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' 1 inten ance , sufficien cy indicated the intensity of his sufferin gs even c 0 ^ ent tirae . He was accommodated while rivinir hM * ! & seat at the solicitors' table , and his superlS t Z % t to hear the evidence , for the purpose of . prosecuting -M * KfiSU committing the prisoner tor tnal , observed that it could wlV be « osed <*? £ a f ^ country , such a scene as hat Sed by the constable who was the complainan t could have oc d , and be earned on for half an hour , in the presence of thoii " without a single individual going forward to assist a ma so - Ssly injnted as the prosecutor Dwyer evidently * f ™ " S the violence » d . Iufl ^ »« of the prisoner . -The prisone , Sen fully committed , and the witness bound over to pro cute Z court , during the investigation , was crowded to excess = ' ^ n » nce , sufficiently indicated the int ^ isit ^^
SOUTHWARK . lLLEGAL PLEDGiNG .-Emma Wright a dissi pated-looking young ,-oman , was charged with illegally pledging two ? tas , the proper y rf James Culhns , a lodging-house keeper , in Kent-street Sou h wark . Prosecutor said that the prisoner had for some few weeks ] lire , l a furnished apartment in his house , but on Saturday night she scamped . On the following morning her room was entered " when lbe shee ( s were missed from her bed . He then gave information to llie police , and the prisoner was apprehended last night . She at that she had
onCe acknowled ged taken the sheets and pledg ed them at the same time handing witness the pawnbroker's duplicat es - The sheets were produced and identified b y the prosecutor —In afl # er to the charge the prisoner said she took the thincs because she tfjjj in poverty , but she had intended to redeem them to-dav —Prose cior said he had been robbed to a great extent b y lodgers and he yieved the prisoner pledged the articles for drink . —Mr A'Beckett fined her 10 s . for illegally pledging the sheets , and ordered her to pay money for which they were pledged , or to suffer fourteen days' imprisonment at Wandsworth House of Correction .
¦ THAMES . So tpNiAi . FRA ; uD .--Two Indians , coolies , named Acmachillan and fjitihgam , man and wife , came before Mr . Yardley on Monday and stated they emigrated , with many others , from Madras to Jamaica iti' ^ 6 r 6 n ' a a " eniiagementfoT five years , with an understanding that tffiy were to be sent back 16 their own country on the expiration of that term , instead of which they were shipped , against their wish on hoard the Flora , Captain iLevk-k , and brought to this country with
another coolie , who was in the same condition as thflms « lv . ^ ' n ™ another coolie , who was m the same condition as themselves . ' They were now destitute , and had no means of obtaining food and shelter -Mr . Yardley directed Taplin , a police constable attached to the court , to relieve the applicants at the expense of the poor-box fund and make inquiries on the subject . —Taplin informed the magistrate that lie had been informed by Captain Levick , the master of the Flora , that the three coolies had been shipped at Jamaica as passengers , and that he agreed to bring them to this country for £ 9
which was paid him at Jamaica , and that he had now done with them , and intended to send the otber coolie onshore . —Mr . Yardley said it appeared to him to he a very hard case on the coolies , who were entitled to our counlenance and protection , and requested a sight of their papers , which were handed in by Acmachillan . Having read the papers , Mr . Yardley asked the applicants if they wished to return to India , and on their replying in the affirmative the magistrate said it was quite evident , from ' the contents of the
papers before him , the applicants were emigrants engaged for a term of five years , which expired in April , J 851 ; and they were clearly entitled to a free passage at the expense of the" colony of Jamaica to Madras . It was a case lor the interference of her Majesty ' s Secretary of the Colonies , to whom he should communicate on the subject . He directed Taplin to send the coolies back to the ship Flora , and request the capiain to keep them on board until it was determined what should be done with them .
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Charles Legrange , the well-known revolutionist , has been expelled the Belgian territory . Railway Excursions to Ireland . —It is stated that upwards of 259 , 000 persons have visited Ireland during the last year through the cheap excursions by railway . A German gentleman , named Leidersdorff , who has just died , has left 400 thalers a year to the heirs male of Schiller for ever , as " a tribute of admiration to the poet ' s genius . " Billeting the Militia . —There is a provision in the new Militia Act to the effect that the militia may be billeted in the beer-houses in which soldiers mav be billeted .
Writs of Execution . —After the 24 th instant writs of execution are not to remain in force for more than a . year , unless revived . This is an important alteration in the law . Additioxal Forts at Jersey . —The heights commanding St Catherine ' s Bay , in the island of Jersey , andGallow ' s Hill , commanding the Bay of St . Helier , in the same island , are to be fortified . Thk Doke of YVellington . — Advices from St . Petersburg of the 2 nd October state that the whole Russian army had been ordered to wear mourning three days for the late Duke of Wellington . The Betting-office Nuisance . —The result of the Cesarewitch ( run on Tuesday at Newmarket ) has had its efect upon the London list houses , the shuttings up at the West-end being more numerous than usual on the issue of a great race .
Ank-Malthusians . —Twelve individuals chanced to meet the other day at the Swan public-house , Ridgeway , when the conversation turned upon children , and on " taking stock" they found that their total progeny numbered 99 ! Meeting op Parliament . —Mr . Wilson Patten , M . P ., is to be proposed py the Government as Chairman of Committees of Ways and Means . There w some expectation that Mr . Baines will be put forward in opposition to Mr . Patten by the liberal party . -Fokeigsers ix Jersky—Two hundred and forty foreigners presented themselves to the constable of St . Helier , Jersey , on Tuesday and Wednesday last , in compliance with the requirements of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor . —Jersey paper .
The General Screw Steam Navigation Company have applied to the Sou thampton corporation tor the purchase of a piece of land belonging to that body , near the docks , to build offices similar to those built by the Peninsular and West India Companies in that town . Bills of health being required in Sweden from all travellers from Copenhagen , the Danish steamers between the latter city and Bornholm have ceased stopping at the Swedish town of Ystadt , which has caused some considerable inconvenience to persons of business . Conference of the Friends of Peace . —A conference of the friends of peace and international arbitration is to be held at Manchester towards the middle of January . A very large representation of those who sympathise with the movement is expected to assemble on the occasion .-
Writing Inks . —It may be stated that , as a general rule , writing inks con taining logwood do not flow readily from the pen . A solution of creosote in rectified spirit of wine or pyfoligneous acid is the best preservative of ink from mouldiness . — I'ltarr . vj&'nt . lwl J » nr-tah ^ The Baroness Poerio , mother of Poeriu , died at Naples , n few days . since J ^ rief had , Ions : before her removal from this world , entirely undermined | ' er reason , and she onlv remembered her son as a visitor to the island ot ] schia . She had never been told that he was in chains-. Liability of Cabmen . —At the Soutlnvark police-court a few days Slnce a cabman was fined 40 s . and costs for refusing n fare . ^ ongkvity . —At theorJination of a Dissenting minister at Church town ,
" ear South port , Lancashire , on the 7 th of October , four old men of th « t Jte'gkbourhood were present , whose united ages amounted to ' il ? 8 year *—wo were eighty-mae eacb , the other two were eighty each ,
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LnS ' Wl 0 U , ^^ - ~" The feavflU inundations of the valley of Chimmm - i lisips ^ si SwSSSSSSSSSSa p ^^ pli mmmmE
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the elder three years old , seventeen inches in height , an ffi onlv seven pounds ; the younger six months old , weighing on lyt £ ' ° ° £ sraffiSpS ? 188 pmons ' father ^ ^ - "
Lankixg Institutr . -A meeting of the mem bers of this association w-r held onluesday evening at their rooms , 53 , ThreadnS- S IIthl purpose of hearing a paper read by Mr C Francis , of the Bank of K ^ ian ! InlcSSfp ' . ^ ° mmerCial 1 ' iSeS ' " Th - ^ - ta ken ° by tf All No Female Boxapartks !—Our English iourviUetc - » . « t , style of the Mom . nr . The ' / W , oAvM yibHslSd SZ » ' telegraphic dispatch :- « Her Majestv , together ^ tfflcelKK ! royal children reached Edinburgh at a " quarter to iv o'clo 11 his f ^ noon , amidst the acclamations of the people . " r "
The Bkars at BraiNio . —The IntcU «/ en ? -Blatt states thnt th * <™ , i people of Berne have for some time beenin a state of ^ uS iffieffi the comparative y deserted state of the fosse , which contain " DutoneTea , Measures are being taken to restore the bearditch to it ordbarv' wet 1 tenanted condition , when the citizens will once more rejoice over the l £ ensigns of their cantons . J uie uvln o Inauguration of the Salisbury Exhibition of Local Isddstpy ^^^™ Ttr ^ J ^ » bury £ S
r . ** Works of Local intlustrv , Arts , and Antiquit e W dX ' n I i by the Mayor of Salisbury , attended by ffme , ^ ^ Z ** tion , and a large body of the nobility and gentry of the nci ^ hWiS ? Pickpockets in Piaces of Woiismp . — At a miwiiSii ^ m « r held fo QBeaMtra * Chapel Leeds , last weet a l ^ hS ^ eTSSS picked of a purse containing 8 s Gel . The day before , ano lie la lV P h d a sum of money taken out of her pocket durin ^ the serv o * M chapel in the town . The offence is becomin g ^ common
THE LONG RaNGK AND THE CAFFUISS—C'inrnin Wovno 1 l letter to the W , in which he says : i The fe ^ L ' pS ^ ed the more I teel assured that the only check to Caffre incurS and the only meansofobtainiugahrra and lasting peace with tiiPin wnnM I f ™ u the acceptance « f . the 0 « fer J niadeon ^ thS ^ SchS S ^ which was to go out to Gaffrana with my inventions myself with which I am confident I could not only have quelled the war , but also have nkced the colony ma state of perfect security . This I offered to do VI thoTt ^ JK ^^ J ^ S } 1 " * . }? the L * ? M « r of the Govern n after having effected
ny object . This dtinteeSd ob « wi refused by the Colonial Secretary without any consideration meJefv writing that he must decline to avail himaelf of my ffr Now Sir to establish proofs of what I could have donJ S as Mr ' Adderiey has the welfare of the colony so sincere vat £ fc I S to make this proposition :-If Mr . Adderiey wi inSe an aniointmS with Lord Combennere and Sir Harry SmitlS , I S Uhn ^ companv with those two able generals , and so explain my mode of operations " and the means by winch I -should have effected my object , that I stake my reputation and character , if I do not convince all three that within two months alter my arrival at the seat of war , the enemv would have been so subdued that we should never again have heard of anv attacks either from Sandilh or any other chief . 1 have named these two gallant officers be
- cause of their professional and colmml lmn « rio ^ . fo «« .. z , vi _ . : „ . ! , . cause of their professional and colonial knowledge , as well as independent and honest caaracters , and because they have both some knowledge already of the nature of my inventions . " ° Extbaobdkary Opkration -A poor man , named Brien , living at Spaldmg , had for some lime had a large tumour on the lower part of lus cheek , and a diseased jaw . lo save his life an operation was performed by Dr . Morns . One of the front teeth was first extracted to admit the saw , and the cheek was cut through nearly to the ear , in order to get at the other end of the jaw , when by means of the saw it was taken out 1 he operation lasted thirty-six minutes . The poor fellow is said to be doing well . ;
Thk M . UTrA .-L'pwards of 1100 men have volunteered for , and been elirolled , m the \\ anvickslnve Militia ; another hundred are now waitin " to be attested m various parts of the county ; and there appear to be very little doubt but tliat the whole number required ( 1 , 836 ) will be forthcoming , should exertions be made in those country parishes which have not already provided their men . Government has sent orders to the Lortl
- Lieutenant to assemble the militia for twenty-one dava with as little delay as possible , for the purpose of being trained and exercised . We understand they will assemble at Warwick in two divisions , about GOO each time , the first division , consisting of those men who were tirst enrolled probably at the latter end of the present month . ' Discovery of a Large Frfsco Paixting ' lv Bildestox Church
-During the past wee * a number of persons have been employed in scraning and cleaning the pillars and walls of this noble building , and have discovered several fresco paintings in various parts , but in such an imperfect state that the subject of them cannot be ascertained ; at the west end , however , one measuring thirty feet by twenty-nine , is discovered to be St . George and the Dragon , life size ; on the loft hand side is a building supposed to be si castle , witu persons on it , who are looking down upon the combat ; a group on the opposite side seems intent upon the same object . —Ipswich J ' Jxprexx
A Dkntal Curiosity—rhere is at present a servant in a family in Perth , a girl about thirteen years of age , who is in possession of a double row of teeth in the under jaw . The two sets of teeth are beautifully regular , but are not easily noticed unless a heartv laui ? h happens . The front and inner teeth have each t heir fellows ; and the posswssor , as may be suppposcd , has good masticating powers , and feels no incouvenieuce from her additional stock .
Ihe aiiLiTM . Pay AcT .-It is provided by the Militia Pay Act , which is to continue m iorce until the 1 st of September next , that the offleers and non-commissioned ofheor * . drummers , and private men of the regular militia shall , for the period or periods during which they shall be called out for the purpose of exercise or training , be entitled to the sama pay and allowance- ! a * the officers , lum-comin issiouodl ctfeew , drummers , nud private men of the militia when embodied
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- ^ -jy——The Marseilles Plot -Incorrect accounts of the discovery of an internal machine having appeared in our contemporaries , we are happy to supply the following authentic details , which we have had communicated" per horse-marine electric telegraph :- " Marseilles , 1-nday , one second to six , p . m . —Our adorable Prince Ims this moment arrived .-Sixo ' clock .-rlis highness is alighting Marseilles salutes him with her million lungs , Vive I Empereur ' -Fix o minutes past .-Theshout has caused an earthquake : the ears of thousands-even . the deaf-are split .-Quarter-past .-Curiosity is on tiptoe . Ihe Emperor has recognised an old woman in ihe crowd and is now affectionatel y embracing her . — Thirty-five seconds later .-It is the washerwoman of his infancy . What memory What condescension ! The populace is charmed with it . -len oclock .-Tne Prince is opening the ball . His chosen partner is the venerable laundress . Rapture surrounds him . All w serene .-Midnight .-Horror has seized us ! An infernal machine has been discovered by the police . The hair of the city stands op end . —Half-past . —At present all is locked in secrecy—Six and three-quarters , a . m . —At length I ' ve got the keyListen My ik
. -. runs cold as I narrate the details . Calmly our beloved Prince svas coming from the ball , when a sudden explosion was hoard in an attic adjacent . Rushing on the instant up twelve steep fl < -hisof stairs , the police discovered an infernal machine of the " trust diabolical description . It consisted , in effect , of a whole vulunu of Punch ! France pants for vengeance ! Let these authors tremble Perfidious Albion too long has shielded them . Too lon « these execrables " Here , from modesty , we break off . —/ W-a .
A Mayor ' s " Daily Bre ^ d .-Louis Napoleon continues his prop-ess through France . The egg is chipped , and th « cade is already hat hatched : the bees are beginning to swarm , and in due season will aliphi upon the purple-bees , doubtless full of honey from the historic liltes of France ; although the lilies are still in the shade . Nevertheless , Louis Napoleon marches towards a throne-marches in a golden haze of purchased lying . Never was so mm * f . Ue emoiion got up at so great a cost—never did printer's ink (
Government ink , be it remembered ) reek with such falsehood H ncsc men stop their noses at the official histories of the triumph Evervwhere , mayors are on their bellies , licking the boots of Nap . - . i oonl . licking them like spaniels—as though there was the taste of Mwina in the blacking . And the basest of all these is the mayor of ' a commune in the department of Hainault . Hear how the hnmim < dngyelps !— Our Prince—You who are in power by rpht ol :
^ birth , and bv the acclamation of thn npnnio « n , n . nn ^ . ' : birth , and by the acclamation of the people , your name is every . where glorified ; may your reign come , and be perpetinv .-d by tm > immediate acceptance of ihe Imperial Crown of the great Napoleon may your firm and wise will be done in France , as abroad , ( Ji' -e us this day our daily bread , by- " We have given enough- and would , had we the power , assuredly < rive to the mayor daily brea-1 and after this fashion , for som *; ten days or a w-eek at least in
punishment of the impious rogue , we would have his hands tied fast at his back ; then we would have him laid gently—very gentlywithin li few yards of a tolerably dirty gutter . Into this gutter we would break up , in small morsels , a couple of pounds of bread per diem—and this should be the " daily bread " vouchsafed to the Mayor of Hainault . Of course he would have to wripgle , and twist and crawl towards the gutter , and then to have to duck for the fragments But crawling and duckinjj are the mayor ' s specially ; and Uien for his reward , would he the " daily bread , " though not quite of the sort he blasphemously prays for . —Punch .
The Empire of Beadledom .-Long encouraged by events " over the water , " the elected beadle of one of our arcades—we will not say which—has struck a blow whose aim is to plant the staff of beadledom for ever in his own family . He has recently been making a progress from the north entrance to the south , and the following are some of the bulletins that have reached us : —" Arcade , Number One ; The beadle has just gone by the door of number one , amidst cries of a million times repeated of Vive Bumble 2 . As he aiproached the shop the master presented the following address : ' \ Y > hail you , Sir , as the legitimate heir of the Bumbles . The inhabitants of this arcade feel that their happiness is in your hands , tvpified by the staff that you grasp between them ' The beadle was much moved by this touching proof of sympathy . His health is excellent "
" The Toy Shop : The reception of his High Mightiness at the toy shop was admirable . Young pirls belonging to the establishment , and dressed in Orleans cloth , came out to offer him a bouquet The beadle seemed to be greatly affected by this mark of confidence His ¦ health continues excellent . "— " The China Warehouse : His Highness has just drawn up at the Cheap China Warehouse where a sort of triumphal pile of breakfast cups , jars , vales ' and other objects of industry , has been raised to do-him honour ' The beadle inspected the pile with much interest , and astonished all present by his sage remarks on the mode in which the chine ware had been heaped up . His observations struck every one with the conviction of hi * being afiisl-rate engineer , and he left amid a perfect storm of enthusiastic cries of Vive Bumble 2 . His health
continues excellent . ' - " Jewellery Mart : His High and Mightiness is now at the Jewellery Mart , where the same enthusiasm " follows him . He has just recognised an old officer of the sheriff , who served under the beadledom of his uncle . Me has given the officer three pieces of copper amid frantic shouts , five million times repeated , of Vine Bumble 2 . His health is excellent . "— " Half . past Six : The beadle has just returned from a visit to the desk and tea caddy showroom of the locality . At every turn he was met by young girls , many of whom offered him bouquets . He afterwards visited the stock and collar establishment , where he passed under an inscription "To the Preserver of the Arcade and of Family Ties , " worked in silk cmals stocks , and handkerchiefs . His Hi ghness has just started for the
toy bazaar , where he has promised to accept the ball—a lar * c football-prepared m his honour . " It will be seen from the promHnr reports that the hereditary beadledom is only a question of tur « - and indeed it would have been declared long since , but for the jealousy of neighbouring powers . The police inspector on the beat adjoining , though . he takes no step to prevent what is coin- on is evidently no indifferent spectator of the events in progress Should the independence of the Savoy be threatened , the chief of that limited beadledom will no doubt , have the sympath y and assistance that may be reqn . red lor preserving his authority , and keeping up the proper balance of power . "—Ptmdi
n Ha 8 « v S 7 y b 00 k an y P ictures ? " » Jd Miss , to a bookseller . No Madam , " was the answer . " Why , " exclaimed tins witty and beaujUul lady , what is the use of telling us how to make a good dinner , if they give us no plates ?" Erratum for France .-At the end of certain addresses presented to Louis Napoleon , for " Amen" read " No men . " -Punch . Ihe President ' s Pttooimss . -Ttafollowing is the stereotyped official bulletin : "The President is Progressing as favourably a : can be expected . "— Punch .
lie up a vein , and sickness ensues ; clog up a stream , and tho . water overflows : obstruct the future , and revolutions breakout . — Victor Hugo , A Forward . Child . —The other day one of widow B . ' s admirers was complaining : before her of the tooth nehe . Mis . B . ' s smart bov immediately apuke * "Well , Sir , why \ luiiH you flu us mil does " ? She takes her teeth out and puts finback whenever she v .-anta lo . " A few minutes afterwards th « bay * ^ whiptftfA on gome pre ! cm : f > c » other * r '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1700/page/7/
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