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London, England, 1826-11-24 00:00:00

w man selling outs and O'Neil. one of the prisoners. Ckapmo
produced his staff, on which Mr. O'Neil knocked him down, it,/
and all. The other two men, Bernard Connor and Corny 11.Carlry,
then set on him, in order to rescue O'Neil—two sailors who hap,
pened to come in at the moment. taking the side of the we.kest,
set upon Connor and M'Carthy. Mary O'Neil, who now btg„
to fear that the " buys" would have the worst at it, struck In ; bet
doubting her own single powers, and willing to make sure work,
she soon after run out, and returned with a dozen of her country.
men, as a reinforcement ; who fell upon Chapman, and kicked
him till they had nearly beaten the wind and the life out of hial
together. One of the witnesses swore that sixteen, and another
that twenty, of the Irishmen were kicking Chapman at one time,
so that the whole body of the headborough hardly afforded met
sufficiently large for their " vengeful toes." The prisoners being
asked for their defence? answered—" He struck us first, and Ne
struck him again—and were we not right to deesid ourselves ?...
They were all held to bail.

Con•iderable alatni was spread through Corfihill,
yesterday afternoon, .by .the appearance of a fire at
No. 3. It was, however, happily soon got under.
The " Cottage System" has been introduced in tht
neighbourhood of Wells, with the happiest results:
consequence of a representation made to the Bishop of
the diocese, his Lordship granted one of his best fields
14 acres, for a trial of the system. The field was dividd
into lots of a quarter of an acre each, at the low rent of
10s. per annum ; and so pleased was the Bishop wit
the result, that he has latterly granted three more field•
of 10 acres each, for a similar purpose; he has also
caused a good road to be made to the cottages, and Iles
adopted every other means of convenience 'the tenants
could require: in addition, his Lordship lends them I.s
own carts and horses for the purpose of hauling cut
their manure, and taking home their produce, ar'd !gas
promised the land to the poor labouring occupants, for
their use, as long as he holds the See. The benefits of
the system are now extended to 112 families, who, when
not employed by their more wealthy neighbours, bare
thus always an eprortunity of turning thee time to a
profitable account. Not one of the occupants receives
parish pay—they are not allowed to occupy any land
while they continue paupers ; and many have exchanged
the parish pittance for a more honourable dependence—
their own industry.

MADRID, No V. 9.—The Marquis de Bolgida, Comp.
troller General, had a sudden attack of apoplexy, which
ended, as it was thought, in his death. He was dressed
in the habit of a Monk, as is the constant custom 01 our
country, and deposited in the vault of the Church of St.
Juste, his parish. However, at eleven o'clock last night.
the Marquis awoke from his lethargy, raised hinoeit
from his coffin (for, in general, our coffins are not fas-
tened), and his fear giving him additional strength, he
made his way to the grating of the vault opening to the
street, and called to the first person he saw, who, rrigia-
ened in his turn, ran away as fast as he could, (allot
out that ghosts were coming forth from the vault of S .
Juste. The Marquis, findiug himself thus treated, re.
collected the name of a carpenter known to him, and
who lived'opposite, and called on him so loudly that he
succeeded in waking him. The carpenter went nut,
and though not much pleased to hear himself ca led
upon from a place, the inhabitants of which are gen.•
rally very taciturn, be by degrees collected his thoughts,
understood what the Marquis wished him to do, and
went immediately to give the Cure of the parish an ac-
count of what had taken place. The Marquis was
liberated from the amok, and taken to his home, where
he now remains ill in bed, and on the point of really
dying, through the supposed death he lately suffered.
PARIS, Nov. 20.—Paris is at this present time the
scene of the most terrible midnight murder and robbery;
scarcely a day passes but some one is found murde:eJ.
It is in agitation to have the patrol increased, and the
national guards are, it is said, to be called out to do
double duty, if the depredations do not cease. A few
evenings since the horses of a Gentleman's carriage,
which was waiting near ene of the theatres, in the ab-
sence of the coachman, were unharnessed and taken
away, and no trace has yet bees found of them.—
It is dangerous to walk in the streets at night. ir,ar
.will scarcely credit it, but a person was s'oppel
robbed of his watch last
week on the Pont des Arts,
where there is a toll.keeper and guards at each end.—
Distress, however, seems to be the grand cause of these
crimes, for of the numbers who have been arre.ted, the
greater part min the most dreadful state.
Monday a meeting of the artisans of Sheffield was held
on the subject of the Corn LAWS, when resolutions and
a.petition against them were agreed to. One of the
speakers, Mr. Shelton, in illustration of his argument
that the corn laws in this country are operating in fa-
vourof foreign manufacturers, by enabling them to
produce goods at a cheaper rate, and also exciting a
spirit of rivalry, exhibited, as a specimen of continental
ingenuity, two or three pairs of fine scissors, of French
otaaufactore, which he declared no Sheffield workmao
need be ashamed of, and that the men who-made these
would soon be able to help themselves by znanufac-
faring other articles.
A short time since, the Regulator.cosch, while on its
way to London, from Gloucester, was robbed at Ealing,
short distance from the Metropolis, oisever al parcels,
by some fellows who had picked the Ipck, and opened
the boot behind the vehicle. Being discovered by the
guard in the act of taking away the property, he stooped
down and secured one of the gang, and gave him into
the custody of a patrol, although in doiug so he was
much beaten by the fellow's accmnplice...Alithe stolen
articles, except a trunk belonging to Mr. Platt, the
bar-
tister. were' recovered, and several others of the thieves
have since been apprehended. A ‘ecorici attempt to
plunder the same coach was made on Wednesday, by a
single man, whom the guard prevented from accom-
plisbing his purpose, by beating him about the h=ad
and face with a heavy stick. .