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SONG FOB THE 3 ULLIOXS . It eomei I it eomea ! the glorious dsy , When holy freedom shall prevail , When battle strife , and Moody fray Shall be m a forgotten tale—When Tirtue shall triumphant rise , And Tic © he rcrept-fram off the earth , When man «^* H look np to the skies , And bless the God that ( fare him birth—When jay , and charity , and peace , And love , shall cheer the hnman heart—When hate ehall did , and discord ee&se , And tre&ebery from the world depart . Te millions that all sorrows share , And , ' midst of plenty , starve and pine , Be jojful , for your constant prayer Hath reach'd the throne of Heaven divine Be who can comfort ye hath sent
His Angel to make land proclaim , That " truth shall reign . " each knee be bent , tf » " Knowledge" is that Angel ' s nains . Oh . ' blessed messenger of Heaven , Haft ! hall tothee , the soqI ' b delight , Thy mission hath been Barely given , To torn oar darkness into light—Thy presence rigbteoos rapture brin ?«—Men feel thy power , and otto thy sway , Beneath the shadow of thy wings Injustice and deceit decay . Those rights -usurped by the few ~ Cut j the many them wiit give , Proving the proverb to be tras—That all shall free and equal lire . Then let mankind embrsoe thy form , The fortrt&ste of immortal life .
Thy fruits alone can qnr-Il tbe storm Of " Brutal ignorance and strife . Be it the potts' pride to praise Thy good effects , t £ y moral power , Who sees thy pure resplendent rays , Descending in a genial shower . Inspire his heart : his hesd , snd pen , To pioneer tby glorions reira . To soothe the son !* of savaee men , And heal the panjs of mental pain . Xnowledge 1 the patriot ' s heart thon cheers
freedom revives where ' ere thon goes , ~ &tf . tyrants' breasts are fffi'd with Itars , Far thy disciples are their foe 3 . What fool is be would stop thy c . urss , O : straggle to impede thy way . O ' er all ths earth thy michty force Bolls on in triumph day by d * y . Thy works shall csise men to combine , And cleanse corruption to the core . Thou hast the power , the task be thine , Ice reign of Freedom to restore . Bexjahix Stot Manchester .
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AN ADDRESS TTritien by John Watkins , and Spoken by Mr . SavW . e , at the Jtoyal ' Victoria Theatre , on Wednesday , December 7 th , 18 r 2 . for ; he Benrfii ttf ike Orphan of ths laic WxilUm Thomas , Sione Mozon . Sphere this child . '—this little lonely Rower , Bsfresh'd to-night by your reviving shower . l ^ ok np , lay bqyj—thy benefactors see . 'Tis innocence we help when xre help thee . ' E » lost ilia mother 2 ( greatest less below . " . Last her before a mother he could ksow . Ths rampire Death did steal her breath away , Wlnle he asleep upon her bosom lay ; 3 Jai then be bad a father !—now no more I Bereft of both , and left upon life ' s chore ! Had not our UsiOS stretch'd its hand to wtb , This brother * ! child had perish'd on his grave .
Twas on a Tnpfrjpwa morn sear Soaniiig ' a Brow , Where the Great Western cats the Hue bclo w , Tbe ste&m-borse fijing irita its carriage-train Of Christmas folks , to visit home again ; All thinking of tfxs friends they soon wiii sse—Bat hark ! that crash;—those shrieks of agony ! Djath met >> n >™ thara , alas ! so more they'll heii "A merry Christmas and a Happy Tsar !" This orphan ' s father ihared the frightful doom—Emi'd from the railway to a sadden tomb . Of parents , kindred , friends , and home bereft , And to the Bistile ' s tender mercies left . Hysterions ProTirterica by this ha : h tried
If we had pity for him to provide . We Bought yoor aid . and yon tc-niebt hsve ahown , Tour care no less for him than for jjvs ora He lost his mother and his father too ; But found the want of both supplied by you . Tee , to yonr bearts tre ne ' t-r appeal in 7 < -i ; TJnrteeTd by pride—onpetriStsl by g ^ in ' . If 0 titled crowns around your brows may shine , But there Philanthropy beams more div ^ ce ! Tonr bfeaats fbme not witfe bigb-bam Bonour ' s star , Bnt , warmed by pity , they ^ re cobicT far . Virtue inare virtuous is ia sons o ? toil , far vjrtne lores a hardy , honsst jx-L
ffcis child scares knows how be can rhark ye yet , Bnt Heaven repays the poor man ' s pi . as debt ; Bis parents' spirits hover o ' er yenr hezi , And blessings on yon for his sake they shsi ! Tram a CorrespsndernL
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LEEDS . —Tekpi ^ l mcs Sc-ciett— Tht annual festival of this society was celebrated on Monday evening last , by a party in tie ilniic Hall , Albionatrect . There was a very numerous and hisihiy respectable company of both Sexe =, and the saloon of the Music Hall , which vr .-3 elegantly and appropriately decorated with evtrgreens , flag * , & •; . presented a gay and festive scene . Tea was served np on numerous tables , divided into suitable partitions , each section being presided oTer by a lady to Whose management it had been pr-evjonsjy assigned ; sad to&H of whom th » company Wtre greatly indebted . The tables having been all stored , " We
fitaak tiee , Lord , for this oar food , " was song , after which ample justice "was done to tbeTiaiids , and " the esp wiuch cheers but not inebr iates" wa ? freely partaken mf . After tea the tables were cleared from the body of the room and the company , increased to a densely wed ^ d mass , were accomriiOdiicd by cross ieats , every portion of the orchestra beiDg also occu-Jaed . Previous to the commeccrment of the basias ; , fo \ a stanzas of an appropriate hymn by Mr . Sgonrney , of America , were sung . Mr . John Andrew jon . was ann » uaced in the placards calling the
taeeting to preside , bnt at his request , and by the Tote of the meeting , his brother . Mr . Joseph Anireir , occupied the chair , and addressed the meeting K some length , as did also , J . S . Bnckinjjhain , Es ^ , fl » e oriental traveller , who entered into a narraiion of trenta and circumstances which Jed him to tbe continsbD that total abstinence from intoxicatiBg apors wa 3 the best adapted to tbs physical and fcE ' al health of man ; aad the Rev . Joseph Barker , w Newcastle . Thanks were then votrd to the ladies ind tie meeting broke np aboct ten o ' clock . -
Fatal Accidett . —On Toesday noon , an inqnest *» sbtidaitheConrtHouse . bsJoreJo > n Biackbnrn , £ = q ., on the body of John Calverley , fi . ' j y-foar years tf age , who died in the Iiifinnary on Monday deling . The deceased wa ? a s " . z " iDt : boiler , at Morlej ; be had bees at Gildersome , on Friday last , which JiMebcieftabont fire o ' ciook m ins afternoon , and to crossiuft a field in the occupation c : Mr . Thomas BaeTfrs , he by some ajean-j , on s'epping from tbe side «» ft > tpEia , feiiiiiioadiichandsn .-. Lainedaoompoond « = i « Uion of the ancie joiat . He lay in this Btafce ^ isil * 5 > vhk jime o ' clock , when he was found and ^» o ed home , from whence he was trcagnt to the ^ otomj on Satnrday moraing . 3 Jr . Allan , the j-wWfSargeon , attributed his death 10 Vheinjnxies « i » d Busiained , and the previous state erf the feeeased ' B hcalih . Yerdict , "Aoeidental Dath . "
Cokxittil—On Saturday k ? t , a boy named « fflmel Scott , was committed for trial by the sitting m ? btrates , at tho Coon House , on a charge of J jMag rto ' sn ; vro pifrs of chiidrec ' s shoes from jj ^ ibop of Mr 3 . Whtatlty , at the top of ileadow-Higbwat Robbery . —On Tuesday last , » man of „ ^ . . ; iC ' -er , liamed Samuel Fo : tierjiili , residing « tioiD ^ cK , was broach ; before Gr ^ fi ^ Ji Wright , £ 1 » au liichard Bramlev . Esq ^ on a charge of ^ fiwaj robi » cry . iwo otne r men , naosed fiudson hoioswor ere ofl ihe
^ ^ in casUW y bbids r * ?^ « at there being no evidence to implicate JJ ^ Kej ' w ere discharged . The iUv-Israel Holr ^ u mi nister , deposed , tha ; he resided at -amiej » ad on ^ evening of ibe Tuesday pre-\ ji x 5 j * c been at Armley to preach ; he was re-^ . ting aome alone at near nine o ' clock , and when Ae l £ j ^ stan . « of Cocksh y Lane Bar , on jt" *^ aad Sumingley road , he was attacked by , 5 ^ 2 wao knocked him down , covered hiseyeB , gjj - ^ jwai his person a fciiver watch , with » steel 7 TH » SUVer BKnff-hnT vitk t >; j n » m « . » Israel
p ^ r i hL H ^^^ ed on the lid , a pocket-knife with £ \ fc ^ f / 8 ** two blades , a siiver pencil <*» , » H 4 oUior ^ l > oate ' in money , » pair of spectacles , jfinn toAw 'J ? ' iBfonnation of this robbery was tecoTer ediPt' no urace of tna lni » Te 8 wa * eutwnsZLf ^ L Suxtej 1 *»* . whea , from none Qm ^ hTSy ^^ »» c lied the eiw of Inspector ^ hwjw ^ J * **^ Hartley and Siubbs . wantto *«« whoa pi , ** n * n » ed Stockweil , ia Holbeck * fed aS yottter « iU lodged ; they found him there ¦ fcia hh »; fti ^ wchiig him thej fouDd sothing ; ** , attLrir ? ockM ^ eJ ^ ' » J » d a silver P 6110 11 ^ iraoK ?*^ toifr » *»* * ** watch key ! if fin of tu Ka »« t « a ' es Mr . Hvl&ie idenlified J » * bu £ Z V ? 9 Fi' * of which he had bfc . nrobbed . ' •« Wjdii *» t « * ? r ° P « ny baxi b « tji U scovered . ^ "t i ae ^ it «» n « iitted to Yoik C * sUe for
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The Isle of Mas . —A memorial to the Board of Trade from several mercantile houses in Leeds has recently been transmitted to London . The memorialists express their opinion of the injustice of levying & tax . of 2 i < i par cent , on "British Roods imported into the Isle of Man , and they farther state their conviction that such a form of taxation is detrimental to the manufacturing and other trading interests of the united kingdom , whose goods , they submit , should go free into that part of Her Majesty ' s dominion ^ In reply to the memorial the following communication has been received : — Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade , "Whitehall . fPn . T —» - * — Ik V ... k ^ a « m a . « . 1 A . ± \ - — T * ] . #
December 10 , 1842 . —Gentlemen , —I am directed by the Lords -of the Committee of Privy Council for Tradeto acknowledge the receipt of the printed application , signed by yourselves and other merchants of Leeds , relative to the duty of 2 h per cent , and fifreen per cent , on the importation into the Isle of ilaiu of cotton , woollen , and oiher British manufactured goods ; and I am directed to acquaint you , for your inf ; rination and that of the "memorialists , that my Lords do BOt at present see any sufficient reason for an alteration in the coasting system . I am , gentlemen . your obedient servant , J . Macgregor . Messrs . Stowe , Brothers and Co ., Leeds . "
Savage Assault . —On Saturday last , Mr . Joseph Norihor'p , of Padsey , butcher , was fined by the magistrates at the Court House 40 s . &&d costs , for an aggravated assault on a young man named Cooke , at th * house of . Mr , Wilson , the White Swan Inn , Brii ^ ate , on the Tuesday previous . The defendant was in liquor , and was Tery violeiu and abusive ; he not ody struck the complainant with an iron spiioon , bj which his hand w ± 3 greatly injured , but also threw a tumbler glass at tho head of another percon which only missed him by a very providential turn , or a sacrifice of lite&rght have been the result .
BOLTO 5 J—Chakge of Exbfzzl £ Hent—At the B-jr'juKh Court , on Monday last , Gror ^ e Harkncss , late a traveller for Robert aud George John Clapperton , of Bolton , drapers and travelling chapmen , was brought up , charged tmh having embpzzled various sums of money belonging to his employers , and with having stolen from them two yards of broad * cloth , and two yards and a half of kerseymere . It was stated in evidence , that , about May , 1340 . . the prisoner entered the prosecutors' service as a trsTeiier , for the term of four years , and waa to ha ~; e meat , lodgings , cloihe ? , and travelling expenses ; ihe clothes to be paid for at the end of the term , when they were to start him in business . He
continued in their service umil the 31 st of December last ; wheo , by consent , ha returned to Scotland . It was his du : j u > eater all goods sold in one book , and ihe m ^ ney reetiv-d in another b- ; ok , and make up his accounts every Friday evening . He had sold " a gown piece te Mrs . Culcheth , oF Horwich ,- for which na entry had been made ; aud it was proTed that he had received the money . A number of papers with various sums or money upon them , in his owa handwriting , were handed in , but not received as evidouce . John Shaw . a feliow-servaut with prisoner , stated , that some time ago , on a Saturday night , he a = kcd the prisoner if he had any money ; and the prisoner said he had , and showed nim 8 ~ . or 10 s . He then said he had
suid goads for ready money , aud not entered them . On the 22 d October last , h « saw prisoner cut off the cloth spoken of , in prostcutora' war « 2 hoa ? e , fold it in a parcfl , direct it for himself , and take it away . This witness was severely cro ^ -examiued by Mr . Jardine , as' to being a servant so long a time , and not ha-ring informed his imp ' oytrs when he had a knowledge of the prisoner ' s defalcations . Mr . Jardine declined calling evidence in defence , reserving it for the Quarter Sa ^ ions , if necessary . The prisoner , he Si ' . ii , had left by eonrent , b ^ ing fumi&hed with money by the prosecutor to go to Scotland , and no inqiirie 3 were m ^ da about him . He rammed to Bolton about three weeks ago , aud entered the service of Mr . Watso . i , another draper , and had been amongst tie prosecutors' customer * Taey , probabJy , not liking their connection injured , had instituted the prosecution . The prisoner wa ? committed for trial at the borough sessions .
HUDD 23 E . SFIELD . —On Monday night last , as a young man named Hoiroyde , was returning from Ljadley ho 22 eward 3 , he mistook his road from the darkness of the ni . s ht , and instead of coming through the style ou the road at the Top of Ainleys , go : so uear to the edge of a precipiee that he fell , aud so far injured himself that his life is despaired off . EABNSL £ T \*— On Sandsy a public examination of the children of the Odd r ellows Sunday School , will take place in the school room , at two o ' clock in Ihe afternoon , after which several scholars tvill recite pieces . A collection will be made at the
close . in aid of the fuads of the school . Also on Monday evening a public tea party and ball will take place in ihe Odd Fellows' Hall , the proceeds to be appropriated to the support of the above school . The amusements of the evening will b ^ intersperked with ^ ongs , reciutions , and & party of glee singers will be in attendance . The tea will be on the table at five o ' clock , p . m ., and the ball to commence at eirfht pnnciuallv . Tickets , to tea and bs « l , Is . each , Ball only , ' 6 d ., miy be had of the printer , of J . f i chcol-rni .-ter , Mr . Thomas Fretweii , Odd Feilowe ' H 3 i 2 , Mr . Joshua Wilkinson , Musical Tavern , and of the committee .
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wages . —Lord Lonsdale has or-Jered a reduction to be made ia the wages o ; hi * labourers—of two sail in ¦; = p « r week on those itCfclfiiig 13 s . —Carlisle Journal . BaiDPOKT . —As a proof of the mildness of the season , there is now to be seen in the garden of Mr . James Trevis , of Biddlelake Farm , near this town , a robin ' s nest , with four young ones ; they appear quite healthy and strong . —Salisbury Herald . Tbe Ttphcs Fever continues its ravages , turning many once happy homes into houses « f mourning . Many families have been severely visitedaore tuan . one gap ha ring been made in soiae . — Dundee Herald .
The Rev . Wh . Bailet , L . L . D ., charged with forg ing a promis ? ery note lor £ 2 d 7 o , purporting to be drawn by Robert Smith , dusea £ ed , on Miss Anne Bailey , ( sister of the prisoner , ) has . bcen committed for tria : at the Old Biiiley . A scPZBFi . vK beaver hat was sent by po .= t the other day troni Manchester to B-lfast . The postage on this novel transmission was 3 J . —[ False : there is no sneh postage . ] A dedti of 5000 geese passed through Cambridge last wetk , on their way to the great holocaust in London . When they hailed , the hissing niultitude wtre fed with . 10 cc-mbs of cats and 20 bushels of potatoes . The Leicester Herald ( an ultra T < vry journal ) was discoutiautd on Saturday week , after being in exisience fifteen Tears .
A few days ago , as one of the entires , with the tender attached , was going at fuil speed between this town aud Roiherham . a pigeon was seen to fly very low , directly along the line before the engine . Whether from fright or want of s . peed is no : known , but , strange to say , it was overtaken , knocked down by the-engine , and run over . —Sheffield Iris . Christmas Boxes . —Tho board of management of the St . Marjleb'ine Alms-houses , St . JohnVwood , have distributed a Christmas gift of 5 z . to each single person inhabiting a room in that iii .-titution , and 7 ? . 6 d . to each married couple . The institution affords a refuse , with bread and coals , to above seventy aged and decayed ratepayers of St . Marylebone .
Forfettcbe op a . Bulwat . —Oa Wednesday , the 21-tinrt ., Sir fl ;; nrv Hunloke , Bart ., of Wingerirortfc Hall , proceeded , along iyith Mr . Brown and other witnesses , to taka possession of the branch line of railroad itadlDg from Hopton-bridge to Timberlane ( known as ihe Duke ' s line ) , which the North Midland Compaoy has forfeited to him under certain arraTigfrneiiiB . —Derbyshire Courier . The Ukehploted . —Large numbers of operatives in want of employment eiiil wander about tbe streets . On Friday a party , consisting of upwards of a hundred , held a meeting in Albion-street , in the open air , to discuss their grievances . Prevented as they are from soliciting charity , what can these famished creatures do ! ifaey are at present literally starving , with no prospects of relief . —Glasgow Citizen .
A Mas Shot Dead with a Cork . —A few morning a ^ o , Dr . G . II . il'Culloek , of Ma ^ hera , near Belfast , and Dr . Barr , of that town , w <_ re visiting & patieut a short distance in the country , and on their return to toftrn , they called at the hotel , and tot two kottles of soda-water , when , whi'st Sur ^ eo ;; Birr was in the act uf unci > rkias ; oiie of tho botUes . the cork fiv-vr , aad struck Surgeon il'Cullock somewhere abou : the jugular vein , and he fell almost instantaneously . Sur ^ e ^ u Barr , who was much "graced at ths shock , was uaable to render much relief . Surgeon Marcus Dooriih was nnmsdiately cal'c < i in , who used every means possible to restore the unfortunate gentleman to life , but ihe vital spari had lied .
Szten cnildren' belorglng to St . Svrionr s Charity School , Southwark , civided among themselves a scall packet of yeUowL-h powder which one of them had picked np in ths street , and found to be of a sweetish taste . They were soon afterwards takeu dreadfully ill . the powder having been found to be arsenic , aid although prompt remedies were applied , onTof them who bad eaten the largest portion died Se samVday , « "i & * " * b * * * * rrow eec » P « . ¦ . La ^ AX * LABotm .-A sempstrea ^ Loodon , it » r , n «» r i . naid Hi . for making a sailor ' B ittrt . By
wortngVery hard , " and finding Her own neeaieBy thHSy thus Mra 4 | d . » day . The price of the Sipe * quartern loal aheean buy w * Jd . A lo ^ f ofbreXi m Id . dearer than her whole 4 * 7 ? . ™* ; One of these-wretched soffcrerB wm cangh ^ staking pru « ic acid the other day . When the labour of life Ism severe , who can wocder that the poor should oftea be rtcklesu in leaving it 1 When we coatrast Sewages of industry with the rewards of dissipation , i ? there room for Burprise at the prevalence of vice !
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« " £ FW * WD f ° Astro-Meteorology states his opinion that this winter will not onlj ba ranch more severe than any we hava had of late years , bus that the cold weather will commence Boon after the new moon , if not before . The year will pass o « with sharp weather , whilst from the 1 st to the 11 th of January we are likoly to experience the Iowe 3 t temperature for the next year . About the 3 rd and 7 th days wiil be extremely rigorous , with much snow and probably wind . " —Hampshire Advertiser . Loss op £ 3 , 000 in Bank Notes . —We have learned thai a pax ; el , transmitted irom a provincial town by caravan , and containing , as we are in-> . -
formed , £ 3 , 000 in bank notes , has been lost or stolen . The parcel was directed to the office of a bankiug establishment in this city , and "was delivered , iu mistake fur another , to an individual who travelled by the caravan , on its arrival in this city . On inquiry being made subsequently at the residence of this person , he exhibited what he stated to be the contents , which consisted of brown paper folded neatly . The affair is enveloped in myBtery . An inquiry upon the subject has oommeuced at one of the police-offices . It is said that the notes were sent np to Dahlia for the purpose of being cancelled . —Mercantile Advertiser .
A Rotal Baroti op Christmas Beep . —Her Majesty commanded that a baron of beef , according to ' old English custom in baronial halh and royal palaces , " should be the chief dish at the royal banquet at the Castle on Christmas Day . A splendid bvron , weighing nearly 250 pounds , was selected for th ^ i occasion by one of the purveyors of meat to her Majesty at Windsor . * The baron was nearly four feet in length , and upwards of two ft el wide ; " a dainty dish , " in every way worthy to sel before " the Qieen . This enormous juint was roasted on Friday , and placed upon the banquet table cold .
Extraordisaut Fjbe . —On the 12 th in .-t ., before daybreak , as the LoudoD mail was approaching Huntley , a village betweon Gloucester and Ross , the guard , in passing a van loaded with goods , discovered something on fire inside the waggon , and immediately called and gave the alarm to the drivtr , who , quickly climbing up the side of the vehicle , removed the tarpaulin when tire flUmes burst forth with great violence : the horses , becoming much frightened , started efi &t fail gallop , and with such speed that the guard of the mail was obliged to call out to the coachman several time ? , to enable them to keep a-head of the fiery vehicle in the rear , which bibzid away for several miles , the affrighted animals galloping at the top of their speed , till the whole of the good- ; , which consisted of hops , grocery , and drapery , and ths body of the waggon , were totally consumed . The driver of the van is severoly burnt , and the value of the goods consumed is very considerable .
Spain . —The Barceloneso have been effectually qnieted , but with a strong hand , and at a heavy expense to the rebellious city . Thirteen soldiers active m the insurrection has been shot , by order of the Recent ; some 70 or 80 mor . s are to be transported for different periods , up to ten years ; aud a fiiie of twelve million reals have been exacted from the city of Barcelona , to be paid wHMn a peri -d of eight days . The conduct of tho Fxench conesl at Barcelona , M . Lesseps , during the insurrection , has roused strong feelings of indiga ( ion is the Spanish Government ana Hb Buppertci . -, which at oneiime almost threatened a rupture between Espartero and Louis Philippe . This functionary ia accused of having by his statements misled the defend ore of a
fort at Barcelona into surrender to the insurgents , of detaining the wife and children of the Spanish Captain-General as hostages for the insurgent junta , and of re-landing several of the most violent of its members to return aud blow up the flame of rebellion after the insurgents had laid down their arms The answer of the French Government to these charges was to take upon itself the responsibility ot the Consul ' s acts by rewarding him with th « rank of an officer of the legion of honour . Mutual remonstrances have ensued , the French Government atlecing that its Consul has been calumuiated , but as JEspariero has been too cautious to give his too powerful neighbour any feasible pretext for a quarrel , the threatening aspect of affairs will , it is hoped , disappear . I
Mbs . Tkollope and the New Poor Law . — Every one to whom the New Pour Law forms a matter of consideration will be interested to know that Mrs . Trollope , who so successfully directed attention to the Factory System by her work entitled " Michael Arms : rong , " intends commencing the New Year with a new production in Shilling Monthly Nnmbers , called " Jessie Phillips , " of which the existing Poor Law furnishes the theme . The following is an extract from the prospectus : — " The object the author has had in view in tho composition of this work has been to call the attention of her readers to tho absolute necessity of some alterat : ou in the Law which at present regulates the maintenance and management of the poor . Her
own conviction of its tyranny and injustice , of the crual hardships which are inflicted on tho poor by the attempt to enforce them , is stroog , and ehe coneoifemiously believes well founded . She is also deeply impressed with the general impolicy and evil teudeucy of that system of administrative centralization , which seems of late to have been creeping into the practice of our Government . Above all , the au thorns is anxious to declare her detestation of the newly broached doctrine that ike poor have no Hghi to a eumclenoy of neoessary food to sustain tho life which God has given them ; and she hopes and belieyts that there aro still abundantly enough English hearts to join with her in scouting this doctrine as unchristian .
Shipwreck-. —On Friday morning last , we regiet to stai * , that in consequence of the foggy nnd stormy state of the weather , the galliot Die Gute Hoffnung was driven into our bay , about three o ' clock in the morning , and grounded amid a tremendous surf on that formidable sandbank , Cefn Sidan , immediately nnder Tan Ian , whioh has so often inhalted vessels and their valuable cargoes . She was bound from Leghorn , in Italy , to the city of Hamburgh , with a general cargo , consisting , among other things , of valuable marble statuary , the principal of which was a splendid statue of Diana , intended as a present to the King of Prussia , tbe value of which is estimated at £ 2 . 000 . The crew consisted of the captaiD , mate , and three sailors : the captain ' s wif , j
and two children were also on board . Of these all were sayrd , except ono little boy , the captain ' s son , who died from exhaustion and exposure to the tempest . From the time the ship struck a tremendous surf continued to break over her , and it was with the greatest difficulty they eaved themselves from being swept away by clinging to the rigging . In this forlorn stale they were discovered by David William 3 , a fisherman , living at Penybacb , who , at low water , with a few of his neighbours , at considerable personal risk , rowed to the vessel , and succeeded in extricating the caotain and crew from their perilous situation . The ship sailed from the port of Emden ,
and belonged to the captain , J . N . C . Selck , entirely . Tho ship left Leghorn on the 2 tith of October , and in consequence of tho thickness of the weather the captain was unable to take a single observation since the S-. h of this month , which , with the heavy southwesterly gales that prevailed , will account for his ignorance of the precise position ia which he was when the ship wa 3 driven on shore . She has since become a total wreck , and is imbedded in the sands , ftlr . M'Kierman , of Pembrey , thinks some of the marble in the hold may be recovered , and has engaged to make an attempt to rai-e the same on being allowed one-third in value of all he succeeds in bringing up . We are sorry to state the ship was only insured tobalfits value . —Carmarthen Journal .
A Fashionable Miscreant . —At Bow-street , on Thursday , a gentlemanly young man , fashionably attired , who gave his name Charles Henry , was charged before Mr . Hall , with taking Isabella Spiccr , a child interesting in appearance , and only nine years of age , to a brothei . Mary Ann White , the owner of the House , stated that the prisoner came to her house , about two o ' clock this morning , and asked to be shown to a room . He was accom panied by a child , and she ( witness ) would not allow him to go up stairs with such a child . He then abused her , and knocked her down , when she gave him into the custody of a policeman . The child was ordered to be placed in the witness box , and as she appeared at the bar of the box , which she could
butjnst look ovt ; r , an indescribable thrill of indignation ran through the court . After being questioned upon the nature of an oath , she was sworn , and stated th 3 t she lived in Oakley-street , Lambeth , and was out selling lucifer matches , and having come over to this side of the water , she had lost herself , and -was coming clown St . Martin ' a-lane , inquiring her way home , when the prisoner came up and asked her to come with him , and he would give her some money . She followed him , expecting that he would give her something , and he then took her to the house of last witness , in a court off Long-acre . The parents of the child said they wero oiu all night looking for her , as her usual time for coming home was ten o ' clock . Mr . Hall condemned them far allowing their child to go about begging ; tfcey , however , pleaded their extreme poverty . Police constable , 40 F , stated that when he took the prisoner into custody , he offered him £ 2 to
allow him to escape , bnt he Une policeman ) -was determined to secure hia . The prisoner then strugled to get away , and struck the officer bo severely , as to fell him to tbe earth . The officer pursued him , and succeeded in re-capturing him , when he conveyed him to tbe station house . Tbe magistrate said that the prisoner was guilty of three distinct charges , the first of which he would not at present give an opinion upon . Bat'for the assault upon tbe woman , who so properly refused to admit him into her house with a child of such a tender age , he wonld fine him £ 5 , or , in default of payment , to one month in the House of Correction . For the assault upon the constable , he would at once commit him for one month to hsrd labour . Mr . Hall severely animadverted apon the conduct of the prisoner , who , in 3 nswer to the magistrate ' ** inquiry , said he was of high family , and a law student . The prisoner was then removed , bat appeared not the least affected .
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A MELANCHOLv accident happened at the Steventori railway station on Wednesday last . It appears that an active young man of the name of Charles Ward , nineteen years of age , was employed as an assistant by the , company , and on the arrival of one of tha luggage trains , about one or two o ' cloek in the morning , h ' e Tery imprudently endeavoured to get on the step of one of the trucks before it had stopped , and his foot slipping he was knocked down , and the carriage , went over both his thighs , crushing them in a dreadful manner . The poor fellow was brought to our infirmary in a fly , but survived only one hour after his arrival . —Oxford Herald .
Attempt to Mubder a Fabmkr in Brandon , SuFFOLK . —On the night of the 22 ud instant a most danng attempt was made to murder Mr . George Wood , farmer , of tho village of Brandon , Suffolk . He had gone during the day to Soham , a small town not far dietant , to transact some business , and started homewards at about ten o ' clock . Upon reaching his residence within a mile , and when near the house of Mr . Kenyon , which Btands amidst some trees and shrubs , a gun or large pistol wa 3 levelled at him . and disharged . ft fortunately happened that he escaped uninjured , and the ruffian , as soon as he found that his object had failed , ran off as faat as he could . Mr . Wood is not better known than respeoted in the Tillage , and with what object his life can ham been sought , except for the purposo of plunder , cannot be conceived . A r « ward of £ 50 for such information as would lead to the apprehension of the parties has been offered .
Comparative National Stature . —Inconsequence of arguments respecting tho height for soldiers we have taken rome pains at various times to ascertain the reiativo height of English , Irish , and Scotch recruits . As far as the Line Regiments are concerned ihe Irish have a , decided advantagei in height . It must be . howover , taken into account that the Guards , the Marines , and tho majority of the Cavalry and Artillery are English , and the recruits for theso are all of superior standard . It may then be doubted , if an equal number of tall men were dedncted out of the total recruits raised in Ireland , whether any difference would exist . In weight the English recruit has the advantage , the heights being cqnal . A regiment of the line that consists wholly of Englishmen ' will generally bo found to average ahoriier . than-either the Irish , Scotch , or the mixed corps . — -Naval and Military Gazette .
Singular Rikcovert of Stolen ' PrGmjbtt . —A bag containing the sum of £ 85 in notes and com , the property of the stewards of the Ruby , was stolen from the cabin of that vessel , at Gravesendi ou Saturday se ' nnight . No traces could be found * . either of the box or tfle thinf , and the disconsolate owners had given up all thoughts of ever recovering their lost treasure . On Weduosday se ' unight . it was discovered , with its contents untouched , amongst th'J ashes heaped up in a coal bar ^ e . It appears that on the i > i « ht of tho robbery the Ruby was moored alongside the said barge , ami the robber , fearful of detection , had buried his plunder amongst tho rubbish until he could find an opportunity of conveying it away iu safety . The culprit has not yet been discovered .
Infant Lecturer . —Master Arthur Harvey , of Halesworth , aged eight years and » half , has been lecturing on astronomy at Framlinghara , Woodr bridge , &c . The correct and appropriate language of the youns ; lecturer , illustrated b y many , suitable diagrams constructed by himself , excited tho admiration and called forth the warm approbation of his auditors . His modest self-possession and freedom from embarrassment , hid extraordinarily retentive memory and accurracy of minute detail , we are told , would do credit to an experienced lecturer , —Norwich Paper . —^ We think the poor child would have been better ia bed T : ^ .
Thk Poor Law Commissioners versus Christmas Fare . —At the last meeting of the Limerick Board of Guardians a letter was read from the Guardians , disapproving of the proposed dietary for tho paupers on Christmas-day , when the following very sensible resolution , appended at the foot of the letter , was adopted , with the full approval of all present : — " Resolved , that the Commissioners be requested to defray the expenses of the extra diet out of their enormous salaries . " Ma > sfieli > —On Monday morn in £ two oat stacks , one barley stack , one of hay , and one of straw , and two barns , one containing about forty loads of unthrashed wheat , were completely burnt to a cinder , one barn was completely gutted ; nothing but the bare walla are standing ; . The property belongs to Mr . John Nttylor , of Piea 8 ley Hill , in the parish of Mansfield . The fire is supposed : to be the work of an inoendiary .
Green Chkisthas . — -The weather on tho continent during tho last lor ; night has been equally fine and spring-like as wiih'us . Tuesday week , in Hamburg , was one of tho most beautitul days which , during the revolving months of 1842 , has shone upon the picturesque and delightful scenery of its suburbs . Amongst ^ tho shipping , the men at work threw off , not only jackets , out waistcoats and neckerchiefs , as they would have done in May . There was not a particle of ice in the Elbe ; but . on the contrary , the
day was quite warm . Sinco Saturday , the weather at sea has assumed a more equinoctial appearance , t'n Sunday , at break of day , the Bong of the blackbird saluted our ears with all the freshness of returning summer . Yesterday was one of the warmest days we have had during this very unseasonable weather ; Our own out-door avocations gate us a broilingand we met with several windows thrown open to the full extent , where clerks and artizanS were pursuing their industrious occupations . —Eastern Counties Herald . J
Sbrious Affray BOTWEpr ths MiUTAnr and Police , at Paisley . —Since the arrival of the depot of the 87 th regiment of Royal Irish Fuaileers at Paisley garrison , a good deal of quarrefliiig and disturbance have taken place biiwom them on the one hand , ami the inhabitants and police on the other . Three of the soldiers had : been drinking in a public house in Moss-street , on the afternoon of Monday , and had fallen out with Bome other company in the room in which they wero sitting . After having left the house , they returned in a few minutes , leaped the counter of a shop , and commenced an indiscriminate attack on all who came in tneir way , which , as a matter of course , soon throw the whole house into the utmost
contusion . Two police officers , arriving , one of them was struck a plight blow with a stick , which had the effect of making him 8 t , art > back and be more on his guard . When the landlord had succeeded in getting all concerned in the row turued out at the door , he followed the soldiers towards tho County-buildings on their way to the barracks , iu order to preserve the peace till they got out of the town . When they arrived at tho north cud of the building another stand was made , and the stick or club with which the soldier was armed was again put into requisition—the fellow twirling it about his head , and striking at every one within his reach . The officer who was struck tho second time , ' agaiu" approached , and received a blow which Wiod hiai . This raised the
indignation of the spectators , arid one stout fellow , more coifragooua than tho rest , rushfld upon tho madman and threw hini oft' his t ' cet . He aud one . of hia companions were then taken to the pblice-offioethe third escapod . The two soldiers have since been handed over to the county Fiscal for prosecution . The police officer is still in a dangerous state , his skull having been laid baro and slightly fractured . On the Bame evening , about eight o ' clock , a night watchman , while proceeding to the office to go on duty , was attacked by another of these men , who . struck at him with his stick , and used the most threatening language . Ho was taken into custody , and will be brought up under a libel by the burgh Fiscal . —Glasgow Chronicle . :
A Fatal Experiment . —Gn Tuesday evening last , the quiet and peaceful village of Eckin # ton , in this county , was thrown into a state of great excitement by a report that a boy about ten years of age , the son of a labouring man named Thomas Jeynes , had hung himsuli ' , and on inquiry the report was found to be but too true . For some time past the deceased had been in the employ of Mr . Sheppard , of the above place , as carter ' s boy , and on the evening in question , upontiavnes , tlio cirtfer , going into the stable between five and six o ' olock , he discovered him lying at full length upon the ground , with a cord , one end of which was attached to a beam , drawn tightly round his neck , by which his head was raised about a quarter of a yard : from the
ground . It was ^^ conceived almost impossible that strangulation could have taken place while he was in thia position , as he had the Ireo use of all his limbs , aud he could easily have extricated himself from hia situation ; but it was supposed that he had balanced himself upon somefhing while he fastened tho cord to the beam . having done which be lost his hold and foil , and continued struggling until he got into the position in which he * was - 'discovered ,, but was then too weak to make any efforts to save himself . Immediately he was found be was taken into Mr . Slieppard ' s house , and a person living in the village , who is occasionally called ia in cases of necessity , was sent for to bked him ; but when he arrived lite was quite extinct , and the blood refused to flow . Various rumours were speedily afloat as to the cause of this melancholy event , some of which were calculated , if true , to connect with it John Haynes , Mr . Sheppard ' s carter . It was said thai be was
continually ill-treating the boy , and some ventured to hist that he bad actually hung him . On Friday an inquest was held on the body at the Ball Inn , Eckington , before Mr . C . Best , and a highly respectable jury , when , after diligently and carefully investigating the case , the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from strangulation ; " and unanimously acquitted Haynes , the carter , of all blame whatever . Ia the course of the inquiry it was stated thai while the deceased was talking with two other boys , about his own age , tho night before his death about the murder at Rouse Leaoh , upon one of hia companions remarking that the prisoner Archer would -be "hung , he observed" that he should not mind about being hung . " The general opinion now is , that he had no intention of committiag suicide , but was merely trying what sensation hanging would produce , wh' u hu lost his hold , fell , and could not rcoover himself . —Ten Town ' s Messenger ,
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Novel Mods of Bobbing a Hen-Roost . —Farmer Budd , of North - 'Fa . rebam , bad his fowl-bouse robbed a few nights eihetyin the following novel manner , of nine fowte : —The thieve * having iound a hole in tho house large enough for titeir purpose , sent in a ferret , secured by a strinfl , which , on seizing a fowl , was drawn to the hole , tn © bird taken , and the trick repeated . The tenth experJbtent failed bjr the string breaking , leaving the ferret behind to diaclose the manner of a robbory , which- otherwise would havs been unaccountable . Many f < ywl-hous « 3 in the neighbourhood have lately been robbed in this ingenious way . —Hampshire Advertiser . Meeting at Skibbrreen- —Presence of the
Military and Polick © ispensid with . — -A numerously attended meeting of the magistrates and inhabitants generally of Skibbereeh and the surrounding districts , took place on Thursday in the court house of that town , Lord Carbery iu the chair , for the purpose of adopting measures in regard to the removal of the large military and police forces quartered in the town since , the unfortunate occurrence at Rath . / The result of considerable discussion was the passing of a resolution , proposed by
Alexander O'Drisooll , Esq ., seconded by Richard Towji 8 < in « l , Keq ., to the effect , that , deeming tho collection of the poor rates throughout the district , as represented by the returns of the collectors , to be in a much more satisfactory state than c » uld , under the circumstances , have been looked for , it was the opinion of the meeting that the military should be reduoed to a major and fifty rank and file- ^ the same to be quartered in barracks ; and the entire of the constabulary , say 120 , be ordered off to their re-Bpective quarters . —Cork Reporter .
DfiATH FROM OTfiE ¦ BA . tlSG AT A ChKISTJIaS PiEASr . — -kvst Monday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest in the vestry room of the church of St . Mary Somerset , Upper Thames-street , on the body of Thomas Rogers , agsd fifty-five . It appoared in evidence that the deceased was a v / orkman in the employ of Mr . Rathbone , of Tri g ^' a-wharf , Thames-street . On ChristmaB-eve all the men on the premises were , according to the usual custom , regaled with a supper , and at eight o ' clock sat down , to the tablei The ceceaHed ate very heartily , and upon theremoval of the cloth drank freely ; for , from the bottles of whisky with which his master had provided them , they were allowed to take as much as they could drink . After he not his
eleven o ' clock at ui ^ ht could hold head up , and as he leaned forwards on the table his companions , thinking he would be safer if placed by himself , conveyed him intotbecounting-house , where they laid him on theJHioor , and put a great coat under his head . At ono o ' clock all the Other wen , w tb the exception of G-eor / i ; e Stagg , left the premises , and he being so far intoxicated as not to bo able to get home , laid down by tho sido of deceased . At seven o ' clock deceased was found dead . 4 ir . Pullen , sureeon , said that death was caused by ftonife ^ uon of the braiaj the result of eating and drinking immoderatfcly . He was prodi ? posed to that affcotion , and had before suftrcd from fits of epiiqm . Verdict"Natural death . "
The Weatuer . —BarmR tho Ist ' st- month the vrea ,-thcr has more resembled that of midsummer than noarly midwin ^ r . So genial has been the trmperature , that the fields are now groener than they have been at any time since the month of May . In an evening walk lately the atmosphere was so fresh and mild that it Beemed to want only the presence of the bean-flower and white clover to persuade us that it was an evening of midsummer . The Wheat is everywhere looking fresher than we ever saw it at this period of tho year , and there is a greater breadth of this staff of life sown than was ever seen in Scotland . However , it is a common remark that we have seldom very cold weather until after the
" shortest day / ' That event passed off with Thursday , and yestorday morning we had accordingly some of the usual indications of winter , namely , hail and snow , accompanied by a perfect hurricane of wind from the North-West , which continued the greater part of tho day . This wintry change , we observe , has been felt with even more severity in the West , as the Glasgow Herald remarks , that batween . eight and nine o'clock in the evening ( of Thursday ) a perfect torrent of hail came down , aocomanied by hurricane gusts , a vivid flash of lightning , and a sonorous peal of thunder . The convulhion of the elements was ' ¦ ¦ fearful , but fortunately it lasted only for a very brief space . "—Caledonian Mercury .
The Biter Bit . —Oa Tuesday last , while a labouring man , employed at the printworks of Messrs . Charles Swainson and Co ., B . inni 3 ter i hall , near this town , was examining the lodge banks near to tho side of the river Darwen , his attention was called to a bed of sand at the river ' s edge , by a shrill screaming as of something in distress , which , ou more closely searching for , he discovered to be a weasel caught by the leg in the jaws of a large eel . On his near approach , the weasel , by a desperate effort , made his escape , but not so the eel ; he , poor fellow , had been roughly handled by a more powerful foe—an otter , it is supposed—and left with eight
or nine inches of his tail end eaten on , to perish by some smaller enemy . Tho map , afraid to come near so strange a looking thing , got a long ' stick , with which be turned it over several timea , to satisfy himself what it was before he dare come near it . At length , when he saw the monster too near dead to do him touch harm , he secured it and carried it home in triumph . No one will mnch wonder at the ioaan's caution when informed that what remained of the eel weighed two pounds and a half ; and the followirg evening was , with a few potatoes , as the man expressed it , a hearty supper for four , such as they had not had , for quantity and quality , for a long time . —Preston Pilot .
ExTENSiyjt Fire caused by a Balloon . —On Tuesday information was received at the various insurance-cfllces throughout the metropolis of a serious firo having occurred on the night of Thursday last at or near the -village of WeBtouzoyland , a few miles from Bridgewater , occasioned by a fireballoon . The circumstances under which it took place are as follows : —In the early part of last week , the village was placarded in all directions , announcing the arrival of the wonderful Wizard of the South , and that ho would honour the inhabitants with a grand performance on the evfioing » h question < Thursday ) , the annoiincement of which wonld be signalised by the ascent of a " monster ' fire balloon . Accordingly , at the time named , a great crowd assembled to witness the fete , and the balloon was sent off , to the apparent delight of all ; but , before it had attained any great elevation , the ; machine suddenly burst into
flimes , and unfortunately descended into an extensive stack-yard ot Mr . Taswell , situated about a mile from the village , where it set fire to a valuable rick of wheat , and before the inhabitants could reaeh the premises two adjoining stacks ignited and blazed away with awful violence . Although every exertion was used to stay the work of devastation , it was impossible , in consequence of the strong wind that prevailed , and in a short time the whole premises , consisting of barns , cow and cart houses , besides the whole of the stock in the etack-yard , were in fiames . For an hour and more the appearance of tho fire was terrific , and the light ; was distinctly seen at Bridgewater , whence an engine was despatched to the spot , but was unable to reach it until the entire property was consumed . Happily no lives were Io 3 t . In the course of the following day the Wizard was taken into custody , and underwent an examination before the magistrates . He was afterwards discharged .
A Man Shot . —At an early hour yesterday morning a ma n was deprived of life , abon t half a mile to the easti of Rutherglen , under the following circumstances : —Mr . Mason , farmer , in Ballochmill , it appears , being very much molested by midnight thieves , and having had his potatoe bin several times plundered of a part of its contents , sent out one of his servants , a young lad named John M'Brydv to guard the property . For this purpose , John M'Bryde was furnished with a loaded gun ; but , notwithstanding all the precautions he had taken , and all the vigilanpe he dieplayed , twice since he was set to watch , during the time he wa 3 in the house warming himself , considerable quantities of the potatoes were stolen . This accordingly called for more attention
on the part of the guard . Yesterday morning , however , being very stormy and cold , about two o ' clock he was a # ain induced to leave hia poi-t for- tbe . purpose of warming himself . As happaued oh former occasions , his absence was taken advantage of , and on going to examine that all was ri « ht , he was surprised to observe three men at work amongst the potatoes . He instantly discharged tha gun which he carried at the depredators , and the whole of them disappeared , leaving their sacks halt' fiHed in the hurry and alarm . Sofar a ? we have learnt , it does npt appear that it had occurred to either M'Bryde or his master . that any of the thieves ware materially injured , no more haying been heard of tho matter till about nine o ' clock in the tnorning , when the
corpse of a man , shot through the body , was fonnd lying not above forty yards from Mr . Mason ' s potato buy by a person belonging to Rutherglen . The dead bedy having been conveyed to the burgh gaol , a constable was despatched to apprehend M'Bryde , who was likewise brought to the Bame place . During the day the body of the dead man was ideatified as that of a person named James Allan , a quarrier by trade , who resided in Havannahrstreet , Glasgow . " The poor creature had only one arm , seemed to have been blind of an eye and hia whole appearance indicated the most indigent cirenmstancefl- His back and arm were completely
riddled , and it appears astonishing how ho &wn have dragged himself to the place where he was found after being so frightfully wounded . The deoeaeed , we have been informed , was upwards of forty years of age , and yraB not known aa * bad character ; indeed , on the contrary , his neighbours , it is Baid , looked upon him as rather a decent , aUhough a very poor man- Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Bell went out to Rutherglen , and took a preeognition of the caso ; and ^ subsequent to this M'Bryde was transferred to Glasgow Pri ? 6 n * The prisoner is only about seveatcen , yeaxa of age , — Glasgow Saturday Pott *
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AIaNSLAUGHTEB at Waltham . —A . case involving the loss of hiimau life , and originating in the custom of ¦ '¦ . " Waits , " or parties proeeeding round the village with music and sinking oa Christmas Eye , occurred at Great Waltham , on Saturday night j a quarrel and . fight took place between the party when excited by the drink they had received at tha different housee , and at length Frederick Olive , aged twenty-seven , a carpenter , received a blow from John Gowerp , a shoemaker , which instantly deprived him of existence . Yesterday an inquest was held upon the body at the Six Bells pnbl | o-hoa 3 e , before C . C . Lewis , Esq .. and a highly respectable Jury After a lengthened investigation of witne 5 ses , tha Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter- ' against John Gowers , and -. the prisoner was committed on the Coroner ' s warrant for trial at the assizes . Ho appears about thirty years of age , and has a wife and twe children . —Essex Herald .
SiMGi / i / AR Occurrence . —Some consternation . and alarm was excited at Brownlow Fold Colliery , in Haliiwell , near Oldham , oa Monday morning , about half-past five o ' clock , when , on descbuding the pit , which is thirty-two yards two feet in depth , & female was found lying at the bottom . She was brought out , and found to be a young woman of twenty one years of age , named Margaret Brindle , servant ut , a house near Great Bridge , Little Bolton , She wa 3 still alive , bwt in a state of insensibility and med'eal assistance was immediately procured . Her ancles and logs were found to be fractured , and there was a severe contusion on tho back of tho head . From inquiries immediately institnted , it was ascertained that she had kept company with a man named John Horrocks , the engine-tender at tho coal pit ; and , having been seen with her about eleven o ' clock on Sunday evening , he w . aa suspocted
of having thrown her down the pit . He \ raa consequently apprehended , and brought before the magistrates , and remanded till Thursday . It appeara however from other inquiries , that she heard of hia haying been walking oat with anothor female oa Sunday , and , Viad threatened to throw herself down —nay , that she had on a former occasion made tha attempt . Horrooks says that he left her at home a 4 eleven o ' clock in the evening , and went to his work , where he remained until two o ' clock ; but he never saw her . Another man was working there all night , and he also states that he nevor saw her . She is not considered to be in a dangerous state , but is quite insane . What probably saved her life wad the force of air gathering under her clothes , and pre ^ venting that impetus which she would otherwise have acquired .
Heartless Robbeby . —Late on Saturday ; night or early tho iullowing ( Christmas-dsy ) morning , some thief or thieves broke into ( ho workshops of Alr . G . Carter , carpenter and builder , King ' s Arra 9-yard , Marylebcne-Btreet , Golden-Bquare , and stole therefrom the whole of the workmen's tools , together with every moveable article of the slightest value tho workshops contained , A crow-bar , which was subsequently found , was used for effectingan entraRce into the premises . The loss to the poor workmen must be lamentably great , as a box of carpenter ' s tools coat about £ 50 and upwatds . The police an * in active search of the villains , and it is hoped they will not long elude their vigilance .
The Pat Day . —At the Oldham petit sessions , on Thursday last , before the Rev . T . ¦ : & , Mills , E . Hibbert , J . MeJlor , arid J . P . Lees , Es ' q 3 ., the accounts of the special constables who were employed at Middieton during the late disturbances , were presented for examination . ; It appeared that two hundred and thirty-one constables had been engaged . Mr . Hibbert wished to know from county polioe-sergeani White , who was in attendance , by whose authority sixteen of these had been allowed to continue ou duty five days longer than the remainder . Tho policeman was unable to say who gave the order ; but he supposed it Wfis done by direciion of a committee of the gentlemen of Miadkton . Mr . Hibberfc
said he thought it was improper to allow such proceedings , without the authority of any magistrate or of any officer connected with the county . Mr . Mills concurred in Mr . Hibbert's opinion on this subject , and said , there was another feature in the accounts which was irregular ; he alluded to the tsliarges made for the time of the constables . In the commencement of » he disturbances ^ they charged for eight hours per day ; when the riots were on tho ; decline , they charged for ten bouts per day ; and at a later perioa * when the excitement was nearly over , some charged for twelve hours per day . This seemed strange . Policeman White waB unable to explain satisfactorily the cause of these siu&utariues in the accounts . The bills were , however , ultimately signed .
Distbes 3 in Paisley . —The state of the poor m Paisley was again brought before a meeting of tho county of Renfrew on Tuesday . It appears that tha distress continues without abatement . A faint hope is held out that trade may revive in January , but on grounds which seem to us very questionable . Sir James Graham , in reply to an application for assistance from government , referred to tho money whiclt had been already remitted , and stated that the gentlemen of the district bad not yet done all th&t they ought to do . This assertion will scarcely be contro verted , if it be true , as Mr . Sharpe stated , that tho sum applied by the comity outs amounted to one anS a fraction per cent , upoa the assessable rent—ono and a fraction , to keep a fourth part of the
inhabitants of the place from starvation I What will the hca-vily-taxsd gentlemen of England , wnexe tho ordinary average poor ' s rate is 2 i . / per pound , or ten per cent ., think of the measure here furnished of Scottish philanthropy I The absence of a legal provision for the poor in this country seem to have almost obliterated the great truth so beautifully enunciated bv Capt . Drummond . that ••* property has its duties aa well as its rights . " Whatever call Buch great and sudden distress may make upon the country a 4 large , it is clear that the obligation ia strongest upon the neighbouring district . It may be safely said , that a town like Paisley , with 60 , 000 inhabitants , adds fire or six per ceut . to the value of all the lands within many miles of it . The money raised under the queen ' s letter enjoining
collections in all the churches , amounts to £ 90 , 000 ; and it has been banded , over , it seems , to a manufac turers ' relief committee in London . Of this fund , £ 12 , 000 had gone to Paisley , and it has received £ 6 , 000 from other source , making in all ; f 18 , 000 . This is a large sum : but , if the number of tho destitoji amounts to 11 , 000 , > 3 stated at tbe meeting , it Would Be ^ rcely supply them with bread and water for six months , while ths distress has already endured for eighteen . The prpvost eaid , that £ 100 , 000 would be required to give effectual relief ; and both he and the sheriff spoke in ominous terms as to the ' futuro peaca of tho district , if the sufferings of the people were not speedily alleviated Greenock , too , is in a very depressed condition , and the state of matters in Renfrewshire altogether seems to be gloomy in the extreme . —Scotsman .
Storm in America . —( From the Boston IT . & , Morning Post , Dec ; 1 . )—In the evening , about six o ' clock , a south-east snow storm , set in , which continued until about uine o ' clock , when it commenced raining , and the wind , whioh up to that time bad blown moderately , biirBt forth from E S E with tremendous fury . Si any vessels which were riding at anchor in the harbour were driven from th § ir moor ^ ings , and either dashed against the ends of tho wharfs or jammed alongside ot each other . A largo vessel was almost blown oa her beam ends , and several schooners and brigs were jammed together , chafing and cracking—some of them with no person on board . One or two small Vessels were also sunk at this wharf . At Fort-hill-wharf several small vessels
were more or less damaged . A small schooner , tho Jane Fish , of St . Gflorgjat . Maine , was driven from her anchor against the- ^ prf , and Nathan Fuller ,, the mate , in attempting to leave the vessel , fell between her side and the whar £ and was drowned . The crew of this vesssel state that the brig , Uucla Sam , had been blowa adrift , and was then driving about the harbour ; and that the ship Tyrouo had parted her beadfasts , swung round , and sustained considerable damage . The space between India and Central-wharfs was filling up fast with drifting wrecks , and those vessels at the ends of these wharfs were careening , ; " as it' their tall masts would turn them over . The end of Long-wharbrciuaht up several small craft , which probably
were sunk . The space between this wharf and Central-wharf was ateo the scene of great destruction * The noise of falling masts , and the crashing of drifting wrecks rose at intervals , above the Btorm , and might have been heard even at tho centre of tho city . At the northern wharfs , and , in ; fact , a * » K tho wharfs , more or less damagevvas sustained by a great portion of the shipping . Suob was tho terrific violence of the gale , that it was dangerous for an individual to venture to the ends of tho wharfs . We were ' informed- that more than a down vessels had been surk , ana that the crews of one or two of them had perished , but the names of tho vessels we could not learn . This leads us to hopo that suoh reports are exaggerated . At 2 a . m . wo
took another stroll along the wharfs , and founa things comparatively quiet , the wind having shifted to E . N . E . Although we savv nearly twenty vessels more or Iobs damaged , we could not obtain anyparticulars , for most of thorn were deserted . Tho schooner , Conclusion , of Gloucester , lying at tho north-end of T-wharf , had her Btern ^ stove in , and sustained other damage . A . larger ship , Baid to be the Riga , was driven up the dock at Long-wharf , one had her bowsprit carried away close to the knight heads . One of the rhips which amredyeoterday was reported to have drifted from her aa . flhora . and sustained ereat duaitSd ¦ A ship at tho
and of Commercial-wbarf was also reported to baT 9 snffeted considerably . The bark Anil * , too , was ¦ aid to have sustained some damage . Perhaps no gale that baa risited this plaoe for some time baa destroyed so much property in this port in so short a time . We fear that a few days will unjbld tales of shipwreck and death along bar coasts that will bring pain and sorrow to many a-braved bownj ; for no vessel close in with land couia cany sail or ride at anchor in oxppsed situatip- as » nd weather such a tempest . We hare takeu no notice of the damage on the land , but undop ' otedly it is osnaiderable , lor nothing fragile , es p / jBedto W « h fury , OOttld eecape unscathed .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 31, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct462/page/3/
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