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At the earnest request of Ms North Lancashire friends , Mr . Hill will spend a week among them from the llih of February , If all be well . He leaves the disposition of his route to the friendB themselves ; he Trill be at Accringfcon on Saturday evening , the llin , bnt not to speak , merely to be ready for beginning wort on Sunday . Bolbeck- —Mr . Hill vSl preach two sermons on Sunday ( to-morrow ) in the afternoon , at half-past two , and six . London . —Mr . Wheeler wfl ] lectors on Sunday evening , at the Chartist Hall , Star-street , BethnaJ Green , Mr . Wheeler will lecture on Monday evening , at the Britannia , Waterloo Road . Mr . Sewjeix will lectnre on Sunday eveningj at the Goldbeater ' s Arms , Old St . Paneras Road .
Irlr . Baibstow wili lecture at the Star Coffee House , Golden-sqoara , next Sunday evening , at s ^ ven o ' clock . A collection willbe made . ~ Mr , Skelton , of the Clcefe House locality will lecture on Sunday evening , at 55 , Old Bailey . Subject —Union , and the " best means to be adopted to obtain the same . To commence at seven o ' clock precisely . Cambebwkll . —Mr . Sewell will lecture here on the gib of February . MrJ . SH . Bairstow will lecture at the National Association Hall , 242 , High Holborn , on Monday nest . Admission to body of the Hall , Id , to the gallery , 2 d , to the platform , 3 d . Lecture to commence at 8 o ' clock precisely .
The Mxhbebs of the General CouncD from the following localities in fhe county of Surrey and Sent are respectfully requested to attend at the King ' s Anns , King-Btreet , Boronsh , on Sunday Feb . 5 tli , at half-past rsro o ' clock , for the purpose of transacting business of the uttermost importance , connected with the aboTe counties , vir ; Camberwell , Coet * Inn ; "Walwortb , MontpelierTavera ; Waterloo-road , Britannia Coffee House , ( Teetotallers ) ; SuOl&ve's and St . John ' s , Graeinx-lane , Bermondsey , Ship Tavern ; Crojden , Bald Faced Stag ; Sonth wark , Stsr CoiFee Housed ; Kewington , Cross-street 5 Kingston , Chartist Hall ; Deptford , Priiiceof Wales ; Lambeth , China Walk ; Southwark , Brown Bear ( hatters ); Bermondsey , Raves and Sun ; ( leather finishers ) . It is earnestly requested that the members of the above localities see that their officers attend to their dnfcy npon this important occasion .
islnoyXL Association . —On Sunday evening next , Mr , Parry will lecture in the Hall , on the Press of America , France , and England . On Wednesday evening , he will deliver the first of three lectures on rt British Oratory—the Pulpit , the Bar , and the Senate . " On Mosdat Evening next , Mr . Bairstow will lecture in the hall , on " the State of Political Parties and ^ he Prospects of Democracy . " Ti ? ssxTKi . —The Chartists will meet on Tuesday evening next , at half-past eight o ' clock , at the Cannon Coffee House . Old-street .
Sottthwxre . —W . D . Saul , Esq ., will address the Men of Southwark , at the Workingmen ' s Church , Dookhead , on Monday evening , at eight o'clock . Mes 3 ra . Gathasd and Robebts will" address the Men ^ jf Soathwark , on Sunday week , at eight o ' clock in iHe evening , at Mr . Boaohe's , Red Iaon Maize , Tooley-street , Borough . A Pceuc MmxisG of the Members of i&e BarnsiuryUocality will beheld on Sunday evening , at the Flor * Tavern , York-place , for the transaction of important bnsiness ; a lecmre will also be delivered . The CLKHBKnrKLi Chabtists meet at the Patriot CoSee House , Olerkenwell Green , on Monday evening nBXt . KrojKBMrssnrR—Mr . Clissett will preach two sermons ¦ tm Sunday , at the Temperance Coffee House , Lion-field . fordo benefit of Mra . Ellis .
Mii Beeslet will lechire at Blackburn , on Sunday f Accrington , en Tuesday ; Bacup , on Wednesday ; " and at Burnley , on Thursday . MS . Hexbt Sansfoed will lecture at the Prince of Wales , Leamington , on Sunday next , at halfpast six . Newton Heath . —Mr . James Leaeh , of Manchester , will lecture here in the Chartist Boom , on Sunday * at two onclock in the afternoon . A collectien mil be made ai the close of the lecture , on behalf of John Massey .
Fxn&rozm . —Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , will lecture at the Pole-lane School , in this place , on Snuday , » t six o ' clock in the evening . - A collection frill be made at the close of the lecture en behalf of JohnJdasaey . TJjtxb Waelbt . —A lecture will De delivered in the Association room , on Sunday evening next &t six o ' clock , by Mr . J . Clayfccn , of Alidgley , Bboiegbove . —A sup \« r will take place at Mr . Leek's , Queen ' s Head Inn , High-street , Bromsgrove , on Monday ! in hoDonr » f the liberation of . Mr . John Mason , from Stafford Gaol , and likewise of ^ his manly and p&motic conduct in advocating the rights of the working millions , and his stein adherence to the Peeple ' s Charter . Mr . George Whtej of Birmingham , "will accompany Mr . Mason . Ticketsto behad at Mr . Leak ' . * , Qneen ' s Head ; Mr . H . Prosser , Worcesier-street : and Mr . James Hall , Sidemore .
Ms . Ga 3 Q 1 age , of Northampton , will lecture at ihe following places , daring the naxt treek : —Gbeltenham , Menday ; Gloucester , Tuesday ; CSnderford , Forest of Dean , Wednesday 5 Stroud , Thursday ; Wotton-undtr Edge , Friday . Bubx . —Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester , will lecture in this town on Monday evening next , in the Garden-street lecture room , at eight o ' clock . Mr . DavieB , from Hawick , ( Scotland ) will therefore have no occasion to go , Mr . Dixon . being engaged previous to receiving bis letter . Mr . Davies would have been "written to bnt Ms letter was without directions .
KsieHisY . —The usual delegate meeting of the Keigbley district will be held in the Working Man ' s Hall ,. Snn-, streei , on Sunday , Feb . 5 th , at ten o'clock in the forenoon . A full attendance of delegates is requested , as business of importance is to be transacted . Mr . Hvm Bidlxt ' s Tocb previous to his appearance at the Gloucester ABsizas for Bedition : — Reading , Monday , Feb . 6 th—Oxford , Tuesday and Wednesday , Feb . 7 th and 8 ; h—Wisney , Thursday and Friday , 9 sh and lOih—Cheltenham , Saturday Sunday , asd Monday , llih , 12 s . li , and ISA—and at Winchcomb oh Tnesday rhe 14 th . All communications to be" directed to him , at Mr . W . Perry ' s , 2 , High-street , Cheltenham .
Carlisle . —On Stmday evening , an original paper ¦ wiil be read at the Working Men ' s Mental Improvement Society , No . 6 , John-street , C&ldev Gate , precisely at six o ' clock , '_ ' On the absolute necessity of the Charlista tww sting to the utmost of their power ; all those persons , and their ittiniBiii ^ t ^ connections , who hive suffered , and are likely to suffer , for -advocating the cause of the people . " The object of the above proceeding is iriih a view of -getting up a subscription in behalf pi the bereaved Mra . Ellis . It is hoped , that every good Chartist Trill exert himself in Ma own circle of friendB and acquaintances , to raise as large a sum as possible , which Jib can pay is to the treasure , 3 tr . WQliasi Conltbsrd , on the nijht in question , 01 previously . Bikglet . —3 ermon 3 will be preached on Sunday , ito-morrowO b j Messrs . Hammond and Kitohen , from Bradford , in the Forester ' s Court
Room-Milbs Plathsg . —The ChartiEts of thi 3 locali ^ ¦ will open a new room on Sunday next , in Gropperftreet , when Mr . William Dixoa will deliTer a It-cture . The lectore to commence at half-past six o'clock . The room will be opened every Sunday evening , at half-past six . El ? DDEB ? PrBT , T > . — "ChaBUKH JLKD COBiJ-LAWlsM . " —Placards with the annexed ntle * re now on the walls of Huddersfifild , staling that Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will deliver a lecture in the Philosophical HaB , on ^ Saturday ( this evening . ) Doors open at ax , and ihe lecture to commence at seven . Admission to the Gallery and Body of the Hall , one penny ; Orchestra , twopence . "The League Repealers are challenged to attend . " The Teetotal Band tare kindly offered their services for the occasion , which were readily accepted .
A Disteict Delegate Mbetutg will be held at Thuistonlandjon Sunday next , ( io-morrow . yin the Chapel , when it is hoped as many will attend as possible , S 3 badness of importance is toie transacted . -1 A ~ £ w' J take ^ «> - « Ji Monday evening , the } ^ I ^ - \ T Shi pwreck Inni Yew Green , C f nifc . ? ofJflBrfhan Frost , now a prisoner , intwBlbs leased on Saturday , the 12 th , Saucing to commence at halF-past seveL TiS ofAdSS aon , foBrpence each . ™^ She ^ ield .-FiG Tree-Lase . —Mr . George Evinson w ^ l lecture on banday evening , at half ^ asi six 0 C 1 OC& * Mb JvLiAS HiHSEY wOldeHver an address on Monday « venmg ^* iialf-past seven o ' cloek . A MBKHHG *^ MiKBESs will be held on Wedne sday evening , at lialf-past seven o ' clock .
BBA ^ 0 M ^ -Th 6 Chartists of Bowling Lane mfl me ^ fctm Monday morning , in their room , at ten odoek , on business of importance . TheScb ^^ bs to the News Room arereguestea io meet-on Sunday eveamg , at ax o ' clock , in tae opancflioom , ^ Thb Ghabhsis of Daisy Hill will meet on Saturday Bigot . The Chaedsts of GeorgeVstreet are requested to meet on Sunday moming , at ten . o ' clock , in their room .
Qh Sosdat , at two o'dockj a discuBsion will take place , on the ^ best means of Obtaining the Charter in the large room , Batterworth Bufldinga . ' Wkktbtb 'Ttdvh , —The political { admirers 0 Thomas Paine propose to celebrate his birfh-day on Mon d ay evening , ' at the Three Hoise Shoes George Towe , '
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SPRING CIRCUITS , 1843 ^ Home—Lord Chief Justice Denman , Mr . Justice Pntteson . Kohfolk—Lord Chief-JuBtioe Tindal , Mr . Jubtice Coleridge . Nobthbbi * ( York , Liverpool , and Northern Counties)—Mr . Baron Parke , Mr . Justice Coltman , Mr . Baron Rolfe . Midlasd—Mr . Baron Alderson , Mr . Baron Gnrney . Oxbobd—Mr . Justice Erakine , Mr . Justioo Wight msn . Wesxkbh—Mr . Justice Cresswell , Mr . Serj . Nobth Wales—Mr . Justice Williams . Sooth Wales—Mr . JnBtice Maule . Lord Abingex remains in town .
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NORTHERN CIRCUIT . APPOINTMENTS FOB THE SPRING ASSIZES , 1843 . Before Mr . Baron Parke and Mr . Justice Coltman . Yobk—Wednesday ^ 1 st March . LivEBPOOL—Wednesday , 22 nd March . Before Mr . Baron Rolfe-La > casteb—Wednesday , 1 st March . A ppleby—Wednesday . 6 th March . Carlisle—Saturday , 11 th March . Newcastlb ^—Saturday , 18 : h March . DuKHAH . —Saturday , 25 th March .
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ATHLONE POOR LA . W UNION . ( From the Athlone Sentinel . ) LAKDLOKD AXD IKSANI . —EJECTMENT OF TENANTBT . The board of gnardians held their usual weekly meeting on Saturday , Mr . G . Dillon , of Coolmuck , in the chair . Amongst those who applied for admission was a youth named Michael Gosling , aged about eighteen , and four sisters , varying from fourteen to seven years of age . On the applicants coming into the room , the chairman aaked him if the four little girls were his sisters ! Gosling—Yes , yer honour , they are , sure enough . Chairman—Where is your father ? Gosling—He ' s in America . Chairman—Where ' s your mother ! Gosling— 'Troth I don ' t kuow , yer honour : but I b'lieve she went to my father when we were turned
out . Commissioner—Who turned you oat ? Gosling—Mr . Hill did . Commissioner—Who is Mr . Hill ? Gosling . —Divil a one of mysel knowa . He only come there some years agone as agent , an ids the sore day to us all He ' s agent , I heard , to Mr . Dinney . Commissioner—Oh ! you lived on the Ballykeeran property . Gosling—Yes , yer honour ; bud I was turned out three w « eka since , and I was trying to support myBel and the childer here till I was ladin' a horse that run away wnd me , an' hurt my leg ; and as I wasn ' t able to work , I was forced to let mysel an' themsels eome in here . Chairman—Did yon get any money whenyou were turned out 1
Gosling—My mother got 30 s . for throwing down the house . Chairman—How much land had you ! Gosling—Three roods , yer honour , and a schramogue of a garden . Chairman—How inanjr families were turned out \ Gosling—Forty families , wud six or seven , and sometimes eight and nine , in everyone of them . Chairman—That is , on the lowest calculation , 280 souls at a clearing . Well , it was not a bad day ' s work , certainly . Do you know John Doyle ? Gosling—Faith an' to be sure I do , your reverence . Hell be in the next week > wud yon j he ' s strivin' to keep out , bnd he won ' t be able , since he lost the bit vt land , an' the 30 s . he got for knocking down the cabin he ped for getting into a room till May , but he won ' t be able to support the family buyin ' every thing . Chairman—Do yon know Jem Heaton ?
Gosling—Sure enough I do , yer honour , for be gotten acres of the land , and moreavl say id . Chairman—Well , as you got money for throwing down the houses and giving 1 possession , I should suppose those who had land gave something for it to the agent , didthey ? Goeling—Divil a one o ' mysel can weB tell , only as the neighbours say . I heard Jem Heaton gave £ 7 or £ 8 : and Larry Dearden , every one knows , gave a heifer and a pound note , and got nine acres ; bnt though JohnKearneygave £ 3 heonlygot an . acre . Captain Stubbs got the most entirely of ony one that's all . Chaaman—Did Captain Stubbs give any money ? Gosling . —Don't you know well enough he did ? I didn't see any of the money counted to be sure ; but the divil a perch any one got if they did not give some , and that every one knows , for any one that did ' nt was turned out .
Chairman—Was it Mr . Hill who got all this money 1 Gosling—It was to be sure , and he'd take more av he got id , bathe ' s in a stew now himself , for he ' s wrote against to the head man . Who wrote against him ? Gosling—' Troth one that knew how to do it well , Mr . Tern Gannon : Bure your reverence knows him well enough . Chairman—Was there any money sent to be given to the poor people when turned out ! Gosling—The neighbours say there was , and that he robbed the peoplejegularly , and didn ' tjgive them the half . Chairman—Who is the owner of the property ? Gosling—Col . Bligh , yer honour . Chairman—Do CoL Bligh or Mr . Dimey know of his work in Ballykeeran 1
Gosling—Bad manners to me if lean well tell ; bat sore Mr . Gannon wrote to some of them and tould them all . Some would say that the Colonel is a good man , an' av he knew id , he'd put a stop to id , an some say they'd be no use in tellin' him about id , that his roiad is pisoned wnd lieB and stories : but mysel doesn't think he knows th « half of id , for no Christian that thinks he has a sowlto be saved would do the like , more especially some of them that were lyin * or red hoi out of the fever , vhe Lord save us , an' they were all hurled out in the door just like pies you'dbedrivin'toafair . . ** Some of the gnardians said Colonel Bligh ought to be written to on the subjeot , but there was no guardian present who knew him , and we , having taken notes , were requested to publish them , in the hope that the manner in which his property is managed in this part of the country might be made known to him . The applicants were admitted .
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cordanoe with the nnanimons resolution of the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting , met on Wednesday evening , at the Dispatch , Bride-lane , Mr . Simpson , id the chair ; Mr . Kose was appointed secretary , and Mr . Simpson , treasurer . The sum of 5 s . was received from the city of London , for the victim , Robert Wild ; and 2 s . from Flora Tavera , Barnsbury-park , for the same purpose . Mr . Rose reported that be had sent the sum of 10 s . to Mrs . Wild . The following resolution was carried : — " That in order to more efficiently carry out the object for which this committed has been created , we recommend to the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting and to the various London localities , the propriety of enlarging the committee , by receiving one delegate fiom each locality in themetropolis at present unrepresented . " TBfrCommittee then adjourned until Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock , in the above house .
A Stjppzb asd Ball in honour of the Executive , ¦ was held on Tuesday evening , at Mr * Savage ' s , Circus-street . Messrs . Bairstow and Cambell were present . We have not room for tie report : it only reached us on Friday morning . Mabtlebone . —A meeting of the members of this locality was held at their Hall , on Sunday morning Mr . Mudee in the chair . Mr . Maiden , Mr . Rouse , and Mr ,. Fflaletter , were appointed auditors of their balance BheeT ,, , Mr . Abel D . Cook , of No . 15 , Lisson Grove , was elected as corresponding secretary , and Mr . Vincent Pakes , of No 15 , Lisson Grove , as Secretary , in place of Mr . Edwards , who has resigned The meeting then adjourned nntil Thursday night , for the purpose of discussing Mr . Cooper ' s New plan of organisation . Communications to be addressed to Mr . Abel D . Cook , 15 , Lisson Grove , Marylebone .
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PROSECUTION FOR SABBATH BREAKING . Five eases of alleged Sabbath profanation were brought before Mr . Rnshton , stipendiary magistrate , at the Liverpool Police Court on Friday , and excited the attention of an immense number of the merchants and other inhabitants of that town , partly on account of the extraordinarjand xmusual nature of th ^ proeeedingB themselves , and partly becaaseiMr f /^ 8 ? 1 ^^^ ^ e M » y ° r of * h » - borough andihe . brother of the ^ we-President of the Board or -trade . ) was one of the parties m « . iniv intAT # « tft ^
in the result . His worship occupied a seat on the right of the bench , suironnded by several gentlemen _ % e first caw investigated was that o ? S Sneppard , a newsvender , of Yaaxhall Road , who had been summoned on a charge of having hia sboD open for the sale of the London journals and oS puDlieabons , oa the preceding Sunday . This was t ^ J ^ S I ?? durin * ^ "y ^ te . ° a ^ hich Sheppard had been summoned on a similar charge , Un the two former occasions he had been fined in the penalty of fijeahillingafor each offenceTbut < £ both he informed the court that it was utterly impos-
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sible for him to meet the demands of his customers unless hiB shop was open pnrtbe Sunday ; that he was determined to keep it , open , even though he should thereby Bubject himself to a 53 . penalty for every infraction of the act during the next twelve months ; and that he could not understand why he , a poor man , shonld be singled oat as an object of persecution , while the Mayor was permitted with impunity to ride to and from Church iu his carriage , the public news-rooms of the town were kept openj and many of the more " respectable' * of the inhabitants were allowed to indulg « themselves in other praotioes oh the Sabbath of a like profanatory nature . Mr . Rushton , while he admitted the justness of this line of reasoning , and the necessity
that existed for having caution exercised on the part of those who instituted prosecutions of the kind , declared , at the same time , that he had only to deal with such eases as might happen to be brongbt before him , and that as infractions of the act had taken place in that instance , the fines should be paid . Finding that he had been fined a second time , and wishing to bring the subject more at large before the public . Shepherd had summonses served this week upon Wnv . Spence , the Mayor ' s coackmari , for having driven his worship to and from church on Sunday last , and also upon John Jones , the master of the ^ Exchange ; D avid Hughes , the master of the Lyceum ; and Edward Griffiths , the master of the AtbeE » um news-rooms , for having had their respective rawns open for public amusement and instructioirupon Sunday last . The case against Shep-Dard was first gone into . He did not deny that he
had his shop open , but complained of the partial execution of the law against Sabbath-breaking . The information against him bad been laid by the churchwardens ; but he thought that it could not be from religious Bcruples that the churchwardens had interfered , inasmuch as they had not endeavoured to put down the whole system of Sunday trading in the * own , bnt merely that part of it with which the humble classes . were more immediately concerned . Mr . Rashton said , that whether they did their duty or not , generally , or merely interfered in isolated cases as the defendant ' s , did not affect the matter . The question was , whether , under the statute , the defendant had been either trading on the Lord ' s day , or following his ordinary occupation . It had been proved beyond doubt in this , as in former cases , that he had been so engaged ; and therefore the Court had nothing to do out to put the law in force .
The fine having been paid , the case againRt Wm . Sz > ence , the Mayor ' s coaohroao , was called on , when Sheppard deposed , that about a quarter to one o'clock on Sunday last , he was passing along Fenwickstreet , when he observed the defendant in the act of turning round the Mayor ' s coach—an occupation which Ithe man ordinarily followed . // teas decided that this ^ ease did not come within the meaning of the act against Sabbath breaking , and Mr . Rushton dismissed it . The case of John Jones , the master of the
Exchange news-room , was next called on , whereupon Sheppard deposed that about one o ' clock on Sunday last , he went into the aforesaid news-room having found it open , and that he considered the parties who were occupying the place to be equally liable with himself . On those grounds he had laid the information . Mr . Rushton said , that ihe evidence did not ' sustain the information , inasmuch as Jones had not been proved to be the master of the room Mr . Corson , solicitor , who appeared for the defence , paid he would admit that Jones was the master
Mr . RttsHon refused to allow the admission , and dismissed the ease . Sheppard said , that not having been able tn recognise Mr . Hughes at the Lyceum , or Mr . Griffiths at the Athenffium news-rooms , he would relinquish the two other informations . He expressed a hope , however , ¦ that from what had taken place the publio would see the odiousneBs of the law . Mr . Rusnton said that if the law were odious , it was the duty of the public to petition for its repeal , and not for any individua' to mention its " odiousness" in presence of the bench . He thought lbs law was good , inasmncb as it was designed to preserve the Sabbath in the way it should be preserved . The patties then withdrew . - ~ ¦ ^ —
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FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE STORM . Leith Roads , Sunday . —For the last forty-eight hours it has blown a terrific storm from the N . W ., with BBYsn frost and heavy fall of enow . Shortly after it commenced ' on Friday morning , an event of a most : deplorable character took place in the Frith of Forth , whereby several lives were lost . A sloop of about fifty tons , called the Janet of Montrose , in making a passage through the Forth , was overtaken by the storm , which almost immediately shivered her sails into numberless pieces , and afterwards drove her on a rock called Mickery-stone ,
where she , in the course of a few hours , went to pieces , and every soul on board met with a watery grave . Some of the unfortunate seamen were married men , and have left large families to deplore their loss . The sloop was laden with a valuable cargo of wheat , which , with the vessel , was insured . She had left Montrose in the early part of last week , and was bound to Glasgow , to deliver her oargo . Considerable . portions of the wreck have been washed on bLore , and amongst it was a spar with the body of a man lashed to it . He was a seaman , apparently about thirty years of age .
At Bowcastle on Friday morning , before daybreak , a ship named the Elizabeth Aletta , was wrecked on the coast of Cruckington Haven , about six miles from this town , and the whole of her crew , amounting , it is supposed , to twelve persons , perished Upon the discovery being made , a nnmber of boats hastened off to their assistance , but upon arriving alongside of the vessel Bhe was found to be a complete wreck , for the greater part of her hull had broken up and was scattered along the beach . Up to the period of this report being sent off only three bodies had been discovered . Near the same place two other vessels were lost in the course of the storm , one a schooner , belonging to Southampton , from Swansea , laden with copper , on shore near Hartland Point ; and the Sarah , of Teignmoutb , which , foundered off Tintegile Head . Those who manned the latter were saved , but of the schooner , all ( with the exception of one ) perished .
The late Storm at Brighton . —Intelligence has reached the town of the safety of the four trawl or " hog" boats which were missing since the storm . It appears from the statements of the crew , that after great suffering their little barques got into places of safety ; three of them ran ashore at Hastings , and the fourth drifted to Ramsgate Harbour , which the crew succeeded in reaching in almost an exhausted state . Messrs . Cheeseman ' s brig , the George , . which was off the town in the storm , also made Ramsgate Harbour , greatly damaged . The crew went down on their knees to the Captain to beg of him to run ashore on the Sussex coast ; but he would not listen to their entreaties , although the vessel had sprung a leak , fearing that by so doing their lives would be sacrificed . Fortunately they succeeded in . safely entering the Harbour .
WRECK OF THE CONQUEROR . Further and interesting intelligence relative to this unfortunate vessel was received on Wednesday By the French mail as to the immediate loss ; and the City of Poonah , Indiaman , which arrived in the Downs on Tuesday , brings a file of Capetown papers containing some important facts relative to the passengers and state of the Bhip when she left Table-bay in Nov . last . The subjoined is an accurate list of the passengers and crew on board the Conqueror when she struck off Lornel on Thursday last , all of whom perished , with the single exception of the cuddy servant , Henry Abchurch :
James E . Duggan , commander ; John Harvey , first mate ; William Smith , second mate ; Charles Rush , third mate ; James Rogers , surgeon ; Thomas Wilson , carpenter ; F . Martin , sail-maker ; W . Nelmes , steward ; Peter Constantino , captain's cook ; J . M'Dougall , ship ' s cook and baker ; G . Davison , butcher ; H . Howship , cuddy Bervant ( this individual left the ship in India , bnt returned before she sailed ) j F . Bowen , boatswain ' s mate ; P . Kelly ditto ; Charles Brown , George Harcourt , G . Dawson
W . Lewis , C . Bowburtb , R . Adams , J . Mann , T Johnson , P . N . Peterson , R . Davidson , H . Scott , J . White , George Einment , M . Barkholm , T . Walsh J . M'Lane , T . Prudey , able seamen ; W . Millar , W . Roach , W . Hipper , J . Payton , B . Jennings , ordinary seaman ; W . Jones and T . Pant , apprentices ; W . Pedley , fidder and joiner ; and W . Pattison , pantry boy . Midshipmen . —Messrs . Thomas Allen , A . T . Skynner , Frederick Verner , G . P . Barton , W . H . B . Whitohurch .
Passengers . —Mrs . Thompson and four children Mrs . Major Jobnstone and four children Miss Tnrton , Mr . Marshall , Lieutenant Marshall , 73 d Native Infantry ; Captain Milner , 39 th Bengal Native Infantry ; Master Blake and Master Reeves . William Eellar , bootswain ' s mate , died at Calcutta on the 21 st July . James Cotton , able seamen , and Charles Pepernell , cuddy-servant , were drowned at the same place a few days before the ship sailed . It is stated that nine men of the 01 st Regiment embarked at St . Helena on their way home as invalids . They must of course hare perished with theremainder of th » crew .
Abchurch ( the unfortunate survivor ) is much better , and got up for the first time on Monday . The Confuerer left England on her ill-fated voyage on the 8 th of January , 1842 . Her orew consisted almost exclusively of sailors from Blaokwall , and Poplar ; the widows and orphans are numerous , and publio sympathy is very generally exoited in the neighbourhood . The Conquerer was engaged to leave England next month . Nearly all her cabins were engaged , and another of Mr . Green ' a vessels has been appointed in her stead .
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LOSS OF ANOTHER EAST INDIAMAN . On Wednesday information was received that another East India trader bad been added to the melancholy catalogue of losses occasioned by the late violent gales . 4 The Vessel was named the Jessie Logan , the property of Mr . Logan , a merchant at Liverpool , from , which port she traded to and from Calcutta , She was 850 tons burden , and commanded by Captain Major . * On Monday last the . vessel was on her homeward voyage , beating up Channel , and apparently making for Tintagell or Bude Bay , on the Cornish coast , for which the north-west wind would have been favourable but for its extreme violence . At length she became " unmanageable , and was driven agreahd off Boscastle , formerly
Bottorean Castle , about seventeen miles from Launceston . Blue-lights and other signals of distress were made , but such was the fury of the gale and the violence of the surf , that none whatever would venture to her assistance , and at length she drifted on the rocks and soon became a total wreck . She bad evidently been abandoned by the crew and passengers , but from the long-boat having been washed on shore , it is feared they have all perished , as up to the time of writing this account no information had been obtained respecting them ; and , from the fact of the Jessie Logan not being a London trader , no account
of the nnmber of her crew or passengers could be procured . She was a North American built vessel , termed , in commercial parlance , a Quebecker ; her . cargo , consisting of rum , sugar , spices , and general fcast India produce , was being hourly washed ashore , but no despatches or papers of any kind have , it is presumed , been recovered , as none have as yet reached the East India-house , Jerusalem Coffee House , or Lloyd's . It is not at present known whether she was uninsured , or whether underwritten at Liverpool or London , nor till further accounts arrive , can any oluo be given as to the value of the cargo .
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LEEDS . —Stealing Ropk . —On Tuesday , Geo . Ashworth was committed for trial for having stolen a waggon rope , the property of Mr . Benjamin Wilson , in Pontefraot-lane . Conviction under the Worstbd Act . —On Tuesday , David Bastow , general-dealer , in Hunslet-Jane , was charged , at the Court House , with having in his possession a quantity of wool , of which he could give no satisfactory account . It was found secreted while searching for stolen goods . He was fined £ 20 , or , in default , to go to Wakefield for two months . The fine was paid .
Melancholy Death by Drowning , —On Friday ( yesterday ) morning , the bodies or" two young women were taken out of the canal at Knostrop . The elder one , named Sarah Collishe , aged 27 , is niece to Mr . 5 , Benson , gardener , Knostrop , and has lived with him for the last ten years ; the other is Miss Jane Foxoroft , aged 24 or 25 , whose father , a stuff prc saer , resides in the Isle of Ci nder The latter had been on a visit at Mr . Benson ' s , on Thursday afternoon , and left there about ten minutes before eight o ' clock in the evening , Miss Collishe accompanying her , and the probability is that from the darkness of the night ; they bad both fallen into the water together , as they were found within a short distance of each other , and not more than fifty or sixty yards from the house whioh they had left in all
the bloom of health , only a very few nmrates previous to the awful catastrophe . Mr . and Mra . Benson made enquires at the lock house , on Thursday night , for their niece , bnt not hearing any thing of her contented themselves with the thought that she bad determined to spend the night with her companion ; and yesterday morning a message was despatched to ascertain the fact . In the meantime , however , Jackson , the look-keeper , found a silk bag . containing a pocket handkerchief , and other trifling articles , in the lock , and this was identified by Mr . and Mrs . Benson as belonging to Miss Foxoroft , and measures were then taken to drag the canal , where the bodies were ' very sipon found . The bodies were removed to Mr . Benson ' s bouse , to await an inquest , which was held yesterday afternoon , and a verdiot of ' ? Accidental Death" returned .
Extensive FEldNT . ^ -Henry Lineham , late clerk to Messrs . Ward and Son , solicitors , was , on Monday last , fully committed to York Castle , on two charges , one for stealing £ 575 odd , and the other for embezzling , £ 27 odd , whioh he had received on Messrs . Ward ' s account from Mr . Edward Ripley , Lady Lane , under the bankruptcy of Mr . Blackett , grocer , Briggate . A Philosophical Reason , —On Saturday last , a man named Alexander M'Kay , a journeyman tailor , was charged before the magistrates with neglecting to provide for bis wife , and for refusisg to live with her . His reason was that there was neither " affinity of feeling nor unity of action" between them .
Stealing Trowsers . —On Monday , a man named John Marshall , was committed for trial for having stolen a pair of trousers , on Saturday night , from a shop in Kirkgate . Stealing Lead . —On Monday , a young lad named Richard Ponrose , was committed for trial , for having stolen a quantity of lead from the maltkiln of Mr . N . W . Nell , in Meadow-lane ; an accomplice , named Eli Langdale , was admitted evidence , and the wife of David Bastow , a general dealer , in Hunslet-lane . who " asks no questions , " w <« s commuted for receiving the same . The Watch Committee . —This body passed a law that all public-houses shall be closed at twelve o ' clock at night . In reference to this we should like to know if it be true that some policemen were drinking in a public-house in Kirkgate , until between three and four o'clock a few mornings ago . Perhaps Dr . Craven will look after this 1
Novel Mode of Detecting Prostitutes , by a Member of the Town Council . —A case came before the Bench of Magistrates at the Court House , on Saturday last , in which Mr . Councillor Craven appeared to complain of two unfortunate females whom he had mot in the street at a late hour on Friday night . On the women being called on , the Councillor stepped forward , and addressing the Bench said , " We have passed a law that all women - " Mr . Griifi .. h Wright— " We , whose we 1 Who are you V " I , " replied the astonished Councillor , in his softest strains , " am a member of the Town Council , and by the latter section of the 116 th clause of the Leeds Improvement Act
we ate empowered to make a law " Mr . Wright — " Dont tell us anything about the law ; tell us the charge against these women . " Mr . Craven— " We have madea law- —— " Mr . W . —What's the charge against these women ? " Mr . Craven— "I was walking in the street last night , when these women stopped me . " Mr . Wright— "Pray did you go into the street for the purpose of being stopped V Mr . Craven— "I did . " . Mr . Wright— " Then go about your business . This is an open Court , and we want impartial witnesses , not such as you . The women are discharged . The Watch Committee have no power to make laws . Go about your business . " The new fledged Councillor then retired , amidst the laughter of all present .
STOCKPORT . —Committal op Shop-liftebs . —Three notorious shop-lifters , from Manchester named Thomas Goulden , alias Rynes , Sarah Gouldea , alias Rynes , his wife , and Eliza Williams , alias Barlow , were deteoted whilst on a professional visit to this town , on Friday last . On the forenoon of that day , the two females Went into the shop of Mr . J . J . Moody , draper , Lower Hillgate , and requested to look at some silk handkerchiefs . A variety was placed before them , and , after some delay , the prisoner Williams was observed to place a parcel of seven handkerchiefs , worth about 26 s . under her cloak . ; She was charged with the theft , at which she affected to be greatly shocked , and denied the accusation . Before ehe could be searched , Bhe
dropped the handkerchiefs npon the floor ; and tho other female picked them up and placed them on the counter , observing that the hooks of Williams ' cloak must have caught them , and by that means have dragged them off the counter . The action was so well observed by one of Mr . Moody's assistants , that this excuse did not satisfy ; and they were both accordingly placed in the hands of the police . The male prisoner was afterwards apprehended in the Market Place , by policeman Tatton , he having been previoutly seen in their company . On his being confronted with the other prisoners at the police-office , he denied all knowledge of them , and
they stated that they had never seen him before . On their being brought before the magistrates , however , on the ; following day , several witnesses proved having seen them all in company previous to their ' apprehension ; and , from their conversation , which was overheard by some of the police , whilst they were in the lock-ups , their guilt aud connection was proved beyond a doubt . They were all recognised as old offenders , each having been once or oftener convicted . The male prisoner , it was said , had been « n Salford , Leeds , Hull , Carlisle , and other gaols , in addition to having been transported seven years from Chatham . They were all committed to the sessions for trial .
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Most determined Suicide . — -On Sunday last , Thomas Mitchell , Esq ., surgeon , &c , BitBtai , com nutted a most determined act of self-destruction by stabbing himself through the heart with a disseoting knife . jFrom the facta adduced before the coroner and jury upon the inquest , held on Tuesday last , it appeared that npon the maid Bervant proceeding to flay the cloth for dinner , she found the door of the ; room fastened , and Mr . Mitchell called out from within for her to wait awhile ; she mentioned the circumstance to her fellow-servant , who tried the door , and finding it still fastened , informed Mr . Henry Mitchell , Mr . Mitchell ' s second eon , of the j very singular circumstance , who
instantly called in other assistance , aud the door was forced ] open , and Mr . Mitchell was found with his upper garment taken off , and after one coot vulsive sob expired . A case of surgical instruments was found lying open on the table , and the bloody knife by his side , which appeared to have been thrust up to f e handle . From the evidence of a mau , a connexion of the family , it appeared that the deceased had for some months back laboured under a great depression of spirits , and under a delusion with respect to his monetary affairs , amounting to an aberration of mind . The jury returned a verdict , "Killed himself whilst labouring under aberration of mind . " Deceased was sixty-two years of age , and has lived upwards of forty years ia Birstal .
Case of Stabbing . —Patrick Murray , an-Irishman , resident in Bradford , an oyster hawker , was on Wednesday committed to York Castle , for trial on a charge of having stabbed John Priestley , wheelwrighti , Bradford moor . From the evidence it appeared i that on Monday night , about twelve o'clock , prosecutor and a friend , named John Waite , an overlooker , residing in High-street , left the Beehive Inn , in Westgate , with the intention of going to the ] Victoria public house , ia Silsbridgelane , with the intention of stopping all night , as Priestley was going to Halifax , early in the morning . When I in Silsbridge lane , prosecutor considered he would be too late for the Victoria , he therefore resolved to go to the Odd Fellows' Hall . With that object , he and Waite proceeded down the LeyB where the prisoner lives . As they approached his
house , the prisoner , who was Btanding at his own door , with a poker in his right hand , and aii oyster knife iu his left , cried out ( making use of an indecent expression ) that he would kill them by G—d , and as they were passing he struek Priestley on the forehead with the poker , and immediately afterwards he made a lunge with his knife at tire side of prosecutor , Who at that moment was crouching from the effect of the blow , he received the blow on his head , the knife passing through his hat , and inflicting a . wound a quarter of an inch in depth on the bead . The injuries altogether were of the most serious character . Waite also received many severe blows from the poker , in his endeavours to rescue Priestley- The prisoner sought to fix the charge of intoxication on tho prosecutor and Waite , but in that he totally failed , Ho then declined to say anything in his dofence till on his trial .
Maxims worthy of Public Attention . —Men can bear hunger for a long time under the equator , but cold and hunger united very soon exhaust the body . The cooling of the body , by whatever cause it may be produced , increases the amount of food necessary . The time which is required to cause death by starvation depends on the amount of fat iu the body , on the degree ef exercise , as in labour 01 exertion of any ] kind , and on the temperature of the air . As an immediate effect of the manifestation of mechanical force , we see that a part of the muscu l ar
substance loses ; its vital properties , ' its character of life ; aud all experience proves that this conversion of living DOHBCular fibre ioto compounds destitute of vitality is accelerated or retarded according to the amount of force ] employed to produce motion . With the external cooling the respiratory motion becomes stronger ; in aj lower temperature more oxygen is conveyed to the blood ; the waste of matter increases , aud if the supply be not kept in equilibrium with this waste by means of food , the temperature of the body gradually sinks!—Leibea ' s Animal Chemistry .
Imposition of Railway Clerks . —On Saturday last a very respectable tradesman , residing at Huddersflold , having occasion to go to Leeds , took his fare in the ! third class , being 2 s . 6 d ., ng proceeded as far as the Normanton station , at which place he got out of the carriage for the purpose of seeing his son , whom he kad brought with him thus far , safely seated in one of the carriages attached to another traiu which was going up the North Midland . By this time the Leeds train , in which he had been taken to Normanton , had left the station . This being the lease , he fully , aud very justlyso , expected to be allowed to proceed to Leeds by the next train . But , behald ,, the officers at the station who strut about , dressed in a little brief authority ,
refused to allow ] him to go to the place of his destination unless he ; would submit to take his fare over again from that station , which is two shillings , and pay an extra shilling besides ! ( Itis necessary hereto observe , that the fare from Cooper Bridge to Normauton , in the third class , is three shillings and sixpence , and two shillings from Normanton to Leeds ; but when the fare is taken through from Cooper Bridge to Leeds , it is only half a crown . ) This extra shilling was to make up tho three and sixpence as if the gentleman had only paid for proceeding to Normanton . He , however , protested against the imposition which they thus attempted to praotice upon him . This drew down upon his head a volley of abuse , accompanied with threats to have
him secured in the lock-up ; bat be was not to be intimidated with language such as that , and stoutly maintained his right to be allowed to pursue his journey without any further impost being laid upon him . Notwithstanding all his firmness , however , ( hey still insisted upon his payiDg the extra charge whioh they demanded . Again , he told them positively that he would not lenler the carriage under any such disgraceful circumstances ; sooner than do so , he would walk the remainder of the way . Upon this they demanded the extra shilling for the distance he had already travelled , and told him that if he would not pay that they would take him to Wakefield 1 He paid the shilling and walked away about his business . He proceeded forwards to Leeds another way , got his
business done and returned home , taking care that the Railway Officers should not have another opportunity of picking bis pocket . After he got home , he sat down and wrote to the Directors , informing them of all the circumstances of the case , and the abusive language vrith whioh he had been assailed by their servants , and ! asked them whether such unjust proceedings , on the ! pan of those whom they employ , was in compliance with their orders . On Tuesday he received a letter ! , from one of the Clerks in the more immediate employ of the Directors and by their order , in which was enclosed 12 postage stamps , in lien of the shilling which he had been compelled to pay at Normanton . Thus , it appears , the Directors
have honourably exonerated themselves from having issued any such unjust law , for the purpose of being carried out by their servants , and discountenanced such disgraceful proceedings as were manifested by their clerks at Normanton , towards the gentleman in question . Traveller ? by railway will do Well to look to this ; and whenever any imposition is attempted to be practised upon them by these understrappers , let them write at once to head quarters , and expose such conduct ; where , as in this case , they will , no doubt , obtain redress . They will keep the offenders within proper restraint , and secure to the public justice and respectful treatment . —Bradford Observer , i
The Murder in Wharfdale . —This brutal affair , the particulars of whioh appeared in this paper about a month ago , has , during the past week , been officially investigated by the magistrates , the result of which has been the committal of Joseph Hey , of Beamley , ( the person on whom suspicion was in the first instance oast , ) on a charge of wilful murder . Since the inquest was held , the greatest anxiety has ] been felt by all , both rich and poor , that the mystery should be cleared up ; but , unfortunately , feeling both in Beamsley and Ilkley , appears to have been against Hey ; all his actions have been canvassed , ' his every movement has been watched , and however simple the deviation from his usual course of conduct , it has been noted , and
inferences but seldom favourable to him deduced therefrom . Reports that evidence had been withheld by witnesses who were examined on the inquest , and that some had been mis-stated , were in circulation freely , and having reached the ears of E . C . L . Kay « , Esq / , of Addingham , who attended the inquest , and has since been engaged in endeavouring to dear the mystery np , he summoned other magistrates immediately to his assistance , and held a consultation as to what course was best to adopt . This took place last Saturday , and appears to have resulted in a determination to apprehend Hey and investigate the matter again . On Monday morning last , at half-past ten o ' clock , the investigation commenced at the Lister ' s Arms in
Ilkley , the magistrates being E . C . L . Kay , W . R . C . Stansfield , and F . IHawksworth Fawkes , Esqs . Mr , Wagstaff , solicitor , from Bradford , with his clerk , Mr . Farrar , attended to take the depositions . Thomas Brook , Esq ., ! of Skipton , the coroner , also attended . As before , i the case excited great interest . Hey was present during the whole of the examination in the custody of England , the constable of AddWbam . Two of bis brothers and several relatives and friends of the deceased Hustwiok were also present throughout . No professional person attended en behalf of the prisoner . The witnesses
called to narrate the finding Hustwiok ' s body , and tn * other circumstances , were precisely the same as before ; aud in fact , the evidence altogether , with the exception of one or two facts , was precisely the same as at the inquest . The examination being concluded , the room was cleared , in order that tlie magistrates might consult together . After a short time had elapsed , Hey ! was ordered in again , and informed that he stood committed for trial at the next assizes , on the ' charge of wilful murder . The commitment was , then made out , and he was removed iu the charge of the constable of Addingham , ;
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France . —The Paris Journals of Sunday w Monday teem with more alarming : interest ^ S regards the stability of the present pacifierelatiott between France and England , than did any of thef immediate predecessors . The Committee on ft » Address , which had already held their third sitUfii ? and discussed seriatim every paragraph of thespeerff from the Throne , had , it i 3 Baid on all sides , as ** to introduce an amendment , relative to that mm ± portentous of all questions—the right of search , -u is stated with equal confidence ( the republic ^; National chiming in with the organs of tha Con * and the Cabinet ) that the amendment will not haj the effect of overturning the present Ministry . Tj J ? the compliments so prodigally lavished < m the mow
tion of the Soult-Guizot Cabinet by our £ a £ lieE contemporaries of all : shades of opinions , are flano back in their faces with contempt ; and it 13 ^ a » clear that all parties in France join in one load chorus of hostility to England . Even the oouitS Debats , hitherto the loudest , and apparentl y ^ sincerest , of the very few French journals which jJS up to this time the courage to insist on the inS veniencea of a rupture with this country , has n 0 B taken an indirect method of fanning the a ^ English feeling , showing upon what a sandy fotimk tion our oligarchical rulers have built their hopes tf maintaining , through the a ^ enoy of Guizot and Co the outward forms , if not the cordiality of pejJ in the present awkward state of all ^ 5
great national interests . With extr&oj ^ , nary glee does the mouthpiece of the FrenA Ministry dwell on that very item of the French revenue , which our masters , ia presenting thdr yearly budgets , were always , until very latelf \ n the habit of representing as the only 8 u » test of national prosperity or depression—we mesji of course , the Excise : — " The improvement inihj revenue , particularly in the Excise , i& a certain in . dication of public wealth , as the increase of con . sumption necessarily implies an increase in labow and in production . " " France' * continues the Dlbak "has suffered a series of political changes , traversal a serious commercial crisis , recently engaged ua « mense sums of money ia works necessary , perha&
taouga uuproauctive ; but strong m her : elementaiof national wealth , she is every day actively repairing without additional taxes , but solely by thenatonl course of affairs , the encroachment made oa hex fortune by the faults , the errors , or the exigencies of political parties . This is because hc-r ; strcngti fj neither factitious nor extraneous . It is becjug her power reposes upon an admirable soil , whisk with the help of peace , will be renders ! more fertile by the public works voted last session . The financial prosperity of oar country is aremaik able fact when compared with that ef other coaa . tries . France had to apprehend two formidably obstacles—anarchy at home , and war abroad .. jL
wisdom of the King ' s Government has preserved us from the first of those calamities , and the Go vernments of Europe will preserve Prance a& 4 themselves from the other . "—! a the foregoing louJ note of exultation over the really prosperous state o a country , which the organs of our privileged classes have one and all joined in describing as ill but sinking under the weight of her burdens—how « aany sly hits are given to the land , which , in tia language of prostituted orators and writers , was w long , so pompously , and so mendaciously teinud " The envy and admiration of surrounding nations whose merchants were princes , and whose nobfa had all the state and more than the pride 0 kings . "
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O'CONNOR , E « t . of Hammersmith , County Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at his Print * tag Offices , Nob . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Brigg » tei and PubMwd by the said Joshwa Hobsok , ( for the said F « A *« ua O'Cokkob , ) at Mb Dw « Iling-house , No . » , Market-atreet , Briggate ; «* internal Communication existing between the sal * No . 6 , Market-street , and the said Noa 12 •«* 12 , Marketrstreat , Btiggate , thus constituting 0 « . whole of the said Printing and PuMbhtog Offlea on * Premises . AUOomnmntationa mnst be addressed , Post-paid , to Mr . Hobsw , Nvtforn Siar Office , Leed * ( Saturday , January 28 , 18 « -
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Six Men Drowndd . —It is oar melancholy duty this day to record the following distressing and fatal circumstances : —It appears that the fishermen of Whitehills , a village in the neighbourhood of Banff , were at sea on the morning of Wednesday when , about half past seven o ' clock , a tremfcnddus hurricane came on , by which two of the boats containing eight men , were upset . Only two of the crew were saved by clinging to the boat till the arrival of another boat . Those who met a watery grave are W . Watson , James Watson , and John Watson , brothers ; George Ritchie , George Watson , sen ., and- George Watson , Jan ., all married men , and who have left wives and families to lament their untimely fate . The two saved were much exhausted when brought to shore , but are now in the way of recouery ;; their names are | David Watson and James Watson , all connected with each other by marriage Elgin Courant .
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THE AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL . ( From ihe Times Con-esp < flident . J Lisbon , Monday , Jon . 16 . The routine business being terminated , both Chy& hers proceeded to their work this morning In earned The Queen's speech and the Ministerial bill of indemnity form the staples or discussion . The Chamber of Deputies is at this moment the scene of a very lively debate , which will doubtless be continued througbost the week . The determination is , if possible , to bring the debates to a conclusion by Saturday . ;
The Finance Minister Is prepared to lay bis budget on the table this day or to-morrow . This importat document , when it makes its appearance , will beast versally pronounced to be of a most satisfactory charac ter . It declines to impose any fresh items of general taxation , except on hemp , flax , and iron , until the til of January , 1 8 44 , recites an increase in the resources cl the country to the extent of 290 contos by the improved assessment of the decima , and of 100 contos by-extending the Lisbon octroi as far as Oliras on one sida uid Almada on the other . But the most important restift of this state paper is that it shows the deficit to hits already substantially disappeared .
The negotiations for the tariff convention remain in the Bime position , except that oar Foreign-office very properly requires reductions on the sixteen fresh specific classes of goods . Tee alarming state of Oporto and Madeira , which are both upon the very verge of . an explosion , gives a most interesting political as JM as fiscal and commercial complexion "to the question c ( tariff reductions . Not only is an universal bankrupt ^ daily apprehended , but starvation is reaching the wo *« ing classes , and the utter ruin of these great districts jtt imminently threatening . Superseded to the intend suffering , the . most direct proximate cause of this dreadful state of things Is the indifference , amoantiq £ almost to contempt , with which the Government hsl treated the repeated memorials and remonstrances pro- ' ceediog from these and the other wine districts throughout the kingdom , and of which there are at thll moment no fewer than 300 staffed into recesses at tifl public offices . The exact state of the existing negoclations on till ; subject of tariff reductions will be seen In the foUo-ffi&g table , which unquestionably is the most curious diplomatic equation on record : —
ENGLAND OFFERS XO POBTUGAL A reduction on her wines ot every description from 5 s . 6 d . to 3 s . per imperial gallon , or 45 k per cent Ditto on brandy from 22 s . 6 d . to 14 b . per imperial gallon , or 40 pet cent . Ditto on oil , to a nominal duty . Ditto on fruit , to a statistical duty . Thus none of the staples of Portngal are exclnded We retain so monopoly whatever , not restriction affecting any one article which the Portuguese can export We consent to the abolition of our Judge Comet vator ' s Court , to the forfeiture of alt our privilege * ta the mulcting of every British subject iu Porttigil with the dtcima , or tsx of 10 per cent on property . Our principle of reduction is tuoiveieal , and &TS * rages nearly 50 per cent .
To make the balance true we must have a red" * tion of 40 per cent , in the duties upon all classes of goods enumerated in the list below , which are eitfte * not produced at all in Portngal , or produced in ¦ « tote unfit for use . N . B . Portugal must give way—1 st Because the wine interests of Oporto , Madeira , and Estramadura are on the brink of ruin or rebellions explosion . 2 d . Because the classes interested in the proprietary culture , aud sale of her wines are full three-fourths of her entire population ; whilst those interested in to exclusion of British produce are six petty manufacturer and one ruined fishing company .
, 3 d . Because the " poor-moutb" pretext of exigeneW of revenue is exploded by the retrenchments to tne extent of £ 70 , 000 per annum which the Portugueaa Ministers have lately effected , and by the demonstrated certainty that the deficit will be next year converted into a surplus . Therefore , " No surrender . "
PORTUGAL OFFERS TO ENGLAND . A redaction in the duties on certain classes of cottoni consumed in Portugal of 20 per cent . . A reduction in the duties on an equal proportion 01 cottons going into Spain of 40 per cent . The bulk of the staples of England ars stul e * eluded . Portugal is allowed to retain her sis olssa monopolies . namely , —tobacce , soap , gunpowder , uxzella , ivory , and gold dust Portugal cedes nothing of Immunity , exemption , c privilege .
Their principle of reduction is partial , and fot t&tf partial selection averages only 30 per cent . No considerable reduction on oar woollens . No reduction oa our salt fiab . No redaction on butter or cheese . No considerable reduction on hardware . No redaction on porcelain , china , or delf ware . No reduction on hosiery or linens . No redaction on silks or satins . No reduction on fancy goods . No reduction on cattery . No redaction on leather ( finer qualities ) . No reductien on shawls , scarfs , and mantles . No redaction on stationery . No reduction on glass , cat , blown , bouse , or plate . No redaction ou jtwellery or wrought silver . No reduction on . bats , caps , or millinery . No redaction on books , prints , or pictures . No redaction on needles , thread , lace , tapes , of ribands , fee .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 28, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct466/page/8/
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