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SONG FOB THE MILLIONS . It comet 1 it cornea i the clarions day , When holy freedom shall prevail . When battle strife , and Wood / fray Shall be is a forgotten tale—When -virtue ahall triumphant rise , And nee he nrept from off the earth , yttt sn man shall look np to the skies , And bless the God that / rare him Birth—When joy , and charity , and peace , And Iotb , shall cheer the human heart—Tffhen hate shall die , and discord cease , And treachery from the world depart . Ye minions that all sorrows share , And , ' midst of plenty , starve and pine , Be joyful , for your constant prayer Hath reaeh'd the throne of Heaven divine He who can comfort ye hath sent
His Angel to make loud proclaim , That " truth shall reien . " each knee be bent , For " Knowledge" is that Angel ' s name . Oh ! bles&cd messenger of Heaven , Hail ! hail to thee , the soul ' s delight , Tby mission hath been sorely given , To turn our darkness into light—Thy presence righteous rapture brings—Men feel thy power , and own thy sway , Bsn&ath the shadow of thy wings Injustice and deceit decay . Those rights . usurped by the few U ^ to the many thou wilt give , Proving iha proverb to bj »
true—That all shall free and equal lire . Then let mankind embrace thy form , The foretaste of immortal life , Thy fruits alone can quell the storm Of brutal ignorance and strife . Be it the poets' pride to praise Thy good effects , thy moral power , Who sees thy pure resplendent rays , Descending in a genial shower , Inspire bis heart , his he * d , and pen , To pioneer thy glorions reign . To soothe the souls of savage men , And heal the pangs of mental pain . Knowledge ! the patriot ' s heart tbon cheers
Freedom revives where ' ere tbon goes , -Sat tyrants breasts are flll'd with feaxa ^ For thy disciples are their foes . What fool is he would stop thy course , Or struggle to impede thy way . O ' er all the earth thy miehty force Bolls en in triumph day by day . Xhy ¦ works shall cause men to combine , And cleanse corruption to the core . Thou hast the power , the task be thine , The reign of Freedom to restore . Bejjjamix Stot Manchester .
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AN ADDRESS Written by John Watkins . and Spoken by Mr . Seville , at the Royal Victoria Theatre , on Wednesday . December 7 th , 1842 , / or the Benefit if the Orphan of the latt WtUiam Thomas , Stone Mason * See here this child!—this little lonely flower , Befresh'd to-night by your reviving shower . Lookup , my boy I—thy benefactors see!—"Us innocence -we help -when tre bfclp thee r He lost his mother ! ( greatest loss below . ' ) Lost her before a mother he could know . The vampire Deatn did steal her breath away , While he asleep npon her bosom lay ; Bat then he had a father !—now no more . ' Bereft of both , and left upon life ' s shore ! Had not our TJsios stretch'd its band to save , This brother ' s ihild had periah'd on his grave .
" Twas on a luckless morn near Sonning'B Brow , Where the Great Western ents the line below , The steam-horse flying with its carriage-train Of Christmas folks , to visit home again ; AH tainting of the friends they soon will see—But hark . ' that crash ;—those shrieks of agony ! Death met them there , alas ! no more they'll heir « A merry Christmas and 3 Happy Year I " This orphan ' s father shared the frightful doom—HurTd from the railway to a sudden tomb . Of parents , kindred , friends , and home bereft , And to the Bastile'a tender mercies left . Mysterions Providence by this hath tried
If we had pity lor mm to provide . "We » ou | ht your aid , and yon to-night hare ahown , Tout care no less for him than for your own . He lost his mother and his fader too ; But found the want of both roppUed by you . Yes , to your hearts we ne'er appeal in vain , TTusteel'd by pride—unpttrLSsd by gain ! Jfo titled crowns around your brows may shine , But there Philanthropy beams more divine ! Your breasts iime not with high-born Honour's star , But , warmer by pity , they are nobler far . Virtue more virtuous is in sons of toil , Tor virtue loves a hardy , honest soiL
This child scarce knows how he can thank ye yet , Bat Hearen repays the poor man ' s pious debt ; His parents' spirits hover o ' er your head , And blessings on you for his sake they shed ! From a Correspondent .
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LEEDS . —Tempekasck Sooett . —Th « annnal festival of this society was celebrated on Monday evening last , by a party in the Music Hall , Albionstreet . There -eras a very numerous and highly respectable company of both sexes , and the saloon of the Mnsic Hall , which was elegantly and appropriately decorated with evergreens , flags , &c ., presented a gay and festive scene . Tea was served np on numerous tables , divided into suitable partitions , each ^ tion being presided over by a lady to whose man ?^ ement it had been previously assigned ; and to all of whom the eompmy "were greatly indebted . The tables having been all Btored , ** We thank thee , Lord , for ibis onr food , " was snug , after which ample jusuee was done to the viands , and " the cap which ch ers bnt not inebriates" was freely partaken of . After tea the tables were cleared from
me body of the room and the company , increased to a densely wedged mass , were accommodated by cross Beats , ctetj portion of the orchestra being also oeenpied . Previous to the commencement of the business , fonr stanzas of an appropriate hymn by Mr . Sigourney , of America , were suDg . Mr . John Andrew jan . was anncoijced in the placards calling tbe meeting 10 preside , but at his request , and by the Tote of the intense , his brother . Mr . Joseph Andrew , occupied tbe chair , and addressed the meeting at some length , as did also , J . 5 . Buckingham , Esq , the oriental traveller , who entered into a narration of events and circumstances winch led him 10 the conclusion that total abstinence from intoxicating liquors was the best adapted to the physical and mental health of man ; and the Rev . Joseph Barker , of Newcastle . Thanks were then voted to the ladies and the meeting broke np about ten o ' clock .
Fatal Accide > -t . —On Tcesdsy noon , an inquest was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of John Calveriey , fifty-fonr years of age , who died in the Infirmary on Monday evening . The deceased wa ^ a s * zlag boiler , at Morley ; he had been a : Gildersome , on Friday last , which place he'left about five o ' clock in the afternoon , and on crossing & fit-id- in the occupation of Air . Tbom&s Beevers , he by seme mesiis , on s * epping from the side of afootpathjfell intoa duch and sustained a compound dislocation of ihe ancle joint . He lay in this state until abon ; nine o ' clock , whrn he was found and removed home , from whence he was brought to the Infirmary on Saturday morning . Mr . Allan , the House Surgeon , attributed his death to the injuries he had sasrained , and the previous state of the deceased ' s health . Yerdict , " Accidental Death . "
CoxjoTiAi . —On Saturday last , a boy named Samuel Scott , was committed * for trial by the sitting BiagMrates , at th 9 Court Hc-a = e , on a charge of having stoltn two pairs of children ' s shoes from the shop of Mrs . Wheatley , as the top of Meadowlane . Highwat Hobbebt . —On Tuesday last , a man of bad character , tamed Samuel Foihereiii , residing | t Holbeck , wa = brought before GnSkh Wright , &q . and Richard Braonley . Esq ., on a charge cf hignway robbery . Two other men , named Hudson and HoldsR-orth , were in custody on the same eharge , bus ttitre being no evidence to implicate them , they were discharged . The Rev . Israel Holgate . Wesleyan minister , deposed , that he resided at Bramley , and on the evening of the Tnesday pre-Jm > U 5 he had been at Armley to preach ; he was returning home alone at near nine o ' clock , and -when * Khin a short distance of Coekshot Lane Bar , on toe Leeds and Stani-ingley road , he was attacked by three his
men who knocked him down , covered eyes , ted stole from bis person a silver watcn , with a steel «*} , a silver SBnff-box , with bis name , ** Israel Hokate , " engraved on the lid , a pocket-knife with Peari handle and two bladeB , a salver pencil cas « , j > or tDereabouts , in money , a pair of spectacles , *? d other articles . Information of this robbery was K" « n to the police , bnt no trace of the thieves waff " ^ covered nntil Sunday last , when , from some ^ jastanees which reached tbe ears of Inspector wuw n 6 j along ^ tjj Hartley and Stubbs , wentto 5 * i a man ***<* Stockweli , in Holbeek , wivn whom Fothergill lodged ; they found him there v , ? ' ? oa searching him they found nothing ; out m his wife ' s pocket they found a silver pencil «** a pearl-handled knife , and a brass watch key ! toe wnoie of which articles Mr . Bolgate identified « Put of the property of which he had beenrobbed . no other part of th « property had been discovered . * oihexgfli was fully committed to York Castle for »»* iat ; be flextassiz 9 s .
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The Tslk op Mut . —A memorial to the Board of Trade from eevera-i .-Bjercantile houses in Leeds has recently been transmitted to London . The memorialists express their opinion of the injustice of levying a tax of 2 id per oent . on British goods imported into the Isle of Man , and they farther state their conviction that anch a form of tax * t -- is detrimental to the manufacturing and other trading interests of the united kingdom , whose goodB , they submit , should go free into that part of Her Majesty ' s dominion . In reply to the memorial the following communication has l > een received : — Office of Committee of Privy Counoil for TradeWhitehall
, December 10 , 1842 . —Gentlemen , —I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of tbe printed application , signed by yourselves and other merchants of Leeds , relative to the duty of 2 J per cent , and fifteen per cent , on the importation into the Isle of Man . of cotton , woollen , and other British manufactured goods ; and I am directed to acquaint you , for yonr information and that of the memorialists , that my Lords do BOt at present Bee any sufficient reason for an alteration in the coasting-system . I am , gentlemen , your obedient servant , J . Macgregob . Messrs Stowe , Brothers and Co ., Leed 6 . "
Savage Assault . —On Saturday last , Mr . Joseph Northorp , of Pudsey , butcher , was fined by the magistrates at the Court House 40 s . and costs , for an aggravated assault on a young man named Cooke , at theliouse of Mr , Wilson , the White Swan Inn , Briggate , on the Tuesday previous . The defendant was in liquor , and was very violent and abusive ; he not only struck the complainant with an iron spitoon , by which his hand was greatly injured , but also threw a tumbler glass at the head 01 another person which only missed him by a very providential turn , or a sacrifice of life might have been the result .
* BOIiTON—Charge of Embfzilement—At the Borough Court , on Monday list , George Harkness , late a traveller for Robert and George John Clapperton , of Bolton , drapers and travelling chapmen , was brought up , charged with having embezzled various sums of money beloDging to his employers , and with having stolen from them two yards of broad cloth , and two yards and a half of kerseymere . It was stated in evidence , that , about May , 1840 , the . prisoner entered the prosecutors' service as a traveller , for the term of four years , and was to have meat , lod ^ ia ^ s , cloihe ? , and travelling expenses ; the clothes to be paid for at the end " of the term , when they were to staTt him in business . He
continued in their service nntil the 31 st of December last ; when , by consent , he returned to Scotland . It was his duty to enter all goods sold in one book , and tbe money received in another bcok , and make up his accounts every Friday evening . He had sold a gown piece to Mrs . Culcheth , of Horwich , for which no entry bad been made ; And it was proved that he had received the money . A number of papers with various sums of money npon them , in his own handwriting , were handed in , out not received as evidence . John Shaw , a fellow-servant with prisoner , stated , that Borne time ago , oa a Saturday night , he asked the prisoner if he had any money ; and the prisoner said he had , and showed tim 83 . or 10 s . He then aa-. d he had
sold goods for ready money , and not entered them . Oa the 22 d October last , he saw prisoner cut off the cloth spoken of , in prosecutors' warehouse , fold it in a parcel , direct it for himself , and take it away . This . witness was severely cross-examined by Mr . Jardine , as to being a servant so long a time , and not having informed bis employers when he had a knowledge of the prisoner ' s defalcations . Mr . Jardine declined calling evidence in defence , reserving it for the Quarter Sessions , if necessary . Tha prisoner , he said , had left by consent , being furnished with money by the prosecutor to go to Scotland , and no inquiries were made about him . He returned to
Bolton about three weeks ago , aud entered the service of Mr . Watson , another draper , and had been amongst the prosecutors' customers . They , probably , not liking their connection injured , had instituted the prosecution . The prisoner was committed for trial at the boroMfi sessions . HUDDSSfflELS-On Monday night last , as a young man named Holroyde , was returning from Lindley homewards , he mistook his road from the darkness of the night , and instead of coming through the style on the road at ' the Top of Aiulejs , go : so near to the edge of a precipice that he fell , and so far injured himself that his life 13 despaired off .
jBARNSXiEY . —On Sunday a public examination of- the children of the Odd Fellows Sunday School , will take place in the school room , at two o ' clock in « . he afternoon , after which several scholars will recite pieces . A collection will be made at the close in aid of the funds of the school . Also on Monday evening a public tea party and ball wi . l take place in ihe Odd Fellows' Hall , the proceeds to be appropaia . t « d to ihe support of the above school . The amusements of the evening will be interspersed with songs , reonations , and a party of glee singers will be in attendance . The tea will be on the table at fire o ' clock , p . m ., and the ball to commence at eight punctually . Tickets , to tea aud ba 1 , 1 =. each , && 11 only , 6 a ., may be had of the priiuer , of J . school-master , Mr . C bo mas FretwclL , Odd Fellows ' Hall , Mr . Joshua Wilkinson , Musical Tavern , and of the committee .
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Wages . —Lord Lonsdale has ordered a reduction to be made in the Traces of his labourers—of iwo shillings per week on those receiving 13 s . —Carlisle Journal . Beidpokt . —As a proof of the mildness of the season , there is now to be ? een in the garden of Mr . James Trevis , of Biddlelake Farm , nearAis town , a robin ' s" nest , with foar young ones : t ^ B appear quite healthy and strong . —Salisbury / rV ^ K The Ttphtts Fever continues its ? & ^^ L turning many once happy homes into houst ^^ Kiouniing . Many families have been sevei ^^ Hitcdmore than one gap having been mad ^^^ Bme . — Dundee Herald . ^^^ H Th « Hkv . Wh . Bailey , L . L . D ., cbar /^^ Hi forging a promissery note ior £ 2875 , purj ^^ H to be drawn ty Robert Smith , deceased , on ^^ H Anne Bailey , ( sister of the prisoner , ) has ^ beei ^^ Bnitted for tria . at the Old Bailey . ^ B
A supekfike beaver bat was sent by po ^ He other day from Manchester to Belfast . The postage on this novel transmission was 3 d . —[ False : there is no Euch postage . ] A dkove of 5000 geese passed through Cambridge last week , on their way to the great holocaust in London . When they baited , the hissing multitude were fed with 10 combs of oats and 20 bushels of potatoes . The Leicester Herald ( an ultra Tory journal ) was discontinued on Saturday week , after being in existence fifteen years . A tew days ago , as one of the engines , with the tender -attached , was going at full speed between this town and Rotherham , a pigeon was seen to fly very low , directlj along the line before the engine . Whether- from frijjht or want of speed is not known , bat , strange to say , it was overtaken , knocked down by the engine , and run over . —Sheffield Iris .
Christmas Boxes . —The board of management of the St . Maryiebone Alms-houses , St . John ' s-wood , have distributed a Christmas gift cf 5 s . to each sing l e x > er&on inhabiting a room in that institution , and 7 s . 6 d . to each married couple . The institution affords a refuge , with bread and coals , to above s-eveniy . aged and decayed ratepayers of St . Maryiebone . Forfeiture op a Railway . —On Wednesday , the 2 l-tinst ., Sir Henry Hunloke , Bart ., of Wingerworth Hall , proceeded , along with Mr . Brown and other witnesses , to take possession of the branch line of railroad leading from Hopton-bridge to Timberlane ( known as ihe Duke ' s line ) , which the North Midland Company has forfeited to him under certain arrangements . —Derbyshire Courier .
The Usemployed . —Large numbers of operatives in want of employment still wander about the streets . On Friday a party , consisting of upwards of a hundred , held a meeting in Albion-street , in the open air , to discuss their grievances . Prevented as they are from soliciting charitj , what can thesa famithed creatures do ? They are it present literally starving , with no prospects of relief . —Glasgow Citizen . A Man Shot Dead with x Cork . —A few mornings ago , Dr . G . M . M'Cullock , of Maghera , near Beifast , and Dr . Barr , of that town , were visiting a
patient a short disiaacs in Vbe country , and ou , tneix return to town , they called at the hotel , got two bottles of soda-water , when , whilst Surgeon Barr was in the act of uncorking one of the boules , the cork flew , and struck Surgeon M'Cullock somewhere about the ja « ular vein , and he fell almost instantaneously . Surgeon Barr , who was much agitated at the shock , was unable to render much relief . Surgeon Marcus Doorish was immediately called in , who used every means possible to restore the unfortunate gentleman to life , but the vital spark
had fled . Sethi children ? belonging to St . Saviour ' s Charity Schooli Southwark , divided among themselves a small packet of yellowish powder which one of them had picked up in the street , and found to be of a sweetish tas ; e . They were soon afterwards taken dreadfully ill , the powder having been found to be arsenic , and although prompt remedies were applied , one of them who had eaten the largest portion died the same day , and the rest had a very narrow escape * . Lrps asd Laboub . —A sempstress in London , it
appear is paid l $ d . for making a sailors shirt . By working very hard , " and finding her own needles /' she may thus earn 4 £ d . a day . The price of the cheapest quartern loal she can bny is 5 jd . A loaf of bread is Id . dearer than her whole day ' s work . One of these wretched sufferers was caaght taking prutsic acid the other day . When the labour of life is so severe , who can wonder that the poor should often be reckless in leaving it ? When we contrast the wages of industry with the rewards of dissipation , is . there room for surprise at tbe prevalence of rice !
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A FRiEJfD to Astro-Meteorology states his opinion " that this winter will not only be much more severe than any we have had of late years , but tba > the cold weather will commence soon after the new moon , if not before . The year will pass out with sharp weather , whilst from the 1 st to the nth of January we are likely to experience the lowest temperature for the next year . About the 3 rd and 7 th days will be extremely rigorous , with rouch snow aud probably wind . "—Hampshire Advertiser . Loss of £ 3 , 000 in Bank Notes . —We have learned that a paroel , transmitted from a provincial town by caravan , and containing , as we are
informed , £ 3 , 000 in bank notes , has been lost or stolen . The parcel was directed to the office of a banking establishment in this city , and was delivered , in znist&ks for another , to an individual who travelled by the caravan , on its arrival in this city . On inquiry being made subsequently at the residence of this person , he exhibited what he stated to be the contents , which consisted of brown paper folded neatly . The affair is enveloped in . mystery . An iuquiry upon the subject has commenced at one of the police-offices . It is said that the notes were sent up to Dublin for the purpose of bting cancelled . —Mercantile Advertiser .
A Royal Baroit of Christmas Beef . —Her Majesty commanded that a baron of beef , according to * ' old English custom in baronial halls and royal palaces , " should be the chief dish at the royal banquet at the Castle on Christmas Day . A splendid baron , weighing nearly 250 pounds , was selected for the occasion by on e of the purveyors of meat to her Majesty at Windsor . The baron was nearly four feet in length , and upwards of two feet wide ; " a dainty dish , " in every way worthy to " set before " tW Qieen . This enormous joint was roasted on Fr iday , and placed upon the banquet table cold .
Extraordinary Fire . —On the 12 th inst ., before daybreak , as the London mail was approaching Huntley , a Tillage between Gloucester aud Ross , the guard , in passing a van loaded with goods , discovered something on fire inside the waggon , and immediately called and gave the alarm to the driver , who . quickly climbing up the side of the vehiole f removed the tarpaulin when tie flames burst forth with great violence : the horses , becoming much frightened , started off at full gallop , and with such speed that the guard of the mail was obliged to call out to the coachmau several times , to enable them to keep a-head of the fiery vehicle in the roar , which blazed away for several mile ? , the affrighted animals galloping ai tho top of their speed , tili the whole of the good * , which consisted of hops , grocery , and drapery , and the body of the waggon , were totally consumed . The driver of the van is severely burnt , and the value of the goods consumed is very considerable .
Spain . —The Barcelonese have been effectually quieted , but with a 6 trong hand , and at a heavy expense to the rebellious city . Thirteen soldiers active m the insurrection has been shot , by order of the Regent ; some 70 or 80 more are to be transported for different periods , up to ten years ; and a fine of twelve million reals have been exacted from the city of Barcelona , to be paid within a period of eight days . The conduct 0 ? the French consul at Barcelona , M . Leeseps , duving the insurrection , has roused strong feelings of indignation is the Spanish Government and its sapparters , which at one : ime almost threatened a rupture between Espartero and Louis Philippe . This functionary is accused of having bv his statements milled tho defenders of a
fort at Barcelona into surrender to the insurgents , of detaining the wife and children of the Spanish Captain-General as hostages for the insurgent junta , and of re-landing several of the most violent of its members to return and blow up the flame of rebellion after the insurgents had laid down their arm ^ . The answer of the French Government to these charges was to take upon itself the responsibility of the Consul ' s acts by rewarding him with tho rank of an officer of the legion of honour . Mutual remonstrances have ensued , the French Government alleging that its Consul has been calumniated , but as Espartero has been too cautious to give his too powerful neighbour any feasible pretext for a quarrel , the threatening aspect of affaire will , it is hoped , disappear .
Mrs . Tbollope and tiib New Poor Law . — Every one to whom the New Poor Law forms a matter of consideration will be interested to know that Mrs . Trollope , who so successfully directed attention to the Factory System by her work entitled " Michael Armstrong , " intends commencing the New Year with a new production in Siiilling Monthly Numbers , called " Jessie Phillips , " of which the existing Poor Law furnishes the theme . The following is an extract from the prospectus : — 4 k The objeef- the anthor has had in view in the composition of this work has been to call the attention of her readers to the absolute necessity of some alteration in the Law which at present regulates the maintenance and management of the poor . Her
own conviction of its tyranny and injustice , of the cru-4 hardships which are inflicted on the poor by the attempc to enforce them , is strong , and she conscientiously believes well founded . She is also deeply impressed with the general impolicy and evil tendency of that system of administrative centralization , which seems of iate to have been creeping into the practice of our Government . -Above all , the authoress is anxious to declare her detestation of the newly broached doctrine that the poor have no right to a sufficiency of necessary food to sustain the life which God has given them ; and she hopes and believes that there are still abundantly enough English hearts to join with her in scouting this doctrine as unchristian .
Shipwreck . —On Friday morning last , we regret to state , that in consequence of the foggy and stormy state of tho weather , the galliot Die Gute Hoffuung was driven into our bay , about three o'clock in the morning , and grounded amid a tremendous surf on that formidable sandbank , Cefu Sidan , immediately under Tanlan , which has so often ingulfed vessels and their valuable cargoes . She was bound from Leghorn , in Italy , to the city of Hamburgh , with a general cargo , consisting , among other things , of valuable marble statuary , the principal of which was a splendid statue of Diana , intended as a present to the King of Prussia , the value of which is estimated at j £ 2 . 000 . The crew consisted of the captain , mate , and three sailors ; the captain ' s wife
and two children were also on board . Of these all were saytd , except one little boy , the captain's son , who died from exhaustion aud exposure to the tempest . From the time the ship struck a tremendous surf continued to break over her , and it was wnh tho greatest difficulty they saved themselves from being swept away by clinging to the rigging . In this forlorn state they were discovered by David Williams , a fisherman , living at Penybach , who , at low water , with a fevp of his neighbours , at considerable personal risk , rowdd to the vessel , and suoceeded in extricating the captain and crew from their perilous situation . The ship sailed from the port of Eindeu ,
aad belonged to the captain , J . N . C . Selck , entirely . The ship left Leghorn on the 26 th of October , aud in consequence of the thickness of the weather the captain was unable to take a single observation since the 9 ih of this month , which , with the heavy southwesterly gales that prevailed , will ac 3 ouut for his ignorance of the precise position in whiclt he was when the ship was driven on shore . She has since become a total wreck , and is imbedded in the santis . Mr . M'Kierman , of Pembrey , thinks some of tho marble in the hold may be recovered , and has eugaged to make an attempt to rai ? o the fame on beiug allowed one-third in value of all he succeeds in bringing up . Wo are sorry to state tbe ship was only insured to half its value . —Carmarthen Journal .
A FASHioNABtK Miscreant . —At Bow-street , on Thurscay , a gentJcmaufy young man , fashionably attired , who gave hia name Charles Henry , was cnarged before Mr . Hail , with taking Isabella Spicer , a child interesting in appearance , and only nine years of age , to a brothel . Mary Arm White , the owner of the House , stated thp . t the prisoner came to her house , about two o ' clock this morning , and asked to be shown to a room . He was accompanied by a chiid , and she ( witness ) would not allow him to go up Btairn with such a child . He then abused her , aud knocked her down , when she gave him into the custody of a policeman . The child was orderedto be placed in the witness box , and as she appeared at the bar o < the box , which she could
but just look over , an indescribable thrill of indignation ran through the court . After being questioned upon the nature of an oath , she was sworn , and stated that she lived in Oakley-street , Lambeth , and wa « out selling lucifer matches , and having come over to this side of the water , she had lost herself , and was coming •• own St . Martin ' s-lane , inquiringher way home , when tho prisoner came up and asked her to come . with him , and he would give her some money . She followed him , expecting that he would give her something , and he then took her to tbe house of last witness , in a court off Long-acre . The parents of the child 6 aid they were out all night looking for her , as her usual time for coming home was ten o ' clock . Mr . Hall condemned them fur allowing their child to go about begging ; they , however , pleaded their extreme poverty . Police constable , 40 F , stated that when he took the prisoner into custody , he offered him £ 2 to
allow him to escape , but he ( the policeman ) was determined to secure him . Tho prisoner then strugled to get away , and stiuck the officer so severely , as to fell him to the earth . The officer pursued him , and succeeded in re-capturing him , when he conveyed him to the Btation house . The magistrate said that the prisoner was guilty of three distinet charges , the first of which he would not at present give an opinion upon . But for the assault upon the woman , who so properly refused to admit him into her house with a child of such a tender age , he would fine him £ 5 , or , in default of payment , to one month in the House of Correction . For the assault upon the constable , he would at once commit him for one month to hard labour . Mr . Hall severely animadverted upon the conduct of the prisoner , who , in answer to the magistrate ' s inquiry , said he was of high family , and a law student . The prisoner was then removed , but appeared not the least affected .
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A MELANCHOLr ACCIDKNX hapDenod at the Steventon railway station oa Wednesday last . It appears that an active young mail of the name of Charles Ward , nineteen years of age , was employed as an assistant by the oompany , and on the arrival of one of the luggage trains , about one or two o'clock in the morning , he very imprudently endeavoured to get on the etep of one of the trucks r / efore it had stopped , and his foot slipping he was knocked down , and the carriage went-over both his . 'thigh ^ . crushiQg them in a dreadful manner . The poor fellow was brought to our infirmary in a fly , bat survived only one hour after his arrival .- Oxford Herald . Attempt to Murder a Farmer in Brandon , Suffolk . —On' the night of the 22 nd instant a most daring attempt was made to murder Mr . George
Wood , farmer , of the village of BfandoD , Suffolk He had gone during the day to Soham , a small town not far distant , to transact some business , and started homewards at about ten o ' clock . Upon reaching his residence within a mile , and when near the house of Mr . Kenyon , which stands amidst , some trees and shrubs , a gun or large pistol was levelled at him and disharged . It fortunately happened that he escaped uninjured , and the ruffian , as soon as he found that his object had failed , ran off as fast as he could . Mr . Wood ia not better known than respected in the village , 'and with 1 what object his life oan have been sought , except for the purpose of plunder , cannot be conceived . A reward of £ 50 for such information as would lead to the apprehension of the parties has been offered .
Comparative National Stature , —In consequence of arguments respecting the height for soldiers we have taken some pains at various times to ascertain the relative height of English , Irish , and Scotch recruits . As far as the Line Regiments are concerned the Irish have a decided advantage in haighi . It must be , however , taken into account that tho Guards , the Marines , and the majority of the Cavalry and Artillery are English , and the recruits for these are all of superior standard . It may then be doubted , if an equal number of tall men were deducted out of the total recruits raised in Ireland , whether any differenoe would exist . In weight the English recruit has the advantage , the heights being equal . A regiment of the Hue that consists wholly of Englishmen will generally be found to average shorter than either the Irish , Scotch , or the mixed oorps >—2 Vava / and Military Gazette . : ;
Singular Recovery of Stolen Property . -- ba « containing ' . the sum of £ 85 in notes and coin , tho property of the stewards of the Ruby , was stolen from the cabin of that vessel , at Gravesend , on Saturday se ' nnight . No traces could be found either of the box or tho thief , and the disconsolate owners had givenupill thoughts of ever recovering their lost treasure . On Wednesday SG ' nnightU was discovered , with its contents untouched , amongst the ashes heaped up in , a coal barge . It appears that on the night of the robbery tho Ruby was moored alongside the said barge , and the robber , fearful of detection , had buried his plunder amongst the rubbish until he could find an opportunity of conveying it away in safety . The culprit has not yet been discovered .
Infant Lecturer . —Master Arthur Harvey , of Hales worth , uged eight years and & half , bas ' been lecturing on astronomy at Framlingham , Woodbridge , &c . The correct and app * opriate language of the yountj lecturer , illustrated by many suitable diagrams constructed by himself , excited tlie admiration and caller ! forth tho warm approbation of his auditor ? . His modest self-possession and freedom from embarrassment , his extraordinarily retentive memory and aecurracy of minute detail , we are told , would do credit ( to an experienced lecturer , — -Norwich Paper . —iWe think the poor child would hare been better ik bed 1
The Poor Law Commissioners versus Christmas Fabe . —At the last meeting of the Limeriek Board of Guardians a letter was read from the Guardians , disapproving of the proposed dietary for the paupers on Christmas-day , when the following very sensible resolution , appended at the foot of the letter , was adopted , with the full approval of all present : — " Resolved , that the Commissioners be requested to defray the expenses of the extra diet out of their enormon 3 salaries . " Mansfield —On Monday-morning two oat stacks , onn barley stack , one of hay , and one of straw , and two barns , ono containing about forty loads of unthrashed wheat , wore completely burnt to a cinder , one barn was completely gutted ; nothing but the bare walls are standing . The property belongs to Mr . John Naylor , of Pieaslt-y Hill , in the parish of Mansfield . The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary . . :
Gkren Christmas . —Tho weather on the continent ; during the last for : night has been equally fine and spring-like as wi < h us , Tuesday week , in Hamburg , was one of the moft beautiful days which , during the revolving months of 1843 , has shope upou the picturesque and delightful scenery of its suburbs . Amongst tho . shipping , the men at work threw off , not only jackets , but waistcoats and neckerchiefs , as they would have done ; in May . There was not a particle of ico in tho Elbe ; but , on the contrary , the
day was quite warm . Since Saturday ; the weather at sea . his assumed ft more rquVnootial appearance , t'n Sunday , at break of day , tho song of the blackbird palutcd our ears with all tho freshness of returning summer . Yesterday was one of the warmest days wo have had during this very unseasonable woather . Our own oat-door avocations gave ub a broiling ; and we mas with peveral windows thrown open to the full extent , where clerks aud artizins were pursuing their in dustrious occupations . —Eastern Counties Herald .
Serious Affray between the military and Police , at Paisley .---Since the arrival of the depot of the 57 th regiment of Royal Irish Fusileers at Paisley garrison , a , good deal of quarrelling and disturbance have taken place between them on the one hand , and the inhabitants and police on the other . Threeot" the soldiers had been drinking in a public house in Moss-street , on the afternoon of Monday , and had fallen put with some other company in the room in which they were sitting . After having left the house , they returned in a few minutes , leaped the counter of a shop , and commenc « A an indiscriminate attack on a ! who came in their way , which , as a matter of course , soon threw the whole house into the utmost
contusion . Two police officers arriving , one of them was struck a slight blow with a stick , which had the . effect of . making him start back and bo more on his guard . When the landlord had succeeded in getting all concerned in the row turned out-afc the door , he followed the soldiers towards the County-builtf ings on their way to tho barracks , in order to preserve tho peace till they got out of the town . When they arrived at the north ond of the building another stand was made , and the stick or club with which the soldier was armed was again put into requisition—the fellow twirling it about , his head , and striking at every one within his reach . The officer who was struck the " second time again approached , and received a blow which felled him . This raised the
indignation of the spectators , and one stout fellow , more courageous than the rest , rushed upon the madman and threw him off his feet . He RBd one of his companions were then taken to the police-ofliQethe third escaped . The two soldiers have since been handed over to the county Fiscal for prosecution . The police officer is still in a dangerous state , his skull having been laid bare and ' slightly fractured . Oh the flame evening , about ; eight o ' clock , a night watchman , while proceeding to the office to go on duty , was attacked by another of these men , who struck at him with his stick , and used the most threatening language . He was . takt n into custody , and will be brought up under a libel by tho burgh Fiscal . —Glasgow Chronicle .
A Fatal Experiment . —On Tuesday evening last , the quiet and peaceful village of Eckington , in this county , was thrown into a state of great excitement by a rep&rt that a boy about ten years of ase , the son of a labouring man named Ttiomas Jeynes , had hung himself , and 011 inquiry the report was found to be but too true . For somo time past the deceased had been in the employ of-Air . Sheppard , of the abov 8 place , as carter ' s boy , and on the evening in question , upon Baynes , the carter , going into the stabie between five and six o ' clock , he . discovered him lyiiiR at full length upon tho ground , with a cord , one end of which was attached to a beam , drawu tightly round his neck , by which his head W 3 . S raised about a quarter of a yard from the
ground . It was conceived almost impossible that strangulation could have taken placa while he was in this position , as he had the free use " of all his limbs , and he could easily have extricatod himself from his situation ; but it wa « supposed that he had balanced himsolf upon something while he fastened the cord to tho beam , having done which helost his hold and foil , and continued strn ^ gliuK until he got into the position in which he was discovered , bu : was then too weak to make any efforts to save himself . Immediately he was found he was taken into Mr . Sheppard ' s house , and a person living in the village , who is occasionally called in in cases of necessity , was Bent for to bl » ed him ; but when he arrived life was quite extinct , and the blood refused to flow . Various rumours were speedily afloat as to tho cause of this melancholy event , some of which were calculated , if true , to connect with it John Haynes , Mr . Sheppard's carter . It was said that he was
continually ill-treating the boy , and some ventured to hint that he had actually hung him . On Friday an inquest was held on the body at the Bell Inn , Eokington , before Mr . C . Best , and a highly respectable jury , when , after diligently and carefully investigating the case , the jury . returned a verdict that the deceased died from ' strangulation ; and unanimously acquitted Hayues , the carter , of all blame whatever . In the course of the inquiry it was stated that while the deceased was talking with two other boys , about his own age , the night before his death about the murder at Rouse Lenoh , upon one of his companions remarking that the prisoner Archer would be hung , he observed " that he should not mind about being hung . " The general opinion now is , that he had no intention of committing suicide , but was merely trying what sensation hanging would produce , when he lost his hold , fell , and could not recover himself . —Ten Town's Messenger .
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Novel Mode of Robbing a HENvRoosT .-r-Faf mer Hudd , of North Fareham , had his fbwMiou 3 e robbed a few nights since , in the following novel manner , of nine fowls : —The thieves having found a hole in the house large enough for their purpose , sent in a ferret , secured by a string , which , on seizing & fowl , was drawn to the hole , the bird taken ; and the trick repeated . The tenth experiment failed by the string breaking , leaving tha ferret behind to disclose the manner of a robbery , which otherwise would havs been unaccountable . Many fowl-houses in the neighbourhood have lately been robbed in this ingenious way . —Hampshire Advertiser .
Meeting at Skibbereen—Presence of the Military ano Police dispensed with . —A numeroHaly attended meeting of the magistrates and inhabitants generally of Skibbereen and the surrounding districts , took place on Thursday in the court-house or" that towu , Lord Carbery in the chair , for the purpose of adopting measures in regard to the removal of the large military and police forces quartered in the town since the unfortunate occurrence at Hath . The result of considerable discussion was the passing of a resolution , proposed by
Alexander O'DriscolI , Esq ., seconded by Rionard Townsend , Esq ., to the effect , that , deeming the collection of the poor rates throughout tho district , as represented by the returns of the collectors , to bo in a much more satisfactory state than ceuld , under the circumstances , have been looked for , it was the opinion of the meeting that the military should be reduced to a major arid fifty rank and file—the same to be quartered in barracks ; and the entire of the constabulary , eay 120 , be ordered off to their respective quarters . —Cork Reporter .
Death from over eating at a Christmas Feast . —Last Monday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest in the vestry-room of the church of St . Mary Somerset , Upper Thames-street , on the body of Thomas Rogers , aged fifty-five . It appeared in evidence that the deceased was a workman in the employ of Mr . Rathbone , of Trigg ' s-wharf , Thames-street . On Christmas-eve all the men on the premises were , according to the usual custom , regaled with a supper , and at eight o ' clock sat down to tbe table . The deceased ate very heartily , and upon the removal of tho cloth drank freely ; for , from thebottles of whu-ky with which his master had provided them , they were allowed to take as much as they could drink . After 1
eleven o clock at nighthe could not hold his head up , and as ho leaned forwards on the table hiacosnpauions , thinking he would be safer if placed by himself , conveyed him into tbe counting-house , whero they laid him on tho floor , and put a great coat under his head . At one o ' clock all the other'men , with tho exception of George Sfcajr £ , lefc the premises ^ and he being bo far intoxicated as not to bo able to get home , laid down by the side of deceased . At seven o ' clock deceased was found dead . Mr . Pullen , sure geon , said that death was caused by congestion of the brain , the result of eating and drinking immoderately . He was predisposed to that affection , and had before suffered from fits of epilepsy . vYerdict—11 Natural death . " :
The Weather . —rDuring tho last month the weather has more resembled that of midsummer than nearly midwinter . So genial has been the temperature ^ that the fields are now greener than they have been at any time sinco the month of May . In an evening walk lately the atmosphere was so fresh and mild that it seemed to want only the presence of the beau-flower and white clover to persuade us that it was an evening of nsidsumraer . The Wheat is everywhere looking fresher than we ever Bawitat this period of the year , and there is a greater breadth of this staff of lifa sown than waa ever seen in Scotland . However , it is a common remark that we have seldom very cold weather until after the
" shortest day . " That event passed off with Thursday , and yesterday morning we had accordingly some of the usual indications of winter , namoly , hail and snow , accompanied by a perfect hurricane of wind from the North-West , whioh continued the greater part of the day . This wintry change , we observe , has been felt with even more severity in the West , as the Glasgow Herald remarks , ' thav between eight and nine o ' clock in the evening ( of Thursday ) a perfect torrent of hail came down , aocomaniud by hurricane gusts , a vivid flash of lightning , and a sonorous peal of thunder . The convulsion of the elements was fearful , but fortunately it lasted only for a very brief space . " -T-CWedonian Mercury . * . '
The Biter Bit . —Oa Tuesday last , while a labouring man , employed at the printworks of Messrs . Charles Swainson and Co ., Bannister ^ hall , near this town , was examising the lodge banks near to tho side of the river Darwen , his -attention was called to a bed of sand at the river ' s edge , by a shrill screaming ; as of something in distress , which , on more closely searching for , he discovered to be a weasel caught by the leg in the jawa of a large eel . On his near approach , the weasel , by a desperate effort , made his escape , but not ao the eal ; he , poor fellow , had been roughly handled by a more powerful foe—an otter , it is supposed—aud left with eight
or nine inches of his taileud eaten off , to perish by some smaller enemy . The man , afraid to come near so strange a looking thiug , got a long stick , with which he turned it over several times , to satisfy himself what it was before he dare come near it . At length , when he saw tho monster too near dead to do him much harm , he secured it and carried it home in triumph . No . one v ? ill much wonder at the man ' s caution when informed that what remained of the eel weighed two pounds and a half ; and Ihe followii g evening was , with a few potatoes , as the man expressed it , a hearty supper for four , such as they had not had , for quantity and quality , for a longtime . —Preston Pilot . \ ' - \
Extensive Fire caused bv a Balloon . — -On Tuesday information was received at the various iuBurance-cffices throughout the metropolis of a serious fire having occurred on the night of Thursday last at or near tho village of Westonzoyland , a few miles from Bridgewator , occasioned by a fireballoon . Tho circumstances under which it took place are a 8 follows : —In the early part of last week , the village was placarded in all directions , announcing the arrival of the wonderful Wizard of the South , and that he would honour the inhabitants with a grand performance on the evening in question ( Thursday ) , the announcement of-which would be signalised by the asctnt of . a " monster ' fire balloon . Accordingly , at the time named , a Hreat crowd assembled to witness tho fete , and the balloon was sent off , to the apparent delight of all ; but , before it hiiJ attained iiny great eleyation , the machine suddenly burst into
flimoa , and unfortunately descended into an extensive stack-y ^ rd of Mr . T is well , situated about a mile from the village , while it set firo to a valuable rick of-wi ^ at , aad beS ' ort : tho inhabitants could reaeh ' the premises two adjoining stacks ignited and biazad suvay with" awful violence . Although every exenion was used ^ o stay the wotU of devastation , it was iiripos .-iiblej in consequence of the strong wind that prevailed , and in a short time tho whole premices , consisting of barns , cow aud cart houses , besides the whole of the stock in the stack-yard , were ia flimoa . For au hour and more the appearance ui' tho fire was terrific , and the light was distinctly seen at Bridgowater , whence an engino was despatched to the spot , but was unable to reach : it until tho entire property was consumed . Happily no lives wore lost . In the course of the following djay the WjBird was tak ^ n into custody , and underwent au examination before the magistrates . He-was after wards discharged .
A Man Siiot . —At an early hour yesterday mornii ; g a m : m was deprived of lito , about half a mile to the east of Rutherglen , under the following circumstances : —Mr . Mason , farmer , in B ^ lloohmill , it appears , being very irmoh moNied by nrduight thieves , and having had his potatoo bin several times plundered of a part of its contents , sect out ono of his servants , a young la'd named John M'JBryde , to guard the property . For this purpose , John M'Bryde was furnished with a loaded gun ; but , notwithstanding all tha precautions ho had taken , and ail the vigilanco he displayed , tv . ice since he was sot to watch , during the time hs was in tho houso wanning himself , considerable quantities of the potatoes were stolen . This accordingly called for jnore attention
on the part of the guard . Yesterday wornfofr , however , being very stormy aad cold , about two o ' clock ho was'a- ^ uia induced to K-avo- 'his po-t for tlie pur pose of warming himself . As happened on former occasions , his absence was taken advantage of , and ou going to examine that ail was right , ho was surprised to observe three mon . at work amongst the potatoes . He instantly discharged tho gun which-ho carried at the depredators ,-and the whole . oi ' them dis ^ appeared , leaving their sacks half filled in the hurry and alarm . Solar as wo have learnt , ; it does not appear that it had occurred to eiifier M'BrjSe or hia master that any of the thieveB were materially injured , no more having be * t Jieard of the matter till about nine o'clock in ^ 'flte morningwhen the
, corpse of a man , shot through the body , was found lying not above forty yards from Mr . Mason ' s potato bin by a person belonging to Rutherglen . The dead body having been convey ed to the burgh gaol , a constable was despatched to apprehend M'Bryde , who was likewise brought to the'same place . During the day the body of the dead ma a was identified as that of a person named James Allan , a quarrier by , trade , who resided in Havannah-6 treet , Glasgow . The poor creature had only one arm , seemed to have been blind of an eye , and his whole appearance indicated the most indigent ciroumstances . Hia back and arm were completely
riddled , aud it appears astonishing how he could have dragged himself to tho place where he was found after being bo frightfully wounded . The deceased , we have been informed , was upwards of forty years of age , and was not known . as a bad character ; indeed , on the contrary , his neighbours , it is said , looked upon him as rather a decent , although a very poor man . Yesterday afternoon SherifiT Bell went out to Rutherglen , and took » precognitiou of tho case ; ' -. and subsequent to this M'Bryde was transferred to Glasgow Prison . The prisoner is only about seventeen years of age . — - Glasgow Saturday Post .
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Mansla . ughteh at Waltham . —A case involving tho loss of human life , and originating in the custom of ll Waits , " or parties proceeding round ihe village with music and singing on Christmas Eve , occurred at Great Waltham , on Saturday riight ; a quarrel and fight took place between the party when excited by tho drink they had received at the different houses , aud at length Frederick Olive , aged twenty-seven , a carpenter , received a blow from John Gowew , a shoemaker , which instantly deprived him of existence . Yesterday an inquest was held upon the body at the Six Bells public-hou 3 e , before C . C . Lewis , Esq .. and a highly raspeotable Jury After a lengthened investigation of witnesses , the Jury returned ^ a verdict of '' Manslaughter ' against John Gdwers , and the prisoner wa 8 committed on the Coroner ' s warrant for trial at the assizes . He appears about thirty years of age , and has a wife aad two children . —Essex Herald .
Singulab Occurrence . — Some consternation and alarm was excited a& Brownlow Fold Ctolliery , ia Halliwell , near Oldhaai , oa Monday tnormng , about half-pasfc five o ' clock , whon , on descending the pit , which is thirty-two ; yards two feet in depth , a female was found lying at the bottom . She waa brought put , and found to bo a young woman of twenty one years of age , named Margaret Brindle i sorv ^ nt at a house near Great Bridge , Little Biitonj She Was still alive , bat in a . state of insensibility , s nd med'cal assistance was immediately procured . Her ancles and legs were found to be fractured , and there was a severe ^ contusion on the back of the head . From inquiries immediately institutod , it waa ascertained that sh" had kept oompany with a man named John Horrocks , the engine-tender at the coal pit ; and , having been 6 een with her about
eleven o ' clock on Sunday evening , he was suspected of having thrown her down the pit .- He wa ^ consequently apprehended , and brought before the magistrates , and remanded till . Tnuraday . It appears however from ochar inquiries , that she heard of his having been walking oat with another female on Sunday , and had threatened to throw herself down —nay , that plio had on a former occasion made the attempt . Horrocks says that he left her at homo at eleven o ' clock in the evening , and went to his work , where he remained until two o ' clock ; but ho never saw her . " . Another man was working there all ni ^ ht , and he also states that he never saw her . She is uot considered to be in a dangerous state , but is quite insane ; What probably saved her life was the force of air gathering under hi r clothes , and preventing that impetus which she would othetwise have acquired .
Heartless Robbery , —Late on Saturday night or early the following CGhristmas-day ) morn ^ v > g , soma thief or thieves broke into the workshops of Mr . G . Carter , carpenter and builder , King's Arms-yard , Marylebone-stroet , Golden-square , and stole therefrom the whole ot the workmen ' s tools , together with every movoable article of the slightest \ alue the ¦ workshops contained . A crow-bar , which was subsequently found , was used for effecting an entrance into the premises . The lqsa to the poor workmen must be lamentably great , as a box of carpentpr ' 8 tools cost about £ 50 and upwards . The police ara in active search of the villains , and it is hoped they will not long elude tbeir vig'lanco .
The Pay Day . —At the Oldham petit sessions , on Thursday last , before the Rev . T . S . Mills , E . Hibbert , J . Mellor , and J . F . Lees , Esqs-, the accounts of the special constables who were employed at Middletcn during the late disturbances , were presented for examination , it appeared that two hundred aud thirty-one constables had been engaged . Mr . Hibbcrt wished to know from county police-sergeant White , who was in attendance , by whOBe authority sixteen of these had been allowed to continue on duty five days longer than the remainder . The policeman was unable to say -who gave the order ; but ho supposed it was done by direction of a committee of ttie gentlemen of Middloton . Mr . Hihbcit
said he thought it was improper to allow such proceedings , without the authority of any magistrate or of any officer connected with the county . Mr . Mills concurred in Mr . Hibbert ' s opinion on this subject , and said , there was another feature in the accouuta which was irregular ; he alluded to the charges made for the time of to © constables ; In the commencement of ' the disturbances , they charged for eight hours per day j when the riots were on the decliur , they charged for ten bcursper day ; aud at a later period , when the excitement was nearly over , some charged for twelve hours per day . This seemed strange . PolioemanWhite was unable to explain sati sfaotori ly the cause of these singularuies in the acoounts . The bills were , however , ultimately signed . : .
D 1 STRES 3 in Paisley . —The state of tho poor in Paisley was a # ain brought before a meetiuc ofthe county of Renfrew on Tuesday . It appears that the distress continues without abatement . A faiat hops is held out that trade may revive in January , but on grounds-which , seem to us very questionable . Sir James Graham , iu reply to an application for assistance from governoKint , referred to the uioney which had beeu already remitted , and stated that the gentlemen of the district had not yet done all that they ought to do . This assertion will scarcely bo controverted , if it be true , as Mr . Sharpe stated , that the sum applied by the county only amounted to one and a fraction per . cent , jpon the assessable rent—one and a fraction , to keep a fourth part of the
inhabitants of the place from starvation ! What will the heavily-taxad gentlemen of England , where the ordinary average poor ' s rate is 2 s . per pound , cr ten per - cbnt ., think of the measure here furnished of Soottish philanthropy ? The absence of a legal provision for the poor in this country seem to have almost obliterated the great truth so beautifully enunciated bv Capt . Drummond . that "property has its duties as well as its rights . ? ' Whatever call such great and sudden distress may make upon the country a& large , it is clear that the obligation . is strongest upon the neighbouriflg district . It may be safely said , that a town like Paisley , with 60 , 000 inhabitants , adds five or six per cent , to the vain © of all the lands within many miles of it . The money raised under tho queen's letter enjoininK
collections in all the churches , amounts to £ 90 , 000 ; and it has b ^ en handetl over , it seems , to a manufacturers ' relief committee in London . Of this fund , £ 12 , 000 had gone to Paisley , and it has received £ 6 , 000 from other sources , makingin all £ 18 , 000 . This is a large sum : but , if the number of the destitute amounts to 11 , 000 , as stated at tbe meeting , ivwould scarcely supply them with bread and water for six months , while the distress has already endured for' eighteen . The provost said , that £ 100 ^ 000 would be required to give effectual relief ' ; aud both he and the oheriff spoke in ominous terms as to the future peace of the district , if the sufferings of the people were not speedily al eviated . GreenockjtoOjis in a very depressed condition , and the state of matters in Renfrewshire altogether seems to be yloomy in the extreme . —Scotsman .
Storm in America . —( From the Boston U , S . Morning Pos / , Doc . 1)—In' the evening , about six o ' clock , a south-east -snow storm set in , which continued until about , nine o ' clock , when it commenced raining , and the wind , which up to that time had blown moderately , burst forth from ES . E with tremendous fury . Many vessels which were riding a 6 anehor in the harbour were driven from their moorings , and either dashed against the' ends of the wharfs or jammed alongside of each other . A large vessel waa almost blown 011 her beam ends , and several schooners and brigs were jammed together , chafing and cracking—some of them with no person on board . One or two small vessels were also sunk at this wiiarf . At Fort-hill-wharf several small vessola
were more ov less damaged . A small schooner , the Jane Fish , of Sfc . George ' s , Maine , was driven from her anchor against tho wharf , aud Nathan Fuller , t « a' mate , in attempting to leave the vessel , fell between her side and the wharf , and was ' . frowned : ' - ¦ ' The crew of this vesssel state that the brig , Uncle Sam , had been blown adrift , and waa then driving about the harbour ; and that the ship Tyrone had parted her headfasts , swung round , and sustained considerable damage . The space between Inriia and Central-wharfs was filling up fast with driftiug wrecks , and those vessels at the ends of these wharfs were careening , as if their tall masts would turn them over . The end of Long-wharbrought up several small craft , which probably
were sunk . " The space between this wharf and Central-wharf was also the scene of great destruction . The noise of ' ' falling maBts , und the crashing of drifting vrreck 3 rose at intervalH , above the storm , and might have been huard even at the centre of the city . At the northern wharfs , aud , in face , at all tho wharfs , moio or less damage was sustained by a great portion of the shipping . Such was the torrifio' violence of the gale , that it was dangerous for an individual to venture to the ends of the wharfs . We were informed that more than a dozen vessels had baen susk , and that the crews of one or two of them had perished , but the names or the vessels we conld not leaviu This leads as to hope that such ' reports are exaggerated . At 2 a . m . we
took another stroll along the wharfs , and found things comparatively qniet . the wjnd having shifted to EiN . E . Altboush we saw nearly twenty vessels ihoro or less damaged , we could not obtain any paxtictilars , for most of them were deserted . The schooner , Conclusion , of Gloucester , lying at the north-end of T-wharf , had her stern stove in , and sustained other damage . A larger ship , ; said to be the Riga , ' was driven up the dock at Long-wharf , one hi « l her bowsprit carried away close to the knight heads . Ono of the ships which arrived yesterday was reported to have drifted from her an chore , and sustained great damage . A ship it the
and of Commercial-wharf was also reported to hate 6 Hff ,. ted conaidetably . The bark Aaita , teoj was said to have sustained some damage . Perhaps no # ale that has visited this place for some time has destroyed so much property in this port in so short a time . We fear that a few days will unfold tales of shipwreck and death along our coasts that will bring pain and sorrow to many a bereaved bosom J for no vessel close in with land could carry sail or ride at anchor in exposed situations aiid- weather such a tempest . We have taken no liotieS ; of tBuar ? damage on the land , but undoubtedly it is ^ neidei ^ able , for nothing fragile , exposed to such fuiy , con ! 4 escape unscathed . .. ' ¦ - : - . - . ' : ' ; " . . ... ¦; . ; : ?' - ;> '
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