The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-23 00:00:00

THE CHARTER.

A numerous meeting of the Marylebone Democratic Club, was held
last sight, in Chesney's-rooms, Foley-street.
Mr. CORDAY was called to the chair. After thanking them for the
honour they had done him in placing him in the chair—he said, he hoped
the proceedings of the meeting would be characterized by that good feel-
ing which was so necessary in the conduct of a public meeting. The
principles of the Working Men's Charter had been often explained to
them in that place, and, therefore, it was unnecessary for him to enlarge
upon its merits. The Parliament of the Houses of Lords and Commons,
would soon be assembled, and no doubt, their proceedings would be opened
by the Queen in person. At the same time another Parliament, the
People's Parliament, would be assembled, its proceedings would not be
opened by her Majesty, and they did not wish it, there would be there
what was of much more consequence—there would be there the spirit
of the English people.—(Cheers.) The members of that:Parliament
were only forty-nine, and he urged his fellow workmen to give them
every support in the arduous task they had undertaken, or they would
be put down. He thanked Government for the arrest of the best
friend of the working classes, the Rev. J. R. Stephens—it had shown
the people their own strength, and the manner in which they were to be
used. The powers of the Goverment were already immense, and they
were about to add to them by the nefarious introduction of a rural
police—that force was intended to put down the people, and it would
be their duty to oppose it to the last, and the blood that might be shed
be on the heads of those who pressed such a tyranical measure. A cry
had been got up for the repeal of the Corn laws, but it was an interes/ed
one, and was artfully intended to lower wages, not to benefit the work-
ing men. As many were going to address them, he would say no more,
but only exhort them to peace and quietness.
Mr. IRELAND then arose to address his fellow.working:men and brother
democrats. He held a resolution in his hand to which he hoped to
has e their entire sanction, it was one pledging the meetin to that which
they had before sanctioned—viz. to support by their aid and confidence
those honest men who would soon meet as the People's Parliament.
They wouldindeed be the Parliament of the people, and he felt quite certain
would do more good in a week than the other in years. In order that they
might be able to do that good it was necessary that they should
have the support of the people, and he felt quite certain that would not
be withdeld. Benjamin Franklin had said—
" That he who by the plough would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive."
So it was with the people, they must do their own work by their own
representatives, but they must also lend them their utmost support.
The resolution if passed pledged the meeting to support their own mem.
hers to the General Convention individually, and the other members
collectively, as circumstances should require or necessity demand.
That necessity, he had no doubt, would arise ; and it was tire duty of
the people to be prepared. After a lengthened eulogium upon the
character of Maximilian Robespierre as portrayed by Bronterre O'Brien
(which elicited much disapprobation), he concluded by proposing his re-
solution to the meeting.
Mr. Wruerrue seconded the resolution. He thought the allusion to
Robespierre by Mr. Ireland was rather out of place; the character he
had said belonged to him had not been established. The character ge-
nerally recorded against him was that he was a weak Governor and
bloody tyrant.—(Cries of " That's not true, and Englishmen know
better.") In his opinion. to mix up the proceedings of the present meet-
ing with hls name showed a weakness. He was not a preacher up of
moral force; what he said was, if the people had the means of putting
down tyrants by force the sooner they did so the better.—(Cheers.)
The rights of the people would never be granted except through fear of
the people's resentment. The people ought to do all in their power to
show what their opinions were, and if they acted with due courage and
zeal they were sure of success.—(Cheers.) The agitation on the Corn_
laws increased his hopes for their success. The object of those
who had brought it forward would not succeed if the people were
prepared to do their duty.—(Cheers.) He felt convinced the people
would not be deterred from the object they had in view, of obtaining
Universal Suffrage, by any such trick as the agitation of the Corn.
laws.—(Cheers.) The Whigs had the power, and, if they chose, let
them repeal the Corn-laws; but let the people go on in their determi-
nation to have Universal Suffrage, and put an end to the vile Poor-law
Bill, which would lead, under the sanction of the Whigs, to wholesale
child murder.—(Cheers.) With respect to the work on that subject by
Marcus, he (Mr. W.) had taken means of letting Lord John Russell
know that such a work existed, and that little .cowardly Lord had
held Mr. Stephens to bail for what he had said, while the writings of
Marcus were ten thousand times worse than any thing he had ever
said or done.—(Great cheering, and confusion.) Was it doubted
that such a book existed ? If it was, he would produce it,
and denounce Lord John Russell as the accomplice of the party
who wrote it.— (Great cheering.) The work was one of the most
atrocious he had ever heard, with the exception of the one written by
Malthus himself.—(Cheers.) He was in hopes that the career of the
present iniquitous Government was nearly brought to a close, and the
reign of Lord John Russell was close upon its termination —(Cheers.)
He hoped he should be excused for speaking warmly when he was ar.
guing against a proposition that encouraged their wives to murder their
children. Mr. Whittle concluded by seconding the resolution.
The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, and declared it to be carried una-
nimously.
Mr. RAYNER proposed the next resolution for the appointment of a
Committee to collect funds for the support of the delegates for hlaryle-
bone. They had elected a working man to represent them, arid having
done so they must support him, If the people were determined to have
Universal Suffrage they must support their delegates. The people had
a right to judge for themselves, and he trusted that they would not al.
low any Whig trickster to cheat them out of their rights.—(Cheers.)
Mr. COOMBE seconded the resolution. The time of the working
classes ought to be employed in endeavouring to accomplish union among
themselves, in order that they might be up in arms to protect them-
selves. Without a union upon principle they could never conquer.—
(Cheers.) He was one of those who would rather go with 50 men who
were allied for the accomplishment of an object than 500 shut:tiers.—
(Great cheering.) If any individual had refused to sign the National
Petition in the hopes of first obtaining a repeal of the Corn-laws, he
trusted they would re-consider what they had done, and see the necessity
of having Universal Suffrage first, and the repeal of the Corn-laws
would follow as a matter of course.— (Cheers.) Though he was in
hopes that peaceable means would prevail, yet sooner than the people
should not succeed, if; he had the arms of Samson, he would fling
the pillar of the Constitution, as it was called, at their enemies.—
(Great cheering.)
The resolution was carried unanimously,
Mr. THOMAS proposed a resolution, deprecatory of the conduct of
Ministers in arresting Mr. Stephens, amid much cheering.
Mr. Lee seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously.
After it had been announced that it was the intention of the Northern
Star to present their readers with a portrait if Mr. Stephens, and
the Committee to: collect the rent had been appointed, the meet-
ing broke up by giving three cheers for Mr. Feargus O'Connor,
Mr. B. O'Brien, and Mr. Whittle, the editor of the Champion.

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MAILS ON RAILWAYS.—In consequence of the
opposition by railways, the contractors for the Leeds and
London, Halifax and London, and Sheffield and Birmingham
mails are said to have given notice to the Post-office of their
intention to give up their contracts.

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CoBBETT.—On Monday night Miss Reynolds deli-
vered her second lecture at the Mechanics' Institution, and was
hailed with no less approbation, on the subject of paper
money, and Mr. Cobbett's predictions concerning it, than she
experienced in her first lecture, which treated of the charac-
ter and writinr: of that distinrished

The Mail, mortified and sympathising with its patrons,
whom it sees smarting under the rebuke of the Executive,
after giving way to one of its characteristic paroxysms marked
by its customary amount of abusive twaddle, with an air of
triumph exclaims—" Lord Normanby dare not—we repeat it
emphatically and advisedly—he dare not dismiss Lord Oxman-
town from the Lieutenancy of his county ; and those who, a
few days since, so unhesitatingly proclaimed the irmompati-
bility of both these noblemen retaining their situations, will
now be obliged to fall back upon the insolence of the docu-
ment upon which we have been commenting, as a sufficient
punishment to the parties complaining.
" This is the third great triumph that has been obtained over
the Executive by County Lieutenants, who have evinced
moral courage sufficient to discharge their public duties,
fearlessly, honestly, and independently—Lords Westmeath
and Donoughmore were the two first—Lord Oxmantown is
the third."

Wherefore this la Pecan of the Mail? Lord Normanby has
net deemed himself called upon to disturb Lord Oxmantown's
possession of a Lieutenancy. This is the answer, this the sum
and substance, of our Contemporary's excessive gratulation.
THE NEW BISHOP.—The Hon. and Rev. Ludlow Tonson,
D. D., is to be the new Bishop.
THE SPECIAL COMMISSION.—On Saturday c‘ezing the
Commission closed, and sentence was to have been passed on
Monday upon the several prisoners found guilty.

THE CONSERVATIVES OF ASHBY-

DE-LA-ZOUCH.

(From the Nottingham Journal.)
The spirited Conservatives of Asbp.de-la- Zouch and its
neighbourhood will have a splendid and numerous gathering
on the 26th inst., when the chair will be occupied b; Sir F.
Burdett. An enthusiastic meeting will no doubt be., assembled
on the occasion. The following letter has been received from
the " Old English" Baionet ; and the day named for this
" demonstration" of constitutional principle is (as above inti-
mated) Saturday, Jan. 26 : _

" St. James's-place, Jan. 3.
" Sir,—l accept with pleasure the proposal of the Conser-
vative Committee to preside at their meeting at Ashby-de-la-
Zouch, and will shortly name a day for the purpose, according
to their obliging desire, and 'as soon as my engagements, will
allow, for, considering the season, the sooner, I should think,
the better.

" I need hardly add, how gratifying to me is the resolution
you have transmitted me from the Committee, and if doing
my utmost to sustain the glorious fabric of this great Protes-
tant State, its civil and religious rights and liberties, can en-
title me to it, I venture to say that I am not in that respect
unworthy of it.
" I have only to add, that the spirit of this country, though
a little separated and distracted, is essentially English, and
will finally get united : and, perhaps, we may all at length
find out that our forefathers merit all our gratitude and re-
spect, and that the more we have departed from old Consti-
tutional practices and principles, the more we have been led
into error, and the sooner we correct it by a recurrence to
them the better.

" I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
" F. BURDETT.

" Mr. J. Eames, Ashby-de-la-Zouch."

GRAND BALL AT THE LONDON

TAVERN.

(From the Morning Advertiser.)

Yesterday evening the annual ball in aid of the building fund
of the splendid School-house of the Incorporated Society of
Licensed Victuallers, in Kennington-lane, took place at the
London Tavern, and we feel great satisfaction in having to
state, that it was more numerously attended than upon any
former occasion. The necessary arrangements had been ma.
turely considered before they were agreed on, but in order to
render it certain that their intentions were carried into effect,
the Governors, Trustees, and Committee, assembled at the
Tavern early in the evening, and made every preparation for
the comfort of the company that could be devised. The com-
pany began to arrive about eight o'clock, and before eleven
amounted to upwards of seven hundred. It was truly gratify-
ing to every benevolent mind that beheld the scene, to see
such a large assemblage of youth and beauty as graced the
ball-room full of youthful spirits, joy, and happiness, with the
delightful feeling that their amusement was contributing to the
noble charity, the Licensed Victuallers' School, solhighly dis-
tinguished amongst the benevolent institutions of the country.
The Governor of the Society, Mr. Osborne, and the Go-
vernor elect, Mr. Reader ; the present, and most of the past
Trustees and Committee, were present ; as were also a
number of the rnost distinguished supporters of the Institution.
In the course of the evening, Sir James Duke, and Mr. ex-
Sheriff Johnson, with a number of their friends, visited the
scene of gaiety, and were introduced to the ball-rooms, card-
room, &c., by the Governor, to whom they expressed the
high gratification they experienced in seeing such a numerous
company, so harmoniously engaged in the sacred cause of
charity. The two largest rooms in the Tavern were appro.
he Ceremonies, gave
universal satisfaction ; as did Mr. Adams's celebrated band,
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which performed gratuitously in aid of the benevolent object
of the ball. A spacious card-room accommodated numerous
parties who preferred the graver amusement to joining in the
dance.
About nine o'clock dancing commenced, the dances being
led off by the Misses Osborne and
Messrs. Breslaw and
Wallace. The dancing was continued with great spirit till
twelve o'clock, when no fewer than seven banquctting-rooms
were thrown open to the company, and presented a very
agreeable variety in their entertainments.
After partaking of the good things se amply provided for
their refreshment, the greater portion of the company returned
to the ball-rooms, where dancing was resumed with renewed
spirit, and kept up till nearly the dawn of day, when the com-
pany departed, highly delighted with the evening's enjoyment,
and, we have no doubt, determined to continue their aid to
the good cause of charity.
We cannot close this report without paying cur tribute of
approbation to the excellent arrangements made by the Go-
vernor, Trustees, and Committee, for the comfort of so very
numerous a company, which was felt by all present, and we are
satisfied will conduce to the interests of the charity on future
similar occasions.

Wardour-street, a gold brooch set round with
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ROBBERIES —On ounday, from No. 9, Ed-
gold
pin with pearls, in the shape of a rose, together with several
ewia,redr-asltdrseeatn,d
pearls, a gold ring, a silver fruit knife a
other articles of jewellery, besides a quantity of wearing ap •
parel. On Sunday night, from the house of Mr. Chuntz, of
No. 3, Middleton-square, Clerkenwell, four silver saltcellars
a mustard pot, ten forks, four table spoons, four salt do., to-
gether with a pair of sugar tongs, and other articles of plate.
Pettyremanded, on a charge of being Sessions on Monday three
menAwt-etrieleexamined Brantfordaa
con-
cerned in various robberies that have recently taken place in
the neighbourhood of Hampton Court. The principal evi-
dence was that of an approver, who has disclosed the names of
the whole gang, twelve in number, and warrants have been
issued for their apprehension.

" The battle of Grokow, the greatest in Europe since that
of Waterloo, was fought on the 25th of February, 1831, and
the place where I stood commanded a view of the whole
ground. The Russian army was under the command of
Diebitsch, and consisted of one hundred and forty-two thou-
sand infantry, forty thousand cavalry, and three hundred and
twelve pieces of cannon. This enormous force was arranged
in two lines of combatants, and a third of reserve. .
Agair st this immense army the Poles opposed less than fifty
thousand men and a hundred pieces of cannon, under the com-
mand of General Skrzynecki. At break of day, the whole
force of the Russian right wing, with a terrible fire of fifty
pieces of artillery and columns of infantry, charged the Polish
left, with the determination of carrying it by a single and over-
powering effort. The Poles, with six thousand five hundred
men and twelve pieces of artillery, not yielding a foot of
ground, and knowing they could hope for no succour, resisted
this attack for several hours, until the Russians slackened
their fire. About ten o'clock, the plain was suddenly covered
with the Russian forces issuing from the cover of the forest,
seeming one undivided mass of troops. Two hundred pieces of
cannon, posted on a single line, commenced a fire which made
the earth tremble, and was snore terrible than the oldest
officers, many of whom had fought at Marengo and Austerlitz,
had ever beheld. The Russians now made an attack upon the
right wing ; but foiled in this, as upon the left, Diebitsch di-
rected the strength of his army against the Forest of Elders,
hoping to divide the Poles into two parts. One hundred and
twenty pieces of cannon were brought to bear on this one
point, and fifty battalions, incessantly pushed to the attack,
kept up a scene of massacre unheard of in the annals of war.
A Polish officer who was in the battle told me that the small
streams which intersected the forest were so choked with dead
that the infantry marched directly over their bodies. The
heroic Poles, with twelve battalions, for four hours defended
the forest against the tremendous attack. Nine times they
were driven out, and nine times, by a series of admirably-exe-
cuted manoeuvres, they repulsed the Russians with immense
loss. Batteries, now concentrated in one point, were in a mo-
ment hurried to another, and the artillery advanced to the
charge like cavalry, sometimes within a hundred feet of the
enemy's columns, and there opened a murderous fire of grape.
At three o'clock the generals, many of whom were wounded,
and most of whom had their horses shot under them, and fought
on foot at the head of their divisions, resolved upon a retro-
grade movement, so as to draw the Russians on the open plain.
Diebitsch, supposing it to be a flight, looked over to the city
and exclaimed, ' Well, then, it appears that, after this bloody
day, I shall take tea in the Belvidere Palace.' rhe Russian
troops debouched from the forest. A cloud of Russian ca-
♦alry, with several regiments of heavy cuirassiers at their head,
advanced to the attack. Colonel Pientka, who had kept up
an unremitting fire from his battery for five hours, seated with
perfect sang froid upon a disabled piece of cannon, remained
to give another effective fire, then left at full gallop a post
which he had so long occupied under the terrible fire of the
enemy's artillery. This rapid movement of his battery ani.
mated the Russian forces. The cavalry advanced on a trot
upon the line of a battery of rockets. A terrible discharge
was poured into their ranks, and the horses, galled to mad-
ness by the flakes of fire, became wholly ungovernable, and
broke away, spreading disorder in every direction ; the whole
body swept helplessly along the fire of the Polish infantry,
and in a few minutes was so completely annihilated that, of a
regiment of cuirassiers who bore inscribed on their helmets
the Invincibles,' not a man escaped. The wreck of the
routed cavalry, pursued by the lancers, carried along in its
flight the columns of infantry; a general retreat commenced,
and the cry of Poland for ever' reached the walls of Warsaw
to cheer the hearts of its anxious inhabitants. So terrible was
the fire of that day, that in the Polish army there was not a
single general or staff officer who had not his horse killed or
wounded under him; two-thirds of the officers, and, perhaps,
of the soldiers, had their clothes pierced with balls, and more
than a tenth part of the army were wounded. Thirty thou-
sand Russians and ten thousand Poles were left on the field of
battle ; rank upon rank lay prostrate on the earth, and the
Forest of Elders was so strewed with bodies, that it received
from that day the name of the Forest of the Dead.' The
Czar heard with dismay, and all Europe with astonishment,
that the crosser of the Balkan had been foiled under the walls
of Warsaw. All day, my companion said, the cannonading
was terrible. Crowds of citizens, of both sexes and all ages,
were assembled on the spot where we stood, earnestly watch-
ing the progress of the battle, sharing in all its vicissitudes, in
the highest state of excitement as the clearing up of the co-
lumns of smoke showed when the Russians or the Poles had
fled ; and he described the entry of the remnant of the Polish
army into Warsaw as sublime and terrible ; their hair and
faces were begrimed with powder and blood; their armour
shattered and broken, and all, even dying men, were singing
patriotic songs; and when the fourth regiment, among whom
was a brother of my companion, and who had particularly dis-
tinguished themselves in the battle, crossed the bridge, and
filed slowly through the streets, their lances shivered against
the cuirasses of the guards, their helmets broken, their faces
black and spotted with blood, some erect, come tottering, and
some barely able to sustain themselves in the saddle, above
the stern chorus of patriotic songs rose the distracted cries of
mothers, wives, daughters, and lovers, seeking among this
broken band for forms dearer than life, many of whom were
then sleeping on the battle-field."

AGRICULTURAL PROFITS.--The following cal-
culation of the agriculturists' profits, and the rate of wages they
can now well afford to pay their labourers, appears in the
Norfolk Chronicle. The supposed quantity of land is 100
acres :

LATE PRICES.
20 Acres Wheat, at Three quarters an acre,
selling at 56s £l6B 0 0
20 Acres Barley, Four quarters an acre, at 28s ll2 0 0

280 0 0

Four able-bodied Labourers for the year at 9s
per week 93 12 0
PRESENT PRICES.
20 Acres Wheat (the same produce) at 84s 252 0 0
20 Acres Barley (the same produce) at4os l6O 0 0

412 0 0
Increase of Income. 132 0 0
Increase of Wages to 10s. per week lO 8 0

Increase of Profit £l2l 12 0

The Kilkenny Journal states that at a bridal en-
tertainment near the city, the new-made wife was stabbed by
a person, supposed to be under the influence of disappointed
love. The villain made his escape, and as a labourer from
Connaught is missing, it is supposed that be was guilty of the
deed. The young woman has nearly recovered from the
effects of the blow.

An inquest was held last week, in Bartholomew-close,
on the body of George Mackey, in the employ of Mr. Fig-
gins, type-founder. It appeared that on Friday night last,
about a quarter past seven o'clock, deceased was at work in
the shop when he threw a cinder to one of his companions
to attract his attention. The man seeing him turn pale
and stagger, ran to his assistance and caught him in his
arms, when blood spirted from his nostrils, and he appeared
motionless. Medical aid was called in, but life was ex-
tinct. Deceased had been coughing a short time before
and had broken a blood-vessel. Verdict—" Died by the
visitation of God."

Madame de Wolezagen, the friend of the celebrated
Frederick Schiller, is said to be engaged at Jena in writing
memoirs of her life, which are not to be published before her
death. She is now seventy years old.
EDITORIAL PRESENT.—Country Editors, it ap-
pears, from the following paragraph, sometimes get odd
presents:—" While making acknowledgments we will do now
what should have been done before, thank some unknown
friend for a bottle of very fine sherry, sent, we suppose, as a
specimen of an importation by some wine-merchant, and ad-
dressed 'to the Editor, &c.' The name of the liberal donor
was not left, so we are unable to inform our readers where such
capital wine is to he got."
On Thursday morning, about half-past seven
o'clock, a boatman named Andrew Maughan, belonging to
Kingston-upon-Thames, was in the act of stepping from a
coble on to the gunwale of a west country barge lying off
Battersea, when his foot slipping he fell into the water. An
oar was thrown to him to keep himself up, which he grasped
for a minute or two, and then let go, as if paralysed by the
cold, immediately sunk, and was carried away by the tide.

THE BRIGHTON ItAILWAY.—The engine and
tender intended for use on the Shoreham branch of the
London and Brighton Railway was brought into Brighton on
Monday (yesterday) se'nnight. It was drawn by eighteen
horses, three a-breast, being placed on a very stout-built
truck, on cast-iron wheels of great breadth. When in Aldring-
toe drove-way, which leads from the main road to the engine-
house on the Shoreham branch, from the great weight of the
engine, it stuck fast, and the conductors of it were unable to
proceed until they had procured as many as thirty horses,
which being attached to it, with considerable difficulty and
after much loss of time, they succeeded in placing it safe in
the engine-house without any accident.—Brighten Gazette.
THE MURDER AT NEWCASTLE.--MT. Hoyle,
the solicitor for the prosecution, and the police are still active
in investigating this case. The proceedings are strictly pri-
vate, but we understand that some additional evidence has been
obtained, which, if it be at all confirmed, will throw consider-
able light on this affair. Mary Walker is still in custody, and,
as far as we can learn, there does not appear any disposition
to discharge her. The prisoner is still gloomy and reserved,
and occasionally sheds tears. One of our contemporaries
states that an application had been made to the magistrates for
the delivery of the money found at the prisoner's house, and in
the safe of the Savings' Bank, but the result has not yet tran-
spired.— Tyne Mercury.
" THE DEVIL AMONG THE TAILORS."—On
Rough Monday, a master tailor at Winlaton, accompanied by
five of his " order," went to secure a stack from the storm.
Having attained the summit, they proceeded with their " mea-
sures" of safety, when the whole concern was lifted by the
wind, and the poor tailors were whisked through the air into
a neighbouring field.—Gateshead Observer.
BREAD TAX.—Is Hull to be the last town in the
United Kingdom to move against the Corn-laws? Manches-
ter, Liverpool, and Leeds are in the field. Glasgow, the
reader knows, set the example of a practical Anti-Corn-law
operation, by originating a petition to hear counsel and evi-
dence at the b.:r of the House of Commons, and raising a
subscription to support the expenses. Dundee, too, we now
learn, interested in the German trade, in which Hull employs
so many vessels, and so large a capital, is eager to forward the
motion which Manchester and Glasgow have brought forward.
—Hull Advertiser.

MARCH OF INTELLECT.—WITCHCRAFT.—O❑
Friday a mid ile-aged woman applied to the Magistrates of
Hatton-garden for a warrant against a fellow-servant, who, sho
alleged, had attempted to poison her. Complainant said she
was sure the accused was a witch, and had exercised her art to
the injury of her (the applicant) when asleep, for she found
her flesh cracking and almost dropping off, and could get no
rust. As it appeared, however, that there had been no deal-
ings in poison on the part of the accused, except it were, as
complainant expressed it, that " she carried poison in her
looks," the warrant was refused.

A TIIIEF PICKING lIIS OWN POCKET.—A
laughable mistake was observed on Friday at Mr. Finlay's
shop in Buchanan-street. A young pickpocket, looking out
for an opportunity to exercise his profession among the picture
fanciers who were gazing through the window, fixed his eyes
on the end of a handkerchief (which he propably saw reflected
in the window-glass) hanging from a jacket pocket in tempting
proximity. The little scoundrel's fingers itched till be had
made himself master of it, which be was observed to do irith
the most scientific care, and thrusting it into his bosom, take
to his heels, to the inexpressible amusement of the onlookers,
who saw him pick his own pocket.— Glasgow Chronicle.

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The London morning mails have been twelve hours
behind, every day this week. Instead of arriving at seven
(evening), they have come with the following evening mail at
six o'clock in the morning.—Paisley Advertiser.
On Sunday morning, a man, named Phillips, who
oof
ol
rumvastquantitiesdraught.
half-past
se-
ven o'clock in the evening he returned to his lodgings, at the
house of Mr. Ross, No. 19, Wapping Wall, having previ-
ously been refused a further supply of liquor at a public-
house in the neighbourhood. He then appeared in a state
of madness, called for more spirits, and with bitter oaths
threatened every one who came near him. With great diffi-
culty Mr. Ross got him to bed, where he was placed with his
head in an elevated position, cursing and blaspheming, and
calling for rum. He soon fell asleep, and the landlord left
him. At twelve o'clock, when Mr. Ross again went into the
room, he found that the man's head had slipped off the pillow,
and that he was apparently lifeless. A policeman was sent
for, who called in Dr. Bird, of Shadwell, and that gentleman,
on seeing the man, pronounced that the liquor had suffocated
him, and that he had been dead for some hours. An inquest
will be held on the body. Deceased, who was 52 years of
age, and a native of Devonshire, was a remarkably tall, well-
formed man. He had formerly served in the navy.
IMPORTANT APPEAL UNDER THE LICENSED
VICTUALLERS' ACT.—At the Bristol Quarter Sessions just
closed an important appeal against the conviction of the Ma-
gistrates was heard before Sir Charles Wetherell. In De-
cember last the appellant, Mr. John Bland, was convicted be-
fore the Magistrates upon the information of Thomas Pym Att-
wood, inspector of police, of having neglected and transgressed
the conditions of his license, by knowingly and wilfully
permitting and suffering persons of notoriously bad character
to assemble and meet together in his house and premises.
The case having been heard before the Magistrates, the defen-
dant was fined in the penalty of 40s. and costs, against which
conviction Mr. Bland now appealed. Counsel having been
heard on both sides, and two witnesses examined, the Recorder
proceeded to give judgment. He was clearly of ()Onion that
the assembling together of prostitutes at the house of a licensed
victualler was an offence under the statute, and, as in excise
cases, the word " suffering" clearly made the landlord liable
for the acts of his servants. It had been urged that it was the
duty of the police to turn such persons out, and not the duty
of the landlord ; but he must dissent from this opinion alto.
gether, for when the publican took out his licence he entered
into a civil contract with the Magistrates to " keep good rule
and order in his house," and of course should expel persons of
notoriously bad character ; therefore, if the landlord was al-
lowed to shift the responsibility, the law would be rendered
nugatory. He was, therefore, of opinion that, under all the
circumstances the conviction of the Magistrates was legal, and.
the appeal must be dismissed.

On Monday evening a fire broke out on the premises
of Mr. Briggs, hair-dresser, Creed-lane, City, which did
great damage to the building, and totally consumed the fur-
niture, &c. on the upper floors. Nothing but the contiguity
of the premises to the principal stations of the fire brigade
could have saved the adjoining houses from total destruction ;
as it is, they are considerably injured. A woman who was ill
in bed at the time when the fire broke out had a very narrow
escape with her life.
DOMESTIC TYRA NN v.—On Thursday Donald
➢l'Piiail, grocer and spirit-dealer, 2, Rutland-place, was sen-
tenced to thirty days' solitary confinement in the gaol, besides
bring ordained to find caution to the amount of 201., failing
which to be confined in gaol for other thirty days, for having,
on Sunday last, unmercifully beaten and abused his brother, a
small feeble boy about twelve years of age, who has been re-
siding in this city uhder his charge for the last two years. Dr.
Black reported that one of the wounds on the boy's bead was
an inch in length, and that his body bore the marks of several
old contusions, the effects of former ill usage. His fingers,
too, were swollen from the blows received in endeavouring to
protect his head. One individual testified that the boy
threatened to drown himself rather than be under his brother's
charge again.--Scotsman.
On Monday information was forwarded to the police
►hat a young man named James Hsrding, town traveller, in
the employ of Mr. Exton, grocer, No. 70, Crawford-street,
had absconded, taking with him one hundred pounds in notes
and gold moneys, which he had collected on account of his
master. He is described as being about thirty years of age,
five feet seven inches in height, and of dashing exterior. He
was a constant frequenter of the different metropolitan singing
rooms.

RAPID RATE OF TRAVELLING.—A gentleman
who breakfasted in Dublin on Monday last reached Stamford
by throo o'clock the next afternoon, having proceeded via
Holyhead, Conway, and Chester, to the Liverpool and Bir-
mingham Railway, and thence to the Northampton station at
Roade. Thus doing a distance for which not less than three
days would have been formerly required in 33 hours.
An application has been made from Essex to Go-
vernment for means of testing the silent and solitary system
of punishment.