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Fbaxce—Jt appears that the Parisian chadels will . oocnpy in time of peace an army of 24 , 800 men ^ hich , j united vmh the garrison of the military establish- jnentsof the encienle continue , aa "well as those of , ^ be interior of Paris , trill form an effective of more , than 60 , DC 0 men to guard the free eity of Paris , and Trill he armed wkh 1262 cannon , composed in part of eighty-pounders and mortars , capable of throwing : iheir projectiles into the centre of Paris . j in consequence of ihe increase of troops demanded by the fx ? rlifics . tlon 3 of Paris , it is in contemplation to augment the Artillery and Engineer force , as well j as ibe Municipal Guard . I The French FoBimCAXioss—It is not in external j forrScarioE 3 only that the French Gkmmmeat ispreparing to meet internal enemies . " If . the Faubourg St . Antoine , " observes is Rfforme t ** be not "well
guarded , ix , will certainly not be for want of guardhouses , barracks , small forts , and otter advanced works . Everj day some new project of fortification is t 2 eTi ~ cd for . that qnarier . jsoi satisfied with the formidable tloek-honses on the Place de la Ba-tille , in tip Hue de Montreuil , tt the Barriere dn Txone , on the boulevards Morla ^ d and Bourdon , the barj ack of the arsenal , and tie cast-Ie of Yrncennes , the Government has resolved on making extensive addition ? to the hiirack of the Celesnn ? , which has been considerably angisented during tee last two years . The formidable works abcut to be added to th « bmiditg will -enable is to contain a garrison of 3 , 1100 foot and horse Municipal GE £ ? ds . Tills rcilitarv establishment 'will thus he coiivmed into a real citadel , being pro--ecied by -a wall pierced wan loopholes . It wiil be the first barrack of the kind constructed in Pari-. "
Tnesday , i ? e " 25 ih of December , is the day fixed foi the meeting of ibe Chiuiibers-Ln Patris announces the death of Admiral Renssin at MonipeBer . Siaxs . —Babcelosa .- —Letters from Paris df date ihe " 25-, h nit ,, state that the fire of the batteries of J " ort MonQuich and of the citadel continued to cover the barricades of the insurgents , which answered vigorously . On the 22 od , ihe cannonade was very ieen on both sides . The insurgents appeared to be well provided with ammunition and provisions .
The -Journal des Debals sajs : —The Bareelonese insurgents are not at all discouraged . They do not eonten . themselves with standing on the defensive ; int since their assault upon ihe citadel , which . Jailed . ihev have raised a battery of mortars with the id tent of bombarding it . " Sins it is that the insurgents of Barcelona , in iheir turn , threaten 10 have recourse to the terrible operation of bombardment . " Marull , said to have surrendered at Tortosa , entered iigueras on lie ISih . Toe prisoners sakea at ifatero , "srtro were sent to TaieniMa and £ abs--qsentlv to Majorca , hare been sent back iy ihe governors ° * ihoif . places who have refused to receive them ; the Capiain- General has , in ccnsFqaenee , chartered a lar ^ e merchantman , and coHver-e'd it into a prison-hulk , which is now lying in the harbour filled with these nnformnaie men .
It is stated in a bulletin of the Leon Junta , that General Seniosani , second in command of Old Castile , who had advanced against Leon , was attacked in the night by a column from the town and routed . This bulletin is dated the 18 i . h . A pronunciamento has taken place ai Rosa-3 in Snpport of the Central Junta . Pebpjgsas , Oct . 27 . —Prim continued his fire on Girona the day before yesterday , and took possesson of the Fanbonrg dePedrfci . The firing continued yesterday . Msrtell yesterday went out of the fort of Figueras with jwo hundred and fifty
meniliDBiD , October 21 sk—The intelligence received io-day is favourable to the canse ef the Central Junta . ^ Ehe port of Hosas , in Catalonia , has declared for that canse , and the insurgents of Leon have been Deforeh&nd with the troops sent from Vallaaol ^ d against them , having surprised the latter in the night of the 18 th , a : one , aj n-, and taken Brigadier Uorente , Colonel P-jol , with two coramandexsand iabout 100 cavalry prisoners . The rest escaped , owing to the Email force which waa sent on ( from leon against them . This event will give an impulse to the Centralists , and the Leon movement may become formidable , particularly from its proximity
toGaHicia . We have news from Saragossa to the 19 th . Concha , having received some heavy artillery from I ^ avarre and other points , amounting to twenty-two fleees altogether , had constructed his breaching ; arteries , which were completed on that day ; he : then sent a summons to ihe city , giving the Junta twelve hours to surrender ; bnt the latter , in reply I to the message , which was ssnt at ? ix in the evening , i replied that ** they szw his batteries were ready , i and be might begin to fire as soon as he liked ; that ; &tj had jus : heistedthe ilack flag , and if he troubled them with any more messages , they would hang the ] messenger . " j
Ltbbety op the Psess!—There was a great tow i 5 n the Chamber of Deputies at its preliminary ¦ meeting to-day . The military here have lately taken the law into their own hands ; and when an ' article appears that they disapprove of , they go in a < body and bully the newspaper people . Yesterday j Bo less than fifty officers went to the office of the j Tarantula , a satirical opposition paper , to oblige the i editor to put in an absolute retractation of some- ihmg he had said about the army . The editor not being there when they went , they divided themselves into parties of ten each , and kept watch the whole day , but apparently without any other euo cess - than th&t of alarming the journalists , and obliging them to get their paper ont in some unusual
way . Bills stuck on the wall 3 announcing a new opposition paper , were torn down yesterday by a number of officers and soldiers from the post-cfBce ; and it was ibis circumstance that was brought before * 'the Chamber to-day . The Count de las Navaz complained of the military taking the law into iheir own hands , and gave notice of a motion on the subject S 3 soon as the house was constituted ; adding , that liberty would not perish while there were deputies thVre . His remarks brought up Narviiz in s great passion , who said that there was a plan forming for discrediting the army , who were th defenders of liberty , which ironld not perish white lie was at the head of the troop 3 . Some , personal Tecrimination took place , and is is Tnmoured that a dnel is not unlikely to result from it .
Babcelosa . —The following is from a letter in a Irench paper : — " We are a league and a half from Barcelona , and hear a sharp cannonade , We see the firing distinctly from the citadel , the Aiarazanas < this must be a mistake , the insurgents having abandoned that point ) , and Monsjuicb . Whilst I am Wr iting , two shells are burning in the air . Same S&Dors who have come on board inform me that the insurgents do not allow any person to leave the Jown . They ar * r said to be 8000 in number , but a great number are without muskets . On the otber Sand , however , they have abundance of artillery
and ammunition , and are not short of provisions . I do not know bow many troops surround Barcelona , iuUt is certaintbatnearly all the villages at more than ^ league oisiant are without a single soldier , . all being concentrated immediately round the city . The insurgents have melted down all the old guns , to be converted into money , and they co on coining day and a ght . The troop 3 areTegnlaxly paid . Barcelona has jnot suffered go mnch as might have been SQpposed 3 as , thefire « fMontjuich has been chi < -fiy directed against Ihe batteries of the enemy . The Sonih Boulevard , however , is entirely in ruins . "
IjscEBr-enoM ax Vjgo . —By the Pacha steam-Tessel of the Peninsular line of packets , Captain Wilson , Commander , arrived yesterday at Southampton , in four days from Tigo , intelligence has been received of an insurrectionary movement in that towH , -which though few particulars have been obtained , seems to have assumed an important character . Captain Wilson states that he brought wiih Mm ) as jiassenger from Lisbon to Yigo , General Yriarte , one © f Espartero ' s officers , and " that he came to Yi ^ a on the invitation of the party which began ihe movement . Fiahtinehad commenced on
the 24 rh instant , and from that time to the arrival erf ihe Pacha the city was in the possession of the . » ation&l Guard , who h&d originated tie attack . As soon as General Yriarte landed he placed himself at their head . Sach was the state of confusion in we place , tbat Captain Wilson did not think it prudent to land . The vessel , whieh tosehed on the W ^ * *** ? , EDOre wM » the maii , bnt came Sr-waV ^* . V » "ffi « « the town , and the S ^ hHa ^ Sf- ^ Ae anril 0 ritie 3 of ibe place . Guard ap ? S ^ w ^ " ^ ^^ een the National wSe ^ w ? rstS W Tera , ment ^ S " ° P O » e latter sl ^ is sl S ^^^^ -sraaraw
B » SrsSg *? S : legations fihoald fresh ^ mpt omlofdSfiecH ! , ™ ^ festthemselresin Bologni MnciTSSSi jprevaned in-fte Pontifical dominioS , wSS ^ ^ S * ep * Tip b j a report that a Preach fleet woold ehottlr Wsar « n Jheir ^ ores , by the tfosing of the Vm y ^ i ;« rty of Bologna , bj&e enforcement of new oppresme inawaal measures , asd finally by the recal into tt » Pope ' B eoane 3 a of the old Cardinal BernettL ^ jwlegate a * Bologna daring tfie oocanences - « 1832 , and sabseqnently Seffl ^ ary of State . The population of Modena 1 b also discontented . * Tio moBt terrible joke prese * Bpon them , ' says the letter in question . u Anstria bad vainly lecom jnended more moderation , the Duke will not renonnce iis system , a general insurrection may be jihonly expected in the duchy , and an amied inter-Tention will ineviabjy ensue . "
Greece . —A party in the interest of Russia attempted s reaction at Athens on the 9 ; hnlt . The attempt failed .
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Thb Augsburg Gazette of the 25 th inst . pr iblishea a letter dated Trieste , 20 tb inst . announcing , be arrival there of Colocotroni , sent by the King < y f Greece on a special mission to the King of Bavari ? u \\ was expected that the elections would be concluded throughout Greece in a few days . Mavrocordato and Tricoupi have be en already elected deputies for Missolonghi , Kair j -who had been banished three years since for T aeism to the island of Andros , ' had returned to Sy ra , where he was waiting the decision of the Gover jment . Ths Frankfort Journal states , tha t , the King of Bavaria had authorised subscription is to be made throngbous his kingdom for the be } 4 efit of the Germans who had been expelled from C freece .
[ Wbatapilj bnt that the Kinf , of Bavar ia had the pleasure of authorising subscr iptions for a few more of his begcarly coun ' . rymcn . We know a few "Germans" who might be " ej .-polled" with some advantage frcm a certain ** tight little island . " What say ycu , " gentle reader" " ?] The town of Uralsk , in tee Government of Orenburg , safF red severely oq the 9 th of last month by two fires , which bTckc cut on the same day ; 105 houses , so mp ef stone , -some of vood , were reduced to ashes , Tie loss is estimated at 103 , 000 silver rnbles .
W& have serious news from the frontiers of Arkansas , near which a large number of the Ca-TEarrcne Indians have been killed by a hostile tribe , and rrvers ! Americans have been murdered by the Ch > Tokces and other nations and tribes . Tee United States forts on the border are receiving reiuforcements . Indeed a second Seminole affair is feared . Gkbxant— Count Survi'liers ( Joseph Bonaparte ) who has been residin" at Florence for some time , ba 3 been attactvd witha paralit-c sirokt , by which hia life is endangered .
LeIPSIG , Oct . 15— M . G . Wigand , bookseller , and ii . Ki- s , pr inter at Leipsig , who were sentenced to tix weeks' imprisonment for printing and selling u The Four Qiestions , " by Dr . Pacoby , of Kouigsburg , petitioned to have their punishment commuted for the fine t-quivalent to it ; this has been refused , and tbeir sentence carried into effect last montti . West Isdies . —At Kingston , ft-ars were enter tained for the safety of htr Britannic Majesty ' s schooner PickJe , which left Bermuda on the 14 th of Angust , and had not arrived at Kinrston by the middle of September . Bermuda has suffered dreadfully with the yellow fever . The Rock , and other hsopitals , were crowded at onr last dates , when its viftims in Ireland Island had bfen more than 100 , and in St . George ' s more than 200 .
The yellow fever is unusually faial at "Vera Cruz , and all ihe Mexican and Yucatan ports . TJxiTkB States . —We have tlijj ! week rpceived the . Year York Freeman ' s Journal , New York Weekly Sun , and Veie York Examiner ; the last a new journal started b > William L . Macker-zie . From these papers we give The following extracts : The Elections—The elections for S : ate officers have been hel-i in Georgia , Maryland , Pennsylvania , and New Jersey .
In Georgia ana Maryland the Whigs have been successful . In Pensylvania it is doubtful which party has the legialaiare . A majority of the Congressional representatives aro certainty Democratic . In New Jersey , where the Whigs had the ascendancy , they have been competejy overthrown , and Democracy is now triumphant . Instead of the Whigs having a majority , as they had the last session of their legislature , they have now only about one-third of the members elect .
Gotebsob Jpkes , of Tenessee , had published hiB message to the Legislature of that state . In it he deprecated the doctrine of repudiation , and strongly enforced the prompt meeting , on the part of the state , of all iir engagements . Thk New York Herald of the 4 lh inst ., eays" The mails this morning bring accounts of ' fro ? t ' at Cbarlsion . There is a great difference , however , in the ' first-frost . ' The one in question is a white frost , the operation of which is to open the bolls , throw the cotton out to the sun , and thereby bring it to toaturity earlier . It is a hard or 'black frost ' which stops the developement of the cotton , and siains ik This has not yet occurred . "
A New Tows is Florida- —The former inhabitants of Port Leon , in . FJorida ( one of the towns which waa almost entirely destroyed by a hurricane and inundation on the 13 ih ) , have selected a new site for a town , t-ome two or three miles higher up the St . Uark ' s river , which is to be called * ' Newport . " It is now being laid off into lots , and several warehouses will soon be completed , ready for the reception of goods . Died vx Framingham on the 15 : h inst , Abel Ben-.
son , a mullatto man , probably ninety years of age-He was once an attendant on Washington in Revo lutionary days . Afterwards he served as a musician The Axtj-Mobmons assembled in Convention at Carthage , 111 ., on the 5 ; h ult . Next day they resolved that if Gof . Ford would not give np Joe Smith to be tried in Missouri , they woold , assisted by such aid as they could obtain . They also resolved to require of the Mormons , blood for blood ; and agreed not to obey the Mormon county officers . A crisis is evidently at hand .
Ltm ; ii Law is Fessstlvanu , —Militabt called out . —We learn that in Butler , Pa ., the citizens have been thrown into a state of inu nse excitement by the holding of stveral meetings in the county , for the purpc .-e of organizing a force sufficient to remove bv violence ihe J ndian , Samu-1 Monawk , now eonfineS in Bntler , for the murder of a family , and whose trial has been postponed by the Court for three months . Tne malcontents wanted to get him
out of prison , give him the semblance of a trial , and deliberately murder him by hanging ! The reason as-signed by them for this course is that the people of the t own desired the acquittal of the prisoner , of whose sanity at the time ol the murder much doubt txists in the public mind . The Sheriff has ordered the captains of the various volunteer companies to be in readiness to march at a moment ' s warning , to defend the prison , should the mob ba so Teckless as to attempt canyine out their scheme .
[ Such doings as these bring disgrace upon Democratic principles ; and do more to retard the progress of liberty than all the persecutions that tyrants bave recourse to , to stop the march of human progression . The Americans seem to be desirous of emulating the crimes of the Roman rather than the virtues of the Swiss democrats . Well I if they will imitate the brigands of Rome , and the scum of Italy , they may yet find a t se 3 ar to curb them !] Athoci ^ vs Mubders . —The last Liberty , ( ^ io . ) Banner says : —A man by the name of Asher , shot
another by the name of Hutton , in Platte county , under the following circumstances : Asher and Hutton had been quarrelling for about a vear or 60 , about a claim to a piece of land . On the 8 h instant the parties met in the woods by themsi lve . s , the qnarrel was renewed , when Hucton started towards Asher with a lar « estick of wood in his hand . Asher to defend himself , ( as he says , ) shot him through the body , and then went to a magistrate and made the above confession . Both of the men were over sixty years of age .
rstw Obleass . —The following is the latest account from New Orleans of the ravages committed by the yellow lever . —Eighteen new cases , nine cures , and nine deaths , on the 4 th instant . Tne Picayune of the oth says : A kei-n north breeze sprung up on Tuesday night , which continued till Wednesday afternoon , when it was succeeded by a thick close rain . Yesterday was the first of the year which told of winter ' s coming . The air was of a bracing , invigorating character . At Mobile , on the 5 th inst .. there were five new cases of fever reported to the Board of Health .
The accounts from Alabama are alarming . In Lowudes , Montgomery , Cl&rke , sad Monroe , numbers of old settlershave fieen carried off . In Haynevilleand Claiborne it has been unusually malignant ; . In the latter , out of 1 , 000 or 1 , 200 inhabitants , over sixty were down at one time , and many died . During the week ending Septt mbtr 30 , the total number of interments in New Orleans , of persons wno had died by yellow fever , was 118 . At Westfjeld Society , near Middletown , Cfc . Mrs . Bacon , wife of Ebenezer Bacon , was brutally murdered while the family were at Church on Sunday . She was stabbed in varioas parts of the body and her head fractured by blows in Beveral places . The perpetrators of the horrid deed carried off about eighty dollars in cash . Two men named RobertB and Bell have been arrested on &uspieio < .
The Ponlotoc Tribune records a bloody and fatal affray which lately took place in that town . Mathew H . Keys aud James Wh'te being engaged in a warm altercaton , G . W . Lipscomb was inciting tfatm to fight . Addison Robertson came up and interposed to make peace . Robertson endeavoured to Tepel lipsccmb , bnt inf ffectually , when Lipsomb stabbed him . Roberison instantly fell , and died in ten minutes afterwards . A bystander immediately knocked Lipscomb down , when he was secured , . * o await his trial .
A Most Shocking and fbnj murder , says the Asheville ( N . C . ) Messenxcr , was perpetrated about seven miles from Kuoxville . on Tnesday , theiib nit . in broad day-light , on one of the most public and frequently travelled roads in Tennessee . The victim was » soldier of the revolution , named John Sntton , wao bad been m Knoxville that morning and drawn tibu /^ E ^ Intr * mTaier ^ for what money he SfcSSfh ^ t P « n > etrator or perpetrators of aeconJte ! deed had not been dekctedat the last g ® ggg § S £ & Canada . —On Saturday n-cht the 7 tv „ * v x . S&SSSSAS i ™ ^ ™ ^/¦ if tsfissrwHss tt
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stroyed , thirty £ 40 , 000 . In the Government fuel yard , 500 cords of wood and 700 chaldrons of coal were consumed . The Left wing of the Royal Regiment had arrived at Quebec , and were immediately embarked on board a transport which , waa to sa . \ l for the Weal Indies immediately . In the course of the present season the number of emigrants that had arrived out from Great Britain was 20 . 353 . At the- same pemd of the previous year 43 , 000 bad landed at Quebec . In the last week , up to the date of which the latest accounts are returned , 584 steerage and 46 cabin passengers had landed . There was rather more bnsinesi doin ^ in the flour markets of Quebec , Montreal , and Toronto . Montreal has been decided upoa as the seat of the Canadian Govcrnrnont .
A Mil has been brought into ? he Canadian Parliament for the suppression of OrABguism t ' . irougsoiU j the province . j Another biil has been brought up by Mr . Lai "> n-, taine , the Attorney-General for Canada WV-.-i , to disqualify place holdt-r ? fbrelectiont-ot . htiProvinci '' l Pa-r-1 haaient . The rcY ' -uuo had suffered coriM-k-. rably of j late , and British aid would doubtless be n quired to preservo the credit of the colony . A m-asure of rfrform is , however , in contemplation which will seenre a reduction of the outrageously extravagant i sahries now x > aid to the piace holders .
M . de Blaequire has laid a proposition before the Legislative Council for- an address to be presented to her Majesty , requesting a funeral pardon to all pr-ratms concerned in the intumctions of 1837-8 . The Governor Gneral has pardoned Donelly , charged with having committed a murder in Ireland fourteen years a ^ o . At St . James ' s , N ^ w Brunswick , a raft , with a pleasure pany of fourteen voujjs fcmalef , parted when in the tideway , and , shocking to relate , thirteen Were drowned I Mariners bhouid ba informed that the rock known as the'Old Woman , ' in the Gulf of St . Lawrence , off Capo Graspe , lias sunk in the sea . It was an important and wellknown landmark .
South America . —News from Valparaiso had been received to the 3 rd of July . The south of Pitu was then not quiet . The exiled Geueral Santa Cruz had retired from Ecuador , where he ha * , til recently , resided , to New Granada , that his presence might noi injure the treaty in contemplation bbtween Bolivia and Ecuador . The intelligence from Santa Fo was to the 15 th Auifust . At that time all was quiet . Santa Anna , in Mexico , had tucceeded in carrying the elections in the department of Vera Cruz ; but he was in the minority in tho country gunerally . An armed brig , two gun-boats , & . « ., wi ; h 500 men , had mailed from Campeachy , for tne purposo of renewing the war in the province of Tobasco against the Mexican Government . The opinion was , that , iha rulers of Yucatan intended to recommence hostilities against Santa Anna .
China . —Psbsecution of the Christians —The following appears in the Dublin Evening Journal : Va the 26 th of May last , the Rev . Mr . Libois , Procurator of the Foreign Missions at Macao , wrote to his Lordship the Bishop of Drusiparis : " I received yesterday very sad intelligence , which I hasten to communicate to your Lordship . Dr . Castro , tho AdminiEtrator-Apostolic of Pekin , announces o me that , according to the information which reached him in January , 1843 : his Lordship , Dr . Jrabert , and Messrs . Chastan aud Mauban , were beheaded in the month of September , 1839 ; seventy Christians were also beheaded , aud a hundred and eighty were strangled . "
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" The People the only soubce , " &c . —A few days back the Sheriff of the King ' s county , eight pslice , and some bailiffs , proceeded to the lands of Ballyduff , near Roscre 3 , to levy the amount of an execution on a widow named Larkin , when a mob of 200 persons ditarmed several of the police , end rescued the seizure : after which the amount of the execution waa compromised . Jaues Marttm , Esq ., CoroDer , with a party of police , after effecting asdzure of cattle at Smitbatown , between Kilfenora and £ inietiruon , were attacked by the country people , the cattle rescued , and the coroner and pelice assaulted .
Robbery by a Postmaster . —O'Sullivan , the postmaster of Cast / etown , Berehaven , county of Cork , and his brother-in-law , bave been lodged in Bridewell , to meet a charge of appropriating a letter containing Bant notes to the value of £ 100 watch had been forwarded by a Cork batter buyer named Jtforty O'Sullivan , to his brother . Police in Wales . —There are now at least 150 of the London police in the disturbed parts of Carmarthenshire , Pembrokeshire , and Cardingshire . They bave been stationed , with small companies of foot soldiers , under the command of non-commissioned officers in moBt of the villages and small towns throughout the country , and thus a system of sttr veillance is kept up . Government Spies . —Three policemen are in custody m Casilerea on tne extraordinary charge of having on Sucasy posted a threatening letter on a chapel door , warning the people against giving more than a certain rent for land , and emblazoned with a pistol emitting smoke and a ball from its luuzz'e !
Sudden Death . —On Wednesday evening as a poor woman named Mary Galvin , living at Ruinley Avenue , Kingston , vsas ft&sisung a friend to carry a trunk to the railway atation-house , on entering the door she complained of having got a violent pain in her stomach , when she almost immediately fell down . Mr . Napier was on the spot in a few minutes , and opened the vein in the arm , and sent for Dr . Hatch , who was promptly in attendance ; and although he succeed in obtaining blood from the external jugular vein , and doing everything that medical skill could suggest , she died immediately . — Dublin WorlO . is
IMPORTANT . ^—It Government ordered & Cumuiission to issue to inquire into the tenure of land in Irelar-d , and that the chairmanship is conferred upon the the R . ghtHon . tbeEwlofDc 5 Von , whowiU be assisted by four other members , two Liberals and two Conservatives , whose names have not transpired . The sitting 8 of the Commission are to commence in Dublin , ubuut the first week in December ; and it is expected that thei ; rt-port will be ready early in the next Session of Parliament . Shokisg Joke . —In the book in which travellers who visit , Monnt \ eanvius usually inscribe their names , a captain of Austria dragoons made the following curious entry , which is translated literally : — " F . N . has lit his pipe at the crater of Vesuvius—Providtnce and the Tuscan dragoons for ever . "
Change of . Fortose . —Au old man residing at Great Horton , known by the name of " Old Ben , " has had £ 100 a year settled on him for life by a relation ¦ who went out to India some time since , and has obtained great wealth . " Old Bsn , " alias Benjamin Ledgard , Esq ., has for a number of years obtained a livelihood by fetching coals with a donkey . Fatal Accidekt , —Upton-on-Severn was horrified on Sunday by the sudden death , fro the acci Cental discharge of a gun , of Captain Henry Martin , at bis residence at the Hook Common . Drowned .- ^ A policeman , while crossing the Shannon , on Friday night last , was drowned . The boat happening to strike against a rock , he was flung out , and all exertion to save him was unavailing .
Something like a Landlord . —Edward Galway , I ef Duckspool , in the county of Waterford , Esq ., J . P ., ! has given all bis tenants an abatement of 25 per cent to commence from the 25 th of March , 1842 , and baa purckased a suit of clothes for each of h s labourers , and their wives and families , and a ( to supplied them with good feather beds and bed clothes ; he has employed an experienced drainer ., and ia about to stone drain at his ownexpence all the wetlands on his estates , and to build houses for b * s tenants , roofed with slates . "What next ?—William Lonergan , of Cahir , a worthy son of St . Crispin , who repudiates the oldfashioned name of eordwainer , and dobs himself " artUf' 1 announces in the TipperaryFree Press that he has returned from a continental tear with the latest xwttenwfor " understandings . " * The Traitor of thb Bahbicades . —The King of tfao French intends next year to pay a visit to Qaeen Vienna , for which purpose a yacht ia about to be
bailt ido ^ E Torture . —At the CJerkenwell workhouse , as it appears by » report from Uae police-office of that district , * >> favourite punishment fear refract Ay paupers , especially voung girls , is to lock them up in a waid a warming VntbraU . Q . —Under what law ? 1 b torture Btill in force ?—TdbUL A VeteraJS Tradesman . —Perhaps there Is not another instance * in this kingdom to be found parallel to one in the Chain Cable Foundry , Greenock . It is that of a workman , a t . ' mith , who , though ao fax advanced in years , is able to w ^ rk for and earn his living . From his habits nn * appearance , no one would take him at first sight to be above seventy ; he ia now a few months beyond 104 years . fToilingat Mi years of age f JBehold industry ' s reward Q
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Cardinal Alexander Q-iustidiani died at Genoa on the 11 th inst . Ho was born in that city in 1778 , and was raised to the purple in 1832 . War in Turkey —W > learn from the frontiers of Albania that the Turks and the Montenegrins , after Beveral conflicts of a partial nature , had a severe battle ' on the 21 st ult ., on the Herregovine , which ended in the defeat of the Montenegrins by the Turkish troops under the command of the Pacha of Scutari . It is flaid j that an armistice was soon afterwards agreed to . ! Rebecca in Sou buset . su ire . —Oq Wednesday night , ttio turnpike-gate at Suiton Weeks , near Chew- ! stoke , was taken down ,, carried to a conaiderablu distance , and thrown into a farmer ' s yard . Tho table of tolls waa also removed frum the- front of the toiltiouse and placed over th& door <> f ; i shoemaker , residing , at some distance . —Wiltshire Independent .
Stohm on the Continent . —Rains amounting nlin'Hit to si ftr-tune , atten .-kti witn . violent Kales of wind , previv . ' . m ' . in Alsace tUmnn ' . a van of \ ast week . Tia .-veilers relate ih > t the storms i-f wind were so alarming as 'o-iiwiucfl ton directois uf ih > i railroad to suspend the dcj > artur « 8 01 tho trains . : v'B . O CONNKLL hoa « ts-that for the space of forty ypara ho had been th * ' e " lrHi Tutor , " umi , if we are t@ bt lit-vi ! tbi Nation h - ¦ xw'ions havo not bsen eminently fuceashful . —Dublin Wor ' d . Mrs Fry is r ' -purieu 10 Ih- .. larsuingly ill , of a pulmonary complaint tho con * , q -i . of of a eold caught duriiic a recent tour in the ot-. h uf Europe . Father Matuew . —Tius g « uUtm . m w expected to leavelrelami in ttirt-o weeks , ani-i will recommence his labours nt Preston , in Lmcashire . and afterwards proceed to fultil his numeruua engagements in other parts of the country .
The Schoolmaster Abroad . —The Nation says" Tvvelvs mo ' . uKs ayo and all the world could not produce a People so ignorant of their own history . To-day ev ^ ry man is familiar with it , or longs to be so . Its castles , its rat ha , its battle fields , have become classic and sacred ground- Its triumphs are sung in racy melocies in evory cottai ; n , farm house , and mansion through the land , and in many a drawing-room . The young Con ? crva ivo , hot with the fire of youth and the instinctive love « f country , take 3 its history to his heart , and in his bigoted College he siffhs m secret ' to e ' rike one blow' f or hia coutttry . Old age has grown young again over the chivalrous tale ot oiir struggles-, and prayed God that it might not descend into the grave till it saw the redemption of our country .
The Mitre a Nightcap . —The other Sunday , H"nry , Lord Bishop ol Exeter , according to the Western Times " took his seat upon uU ihrone , drew the Curtains around him , and made all snug for meditation . " Dv . Coleridge , of ThoTVcTtoa , preached At the conclusion ef tho homily , tho congregation , expecting the customary . episcopal benediction , remained sitting . A brearhlebu pause ensued . All eyes were turned towards the throne . Had anything happened to Ids Lordship 1 The verger crossed over , and tioiouroiisly rapped with his mace . There wab another pause , broken by—a snore , which proceeded from the episcopal snuggery . The official knocked again , louder ; the response was repeated , inoro sojjorou .-ily , Another knock : a downright
whack : and up jumped the Lord bishop ; shook himself , and pronounced tho blebBing . Tho Western Times infers that the right rev , prelate was asleep . Now , whether this story is " a thing devised by the enemy , " or not , we do not know Nor , supposing it to be true , do we know which to blame the bishop , or the parson . Prelates are human ; narcotics will' affct the nervous system : and oven episcopal vigilance must yield to opium . Whether , therefore , Dr . Coleridge mesmerised Bishop Fhilpotts ; of whether a voluntary dismissal of ideas produced this effect ; or wheihev'it was owing to a . devout absiraouon of the mind from sublunary thiners , consummated in a holy trance , we aro quite uuable to gay . The supposed circumstance of a bishop ' s sleeping in church , to have been published as a piece of news ,
must have beeu regarded as something extraordinary — we doubt if it is so . An episcopal snore in church certainly is an uncommon acoustic phenomenon ; but if prelates do not sleep in the church , certain questions that wo would ask § re not easily answerable . How came it that Christianity was unknown in the mines and factories 1 How was it that the extent ef destitution , metropolitan and provincial , has been but lately brought to light 1 How happened it that the first appeal on behalf of th © houseless sleepers in Hyde-park to public charity war made by the Times ? Whence arose the sale of pews and sittings ; How is it that the " superior ola&sts" drivo to church in their carnages , and leave their servants on the box outside ! Verily , too many of their lordships must have been sleeping in the church . —Punch .
Hospitality . —Hospitals are some of the roost admirabio institutions of Christian philanthropy , and especially those which are established for ths relief of the sick and maimed . " Thuy rise , like shelters in affliction ' s storm , And welcoming the pallid , tott'ring form , They softf u pain—arrest the parting breath , And bave the cuffarer from untimely death . " There is one reflection , however , whi . cn is sure to rise on this subject , viz ., that sickness and suff-ring in their euro , aro not 60 deserving of notice as they would be in their prevention . Tnis latter desirable object has been gained in tho simple compound of Old Parr ; and the time , perhaps , is not far distant , whes there will be little or no necessity for the institution of "' Hospitals . "
Destructive Fires . —On Saturday night , shortly after twelve o ' clock , the police constable on duy discovered a quantity of smoke issuing from soma of the windows of the premises No . 3 , Oxford Arms Passage , Warwick-lane , New-lane , Newgate-streot , in the occupation of Mr . Nash , manufacturer of British plate . On tho doors being foroejd , the whole of the lower part ot the building was discovered in flames . The interior of AJr . Nash ' s premises was almost wholly destroyed , together with thefurniiure and the greater part of the valuable stock , estimated at nearly £ 3 . 000 , tho amount destroyed supposed to be worth £ 4000 , the sum insured in the Sun Fire Office . Some oamage waa sustained to vhe roofs of No 2 , adjoining ; of
the stables of the houses of Mr . Edward Sherman ; and of Mr . Matthews and Mr . Waight , meat salesmen , No . II , and No . 12 , Warwick-iane , while the furniture was damaged by water and removal . Last evening , about seven o ' clock , a fire broke out on the premises known as the " Ostend' rabbit warehouse , Newcut , Lambeth . Within five minutes after its discovery the wnole contents of tho shop were in flames . Information was quickly forwarded to the firemen while engaged at a fire which had taken place about an hour previously in some carpenters ' workshops at the back of the Surr . y theatre . Engines were brought into operation ; but notwithstanding such timely assistance , before the { Limes could be subdued , the stock in the 6 hop , as well as some household furniture vf conbiderablu value , were
entirely destroyed . The Nottingham Review states , " that the late Dr . Parry , of Bath , had at ene time under his care two patieuta who had attempted to cut shftrt or to ease a paroxysm of gout by plunging the &fll > cted foot into cold water . This gave instant relief to the pain , and in both instances the inflammation presently abated , but in both also palsy of one half of the body occurred iv a few hours afterwards . '" This terrible affliction with its train of evils could not by the mariyrs have been iii the most remote degree contemplated . Cruel as the sufferings are to those that endure this part malady , consolation is derived from a knowledgi that the improvements in medical sctenco havo led to the discovery of Blair ' s Gent and K-homnitio Pills , from the use of which the afflicted have ever found reilef ;
i bogress of iNSOLVESCT . r—During the past month there have appeared in the Gazette the names of 214 insolvents , whose property (?) has been vested in the provisional assignees ; 44 bankrupts and 22 assignments ; miking a grand total of 310 persons , who , in 26 days , have become commercial delinquentspersons who , by reason oftheir idleness , their extravagonce . their roguery , or their gambling ( speculation ) in commodities ' , have become unable to pay their just i debts—persons who , by favour of vicious legislation , are all ^ or nearly all , screened from any punishment duo to their mischievous delinquency . Exp rienced meh say that for one name which appears in the Gazette , there are nine delinquencies settled by private compromise , which would make 3 , 100 during th month ; aud , if their deficiencies amount *> aoh to £ 200 only , there isaloss during the month of £ 620 , 000 . —York Courant .
Female Academie Francaise . —M , de Castellane has at length succeeded in carrying into effect his lorig-oherished scheme of founding m Paris a Female " Aoacciuie Fraiigiise . " Among the objects pro posed by the institntiou are—The distribution of medals to the authoresses of remarkable works ; the encouragement of young females in their first literary essays , and the defrayal of the expenses of printing their works ; affording pecuniary aid to literary women in straitened circumstances , and providing for the children of those who die in poverty . Among the ladies who are already chosen members of the new academy are , Mmes . Georges Sand , Emile de Girardin , De Bawr , Virginia Aneelot , Anna des Essarts , Clemenoe Robert , CJiarles Reybaud , Frincesso de Craon , Eugeme Foa , M ^ lanie Waldor , Anais 5 * galag , D'Helf , Comtesse Merlin , and Beveral distinguished female painteiB and musioisnB .- ? Foreign Quarterly *
The Fbeebooteb's Again . —On Monday last , Sutton-in-Ashficld was in a state of considerable excitement , owing to an attempt on the part of some of the middle men to lower the wages of the framework knitters . TheBefriendsot thepoor , the advocates of free trade and of the repeal of the Corn Laws , that the masses may be benefited ; those who sympathise with the workmen , trodden upon as they assert , by the ariBtocraoy , would bring still lower the already very low wages ef the stuckingers ; and that too in the face of an improving trade and increasing demand . A band of music , with a flag , went round to collect the work-penple , to consider what should be done , but we have beea unable to ascertain the result . —Nottiagham Journal .
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A Steamer on iFire jn the River . —Between the hours of five and six on Sunday morning , a fire broke out on board the Ailsa Craig steam ship , Capt . Dawsou commander , moored off the Leith and . Berwick wharf , Irongate-stair 8 , at the Tower . The steamer , which was of between 200 and 300 tons burden , arrived off the wharf mentioned from Yarmouth on Suadayj afternoon , having a heavy cargo ou board , consisting of several hundred sacks of flour , several tons ' of mustard , besides bales of , silk , wool , cotton , and ; goods of every description . The firo was discovered by the Captain of the Princess Royal steamer , vVhich was lying alongside , who percieved the smoke issuing through the deck . At the time the crew , of the Ailsa Craig were fast asleep
below ; they were instantly alarmed , and the hatchway torn off to gel ; at the fire , which was found to be of fearful extmt-fthe whole of the cargo appearing to ba in a blaze ! No sooner h . ad the alarm been raised than the brigade floating-engines were unmoored and conveyed to the fire . After the engines had L-ecn got into ] operation , the branches were directed into the hold , and torrents of water poured upon the burning cargo , which not- having the desired effect , holes were cut in various parts of the deck so as to jreach the firo , but even this was of little avail , the flames still raging , and Avith iur creased fury , for j several hours . Several a tempts were made to get ! at the firo by firemen descending
into the hold wiih-j the engine branch , bnt they were utiable to remain ; many seconds in consequent of the oppressive heat and suffocating f ffluvia that arose from the burning mustard . The only chance . remaining to save the ship was cither to skuttle her or fill the hold with ; water . Already was there four feet of water , which had been pumped in by the ftoaiinrf-engnies , akid it was determined that they should contiuue p aying until the entire <> f the cargo Wab flooded . This , although ; -: ot accomplished until near eleven o ' clock , extinguished the fljm « s ; but the damage done in the meanwhile was viry considerable , so much ? so , indeed , that the vessel will have to go into dpek to repair . The loss , it is said will amount to £ 1 . 000 .
Another " Mammoth ! " — A New Y ^ rk papar of the ' 25 th oi August states , that last week some workmen i « Scotchtowfi , Orange county , New York , discovered the rt mains of a mammoth or fossil elephant . The head ^ weighs over 4001 b ., the dimensions of which are as ( ollows : —Length of tusks 4 feet 9 inches ; circumference of tusk at th ^ root , 22 inches ; length of skull , including tusks , 7 feet 9 mokes '; length between the eyes , 2 feet ; across the cavity of the eye , 17 inches ; lengthwise cavity of the eye , 22 inches ; lengthiof the principal grinder , 6 inches ; width of principal grinder , 3 ^ inches ; length of under jaw between the sockets , 2 feet ; girth of hkull over the eyes , incluiing under jaw , 8 feet 5 inches . These bone-s were found embedded m the mar ! to the drpth of from five to seven fret . This is the third mamtninh found in Orange county .
The Mortality ; of the Metropolis . —We regret to state that the w ' eekJy table of mortality srill presents a more distressing increase in the number of deaths above th « iavcrage at this season . In the week ending October 21 no less than 1 , 100 persons dii ; d within tho bills of mortality ; an increase of 198 upon the average of the last five autumns , and 203 upon that of this last five years . It is in endemic , and contagious i diseases that the increased mortality is principally perceptible ; the deaths under this head numbering 271 , while the average
gives only 183 . Of diseases affecting the organs of respiration the refiirns of the week show an increase of 42 doaths , and of those in which the digestion is concerned an increase also of 32 deaths , la fact , in no one instance oul ; of the many " ills which fl- ^ sh is heir 10 " do the present returns show a decrease in the amount of mortality . The mean temperature for the week has not been higher than 42 degrees , ten degrees less than tha . t of the previous week or of The average during the corresponding weeks for tho last , nine years . —Times . i
Jesus Christ versus Louis Philippe ! —The Reforme publishes the following paragraph : — " M . Hubert , a boot maker , living in Rue 6 z . Louis , bad placed in the interior of his shop a wooden figure of Christ , with all the ! instruments of the passion . On the glass bell which covered the pious image , his customers read thejfollowing inscription , written in largo letters . — ' He died for having preached equality . ' M . Groinfier , commissary of police of the 8 th district , convinced , no doubt , that Christ , who said that the last thing on earth would be the first in heaven , had net ! preached in favour of equality .
presented himself , [ without any previous summons , accompanied by jtwo agente , at the domicile of the bootmaker , tore off the inscription , and carried awav the seditious Christ . M . Herbert was absent at the time , ibut learning on his return what had passed , he hastened to lodge a formal complaint in the hands of thej Attorney-General . Let us hope that this functionary will see that prompt and severe justice be done , anci that , following the precept of the Goapel , * Restore to Casar what belongs to Caesar , ' ho will order the figure of Christ and the inscription to be returned to M . Hebert . "
Coroneb ' s Inquest . —On Saturday an inquest was held at the Green ; Man Inn , Putney-heatii , before Mr . Carter , coroHer tor Surrey , on view of the body of Mr . Richard Wills , aged 38 , a commercial traveller , who put a iperiod to his existence oa \ Vednesday la ^ t , on Putney-heath , by discharging the contents of a pistol ; through his head , under circumstances of a very lamentable and determined nature . A pocket pistol of moderate size was found tightly clinched ia his hand . The upper part of hid mouth was much shattered . Some friends of the deoeased spoke to his desponding state of mind for some months past . Hisj relations were most respectable persons , residing at ! Taunton , ia Somersetshire , and he waa in very toiod circumstances . Mr . Shillito , surgeon , of-Putney , said the bullet had passed through the bTain , lodging at the back of the skull . Death must have been instantaneous . The jury returned a verdict of i" Temporary derangemont . "
Jack in a Fjx . —A rather ludicrous circumstance took pJace a few days since . A party of seamen belonging to the Vanguard were returning stores preparatory to the paying off the ship , when one oi thorn wagered that he would squeeze himself through the ring at the end of the main-yard by which the Btudding-yard is projected . All hands immediately dropped work to witness the interesting performance , and Jack having inserted hi 3 feet first , got the ring round his waixt . Unfortunately , however , his shoulders were too broad , and his arms too lusty , to
permit him to pass entirely through the ring , and after several unavailing attempts , he admitted that his fair proportions had defeated him . Jack , therefore , proceeded to ?• back out" of it , buc alas , his hips prevented himi In this "fix ' he remained for some lime , and amidst shouts of laughter from his messmates , which were renewed again and again as he struggled and writhed to escape . Ultimately , however , a shipwright , was sent for , and having removed the roili r ^ Jack waa released from this peculiar kind of " laying out" on the yard .
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ANOTHERj DREADFUL STORM . Cardigan , Oct . i 28 . —The Hampton , Rowland , from Liverpool to Marseilles , was stranded iii this . Bar to-day , and piust discharge to get otf . A sohooner is on the Biar , and it is found will become a wreck . A sloop has sunk in the Bay ; three meu are in the rigging , but ihe sea is too high for assistance to go off A piece of wreck has come ashore here , but nothing to indicate to what vessel it bulougg . The Bristol Tender is totally wrecked , crew drowned , and part of cargo washed ashore ; The Lord ofthelslp ? , from Jersey to Whitfhaven , is on shore ; crewiBaved . Another schooner has just gone ashore iu the Bar .
Swansea , Oct . 28 . —It commenced blowing a eman bre . zi at S SJE . yesterday , at four r m ., which subsequently increased to a heavy gile . Two schooners and two smacks went ashcro in the Mumbles , Lui are expected off , not having ( apparently ) received much damage . Tho Kate , of Falmouth , in entering the Bay last nigh' , very leaky , with cargo Bhifted , became unmanageable , brought up with two anchors , and , fearing she would founder , was abandoned ; was subsequently - boarded by p ilots , and with the assistance of a steam-tug brought ia here this morning ; Bridlington Qua y , Oct . 28 . —It has blown a hurricane , with torrents of rain since midnighi , and a heavy sea . The Spring , Booth , of and from London to this port , in making the harbour , missed , and drove between the south pier , and it is supposed will become a total wreck
Liverpool , Oct . 28 . —The William , Newton , from Drogheda to this port , was driven ashore last night on the Nonb . Ba , nk ! ; orew saved . The Britannia , Edwards , bouud to -Bahia , ashore near the Ribble , has come off , and put back , leaky . The Isabella , for Trinidad , has put baek leaky . 29 . —Tne D : a : ia , Nowlan , from Bantry to this port , is ashore at the entrance of Oarnaeg ( Anglesea ) , and expected to bf-come a wreck . The Lady Bentinck , Hamilton , of Whitebaven , with ftyur , butter , pigs &o .. Went ashore last night , near Soiithport , and is gone to pieces ; crew saved . T e Henrietta , from Chester to Dublin , is ashoro m ar Formbe ; cargo washing ashore . The Asia , from Rio Grande to this port , is ashore near Jarid j crew saved . j The Hibernia ( stwamer ) , from Dublin to this port , ] got on shore in Moehfa roads , but came off on the flood this afternoon , after landing
the cattle . The Janet , M'Nab , from Loch to this port ( with wool ) , is ashore near Red Wharf ; orew saved . The Warrington packet , from Kirkcudbright to this port , went ashore this morning near South Port ; dismasted , orew saved . The Vernon , from the IbIo of Man to this port , is ashore near Formbe . Deal , Oct . 28 . —It blew a heavy gale the whole of last night from S . S . W . The friendship , Betts , from Yarmouth to Stonehaven , put back to the Down * yesterday leaky , and sunk this morning in the Small Downs ; crew saved . The Spheriod , Bailie , for St . Vincent's drove on the Brake Sand , but was hoisted off with jloss of anchors , and has been supplied . The Union , Maokie , delivering coals on Deal Beaoh , drove alongshore , and is expected to be saved ; part of storesland materials saved . Several vessels drove considerably , but brought up with a second anchor down . '
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Padstow , Ocr . 28 . —It has blown a gale from W . N . W . to-day , during which tho Peter and Rebecca , of Plymouth , was driven ashore at Port Isaac .
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¦ ^^ - ^ . ^^ . ¦—— - - n ^ THE CASE OF POISONING BY SULPHATE OP POTASS . CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT , MONDAY , OCT . SO . William Haynes , aged 25 , described in thecalendar as an oilman , / was charged with the wilful murder of Mary , his wife , by administering to her excessive doaea of sulphate of potass , in consequence of which she died on the 28 th September . Mr . Prkndergast conducted tfaeprosecntion . and Mr . WiLKiNSand Mr . Wvlde defended the prisoner . Mr . Prendergast stated the facts of the Case which have already been published , and called a number of wltnessess in support of the charge , -who were ably cross-exinrined by Mr .
Wilkias-Mr . Wilkiss then addressed the jury fortbe defence , and commented severely oa the manner ia which the prosecution had been conducted , and also upon the medical evidence wLich had been given , by a man -who possessed neither diploma nor license , and who had suffered bis feelings to be so far enlisted in the case , that he might ba called the prosecuting doctor . Ha then put to thu jury whether there was any proof that the apoplexy o' which the deceased died bad been produced by the administration of the sulphate of potass . They had no evidence as to tha woman ' s habits ; they had heard that she was predisposed to apopjexy ; they had heard that mental anxiety and that intemperate habits would proauce apoplexy , and yet no evidence had beea given as to the previous habits of the deceased . Suppose
she had taken these medicines of her own accord , how cauld they find the prisoner guilty ? Medical men werd frequently in the habit , where former parturitioua hai been attended with extr&me danger , of producing abortion . But in this case the woman was not pregnant , aud the probability was that she knew it , and had most likely informed the prisoner so ; and if the medicine had been given to prevent conception , that was no crime . Could they believe that the prisoner bad intended to kill his wife ? What man in the kingdom could say that the probable result of admi 8 t 6 riiig two ounces of sulphate of potass would produce death ? Under the circumstances , he submitted , that it was impossible that the jury could convict the prisoner of the crime of murder . As to what Mr .
Pickering had stated about the prisoner ' s dislike to children , be did not believe it . The policeman waa present the whole time , and he had not beard it . The counsel for the prosecution had sot alluded to it ; he had not heard it . Mr . Pickering , who ; had been examined before the Coroner and the Magis-Strate , could not have forgott en it ; and yefc he had never mentioned it before . He did not believe it He wished he could ' have laid before the jury , from some of the witnesses for the prosecution , what had taken place in the prison when tho prisoner ' s child had an interview with him . He wished they could have seen how that child had clung around him . That was the voice of nature , and nature never lied . Could they
believe the evidence of Mr . Picketing as to the cause ef death t He did not pretend that he had any diploma or that he had undergone any examination ,: but he asked them to Delievo him as to the cause of death oa the strength of his having for thirty years experimentalised on human existence . If they had any doubt as to the cause of death they mast acquit the prisoner . Law was stated to be the perfection of reason , and was it not moat unreasonable to put the prisoner upon the same footing as the midnight assassin . He bad always been kind and attentive to his wife ; and whatever might be the result of this inquiry , he had , in consequence of her loss , already suffered more than it was in the power ot any human hand to inflict upon him .
Several witnesses were called , who bad known the prisoner for some years ; all gave him the character of a very kind and humane man . They were croaa-examinetf by Mr . Prendergast . Mr . Justice Wightjian summed up , and said that if the jury should be of opinion that the prisoner had administered the drug to the deceased for the purpose of procuring abortion they must find him guilty , aven if they should be of opinion that he had no intention of killing her ; that was if , in their opinion , the administration of the sulphate of potass had been the cause of death . It waa for them to say whether tho medical testimony was sufficient to satisfy them that the administration of the sulphate of potass had been the cause of death ; if they were not satisfied on that point , the ; must acquit the prisoner . The Jury then proceeded to deliberate on their verdict , and having retired for three quarters of an boor , returned into Court with a verdict of—Not Guilty . The prisoner , who is a good-looking young man , waa dressed in genteel mourning . He seemed deeply affected during the who . e of the proceedings , and frequently shed tears .
CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER . In the case of Edward Dwyer , charged with murdering his infant child by dashing its head against a counter , Mr . Herry , on bebaif of the prisoner , applied to have the trial postponed until next sessions , i& consequence of the absence of several material witnesses for the defence , who could depose as to the state of the prisonetH mind . The application , which was not opposed , was granted by the Court .
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London Cobn Exchange , Monday , Oct . 30 th . — During the past week , the arrivals of all Grain up to our market , with the exception of those of Irish Oats , of which upwards of 22 , 000 qrs were received , were on a very limited scale , and by no means in first-rate condition . The receipts of English Wheat were tolerably good , particularly from Essex and Cambridgeshire . The stands exhibited a fair average number of samples , the best of which were taken at full prices ; indeed , in some instances , an advance of Is per or was obtained for the best white
descriptions . In the mid iling and inferior kinds not much business was doing , yet previous rates were supported . The demand for Foreign Wheat , wa 3 slow , yet the currencies underwent no alteration . la bonded sorts nothing was doing . Malting Barley sold freely , at fully last week ' s prices ; but in grinding and distilling sorts next to nothing was doing . The Malt trade was , on the whole , dull , but we have no change to notice iu the value of this article . Owing to the large arrival of Oats , the inquiry for them was slow , yet full prices were generally paid . Beans , Peas , and Flour , were held firmly at lata
rates . London Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday , Oct . 30 th . —From our northern graz'ng districts , as weU as . from other parts of England , the arrival of Beasts were again extensive , and , for the most part , of middling quality . The unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering , and the large quantities of dead meat on sale in Newgate and Leadenhall Markets , produced considerable heaviness in the demand tor Beef ; indeed , for some hours , it was in a State of complete stagnation , notwithstanding tho attendance of butchers was numerous . A few of the very primest Scots found buyers , at prices about equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight , or from 3 s 8 < i to 33 lOd per 81 b 3 ; bui the general quotation of Beef declined quite 2 d per 81 bs , and nearly 400 beasts were turned out unsold . The numbers of Sheep were not very great , yet they were more than
adequate to meet the wants of the dealers . The Muttou trade- ruled excessively dull , and the currencies were qnite 2 d per 8 ibs beneath those realized last week . Wo scarcely ever recollect so dull an inquiry for "Wai , the value of which receded from 2 d to 4 d per 81 b 3 . Some small Pork sold freely , aud other kinds of Pork slowly , at barely late rates . The imports of Foreign stociis , sinc 8 our last , have been quite unimportant , and we had not a single head on sale here to-day . The arrivals of Beasts from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire , consisted of 2 , 600 short-horns ; from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , 150 Scots and homebreds ; from Yorkshire , 90 runts ; from the Western and Midland Districts , 200 D&vons , Herefprds , runts , &c . ; from other pam of England , 100 of various kinds ; from Scotlan « , 100 Scots ; and from Ireland , 40 beasts .
Borough Hop Market . —The quantity of hops on show here 13 still large , even for the time of year ; nevertheless the demand for them is firm , at prices fully eqjal to those obtained last week . Very little is doing in the duty , which is estimated at £ 130 , 000 , to £ 135 v 000 . Borough asd Spitalfields . —There has been a fair average arrival of potatoes at the waterside since our last report . G *> od s mnd qualities sell freely ; other kinds slowly , at our quotations . Wool Markets . —The public sales , which have been iu progress since our last report , have been well attended by dealers . ¦ Out , of the 12 , 009 packages offered , about 8 , 000 have been disposed of at an advance of from Id to ljjd per lb on the previous sale's rates . Privately , a very limited business is doing , yet the quotations are firmly supported . Very few importations have taken place from any quarter .
Tallow . —This market continues ia a dull and inactive state . The trade are buying only to sappljf their immediate wants , and bat little" speculation i& going on . The latest advices from St . Petersburgh are up to the 16 th inst ^ when the quantity shipped off was 111 , 690 cisfcs , against 95 , 404 to the B * ma date last year , and 118 , 630 in 1841 . Prices wert steady , and Yellow Candle would cost , laid down ia London , about 439 . There are now between . London and St . Petersburgh 12 , 000 casks . Town Tallow , 43 s to 43 s 6 d , net eash . Rough fat , 2 s 6 i per 81 bs . AlANCHESTEIfrCOBW MaBKET , SaTUBDAT , OcT . ; 28 » —There was bat little inquiry for Wheat at 3 > ur market this morning , bat holders did not appear anxious to press sales at lower prices , and there was only a limited business done in consequence . —Floor met a moderate sale at about the previous currency . Both old and new Oatmeal was in fair request , ana the former must bo noted xather dearer . No alteration in Oats .
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ASHTON-UNDER-IilNE . —Several of the millowners , to their praise be it said , have given the list prices ; whilst others 0 / them , up to the present , refuse to do so ; and one firm in particular , in order to prevent their hands from getting that support which is indispensably necessary , to enable them successfully to snuggle with them for the Bame rate of wages as many of the other masters are paying , have circulated a report that their meu aro not on strike for wages , but to compel them , the masters , to take into their employ a man whom they discharged for spoiling his work . This is false . The
truth is that the men are willing to go to their work , the moment the employers will give them the list price . We are happy to state that Mr . Wood , of Glossop , has given the power loom weavers in his employ an advance of one penny per piece this week . He was paying one farihiiig per piece less than the other masters before . By this advance he 19 paving three farthings mere ; wo suppose to make amends for the wages his workpeople h&va suffered by working for less than their neighbours . Also the Droyladen masters have given an advance of three farthings and a penny per piece , and an advance of one shilling per week to the card room hands in both of ihe above cases .
Market Intelligence.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE .
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-six , exclusive of outbuildings ; loss Death of a Cardinal . — THE NORTHERN STAR . ly-six , exclusive of outbuildings : loss Death of a Cardinal . —
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 4, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct971/page/6/
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