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' , ; iR 3 i ^ . —Tnmes Wilhan ^ was charged with / ionioosl' stabbing ; and . wdnnding-Geoge William « jl « d . ^ r Tne chrcu ^ tonces of ihe cafls -Were irienv " » "follows : —Onthe 28 th September List , , r ' Pollard ,, who ia a butcher , holdinga stall in ^' Worcestershire country-shambles , was at his % of business ; when he observed ' tfie prisoner , Shi , was minding an ad jacent stall , kick . a dbg belo ^ ing to the prosecutor ' s uncle , and Pollard told LThe hada geoinamd togivo . fiim a ' thrashing : % g p riso ner replied , Mlf yon do I'll run this knife , ' to voo . " Pollard then took the prisoner by the •" while under that indi r . m « TW ; ii ;« t > : s waa i > U . mj _; ,
flse and suffering gnity the ij-jsoner stabbed Pollard in the abdomen , the knife JLsJog inatone point , and coming ont near the * £ gBl inflicting a most Berious , wound . —Tha pross-CDt having given his evidence , Mr . Justice lalfoord asked him : How could you be so rash { after his threat ) as to pull the man ' s nose ?—Wit-Jjgss : I had no idea , my lord , that any Englishman v 0 olJ do so cowardly an act . —The Judge : But is jttnore the act of an Englishman to pull noses- ?—• jrjje witness answered that it wa * a common English practice , and that he had had his own nose polled more than once . The prisoner was found \ ot Guilty .
DURHAM . Libel . —Mr . Hngh M'Coll , a respectable printer in South Shields , was placed at the bar on a charge of publishing a false , scandalous , and malicious libel npon Mr . James Mather , a spirit merchant in South Sudds , and a gentleman ' who takes an active part in pnbfic maters , more especially those pertaining to mines , in this district—The circumstances of this case were somewhat extraordinary . In November of last year South Shields became a municipal borough . Previous to the day of election for mayor and councillors , there were meetingsjjfjhe burgesses of the different wards , . and of consequence the usual am ount of squibs and speechifying , the' Police Im-. prorement Act commissioners , and other
functionaries ., comrng in for their share of observation . Partyfeeliog ran high , and there was agooddealof excitement in the town .- Mr . Mather took anVactire part in the meetings that were held , and one morning the town was thrown into a perfect fever by every respectable householder receiving through the post a hand-bill , containing a gross and exceedingly filthy libel on the character , of that gentleman . It tra s anonymous of course , and the lawyers laid their jeads together to find ont who were the printers of ( be production ; after considerable dodging , a humherof bills printed by Mr . M'Coll were compared t fth the libel , and after submitting them to practical men , the conclusion was come" to that lie was the m an that printed the bill , and he was accordingly nsund over by the magistrates to appear at the
assizes to answer the charge of misdemeanour . " Before the ca = e went to trial Mr . " M'Coll wag prepared to prove that he was in the highlands of Scotland at th e time ot the publication of the libel , and that-his jnen could give a good account of themselves at ( be time when it mast hare been published . He had also a number of printers who were willing to make oat h that it was impossible to swear to type from indentations npon it . —The jury having been sworn , and Mr . M'Coll pleaded not guilty , Mr . Atherton , on his behalf , avowed his entire innocence of any knowledge of the author , printer , Of j ) Ufrllsberof the libel , which was a gross and scandalous one—Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , after this disavowal , wonld not offer any evidence to the jury , and a verdict of Xot Guilty was returned .
- LEWES . CBiCE V . WIXS 0 . Y . —BREACH OP PBOIOXB TO HARRY . Tms was an action brought by the plaintiff . Rose Sarah Grace , to recover damages from William Henry " VTibon , the defendant , for the breach of his pmniiae to marry her . —Tho defendant pleaded that before tbe breach was committed , the plaintiff had exonerated htm from the promise he had made . — Jfr . Chambers said , the , plaiatiff , Miss Rose Sarah Craoe , was the daughter of a gentleman residing in London . He was unhappily separated from his wife , " and Miss Grace bad , in consequence , been to a treat extent deprived of the , advantages of a hoine . and she had maintained herself in a respectable manner by the exercise of her talents as a
goreraws . In tho year ISH she became acquainted with the defendant , at a time when she was on a visit iu the neighbourhood of Arundel , in which town bis father held an , appointment under the Custom . - ; , and at this period he was twenty and she was eighteen years of age . . The plaintiff was invited to the house of the defendant ' s father , but at this time there did not appear ttf . be any close intimacy between her and the defendant . Afterwards , however , there was no doubt that an intimacy did spring up between the parties , and that a promise Qf . in . irvi «* was made by the defendant . For reasons v : hich it was not necessary at this stage of the case far him to enter into , the family of the defendant were averse to the marriage , and in the month of
Sowuiber last year the . plaintiff , accompanied by some of her relations , went to the house of Mr . Edward Wilson , a brother of the defendant , in Londen , and upon that occasion she stated that if he w »> ukl say it was of his own accord that he desired the match to be broken off , she . would disekmrc him from his promise , and retard his letters ,. and upon his saying so , the plaintiff said . she releashl him from the promise of marriage , and she woul-i think no more about him . He should prove this f-ct by tbe testimony of the relations of the defendant who were present upon the occasion , and if it was established to the . satisfaction of the jury , tbeiiefmdant would be entitled to their verdict . — Mr . hhn "Wilson deposed « that he was father to the
defendant . lie knew tbe plaintiff , and rememtore-i her being on a visit at his house tour or fire yeas ago . Bis sonand the plaintiff were . both jou'jg people . An intimacy subsisted between them at tot time . He never approved of the intimacy , but he could not say that he ever positively objected to it . lie first became acquainted with the plaintiff npoatbe occasion of his visiting a relative at Petworth Park , near Arundel . In November last , in CB-ztevqaenee of a communication he had with his son E-iward , he went tit London , and on the 27 tb of that month he saw the p ! .-unt ffand berbrotlwr and aster at his son Edward ' s house . The defendant also nas present The plaintiff talked a great deal , and he heard her say to the defendant , that if he had
broken off the marriage of his own sccord she had no wish for it , and that she would release him from his promise and give him up all his letters . His Boa , when she said this , replied that what he was doinj with regard to tbe breaking off the marriase was Joae entirely of his own free will . After this ftepltiutiff and her relations had some refreshment , and they all parted on very friendly terms . Bis j « n was at present a landing waiter In the port oi I / mdon . and his salary was £ 150 a year . —Mr . Edward Wilson , brother to the defendant , deposed that he was a surgeon , and resided in Great Coramslrert , Brunswick-square . In November of last year h < : received a communication npon the subject of tie intended marriage , and he , in consequence , called upon Mr . Henry Crace , the brother of the phimiif , and that gentleman , and his wife , and the plaintiff , came to bis honse on the 28 th November .
Witness s father , Mrs . Salter , a married sister , and the defendant , were present at- the interview . He heard ibe plaintiff say distinctly , that if the defendant left her of his own free will , she vcould give hiui up immediately . His brother replied that , it ^ as of his own free will , and the plaintiff made no ? eo ! y . Tlse plaintiffs brother asked the defendant * iy he refused to marry her , aud he rep . ied that he kad not sufficient confidence in her to make her his wife . After this took place they had refreshment and shook hands , and parted apparently npon Jicscl y terms . At the interview he hai . in the first jasiance with Mr . and Mrs . Crace , he understo-Ja thatitwas the wish of all parties that the aaici should he broken off , and that they should mutually release each other . —By Sergeant Shea : Be was aware that the piaintVrT Mid his brother had been intimate siuco 1 S 45 , and that the plaintiff nad been received in the familv as his
Kidded wife . He did not observe that the plaintiff was very much distressed npon the occasion . — Serge . n . t Shee then addressed ihe jury for the I'lauitiff . —Urs . Debbe was tben examined to prove the cireutnstancss of the intimacy which took place bewtru the plaintiff and the defendant after their nwcuB !* at her house . She saw the defendant in l « 'i ' , and he t <» ld her that he was going to be marled to the plaintiff , and that he had taken apartnu- 'Mi in the Kens-road , and witness wished them hai'pkes ? . —3 ar , H . W . Crace deposed that he was nroJhtrto the p laintiff . He was introduced to the defe :: « iJjEi" on the 21 st of November , last year . Tbe wefcndiii t dined with him on that day , and , after diaucr he introduced the subject of tbe intended sru-riajre ^ jj j ^ jSt ; eP > xhe defendant said that uieoal y thing that prevented the marriage from •^ ait . ? place immediately was that he wanted £ 50 to re ! iW e himself from some liability . Witness told bna tf- that was all he would advance him the
amoutt , and after some conversation it was arrauEad that this sum was to be advanced , and the S ; » eu ; hi ! t was to return £ 60 in a twelvemonth . » ariess did not intend to take the money , but to fcake a present of it to his sister . It was afterwards settled \\ m i t ' ae marriage was to take place on the - ''h . His . sister was staving with him at the time . l < .-. ; dtfcUdsnt parted" with " them on Saturday , the - ¦ rfcf KoTember , and . they heard no more upon Y ? . objec t of the marriage until Mi " . Edward 'V "' " - * called opon him , and in consequence of f ^* - i * iaid , he and his wife and the plaintiff went
" : ° tae louse of that gentleman on the 27 th . Dinner t h . ei ordered and the wedding cake and cards t l r *" ea tl » cy went to Mr . Wilson ' s , his sister " * i t rp io the defendant and took hold of his haad ^• a sai to him— " William , why have you treated ?' : ' -1 ^ : s raamer ? " He -made -her no answer . ! -tess also ; u ; ked what reason he had for hiscon-^ sct , aad he did not reply . His brother then said iGbj a _ .. Bjj lj Wh , d 0 n * rou gpeak out , and say } on have not sufficient confidence in her to make ^ j our wife ! " and the defendant mumbled out *« e words after him . His sister then asked the defcJi iast—«« Wh y he did not tell her so when he left
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her on the Saturday nigi . ' !/ ' and he shook his head The plaintiff was in a most flib ^ essed state at this mterTO ^ aBd- ' alM- ^ g rtD ^ fj ^^ -fig !^^ defendan $ . that . ha ; was a scoundrel and : a Villain for aoungin ^ uch a manner to a girl . He heard the Si Sf i / t- 8 ay ' in the « wwe of what took * place , that if hi ? son married Bose ; he would blow ™ oSf ^ « onerating tha defendant from his E . w ° anyth ! n = of the kihd :-0 neor two S ^ „^ w " Were then cal , ed ' to Prove the preparations that wercmade for the marriage , ' and this closed the plaintiffs case . -Mr . Chambers replied ; —Air . Baron parjfe navin gummed u „ . - jUry alter very short deliberation , returned a verdict for the plaintiff . —Damages , £ 250 . . .. _ . . . . > .. I
. ¦ H 4 KT T . BBAOnURY ASD ASOTHER . Apis was an action brought by Henry Hart to recover damages from Messrs . Bradbury and Evans , the proprietors of Punch , for a libel published in that humourous publication . There were three counts in the declaration , the first charging the publication'of a specific libel , to which the defendants pleaded that they had mada the publication without malice , and had subsequently published an apology , and had paid £ 5 into , court as damages . The other two counts charged the defendants with publishing an ironical caricature of the plaintiff , and that , the apology was not bonCi fide , but that it was in reality a ' continuation of the libel . To both these counts the defendants pleaded not
guUty . —Thc present action arose out of these circumstances . The plaintiff , " whb is ol the Jewish persuasion , had been taken into custod y for inciting [ a young man , named JSewland , to rob his employers ; and it will be recollected , ' that about the same period , another Jew , named Baraett , was charged with a similar offence . Upon the trial of the plaintiff , it turned out that Newland had told a great many lies upon the matter , and as his evidence was not ^ corroborated , in any measure , the jury acquitted him . The other man , Barnett , h 6 werer was convicted , and he was sentenced to be transported for fourteen years . "It appeared that before the trial , some comment had been made upon the conduct of tha plaintiff in Punch , and it was for
i these comments that the presentaction was brought . The defendants , itappeared , subsequently published an , apology , and in the same number there was a humourous caricature , ' representing a Jew old clothesman , dealing . with a little boy , outside a pawnbroker ' s Isbop ,. and it was contehded that . the defendants had . made an ironical apology , and ' published a malicious caricature , ' with the intention of stiiiinjurmg the p laintiff . — Mr . Baron Parke having siirhmed , up the case , the jury , after deliberating some time , returned ; a yerdict for the J plaintiff , damages £ 10 , in addition to the £ 3 paid into Court . The BunoLARY at UcKFiitn . —William Brooks , 30 , labourer , John Smith , 25 , labourer , James Smith , his brother , 17 , b ' asketmaker , Thomas
Morgan , 39 , shoemaker , William Hillyer , 25 „ labourer , and Joseph Carter , 2 i , labourer , were indicted for burglariously breaking .- and entering' the ' dwelling : house of Susan Farncomb , and stealing bank-notes ^ plate , and other property , of the value . of £ 300 , and Elizabeth Oliver was charged , with feloniously receiving a portion of the stolen articles , ' knowing them to have been stolen . —James Hamilton , «« of the burglars , give a detailed account of . the robbery . The Misses Farncomb identified somepf the stolen , property , and T ., Wood , their bii , tler , ; recpgriised the prisoners Carter and Morgan . Thuvwitness was then shown a * variety of , article ' s , ' cbjasisting of clothing au « l other property , taken from the premises , all bf " which he identified as having been
stolen on the night in question . —A great number of witnesses were then called , in order to confirm , the evidence of the accomplice , and tbe evidence as regarded most of the prisoners appeared . to be . of a very cpnclusive character . It was shown that they wereall . in company at the time in . question , and they were traced in different parts of . the county , going in the direction of the house of the prosecutrix , and it also appeared that , the portions of the stolen property . which had been produced and identified , were found in their possession . . It also appeared that when the woman Oliver was taken in custody fifteen sovereigns were found concealed
npon her person . —The prisoners when they were called upon for tbeir defence , merely abused the accomplice , and said that they were innocent of the charge . —The learned judge having , summed up , the jury , without any hesitation , returned a verdict of Guilty against all , the prisoners , and his Lordship sentenced the men to be transported for life , and the woman for fourteen years . —When , the senteneo was pronounced , the prisoner Carter exclaimed that he would murder the first man he came across when he got abroad ; . and Hillyer said it was a very good thing he was now to be transported , for he ought to have been transported long before .
SALISBURY : Assault Asn Hoboem . —Richard Hawkins and Thomas Lavington were indicted for assaulting John Cox at Steeple Ashton , and robbing him of a shilling and other monies . The prisoner Laving ; , ton pleaded Guilty . —It appeared from the evidence that Cox lived at Trowbridge . On the 1 st of July he was at a public-house untileleven o ' clock , when he left ' to go home .. As he was passing Black Bulllane he saw a dog come out of it , and then four men came up . the lane and followed him . They came np to him and said , ' * Ion seem in a hurry , " and one of the men put his arm round his neck , and another took hold of his legs and put him on the ground . One man then said , "Your doom is
to die . " The two prisoners were two of the men . Hawkins said ,.- " Kill the —— - , and hocker him . " Cos cried oat , "Dick Hawkins , I know thee , and my name is Jack Cos ; I am nothing but a poor man—don ' t hurt him . " Livington was then on his body , beating him with a stick about ; the head and face . Hawkins said some gibberish ; and then Lavington and the others bent him . wprse than before . The two men who have . not been taken then took his money , out of his pockets . Cox called " Harder , " and the four men ran away . Although he had been drinking from eight until a eleven , still he was . not drank , The Other two men had absconded ; their names were Matthews and Sims . After the robberv a policeman saw . Hawkins ,
-Matthews , and Sims going home together from the place where the robbery had been committed . Upon Lavington ; being apprehended , blood was found on his smocl & ifrock , which he had turned , and a stick . with ^ Mood on it was found in hi s house . The boots ^ ef both the prisoners corresponded with the marks which were found on some soft earth at the place of the robbery . —The jury found Hawkins Guilty , and he was sentenced to twenty TOU ^ ransportation . SEn tcih } Kp § g ||^ os .. . « . " , ShrmtsspQz & fi Hall stated tnat this was 7 a ' nabtion Tor ^ tierfMdlic i tion of tbe piainffes . 'daugh ' jer ,. to " which the defendant pleaded not giiilty ' . r-Bethin . Dickenson , who said she was the daughter otJnmesDickenson ,
a collier , at Halton , three . ' . niiles from Leeds , and was twenty-bne years old ? ' She had always lived with her father and mother , and helped in the household affairs . Stevenson was a farmer and joiner at Halton , and a man of property . She first became acquainted with him when they went with an old woman to tbe Union Workhouse at Carlton , in Xovcmber , 1819 . Mr . Green , the overseer , had suggested that defendant should take her in his tax cart ; but the defendant got a close cab . Witness and the old woman rode inside , and the defendant on the outside , with the cabman . They got the old woman there ,. and left her , and when they came back , the defendant got in the inside . After going
three or four miles , they stopped at the Wheatsheaf to bait . They then got into the cab to start a ? ain , and he pulled up the window shutter , and began to take liberties with her , aiid he finally effected his purpose . She had a child in August last . The defendant is the father—she never in her life had to do with any man bnt him . She is the eldest of her father ' s family . Defendant is married , and has seven children . Several witnesses having given this witness a good character , Mr Watson addressed the fury for the'defendant . —Mr . ' Sergeant Wilkins having addressed the jury in reply to the defendant ' s case , Mr . Justice Cress well summed np , and the iury found for the plaintiff—Damages , £ 50 .
IIobse Steaiers . —Charles Darhy , 27 , aud Alired Boardman , 17 , were charged with stealing a gelding , the property of Alexander Parker , on the 21 st of December last , at Heeley , near Sheffield . —It seemed that on the previous day a servant of the prosecutor ' s had placed the pony in a field of his master s and on going next morning to the field he missed it . In consequence of information , he afterwards went to Mottram , and in a field there he saw his master ' s pony ; he came back to Heeley , and again started to Hyde , in Cheshire , where he again saw it . —Another witness deposed that oh tlie morning spoken of he met the two prisoners , each on a horse close by Mottram . ; the witness asked if the horses were on sale , and Darby answered that
they were , and after some further conversation the witness bought it for £ 2 as ., bridle and , all . After the sale the two prisoners went oh towards Ashton , and the witness took the pony home . When apprehended , on the . 11 th of 'J anuary , \ and having had the charge made ; Darby stated that , he had sold the pony , and that Boardman had stolen it , and had g iven him 10 ? . ' . to sellit . The other . prisoncr made exactly the like statement when he was taken . —The jury convicted both prisoners . — ' The prisoner Darby was tried upon another indictment for a similar offence , that of stealing a mare , the property of James Callaghaui , fit Sheffield , on which he was agfiin convicted . —On being sentenced , his lordship transported Darby for ten . years , and ordered Boardman to be imprisoned for six inonths .
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Marlborough-street Police . Court against George Harry Grey , Earl of . Stamford ,-charging him with being the father of a bastard . ohild which sheaileged she . had , been delivered a short time before . " The case came on . for . hearing upon the 18 th / and-tbe Earl , who was npt . present , was represented by Mr . Clarkson , and the defendant by a solicitor . ' - She then swore that on the 28 th of February in the previous year , shp ., was . out in company , with " a girl named Jane Lewis , at a place calledEnville , about half a mile from the seat of . the Earl ; Sho had been out collecting monies for her father , and was returning ; about , nine . in . , the evening , when she met the . Earl and ' a clergyman ; they were-00 th intOxi » eated , and the Earlasked-her where she waa going ;
sne said homo ; he then left the clergyman and followed , and Jane Lewis stayed behind . His lordship behaved very , rudely , and finally after much persuasion had connexion with ; her , ihe " result of which was the child , she ; bore in her arms . Hi ' s lordship said that he would provide for her-if anything happened , and promised to meet her again at a subsequent period , : but never did . To corroborate this statement she called Jane Lewis , who swore to seeing tbe Earland her . in : such a position that could leave no doubt about the matter . -Upon cross-examination she denied that she ^ had . been upon ihti mate terms , witha , man named Sheridan" ; and both defendant and her witness Lewis swore < to several matters before the magistrate , Mr . Bingham , Which being entirel y refuted by the evidence adduced on behalf of t . he Earl , the magistrate dismissed the
case , and committed the two women for , trial for perjury and conspiracy . —The jury found her Guilty , ' but recommended her to mercy , thinking shetfad been the dupe of the man Sheridan ; ' ' ' Jane Lewis , 31 , spinster , was then put upon her trial . The evidence against her was , that in' Feb . ' , 1850 , she W 3 B livinglatiEllsmere , in Shropshire , a place sixty miles from Hyder-that ! nb one had ever seen her . there at all , and whatnot any of Parkes " family ever knew that she was acquaihted ' with-Mary Parkes until they were seen together at Birmingham , and that , she well . knew Parkes and Sheridan had livetTtogether , as man and wife .- ^ The Jury found tier Gmlty . —The Recorder said he should respite the judgment o ^ bpth the women ; in order that , if possible , Sheridan might be taken find tried before be passed sentence en them ' . ' ' '
- A-. Skiiii * Sharper . -Edward Lawrence , ' 35 , dealer , ; was indicted for conspiring to defradd John of *> yosoTereigns , his monies . —Tne ' prbsecuto ' r , a ^ would-bo knowing and very loquacious man , is a cheesemonger m the Old Kent-road , and had , it ap peared , been acquainted with tbe prisoner for some time , and treated him with much kindness . " On ' the 6 th of February prisoner - got prosecutor from home on the pretext of buying some pigs , ahd'fd 6 k him from : one public house to another ' until' he was partly drunk , and then , with some others , began to play at skittles , and fleeced the" prosecutor of his money . —The j ury found him Guilty ; and hewas sentenced to six months' imprisonment . ''; The above case closed tbe business of the session . The court stands adjourned ' until Mbndav , ' the 7 th of April .
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AN INDIAN TOWS DESTItOYEp BY FIREi J -i , ^ ( From the Calcutta Star . ) .. ' / .: ' The following is an extract of a letter ifrohi . Rangoon , dated ' the 29 th ! of January , givingan accbuht of a terrible fire which occurred . there oh '" the previous day . It should perhaps be ; stated , that the edifices are , without exception , constructed of wood , and , consequently , during the dry season are ' much' more inflammable ' than at any " other time : —
" I may in truth say , 'Rangoon , is no . more !' Yesterday , at eleven a-m ., a dreadful conflagration broke Otlt in ' the heart of the town , utterly , defying every measure put in force !; tp . check its . progress . The Custom-house , Main wharf , Armenian Church , and the . principal merchants' . houses , are totally destroyed ; whole . ' streets of great length present to the view heaps of ashes , and so complete have been the destructive . effects ^ f itie ' . jfirB that oid ' inhabitants have difficulty in pointing " out the site of their former residences : . It is estimated , , pn a rough ' calculation , that . at least 2 , 000 houses , have been utterly destroyed ,. and , the ,, lpss ; of property , fit the lowest estimate , . . . amounts , to ,. fully thirty lacs of rupees , while that of . lives is incalculable , i The fire
extended about two miles in length , , and one in breadth , and in its fearfully rapid progress communicated to a humber of country cargo-boats , loaded with inflammable , goods of considerabje > vaijue ; From these the fire extended to the shipping ^ n the river . Ifine vessels , of which five had completed their lading , were burnt tb . the ! water ' s . edge , and the remainder ' . barely , escaped destruction , by slipping their cables and anchoring on . the Dalla side of the water . The schooner , Thane , tbe , property Ot Messrs .. Crisp and Co ., had a most narrow escape , but by the skill and coolness of her commander and officers was extricated from her dangerous position . Surrounded by burning vessels , her foresail and topgallant-sail took fire , and were speedily burninir
from their respective , yards ; , her bulwarks also caught in several places , but the flames , were soon extinguished , and I am happy to say she escaped in safety . In the , nei ghbourhood of . the Armeaiau Church the fire , raged with , inconceivable fury . Scarcely an article of any description could be saved , so rapid was the progress of the flames . A large portion of . the natives , saved themselves from destruction by rushing into the river , where they remained , deaf to every entreaty . made to them to strive to arresithe progress of the devouring element . At . ten p . m ., the . Custom-house , in which was stored a large quantity ' of gunpowder , blew up with a tremendous explosion , causing death and destruction far and near ; in . -fact , with tbe
exception of a few mean-huts in ; the . suburbs , scarcely a single .. house remains . of what once formed the large and thrudng , t ^ wrt & itangopn . It is OUt of the Pcwer ^ pBgua | i | aK $ press the misery and destitution ^ bapBwfy ^ o . n every gidejjthe eye ^ jo ^ jyJsKrTamilies creoching in . abject , despair nnlferlmvstill smbkiiig r % iiis , and thbasands who liave saved scarcely sufficient covering for ^ ie ! purposes of decency ; ^ visitation so terrific has never before been experienced . in this town .. WJiichever way you turn , the half-consumed carcases of dogs , pigs , and other domestic animals , meet your gaze ; it is , altogether , the most complete scene of misery and desolation ; that can'be well conceived ; and it willbe many years , I fear , ere Rangoon again
assumes its former importance as a trading , port . The origin of . this dreadful conflagration is somewhat ramarkable . ; The Burmese ship , Yathna ye Malion , bad just dropped anchor on her arrival from Calcutta , when a native , indnced . by curiosity to see her , left a handy . of oil on ; the fire in his house , and betook himself to the Main Wharf for that purpose . During his absence the fire , by some unaccountable means , communicated with the oil , and in an instant the house was in a blaze , which speedily communicated to the adjoining habitations , and in an incredibly short space of time the whole town was wrapt in one body of flame . A strong easterly breeze blowing at ; the . time greatly aided the progress of the fire , and rendered its extinction hopeless . " - :
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Ixcome ano Property Tax . —In'the year ending April 5 , 1849 , the net amount of property and income tax recovered was £ 5 , 605 , 532 , of which £ 2 , 656 , 796 was collected under schedule A , £ 320 , 096 under schedule B , £ 750 7 S 1 under C , £ 1 , 529 , 393 under schedule D , and £ 318 , 459 under schedule E . , lKGB . vioirs Steam Casse . —At the Liverpool Polytechnic Society , Messrs . Mc Nichol and Vernon gave a description of a moveable steam crane of such ingenious construction that , with a stationary engine , three motions may be at once obtain ' edf-longitudinal . ' traiisverse , lifting , and vkeyersa ; the machine , besides , being so simple that it can he . worked by a bo- '
y . .... Legal Absuroity , —A man was tried and convicted at the Middlesex Sessions of defrauding the London Dock ' Company , of 2 s . 6 d . His counsel submitted that the indictment was bad , as it did not specify the coins obtained by the prisoner . . Mr . Sergeant Adams took time to consult ' the Judges ; and recently-liberated them ' an ; the objection having been good . RivAt-EoiTORS . —The editor of the rrimclato ( West Indies ) , a " family man" thus states' his rea i sons for not replying at length ' to the attack "of ' a rival : — "We are really so . busy } ust now ,, playing
with the children , looking after theirsquibs , heipmg our Molly to shred suet , pick currauts , and taste the pies , " & c , & c , that we have nn ^ t ' vmelo attend to the quackery of the JJarbadiqn . e . Aitisi ^ ' ' m . ' Cost of the Ar . MYAsb NAYY ClcbHoosis . —The carcase or shell of the briMvhg cost £ 18 , 509 . " ( Mr . Trego , contractor ) . The .. interior cost £ 16 , 500 , ( Messrs . Smith and Appleford / ci ' mtractors ^ . In ' all £ 35 , 000 , ' exclusive of thefittirigs . The comparatively small plot of land on whichit stands has csst ' tlieclub £ 52 , 000 , and the total expenditure may be called ; in round numbers £ 100000 : ' : '''
, , . , MinABEAU ' saijl of / a " man . who waa . exceedingly fat , that he hffl been " cre ^ d'bhly ttf' show , to « hat point the humin ' skin could stretch ' without breaking . ¦ ' ' : . ' '"' ' . Carving in IwoaY .- ^ -The Av cftitect states , ' that carving in ivoiy' has' b ' ee ri introduced - into this country as a branch of eleganiiftittstry for females . '
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WAmk teM ^ Zzi ; THE ITALIAN [ l \ ^ " ^" -IlEFORMEK - ::: '" "" iv . ^ ' 4 ' ? ? Gavazzi , wnoi 8 nowexci ^^ so great a \ Sensatit ? . n in . London by his' fierce" and eldlhrtiat onrfauglita 6 fi"the Cborch ; of Rome , Was ' beta "; at ' ; Bologna inl 8 dj , ahd ' at'the ' early age of siYtee ^ * ^? 1 d , i ^ . / . . Her , called , sleriei- reoulam , ofji ' , ' Barnaba 8 , ; , m . hich : he rapidly rosS . Uo . ^ tftatln . ^ nished . positiprj . nVxofeam . oi rhetoric , at , Naples , ' ; , he , not : only taught' the- . theory , but . exea ) pli ^ ed ; the , practice of eloquence ^ in , the'L pulpits nf i ' thsVcapiial ; , . apdsubsequentlyiin'jnbsfp ' f ) Tialvi' Hi * vikmt' ^ z : iJ-A j i -. j I . / /• ... -... fl . ..-,. ! 5
. v " , if . " .: "/ TT .-v"roaa ana generous : ano , thougVitile to the . taste ; df Pdpe ' Gregory , '' tha ' t pontiff pru ^ ntlyiefcaineil ' . from mblealing the popW lar-missiqupry , , ; , ; , ' , ' ' . ' .. '" ' , " ' . " j Th ^ . ad v atior ?»» 3 . IX . gave unfettered , scope to the - liberal , and . enli ghtened : views hitherto . com . pressed and ; discountenanced < among -the Italian clergy ; and foremost among ' the upholders isi the new papal policy were UgoBassi and Gavazzi , 'both Bohgnese . [ ' ' ¦ ' \ ' ¦ ' ¦ > ' "' ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - t v , Th , nonappearance of Gavazzi " on the , political Scene was on the , news of the Milane ? einsurrectio ' n , and the . dis . eornfiture of the Austria ^ ,. throughout Lombard ^ being celebrated .. in ¦ .: Rome , -when the students of ; ; the University . ; seized on the elbquen t .
priest ; carried him on their shoulders into the pulpit bf ; the '' Pantheoni ' arid " called on him to " proiioiwce the funeral > ration of . the patriots killed at Milai ? . The oxiWrope at once to ' the ' heigKl of > bait great argument , , and .. became at once , the , t ; rumpet , er , ot freedom ^ . throughout . Italyl .. ' The tricolour ! : cross . was nowdisplayed . on . his cassock ; and is < the same ilecoration . TBhieh he bas worn during the whole campaign , arid now wears unsullied , ori bis mahlv breast / -lnthe Colosseum he-harangued'for week ' s crowds ' ol ' citizens gathered within that ' igantic
. g structure , w hich became & u \ area ' of , ^ patriotic raanir festations . . . . The Pope ehc ' 6 urage ' d ,. his , ; , effo . rtsito rouse the national energies , and . conferred on , him the office of Chaplain-Generai , to -the Forces-then organising by the levy of volunteers , and the formation of national Gpards . In that capacity he marcheil'from Rome with lfijOOO men , ' arid after a shart hesitating halt on the frbiitiers ,: positive ' , ofdevs came from the Vaticflii , and , pi-Wale . ' instructions , to Gavazzi himsel f , iojnqyb forward , [ acid , act ; agsinst the Auslriaris . ' The onward progress of the Reman
army , was a succession of triumphs to the walls of Vicenza . Gavazzi ' s eloquence supplied ammunition , clothing , provisions , horses , and all the materiel de guerre ^ from a willing population" . He was the Hermit'Peter of the ' whole' crusarJe ^ th ' e .. life and , « q iil ; pf the ihsurrectioW' . At Venice ,. ' in the ' great area of St . Mark , he . harangued , day after day , congregated ! thousand ,, and ! , ' . filled ' . ; tne - , ; . Venetian treasury by . the , voluntary . oblations elicited by his irresistible , appeals , Women tore off their earrings arid bracelets , and' the wives of-fishermen fliiii ' g their large silver hair-pins into the military chest ,
and several thousand rounds worth of plate and jewellery was the result ' , of , his e ^^ jo ' ns . ' ., When the "Roman' / 'dmsibn ^ was ^ Father : made ! Fiprence , riiig with his . exhortations . to uphold the . cause . ' . the ; Grand Duke , who had ah ready begun ; his tergiversations , gave orders for the forcible expulsion ol , Gavazzi from Tuscany ; he'fribk refuge in Genoa ; but ' the Bblognese , having Iirpken into open ' mutiny a ' Kfi ' tfst the ''Pop' ^ W . Vhe 8 th ; ' : pf August , "' and ! formed ^ a ' jroyisibnar ^ goyiirnment , Gavazzi was ' recalledj as the only means ! of allaying ihe disco ' ntent . o'f jthe ! legations ; his ' -freturn ' was in triumpb , and order was . restored by . his presence .
, General Zucchi was now . sent froraRometp . take the command of thetroops at Bologriaj when ,. ht the instigationof the Cardinal Legate ; this '' Lieutenant of-Rossi seized on Gava ' zzii ! and , ' sent . him off s ' ecretly ' uiideVa ' " strong . escort , to ^ ^ he incarcerated in , Cor netp , a sort of Ecclesiastical p . r | so ) i ,, where clericaV robbers , assassins , and a"du ! terers ! have been for . ages confiiied by Popes ;] l ) ut , d . n . his passage through ; Yiterbo ,-the whole city rose lo ; rescue their patriot , and Pius IX , found it expedient to ; order his liberation amid the plaudit ' s of' the town . " ' On the fliglVt ^ df ' thePope ' ; the forrriation ' of a Republicaivgovernment , arid the convoking of- the Roman . Assembly , Gavazzi was
confirmed , in , his . previous functions of Chaplain-General t 6 , tbe Pprces ,. and . began his preparations for the approaching siege of the French , by ; organising the military hospitals on a scale commensurate with the coming warfare . He formed a committee of the principal Roman ladies , ' to ^ provide for , the wounded ( Princess Belgioeso , ' Countess Pallayicino , and Pisacahe at . their head ) arid superintended ! ' the surgical , a ' mjuilahces ^ during the , whole struggle . ' . At the lull , of the , fight against ; Oudiuof ,. when a sortie of 14 , 000-Romans was made to repel the King of Naples , who with his 20 , 000 men had advanced as far ; as Velletri , the ^ Father went forth as the head
of the troops with the gallant Gambaldi ,, and , aftei the htter ' rout and precipitate flight ef the invading ; army , assisted the dying arid ' the / disabled , ' of , both sides . ReturiiiBgintb . the besieged capital he s ' ustamed the spiritof the inhabitants tbroughqiit ,. and was ever at the Bastions , and in the front of : the battle . At the fall of Rome be' received an honourable , testimonial and sauf conduit from Oudinot ; and while his companion Father Ugo Bois ' si was shot by the Austrians without trial and against ! the law of natiohs at Bq lognaj' he was ! svffered , Up depart by the more civilised , free ^ oqter ' s . ' of France . ' In , London
be has since , lived in retirement , giving for his daily bread a few lessons in the language of his belovad but downtrodden land ; when a few of bis fellow exiles , anxious to hear ; in the country of their forcible adoption ; -, once more , the eloquent voice which had cheered them in their hour of triumph ,. clubbed together the pittance' of poverty to , hire a i ; o ' qm , for the ^ purpose , and : the . result lias ' been . the ... p ! dteiit blast of indignant oratory and . the trumpet . not ? of withering : denunciation with , which he 'now . assails the ' treachery , fraud , and accumulated impostures of the Roman court , and all its malevolent and Macchiavellian machinery .
FATHER GAVAZZI ON "CLERICAL CELIBACY . " . The Italian congregation , gathered ,, in . unusual force on Sunday afternoon in the , Princess ' s Concert HaR . ., . The Father began by animadverting in a strain of indignant acorn to certain-emanations of the London Roman Catholic press , equally stupid as obscure , httribnting mercenary motives to his denunciations ol papal fraud and imposture j he bade thern come and scrutinize hislife , ' co ) itrasiiiig . his humble abode aiid scanty fare . with the wages . of Rome ' s 'PUJOle emissary , paid here for degrading Jn s country ^ a profusion of . earthly comforts .,,. and pomps ^ 'ibe pampered embodiment of mingled > servility ; and arrogance ; Let him eat hisSpudding , -buthja : '" his tools ; beware of clumsy calumnyi -He thfevOTowh
the gauntlet to all manly or honest limpughers ' ; ' let such come forward if tbey . 'darS . ¦ The' anonymous and the sknlk he scouted . " as ^ becMe their lurking scoundrelism . .,. " . ' . ' ,.: •!' .: , .. ' ' .. Entering ' on the subjecf of . enforced celibacy , he asked fo / ajiy warrant in ' Cb ' riqt ' s ' igospel . orla . clear . lucid ! enactment by' any o f his apostles , laying a yoke of . such monstrous , endurance ion , soUarge a ( tody of men . for so many , 'centuries .. ' . i There was none . In the scanty passages either " of Christ ' s own ! teaching , or that of ; PaiilJ whisre : was . ' ths groundworkot ^ this' g igantic ' superstructure ? . We must- seek for it elsewhere . ^ . ' Its ori gin is iikejhe gnostic and . Manichean iiiterpolatibris of Chria ' tianily —a compound of Eastejrn . fanaticism audi . Pagan imaginings fermenting . ; in tl ) e ; wild , fancies of
anchorites , stylites , and . the i'Alexandrain schqolof Origen . Enough of comparatiively \ haruileas paganism pervades the worship pf Rome—processions " incense , lui ' tratiohs ; futelaVy ? ; g ; enii ; 'ind , ' air'the cumbrous paraphernalia' of . a , fiisaV ; singulariiy '' i-etentive of primitive' idi )) . aft ; ies ^ . bat the ( moral 2 p 3 e . and ethical discipline b / c ' the , / Cjhrfstia ! ri , comrn . uniit x is far less saturated with , , such .-reminiscences .. a , s , these ; of the . goddsss Cybele , 4 hej Corybantes of , Greece , the priesthood of . India ' , - and : the vestals : of Niinja . The speaker showed this vicious and hi- ' human system at ' work ^ in ' the Et ^ iiaiijian '; rays'tenesat . Delphi ' arid '' D qdonal ' ali'd amo ' ng / the ' b ' qnzes of Japan , evincing ' a full . fa '( T )] llaj [ ity ' , ' witii , ' tHe ^ de- ' tails of recondite superstitipniift ' tlie ' earjiest . oget ' p ' f mankind .. , ' "'~ , \ " . , '" . ' ' ¦'' ,.,
Nor did this emanation : of the arch : enemy ,. this foul distortion of Iheinoral principle ^ establish itself unchallenged and undenounced ; as paijb and'parcel of early Christianity . The voice of Yigilantitis , ivigorous and vehemcntpprnclaimed 'the-innovation- in thec ' ays of Jerome , ' and b ' egah ' th ' c ' lchg t ' series ' of're- ' monstrances which have been renewed in every successive age . The historian Evagrius , in 410 , records ths struggled the . newly elected Bishop of Ptolemais against its enforceinent ' . "" aiid' Cells' us -how tlie
eminent . Syhesiusiefused ' - ' to Idishb ' nbiir hisVife by its recognition : whe ' reiipon he was rtevertheless consecrated ; by Tli 4 ' opBWf 5 , ^ PatTlarch ' - o'f Alexandria ' . ' At the great'NlcM'do ™^!!!!! . 'thenfostaugflstof all the' / afSemblies of chVchmeh , I ' the 'intreductibri of this heterogMebuB ^'• element iritb ' the ' legislatibn of Christeh'dqm ; --rtasmTstfiievoTisly 'Sl tem ^ brientaIfa ' natibsV . Yfien' { Bere dV ^ e ' ! H ^ congre ^ fan ^^ OT- jJIliiaitti & 'tt t ^' ftehia ,., ¦ •• -:-.-. . ft . ' ijd , » i oil vTuiiio t . 1 uoiif- r .-ii ¦< O-.-ii
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fl 8 ^ . silveredwitha e and bearing in his maimed . tirnbSifflta ^™^ : &^ flicted , }) x , ;| e , «» ' ^ of ; Upner ; # ^ i ^/ uftu , n ^ ^ e . weight pf hj 8 ,, yeara , eftierienc $ , ji $ l { wisdom , Mq the , balance ,, and the loollestive ; s ] igjcify , ,, or ,,, t . he > 1 wcunjeuic ( : episcopate ' s ' . t arap ( S ( J ; , the ; j attemp . t . wjth i ; . ehergetic .. repi ; 6 bation . ' - . ( Cheers . );^ .. .,. , c , i , ' ., , wi ! , . - . ,. \ l \ y-: <¦¦ . ¦ . ¦ :. ¦ • •¦ ! vTheifathersifted the councils of Ancyn . ( 313 , ) of- ^ eo ^ Cfesarea ;( 3 i 5 iy iof Ai ? 8 zzinm ( 506 ;) " and destined . ' the renewal of efforts to enforce the objectibhabre system ' , a ' s ev'iaen ' ces' 6 f ' the ^ " constant re- '
ipagharice ' , and '' aii ta ^ onis ' rhVf' the clergy to bye-laws of ' . thiy ^ ariplpterV' ^ l' ^ gdisastrous .. consequences of these incessant inroad ' s on house . hold . purity became , evident in the . succeeding centuries , and the . writings of Petrus-Damiands , of-such high , authority among papal chroniclers ; confirm , in all the 'sad details of universal turpUude , the picture which contemporary writers draw' of clerical' i ' ncbn tineDcy , " an d the utter ' disregard , of decency in . the infringement , !' of an hnnatur ^ i . . regulation ^ , ' The deposition of bishops for open coneuriinage became the . current " husinesb of synods—as ; that , of Amalfi , in , 1159 ; ^ the war waged : against , itheiastincts of humanity was a Jarful and formidable as well as scandahius conle ' stauon . ' ; ¦ - "¦ '
. The tremendous energies of secular ambition were brought to bear on ' thefurther and fihalenforc ' emeiit of ; celibacy ,, when the clergy of Europe were transfpf d by | l ' i 1 debrand , into a confederated ' caste arraye'd j ia hostility .: ' to moriafchs , . magistrates , and all legislatipn . i ' en . the . partof ' the ^ aity , AmM a . tempest of , execration frpm Germany and the upheaving of northfrri Eurppe , , this Italian mdbk carried . outhis anti-social , [ aiid ' subv . ersiV j e crusade , at ' the . very time exhibitih g ^ the . niqhstrous spectacle , of ... undue intimacy , anarambiguohsin ' tercpurse vsjitji another man ' s . ^ ' ^•¦ . ^ a » jda , i > jeade'd to , dbdrreybf L ' orraine , wliorn she openly . 'd ' ! sb ' ai , de . ( l from bed and , board " to Jive for yeai ; s under the same roof— the ! Castle of , Canossawith' her , iavo ' urite . champion . under circumstances
which ajury . box of Englishmen , wpu \& K quickly qualify . , This . disturber ! of courts and ! hpuseholds died an outlaw . and . anjoutcast at ! Salerno , ; but his handiwork ; survived 1 n . " the political as w / ell . as the moral world .,, . What was the result ? ., Seek foritjn ihe pages of 136 ' qaccio and in every remnant of contemporary . literature , !' . Show me a scandalous chronicle without va , ' priest . . a . tale of , adultery . without ainonK . ; bislio ' ps , huns , and' friars . became the ine . - v ! itab ' e . dramatis , pefsmim of-. coroic or , tragic adventure , and the . gvay . e , austere , and thoughtful volume ef Dante bears'jtsVawful testimony , , to the , truth of the troubadour , . fihd the ' narrative of the novelistthe 15 th , ; cahto ' . , of his " . Hell" fully unfolds the Gomorrah bf celibacy ., ' ! ( Loud cheers . ) .
The Father proceeded to stigmatise the prurient works of church dignitaries , Monsignors della Casa and ^ Guidicciouej Cardinals Bemho-and Sadoletti ; as tbe sad ' But- suggestive evidences of ' deep-seated iibmoraliiy ' i' Tlie homely inieliigeuce of Switzerland insisted . . On'jWch ' Jncarnbent ' s op ^ n concubinage ,. as a . protection ' to , ' th p . parish j a , nd , tlie jriumphant success qf Z . winglius ; . wa . s mainly . aUrihutable to . , his vindicatinnt . of honourable marriage . The hotbed system of clerical seminaries where this unnatural restraint'waa cultivated , 'produced in' Italy fearful and unutterable results / ' In France ;' - the history of the c 6 u ' rt'blergy ' aii Q the . ' annals of profligacy ! were
identical- ; an , d ,. ' tb ' e open debauchery of Caildjnal Dubois , and . liis ' cqnl . ernporaries ,, was now ! succeeded by concealed criminality , driven by the scrutiny of avniore ; censorious public to . ' idesperate deeds of murder ; as in . the casesof the Cure : Mingrat , the FrereLestard ; and the Abbe'Gothland . The agency of ! the canfession ' al in promoting unlimited depravity . was pomted ' out forcibly arfd convincingly , and the extent . ( tq which female . intrigues were niBde'Jhstrumental in fdrwardinrj the . ambition .. of aspirants at ihe ; Roman court was exemplified , in , the . career of Antonelli , who found : his Matilda ,, when delegate over the city of Maceratainthe days , of ( Gregory .
' 'The ; moral sense , was utterly blunted , in Rome . The full , developement of the social evil was : too painful a topic to dwell on in a mixed assembly , aiid be forbore to reveal the ignominy and disgrace of , bis native land ; but he loudly arraigned the foiil papal machinery of corruption in morals , ' as well as opprfissi ' on in fjo ' vefninent , and inveighed in a strain of 'highly' eloquent , indignation against the late , hy-. pocritical a ' n'd . imbecile proceeding of the ' Pope , in causing the marble angels of Canoya , in St ... Peter ' s Church , to be plastered over , with petticoats of stucco , forsooth , thai the modesty bf iHonsfynor might not be too ' rudely shocked by the masterpieces of genius , while these professed celibates of a
corrupt and . / demoralising court were night after nigliV prominent at princely balls ' remarkable , for ^ h ' e sem ' mude . costume p f , native as well as j foreign- fa-, shio nabUs-r-whether . these , scandalous entertainments , meant . as a mockery of the piiblic . mourning , find an insult to the ; iiationa ] . downfall , were given iii the gilt saloqps of old papa ) nepotism by , the , present inheritors ( if . poh'tifie plunder , or in hired palaces by a General Gemeau , commanding the Croats of France-f ( thun'ders of applause)—where , the mingled flunkeviatn and > frivolity of a dfgenerate aristocracy . 'pass the vacant . hour with cardinals equally 'dead to every generons emotion , and equally ah ^ H £ d ' 'iii ah ignoble and despicable egotism .
Hpffi & MINSTER ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE | P EXTRAORDINARY . ^ JonnSRussell , engine driver on the Victoria Railr ^ f ljp & lscribed -i iis enabled to' " read well , , write WW ^ W ^ was ^ pu t to the bar ch arged -with da ^ jl gthe . service of the company under -Very apTWffited ; eircumstancesi i It appeared- that ' , thb ¦ pVisdnwjilwho . 'is a married man , with ' a Bmall family , had . been'in the company ' s service for many years , and ^ up . to-the last-few months , was generally , considered one of the best drivers on the line , althoughi-some of theipassengers complained that he was riot quite fast ehon * fh ' . . Tn the course of last aiitumn i ' ' however , , ho got into a , great ' state . bf excitement about some-foreign cattle which '' had
strayed on to . the- line ,- and actually attempted to rundown aibnllbf an improved breed , / which had recentiyibeen .-imported from Italy , ; and on which the owner ^ plncod great value . ;• Not dohtent with this extraordinary copduet ; he proceeded to write a letter containing matter of a threatening and abusive description / which was supposed , to ; be in tended for tho importer of the cattle . He was indicted on this charge ; but it w . is found on examination that the letter was . ' sd badly written that it was impossible to prove whom it was intended for , and on this ground tho prosecution broke down .. The indictment , however , and the anxiety attendant thereupon ' , had an iniurious-, effept on ; tho prisoner ' s
health , and at length his reason seems to havo partially . given-, away . . Last , . Thursday week , a large number of . the persons . who , generally travelled by the train ! w . hich lihe , drove , the parliamentary one , refused \ to ; accompany him , alleging that they could go faster by the fang ' s , qjghway , and lie-. was . left with a very . srii ' aU number , indeqdjOF . his , usual passenger s , " an $ some of . those who ' remained expressed djj-trust of his ' jibility in no very measured terms . This ' fiffecteil , him so . much , that without giving any warniiig ' to th e ; stoker , ami' g-nardjihq jumped . off tho tender and re fiised ' to , prqceeiK . Thelocal superin * tcii'iqnt being at a loss to supply tis place , sent for a rsan , whose real name " ' could riot learii , but
Who wont by ! thb soubriquet of Lord . Ta ' mbblt ,. who had . been fireman on . the opposition . line , ' , but who had ' left it to drive a cross country eoaoh called the jDorby-Dilly ' . - . « To this man -there were ! grave objectidns'ortthe score-of ^ his rashness ,. buthe was the only person in-the station who had ever been oh a tender , and : it was thought that he . was too fmuqh inclined to work tho reversing / orA-s . However , ha . undertook to : dotho ' iwork if he could secure a man called ^' . Liverpool Bill" for his fireman .. It appeared , however , that this personage had got a place ! on ( the unfinished lino from Oxford to Rome , anil jthat . ho was supposed to be hot far , off from the latter place . : > . This was fatal to ; the plan , and
although , a , Jew ! . Boy named Bon , who : sold oranges and , penknives . at . tho station , volunteered his services ; the ; passengers . one and ' all ' refused to go if he were ( taken on to the tender . c :. The superintendent again ^ reasoned fwith . Itpssellj who , llO . weyefl WES ( i ^ ah | e >| o fi nd-, a , 8 tokcr | ,. tho only , ' . person . he : applicil tq . !| iaving , ; re . fusgd ; Jbec . au se , ; he iWasr . afraid Uussell would ^ pseitheutyauvby his habit pf . running . oyer straylcaUle . r . A ' . second ^ ime . the . Pussian . n . oWj O ^ ! wiis ,, aloijtjfoj . ,, buJt , a . . on . d .. timo , hP r . efuse , d . to . nn ( ier- ; ' take the post on the " ground that what he wanted . was not occasional employment , jbut ; . « . fwecl ditty , , wit . liqut ) : W , hich ;; ho , . diil hot v wish -to . drive a .. train ' / xg ^ iii . y . sJJp pn ! il > is ,, i . the . : . s . upevintcndent , ^ riyen , to des ' piiir , seijtifqi ' . an . old , Waterlpp . ' manjjwliq . was . qfl tlie railway , police „ aml chnr » e ' d him-with !! ilu ' ssell ,
' dcsji'ing him , tojusistou h \ s driving the traip , fq ^ h 9 end , ' of it ' s journey , niid then giving liini into cus- , todyi Such was the statement .. of ,. the counsel for . thb { pvpsecutip . n ,. aud , tlio ; casq . thay . mg ( be en /( gone _ into , , an' | j ; qyiilence brouglit . wljien substanti iited tpe facts ; in ' cbn . siuejration of the p ^ risoner ' s ]^ firnijyand , ini'evious ' i ' Ospe " ctiibility '' be '; was : ; ' rcco ! mmen . de ( j to . ir . ercy . '• The learned ! iiiu ]* c'tnon , sentenced himtft a week ' s ' impVisprtmeht ' ;>*! . we hndtirstandtliat . tgo , suiierihtendent-k ' a ' s ihtimttted his . intention of . fakmg him oh' ^' gain " r 7 tthcfconehisipn of liis ^ cntcnce , as iunder the circuhi's ' tanccs ho thongnt he was not muchrto ' blamer-jr ^ n ' ' ^ , ^ ?*' ' , ; ,. ' . ' i 'V v , ' \ . ! , ' .. ¦ . ! ,.- ' ' , ¦ ,
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!¦ ::. ' . - -. MONDAY- ; ! MXhcH 10 i HOUSE OF XOttDS ; -. The JPa ^ sengers Act Amendment Bill ves ' read a second tiriie . ' TheEaiiof CAnti ^ i-E introduced . a . Bill for regulatinjr ' Wie . sald ofavaeir . W-. ' . "' .. Thoir , lordshi ps' adioCrned shortly before six q clock . . ' . ' ¦¦ ' . , ' HOUSE OP COMMONS .--MEBCAST / I . E Marixe . —Mr . Labouciiehk , replying , ^ .. Lord John Wan . ncrs , stated that objections existed at the present moment to , any attempt at . ' consolidating the various laws affecting , our mercantile marine . It was , however ^ deemed possible to accomplish somo amendments in the act of last year / anil a bill for that purpose would be presented during tbe present session .
' Lord J . Russell gave notice that on Thursday ho would bring the qucstion . rcspectlng Jewish disabilities before the house . ' .. ; The Kaffir WAR . H-Lofd J . Russell then referred to the questions asked on a previous night respecting the M'arinK ;» ffrara ,.. nnd stated that the government had received despatches containing official accounts o ' f , tho disturbances , to the same effect ( IS tllOSB that had appeared in the journals some days since , but not coming down to so late a date . Reinforcements had been despatched to the troops
sit tho Cape , whose numbers at present were only 3 , 699 men . The subject of the expense must bo a matter for future consideration ; at the present time tho . great necessity was to provide for the defence of the ' colony . ( Hear , hear . ) . ' .., . ' Mr . Hume regretted that the demands of the colonists so often reiterated , with respect to , the composition of their local legislature , had hot been , conceded . ( Hear , hoar . ) As they were still kept without the . means of self-government , theve could bo . no doubt . that this country ' must undergo all tho cost of their defence .
Mr . Labouciierk vindicated the Colonial-office and the government , who , he said , had last year done all that was possible to construct a liberal constitution for the Cape colony . Mr ,, Addeklev hoped that ' tho house would be af , forded an opportunity of , discussing the subject ... . . . Mr . V . Smith inquired whether tlie . government would give any information , as to the conduct that had preceded , and the causes that had provoked , the present outbreak ? Lord J . Russelt , promised the rapid production of all information that might bo received . "With . respect' to the extension of territory , ! nnd other military , measures accomplished within the last few years , the effect had been ,, according to the best authorities , to render tho British frontier much more defensible than before . , . '
" CnowDEn Statu of Inisn . Steamers . —Mr . B . Cocim-i . VE . having referred , to the inquest lately held on ; the infant bf a woman named Anu'Cbiuiell , which had died frpm exposure to tho , weather during a protracted passage . on the crowded deck of ' fi steamer between Cork and London , . -Mr . Ladoucuere , complaining that the subject was brought on without notice , promiVod that the particulars should be inquired into , if , indeed , such inquiry had not already been commenced . Ho referred , at the same time , ' to the . bill recently passed for preventing the ' over-crowding of steamboats , under which several prosecutions had been , instituted , and every' effort ' made to restrain ! the practice . . ! Navy Estimates . —On tho question that the house should go into committee of supjily , .
Mr . Williams reminded the government , tlmt they had promised a new edition of the fi nance scheme ot the year , and the house that thoy bad , from session to session , voted enormous sums without a sufficiently mature consideration , lie moved , as an . amendment , that no supplies should , be . granted previous to the amended budget beiiig laid before them . After a few words from Mr . Hume and Sir F . Baring , the amendment wsis negatived without a division , and the motion for going into , committee . was put and carried . ' Tho Speaker having left tho chair ,
The First . Lord of t , hc AoMiitAvrY proceeded to Opon the general question of the navy estimates , preparatory to proposing a series of .. votes on account of that service . Referring to the objections he , had urged , in past years ,, to the system of laking scanty votes of supply , necessitating the . annual introduction of an item of " excess , " to make up the deficiency , Sir F . Baring rejoiced to . state , that no such item would now appear , but , on the contrary , the expenditure during the two yours lust past was . nearly # 700 , 000 less than the amount voted by the house —( hear , hear)—aiid the accounts of the current twelvemonth would present a continuance of this . saving to a considerable amount . ( Hear , hear , ) Coming to the successive -votes , ho stated that the first , that fixing the numher of men ,
would be the same as last year , ' vizi , 39 , 000 ; and remarked that Franco , with much smaller demands for the protection of colonies and commerce , kept on service a body of Mo , 000 seamen . ( Hear , hear . ) Since 1835 , again , which had been assumed as a ! . ' model" year , the increase of expenditureonthis item had been much larger with our neig hbours than ourselves' . ( Hear , hear . ) "While tho number o'f men remained the same as hist year , the nesfc vote—namely , that of the money wanted to : defray the cost , would be slightly increased owing to some increase in the pay and allowances . After exp laining the mode in which a reduction of £ 1 , 256 , 000 had been effected in the dockyard expenditure for building , repairs , works , fcc , as compared with tho votes of 18 * 18-9 , the right lion , baronet went through the remaining list of votes , on some of which small diminutions were apparent , while others , among which was that for the packet service , exhibited an increase . Altogether , the
result was , that the sum total required for the . navy services would be £ 171 , 000 below the estimates of 1850 ; and this , he repeated , was far less than the probable reduction in . 'the actual expenditure . Reviewing his own career as head , of the Admiralty board , Sir F . Baring recorded tho fact that , in the financial year 1848-9 , thcactual expense of the navy li ' ad been £ 7 , 955 , 000 , arid ; that of the year about to expire only £ C , 3 C 2 , 5000 i ; . showing , that , after making full allowance for charges trans- ' , forrcd to other heads of expenditure , ' air economy of'One and a half millions-had been accomplished in the two years of his administration . He contrasted this saving with the far smaller reductions accomplished during Earl' Groy ' s ministry , from 1831 to' 1835 , during which period little morcthana million was retrenched from the navy . estimates , ; anii contended that the comparison was one of . which the' present government had no reason : to he ashamed .- ' •'¦ •¦• '¦ - ¦¦ ' ' i The first vote having been proposed , '
^ Mr . Hum e ' , complained ithat the arguments addressed to tho hbiiso oh'this subject moved . always in . a vicious circle , ' -an . overgrown establishment ; in France being quoted to justify an overgrown establishment in'England , ' ( Hear , hear . ) As a better comparison ! he ' 'referred to America , a country without debt ' , where the navy afloat in ordinary consisted but of seven ships of the : line , twelve frigates , four'brigs ; , and seven steamer ? , ' and the list of Officers was'cut . down lo even a narrower scantling ; ( Hear , 'hear . ) In our dockyards , he found that wo had seventy-four men of war . which had never been at sea ; " and since ' . the ; pence had built a number equivalent to the whole existing navy , merely torot . in'the slips .- Two millions a -year were thus wasted upon ship-building . The hon .
member then -went . ' through . various : returns of charges and services-in -past years , dwelling especially upon the successive increments made to the African spuadron , . which had : now attained the dignity of n fleet , and demanded why the ostinuite shouIdnot . be framed : upon the model , of the year when the number of seamen was 10 , 000 less than , had beena sked for that night ? , After commenting npon the events of the ministerial , " crisis , ' , ' . which had exposed us to the derision of Europe ,, and . left us practically without . a government , he appealed , to the Protectionists ' to support . him in . his efforts to enforce retrenchment , of which he drew . ' anoutline , ' shadowing forth the -. possibility of . alleviating . burdens to the extent of . many , millions , a-year . . Mr . Hume concluded by . moving that tho ; . number of seamen to be voted ; should : be ; reduced , to . 30 , 000 .
This amendment . wasithen put . from , the chain . Mr ; M'GniiQon concurred , in believing that . the . public dockyards were scenes of ; lavish-. and . Aiiselesa . extravagance ... t He sawino reason for ; maintaining . a- number ' of : firstrrategiequal ,: to the . aggregate navies of ; allyEuropexbqsides ^ f . exccpt . FranprV and ,, ¦ contended that tbe . 'merchant , ; navy , ofi ; nglfind ,. andl | especially our . ; steaiii- Vessels , vwercr abundantly ,,, stroiigenoughto protect ther . - . 3 eh'c . v . IIft-. contende , d ' tliat thoamountlof ; tho . yo . tes-f 6 v ? ^ thia-yeaRwas nn-..,. necessarily large , and might he Qasiiyieiiuced , ^ ,, lowfive . miHiOTS ; . ( Sothiogt . however ; , c . oiikl , obyjate ,., thO'hecessity of anieafly ^ wwumjpf thfi , whole quea-v ,, tfon of taxation find ex penditure . ' ¦ - ¦ MivOcBP . Ejnvas cbnyii . i , cpd . tha , t ; thp , wh , 0 le , C 0 st of « tlio ^ 'navy ; itiepQiided r . nponr , thOrnumb , ei- jqf , ? eame ,
Lgrantcd . This first vote , therefore , ' carried with it ' ithe ' gross sum of a . total equiwleijt , b . y „ ritSBl ^ tq . the , . whole receipt citherfr . orq- the incqiue-t ^! , the , wialt , itay , or . 'the ! as . se 3 iqd ( and paberi ^^^( . [ lear ^ irjiir ;) It was an axiom that of all mnn . ttfycfu ^ im ' entjw ; as ; fhe i WOrst . jUnp ;; ipi \ g ; , cx ^ ricw c ^; ^^ howjwasteful and ruinous was their ' caveer ni , the manufacture of shjps . v . which » iCoo ) mit , tc * is , of ,-Iiiquii-y had , time nlteriimo , vttinlyjSBdeavWrvd to . amend , Theevilswere inherent in t &' syslo ' m , and . rendered t > f morei "importofce a ' -Vcdu ' cUbn- 'fti-tlio ' . amounti . of . tho business which-was so bti'lly
^ manfigcd , The'hon . ; ' member'brieffv ,, c ' 6 rnpared ihe . exasting ' condition'df the ' wprld witS'thWof' 1845 , . When . the nayarcHirriates-wcre ' . se inoderht ' o , ' Then there wore' dyiias'tic' '' and . boun'd ' ary ' huestioi ( s ansettled ;' nivol \ ung -cdh'tTOvw ^ ie ^;^ 'find about . Russia aha ; Fr ' affce'JfOvcgoii ' , ' Sjii ' a"' ai / d ' Tahi .. " !!? p w ' , ! if every tha . world ' mig h ' t ' . be siild t'o ho in a noXmarand " . ' ^ Ffehoh were vus . ingiour argum ' ents ' ahd 'f 6 llbwing " our rjoiir'ic-, by- , I increasing , thoiiv establishments as we . incveasea I , (• : •• ¦ ' ¦ Jl . ffC-l'l : I' 1 . , ' ..- > , " . , ' . i ; II 7 : v" 0 : 5 v - - •" ! :-. ;> ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ : >• ' ) (' : ' '!¦ ¦¦ •¦ 0 , i"U i ' - ' ! . i . v- - " ' ¦'¦ ' " ' '• ' - "' - •' * '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 15, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15031851/page/7/
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