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FRANCE . The marriage question in Spain Is still the allabsorbing topic far comment in the Paris papers . TheMarqnigof Normanby . the British ambassador to the French Court , had an interview of nearly an tour's duration on Friday morning , with M . Guizot , at toe Hotel des ASaires Etrangeres . We understand that his Excellency communicated an energetic protest to the French GoTernraenfc relatire to the marriage of the Duke de Montpensier . The protest is founded upon two grounds—first , npon the treaty of Utrecht , by which the branch of the Bour-Tjons at that time reigning in France , and the head and representative of the Orleans branch of the ¦ family , renounced all claim to the crown of Spain ,
and formally covenanted that they themselves , as -well as tbeir descendants and successors , of whatever sex , should be for ever excluded from that throne , and that any war , having for its object to place any member of the French branch of the BourboB 9 on -the throne of Spain , would be unjust and contrary -to the faith of treaties , &c . ; and , secondly , npon the . agreement come to by the French and English Ministers at the Chateau d Eh , an agreement the more emphatic , as , although it was not reduced to -writing , it was concluded not only between the ministers of the two states , bat sanctioned by the
presence and assent of their respective sovereigns . The French Government has paid domieilia"y -visits to a great number of Carlists resident in Pans , and among others to the Marqnis de Labrador , who was for many years ambassador to the French Court . The only member of the Progressista party who has i »; en honoured with a domicilary visit is the celebrated General Prim , who has recently arrived in Paris from Brussels . He was -visited by the agents of police on Friday , and the whole of hi 3 papera ¦ were carried away . There was nothinjr in them that in the slightest degree compromised him , but still the papers are retained .
The Duke de Montpensier and the Duke d'Aumale -took their departure at six o ' clock on Monday morning for Spain . The Guyenne announces that a strict vatchiskept on ' the movements of General Rodil , and of M . de Santacruz , a former aide-de-camp of Espartero , now residing in Bordeaux . General Seoane bad succeeded -in effecting his escape from that city . It is presumed that he has entered Spain . Vast activity is said to be observable among the police to obviate an insurrection in Spain . An order has been sent to Marshal Bugeaud to proceed immediately to A ' gerla , to watch the move ments of Abd-el-Kader on the frontier of Morocco .
According to the Jteforme the price of wheat had of late risen in all the markets adjoining Paris from S 3 centimes to 1 frano per hectolitre . At Orleans the rise bad been as high as 2 f . The price of bread was continually increasing in all the towns of the north , centre , and sooth , but particularly the east of France , where it was 55 c . and 60 c . per kilogramme . The Constitutionnd announces that the price of flour had again increased at the Corn Market of Paris on Saturday , and that the price of bread would be augmented bv two centimes on the 1 st of October .
By the Paris parers of Tuesday , it appears , that the French police are worrying the Spanish refugees of all parties , at their depots and residences . Senor Orran ex-Member of the Cortes was brutally seized at Paris , on Saturday last , despite of his severe illness . The Presse says that General Cabrera , has embarked at Southampton for Gibraltar , under a fictitious name , in one of the Peninsular steamers . The communication as to General Cabreras departure for Gibralteris stated by another Goreranent print to hare been forthwith announced , both to theFrench and Spanish Governments . Incendiary fires continued to desolate all France , and Burgundy in particular . Seven Tillase 3 ofthB district ot Morvand had been almost entirely consumed during the last three weeks , and notwithstanding the -vigilance of the police and the inhabitants , it had been imposible to seize the incendiaries . The failure of the harvest is causing much suffering .
SPAIN . On the afternoon of the 21 st , Mr . Bui wer presented to the Spanish Government a formal protest on the part of the British Government against the marriage of the Infanta with the pake de Montpensier . The journals are almost daily seized with the -new of crashing public opinion so strongly expressed a ainst the Montpensier marriage . On the 22 nd , the Espeetador , Ifuevo Etpectador , Clamor Publico , and Eco del Comercio were seized . The first of tnese joTirnais scarcely evermates its appearance now . and aS we get is half a sheet under the title of a supplement , with the debates , &c , without any leading article ; the authorities are determined to crush this journal , as being especially supported by the old Progressista leaders , who hare subscribed a capital of a million of teals , £ 10 . 000 . for that purpose . Such is the manner in which the government carries out the roya intentions of "inaugurating a new era of peace and reconciliation " &c . &c .
On the 33 rd alt ., the editors of the above-named journals published the following joint declaration : —¦ " Tiie whole of the Progresista papers published in Madrid were seized yesterday at the same time . Such an act will be appreciated as it OHght by the nation . "With the repeated confiscations , fines , and prosecutions suffered each day by the organs of the Liberal party , it is clearly evident that , even under the exceptional regimen to which the press is subjected , we are not permitted to emit onr ideas . "In such a conflict we should renounce forthwith the task of writing , were we not pereuaded that nothing discredits so much the cause of our adversaries as that furious hostility which proves their fear of the revelations of the press .
" We shall , then , follow on , wr iting , not as the present circumstances require , but as the caprice of our rulers permits ; not 3313 the custom in countries governed constitutionally , but as can be done in Spain nnder the coercion of an arbitrary government ; in a word , not as ire should do in the enjoyment of a free press , but a * we are obliged to do nnder subjection to an anomalous and violent censorship , and to exceptional tribunals constituted by Royal orders . "Our subscribers will fill up of themselves what
-we are obliged to cancel . The silence of the press will become , in futuie , the most eloquent accusation that can be launched against the Government . " El Eco del Comercio . "El Clamor Fublko . " El 2 Tuevo Espectador . . "ElEspeclador . "Madrid , 23 rd September , 1840 . ElEspanol was seized on the 23 rd , for having published the article of The Times , of the 16 th , on Spain and the Spanish marriages .
On the same day the Chamber of Deputies granted Ministers the required authorization to levy the taxes , by a majority of 134 to 12 . M . Salamanca , who was absent at the moment of the ballot , subsequently asked that his name might he added to the opponents of the bill .
PORTUGAL . Advices from Portugal state that the Miguelite insurrection in that country had assumed a very serious aspect . The Government General , Count das Antas , demands reinforcements and the organisation of provincial battalions . In the province of Minto almost ail the inhabitants have taken up anus in favour of Don Miguel . THE CAUCASUS . The Germnn Journal of Frankfort publishes a Russian bulletin from the Caucasus , dated the 23 th nit . It gives as account < tf several engagaments between the Russian crops , commanded by Prince Argutinski , and the force under Daniel Bey , which is represeated to consist of at least 40 , 000 men . The S . ussian 3 claim the advantage in all the affairs that took place , but it appears certain that they could not prevent the Circassians from burning several -villages before they retreated , The Russians had 200 men killed or wounded .
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . Cape of Good Hope papers to the 18 th of July inclusive , have just been received . We take the following extract from the Graham ' s Toivn Journal : — -Received the following communication from Fort Beaufort , dated 7 th instant : — Bodies of Kaffirs , consisting-of from ten to twenty , continue to infest this part of the frontier , and whenever they can succeed in driving off flocks or herds by stealth they do so , avoiding , however , te -combat , either to capture or for the protection of -what they may have stolen . In these forays several horrible murders have been committed lately by these cowardly assassins , on herdsmen in the vicinity of this place . Last week tliey shot two lingoes
while herding cattle near Macomo ' s Kraal , and not satisfied with killing the poor fellows they tormented one of them by flaying his face while he was yet alive . The other escaped from them mortally " wounded , bat has since died . The day after this Tield-Captain Loxton was ordered out with his Hottentot corps on escort duty , and on his return home at daybreak on the 2 nd instant , he discovered the traces of a flock of sbeep which the Kaffirs were attempting to drive across a drift on the Kat river , near the BJinkwater Post , but who on hearing the approach of his men had taken shelter in the bush ¦ with the slieep . On bein ;; followed into the thicket
the Kaffirs retreated , leaving 490 sheep in the hands of the pursuing party . From circumstances which liave transpired subsequently , it appears that these marauders , after losing their booty , took post during the remainder of the day on a high conical hill , overlooking the spot where the sheep had been taken , ¦ watching the herds from the Blinkwater Post , in hopes that chance would afford them an opportunity ot repairing their loss at ^ tlie expense of these men . Unfortunately some stripling sheep being seen near -where these Kaffirs lay in ambush , twe of these men were induced to proceed towards the spot , and were intercepted and fired on—one having Ms arm shatt ered , and the other bis gun . split in two near the
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lock . Information has been received that a number of Kaffirs have been seen inVader Kloof ( behind the Kromme Berg ) , and a force was to be sent in quest of them . Received information also of a spirited iffair , on Thursday evening , between a party of Fingoes and Kaffirs in the vicinity of Fort Beaufort It appears that in theafternoon of that day , a strong party of Kaffirs suddenly presented themselves an < attempted to capture the cattle . The Fingoes however , who were in charge ot them , resisted this with determined bravery , and ultimately beat off the assailants . Five Fingoes were killed in this affair , and eight Kaffirs ; Report received that eighteen head of cattle were re-captured Irora the Kaffirs on Thursday , on Driver ' s-hill , by some persons in the employ of Messrs . Ford and Jeffries . The accounts from the front state that Captain Hogg , with about 800 Hottentots , was to move this morning from Trompetters for the Amotoli , for the purpose , if possible , of surprising Tola ' s Kaffirs , who are said to be encamped in that locality .
DUTCH VICTORIES IN THE EAST INDIES . Thb Hague , Sept . 26 . —The overland mail has brought the Java papers of the 7 th of July , containing an official account of the expedition to Bali , which is published at great leBgtb in the Stoats Courant of the 25 th « . f September . The army of the King in the East Indies has covered itself with glory . Thanks to the valour of our troops by sea and land , the expedition directed by the Governor General Rochufen against the Prince of Bah has been completely successful ; 30 , 000 Balwees , a very warlike people , covered behind intrenchments and defended by 60 pieces of cannon , could not oppose the expedition , which consisted only of 2 , 000 men . We remain masters of Billing and of the capital ,
Singa Radja . The Prince took refuge in the mountains . Some of our troops remain at Bali till the entire payment of the expenses of the war , stipulated by the treaty of peace . This victory cannot fail to have a great moral influence en the population of the Indian Archipelago . The island of Bali is situated in the centre of our possessions in tho 3 e seas , and not far from Java . In a commercial point of view the result will be equally important , because Bali is very productive and very populous . Hostilities were preceded by the following manifesto , which M . Jft . Mayer , commissioner of the government , was ordered to remit to the Rajah of Bali as the ultimatum of the Dutch . government :-. " 1 . The prince is accused of having violated the conventions
signed by his own hand on the 2 Cth of November , lS 42 , and the 3 rd of May , 1843 , aud of having repeatedly refused to confirm his preceding declarations by which he acknowledged that the empire of B'iling , of which he has the sole and entire government , forms part of the Dutch possessions in the Indies , and is consequently under the sovereignty of the Netherlands . 2 . Of not having yet , as he had promised to do , repaired the port and the damage done by the population of Gjembruna , independence of Billing , who , in January , 184 i , plundered a vessel under the Dutch flag and belonging to a Dutch subject , in the Indies . S . Of not having received with due honour the diplomatic agents of the government , and of having treated them , not like envoys of a
Governor-General of Dutch India , but rather like enemies . 4 . Of not having answered a letter of the Governor-General . Of not having hoisted the Dutch flag at the places and in the manner required . " The following are the conditions which were proposed to the Rajah , and by accepting which that prince might have prevented hostilities : — " A . To sign within three times twenty-four hours a new convention , which should leave to him the administration of his dominions on his acknowledging on his part the sovereignty of the Dutch government in the Indies , to put an end to the pillage of shipwrecked vessels , to prevent piracy and slavery , and to protect commerce . B . To engage to pay the expenses of the present expedition , either in money or
in such productions of Bali as shall be hereafter agreed upon . This payment may be made in the term of ten years . G . To consent that Dutch troops shall remain in his dominions till the complete payment of the expense of the war . The expense of maintaining these troops is to be defrayed by the Rajah . " —The Sultans Madura and Sumanap , as well as the Regent of Pamakapan , supplied ships for the conveyance of the troops . It is worthy of remark , that in consequence of a desire which had been previously expressed to the Governor- General , a trading frigate- armed as a man-of-war , under the flag of Loonbok , and sent by Prinee 3 of Selaphasang , came to join the Dutch squadron in the hostilities against Bali . The details of the expedition are
| communicated in seven official reports to the Goj vernorGeneral , &c , & ? ., published in the Java | Courant . Besides these important documents , the ; journals of Java bring the following news : —On the i 9 th of July , l&fjS , the Dutch commissioner , con-I eluded , at BeKh ' ug , with tae Princes of BefiZfng ! and Karang Assam , treaties , which have already been sent to the Governor-General for his approbation . The principal stipulations of these treaties contain besides the renewal of the declaration , that the territory of those two princes forms a part of the Dutch possessions in tlie Indie ? , acknowledging his Majesty the King of the Netherlands Sovereign ; promising to protect our commerce , engaging to oppose piracy , and not only to abolish the custom oi declaring shipwrecked vessels and their cargoes to be good pr izes , but in such eases to afford aid and assistance , with a certain rate of salvage , for having taken care to preserve the cargo of the
shipwrecked vessel ; and lastly , to assist the Dutch Government to the utmost of their power in its efforts to put down piracy and the slave trade . The Dutch government engages on its part , that if these princes faithfully execute the conventions made with them , it will not interfere in the internal administration of tbeir country , which is leit to them without a restriction . By another , treaty , the Prince of Beliling acknowledges that he is indebted to the forgiveness and generosity of the Dutch Government for the restoration of his country , of which it had become entire ^ the maser by the right of conquest , and he engages , in the first place , to pay the expenses of the expedition , as well as these of erecting and maintaining a fort , and of the garrison , which will remain there as a security for the entire payment of the expenses ef the war ; and , in the second , to destroy , in the space of three months , tbe fortifications which he had erected , and not to consruct any others in the sam e places .
BRITISH AMERICA . The Canadian papers , brought by the Britannia , contain long articles on the subject of the navigation laws , on which topic the Montreal Herald and the Gazette were at issue . With regard to Lord Elgin ' s appointment there -was little comment made ; the Courier and Fdot applauded the act , but the Herald would seem to be of a contrary opinion . Sir John Harvey and suite had arrived at Halifax , and entered upon his duties as Governor of Nova Scotia .
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . The British and North American royal mail steamship Britannia , Captain Hewett , reached the Mersey at four o ' clock on Wednesday moraing . The Britannia sailed from Boston on the 16 th , and Halifax on the ISth , and brings ten days later news- than the accounts which reached us per'the Anglo-Saxon last week . The operations on tbe coast of the gulf of Mexico have been inactive . The return of Santa Anna to Mexico may or may not promote a pacific arrangement with the United States . Overtures to such an end have been transmitted to him from the President of the United States through CommoJore Connor , commanding the gulf squadron . Santa Anna reached Vera Cruz on the 16 th of August , and was
received with open arms . We have no account yet of his having reached the city of Mexico , but everything there was ready for his cordial reception . The latest dates from Vera Cruz are of the 29 th ult . At that time the dispatches of the President for Commodore Connor had been received , and communication mis immediately bad with Vera Cruz by means of a flag . What the nature of the propositions of this government is , or what the reception they are likely to meet with from Santa Anna , is , as yet , mere conjecture . The United States brig of war Truxton was lost on a shoal off Tuppan , about 120 miles north ofVera Cruz , on the 14 th ult . Her commander .
Capt . Carpender , with the majority of his officers and crew , surrendered themselves prisoners to the Mexicans . Lieutenant Hunter , one other lieutenant and fourteen men , escaped to the squadron in a small Mexican schooner , which they captured with one of the boats of the Truxton . Meantime the war on < he Rio Grande languishes—the season and the want of sufficient waggon trains alike forbidding active operations . Colonel Harney had marched from St . Antonio ( Texas ) , on the 23 d , with 120 United States Dragoons , 500 mounted Texans , and 18 Delawares , for Mondovia , Mexico . General Kearney ' s com . mand had left Bent ' s Fort for Santa Fc on the 3 d .
Kearney had lost 100 horses , and the troops were on half rations . A deplorable spirit ofinsubordinatiwi had appeared in the Irish and other soldiers left in the vicinity of Matamora , on the retirement ofGeseral Taylor and the main body of the army . Fifteen or twenty men were killed or wounded , and ei » ht or ten drowned , during a riot between the Irish and American volunteers near Quinto , on the night of the 31 st August . Eight Illinois volunteers and two officer * were severely wounded in quelling the disturbance , and arresting the ringleaders .
Seizcke of California . —The rumour of the capture of Monterey , in California , by the American squadron has been confirmed . The proclamation ot Commodore Sloat , commanding the American naval forces in the Pacific , dated Gth July , has been received . On that day he entered the harbour of Monterey , and in his proclamation called on theCalifornia'is to remain tranquil , assuring them that he came as a friend t » the people , and that California was destined to form part and parcel ot the great federal Union .
Americas LiBSBir . —A body of free negroes have lately been driven out by a mob from a neighbourhood in the state of Ohio , where they had purchased land , and gone to settle ; aud the contending fire ? , of epimon on this inflammable topic are bjowa y ^
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——————————i^——»——»——^—*~* fierce blaze by the occurrence . A few weeks since a coloured yonng man , brother of the Governor of Liberia , presented himself at the medical college of Pittsfield , and sought admission to attend medical lectures . His object was to return and make him-« elf useful in the colony . He was at first received , but on a demur by one of the students ( a Southerner ) the admission was withdrawn , and he was rejected . There are one or two states where blacks are allowed to vote , but if there were enough of them in the state to cast any weight in the elections it would be overruled . In no free state are they allowed to do military duty . Nowhere can they hold office , and in no religious aBiembly can they sit down with whites . Intermarriage with them were an infamy on which no ene dare venture . The least tinge nf their blood in any part of the north , excludes from society .
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A Camp is about to be immediately formed at Cannonville , near Vincennes , and is to be occupied by 40 , 000 or 42 , 000 men for military raannuvres under the command of General Tiburce Sebastiani . This force will include several batteries of artillery . The Cablists in Franck . —On Friday morning domiciliary visits were paid to the Marquis de Labrador and M . de Villafraaca , and several other eminent members of the Spanish Carlist party residing at Paris . Their dwellings and papers were most minutely inspected . ; Exchange or Prisoners . —A letter from Toulon of the 21 st states , that all obstacles to an exchange of prisoners between the French Government and Abd-el-Kader have been surmounted , and that orders have been civen for tho embarkation of the
numerous Arab prisoners in France , who are to be exchanged for the French in the hands of the Emir , font Pius and the Roman Soluiers . —A correspondent at Rome writes , en the 16 th ult ., in the Nuremberg Correspondent : — - ' A soldier lately presented to the Pope a loaf of bread ol the worst quality , saying that even the convicts of the galleys had not worse fond . On the following day ( he Pope sent for the Minister of War , and after a conference of a cw minutes invited him to breakfast , at which a plate with the soldier ' s bread was set'before him . The Minister turned pale and could not touch it . Pius IX . then said to him— ' You do not eat ! You
find the bread too bad ! And yet it is the same as is given to my soldiers . ' The Minister declared that he wasignorant of the fact ; to which the Pope replied— ' But I know it . I know that the complaints of the soldiers are not . listened to , because the officers are corrupt . ' The Minister withdrew in consternation . An inquiry was instituted . The friend of Count N , who had the distribution of the bread , tho ' contractor , and Uhe' baker , were arrested and taken to the Castle of Saint Angelo . To-day every soldier had four bnjocasi ( 2 n . ) given to him to buy his own bread ; and this is to bo continued until further orders . "
Prohibited Works . —Five new works have been added by Pius IX . to the bnoks forbidden to be read in " Universal Christendom , " and which his Holiness danvnnt , proscripsit proseribique in indicem librorum prohibitorum . The doomed works are—Les Evangiles , traduction nouvelle , avec des notes et des reflexions a la fin de chaque chapitre , par F . Lamennais ; Gli Evangeli tr . idotti in lingua Italiana da G . Dioilati con le riflessioni e note di Francescq Lamennais tradotte da Pietro Silvestro Leoparfli ; II Veggenti in solifcudine , poema poliiaetro di Gabriele Rossetti ; Historiada Franc Maconaria , ou dos pedreiros livres pelo Author da bibliotheca Maconica . [ The railroads and reforms of the new Pope will neutralize his prohibition . Though it is a pity that a man , otherwise apparently > o liberal ,
should have any tread of the press . ] Tbe Mobmons have lately organised a regiment of women , who are in full discipline , and it is said , promise by all appearances , to fight more desperately than their male fellow-soldiers . Female Suffrage . —The appeal of the " women of the state of New York" to tbe convention ( eraployed oh the revisal of the constitution ) , claiming female suffrage and female eligibility to all public offices , has found one newspaper editor willing to undertake its advocacy . The appeal found numberless signatures among tbe sex so peculiarly dominant in thi 3 country . Fokkion Police Inthlioksce Extraordinary . — Louis-Philippe Orleans , an old man , with a large head , and a very confident expression , was charged before the bench , Public Opinion , with a most flagitious act of child stealing . The case was very protracted , and involved manv statements and counter
statements , but may be briefly summed up as follows : — It appeared that a . Spaniard , named Ferdinand , who had distinguished himself as a man-millinerhaving been specially appointed as petticoat-maker and embroiderer to the Holy Virgin—died somo years ago at Madrid , le . ivine behind htm two little infant » irls Hand it was for the crafty abduction of the younger of thege children , by name Luisa—a young creature Tscarcely marriageable—that the prisoner was brought to the bar . He was an old offender , full of subtleties and tricks , whith he played off under the guise of the most enchanting bonhommie , which , of course , only rendered him the more dangerous . This , however , was the first time he had appeared at the bar of pubic opinion as a child-stealer . It was shown in eridencc that the petticoat-maker died very rich : and there was no doubt that the immense
wealth of the unfortunate Luisa was one reason for drawing upon her the attention of the prisoner ; who had also—there could be no doubt of it—considerable hopes of obtaining further advantages by meddling in her family affairs ; and further of ultimately obtaining the larger » sharA of the property on the death of her sister , reputed not io be of the most vigorous constitution . It was shown that Orleans had had crafty accomplices in the business . lie had introduced into the house ! of the young Indies a French hair-dresser , named Bresson , who had turned the head of the innocent Luisa with the most glowing description of Orleans , surnamed Montpensier ; a youth with a great precocity of moustache . The hair-dresser Bresson had also contrived to give the yonng man ' s portrait ( painted for the occasion ) to the
hapless Luisa ; and the effect of n portrait of a handsome young man upon a gi » l ol 14 would be obvious . ) Finally , a contract of marriage had been brought about by the craftiness of the hair-dresser ; and the child—however it might be attempted to palliate the circumstances by the forms of law—the child was , in a word , stolen from herself , her country , and hsr relations , by the » uile and avarice of the prisoner at the bar . The Court regretted that it could not interfere in even so flagitious a case . The prisoner must be discharged ; thoueh lie must not for a moment suppose that he left the Court with clean hands , Hereupon the prisoner gave a knowing wink , chuckle , and left the court , humming— "Oft peut-on Stre mieux , qu'au sein de sa famille !"Punch .
By the earthquake in Tuscany , on the 24 th ult ., upwards of eight thousand persons are reduced to beggary , but the Grand Duke has announced that he will rebuild all the houses that are destroyed , without making any addition to the taxes . The inh . v bitants of the small towns of Ar . iano , Querdinallo , Montesciidigo , Lorenzana , C . iserta , Repubella , Creopick , Faiglia , Leina , and Regolo , are exempted from taxation until 1848 . The port of Leghorn furnishes the building timber free of duty . A letter from Breslau , says that one hundred acres of the extensive peat ground ofNimkau , which skirt the railroad in Upper Silesia is on fire , sending forth a dense black smoke . All efforts to extinguish the fire had been found unavailing .
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visited by a calamity , the probable extent or which . in the destruction of human life and property , is frightful to contemplate . About nine o ' clock on the e-ening of that day an alarm of fire was sounded . The children of a sub-contractor on the Scottish Central Railway had set fire to the bed curtains with a candle . The furniture of tho bed was instantly in a blaze , and the apartment being a small attic , situated at the cross , the flames spread with rapidity . As there is no fire-engine in Dunblane the populace mustered and rendered every assistance in their power to extinguish the conflagration . The surprise , indignation , and alarm that took possession of the minds of the multitude may easily be conceived when it was ascertained that in the house adjoining tho
dwelling where the hrc was raging , ana which was occupied by another sub-contractor , and his family , on the same floor with the blazing apartment , and separated from it only by a very thin partition , there was Blored nearly half a ton of gunpowder , similar to that used in railway mining operations ! On the first alarm of the fire being given , the proprietor of the gunpowder hastened into the premises , and carried off his family , his money , and the portable valuables which he could snatch up at the moment . When the danger from the gunpowder became known , John Nicholson , a mason , followed by a number of people , rushed up to the apartment , and succeeded in extinguishing the flames . No person was injured but the poor mother of the children , whose hands and arms were dre-idfully burned in her attempts vainly to extinguish tlie fire , by pulling down the blazing furniture . —Stirling Observer .
Daring Robberies in Lambeth . —On Tuesday , lfonnation was received at the police stations , Lameth , of the following robberies . On the 22 th inst ., bout fifty yards of hemp carpeting was stolen from Ir . Mr . 11 . Hall , furnishing warehousemen , 7 'J , Westminster Bridge road . On the same day , a irussels carpet was stolen from the shop of Mr . damson , Clapham Old Town ; and ninety-four yards f cotton tick , from outside the shop of Mr . Watson , Upper Dsrset-placc , Olaphani-rood : also , from the mp window of Mr . Ellis , CG , London-road , cards con- ' lining forty-five wedding-rings , about fifty gold eepers , of various patterns , and five orsilx gold liner rings , with a cluster o » pearls anil a ruby in the jatre .
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V ; . :- i ¦ ¦ : > IRELAND . ; ; ¦ - , Tbe food Wots appear to be extending among' the femishing peasantry . The influence of the Roman Catholic clergy hitherto available for calming the excited people seems to fail in this case . The Presentment meeting are the scene of great excitement , not unfrequently accompanied by violence . YoCOHAL—The scene at the adjourned extraordinary presentment sessions for the barony of Dacie * witliin Drum , in the county of Waterford , held in Claahmore , about three miles from Youghal , was frightful ; thousands were con gregated there , most of them Lord Stuart ' s tenants on Slieve Greino mountains . These wretched people have held small patches of the mountain at a mere nominal rent , are quite paupers , and have lost their entire supply of food . The people were so dense it
was almost impossible to get close to the court ; many were clamorous and violent for food , which was supplied to not a few from the shops and houses of the village , but in such a small place , to so great an assemblage , it was no more than a drop in the ocean . The business of tlie sessions was dispatched with a good deal of confusion , nearly every work asked for was granted , to the amount of thousands of pounds . As the proceedings were drawing to a close , it was apparent a bad spirit was abroad amongst the people . Several expressions of a violent nature were made sespecting Lord Stuart ' s sraaHsubgeriptionof £ 5 only to tho relief fund , and also as to hi 3 having stated from the chair that lOd . a-day wa < ample wages , and that the work could not be commenced in less than ten davs . :
When Lord Stuart , who was one of the last of the authorities to leave tlie Sessions-house , appeared amongst the crowd , their excitement grew to an intense pitch ; menaces , threats , and opprobrious epithets were showered on him , which was succeeded by attempts at violence . With some difficulty he pot into his carriage , when immediately his servsnt put the horses in n gallop , and flogged them most violently to keep them at the fullest speed , A party of Hussars , who were sent t » protect his Lordship and keep the crowd back , were attacked by the mob , aud a collision ensued . A ringleader , named Po wer , was very severely sabred , but was carried off by populace , when their uisuults were redoubled ; several of the horsemen were severely hurt , and the force being small , they had to retreat for their lives to Lord Huntingdon ' s farm-yard , which was immediately barricaded . The crowd committed no violence ou tbe inhabitants of Claehmnre , and left the place by degrees as night apnroaohed .
Thursday , a mob of thousands marched down to Mr . Fisher's mill at Pilltown , just opposite Youghal , on the county of Waterford side , vowing vengeance if Indian meal was not sold for Is . per stone from the mill , and corn ground for Id . per stone ; they then proceeded , armed with stick , stones , spade * , hammers ( such us are used in repairing roads ) , an 4 other weapons , to the Ferrypoint , just opposite the centre of the town , and considerable apprehension was excited tlmt they meant to attack it . The magistrates had the military in readiness immediatoly to repel them , but they contented themselves with threats of vengeance ngainst the ferrynvm and boatmea should they carry corn or provisions over to tbe Youghal merchants . Riots havo also occurred at Castle Martjr , and the military called in .
Kilwokth . —On Monday night fires blazed , and horns sounded throughout the districts of Fernioy , Kihvortl ) , and Araglin . Meetings of the relief committees had previously beeen appointed to be held in Fcrmoy and Kilworth on the Tuesilay . Early in the morning a threatening notice was found thrust under the hall door of the Earl of Mountcashel . Thousands poured into tha town armed with weapons of husbandry , ami a violent riot ensued , notwithstanding the magistrateshad secured the assistance of a party of the 7 th regiment to aid in keeping the pence . Galway . —The Odluiay Mercury of Saturday aays : —
On Wednesday last , a great body of labourers and distressed-looking persons marched publicly , and for the most part of the day , through Loughrea . Seldom has it been the lot of this locality to witness such a spectacle efiqualid poverty and ragged misery ; they cnrrie'Hn procession a loaf of bread fixed on a long poK ThU is an appalling circumstance ; their cry—I mu » t say , their peaceable cry—was for employment . The harvest is now almost gathered in ; there are no potatoes to di ? , which would give both food and employment , and the public works are put a stop to , Under such circumstances ,, it ia not surprising that these distressed creatures should make some manifestations of their utter
want . codntt op waterford . The Wate ' ford Chronicle , in noticing tho Tramore presentment sessions , sajs : — " We are happy to be able to state that , although there was an immense multitude of the labouring people outside the Se < isions-houso during the meeting , that the greatest regularity ^ ind order was ob « ervcd , and every oaa seemed satisfied that the gentlemen who attended the meeting , were anxious to do every tiling t » lessen their distress , nevertheless , a company of the 1 st Dragoons , together with a large constabulary force , were in attendance , and paraded the totm duringthe day .
COUNT'S OF LONQIOKD . JTotf-PATMBNT of Rent . —On Sunday night Inst . au outbreak occurred in the district of . country ljing bo . ttreen Granard , Arvagh , BaJlinolee , and BuHinamuck . Last week , G . Johnston , agent , and Geoi ge Maconcliy , Esq ., arrived in this country , and the tenants were noticed that he would sit in Bullinulee on Monday last to receive rent . There has been n general cry out since the failure of the potato crop that do rent should be paid for this year ; a number of persons , amounting to between 300 and 400 , 50 of whom ware armed with guns , itc , visited almost eTery one of Mr . Maconehy ' s tenants' houses , on Sunday night , in the district
abovenamed , swore some aud threatened others that if they paid any rent to tho agent , they would again visit them and take thoir lives . This to mnny of them , who mere previously pre-dispostd that way , was quite sufficient to prevent them , and consequently Mr . Johnston waited iH vain on Monday , to receive rent , hut about 11 o ' clock , a large mob of persons , bettveen 800 and 400 , headed by a man carrying a pole , with a loaf on the top of it , entered the town in a menacing way , and declared no rent should be paid by any one . Tlie nid of the military was called in to disperse the crowd , but before this they had been induced quietly to leave the town . It does not appear , however , tbat the agent got anj
rent . COUNTT OF KERB ! . Dinolb , Sept . 24 . —We had yesterday the whole population of half a dozen parishes parading with black flags , with the following inscription— " Trade , Work , Bread . " They paid Lord Vontry the compliment of the first visit , who assured them that every exertion had been made by the committee to Rive them speedy employment , and that tbe delay was the fault of the government . Tbalek , Sbpt . 25 . —On Saturday last we heard persons declare they could not purchase a pound of Hour or oatmeal in the whole town ; and we have just heard that things are in the same state at the present moment . Towards the evening of the above-mentioned day , crowds assembled at thol-aicer ' s shops , fearful least they should badisRppointedinprocuriuga portion of the bread then in thn nvpn .
In the very midst of these ominous and nfflicting occurrences , " untouched by the distress which prevails unawed by the probable consequences , the eviction of tenantry by the landlords proceeds . The Sligo Companion says : — A few days sgo about thirty families were turned out bj the sheriff , on the property of Sir Robert Gore Booth , at Liiiulell ; when the sheriff went to execute the habert some of tlie poor people were , as we have been informed , 1 ) ing in fever , but this circumstance did not prevent " the lav » -form taking its course . " A few of tho families returned to tlieir old dwellings , having no other place on God ' s earth to shelter them from the winds of hc&VHii ; such an infringement upon the rights of property could not bo tolerated ; they were summoned before the magistrates at Tcesun Petit Sessions , and on consenting to leave their hovels during the week the matter was i rranged . We are aware that these tenants were in arrear of rent , but was this a time to dispossess them !
PROVISr 'N I 1 EPOT 3 . The government officers hare declared tlieir inability to provide depota in various localities owing to the fliort ness of their supplies . The importations upon which the government calculated aro not expected for another month atleiist . CnooKHATBiV . —Nothing could exceed tho scene of appalling misery exhibited here this morning ( September 25 ) , by the destitution cl the labouring classes , who Hocked in masses into the village of Golen . They came together to proclaim their distress as intolerable , and as having reached already the utmost limits of endurance . They said they were living in many instances for a long time back on one
bad meal in the twenty-four hours ; that they vore dropping from hunger ; and that they my lit die themselves of want sooner than lay hands on their ncighbourbour ' s substance ; but they could not bear to see their little ones craving— crying for food , and not a morsel to put in their months ; that they were living too long on hope , and that the road relief will como too late , as they will not be able to work . The Catholic clergymen who were reluming from stations addressed to them a few words , assuring them that no exertions were spared by the gentlemen of the Relief Committee to make known in the proper quarter their distress , and that in order to its alleviation , they would strive to get some roads opened as soon as possible .
Emigration to America —At no former period lias emigration to America , especially amongst the class of smail fanners , been more extensively prevalent than it in at present . So great is the panic excited by the prospect of approaching scarcity , that almost every family amongst the class referred to , who can misu the means of emigration , is removing to America , from every locality in tho neighbouring counties . We had expected to be able to ^ ivo a list of tlie average number of those who lirtvc left our port for the other side of the Atlantic during the last few weeks , but have been disappointed . We are assured , however , on competent authority , that : he number of these exiles has been vually immense , while no symptoms of theirdiiuinut ' . Oii are jet visible . —Devry Standard . COUNTY OF KEKr . V . Lisiowel , Sept . 25 , —The extracrdinary sessions
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for the barony of Iraghticonnor re-assembled this day . Tbe court-house , and , ayenues . to , it were deriself crowded , and considerable excitement prevailed amongst the mass of tho population . The presentments agreed to amounted to £ 23 ,
000-1 TOUL DIBTBBSS AND OUTRAGE IN CA 5 TLEMARTVR . Sept . 24 . —To-day , about twelve o ' clock , a large body of men , a bout 100 , representing themselves as from the neighbourhood of Cloyne and Shangarry , famine and desperation depicted in their countenances , invaded this quiet and unprotected little town , carrying terror and destruction into the bakers shops , but respecting all other description of property . Dire necessity alone , said they , is our excuse , we prefer to be shot dead at once rather than encounter the horrors of starvation ; we are willing to work for fair wages , but that alternative is cruelly denied us . The gentlemen , said they , are leaving us to be fed by the government , and the government are leaving us to the gentlemen , who appear to be equally negligent inhastening to ourrelief . Employment or food is all we want ; and unless one or the other is speedily provided , we shall be forced by nature ' s first Jaw , to come again , not in hundreds , but in thousands , and when God eanuot , mau should not , blame us .
At the weekly nvseting in Conciliation Hall , the usual letter from Mr . O'Connell was read , in which he repeated his suggestion of a committee of delegates , from the landlord ' s meeting in Dublin , and abused the English press , whose conduct at the present moment he described as " fantastically atroci . ous . " The meeting was very thinly attended . Rent £ 98 . Dublin , Sept . 27 . Yotoo Ireland Meetisg this day . — -Gkkat Excitement . —In consequence of an ad vet tisement which appeared in the Freeman ' s Journal , announcing a meeting of the friends of " free discussion , " including the secedcrs from Conciliation « lial ] , a vast number ot persons congregated about the Victoria flotel , Bolton Street , long before the hour appointed for the meet
in « ( half-past two ) . The steps of the ' hotel , an unoccupied tenement , was taken pssscasion of by a number of the Old Ireland party , whilst the middleof the street was occupied by a heterogeneous mas 3 of noisy humanity , whose voices certainly wure loudest , and , as may be presumed in consequence , most numerous , for the venerable division of IreUndism . It appears that a dancing-master , named Pidgcon , rents the premises in which the intended f . s « embla >; e was to have taken place ; and , as a ' public character' of this description has no politics , when he ascertained that there was likely to be an unruly assemblage in Terpsichore ' s region , he took to himself the liberty of padlocking the door of the roim , which , by-the-byp , had been paid for by a person always looked upon as a " flaming repealer . " As the hour
approached for the meeting , the crowd became denser , and the cries of the Old Irclaiid r »! 't . y , wfc > occupied tho steps , and planted themselves against the door , demanding admittance , were mot with shouts and jeerings by the juveniles in the street . Amonfr the persons present were a number of Chartists , a very small number , for O'Connell's denunciation , some time ago , reduced them to an extraordinary tenuity . Captain Bryan , of llaheny , one of the late seceders , was to have taken the chair , and arrived amidst a gto ; m of groans and hisses from tlio "Old IrcJanders , " and per contra from their opponents . The captain , seeing how matters stoo
all the time unconscious , as were the ethers , that the owner of tl ; e arena had backed out of his bargain ) , the gallant chairman of Young Ireland departed , seemingly well pleased to have escaped the presidency of a meeting which promised so small a share of quietude to the holder of the intended oHiee . At a quarter to 3 the crowd became denser and more noisy . And it is curious that the most noisy ami energetic amongst the "Young Irelanders'Vere the e ' erks of an ofKcein which arelativeof Mr . O'Connell holds a situation which has been lately , if not now , in the hanUs ' . of a Conservative member of Parliament . The spirits of the elders and the juveniles were beginning to effervesce , when a large force of police under Superintendent Ellwood made their appearance , nnd by their extreme ly good-natured and quiet conduct
managed ( alomr with a little wholesome fear of proximate station-houses ) to cool the ardour of the physical force men—many of whom , as could be gleaned from their exclamations , did not ascribe too much " morality" to the occupants of the Old Ireland position . No likelihood appearing of the door being opened , a step-ladder wag hoiste'l over the heads of the persons on the steps of the "Victoria , " and-Town Councillor Sheridan , who , as proprietor of the " Eagle foundry , " was cheered , in his immediate vicinity , as a" man of mettle , " was called to the—kdtier ) Standing upon tdis simple footing , he addvoszed tlte immense crowd , on the outskirts of which there were half-a-dozen orators , and so impartially were the cheers distributed , that none of the speakers had reason to complain on the score of encouragement .
In the midst of this exhibition , one "loung lrclamW dressed perfectly ad unguetn , carried away by his enthusiasm , daHced madly in tke gutter , in order to manifest how " Dan was tripping the polka before the Saxon Victory . " It being totally impossible to hear one word , Town Councillor M'Kenna proposed ( from the steps , ) a vote of confidence in O'Connell . This was hailed with tremendous cheering inside the body of the meeting , and was received with the most unconscious uproar from without . The motion was seconded by a gentleman named Grooke , an extensive auctioneer , as I was informed . Another contest of lungs took place , and , after various essays on the pneumatic organs of each party , Myles Tobyn , Esq ., J . C , proposed , and Mr . Atkins , sword-bearer to the corporation , seconded a resolution condemning who
the ' conduct of the " Young Ireland party , " , standing up for "free discussion , " wouln not allow arguments to be heard . Several individuals addressed the meeting from the steps , several others addressed them from the streets , but all were equally inaudible . The rain now began to poor down ; ami , although the Boston magistrate quelled an Irish row , once upon a time , by letting fly cold water upon them from the fire-eHgines , the rain had not the effect of totally dispersing the assemblage , until the surcharged umbrellas , appetite for dinner , and the desire to see and hear the pledge administered by the Very Rev . Dr . Spratt , ( local rival of Father Matthew , ) " neutralised the effects of tho political fever , to wbicli her Majesty ' s Dubiin lieges had been so unexpectedly subjected .
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LAMBETH . Darino Hiohway Robbeut . —On Monday , Charles M'Domiell was charseil before Mr . Elliott , with thb following impudent robbery . Miss Elizabeth llolffi deposed that on the preceding night , about ten o'ctock , while passing through Vine-street , Waterloo-road , with a bundle on " her arm , the prisoner rushed out » f a court , and pushed against her with such violence , as to knock hor down , and snatching the bundle from her ran away as fast as lie could . Witnesi got up a « soon as ahewns aMe , and followed him . crying out " stop thief , " and he ivas ultimately captured in Stamford-street . When the police constable had secured aud was about to remove the prisoner to the station house , a iteiitloninMcume up with the stolen property , and haudingit to the constable , said he had picked it up in Frances-street , through which the prisoner had just btiW van . This prisoner ivho refused to give any account of himself , was remanded for a weei .
Wholesale Swindling . —Mary Warwick , a middle aged female was chained with being concerned iritli a person named Jolin Gibbs , and others in carrying ou >\ wholesale system of swindling by obtaining . gouds from manufacturers in Birmingham , Wolverlumpton , and other places , and disposing of them the mo incut they came to liund . Gibbs , it appeared liad hired a Jimise in Brunswlck-strect , Ciiinberwell , end tlie gumls rrercreeeiTed there by the prisoner , who gave receipts for them , and immediately tli * y word left theyweie taken away again by Gibbs . Tho prisoner was remanded to give time to the parties victimized to tr ; ice out GibVs un .-i two or three others in concert with him , who are at present out of the way .
OiiTAiNiNQ Goods under False Pretences . —George Cuttress , the son of a highly respectable builder , was charged with having obtained from Mr . Alcotk , laths to the amount ofjb'SO , undci false pretences . The prisoner , who , it was said , had committed similar offence * , and to a very considovuble extent , was remanded for the attend , mice of the necessary witnesses .
WORSHIP STREET . Railway Telegraphing . — On Monday , Benjamin Daniels , a muster Butcher » t Norwich , wns churned bo . fore Mr . Broughton under rather singular circumstances . Mr . Thomas Anhton , oiiuofthe Eastern Counties Kail-> rny officers , proved that on Saturday a telegraphic communication was received at the Shoreditch terminus fi om Norwich , giving an exact description of the prisoner , who was stated to bo travelling iu one of the carriages of the train then on its way to London , and dt-siriug Ihat on bis arrival ko should bs detained , and R iven in charge to tha police . Tho information not being sufficiently precise , the officers of Norwich wvre asked , through tbe Ulegrapn , tho nature of the charge for which the man was to b « detained , ana tho » nsiv « returned
whs that lie was charged with ste : ilm b' £ U , nnd tlmt his accuser wascominffby tlio next train . The interchange of communication between Norwich and l . i . inlon having been effected with lightning-like rapidity , tlie prisoner was called aside , and toUl what ke was charged , with . He declare . ! that he had stolen nothing , but made no resistnnce to his detention . On tho subsi quent arrival of his accuser , however , it appeared that instead of haying stolen £ ' 34 , he was to be charged with liiivini ? obtained two biUwks of Unit value , with intent to defraud . John Baxter , a 'jutclirr at Norwich , was u » w sworn , ana said he ku w the prisoner there in tin ? same way of business . On Thursday last he sold a live bullouk for £ 11 7 s . Cd , to the prisoner , who was to pay him for it on tbe following lay in the Norwich markut , but did not do so , He after-\ . uds sold him the carcase of angtUsr bullock , nud on
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Saturday morning saw and ask « d him for the amount , £ 3 * . which ^ the prisoner promim'd to . pay .. him at . twelve . o ' clock the same day . Ho fiiilvd in that appointment , and complainant went to bis house and anw his wife , who intimated her belief lhathe was gone off altogether , a * he had packed-up . several shirts and othtr things . Complainant having ascertained that he had taktn his departure b y the train to London , went to the Telegraph Oflice and paid 7 s . G * . for- tbe trans-nisnion of the information , which occasioned the prisoner ' s apprehension . Hie prisoner declnredtBat he had not the slightest intention to defraud the complainant , but h :. d the fullest mention to pay him , bat not beh . g prepared to do so at the appointed time . in consequence of a di . appoinimi nt he had himself mat with , he waa uuwillin to meet him . Mr . Broughton s-iid , tbm as the matter was now p . xl plained , he fuun-l that it was a case of debt , the subject of civil and not of criminal procedure , and not within his jurisdiction . He , therefore , discharged the prisoner out of custody .
MANSION HOUSE . A ronl Irishman , named John Burke , appeared before Alilerman Gibbs to give evidence against n fellow named Itidwrrt Carter , in appearance a coalnhij . per , on a charge of robbery . The complainant walked into Court iu as tute of evident astonishment , with bis h » ir standing an end , his large neck and chest barn , and his eyes staring . He did not sewn to understand anything whatever about the business upon which hi ? presence was n quired , until the p rajer-book , with tbe cross upon it , was put into his hand . Cliarlis Everett , brother to a licensed victualler , 31 , Tower-street , stated that on Thursday evening th- complainant , who had been hopping in Kent , walked into tho home with four sovereigns , the fruit of his Iiaril labour , stitched up in the waistband of his brteche * . Witness persuaded him to Have the money in cure of tbe house ,
and next morning the prisoner , who had been lingering after tho poor man , applied for it , but witness , of course , refused to let any one have it but tlio owner , to whom the sovereigns wero lU-UreTed , with n caution as to the person who had so unwarrantably : ipplied f v them . A < s the complainant seemed to be rather unacquainted with London life , - witness determined to watch him to the steamer in whic ' n ho was abont to depart for Ireland , nnd hii'l not gone for when be olwerved the complainant -and the prisoner go into a public-house , where the former laid down unon the table the four sovereigns , and the prisoner took up three of them , stilting that he would take tho owner to Dublin and keep his money aafd for him . The conr ; il : iin ; int contentedly pocketed the mid . sovereign , n ; . d the prisonsr thi-n endeavoured to set away by stratagem , and certainly wonli have escaped if pmper mnnna li . id nnt hi * cn tnkf * n to semiru him . In the .
tfcitinrtliouse the prisoner denied that he had the mom-y . but afterwards delivered it 'ip , nut , htwever , without a threat ! 0 mark and d <> for witness when he should ^ et out of quod . J"hn Burke was then called . Buika : Why , then , here I am , sure , ——Alderman Gibws : Where do you come from , my friend ?—Burke : Oh , I came from Castle Carberry : it ' s ovtr in the county of Covk . —Alderman Gihbu : Ycur have been Uoppinu here 1—Burke : Yes ; I cm hop , and I can reap , and I can mow ; sure enough , wasn't I bred and born in HI—Alderman" Ginbs : What have you to say » b » ut the sovi ; rc 5 j ; hs you had ?—Biii'lte ! Vfhy ' l have one of them here ( pulling out u sovereign ) . Alderman Gihb * : But what Imve you to say about the other three ?—Burke ( pointing to three sovereigns which had been taken from tbe prisoner ) : Why , there they are plain enough . ( Laughter . )—Aldermim Gibbs : Tell me , in vour own way , how you jot rid of them .
Burke : Oh ! by my suol , that gentleman { pointing to the prisoner ) can tell yo \ i as well as me . Well , it w ; is this way . I had my four sovereigns to go home wid , and I jroes into this gentleman's ( Everett ' s ) hou < eto lodge , and he makes me give him the money UU morning . Wei , in the morning he counts out my money to me , and tells me to take c . ire of it , and not to trust it to anybody but myself ; sn tho gimt ' emnn there ( prisoner ) cornea up to me and towld me there was a steamer going to Dublin , and he'd carry me in it for he was going there too . Well , I shows " him tho money , anJ we went and had some beer andbacky together , and he lot me pay for it . So then , says he , show me the four sovereigns , and I did , and he gave me one of them to p-iy my passage wid , and he put the other three in his pocket ; and , says he , they're as safe there as in tUebnnk—( laughter)—so he
promised to take eara of ' om , for I toulrt liim to be sure to inind 'em for me , that I might bring ' em home safe to Castle Carherry Alderman Gibbs : How could you expect to get them after they got into the hands of such a man as this !—Burke : Eh , why them , God knows I never thought of that— Alderman Gibbs : Dirt jou know him at all ' —Burke : No ; I never saw him afore . — Alderman Gibbs : And how could you think of entrusting your money , after tho caution you got from Mr . Everett , to a perfect stranger?—Burke : Sure , how oould I know he was a rogue , when I never set ray eye 3 on him at ' ore?—Alderman Gibbs : Well , prisoner , what h : ve you to say to this charge of robbing this poor fettow 1—TEYn : ¦ j > t \ m >\\« ' . —1 xusvev TvsWimA law ., t o ^ j UmnU He gave me the three sovereigns to keep fur him , for I saw that he was notable to take care of them liimsclf . ( LamrhterO I was going over to Dublin myself , and I thought it a pity to let him be exposed to the thievery of his own countrymen Alderman Gibbs : —So you determined to save them tbe trouble 1—Burke : Faith ,
if it wasn ' t for this gentleman ( Mi . Everett ) , I done think that gentleman ( tbe prisoner ) would be so honest ns to give up the money . Upon my soul I don't b'lieve I'd be a fanlen the btttber for coming over . —Mdorinan Gibbs : You ought to be . very much obliged to Mr . Everett , and I liavo no douht tlmt you tin . But for him , your money would have gone . —Burke : Ob , thin , God knows I thank Mm , and I'll ¦ fire him shares of it if he likes . — Mr . Everett said \ w would not tak « tbe value of a pint of beer from the poor Irishman , whom he rejoiced in being able to serve . Tho prisoner . I assure you , my lord , it ' s all a mistake about me . —Alderman : No ; I'll show you there ' s no mistake at all about you . I'll send you for three months to hard labour in Bridewell . As for Burke , I shall take care that in his way to the steamer he shall meet no other gentlemen who will volunteer to take care of bis mouey . The oftieer will accompany him to the steamer , and give him his money on board . —Burke Why , thin , good luck to you , and the Lord bless you all but you're good people . ( LiiUKhter . )
SOUTIIWAIUv . A young female attended for the pupme of making art app lication relative to her desertion by her husband , under the following singular circumstances . She stated that two yenrs ago she married a man much older than , herself , with n grown-up family , and until very recently they had lived as comfortable as possible together . She had now two children by him , and htr step-children were in the habit of ill-using them . Slie called upon her busbana for protection , but instead of taking her part , he had clandestinely left her and her children to starve , Her stepson , a young man about 25 years old ( about her
own age ) , had been the cause of his leaving her ; in fact , he had forced his father away ; therefore , the purport of her application was to obtain a warrant to apprehend the yo-in , ? man for stealing her husband . ( Lausjllter . ) Mr . Seeker said the application could not be acceded to . Sheought not to have married an old man with a grown-up family , for she might have expected to be annoytd by themias tliey must certainly feel exasperated at his bringing a young wife home to rule over them . The applicant said aha did not wish to havo lu-v husband * ent to ( jaol , but tbe son ; and finding her application was not attended with the success she anticipated , she left the Cuurt , evidently much di .-ippwinted .
THAMES STREET . IIoebf . hiis bv a Lodgeii . —On Monday , two women , named Jane T . ver , alias Morris , and Elizabeth Simpson , the wives of marines stationed at Woolwich , were brought before Mr . Ballantine , charge ! with having stolen a gold watch value £ 24 , a silk scarf , a piece of meriro , and other property , valued in all at £ 50 , belonging to Mr . George Morgan , landlord of tha Su * publiehousr , Parson ' s Island , St . George in the East . It ap . prarcd that the prisoner T . ver occupied a room in the prosecutor ' s hoise in May last , and she then repres . ntcd she was the wiie of a sailor . The other prisoner was in the habit of visiting htr , and S'jluctinitfS sleeping with her . After the prisons ! Tyer had 1 . ft tlie Unist , Mr . Morgan missed the gold watch and appendages , with other property . He was unable to trace the property orl
tfto thieves until Sunday night , when Mrs . Simpson c . -. k-a on him in a . half-ilrunhcn state , with tbe wife of another marine . She was wearing a scarf on bir shoulders which Mrs . Morgan identified ns her property , and gave Simpson into custody . The prisoner then made a statement that -: he bad boug ht a pawnbrokers duplicate re . lating to the scarf , and a piece of merino ol' the prisoner Tyer . who had formerly passed as Mrs . Morris , and intimated that Tyer knew all abont the jjoUt wati-h , nwrt other property , and that she had made a fine haul while she lived in Mr . Morgan ' s house . In consequence oi tins statement , Blake , a polici ' -constnblf , was sent down to Woolwich , where be apprehended Tyer , who criminated Simpson . The lodsing of the latter in the same town was searched , and a pawn ticket relating to a piece of merino * part Of the stolfn property , was found tlure . When Bbko asked Simpson how she bncunib possessed of the merino , she made the same statement » s she had made to Mr . Morgan , that Simpson had M'ld her the duplieate
of that and other articles pleURcd at the same tune , and that she had vatlocined the whole , keeping th : silk scarf , am ! pawning th » merino again . The principal witness against tho prisoners was another marine ' s wife , npnu'd Emma Smith , who said she lived in Woolwich , and had heard the prisoners quarrelling about the yiroptv . ty S"olcn from some tavern in Wnppinu , whore Tver had l'cm lodging . She afterwards saw X ^ rs . Tyev , \\} io sfiid shu had sold a gold watch at Stepney Pair , last Whitsuntide , to a man in a sparring booth for £ 2 , aiiil that , if Mrs . Simpson did not mind < vhat she said , she would floor her , and she would get killed next Horn lfjii ; at Charitun . Mr . Ballantine : When did she fell you that t—Mm . Smith : L-ist Saturday morning , liv . ilorgsm s ;'' ' - thai tho prisoner Simpson made a similar statement about the gold watch , which he valued yt £ 24 . Mr . Ballantine ( , -ave direction to lUnUe to tracothe watch and other property if he Could possiMy do so , aud remanded the prisoners till Thursday .
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October 3 , 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR . ______^ S "
Narrow Escape From An Explosion Of Gunpowder. —On Thursday Last Dunblane Was Very Ni»H Being
Narrow Escape from an Explosion of Gunpowder . —On Thursday last Dunblane was very ni » h being
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 3, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1386/page/7/
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