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      JIY FIVE-ACRE COTTAGE THAT STANDS 2 CEAR THE GREEN . A . T the dnra of the day when old Freedom shall waken , And the changes pass over this ¦ woe-beta ' n scene ; "VTben the haunts of dull tyranny all we forsaken , And plenty shall triumph where hanger has been ; de choice I would make , could my wishes be granted , To spend all the days of my labour serene , And , ah : tis a jewel for which I ' ve long panted , A neat little cottage to stand near the green . A neat little cottage , A sweet little cottage , - ' A £ re-acre cottage to stand near the green

      ¦ R ^ th a row smart poplars gracefully waving , t ¦ RTiere in summer the Mistletoe nestles her young ; I -would grift erery stein ronnd with roses an fading , And woodbines should twine o ' er the buds as they sprang : jiv earden with borders that daises adorn , Vf iitre a hive for my bees in a corner is seen , And the hedge , withita sweet knots of wnite-blossom'd thorn , Encircling my cottage Uiat stands near the green . Encircling my cottage , Ily sweet little cottage ,. ' Mv fife-acre cottage that stands ntar the green

      I'd zrow my o-sra cabbage , my carrots , and broccoli , And that best of all flowers , the c-vuliflower too ? S weet-HiaJJorem , sage , thyme , and fine celery , Jo fatten my V ° t ' to season my stew ; ^ T ith a nice bed of peas , and my kidney beans training And , on these would I teud at the close of each e'en ; ^ T Jien EP with the lark , as the morn she ' s proclaiming , To walk round my cottage that stands near the green . To walk round my cottage , My sweet little cottage , ily five-acre cottage that stands near the green

      With a shed where to shelter my light plough and barrow , And a spot for a storehouse , to thrash ont my grain ; A still for my cow , wiih a nook for my barrow , And a stye for those pigs wbiek ruy farm might maintain ; A plot of potatoes , of turnips and clover , &f wbtz ' s , dt what else experience might glean , But the best for my corn which my skill could discover , The stay of my cottage that stands near the green . Tne sluy of my Cottage , ily sweet little cottage , My five-acre cottage that stands » ear the green And here , with my wife and my young ones rtclining , "StreT heeding tire strife of ambition or wride ; . But cheerfully labour , each day unrepining ,

      And as oft for myself , as my wants might decide ; With knitting , and spinning , and carding , and reeling , My raiment supplied by each honie-improv'd scheme , How life would glide on , as by God's own revealitg , Within my neat cottage that stands n » ar the gretn . ^ Within my neat cottage , My sweet little cottage , ily five-acre cottage that stands n- zt the green Wiima Hjck ; Leeds : Author of the Chartist Song Book

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      SPA IX . Tha apprehensions entertained for the maintenance of peace between Spain aud Portugal had entirely subsided . General Piquelo Arguelies , on taking possession of the political government of Aiava on the lDih , addressed a proclamation to the inhabitants , iu whica be declares to them , in the Lame of General Hspanero , xbat their fueros shall be religiously preserved . The convention lately signed for the definitive regulation of the fueros of >' ivarre had been accepted and ratified by the deputation of that pro-Tince .

      The authorities of Guipuscoa were proceeding to close the religious establishments suppressed by a recent decree of the Regency . Tiese establishments were nine in number , viz ., three convents of Jesuits , Angusiiniaus , anJ D-jminicacs a ; Aspeitia ; one , of Franciscans , a ; Onate ; another at Mondragon ; a third at Jigoibar ; the Convent at Loyala , one of Carmelites at Lasca-o , and another a : Lauanz . "

      TURKEY . Letters from Constantinople confirm , in the most ¦ decided manner , the rejection of the Napier convention by the Pone , and give as reason to suspect that even ihe submission of Mehemet All to the demands of Admiral Siopford will not alter the determination of the Sultan 10 insist on the dhheance of the Viceroy . The general nnderitandint ; is , ; ha : Slehenret Ali , on abandoning the Turkish fleet , and withdrawing his troops from Syria , entities himself to the . protection of the foarpjwers , and to the continued possession oi Egypt . But , according to the disposition now evinced by the Porte , and apparent l y bv Lord PoBzonby , it is probable that no favour will be esi-ended to him , and that the Suitau will confirm the sentence of ceposition ; or , a ; least , refer the case to tne conference at Londoa before he annuls the decheance . No doubt the hand of Russia is busy iu ail tnis .

      CONSTANTINOPLE , Dec . 9 . ( From the Correspondent of the Chrenicle-J ' The Government steamer Tair-y-Bahey arrived jesterday from Berroat , bringing intelligence from that place up to the SOth November , it appears that nothing of great importance had taken place there since the data of my ia = t letter ; the Turkish troops were expected shortly to make a movement , taking with them every man they could spwe ; tney ¦ were to leave a strong garrison at Beyrout , which ¦ would be further reinforced by the recruits that were daily expected from the capital ; the remainder of the troops were embarked on board steamer ? , which would transport them to Jaffa . From Jaffi , a garrison will be sent to Jerusalem , which is only

      a oay and a-half s march from Jaffa . * Thus , by strengthening those places , and continuing to znanceuvre on Ibrahim Pasha ' s iknk , he will " be forced a ; oizee to abandon Syria , and make the bes : of his way to his father ' s possessions . Iu doing this , however , he will have a difficult task , and will hardly be able to accomplish it without fighting , to say nothing of the losses he must sustain when troops lis . e his , deprived of everything , are forced to march on the borders of the desert . The Eaouran and the Ledgia bei . i ^ in arms , " all the roads are cut off to him excepting the one just mentioned , running at the back of the lake Tiberias , and along the border of the Dead Sea .- To the west of this he cannot come , nor ean he , in fact , make a single movement without being harrassed by the mountain cavalry . At the present * moment

      he must be still at Danascus , where he is concentrating all his forces . Those from Aleppo , Hamn >» , Horns , and Baaibec having n-jvr joined him ; the = e places have , iu consequence , fallen m » o the hands of the Tsrks . Previous to his having made this move , he was , as stated in my last letter , at Zachleh . ( about eighteen hours distant from Btyrout ) and he had with him about 10 , 000 men , o ' OOO infantry , 2 , 0 v 0 cava ' ry , and twelve pieces of light cannon . As his supplies there , however , were soon cut-off , he determined at or . ee to retreat upon Damascus , and Bending forward his cxius on the 19 ih ultimo , he proceeded to march himself on the following day . -Tae amount of the force be will collect a : Damascus , supposing all to have already joined him , will , perhaps , be as many as 25 , 00 men , taking that estimate as the very outside of it , and without counting the sick among the number .

      The late dreadful gale seems to have extended its influence even as far as the coast of Syria , for at Bsyrout , ten merchant ships ¦ nerd lost ; one of the Austrian men-of-war unshipped its foremast from the violence of the storm ; and it was with great difficulty that the Turkr * steamer was enabled to put tosea without any Tery serious loss . Here ihe Austrian Danube Company ' s boat Sen Pervaz , which had been freighted by the Turkish Government to Carry troops to Syria , was lost in the Sea of Marmora , on the shores ot Moodama- Out of oSO men , neariy fifty have been drowned , or frozen to death . In the Black Sea , also , the effects of the gale have been most destructive . A Russian sUamer has been wrecked ; her engines having given way ; she was driven on shore . Of those who were on board

      eighteen have perished , aud nineteen been saved ; amongst the former there was a Jewess , who , with her t % vo children , refused to come on deck , and were the first that were drowned , in consequence of the after part of the ship having separated from the rest soon aft # r the engines had given way . At the mouth of the Bosphsoms seven vessels have been wrecked . The whole amount of the damage that has heen done , is not yet fully ascertained .

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      I IiEZDS . —Dkatii by Burning . —On Monday ! evening , an inquest was held at the Court House , j before Mr . Hopps , Deputy Coroner , on view of the i body of William Siobban , a little boy five yean of ' age , who died in the Infirmary on Sunday morning , < from the effects of injuries received on the 12 ih of i November , by his clothe 3 having caught fire . The father of the deceased is a widower , having been left with three children , the eldest being a little girl of : eight years of a ^ e ; sho had been dressing her brother , and was engaged with a younger child , | when the deceased , before she was aware of it , j lighted a stick at the fire and stuck it info a hole in i his clothes , from whence originated his death . The I Jury returned a verdict in accordance with the ' circumstances .

      ! DiiFiciE . vr Weights . —On Tuesday last , twenty-¦ four shopkeepers and hucksters , from Hor .-fortn , j Rawden , Yeadon , Addle , Eocup , and HarewooJ , j were summoned before the West lliding magistrates , t at Leeds , on the complaint of Mr . Clayton , the j Assistant Inspector of Weights and Measures for ; the Wa > eut * ke of Upper Skyrack , for having in ' , their posses . « ion weights deficient in standard . The ! charge against each individual was fully proved , and fines varyug from 2 s . t > d . to 20 s . were ii , rl : cted . \ Slides on the Footpaths . —The highly

      reprei hensible practice of making slides on the foot ' pavements , occurred to a considerable extent in this : town this wtek ; aud in the evenings several persons i met with severe falls in con-cqaence . The police j ought to look to this , for whilst tne snow continues I on the ground the dantcer will increase . 1 Leeds Poor Rate . —Notice was given on the doors ! of th-= > churchss on Sunday last , that the Poor Rate j for the Township of Leeds , which was laid on the | 20 th of November last , a ; 13 . 4 J . in the pound , was I duly confirmed by the magistrates on Tuesday , the ; 29 ; h of December .

      Committal . —On Monday last , Mr . Thomns Nettleton , late clerk 10 Mr . Henry Holme , of this town , attorney-at-law , was committed to York Castle , by the Commissioners under the fiat of bankruptcy issued against Mr . Holne , for not satisfactorily answering questions then propounded to him . Rural Police . —The question relative to introducing the Kural Police into the North Ri < fcng of this county wa 3 to h « ve again come forward before the bsiich of magistrates at the sessions now holding at Northallerton , but , luckily for the rate-payers oi the said riding , the magistrates who proposed it at the last sessions have recently withdrawn the notice from the session ' s order books . It is to b » hoped , for the good of the Riding , that the question is now set at rest for ever .

      i CARUSXjR . — ( Fiom our otcn Correspondent . ) — : Novel and ExrnAOkDi . \ ARY Case . —On Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday last , the Borough Magistrates wer « occupied in the Town Hall for several ! hours each day , in inquiring into a most romantic '¦ case . If appeared from the evidence prodnced , ; which was very lengthy , that a Mr . Davis , a Pole , ¦ who has lately come to Carlisle , and who is carry-I ing on business as a farrier , bad engaged a person of I the na , tne of Mr . Harrison Fiather , a writingi master 0 : note , and who has lately flourished in the I news as a somewhat singular and ing « iious cha-| racier , to make out hi 3 accounts , and also teach I him to read and write English . * Had the matter I stopped here , Mr . Dari 3 , we are sure , would have

      been much benefitted , and Mr . Flather have still retained an unblemished character . It so happened , however , that a young lady of the name of Miss Moore had called at Davis ' s shop to purchase some articles , and whether she had cast a lovelingering glance upon him , or not , we cannot say ; bur , at all events , he fell deeply in Jove with her , and must needs have letters written to her expressive of his tender passiou . Not being able to write English , as we before stated , he employed Mr . Flather as hi 3 secretary . Two love ephtlea were written , and taken to Miss Moore , which were returned by her without any answer ; but , after this , he ( . Mr . Davis ) retired a letter through the post , purporting to come from the young lady , saying that she had

      returned the previous letters at the particular rtquest of her parents , but that she was willing to carry on a correspondence with him ; consequently , Davis continned to piy his addresses to Miss Moore , through his secretary , Mr . Flather , and invariably received answers , as evening came , from Miss Moore , bating her fond passion tor him , but that she had many difficulties to contend with , and that the required , under different pretences , various sums of money . These requests for money were invariably granted by Mr . Davis , and the money sealed up by him with letters , written by Mr . FJather , and sen ' t through him to Miss Moore , to deliver personally . Mr . Flather always returned in absut ten minutes , ( the distance to Miss Moore's residence being only

      short ) , stating that he had delivered them safe . The sums sent in the course of a few months amounted to the enormous sum of upwards of £ 8 <) I Something , however , occurred to excite the suspicion of Mr . Davis , and in consequence he made inquiry of Miss Moore ' s father , and found that she had been in Liverpool for some time previous . Mr . Davis then missed the lore epistles which were said to have come from Miss Moore , and which be had tied np in brown paper . Mr . Flathtr had been in Mr . Davis's bed-room the morning they were missing , from which circumstance it was inferred that Mr . Flather ha 4 destroyed the letters . In consequence of this circumstance , Mr .

      Davis made further enquiries , and actually turned away his workpeople . There were some trifling articles found in Mr . Flather ' s house , which ilr . Davis swore to as his property , and wliich he deelared he had not given to Mr . Flather . There was some other evidence adduced , partially csrroborative of Mr . DaTis"a statements . There were two letters put in , which Mr . Davis swore to as having been read to him by Mr . Flather , but which no mortal man could read , for they were unintelligible scrawls . Mr . Wannop , solicitor , who was retained for the prisoner , refused to enter into any defence . Mr . Flather wa 3 cemniitted for trial at the next Spring Ass ' zes . The greatest excitement prevailed during the two last days of the examination , and the Court was excessively crowded .

      BOLTOK . —Abatements on WeaversWages . — At the County Police Court , last week , on bearing a case in which a weaver had summoned his employers for wages aud costs , the presiding magistrate , W . F . Hulton , Esq ., took the opportunity to condemn the conduct of the employers generally of the neighbourhoods of Leifb , " West Honghton , &c-, towards their workmen , and strongly censured them for " the exorbitant and unjustifiable abatements" they made on the weavers . The wages and costs were allowed . Grievous aad loud , indeed , must the complaints of the weavers be , when a Tory magistrate thus publicly censures the conduct of the employers .

      The Coen-Law Repealeas as a last effort to excite sympathy in their cause , gave a splendid " blowout * to their families and inunediate frieads and acquaintances , in the shape of a tea party , wkich took place in the Temperance Hail , on Saturday evening last . In order to prevent the presence of all obnoxious individuals , it was arranged that " fifty , ladies" ( the wives or daughters of the re-fealers ) aboald preside at a tea-board , and that" each should have the privilege of selecting ten persons to sit at her table . " A few tickets only were kept in reserve to be sold to the curious , as it was annoimeed that Messrs . E wart and

      Thornely , MP . 's , Cobdea , &c ., would be present , ( kut who , as Uiual in such cases , were not forthcoming ; the object beirg to create a demand greater than the suppiy , in order that it might go forth that hundreds of applications were made in vain . Jt is said the bohea was of excellent flavour ; the bread and butter thin and s .-aice on account of the Corn laws ; the cream del > cious , and the looks of the ladies superseded the use of other swt-ttening ; " nice young luaaltas" being in . ilunoauce . After tea , the gentlemen treatvd the olker stx to a dish of " small talk" about corn and cjtron , for which they ap , "tar < . d to have no great i'Qul , i . r . vl retired about half-past teu greatly fatigued .

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      tONDOW . —On Thursday last , a meeting waa held in the large room of the Workhouse in Spitalfielda , under a pretence of devising the best means to afford relief to the starving thousands of this district . About sixty persons were present . An old table covered with green baize , strewed with pens , paper , and ink , was taken possession of by a wellfed liver coloured-nose band of idlers , called " par-. sons . " They did their utmost to make the assembled few beliete that they sympathised with them in their distress . They quoted Scripture to cheat the people into this belief ; out it would not do . They declared they saw the trick . Mr . 6 . E . Boggis Baid be waB anxious to take them to the cause of the distress . If they wished the stream of poverty no longer to glide through Spitalfields , they must take that little thing , the Charter , and with him pursue their

      way to Westminster , to choke the fountain , and the deadly stream will cease to flow . At this , a general mutter went round the green baize , the parsons declaring they had nothinK to do with the cause . Such meetings , says Boggis , are a mockery , and an insult to God , and to the people of Spitalfields . The weavers present , feeling the truth of Boggis ' s statements , begged of the parsons that they would not in future make use of the name of weavers as a stalking-horse ; they wanted the things given to Caesar which belong to Cse 3 ar , and to the people that which belonged to the people . A committee wa 3 formed , and one of the members proposed the meeting of the committee on the morrow ; to which the Rev . Chairman replied , a = ; to-morrow is New Year ' s Day , and some of us will have a friend and a turkey , we had better put it off a few days . This is real parson sympathy .

      GXEENOCK .. —Teetotallers . —On the 1 st of the new year , although the weather seemed to be unfavourable , yet at the appointed time tho Rechabites and Teetotallers were on the ground , ready to set Bacchus at defiance , with their bands , medals , ribands ,- &c , waiting for the word of command . It was realJy an imposing sight to see so many congregated together for the good of themselves , their wives and families , and the working classes in general . Although the streets were crowded to excess with spectators , not the slightest accident

      occurred . The Catholics had a soiree in the Assem bly Itooms , whick was crowded to suffocation . The President ( one of their parish priests , the Rev . Mr , Alexander Smith ) was called to the chair , when a most eloquent address was read to him by one of tho members , and a gold watch and appendages , a silver snuff-box and a few pieces of gold , m place of snniF , was presented to him , for his kindness iu being the first of his creed in Greenock to propagate teetotalism , a ' nd for his attachment to the Catholic Orphan Society and his flock .

      SHBFriBLD . —Robberies . —Larly on Thursday day morning , an attempt was made by some thieves to effect an entrance into the shop of Messrs . Darwenr , flour-dealer ? , on SMeffi eld -moor ; but the villains beiag observed by the watchman hastily decamped . — On Friday morning , an entrance was effected into the shop of Mr . Worrall , tobacconist , at the corner of Carver-street , on Sheffield-moor , and a quantity of tea , tobacco , and cigars were stolen . The thieves left behind them a crow-bar , with , which , they had forced the door of the shop . The robbery was effected at a late hour in the morning , as th » premises were in their usual state when the watchman left his beat at half-past five o'clock . —On Thursday evening , about eight o'clock , some thieves contrived to steal , unperceived , into one of the npptr rooms of th » Three Cranes public-house ,

      in Queen-street , and to break open a box , from which they abstracted £ 30 , a promissory note of , £ 10 , a pocket-book , and a breast pin . It is supposed that they made their exit through a chamber window . — On Friday , a man named Joseph Hague , residing at the bottom of Silver-street , was robbed of . £ 80 , by a man named John Mills , who lodged in his bouse . It appears that iu the morning . Hague ' s wife went out of the house for a short time , leaning Mills , the only person in the house , in bed ; and on her return Mills was gont . Some time afterwawls , she found thai th « £ 80 , which was concealed under a bed in a different room from that in which Mills slept , was mis > iug . Suspicion fell upon Mills , and a policeman was suit for ; and on his arrival , Mills confessed that he had taken the money , and buried it in a place in his workshop , where it was found . The man was of course taken

      into custody . —On Thursday evening , about .--ix , the house of Mrs . Rodgers , in Young- street , was en » ered during her temporary absenc * , and two kalf-crown * , and four silver spoons , stolen ; it appears they ransacked most of the drawers , but were disappointed in meeting with anything else ot Ya , lac . —Shfj ! lci'd Iris .

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      The funeral car which convoyed Napoleon ' s remains 13 stated to have cost 55 M 0 f . Genkral Bi'geai ' d has been appointed Governor-General of Algeria vice Marshal Vallce . Lo » d Oxma . vtow . v will be named for the Dublin University at th » next election . Alderman John Johnson , of London , is a candidate for Plymouth ; yet Messrs . Collier and Bowte stand . The postage paid on the letters sent by the Great Western steamer on her last voyage from New York amounted to 2 , 300 dollars . Bullion . —Silver coin and bullion shipped at Dover from Dec . 13 to 31 , were 6 " 9 a , 500 ounces of silver , and 1 , 485 ounces of gold . Nineteen men at work in a coal-mine , near Liege , were drowned on the 23 rd ult ., by a sudden inundation of the mine .

      The Episcopal Magazine tells us that the ministers of the independent episcopal congregations in Scotland are about to re-enter into the jurisdiction of the Scottish bishops . Mr . Beckfohd has determined to dismantle Lansdowne Tower , Bath , and sell by auction all the articles of vcrlu it contains . W . e are glad to state that it is expected the importation of sugar from the East Indies alone will , next year , amount to about one-third of the total consumption of the whole kingdom . — Gla / goic Chronicle . Delicate . —A writer in a London paper , in de-Ecribiug the evolutions of s-omo fashionable ladies on the ice ia the Serpentine river , during the late frost , says , that , in attempting to slide , several of the fair " became seuted on the ice " !

      The Parish Clerk of CJains , has found a certificate of marriage in a parish church four miles from Worcester , which will bring to the party concerned upwards of £ 10 , 000 hitherto unclaimed — Worcester Herald . A person named Borel has been arrested in Switzerland , charged with being an accessory to the attempt by Darmcs on the life of Louia Philippe on the 15 ; h October last . Among mant valuable papers in the Madras Journal is one which proves that iron was first converted into steel in India by a process still practised there . It is almost certain that the Egyptians used 1 his steel to" cut the inscriptions on their monuments .

      The first Iron Steam-ves 3 el built in Bristol w * 3 launched last week from the building yard of Me = srs . G . Lunell and Co . She is built for the Bristol Steam Navigation Company , and intended for the station between Cardiff and Uphill . An Eagle , which ercaped from the Swiss Cottaga in the Colloseum , was afterwards discovered in the act of devouring a dead cat on the green sward in the Regent's Park , was netted by the keepers , and restored to its place . The Comet of 1810 is visible ia the constellation Andromeda . It has been observed at Vienna , Berlin , and Modena . Mr . Octavus Morgan , son of Sir Charles , of Tredegar , is the Conservative caadidate for Monmouth . Sir B . Hall declines , and the Hon . Charles Htnbury Tracey , soa of Lord Sudeley , is the Liberal candidate .

      THOJiAS Henrt Lister ., Esq ., tie Hon . Edmund Phipps , and Thomas Vardon , Esq . are the Commissioners for taking account of the population of Great Britain , in Jaly next , pursuant to the Act of 3 rd and 4 th Viet ., c . 99 . The lace-workers of Nottiagham and othei places in the neighbourhood , who have been kidnapped to Ameriea under preteaeo of high wagesi give a dreadful aceount of the frauds practised upoa them . The Hoi * . Wiiliam Binghajb Baring , M . P ., b »» forwarded his farewell address to tho electors of North Staffordshire . The Hon . Gentleman says tbal he retires from the representation of that county on grounds purely personal to himself .

      The Govkskment steanaars and transports are still employed in removing and re-distributing guns , ammunition , &c , in the different ferts , arsenal ^ * c . of the kingdom . Quantities of shot , shells , feuns , powder , &c have heeu shipped for India during the present week , and the works at the Arsenal continue with unabated vigmir . One of the Wise mis of the Bridgenorth Town Council got upv at a late meeting of that body , and , in a serious tor e , proposed an address of congratulation to the Princess Royal on the happy event of her birth . —Hertford Times . [ He ought to be knighted !^

      I am in TUE Water . —A man in the employ of Mr . S : uc > , field , of the Crown Inn , Brackley , iu passing t > irOugh Buckingham with an omnibuii a fow nights s . JlCe , turned down the Jane leading to the river , r lnc Brackley-road , and did not find out his misia > iC uutii the vehicle was upset in the liquid e ! eaj : ut . It is said he was intoxicated at the time ; tho ' Dus" was much damaged . " How to Hand a Name Down to Posterity .. — J iijrc is now to be seen on a post at the corner of a street forming the Faubjurg du Temple , Paris , a placard with the following notice : — " To be sold , the j ri ^ ht of giving a name to this street . "

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      At Edenham , near Grimsthorpe Castle , an ancient custom prevailed until the last year or two of dancing m the church at Christmas ; it was said to be in imitation of David , who danced before the ark . Lincoln Chronicle . It is no less singular than true that there are three market towns in the county of Somerset without an attorney residing in either , and two of them are seaports . —Hereford Times . Br the' recent dehise of Lord Brdce , the eldest son of Lord Elgin , his sister , Lady Mary Christopher , the lady of the member for North Lincolnshire , has become the next in succession to an immense fortune , approaching to thirty thousand a year . Thb Poor op Aldersgate Ward are in so dis » tressed a state that the ward inquest has already commenced its visits to the rich to entreat their aid in the relief of the poor .

      The Mortality in the metropolis during the week ending December 19 , 1840 , was less by fortysix deaths than the average weeks in the year 1840 . 1 The number op persons applying to the police for relief , or taken up as destitute in the course of last year , are 428 vagrants , 916 destitute persons ; total , 1 , 3 U . . , . ¦ ^ The Bkothel PARSON .--We are requested to state , that Mr . James Heath , who was robbed of £ 5 10 s . in a brothel , is not , as was stated at the police-office , a VVesleyan preacher . Mr . Heath , we hear , belongs to the Baptise connexion . The Christening . —We have reason to believe that the christening of the Princess Royal is fixed tor tho 10 th of next month , the anniversary of her Majesty ' s marriage .,

      Mr . Vincent . —The Marquis of Normanby , in reply to a memorial from Bath , has expressed his inlention of mitigating a portion of the unexpired sentence of Mr . Vincent . — Wills Independent . Rather too Many . —On the 19 th instant , the wife of Mr . Wm . Frauklin , wheelwright , of Purleigh . Lssex , added a daughter to her household , making the 23 rd child in 24 years!—12 were girls and 11 boys , and 12 are now living . —Bristol Gazelle . Christian Benevolence . —We find in a newlypublished Tory paper the following announcement , evidently given with great glee aud satisfaction : — 'Mr . Owen , the Sooialist , was 'bowed out'of the Commercial Rooms , Bristol , last week , amidst a salutation of hisses . He afterwards applied to the Mayor for the protection of the Police at his meetings , but the request was refused . " Such is the benevolence (!) of Cliristians in the 19 th century .

      We have learned that Lord Francis Egerton , on being given to understand that by purchasing the original drawings of M . Agassiz ' s great work his Poissons l- ' ossilles , he would enable that distinguished naturalist to extend his researches , has offered to give him £ 500 for them , and to leave them with him at Noufchatel as long as he requires them . How many great works would Bimilar encouragement produce ? Beer-H 6 uses . —The Attorney-General has given his opinion upon the rating of beer-houses , to tho following effect : —* Tliat the collectors of Excise should only grant ^ censes upon the rating , and not upon the rental . " " That overseers have not the power to alter the rating of houses previously made ; but parties complaining of the rate , and seeking to get it altered , must appeal against the rate bofore the proper authorities . "

      The Creditors of the Duke of York . —In the month of January his Royal Highness the Duke ot York will have closed his mortal career just fourteen years ; and yet , notwithstanding all that has been " said and sung" upon the subject , his unfortunate creditors have not received one farthing of their just debts . Many of them have become bankrupts , whose ruin might have been prevented by the payment of their accounts , while others have descended U the grave , leaving their children to pine over their miseries . March of Refinement . —The chimney sweepers have always been an aspiring race ; but we know of

      nothing since the days of . the ' riglar dustman ' equal to the advance made by the ' chummies' of Oxford . Some time since we observed the young gentleman who does the small flues cigoying a right Havannah With great dignity : now a correspondent hands to us a neatly-printed card , issued by Mr . Bucklands slonies , in which they request that Cnrfetmas gratuities may not be given to any who do not display Mr . Buckland ' s name on a brass plate . A clean sweep this of any whomight attempt the profit aud honour of thoir profession . —Oxford Chronicle .

      Robdery . —At an early hour on Saturday morning , a house at Englefield-green , belonging to the Crown , which has just been erected under the superintendence of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , was broken into , and a large copper and a quantity of leaden pipes carried off by the thieves . The neighbourhood of Egham , Euglefield-green , and Old Windsor , abounds with thieves aud poachers of tho most formidable description . The Well-bred Spaniel . —A report prevails in military circles that Lord Hill ia about to retire from the Horse Guards , and that the post of Commander-in-Chief will be put in commission . We have not been able to obtain information by which to justify our confirming or contradicting the rumour . Recent circumstances , which have become matters of public notoriety , and for which Lord Hill has been severely censured , have been mentioned as grounds of the report . —Ministerial evening paper .

      Forgery . —Lately , James Croxon , a baker , of Well-end , Great Marlow , and lately contractor for supplying bread and flour to the Wycombe Union , was committed to Ayleabury gaol by Wadham Wyndhara and Thomas Raymond Barker , Esqrs . on a charge of forgery . It appeared that Croxon for five years past had been in the habit ot forging acceptances to bills , and getting them discounted at an extravagant rate of interest , drawing one to enable him to take up another ; till at length his bills becoming dishonoured led to a discovery of his practices and tho result we have related .

      Mr . Frost . —The Sun of Tuesday has the following announcement , which is headed , in large Jet tors , " Pardon of John Frost" : — " By the barque Pilgrim , which arrived this morning in Liverpool , we have received Sydney and other Australian papers to the 13 'Ji of August inclusive . They inform ua that the Governor-General had appointed Mr . John Frost , convicted of high treason at Newport , to a subordinate office in tho Commissariat Department of Port Arthur . Sir George Franklin was induced to bestow this mark of leniency upon iVir . Frost in consequence of his exemplary conduct during the voyage out . Hopes of the ultimate pardon of Mr . Frost were confidently entertained .

      Important to Paupbrs and their Friends . —The conviction of the master of the Eton Union before tho bench of magistrates at Eton , on Saturday last , for inhuman treatment to a female pauper , has set at rest a question upon which great difference of opinion prevailed amongst professional men in this and other neighbourhoods . The question was * Whether masters of Workhouses , in any case of severity exercised towards a pauper , could be punished by the magistrates , independently of tho Poor Law Commissioners or the Boards of Guardians . " As Mr . Parker , one of the assistant Poor Law Commissioners , was present , on Saturday , to " watch the proceedings , " and as he took no objections to tb « jurisdiction of the bench to adjudicate in the matter , the question , therefore ,, may be said to be set at rest .

      Bank Robbery . — John Haslock , the clerk i » Messrs . Whitworth ' s bank in this town fcNorthampton ) , who , after robbing his employers of 8 W © sovereigns , made his es # ape on Monday , night , appears to have laid his- plans beforehand for his reception in the metropolis , and safe expatriation . 5 t has , since the robber ? , come to light that on Suaday Haslock went to town by the lailway and returned the same day ; on Monday , evening tbe thief and his brother obtained clothes and other articles they had orderad from the tailars , &c , aad got a supper , of ducks aad wine on credit before they left the town : they then walked together to the station , and went to > London by the night traiu . Since then no tidings- have bt ^ i heard of them . — Norihavipton Heraldi

      Increased CRUEL-TfaKATMENT op Feargus O'Connor . —The horrors of Mr . O'Coooor ' s dungeon , instead of being mitigated , as the public wera induced to believe would be the casv have been rendered more frightful and terrific . In conseoj&encc of the under-govesuor having complained that he could not hear all that passed between Mr . O / Connwr and his visitors , it has been , ordered that Mr . O'Connor shall sea no one , unless in ihe presence of an officer , and in a room of whiah pome idea may be formed by the description given of it by a gentleman who recently visited him . This gentleman says , that when he entered Mr . O'Connor ' s cell , be could scarcely distinguish him . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) sat opposite an expiring fire , with the windows open at his back , the door of his room wide open also , and a draught of wind , like that from a bellows , full in his face , while the room was filled with smoke . On

      seeing him Mr . O'Connor exclaimed , " I can't speak in this room . It is suffocating . Because that gentleman ( pointing to the under-governor ) complained that he could not hear all that passed in the ward , though shoulder to shoulder , tho inspector has ordered that I shall see no one but in this room , with an officer present ; and he has also ordered mo into a siWall damp back-yard , not belonging to the prison at all , just uuder the high old tower , and shut in with a close door—a back kitchen yard , in factand the reason for this is , that the transported felons required my better yard ! " Such cru ^ l aud unprecedented treatment for a political offenco requires not a single comment . It is opposed to the genius and spirit of the British Constitution , and , as such , should be denounced by every man , no matter what may be his political creed or prejudice , — Weekly Dispatch ,

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      A soldier , of the 77 th Regiment , named Joseph Bailey , has been sent to the public mad-house at Malton , for shooting at a serjeant . Indigo made from Sawdust . —The Industriel A hacien states that the attention of the manufacturing community of Mulhausen , has been lately occupied by the announcement of a discovery which if it can be practically realised promises to beof immense importance ; it is nothing Ies 3 than the manufacture of indigo from oak sawdust , by means of certain chemical preparations . The experiments have been made in a village in the environs of Altkirch , and the first results are stated to be very conclusive . It is affirmed that a piece of this indigenous indigo , extracted from the sweepings of the timber-yard , has been analysed , and that it presented all tho constituents of the real indigo . —Inventor ' s Advocate .

      Newspaper Property . — "Decline of the Chartist Press . "—On Tuesday last , at , the Auction Mart , London , Mr . Surridge offered for sale the copyrights and entire interest of the following Journals , which have for some time been in the hands of the Rev , Charles Eyre , of Dsdham , viz .: —The E > sex , Herts , and Kent Mercury , the Essex and Suffolk Times , and the Ipswich Express . The novelty of the sale did not attract a Jarge company , there not being twenty persons in the room . Mr . Surridge , having described the several properties , which were offered in three lots , observed that he hoped , as there was no reserve , ne should meet with a fair a nd liberal

      competition . He next read a letter from the reverend proprietor , in which he stated that as the property was advertised to be sold without any reservation he was determined to abide by it . The auctioneer then called on those present to make a bidding for lot one , but he did not succeed in his appeal ; he next offered lots two and three with no better success . Mr . Surridge then said , as there did not appear to be a bidder in the room , he should be compelled to close the sale , at the same time he could not avoid expressing his disappointment at the result . He thanked the company for their attendance , and the business concluded . —Cheltnsford Chronicle .

      Singular Occurrence . —One of the most extraordinary circumstances which has probably ever occurred to any seaman took place on board a vessel trading between Gainsborough and London during the late gales in the North Sea . The vessel is called the Rachael , and was on her passage to Gainsborough , when during a heavy gale of wind a light collier was observed to the windward , and apparently sailing in a direction to run aboard the Rachael , the helmsman had to shift to keep clear of the collier , and on righting again , a wave like a mountain was observed by the mate to be about to strike over her ; he called out to the men to hold fa » t . Three were at the pump rope ; the wave passed immediately over the ship , carrying away a great portion of the bulwark , with tho three men stationed there , throwing the helmsman on the lee railing , and inflicting a severe wound above

      the eye . The mate was thrown down , and for several seconds was unconscious . On recovering , he found that himself and the helmsman were the only two on deck , the rest , as stated , being washed overboard ; in a few seconds , however , he observed the feet of a man floating through a hole iii the bulwark on board the vessel again ; he was followed shortly afterward by another , who came head first , and on looking overboard , the body of the other man was seen rolling over in the sea like a porpoise . After considerable exertions by the men on board , he was al ^ o saved from a watery grave . His hand had by some means become entangled with the ropes and the bulwark hanging over the ship ' s side . Most of the men were slightly injure ^ , but only the last who was got on board ' seriously : he received an injury on the back . —Hampshire Telegraph .

      The Princess Royal—A Glance at the Interior of Windsor Castle , &c . —Such is the care observed , by command of her Majesty and Prince Albert , to prevent the cold reaching the apartments occupied by the Princess Royal and her attendants , that every avenue in the Castle , leading to the nursery , is secured , by means of woodon walls and double doors ; so that tho external air should not penstrate the well-warmed rooms of tho heir apparent . The whole of the nursery arrangements are under the immediate controul and superintendence of the long-favoured bosom friend of her Majesty , the Baroness Lehzen ; who , in that department , " plays first fiddle , " and completely " rules the roast . " The Baroness not only possesses the entire confidence of

      her Majesty ; but she is equally strictly confided in , by Prince Albert , in every affair connected with the do ^ estio arrangements . The greatest anxiety is manifested to prevent any one , no matter his or her rank or Btation , gaining access to the nursery , with the exception , of course , of those whose duties call them there . Independently of these , there are not half a dozen of the domestics in the royal household who have , even yet , been permitted to catch a glimpse of the " illustrious stranger . " Miss Whiting , the daughter of one of the pages of the Back Stairs , on obtaining the appointment of rocker to the infant Prinoess , received , at the same time , the strictest injunctions from the Baroness Lehzen , by the command of tho Queen , not to kiss the royal babe upon

      any pretence whatever . In fact , the command , in this respect , to the chosen few w . th whom it comes into contact , are universal throughout the department of the nursery . Upon the arrival of Lord Melbourne at the Castle on Thursday ( the day after the arrival of her Majesty ) , the noble Premier , within an hour afterwards , was introduced to the uursery by her Majesty and Prince Albeit , where his Lordship remained , caressing the Princess , for somo minutes . The Baroness Lehzeu sleeps in an apartment adjoining the nursery , in order to be near at hand 111 the event of anything occurring of an unfavourable nature to the Princess Royal during the night . Her Majesty and Piince Albert invariably visit the nursery five or six times during the day .

      The Green-oyed Monster . — A Lady ' s Portrait . —At Union-hall , on Saturday , Mr T . Brandt , a builder , in opulent circumstances ' , was charged with assaulting his wife and demolishing her portrait , which was executed by a celebrated artist . Mrs . Brandt , a very comely-looking woman , who came under the denomination of " fair , fat , and forty , " stated that in consequence of the ill-treatment of her husband she left him about three months ago , and went to live as housekeeper to a gentleman . As her salary for filling the above situation was quite adequate to her support , she made no claim of any kind on the defendant , and , therefore , was no burthen at all upon him . He , however , would not let her rest , even when they were separated , and having ascertained her address , he was

      in the habit of calling there , and claiming what he called bis " conjnijal rights , " and threatening her with his wrath if she did not quit her employer ' s house and return to her o-wn home . As she was convinced that if she went back ahe would be subjected to the same kind of treatment ake had hitherto experienced , she rejected all proposals of that description , and expressed her determination to remain as housekeeper to the gentleman who hafi . taken her into Ms service . On the preceding' day , a » she was employed in her domestic affairs , the defendant came to the house and demanded her portrait , which , she took away with her whea thfy agreed to live apart- She refused to give it up , upon which he pushed her aside , and springing up stairs rushed into the apartment , where the portrait was

      hanging , aud tearing it down from tno wall comiaencod destroying it by thsusting his fist through the canvas , and mutilating the picture in such a shameful manner that no ingenuity ceuld reatore it to its original condition . During the operation of destruction the defendant kept ejaculating , " if I don't have it I shall take special care that no one else shall ; " and he did not leave off until he smashed frame and all , leaving scarcely a vestige of what was always pronounced to be an admirable likeness , and executed by a first-rate artist . He then left the house , after upbraiding her , and accusing her of acts of infidelity , which she never contemplated , and he also gave he » a violent push as he passed out at the door , and for whick she now summoned * him to answer for his conduct Mr . Maltby inquired if the

      push was given vrith such violence as to hart her ? Complainant— " I oant say it waa , but my principal object in bringing » y husband here is , to pie-seat him in future from annoying me , and coming after me in my situation . The distraction of my portrait I shall overlook if He only keeps away in future . " The defendant , who cauld scarce ^ pestrain his feelings during Uis wife's statement of the case , now requested to be allowed to give his version ef it . He then proceeded to eay that his wife ran awaj from him , and went to aeside in the house of a person " as housekeeper . " He ( defendant ) , however , would be enabled to show that his . wife , and the person alluded to , were living together in adultery , and when he oifiwed his proof to that effifeet , he trusted some allowanee would be made for his feelings on the

      occasion . H » then proceeded as follows : — " On the previous day I went t » the house whwe my wife was living to get her portrait , but she refused to deliver it , upon which I rushed up stairs into the bed-room of the master of tbe house , and finding the . portrait there , I admit that I took it down from the place where it was suspended . I then glanced at the bed , and 1 need not mention the excited state of my feelings , on beholding my wife ' s Bight cap and bed gown lying by the side of her master ' s night shirt and night cap . The fact of their night clothes being on the same bed , and of which I had ocular demonstration , convinced me at once of the close intimacy which existed between the parties whose night apparel lay so close together , ahd I admit that in the frenzy of the moment , I dashed my hand

      through the portrait of an unfaithful wife , and rushed cut of the house . " The wife hero ejaculated that it was by mistake that the night-clothes became mixed together and that that circumstance was no proof that an improper intimacy existed between her and the gentleman whom she served as housekeeper . She added . that her husband was of a jealous disposition , and tua * lie -made ' mountains out of molehills , when any little thing oceurtd to stir up the passion . " " Let him Seep away from me , " continued the wife , " an < l I shall forgive and forget , although he destroyed my Portrait . The husband said , that he was now so convinced of the worthless character of his wife , that he should not deniand a restitution of conjugal lights , but he should proceed in a different way against the betrayer of bis w fes virtue . Tiio . Magistrate ultimately dimisseU the charge .

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      Fatal Accidbnt on the Bhiohton Railway . — Brighton , Jan . 3—A melancholy and fatal accident happened on Friday , on the London and Brighton-Railway . At Hayward ' s-heath , about twelve miles from Brighton , the railroad is carried , bymeans of a deep cutting , through a hill . This cutting ip not yet completed ; bat in order to expedite the work , a temporary tunnel has been formed througk the hill , the upper part being secured by means of props of timber , and rails have been laid , on which a locomotive engine has for some time been working . Oa Friday afternoon , just as the engine was approaching { this tunnel , or temporary "heading , " as it is termed by the excavators , a portion of rock , which had been loosened by the thaw , fell on the rails , and before the engine driver had

      time to stop the engine , it , with the tender , was thrown of the rails , and ran against one of the props of the heading ; the consequence was a displacing of a portion of the horizontal planks at the top , and the fall of a mass of earth on the engines , by which the driver and stoker were killed on the spot . A number of workmen hastened to the spot , but the steam that , was hissing with great force from the halfburied engine , rendered their efforts of no avail , and one of the party was unfortunately suffocated before he could make his retreat . We understand that the engine , was the property of the contractor . The works will not be retarded by this unfortunate accident , as tho earth has already been cleared away , and the bodies of the sufferers removed to await the coroner ' s inquest .

      Opening of the Great North op England Railway for the Conveyance of Coals , &c—Northallerton , Jan . 4 . —This day was ushered ia with severe snow storms , which continued throughout the day ; notwithstanding , immense numbers of people congregated together at an early hour in the morning , at the Station-house , the coal depots , and at' different places adjoining to the railway , especially at the Castle-hill , the Zetland Bridge on the Richmond-road , and the grand-stand on the raceground ,- in order to witness this arrival and passing of the engines and trains of coal waggons . About half after ten in the morning , the first two engines passed by the station-house without stopping , drawing 102 waggons of coals on their route for York ; ia abput twenty minutes after , two more engines

      arrived , drawing ninety-nine waggons laden with coals , which stopped a shorttime to take in water , and then proceeded to the southwards ; the next two engines which arrived , drawing about the same number of waggons , were accompanied by a band of music and numerous flags flying , which , after takinga supply of water , also proceeded to the south . Fresh trains continued to arrive until about half-after three in the afternoon ; the last four trains were for the depots at Tbirtk and JVorthallerton . Trains of waggons will continue to arrive at the different depots on the line of the said railway , on Tuesday and Wednesday , so as to fill up each depot with various kinds- of coal from the most celebrated mines ia the county of Durham . On this ^ ay no misfortunes have happened on this part of the line of raUway .

      Competition of Railways . —A public writer , after deprecating the establishment of rival or competing railways , especially of the Manchester and Birmingham Extension Railway , says , " If we look to the result of the only lines yet in existence , we find the Chester and Crewe bought up by the Grand Junction , and the fares on the latter raised i Tho Leeds and Selby bought up , or about to be so , by the North Midland , or rork and North Midland , by whom it will be all but closed ; and the Birmingham and Derby and Midland Counties , after a fruitless competition of only six months , coalescing together , and making the increase on their respective fares to the public a condition of their coalition 2 " Value of Low Fares . — -The Liverpool Courier of Wednesday states that , since the fares were recently lowered on the Chester and Birkenhead Railway , the traffic on the line has increased nearly threefold .

      Heavy Train . —Upwards of 250 coal waggons arrived at York by railway , from Durham , on Monday , containing the immense quantity of 800 tons . The arrival of this massive train created an unusual bustle in the city . Eastern Counties' Night Signals . —On the eveHing of Friday se ' nnight , Dec . 25 , it being dark and very , but not intensely , loggy , we were anxious to put " to a better test the powers ef Mr . Hall ' s Eastern Counties' night signals . At about halfpast seven , we placed three gentlemen at the distance of thirty , fifty , and seventy yards , with copies of the Railway Magazine in their hands , and then drew the tin guard , and drove up the screw of one of the blue lights . The light burst out in a most

      splendid pale blue name , apparently nearly equal in intensity tojthe oxy-hydrogen light . At seventy yards the light was more powerful than the gas lamp of a neighbouring street was at ten yards . At thirty , and even at forty yards , the reading was Tery easy , and more easy than directly under the gas light ; but'at fifty , the Magazine could not be read . Under the light itself , the characters appeared as distinct and as brilliant as under a bright sun . The liftht continued of a uniform brilliancy for about two minutes , but lasted about three minutes . Monday , the 24 ch December , at 8 ^ hours pm ., the night being dark , and a little foggy , we let off a blue and a red signal light . The blue burnt with great brilliancy tor two minutes , and the Railway Magazine was able to be read at the distance of SO to

      160 yards . The colour of the red light was strongly lurid , and cast a red hue over all objects ; but the blue approached very nearly to a white . From the experiments we have raado with these lights , we should think it impossible for any man having the charge of an engine , from 150 to 200 yards off , or perliaps 250 , let him be facing which way he will , to be insensible to the signal , if awake ; and an alarm would be spread through the whole of the train , as if it was on fire . Where we tried the signals , which was between the backs of two rows of houses , the people were in a moment in arms , as if- an immense fire had broken out . One old gentleman was so frightened that he threatened us , to our great amusement , with calling the police , for the terror the light had occasioned him . —Railway Magazine .

      Severe Frost on the Continent . —Effect on Railways . —The Alsace , of Strasburg , states that oa the 14 th ult ., three trains were atopped on the A teace railway , although there were six locomotive engines set at work . When brought out on the rails each engine became so clogged with ice that it was with difficulty it could be made to roll . This obstacle overcome , and the train set in motion , it required only a moment ' s suspension for the water in the supplying pumps to become frozen , and cease to > fill the boilers . The oil also froze , and the frictioa became so violeat that ignition and the total destruction of the whole material became imminent .

      In the night of the same day a train wa 3 compelled to stop in the forest of Lutterbach , on account of the engine becoming frozen . Another eDgine , sent to its assistance , was unable to move the train , and the passengers were of necessity taken on to the tender of the supplementary engine , and * thus carried to Mulhaueen . For this purpose it 4 r » 8 obliged to make a second trip , and it was not till elevea at night that all the passengers with the guards and luggage arrived ) . One of the engine-men had hi 3 feet frozen . The cold was so intense that the directors , feeling that they ought no longer to risk the lives of passengers aud their men , have determined to suspend the service till the weather changes .

      DlSGRACEFBfc CONDUCT ON THE MIDLAND COUN * ties Railway . — At the County Police-office , on Wednesday week , William Bartram , Henry Welstead , William Sutton , Thomas Williams , and Robk Hill , were bcought before I . Hodgson , Esq ., charged with obstruatin * the Wigston station-master , Wm . Foster , in tie execution oi his duty , and refusing to quit the line of railway after being requested to do so . William Foster , Mis . Foster , and Jonathan Raven , policeman , stated that at about half-past nine o ' clock on the night of the 24 th of December ,, the defendants , who are in the employ of Mr . Belts , the contractor at the Wigston viaduct ; came to the station and requested Mr . Foster to stop the train , that thex mi&ht be conveyed to Leicester , when : he

      informed them that he could not , for it was not appointed to stop there . The defendants , who were intoxicated , immediately commenced abusing him , WilliajBS threatening to stop the train himself , and went to the signal-board and turned it round for that purpose . Welstead also requested Raven to show his red light , with a view to stop the tram , and said that if he would not , he ( Welstead > would throw the gates across the line , which he attempted to do , but , happily , was prevented by Mr . Foster , who threatened to take him into custody . Thestationmastor then ordered the defendants to go off the line immediately , but they refused to do so , till the train wa 3 within 200 yards of them . The luggagetrajn'having passed the defendants , they again asked Mr . Foster to stop the passenger-train , and upon his refusal , Welstead threatened to dash his brains out airaingt the metals , and said that if he had a gun he

      would shoot him . Notwithstanding the entreaties of Mr . Foster , the fellows persisted in walking dowa the line towards Leicester , and , on passing Kuighton Viaduct , the train approached them , when Bar tram , who was beastly intoxicated , turned round , stumbled , and fell across the line . Fortunately Mr . Foster N instantly laid hold of him and dragged him out of the way , otherwise he must have been killed on the spot . Welstead was fined £ 5 , including ihe costs , or two months' hard labour ; Williams , £ 2 , or six weeks' hard labour ; Sutton , £ 1 , or one month ' s bard labour ; Bartram and Hill , loi . each , or fourteen days' hard labour . [ These are cases in which the maximum of penalty should always be enforced : we think that fine with imprisonment would not have been misapplied a 3 a warning to Messrs . Bartrani , Welstead , Sutton , WiHiamSj ar . d Hill . ]—LeicesUr Journal , » ¦

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      THE STORM IN THE SEA OF MARMORA AND THE BLACK SEA . The Austrian Observer gives some particulars of the storm on the night of the 1 st of December , in tie Sea of Marmora and the Euxine , which have not appeared in other papers . Atcording to the aceount in a letter from Constantinople , the steamer Siri Pervaz , belonging to the Danube Steam Navigation Company , which sailed towards the evening of the 1 st of December , from Constantinople for Syria , was shortly alter her entrance into the Sea of Maimora overtaken bv the mosi violent tempest

      which ever raged within ihe memory of man in tnose reruns . The wind blew from the N . N .. W ., and was curing the whole n ' : ghr accompanied iy a continued fall of drifting snow . Uni ' ortunat ^ iy the engine , which was not in due proportion in the migniiude of : ru- S : ri Pervaz , haa cot ^ lificien ; power to ecab c iier to withstand the fuxj of the elements ; so , ifttr being tossed aboat ar ^ ong \ hc wave ; ia J . ht ttu ; i dreadful mawjer , for rjcre than twdve hours , she wis Hna . ily drivtu or . Vce A * . anc coiit . At tjz _ iu ilie morning sire sVrtck oil' An . nui :, in tin Guif of Madania .

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      The passengers for Syria were the Austrian Lieutenant- Cjlonel Philippovich , Count Adreas SzechenyL Austrian Captain ef Cavalry ; Baron Von , Taubenheim , Master of the Horse to the King of : Wurtemberg ; and M . Von Steinal , one of the interpreters in the office of the Austrian Internuncio . All these , as well as the captain and crew of the steamer , succeeded in reaching the shore . The Turkish soldiers , which were embarked to the number of 550 , were also all fortunately saved , with the exception often , some of whom were washed overboard during the passage , and some were drowned from their

      imprudent eagerness to get into the beats putting off fof the shore . Measures were promptl y taken by the Danube Steam Navigation Company to afford assistance to the Seri Pervaz . The Crescent steamer , which had just arrived from the Black Sea , was immediately despatched to ; he wre : k . The Lloyd's steamer , Ludovico , also repaired to the spot , and speedily returned to Constantinople with the abovenamed passengers . The engine is saved , and part of the machinery ha 3 been brought to Constantinople . Whether the hull may be repaired cannot be ascertained until the boilers and other machinery are cleared out .

      The Crescent experienced a stormy passage in the Black Sea . She was frequently obliged to lie to , being incapable of making any effort . Four men were swept from the deck by the wav " e 3 , two perished of cold ,. and twelve arrived at Constantinople with half-powerless Iimb 3 , benumbed by the Jrost . The Russian steamer Neva , one of those which maintain the regular communication between Udessa and Constantinople , was wrecked at Kita , near the entrance of the Bosphorus . Of ail on board only the captain and seven other individuals were saved . The remainder—namely , six passengers and thirteen seamtn—found a watery grave . The Stramboul arrived at Constantinople on the 8 ih . all well , from Trebisond , having lain for some days in port to avoid the storm . She brought intelligence th * t the Ftrdinaud bad sustained no damage in the passage to Trebisond .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 9, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct361/page/7/