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THE SYSTEM . " O i -sehat a Tricked world ia this , " Diriuest Shatapcare said , "Where comeliness is xleem'd amiss , And good is 31 bestead ; Where fine arts axe iorbuiaen lore , And genius pierced -onto the core , To mate its gums be shed"Where fair Js fonl and ionl is fair ,
And honesty ' s a phoenix rare . Ties 5 b enthron'd in fulsome state , And trick is talent ' s test . ErflsiouDd Tirtne evar wsat , 3 " o ~ kHl-oTto infsst . Misery makes nnfcblnMngTnlrih , Pleasure to pain gives heedless birth Thebad the good molest—All proper "Songs inverted are ; Sard earth is some unlnctv star .
Merit is spurn'd and pines in thought > Wisdom is folly ' s fool , Titles and lank are sold and bought , And law is bat misrule . Hnnsiliiy isibinnbly priz'd , "WMe pride is fed -with latteries—Simplicity ' s a tool , jted hastily—alas , the trials—The very name makes lewdness smile . Morality is scouted off , Cant thrives like cunning care ; Hoarse legislation's cesssiess voice , Prevents the patriot ' s prayer . Religion is a factious spy , And pride puffa soul-charg'd charity ; Riebes like chariots roll , BSndinJT "witti dust fiie asking eye , Of paiafnl , pilgrim poverty .
Oar kindness mates nskind ingrates , We ' re hurt by those -we love , And happiness or quickly sates , Or mntably doth move . Even Meniiship ' s self ia time oifdndslateral alone makes constant friends , And purity ' s a dove That seeks in vain arresting place , For all conspire its life to chase . The age of chivalry is gone , "When ardent knights -went forth , By genercus valour prompted on , To succour ¦ smrosjed ¦ s-orth . Snch gallant grace is deem'd Tomanee , And fashions new from fictls France , Have magnetized tbe 2 Cs » rth-T « s , knighthood bow is folly ' s ape , "Who comes alsf t to shew his shape .
Where , where , is common sense , I piay ? Uncommon e ' en in Bound 3 Where reason , justice , trnth , I say ? Taey irerebut burthens found 1 Where now is love ? if modest cmst ] Humanity ?—go ask her ghost ! Where peace ?—aot to be founJ 1 Where reformation 1—in despair ? Patriotism >—England answers where ! Brrnown and grace have long been dead , The wine of life is drawn , And £ lihy lees are : tft instead—H-Bour is put in pawn ; And no xme can redeem her thence—Sweet liberty is tailed hecca—Oh , when will daylight dawn ? Sound 2 leu's stem my hopes are curl'd , —
TbnTtfc God there is a better world ! J . W Bitbersea .
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A GUIDE TO THE " BALL BOOM . " C . Mircheh . London . Price One Sniffing . This is a neat pocket volume , well known among the lovers of dancing , to "whose thanks Mr . Mitchell is entitled for this improved Edition , The portion devoted to the " Etiquette of the Ball Room" onght io 2 >» read and understood by all who wish to make fliemsslres agreeable ; and is indispensably necessary to those parries who vnsh to pass master even » i a Tillage fete . The " Dsnces" serve as an excel-: lent assistant to the memory , -which even the best dancerssometimesfind rather treacherous . No person onght xo take the lead in a set of Quadrilles without ** The Gnide" in his waistcoat pocket . There is an excellent glossary of Prench terms used , bat after all—as dancing is now cultivated by the most humble , all the introduction needed btiag neatness and
cleanliness in person and dres ? , modesty in behafioHr , and a desire to please evinced to all—we think the English terms ought to be substituted for ihe French thronghoni thewijoleof the work . Many persons dedrons of a guide while learning to da 7 ice , Tvonld be afraid of the hard French terms at the head and in the description of the n ^ ur « s , and would coEclnde that thon >; h tbe book might really contain valnahle information , yet it TFas on 2 y to be understood by ¦ those who had misspent their time in learning French ; besides , a 3 we have & langnage capable of expressing onr ideas and of making ourselves nndersiood , even though we be giving directions for threading the intricate mazes of tbe " Caledonians ' Qasdrillrs , " we think that language on ^ ht to have the preference to one which few understand , if Eodtiy be taken as a whole , and fewer Htill know how 10 pronounce .
CHEOXIGLES OF THE CABEWORX . By Edtfxrd West . We have received the first number of a new publication nflder this tide , which is intended to be continued weekly , aid to form at the end of the year on which we have just entered , & volume of interesting details , calculated to excite the attention of those who are not above comnusserating the wants and Bufferings of the destitute , which it is intended to ponrtray in a series of anecdotes j the one beginning in the present number , exceedingly "well wrJKen as it is , relates to a yonng fprig of the aristocracy bred in the lap of wealth , and trained to habits of £ e \ fishaes 3 by defective education . The ** Chronicles of the Careworn" present a wide
field , and we have no doubt from the specimen before us , the talented writer will carry out his plan in such a manner as to obtain the " recompence of his literary labours in the sympathy of tbe public ^ The work , he teiis us , "is the result of the daily iralfe , and the occasional wanderings , during the last year , of one who professes himself to » e a lover of the human raee , —of one who can find » eamj beneath the most homely of bonnets , —who ean look for merit in the meanest of cottages . —who ^ aa sympathise with a sorrowful man , equally npon his cocci of straw , as when upon a bed of damask , — and would plead for him whom the world denies the ri ° ht to make known his tale of suffering and of misery . "
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CA&iaSLE .-THE MA > -tFAcrrBiSG Business . —GoDsiflerable improvement has taken place in this branch of trade . Tfiere has been for the last few weeks , a Ertsi demand for weavers , so that it is JJreity dear that they cither have orders , or see a pretry good prospect of a marke ; for them . Ihp obtajt to Mdibees ox Benefit Societies . —Ihe *• Fhee GasdesvES- ' Cajujsle . —Seven M > cmdua } office-bearers , of the < - £ 4 en Lodge of i . ree tdrdeEers , " -sro-e summoned btfoTe the sitting magistrate ? ai the T- ^ we Kail , for having expelled , « m » ryo Act of Parliament , another membeffrom aeben ^ of thesociety . hlx . John Sanl , solicitor , appeared forihe deiendacts , a ^ d Mr . Wsnnop for Hie phrauffi Mr . &ud contebded that tha ma ^
is-» aieshaono jarisdicrion in the case , for although thern , es of the society had been sanctioned by the ™ p « r appointed to certify , still they only con-Kmplaied ma « ersof dilute respecting money , and , Boi as m ihis caie , the expelling of a member for aitesed mifcjndue ; towards the society . It is pro-Tided bj rule twrmtj-feventi , - If any member be «« cie <) in pro&ne swearing or appear at the Lodge « a safe of intoxication , or acs in any way so as to 5 ^ 0 tae harmony of the sociery , or to injure its any
^ ress m manner whatever , such member HHW bs ed id , snspended , or expelled from the f ~ £ J ' ; Eajariiy of the membei-s may deter-^~ e- iir- Wannop , on the other hand , argued « at the magistrates had a full and perfect jurisdic-« on in the case ; he quoted rule twenty-fourth , Jfficn prorides , " That in case of dispute between *™ socierf and anj member or person cla . THing on focoant ofa member , reference shall be n- ^ ade to iK ? ees . pnrsnant to tha 10 Oca . 4 th . c . S 6 . B . 27
x « i ^ ^ f tiien ^ atended that the members had |~ r » Jllegally in expelling bis client widxont T ° * ga * ice matter before the magistrates , as v . 'as g * 2 * M for by the foregoing rule . The magiv ^ f ttaisalted for some time , and finally ageec ? ^ " ¦• " ej had jnjrisdiction in this case , and called « J 2 ? ^• Wannop to go on with his ease . He pro-!? " « sa d called Mr . A . G . Dean , who said he had 3 ?™ a Ja « aber for i \ boat lea jeaiB , and the last rj ™ ° » e jras m the Lod ^ e Toom was in Jannary last . 4 SF «« Paid all dues ; ih * t he hadnot ^ Barrelled ^» anj member sine © the 8 th of January , 1842 j " j ** hi had been expelled in his absence * nd rer ~ 3 « nofice oftaesame agL 'e < i by . RobertScmple , s ¦ Wfiee-beaTOT nf ?>>» enmofr . ftnH xhat "hn Tisid -not
^ ° *? ap plied to the magistrates on the subject nf , mf J *^ - Mr , Saul t h « D pnt in the ^ S ^ e book of ins proceedinga of &b society to 5 ™ f a Mr . Wannop strongly ob / ected as evifcTin % H il was received as inch by » S" % of , tiie masfetraM * . The bo ^ k went to :: i : > tDa t Mr . Dean had preferred certsin charges J S » mst aiiotQer 1 BeBi > eT of thBaame of SbvjqU , snu
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thai these charge had been referred to the arbitra- ' tionof a committee chosen with the consent of both partie 3 . i the result of which was , that the committee awarded that the charges made by Mr . Dean against Mr . S-well , were unjust , frivolous , and vexa ions ; and that they considered Mr . Sewell as a good and useful member of the society . Mr . Saul then called two witnesses , who proved , that Mr . Dean had spoken disrespectfully of the society ; and endeavoured to deter one of them from joining it ' i in conseqnence of this conduct , a meeting of the whole body was called to consider the conduct of Mr . Dean , which * they deemed sufficiently bad to "warrant them in expelling him . The foregoing are the rnain features of tha case , which lasted ^ nearly three bour 3 . Th 8 magistrates retired foP-a few minutes and returned with the following decision : — We are nnanimonaly of opinion that the case be dismissed with costs .
The "Wobsi ^ g Ma s Mental Improvement Society . —The members of this society held their weekly meeting at their room , No . 6 . John-street , Caldewgate , on Sunday evening last , Mr . John Hutchinson in the chair . After the usual business was gone through ; Mr , Henry Bowman read some written observations on the following question :- ^ - ** Have the poetical writings of Robert Burns , the Scottish poet , tended to destroy superstition , promote morality , and forward the cause of public liberty" J which he illnstratad by reading a number of the poems and songs of that Stirling and patriotic bard which afforded considerable amusement and gratification to those assembled . On the motion of Mr . John AnnstroDg , the discussion was adjourned until next Sunday evening , when it is expected a lively and animated debate will take place . Nonmembers are admitted gratis . The discn s 8 ion wiL eommfrnce precisely at six o ' clock in the evening .
SHEFFIELD . —A Woman killed is ATTfiiPrisg to QCxiL a FiGHt . —On TbuToday morning , an inquisition was held at the Town Hall ,. bttfore Mr . Badger , on view of the body of Eliza Rooney , a married woman , aged 42 , who , on the Tuesday night previous , while s » tempting to separate James M ' lieaii and John M'Gewau , who were fighting in her house , received a kick from one , aud a blow from the other , on the stomach , which ruptured that organ , and caused death . The poor woman has left a husband and several children , ons of whoai , an infant of three month ' s old , was at the breast when its mother received her death blow . The iDquest was adjourned .
Scicide , —On Thursday evening , an iiignest tos taken before Thos . Badger , Esq . at the hou ^ e of John Thorpe , the Shea 4 Tavern , New Cattle Market , on view of tbe body of Mary Ann , the daughter of the above John Thorpe . It appear < d in evidence , that Tot some time past , the deceased , who was about twenty-two years of age , had inta unsteady , and addicted to drink . On Tuesday evening she was in company wiih some friend 3 ai her father ' s house , and was the worse for hquor . Between twelve and one o ' clock , her father desired her to go to bed , ¦ which she refn ? ed to do , and in a state of great excitement she threatened Jo go and drown herself in the canal . She had frequently made use of the
same threat before , and , tnerefore . her friends did not entertain any apprehension that she wonld then put it into execution . She contrived , however , to go unperceived , out of the back door of the house , and almost immediately afterwards search was made for her , but without effect . Nothing whatever was heard of her nntil five o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon , when she was found drowned in the ca-al , near ihe ahea r Works , at which place she would bo enabled to throw herselF in from her father ' s yard . The verdict of the Jury was , " That the deceased was found drowned , having , while labouring uader the eiSscts of liquor and gTeal excitement , thrown herself into the canal . "
EALL 1 NGDOK , keab SrujrnT . Fatal Accidest . —On Saturday morning , a tumbril , loaded wiin iime , was standing in tbe King's Head Yard , Ba £ llni , don . A man and boy look tfF one of the wheels , and while the boy was underneath pntting some grease upon it , the tumbril fell upon him , broke his ntck , and he died instantly .
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Thb Red Bass at Polstead , the scene of the murder of Maria Martin , by Corder , some years ago , was destroyed , with othlr property , on Monday night , ty an act of incendiarism . FhtdatNight ' s Gazette announces that the Poorlaw Commi&sionexs have appointed Sir Francis Hastings Doyle , Bart ., of the Inner Temple , barrJsier-at-Jaw , a CommissioEer to iuqajre into the employment of women and children in agriculture . PaiHBOSES were g athsred , in Maidingley-wood , on Sunday last ; and two days before Christmas violets and primroses were gathered ia the open ground . In Mr . Chrisford ' s garden there is an apple-tree now in blossom . —Cambridge Advertiser . .
A svjt o ? clothes , which formerly belonged to tbe great Daniel Lambert , was sold among other effects the other day at Leicester . The * ' smallclothes" of the man-mountain measured nearJy a yard " round at the knee . Oldham . —A SiG ?; op the Times . —At the petit session * oa Thursday , be / ore tbe iiev . T . S . Mills , J . Mellor , and J . F . L er ? , Erqrs ., about sixty of tht better class of rate-payers , small farmers , shopkeepers , n-achine maktrs , &e- in Oldham-above-Town , were summoned for arrears of poor ' s rate . They were required to make t-uch arrangements for payment as the overseers would accept .
The Duke o ? Newcastle asd ** His Own " agais . —As we predicted on the occasion of the extensive enclosure a few monihs back , another portion of our celebrated park is about , being taken from the pnblic . The Dake ' s ageut is now enclosing the whole of the west side of the bowling green , towards Lcnton , inclusive of the Rvck-holes , " the most interesting part of the park . " —Nottingham Review . The Blackthorne Tbagkdt . —The Oxfordshire magistrate * have committed Ezskifl Savasre and William Penn for the robbery of Mr . William Broomhead , of Eckington , near Sheffield , at Blackthorne , to Oxford gaol , to take tleir trials at the ensniDg assizes . We nnderttaad that the evidpnee at present aga ' mst them is not thought quite sufficient far a committal for murder , bnt that further evidence is expected to be forthcoming before the assizes .
Boileb Fxplosios- —On Thursday , about twelve -o ' clock , an explosion took place at the patent r-pe manufactory of Messrs . Webster , at Deptford , near this town . The boiler , which was a very large one , blew up with a tremendous crash , carrying away tb . p roof of the apartment in which it was placed , and i ffijeting other serious damage to the premises . One of the workmen , named William Hallid&y . was much injured , and remains in a very precarious state ; two other persons received slight injuries . —Durham County Herald .
The Chinese Tkeatt . —The great seal of England was on Saturday affixed to the treaty recently ratified between this country and China , at the residence of the Lord Chancellor , in Great George-street , Hanover-square , after which it was transmitted to the War-office , for the purpose of being forwarded to the ' Celestial" Empire , under tbe care of Major Malcolm . The sea ] is indosed in a very handsome silver box ( similar to that used for the patent of hiB Royal Highness the Prince of Wales- ) , and , together with the important document to which it is appended , 13 inclosed in _ an elegant ease covered with crimson velvet .
Curiocs A . TD Fatal Accidest . —On Saturday last ^ s a man named Laby , a Burton and Kettermg earner , was riding through Barton Seagrave , with his son , -a young man of about eighteen , an elm tree , standing in the churchyard , fell on the cart , injured slightly th » father , and broke the son ' s back . Some men were employed in felling the tree , and it appears had cut it away on one side , withomt being aware that the other was considerably decayed . A rope had been sent for by which to control its fall ; bnt before the return of the person sent the tree fell , and at tbe instsnt of its fall the unfortnnate subjpcts of the accident were passing by . —Northampton Herald .
Os MoM > Ay last a singular aecideni happened to a child too years of age , son of Mr . AveTy , a miller , residing a ; Summer ' s-hill , Warbleton , Sussex . The infant was left in a room for a few minutes , when he took up a- small penknife , left open on a chair , and inflicted a dreadful cut in his abdomen , from which the bowels protruded . Medical assistance was immediately procured , and the wound sewed up , and hopes are entertained that the little sufferer may
recover . Specimens of Fbekch Advertising . —A dealer in hams advertises that his hams are so well cured that the longer they are kept the better they are ; and of such an excellent qnaiity that , if eaten constantly by women of the worst temper imaginable , they will render them gentle and tractable as lambs . They are particularly recommended as diet for children , to give them 8 quiet disposition . Another person advertises pommadefor promoting the growth of hair ; and states that he is so certain of its efficacy jhat he makes a rule of never accepting any payment of a purchaser , however bald , until -he has his head covered with hair .
OjfE op those interesting , and , in these parts , are phenomena , familariy known at the Spectre of he Jiro&en , was observed by a- gentleman oi * . East [ noyie , on tis return from Shaflesbury , a few days ince , and whieh he thns describes : " The early art of tbe day was obscured by fog , until about oree o ' clock , p . k ., when the sun bursting through tie clouds , the iill-tops , under his enlightening inuence , shook off their shrouding , while the valleys emaiHed immersed in mist . On my arriving at the oint where the road biggins to decline , I observed , I'the direction of Wardour , a spectre of gigantic roportions , which , for a time , continued a pretty lose imitator of my actions , and , within certain mits , an assiduous attendant on my motions ; on asing my hand to my hat , I was gratified With a artos BaJnte . "—Bath Paper .
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A CLERGTSAji , whoaB name was JTNamara , died in America , about nineteen years since , leaving a very large property , which not being claimed by any of his friends , was taken possession of by Congress . The property , unk-sa claimed within two years , ceases to be private , and becomes public property . The host of the Angel Hotel , at Whitby , last week , set before hia friends a Yorkshire Christmas pie , Beven feet in circumference and containing four stones of flour , 12 lbs . of butter and suet , a brace of pheasants , a brace of partridges , two geese , two rabbits , ten chickens , six ducks , two tongues , one turkey , and 6 lbs . of ham .
One of the most singular names ever met with , perhaps , is that of a gentleman of fortune in K -ut . His family name was Bear , and as he had maternal relations of the name of Savage , his parents gave him the Christian name ( or rather the un-Christian name ) of Savage . Hence he enjoys the pleasing and amiable name of Savage Bear , Esq . Mcbdek Twenty Years Ago . —A man of the name of Cornelius Brosnan , was la > t week committed by J . Drummond , E * q , the stipendiary magistrate of this town , to the county gaol , charged with a murder committed twenty years ago on a man named Edmond M'Sweeney . The prisoner was arrested by one of the police stationed in Castleisland . —Kerry Examiner .
Tbs Ship Scotland . —Dreadful Disaster . — The ship Scotland , a well-known transient vessel , which has sailed between this port and New York for some years , experienced a dreadful disaster on the 21 st ult ., about nine o ' clock in the evening , in lat . 58 , long . 22 . In a heavy gale she was struck by a s » . a , which carried overboard her commander ( Captain Robinson ) , the second mate ( Mr . A . Palmer ) , the steward , J . Simpson ( a boy ) , and two seamen . It swept the decks of cabin and round-house , bulwarks , spaTe spars , studding sails , and railing ; split the covering board , stove in the fore and after hatches , and caboose and caboose-house , partly filled the ship with water , and shifted the cargo . The Scotland , which sailed hence on the 8 th ult ., immediately put back , and reached here on Thursday m
this dilapidated state . Her escape was providential , for the whole of the chests , books , and nautical instruments were likewise earned away . The captain ' s chronometer was founrf , aboutT twenty-four hours after the accident , totally unfit for use . Fortunately , it was remembered that an old compass had been stowed away in a chest between decks , which , being regulated , was rendered available . She was out altogether tweuty days . Poor Captain Robinson , who was well known in the trade , has left a wile and , we believe , three children ( sons ) to deplore his loss . He was a very amiable man , of a religions turn of mind , and was reading his Bible when the disaster occurred . The steward , who was severely injured by the calamity , died on Friday , on his way to the hospital- —Liverpool Albion .
Fires i ^ Metropolis . —On Monday Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent of the Brigade Force , at the meeting ot the directors forming the committee of the London Fire Establishment , made his annual record of the conflvgratioBs that have occurred during the past year ( 1842 ) in and around the metropolis . The report commences by stating that fires were on the increase in London , the number of last year exceeding by 73 ih ose of the preceeding twelvemonths , and 213 over theaverageof the lastnine years , though happily not so extensive in magnitude The following are the number of fives that havf taken place since the Fire Brigade was formed in tbe year 1833 , together with the number of houso * totally destroyed and those seriously and slightly damaged : —In 1833 there were 450 fires , destroying 31 houses totally , aud damaging 427 other buildings .
In 1834 , 482 fire 3 ; houses burued dowu 28 , and . 454 i ; jured . In 1835 , 471 fires ; 31 houses burned down and 440 damaged seriously and slightly . In 183 G , 554 fires ; 33 house- to » ally destroyed , and 531 more or less damaged . In 1837 . 501 firep ; 22 houses consumed , and 479 damaged . In 1838 , 560 firpg ; 33 houses destroyed , and 535 injured . In 1839 , 584 fires ; 17 houses consumed , and 3 b" 7 damaged , lu 1840 , 681 firps ; 26 houses burned down , ano 655 damag ^ a . In 1841 , 696 fires : 24 houses tovally consumed , 673 more or less injured ; and last year ( 1842 ) 769 fires ; 24 houses destroyed , and 743 m > re or less injured . From the report it appears that the chief number ot fires take place in private and lodging houses , and carpenters' workshops . Puhlic houses and drapers ' shops follow in rotation . Upwards of 20 persons have lost their lives at fires in the course of the
year . The Flag of B-vgla . yd , —Not a port have I visited since I left America , that I did uot see the flag of England . It was the first flag 1 saw on entering tba waters ef France ; it was the only one floating in the ancient harbour of Rome , at Civita Vecchia . Again Isaw it in the deserted harbour of the Phasus , whtre once rode the fleets of Themistocles . I first saw the dome and minarets of Constantinople from beneath a cloud of cannon smoke that issued from British line-of-battle ships , saluting ihe Mahommedan ally of Britain . The first object that met my eye on scaling the summit of the
Pyramids was the cross of St . George , which some English travellers had planted ihcrc . Beyond the cataracts , on the borders of the Desert of Nubia , tho only sign of civilisation that 1 saw was the English cross flying from the masts of a traveller ' s boat . Here , on ihe extreme verge of civilisation I stood before this emblem of the universal presence of that nation ; and in these lawless regions it gave me a pleasing sense of security to find myself so near a representation of that power beneaih whose broad JDsps there is protection abroad tor the most huznbla fugitive from violence and oppression . —American Traveller ' s Journal .
Windsor—Melancholy and Fatal Accident . — On Friday a very dreadful accident occurred at the Malthouse at Upton , belonging to Messrs . Jennings , the brewers , of Windsor , by which one unfortunate man was killed on the spot , and two oihers much mjured . The maltbouse consists of three stories , 'be two lower of which are the working floors , and the upper was used for storing barley , a large quantity of which was placed there . There were four men at work m the bouse , and happening to perceive one of the beams of the floor fclightly giving way , they removed the malt from that part to the other side of the flooring , which thus became overloaded , and occasioned the Fnbsequent accident . They then perceived some barley trickling down from the floor
to the story beneath , on which one of them returned to the room to stop up the hole or crevice , when tho whole of the flooring of tha . t story fell into the room beaeath , which was ilso broken away , aud the whole fell to the basement story , carrying the men with them in the general wreck . Assistauce was speedily procured , and the poor fellows were extricated as soon as possible , when it was found that one of them , named Robinson , was killed on the spot , having been dreadfully fractured on the head . A second , named Lane , the maltster , was found to have reeeivad several dreadful injuries , internally and externally ; be was conveyed to bis lodgings , where he now lies with , little or no prospect of recovery . The third man was very severely wounded ,
but not dangerously ; and the fourth providentially escaped with a slight bruise . — Wiytdsor Express . i Serious Affeat with Poachebs . —On Saturday last four men , named George Riwlinson , Richard Kawlinson , John Stock ? on , and William Dawson , were jharged at the county court , before Dr . Penny and several other magistrates , with being out armed in pursuit of game , on lands belonging to the Marquis of Westminster on tbe previous Saturday morning ; and also with violently assaulting the keepers . It appeared from the evidence , that on Saturday morning , December 17 , four keepers in the service of the Marquis of Westminster , namtd William Hurst , jun ., Charles Dryland , James . Morgan , and Wiliiam Roberts , were on the look-out on tho
preserves belonging to the Marquis of Westminster , at Suur Betts , near Churton , by Aldford ; and about two o ' clock a disturbance amongst the pheasants gave intimation that they were being disturbed by poachers . In the course of a few minutes afterwards they came suddenly upon five poachers , four of whom wrre the mea trhbsQ names we have given above , and the fifth is not yet in custody . All the poachers , axcept one , were armed with guns , —the prisoner Win . Rawhnson carrying a pitchfork . On seeing the poachers , the keepers , of course , hailed them ; when the former presented their guns , and warned them io stand off at their peril . Thekeep-rs then desired the poachers not to fire , addisg , that as both parties were armed , if a Bhot were fired , it woald be
returned , and lives would be lost . After a good deal of maceeuvring , the poachers retired from the preserves into an adjoining field , being still followed by the keepers , when William Hurst suddenly sprang at George Rawlinson , and threw him down . The latter immediately called to his mates to come to his aid , when one of them stepped forward and aimed a tremendous blow with a pim at Hurst , but which happily did not take effect . Both parties then closed , and a terrific combat , ensued , man to man , which continued until the keepers were severely beaten and overpowered . DuriDg the strnggle , Dryland and one of the poachers lad a severe fight in a ditch , and while they were both pro 3 teraie , | William Rawlinson assaulted Dryland with a pitchfork , and beat him till he became nearly insensible . The keepers , now finding themselve 3 defeated , were on
the point of retiring , when they heard one of the antagonists say , " Let us follow them , and give them more f they attempted to do so , when Hurst fired at the poachers , and one of them fell . The poachers now retired in their turn , leaving the wounded man behind tBem ^ and , after the keepers had seen them clear away , they returned to pick him up , and having conveyed him to the kennels he was there treated with the utmost kindness . Information of the affray yeas immediatly giren to Mr . Stewardson , high constable of Baoxton , and he , with the assistance of Thomas Parkinson , of Farndon , and William Moor , of Christleton , succeeded in apprehending Rawlinson , Dawson , and Stockton by Tuesday morning . Both the keepers and watchers were very severely beaten . After the evidence had been heard the prisoners were fully committed for trial . —Chester Cowani .
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Trade in DoNDEE . ^ -Trade this week leaves us very little to say . As regards flix there is nothing whatever now from what wo hare for some weeks bad to report ; the transactiung being altogether unworthy of notice . The late Rga and Memel ships have not yet made their appearance , bus it is now pretty well ascertained that at the present rate of consumption there will not be flix enough to keep all the machinery now at work going until the usual time of arrival of vessels from the Baltic in spring . This clrcninatence , however , as well as the high rate at which flax ia offering to open at for winter contracts , has not jet produced any effect upon prices in this market . —Dundee Advertiser .
Awfullt Sudden Death . —On the evening of Saturday last , the celebration of the marriage of a couple at Potento , in this locality , wag abruptly put a stop to by the death of the bridegroom , a young man named Robert M'Dougall , servant £ o Mr . Kidd , miller there . The arrangements for the marriage being oomDieted , the Rev . Dr . Mitchell , the clergyman of the parish , arrived at three o ' clock , when the marriage ceremony was gone through ; and the company assembled were thereafter enjoying themselves , as on similar joyous occasions , when their mirth was suddenly terminated , and their rejoicing turned into mourning , by the bridegroom falling back upon his chair and expiring , at eight o ' clock , without either u ' . toring a word or giving a moan . — Caledonian Mercury .
Riot at Wohkihgton . —A serious riot took place here on Monday last , in consequence of the master mariners wishing ; 'to reduce ihe wages of the sailors . About a fortnight ago , the latter convened a meetiDg and had come to the resolution , that if any one shoujd go on board of this vessel until they had obtained thewageytluy were accustomed to have , ho should be sewn up in a sheep-kin , which was provided for the occasion , and carried rouud the town as a mark of disgrace . Uulnc-kily one Of their number had disobeyed the resolution , and the punish ment was carried into effjet so severely that
his life was despaired of . Five of the ringleaders ot this affair w . re taken into custody , and committed to the treadmill at Carlisle ; but when they should have been taken olf in the ooach the sailors rose up in arms to rescue them , smashed iu the coach windows , and drove it out of tho square twice . The magistrates , in this trying crisis , read the Riot Act ., swore in a number of special constables , and broke up tho chairs and tables in the room to arm them with , and by these resoluie means they filially over came the mob , and tho pri onero were taken off to Carlisle gaol . —Carlisle paper .
Novel TRKATMtNT of a Fkactdre . — fn the course of a forenoon ramble along tho north beach , lately , wo came upon the cottage of as original a pair of old ancients as it was ever our lot to "foregather " with . Tbe patriarch , about fourscore , stands as erect as a ballrush , with a hale healthy look and an unbroken set ot' ivory such as our forefathers used to sport , who could lift a goodly s > z -d keg of whisky by seizing it with their teeth . " David , " for such is the name of our hero , had missed his looting and fallen on the Black Rock , by which two of his ribs were broken : and the following narrative of his treatment was delivered with great animation , in answer to our query whether he had not sent for a doctor ? " Doctor . ' — deevi ] ? na , na , I ne ' er tried Doctors a ' my life , and l'se no gaun to begin now wi' them and their trash , o' dru « s ! Na , na , I just warsl ' t aiy ways haine thoustes , and the wife and me fa'n out the twa bitso '
ribs was broken and Sarah gied me a wee soup o ' whisky , thou sees , and that warmed a' my inside ; and then we j ; ot heaps o' flannen and sweeli it abou ' . my breast , aud that keepit a' warm outside ; and Sarah gied mo another glass o' whisky , and that ment me up like , aui keepit a' warm ; and then , as I thoct , my ribs were peut in , I filled myself fiue andl ' ouo ' cieat , —heapso ' grandaii ' ivarmmfat—kepit a' straucht in the inside ; aud that I iied a cord round about me , an ' t keepit the banes fine and ticht outside —and we just Wjorkit on that way , keeping all thiags fine and warm aud straucht outside and inside , till the ribs gat to mend , and now they ' re as weel aa ever they were ! " The funny old follow finished his narrative with a smile of triumph as he added , " Na , na , they'll no torture'me wi' their bondages and their physio ; I ' m as auld a the maist o' them , in mair ways than ane !"—Ayr Advertiser .
Credulity . — We have seldom heard of a more striking instance of credulity than the following , which occurred a week or two ago , to a farmer who resided on the borders of Yorkshire , in the parish of Bovrland , and near to the town of Slaidburu . The name of his farm was " Gold Hill , " or , as it is called by his neighbours , " Go-wd Hill . " A gypsy called upon the subject of our story , aud , knowing well the weak side of humanity , after speaking of the name of hi 3 farm , gave him sundry hints of its having reference toJBome k treaRure concealed on the premise * , and which eho could discover by certain means in her power . The wily hag quickly took advantage of his credulity in lending a willing ear to her idle tahs , aud , iu answer to his request to bu put in possession of the treasure , required the usual " inJ ' alijb / e" crossing of the hand with money , and as the riches to bo obtained wero great , so the amount demanded was high , being no less than
£ 100 . But as rinhes were not of easy attainment , and fcuch an opportunity of acquiring them seldom occurs ihe weak-mmd <; d fellow determined to possess the treas re , and gathered all his money , which amounted to £ 25 . as the price for the inlormation , but the sybil would not sell him the secret for this sum , and he accordingly borrowed of his neighbours i-lb , to make up the amount demanded . The gypsey having received the hundred sovereigiw , wrapped them in a piece of brown paper , and going wth the man up stairs , they both knelt down , and , after pretending to utter some charms upon them , she remrnod to him a browu parcel , to be put in a box , which was not " to be opened for a week , when there was io be £ 150 , The tale scarcely needs to be further told : on opening the parcel , there were one hundred and fifty pieces of tin ! When the fraud was discovered , the impostor had decamped , but she has been traced to the neighbourhood of Manchester , A reward of £ 10 i « offered for her
apprehension . Scenery in Ohio . —The weather was as bright and beamiful as the opening of the muiith of May could make it ; trw sky a deep blue , spotted with snow-white and fleecy clouds ; and the air as fresh as a May-morning in England : though the scene was warmer and more intensely brilhauc in its li ^ ht . Tie outlines of the hills that bounded the valley on euher bide were gracefully undulated , and iho hills themselves Were wooded to their summits . The forest-trees were in their brightest livery of green , after the heavy rains ; the paw-paw , the redbud , and the dot ^ wa all mingled their varied blossoms with the general verdure ; the birds sang so exultingly , that one might have fancied a general
convention of the fea'hered throng to celebrate some jubilee ; in short , Nature was in hi r iovelitst and most attractive garb ; and it was happiness of no ordinary kind , to walk alcn > upon the upper deck of the boa . i , and feast tho senses oi' sight and hearing , with the scenes , and odours , and sounds , on every side . Mere existence was a pleasure , and gave , in its silent enjoyment , some conception ot the Unental ideas of a faradise , which should consist of eternal repose , amid trees , and flowers , and running-streams , and sicking birds- Among these , iho evsr-varying notes of the mocking bird were easil y distinguished from their superior vigour and brilliance above all others . The valley of the hcicto ia the favourite haunt of this Caradori of the Woods ; and since we
had hung with delight upon tho thrilling accents of that sweetest and most winning of all songstresses from our ua'ive land , wo had h . ard no warbhngs that could so well compare with hers , as those of the Rubini of Ohio . Mr " . Atwater , indeed , calls him a Shakapere , not of Stratford upon-Avon , but of Chillicothe , on tho Scioto , and thus describes his doings— " The Shaksp-re among birds seats himself on some tree , \ tftere tho greatest variety of all sorts of birds dwell * and makes \ t his business to mock and disappoint them ; hence his common name of mocking-bird . Having seated himself in a proper place , ho listens , in profound silence to the songs of the several sorts of birds around him . Ia the vernal season , he
makes the love-call of a female of some near neighbour , with heart-stirring melody , until the males come in flocks , to caress their beloved mate ; when Io ! no such lovely bird is there ; they find , instead of the lovely fair one , a homely brown thrush . Having succeeded in imposing on one species , he proceeds to play off similar ' tricks upon travellers , ' and continues his play until foe is satisfied with his own mischief , and his neighbours' disappointment . When the other birds have young ones , he watches tbeir nests , until the parents have left them in quest of food , when , seating himself near their domiciles , he imitates the scream of the hawk , or some other bird of prey . If the parents hted the scream , and come hcm ° , very well ; but if nos heeded by them
he proceeds to imitate the voice of the young ones in the utmost agony and distress ; he utters their shrill cry and dying groan , when the affrighted and afflicted parents come flying in the utmost haste and trepidation , to relieve their suffering dying young ones ; but , behold no one is Lear them , except the innocent , the plain , the honest and candid Mr . Thrush ( the mocking-bird ) who retires , as if laughing in his sleeve , at the trick he has played off upon the parents . " We had heard the morkisg-bird in great perfection in the woods , and on the rhers of the South , and especially at
Montgomery , on the rmr Alabama j but the bird of the Scioto , whose notes delighted our ear , was in no degree inferior to that of the ( southern , stream on whose borders we had listened with intense delight to the sweetest warbler we had heard . The two indeed , were so equally matched in musical powers that if the eiDgle combat described in the * ' Music ' s Duel" of the old poet Henrick were to be again performed , the heroes should be taken from the banks of these two streams ; and the spirit-stirring vigour of ths Northern , blended with the melting tenderness of the Southern bird , would make suoh music as Shakspere describes , wafting
"Like perfume o'er a bank of violets Stealing ; and giving odour . " Buckingham ' s America .
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The Case in a Nutshi . ll . —A very wealthy planter in Woodford oounty , Kentucky , fays : — " I had rather be taxed for the poor boy ' s education than the poor man ' s ignorance }; for tho one or the other I am compelled to be . " An Action was tried iv . thelCourt of Exchequer , in which tbe defendant , having eng 3 ^ rd a house at Brighton for five weeks , at eight nuxu ' .-as a week , quitted at the end of the week , because it was intolerably infested with bugs . ! Lord Abinger held " that persons who let ready-furnished houses were bound to take care that tho premises were free from nuisance , " and the jury immediately found for the defendant . !
Hard Work . —It ' s hard work to go up hill with ^ out leaning forward—and it ' s hard work for a" neutral" editor to speak of poetics without leaning one way or the other . It ' s hard work to make a dinner of grape shot , unless they are jwell boiled—and its hard work to digest a fool ' s argument , ualess it be soaked in something like reason , li ' s hard work to do nothing , and have too much of it , ou hand—aud it ' s hard work to collect a debt of one who says , " 111 pay te-morrow . " It ' s hard work to squeeze oider oat of a brick-bat—andj it ' s hard work to scratch out ideas for a paragraph , after being on a spree for twenty-four hours , j It's hard work to hold lightning by the tail—and it ' s hard work to stem the torrent of a woman's will . —American paper . )
Racing Statistics of Grobat Britain . —We should probably not be far widejo * the mark were we to put down the direct expenditure of the Turf at tbe sum of £ 200 , 000 ; but were the capital vested in horne flrsh to be taken into consideration , and the incidental disbursements tG which tho amusement inevitably leads , we feel persuaded that more than one million of money per aneuin is bonufide circulated . In round numbers , it aapears that during the past season about 10 H 0 horses have been contested , whilst £ 150 , OUO were distributed among tho winners . \
Tab Late Drbadpul Accident in Galway . — The inquest on tho bodies of mo unfortunate i > uif rers at the late awful calamity hrr 0 , was resumed this morning before the Coroue-r , . vlr . J . Blakuny . The Courthouse waj densely crowded . . Several witnesses were examined , all of whom concurred in stating , that the coinmutiou wa , si produced by an unfounded alarm that the galleries w ^ re tailing ; and the medical gentleman whe attended the deceased having given testimony to the effect that death was produced by suffocation , th <* Jury returned a verdict , "That the several persons came by tueir deaths in consequence ofinjuries reccivi u by reason of extreme pressure at the chapel ; and that the alarm given oa that occasion was not tho result of any mahciois intent , but arose from an apprehension oa the part of the congregation of extreme danger .
Physical Fobce . —We find the Navy , at the present moment , consists of 231 ^ esseli of all sorts , mounting in the whole 3 81 ) 0 guns , which is ab ut t » 7 <) guns less than Ia ^ t New Year's day , and consequently we have about 7 . 000 seamen ftvvor in employ . It appears we havo 18 sea-going line-ofbattle ships , being s ; ven leas than last year ; 39 sloops , one less ; St 5 smaller vessels , nineteen Its .- * than last year ; 64 Bteatnerp , four additional ; 21 surveying-vessels ; 10 troop-ships ; and 10 receiving-ships . Our force at home comprises 604 gun' - ; packetK , 46 ; Mediterranean , 1 . 035 ; BrasUs , 4 ( ' 3 ; Ens ? , Indies , 88 ( 5 ; North Anu'ricji nntl West Indies , 476 ; Cape and Coast of Africa . 3 < 0 ; surveying , 93 ; troop-ships , 56 . —Hampshire Tekg < -uph .
Nh . w Year ' s Day in the City Prisons —Sunday btihg New Year ' s Day , the whole ot tho prisoners at present iu Newgate , ! tho * o in G . Uspurstreet C <» mp . er , about 2 oO , and jtiie Debtors in the Borough Comptor , twenty-one : in number , were regaled with lib . of roast beef ,. Ub ot bread , and a pint of porter each pprson , the $ j . fa of tbe Sheriff * of London and Middlesex , Mr . Alderman Hooper and Mr . J . Piloher . In addition to the above allowance , those who are confined in the ] Borough Cemprer will , upon tlm Gth iuatant ( Old Christma ^ a Day ) , receive from Mr . Pritchard , the High . Bailiff , Jib of roast beef , gTeens , potatoes , Up . of plum-puddin / j , aud a pmt of beer each , —thus showing that the criminals fart ) much better at this season of the year than the in mites of the union workhouses .
The Gamekeeper and the FaRmeb —On Sunday se ' unight , one of the gamekeepers of J . Attwood , Esq . having assumed , a disguise for the Dttter detection of poachers upon thoestaf " . passed the housseoi ' one of the tenants , near Lea Weod , Edney Common : the farmer thinking him a ruugH-lookin ^ customer , and suspecting hi * - intention of pickiug up what game he could , followed him , armed with a stout cudgel , and came up to him at the wood on the Coptfald Hall estate . The supposed trespasser having refused to quit the place , the farmer commenced an attack upon him , and the single-stick exercise was
maintained on both sides wiu > considerable skill for some minutes ; tbe farmer , however , began to lay about him with increased vigour , his intentions evidently bfing a capture , when the keeper ,, still maintaining his incog .. not wishing to strike nisfriend , presented a brace of double-barreUed pi :. tcls ; his assailant , nothing daunted , drrw forth tho hujge key of his granarydoor , which he as deliberately pointed at the diagui- 'ed keeper , and again cailed upon him to withdraw—at last tho kooper revealed himself to the farmer , and the incident has given rise to a hearty joke in the neighbourhood where the parties reside . — E < sex Herald .
The Extraordinary Mildness of the Season . —The now comet in Draco was at its nearest point to the earth on the l > : h of Deceoibf r . Its distance , however , even at that period , was ! 7 , 000 , 000 leagues . Comets are remarkable for the high temperature they diffuse on our atmosphere on their approach ' to the eaith , and for the subsequently low tempera- , ture at their termination . I anticipate the frost ' vri 1 set in towards tho end of [ the month , as we have tho luminaries and tho planet Mercury apply- j ing to a conjunction of Saturn hi Capricorn ; such 1 a position of Saturn iu Capricorn jthe ancient philosophers alwajs held would itifljience the air in . '
winter to very frosty weather , as was the casein 1784 , when there was a protracted frost and enowstorm , thrue months ) ori £ , v .- ich commenced on New Year ' s eve ; and also in 1013 , when tho cr > ld Saturn was traversing Capricorn , another severe winter j oocurred , which comtutneed on ; December 2 Gth , i and continued two or three months . From the t inclement aspects of the planets on the 3 d and 7 ih of January we may anticipate yioient storms of snow , frost , &o ., and s « vero gale ^ jmay be expected . A very stormy period sets in , contjiuuing with little intermission to the eud of the month . —G . Sugden , Howden , Dec . 28 . ;
High Court of Jibuciauy . —Trial of Alexander iV'KK . NSiK for Attemt to Muuder . —On Saturday , the trial of Alrxandar M'Keuzie , cattle dealer and farmer , came on for ! the assault , wi'h intent to murder , James l > uff , in the neighbourhood of Dundee . M'Kenzie was charged under the Act George the Fourth , cap . ' 3 H , with assault , committed by means of loaded tire-aims , artd with intent to kill , in so fat as , for trw purpose of evading payment of a sura of £ 1 , 000 sterling , which he was indebted to James Duff , grazier , he did on the 15 th of O'to ^ er , 1842 , in or near a wood or plantation called the Gillie Wood , beirg part of the policy or pleasure grounds of the Earl c-f ; Camperdown , in the county of Forfar , into which he had decoyed the said James Duff , wickedly and feloniously attack and assault him with a loaded pistol , and with discharging the same with intent to kill him , whereby
he was wounded in the buck to the effusion of his blood , and serious injury of his person , and imminent danger of his iife . The prisoner , who a ppeared to be in great di > tress ploaded gnilty . Tae Lord Advocate restricted the lii > ul . IJjy the law , the crime , to which the prisoneT had pleaded guilty , was undoubtedly capital ; and he " , along with hi ? Learned Friends with whom he consulted , had felt vcTy great difficulty as to the course which ought to be pursued . After due deliberation , however , he had come to the conclusion , that , consistentl y with his duty , be might in this Cuse restrict the libel to an arbitrary punishment , in the belief that the sentence which the Coart might award would be suffi oient for the vindication of the law . After short addresses from the Court , the prisoner was Bentenced , by the Lord Justice Clerk , to transportation for the whole period of his natural life .
The Colliery Riots i * n Ayrshire . —At tho High Court of Justiciary , Edinburgh , on Friday , William Gibson , Robert Wood , jJames Graham , and Robert Donnachie were placed at the bar accused of mobbing and rioiing With loaded firearms , for the purpose of assaulting , molesting , and intimidating working men employed in the colliery ab West Hawkedfield , in the parish ot St . Evox , Ayrshire , on the 14 th and 10 th Novjember last ; and in particular with wounding and injuring Bernard Boyle , Michael Brady , Charles Ddnally , and Wm . Clark , and with discharging a loaded pii-tol , or other fire-arms , at John Dawson , by which he was murdered . A great number of witnesses having been examined for the prosecution , } the Lord Advocate departed from the whole charge against the prisoner Donnachie . Tbe declarations of the otherprisoners were then read , generally denying the
charges in the libel , and stating circumstances to the effect of bringing out a case of { alibi . Exculpatory proof being then read , the J Lord Advocate addressed the jury for the Crown , and Mr . Crawford for Wood and Graham , for whom he craved a verdict of not proven , at the same time strongly recommending Gibson , whose guilt had been clearly established , to the leniency of the court . } The Lord Justice Clerk ( hen summed up the evidence , and tbe Jury retired a little after eleven to consider as to their verdict ; and in abou' half an hour returned into court and delivered he following verdict : — " Unanimously find William ! Gibson Guilty ; and by a great majority find Robert ) Wood and Jas . Graham Guilty of mobbing , rioting , and assault , but not Guilty of murder , and by a great majority recommend the prisoners to the ] leniency of the court . Find Robert Donnachie Not Guilty . " The court del&ywi proBomncing sentence .
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M ' . jor-Generai Percy D-Rirjia ^ D ^ C . B , D- ; rector-General of the Royal Art » l ! pry , dicdat Woo-l'vich oa Sunday . Copenhagen , Walcheren , Flushing , Corunua , and Waterloo , formed the chief of the various encounters iu which he was engaged . A Generous Landlord , —The Marquis of Exeter , at his late rent audit in St . Martin's , Stamford Biron . returned to his agricultural tenant the amount of the half-year ' s Income-tax . —Lincolnshire ( JLronicle . A pugilistic contest , which terminated fatally took place at Hunst « n , near Chtchester , about three o ' clock on Sunday morning last , between Edmund
and Ephraim Consens , the sons of two brothers The men , it appears , with others , had been drinking through the night , and a quarrel having ensued , tha parties agreed to fight . The contest continued near An hour , and terminated in Ephraim being unable to rise from the offsets of ft blow which the other had dealt him . He lingered through the day , and died at seven o ' clock in the evening . An inquest was held on the remains on Wednesday , before Mr . I . L . Sellis , when a verdict of " Manslaughter" was returned against Edmund Cousens , who has since been cammitted for trial at the nest assiz-s . — Sussex paper .
Attempt to upset a Railway Train . —A Jad named William Hart was brought before the Majcf of Reading on Wednesday last , charged with having wilfully placed a piece iron upon one of the rails ot ths Great Western line , with the view of obstructing the free passage of the same . From the facts deposed to in evidence , it would seem that , at a few minutes before nine o'clock , on Tuesday morning la » t , the policeman on duty at that part of the lino whieh passes immediately opposite Battle Farm , observed something on the rail , at a distance of nearly half a mile from him , which he supposed to he a rabbit until its stationary app arance excited a suspicion in his mind that he was mistaken . As the train was at that moment iu sight , he , after some little hesitation , ran towards the spot with all
possible spe ? d , and had hardly succeeded iu kicking off the iron when the engine passed by . There is no doubt , from the . construction of the intended obstacle , and from its peculiar position on the rail , that , in nine cases out of ten , the effect would have been to throw thu engine off the line , and , in . the present instance , to send it down an embankment twenty-two feet in depth . The prisoner , who is a farmer ' s labourer , and only" sixteen years of age , pleaded guilty to the qharge . We hear that thia wanton and reckless y ^ outh has been before repeatedly se »; n loitering on the railway , and frequently chastised for so doing by the Company ' s officers . He was fined £ 5 , and , in default of payment , committed for three months . —Devizes Gozetlee .
Accident on the Edinburgh and Gha-gow Railway—Maljcjois Conduct . —An accident occurred to the evening train on Sunday last , on thia railway , which fortunately was not attended with serious results , though it was clearly the efi" < H of wilful and deliberate malice on the part of -ome unknown miscreants . The evening train , which left Glasgow a , t five o'clock on Sunday evening , had arrived within a hundred yards of the Poituont station , and was running with great velocity , apparently not intending to stop there , when theo ^ ine came in colJi .-ion with a low truck , the proper - ybf the Cempany , which had been placed across the rails in such a position as effectually to block u ;> the
road . The wheels of the truck not being on tha rail * , » . h ¦ ' engine was able to push it but a little way , when the velocity of its progress caused it t <> pass over it , crushing both truck and wheels . By : hiS however , the engine itself was thrown off the rails j and it was fortunate that the conneotien between the engine and the carriages gave way , so that none of the carriages were dragged after ; and the passengers , of whom there were about thirty , escaped with a few slight bruises , occasioned by their b ^ ing thrown violently against the sides of the earn "? ^ es . The arrival of the train in Edinburgh was delayed by this accident from seven at night , its usual period of arriving , till two in the morning . —Scotsman-
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ST . JAMES'S PARK—SUNDAY . TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHITEHALL , 1 st . January , 1843 . Sir , —Agreeably to the wishes of the assembled multitude io the Park , near the Horse Guards , this ilaj > , I have tbe honour to transmit a copy of the fol . lowiuz ; resolution passed unanimously in referenca to certain proceedings in Warwickshire , which are considered as an evident tampering with the national rights of tbe people at large—namely , the sanction given by tho Administration to an assemblage held at Birmingham ,, for the purpose of contemptuous esultetton—alike rifl- ctive on the Government , * bn governed , and equally dangerous to the public welfare . Charles Henry Ackerley , Chairman .
Resolved unanimously , " That the object of tbe Government agents at Birmingham appears , by tbeir eing in opposition to forward motion , —this Assembly of the London Operative Mechanics , in bebelf of their tv \ ow < men in tfee provinces—wilinot sanction the inconsistent proceedings of the past week , for endeavouring to i / ado ¦ what has already been done . Therefore tbe Charter , as recognized by tho whole country ; anil nailed t" the mast . ' shall be the lever of all our Rights , as those "fall mankind . "
Tbe above was received with enthusiastic approbation , followed by three tremendous cheers , many eongratulatiDg the Cnair . uan ( Capt . Aekerley ) in his ausjicfouB commencement of the ensuing new year .
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GUILDHALL , LONDON . While Sir Chapman Marshall aad Sir Junes Duke , the sitting Alderman , were on Saturday adjudicating on a case which required the presence of iwo Magistrates , a tall well-dressed lady , of " a certain age , " advanced to the table with the air uf a grenadier . The . case having just concluded which occupied the attention of the two Magistrates , Sir James Duke , on beholding the lady , hastily quitted his seat , and retreated into the Maf ; istratea' private room ; bir C , Marshal ! was , however , not eo fortunate . The worthy Magixtrate , who appeared as if some sudden calamity had overtaken him , thus-addressed the lady—Now Miss Newell , what do you want with me ?
Miss Newell ( with great solemnity)—Well . Sir Chapman , I ' ve got you ; and though one gentleman won ' t listen to me , another shall ; for four-andtweuty yt are I have pursued ihis subject , a . ui aa this is the iast dtty of the old year , I ' m determined to bring it to a point . Alderman—Do , madam , tell me how long you are going to d ' tain me ? Miss Newell ( looking up at the office clocK , and then at her gold watch)—Why what do you think of a quarter of an hour ? Alderman—No : pray say five minutes .
Miss Newell—I'd rather you'd split the difference ; however , I can say a good deal in five minutes . Alderman—Well begin . Miss Newell—Sir Chapman , do you believe in God ? Alderman—Really , Madam , IMiss Newell—Coine , come , Sir Chapman , I ' ve got you in a corner , and you must answer me ; do you believe in a God ? Alderman—Upon my word you musi not—Miss Newell—Oh , well , 1 suppose you do believe ;
well that ' s one point gained , however- —( Here the Court was an irrepressible sceno of laughter . ) Well , as 1 told you some twenty-iour years ago , when we were both much younger , that I had a , divine revelation from heavcu , whieh informed me that I should sit upon the throne oi' this kingdom . What wa- * ' . he consequence ? . They locked mo up in St . Lu ' s- ' s . However , I got out , and again I paid you a v -it , when you were Lord Mayor , at ihe Mansion-house , some time ago . Alderman—Yes , I remember it , Misa .
Miss Newell ( in a voice o ! triumph—Oh ! you do remember it . Well , then , from that hour to this 1 have pursued the same steady line of conduct—( Laughter)—and my undying conviction ia ( striking her hand with much force upon the table ) that I shall wear the Crown of England , have a large house , and keep a great number of servants . Alderman—Now pray , Madam , come to a conclusion , for you see the five minutes have just expired . Miss Newell ( looking at tbe clock , and again at her watch)—Not so fast , Sir , I kuow what o'clock it is—( Roars of laughter)—besides I say . that the Queen of this country sets a bad example to her subjects . Alderman—I cannot hear this ; vou mast not be allowed to talk thus . I won ' t listen !
Miss Newell—But you must , and t ask again , why the Queen , a lady occupying a station the highest ia the land , does not Buckle her own child 1 Only place me in such a situatiou , Sir Chapman , and I'll let the world see an example of a great lady nurturing hex own babe . ( The gravity of the Court was quite overcome by this speech , and justice fairly laughed outright . ) Alderman—Miss Newell , you have had more than five minutes allowed you , and , I must beg of yon to retire . Do not compel the to use force .
Miss Newell—Well , I have done for the present I rather like you , Sir Chapman , and , as it ' s the last day of the old year , I was determined to say as ranch " as I could , and I think I have opened some of your eyes , ao give us your hand at parting . The Alderman most good his hand at . the request of shaking it most warmly , dropped to the Alderman , exclaiming , ' man , if I take leave of you in old song— 'Adieu , thou dreary ter , during which the candidate drew . )
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 7, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct785/page/3/
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