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FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . Rideb . —W . Coates , Stofcesley , Is . ; Geo . Hollownv . Kidderminster , 2 s . 6 d . ; AT . Masters and Friend , Kaaenranster 6 d . - , R . Courage , OMham , Is . ; W . Town seaO . Oiatam , ls . ; W ; Uvesay . Oldham , Is . - Chester , per 1 Roberts , 5 s-G ( L ; ffiseudm Stories , near Halifax , per J . Bancroft , 5 s . l Od . ; Hetford , per T . Derme , 2 s . 3 d . ; Allottees , Great Doaford , per J . T . Topp , 2 s . 4 d . ; Hugh Brice , Aberdeen , Cd . ; Andrew Rannie , Aberdeen , 6 d . ; a few Democrats , Ashton and Dukenfield , per J . Taylor , K . ; a few Friends , Coventry , per V . Hosier , 4 s . 2 cL ; Xotfingham , iier J Sweet , Ss . ; B- -B-, 2 s Cd . ; Friends at the I * % h Horseman Ian , Xonrich , per J . Hurrell , Us . ; Cheltenham , per J . Hemmra , 5 s . « . ; H . Fink , Bristol , per C . Clark , 4 s . ; Bristol , per W . Djke , 2 s . ; S . Auckland , Peterborough , Is . ; *» few Chartists , Hatvorth , near Keighley , per W . Green--j vood , 15 s . ; Warwick , per C . Tristram , 2 s . Cd . ; a few Iriends , Sorwich , perT . Fox , 4 s . ; Mr . Ellison , perE . StallwooJ , Is . Keceivetl at Laxd Office . —a Female Democrat , Burr , Is . < = & ; Henry Matt , Bury , Is . ; a Friend , to the end , Bury , is . ; Jofcn Joses , Bury , Is . 6 cL ; J . Smith , Bury 4 d . ; S . Fletcher , 3 d .
, . _ ... __ . ¦ The Vs . stated , on the 32 nd nit , as from Coventry , should have been from Warwick , per C . Tristram . Eskos . — The total announced last week should have been £ 10 Ss . id . instead of £ 16 ISs Id .
FOB THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER .. Keceived by V . Rideb . —Bristol , per C . Clark , 2 s . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received by W . Rides . —Hugh Brice , Aberdeen , 3 d . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Received by W . Rideb . —Calton , Glasgow , per IL Carrick > 11 , 15 . 7 ^ 0 . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . Ridee . —Bradshaw , near Ilalifax , per J . ' ChappeL € d . ; Calton , Glasgow , per IL Crarick , lC Is . 7 $ < L -Eeceived by Jobs Axsott . —Mr . Rider , as per Star , i / . 2 s . iid .
M'DOUALL'S TESTIMONIAL . Received by TV . Eider . —Stalybridge , per W . Hill , 1 Z . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . " Received by W . Rides . —A few Friends , Bradshaw . near Halifax , per VT . Rfley , Ss . 3 d . ; part proceeds of raffle for . Prize Brogue , by Westend Boot and Shoemakers , per . Tfessrs . Sickens and M'Yeigh . IL ; Cheltenham , per J , Ilpminin , 5 s . 3 d . NATIONAL . VICTIM FUND . Received bv Johm ; Akkott , Secretary , —H . Roach , Mar deified , Is . ; G . Chaloner , Macclesfield , Is . Cd . W . Smith-Macelesfieia , ls . 2 d . ; J . Shaw , Edge , as . , J . Tinnock , 6 d . - HjHipEIllott , per S . Boonhnm , Is . ; 3 Ir . Rider , as per Stan 17 . 11 s . - ; .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Kobbebt bt a Gravediggeb . —William "Wells vf as ¦ indicted for stealing twenty-seven poniids of coals , - ine property of the churchwardens of die parish of St . Dunstan , Stepney . The prisoner , it appeared , ' lad been employed as gravedigger at St . Dunstan ' s - churchyard . Be was apprehended with the coal in Us possession as he was leaving the church , and he admitted that he had taken it from the stoke-holo of the heating furnace underneath the church , to take home . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty . " —Sentenced to six weeks' hard labour . Bobbebt at Madame Tcssaud ' s Esmsraox . — " Thomas Daldj , a respectably dressed man , formerly apublicanin Charles-street , Drury-lane , ano " subsequently the keeper of the beer-shop , a well
known rendesvous of thieves , in the neighbourhood of Clare-inarket , was indicted for , and convicted of , robbings -widowlady , named Stanley , of a purse and £ 15 s , lOd ., in the interior of Madame Tussaud ' s exhibition . —The prisoner was shown to have been for some time a regular associate of swell mobsmen , and the court sentenced him to be transported for seven years . . Cueiocs Case . —Henry Dingier , a lad oi idiotic appearance , -was indicted for stealing a watch , the ' property of his father , Kobert Dingley . —The p risoner pleaded guilty . —The learned judge , having perused the depositions , said he would not take the lad's pie * of guilty . He had a stronij belief that he was prosecuted for the mere purpose of the pawnbroker beinjj compelled to deliver up the
watch without payment of the sum advanced upon it . There was no evidence upon which the boy could be convicted . —The prisoner then pleaded not guilty , and from the evidence " given it appeared that the prisoner took the watch to a pawnbroker ' s , and said he had been sent by Ms father to pledge it , but the pawnbroker would not advance any money upon it without an authority froia his father , and the prisoner thereupon went away , returning shortly after , when he stated that his father was too ill either to attend iiimself or to -write a note . The pawnbroker then ; advanced him 21 s . upon it The prisoner ' s father had since died , and his mother was at the present
time confined to her bed through illness . The only witnesses examined were the pawnbroker and a Jittle girl to prove the identity of the watch . —The learned judge said there was nothing to show that the father had not sent the prisoner to pledge the watch , besides , thefatber was now dead , and in this indictment the property wa 3 laid as his . The prisoner conld not therefore be convicted . —A verdict of "Acquittal" was then returned . —The learned pdge said , he had no doubt but that the lad ' s relations had prosecuted him in order to get back the watch without paying the pawnbroker , and that he had , through ignorance , pleaded guilty to a charge of which he was innocent .
Street Robbebi . —A lemext Sentence . —Caroline De Blair , a woman of colour , convicted last session of a robbery from the person , was brought up for judgment . —It was shown that the prisoner had home a good character up to the commission of this offence , and the Court sentenced her to two days ' imprisonment . She had already been in prison six weeks . —The cases in which parties were ont on bail were postponed until nest session , and the court adjourned .
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LETTERS TO THE WORKINGS CLASSES txxiy . - "W ^ ire auBgg / andagmaUdrop ofink JFtttM ^ ike de w- ^ ponath Jf ££ M Thatch m ^ eB : thousand p ^ naplr ' njmpM , umuc ' bibon .. WHIG "REFORM (!)—WHAT NEXT ? FOREIGN AFFAIRS ^ . * RESIDENT BUONAPARTE AND THE ORDER . MO 2 . GERS-PR 0 GRESS OF BED ItEPUBLICA 3 ISM-THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND THE CONSTITUTION—TURKEY , RUSSIA , AND THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES . Brother Proletarians-. " When the sides fall , we shall catch , larks . " Judging from certain prognostications on the part of the Ministerial Press , that auspicious occasion would seem to be nigh at
hand . The Weekly Chronicle , formerly ( and perhaps still ) the property of "Wakd , the English Haynau of the Ionian Isles , and which enjoys the reputation (?) of being one of the journalist hacks of the Whig Ministry , gave publicity on Saturday last to a report , strongl y savouring of the fabulous , being no . other than that tlio Whigs "were about to re-appeav ( positively for the last time !) in their old character of " Reformers . " If this be true the descent of the skies , and the consequent bagging of Aurora ' s -winged choristers , inay be safely anticipated .
The Weekly Chronicle has great pleasure " in being eaabled to announce that amongst the earliest measures to be submitted to Parliament by the Government in the ensuing Session , will be bills to provide an extension of the suffrage both in England and Ireland . " The favoured journalist modestly adds ;—" We axe not in possession of the details , but we have reason to hope that the scope of the proposed measures will meet the views of a large section of the really liberal members . It is not improbable that a reform of such importance will be recommended in the Speech from the Throne . "
The Times ; of Monday repeated the above report in conspicuous type ; and on Tuesday , in the course of a "leader" on the Parliamentary Reform Meeting at the London Tavern , alluded to the subject in a manner evidently intended to induce belief on the part of the public . So , then , the Whigs are squeezable ! Notwithstanding their Gagging Bills — their " special" array of shopocratical brute force —their military terrorism—their State prosecutions ;—notwithstanding that Cuffay and his fellow unfortunates have been exiled across
the seas — whxiaiis and Sharp done to death , and that our gallant Ernest Jones and many others are yetbound in prison-hells ; —• notwithstanding the law ' s persecutions and the Press ' s lies , the Whigs are succumbing to the unextinguished , inextinguishable , allconquering power of Democracy . Truly , " they never fail who fall in a great cause ! ' " Mark \ Brother Proletharians , I take the Weekly Chronicle's report , supposing it to be well founded , for what it is worth ; no more . It is worth thus much : —If the Whigs are about io propose any measure of
Parliamentary Reform—though ever so dwarfed and Whiggish—that very concession is proof of popular progress , and should encourage you to presson with reinvijjorated ardour , andrenewed determination , to seek the full measure of your rights ; short of which you ought never to be contented- —ought never to give your rulers a moment ' s peace . Only—as Jeremy Bentham said—only by making the ruling few uneasy , cau the many hope to obtain justice . Assuming the correctness of the Weekly Chronicle ' s announcement , a nice question arises as to the extent and character of the
suffrage-extension contemplated by the Whigs . Here it would be well to hearin mind the receipt of the celebrated Mrs . Glass ; - — " First catch your hare , and ^ en , &c , &c . " It may be that the Downing-street hare when caught will be found to be worthless . It may be that instead of hare-catching at all , the Whigs intend only to lead the sportsmen on a red-herring scent . Timewilltell . . One thing may be safely ¦
prophesied—that the Whigs purpose no measure of reform sufficient to satisfy yo « r claims , or do you justice . It is " easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle , " than for Whig aristocrats—or aristocrats of any other denomination—to recognise the rights of labour , and put an end to the political ( to say nothing of the social ) inequality under which you snffer , despair , and perish .
The Spectator gives currency to a rumourwhich , as put in that paper , wears the appearance of mere club gossip—that Ministers will propose an extension of the franchise , baaed on " a householder rating . " However imperfect and unjust any description of " household suffrage" might be , such a " stride" in the " right direction , " is not at all likely to be taken by Russeix and Co . A better idea of the intended measure —( if any measure really is intended)—may be gathered from the vague , but nevertheless significant phrases of the Weekly Chronicle . "We have reason to hope " says the Whig journalist , " that the scope of the proposed measures will meet the views of
a large section of the really Liberal members ' These words , if they have any meaning , signify that a miserable modicum of reform will be proposed by Ministers , not so extensive as to endanger aristocratic supremacy , but sufficient to afford the shoy-hoys of " Liberalism'' an excuse for breaking from the more earnest advocates of reform . Of course the Press-gang , under the influence of the Treasury , will be commissioned to support the Ministers and the aforesaid shoy-hoys , in their " politic , ¦' " rational , " and " constitutional , " course ; and at the same time denounce those , who rejecting " safe reform , " persist in seeking " foolish , " " violent , " and dangerous " changes .
It is also , no doubt calculated , that the new Whig dodge will divert from theReform Movement that—by no means contemptible ^—number of the Bourgeoisie in whom the spirit of class ascendancy reigns paramount ; and who , though they desire "Reform" ( for their own benefit ) , would rather -welcome Despotism , than lend a hel ping hand to the triumph of Democracy . Further speculation on the nn-hatched scheme of the Whigs would be premature . The " Speech from the Throne " . must be waited for . One word more of caution .
Remember , Brother Proletarians , that blessed are those ivho expect riothiny , for verily they shall not be disappointed I The Times and Chronicle , while agreeing in casting ridicule on the Parliamentary Reform Meeting held on Monday last , also agree in something more important . that any sham reform of the representation will but postpone the " evilday , " -when real concessions must be made to the millions . The Times exhibits a degree of candour very unusual for it , in confessing that the present flush of " prosperity " cannot endure for more than three or four years to come ; by that time , if not sooner , the
revulsion -will come , and then the demand for Suffrage Reform—if not previously checkedwill , probably , assume a power dangerous to our institutions ! To provide against such an eventuality , the Times would have the ruling powers gradually extend the suffrage , so as ultimately to include all " who have something to lose ; " which ; as the \ Times rightly believes , would esiabKsh the' strongest barrier against those who have nothing—those who , by vicious institutions , have been fleeced of their allthe weakesV the most miserable—ihoBe who , truly , " have nothing to lose and everything to gain " by the triumph of absolute
Democracy . " , And iMa villar ious idea of the Tvm is developed in all schemes of " Parliamentary Reform ? short of the Charter . It is broadly evident in Cobden ' s Freehold Land Scheme ; and it taints even the wacb more liberal
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programme of Sir Joshua Waimsley arid his friends , WhigExteWonists , Freehold Land Liberals , and " Parliamentary Reformers , ' all agree : in the principle of leaving a Pariah class ^ without " the . portals of , the ; Constitution ; '' :. It soundB . very / , plausible for our respectable friendg ^ to tell ua , that if we will go with them as far as they go , and help them to getthatwhich they seek , we can afterwards do our own work by going for the entire Ghaiv ter . But will ¦ they ; rte » go withTus ? If so , why not go for the Charter , or at any rate its principles , now , and-so make one agitation do for
once all ? But , if after we have helped them to win their " four points , " they wUlnot go . with us wlien we attempt / to obtain the full complement of popular rights , will they , under those circumstances , be content to be quiescent ; or will they oppose , instead of aiding us ? Will they denounce us as " factious fellows , ? ' and coerce and persecute us as in days not very remote ? If the "Parliamentary Reformers '' wish for the hearty and en-: thusiastic support of the masses , they will dp well to tak _ e a course calculated to put an end to these misgivings ,, which I can aSBWe them are entertained ] jy thousands of the Proletarian order . . '; ¦ .
Ihaveused the languageof the Timesin speaking of the present as a season of " prosperity , " but , Brother Proletarians , you very well know that whatever comparative " prosperity" may at - this moment be the lot of certain sections of your order , thousands upon thousands have no share in the sunshine of comfort } nay , see not even a gleam of hope for the future . Without , then , waiting for the revulsion which , according to the Times , must come withinthree
or four years , and which is vcry . likely to ovortake us much earlier ; to the tens of thousands at this time sufferhig , theobtoinment of their political franchises , with the view of using . those franchises to save themselves from misery and death , is a matter of primary importance . Need I say more" in justification of those who appeal to the people to make another ^ a general , and , it is to be hoped , a successful struggle for the Charter . . : . -
In ( for the present ) parting from this subject , I must call the attention of my metropolitan , readers—and I am happy in knowing that they are not few—to the intended meeting convened for -Monday evening next , at the London Tavern , for the purpose of giving effect to the . work of the late Metropolitan Conference . I anticipate that ^ m playhouse phraseology—rMonday ' s . meeting . will be a " bumper . " . Certainly every Ghartist in London not in prison , or on a bed of sickness , will do his best to set aside all other engagements , to attend ihat meeting . When the hurricane of persecution raged , our flag
"Sfrenm'dlike the thunder-storm agalmt the -nind . " And surely now that " Fortune ' s favouring gale " - fills our sails , that flag will be as bravely stood by , and be borne onward , conquering and to conquer . ; Brother Proletarians , a notice of the division in the ranks of the French Ordbrjiongers , on the question of voting the urgency of the Government bill for placing the primary instructors at the mercy of Prefects of Departments , concluded my last ; week ' s letter . It , appears that
next day , the secretaries discovered ( or pretended to discover ) that some mistakes had occurred in taking the ballot ; - the " rectification" of which , gave the Government a majority / of oue . ; A stormy , debate ended in the annulling of the previous day ' s vote . A new ballot was then taken on the question of urgency , when their appeared : —for the urgency , 329 ; against it , 300 ;—majority' for the Government , 29 . The " urgency" was accordingly declared . On Tuesday , January the 8 th , the bill was introcuced , founded on the following motion : — -
' Fntil the promulgation of the oi-ganic law on education , primary instruction is placed under the immediiite care ( surveillance ) of the prefets . The primary teachers will he chosen and appointed by the prtfet of each department , either amongst the laity or members of religions societies iindervows to teacli , and so recognised by the State , TJie option to be on the advice of the municipal council of the commune . ' . : The genera ! discussion closed with a majority of 352 in favour of the bill , 280 against it . ¦ These numbers leave no room for doubt
that the bill will be adopted . A more : infamous and tyranuical . scheme to crush the freedom of instruction , was never devised even by Russian despotism . Need I add , that a measure so villanous finds special favour with the truculent Times' * That journal , however , is forced to acknowledge the tremendous advance of Red Republicanism throughout the rural districts of France ; and adds " men may well look with , extreme alarm to the results of the next general appeal to universal suffrage . " The Times admits , too , and mourns over the divisions in " what is termed , a little derisively , ' the great party of order . ' "
The wholesale dismissals of the suspected schoolmasters , which will now take place , will have this good effect : those who have merely cherished the proscribed principles , will henceforth become propagandists those who have heretofore been propagandists merely , will henceforth be revolutionists . Persecution will but advance the glorious cause already sauctified by the blood and sufferings of so many martyrs . . . : Thieks and Co . ; having by assassinating the Roman Republic , reduced France to the lowest depths of shame , would now send troops and ships , to seek , " the bubble reputation " oh the shores of the Rio de la Plata . Faugh The subject is not worthy of further notice .
Let me bring under your notice , a few gpecimens of one week's work of persecution , directed by " special" Buonatarte , and the Ordermongers , against the defenders of the Republic :- — / The Prefect of the Gironde has suspended from their functions , serveral Mayors and deputy Mayors suspected oi—Republicanism ! ¦ , ' ., The National Guard of Fontaine les Dijon have been disbanded . Their fidelity to the Republic being their offence . . / .
Oneof theeditorsofZai ?^ brffle , a native of Russia , but a naturalised Swiss , and who has resided in France for many years , has been expelled from the country . With difficulty he . obtained forty-eight hours grace , to enable him to ' make arrangements for his departure . ' / The Prefect of the department of the ' . North , has published a proclamation , dissolving the Association of Spinners , at Lillo . [ There were fools who believed that President Buonaparte was an advocate for the organisation of labour . ] /
General Gemeau has published a proclamation , forbidding the sale of the Almanac du Peuple , the Almanac de I'Ami du Peuple , tyc . The police of Lyoas have been committing robbery on a grand sale , having seized 20 , 000 volumes of . Socialist tracts in the dwelling of a tailor of that city , who was employed by the Socialist propaganda to' distribute them amongst the operatives . , TheJPrefect of the Mouths of the Rhone , has issued an ukase , commanding that all public reunions , having for then- object the discussion of political questions , are to cease forthwith ; failing in obeying this command , the meetings are to be suppressed by military force .- .. -.-. .
This day's papers report the seiruier-that is , kobbery—of a number of Democratic Almanacks from the shops of the Booksellers , in the town of Cahors . The same papers add , / that at Lyons , on the 2 nd inst ., all the , Democratic , Journals received from Paris had been seized in , the coffee-houses , and shops of the news-venders of that city : GiBneralGEiiEAUha ? , moreover durected that they Bhbuld not be distributed in liypris / untUl ^ furth er iirderBi / [ Grbd save Emperor jNiOHOiAfr ! " --ia / liberal ruler compftreawithFieBideDteuoNAPAitTE , ] |
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. ^ lea der , of the gioriouB insurgents of June , 1 M 8 , named Hibheuiv was tried by courtmartial in Paris onXMonday , and sentenced to transportation for life . — ¦ Order reigns in France ! Beholdthe work of tho ' pKDERMONGERS J J J 'H ¦ '• ^ " '' - ' . ; --. yl must how note one '; 6 r" ' tw 6 circumstances on / the other side . / . r ; . ; '"^^ - ' . ! . "" :. , ¦ . ' .: ;/ ; / . "' ; : : -. Thejmilitary , ^ despot who . commands ; at Lyons—^ -General Gbmeau—in presenting -his new ; year ? v congratulations ^ to / his friends ^ insisted on the necessity of promptitude '; in repressing popular discontent . ' . Markhini U-r " At the firsts signal . ' of / revolt rush into / the streets , you will have to deal with 3000 rebels ;
, wait till the next day and-you will have to contend with 30 , 000 ! " ' Here ; is a / confession ' . Why , according to Satrap Gemem , ' twentyfour hours , of successful insuiTection , would rally all . France against the . traitors in power ! Tho ^ Rsd Republicabfl' of 'Dole , who have been tried for participating in / the afFair of the 13 th of June , have been scaMtted ' . by a ^ jury / This makes ,. ' / the / , ' ^ twerity .-sixth ' ^ acquittof / . Qf different parties ; charged / . . with the . / same " ¦ oftence , '' Well may thcugiirpierg tremble , x Several new Red , Republican "Journals bave been started ;/ The / perr ' shall . ' vanquishth / 6 Bword . . ¦" , ' ¦ . ¦' : ¦ " ' ' ¦' . ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - " - . ' ¦ ; - ¦•; . - ; -: / ' ¦ _
• : The . " Special " Constable ' s" own organttvsNapoleon—jmt commenced , announces that "the _ President has abandoned all idea of granting an amnesty to / the political prisoners condemuedby > hecourts ,, ' ashe feelsth / at / the present is a period for repression ,. ' andith ' at the period for pardon has not . arrived ;" ; < The wretch' ! He will yet himself need an amnesty . When thathourcomes , may , the h / eartBof ibie people be steeled against pardon to him .
/•• There has ; . been a ministerial . crisis in Prussia . . The King , ; not-intending to abide by the new Constitution , hesitates to swear to its . accsptancq . The Ministers who have as- sented to the Constitution fend themselves in a fix , and : threaten resignation . It is not . very clear whether the crisis has yet terminated , or what course Frederick William intends to purtiie . I maryel . at his Kingship ' s qualms of conscience . Wh y object to ; swallovr the oath If ; He can break it as : eaBily ashebroke his former oaths . ^ To pretend : toturnconsci-j entious now is , past a joker From his own history , Frederick WiLiiiAM should / know thatn-fbr kings—thereis , / excepting lying , nothing so easy . as oathrbreaking . , i
According to the Time * , the refugee question , ^ between Turkb y " and-Russia , ^ ha 8 been brought to a / conclusion . / But this statement must be / received subject to confirmation . Like the return of the Pope to Rome ,. ; a settlement of the difference betweeuthe Sultan and the Tsar has been so often announced without haying any foundation in truth ,, that , in the present instance , scepticism is . allowable . For the sake of the refugees , and the honour of Turkey and England , ; I trust that the present report will prove to be as unfounded as preyiojasrunioui's of the like character . According to the "Times ' , Dembinsiu and the other Poles ( excepting those who have adopted the ¦ Mahomedan faith ) , are to be expelled ; and-Kossuth and the Hungarians are . to be confined in a fortified town in the interior . Some town in the midst , of Asia Minor will be selected ; for their abocle . It is farther stated , that the ambassadors of France ' and England have approved of this settlement . . The Times correspondent adds , " The Polish and Hungarian refugees begin already to cry out against this arrangement ; This looks like ingratitude . " What next ? Tf any such arrangement has been come to , it is disgraceful to England . I will not say to Turkey also ; for undoubtedly the Turkish Gpvernment . would have taken a nobler coui'sc , had it been . assured , of the support of the English . Government . Ere long , the truth or falsehood of the Times ' s statement will be known ; the British people will then be qualified to , applaud or condemn the conduct of Lord Palsiehston and his colleagues . Inthemeantime , the fervent good'wishes of Britain ' s song are with KossvxH arid his glorious compatriots ,- N ¦ ' V . ' ; ' L'AMI DU PEUPLE . January 10 ,-1850 .
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . : UNITED STATES . / / Kbw York , Dec . 26 . —Up to the 22 nd ' wit . the struggle between the contending sections of the vepreientative 8 continued with little indignation of either a victory or a compromise on the part of any ; and ultimately a choice of a speaker was effected " simply by a general agreement to accept a plurality of votes instead of a clear majority of the whole house . Accordingly , the ; 63 rd ballot held since the opening of the House produced a decisive result , Mr . Cobb , of Georgia , being elected by a vote of 102 against 100 for Mr . Winthrop , of Massachusets , and 20 for all other candidates . On the ereninz of Saturday , the 22 nd ult , therefore , Mr .
Cobb took the appopnate oaths , and on the subsequent Monday both branches of Congress being then fully organised , the President delivered his first annual message . The Secretary to the Treasury reccommended several modifications in the existing tariff , —1 . A moderate increase of duties on articles , such as cotton ,, woolen , and hempen goods , sugar , salt , and cod ; 2 . A return to the system of specific duties on articles ! on . which they can be conveniently laid ; 3 . W \\ ete \ he ad valorem duty is retained , the duties to be . levied on the market value in' our own country at the time of arrival ; 4 ; Non-enumerated articles to be subject to a higher duty than others . ' ;/
. The President , has addressed . the following note , addressed to the recent refugees from Hungary : ' — Washington , Dec . 20 ,, 1849 . Sir , —I have duly received your letter of November 2 nd , from London , announcing the determination cf yourself and comrades to seek an asylum in America . ¦"¦ ¦ : . : . . ;¦ . - ¦ -,- . -, , : - _ y The people of this Republic have deeply sympathised with the Hungarians in their recent struggle for : constitutional freedom , and . in the calamities which havo befallen their unhappy land ; and I am sure that I but speak the universal sentiments of my countrymen in bidding you and your associates a cordial welcome to" our soil , and natural asylum of the oppressed from every clime . "We ofter you protection and a free participation in the benefits of our institutions and our laws , and trust that you may find in America a second home . ¦ ; : -
IanOj -witb high respect , your sincere , friend , Ladislaus Ujhazy , late Governor Z . TAVion : of Comorn , in Hungary . ; , . ¦
;¦ " THE PRESIDE NT'S MESSAGE . On Monday , the 24 th , of December , both branchei . of the Legislature being at length orgau ' ised , Getieral Taylor , delivered , his message . ¦¦ ' ' : ' We . give the following - extracts—all that ~ can interest the general reader : — .: ; FelloTf Citizem of the Senate and House of Representatives , — | / : Sixty yearj have / elapsed since the establiahmeni of this Goyerntnen ^ and the Congress of the United States again assembles to legislate for an empire of freemen . / The predictions of evil / prophet who formerly , pretended to foretell the . downfall of our institutions are now remembered only to be derided , and the United States of America at this moment , present to the world the most stable and permanent * Government on earth . :
Such ia the result of . the labours of those who Have gone before u * . Upon Congress will eminently depend the futnre maintenance of our / system of free government , and the transmission of it unimpaired to posterity . ¦ - , ; Our relations with Great Britain are of the most friendly character / In , consequence of the recent al . teration of the British Navigation Acts , British vessels from British and 'other foreign ; ports will , under existing laws ; rafter the 1 st of January next , 6 e admitted , to . entry in our / ports with cargoes of the growth , manufacture , or production of any part of the world ! on the same terms as to duties , imposts ; and charges as-vessels of the United States with their cargoes , and our vessels will be admitted to the same advantages in . British ports , entering therein ; oh theiame terras as British vessels .
During the late conflict ' between Austria and Hungary there . seemed to be a prospect that the latter might become an independent nation . \ However faint that , prospect at the time appeared , I thought it my duty , ia acconteuce with the general
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Beutiments of the American people , who deeply sympathised with the ' Magyar patriots , to stand prepared , upon the contingency of the establishment by her of a permanent government , to be the first to welcome indepehdent' Hungary into the family p ! nations . ' ! For this purpose I invested an agent , then in Europe ^; with power / tp'declare our - ¦ willingne ' ss promptly / to ^ riecognise her'independence in thyweni of her . ability to sustain it .: , / The . powerful interye ' n . tion of Russia in the contest , extinguished the hopes of the : struggling Magyars , the United , States did not , at any time , interfere in the contest ; but the feelings of the nation' were strongly enlisted in the' cause , and by the suffering of a brave ' : people , who had made a gallant though , unsuccessful effort o be free . ' ; - "¦' : ' . '' :. ¦ . . ¦ ' ¦ . ' .. : \ " - ' . ' ¦ ' '' . - ..... '' . ''
Your attention is earnestly invited , to . nn amendment of our existing lawB : rel ^ tihg to" the' African Blaye trade , ' withaiyiew tothe ' effectual ^ uppressipn of that barbarous : traffic . . It is / riot to / be ; denied that this trade is still in part carried on , by means of vessels built in the United . States , and owned or navigated by Bonie of our citizens .. . ' . ' .. ' A contract haying been concluded with the . State of Nicaragua , by a company composedof American citizens , for the purpose ' . of . ' constructing a . ship canal'through the territory of that State , to , connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans , I have directed tho negotiation ofatveaty with Nieavftgttal . pledging both governments tV protect those who' shall engage in and perfect the . work .. All other' natioijs are invited by the State of Nicaragua ; to enter into . the same treaty stipulations with tier ; and the benefit to be derived from such , an ax-rangement -will be the protection of this great iriter-bce ' anic cdriimunication against any power which might seek to obstruct it , or to monopolise its . advaniages . All States entering into such ; a treaty will enjoy , the right of passage "through the ^ canal , oiv ; pay . ment ' of the Simo tolls . ¦ . ' \ ' : ¦"
. ' The work ,, if constructed , undov these guarantees , will become a bond of peace , instead of a subject of contention and strife , ' between the nations earth . Should the groat . ' mantime'Statos of Eu ' rbpa cpnsent to this arrangement ( and we have riorea . son to supnose . that a proposition so ; fair . and honourable will be . opposed by any ) , the energies of tbeir people "{ irid .. ours will cq-bperate in promoting -the success of the new enterprise . : / , ' •¦ j . Should such a' work be constructed , under the common protection of all nations , for equuV benefits to all , it would be neither just nor expedient that any great maritime State should command . ' the ; communication ; The territory through whicli the canal
may . be opened ought to be freed irom the claims of any foreign power . & o such power shall occupy a position that would enable it hereafter to exercise so cohtrolHng an influence over the commerca of the . world , or to obstruct a highway-: ^ yh | ch ought to be dedicated to the douinipnusos :. 6 f mankind . : . The receipts in the Treasury fpr tho fiscal year ending on the' 30 th of JTiine last were , in cash ; 48 , 830 , 097 dols . SOc ., ana ' ^^ in . Treasui-y notes funded 10 , 833 , 000 dols . | making ari aggregate ; of 59 , 063 , 097 ; dols . ; 59 cV ; and the expenditures for the same / time were , in cash , 46 , 798 , 607 dols . ' 82 c . pnd in the Treasury notes / funded 10 , 833 , 000 dols . , making an / aggrogate of 57 , 031 , 667 dols . 82 c . ;
The accounts and" estimates which will be submitted to Congress in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury , show that there probablywill bek deficit , occasioned" by the expenses of the Mexican war and treaty , on the 1 st day of July next , of 5 , 828 , 121 dols . 66 c , and on the 1 st day of July , 1851 , of 10 , 547 ; 092 dols . 72 c , making in the whole a prebable deficitfto , be proyided for , of 16 , 375 , 214 dols . 39 c . ! The extraordinary expenses of war with Mexico , and the purchase of California and New Mexico , exceed in , amount this deficit , together the ; loaus heretofoyo made for 'these objects . I , therefore , recommend that authority be given to borrow whatever sum may be necessary to' cover that deficit . ' I recommend the observance of strict economy / in the appropriation and expenditure of public money . ' ' ' ! ' ¦ I recommend a revision of the" existing tariff , and its adjustment on a . basis which may augment the revenue . I do not doubt the right or duty of
Congress to encourage domestic industry , which is the great source of national as . well as ^ individual wealth and prospevity ; I look to the ; wisdom and patriotism of Congress for the adoption of a system which may place home labour at last on a . sure and permanent looting , and , by due encouragement of manufactures , give a ne and increased stimulus to agriculture , and promote the developement of our vast resources ! ¦ and the extension bt our commerce . Believing that to the attainment of these ends ( as well as the necessary augmentation of the revenue and the prevention of frauds ) the system of specific duties is best adapted , I strongly recommend to Congresis the adoption of that system , fixing the' duties at rates high enough to afford substantial and sufficients encouragement to our own industry , and at the same time so adjusted as to insure stability . T . ¦ - ¦ ; ¦
- ¦ Tho'President recommends a further reduction in postage charges , and concludes his Message in the following terms : —Attachment to the Union of the States should be habitually fostered in every Americani heart ; Tor inore thanhalf a century , during which kingdoms and empires have fallen , this TJnien has stood unshaken ;; .. The patriots who formed it have long since descended to the grave , yet still it remains , ; the , prqudest monument to their memory , and . the object of affection and admiration with every one worthy to bear the American name . In my , judgment , its dissolution ; would be the greatest of calamities , and to avert that should be the study of every American . / -Upon its preservation must depend our own happiness , and that of countless generations to come . Whatever . dangers may threaten it , I shall , stand by it and maintain it in its integrity , to the full / extent of the obligations imposed , and the power conferred upon me bv the Constitution . . . ; , ; ; '; . / ' /; ¦ Z . TatMB . . ,. ; ; ¦;• ' '
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APPALLING CIRCUMSTANCE IN COURT . —DEATH OF THE ' ¦¦ ' PROSECUTOR . ¦ "¦ •¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ Brutai . Assault . —Samuel Grives Harvey , a tall powerful man , was indicted for assaulting James Dodsley Tawney . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Bodkin prosecuted , and Mr . ' Bnllantine appeared for the defendant . —Ml ' . Olarkson , in opening the case , said that the defendant was accused of one of the most dastardly and cruel attacks that he ever remembered in the course of his experience . It was com ? mitted by a man of powerful stature upon another not half his size , and who he knew at the time was labouring under a deadly and dangerous disease , an affection of the heart , and must have been aware that such an attack was calculated to endanger his life . The learned counsel then proceeded to narrate
the circumstances of the case , which will bq found detailed in the subjoined evidence . —Mr . J . D . Tawney , the prosecutor , whose arm was in a sling , and who appeared to be suffering severely , was then examined . He deposed that he was an attorney , and he knew the defendant , who was a horsede ' aler at Rugby , and frequently saw him at the stables of Messrs . Osborne and Co . i in Gray ' siun-lane , where witness wasin thehabit , of putting up his horses . In Juno last Messrs . Tattersall gave him instructions to proceed against the defendant to recover a sum of £ 813 s . He at first denied owing the money , but after wards promised to pay it , and made appointments to do so , but ; never kept them , : and witness -was cempelled to issue a ' writ against him ,
but . at the request of the defendant he forbore to servo it upon him at ; Rugby , in order to save expensejand he at this time offered to take the amount of the debt / without any costs ; The defendant did not pay the money , nud judgment was obtained on Aug . 2 nd , and shortly afterwards the defendant gave notice of his intention to apply to the Insolvent Court ,, and witness was instructed to oppose him , on . behalf of several' ¦ creditors . On the 3 rd of November witness was at Messrs . Osborne ' s stables , and he saw the defendant in . the counting , houso , and he challenged , him with getting up the opposition to . his discharge . Witness replied that other creditors ' beside those for whom lie appeared ihtorided' to oppose him . and the defendant then
inquired the names of the creditors who , instructed him to oppose , but he declined to givethera . The defendant then went out and returned in a short tinie with two hunting whips , one of which was loaded at the . end with iron , and the other a plain cano one . The defendant offered him tho latter , saying , " Take tbat . " He declined doing so ; and the defendant wont but , and witness waiteda short time , thinking he would go away . He then went towards his gig , which had been waiting for' him , and he observed the defendant standing with the heavy hunting whip in his hand / and as hei was about pget into his gig , Ko attacked him behind and beat Mm on the back ami shoulders in the ' most violent manner . He then tried to beat him ; on the head , but witness held up his hands , and warded off the blows . Mr . Bank 3 , one of the partners , came and laid hold of the defendant' and said to him , '
"Good God , Harvey , are you mad ? " but defendant threw ; him away from him , and continued his violence . Hehad just succeeded in ¦ gettinginto . tho gig when tho defendant struok him ' on the back of the head , and the blow stunned him for a moment , and bis horse ran off , but was stopped by some oabmeii iii the King ' s-road . The witness was taken very ill the same night , and was still suffering from the injuries he received .-The prosecutor added that the defendant was well aware at the time he made tho attack' upon him ; that . ho was suffering ! from disease of tho heart , as they had frequently conversed upon the subject . —The . prosecutor , who had jgiyea his evidence , with great difficulty ; and wlie was e ' vidently in a state of great exoitement and suffering , ' having replied to one or . two questions thai were put to him by Mr . Ballantine , was ' about tojretiro from the witness box , when he seemed' in a , n instant to lose all powr , and foil se&selm j ^ ^ iMwof
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some persons who stood near him . He was laid upon the floor of the court , andMV . 'CIayton . itKe * surgeon , who examined his injuries ; after the occurrence , and andther medical gentleman who was accidentally present ,, immediately atteaded ^ upon . him , and used "their utmost ; exertions ; to . restore him . — Mr .. Ballantihe ; addressing / the ^/ C 6 utt ; s aid ' tlmt he ; diu . hot ^^ requirp the ieviaence of the surgeon ; . ' It was impossible for him to deny that arfassaulthaa been committea ' by ; the defendant , or to attempt to ' justify it under " su 6 h circumstances . The learrieVl counsel / added that he had / felt it his duty to- ' pufc one or two questiona to ' the prosecutor , but' he should have refrained from doing sb'if he had been aware of his dangerous condition . —The ' Recorder then briefly addressed the jury , and after observinff
that the learned counsel for the defendant , had / as it appeared to him , behaved with the utmost pr 6- priety in the course he had adopted , having' ad- ' mitted that the conduct , of the defendant could iiofc be justified , the jury would only ' have to say that the charge , of assault had been proved . —The jury accordingly returned a verdict of guilty .- ^ Durmg these proceedinga the . unfortunate prosecuto ^ continued under the charge of the medical gentlemen , arid air intiination / was given that he was iii a dangerous condition . '—The Recorder , addressing the defendant , ' saidhe had been convicted of what he felt compelled from the bench to describe asa most aggravated and . brutal assault / At present he should not pa 88 eentence upon him , because in the condition" of the prosecutor it was uncertain wliat the result would be , and if his death were te take place and it was
found to nave been accelerated by the violence he had madejiise of towards him , he would undoubtedly , be called upon to answer a much higher charge , — Just as -the learned judge' had concluded , a sensa * tion of horror was excited in the court by the announcement by brie of the medical gentlemen that the unfortunate prosecutor had expired . The exj eitement had been too much for him , and ho lay a lifeless corpse at the foot of the witness-bex , where a few moments previously he had been giving his evidence . —The Recorder then gave directions that the prisoner should 'be' detained , ' to answer' any charge that might be' preferred against hiinj arising out of the deatn of the unfortunate prosecutor , and the body of the deceased was placecf in a cab , to be conveyed to his residence , the solicitor for ^ the prosecution accompanying it , to convey the sad intelligence to his relatives . ¦ ,
Charge ep Conspiracy . — Israel Alexander , Frederick William Allen , and George Manning , surrendered to take their trial for misdemeanour . A fourth defendant named Markham , -was-included in'the indictmbnfc , bufc he did notsurrendei , and his recognisances were ordered to be estreated . —Mr . Clarkson ' and Mr . Parry prosecuted , Mr . Trendergast and Mr , Huddlestene defended Alexander , and Mr . Ballantineappeared for the defendant Allen ; Manning had no counsel . —Mr . Clarkson hriefly stated the circumstancea under which the ; charge was preferred against the 'defendants 1 ; it appeared that the prosecutor was a person named Lawrence , and he charged the defendants with having * unlawfully and maliciously conspired together , and by
meansottalse ' atnuavits caused . him to ^ be imprisoned .. It seemed that the defendant Allen ' was ^ a riding-master , living in Seymour-place ; Bryanstonesquare , and he had had' some-transactions with the prosecutor , who at the time carried on the business of a horse dealer ; and in January , 1849 , he held a bill of £ 25 , of which . La-wrence -was Vae drawer , and in the course of this month Manning , one of the other defendants , made an-affidavit to tho efl ' ecfe that Lawrence was about to leave the country , and upon Allen making an affidavit of his being-indebted to him in the above sum , a -writ of capias issued , upon which Lawrence was taken ino custody and detained until he had executed a bail bondifor
the amount . The prosecutor subsequentl y made a counter affidavit , denying that he had any ' intention , to leave the : country , and the manner in which the other defendants / Alexander and Manning , -wore sought to be connected with the transaction was ,: by showing that when the prosecutor had made his affidavit ; they each also made one to the' effect that they - would not believe him upon his oath , and upon these facts the whole / of the parties were indicted for a conspiracy to cause the prosecutor to be wrongfully imprisoned . —Several witnesses having been called , the Recorder , briefly summed up , and tho jury immediately returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . " ¦ ¦¦¦ .... - ¦ .. :.-. . ¦ ¦ . .. ..-.. - .: .,,
Robbery . —Wm . Blackburn , 24 , surveyor , pleaded guilty to stealing a theodolite , value £ 20 . / the property of John Simmons Marrat . —Not any evidence was given , and the prisoner was sentenced to eighteen months'imprisonment . ; . : ! Robbery of Plate . — Edward Burgess , --31 , servant / pleaded guilty to an indictment for stealing a silver coftiee-pot and other plate , valued at £ 50 , the property of Eliza Laurey , his mistress . ' —la answer to the / court , Mrs . Laurey' said that prisoner had been about eight months , irijier ; service . She had , a ' good character with him/—Inspector Cummins said that the prisoner had hitherto borne an excellent ' character , and that drink had . heen the cause of his C 6 hd " uct . The plated which was worth
at least £ 60 , had been sold . for £ 10 , and . melted down . —Mr . Bullock said the case was a very , bad one , and sentenced him to seven years' transportation . : • • ¦ " . - Pot Steahng . — Two men named Whittle and Johnson were convicted of pot stealing , and sentenced to four months' imprisonment , with hard labour . r-It appeared that they were watched by tho police at Woolwich , and the pots , which belonged to a Mr . Jaggers and a Mr . Shepherd , both publicans of that town , ' , were found on them . This class of offence , which'is now on the increase , has more mischief in it than the loss to the licensed victuallers , for it is generally committed by the confederates of coiners , and the property is generally stolen for the purpose of being converted into base coin .
MuRDEB , —The Cask of Sarah Dkake ;—Sarah Drake , aged 36 , described as a spinster , was placed in the dock ,, charged with the wilful murder of Lewia Drake , her own son . —Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Clarke conducted the prosecution on the part of the Crown ; and Mr . ' Collier , ' of the Western Circuit , and Mr . Parry , defended the prisoner . —The prisoner was very feeble and unwell . —The Court was somewhat more crowded than usual , but the trial did riot appear to excite much interest . —Evidence having been given , similar to that which hasalready appeared iii this paper , on the examination of the prisoner before the magistrates , Mr . ' Justice Pattison fiiimmed up , and the jury returned a verdict &f "Not guilty" on the ground of temporary insanity . A Rktorned Convict . —Daniel Fitzgerald , a
powerful-looking young man , pleaded guiltyfto a charge of feloniously being at large in' this country before the period for which he had been sentenced to be transported had expired . —The police 'constable who apprehended the prisoner produced a certificate of his having been convicted- in this court in April , 1844 , and his sentence to bo transported for ten years . —The Recorder sontenced the prisoner 1 to be confined in Newgate for one month , " and then transported for life . Post-office Robbery . —Tapley Eggar , a person in the service of the keeper of one of the post-office receiving houses , pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a post letter , the property bf ~ the Postmnster-Geueral . —Mr . Ballantine' called several ¦ witnesses , who gave the prisoner an excellent character . —Judgment was deferred .
Impudent Robbery . —Thomas Smith , 27 , sailor , was convicted of stealing two = watches , valued at £ 0 , the property of John Walker and another , in his dwelling-house . —The facts of the case-were ; that tho prisoner went into the shop of the prosecutor , a silversmith , in Whitechapel , and asked -to look at some silver watches , and upon some being shown to him , he took up two and ran out of tho shop , followed by the shopman , who captured the prisoner before he had got rid of the -property . —It was proved that pvisone > had been , before transported m 1844 for ten years , being then a known thief . — The Recorder asked how it was that the . prisoner was now at large before the expii-ation . of his sentence , —An officer of the R division said that > every
inquiry ; had been made , hut it could not be ascertained . Jiist . previously to his being apprehended on this charge he was in custody . at the Lambeth Police Court for a highway robbery with violence , but the case was not clear enough to send to a jury , —The prisoner was sentenced to fourteen yeara ' transportation . i ; ' :: ; : ' . ; ¦ . Forgery . —Alexander Waddilove , 42 , painter , whO'Was convicted in the Old Court , on Tuesday , of feloniously forging a promissory note for the sum of £ 5 with intent to defraud James Nixon and others , waa brought iip for sentenco . —The : sentence had been deferred to inquire into the character of the prisoner , and it having been satisfactorily-proved that he bolonged to a gang of swindlers ; the Recorder ordored him to be transported for ? seven
years . " ; . . . ; , ;• * , --. ¦ Robberi by a Dbapbb ' s porter , —William-Allen , 18 , porter , and James Pearcey , 17 , draper , were indicted for stealing four yards of cloth , a handkerchief , and other articles , the property of iHenry Nathan , their master . There wei-e-three other indictments againstthe prisoners ; who pleadedguiJty . —Mi ' . Robinson appeared for Pearcy ; and , after addressing Jhe court in mitigation , of punishment , called several witnesses to character , who , stilted that he was a strict attendant at chapel and Siindaysohool , whenever he was away from hismastef , with whom he boarded . — -The Recorder , in passing
sentence , said , that' but for the youth of the prisoner , Pearoey , he .: etiouftl ^ ayo- transported / him for a lengthened period ; but in consequence of that alone would he pass the sentence her ' was . about tb do , for he , the 'leai ^ ed' Recorder , thought" the '/ oharaotej that Peavoy had received for '' piety-was ^ aniaggravatidn , arid'only prbVed'ljini to ^ e a ; mpst ' artfiu ana designing yoUng man J and hjs religion was a mere mask . It was no , wonder tb . s ( t wife h this system of robbery by servants , that tradesmen's namef found tteir ^ a / into / tho ^ tt ^^ P&r ^ as ^ tenoed to be ^ imprisoned aud kept to ^ ard'JaBOUr lor twelvemoatto , andAlleatoStti : ! , ;" . ; : ..
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" ' ¦ - ¦¦ RECEIPTS OF THE HATfOHAl tAJfO COMPANY . ~ ' Fob tat TChk Budko - Thursday / Jaxbabt 10 , 1830 . " SHARES . £ s . i £ * . d . Os waatnisae .. IK i Sotfi ^ am .. O S 6 1 W $ tesia Y . 012 0 £ * 510 EXPENSE FUND . Keighley .- -- O 1 O Sotdngham .. 0 2 0 <^* J > TOTALS . XandPund ... - ••• •»' 4 510 ^ jmense ditto «•• ••• 0 3 0 £ 4 8 10 "W . Dixos , C . Doras , T . CLiKK ^ Cor . Sec . p . X'GBATH . Tin . Sec .
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Fire atd 2 ^ abbow Escate . —On- Wednesday night , shortly before ten o ' clock , a fire of a very alarming character , and nearly attended with a loss of human life , brofce ont in the premises belonging to Mr . Marsh , 3 To . 21 , Great JlayVbuildings , St . 3 Iattin's-lane . Whilst some of the inmates were sitt ing in a lowerroom their attention was suddenly directed by an unusual noise proceeding from the first floor . The servant went to ascertain the cause , when , on opening the door of one of the rooms on the firet floor , in the occupation of a gentleman named Walter , a huge mass of flames shot forth , which completely p rostrated her . . She , however , succeeded in making her way down again , and iavin ^ siren an alarm in tbe usual way , a gentleman nimed Phillips , living on the second floor , made an
attempt to descend the staircase , but so fiercely did the fire extend , and so dense was the smoke , that he was obliged to make to one of the attics , and , by getting out of the trindow , succeeded in escaping a horrible death . Two valuable dogs in the top of tie premises were suffocateed by the smoke and heat . Owing to the exertions of the firemen , the flames were extinguished by eleven o ' clock , but not until considerable damage was done by flre and water , that portion of the premises in which the disaster commenced being burned out . and the rest of the house seriously injured by heat and water . A spark from a lighted candle falling upon some bedding , it is beOeved was the cause of the accident .
¦ Attempted Hcbdeb " szab Dhght-Laxe . — On Tuesday ni g ht a case of the use of the knife in passon took place in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane Two tailora , one of them deaf and dumb , had been engaged at work , and from some unknown cause Beeling , the dumb man , exhibited feelings of an"er towards the other , whose name is Lew A scuffle ensued ketween them , when Keeling took from one of Ms pockets a painter ' s putty knife , and aimed at Xevy / s throat . The knife entered the right side of the jngular vein , and caused a frightful gash . An alarm was raised , and after some difficulty Ee ' elin ? was secured , and taken to Bow-street office , when Sir . Henry remanded Mm . The prosecutor was conveyed to King ' s College Hospital , in a verv precarious state .
am Hihht Smith . —Letters were received at the Horse Guards this week from tho Cape of Good Hope , conveying the intelligence of the dWerous illness of Sir Harry Smith , and , in the event of fhis recovery , the probability that he will ahortly leave his commandfor England . —British Army Dis patch . In reference to the above , a Sunday paper sayi : — " Two more changes in the colonies are ako , - whispered ; but the greatest change , and ' « at very speedily , wfll take place at home . " T . S ^ 'rT 1111 ^ 101110 * WITH TflB South of Ibei ^ m—The arbitrator , Jonathan Henn , Esq ., to whom the question of compensation for the carriage * Wwl ^ Corl £ ' ^ " ' <* . and Waterford , Hy S ^ J'if ¦ W ^ JTon' granting the company ^ 6 d . per mile for tie night inail . Wls . perS & « 5 » " ?» , ia iIk ? - W ^ » ount to up ^ ds of
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 12, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1556/page/5/
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