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      all the contract * made under this act , and an inspector « i nuisancex . who would have authority to remove mcb * were , injuriout to the public health . lie nest proceeded to describe the nature of the measures which he intended topr > po « efor procuring a better supply of pure « nd wbslesome water . A . sufficient supply of water wa « an indispensable condition to all drains ; for drains without a sufficient supply of water only a ggravated tha e » H which they were intended to care . The supply of w » t « r eren in this mttropolU was scanty and not regular . «• therefore proposed that in future the town council . » h « uia a pply water to each house in our lance w ™ s- """ they . booideoutraet waterworks , and that , *«« ££ the ,. boaldco « pelthesa ! e » fexUtiDS waterworks ^ in / theexitingrate of dividendto *• P ^ '" i exisHiint

      . . . ing tne g « «• * 11 ^ 1 th- « . le . He « so those work , of which they comP e " **'"/ orthec . n . . nadepromionfor theborromag of » *™ tfruction of sucli work V * * er . JdLuW * of pro-Wylaments , uponttewnw w oe f < * of pert ,, for the repayment of . t . 1 ^« * he rates , whichh . d b . th . rto *« £ * J £ ° ith good hcarl hopeof « ein « a « » tor , n 1 « . ure ^ £ ^^ by the inhabitant ; of the « 0 *™ ' d . { ntended t 0 T TnX £ S <>™<« of the public he . Lb . i ^ * rib " e ^ C propev tJ ought t , p ., for the he . ™ of the poor , and for it . own superior comfort and SSwtU It wooM also in tbe long run be productir . of a sarinr not only of lifebutof moneyalso , a . heproT . d

      by reference to a paper of some length dnwn up by * rhjsician of preat eminence , flis Lordship thu « cm . eluded - — "I ftel that in a matter so large and so complicatei many imperfections will b » discovered , and that mny oversights ha ve occurred in the bill which we propose to bring in . I c * n only say that it ha » be * n IVstned with an honest intention , and with thesingls view of the public good , ana mos t thankful shall T be if the measure , after undergoing coniid-ra ion by Farliament , and receiving ultimately the sanction of the Throne , shall in its result effect in some degree what we aim at—namely , to diminish in some degreethosi moxiouB influences which now so painfully afflict so large a porportion of our towns and cities—to hunt down to their source , if we can , the prevailing cauies of duease

      — to let in pure air and supply pure water—to wage war wherever we can against filth and stench , and their attendantconswminces , bodily weakness and depression , fe » er , and the death-dealing pestilence , and thus we hope to lengthen the lives and add to the happin ss of all classes of our fellow-countrymen . " ( Ch « sri . ) Mr Mackissoh seconded the motion , applauding the courage of tbe noble lord in devising so comprehensive a cheme , but expressing his fear that more opporition would be offered it , particularly in London , than was anticipatea fey tha noble lord . He wished to know why the bill did not provide for the removal of cemctries from the immediate vicinity of large towns . Lord Moepetu replied , that intermural interment was now under the con ; ir erathn of the government , and was of sufficient importance to be introduced iu a separate bill .

      The Earl of Ltscnv could not see that , with the exception of the provisions for preventing the nuisance of moke and for the better ventilation of bouses , provisions which the noble lord would find it very difficult to carry out . the bill which had just been introduced was more comprehensive than was that which b , e himself had introduced into the houie two sears ago . He was afraid that in its operations the bill wonld be found to give rife to too minute an interference with local interests and powers . He had an objection , on principle , to the contraction of new boards—pariieularly boards such as that now proposed , with three paid commissioners . If the duties to be develredupon the board would be sufficiently onerous to justify the paying of three new commissioner * , tVey would be too great " for the Commissioner of Wcdi

      and Forests , with bis ether duties , to attend to as « effida chairman « f tbe board . ^ His bill did not provide for throwing the whole duty connected with the superintendence of its operation upon tbe Home Secretary . AH the interference on tbepart of that functionary which had been provided for having been analogous in principle , and extent to tbe interference which he now exercised in regard to prisons , an extent to which he thought the Home Secretary should be empowered to interfere , in reference to any measure embodying sanatory regulations . Tbe mnie of the proposed board seemed to imply that it was tbe intention of the government to devolve upon it tbe superintendence of some great scheme of public works ,

      and if this were tbe case , he hoped that on tbe second reading of tbe bill tbe government would state what that cheme was . He regarded it as extremely desirable that towns of great magnitude should b « excluded from the operation of a general bill , and that they should he separately legislated for , If there were difficulties in the way . in regard to ordinarily large towns , they were in-Creased a hundred fold when they came to deal with London . So far as the metropolis was concerned , he had no hesitation in predicting that tbe noble lord ' * bill would be a complete failure . In conclusion he declared his intention of giving the bill his consideration , and of assisting the government to bring it to a successful terainatiea

      Hr Agliokbt thanked Lord Morpeth for bringing this bill forward , but intimated his opinion that it did not go far enough . His lordship ' s bill was to improve the sanatory condition of Urge towns and large cities ; but why was the sanatory condition of small towns , which too often wanted drainsge , paving , and cleansing , to be left unimproved ! He recommended the government to bring in a bill for promoting the health and improvement of all towns , as it would put an end to the many applications now daily made to Parliament for bills to sanction local improvement . Hr Gbeehk reminded the house that there were at present twenty bills for the improvement of towns before Parliament . He thought that they must all be suspended until this bill bad undergone consideration .

      Sir W . Cut sbared in the doubts of L- > rd Lincoln as to the policy of including tbe city of London in this bill . The- mere notion of placing the supply of water to the meiropolii in the hands of a new board would excite th « jealousy and fear of every water company in London , Several members having expressed themselves In favour of the bill it was introduced , and at a later stage of the busisessread a first time . Asm Szbvicb Bill . —Mr F . Maclb moved that tbe bonne resolve itself into committee on the Army Service Sill .

      SirHowAlDBoDGLli mored as an amendment that the house should go into the said committee that day six months . Tbe honourable and gallant member said that had the government given ( he assurance that this measure htd the reconmeadation . of the Commander-in-Chief lie should not have opposed tbe opinion of that illustrious ¦ oldier ; but as they bad sot dona to , and as he believed the measure would act most detrimentally to the military service of the country , he felt bound to give it bis decided opposition . He considered the idea of attracting a superior description of men by offering them tbe limited enlistment proposed , and turning them off after twenty-one or twenty . four years service with a penlion of 6 d . a day , to be perfectly prep sterous . On tbe contrary , b « believed that such a system of tnlistmen ' ,

      and such a miserable pension , would deter men from CmeiiBg the army at all The honourable and gallant member statsd the remarkable statistical ficta , tbat in the present composition of tbe BritUh army those who bad been agricultural labourers , by far the greatest portion , were the best so'diers , tboie who bad been mechanics were generally inferior , those who bad been shopman and clerks were very indifferent , and those who were the sons of gentlemen and professional men werthe very wont of all—thus establishing tbat theprinciple of attf mptiug to draw the arm ; from a better cLtsi than that of agricultural labourers was a false one . Voluntary engagements and unlimited service , with l iberal pensions—these were the true principles upon which to maintain that superiority which the British army bai attained .

      Major ii * T « ai > opposed the amendment , exposing tbe haidBhip and injustice of the present system of enlist , meat , which was virtually for life—in a speech which cliciUd frequent cheers from some parties in the house , and clamorous objections from others . Mr Sidhit Hebsmt , in stating his objections to the bill before ttie bouse , admitted tbe objectionuble chalet- r of unlimited enlistment . In practice , however , » o tar at the British army was concerned , tbe majority ot those who left the army , left it , after an average service of fifteen years . If tha rigbtbonourable gentUmw ( Mr Fox Maule ) had framed this bill with a view to legalise tbe discharge of all who enlisted after a service equal is length to that afUr which men natorally left tha army

      it would have been a leu hazardous experimeat . There was an objection to the propoted bill , also , in a civil point of view , and it wai for the government and tbe bouse to consider bow far it would be safe to adopt a ijitm tbe effect « f which would be that a large proportion of tbe population weuld pats through the ranks , and acquit e a knowledge of military disci pline . Had be been pr « p > sing a bill for limited enlistment , be would have made the term of service fourteen instead of ten yea ¦ , which would tnable a soldier to take tbe full tour of home and foreign service previous to his discharge . He trusted the right honourable gentleman would r < - connder tbe bill , and reproduce it in a form which would be leu liable to objection than it was as it now stood

      Mr Fox MiDLi defended tbe principle anddttailt of the bill in its present chape , it being , ax he maintained , to he latter alone that Mr S , Herbert had taken exception , the propriety of thejfonaer being recognised by him . The pefiodof 10 years had not beta adopted without du » deliberation . To the proposal of fourteen years he taw this very grave objection—that a commanding offi . tr would bave great objections to re-enlisting a soldier at the age of thirty-two , who had enlisted at tbe ago of eighteen . Th * consequence would be , that reenlUtment wonld seldom take place , and the soldier b » discharged , after fourteen yeats' serviet , without any chance of receiving a pension , for he bad insuperable objections to giving a pension for 10 short a period of ervice . Public opinion was now ripe for the adoption of a ijttHii of limited enlistment , and it would be inexpedient any longer to delay it . Sir H . Bouolai declined to divide on his amendment , and it was accordingly negatived .

      The bouse then luolved itself into committee pro forma . The chairman was then ordered to report profrest , and obtained leave to sit agaia . Tlie Fever ( Ittlanu ) rial went through committe . Tbe house adjourned at a quarter past one o ' clock . WEDNESDAY , JUaca 30 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The House met at trrelf e clock .

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      Lord J BcficatL on moving tbe adjournment of the house ull Uoudu ,. the 12 th of AprllU gave notlce . thathe pn . pnsedto takeon that day the Navy Estimates , and al > o the Mitcellaneeus Estimates , should there be time during the evening for both . On Friday , tbe 16 th , he would move the third reading of the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill as well as that of the Landed Property ( Ireland ) Bill , aud would , on the following Tuesday , introduce tbe Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill . Tbe uobl * lord also stated , in an * werto a qncitioa put by Captain Pechell . that tho Home Secretary would , after tbe mcmi , appoint an curly day for introducing a bill , the objeste / which would be to supersede the present Poor-law conamUiioners . The noble lord then announced that the expenditure on the public works , in Ireland , dating the w . ek ending the 27 th of March , amounted to £ 210 , 508 10 j . id .

      Mr Duncohbe gave notice that , on Tuesday , the 20 th of April , he should move for a committee to inquire into the operation of the Metropolitan Buildings Act . Ibish Poos-Li w . —On bringiag up the report of tha committee on the Pour Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , a somewhat animated conversation took place , cuitfly in reference to the propriety of furnishing the returns of the subscrip . t ons contributed by the different Irish landlords for the relief of distress in thatcountry , which had beeu moved for some time ago by Sir Benjamin Hal . Mr Lefsot strt ng ' y objected to such returns , on tbe ground tbat , whilitthe information which would be afforded by them would be partial and incorrect , they would place many landlords wheie names might uot appear appended to any public subscriptions , but who might nevertheless have expended a great deal of money in their respective localities in acts of private benevolence , in an unmeritedly odious position .

      Sir B . Hitx thought if the returns which had been moved for were laid upon the table of the hou « e , honourable members would be furnished with Information upon a subject which had given rise to a good deal of discuision and angry recrimination—the conduct of tbe Irish landlords ; at the same time that such of these landlords at ha < 1 been unjustly attacked , if any of them bad been so , would be able to point to the returns asked lor as a vindication of their conduct . He thought tbat such returns were much needed , and he could not account for the delay which had alread y taken place in furnishing them . Sir Q . GaET admitted that the information which woald be furnished by tbe return * , would be at best but of a partial character , inasmuch as they would not include many meritorious cases of private charity ; but he thought tbat , on the whole , much useful information would be conveyed by them .

      Mr P . Sca . ? B was at a lots to eonceive how any member of the house could rise in hit place and vindicate the conduct of the Irish landlords generally- He had proofs in bis possession which clearly convicted many of them , during the time of the cholera at well as now , of tbe utmost callousness to the sufferings of their fellow-countrymen and dependents , and of the grossest dereliction of their duty . Mr V . Smith agreed with the hon . gentleman , that some of the parties ajluded to had been guilty of

      conduct , in the present trying emergency , which by no means redounded to their credit , but be also COnCurrPd in what had fallen from SirO . Grey , to the effect tbat the returns would be but partial , he himself being cog . nizant of some cases , in which public subscriptions might not have been contributed , but in which large sums had beeu expended by proprietors in giving employment and relief t > the poor on their respective estates . Abut Skvice Bui . —On the motion of Mr Foi Maclk , the house then went into committee on the Armv Service Bill .

      After some general observations on the princi ple of the measure from Sims Lict Evans , who expressed his satisfaction at the course pursued by the Howe Guards , in the liberal promotion of non-commissioned officers , and from Mr Godlbobw . SirH . DouaLta moved that the period of enlistment be extended to fourteen years ; upon which question the committee divided , the proposition being rejected by a majority of tbirty-five . Aft * r a further amendment from Major LaXibd , to the effect , that after the passing of the bill , soldiers who hare completed their ten years of service should beantitled to their discharge on givinir six months' notice , which whs opposed by Mr F . Madli , and withdrawn , Tbe report was brought up and crdcrtd to be taken into consUeTatum after the recess .

      THURSDAY APRIL 1 . Tbe HOUSE OF COMMONS met at twelve o ' clock . The Army Service Bill passed through Committee , The house adjourned to Monday , April 12 .

      ( . From our Second Edition of last week . ) THURSDAY , March 25 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Drainage of Land Bill was read a third time , under protest , from the Earl of Ellenhorougb . Lord Stanley , in an explanatory speech , mored for copies or the correspondence between tbe Colonial-office and the governor of Van Dieman ' s Land , respecting the personal conduct of Sir Ear ley Witmot , which , under the peculiar circumstances of the case , Earl Grey consented to the production of . The Marquis oi LoMBONDtaaT gave notice of his intention to ask , on Monday next , whether the bill fur limiting the period of enlistment in the army had been introduced unier the sanction of the commander-iB-chief . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The house met at twelve o ' clock .

      Lord J . Rdbseu , in answer to Mr J . Collett , said he should brim ; in the dill for amending the constitution of tbe ecclesiastical commission immediately after the Easter nce « s , but that the proposition of creating four new biihoprict , or even one , would form no part of that mtaeire . Dismissals from Public Wobks ( Ibeiand . )—On tho question of going into committee on the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Sill , Mr J . O'Commi , called the attention of the government to tbe deplorable consequences thai

      were anticipated to arise from the government order reducing tha number of persons em . ployed upon the public works by one-fifth , unless due consideration be paid to the peculiar circum stances of each locality . It was impossible that the passive and peaceable conduct of the people could continuo if reduced to a state of positive starvation , and he implored tbe government either to withdraw the order of discontinuance , or direct depots to be opened for the dlstribution of food o those who are thus to be deprived of tke means of subsistence .

      Mr Smith O'Bbish concurred in this appeal to the government , hoping the order would be recalled , or that committees wouM be appointed to afford ont-door relief . Mr . LiBODCHEKt had onl y to repeat bis former statement—tbat the order of the government was , that on a certain day a reduction of 20 pi r cent , should take place upon tbe aggregate number of persons emptojed on the public works , but not irrespective of localities ; leaviDg it to the discretion of the Irish government to make the reduction more thait 20 per cent ., where it could be lately done , but less where the particular ciacumstancesof tbe locality would render it dangerous or inadvisable to go to that extent . He felt the deepest gratification in being nble to state tbat immense supplies of provisions were pouring into Ireland by means of the ordinary operations of trade , a prediction which he had formerly ventured to hazard , and the realisation of which would effect more good for that country than any directtnterference on the part of the government .

      Mr Shaw concurred iu the propriety of reducing the number of persons employed on tbe public works , but thought no fixed rule ought to be adopted , unless where relief committees were established . Lord 6 . Bentincx condemned the course taken ky the government with respect to the supply of seed for Ireland , considering himself justified in the assertion that in this retpeotthey bad exercised a pernicious influence as regarded the future cultivation of the soil of tbat country . Again , with reference to Mr Labouchere ' s self . gratalation as to the abundant supply of foed which was deluging Ireland , be would only say tbat bad the govern-Bent displayed but a tithe of the sympathy shown by the people of the United States , the period of its arrival would have been anticipated by six months at least . He tbouifht the right honourable gentleman had little cause to congratulate himself when he reflected upon the hundred , of thousands of persons who had died under his administration of the affairs of Ireland .

      A desultory debate ensued : on the one slue criminatory of the government , on the other defensive and palliatory . Pooa Belhf ( Iuund ) Bill . —The house went into committee on the bill , Mr J . O'Conxell moving that the clause proposing an extention of the number of ex-o £ ^ io guardians be struck out . After some discussion the committee divided , when the amendment was negatived by a majority of 128 ; as was a further amendment proposed on the same authority , extending tbe provisions of the clause to borough as well as conaty magistrates , the proposition being rejected by a mnjority of 112 . Eventually tbe committee got through tbe bill , hut not without threatened amendments and proposed new clauses , to be moved on tbe bringing up of the report . The house adjourned at a quarter past seven .

      ( From our Third Edition ojlatlvutk . ) FRIDAY , MaBcb 2 G . HOUSE OF LORDS Lord Montbaqie rose U more — "That a select committee be appointed to consider and to report , on the recommendations of tbe stveral Parliamentary committees and commissions , OB . tuestate of the Irish poor , as relating to the expediency of introducing permanently the system of outdoor relief for the able , bodied labourer ; and on the effect of such a measure on the welhbeing of Ireland , the interest of the poor themselves , and the emigration of Irish paupirs into Great Britain ; and also , to consider and to report on the effects of enlarging the present electoral divisions , for the purpose of raising and levying the assessments under the Poor Law . " Earl Gary could not agree to the motion of the aoble lord .

      Lord Brougham , the ArchbiBhop of Dublin , Lord Devon , the Marquis of Clanncarde , and Lord Rosse , also spoke on the motion . The house then divided , when tbe numbers were—Contents 12 Non-contents " \ 39 Majority against the motion 27

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      Their lordships then adjouriiud . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —On the motion that the House go into committee on the Customs Duties Bill , the Chancellor of the Exchequer stnted the intention of the Government to raise the proposed protective ilutj on British spirits from 6 d . to 9 d . After which , Lord George Bentinck moved , an amendment , that a Committee of Inquiry be appointed to consider the entire question of the spiritduties . A protracted debate followed , nnd 011 tbe division tbe amendment whs rejected by u majority of 185 against C 8 . Majority against Lord George . Buntinck't motion , 117 .

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      LANDLORD A ^ ID TENANT IN IRELAND . TO THg EBlToa Or THE NOaTBEBM STAB , Sin , —Aa the subject of " Tenant Right" in Edrland , and " Compensation to Tenants in Ireland " is now before Parliament , I consider it my duty to lay my casi- before the public ; may I therefore request you will giTe insertion to the following extract from the Sun , in which my case is concisely and correctly stated ? lam , Sir , Your obedient servant . „ ,,,.. , „„ „ William Bjrwick . Belfast , March 22 , 1847 . ( From the Sun . )

      On- attention has recently been directed to a case , apparently of great hardshi p and oppression , by a correspondtat , who has forwarded us a pamphlet detailing the particulars of the transaction , and who has been pleased to compliment us on tbepart we have taken on thb landlord and tenant question in Ireland , It the account is a correct one , and we see 110 reason to doubt its accuracy , great injustice has been dona to the gentleman who was the sufferer on the occiision . Although it is some time since the circumstance took place , it is still fresh in the recollection ot the inhabitants of tlie distiict , and it is said has deterred many from the frea expression of any political opinion opposed to that of their landlord Tho case to which we alUde is that of Mr Willii . m Berl wick , foimerly of Lisnabreen Housein the county of

      , Uown . It appears that this gentleman purchased « farm , held under the Marquis of . Downshlre , subject to the yearly rent of £ 5818 s ., for the good-tvM of which he paid tbe sum of £ 1 , 000 , and on which hw txpendtd a further sum of £ 800 , in permunent and lasting improve , ments . In tbe course of the ten years , during which In remained in occupation , Mr Berwick , iu his pamphlet , asserts that he incurred the anger of the late Marquis for the active part which he tooK in getting up and for . warding petitions to parliament for the total abolition of tithes and church cess . Whatever foundation there might be for this statement , it appears tbat the rent wai

      raised most enormously ; and that a reut whs imposed on the dwelling-house itsolf , contrary to all former precedent in that par t of the country . The total Increase was from £ 5816 s . per annum to £ 171 0 s . 2 < 1 ,, very nearly three times tbe former amount . Mr Berwick found that he would be un&blo to retain possession of ihe fin in at to high a rent , and was in connquence obliged to dispose of his interest for a sum of 300 guineas , thus sustaining alosiof £ 1 , 485 , It is said that immediately after his parting with the farm the rent was agiin reduced from £ 174 Us . 3 d . to £ 100 per aunum , at which rent the new tenant was permitted to enjoy the fruits of Mr Berwick ' s expenditure .

      If there should be anything incorrect in this statement , it is capable of immediate contradiction . It appears to OS the simple questions are—Did Mr Berwick pav £ 1 , 000 for the purchase of the good will ! Did be ex . pend any , and what further sum in improvements of a lasting character 1 Was his rent increased in the manner above stated , and was that increased rent the value of the land in the state or condition in which it was whsn Mr Berwick ' s predecesasr ( fur whoso expenditure thereon he paid £ 1 . 000 ) enter into possession , or was it the rack-rent value , without making any allowance whatsoever for improvements 1 If the latter , it appears to us that Mr Berwick has been treated in a molt unjust and inequitable minner , and tbat he is fainy entitled to some compensation for the losses he has sustained .

      It ' not our wish or design to cast any imputation upon the memory of the late Marquis of Downshire , howeier we may have Differed from him in political opinions . We always heard and believed that he was an excellent landlord , a kind-hearted and benevolent nobleman . We hava heard a similar account of the inheritor . f his estates and honours . We have all « ded to the ease because we conceive that there must be some mistake somewhere ( a moat unfortuaute one tor Mr Berwick , ) and we trust that the liberality and justice of the present Marquis will prompt him to make speedy reparation , if the mistake should have been on the part ot his father . We allude to it , in order that if there be error it may be corrected , and if not , that what we canmot but consider a most injurious precedent may be taken away , and that the injured man may receive the only amends now in the power of those who leaped the bemtfit of his loss .

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      Natio . nai , AtUANCB . — On Wednesday evening , & public meeting of the members and friends of this alliance , for promoting the " real representation of the people in Parliament , " was convened at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street . William Uowitt , Esq ., having been voted to the chair , proceeded to address the m etinR . The following resolutions were adopted : — "That the safety of a nation depends on the virtue and wisdom of its people , and upon a tree government honestly and economically administered * y representative institutions . That the House of Commons is not a fair representation of the people of Great Britain , because not above one in six of the adult male population can vote in the election of its mem . bere ; and because the small and declining boroughs , whose elections are made at the dictation of

      aristocratic patrons , are put upon alevel in point of influence and political power wiih the largo and wealthy cities , boroughs , and counties . That theindustrious classes are excluded from the right to elect members , and are deprived of the privilege to sit in Parliament byjabsurd property qualifications . That since the passing of the Reform Bill the vexatious operation of the tax-paying clauses has debarred many thousands of men from the exercise of their undoubted rights and the refusal of the Whig government , to repeal those clauses is evidence of strong hostility to the principles of popular progress . That the increasing intelligence of the people is an additional reason why their claim to the possession ol their political rights should tie at once admitted . That , tho disorganised

      state of political parties and tbe reasons above « pecified , lead this meeting to resolve tbat the present is a favourable time for creating a national movement in favour of the full enfranchisement of all classes of the people . " " That this meeting cordially approves of the formation of the National Alliance for promoting the real representation of the people in Parliament , because it seeks to extend the suffrage to every man who is of sane mind , criminals exuepted ; to protect his vote by ballot ; to provide equal electoral districts ; to abolish property qualifications for members ; to renumerate members tor services performed , and to procure annual elections . This alliance p ledges itself to adopt none other than peaceful aud legal modes of action to rouse the people and to urge its claim upon the Legislature . " "That the

      success of the Alliance will depend on the zeal , prudence , and self-sacrificing spirit of its members ann supporter * , also upon their willingness to contribute freely and continually to its funds . This meeting therefore appeals to the friends of reform to enrol their names as members of the Alliance , and to for . ward the arnotijt of their subscriptions to the treasurer , that tbe maihinery { or an efficient popular movement may be at once provided , and active ope * rations commenced . " The following gentlemen addressed the meeting , Mr Ebentm Clarke , Dr Epps , Mr II . Vincent , Mr Bcntem * , MrC . Gilj / ia , am ) Mr Thomas Cooper . This last-named gentleman , better known as " Thomas Cooper the Chartisi , " candidly announced that ho hati been kicked out ot

      the Chartist movement , and , consequently waa no longer" Thomas Cooper , the Chartist , " although he still had a sneaking affection for the Charter , lie had seen many meetings in favour of the principles tbat had been advocated that night , but neverone like that before . He had been present at meetings when the black hands of 70 , 000 colliers were held up in their favour , but a well-dressed assembly like that was a novelty to him , and betokened an advance of the cause . lie was delighted to see an association formed , in which , without sacrificing principle , men of all classes could unite for the furtherance of this great cause . In the assertion of this right in forme times , they had been driven by the pressure of want , and the impulses of . nexperienced enthusiasm into

      violence , both of language and action , but they how knew better , &o &c . Yankee Speculation . —The New York Tribune contains the following : —An enterprising Yankee at Canton has recently built a Chinese Junk ol 300 tons fatted and rigged entirely after tho Chinese mode , which he intends taking to New York , loading her with every species of China knicknnea , curiosities , eto . to be sold on board after arrival off that city . He takes also a Chinese crew , a theatrical and juggling company , males and females , and everything curious , illustrative of the manners and customs of the Celestials . The j unk will have canvass sails and a Chriitian rudder to make her suitable fur the long but arrival at the

      voyage , upon Narrows , everything foreign will be replaced by Chinese articles mat sails , clumsy rudder and all , and thejunk anchor off the city in her entire oriental costume and build , where she will remain as a show-shop , sale room and mountebank exhibition . It is expected she will mak « the passage in five months . Tho cost of the whole affair will be about 30 , 000 dollars , and the " cute " proprietor will undoubtedly realize a large fortune . He haw ! Ub haw !—Colonel Siblhorpe tells UB that it takes thrco years to make a good dragoon . We wonder how many it takes to make a good member ot Parliament ; but wo forget that the perfection of the latter depends not so much u pon the number of years as the length of them —AmcL

      Bank Robbbry . —W . II . Blagnuy , charged with having stolen one hundred ten-pound promissory note * of the Leamington bank , has been found guilty , and sentenced to be transported for ten years ,

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      SOUTHWAttK— A Reiuctaht Pbowcctob -Mr Jamei , surgeon , Cnmberwell , was rbaged with wounding Caroline Jones last Monday night . The complaisant stated that she lodged in WtllUm-stmt , Walworth , and that , on the preceding night the prlsontr , accompanied by another jentltman , called to see her . They were in the back parlour together , and after some time the prigoner Raid ( Otnethint offensive to her , and she immediately threw the content * of a pot of porter in his face . She was about to strike him with the empty pot , when ih « was thrust out of the room by some other person , end then discovered that she was bleeding irom a wound across her right hand , and a policeman was called , and her assailant given into custody . She added , that she

      did not think now that the prisoner wounded her iutentionally . In reply to Mr Cotttngbam , the complainant said that she believed the prisoner was paring his finger nails with a penknife At the time she was wounded . That she heard him exclaim tbat he had a penknife in his band , and desired her to stand off— this wai after she wan wounded . Prisoner asked the complainant whether she did not attempt to strike him with tbe empty pewter-pot , and thath « put up his hand to ward off the blow , which was the nay the accident occurred . The reply was , that she did make such an attempt , and that she still believed tbat tho wound was accidentall y given . Mr Cottinsbam . —Thf n , if that was thecaie , why did you afterwards give ihe prisoner into custody !

      Complainant . —I was in a passion with him then . Mr Cottingham observed that he should not permit a case of so serious a nature to be settled in the manner dewibed . The complainant again interceded iu the accused ' s behalf , saying that she freel y forsave him , and that she knew that he did not wound h « intentionally , Mr Cot . tinRham said that although it was not probable a jury would convict the accused upon the evidence of the complainant , yet he should givo her an opportunity of preferring an indictment againit him at the setiions , and for that purpose nhould adjudge him to enter into his own recognizance for jEW . and find two securities of £ 50 each , to appear at tho next Central Criminal Court Sessions .

      SOUTHWARK . —Indecbst Assault Mr J . Ro . dcrick , man advanced in life , was charged with indecently amulting Mary Aekery Mid Rebecca lewis , two married women residing in Charlotte-gtreet , Black , friara-road , Mrs Aekery stated between 7 and 8 o ' clock on the preceding night , she was walking along Charlolta street ; just before she arrived at her bouse , the pri . soncr came behind her and seised her round tbe waiit with one band while with the other he attacked her in the most indelicate manner . She screamed out , he Immediately let her go , and walked on at a smart pace before her , and had not proceeded far before she observed him act precisely in a similar manner to the other female . She addtd that immediately after the last attack the prison * r was piven into custody . Police , man , 103 M , said that Mrs Lewis was not In attendance

      that morning , although she pressed the charge against the prisoner at tbe station-house on thepreceding night . The policeman added , ft third female had been indecently assaulted at the game time by the accused , but she was also absent . Mr Coteingham said that he was quite aware of the repugnance females had to appear to cive evidence in such cases . It was a pity , however , for the sake of tbe public , that offenders of such a description should , in many instancei . escape the punishment they , so justly deserved , owing to the science of those who from a feeling of delicacy , did not attend to press tbe charge . The magistrate then inBicted the full penalty f £ 5 on the prisoner , or In default of payment , to be committed for two months .

      CLBRKENWELL . —A Rak » —On Monday , Henry milier , loven years of age , was placed at the bar charged by Mr Hf . nry Manning , master baker , Gray ' s Inn-lane , Holhorn , with stealing fire two pound loaves . The prosecutor said , that en Sunday morning , about eight o ' clock , the prisoner entered his shop , took the loave » from the shop window , and wiilked off with them . On taking him into custody , he ( aid his father and mother were dead , and he stole the property through hunger . He Wat gi'ing to take them to a coffee-sho ; , where he could sell them for 3 d each to the rakers . Mr Hillier , a respecta . ble haberdasher , said that he could notkeep the prisoner at home , in consequence of his propensity to associate with bad company . Hi * bad used mild and severe mea . » wre& with him to no purpose . He bad locki d him in a room , but he escaped through the window at the risk

      of his life , and he had not seen him for a considerable timewnce that period . He made an eBbrt toitetbim into the Refuge for the Destitute at Hoxton , but they re . fuied to receive him , Marriott , 81 Q . stated the prisoner was an associate of thieves , aud was what they termed a " raker . " Mr Greenwood inquired the meaning of raker t Mnrriott said tbe prisoner and his com . panions crept into the sewers , and went for a consider * , ble distance through them , raking after nails , bone * , and property that mi ^ ht have been dropped or washed down the sink holes , and frequently they got into bouses and robbed them . Mr Givtnwood said be would commit the prisoner for trial , and lie advised the father to be present to s ate to the Court what he had stated there that day , and the Judge would no doubt adopt some means to save the boy from destruction .

      MAIUiBOROUuH 8 TRBET NoI « wto » the Poo » . —On Monday , Captain Sympson , of Lane's Hotel , wai summoned before Mr Bingham , f > r having horsewhipped and kicked Lewis N . « ttid g « , hisparvant . Tbe complainant said be was Captain Sympson ' s Rroom . On Wtdnesday afternoon Captain Sympson , after being out for an afternoan ride , brought his mare into Bushnell ' s stable , yard , and sent 'or him ( complainant ) to take charge of tlie animal Complainant attended his master ' s sum . m <> ns immediately , und , on taking the mare into the stable , the defendant called him a —and a rascal . Complainant asked bis master if he addressed such language to him . His muster said he did , and he then told hU niastur if the Bcxndalous names were repeated )>• would leave him to dreis the mare himself . Captain 8 yropson ordered him out of the stables . He told thp

      cuptain he would leave the stables , if the owner came and dfsired him to do so . The owner was sent for , and complainant , on receiving directions to leave the stable , was about to comply , when the captain proceeded to lash him over tho heart with the riding-whip he had in hit hand . Complainant stopped this ju ° » ult as toon as he could , by wresting the whip from his master ' s hand . His master th < n kicked him on the legs as he was about to quit the stable . The next daj his master sent for him to settle the affair , but he told him he should appeal to tbe law for tbe abuse ami the injuries he had sustained . An ostler named Stone , said be heard the captain call bis scrrant bad names , and nftertvardx horsewhip him . — Riellfliil Bushnel , the owner of the stable yard , said he wa < not present at the commencement nf the difference . He wassi-nttor , and tiy the captain ' s desire he told the

      complainant to leave the stable . Witness saw the captain strike his servant with his riding-whip . The complainant was pwfectly sober at tho time . Captain Sympson , in his deft-nee . said the complainant proceeded to handle the mare in such a way as led him to suppose that tha animal would injure itself . He spoke to the coinpUiti . mit , who replied he mtaht dress the mare himself , Hr ord > red the complainant out of the stables , eing irritated at his idtiolence . The complainant refuted to go , and then he certainly dM pive him a slight cut over the shoulder with a light whip which he carried He denied having applied the filthy namo to the compluinnnt , as ewnrn to , and he further denlvd having kicked tbe complainant . The next morning he sent for the complainant , founding to give him a £ 1 for what lie had done to him . The complainant stopped his good intentions , by saying

      if it cost him £ 60 he would have redress at law , Mr Bingham called up the complainant , and asked him ii he was now willing to accept a sovereign fr .-m the deiendant . The complainant said his master never made an offer of a soveri-itrn . His object was sol money ; h » would nottaktfn sovereign now 5 and ' if the camplainant were fined , and any part of the fine went to him , he was agreeable to have it placed In tbe poor-box . Mr Bing . bam asked the stable-yard keeper how many blows he aaw given t The witness mplied he saw one or two blows . There mijjht . however , hwe been a greaternumbor , Mr Bingham said the assault was 01 a trifling character . Had there been no provocation , a fine oi 40 s . would have been sufficient on a gentleman of tho defendant ' s station ; as thur « appeared to have been considerable provocation beshould make the fine 20 s ., and costs .

      The Pohcb —Police-constable J . Fry , F 115 , was ac cused by Mrs H . Watts , the wife of a grocer and cheesemonger , at 10 , Dunley . street , of having misbehaved himself In the execution of his duty . —The complainant stated that on PrWay last a woman camo into her shop , and told her she had been paid a bad half-crown in exchange for a sovereign , which had been tendered in payment of articles purchased at tbe shop . Complainant bad no recollection of having seen the woman before , and refused to exchange the bad money for good . Tbe woman left the shop , saying she would go and fetch her husband . Tn about an hour or so the woman returned if ith two police-constables one of whom was the defendant , He laid to her , " How came you to give this woman bad money ! I have a bad half-crown which you gave to this woman , and this is not your first offence , for you have

      been twice convicted before . " Complainant replied , that this was not true . Her husband had been twenty years in business , and never had a charge against him in hii life . He had certainly been » ummoned once to the Court of Requests because he refused to change a bad fourpenny . piece , but that was all . The defendant told her she must go with him . Conceiving herself to be in custody , the sent for a man to come and shut up her shop , as her husband was ill in bed . The man came , and then she told the policemen that , if the must go with him , she would see herself righted at any cost . She produced her cash-box , in which were about £ 12 in silver , and allowed the constable to see their was no bad money there . The defendant did not takeher away , as she expseted , but be went out of the shop , saying to her . "You

      and the other woman had betur settle it . " The defendant afterwards told the woman to go home , for h « would ascertain the rights of tlie affair , nnd see her again in an hour . —A witness named Sarte was called to corroborate the statement of the complainant . Sue said ghe saw tbe police-constable in Mrs Watt ' s shop , and she went In . She heard the police-constable say to Mrs Watts that it was not the first time she had been charged with passing bad money , for two or threo persons had complained of the same thing . —Mr Bingham : Is this all your evidence f—Mrs Watts : It is . —Mr Bingham : I am clearly of opinion that the last witness has put the case out of court , and that the defendant is entitled to an acquittal . H any bad money was paised , it was passed accidentally ; and no imputation attaches to tha

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      »«—¦ - - - ^ s ^ s »^ s ^»^»^» ^—^ i ^^^™»^^^^^^ i ^^™^™ complainant , who had never been twice convicted , or proved to have pasted bud money intentloually . The constable hearing the woman's account of having received a bad half-crown , calls on the eomplainant , and as alleged without reason tells the complainant the had been twice convicted . Now If the constable did know the fact from his own know , edge , he acted foolishl y and improperly . If be did not know the fact , hi . conduct wa * still worse . But I am Si ? . ? -l ? i r \* T * no iOcl > tangwgf-JIn W . tts : I will swear he did . -Mr Bingham : Hold your tongue , woman . I uuderstwd the mistake you make as to what you believe the constable to have said . I am bound to acquit the constable . he did not use the words Mrs Watts thought be did , but he used the words deposed to by the witness . —Charge dismissed .

      Seduction of a Coit Merchant Hester Fi ' e and Eliza Black were charged with having annojed and threatened Mr George Webb , a coal merchant , residing in Cloudesley-terrace , Islington . Complainant stated that during the last four or five weeks the defendants had been Iu the habit of following him about and demanding money from him , and on his refusing to give any , Fife had threatend to blow out his brains ; on M 011 . clay last , when he went to a Mr Patterson ' s , in Prince ' s , streeet , defendants came there , when Fife flew at him and scratched his face , and swore she would murder him if she suffered for it at the gallows ; the other defendant , Black , also rowed that she would be the death of him ; in consequence of such conduct he considered himself to be in personal danger . Fife in answer to the charge , said , that complainant seduced her , aud took her away from a comfortable situation in a family in which she was living as cook , and that she was now enceinte by him . He had repeatedl y promised to Marry her , and ¦ he considered that he had treated her in a most » nnn .

      daleus manner , Complainant said he was not tbe seducer but the seduced , and that the young woman , Fife , after falling in love with him , would never let himalon , Both the defendants denied the assault and throats imputed to them , and the case waa disposed of by Mr Rawlinson ordering Fife to enter into her own recognizance in £ 20 for her keeping the peace and being of good behaviour for twelve months . Black , on her promising not to offend in a similar way again , was discharged . GREENWICH . — Filoni . —A Son ArrAEBENDID BT uis Fathu roa Robbimo ats U * , « tek , —Wm , Luvrson was charged with stealing a cash box , containing upwards of sixty pounds ia gold and silver , the property of Mr Halsey , a grocer , of Deptford . The prisoner had been bout four months in Mr Halsey ' s employ . Mr HaUey rose about 9 o ' clock last Sunday morning , and went to

      breakfast , leaving the cash box on his dressing table . The cash bos was missed about balf . past 10 o ' clock , The criioner bad gone out , and left tbe door open . He gave information of the robbery at tho police station , and at half past il o ' clock he was informed that two men had taken the empty cash box open to the station house , and stated tbat they had picked it up in a brick field at New . cross , together with aserew . driver , aad a letter addressed to the prisoner . The screwdriver had been taken from Mr Halsey ' s cupboard . The lttter purported to bo from the prisoner ' s mother , lamenting in strong terms his past conduct , J . L » W 80 D , prisoner ' * father , deposed the letter produced was i * the handwriting of his daughter , who had written it at the request of her mother . He also stated that he met his son { the prisoner ) in Pimlico , on Monday , riding on horseback . He seized hold of tin horse ' s bridle , and held the prisoner by the leg , and having dismounted him , conveyed them both to a liveryutable , in Broadway , W « stmiu » ter . He then searched the prisoner , and took from iim £ 13 in gold , and £ 9 0 s in

      silver . He afterwards delivered up the prisoner and the money to tbe inspector of the A division , at > cotland . yurd station . On the way to the station the prisoner said he was alarmed by two men in the fiald , who he was sure had picked up the cash box , &o . On his way to the poli . e court , the prisoner said tbat he placed a pair of ehoen at his master ' s bed-room door , when he saw the cash box on the drawers , and it suddenly came into his mind to take it ; he did so , and broke tho box open in a field aud t ok the money , leaving only some papers and a beok , un said that be did not care what was done with him , as lie euuld not be leading a worse life than he was then , Tl > e prisoner bad on at the time a new frock coat , trousers , waistcoat , satin stock , shirt front , and hat , which he said he had purchased with part of the stolen money on Sunday , for which he paid £ 3 11 s . Mr Jeremy said he should commit the prisoner to Newgate for trial on the present evidence , but would remand him for a week , in theh ^ pa of getting additional evidence as to tbe money , iic . The prisoner was accordingly remanded to Maidstone gaol .

      LAMBETH—Youthful PauFUOACv . —Three little boys , two of 18 , and tbe third « nlv 13 years , were charged with felony . The prisoners had stolen some new bottles from tbe stores ef apickle-maker in Walworth . com . mou ; and sold them at a marino stor « dealer ' s . Two of the prisoners , Edward and Charles Jones , are the sons of a policeman , who was sent for . The father admitted tint his sons had been twice before in custody , and though he had used eirery possible means to improve them . it seemed all to no purpose . The youngest , had , he said , been tried at tho Old Bailey , au . j since then was in the habit of leaving home and stopping away foi

      several days together . The buy went so far as to tell him ( the father ) tbat it was useless to endeavour to keep him from stealing , for if he saw any article of property he felt tbat he cou , la not keep bis hands « ff it , and that he must steal it . —Mr Elliott feared that the father had not corrected tbe prisoners , and a * k < d him it lie had any objection to the gaoler giving them a kounu flogging 1 The father replied that he had not the least objection , but begged to say that he had hlmsclt flogged them to such a degree as to bring up n him the censure of the neighbours . The third prisoner was then discharged , and the Jones ' s , having been well flogged , were also discharged .

      Wo&khocbk Edocatiom . —At Lambeth when Mt Elliott was about to leave the bench , Davis , one of tie ushers , brought Into court seven young women , who , be said , bad been in the outer waiting room the whole of the day , and whoso conduct whilst there was of the most shameful description , and their language such as was unfit for any decent ptrson to hear . Mr Elliottr-fonnise ^ all the parties as persons who bad been frequently charged before him with disorderly conduct at Lambeth W 01 k . house , and whom he had as frequently seat to Bnxton They said they had beeu turned out of Lambeth W < rkhouiu by the guardians , and told to provide situations for themselves ; but their clothes were in such a state , that no person would take them into their employment . Mr Elliott sent for Mr Bushel ! , of Kenniujftou-lane , one of the guardians of the parish of Lambeth , and that gentleman

      recognised all the young woman , except one , as mo * t worthless persons , who , though perfectly able to work , would not lookout for situations , nor do anything in the building ; in fact , they set all law and order at defiance ; discharged themselves from the workhouse , when t hey thought proper , and perhaps the same day , after spending the ditcharge money , came back , and insisted upon being re-admitted . Mr Elliott highly disapproved of the piac tiae of giving discharge money to suob persons , for , from all he had beard , it appeared they spent it in proflicacy ; and , where persons discharged themselves without rea . sonable cause , he did uot think they should be rtfleived back as a matter of course . They sho jld all be earning their own subsistence , and not living upon the industrj

      of the rate-payers of tha parish . Mr Bushell undertook to have something dono for two of thopartws , who were not quite su bad as the others , whom he cuutd not answer for , particularly one ( Brewn ) , who had been frequentlj committed to prison , nnd who , on the prestnt occasion , had discharged herself from the house without the slightest cause . Brown said unless she was taken into the house , she certainly should be sent to prison again Mr Elliott told her , that if she was brought before him he should give her the sevu « st punishment he could . Mr Bushell ultimately offered tobave all tbe paities admitted into the workhouse as casual paupers that night , and have their case brought before the board on the following day .

      At Westminsteb , George Thorpe , a master baker , of * , Marlborough-road , Chelsea , was brought before th « magistrate shortly before tha hour of retiring , charged with having indecently exposed bis person . In consequence of the wife of the proprietor of the house imme-OUtely opposite defendant ' s , and the female residents , having repeatedly been disgusted by defendant ' s exhibiting himself in a most indecent manner at the window , the landlady applied at this court , when Mr Broderip directed Mr Taylor , an inspector of the B d vision , to take steps to bring the offender to justice . John Frjer , 31 B , was placed in the house opposite to defendant ' s , and having seen his disgusting conduct at the first-floor window of his houie , at about 8 o ' clock on

      Tuesday afternoon , immediately proceeded to defendant's shop and took him into custody , when be aaid ho shuuld like to make it up . The wife of the proprietor of the opposite house and a lady residing in it , gavo evidence of defendant ' s conduct , which is unfit for publication . Defendant , in answer to the charge , said he did not do it with any intention to offend—he w as ou tho opposite side ot the room and did not think anybody could Bee him . The defence was in direct contradiction to the evidence against defeudant , which was of the strongest possible nature . Mr Broderip obs « rved that it appeared that defendant had been carrying on this disgusting behavfour for some length of time , and he would endeavour to put a stop to it . He then committed him as a rogue and vagabond for threo months to hard labour .

      HAMMERSMITH . —On Thursday J . Chandler ( 22 ) son of a boat builder near the High Bridge , Hammersmith , was charged with having violated E . S . IVrtom a girl of weak intellect , aged 17 . Mr Pelkam attended on behalf of the prisoner . The evidence of the girl and other witne&ees was conclusive as to Hie commission of the offence , the witnesses all stating that the evidence of the girl was precisely to them what she had stated at the court . The prisoner , who doclined swing anything was committed to Newgate for trial on the capita ! charge .

      WOOLWICH . —Assault bt a Souheu . —On Friday J . Thompson , a gunner of the rojal artillery , was charged with a brutal assault upon Martha Peck and also with wilfully breaking windows . The prisoner entered the " Duke on Horseback " in a state of iutoxication , and behaved so violently that the landlord was campelledtottirnhim out of the house . He returned in a few minutes with tw » brickbats , and struck the woman violently on the-forehead and neck . He theu commenced pelting the windows of tho house , and destroyed glass to tbe amount of 12 s . He was so viulent

      that it required the aid often men to take him to the station-house . The prisoner was fined 40 s . for the assault , and 12 s , for the damage , and in default was committed for six weeks to the House of Correction .,

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      PAINLESS OPERATIONS . Pooik , Dorset . —The patient in this casewaB young sailor , 17 years of age , named Samuel OUi * an apprentice belonging to a So « tch vessel , labour ! , ? under frost bite of both feet and ankles , who Z iof 5 at this port by his captain atid placed under the c *! l of Dr Hamilton , the operator , who states thatR case was a precarious one , owing to the exist nce n > -evere inflammatory fever , immediately previoi . t ? a-d during the development of the eangiene whJv had reduced the patient considerabl y . The ( W operation was performed on the right leg . Tho tient having been place 1 on the table the inhalm ; commenced ; but owing to the lad not receivim , £ kindly , some time elapsed before he wu brouri * tully under its influence-nearly half an houriVn commencement , but only five minutes from nj effectual inhalation . Absolute insensibility be £ produced the circular operation was commenced , S [ completed m one minute , without the smallest ind ; ^ , £ - ffenngtothe Pati ™ t . « ho , on be , J Z stored to big sensea , was not aware of the amp ltati £ having take ,, p | ace ; nor couId , ie be conviS' ^

      both ieg 8 at the same time , owiSf to the JTa * s ^^^ JasajaaS formed bv Dr Hamilton assisted , as before , by ^ J . W . West . The usual preliminaries , as in tu former cases , having been arranged , the vapour w » . administered a . before by Mr H . Il amiltonfderal from an elegant apparatus , which is a modification of Kobinson ' s inhaler , with an improvement in tha mechanical appliance and construction of the vulva —the most important part of the apparatus ; the fiu ness and safety of which were beautifully shown in b' . tn these operations . After an inhalation of thi ™

      minutcB the patient violently forced the tube from hi * mouth , at the same time raising himseh and uttering some wild incoherent expressions , evidently ihowinst the intoxicating effect oi the vapour . Tha inhalation was continued for five minutes longer , when the ab-ence of all sensibility wasclearly shown ; the muscles becoming completely passive , accompanied with deep sonorous breathing , the eye < presenting a bright , suffusion , the pupils being fixed up and widely dilated . At this moment the circular incision was rapidl y performed ( which apart from the inhalation of ether is the most painful part of thfl operation ) without the least indication of suffering . Ihe subsequent steps of the operation werequickls

      compietea ( occupying in the whole about oneminute ) , and this also without the least indication of the presence ot sensation ; nor were there any excitomo-... ry movements exhibited in the stump as in tha irst instance . Tlie patient was kept under the inluence ot the vapour for the space of ten minutes trom the removal of the leg in both cases ( by alternatmgthe vapour with atmospheric air ) , during which time the arteries were secured , the flap stitched up , and the bandage applied . As these steps were being completed the patient was allowed graduall y to recover his consciousness , which be did in the coursa of one or two minutes , although still showing > trong symptoms , of intoxication ; so that on being asked low he felt , he replied in his Scotch accent ,

      stretchng out his arms and yawning as one just awoke from a deep sleep , " How con a drunken mon tell eny thing about u ? " He was then placed in bed ; nnd as further consciousness returned , he sought convincing proof of the operation having been completed by having recourse to ocular demonstration , pulling off the blanket which covered his stumps , and , in this manner , satisfying himself . Very slight depression succeeded the operation , and he quickly regained his usual spirits without recourse to stimulants -f any kind . No hamorrhage followed in either case , nor has there been a single unpleasant symptom from the first operation up to the present period ; on the contrary , the patient has progressed rapidly in every respect , and is now able to set up , and be r « - moved from his bed .

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      PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Richmond ( Yorkshire ) , Saturday . —We only had a thin supply of grain this morning , the prices were much tho same as last week . —Wheat sold from lut to Us ; oats , 3 s 6 ( 1 to 4 s 6 d ; barley , 6 s to 6 s 6 d ; beans , 6 s 6 d to 7 a per bushel . Wakefielp , Friday , —The supply of wheat tliisweekit mall , and of other atirdes moderate . There is a las inquiry for wheat , and a disposition to do business at some reduction , but holders arc firm , and require last week ' s prices . Mancmbstbb , Saturday . —At our market this morning the transactions in wheat were of » very limited nature , and we repeat nominally the quotations of this day sfi ' nnight . For both English and foreign flour a fiir inquiry was experienced . Wabbington , Thursday . —A very slender attendance o £ millers « na farmers to-day . What little wheat was sola was at 10 s 9 d to Us per bushel , which is 3 d toGdper bushel less than last wesk . TherewagafairsnppWofoats for seed , but a dull sale .

      Holi , Tuesday . - The trade has been very inactito during the past week . The fine favourable weather wa have experienced has not been without its effect . At this day ' s market the supply of wheat was small , there being a short attendance of farmers , who » re much occupied with field work .

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      ( From the QaztUe of Tuesday , March 80 . ) Edward Marshall , Clifton-street , Sun-street , Finsbury , lewterer—William Heath Bonds , Creek-road , Deptford , licensed victualler—Henry Howell , Shrewsbury , drapw- * Augusta Sophia Tipper , Henry Koo Tipper , and Alfred Tipper , Upper Thames-street , wholesale stationers—George Atkins Soar , Great Marjlebonc street , glasscutter—John Haly , Surrey street , Strand , merchant-William Swain , Cheltenham , builder—Joseph Chatterton , Manchester , coachbuilder - James Sliarpe , Riddlesden , Yorkshire , coaj merchant-Benjamin Burrows , Sutton . jn-ABhfield , Nottinghamshire , farmer—Stephen and Jamsg Chappel , Hunslet , Yorkshire , earthenware manufacturers —WillillianHodgson , jun , Halton , Yorkshire victuallir —Th ' irins Sivill , Liverpool , publican-John Jebh , Stansardine . in - the - Fields , Shropshire , grocer — James Tr » n , ? « J , T n - » Bttoxeter , Stafford 6 hire , timber merchant —William Henry Lovatt , Wolverhampton , factor .

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      DEATHS . Lately , in Carlow , aged 95 , Charles M'Elroy . He wai present at the battle of Bunkei ' g Hill , at the commencement of the American revolutionar , war , was afterwards engaged in the English expedition in aia of ihe Prench roy » Hst » , in 1792 , in which he was made prisoner , but effected his escape to Italy . Th . last scenes of bis millt » rj career were iftW in lrtUnd , during the trouble tomi times of 1798 . Recentl y , at Lyme Regis , aged 47 , Mary Anning , European fame as a ditcovercr of fossils , more partlcu . larly those of the ichthyosaurus , plesiosaurus ,

      pterodactyle , and many fish in the bine lias of that locality . Burn a dull infant , sbe was taken b y her nurse , while yet in arms , to an exhibition of equestrian performancss in a field , A sudden shower caused this woman and many others to (« ek for shelter beneath a tree , where they were struck dead by a flash of lightning , gome on * took the infant Marj Anning from amon g the group of dead , and put her into warm water , upon which sli * revived , and was ever after a Htel y girl . The history ol Lyme Segis contains many interesting particulars respecting Mits M . Anning ' s history and menruhes . Tho great ichthyosaurus now at the lSritUU Museum , «« sold in n ' tu to Mr Hawkins by Miss Anning ,

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      oureov , nujiu , in me uuy of Westminster , at tlio Omce , in tho sainu Street and Parish , for the Propnetor , FEAUGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., and publW . od by TiS uliam Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , Brandon-street , Walworth , in the parish of St . Mary , New ington in the County of Surrey , at tho Office . No . 16 , ( Jreat WindmiU-strect , llaymarket , iu the City of \ Y « tnuustGfi Saturduy April 3 rd , 1847

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      STATE OF TRADE . Limb . —The cloth markets at both Cloth Halls havo been of much the same character as tlie markets during fhe last few weeks . The demand continues to be principally fur goods of low qualities for shipping ; but fiBO goods , considering the season , continues to be exceedmjilydullofsale . AlAMCHESTEa —The state of our Cloth Market is without any decided change , butif any change the heavy purchaser has had a slight advantage , whilst the genera ] sales must be noted at last week ' s rates . BtuDroRD .-Tliere is a steady demand for combing wool , and as Ihe supply is a bare one , pvices ore firm . Short wools continue in good request at lormer prices . 'here is considerable improvement Iu the yam marketj both for the home and export trade .

      llDDDEKsnELn . —Tho mavket has been tolerably brisk today for good * suited to the season ; but more in particular for light fancies of low and middling qualities , The trade in tha warehouses during th « week has been about an avcrnge one of the season . Halifax . —We have no alteration to notice in this market since last week ' s report . Frices of wool are quoted stationary , and stocks rathor low . b ^ bnslet . —We are glad to have to note a Blight improvement during this month , there having been a good demai'd for fancy Hollands , so that the weavers have been generally well employed . Rochdale Flannel Markt . — There is very littlo change for better to report . Prices continue very low , and , considering th » time of the year , the business transacted hue been limited . The wool market has beeu dull , with no change in prices .

      NoinNOHA . \ i .-The hosiery trade is , if any change tc observable , somewhat better , the demand having slightly increased . The laca trade is quiet without any change in prices , Leicistir . —The London trade still continues very flat : country houses are making cautiously , and no improvement Img yet manifested itself in the demand . Spinners are still working short time . Wools are steady . Glaboow . —Cotton Yarn : ur yarn market still a » - sumes a drooping aspect . * Cotton Coods : —We are sorry we cannot report any improvement . Business in general is still very depressed , there being comparatively little craand , and prices continue low .

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      LONDON . ~ " *~ Fmdat . —At this day ' s market there was so little p » ss . inBin ™ wheat trade , and the attendance of buyers so small , that we can only quote prices nominally . The den >*" d ' or France and Belgium has , in a great degree ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1412/page/8/