and unanimously bflo up Iteir bands . Mr C ' -pper , with considerable emphasis , replied . Tbe jury found , " That the dece . sc-d hurg himself , being aX th ' .- time in a state of mental derangement . " Usios Hall , Fe . idat . —Six nen , in destitute condition , wciecbar ^ fed with refusing to do four bcuro ' WGtk for tbe bos . rd and lodging effurded them in Newington Workhouse . It appeared the defendants had been received in the above workhouse on the preceding night , and the next morning they refused to perform the work allotted to them .
The defendants said they had nothing but straw to lie upon , and that tbo people at the workhouse wanted them to go to woik before they had any food . They ( the deft-aria ;;!* . ' , however , were so exhausted from previous want that they refused to work without first gettin ? victuals . The p-jrttr of the workhouse said that fee plan of giving " then ; food before sf-ttini : them to work was found not to answer , and that the guardians had therefore altered the p ! an . The Magistrate , on pern ^ ing tbe Act , said that tfce dauHe specified " destitute pe : « ons were to do fom hcurs * work in return for the fo-d acd lodging provided them . " Now , in tbe present instance the Act had net been complitd v . th , and he should therefore not think of sending the unfortunate men to gaoL He therefore discharged them all .
MoitE Misery—Clerkentvell . —On F-iday a poor famished-looking £ « 1 » eishlvn fears of age , was brought before the magistrate by Baylis , the messenger ol tLe court- On being introduced to the berch , the unfortunate ereatcre burst into tecrs ; she seemed quite abashed at the stare of the spectators , and sobbe-1 bitterly throughout . Mr . Combe asked her what she applied for ? Applicant—Indeed , Sir , I : m starving , and I know not what to do .
Mr . Combs—What parish do you belong to ? App < uaat—My father and mother belonged to Clerkenwell . Mr C-yinh?—And why did you not app ; y there ? Appiic-n : —Ard so I did , Sir , but tfc ^ yrefa&sd either to r :. iieve ir to receive me . Mr . Combe—ATa&re did you sleep last night ? Applicant—lu Clerkenwfcll . Mr . Ci-H = he—Where ? Applicant—Jn a passage : I had no money to get a lodsisr .
Tfce clerk said that the master of the Cierkenwell woikhcase - ¦^ as then in couit , and would probably recciva hci jjiij tbe workhouse at once . Mr . Harriett ( the master ) —O ! really I cannot say that sLe wiii be received . I suppose the overseers txamined her ca-. e tefore they refused her . Mr . CoEoba—Tfctn let tbe overseers come here and state -wry ih ^ -y &o not recsive her . Tbe psoT j , irl , in answer to further questions by tbe magistnive , stated , that she was employed at slop work in its C-nmerci . -iI-r ^ an , by which she did not earn as mocb as supported her even with the cosrs&d food . The se 2 ; oj fji mating these articles was cow over , and a rrrtt many girls vrere di ? cb « ri ? ed , who had no meats of lubsistence . She declared that ibe had not tasted a morsel of food from the p evious morning . Mr . Combe , with prompt humtnity , ordered her an immediate supply of nutritious food .
Tbe overseer , probably not wishing to encounter the interrogations of tee magistrate , sent a messenger for her , and she was received into the -workhonse .
THE LOT OP 1 HE TOILEfi . THAiirs Police . —Yesterday , a poor man named Robias . reading at N& 5 , Gowur s-buihiings , Mile-endroar , applied to tlie ma 2 i- trat 3 , and stated that , owing to a r ^ nipcrary want of e-nplo ; . n 3 * nt . himself , bis wife , cud two children , were reduced to a Etate bordering on starvation . He applied f « r araistoncs to the Townhorse , Mile-rnd , and ¦ wa' 3 referred from them to St . Luke's , which was bis parish . From St Lute ' s he was af&in reftrred to Mile-end as his place of re-
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sidence , aud waa desired to call the next day , but the delay wes ruinous , as his family were w&ntiDg bread during the time . Mr . Ballantlne Sheeted Douglas , a warrant officer , to take him to the -workhouse , and Bee what could be done for him , and at the same time to inquire into tbe correctness of bis statement After some time Doaglas returned , and stated that Mr . Stokes would willingly take the family into the bouse for the purpose of passing them to their pariah , bat would not afford them any other assistance . Tbe applicant , however , havin ? every prospect of shortly
procuring employment , had an objection to go into the workhouse , lest he should be taunted with tho fact hereafter bj his matea . The officer added , that ha had visited tke applicant ' s place , which , though denuded of furniture , was very clean . The landlord Baid that , though he was a little in arrear for rent , be was an exceedingly well-conducted man , and never known to be the wowe for liquor . The baker gave him a similar character , and added that he bad never looked for credit until lately , find was indebted but for one loaf . They had pawned all they had , even to the children's pinafere 3 and ths mother ' shoes , to sustain themselves until he could procure employment .
Mt . B-jll&niine asked whether there was a likelihood of his soon procuring it ? Douglas said there was every probability of his having plenty of work soon , as the breweries would be in full play . He was in the habit of working at Mann and Cbarrington ' s breweries . The applicant , a very fine looking fellow , who appeared much distressed at being compelled to solicit parish relief , said , whilst tears , which he could scarcely repress , started into his eyes , that he was Berry be applied at all , aa he was afraid tho application would do him an injury amongst his fellow mates , who would perhaps hereafter cast it up to bira as a reproach . Mr Ballantine ordered him ten shillings for immediate necessaries , and directed that the articles in pav ? n of which they stood most in present need should be immediately redeemed . Poot Robins left extremely pvateful for his escape from whet he deemed the disgrace of the workhouse .
Death from Siarvation . —On Friday afternoon an inquisition was Uken before Mr . Baker , at the Bluecoat Boy , Dorset-strt-et , Spitalfields , on view of John Claik , aged 73 , a hawker of lucifer matches , whose death aroso undi / r tbo following mehnaboly circuovataneca of destitution , at No . 1 , L'ttle Pateruoster-row , The lato abode of the deceased , when viewed by the coroner ' s jury , presented the appearance of tbe utmost destitution . Tho coroner remarked , th » t ho bad never seen a human beiug in bucli a state of emaciation , and tho jury txpresstd thiir condemnation of tbe parish officers for not feavi » f" attended ta the deoeased , iu bis miserable state . John Cow ' ey . living in tbe same house , said , that a >> oUtuined » preoarioua exiatpneo by 8 L-llin ^ sL :. 7 'Dgs . Th e deceased had occupied the same room for rome weeks , ami w ;> s latterly so exhausted that he was -uTmbij to eat . He was an out-pensioner of the parish of S % L ° onanl , SJoreditch , from wh'ck he received a lojf of bread oud li . 6 il , a week . Deceased
had strong objections to entering a workhous ¦; his pallet consisted of straw , on which he lay at night , but he > ad no bed-clolhes to cover him . Doceaseil paid Is . 2 d- a-wcek for tiie room . Witness contributed 7 d . towards the lodging . Lost Wednesday afternoon witness went out . leaving r ! i ceased sitting in a ch lir . He complained of a swimming in his head , with which he L . ¦! been troubled some riaya . When witness returned iu tbe evening deceased was lying on his wretched bt . d ; life was extioct . In answer to a juror the witness said tLi . it ao sunjeon was called in , and that his bad consittiil of ihavin ? g . The coroner observed that the deceased possibly mi ^ ht have lived if ho bad iisd tho power to take bis food ; but it appeared tbat bis stomach was too weili . It was remarked by some of the jury that tbero "were nuny Bimilar cises of distress in tba parish , and that when so much wis paid in r .-j tes towards tbo relief of tbe poor , th . ir cases should bu inquired into . Venlict , " Fjumi dead . "
Clei ! KEts"well Police Office—On Saturday a f m ; ilf child , apparently aboui tea years of age , tiauie . l C cilki Lamb , was brought btforo the magistrates l < y B 3 yli 8 . Mr Broughton—Well , my good girl , what do yuu want ? Tte Child—My mother Bent me to ; sk for relief . S r . Why did she not come herielf?— She is not wtil , Sir . What is the matter with her?—She was confined about tbree weeks ago . And Jfl -he ill ?—O ! no , , bat sho is not able to wall : s'j far . She is very weakly from want of foo-5 . Ha > 5 you your breakfast this morning ?—Tbe woman up stairs gave me a hit of bread . Had y . -ir ia . thtr Eny breakfast ?—No S . r . What ' 'id Bii ^ do when she was lit ?—The womin up-stnirs gave her some food . Sbe was very good to U 3 , Sir . TlatiyonEDy dinner yesterd . ny ? — No , Sir .
How do 50 U pay your rent?— > iy ini . 'nf-r tr . ld me to tell the ma ^ istr-ita that the landl idy is Roin ^ to turn her out nt eigLt o ' clock tnia evening , if you rto not help her . I hope you will , Sir . Well , really . I cannot conceive a case of greaUr tr ^ tress than tl ^ a . Where in your father ? My futtier is l'W . king for work , Sir ; he has not got any this lung time . Why did be not £ 0 to th" w irkhous- ? The cfai ! -J aiid her mother did not like to go there , an- ! in answer to father questions rr-pl ^ ti they lived at Unipn-plac- - -. K nij ' s-crosa Toe worthy >! uj ; i 6 trate ( iirected Baylis to niiko tlie proper icquiries and to relieve this appalling destitution . Tbe child declared that they bid , been subsib ' . iiig on rc ^ MOcal chanty for several vr . < rks .
miseri aT'D Destitution . About noon ou Siturday last a young man , bavins all ths appearance of abject poverty a ; : d wrctchedne ^ i-, was prrccMVe'J fcy Wilson , tho hall porter of St Gwrgta HosFit " ' . Ijia ^ npoi the step 3 in fr ^ nt ef f . he inititutin ::. The j . uor fellow was unable to speak from csbaustii-n ; and upon the authorities being jTn . iie acquaiiiUd with tlio circumstance , he was at o ; . cs admitted therein , when it was discov < red tti'it tho patient was euffe ing from a violent i-. Uack of f « : ver , brought on by want and wretcbedceBs . Every attention was rendered his situation demanded , and yesterday h < 5 was enabled to state that bis name was Jamt-s Gjodball , tb n t he had worked as a Riirdener ne : ; r Bitb , from which pine * he had walked penniless ( 111 ) mites' distances up to L n < k > n for the purpose of Sinking employment , but could find nore . He had been wandkring about for days without food or lodging ' , and was at length riiscovpred as abuve described . He is now going on favourably .
JNCENDURJSM . Bishop's Waltham . —Ou Tburertay nigbt last a fire broke out on tho premises of Mr . William Koughton , at Hoe-farm , near BiKhop ' B Waltham , Hants . That it W .-. 9 tho act t , f an incendiary there counot be the lcaat do ubt , as the fiinies were fcecn tu proceed from opposite points at the stun © time . Notwithstanding the Pid of two CB ^ vnes , and tbe uuremitting exertions of hundreds of people , vrbo worked z ^ alous ! y during the whole of the r . ight , on tbo ufttrnoon of Friday four large wheat r cks , three barns fall of oats , barley , and ¦ wheat , tbe whole of tbe stabling , and other building .- ) ,
¦ were leduced to a Leap of nsbts . Nothing was saved txct-pttho ciittleand three ricks of hay , and it is feared that muth of that Iips iusfniced damage . It is difficult to account for tbis fire 011 the ground of any animosity to w ards Mr . Houghton . He cannot be said to be a monopolizer of land , as he retains only this farm in his . own bands , v . hicli is under 100 acres . Nor can it be attributed to any unkindly feeling to bis men , for to them he is a Very considerate rnastsr ; nor to the use of machinery , for be mver uses a machine , but employs three men constantly in thrashing with the fliil .
Rochester , Monday -lesterday afternoon , about baif-pas * three o ' clock , an express arrived at Rochester , bringing rnfo : mation that an incendiary fire had broken out in tho stackyard of Mr . Allen , who holds the Bucfebolia Farm , at Higb Halstow , in the buudred of Moo . Mr . Batten , the agent of the Suu fire-office here , iiumediately or . if-red out bio engine , and about four o ' clock proceeded to the sput , ^ blch is about six miles distant from Kocbestnr . Very judicious steps were taken to suppress the flames , and to these and the fortunate circumstance of the wind setting off the barn and bouse , which immediately r . djoin the stackyard , may be attiibuted the preservation of the rest of the property . Directly in front of the firm -house ia a l : irge horse-pond , from which the engine obtained a plentiful
supply of wster , "which was poured on the burning mass , while a number of labourers from the adjoining fcsmlet o * High Halatow spread the materials of the stacks upon tbe ground , ar . d removed into the adjacent turnip ficid the small porucn which thc-y c « uld from time to time savu M r . Alieti stated thai the property destroyed consisted of two stacks of oats and two ol baans , the whole beintr tb ' ; produce of twent \ -six acres . From information gatb ^ rtd from Mr . Allen and upon tbe spot , there sppearabut litthsdoubt that the fire was the work of an incendiary . Tbe farm servant of Mr . AHen , going accidentally out of tbe house between two and three o ' clock in tbe afternoon , eaw smoke isaufng oui from tbe farn .-yard , and on going to see what was tlie matter , found one of the stacks alight , but no one wrs to be feen near . Tho discovery was made at tbe samo time by the people of Halatow Church , which is within
sight cf-tae farm , when Mr . Lewis , theclereymancf the parish , was about to commence divine service , and that gentleman , "With a most praiseworthy feeling , at once dismissed the congregation , urging them to assist in putting out the fire , setting them an example in bis own person . Some lucifer-matches were found shortly after the Rra broke out near the spot , and the constable of the parish , who had been making inquiries , said , tbat he bad sufficient information to call for an investigation The general opinion seems to be , that the crime was committed by a stranger , as Mr . Alleu has always been on the best terms witb his workpeople , and is universally respected . Mr . Allen is insured in the Globe Firo cfSce , but it is doubtful whether or not to tbe full extent of the damage sustained . At nine o ' clock last ni » jht the flime 3 were to far subdued that no further danger was apprehended .
Till , TRUCK SYSTEM . Leicester , —On Friday , Dec . 29 th , John Cave , of Fitet-sueet , Leicester , was charged at the TcRn-h&li , on tke inferrastion of Gteorge Hort , with having p :. id
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James Perkins , one of ni <* hands , the sum of 6 ^ d otherwise than in the current coin of tbe realm—namely , by tho delivery of a loaf of bread . Perkin ' s wages that week were nominally 18 s 5 d , hut the following c harges had first to be deducted : — Frame 43 6 d ; rent 23 3 d ; coala 2 d ; candles 3 d ; ale 7 ^; needles 4 dto bacco id ; leaving only IO 3 2 d due ; and of this only 6 a 4 id waa paid in money , the remainder being taken for bread supplied by defendant ! The case was clearly pro ved , and defendant was fined ( it beinsr the first time he bad been so charged ) £ 5 : in default , six weeka' Imprisonment . He was also fined i ) 5 on a second charge of a similar nature , and , as In the other case , sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment in default of payment .
At tha County Office , on Saturday the 30 th a cose occurred , strongly showing the necessity of nn association composed of rwpectaWe manufacturers , in order to protect workmen who give information of the eviidoings of tho Truck Mastera , from be ! n exposed to counter-changes of a frivolous nature , by way of retaliation . —John Ross , hosier , of Enderhy , ( who was tbe other week convicted of practising the Truck System . ) charged Thos . Storer . framework-knitter , of EstI Shilton , with Laving exchanged a quantity of Cotton yarn entfuated to him for the purpose of working up , contrary to the Statuto , and with having substituted eotten yarn of au Inferior quality , to make up tbe deficiency . —Mr . Bell appeared in support of tba information , and Mr . E . K . Javvis , of Hlncbiey . on bebalf of the
defendant—Mr . Beli said he should produce some cf the hose "which had been sent in by defendant , and a sample of the yarn wbicb had been given out to him , to show that the exchange spoken of had taken place . He must beg , however , in the first place , on the part of Mr . Ross , to disclaim any vindictive feeling against Storer ( who appeared in support of the information against Ross 0 ; and to state that , if defendant would restore tbe yarn he hsd kept back , and for which he bad substituted the inferior , the charce should at once bo withdrawn . —Mr . Jarvia said he couW not accede to the proposition , and for this simple reason—that there bad been no exchange . He should be able to show , too , that this "was a frivolous pru < ecution , tbe reason of which was quite obvious . Storer hnd lately eiven
evidence against complainant , and was to be the Informer in hnother case which was nbout tt be brought against Ross ; and the object of this charge was to damage his testimony when the information was brought forward . —The complainant . R ss , was then called . He stated tbat ke bad given out a quantity of cotton-yarn to defendant to work up ; and he had since received at different times several pairs of stockings from him , but there was still a deficiency cf 9 'b . 14 rz . of material to be accounted for . In giving the dates when these stockings were brouRbt in , complainant contradicted bimself in a very marked manner , a contradiction which Mr . Macauley immediately pointed out . The last lot he received from defendant ' s wife , and they weuld just make up for th « weight of yarn he had given out ; bat
he saw they were not made of his material , and , indeed , none of them were , witb the exception of three pairs . On cross-examination , Mr . Rose said he bimself brought the parcels of stockings bo now produced , together with hia young man ; and instead of being certain that three pairs only were made of his cotton , he thought such was the caoe ; white he acknowledged he gave out the yarn from three different bundles , and that though , eo far as ho knew , his scales and weights were correct , yet thoru was a brick-end or stone , and the foot of a stocking with nome bits of lead , fastened to thi m to make them balance—could not say whether the stone and le ; id were stamped ! Did not recollect that 'any of his workrnen bad complained of his weights always be ' iin inorrect when he gave out
yarn . — [ A great deal of what was said had no reference to tbe charge , and therefore is here omitted ] On looking over the stockings , complainant fixed on some pairs of stockings which he said were tna ! o of the yarn he had given out to defendant : all the rest , he said , wore mndo of an inferior materi . il . When they were brought id , he threw them into a bin . in ( which there we . ro no other hose ( except of a v < ry inferior description ) , and nobody had bad access to that bin but himself , and his young man Dalby . —Upon Dalby being called , ho declared that the stockings , whenever he paw them in complainant's warehouse , were on tho Counter ! He was quite sure the stockings shown him vrure those brought in hy defendant . and his wife , nnd that thty were not of tbe same yarn as what had bee n
given out . On cross-examination , Dalby , after much pressing , acknowledged that a new beam had been put up becauso the old one was not " quite rit ; ht : * ' the ruw bi'am was put up about a fortnight after defendant hegan to work for complainant . Considfirod tbat the new beam was quite correct , and . that thore was nothing uuusuil in having a brick -end and bits of iead in a stacking tied to it to make it bslsnca with tbe rts ' p ; that V 7 "s commonly the case in evuty hosier ' s warehouse , and used ts be so in Wood and Gray ' s , where he waa formerly . —This aafiertiou waa doubted . —Thos . Wild mail , formerly a hosier , was tben cilltd for the conipiiir . int . when , instead of nnking the difference in the v . ilue of the yarn supplied to , and that broujht bsck by defendant , to be 2 d . or 3 d . per It * ., be said it would be about li ; and instead of picking out only f ? iri-i pairs as marie of the s . ims cotton gs the s--it pie produced , ho chose moro than double that nnmh . ir , r . tid
! : e al * o assorted fbo colt-ns shown to him to be of vory d , ffj : enl- rumtirrs to those named by complainaut ; > . t it v . o , ha paid , a very ea ^ y tbiug to tell tue diffcrev . ee . —After these , which are but some of the contradictions and strr . ncie paints of the ovidtuce , it is not nccess ; r ? to pursue the nutter farther than to say tbat the Bench dismissed tho charge , aud awarded tbe defendant ordinnvy costs , but declined to award costs for a Vrxutious charge . — Mr . Jarvis attended as professional adviser for the defendant , and said that he ( defendnr . t ) should be quitn wekomo to his services if the Bench would not award the extra costs ; and he entered into explanations to fhotv that , i ; i having a second information laid snail 1 st Ross , he was not brenking faith . — Ross said Le did not now supply goods to any of bis ¦ workmen , Vut be was of course endeavouring to get rid of the £ 1 or £ 5 worth of goods which remained on hnnd . v "
Wm . Smith , of Taarmastoo—a noted hand at tbe trucking system—was tben charged a » follows , tho information bein ? laid at the instance cf the Society to whose advertisement reference is made above . —Mr . Bell uppesred for tbe complainant , and called EUzibeth Lacey , who stated that she and her husb . md made t ; lov ( s fur Smith , and al 30 rented a bouse of him . Oa the . llth of November , witness took in iiiae dtz n of gloves : they came- to 19 s . GJ . for making , fcjiw Mr . uud Mrs Smith when she took them in . Mr . fcjinitb wrote something on a ticket at the time : tLe ticket was as follows : — " Frame-rent 3 a ., and house 3 a . ; stopped Smith Is 10 t ; ca = h 59 . ; goods 6 « . 8 d . " Witness saw Smith ' s nephew in the shop , and gave h ' m the ticket . Smith told her to go into tho shop .
She had sug . ir , t" : i &c ; tho goodfl amounted to G- ) ba . Snowed tbo ticket to George Sa > itb , tbo nephew , who wrote on it , " Goods , ( is 81 . "—Mr . Cape appeared for the defendant , and . called Sydney Smith , a youth of fourteen , to prove that Licyy vn 3 paid in money ; hut , on cross-tX : i !( iir ; ntton , the variations in tho lad ' s t --timony vnro so great , that the wholf of it was evidently utterly unworthy of belief . —Tha E nch it flicted tbe full penalty of £ 10 , with costs : the Bench observed that , in so doiug , they wished to m . ark their ser . se , not only of the offence , but of the defence which had been set up . —Mr . Bell tuen offered to let the two other informations against tho defendant stand over for three wei'ks , on his paying the whole of the expenses imd promising to give up the practice of tho Truck System This the defendant promised to do
. Four other informations had also been taken out against Cave , whoso conviction is noticed above ; but Mr . Ball consented to their withdrawal on Tuesday last , on the condition tbat Cave gave up his skop .
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Salmon . —Vast quantities of ealtc < i and preserved [ salmon are on sale at Westport , in casks aud tin cases . Thhee Fkllows eonc-imed in feloniously killing twenty sheep ol' Mr . D ^ spard , lif-ar Mouutrath , are 1 apprehended . They are from Connangnt . 1 The Aiut 3 Act . —The machines for marking firo- j arms eannot execute moro than about seventy-three per day , while the notices to register amount , to so many thousands that the entire marking cannot be ; compelled for i = ome months to come , unless a large . supply of the machines be sent to the counties .
Incendiarism . —We learn from Charlerol ( by the Hamburgh mail ) that a mill and 6 , 000 sh'aivs of com have been destroyed by an incendiary fire in the commune of Raves ; tha fire was kin .: ~ : « d by means of luoiter matches , a box of which waa found ou the spot . Robbery . —Tho house of Mrs . Williams , Blcanerville , Tralco , was robbed of forty sovereigns ou Christmas night . A soldier of the Royals , who v * o . intimate with the servant girl , is apprehended en suspicion .
Important to Temphrance Societies . —At the Lochrea Sessions on Thursday , some cases , at the suit of the Temperance Society , for recovery oi money advanced m loan on several persons , were dismissed because the rules were not drawn up and registered in conformity with tho act empowering tho constitution of loin funds , and subsequently approved of at Quarter Sessions . AiiuiTHATiON . —The S ! i # o Arbitration Court ia coinpu-t-d of the Mayor and Mr . Vordotv . The Mayor I .-aves his own office , where ho eife under the authority of th . alaw , to a >< isnaistuv jastiea ia a raDeal court . i
Rent —Lord Dnnally has not only reduced his ¦ ' rents 30 per cent , but allows his tenauts for all improvements , draining and manuring , for all losses sustained by disease and distempers in cattle , aud doctors' fees and funeral expenses tor the poor cottier tenants . Irish Loyamt . —At the Lord Mayor ' s banquet , a number of obstinate guests having refused to drink tho health of the Lord Lieutenant , a conciliating Attorney , in an agony of despair , asked why at this crisis they declined : honouring tha toast 1 " We could not drink tho health sf a Tory , " was the reply . " Nonsense , " said the man of law , " if tho Quetm sent the Devil over here as Viceroy I would drink his health . " Since the days of Sir Walter Raleigh , there b % s been no such expression of loyalty . —Dubliu World .
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FRANCE . —M'Lafitte . —In the evening of Sunday and Monday , a great number of deputies proceeded to ; M . Lafitto ' s residence to congratulate him on tho address , so true and so well imagined , which he pronounced on leaving the place he had filled as Prorisional President of the Chamber . On Monday , Berange ? went to felicitate M . Lafitte for the generous words which he had uttered . A thousand or twelve hundred young people went yesterday to AI . Lafficte'b to express the sentiments of patriotic sympathy with which the young men of the schools had received his speech in the Chamber of Deputies . This is the only public reward M . Laffitte has received for his noble conduct : but all
the trne friends of the Revolution and of the country , at least , applaud him . With the exception of the Doctrinaire faction , there is not ono in France who docs not render homage to the firmness with which the respectable President of tbo Chamber recalled the principles of a revolution which he was not sufficiently strong to defend against intrigue and cupidity . It ought to be a- great consolation to M . Laffi-. te that he sees pre-sing round hiia the representatives of that young generation whom our rulers are pleased to represent as corrupted by the vice of political indifferenco . In listening to the energetical and moderate felicitations that were addressed to him by the schools , he might be convinced that that generation would not be wanting in its duties to tho country .
Tho following is tho speech delWored to M . Laffitte . ; It was read by one of a deputation : — " Sir . —The youth of tho schools agree with you entirely in tho masculine truths whish you caused to be heard from tho tribune . They do not come here to felicitate you for having couragsously fulfilled the duty of a good citiz-n , for having bbiyed the noble inspiration of your conscience as a public man ; they come solely to give you a furthur proof that they are not so iadiffjrent to tbe affairs of tha country as people pretend . The portion of the Parliament that lives by the budget only answered your propheticiwords by irony and insult ; but tho whole of Franco has foarne / them through the tne . iium of
the press . France will pr ' esorre the recollection of them until the day when , having rid herself of the shackles which now oppress har : she will resume , with a firmer pace , her march towards the hish destinies to which sho is appointed . Neither has France forgotten the great part Mhich you took in the Parliamentary etrugglcs of tho restoration—the memorable struggles which preceded an abhorred dynasty . iStio kuows that tha popularity of your name served as a pedestal for iho en'hroneni ' -mt of a new re ;; inie . Yon have a . ske < i publicly , in the face of that saline France , pardon from God and man . Honour be to you , Sir . History , severe and inexorable , will give evory one Im due ; and stigmatise with its fatal seal those that deserve it .
" Before leaving thifc hou ^ o , for cvsr c lebrated , which was the centre of our revolution of three days , nay tho young men y * -ho now address you ba allowed to express one wi .-h . The opposition of 1815 was iorganized aud dis-ialincd ; it upset the dynasty . ; May tho prei-. * ut opposition orgauizo itself similarly . May it march as one man . In that manner it will increase its m ° an ^ and stn ngth a hundred fold ; mid lei it not rtoubt bnt that the wholo country , that an army of thirry-tpur millions of men , will march iu a body after it . " Mr . Lafiste
answered" Gentlemen : lam touched v . ith the pontimsnts you have expressed towards ino , and I thank you for them . \ Your patriotism , your irue : ltgencs , and your courage , havo long been kn ?; wa i <* me , and perhaps you have not forgotten that , in spite of the clamourd of the party which dominates to-day , I have been able to render to your services , anil to your devotion during another epoch , public aa i solemn justice . The revolution of July was th » a ti - worl It han lost that distinction s > ince , tl ; as lime-, by tho ingratitude ot some , and th- ? carelessness of others ;
and you know how people listen to those who have cuntiuued faithful to their promises and th < jir engagements . I have recalled to the rcollecuoa of the Chamber the responsibility under which it lies in the face of dangers which threaten u * , and corruption which is disgraceful . Tho chamber did not choose to understand me . As for mo , kintleraen , I a ; 1 nearer tho grave than any of you are far from your cradles ; but to the end J . shall do my duly : aud my litart , I swear to you , will never cease to beat for the liberty and happiness of France . '"
Tho procession then moved to P i = sy , the residence of M . Bunjaijgcr , to invite him , io is Paid , to preside at a meeting in honour of Moliere . JJut the administration ot the Tariuffes and the po ' co o ) ' thc'Vinfiniti : ly little , " did not wish for tbe fete . Di ^ guiied ag 3 ni-i precipitated themselves upon tli « ?* udeuts as they left th 1 house ot' M . B ^ rran ^ r , who wa < no' at hoaie . Acts of violence , winch nothing cv . i j'l ^' . ify , were cotrmittcd upon tho yyuat ( men ,-u'd several arrests took place . Thiw ended a day isi which the young ram , had the audacity to mauifess-. tiKiV at ' . achmint to the revolution . Tho government , which M . L . aGt , t . e aided to upset fourteen ytars aso , the " bar-Lous'' of L > .. rriuj 4 er , and the " Tarlxiffes" and the marquises oi Aioliere , could certainly not have cone mure . —Rational , Sunday .
The Lfgitimists . —Tho National says that t : io French Government are really apprehensive of s : i invasion by Henry VM and that the coast in tho neighbourhood of St . Vallery-en-Caux is closely ¦ watched , and that all the posts iu that neighbourhood have b ^ f-n reinforced . The Chambers . —The Committee of the Chamber of Peers on ihe addresa met on Thursday , when the Duke do Broylie read an address drawn up by himself , whieh ; ho proposed to be adopted . 16 m&kes some very strong remarks upon the conduet ot the Legitimists in London , but it is , in other respect . ? , an echo of the speech . The debate upon th ^ address in the Chirnber of Peers was to commence on Monday , the iih in ^ tint . The Cnaiubev of Deputies was not to comn 3 Pn '> e the debate on the adiirjss till the 16 th instant . M . Herbert , the Prncunnir-General of Paris , and a dovuied friend 01 M . Guiz-rt . wiil draw it up .
It transpired in Pari * on Thursday , that Ministers ba ; yiven up the id » a of demanding a dotation for r :. e i ) : i !< e of NeniGiirs this session . Tho correspondent of the Alom ' uig Chroniclcsays that he is in debt in I'ouscqut ' -nre . SPAlW-4 The Cistc'i . mo announces , that several of tho individuals avrat-ted a . ^ accessories to the attempt to murder General Narvatz , had escaped from prison . The soldi * r on r ; ua , rd . who "was suapr-cced er hnvint ; favoured their fight , had bsen committed to g ¦ . .
' The Postadu , thtt organ o G- > nzjlcs Bravo , states ; that revolutionary aiidiv *? . ^ havj txen sf-nfc into the j province by tV . Exahado 1 . aders , for tho purpose of ' producing prowniciamentcis . Tbe T » .. aiury is said to bo in great distress for money , and it w ^ s r-. ported at . Madrid that M . Carru ? co , among his other reform ? , intended to apply , to the Bank ; oi' ban Fer . irui'ij and M . Rothschild , tar an advance o ' . njon ^ y ,, ia anticipation of the public revenue , which has uot been voted by the Chamber . \ Madrid loiters ol th' 30 th sti r \ that the ordonnance , by wh ch M . H ;;; 7 > alters the M . ifticipal law ; of the kingdotii , ha ? b . vn pr omlgated , It transfers , the nominatio ; i of mayors anJ alc ^ dcs to the Crown ,, precisely the clnu-o tor insisting ou which Maria Christina lost hor Regency . I
Siuco writing th « 3 above we ha . v- > received Madrid papers and letters of th <; Hist of Decem'bor . They b . ing us intelligence of caosi era >> lo importance . On tho ono hand tha Government steadily carrying out its system of reducing Spain 10 a military despotism , has , upon ife own authority , pr < nnu-sated a decree which totally alter" tho niu .: ic pal ir , r-i : < i ; ioncs of the country ; and , on the other , the Pri ^ rcssiaiaf , who are at length fuily awake to 'Jio dau ^ rr to wkich their hue- ties , livea , and property are exposed , have taken measures , moderate certainly in themsSivca , but well calculated to rouse shpcountry to resist the arbitrary measures of their rulers .
The Government has promulgated a decree , r .-gulating and reorganizing the apuutamienlos , or corporations , throughout the kingdom . This is the same law whici , in 1840 , drove Qnen Christina from Spain . Fifteen thousand petitions were presented against it . She refused to listen to the prayers of the petitioners , and became an exile . From that time to this no Minister his ventured to reproduce this law iu the Cortes ; but now General Narvaez , aided by his tools in the present Government , have t&k ' . 'u it upon themselves to enact it by royal degree ; without asking the leave , eiiiier of the Let isiature or of the country .
TUa Progr-esista Deputies , seventy-one in lwaibcr , who assembled in tha house of M . Mad » z'had adopud a sei'ies of resolutions , proposed by the committee they had appointed to submit to them its opinion upon the line of conduct winch th ^ y ought to pursue under existing circ : imst 8 Bce 3 . They acknowledged the right of the Government to suspend tho session of the Cortes ; but wore determined , afc tho same time , to keep a close watch over the ulterior prc'ceedinp . s of tiio Ministry , and seo that the Coiistuujtion waa faithfully executed . Thy , accordingly , wihed to impress on their" constituents , that the fir . it ; jinarantee of public liberty consisted in not paying any tax or contribution which was not a 8 th rised by a vote of the Cortes . The resolution respecting the taxes , if followed out , will soon force matteis to a crisis . ' M . Martinez de Ia Rosa is gazetted as Ambassador to Paris . i
A rumour was current m Madrid , of a Carligt conspiracy being on foot , bnt it appears to have been unfounded . People were in a state of great excitement , but no actual disturbance had broken out . It was reported in Madrid that the Portuguese Government would not allow Oloziga to' remain in that capital . ; Olczaga had taken refuge at the British embassy . OrRSECE . —According to account ? from Athens of the 19 altM the National Assembly had concluded its preliminary arrangement ? , and was preparing to discuss the draught of the Constitution . The Holy
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Synod had expressed the opinion that the Greek Church should recognize the supremacy of the Pa triarch of Constantinople . The greatest tran quillity prevailed throughout Greece . Tbikste , Dbcembeb , 19 th . —We hear from Ra . gusa , that the Vladika of Montenegro has , by j new treaty , given frosh security to the peace concluded with the Pacha of the Herzogewina . %$ negooiations with the Pacha of Scutari , on the con . trary , have been suddenly broken off , in consequence of a treacherous stratagem of the Pacha , which has too well succeeded . Last month the Albanian Tarfcg made , from Scadra , an overpowering attack tjjtlj about thirty gun-boats on the Moatenegtine islands
Vranina and Lesandr * , and took by force possession of them . These islands , situated in the noith of thj Lake of Scutari , augmenting the revenues of tfag Vladika by tho importance of tho fishing carried on along their shores , by some thousands of dncatg were fortified by entrenchments , quickly thrown up by the disembarked Albanians , and armed with about twenty pieces of artillery . The Montena . grines , on their part , had erected on the opposite shore a small battery of four gun ? , iu order to Sra on the camp of the Turks . Their guns , howeyet are covered by rust , nearly completely useless , ^ that they can have very little hopes of retaking \\ 9 lost islands ; for the winder at least they seem to have relinquished every serious attempt of the un .
dertaking . Further advices from the Turkish frontier , of the 14 th ot * Dec , state that the efforts of the Vladib who , at the head of 3 , 000 men , occupies the shores of the Lake of Scutari , to reconquer the islands of Vranina and Lesandra , have a 3 yet been in vain . The firing recommences on bath sides every day , but the shots , for the mo ^ t par t , only hit the air , and , considering tho awful roar of artillery , the ioa of hum 3 . n life appears to be really quite inconsiderable . The Viadika , nevertheless , was lately ex . po : ed to great danger , on ? ot his attendants being struck down close to him by a cannon ball . Tbjj the Montenegrins are very much in want of asm . nition is shown by the Vladika causing the Turkish spent cannon balls to be carefully collected , payijg one florin for every ball delivered to him .
Buenos Ayres and Monte Video . —The barque John Cock , Captain Cross , arrived at Falmouth pott from Buenos Ayres , on Thursday afternoon , for soldiers , from whence she sailed on the 3 i > ih of October , and brings the British Packet and Argen tine News of the 28 th , extracts from which are sab , joined . Exchange remained 3 1-I 6 « h . When this vessel passed Mouto Video it was reported that aa engatem ^ nt would tako place in a few days , as the Monte Videane , assisted by the French resident , who mustered 600 in number , had determined to act on the offensive , ¦ and to attack the Buenos Ayrean " army . The next arrival will , therefore , very probably bring some important intelligence .
FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Consic . vN Longevity . —A woman died lately in Corsica at the ago of 110 years . Notwithstanding this great age , she waa proceeding on business ta Vescovato , when the ass which she rode cameasaiust another , both going at a Fnaart trot , and caused ha to lose her seat . The fall was so violent , that shs died shortly after . A man has just died at Lostauges ( . Correze ) , steed \{) 7 . —Galignani s Messenger . Boot making Machine . —The Commerce Eays : ^ " A workman of the Rua Voiles-Audriettes , who for some time has atttuded the public lectures on mechanics , has invented a machine , by which a man can make forty or fifty pairs of shoes a day . "
The Furnch Press , in 1843 , brought , forth 6176 works in all the languages , dead and living ; 1 . 872 engravings a * d iuhorraphic prints ; . U 7 mips , plans , and charts ; and 316 pieces of music hara aleo been published . The Mediterranean Slave TiuDE . —Tbe Gazct ' e dcile fjyle Ionie contains the following article : — " A si'ip , under Turkish colours , coming from Bengasi , and bound to Candia , arrived on tho 14 th of Nov . in the harbour of Zinte . On board there were thm Mahometan merchant ? , who , having purchased slaves in the market of Bengasi , intended to convey them to other places , ia hopes of great profit bj t !; is inhumau tr < ffic . The Government being informed 01 this fact , has , by virtue of the power given it by Act , 11 of the second Parliament , tioclared the slaves to bo free , and has given up the ship to tho Turkish Vice-Consul . "
The government of Moldavia , wishing to redoes the number of Jews rr-siding in the country , has jasi adopted severe iaeasure 3 against persons of that persuasion . Fi > r the fu ; ure no Israelite ia to be admitted into the country without a regular passport , and in case of contravention the offender is to be sent to the salt mines of Otcna . Tne names of all Jewd arriving each day in ti town are to bo sent to tho authorities . A permission will ba required to enable a Jew to reside , and any person of that body not sending in regularly toe address of his place ot
residence will be punbhed as a vagabond . Tiri 3 1 order has been communicated to the various consuls i to be by them forwarded to their governments . — i Leipsic Gazette . 1 According to a calculation in the Palrie , the cost to France of the conquest aud occupation of Algeria ' amounts of 670 millions of francs . On the other hand tho government has received—1 st , the treasure ' taken at Algiers , and tha treasure of the materiel , J e ^ tJoiated together at 54 . 737 , 000 " . ; and 2 nd , in re- " renue from 1831 to 184 J , a sum of 4 G . O 0 O , 0 O 0 f . ; making the total lO 3 shitherto sustained 559 . 263 . 000 i ;
Moliere —The statue of Moliere is to be brought from tho foundry and placed on the 10 th instant , Tho following inscription had been placed over the niche , ia letters of brouzi— "To Moliere I" but it 1 as bean changed into " To Moliore ! born at Paris , January 16 , 1622 ; deceased February 17 , 1 G 73 National Subscription ; " which is cut ia the znarWe A person named Lombard appeared on Saturday b ^ foro the Civil Tribunal , claiming that his marriaga should be annulled , on the following grounds :-Iu 1814 , whilst a prisoner in England , the aDplicint
contrived to win the affections oY a pretty Lancashire £ irl , nani -d Agnes Taylor , and they wero married by a Frotesiajtit Clergyman , ai Bohon-le-Moor , not far from Manchester . After tho Peace of Ittlo , the prisoner an ^ his wife returned to France . Tfeay h ;; ve lived together since then—nearly twenty-nine years—and now tho husband has applied to have the marriage brcicen , from not having been celebrated Recording to the forms prescribed by the Civil Code . Tae tribunal at once rejected the application , and ordered the wife to be tul'y restored to all osDJagai rights . —Pari * paper .
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Insolvent . Court . —At th « London Insolvent Debtors' Court oa Friday Sir John Abraham Douglas , Knii , ( v ., app-.-arcd lor his discharge from the Q icen'a pri ~ ou . It appeared that tho insolven . to whom there was no opposition , had rendered effi'icut service during the late Chinese war , by fit&in ? out hisver . sal as a ship-of-war , by which he had , he estiiaa = tid , susin- ' . nod a ioSi oi * about 14 , 000 , as i ; was proscribed , and he was obiigii to sell it as a great sacrifice . Mo had been kn : gtaed for his ex-rtioas , and presftnte . j with a gratuity of £ 2 , 000 , He , however , declared that his losses had been very considerable . The court , after remarking that sacb . a circemstatics as the one mvntkmod ouj ; ht not to ruin any man , ordered him to be discharged .
Ann M'Cormick — A memorial hi--been presented to Mr . Ju ? tie ; i Wightman , $ -y . md by nine of tho jury who convicted Ana M'Cormtck for the murder of her infant child at Manchester , strongly entreating his lordship to use his i . ifluenc ? at the home-office to have tho dreadful s . ea : ouce ha was bound to pro * nounce upon her omimifced to trau-portation for life-Guano . —An English vessel , c ^ lle-i tho Viiuh-, hJ 3 been eeizad by the Peruvian ejoveniraent , aS h \ &h for stealing guano off tho rocris on the coast . Tne crew made some resistance , and the captain was shot in the shoulder .
Rochester , Janhaut 6 . —The Recast Charge against a Clergyman and a . liuicH .-R for Sibling Unwholesome Food —Tne iiojjur . ; cd inquiry in o the ca 3 e against the Rev . Henry Winter , chaplain to the Fortitude convict-saip , a . u ' Mr . George Bassett , butcher , of High-street . Cm-a ^ m , was resumed yesterday , befcro a full bench oi' cou ^ y magistrates . The inquiry excited tha : nost intenss interest , and during tho firo hours' investigation the court was so densely crowded inat n was impossible to obtain standing room : evury avenue leading to the court was blocked up by farmers aad others o' the neighbourhood , anxious to hoar the resnn > Tiie evidence adduced on the previous d-y 5 ii r ' » becu read ovar , and some additional evideaes
br ^ aj . ht forward , Mr . EspinasHo was heard at engtii for the defendants . Ultimately tho chairman decided that , m default ot auy evidence on the par ; of the defendants , the bw \ &" *' ¦¦ n - 'f them to bill , to answer the charge at che qa ^"" ter sessions . Mr . Espiuaaso bj ^^ ed leav e to ofifor some evidence , and to make sumo observations , submitting that the bench ou ^ ht n > i to mm the partis to bail , but leav&the prosecutor to prefer an indictmtnt at the sessions . Tno Learnea Gentleman then called Robert Mayuard , m tne employ of Mr . Bassett . Ha stated , I xeooueel the carcase of a heirer being brought to my master s on
the 25 ih of November last , in Mr . Winter ' s cart , &y Mr . Winter ' s man . Mr . Bassett went to the cart , and said he did not think Tie could do anything with it . The next morning , by my master ' s directions , I cut it up for the hogs . The bones I had for my perquisites , and the skin went to the tamets Thisvmiic-ss underwent a rigid examination , by the magistrates , but persevered in his testimony . Mr . Espinassc offareu to produce Mr . Basaett ' s pocketbook of the entry of tho transaction . The magistrates retired for tea ni . jjutes , whan , on their &mering the court again , the reverend chairman informea Mr . Eapinasse aud the prosecutor that tho bench had d&termiu . cl to discharge tha defendants , aud leave tho prosecutor to iadict at the sessions or assizes .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 13, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1247/page/6/
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