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^ T ^ TBIAN SPY- CASB-EXTRAOEDIaaaBOL— The PuWic-offlce on Saturday last ** owded with persons anxiouB to hear the ex-** - tion of a woman who . represented herself as ^ o ngarian lady of distinction , bearing the title 111 fa Baroness Ton Beck , whose husband , she said , -Mlled in the barricades of "Vienna at the time f Hungarian revolution ; and also of Constant % a pre-possessing and accomplished young ^* who acted as the'Baroness ' s agent , and seere-ID and la connected by relationship with : one of SI'iost respectable families in Hungary . The proton was stated to he at the instance of an assortm formed in London , of which Lord Dudley Kljn is the president ^ for { ho protection and supuli of tho Hungarian Bsfuseos . Mr . Tomline Imsi , barrister , from London , appealed aB counsel r , Jie prosecution . ' ffben the proceedings were about to commence .
sdtne prisoners were expected to be placed at the ^ . Jlr . Stephens , chief superintendent of police , tasiedly entered the court , and exclaimed , " She Lead . " The inquiry was , « Who ? " Air . Stephens Jip 3 ed » " The Baroness . " This announcement profl ^ id a . grea t and painful sensation . Upon leaving ^ tour t , we found the woman lying upon the floor pfjj ante-room . She appeared to be about fiftyjoirjears of age , and was attired in black silk . jia court was , as might bo expected , thrown into Ugh confusion by the shocking event . Upon in-Lu 0 j » we found that the deceased had during the gjjii complained of serious illness , and . upon her Lgooval from the cell to the court was apparently Jn ^ i exhausted . Upon her arrival at the room in Irish sho subsequently died she -was accomcotored with a chair , and almost instantly esp& Constant Darra haying been placed at the bar ,
jlr . Smith , in a long address , proceeded to state Ma case against the prisoner and his deceased comtatwo . Tne J came to Birmingham about three [ ytr $ s a S ° « wiiefl they , instantly gained admission Ijmo tlie houses of respectable families residing in jibe neighbourhood , and were by them most kindly jasj ; l io- » p : tably eutertaiiieil . Amoag others of . whose liaiimacy and friendship they availed themselves Li a Mr . George Dawson . The woman represented herself as ' an Hungarian lady , named " Barosess Von Beck , " who was distinguished at Court in the reisn of Ferdinand V ., and who subsequently jjj-ame tiie intimate friend of Governor Sossuth . jer husband had commanded in the Hungarian x' « and was killed at the barricades in Vienna .
[< j > baroness had published a work professing to e history of her adventures , and issued a pros-^ cas to publish another under the title of The ' & * of Ma Life Mr . Dawson was known to be ^ ily interested ia allthat concerned the straggle jjirliich tlie Hungarians had been engaged in deface of the laws and'liberties inherited by their timers , and , finding that gentlemen in Liverpool ' g £ Birininnham had entered their names as subsriibers for the work which the lady proposed to j ilisli , he gave his name al 30 , and paid £ 14 « ., tlio jjjjant of the subscription , to the male prisoner , Tw artcd as the baroness ' s agent and secretary . Jksubsequently paid him £ 4 . lGs . for other sub-Etiptious , The prisoner and the woman were . at
£ time staying at the Clarendon Hotel , but , in csiequence of the interest which Mr . Dawson took n ihe circumstances of the lady , they subsequently xaaored by invitation to the house of a gentleman raiding in Edgbaston , where they remained until IK previous night , when they were apprehended on ^ present charge . Mr . Smith said that he should be afe to prove that the statements made in the 3 k-ane& » * s published work were fabrications—that cere was no mch peVson as Baroness Yon Beck udding in Hungary during the late war , that no cSer of ' that name was killed at the barricades , $ sa the woman who represented herself as
Baroiss Von Beck was nothing more than a paid spy k ihe Hungarian service , that she was a Vienese at an Hungarian woman . He would produce lefore the Court as a witness the gentleman who acted as Home Secretary during the governorship cf Kossuth . That gentleman identified the de-Giscd as one of low origin , whom he had twice jsa in tho ante-room of Kossuth , but who was employed by another woman , her superior in office , jjispy during the Hungarian war . He could also pove / if it were necessary , that many of those occrrences which in her published hook were stated Jibe facts , were physically impossible , and that the » rk was a tissue of falsehoods .
Tie M . iTon wished to know whether Mr . Smith Edd connect the prisoner with the misrepresenta-Ens to which he referred ^ Hr . Smith said that he could , and he now came ! 3 a vc-y painful part of the case . He should prove kthc production of a letter from Mr . Charles de S& 3 en , interpreter to the London police force , to Xsdam Pclzky , the lady of the late Hungarian etov , that the so-called Baroness had lately been employed as a spy by the recently established foreign branch of the English police force , and that sie received £ o 10 s . Sd . per week to betray the langarian refugees . The following is a copy of in interpreter ' s letter : — " Sly dear Madame Jalzkv , —In reply to the inquiry contained in your iy . u vote , I beg to nssure jou that the person H ? lmir herself 'J&e Baroness de Beck is the same
too , accompanied by Dr . llemim ^ r . offered personally her services , as a spy and informer , to the recent }? established foreign branch of the English police " force . This I'Snow from good authority , and I know likewise that for a fortnight or three ^ eeks she has ob tained forsuch services £ 516 s . &L per week . It is also no secret tome that . the soi diiam Baroness introduced herself to the Binning lam police by forwarding a letter -written by Dr . leiuinnir , and containing an enclosure , which coessted of some articles and regulations adopted by
aa association of the Gtrman Committee in London . 'With regard to Michaelozy , he him-££ if h : is admitted to mo that the Baroness litigated him to the attack on your busiiind , and that sho defrayed all the expenses of the subsequent proceedings . Should it be required , I sill with much pleasure substantiate the above Satement with unexceptionable evidence . Trusting Tea will use your best endeavours in placing the illiterate she-imposter before the country in t * r true character , I am yours , &c , Charles be &DEX "
These were among some of the main facts which ttanid have been adduced against the deceased woehi . With respect to the malo prisoner , he ( Mr . Smth ) believed that he was of a good and noble fanily . He had throughout acted with the woman , aad there could be little doubt that he was aware of ier character and misrepresentations . They had , towever , no desire to pres 9 the cnaTgo severely ajainst him . For some years , owing to irregularities , it was understood that he had been separated from his family . It was hoped that the painful circumstance in which he was now placed would operate beneficially ppon his futnrc conduct . s » , the ! cs : on he now . received would not be lost upon him
. . „ , Mr . G Dawsos deposed , that the prisoner called upon him , at his house at Edgbaston , on the 6 th of August . He stated himself to be the friend of the IJaroness Ton Bock , and produced a book nurportins to be her adventures during the Hungarian war . On the Friday following the prisoner called in company with the lady , whom he introduced as the "Uaroness . " He presented him with a proposal for the publication of a new work . The Baroness stated she was an Hungarian lady , and the Intimate friend of Iiofsuth . In consequence of these statements , and seeing the names of other gentlemen
trim had heconje subscribers , he became a subscriber , and paid £ 1 4 s . He invited them to meet some friends the next day , some of whom spoke German . The Baroness did not speak French , waicli he thought rather strange for a Court lady . On the ilonday morning xvitness was informed by ibe prisoner that the lady was ill at the Clarendon Hotel , and he requested Air . Crompton , the surgson , to attend her . Mr . Crompton reported that sue was very ill , and that , unles 3 she had a change ofair , in all probability she would die . Having at fr . it tims no suspicion of an imposture , witness EOT that sho was well lodged and housed in a
country situation . The prisoner declined asking Mr . Daw 30 n any onestions . He said he was iiut a friend of the Saroness , —onlv an acquaintance . J IMr TtsdaleJuu ., solicitor of Edgbaston , deposed that he first saw the prisoner in company * iih the Baroness at the house of Mr . Dawson . Several other persons were present . On the Sunhv manfag . hearing that the Baronessiwas ill he calM at the Clarendon Hotel before he went to church . In consequence of her ™ l » g »*™'« he invited her to his house , to which the BtwnMb removed about a fortnight ago , and had been there up to last night , when she was apprehended by Air . intimacy
Stephens . She frequently spoke of her and friendship with Kossuth with great emotion . On such occasions tears would start into her eyes . The prisoner had been at his house almost the whole of the time the Baroness wa 3 his guest . He passed as the secretary and agrat of the Baroness . Witness had received about £ 15 or £ 16 as subscriptions for her new work , and about seventy or eighty g entlemen in addition had promised to become subscribers . Mr . Tyndale , in concluding his evidence , said he had never met with a more gentlemanly or accomplished young man than tke prisoner , and that nothing but a sense of duty induced him to appear before the Court on tnat
Occasion . M . Pacl Hatvjch , late member of the Hungarian Diet for the county of "Waitzen , and lor-Merlv Chief Commissioner cf Police for the United K ' nguom of Hungary and Transylvania , deposed tiiat the safety of prisoners aud all civil matters were nuder his jurisdiction and control . He recollected a woman named Kacidula , and saw her in Air . Tvndale's house the previous night . She was sitting in a room along with other company , and he saw her from ihe garden through an open
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window . Shewts then taken into custody by the police . The same woman was a paid spy in the Hnnga" ?» n service . Another woman * as the onief spy , and Racidula acted in a subordinate character . Witness had known Kossuth personally for many years . Kacidula had no intimacy with him . He had seen her twice in an ante-room , when he was requested by Kossuth to give her and the two other woman passports in fei gned names . There is a noble family of the name of Beck in Hungary , but the deceased did not belong to it . He knew all the women of the family . They were three in number . She never Was a friend of Kossuth ; if
Bhe had been he must have known it . She was an Austrian woman , of low birth ; extremely vulgar . The prisoner , in his defence , stated that he became acquainted with the Baroness on her Teturn from Liverpool , and that she had requested Dim to obtain subscriptions for her . He believed her to be what she represented herself . To him the connexion had been unfortunate , and he was sorry that he had an acquaintance with such a woman . He was , however , quite innocent of any crime . M . HiTvicHsaid he knew the father and family of the prisoner ; one more honourable did not exist in Hungary . :
Tiie Mayor , after a few minutes' deliberation with the other magistrates , directed that the prisoner be discharged , and complimented Mr . Dawson , Mr . Tyndale , and other gentlemen upon the kindness of their conduct . Mr . Smith defended M . Pulsky from any charge which might be brought against him for not sooner exposing the real character of the Baroness . Mr . Dawson begged to say a few words to the Court . It might " appear strange and cruel that the prisoner , when suffering from illness ( and who had Come to SO awful a death , ) should have been removed to prison ; but the fact was , that on Thursday evening she danced in a waltz , and they did not conceive , under the circumstances , that her apprehension would be followed by such lamentable results .
Certain papers found in the possession of the Baroness are said to disclose a formidable conspiracy . They are in the possession of Mr . Smith , the barrister . The inquest on the body of the deceased Austrian spy , was held at Birmingham , on Monday , before Dr . Birt Diivies . The deceased , according to the medical testimony , had long suffered from aneurism , and the verdict of the jury was , " Died by the Tisitation of God . "
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- ^ ELOQUENCE OF A NEAPOLITAN ATTORNEY GENERAL . The rrogresso of Turin , of the 17 ta August , gives extracts from the official speech of Francois Paul Morelli , the King of Naples' Attorney-General , on the occasion of the opening of the great criminal court of Father Calabria . The Progresso professes to derive them from an official brochure published in tho kingdom of Naples . If authentic , they prove thai ihe persecuting spirit of the Neapolitan government is more virulent than ever . Morelli began , says the Report , by "deploring the ferocity of the times now just passed , during which the earth seemed a hell of the damned , wmbra mortis et nullvs ordo . " Then , pressing the judges close , he told them " that the efforts of government would be of no avail , unless the magistrate launched the lightnings of the law against the
guilty . The happiness of society depeuds , " he said , " on the great criminal court , charged with the task of chaining down unbridled license . True , during the last year , there has been something done in the interest of society ; but , at present , the same line must be followed with greater success , and the last remains of the anarchical ckarogne must be annihilated in the sanctuary of justice . Yes , I repeat it , all the efforts made hitherto will be fugitive and vain , if filled and devoured by a holy zeal , we do not direct all our attention to the fulfilment of that which our well-beloved prince has the right to expect from us , that whicli our conscience imposes on us every moment with its monitions , that which we have resolvedly sworn on the gospel ot Jesus Christ . You understand me ,
jentiemen . Such are Morelli s advice 3 to the judges : here are hi 3 menaces . " What a disgrace , gentlemen , for you , if in the high sphere to which the clemency of the sovereign has raised you , there should still be some of you , who , for the impenetrable cuirass of impassability , should wish to substitute the disgraceful tunic of private regards ; for firm courage , a cowardly timidity ; for invincible justice , a fearful moderation ! Well , suchif there be such—ought to descend from their honourable seats , and to them it should be cried , as was cried to the unclean dogs which the ecstatic prophet of P . itmos saw in his vision—Foris
canesforis canes I ( out with the dogs—out with the dogs !) Yes ; these filthy rogues ought to quit the sanctuary of justice , and ought no longer to soil it with their offensive presence . Out with the degs—out with the dogs I Ill-doing dogs , who devour tke the master ' s bread , not to defend him , but to betray him—out with the dogs ! Lying dogs , who wear the badge of fidelity , not to carry it out in action , but rather to deceive the confidence reposed in them—out with the dogs I Perverse dogs , who mingle with the wolves , not to exterminate them , but rather to participate with them in the bloody prey—out with the dogs . "
The King of Naples' Attorney-General must be an astonishingly eloquent man , aud extremely tasteful .
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KtspsEss or i Russias Cousi . —By the Russian laws every female serf is free as soon as married to a freeman ; on the other hand , marriage with a serf entails serfdom on a free woman . On a certain day one of Count Sclicremetiew's rich bondsmen appeared before his lord to petition for the freedom of a son . The young man was in love with a poor but a free maiden , who returned his affection , but who would not sacrifice her liberty to love . The father offered eighty thousand rubles as ihe price of his sou ' s happiness . The count accepted ,
aud desired his vassal to produce the money . In an instant it was paid over . Letters of emancipation were forthwith drawn up , and the count delivered them to the delighted father , with the words , "You must let me be the bridesman . " When in this capacity the Count had conducted ihe bride from the altar to her husband ' s house , and handed her , according to . Russian custom , upon a silver waiter , the first glass of champagne , he presented to her , as a bridal gift , a boquet of fresn flowers skilfully arranged round a small case containing the eighty thousand rubles . — Blackwood ' s
Maga-. The municipality of Dijon , in imitation of that of Paris , has resolved to undertake important works to afford employment to the workmen . Amongst other things it has resolved to effect a complete restoration of the old palace of the States of Burgundy at an expense of 230 , 000 f . The plans have already been submitted to the Minister of tho Interior . — I'aris Journal . The Whaling Fleet of the United States . — The Whaling List , of New Bedford , contains some interesting statistics , from which some idea of the immense extent of the whaling business may be formed . By far the greater portion of this business is confined to Massachusetts . The whole number of vessels employed ia 605 . Xew Bedford has 27 a large ships and barks , and more than half tho tonna"o ; 2 vantucket , 2 few London , and Pairhaven ,
about anequal interest in tho business . Thero ^ re now 132 large ships and barks in port fitting for sea , and they will require nearly 4 , 000 men for officers and crew . The total amount of property invested in the whaling business must be b-tween 20 000 000 dollars and 30 , 000 , 000 dollars , and the oil taken must amount to risitfg ^ lO , 000 , 000 dollars yearly to make it a paying business ; but from an examination of the list we should judge that the sperm whalers were not doing a profitable business , many of them having been out three years or more , and yet are now reported with small fares . The first seven months of this year there hasbeen landed about 2 , 800 , 000 dollars worth of sperm , 4 , 500 , 000 dollars worth of whale oil , and 1 , 200 , 000 worth of bone , making a total of 8 , 500 , 000 dollars for the firstsevenmonths . givingfor a year nearly 15 , 000 , 000 dollars .
Bishopric ov Sierra Leose . — The Rev . Owen Emery Tidal , Perpetual Curate of Holy Trinity , Arlington , Sussex , has been nominated , and is willing to go out , as the first Bishop of Sierra Leone . The Archbishop of Canterbury and her Majesty's government have signified their consent to Mr . Yidal ' s consecration , if a moderate endowment can be secured . —Cambridge Chronicle . Ax audacious robbery has just been committed by the female servant of a retired officer residing in Paris . He had been in the habit of making short trips into the country , on which occasions he had always recommended the girl , in case of fire , to be particular , and endeavour , above all things , to save a small chiffonier which stood in a corner of the
salon . Considering from the anxiety shown by her master that this piece of furniture contained something valuable , she watched where he placed the key , and found that it was kept in his secretary . A few days since he left home in such a hurry to catch the railway train that he left the secretary open . The eirl immediately took the key and opened the chiffonier , where she found 20 , 000 f . in bank notes , and 20 000 f . in coupons of rentes , which she secured ' In order to turn suspicion from herself as the thief Bhe called in a frotteur , whom she took rire to leave in the room alone for some time , orderine him to clean all the furniture . When her master returned and discovered , the robbery she accused the frotteur , but the police having been called in suspicion fell on her , and she w as arrested andsent ' toprison . -raris J '« j > er . ___
Vntice has been given , that in consequence of tbSumption of tiS works at the House of Lords , ttoSJe of tickets for viewing the House will be discontinued after the 6 th of September , until the meeting of Parliament .
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ALLEGED MUTINY AT SEA . On Monday & good dea \ of interest was excited at the Birkenhead police court , owing to two alleged cases of mutiny which were brought forward . William Jackson , Esq ., occupied the bench , and the court-room was crowded . . . The first case heard was that in which eleven men , named respectively Henry Hanson , Thomas Bruce , Ja lies Copse , H . Smith , 'William Browne , James Dawson , Nicholas Manuel , Johannes Itaviria , John Irving , Andrew Duggis , and J , Matinna , being part of the crew of the ship Kedgeree , were charged by Captain Oliver with refusing to go to sea in that vessel , after signing articles to do so . — It appeared that the Kedgeree sailed from this port for Bombay on Sunday week , but had put uacK
from stress of weather , having lost her foretopmast , and sustained other damage , during the gale which raged so violently on that day . On returning to the river , however , the men turned refractory , and refused to proceed again to sea in her , alleging that the vessel leaked very much , that her rigging—which was new—was not of the . requisite strength for such a long voyage ; that the ship was not efficiently manned , and that she was altogether unseaworthy , Upon this the captain , procured a warrant for their apprehension , which was executed on Saturday night , under the . superintendence of Mr . Palmer , high-constable of the hundred of Wirr . ill . —Captain Sisset , one of Lloyd ' s surveyors at this port , w « ib called as a witness by the master ol the Kedgeree , to prove that although she had sustained somewhat severe damage , she was not exactly in the unfit state described by the men . —Captain Oliver said be did not wish to press the charge ,
provided that they would agree to come back to the ship , and fulfil their contracts . —After hearing the particulars of the case , the magistrate gave them a short time to consider , whether they would accept the generous terms offered by their captain . This they agreed to do , after some deliberation , with tbe exception of Bruce ( who had been suffering from fever , and wished to go into the hospital ) , and Dawson , who appeared to have been the ringleader in the mutiny , and seemed rather "fractious" throughout the whole of the examination . In consideration of his state of health , Capt . Oliver acceded to the request of Bruce , and let off his contract , by quashing the shipping note . Dawson for some time doggedly refused to come to terms ; . but orureceiving a hint from the magistrate that he should deal very severely with the case if carried out , he eventually agreed to go back to the ship and do his duty . —The prisoners were then discharged .
The next case was that of ten men , part of the crew of the ship Africa , who were charged with a similar offence . Mr . Atkinson , solicitor , who prosecuted , stated the circumstances . The Africa was a new ship , 1 , 400 tons burden , now upon her first voyage from Quebec , and commanded by Captain Alexander Davies , with a crew of thirty-one hands in all . The prisoners , with others , had shipped on board ihe vessel for the voyage to England . They had embarked on the 21 st of July last , and on the afternoon of that day the captain came on board and gave orders to " weigh anchor , and hoist the topsailyards . " Tho prisoners refused to obey his orders , and stated that they would not go to sea with the second mate , who " , it seemed , had been quarrelling with them . Tho captain paid the
second mate hi 3 wage 3 , and sent him ashore , but still the men refused to go to work . Upon this the enptain deferred sailing until next ( lay , and sent ashore for the assistance of the police . The prisoners were put in irons , and with the aid of the police ( a novel method , by the way , of " setting sail" ) , the ship was got under weigh on the 22 nd , and proceeded . on her voyage . She made Ireland on the loth of August , put into Belfast on the 26 th , and reached Liverpool on the 28 th , the men having remained in irons all the way across . They had been repeatedly offered release by the captain , on condition of doing their duty ; but they had obstinately refused , whereby the vessel had run great risk on account of being short-handed . Tho captain then produced the log-book , the ship's articles , and her registry , which ho intended to offer in evidence . At this stage of the proceedings
Mr . Greatley , who defended the prisoners , and who also appeared in the : same capacity in the former case , submitted that the magistrates had no jurisdiction in the matter . The alleged crime had been committed at Quebec , and the men had at the time requested to be taken before the authorities there , but the captain had refused , and brought them confined in irons to England . In his opinion the captain himself had been guilty of a crime in doing this , and might be liable to a . heavy penalty . In support of his argument he quoted the Merchant Seamen ' s Act . Mr . Atkinson said he was compelled to admit this , and added that the present proceedings had been taken principally to protect his client from any claim which the prisoners might make against him for wages by serving as a protest against their conduct . The men were consequently discharged .
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A Raffle fob a Negro . —In my tour through the Southern States I have met with many amusing incidents , but d . o not remember any thing that created so great an excitement for tho time , being as a " negro raffle" in the town of , in the State of Mississippi . Mr . . , the owner of the boy ,. having a note to pay that day , and not having the wherewith to do it , was compelled to do what he gladly would not have done . The boy to bo raffled was a smart , intelligent lad , of about eighteen years of age . He went by the name of " Bill . " There were eighty chances , with "three dice , " at ten dols . per chance . I was present when the affair camo off ; there remained one chance , which I took and gave to Bill , upon the condition
that he would throw the dice himself , and " shake like oxen . " Bill rolled hia eyes m an astonished and astonishing manner , and , after a hearfcy wha wha ' . wha ! in which he displayed two frightful rows of ivory , opening a mouth " like the break of day from east to west , " and with a low bow , said , " I'll try , massa . " As may be supposed , the scene became highly exciting . The raffle commenced . Bill looked on unconcerned at anything but the idea of leaving his eld mastor . Whon the chances were all raffled off but the last Bill took the box ; previous to his throwing , however , he was offered 100 dols . for his chance , the highest throw yet made being forty-six , which stood " a tie" between two individuals ; but Bill was no " Compromise mnn ;" he refused the offer , saying , " De whole hog or
noffin , " and made his first throw , which was thirteen , his second throw wafl sixteen ; Bill stopped , scratched his head , threw again , ; ind up came eighteen , It was declared off that" Bill was high and free , " and such a shout I never heard in my life . Bill hardly knew what to do with himself . In a moment , however , he asked the whole party to drink , and no man in , 'tis said , ever refused an invitation of tbe kind except one , and he died soon aftoty !) so says tradition . Bill ' s success induced him to try another speculation of the " same sort , " believing that he could do , as a free man , as much as he had before done . lie proposed to set himself up again in a " raffle , " and , as he had won before , he thought it would be no more than fair that he should put the price at COO dols . this time .
The chances were soon taken , Bill reserving but one chance to himself . He pocketed 500 dols ., aud the sport again commenced . Bill ' s original owner and himself were the two hig hest again , and in throwing Off Bill lost . ' - ' It proved a very fortunate speculation for Bill and his ma 6 ter both . ' The master had made S 00 dola . clear , and Bill had cleared 500 dols ., and remained with his kind master . They started for home together , the master declaring that no money should induce him to part with Bill again , unless ho was willing to leave , but promised him , if he would be as faithful to him as he had always been , until he was twenty-one , he should have his freedom . They were both well contented , and every one present was satisfied that he had got his money ' s worth . —Louisville Journal .
ArPREHESSios of Hackeit ix New York . —This notorious criminal , who , it will be recollected , wa 3 convicted in this country of burglary , sentenced to transportation for fifteen years , and subsequently made his escape in a most extraordinary manner from the Model Prison , at Pentonville , proceeded to the United States . Since that period his brother has been convicted oi felony and transported . A letter recently received from America by Mr . Payne , one of the United States police , who is over here to watch some of his doubtfully honest countrymen who frequented the Exhibition , states that
althougu George Hackett , the escaped conTict . was supposed to have had in his possession a considerable portion of his ill-gotten wealth , yet his ruling passion for plunder prevailed at Now York and among other depredations he pro-( flsiJe to the residence of a gentleman named Williams , at a placo called Newark , near New York , and with others , not in custody , broke into the house , and abstracted therefrom a quantity of plate , valued at 3 , 000 dollars . For this offence ho was speedily apprehended , and now lies in the Now York Gnol to await his trial , and , should he be convicted , will be subject to close imprisonment of
about ten years . Her Majestt ' s Visit to Liverpool . —On luesday morning the Mayor of Liverpool received a letter from Lord John Russell , intimating that her Majesty the Queen intends to visit Liverpool on the 9 th of October next , when she purposes to proceed to Worsley Hall . M'Cormack ' b American Reai-ing Machine . --This implement , which has carried away ono of the Council medals , is now performing a highly successful experimental tour through the country . It commenced operations at Tiptree Farm , and was next heard of at Fnrningham : then its capabilities were displayed at Mr . Wangle ' s ; and on Friday it was shown at work on the large farm attached to the Agricultural College at Cirencester . Steamers are about to begin plying fortnightly on the Nile , between Cairo and the first cataract .
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ROYAL . COURT , JERSEY . ^ WE ^^ Bag ffi » &&&Sl& 8 itfi St . He her of the crime of murder on the person of Frederick William Derbyshire , on the 11 th of April last , appeared last week before the Grande Euquete of the island , to which he had append from the verdict of the petty jury . The final grand jury was composed of twenty-four principaux of the parishes of St . Helier , St . Saviour , and St . Lawrence , ¦ and was presided over by Francis Bertram , gent ., bodi of Elias , of the first-named parish . —The reading of the evidence and other documents concerning the case occupied the Court
until two o clpck . —Shortly afterwards Mr . Advocate Marett addressed the jury in a most eloquent and impressivo speech , which lasted an hour and five minutes . Our limited space will not permit us to re-produce the address of the learned advocate ; it must suffice lor us to say that Mr . Marett made use of powerful arguments to induce the jury to set aside tiie grounds of premeditation of the act with which his client was charged . —The Attorney-General also addressed the jury for upwards of an hour with his wonted ability and eloquence ; be argued that the premeditation had been clearly and substantially proved by tho evidence of tho witnesses for the prosecution . —The Bailiff made a very impartial and lucid summing-up of the debate . —At' a quarter before five o ' clock the
jury withdrew to deliberate , and , after an absence of twenty-five minutea , the foroman of the jury stated that the jury were divided in their opinion . Every member then advanced to the bailiff , and communicated his respective opinion . — The Bailiff , amidst the most profound silence , then announced to the prisoner that A more than sufficient number ( twenty-one out of twenty-four , it was understood ) of the jury found him Guilty of the crime of murder on the person of F . W . Derbyshire . — The Advocate Marett : 1 ask the Attorney-General what ar « his conclusions ?—Tho Attorney . General : The Grand Enquete having found the prisoner . guilty of the crime of murder , I have no other alternative , however painful to me , than to conclude that the prisoner , as a punishment for his
crime , be condemned to be taken to the place of execution , with a halter round his neck , and there be strangled and hanged until ! death ensues , and that all his goods and chattels , if he have any , be coufiscated to her . Majesty , or the lord of the Manor , or to whomsoever they shall npertuin ; the whole saving her Majesty's pardon . Mr . Advocate Maratt : I had hoped that my feeble efforts would have been successful in causing the jury to set aside tho premeditation of the crime ; but since it has been otherwise , I hope the court will take this fact itnoconsideration that neitherof the jurieswere unanimou 3 , and for this reasonl hopo tho Court will modify the conclusions of the Crown officer , and thereby avoid the horrid and sad spectacle of a public execution , which fortunately has been of
very rare occurrence of late years . If the prisoner were sentenced to transportation beyond the seas for tho term of his natural life it would be a sufficient punishment , and would givo him an opportunity of seeking mercy at the throne of his Maker whom he has offended . — The Attorney-General having persisted in his conclusions , the Bnilift consulted the judges on the bench , who ( with the sole exception of Judge Picot , who was of opinion that the sentence should bo transportation for life ) granted the conclusions of tho Crown officer . The bailiff and judges having placed their hats on their heads the bailiff addressed the prisoner as follows , having previously ordered him to go on his knees : — "Jacques Fouquet , after a long and patient investigation , you have been successfully
found guilty by two juries of tho most heinous crime with which man can be charged . Mr . Marett , your advocate , has exhausted all the moims which his zeal , experience , and talent could suggest for your defence : and if ho has failed , it is to be attributed to tho clearness of the evidence brought against you ; and in such a case tbe law . visits the crime of which you have been found guilty with the punishment of death . The Court , in conformity with the conclusions of the Attorney-General , sentences you to be led to the place of execution with a halter round your neck , and there to be hanged and strangled until death doth ensue , and that all your goods and chattels , if you hare any , be confiscated to her Majesty , or the lord of the manor , or to whomsoever . they shall appertain ; tho whole , saving her Majesty ' s pardon ; which sentence the
viscount is to see carried into execution , and tho execution of the sentence is delayed for the term of three weeks ; and in the meantime you are sent back to gaol . During the short time you havo to pass in this world , I would entreat you most earnestly to profit by this tinoe to seek mercy at the throne of the Almighty , by imploring his forgive ness for the great crime you have rendered yourself guilty of—and may God , in his infinite goodness and mercy , have pity on your soul ! " The prisoner rose , and addressed a few words to his advocate , which ' words dul not reach usi He ap « peared indifferent to the awful scene which had just passed , and in which he was the principal actor . He walked back to the prison-van with a firm and unconcerned step . Although there was a great crowd inside and -outside the Court , not a single cry was uttered . —Jersey Sun .
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TIIE GOLD FEYER IN AUSTRALIA .
We oopy the following . most important statement from the " Sydney Morning Herald , " of ^ Tuesday , May 20 which' professes to take it from the " Bathurst Free PreBB , " oi Saturday , the 17 th :-" The discovery of the fact of Mr . Hargreaves that the country , from the Mountain Ranges to an indefinite extent in the interior , is one immense gold field , has produced a tremendous excitement m the town of Biithurst and the surrounding districts . For several days after our last publication the business of the town was utterly paralysed . A complete mental madness appears to have seized . almost every member of tho community , and , as a natural consequence , there has been an universal rush to the dig-giags . Any attempt to describe the numberless scenes—grave , gay . and ludicrous—which
have arisen out of this state of things , would re « quire the graphic pen of a . DickenB , and would exceed any limit which could bo assigned to it in a newspaper . Groups of people were to bo seen early on Monday morning at every corner of the streets , assembled in solemn conclave , debating both possibilities and impossibilities , and eager to pounce upon any human being who was likely to givo any information about the diggings .. People of nil trades ; callings , and pursuits were quickly transformed into miners , and many a hand which had been trained to kid gloves , or accustomed to wield nothing heavier than tho goosequill , became nervous to clutch tho pick and crowbar or ' rock the ' cradle' at our infant mines . The blacksmiths of the town could not turn off the picks fast enough , . ind the manufacture of cradles was the second
briskest business in the place . A few left town on Monday equipped for tho diggings but on Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday tho roads to Summer-hill Creek became literally alive with new made miners from every quarter , some armed with pioks , others shouldering crowbars or shovels , and not a few hung round with washhand basins , tin pots , and cullenders , garden and agricultural implements of every variety either hung from the saddle-bow or dangled about the persons of the pilgrims to Ophir . Now and then a respectable tradesman , who had just left his bench and counter , would heave in sight , with a huge something in front of his horse which he called a cradle , and with which he was about to rock himself into fortune . Scores have rushed from their homes provided with a blanket , a ' damper , '
and a pick or grubbing-hoe , full of hope that a day or two's labour would fill their pockets with the precious metal ; and we have heard of a groat number who have started without any provision but a blanket and some rude implement to dig with . Such is the intensity of the excitement that people appear almost : regardless of their present comfort , and think of nothing but gold . Of course all this must end in disappointment . The wet weather of the last two nights , with a damp ground for a bed , and the teeming clouds for a canopy , will do much towards damping the enthusiasm of numbers . We have the authority of fln experienced wan in staling that from the imperfect and unsuitable implements used by all who have left for the diggins , coupled with their miserable provision in other respects ,
success is impossible ; that the labour necessary to success is extremely severe , and he ventures as his opinion that no more than three per cent , will become permanent miners . One of the consequences has been a rapid rise in the price of provisions .-Flour , which ranged from tweuty-sis shillings to twenty-eight shillings per 100 lb , has been sold for forty-five shillings ; tea , sugar , and almost every other eatable commodity have advanced in equal proportion . A large amount of the wheat in the district is in the hands of a few speculators , who will maintain their hold in the hope of a golden harvest . But for the very extensive supplies now on their way from Sydney , flour would soon be at a famine price , and should a rush take place from below , as may be reasonably expected , it is to be hoped that there are capitalists enough to adventure in one of the safest speculations of the times—tho purchase of flour for the supply of the district . "What assisted very materially to fan tho
excitement into a flame , was the arrival of a son of Mr . Neale > , the brewer , with a piece of pure metal weighing ele \ en oundes , which was purchased by Mr . Austin for £ 30 , who started for Sydney by tho following day ' s mail with the gold and the news . Since that an old man arrived in town with several pieces in mass , weighing in all from two to three pounds , He also started to Sydney with liis prize . Mr . Kennedy , the manager of the Bathurst branch of the Unio ' n Bank of Australia , visited the diggings on Saturday last in company with Messrs . Hawkins and Green , and each of these gentlemen picked up a small piece of the pure metal ; and a few handfuls of tho loose earth from the bed of the creek , which were brought homo by Mr . Kennedy , from motives of curiosity , have been since essayed by Mr . Korff , from Sydney , and a piece of gold extracted therefrom of the size of a small pea . Besides these we have not heard of any particular instancos of success .
" On Wednesday morning last Mr . llavgroaves accompanied by Mr . Stutchbury , tho Government geologist , went to tho diggings , and with his own hands washed a pan of earth in his presence , from whichtwemy-ono grainaof Una gold were produced , He afterwards washed several baskets of earth , and produced gold therefrom . Mr . Stutchbury hereupon expressed his satisfaction , and immediately furnished him with credentials , which have since been forwarded to government . The fact of the existence of gold is therefore clearly established ; and whatever credit or emolument may rise there from , Mr . Hargreaves is certainly the individual to whom it properly belongs . Should government deem it necessary , as it most probably will , to appoint an inspector , superintendent , or commissioner , over tho gold regions , in addition to the fact of Mr . - Hargreaves being tlie discoverer , his practical acquaintance with mining points him out . as tho most suitable and worthy person for the
appointment ; " We have very much more to say , but have not space to say it in . " A Mr . Rudder , an experienced California Gold digger , is now at work in the dig-gins . There are also several magistrates plying their picks and cradles most laboriously , but wo havo not heard with what success . In fact there appears every probability of a completo social revolution in the course of time . Those who are not already departed are making preparations . Servants of every description are leaving their various employments , and the employers . are , per necessitatem , preparing to follow . But , notwithstanding all this , we feel that a reaction will speedily take place . The approach of winter and wet weather will do something towards cooling the ardour of the excited multitude . "
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THE ALLEGED MURDER IN SHOE LANE . Benjamin Cole , the policeman who was charged with having caused the death of William Cogan in Plumtree-court , Shoe-lano , again appeared before Mr . Alderman Wiison at tlie Mansion House Police Court . —Mr . Alderman Wilson , addressing Mr . Lewis , said : Since we last mot I havo read over , and studied very attentively all the depositions which were taken before me , as well as the evidenco given before the coroner ' s inquest on this subject . I have also , in the company of an officer , visited Plumtrce-court , and have examined Mrs . Long ' s room , and the passages of the houses jSob . IS and 2 S , and I have by such examination , been enabled not only thoroughly to
comprehend the evidence given by the uinerent witnesses , but I have been enabled to make up my mind as to the degree of credit to be given to that evidence . The alderman then proceeded at some length to recapitulate the whole of the evidence taken at the examination of tho prisoner ( which has already appeared ) , and to comment as he went on upon tho various parts of it , and particularly on the evidence of one of the surgeons , and concluded by saying—The conclusion 1 have come to is , that it was none other than the policeman , Cole , who has inflicted these external injuries . But that is only one part of ray duty . I have a further inquiry to mako . ' and , perhaps , the most important of all What was the cause of death 1 Did death
ensue from these ii'jarics ? And hero I fuel a re sponsibility which I urn not at all disposed to exercise . If I say that I think the deceased has mot his death from other causes than from the external injuries , 1 must discharge Cole , and tlie ends oi justice may thereby be frustrated . I think this ia a case for further investigation , and that it will be much more satisfactory to tho friends of the deceased and the police force , and infinitely more satisfactory to my own mind , that the case should go to tlio Central Criminal Court , where it will be tried by a jury , and have the able assistance of the learned judges and the counsel ; and whatever the verdict may be , I am sure it will be a proper one and satisfactory to all parties . I must now commit the prisoner on the charge of manslaughter . —Mr . Lewis : I trust , sir , the same bail will be taken ?— Mr . Alderman Wilson : So . I think
Uhder the circumstances , having determined to commit , I must increase the bail . I must now have two sureties in £ 100 each . Mr , Goodman , the chief clerk , having read the voluminous depositions , Mr . Alderman Wilson , after the usual caution , asked the prisoner if he had anything to say iu answer to the charge . — The prisoner ; nothing more than that 1 am an innocent man ,-Mr . Lewia : Will you permit me to say , sir , on behalf of the defendant and the police generally , that they are perfectly satisfied with the result of this investigation and your desire to send it to another tribunal , whore father inquiry w . U be made into tho circumstances connected with it . They feel that the result will be then more satisfactory to the public and themselves . — Tho prisoner was then fully committed for trial , and the required bail . v ? as ; at once tendered and accepted .
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MIDDLESEX SESSION . Impobtaht Alteration in thb Administration op Justice in Middlesex . —The Court sat on Monday for tho first time under the provisions if the Hthand 15 ihVictoria , c . 55 , intituled , "An Act to amend the Law relating to the Expenses o » Prosecutions , and to make further provision * for the apprehension and trial of offender ; in certain cases , " at tho Guildhall , Wosc minster , for the trial of prisoners . The sessions ' from henceforth , will he holdon every altornnta week at the Sessions House , Clevltenvicll , and ;\ t the Guildhall , Westminster ; so that instead of there being ; . innually twenty-four sessions for tho county
of Middlesex , there will be an additional twentyfour sessions at Westminster . Consequently a . trial sf prisoners witl take place every wur-k throughout the year , and a creat number of the offenders hitherto sent to tho Central Crimiivil Court will be committed to these sessions , )> y which course a large amount will bo 9 aved to tiie county , at the same time reducing the timo noiy rendered necessary for tho attendance of witnesses who had been bound over by the magistrates to prosecute . The calendar contains the names of scventy . eight prisoners for trial , of whom sixtyfive were charged with felony and thirteen with
misdemeanour . Larceny . —Samuel Harding , 21 , and William Davis , 20 , were found Guilty of stealing a quantity of bam and bacon . This was the first case tried here under the enlarged powers of the court . . Formerly only a term of imprisonmont could lie awarded in cases of common larceny , but in the case of Harding , a former conviction being prov . d against him , ho was ordered to be transported for acven years . His companion was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for nine months . Picking Tockets at tbe Thorooation op Par-UA 5 IE . NT . —Andrew Murphy , sixteen , and Benjamin Brighton were indicted for having stolen a '
handkerchief , the property of John Coombe , from ins person . This was one of those larcenies from the person which commonly occur on every public occasion . The Jury found both the prisoners Guilty j and two previous convictions being provod against Brighton , he was sentenced to bo transported for ton years ; Murphy to bo imprisoned for nine months . A witness , who had come forward to givo Brighton a character , upon being questioned by the learned Judge , admitted that he was aware that Brighton had been in prison on two occasions , whereupon ho w ; is ordered to be taken into custody , but was liberated on the rising of the Court , with a reprimand from tho learned " judge as to his future conduct .
Malicious Assault . —Henry Blaney , 32 , was charged with having unlawfully and maliciously inflicted upon John Loxton , a constable of tho metropolitan police , certain blows with tho intent of doing him some grievous bodily harm . It appeared from tho statement of the prosecutor that on the morning of the 4 th of August , between two and three o ' clock , the prisoner with several other persons were in Orchard-street , Dorset-square , . und creating a great disturbance . Ilo remonstrated with them , when tlio prisoner , using a most filthy epithot , said they did not care for the police , that they should enjoy themselves just as they liked , iind defied any of them to touch them . The disturbance now becoming so great he was compelled to take the prisoner into custody , but ho had no sooner approached for that purpose , than tho prisoner without-, more ado kicked him in a teniier
part , and several times repeated the blow . Tho rosult was that ho was much injured , and a surgeon was sent for to his a si tance . Mr . George Wilson , of Ko . 32 , Baker-street , said he had attended the prosecutor , who was ruptured on both sides by the injuries he had received , and he would bo compelled to wear a double truss for tho rest of his life . Tho Jury instantly found the prisoner Guilty , The learned Judge , after expressing hia abhorence of the dastardly conduct of tho prisoner , sentenced him to imprison men t and hard labour for nino calendar months . Pickpockets . —Elizabeth James was charged in four indictments with having picked pockets at the Exhibition . She pleaded Guilty . The prisoner waa apprehended in the building by Sergeant West , who for some time had been watching her , and who saw her commit the offences charged against her . The court sentenced her to be transported for the period , of seven years . ¦
_ . ... William Marshall , 20 , was indicted for stealing a pneket book and two £ 5 Bank of England notes , the property of John Dollius , from his person . The learned judge told tho jury that they must acquit the prisoner , as the prosecutor , who was a Frenchman , holding an important situation in Paris , had lefc this country , and bad sent a letter to say that his duties were such that he could not attend , and that he should withdraw the case , not knowing apparently that such a course could not be adopted in England without some difficulty . It would not be of any use to estreat his recognizance , as process could not reach him at Paris . The jury gave a verdict of Not Guilty . _ _ .
Newcastle Coukt . —James Wke , 29 , was indicted for stealing a pair of scissors and an ear-ring , the property of Isaac Friedlander . The facts of thia case w 6 re before tbe court at Ihe General Session , at Clerkenwell , when a woman named Potter was tried for the robbery , which was committed by her with the aid and assistance of the prisoner , who , however , escapect when the woman was taken into custody . The prosecutor was a hawker of jewellery , and on the day mentioned in the indictment lie was proceeding through Newcastle Court , when he was beckoned to a house by ihe prisoner . The woman examined the contents of his box , from which sho took the articles , and when the prosecutor asked her to return fliem the prisoner told him fcliat if he « lid not hold his tongue and quit the place he would kick him out . He
left , and infurmed a police officer , by whom soon afterwards the woman was apprehended . On her being tried at Clerkenwell it was intimated to the court that the man who assisted her was sitting behind the dock , whereupon the learned judge ordered him into custody . He was taken before a magistrate at Bow-street , who committed him for trial , and Ihe jury , after a lengthened address by Mr . Horry , found him Guilty . Former convictions were proved against the prisoner in the regular manner , and the court sentenced him to be transported for ten years . Gnoss Assault by a Parent . —Thomaa Baker , 35 , was indicted for assaulting Mary Ann Baker , alias Palmer , with intent , &c . The details of this case were of an exceedingly disgusting character , and of course cannot be published . The prisoner was step-father to the prosecutrix , a little girl about eleven showed that the
years of age , and her evidence clearly prisoner had more than or . ce been guilty of the conduct imputed to him . Her statement was supported by the evidence of a surgeon . The prisoner , in his defence , made a speech which disgusted every person iu court . He said the charge was trnmped by the girl ' s mother out of a spirit of revenge , and he charged her with murder and adultery . He wished , he said , to call her to prove these matters out of her osva mouth . The learned judae taid he could not call her as a witness . She could not be examined on the one side or the other , of which the prisoner must be aware . The prisoner then read a series of questions which he pro posed to put to his wile . The greater part of them had no relation to the case , and excited a verv strong feeling of loathing aud disgust . The jury found the prisoner Guilty- The learned judge sentenced the prisoner to t « o years' hard labour .
Stheet Robbery .-Jane Jones , 22 , a prostitute , was indicted for stealing a purse containing £ U 17 s ., the property and monies of Antonio de Vecchi , from his person . It appeared that on the evening ol V , ednesday week the prosecutor , who is servant to General Gabriel , of Ho . 7 , Connanght Place , was in thetdgeware Road , when he was accosted by the prisoner , who invited him to accompany her home . He walked with her a short distance down Adam-street , towardB Cumberland Mews , when she stopped at a house into which she wanted him to accompany her , but he refused , upon which she gave a signal , and two men pounced upon him and pinioned hia nvms , while the from the breast pocket of his
prisoner took his purse coat . He threw the men oft , and followed the prisoner . He was joined by a police oflicer , who lound tho prisoner concealing herself behind some cabs m Berkeley Mews . Sear to where she was taken' tho nurse was picked up empty , and on her being searched at the station house , seventeen sovereigns and a quantity of silver , including a florin wre found upon her . The prosecutor positively identified the fl , rin , as one of the coins contained in the purse at Uieine it was stolen . When at the station house se could not tell what money she bad about , her The jury found her Guilty , and the court sentenced her to six months' banl labour . ,
Pocket PicKWO .- Louiaa Humphreys , 2 , an Ann Smith 25 , were indicted for having stolen the « S oflSs , the monies of James Gmever , fromhisperson . -Both prisoners were found Guilty .-Tho Learned Jud « e said that the prisoner Smith hid Sy het > n ' t'"icd byhim for / l obbcry-an ^ * was time that ' tuo country was rid of her . He then « entenced her to be transported for seven years , and Humphreys to bo imprisoned for six months . Rourrt Robinson , 18 , was found guilty of having stolen a handkerchief , the property . of Mr . Samuel Dudley , from his-person . —Umoiier waa sentenced losix months' hard labour . '
John Smith , 10 , pleaded guHly to having stolen a woolen horse-cloth , value 1 Mb ., the property of Surah Frewin . —the Learned Judge , having enumerated his previous convictions , sentenced him to be transported for seven years . . Mary M'Carthy , 21 , a low prostitute , was found guilty of having stolen a ' watch , the property of John ' Baakett Clark , from his person , and sentenced to iinprisontnciit with hard labour for six months . ^^ TiTt . 'S ' - ' - s . With . this case the present sittings tenninatcug / % ^ p ^ . -g /\ j M . do Bruk . ox . MinisJeTof Co . nm ^ Aus ^^^ . ^ ® $ i ssssss" - fm ^ m ? g MrtljtoTtt * * - ! 1 | J | 1 S
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THE BRITISH SLAVE-MARKET . Chelsea wails . Its fifty thousand souls are offered to the highest bidder . Lord Cadogan owns themthus far , at least , that to him belongs the legal and saleable right of appointing their spiritual teacher aud pastor—and Lord- Cadogan is in want of cash . Who will have the religious oversight of Chelsea ? Going , gentlemen—going , dirt cheap ! The cure of fifty thousand souls—mark that ! or , here are other , and perhaps stronger , inducements : —
A DETACHED RECTORY HOUSE , Seated in its own Grounds , approached by a Carriage Drive . WITH TWO ELEGANT DRAW / KG KOOMS , 39 feet long , having gilt mouldings , marble Chimney Piece , and Steps to Pleasure Ground . A CAPITAL DINING WOOM , and Library and Bed room adjoining .
THE GROUNDS are disposed in Lawn , Plantation , Garden , and range of Green Houses , ornamented with timber , and surrounded by serpentine gravelled walks . BENT CHARGE , BENT OP HOUSES , producing together , independent of House , One thousand four hundred and eighty-four Pounds : and also Further Increase of £ 1 , 256 , On the dropping in of Lives in Leases . Chelsea is in deep distress . Chelsea is on its knees before the public , begging what ?—that it may be spared the ignominy of a sale ? No ! But that its 50 , 000 souls may be bought in for an evangelical pastor . What , if a Papist should purchase them ? Horrible ! What if a Puseyite should be their next lord ? Scarcely less afflicting ! Oh , subscribe ye pious ! Out with your purses , ye wealthy Protestants ! Buy us , and make us your own !
And this in England—in the metropolis—in the neigbourhood of the Great Exhibition—in the latter part of the nineteenth century ! Lift up your head , sbame-stn ' cken America—we can beat-you in impu dent sin . We can plunge deeper than ever you did in the mire of infamy . You sell men's persons and interests in this world—we sell their souls and their interests for the next . Match the atrocious impiety of the above advertisement , if you can . But , there , you cannot . We can beat you even'in wickedness . Is the case a singular one ? Not at all .
Similar advertisements may be seen every day . More than half the parishes of the kingdom are private property . More than half the clergy oi' the Establishment are nominated to their benefices by individual patrons . It was but the other day that a royal commission , having prelates as members , proposed to raise the wind for the erection of new churches by selling into private hands Bome seven or eight hundred pieces of ecclesiastical patronage now belonging to the crown . Why should Chelsea complain ? Its slavery is not singular .
People blame Lord Cadogan—they had better look nearer home . For fashion ' s sake they abet the system of whicli this is but anisolated specimen . The entire Church Establishment , of which in this country patronage is a main feature , is a huge money concern—Kept up with a view to its political influence and its immense property . Sees are disposed of on much the same plan a 3 parishes , the only difference being that in the one case the post is bartered for ministerial support , and in the other for bara cash . The infamy of the system is admitted on all hands , but it is still tolerated . Every outrage ,
however , is doing its work . Faith is gone—love is gone—sense of convenience will not last long . One of these days , Chelsea , or some less aristocratic parish , will be daring enough to protest that its spiritual interests are in its own keeping—not to be sold to the priest of the highest bidder . But then , this is a height of magnanimity to which none can hope to nee who cannot meet the expense of their own religious oversight and worship . The slaves deserve to be sold by auction , till in resolution as well as in knowledge they cease to accept slavery . They reap but what they have sown . —Nonconformtst .
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TvixDiXG-ur of Railways and Joist-Stock Companies . —The two important questions connected with the law of liability on this sub ] cetnamely , as tho validity of calls uponcontributorios , and as to whether eompuuies not completely registered come within the operation of the act , " having yet to bo settled , tho whole process of wiuding-up in that particular poin /^ ; sut present ut a perfect stand-still .
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S eptember 6 , 1851 . _^ THE NORTHERN STAR ¦ 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1642/page/7/
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