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      The other business has been of a very miscellaneous description , and disposed of in that random and reckless manner which characterises the dog days and the near approach of the partridge season . Lord John has thrown his ill-used colleague in the representation of "the City overboard once more ; and , from all we can see , Baron Rothschild ' s M . P . will be a meaningless tag to the end of Ms

      name while the present Parliament lasts . At all events , if it- depends on Lord John , the next General Election -will find the question in precisely the same position as it occnpies now . A long discussion on the purchase of some Danish forts on the Gold Coast of Africa , leads to the fear that we are about to perpetuate and extend the costly and mischievous policy in which we have bo insanely persisted on that coast in reference to the slave trade .

      It will be recollected that the Minister only saved himself from defeat on this question by the threat of resignation . If he has since taken adv antage of a vote , extorted by such means , to involve as in p lans which will require us to prosecute the Quixotic enterprise by land as well as sea , we earnestly hope that one act wUl lead to his being driven from office with ignominy and execration .

      Mr . Home endeavoured , but ineffectually , to obtain the sense of Parliament with respect to the worse than Austrian atrocities perpefratedonthe Cephalonians , by Haynau-Ward . A case more clearl y calli ng for recall , if not impeachment , never was presented to its notice . The Colonial office knew its weakness and its danger , and contrived to have the House "Whipped out" soon after nine *> dock . It remains to be seen whether this -contemptible trick will save it and its "liberal" protege .

      Colonel Sdjihorp made an effort to get the tenant-farmers relieved from paying Income Tax . It was a feeble , heartless , spiritless mockery of a debate , and ended—as was expected by everybody—in a defeat We want no exemptions from that most iniquitous and oppressive tax , until it is re-considered altogether , which it mast be next year . -We earnestl y hope that tie country will then speak Hand either compel its abolition , or tliat

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      MONIES RECEIVED For thjs TVbbk Emhxo TmjRSDAT Jolt 25 tb , 1850 .

      ' rOB THB WINDDSGBPOF THE LAND COMPANY . Received at Iahd Office . —Ashton , pet Mr . Taylor £ 5 —C . Kirmn Gel—S . Worthington 6 d-J . MOSS Gd—M Walker ls-JLM'Phe Ga ^ . S&lmadbeW . Barlow 6 dw . WMtehouse 6 d-E . WhHebouse 6 d-M . Bennett ls _ M . Moprcroftls-M . Exley 6 d-W . Boardman ls-J . Town Is —J . Woistencroft ls-G . Sjkes ls-a Friend 6 d-W . Mawson 1 &-W . Thompson Gd-W . Foster ls-J . Sutton ls-J . Alcockli _ J , Berry ls-G , Wallace ls-J . TurnDuUls-W aasonls—J . Hodirson 6 d _ Ti TTarainir p ., i vr TLfo . em »»

      -6 d—J . Davidson 6 d—J . Wilsoa Gd—W . Tickers 6 d—R I ^ a * t ~ £ ^^ M- * - Triffi 11 M-J - Cwkhlll

      Total . £ 19 010 THE HONESTY 7 o ? D . Received by W , Rd ) eb . _ W . Stokes , Grettonls-J . Mayman , Ramssate ls-Five Shareholders , Heywoofl , per J . C . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by W . Rider . —Haddifie Bridge , per R . Hamer , fifom T . B . , 6 d—Kidderminster , per G . HoUowaj Is . TRACT FUND . Received by V . Rider . —J . Maymaii , Ramsgate Is . FOR , MR . E- JONES . Received by VT . Rn « B .-Radcliffe Bridge , per R . Earner 2 s 6 d . i—Received by John Abbott . —Swindon , per John Bryson lfls 9 d—Mr . JohnArkell , per JohnBrysoals . FOR DR . M ' OOUALL . ,, T ^ i hfJobs Assort . —Portsea , per James Stroud It Is Gd .

      FOR MR . HOOPER . Received by W . Ru ) Es . -Nottingham , per J . Sweet 2 s Gd . FOR MRS < LACY . Received by W . Bibeh . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet 2 s 63 . FOR THE , FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . Received ljyW . Bides . —Kidderminster , per G . Hollo way Is . " The monies received by John Arnott for the National Charter Association and the Tract Fund will be acknowledged next week .

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      CAMBRIDGE . Brutal Assablt . —Thomas Dirkin , Michael Ginty , Thomas Dirkin , jun ., and Martin Dqwling , ( all Irishmen ) , were charged with having , on the 26 th of May last at Chatteris , violenty wounded Edvrard Jones with a large wooden scoop , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm . —Mr . C . Mills appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Baylor for the defence . —The prosecutor is a navvy , and employed on the drainage works now in progress at Chatteris . On the 26 th of June , Jone 3 was employed to sit up all night to watch the tools used by hi 3 fellow workmen . Abont one o ' clock in the morning a party of a dozen Irishmen ( reapers ) came up to him , and one , having a large wooden scoop , struck him a violent blow on the bead . He

      fell ; and several of the party commenced kicking him till he was insensible . He was then robbed of his cap and 5 s . When he came to his senses he gave an alarm , and the party proceeded to the farm of a Mr . Jones , where , in a barn , were found eight or ten Irishmen . One had the prosecutor ' s cap , and another a couple of half-crowns . One ran off , and was overtaken . The prosecutor then identified the four men who had been most prominent in the affair . To three he distinctly swore . The other , though certain about , ho would not swear to . He was afterwards confined to his bed for a fortnight . —The extent of the injuries was proved by Mr . Dean , a surgeon , of Chatteris . There was a dangerous wound of the scalp , and for seven or eight days the prosecutor ' s life was in danger . —The jury Acquitted Dirkin , the elder , and found the others Guilty of a common assault . —Sentence deferred .

      Arson . —The jury Acquitted "Wing , charged with setting fire to premises at Dry Drayton . And in the case of John Hay ward , charged with setting fire to outbuildings at Cottenham , by which , a fourth of the village was burned down , the grand jury ignored the bill .

      WORCESTER . Perjort . —Thomas Somerton , aged 26 , baker , was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury . —Mr . Selfe conducted the prosecution ; Mr . W . H . Cooke appeared for the defendant . —This case excited much , local interest , and occupied the court for upwards of four hours . The defendant and prosecutor resided in tbe small village of White Ladies Aston , of which Mr . Berkeley , of Spetchley , is the proprietor , a gentleman who takes particular interest in the preservation of his game . The defendant had been fined for trespassing in pursuit of pheasants in January , 1849 , on the information of Thomas Petford , son of the prosecutor , and by way of retaliation gate notice to the surveyor of taxes that Joseph Petford , the father , had , on the 1 st January , 1 S 49 , shot a brace of partridges without having

      a license to do so . A notice of surcharge was therefore given to old Petford , against which he appealed to the commissioners . On the hearing of this appeal the defendant attended as witness in support of the charge , and swore to having seen Joseph Petford discharge a gun and kill two partridges between ten and eleven o ' clock on the morning of Monday , the 1 st of January , on the farm of a person named Patrick . The prosecutor called witnesses to prove that on this identical day he had gone to Birmingham , and wa 3 actually in that town at the time deposed to by Somerton . On this contradictory testimony the commissioners , having adjourned the inquiry for further evidence , decided on the 3 rd May in favour of the appellant , who at the summer assizes following obtained a bill of indictment against Somerton for perjury . —On tha part of the prosecution , seven members of the Petford family were examined as to the fact of old

      Petford being in Birmingham on the 1 st of January . —On tbe part of the defendant , four persons unconnected with him by any ties of relationship or intimacy , deposed with similar pertiracity that they had seen old Petford in White Ladies Aston between the hours of eight and eleven on the morning of that day , and one of them , Mrs . Horn , who resided near the prosecutor , declared she had seen him with a gun in hi 3 hand , between ten and eleven of that day . —Lord Campbell , in summing up , left the jury to determine to which set of witnesses credit was due , and in the event of their believing those for the prosecution , then to determine whether the defendant had sworn falsely by mistake , or from wilful and malicious motives . —After twenty minutes' deliberation , the defendant was found " Guilty , " on which , the Lord Chief Justice sentenced him to seven years' transportation , and he retired in custody , declaring himself to be unjustly punished .

      Assacil with Lsiext to Rob . —Thomas Groves , aged 25 , was indicted for assaulting , with intent to rob , Thomas Hadwell , a shoemaker , at Kidderminster , on the 1 st of June last . —Mr . Best prosecuted , and Mr . Powell defended the prisoner . —On the day above mentioned the prosecutor went to a public-house called the Weary Traveller , about seven o ' clock in tbe evening , and stayed there refreshing" himself until ab » t half-past eleven , when he was fetched away by his wife and bis brother-in-law . On arriving home he found his house locked up , and accordingly he went alone to the house of a workman named Newbury for tbe key . At Kewbury ' s door he found two youne women , the prisoner , and two other young men , who were

      seeking admittance , and one of the young women , who had been there before that evening , stated that she had'left some pence there . The prosecutor said that on the door being opened , there was a rush into the passage , and at the same moment he was struck twice by the prisoner ; that he thereupon went a few hundred yards towards a place called Prospect-hill for a policeman , and that as he wa » going along the prisoner , who had followed him on bis hand and knees , rose up suddenly by his side and knocked him down , put his hand into his pocket , saying with an oath that if he had any money he would have it , and called to his companions to " comeon , " but that they replied "it would not ° V' andmomjnended iiimto " punch the prose-

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      ^ . * » ;" -: | heprisoner was . . proceeding to X kZMJ P ri 80 ? turned on-M * hands ^ or « th af r COmp . ^ ion 8 ' prosecutor also wUh 5 w ^ ° i 1 Sname ' hewa 8 P ^ ectly familiar ffadmft ? Tf ° K fi ? t erson - Ott cross-examination SSSS * v at heheardthe young womansay she waa come for her ffloney , ; he said to * her that he did not beUeve she had had any , and that it . was thereupon he was . first struck , . and . that , although he had money in the pocketin wh » 6 h the : prisoner put hu hand , he hadnefc lost any ., His ; W of 5 an , ffi bury , deposed that the blows struck a ]" the door were struck by the pnsoner . -After a very impartial summing up ; the jury convicted the prisoner of a common assault , butstrongly recommended him to mercy ; and he was sentenced to a week ^ s impnson- ; ment m the Penitentiary .

      Boboubt . —Thomas Bufton was indicted for a burglary committed on the ; premises of Richard Hardwick , at Mathon .-Mr . R V . Richards con ducted the prosecution , and Mr . Powell appeared for the prisoner . —From the evidence adduced , it a Ppeared that about three o ' clock on the afternoon of . Friday , the 5 th of April , the prisoner called at the house of the prosecutor , who was a poor man , and asked him for a glass of water . The prosecutor went to fetch him a cup of cider , and or returning lound the prisoner standing in the doorway , in a position where he could . command a view - of the Jtnflv u th ? , pr 0 seoutor ' cottage and could see iwo nitones of bacon hanging up there . About ten at night prosecutor went to bed , having made his iast

      3 ° . un awakening- at ; half-pnst five the » n « W ^ e found Me in , the window largo S *? d , * J " an ' 8 boiJy » and discovered that dsino ^ w he 80 . : ! cln . Aether with a bag , had EK " Ab 00 tthe 8 anie hou * the prisoner , heavily laden , was overtaken by a man in a cart on n ^ T £ "f 1011 10 Sweater . The . man gave ? £ ? ££ « * hft * A " Vwowtw . and on theirmy nrfc fc h ° ! t £ 8 tation - About ten o ' clock Cptf offere / the . oacon for sale at a shop in -Z . Ceste u' t ? . " . for it £ 15 s . He told tho woman whobought it that he had been disappointed wa ^ rn ^ 7 u ° ^ have sold » t . The bacon w « , £ oduced "tf *? oh ™ constable and . identified by the prosecutor , who produceda piece from home which corresponded exaotly with that which had r <

      h ! hif ° f , ? ""^ Poffe 11 Messed the jury on behalf of the prisoner , who was found <• Guilty , " and having been previously convicted wag sentenced to transportation for ten years LINCOLN . ¦ . Ward v . the ToRKSHina Fire Insurance Com-XTl wasan action to recover the sum of £ 104 , the value of propert y destroyed by a fire at Ruphani , in this county , on the 12 th of November bat . Jhe plaintiff had taken out a policy in the Yorkshire Company for £ 400 , and immediately after the fire he put in a claim of £ 200 for damage done to nis corn stacks . In consequence of somo' suspicion that thiawas an exaggerated claim , a coroner ' s inquest was held to inquire into the ' oridn of the

      hre , and the result of that' inquiry was a refusal on ' the part of the company to pay for any damage whatever . Mr . filler , for the defendants ; contended that the plaintiff Mmself had set fire tO the stacks . In support of this defence , he called the maid servant who had lived with the plaintiff , and she stated that at nine o ' clock at night , when she was in the brewhouse , she saw her master pas 3 stealthily , and that shortly after she heard an alarm of fire , and on looking out she saw two stacks in a blaze . Other witnesses deposed that when the alarm was given the plaintiff , instead of going at once to the stacks and throwing water upon ' them , he went to his cowhouse and set some calves at

      liberty , and afterwards drew some waggons from a shed ; the inference being that this delay in going to the stacks was to allow ' the fire to gain an ascendency , In summing up , the Chief Justice commented on the practice of holding inquests on fires . He said there was no law to warrant it , and that coroners were not at all justified in swearing witnesses to give evidence on such events . Ho mentioned that Mr Payne , one of the London coroners , had introduced tho practice by reviving what was alleged to be an old custon ; but how far it was useful to revive ancient jurisdictions , and sit on royal fishes and sturgeons " for the benefit of the public " did not enter into the case at hand . The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed .

      : STAFFORD . nionwAT Robbery , and Attempt at Hurdir . — John Smith ' was indicted for assaulting and wounding Thomas Gillagliaii , on the 6 th of June , at Cresswell , putting him in bodily fear , and stealitg from his person a bottle of whiskey , and other articles , his property . — The prosecutor , an Irishman , stated that he and the prisoner travelled together from Ireland , and had journeyed from Liverpool to Stone , near Stafford , where they slept together on the night of the oth of June . Thefollowin * morning they pursued their journey together to ° wards Stafford , and when they had passef the turnpike gate the prisoner struck himatiolent blow on the baek of the head with his walking-stick , which

      felled him to the ground . When upon the ground , the prisoner kicked and beat him with the stick upon the head in a most ferocious and murderous mnnner , inflicting several severe wounds , one of which severed the upper lip . A bundle which he had under his ami dropped on the ground when lie was first struck . Thu prisoner , then took hold of his legs , and dragged him towards a pool of water on the side of the road , but was prevented from throwing him in , in consequence of his grasping a post close to the water ' s edge . After again beating and kicking him , the prisoner took up the bundle containing a small bottle of whiskey , a shirt , knife razor , and other articles , and proceeded towards Stafford . Upon recovering consciousness / he

      returned to the turnpike gate , and gave information to the keeper of the gate , nis head and hair were then literally soaked with blood ,. and the wounds were washed and bound up . After recovering himself a little , he went in company with the ' parish constable to Stafford , where a police-officer apprehended the prjsoner in a shop , with the whiskey bottle and shirt in his possession . Upon being charged with the offence , he denied all knowledge of it , but afterwards acknowled ged that he had struck him with a black thorn stick which lie had in his possession . The prosecutor was then

      conveyed to the infirmary m a very weak state from the wounds he had received and the loss of blood where he laid in a dangerous state for upwards of a week . —The prisoner , in his defence , alleged that the prosecutor had borrowed money from him , which he refused to return , in consequence of which they quarrelled and fought .-This statement was distinctly contradicted by the prosecutor , who stated that they had been on terms of friendship up to the moment when the attack was made upon him —His lordship then summed up the evidence , and the jury found the prisoner "Guilty , " when judgment of death was recorded against him

      NOTTINGHAM . Manslaughter . —George Toms was indicted for manslaughter . —Mr . TV . H . Adams appeared for the prosecution . —It appeared that the prisoner , on the 23 nd of April last , had been engaged in a fi ^ ht with the deceased Henry Flowers , in the Nottingham meadows , and that Flowers had been killed by a blow given by the prisoner . On the part of the prisoner the fight had been conducted with fairness and he had been greatly provoked by the deceased both before the

      fight commenced and during its continuance . Until the last round the deceased appeared to have had the advantage , and was actually taunting the prisoner , and singing « ' Meet me by moonlight alone , " when he received the blow which immediately knocked him down , and on tho Thursday following occasioned his death . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , '' but recommended him to mercy . He had been in custody about a month , and the learned judge sentenced him to a further imprisonment of three days .

      . YORK . His Lordship passed sentence on a number of prisoners . Among them was Augustus Holman , of Leeds , merchant , who pleaded " Guilty" to four distinct charges of forgery at Leeds ; was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years . Embezzlement at Bridlinoton . —John Mercer was charged with embezzling certain sums of money , at Bridlington , on the 22 nd of May : last , — Tho prosecutors in this case were the directors of the York and North Midland Railway Company , in whose service the prisoner acted in the capacity of clerk at the Bridlington station . — Verdict , "Guilty . " —There were other charges of asimilar description against the prisoner , but they were not proceeded with . Ho was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept at hard labour for fifteen months . "

      LEWES . Melaxchok Case . —Mary Hardwick , a miserable looking creature was indicted for feloniously casting her child into the sea at Brighton , with intent to murder it . —It appeared from the testimony of two witnesses that on Saturday last the prisoner was seen by a man named March standing with a child in her arms , near the Custom-house at Brighton , and she suddenly ran down to the sea and threw the child into tho water , and then jumped in herself . March immediately ran into the water , and having fortunately succeeded in laying hold of the

      child , he brought it to the shore , and tnen went a second time into the water and brought out the woman . The child , it appeared , very soon recovered , but the prisoner was insensible , and it was a considerable time before she was restored to consciousness . A man was upon the spot who was represented to be the husband of the prisoner , and according to the testimony of the witnesses , after the melancholy transaction had taken place , he was very violent and aboaed her , and expressed a desire that she should have destroyed herself . The poor woman during the trial appeared hardly to he

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      field anv ™ S t 0 me as 1 v ? aa wo ^ ing in the ssiss ~ "S ^ K ^ ^ iS ^^ SSSRfi sL im company with the prisoner . He Srr ^" - "

      CH JBLMSFORD . in&SwE mtet ^^^^ SffiT ^* ™ * - Emma SMS I ' c . a Et'S ? £ P ' TO 8 also charged in t ^ indict-3 SLF * ke > ng an accessory after the fact , but the charge against her was abandoned by the counsel for the prosecution , and a verdict of "Not Guiltv " was taken for her before the case nraiiwt the other prisoner was entered upon . It appeared from the eytdence that was adduced for the Drosecii inn ( W 5 i cSl S , u Tb SSSX SS Srfi i decea 8 cd ' brother W" « n . and severa other , young men were at the White Horse public-house , at Bailing ™ » « h JTm . » : " ™

      from . Ipswich , and they all " left tOMtlev about twelve o clock at night . ' The prisoner Scraufield were walking together , and when they had St a ? S twRrC ? 1 ° ! 1 ?> h ? roadthed « d t 9 W »" Put his arm round her waist . This act of tho deceased gave . offence to the prisoner who told him , m an angry tone ,. to leave Sg S alone and he rephed that he should not , and adled that he had as much right to her as he ( che S s ?" er ) Jad . Aceoramg to the testimony of He witnesses , the moment tho decased said this the P » f " er ™ de » " Put " at him with a clasp ' kri fe lfitw f ft I ? int 0 hi 3 - Btomach , and K stantly fell to the ground , exclnimin * « nu , V ,

      body ; Oh my body ! ' ^ The brother £ tne decea ^ d came npat this time , and asked tho prisoner Xt vras the matter , and he replied , that ho ' would Z ! tS ° A 5 ! he w "« ld serve £ JgJ l n 1 ? Al ^ ^ u ^ > made a ru 3 u at him with the knife and stabbed him in the thigh It anbGarod that after this the prisoner "iff&Aid ^ - away together , and upon their beit , g followed ;' and &Sffi" \ e } ns a 8 ked - for the ^ » h «« having one in his possession , and Ke was . then seen to pass it to the girl , who put it in her pocket . S h £ S Jf dwtakm home « nd W 2 being , examined by a surgeon , it was found thah h « received

      naa a wound a short distance from the ' navel , which wasan inch and a half long and 2 inches deep , and this germinated his existence two days afterwards .-Mr . Sergeant Jones made a most earnest and forcible address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner , and said that althougfi he felt that , under the circumstances , it would be impossible to rescue him from a conviction for manslaughter , yet he trusted the jury would-take that merciful view of the case , and not convict him of the more serious crime , which would entail upon him the . forfeiture of his life .- The learned sergeant then urged upon the jury all the mitigatory circumstances that nould

      be brought forward for tho prisoner , remarking parhcularl y upon the absence of any previous quarrel or ill-will between him and the deceased , and also upon the probability that if the deceased had not interfered with the young woman tho unfortunate occurrence would not have taken place , and he contended that the jury would be justified in saying that the , fatal blow had been struck under the influence of sudden passion and . excitement , ' andiBpon that ground they might' charitably say that he was onl y guilty , of the offonce of W . s ^ g h f tei > 7 , heJU ! X after a very short deliberation , found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter , and he was sentenced to be transported for life .

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      GUILD HALL ' .- —CiiAnaB op Steaiiso . Books . — Charles Hamilton , William ' . HaHey , and Wiliiam Montague were charged with stealing a quantity of books , the property of . Thomifis . Blackwdoil . ' book 1 seller , and publisher , in Patorhp ' ster . rovv . Thepi-o secjitor . had , entertained ' suspicions ; for some time past that Hnriey and Montaguo , ' who were in hi 3 emplov , had been robbing him to a considerable extent , both in money and goods , and accordingly on Saturday last he marked throe shillings and the Sr ^ u- of "tehees ,: and gave them to a hS , 7 ' lnstl" ! loti < 'ns t 0 ] ay tlie money out in books at his ( prosecutor ' s ) ah 6 »; Trosbcutor left 5 'X ' W ?« mornln fi '" on-Wtaniing about five o cleek in , the . same . afternoon . K » Pvnminmi >! , „

      t-iiiand lound . the three marked s ^ hil nisW ^ o of the sixpences there tho third having been " abStied , and a penny put m its place , ife then gave " oth of them into custody when Montague stated that Hamilton had called during prosecutor ' s absence and entered the warehouso , from whence he took five 6 s . books , and giivo Hurley Ssl ' -lSeveral second hand ¦ . booksellers appeared , and produced various volumes of " Banyan s Pilgrim ' s Progress , " " Cheyer s Wanderings , " , « Dick ' s Future State , " and other works , having bought them for about half their publishing : price of the prisoners , Hamilton and Harjey . —Hamilton said he had been led to behevo from HarlOy that Mr . Black wood was in the nabit ofsendin < rhim onf . with « ninmoo n ( n- <« . ! ra

      tho sale of which had fallen off , leaving the prosecutor with a . ' large stock in hand , to sell for any price ho could get for them , and that on several occasions he ( Hamilton ) hud taken some from Harley , and disposed of tliem in the way mentioned by the booksellers present , ffheroby he had been ena-«• i w f"aiie a l 0 T 8 l'illiF 1 gs from time to time . He saiune Ima never , been in tho warehouse of the prosecutor , either with ' or without his knowledge , and Montague s statement that he took five books away on Saturday was a mere fabrication , as he was riot to . v ^ ternoster-row ' on Saturday . — The officer , Webb , stated that he searched Harlpy bcforo taking mm to the station , and found the marked sixpence that was missing from' the till , arid iv « reat nnmi >« f

      of duplicates , chiefly relating to books , were » iven up before leaving the warohouse .-Alderman Challis said that he should remaud the case for a week , for the purpose of making further inquiries . : MANSION-IIOU . SE ; -DisoBACEFUL Assault .-A tailor named John Uanagan and his wife , and a young fellow named John Long , were charged with having desperately assaulted William Ra ' wley , one of the same trade . —The complnihant went out at vatbev an unseasonable hour on Saturday night last to get some beer , and meeting with the defendants , asked John Hanagan for the amount of a debt which ought to have' been paid lone ago . He received an answer from each of the tbre ? , viz ., a scratch from Mrs . Hnnagan , a blow from Long , and from John

      Hanagan a bite , which actually made a lnouthful of his ear—The biter stated that the complainant provoked him by the most dreadful languago ; to stand up to fight , and ; at the commencement of the conflict , ' seized him by the ear and endeavoured to drag it off his head , that the row became general , and everyone in it got the worst of it , till the whole business was finished by an . interview with the inspector at the stationhouse . —The Woman said she only had done what any woman ought to do when her husband was attacked—defended him when the complainant and two other ' persons attacked ' him .--The ear-biter was sentenced to imprisonment for " one month , his wife to imprisonment for fourteen days , and Long to imprisonment for fourteen days .

      . BOW-STREET—Gross Cuueltt io Houses . — A . Fother , the driver of an omnibus , was charged , under the new act of parliament , with working two horses unfit to be used . eA police-coiistable said that , oh Monday , in Parliament-street , he saw the defendant driving an omnibus . He noticed a large wound upon the side of one of the horses , and the traces were constantly rubbing . it as'tho hovse was running . Witness stopped the omnibus , and told the driver ho , could not allow the horse to be worked in that state . On examining the wound , he found it very much swollen , and the hgrse must have suffered great pain . The prisoner said he met with an accident that morning , and had run against a cart in Giay ' s Inn-lane . "Witness then

      lifted the collnr , and found five or six wounds under the neck , each about the size of a shilling They all appeared to be fresh wounds , and on taking the horses and omnibus to the greenyard , he found another large wound upon the back of the other horse , which was being rubbed by the harness . At the station , the prisoner said tho wound upon the side of tho horse was an old one , and had been healed . The horses were qu '' sound when he brought tliem out , and he only intended to run them that journey . —The proprietor of the . omnibus stud he had C 00 horses , and lie never allowed any animal to be . worked that was not sound . Tho horses in question were , quite well when they left tho stable , and it was tho heat of the morning that

      had caused the places to appear . They were only small piinplee under the neck , which would be caused by perspiration . —Mr . lliill . said heceuldnot believe that thu hoat could cause such wounds as described by the officer , in running such a short journey . The horses must have suffered great pain , and by the new act of parliament any person driving horses that wero unsound was liable to the fine of £ 5 , and tlie owners > vero equally liable . lie hoped the horsea would not bu . worked again ; and as a cau . tion to the driver in future he fined him ' the mitigated penalty of 30 s ., or fifteen days' imprisonment . —The proprietor assured his worship that tho horses would not bo worked again until perfectly recovered . t . _ , j

      SOUTHWABK . — Charge of Arson . — George Arnott , the son of an extensive hair manufacturer in the Grove , Southwuvk , and David Welsh , one of his workmen , were cluirged with setting fire to the premises of Air . John Jeffreys , irontbmider , and proprietor of tho Grove iron foundry , in tho Grove , Great Guildford-street , Southward—Mr . Jeffreys stated that he left his premises perfectly safe about ten o ' clock on tho previous night . There was at that time ho fire lighted in the foundry . "When he arrived on tho following morning , he discovered a quantity of charred wood , and burnt shavings in the model room ; and from the position in which they were placed , he was astonished that the wholo ol the warehouso was not burnt down . The property in the warehouse consisted of models , tools , and Other property , valued at nearly £ 20 , 000 . He afterwards heard that the prisoners had been on the premises at the tinio the fire was discovered , and

      from these circumstances he gave them into custody . —Elizabeth Iliggott was called by the prosecutor , and stated that a little after eleven o ' clock on the previous night she went into tho yard at tho rear of Mr . Jeffery ' s premises , when she saw flames in tho model house . She instantly called her master , when the flames were rushing out of the factory windows . —Ml . A'Beckett : Did you sec cither of the prisoners in the place where the fire took place ? Witness : Yes , I saw Arnott enter tho model-room and throw pieces of wood on tho fire near tho foundry . She thon saw tho other there , when Arnott took the wood from the pile and threw it about tho room . —Other evidence having been heard , Arnott said that they had been to the theatre , and , after they came home , they saw a fire hi Mr , Joffery's foundry . They immediately jumped through tlio fence and put the fire out . —Mr . A'Beckett said he had heard sufficient to warrant his remanding them .

      Violent Attack upon iue Magistrate bt , Two Females . —Mary Grogan and Ann . McCarthy -were charged with using iinpropor language in tho public streets , and assaulting the officer in the execution of his duty . —Mr . Iiigbani after hearing the evidence ,, ordered each to be imprisoned for one month . —Before tho sentence had been distinctly pronounced , each of them suddenly took off their heavy shoes and threw them with great violence at tho magistrate ' s head , accompanied with dreadful oaths and imprecations . Fortunately for Mr .

      Ingbam the missiles escaped his head , and merely grazed his right shoulder . Finding they had not succeeded in injuring the magistrate , they attempted to break down the front of tho dock , but several officers being in tho body of the court they were prevented , but it required the united strengh often constables to drag tliem to the cells , and in doing so their clothes were torn from their backs . Their violence was so great when in tho latter place that the magistrate ordered thoir instant removal to Brixton .

      MARYLEBONE . —Charges of Wunjl Damage and Assault by an Officer . —Frederick Mundell , a member of the United Service Club , and who resides at No . 101 , Milton-street , Dorset-square ( he refused to give his address when taken to the station-house , ) was charged with tlib following extraordinary conduct : —Mr . Johnson , proprietor of a highly veBpectable boarding ho « sej situate nt No . 4 , Cayendish-square , deposed , ' that on tho 2 nd of December last , defendant , who represented himself as a lieutenant in the army , and' said thnt he belonged to the United Service Club , made applica tion to him to be admitted aa an inmate of the establishment , and after he had given in the name of a ' party by way of reference , complainant

      consented to tho proposal , but he subsequently mentioned to two ladies who were boarding vrittk him , the agreement which h ^[ had come to , and from whatle . heard with regard to defendant having been in Horsemonger-lano gaol , for an assault upon a gentleman ; ho ( complainant ) wrote to him to the iffect tliat he could not be admitted ; he sent to know the reason why he had come to this determination , \ ipon which ' he went to Peole ' s Coffee-house , and having copied from a paper the particulars of his committalto prison , forwarded it to him ; he afterwards called upon complainant , telling him it was all wrong , and that if he would go to tho Duke of / Wellington with him ovory thing could be explained . On flieUtKiof , December de fendant addressed a fow lines to complaisant . The

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      INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT . _ IS THE MATTER OF WILLIAM GRIMSTONE This insolvent , the well-known eye-snuff manufacturer , apphed to be discharged . He was opposed by Mr . Nichols for a mortgage creditor named Revett , and two other creditors named White and Willes , apiiearod in person . Mr . Cook and Mr . Sargood supported the application . -Tho inquiry in this case , which seemed to create a good deal of interest , occupied some hours on Monday , and was not concluded till five o ' clock . It appeared that tlie insolvent , who had carried on business for thirtynine years , had never failed before or compounded with his creditorsand his

      , insolvency was the result of heavy expenses by crown prosecutions and tho hvjuit done to his business . His debts exceeded £ b , 08 U , running over a long period . In 1824 the prosecutions commenced on account of his snuff . lie satisfied the excise that it was made of British herbs , and consequently not an excisable commodity , and the prosecution was ended by a nominal verdict and payment of the costs , which he found wore considerable . In 1827 he was prosecuted by the Stamp-office , and in 1835 all his agents , amounting to more than 1 , 000 , were fined for selling snuff without a stamp , as the government considered it a patent medicine . In one day " ninety" complaints ™ HITL TtJ'L Stamp . office . Tlie agents

      . ; brought back' the goods , he returned the money , paid the expenses , and soon afterwards found his means crippled . He was then paying £ 5 , 000 a year in advertisements . The expenses of the prosecutions , and the losses consequent thereon , cost him £ 11 , 000 . He had invented a liquid called " llegenerator , ' for tho growth of the human hair . He had a place at nighgate , where he grew his herbs , and for which he gave £ 1 , 050 , and which ho had mortgaged to Mr . Iievett for £ 200 . There was a prior mortgage of £ S 0 O , which Iievett had paid off , and after professing great friendship for him , had , since his imprisonment , brought an action of ejectment , to recover possession of the premises at Higbgate . Tho insolvent had laid out £ 2 . 000 on

      the property , and expected to pay his creditors out of the growth of his herbs . Ho had a place of business in Oxford-street , out of which lie had , since his imprisonment , been ejected . A Mr Howo hold a security on it to £ 1 , 000 , but had gained little or nothing from ifc .-Mr . White , a . stationer , in Bhoreditch , complained that lie had discounted a few bills for the insolvent : and Mr . Willes , tho other opposing creditor , who was a creditor for a ba « lance , complained of the security given to Mr . Howe . —Mv . Niehola asked for possess-on of the premises at Iligligate boforo the insolvent wasdis , charged ' . —Mr . Cook resisted tho application , as one of an unusual character , and made some sarcastic

      remarks on the conduct of Mr . Revett , the opposing creditor .-ln the course of tho case the insolvent mtt ^ * the attorney of Mr . White £ 20 , besides costs on tho bill hold by him , but the offer was refused . On tho other hand , it wag denied that tho money had been offered , but m ! nu ^ y was . ? t in court t 0 give evidence .-ihe Ohief Commissioner requirod tho attendance of he attorney for Mr . White ; and on the next occasion the court would hear any application for tho 2 tme f \ r K ™ as 8 i S , witb 1 - efel > « nco to the premises at Highgate .-Th ecase was adjourned . IN RE OEOBGE UEIWOOD—ALLEORD ERillDS BY ATS

      . . AUCTIONEER . This lnsolvont , an auctioneer in Upper Sdymourstreet , Connaught-square , who had carried on business as George Heywood and Co ., was opposed by Mr Nichols for Mr . Holden , a wine merchant , and by Giffard for a Mrs . Barber . Mr . Sargood supported . ~ lho complaint was that tho insolvent had ' deirauded the opposing creditors . From Mr . Holden ho get wine to put into sales ho had ; he returned a iin i i smal l 8 ura on account , arid kept about * 40 for himself . Sirs . Barber employed him to sell her furniture , and he swore that she had in return a furnished cpttago of him . This statement sho denied , alleging that it was a fiction . She was ' a croaicor

      to * 8 5 . It appeared , in the course of a long inquiry , which occupied the court to a late hour , that the insolvent had been twice a . bankrupt , and wns discharged six years ago undor the act . —Mr : to "J i 8 sioner Law was of opinion that the debt with Mr . Holden had been contracted by , moans of a breach of trust , and that a fraud had beon practisedoh Mrs . Barber . Thero was no protence to say that the furniture in the cottage she booupled , whilo her own furniture was sold , had beon sold to her ; and therefore tho entry mado by the insolvent m his book when he commenced tho transaction was false , and made with a fraudulent intention . —Judgment deferred to Monday to file ii book .

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      . The annual snow of tne iUyal Irish Agricultural Sboiety eoiuttvenced at Cor » on Monday , and tho town Vi described as tewing been crowded with strangers oa the occasion ,

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      ? i ?' ' . ? ro . putin ' and > read . " It set forth tint ? ni ? hm A and of which he could not help taking SS ^ Complainantadded thatsincehisreTusai SiWlV- £ 6 fenfmt * number of panes of glass , prin-Ssg&s ^ S S ^ llflBUI mate ; he had been persccutiiur nnn nf » i ^ i ithe younger ) with h £ a t 3 S , and ha t led in order to see her , but he was peremptorily t 51 thit she would not grant him an interview . - ^? Broughton : Do you know where the vm , n < , i ^

      , hrst became acquainted with him ? Complainant- 1 beheye in Harley-street , at my house , with her mother , and , had I received defendant they would both have left . me . —It further appeared that Superintendent Hughes , of the I ) division , had directed polioo constable Hawker , 271 , to station hi mself in such a position in the square a 8 would enable him to have a complete view of Mr . Johnson ' s dwelling i > o accordingly did so , and at length saw the defend ant pick Up from the road some stones , which he inrew towards the house his going after

      ; upon away mor ^ l T maJo by him at one o ' clock in the " »' . i « " »» followed him and took him into fSShii- u Station house a la > 'ge stone was to Mr - Toh « , ? ° ^ pocket - mmaa went back of tlmsprS ? " ' 4 i dencc ' wheu hc called "P one tion ^ -Evident f Odu . cedyoro picked up in the area . ¦ wrtio ^ whTih ? . ? ^ . as t 0 ^ endant . having HaSeSd hi nH atl 0 n h ouse viulentl y ^ saulted uawKei , ana two other constables who came to his assistance ,-lnspector Jackson sni . 1 ttLTk ! ? J 5

      sfflsaf trtar ^ S teasraa ^ sBstiS was no proof whatever as to his client havbgbroken ^ S ? " ? , 1116 con 3 table : m ^ u near the smashing of glass ? Constable : I did not , but Iaaw sjoncs thrown , and they rebounded from the build-I n £ 5 ff " f "" I : L 0 t T P ' ' youplease . I heard that policemen had been making inquiries nSL V ^ Very , impr ° Per way > aild il 1 c » nsequence of their conduct I wrote to Sir George Grev imping that he would look to the muttov , but I ha ( o not yet Been him . I know nothing about tho breakmg of any glass , neither dfd I fling a single stone . I was pounced upon b y tfiree men , and dragged along by . them ; ami if I had struck either oi them , I should certainly have made a mark . In trying to freemyself from , them 1 might have kicked out , but ndthinjr morii . _ Miv

      tS , ' ' n ""^ "I "viewing tho whole of r . enaltvofTn ad ( luC ? l' illflicted U P ° " defend « nt » SKi- '" ' and . twoof 20 s : for assaulting the n ~> i « / •«? rec . 0 Sn ^ nce 3 in £ 100 , with two 3 I * l ™ $ V ' in order that iue . inquiry isS in * " n as u -, theirfitneS 3 10 ^ accepted aa bail ) in £ 50 each , for his keeping the peace towards complainant and all his house for L next three months . The magistrate remarked that it had been intimated to him that he ( defendant ) had also used , threats toward s the young lady who was not inclined to , listen to or pay any regard to his attentions ; that , however , would not now be entered . upon . —Defendant : She had agreed to accept n > y hand before she went to Mr . Johnson ' snad it boen otherwise , I should not have been in any way troublesome to her .-He was then locked

      WESTMINSTER-Chauok of RoBBERY .-Iouia Aonarzewski , a Pole , was charged with felony — Elizabeth Fisher , servant in the establishment of Mr . H . P . Chorley , 15 , Victoria-square , Pimlico , stated that on last Friday afternoon she heard a Knock at the street door , and upon opening it the prisoner walked into tho hall without saying anything . She inquired if he wanted Mr . Chorley , and he replied " Yes , " and in broken English asked for pen , ink , and paper . She went iuto the diningroom to procure them , and there found herself followed by the prisoner , who , although provided with the means , did not attempt to write , but sauntered about the room , and having made some casual inquiry about a picture in the room , coolly sat himself down . Witness finding lie made no use of the pen and ink , and considering his conduct very strange , became alarmed , and requested him to leave the house , which was unheeded . Hearing a ring at the street door bell , she was obliged to leave the prisoner in the room lor four or five minutes r « S ^ "ch time ^ he tnoug ° t ifc Prudent to send for Mr-. Felton , a neighbour , and upon her going with him to the dining-room they met tho prisoner at the door , who said he would go . Witness for some time requested him to write his name , which he refused to do , but , after a great deal of persuasion , wrote something resembling a name upon a Piece of paper , and said ho wanted to see Mr . Chorley at Verey's , in Regent-street , that evening . —Mr Chorley ' s valet proved that a £ 5 note and seven or eight sovereigns were seen safe by him in an envelope upon the dining-room table half an hour before the prisoner s visit and were missed shortly after his departure . —The prisoner denied the charge , and was remanded till Saturday .

      WOltSHIP-STREET . — A Gam > of Juvenile BBnouRs .-Twelve ragged and abando » ed-looking young urchins , tlio youngest of whom was only eight years of age , were chargel with having burglarionsly broken into the premises of Jlr Myers a wholesale general merchant , in Wentworth- ' streer ! Whitechapel , and stolen a mahogany writing desk , a quantity of sheeting and wearing apparel and various other miscellaneous articles . At seven o . clock on Monday evening the doors and windows ofthe warehouse were properly secured by one of the prosecutor ' s servants , named Dickman , who was left in charge of the premises , on mmM ™

      winch at six o clock next morning it was discovered by one of tho workmen that a portion of the glass and framework of a first-Boor window communicating with one of the store-rooms , had been shattered to pieces , leaving a sufficient aperture for the admittance ot the thieves , who had completely ransacked tho place , and carried off a considerabl quantity of property . Information of the robbery was immediately communicated to Sergeant Wake , ford , of the U . division , who in tho course of his inquiries , received information which induced him . to proceed to a notorious haunt for younff thieves in Plough-street , Whitcehapel , on entering which , ho found in a lower room the prisoners Dudley , Jivans , and Shipley , stootinff over . i sf . rnnw Km «„

      which was placed a large iron pot containing » quantity of pewter , which they were in the act of melting down . One of the prosecutor ' s servants who accompanied the sergeants at once identified the contents of the pot , which were only partially fused , aa his master ' s property ; and upon searching tho room tv quantity of sheeting and brass work was discovered , which was also recognised as a further portion of the plunder . The articles in question were secured by the sergeant , and conveyed with the prisoners io the station , and lie afterwards nrn .

      ceeded to another receptacle of the samo descrip . tion in Lower Keate-streefc , Spitalfields , where ha apprehended four morooftho prisoners , and found a further quantity of the stolen property in their possession . On asking what they had done with the rest of the property they denied a ll knowledg e of it ; but the owner of the house , who was standing by , immediately delive red up the prosecutor' writing-desk , and three coats belonging to him , which he said the prisoners had given him to taka care of . The remainder of the prisoners were subsequently discovered secreted under some archea m Commercial-street , and , upon the persons of each of themwith

      , only one exception , other portions of the booty wero found . The prisoners listened to the evidence against them with the most imperturbable hardihood . —Mr . Hammill said that it was lamentable to witness such an exhibition , of depravity by persons of such an age , but , as the case had been clearly established against them , ha should order the whole of them to be committed until that day week , with the exception of the boy , whom ho was reluctant to send to prison on ao « count of his extreme youth , and tho prisoner Semen , against whom the evidence was not of so conclusive n character .

      Attempts io Commit Suicide . —Eliza Amos , was charged before Mr . Hammill with attempting to commit suicide in the Regent ' s Canal . —Policeman jS t 215 stated that about one o ' clock on Tuesday morning he was in Haggerstone , when he was informed that a female had thrown herself into the . Regent's Canal , lie went to the towing path and saw the prisoner sinking in the water . He got a pole , with which he- succeeded in dragging her ashore , Sho stated that she had no place- of refugn ttt l ? t 0 ) and fttlt * he was without friends or monw . -. The-prisoner , in answer to Mr . Hammill , said that she had been in service , and that she had spent all her money . She applied for assistance to tha parochial authorities of BetbnaKgreen , by whom she was refused selief . She -was remanded for a week .

      Emma Hawkins was charged with a similar offence . —The officer to the Regent ' s Canal Company said thnt about twelve o'clock he saw her jump from the . parapet of the Regent ' s Canal bridge . When he got her out she said thnt he ,. should not prevent her froni drowning herself ,- and she Y ?** try agaiu the first opportunity . Sho lived with her mother who was a laundress , and was in trouble . -. Mr . Hammill directed Sergeant Godfrey , ft division to take the prisonor , who is only fifteen years ot age , to her mother .

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      Major EDWAWS .-Tne Honourable East Into Company have granted an allowance during 1 * of £ 100 per annum to tho gallant ^ Major Herto Edwards in consideration of his eminent aernM and the seiious injury to his right hand . ;;

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      SSRSrf" ^ ***** « p * € ggS § S SE ^ nfiddle ^ Si ? 6 mP ° Pn kfc » «« a & ««>! & of the SteSw" "Masses withiatheUsthdfoenfary rauerstms of great consequence . :.. tdUE *** . """ P in « ie social position of nraltituaes - *^ , the growth of large towns and crowded district . ; xenaera tt more wscessuy that corresponding changes in the law should take place , both to improve tHdr craditiou ana contentment , and to give additional ftcflitiei tn in Teshnenteof capital whidbthdr industry MdenierarUi « re constantly crtatmr . and augmenting . l « i » r «« ; ItistheconTicfionof yourcommittee thatifsuchnjea . toes were earned into effect a stimulus would be riven to * wW ?*••« " ** «* J to cause adSL " m ployment and contentment , without injury to mt cla « ' ¦ and withadaedsecuritj to the welfare ofSL S ' * ?* * - ¦ : ,

      We hope that Mr . Slasey vriU , next Bession make ttaa report the basis of ^ easurea Ton caved in the 5 p , nt , and designed to effect the objects so admiraW y stated in these para graphs . Him afford us the greate 8 t pleS to aid any movement for such a purpose ! in S £ 5 £ « nt > t 0 the atao * SS 3 ¦~>~~— - —

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      . ' . ¦ ¦ jiSTwar 27 , 1850 . — ' ¦ •;¦ —i ^ *

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      PARLIAMEKTAET REVIEW . The death of the late Duke of Cambbidqe >» 8 given Lord John and the Whig Cabinet the o pportunity of making themselves agree-^ e at Court , at the cost of the tax-payers . " nen m office they never lose an opportunity « f that kind ; and , if it tcere possible , the Koyal . Famil y should always retain them in office as being certain- to " shell out"

      liberallynot to say extravagantly , whenever an opportanity presented . It was the Whigs who Toted the late Qceex Dowager the . preposterously large income of aglOO . 000 a year . ! The same loyal party , when in office , proposed to give Pkincb Aibebt £ 50 , 000 a-year ; and it was onl y after a hard fi ght , in which the Tories joined Joseph jHuue , fliat it was reduced to thirty thousand—heiner still , in onr

      opinion , three times what it should have teen . After the lapse of a few years , time rolls round , and finding them in office gives them another chance of playing Don Maguifico at the expense of the people . Prince George « f Cajibbidge may be a very fine young man tut he has , so far , by no means brought his -wares to a bad market . His military position and emoluments are , pretty considerable for his age and standing , and no doubt ranger-• ehips and . snug sinecures in abundance are destined for one who is lucky enough to be first Cousin to the Queen . But apart from the income derived or derivable from these

      eources , as his father ' s heir he might have teen expected to have bis nest tolerably "well feathered . For many years the late Duke was Viceroy of Hanover , and , of course , was supported by the revenue of that country . During all these years he drew at least £ 27 , 000 yearly from the : Consolidated Fund of Great Britain , besides various other pickings . He has , all bis life , teen believed to be a saving money-making

      man , and the few ecores or hundreds of pounds that he may have annually bestowed upon charities can have had but little effect upon his large income . Even if he had given more , and thereb y reduced it considerably , that forms no argument why his son aud daughter should be quartered on tho public for high pensions . We would apply to Royal fathers and mothers the same rule as to other fathers

      andothers , namely : "to be just before theyare generous , " and to provide for their own offspring before " making ducks and drakes of their money" in any other direction . On the plea , however , of the poverty of the late Duke , Lord John proposed to give the present Duke the enormous sum of £ 12 , 000 a year . To the Duchess-Dowager £ 6 , 000 a year is to be paid . By a former resolution , £ 3 , 000 a year is paid to the eldest daughter , Princess Augusta ; and no \ r the youngest , the Princess Maby , is to be quartered upon us for

      a like amount , besides taking the third of her late father ' s fortune , whatever that may be . We confess we have our suspicions about the correctness of the poverty plea , because we observe that ^ though the morning papers announce that the will has been administered to , and the proportions in which the property is to be divided , they carefully abstrain from giving any idea as to its amount . Was it deemed too barefaced to give the lie to Lord -Johx ' s statement a few days after it was made ?

      But let us only think of the possible consequences of this monstrous and extravagant waste of the public money . By and by , the new Duke will be looking out for a wife . He will then , of course , come to that most patient Of all calves , Johx Bull , for an additional ¦ " dotation , " as the French call it Then there is a goodly host of Royal sprouts springing up in the direct line , all of whom , as they

      arrive at manhood and womanhood , will require " dotations" also . Of course , it will be impossible to give the sons and daughters of the Quees Ies 3 than the sons and daughters of her uncle . They must , in order to keep np their conventional dignity , have a little morel A pleasant prospect for the poor , hard-worked , and under-paid taxpayers , who can hardly manage to keep soul and body together as it is !

      The House of Commons , by overwhelming majorities , sanctioned this extravagance on two divisions ; the Lords , of coarse passed it nem . con . The people , we suppose , will bear it like " eels used to be skinned alive . '' If Royalty Whig regal advisers were wise , however , they would refrain in these days from such dangerous experiments npon national patience and long-suffering .

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      traS Jtfv ^ P ^ tried te ** eal or neu-ISS&hS * *^ Sabbatarians have made S ^ f ^^ <> ° Public liberty , JorwSwl T ® ' We are , howeveV 22 : ^™? ?* fe ***** committed the Sunrativ «^ gBiU * * ei bB «*« . <** ratively inocuous , or thrown out .

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      Voting the Supplies goes steadily on ,: and , we presume that , as soon . as that business is tairly dp ^ gession ^ . jj terminate > ; Eu mour atates , that the Ministerial White Bait Duraer , at Blackwall , is fixed for Saturday next , August 3 rd . If it takes place then , we may look forthe rising of both Houses in the following week .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 27, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1584/page/5/