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      DESTITCT 10 JJ I > " THE METROPOLIS . Dnrintthe last few days , thoazh the -weather has been mild , there _ tve been a > Biany as 300 men , women , an * children admitted into the Refnge for fee Destitute , Plarbcmse-yard ; there having been since the opening , last Monday -week , 642 provided with nightly lodging , ami -w _ o also have ^ . Ten to them a slice of TDre&dni—ik and morales- There -win be ao more than 300 allowed admission , until the cold -weather sets in , fcr fear of fever , which happened last year " from too many being congregated together .

      HOBRORS OF PROSTITUTION 15 THE METROPOLIS . It wonld be well for the foreign sympthisera who indulge in fainting fits ai » d torrents of tears over the ignorance and barbarism of the inhabitants of . the Antipodes , to tarn ifeeir eyes homewards fctfore they look abroad for objects of companion . If the yonng and the more mature female saints who crowd Exeter-Hall , to hear isjpassioned addresses , and open their parsestrings in behalf of the wild Bareges of the Sonth Sea islands , of the back woods of America , and of the deserts of Africa , would confine their charity to home , s = d pause the lamentable catalogue of hmn&n niigery , and conse ^ Oeal -rice and crime -which tte metropolis presents , Ihey would find truly deserving objects upon whom they could beneficially exercise the best qualities

      s _ d energies of their heads and hearts , by securing the temparai and eternal welfare of tbtir own fl ~ sh and blood . Of ail the objects which this doleful catalogue of hnmsn woes presents , the most heart-stirring , aie the wrercbed fallen daughters of Eve who are compelled to sacrifice tha honour end ii ^ nity of their sex , that they may proems the commonest necessaries of life . In the metropolis , it is calculated that there are 80-600 of this unfortunate class . In one hospital there were admitted , in a short space of time , 2 , 700 feraale children of the tender age of nine , ten , eleven , and rwelve , and forty of the age of feuiteen , ail sifi-cled by the foul , slow , but certain consuming disasse tfe&t follows the life of prostitution . Ttr . Tan , in bis report of OHB of those hospitals ,

      established for the Tettptiou of female outcasts , states , that cf 1 . 000 theia were 670 under twenty years of age And the pake returns enumerates S . OOOhonsestenanted by unfortunate females . In Great Titohfield-street , { what is iheSocJety for the Protection of Tice doing ?) there is a hoasa , with a regular establishment , into which unsuspecting females are entrapped , under tfee pretext of being engaged at some industrious calling . Tbese poor creatures , quickly initiated into crime , and led from one vice to another , axe , by degrees , eugulphed ¦ within a vortex of infamy , froei which thty only escape when , being found unprofitable , they are driven upon the stretts by their iahman employers . Se > systematically is "vice followed up and prostitution encouraged in this dsn , that there is attached to it a regular azent ,

      whose sole and only duty is to procure victims , in f « ° Tcb at -sfeo _ be scours Germany , Holland , Spain , and Portugal A keeper of one of these infamous houses , u > avoid prosecution , went to Boulogne a short time ago , carrying with her £ 30 , 000—the fruits dt her brutal traffic for ten years . It is even calculated that in this country £ S 00 D . COO is annually txpendtd in jmS racy , fitbiuchery , and prestitction . Aaonsst the wretched female outcasts who thus gain their livelihood at the expense cf their honour , there is a lar ^ e number of drcsssiatsrs _ : d z * ze < iletronien , -scb o , "orking from an esriy ton ? in ihe rooming to Iste at nicm for eightpence : _ i tenpence s day , aTe cnab ' 810 maintain themselves , by such industry , j _ d £ te , therefore , compelled to walk the streets at night , in search of the means to suppj « and elotht tlifcir } ° tUd and worn-out frames Can the " sre __ y , Bible-reading females of England

      Piircg of expending tijeir charity and benevolence in distant lan - . s , upon Tings , H'Uest-ts , Csnibals , ana Savages , when so much misery , depravity , and vice are to be met witb in their o ^ ra lind &nd at their very doors ? If thfy are interested in tie dl ^ ry ut tbeir species , and have an aidtnt wish to rescue their own sex from tte lowest depth of degradation and infamy , let them bi » t visit the pnriiew of Sc Giles ' s , or the back streets of Whiteshaprl , the Borough , and Westminster , ¦ where they will fine objects incnmeraMeof the aboveclasa , whose wretched , depraved , and outcast condition cannot fan of exciting the compassion of every true Christian and every truly benevolent and kind-be&rted philanthropist , JSfgbty tbouanti females i&e 6 i » i& 2 lbs ¦ wages ssd eating the Dread of sin and death . ' There 3 s a subject . for the Saints of Exeter Hall to contemplate I There is an o *> jrrt worthy of their sympathy , their cosvpsision , aa 3 their beEeyoIeace . '

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      of are . They receive from the parish 2 s . 6 a , and three loaves per vtxtk . There is » small garden attached to the cottage , but they have no potato land and are to buyfueL The woman sometimes obtains a little -work , and that « portion Of fhlir nistrdblt pittance is take * away . The room , both above and below , is in a most dilapidated state , and the rain beating through on every side ; the floor is of mud and Btonea , and filthy in the extreme ; what window there ia to the cottage is boarded to protect the inmates from the weather ; a more tcrelched hovel there cannot be conceived . I saw a lad of eighteen in the room , who told me be was out of work , and had been bo for tbtee 'Weeks : he . depended on his mother for food , Father , mother , and soa Bleep in the same room . In the mxt cottage resides Jane

      Gundry with her three brothers . This is also in the most disgraceful state : the floor ia of mud , Worn by time , and the rain beating in . The room on the ground floor is not , I Bhould think , twelve feet iquare , which is the size of the bed-room above , in which Elizi Grundry and her three brothers are compelled to sleep . The eldest , who is thirty years of age , only receives , I was told , 2 s . per week and his meals ; the second , aged twenty-two , has 5 s . per week ; the ibird is out of work , and has not been able to procure any since haymaking . The sister told me he had a bad leg , which he was obliged to ponltice , aud for this purpose he bad been allowed two loaves , but no other allowance does he receive from the parish . The next eott&ge is occupied by Anna Warr , whose husband is a hurdler . He

      is enabled to earn better wages than the rest , but the cottage , if not worse , is quite as bad as the rest There ia but one small room above , which is only to be reached by a kind of ladder . In this she and her husband and five children sleep . The lain penetrates through several parts of the ceiling , and runs down upon the beds The room below is much in the same state . I observed the floor at the doorway was filled ¦ w ith old straw and rnbbirh , which Anna "Warr told me was placed there to fill up great holes in the mud fluor , and to prevent the rain running further ink ) the room . By the side of the fire on a hard bench in this wretched hovel was lying one of the children sick with the measles ; the poor woman had another in her arms , who , she said , was about to have the disease also . " Mi . Shtridan adds a sentence , in wkich we heartily

      concur , . ;—" Yon will _ 3 r , perhaps , what end I propose to myself t » y exposing these cases of destitution and suffering ? I answer , that this pnblic opinion will be brought to bear on the condition of xhe labourer in this countymen will be induced to give the snlject their consideration who never thonght of it before—cottages will fce examined which before were scarcely visited—the matter will be discussed—Vestries wili be called , as thtre have been at Bstcombe , to inquire into the charges against their parish . —endeavours will be made to refute them—they may possibly discover trifl-ns ; errors , but every case that I have or shall produce ifi'l be found substantially eontct . Tfiese are tne objects 1 have in view—the exposure of injustice and hard treatment of the poor . *"

      And these are the objects in which all right-minded Hun will be ready to give their assistance . Let nieD of all parties , instead of disputing as to where the imputation ol bkma fbonid rest , unite to remote the evil , and the blame will die away of itself .

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      Applicant—Literary employment , Sir . I have applied at all the newspaper offices , but I conld not get anything to do . At length I would have been willing t » enlist in £ be metropolitan police . Mr . Combe—Where aid yon sleep last ? The applicant replied in a coffee-bouse , near Oxfordatreet . They would not keep him in the workhouse , as he did not like to return to Ireland , where he feared his prospects would not be better than they were here He declared in an earnest manner that he was very hungry , « s he had not tasted any sort of food since the morning of the previous day . ( The poor fellow ' s looks e&nQemed the assertieni . T »? e clerk humanely suggested that he should have some food immediately .

      Mr . Cornbe said the applicant ' s story was a distressing one , but of its truth he had no proof ; and before he should feel justified in making any considerable advance from the poor-box he must have some confirmation of the statements made by him . The applicant said the master of the Clerkenwell workkouse would , he felt confident , speak favourably of his conduct whilst there . The worthy magistrate directed that the applicant should have some food at once , and that one of the officers of the court should accompany him to the workhouse , and obtain a bed there for him . On the following day inquiries should be made concerning him .

      On Monday , Q-eneral Evans waited upon Mr . Greenwood the sitting magistrate for the day , in reference to the above case . From this visit it transpired that Mr . Otway Cave , denied the statement made by Seafont . Mr . Cave stating that " he has no relation of that name , and is utterly unacquan . ted with the individual in question or his family '" Mr . Greenwood took occasion to observe that the poor-box of the Court was very deficient in funds . With the exception of £ h forwarded there on the previous day , they hod not received a donation for a long

      time . The district over which that court had jurisdiction included as wretched a population as any in London , —Field-lane , St . Giles ' s , Saffron-hill , and that miserable district verging on the city in the neighbourhood of Smithfield . Then Ktngaland and its neighbourhood , in another direction . From all these places many destituta , and some deserving objects came . A sreat deal of money , he observed , had been showered into some of the other poliee-courts , whilst , with the exception of the donation already alluded to , they hud received nothing , although there would be bo much need for it .

      " INGRATITUDE (!) OF THE POOH . " Thames Police—Five shillings were received on Saturday , for the poor woman Anne L > all , in addition to which Mr . Broderip yesterday acknowledged the receipt of 12 s . 6 d . for the same purpose from Genera ! B . acl Mrs . C- B-, transmitted from Wapping by J . Elm 3 , and an acknowledgement nqnefited in the Times . Admiral Sir E . Codiington forwarded £ l for the poor-box . The cases of distress developed at this court are very numerous , and make a continuous drain upon the poorbe x . On Monday , a poor woman named Jutnima Wells , who has only jast recovered from slow typhus fever , came to return thanks to Mr . Broderip for pecuniary and other assistance , rendered at a very trying period . About six weeks since the poor woman was procuring

      a living for . herself and three orphan children , as a Iaundres 3 , aided by her eldest sou , a very meritorious lad , who regularly handed her over almost all his Httlo earnings , when typhus ma . de its appearance ain ; . c 2 st tbem , and ran through the whole of hor chiL Atcv , At ienctn she was herself attacked , and tbeit source of subsistence being thus stopped , they ware compelled to spII and pawn what little necessaries ihey had in the tffott to work through . Fortunately the cise reached the ears of the chief usher of this eourt , wl o , with prompt bumanity , rendered what assistance he could afford , and immediately laid the case before Mr . Brotlerip , who directed that instant relief should be afforded . The poorwuraan immediately on her recovery came to tbaiik the magistrate not only for the bounty bestowed , bat al * o f » r the manner in whicb . it had been dispensed by the usher . Mr . Broderip directed the usher to Bee that the wants of the family were provided for until she could resume he usual employment .

      A HUMANE PROSECUTOR . A very painful case , which excited a considerable degree of sympathy in the court , came on in the courao of » be day . Benjamin Gretn , a journeyman baker , was charged by his employer , Amos Chilver , who resides at John-street , Cross-street , St .. George ' s-in-the-East , with having attempted to steal four qu irttrn loaves . The prisoner , a moat miserable-looking creature , appeared stunned at the position in which ho found himself placed , end the prosecutor had scarcely been sworn , -when it beciiae evident that be would loge a Whole batch Of bxend rather than proceed with the charge .

      It appeared that at a qnarter to seven o ' clock yesterday mor ::: ng , the prosecutor , having some previous cause of Huipicion , went down into the bakehouse , and found * hat the prisoner , who hid beau twelve nvrntba in his employment , had the fmr loavtsB tied up in a handkerchief , ready to bo taken away . " But , your worship , " continued the humane prosecutor , and tho teirs chased one another down bis cheeks as b ; i spoke , " he is a marr eU roan , with four children , and I don ' t wish to pro : ecute him : O ! Sir , I don ' t wish to follow it up . " This touch of genuine humanity bad an electric fcffJCt , The prisoner burst into tears , and every heart In the C « urt waa touched with sympathy . Mr . rlrorferip , afttr laudlnt ; the humanity of the k ? nd hearted baker , discharged the prisoner , who left the dock deeply affected .

      APFALLIMG CASE OF DESTITUTION . Worship-street , Monday . —Immediately after the G « Urt Tubt . Serjeant Alderman , of the H division , attended before Mr . Brou $ hton , accompanied by a wretched , half-starved-looking man , named Robert Sidffrave , whose distressing case had betn brought under his notice . The Serjennt stated that Information h . -. ving reached him that a child , two years o'd > had died from starvation at a cheap lodging-house in Wentworth-Btreet , Whitechapel , he proceeded thither on Saturday morning , to ascertain whether there was any truth in the statement . On reaching tbe bouse , he was shewn into a miserable

      apartment on the first floor , where he found the wife of the man Sidgrave , with three young children , one of whom waa lying dead , as had been represented . An old cloth had been thrown over the dead child , which the mother removed , thereby exposing the body , which was in a complete state of nudity , and its skeleton appearance fully bore out the poor woman ' s Btitfetnent that it died from actual starvation . There , was not a niorsel of food in th « place , and he felt satisfied , from the emaciated frame and feeble moaning cries of one of the other children , tbat it was aiso in a dyinc state . He soon afterwards flaw the fithtr of the children , and on asking him v » hethir he bad npplird to . he parish for assistance , he sa '' d liiil fce had , hut no relief had been given to him for n ^ irly o fortnight , when he received 5 s . from Atuvll , the relieving < ffleer , who at the same time intimc ' . vd thut it woui't be useless to ayply again , as nothing more woukl be done for him . In consequence of the man ' s stateoK nt ho itho sergeant ) r . paired to the residence of Mr . Bruubfivld , tha overseer of SpitalBelds , who , or . bpin £ » apprised of the facts , immediately sent a note to Attrell , directing him to ? ive prompt attention to tho case . In compliance with the order a small quantity of food -wes supplk-d to tho pour people on Siturday night , but on going to the hcusu that morning he found that nothing further had been done , and as the trifluig relief they had received was completely exhausted , he thought it necessary to represent the case to the magistrate . Mr . B rough ton asked the sergeant what amount of relief was granted on Saturday to the distressed family ?

      Sargtant Alderman said that all they received was a loaf of bread , an ounce ofcea , half a pound ( if sugar , and a pound of oatmeal . The poor maa Was then called into the witness-box , and in answer to the magistrate ' s questions , he said that he belonged to Preston in Lancashire , and was a carpenter by trade , but being thrown out of work , he came up to London about four months ago in the hope of bettering his condition . After spending a fortnight in fruitless attempts to procure employment , he - was . attacked v » Un f-iver and was laid up for several weeks .

      Soon after bis recovery be went to Attrell ami begged relief for himself and family , as they ware perishing from want ; but all he got was 5 s ., with an intimation that if he made another application lie woutd be given into custody . A few days afterwards he went out and endeavoured to pick up a trifle by hawking lucifer matches , when he accidentally met Attrell in Whitechapel , who % old him that he had known him for years as a common cadger , and if he again caught him begging about the streets , he would have him sent to prison for three months

      Serjeant Alderman said that he had made the strictest inquiries into the case , and found that the man ha 4 only been in Xondon about four mouths , a good deal of commisseration was expressed for him iu the neighbourhood , where it was Hie general opinion that Ms cliild was literally starved to death . Mr . Broughton desired the seijsant to proceed at once to Mr . Brushfield and communicate his wishes that the family should either be taken into the workhouse or be allowed sufficient out-door relief to meet the urgency of the case . He ahould , in the meantime , give 5 s . out of the poor-box to supply their immediate

      wants . PRISON TORTURES—MOfiE HCE . DER . While sueh horrible cases as the above form daily themes for the . reporters of the London press ; while destitution in its most awful shape is scouring the agricultural districts ; and while despite " revived trade" and the return of " prosperity , " the manufactoring masses are a « low sunk ss ever in the Blouzb of misery ; while ail this is going on and as a matter of course our gaols are erammed with tbe victims of this horrible state of society ; the wrecthed inmates of those gaols are being murdered— TORTURED TO DEATH by the cruel discipline and horrible treatment to whfcb they are subjected . Within the last few daya two of the wretched beings confined in the Millbank Feni . tsntiary , hava citdfrom the effects ol the pestilential air and horrible discipline of that DHUClOTOUB den .

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      Another wretched man has been murdered in that horrid hell , Coldbath Fields prison . As a specimen of tbe treatment in this INquiglXiON , take the following evidence of one of the fellawwaufferera of the victim , examined on the' inqaeafc ' : —• " David WilliamB , aged 29 , was well and hearty when he . entered the pr ison in May , but about July last ; be was very ill , and went to the surgeon for advice . Witness heard Allen , the infirmary warder , say there waa nothing the matter with him , adding that he should

      report him to the governor for trying to evade labour . Ho was taken before the governor and placed in tbe dark cell . Witness had heard the governor direct the turnkey to keep a sharp look out after the prisoner . He got worse and worse , and could not eat his victuals , and during the last week of bis confinement he a ? ked permission of the surgeon to keep off the wheel—per mission was not granted . ' . On coming out , the Bones were literally protruding through his skin , and he was obliged to have a pillow to sit upon . "

      And the Jury returned a verdict— " That the deceased died of inflammation in tbe throat , which he was less able to bear up against , from the low state of health cansequent on the prison dietary . " The following paragraph appeared in the Times of Monday : — MriSANITT IN THE MODEL PRIS 0 N . —Although this prison has been opened so short a time , and tha prisoners hava been carefully selected from the variona gaols in point of health , two have become insane this yeai , and have been transferred to Bethlehem—viz . John Reeve , on the 24 th of June , and John Hill Stone , on the 17 th of August , "

      This " Model Prison" is one of " the fruits of the Reform Bill , " one of the hellish acts of the Whig regime , now made to produce its intended results in tbe insanity of ita inmates ! Well ! well ! It may be used for its concoctora yet . M ^ an ^ hile let our readers treasure up ( A . GA . INST THE DAY OF RETRIBUTION ) th 8 FACTS contained iu this fas well . as every other ) portion ot "The Oondition-of-England Question . " A . writer in the Morning Chronicle commenting upon these atrocities says : — " some insist upon over working their prisoners—some on under feeding—some on the sacred privilege of forcing women and children to mount 12 000 fcet oE tread wheel daily .. Faintiuga , ( . raaciatioDS , and lingering deaths follow . "

      The surgeons of the hulks , where the convicts sentenced to transportation are received before being sent out of the country , givo the following evidence on the effects of the present system of " prison discipline : ¦ — * ' We continue te receive from the different prisons men in such a state of exhaustion , arising from the colds , solitary confinement , and inadequate food , that they are unfit for the dock-yard labour , and incapable of making the voyage to Botany Bay . " But death is not the worst punishment falling upon our systtini-made criminals ; insanity is committing terrific havoc in ranks of these unfortunates , and this we hold to be a punishment worse than death .

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      FRANCE . —Hepitblicampm in the Armt . —The correspondent of the Dispatch asserts that ReP ™' lioan principles ] are almost universal amongst the French soldiers . He says : — *• Were there ' a popular outbreak to-morrow Louis Philippe would jnot calculate upon one-tenth part of the army to support him . Disaffection does not pre * vail only smoDgst certain sections of each regiment , but whole regiments themselves are known to be so imbued with Republican notions that they are never trusted near the ; capital . Even tha Ministerial and Court journals frequently allude to some particular corps u one ' which is notoriously inclined to sedition , from the Colonel down to the drummers . ' Marshal

      Soult < the Minister of War ) haa . ever since the commencement of bis present lease of power , endeavoured to check this spirit in the army , by the fusion of faithful ( so called ) men amongst the suspected regiments . The scheme has ! however , signally failed ; for the recruits thus introduced into the old corps have speedily become ( converts to the principles of freedom On a late occasion the King received a private report from the War-office , relative to the particular regiments which might be employed to garrison tbe new fortresses around Paris , and upon wbese snpport the Crown might calculate in ) any case of emergency , This report had been very carefully compiled from accurate

      returns furnished by the Prefects of tho departments in which tbe varions corps had served , the Governors of the towns in which they had been located , and in some instances their very Colonels themselves . The result of this examination into the feelings of the array was by no means satisfactory to touis Philippe , and I can State , upon the veiry best authority , that he exclaimed , in the agony of his mind , ' Good God I what will become of France if the army Bhould throw itself into the arms of the people ? ' He ought bo have said—had he sincerely expressed his meaning— What will become of my dynasty ? ' for his Citizan MajsBty evidently regards France only as the means of aggrandivement , wealthj and power for his own family . "

      " GLORf" and ' s Algiers— The National publishes the following letter from Tlemcen . It ia not at all imp r obable that the late ordonnances for grants to certain departments to meet unforeseen expeuces , have reference tojTunis and Morocco : — " Contrary to hia promise the Emperor of Morocco Abdherraman receives in his territory tho khalifas of Add-elKader . The Ouled Ria and the Augaas , who had abandoned their tribes to avoid submitting to tbe French , had likewise encamped there . When the French troops leave their garrison , the Arabs take refuge in the territory of ] Morocco , where it la forbidden to pursue them , and when the French return to Tlemcen the incursions of the Arabs recommence . Two French convoys had been ( attacked on the road to Oran ; there were five men wounded , two killed , and twunty horses captured . This coup-de-main is generally attribute ! to the Beni-Mattas . " j

      The Moniteur publishes accounts from Algfern , of the 20 th instant , whioh st » te that General Teropoure attacked the camp of the Caliph Sidi Embarackben-Allah , on ihe 11 th , at Mallah , a place forty leagues to the west of Mascarah . This- chief , who was on his wastoljtvin Abd-el-Kader , is described as only second to thi latter in importance . His army , which consisted of / several battalions of infantry and a regiment of eavah-y , w « re entirely destroyed , Sidi Embarack himself was killed , with 400 of his men . 300 priboners , and tkree standards wore taken .

      Satan if trouble —The editor of a newspaper in Pans , bearing | he Jugabrious title of Satan , has been found guiltyj before the Tribunal Correctioncl , of a libol upon Mdlle . Inea Gonzales , a young actress of the Theatre Porte St . Martin , in attributing to her some traits inlprivate life which tended to injure her honour , and destroy her good repute with the public . The editor ( M . Borel ) is sentenced to three months' imprisonment , and carnages to the amount of 500 f . to Miss Gonzales , and he ia further required to insert this sentience in Satan , and iu any three other papers the lady may appoint , at his proper charge and expense . SPAIN . —Our jlastest accounts last week announced the resignation of the offices held by Narvacz . Subsequently we find him withdrawing hia resignation and receiving from the Queen the Grand Croaa of the Order of Charles III .

      Tno Madrid mail did not arrive at Pa , ria on Wednesday , in consequence of the Spanish Malleposte having been attacked on the 11 th by robbers in the Pinares d'Aranda , and robbed . The travellers were completely stripped of their effects , but the mail was saved , and was expeftted to artive in Parits on Thursday . This intelligence was received in Paris by telegraph . The Press . —The correspondent of the Times , writing from Madrid , Nov . 16 th , says : " The reign of terror prevails ! amongst the Progresists periodicals . The Espcclador has to-day ( for the second time during the short month of November ) failed to

      make its appearance . One of it .- * editors is in prison on suspicion of being privy to the conspiracy against Narvaez . The rest have all run away . The editors of the Eco del Cdmeroio are still in separate confinement on similar charges , with this difference in their favour , —that they have been removed from the custody of thei Regiment of the Prineesa \ ihe favourite Of NarvaVz ) , Where , as they alleged , they wore liable at any moment to be shot by the partisan population of the barrack for their imaginary crime , if the soldiers should take it into their heads to anticipate the law ' s ] delay—a proceeding for which there have been abundant precedents of late in Spaiu . " I

      The Minis-trt— -The days of tho Lopez gang are numbered " . Intelligence from Madrrrf down to the lflth , announce thatM . Ologaza of "Golden Fleece " notoriety , is to all intents and purposes the " Universal Minister , " crying to patch up a Cabinet but in vain . ; Barcelona—Barcelona has fallen ! Unsupported by their degeneratelcountrymen the heroic Catalans have laid down their arms , but the terms they obtained attest the [ anxiety of tha " victors" for a termination of the strangle . Of course once having obtained possession . ! of tha place no scruple was made about violating faith with the fallen . Hence the order for the general disarming of the inhabitants under pain of death . ; The French Government , on Thursday , received j the following despatches announcing intelligence of , the surrender of Barcelona : — I

      TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES . ! " Perpignan , Nov . 21 . "Barcelona capitulated the day before yesterday . The troops entored yesterday . The terms are about the same as thoae granted to the insurgents of Saragossa . '' ; ' " Bat-celonetta , Nov . 20 . " The insurgents , seeing that an attack waa becoming imminent , tnve s * nt for two days past commission after commission to the Captain-General , in order to obtain a better capitulation than that offered on the 11 th . The Captain General has made fresh concessions . founded upon the general wieh of seeing the reign of Isabella II . inaugurated by a grand act of clemency and reconciliation . r

      "Tbe troops are at | this moment entering the town . The leaders compromised and designated by theCaptain-G « nerai will embark on hoard a French ship , which will convey them to PJort Vcndres . ' : " Barcelona , Nov . 22 . " The Q'leen ' a troops have token possession of all the gates of Barcelona without difficulty . The CUptain-General yesterday appointed and installed a new municipality . Some armad National Guards having committed excesses against the military , and haviug uttered seditious cries , a ban ^ , tiated this morning , has etdered the general disarming of tbe . inhabitants . Such as shall not deliver up their arms within the delay of six hours , will incur the penalty of death . "The members of the Junta , and about one hundred ( fficersof the free ; corps , or National Guard , depart this day for France , on hoard the Caraeleoii or the Phenicia , with passports fr ^ m the Captain-General . "

      It will be seen by ; the following that Figuer& 9 , " the last entrenchment of liberty , " still holds out : — ; " Perpignan , Nov . 23 . " The insurgents of the fort of FUjuerss made a sortie yeiBteiday in the direction , of Llevs . Prim repulsed them . . touk ilve prisoners , and established his head-quarters at Villa Bartram . j " The Phenicia steamer left Barcelona last evenins , and landed at P . > rt Ve ' ndres this moraine nine passengers , two of whom were members of the Junta . She conveys thirty other Spaniards to Marst-illes . " The Ciinieleon is eSpected at Port Vendres , having lefc Bj :-celona ut the same time as the Phenicia" A new njuuicipalily waa yesterday installed at Barcelona . "

      AUSTRIA . —The Emperor of Austria , it is said , in the German papers , has suspended the meetings of the Hungarian Diet . A most inconvenient spirit of liberty has crept into that part of his Imperial Maj sty ' s dominions , | sud gives him au infiuity of trouble . At ttie present moment a royal command has been r .-jected by jthe Dio' , and only seventeen or eighteen iiaadg Lcid up lor it . Every attempt has been made either Jto force or cajole the deputies to vote in favour of lit , but without effect . The Hungarian deputies would feeep the puree strings , and the emperor has shown bis high displeasure by suspending ( he meetings of tbe Diet .

      Thb Russians and j Circassians . —A letter from Warsaw , in the TreveslGuzette , gi 7 es 6 Ci ? nedetails of a late battle between the Russians aud Circassians . The latter With about 1 , 200 bk n , attacked wiHh great resolution two Russian jbatalJions , when marching to relieve other troops . The Russians fought bravely * , but were obliged to rutiro } before the great numbers * f ; ho enemy . Six Russian officers wero killed , an ^ . he loss on that side ! was ia general great . A 'egiment of Chasseurs came to the aid of the Russians , and forced the Circassians to give way . German League Dut y on iROfl—Extract of a efcfcct from Germany , dated 21 st Nov ., 1843 : — . " The iuty question on iron I will not be regulated before

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      - - - — - » - —«» . December , as the meeting at Berirahaa separated , and will not meet again until the middle of JJeconi * ber , when their deliberation ' s . ' , will be finally closed . It appears that prior to their separation they agreed to place a duty on pig iron , metal , &e ., of £ 1 sterling per ton , and upon bar iron an increase of duty of 30 s ., making £ i 10 s . per ton ; and this will certainl * come into effect , unless strong representations are made by the English and Belgian governments * and steps taken to prevent this " imprudent" resolve . In no case vrill the duty be enforced as early as the 1 st of January . 1844 , but it will be February or March , or e ? en April , as our people requite time foe settling their affairs . " ,

      ITALY . —Letters from Rome of the 10 th instant state that several farther arrests have taken place , arid that a band of insurgents have shewn themselves in the neighbourhood of Perugia . It was reported in Paris on Thursday that tha Pope was taken suddenly andjaiigerously ill . In the present disturbed state of JMly , and especially of the States djgHiGbaroh , any change in the Holy See is not cohsi « i «« ifinimportant . In the meantime it is said , in * -tfMpif the 15 th , which has been received from thelpBan States , that the disturbances in the neighbourhood of Bologna and Ravenn * have been pat down . Greece . —Some disturbances have taken place at Patmos .

      TURKEY . —Constantinople , Nov . 7 th . —Accounts from the North of Albania describe that province as overrun by armed bands , who are plundering the villages , burning the churches , aad levying contributions oa the Christians . The roads are impassably and the various governors are blockaded within their towns . The Porte has issued orders for tho immediate advance of thirty * five thousand men against the insurgents , under the command of Reschid Pacha , the Rumeli Vajassi . Gamik Pacha and Omar Pacha are appointed generals of divisions . Orders have aleo been sent to assemble a corps of observation in Thessaly , in anticipation of disturbances in Greece . The alarm felt by the Porte at the state of things in that country , which was described in a former letter , has rather increased than subsided . _ .

      A conspiracy has been discovered at Ibraila , the objeofc of which was a revolution in Bulgaria . Several Russian agents are said to have been connected with the plot . Prince Bibesko will be warned by tbe fate of Ghyka against interfering witfi any each laudable undertaking . # Letters latelj received from Persia , dated m the middle of last month , inform us that the Shah is still at Teheran , and that the troops have all been dismissed . Narsis , the new patriarch of the Armenian church , is expected immediately at Uteh Klissia , and is to be accompanied by General Neidhart , the Governor of Georgia , who is to instal him formally in his patriarchate . After this ceremnnv . the seneral will visit the frontiers . Mirzs

      Saleh . who was formerly in England , had lately returned from a mission , to Tiflis with presents from the Shah to the Emperor . The Shah has issued a proclamation , limiting the rate of interest to twelve P Letters received this day from Mosul state thafc the Nestorians , still inhabiting the unconquered districts , and those who had taken refuge amongst them , bad successfully attacked the invaders . The Tureo-Kurdish governor , who had been msta led * fc Ardesha , had been expelled , and the mountaineers had regained possession of many important passes of theTiyarre country . The i ^ acha of Mosul has refused to release the Nestorian prisoners , and to procure the liberation of such as had been sold into slavery .

      " Betroct , Oct . 1 . —By the arrival of a courier here last night , we learn that disturbances of a very serious nature , terminating in loss of life , had broken out at Latachia , on the 5 th instant , in wWch place the people had made an attack upon the Albanians , who were worsted , with the loss of thirtyeight killed and seventeen severely wounded . The holy city had also been the seat of disturbance , as had been Naplous and Tripoli . The obnoxious system pursued by Government , in the levying of the taxes , had given rise to the emeute , and as long as the defence of the country is committed to the euatody of the Albanians , as noted for their intolerance as for their cruel disposition , so long will the country Temain a prey to anarchy and revolution . " JAMAICA . —The following rather Whiggishlooking outburst of " patriotism" in the Falmouth Baptist Herald , will give some idea of tbe state oZ political feeling in Jamaica .

      " The almost unbearable burden of taxes—the extravagant jobberies of the vestries , and ef the House of Assembly—the waste of public money upon a worthless police force—a mad scheme of emigration , and a corrupt semi-popish church—the hypocritical cry of conciliation while laws are every year passed gradually encroaching upon the liberties of the people—and above all—the irreligionthe infidelity—the licentiousness—the love of slavery—and the robbery—of law-makers—and law dispensers—all cry aloud for a most rigorous , and searching reformation . ** But who are to be the reformers ? The people . They are the strength of the country—and with them 4 ies the power of reform . Verily if the taxpayers So not so feel the necessity of improvement as io induce them to exsreise their rights , they deservo to be crushed and trodden under foot by their ha . ighty oppressors .

      * ' It is never to be expected that a corrupt House will cleanse itself . There are but few indeed in the Halls of Legislature who are either fit or willing to raise the standard . There must ba pressure from without—a clamorous demand for justice—a determined stand against all abominations in the statea resolve that every representative shall be answerable to his constituents for his conduct , and the privilege of voting exercised only on behalf of those who pledge themselves to the cause of truth , liberty , and justice . " We say , then , let those who hs vo rotes , give them only to the advocate of Reform—those who are

      qaalifit'd either by house or land to vote , register your titles and claim your rights . Lefc all voters unite ia each pariah in the formation of a Reform Association—let thorn seek for honosfc and faithful men as representatives in vestries and assembly ; and next year , at the expected election , sound the trumpet of liberty—expel the jobbers—the placemen—the proslavery party—the Emigration schemers—the policemen—the oppressors of their country , and place ia their stead such a noble band of patriots as shall well deserve the name of tho Honourable House of Assembly .

      Are there no enlightened , liberal-minded men in each parish , who with superior abilities , and better opportunities than the labouriug classes of voters * will spare a little time to gather up the forces in battle array . " Jamaica is not like England , where bribery—intimidation—corrupt freemen—and apathetio voters diminish tho ranks of Reformers . Here , a little toil , and a little care will ensure such . a long list of liberal votes , as would make the triumph of Reform surs and certain . The struggle of our election vould completely overran the hopes of the Tory party—and the fair fabric of freedom and equity would be built upon an eternal basis .

      . " We call then upon Reformers of all classes to come forward and unite their ranks against the common foe . Prepare a plan of action—look out for suitable men for the vestries , asd the House of Assembly—urge the freeholders to register their titles —facilitate this registration business , and in a few months the day shall be yours—the battle shall be won , a ; rd amidst the dea ' . h lamentations of oppres ^ sion the laurels of victory shall crown the brow of every Reio-riner and lover of his country . "

      "$?T)E &Qitiritwn Of &Lt;2rncrjatt& " Laws Grina The Poor, And Rich Men Rule The La"W !"

      " $ ? t ) e &Qitiritwn of < 2 rncrjatt& " Laws grina the poor , and rich men rule the la"w !"

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      AN ENGLISHWOMAN " STEALING" BREAJD FOR HER CHILDREN , EIGHTEOt ' S JUDGMENT OF IDE H 13 LL MAGISTRATES . Yesterday , in the PoHcs Court , before the Bitting Hi&ljiBtratES , Zvl&s . er . s- Raifres and Palnser , a clean-looking middle-aged ¦ woai aa , far advanced in pregnaficy , named Eiizabeth CcHins , was charged -with stealing a lo&f from the Hull Workhouse . Mr . Jloxon , Clerk to the Guardians , said—Yesterday , about three or four o'clock , this woman came with four children for re . is-f ; in consequence of the reiieving cfScar being ont tf the " ^ av , J told her she must trail . 1 substguzrdl j / ireui lo dinner . When I was gone , 1 unde--sund the -woman , viibont any hesitation , streUh < -J out her ana aDd tooS one of the loaves . By the Magistrates— The window was a sash window , and she had thrown it np to take the loa £

      Colt « n , the Master of the Vagrant-office , and an old resident in the Workhouse , deposed to the woman taking the loaf ; be « Md she immediately divided it among ber children , who nt once commenced eating it Colton produced the rem £ in 3 of tbe loaf , and » aid that , Then he took the vroman into tbe Station-house . sA « said At would do it again sooner than see her children starve . The prisoner , who cried very bitterly , said a man in his shirt-sleeves cave her tbe loaf . Mr C-West , Governor of the Poor—How long would it have been before the relieving officer returned ? Mr . Mrxon— About six o'docU . Mr . West—Tbat « ss a very long time for the woman to -wait , if her children wanted hreatL Mr . R-vikes—Tou canno { 0 ? surprised u ! a hungry troman with four starving children taking a loaf .

      Prisoner—J trailed from lice ' ve o ' clock at noon for relief ; the children ic » re crying for bread , and I gave them it- They turned me out once ; and this gentleman , ( pointing to Mr . > Ioxon ) told me to go where 1 came from , And how could I do that . Tbe police-inspector here saw me aud my children late ihe night before , lying on ihe cold stones , and be took me to tbe Station-bouse ; 1 was broucbt here yesterday , and thrir -worships sent me to the Ciisrity-baU . We had not had above a bite or ticofor lico or three days before . > lr . Ayre said it was correct tbat the woman bsti been sent to the Woithoofle at twelr « o ' clock the prtTiuus day . hit . West—We are very much troubled with people who are travelling about begging . I should think we have not lew than thirty a day . Mr . Palmer—People cannot , on tbat account , be allowed to starve .

      Mz . West—No , Sir ; but we have plenty of our own poor , ard they should slay at home . yir . HAkts—I tbi&k it is extremely bard—upon the children especially . Mr . West—Tbtre are so many people goicg beggiDg about the country . Mr . Palmer—I am sure this woman looks like anytbiuk but a tramping beEtpr . Prisoner—No . your honour , I am no beggar : I never did bic ; 1 cannot . Mr . West—It is no wish of ours to punish the troman . Mi-Palmer—2 / you or J had four children starting , I thijik it is eery like'y ire should have done the same . If bread is to be given let it be given at once , and not hunger the poor trrachts past endurance . Do you expect to be conflred soon , my Roman ?

      Prisoner—Yes , Sir . I have a pair of shoes and a shawl in pawn ; yivejue them and 1 * 11 leave the tovra ; ¦ a i < butler I should be taker , in labour on the road than in tfi'S * C&id streets Mr . P-lnier—Where ' s your husband ? Piisoner—1 do not know . Sir . Mr . West—I don ' t tbir . k . Sir , she is so far advanced in pri'gnzLc ? as she appears . Very likely htr husband is wiibiai a few miles . We will relieve her , and the can then go ont of the town . The woman , it appeared , h id come from th & North of England . ^ Mr- Palmer—I have no donbt tfiere are thousands of beigarE tramping about , but this "woman really doeB not look lite one . 3 Ir . M ' -Manus—This is terrible weather for her to leave tbe town-Mr . Riifces—It is ; she cannot go to-day . 31 r . . Moxon said he had nst attended to the woman , because he really bad no time to do so . Mr . West—Mr . i ^ Joxon is cnly doing Mb duty in brJogiae the case fcsre . > ir . Piimer—We are not finding fault with Mr . Mnxon for doing so ; but 1 thitik fhe woman might ? tav « had bread given lo her sooner ; she was entitled to have bread . You would not have her and her children die starving in the street . Mr . West—On , certainly not ; she would have had bread given to her . Mr . Moxon— "Undoubtedly ; as soon as the officer came she wonld have been relieved .

      3 Ir . Kaites—I cannollookai it in Qie light of a felony she only anticipated what she would otherwise have had to wait six hours for . ilr . Paimer—What would you suggest , Mr . West ? >} r . West—I shall bs gl » 1 if you will liberate her . ilr . R ^ ikes—We cannot punish her . Mr . Pjhner—Most certainly not ; nor for the sake of ' humanity can we turn Tier out of the Unen penniless , and in her present condition . Mr . west—We will give fcer something . Mr . iloxon—We will tafce heT into the vagrant office £ o-d * 2 y . Mr . Palmer—And what to-morrow 1 Mr . West—We will see that ste ia properly relieved . The Magistrates , after expressing a hope that the woman an-: her children would be properiy cared for , allowed her to be taken to the vaerant offica .

      BISTBESSIJTG CASE . Cisske . vttell . — On Friday , a young man , aged twenty , dressed in threadbare black garments , and having a hsjigard and care-vforn look , applied for assistance , stating that his came was Charles Seafont , and rfcnt his father ra a clergyman of the Church of E ^ smd , and resided in the little village of Lomb , in tha couaty of Tipperary , near Nenagh ; he died about a year zgo . leaving applicant , who was then ia Trinity College , -wholly unprovided for . Applicant then left the university , where he had been for two years a student int-ecdea fat the church . Tot some tim « after the de&lh of his parent his relations supported him , but , not wishing to inUnde further on them , he made up a little

      money , -w hich enabled , him to come to London . Since Ws amval here , ibout a month ago , he had done all he M , rt . iii .- ° btain em P loymentof some sort , but failed ; WhStaS ? ™ rkhaJUe ' "* here ** *>«* « veralni ght * J XfcTtSdSS > ™* bcnae la ^ s ° nie of the althoh £ Z £ m * £ ^ l ^™ U ad mftted ^ more , and i SSFSSSSeSr-S did not bo , where they reSeJ ^ I * mway Cave M P ., was aTEcccna ceusiu . uiway Lave ,, Th £ clerk then referred 'o the directory , and told the sppricant Mr . Cave ' s addma , Uie Mr . Combe . —What sort of employment have yon ' sought in iouaon ? ' i

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      DSEADrn . STATE OF THE PCOR IX D 0 RSETSH 1 B . E-( Trom ihe Times of Soc 23 rd . j Tt ) Erelj 3 j hsEfl some hot discussion in tbe Dorsetshire county papers , arising out of the insufficient rate of -Braces paid to the Is-becrers in certain districts , End brought forward by Mr . Brrndsley Sheridan when pre-Efiin ? as charnEsn at the West Dorset Agricaltural Meeting . Attempts to refute tha facts have besn m ? t by strong corroborative evidence of their truth ; and though tbe spirit of irritation sud oppos . iion unaccountably roased in some quarters may appear disheartening , yet , on the w&ole the dispute has had a salutary . ffect , inasmuch as it baa tended to the further publicity of "the charges ; to which pnblicity we confidently trust for arasiidin at- It is every man ' s business to .-. id I > i = fe 3-he to do

      lo ^ r Trt-i-n -atlieae-yei siiiii see oec sion SO . ( J 3 'i has to linifed siui intei-wo-rea ihe destinies of the rich and poer , the wise and foolish , the / areak and strong , that eo man . or class of men , can stand apart snd proclaim themselves independent of the rest . It is impossible for any one not morally Mind to deny that there is something frirh-ful aad pecnliar in the present mutual position of the rich and poor in Engird . Tne lower classes are r becoKiii : g oppuneiits instead of depsnent 8 ; the cord ia "Burn threadbare , almost to breaking , wbldl hOUBd lha two orders kiDdiy together ; the poor man no longer believer that industry and . submission on his own part tnli guarantee Dreteccion and relief on the ether ; he ia lapiftiy loosicz ail confidence in the good-will of his

      auperiors towards him- We repeat , tbat in ft gTe ^ t measure this Ioi 3 of cocSdtnce proceeds from trrora in the adminisTraticn of the Xew Vooj L-aw , and from faults in its cinsimcuon . The Uev . Frederick Roote , Clergyman of tte parian of Rimpiabani , has cocat ; publicly forward , £ n < i bricfij and fraiikJy canfij-mtd the TepoTts of the hardship Existing in his owa district , in a letter addressed to the editor of the Dorset County Chrcnic'e : ia this spirit , the Rev . Charles Bingfcanj Lzb published a letter , whica we quote from the Ye&r ; i Mercury , the tene snd temper of which do honour ulvke to his own IWeiiuga , and the sacred profession to which lie balorgs . 51 =. B'nchira says , alluding to tiie contradietioni we have « f ciitii to : —

      It is by no means my desire or intention to degrade this very important inquiry into a matter of mere ccntreversy or personality . I do rejoice from my heart that it is sei oa foot- That tistre may be cases even here , eh firooscrs of which might lead to benfeftesl results , it is no p . iri of my present purpose either lo aSmi or to deny ; but 1 < io affirm that tfce treatment of tbe p-ror by the farme-re , ths rate of wages , and their condition in general , is Eotorics » lT better iere than in some pjrts of the vale ; and that , if any such cases be disco-Pr-red as even Mr . Lane adniits to exist at Batcombs

      —nsjutiy , 1 st , that from foar to eve Btimicgs a week tas been paid to a msn on the romls ; or , 2 nd 5 y , tbat sax shi'lings aweekfcas bsen thenstt rciScient for tbe existercs of a man , his wife , snd two children ; or Sdly , ± has s ssoiDSJt , "with two asnit daughters , and a Eou of tWET ^ -y-one , are sleeplog if not in the sxme & ? 3 a ? iiQSi JJ 1 ihe some small room—I pledge myself , and I am sure I may iod the farmers of ste parish , te use our £ XortioES to remove them . Ptrrhsps , as the whole subject seems now to be fa ^ Iy latmchec hefora the public , I may be aUow-. d to sny something of the HiU- £ eJd poor-hcusea . Thourh I fesd Ions known and lamented tha existence of

      XhisEB'saneeifsT / is brought before myattenfcon morepsrtlCOETiy bj IE v { iIaho * and eur&ie the Rev- H . P . Hope , in a request lart winter to join in a subscription for giving the cottages a coat r-f thatch ,. and doing Eoms other trifiisg repairs . Oa tfazt occasion I paid them a-v ? sit in company with him ; and , thouch J tras not uswiVing io assist in ma&ixg tliein . as far as might be , habitable , J slilt deemed it io be my duty io enter a solemn protest apziT < s > iheir h * ing considered oapab ' e of such repair as should render themJLi habitations for human beings at all —or , at say rate , for so- many , and such lirge families , ss tfcey coaiulred . Here , taen , Sir , f maintain . tBtie is a -viass . Most

      that whether ifctj 07 jj bI thg landowners , or the law is £ ? , be in f . -n - . > ^ otuebt not to allow darkness to conesal SDC } j S 2 ens 3 ef ¦ B 7 c : cheduess 23 this . Suit 1 aa . - bai j . D tg _ , ^ ai-hi to be made somewhere to protrrt thea ^ caltnrj labonr ^ fro m the aegradatio ^ neceraniy con- q ^ t Bpoa the 2 - llh ^ poTerty BE 1 , immo ^ l t-naeac / of mzh throned Eud dilapidated fl *'"* ^ - V * ' * -- « a "<« l niakins a mock Xp ^ rSTi ri 5 h x adecaDt ^ teuauceupou the f , e » - « f Grtf S earth , mfe , ^ ura ^ deaTonrinfto grve hj ; u tbe means of obta ^ lx ; -. Teen " -- omnlMimLt fap , or els , t 8 * & * ghzm s , ^ «* , , „ , ^ desirafale than tLe umoa-hoase fern ic ^ is ^ ^^ £°£ EXposad . "

      What these miseries are ia tbe jxoss may be j ^ ere * from tia admission of Mr . Bicujsaj timself that he " deeineHt his duty to eutera s ^ ma protest acainst the sb = Iter provided being consadtn ^ i fl ^ for h ^ man iahltafiol ;! " What tbe rziseiiea ore is detail , art- expMcsa in the recapitulation of isstaccca' given bj 2 &T- Sheridan in his answer to the asarge of exaggeration : — Jimes and Elin Gnndry , HviDg in o&e-c * the four cottages called the poor-house . Xhe greater part of the

      windows are Jbroken and filled np with rsgB to keep tie lEjn aj-d wind ont . There is a very small room below , -which texs once been psved , but is noff in a Juost dUapidated state ; the tophi sIjots isoftaessaje SlZ 3 , "Siill no possibility c ? keepsnzr cms t&e T 2 in "Which tf ^ its through in jdifiWect pbees . Thty have four cb = > ir « 2 , and the hufband only receives six s&i # inps per uetk , and out of thisfhey hare to pay poor-ratrs ju rough vreather the woman told me a a&id ' e cou'd not be kepi alight inVie room . " In the nts : c-= i : art zre Tros . aad j ; : tttiz Fiarcp&on- the forae * sigtty as jtars

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      SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM . On Siturd ^ y night last , about half-past six o ' clock , a ramie of barley stacks , the . produce of fifty acres , on the farm of Mr . Thomas Kersey , Fukenham-hall , was discovered to fce on fire , and was entirely consumed . — Norwich Mercury . About one o'clock on Sunday morning , a fire broke out on the farm premises of Mr . William Tabor , of Polstead , the property of Mrs . Tyrull , which destroyed a barn containing beans , stables , cart-sherta , neat-houses , < fec : The damage ia roughly estimated at between £ 500 and £ 600 . The property was insured . — Norwich Mercury .

      Stotfold . —On Monday nrht , about eleven o ' clock , a fire broke out in the rick yard of Mr . Bryant CHddiua , situate in the very heart of the villago of Stotfold . The wind was high , and we deeply regret to state that seventeen stacks of wheat , barley , bay , and beans , peas , and straw , were completely eoneunied . Moat of the respectable neighbours were prompt in tendering assistance ; but we are sorry to hear , that there was an evident lukewarmueas , if not an actual disinclination evinced by the lower classes of Btotfold . The motives which could buve actuated . the perpetrators of this foul act are involved in mystery , for It appears that no one individual in the couuty of Bedford is more respected for kindness aud humanity than ia Mr . Giddius , and them ia not afc tho present moment one unetnpJoyed labourer in tho parish I—Herts Reformer .

      Jsaprtly after ten o ' clock oa Monday night last a fire waa discovered in a stack-yard , iu the occupation of Mrs . Brown , widow , in the parish of Kotliwell , at the back of the dwelling-noune . When thb range of hovels igaittid , the fhraes iiuinediatoly spread over the whole leuc . th of them iu a biue fl . ine . Airs . Brown is greatly respected in tbe neighbourhood , and no cause cau be assigned for the diabolical act . —Nor champion Mercury . On Sunday niglH , between tun aud eleven o clock , a stack of barley , about thirty yards loug , at the farm of Mr . George Qayfurd Rymer , and about a furlong from the-far-ining premises , waa set ou fire and destroyed—Norwich Mercury .

      SAWbitioatwoRTH . —Oa Tuesday evening , about half-nast six o'clock , a fire broke out in a barn at Omc&p ' s Farm , in Ciay-lano , about one mile from Sawbridgeworth . By baif-puat niue o ' clock the whole of the farm buildings , and the corn stacks excepting one wheat stuck , were levelled to thw ground in one buj < e burning mans , which continued to bbz-i until six o ' clock the HbXt morning . Tne barns were all filled with corn , unthrashed . Tue farm-house , which stood opposite the stack-yard ,, was not toucliui . Tin . fa appears , unfortunatu . y " , to bo little itsason for doubti . 'g that the fire wua the work of some vilo incendiary—Herts Reformer .

      Le-iouton Buzz » ud . —A barn fihed with corn , the proper y of Mr . Toomaa Girrett , of Billiugton , near Leigbton , was destroyed by fire on Friday evening the 17 ch inst . int . Hud the wind been iw un opposite direction , the flitiies must have extended to the dwellinghouse . —Herts Reformer . AllLJ . MfTO . N . —Another incendiary fire occurred at Arlington , on Tuesday night , when much fanning produc * waa consumed : wo have not , as yet , learned the partwiiliirs — Herts Reformer . Fel ' mkrsham . —FiliE . — Early on tke morniDg of Thursday a tiro broke out up cm tbe farm of Swauutll , Faimeraham . The Uedfurd engines were sent for , and the Bre was extinguished before much property waa destroyed . Part of the homestead was burat . Tho fire is believed to be the woik of an incendiary . —Herts Reformer .

      Biiiween eight and uuie o ' clock on Tueed&y night the 21 st instant , a stack of clover standing in a field leading from E ? erdon , to Preston Capts , in the pariah of Evtrdon , tbo property of Mr . Brumrnage , contuiniug about fifteen or sixteen toes , was wilful . y set on fire , by which the whole was consumed ; the loss is estimated at £ 60 . Mr . Brumiuafje * ras insured in the Count > -Fire-iffice . — Norifuimpfon Mermi y . Liverpool— Ia this town there aro 12 , 000 adults cannot road , and 25 , 000 goto no school whatever .

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      THE CASE OF THE POOR FAIKLY STATED . " W ' c are perfectly certain that THE lilGHTS ok the I'oon of every sort find liind whatever in this country—secular , ecclesiastical , moral , physical , educational , recreational , and every other , WANT LOOKING UP and attending to in ri ght earnest . "We give the poor man every right and privilege under the sun upon paper ! He is the happiest and loftiest of human beings in Blackslone ' s Commentaries and in De Lolme upon the Constitution . He is 'free , '

      'independent , ' ' master of himself , ' and « a lord of the creation , ' in company with the squire , lawyer , and surgeon of the parish ; as good as any one of them . * His house is his castle / and 'the air of Heaven is his birthright' ; he lifts up his head and says ' I am a man '—and all that . The only drawback from this high state of existence is THAT HE HAS OFTEN NO BUEAD TO EAT ; and that both the bodies and the souls of these favoured beings are allowed to take their chance , as the saying is . The favourite of liberty' and i law 9 is at liderty to starve at what rate he

      pleases , upon the out-door beneficence of the Poor Law . What right has he to complain so long as he is told that the Barons of Runnymede met six hundred years ago , and screwed the Magna Charta out of King John?—London Times , Mondays Nov . 27 th , 1843 .

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      Sekious Accident at a Church in Hull . —Duriug the gale of Wednesday forenoon about twenty fe « t of the graceful spiro of Si . $ toph . n's Church was blown dowD . The spire , which i ? about ninety feet in heiKht * w * completed , with the « xf , ; : puon of fixing a cross on the top , and the scaffold ing , which had uot been taken down , was borne by the wind against the newly laid etoue-work , which was seen to resist the pressure for some time , and which gave the workmen an opportunity of getting out ot the way . At length it fell with a , terrific crash through the roof of the churoh . No person was hurt . This unfortunate circumstance will delay the opening of tae edifice . Hull Packet .

      A Man Dbowsed in Bud . —On Friday night a lighterman * named David Augin , moored his barge , which was heavily laden , close to tho Tmaple , and went io bed in the cabin . Upon the fide tumia * . ' , the bar , t ; e haying become firmly imbeddsd in tire mud , did not rise with the Witer , which flowed into the cabin where Aitgin elept , and in the morning- he was discovered a corpse , having be&n suffocate i in his bed by thu- water . The lifeless body of the deceased is now awaiting the Coroner '? inquest . Tiiepoor follow has left a wife aud htanii ^ -Qliserver , I

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      Disease . —Disease , to the " clay tenement" of the body , is like a latent reservoir of water at the foundation of an edifice , ' * Which creeps in rotting vapours round the wallfl » Till soou the building crumbles , totters , falls . " But by a timely application of that inestimable remedy which was made kaown by the long-lived Parr , we may dry up the pernicious damp , apply sound earth to the sinking foundation of our constitution , arrest the progress of decay , and occupy our flesshy dwelling through a long succession of yearg while those of the neglectful and imprudent are prematurely tumbling into decu-y . •¦ '

      Tremendous Hurricane . —We have been favoured with the following extract from a letter received by Mr . M . Turner , &I . P . for Troro , from his bod , Mr . Charles Waleingham Tarner , her Britannic Majesty ' s Consul at Carthagena , dated October 23 : — " Oa the morning of the 21 st tost , a most awfal catastrophe occurred here , within two hundred yards of my balcony , and iu sight of my bouse . About four o ' clock In the morning mogfc vivid lightning came on , with tremendous thunder--such lightning as waa never seen at Cartbagena within the memory of man . I left my bed , and proceeded to * the window , where I had not been five minutes before I heard a great rushing of wind proceeding from the east , and I observed also a waterspout , which I no sooner saw than It burst , carrying with it Into the air fiva large felucca boats , of forty to fifty tons each , which foil into the water again , upside down , and of

      course sank , with the poor Bailors on board , fifteen of whom were drowned , ft then proceeded in a north * west direction , unroofing houses ; carrying off tlmbei trees , and even rooks of great weight This morniDg two poor fellows , sailors , who belonged to one of the vessels , werefound dead about a league from Carthageni * having been carried off and dropped by tha wirlwind On the whole were thrown huge atones , houses were demolished , and the roof of tha . ' . Prisichl i wharatha convicts are confined , was completely carried away . -You may * well imagine tha heartrending cries of tb » poor mariners—0 Dios mio Strange , however , asife may seem , an English brig was at anchor within fifty yards of the spot where the waterspout burst , and sustt Mned no damage whatever . I have just been informed th&'ttwo of tbe feluchas only the day before bnvgas 300 t "u&oners for political offences from Barcelona . Hao I not been an eye-witness of this awful vlsitatioUi i could vaA oava believe ^ iV—JF « i Britm .

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      6 ^ THE NORTHERN STAR . \

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct679/page/6/