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• If •N„ no knowledge bot of vice. Idleness may have been the cause of his deserting the paths of virtue ; the remedy of a London gaol is the impossibility of shimming any employment', pave what a peck of card•, or • game of chance, may haply afford --- --- Deeply do the Committee lament that their ex 'ertions hive been so disproportionate to the great extent of evil which investigation proved to prevail. They have had many difficulties to encounter, and 'they have nut met from some quarters with that as mistimee which was most justly due. A careful examination into the cases of the individials. en. :titled them to furnish useful information to thoae who had the power and authority to mitigate or eft force the seutelice of the law. On one or two °c essions they have ventured to submit strong facts, di-covered by their inquiries, to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. and from the surrey which has been extended by his wisdom, they hope they have been instrumental in preserv ing the lives of youthful offenders. Its cases of a less flagrant nature, they have secured to many an asylum in the Refuge for the Destitute ; io other*, they have provided the means of gaining On honest livelihood, on discharge frem prison ; mid in very many instances they have of ►elief and assistance, iss the circumstances of the fruitcake case required. The Committee are convinced, by experience. that great and per manent good has been effected by the measures thus pursued t they have the satisfaction of stating, that • considerable proportion of the youths to whom assistance has thus been rendered, have since coo. sleeted themselves meritoriously, and given strong rrsso• to believe, that they have entirely abandoned their former vicious courses, and will eventually prove honest and valuable members of society. The Committee have met with obstacles and some dia appointments, as might naturally be expected in • novel •nd difficult undertakilig. when their exer tinily were to be employed amongst the ignorant and vicious; but they cat, truly state, that the result hiss equalled their most sanguine hopes. and stimu lated them to continue, with increased activity. their endeavours to rescue from crime and misery the numerous youthful offenders who still infest the metropolis. Convinced that their efforts. however strenuous, could 'sever effectually repress the evil, they have maturely considered and arranged a pro position for a Reformatory for Boys t ; sad, having procured a plan which has undergone the strictest examination, they have laid the whole before Lord Soltuouili. They are confident that • measure of this description is absolutely necessary, and they reel pleasure in announcing to the public, that the Noble Secretary of State is impressed with the pro priety of adopting seine steps to attain this end; and they entertain, therefore. well-grounded hope■ that its commencement will take place at no distant period. The Committee will now conclude this branch of their ui.dertaking, by earnestly requesting the support and co-operation of the public. Juvenile delinquency is indeed at its height in the metropo lis t but unfortunately it is not confined by any local limits : Manchester has a large share of youth. fur criminals, and other populous towns more or less according to circumstances. An Institution no the tame principles as the Society in London would Le very desirable at Manchester; perhaps, a l.o, at Bristol, Leeds, and other great manufac turing towns. In places of less extent, the evil will mint require s in the same degree, remedial mea sures ; but preventive measures are necessary every where, and timely precaution will save thousands. The Committee cannot too urgently pray the at tention of the community to those objects which they esteem indispensable to protect the rising generation from guilt and wickedness. They are convinced that education and religious instruction will do more to stay the irruption of vice and d e . wavily, than all the regulatioos which the wisdom or ingenuity of Legislators Call invent. They ergo, therefore, the support and extrusion of &hada wherever they now exist, and their speedy establish. men: where there is an entire want of them. More ottll is requisite : the attention and exertion of indi. victuals to enforce a correct system of management, and to promote and encourage all advance in those branches of knowledge which the lower classes re. quire. Above ell, religious instruction is loudly demanded r he who knows not his duty to God, will seldom, or ever, perform it well towards n►en. It is in vain to expect rectitude of conduct in future life, if the minds of youth are not early imbued with principles of piety. Happy for mankind, when these great and incontrovertible truths shall have made their due impression on the hearts slid minds of all parents—of those who are intrusted with time care of the rising generation ; when such conviction shall have produced vigilant action and persevering exertion, ti►e grand causes of youthful depravity will be removed, and this country no longer disgraced and afflicted by the deplorable criminality of those who are Green in years. grey iu iniquity. r In the mean time we must not fail to impose every possible check upon a mischief so widely and daily increasing. The Committee re• quest the assistance of all who feel the importance of the undertaking. Detailed information from she country will be very acceptable: exertions to procure instruction and employment for youth of both sexes, when confined in prisons, will be most beneficial, and especially when the term of their imprisonment is expired ; to provide them with the ine.ins of labour, or return to their homes, if dis tant, will save many • young offender from rum mid destruction. Associations for these purposes will do incalculeble service, and even the solitary exertions of individuals will be eminently useful. • The Prisoaers in the Room of Correction, Cold Bath- Gelds, are employed in *kiwi wawa, bet this au occupa tion which am scarcely be designated labour. It is extremely unproductive, and does not, is fad, answer a single purpose for which employment in a risen is desirable. The Pri soners are nut allowed any portion of their earning, as they are. t The Committee have been diligently engaged in consi dering the plans of the best-constructed riotous, both in this kingdom and in foreign countries; and the plan of the Re. (amatory which they have felt it their duty to recommend, wiU be found to combine, in an eminent degree, those moat important requisites--tbe power of complete sod constant inspection, classification, and facilities for carrying on va riens branches of labour. This prison is intended for the confinement of win hundred boys. Every class has a distinct dieing-room, workshop, sad airing ground. Each prisoner 111EIFTING OF FRIENDS\-OF Yesterday a Moe** Reform, and of its Cartwright, took place mngton. At five o'clock the teeth ruses was entirely filled by a very respectable company. Shortly after the Douglas Kinimied (the Chairman entered the room, accompanied by Sir Francis urdett, Mr. Kinloch, of Kinloch, in Scotland, and a netnber of other distisiguirlied ad vocates of Parliamentary Reform. At half-past five o'clock the company sat down to an excellent dinner. The CHAIRMAN Afterwards gave the toasts from the Chair. The first was— " The People, the 'only acme of legitimate power."— Three times three. The next was.— The King and Constitntion—and the speedy recovery of both."—Thrre times three. " A real Representation of the People in Parliament, by which both the King and die People should be free heal the usurpation of a BoroughMongeriug Oligarchy." The CHAIRMAN then rose to call the attention of the Alerting to the efforts of an individual so long known as the unerring champion of the cause of Reform—the man Whose steady linuesly, con sistency, and perseOriance, had justly made him the staunch guide of thole who sought, by all con. stitutional means, the firm edvancement of their country's cause—the man whose whole life was de voted to their service, and who, oppressed by illness, in tile close of his career, was unable to give that attendance which he wished on an occasion like this, which was likely to give effect to his senti ments. The. Hoes. Chairinian then regretted to be obliged to state, that Major Cartwright's , phyriciaii was of opinion, that the Major could not appear on the present occasion, and that his inners was of a nature to require repose. The Him. Chairman en tered into an able review of the character of the Major's public life, and pointed out the liberal and patriotic principles, mid loop; consistency which uniformly characterized it. Above all, he com mented in the strongest terms upon the calumnies which had been poured both tie the worthy Major, for the honest discharge of his duty. He concluded by proposing— " The health of Major Cartwright. the Father of Reform, mad may he are the death blow of the abettors of Corrup tiots."—( Loud applause.) Mr. CLEARY then rose, and read a long letter from Major Cartwright, regretting the iinpossibility of his attendance on the present occasion, and avowing in a detailed form, the principles he had invariably espoused throughout the course of his public life, null recommending the imenediute adoption of Sir F. Burdett's Bill. This letter was read amid great applause. The venerable Major, in regretting his absence, begged the privilege of proposing the following toast (it was given as a toast from the Chair) — a Take your choice—a Civil Government or a Military Despotism; in other words, Sir Francis Butdctt's Bill or Lord Castlereach's bayonets"—(Greaf applause, aad loud cries of 14. 11hirdell's IMP") The next toast was— t+ The health of Sir Francis Burdett, and the Reformers of England."—(Greet applaaae.) The Hon. Baronet rose amid great applause. He raid that it would be quite unnecessary for him in a Meeting like the present, to enter upon a de scription of the public merits of his worthy friend Major Cartwright. The merits of the veueralde Major were such, that in the eyes of some they were called womanish—would that those who called them so were capable of appreciating such energies, and instead of minoring their force in au aged and .till powerful mail, would devote their influ ent e to the propagation of such doctrines among the youth of their country ! It would he most gra tifying to find in early youth such devotion to the cause of liberty as the worthy Major had exefnplified in what lie described as the close of his career. The worthy Bar t then took a comprehensive view of the state of popular representation in this country, and pointed out the striking imperfections which the whole system practically embraced. He referred to a string of resolutions. which, he said, contained the creed of his opinions, aid by them he was ready to stand or fall. These multi. titres were not adopted without long and nur ture reflection. It was true that a Bill might have been founded upon them at the instant, but it would have been a Bill dictated at the moment under most inauspicious circum. stances, and without any thing like a prospect of a fair bearing. Fur his own part lie disliked this sort of unnecessary dictation. He would still try to do what lie could to promote the great end of Reform. He would not captiously stop ut particular point', but would take 'resistance wlwrever he found it, and riot conceive that lie had adopted any thing like au inconsistent frail in availing himself of such assist ance us he could get iu the progressive steps to se cure his ultimate object. the full and fair represe, tation of the people. The worthy Baronet said. that on the point of universal suffrage, he had not (as lie had been repiesented) complained of the iiidefiniteuess of the term, fur nothiug could be more defined than that which included the whole ; but he did complain, that those who used the term in its broadest sense never meant to realise their wish, It was said, however, that anarchy would follow the adoption of this system of universal suf frage ; this was clearly refuted by Bentham, who skewed that no extension of popular suffrage could lead to such a result on the principle laid down. The worthy Ba t said, that he had beets already censured by some of the Government Prints, for quoting as has authorities for his sena. mad. such men as Milton, Locke, and Machisvel. It was said that he (Sir Francis) would have suc cumbed to power like Milton. under a despoatic Monarchy; or like Machiavel. to a wily Prince. He left to the Meeting to say what wily Prince in Europe would employ bim as a Minister.—( Loud laughter and applause.) The memories of Dr. Jebb, Sir Wm. Jones, and Granville Sharpe, as advocates of Parliamentary Reform, were then drunk with great enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the Reformers of Scotland, and among the rest that of Mr. Kiiiloch. in returning thatikr, avowed the I , . II 1 io i 4 I . i II l j 11. ENTING OF THE )F RADICAL ASO !Ring of the Friends of &slicel its venerable advocate, Major place at the Horns Tavern, Ken- I confinement of six hundred boys. Every class has s distinct Mr. Kiiiineti. Ido dining-room workshop, sad airing ground. Each prisoner has a separi:te denuder,. Mr. Ktniocu, in returning thaulto, avowed the I fel . . interest which the Men of,the North felt in the ,cause of Reforan--opni proposed, . w The heti* er the Aim. Iknagilts gietteira. she 'Pies"' advocate or,opidar riahts."—,Thetie ties. three. The Has. Cfis k ritnah *rtituroad thanks in en eloquent speech, in the cowls of which he repeated his firm sentiments in the . coinse of Reform, and his full determination to. co-Operate with those who were ready to give effect to such sentiments, li)r impressing them upon the attention of Parliament. Several patriotic toasts were given, and acknow ledged in as elorpienst manner; and the compaii);, after sitting to a late hour, separated in the utiitust harmony. POLAR EXPE.DITION. BANFF, OGuer 9, 1818. Captain Ridley, of the Triad whale-ship, of this port, just returned from the Northern Ocean, informs one, that on the 10th May he was in Ist. 80. 58. about eight miles from Spitsbergen, in 2i fathoms water ; the sun was at a great altitude ; there was scarcely any night ;they could follow the glorious luminary circling again and again round the heavens—the atmosphere at this time wile very clear—Captain R. went to the bop-mast, an d co uld see with a glass to the extent of between 40 and .50 miles (as he supposes) across the great Polar Ocean, which was much more open than when he was in let. al. last year. There were indeed large islands of flaw ice fluting about ; but he is sure the sea was navigable, without great difficulty, as far as the eye could reach. But the ice was run ning ashore, and accumulating in lart,,e masses on the northern coast of iipitzbergen. Captain R. thinks the expedition came too late, Kenneling that the opening he foinsil would soon be closed, and, u far as he knoWit, it was then the only one westward of Spitsbergen. Indeed, it would un doubtedly appear, that the Discovery Ships have been obliged to abandon the attempt to navigate the sea between Greenland and Spitsbergen; Cap lain R. says, that when he left the sea, there was an immense accumulation of field and flaw ice, stretching almost f shore to shore. He quitted the vicinity of Spitzberlen about the 15th of May, and directed Ira course towards Greenland. Abaut the middle of June; being in hat. 713. 110 miles from land, as nearly as lie can judge, the weather very rainy, with a thick fog, lie spoke an Aber deen whale fishing ship, the master of which hid seen the Discovery gimps. on the 10th of June, in latitude 130. and went ohs board with his log-book. He was informed ,by the officers that they had ex plored in every direction to the west of Spitsber gen, rot' a passage northward, but could not g.t half a degree farther than they then were. They were steering S.W. when last seen. Whether they might nut find it practicable to pass between Spits bergen and Nova Z-nibla. is another question. Their S.W. course would induce us to think they did not Wool trying it at that time. From all this, there is much Apparent cause for regret that the expedition did not ,:et wit sootier ; as then they might have Coasted gpitzhergen, and entered the Pular Basin by the opening which Captain Ridley I found. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS PAPERS. tAltii, AUGUST 15. The Ring transacted business yesterday at ten o'clock with the Duke de Richelieu. At four o'clock his Majesty went to St. Cloud. Monsieur and the Duke d'Aisgouleme rode over the Champs Elysees. The immende crowd assembled to be hold the removal of the Statue of Henry IV. ad dressed their Hoye' Highnesses with the most lively acclamations. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans Wet delivered on the 14(:), at forty minutes past one o'clock, of a third son, at the Castle of Netvilly. who will be called Francois-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis- Marie, Prince de Joinville, and who will have fur sponsors their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Calabria, Hereditary Prince and Prin cess of the Two Sicilite, represented by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Berri, and by his Serene Highness the Duke de Chartres. The departure of the stelae of Henry IV. took place yesterday morning between ten and eleven o'clock. The weight of the statue is :10,000 lbs. that of the frame 20,000, in all 50,0170 Ih+. The number of oxen employed was only thirty-six. The passage through► a part of the Suburb du Houle, which was first to be descended, was easily effected, and in less than half an hour; hut at the avenue de Marigny a difficulty occurred, which occasioned pi op. so re peated and long, that at six o'clock in the evening they had not yet arrived at the end of the avenue. It was past seven o'clock, when, with • r e lief of Li horses, the monument reached the avenue of the Champs Elysees; it appeared impossible to go further for that slay ; but at that moment the spec tators, all at once, with cries of " Vice Henry IV..' seize the traces, and in less than half asi hour the statue, by a spontaneous movement, and us if by enchantment, Midis itself transported before the Pa villa's de Elsie, amidst cries, a thousand times repeated, of " Vire le Roi P'--" Vice la Fausilk Royale !" The King. Madame, and the Princes, presented themselves at the windows, and mingled their ac clamations with those of the public. The statue of Henry IV. continuing its course, arrived before the Pont des Arts, where it was to pass the night, and to be raised on it. pedestal the following morning. We read in the Oracle of the lith August, " Ac cording to the bulletins from Suestdyck, her Royal Highness the Princes. of Orange continues to be doing well ; his Royal Highness the young Prince is remarkably well. It is said that this Prince will re ••• AT NINE O'CLOCK NEXT TUESDAY MORN ING, TWO PRIZES OF 030,000, TWO PRIZES OF £2,000,-1,000 SOVEREIGNS, &c. WITH GOLD, CLA RET, .PORT, MADEIRA. ALL MUST BE DRAWN NEXT TUESDAY.—LOTTERY FINISHES. A \ • calve the names of Guillaurne-41elandre-Fresierie. Constamine.Nicholas-Michel." M. de Soups underwent on 'humbly his last interrtititory ; he is no longer in solitary impri sonment. General Cannel and Colonel Rem* **are the only twu of the accused with regard to whom the soli, Ili!, imprisonment continues.(efeerstOl "des Debuts.) it is announced that General Cannel is to appear on ti.iturday, for the second time, before the Budge of histructiw, and that the secret imprisonment has been removed for what respects Messrs. Chap deltine awl Soups, and that they are allowed to communicate with their Cottosel.—(Monitear Uaf- Lersel.) MN, JULY 27. It is confidently asserted that one of our most celebrated diplomatists, accompanied by a pretty numerous suite, is to proceed immediately to the Congress of Sovereigns, which is going to assemble at Aix-la-Chapelle. The choice the King has made to fill this important mission is not yet publicly known, but every thing leads us to believe that it will be confided to one of his Majesty's Ministers. Spain has great interests to treat of at this moment, and she is resolved to de mand, with energy, the mediation of some of the great Powers. On one aide the United States of America have taken an attitude so horrible with re spect to her, that one cannot yet foresee the issue of the differences with that Power; they are such, that we are assured our Envoy has been recalled. > VIENNA, AUGUST 3. A public Print states, that letters from Turkey. of the 3d July, announce, that the long discus. sions between Russia and the Porte were not yet terminated. The Minister of Russia had judged it necessary to deliver a new memorial of some length upon the proposition to regulate collectisely all the differences, hut the determination of the Grand Seignior on the subject was not known. INSPILUCIE, AUGUST 2. Letters from Italy state, that the American squa dron still remained in the harbour of Leghorn, where it is obliged to perform quarantine. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, Au GuiT 19, 181$. A Treasury Journal of last night says, " It is now stated that a great part of the recent immense sales were made fur the Gentlemen who are expect ed to take the French Loan ; some of whom, it is reported, will be in attendance on the Congress at Aix-la-Chapelle."—We were prepared for a great number of Diplomatists and Jurisconsuhs on the ()Cession, but this menagerie of Bulls and Bears from the Stock Exchange in the suite of the Sove reigns was totally unexpected. Of all the modes in which it has been sought to account for the recent depres►ion of the funds, this appears to be the silliest. It cannot he the interest of the European Stater to disturb the existing tranquillity. They have slot yet recruited their strength, exhausted by a long war; they could not now rise to battle like " giants refreshed ;" they have scarcely had breathing time. But though this position may be true as to Europe, it may not be equally applicable to the United States of America. We do not assert that America wishes fur war, but certainly all is not clear in that horizon. The adage says, "it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog," and this vulgar proverb is equally applicable to States as to individuals— •• What dire offence from amorous canoes springs—. What mighty contests rise from trivial things." America has afforded that stick to Spain in her in vasion of the Florid's, and capture of Pensacola. The private aid afforded by British subjects to the Spanish Patriot. on the other side of the At !antic, is also calculated to excite the jealousy of the Court of Madrid against England. But though •• brave men find cause of quarrel in a straw, when honour is at stake," the age of chi valry is past in Spain, she must pocket the affronts, and set them down to her weakness. America has been long in treaty for the Florida", and in the capture of Pensacola she has spat in the dish, that by lessening its value, she may have it to herself on more advantageous terms. With respect to England, and the aid thence derived by the Sp mish Insurgents, the English Cabinet may say it flowed from private sources ; and, in the language of Macbeth to the ghost of Bangwo, ex claim— " Shake not thy gory locks at me— , Thou can'st not say 1 did ii." That this has been the subject of remonstrance on the µart of Sµ►ain, is obvious from the following copy of a letter, addressed to the Commissioners of Customs. doted Treasury Chambers, to warn Eng lish subjects against embarking in the contest be tween Spain and the South Americans:- 4. T y Chambers, 9th July, 1918. GINTLItIIEN—Tbe Lords Commiesioaers of hi. AI a• jetty'. Treasury having received a COMMOSOICOOM from the Secrrtmy of State for the Foreign Department, upsu the 4 '* ; ~'~.. 1 -14 \, , . &fat of the prepliratimm making at the different od ports, and at the port of Liindon, for sending out officeis and meti for the service of the Insurgent troops iu the Spa nish and America" Provinces; their Lordships desire you .will direct your officers employed at the different ports to take measures to make known to such persons as have been engaged in this service, by any Spanish American Agents, or others, heat they are thereby readering them. selves obnoxious to the laws, as warned by bis Royal High.' flea's Proclamation of the 27th November, 1817; also, that you will adopt such other measures as may be best calru. hated to prevent any interruption of the strict neutrality declared by the Prince Regent to be the rule of his conduct in the contest between Spain and her Insurgent Provinces. (Signed) " GEO. HARRISON. " Commissioners of Condoms.' Of the soreness of Spain Upon this subject, we have also further evidence in the following ex tract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Barbadoes, dated July 5, 1818 :—" By the ar rival of a schooner from St. Thomas's, infor mation has been received of the Spaniards hav ing taken possession of the brig Eclipse, Woa. MINGTON, of this place, which vessel sailed from this for St. Domingo • few weeks ago. Captain WORMINGTOR had been taken to the city of St. Domingo, thrown into a dungeon; and loaded witli heavy irons, the brig dismantled, ■nd the whole of the crew put in confinement; The plea for this outrageous insult to the British flag is, that they found two guns mounted on deck, and biz or eight dismounted in the hold, as ballast, and therefore concluded she was an Insurgent privateer—a Spa niard having come forward and swore that Captain W. had taken his vessel a few weeks before, mid kept him • prisoner 14 days. The Scansandcr frigate has been dispatched by Admiral HARVEY to demand an explanation from the Spanish Governor." The Paris Paperi of the lath have arrived.— Although so many branches of the Royal Fa mily are fruitless. there does not appear at pre sent any reason to apprehend its extinction. The Duchess of (ALBAN, has pretiented thtm will* young Prince. This is her (hint son. and thi,d assurance of a legitimate heir to the Throne of France. The Ultra4toyalist plot is in progress, but the time of its being ripe for trial is not yet mentioned• Some of the parties have undergone their lest exa mination before the Judge of Instruction, and have been allowed to communicate with their Counsel. CANNEL %INS to be brought up for the second time on Saturday. It is stated, under the bead of Iran, that a Mi nister will be sent by the King of SPAIN to the Congrels of Aix-la-Chapelle, to interest the Sove reigns on behalf of his MAJESTY, against the con-. duct of the United States of America. This conduct is designated " horrible," and has, it adds, induced his MAJESTY to recat his Minister, lied the King of StiAix shew►► a little more gratitude to his friends; foreign and domestic, he would come new with a bet ter grace to seek again the interference and support of the great European States. England partici]. lady, to whose interests Ka hes shewn himself so ad verse, cannot be expected to sympathise in his wrongs. The 3 per Cent. Consols on Friday were 78 fr. 40 cents.; Bank Actions 1,625 fr. The Board for the investigation of the Claims or British Subjects on the Government of France, which has been established at Paris, since the ►•ear 1814, is now tran►ferred to London. The Com missioners occupy the house in Parlia►nen!-street, which was lately the Transport-office. We yesterday stated that Lord MELVILte is to• succeed the Marquis of Harrigus as Governor- General of India. Report adds, that the Earl of Mis Lotus's is to be First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Duke of WELLINGTON Master-General of the Ordnance. Her Royal Highness the Duchess Of BERRT has purchased the estate of Rosni, near Mantes, iu the department of the Seine-et-Oise. On this dontaii: was bon► MAXIMILIAN De BETHUNE, Duke of Sully, the faithful servant of HENRY IV. - - A letter from Perpignan, in the Paris Papers, dated the Ist of August, states--" We feel autho rized to contradict the reports of several Journais . respecting the death of General CArroisos at Bar.. celona."—Continaally in communication with the above town, we certainly should have received the information first; but the letters recently recriveil, so far front noticing such an event. do not even allude to the slightest alteration iu his health'. On Friday last a most serous party riot took place iu the fair of Dromaragh, wherein several persons were badly wounded ; a constable who at tempted to interfere on the commencement of the riot, was knocked down by the blow of a btolle till the back, and every attempt to suppress the dis turbance was for some time ineffectual. And we have further the regret to state, that the spirit of mischief did not subside here, as in the course of that night the house of JAMES CBUIKSHANES, of Moneynaban, in the parish of Dromaragh, was at tacked by a party of armed men, who burned his house to the ground ; himself, his wife, and six pi. children were awakened by the flames, and on unlocking the door, they had the horror to film it fastened on the outside; after repeated efforts th,y succeeded in forcing it open, when the wife i.f CRUIIESHAMILS, with an infant in her arms, was knocked down by the ruffians who surrounded the house. The unfortunate family, however, made their escape to the neighbouring houses, frosts what was intended to have been a second Wildgau.e Lodge business. The occupation of a small rem or land, from which the former tenant had been ejecti , i, was the crime which provoked this outrar.— (Belfast News Letter.) .& 1 I