From American Papers.

Pour Bantam—This unfortunate 'wmnan was brought, on Wednesday morning, from thejnil in Richmond countymhere she has been incarcerat- ed for more than a year, to the 'l‘mnhs. She is now to ho tttuti at the chr and 'l‘crrniner in this ci-

ty.

A Setts'ron thnouer.s.—Thellon. Jacob C. Davis an Illinois Senator. was arrested by tho Sheriﬂ‘ofl-lan- cock county, on an indictment charg- ing him witlt the ruurder ofJost-ph and l-lirom Smith. He claimed the protection ot'the Senate, and they is- sued an order for his arrest.

‘ lfyou ever ruarry,’,said a Roman consul to his son, ‘let it be a woman who hasjudgtnent enough to superin- tend the getting ofa meal of victu- ale: taste enough to dress herself: pride enough to wash her face before breakfast: and sense enough to hold her tongue when she has nothing to eay'.’

Virutsv on out COAST AGAIN.— The sloop Democrat, which arrived at this port on “'cdnesday evening, reports having seen, about six miles south oflndiuu liiver. a triple light, similar to those on Cape Henlopen, designed, no doubt, to allure vessels onshore. They also saw a large schooner ashore, having no doubt taken these false lights for Cape ileu- lopen.

Professor Espy reports the result of several successful experiments made under his direction, for pro- ducing rain by burning prairie land and fallow ground. Copious showers were produced in August, in a time of drought, by means ot'tbese ﬁres.

Gnns'r FORTUNE—A poor and

TH E MORNING NEWS.

SATURDAY. Fennuanvs, IS-lo'.

'l‘ur. W environ—Accounts from Ca-

rcpresent the weather as having been Vc- ry severe in January. At FrederictonN.

below zero on the 15th. on Sunday night last.

that the winter of tE-lt‘i would be extreme- ly cold, has already been vet iﬁed to a cer- tain extent.

0:?“3 perceive that an address sign- ed by 173 persons, “ tenants and othcrs resident in Township 34,” has been pre- scnted to the late agent for that town- ship, J. Sroxav Dunner, Esq. it is of a very complimentary character, and must prove highly gratifying, not only to Mr. Dealey, but to his numerous friends on this Island. We also ob- serve that a petition for his reinstalment in his former situation, has been signed by 155 persons. It is indeed a pleasure to record such evidences of kindness and good will on the part of the tenants us are contained in this address; and of- fords a consincing proot‘of Mr. Dcalcy’s merits. and a grateful appreciation of thetn on the part of those more immedi- ately affected by his removal from a high- ly responsible situation. The address and petition have been published in the Royal Gazette.

GENERA L SUMMARY. From English Papers.

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Sir Henry Pottinger was entertained

worthy shoemaker, of the nameot‘

Hoover, who lives at Port Carbon, ;

Pa,has received a bequest from Ger- many ofone million and a halfofdol- lars.

Cur-Ar Masons.» By mixing at the rate ofoue cask of unslakcd lime (says an exchange paper) to a cart load of straw. potatoe tops, and corn staiks. and heapingthcm all together. a neighboring farmer converted the above materials into good manure in it days.

According to the modern Jews, we are now in the year ot'the world .3604; theChurch ofltome makes the. world to be 701-! years old, but the Septua- gint 7392 years. Professor Wallace decides for the reckoning ofthe Sep- tunglut.

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Searcxce.-—The Rev. Charles T. Torrey, formerly editor of an aboli-

unn paper printed at Albany’cnnvicb for the murder of her father,by administ-I

ed ot'euticing slaves away from their masters,has been sentenced at Balti- more. On the first indictment, con- tint-merit in the penitentary frotn Dec. 28th, 1344, it) the Qtl of April, “347. On the second indictment until ‘2d of April, tc‘ol, in all, seven years and three months.

The French sailors at Tahiti were with difﬁculty restrained from firing upon the English frigate that carried out an account of the disavowal by the French Government of Dupctit 't'houars' aggressive movements 8.- gainst Queen Pomare.

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“'e regret to state that Winslow Parker, shoemaker, of Providence, was choked to death on Wednesday, while attempting to swallow a piece of beef-steak.

' Joe Smith's widow is said to be the richest lady in Illinois.

’ Manchester on the 20th Dec. at which

touch enthusiastic feeling was displayed. I Sir Henry has received much personal i favour from the people of England since

his return, and will sh:.~rtly be imiled to

a banquet in Scotland.

i While Miss Clara Webster was per- , forming the “ Revolt of the llarcm,” by ‘ some accident her clothes took tire, be- ing of light drapery, and she was soon envelopedin ﬁnance. The frightful oc- currence took place on the stage in sight I of the audience. The ﬂames were ex- tinguisher! by Mr. Pluukett, who was

I himself much burnt.

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- died on Toesday following.

Mary Gallop was executed at Chester,

ing arsenic to him, mixed into cakes,

evcn resignation to her fate. She was 20 years of age—had been brought up by pious parents-and the cause of this

man having become attached to a lad, to whom her father had made the strongest objections.

A man named Crowley hind been ap- prehended for murder committed two years ago.

-\ Thirty six couples were married on Christmss day, at St. John’s Church, Waterloo road. London.

M“. M. M. Rothschitd have just acquired

further property in Silesia, of which the revenue amounts to nearly three million

of trance.

nada, Nova Scotio and New Brunswick, ' children am, perm,“ Mme 1,, be ex,

‘ posetlarcidently 0r otherwise to the con-,

8. the thermntueter stood at ‘27 degrees l

At Charlotte- ' . .l -0 , . _ mm" P. E. I. n Ml w 1;, l’e'°w,.":.m’ ; of aultuine or alum, which wrll answer

In lire! ll' lt'ti .

ofMous. Aragn, the French astronomer, ;

at a public banquet by the citizens of

The young lady. was subsequently conveyed borne, and '

which she had prepared for his tea. The , unfortunate girl underwent the extreme; “nnOunfe‘l 0" “'9 “J‘hv‘V‘” one orlhc penalty of the law with composure and 3

and event is attributed to the young wo.

lures-roar 'ro JIO'I‘ItlﬂIu—Al. thel inquest on the late Miss Clara Websten the Coroner toolt great pains to impress upon thejury and his audience the fact, that there is a preparation which renders ;

articles ofdress incmnbustihle; that alli |

tact ofﬂame. should have their outward l dresses prepared with this solution.—

The preparation is made of a solution

the purpose as well. This preparation ' should be well understood and acted up to bv all mothers; and the inhabitants of every nursery should have their cloth- ing rendered thus impregnable to tire.

Nineteen individuals have subscribed £t9,600 to build a college in connection with the Scottish Free Church. Ten of them belong to Bailie Nicol Jarvie’s na- tive place—Glasgow.

'l'he wolves in France, owingto the intensity of the cold, are beginning to show themselves in large numbers in the neighbourhood of some of the large towns.

The number of political offenders who have been executed since the removal of Espartero is 2”, and of this large num- ber only twelve had been tried.

The French court had gone into six days mourning for the death of the Princess Sophia Matilda of England.

Spain seems to be in the last agonies ofa national existence. Unheard of bru- talities are committed by order of go- vernment.

The growth of potatoes, last year, appears to be one ofthe largest and best almost ever remembered, not only in England,but also in Seotland, lreland, and the Channel islands.

The inundation ofthe Arno having re- tired, the valley was found covered with the dead bodies ofmcn and animals.

The ice in the Regent’s park is in quite a sound condition, and is from two imhesto two inches and three quarters in thickness. The number ol‘skntcrs was between 4,000 and 5,000, and the banks of the Oma- mental-water were lined by persons letting skates for hire.

It appears that a recent discovery of frauds in large soap manufactoc ries in It‘ngland, prove that it is im- possible to collect a duty of‘iO or 80 per cent. on an article so rapidly manufactured and so easy sold as

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DEATH or run Esnr. or Lmenrcn. -—'l'he noble Earl, whose death was

oldest Peers of Parliament—he was born on the 8th of January,l758.

Drssr. Foo [N GLASGOW.-On Fri- day we wcre visited by one of the densest fogs we have had for many years. The trafﬁc on the river was entirely suspended. We regret to state that three men were drowned at Port Duudas in the fog.

Navarro, the famous bandit—call- ed the Abd-oloKader of Andalusia, has been arrested with some of his band at l.owena,aftcr a hot skirmish.

The weather continued to increase in severity in Paris. It was believer!- that,should the temperature continue to fall for three days more, the Seine would be frozen over.

The small pox is alarmingly preva-

. cougratnlatior's, not out,- o, .coutd, but that of his .country that

lent in London.

The French Chamber; ha His Majesty in his S ch eon-u. hates the country that the grar:n {'1' ferences which had nearly aria: inf. tween his own government aniln he. of Great Brit sin had been smooth,“ away; thanks to the mtldfraﬁnn a good is ill felt by brth government “a He referred to the generous but" ta lit y with which be was surroumlr‘f’f. misting], ard to the gracious reels n (ion given '1' him It] the Query . Great Britain. He expressed [35

' his tic.

he has lent the ob'ect oft cordial and ﬂattering attentizm‘? well upon the part of the Sam" of England as the English pup“. and he adds his hope that these re: ciprncal sentiments of esteem ant fmndshlp wiil contribute to the In}... tenance ot'gaod relations betmen up. two cuttntries, as Ircil as to general race. that great blessing of ham. titty.

Mutational? Catnrnomz,‘ young woman, named Honors Run late of Kiilaloe, servant to Mr. Can: ly, baker, of High-street. u,“ 5,, , tub ofnater to the putrid: funt at Bank-place, where she: stool upon the para; rt wall over the river, the the purpose of placing a pail upon the head of am ther girl, but by mm. awkwardness lost her halarce, and unfortunately as she raised the semi feil back into the water. The m. was falling with a strong can“: a, the time; when the alarm us give», crowds ran to the spot. lmogst ohm was a resolute young fellow. named Thomas .‘l‘Crcice, private of the 9th battalion of Royal Artillery, nho, n-r seeing the poor girl strugglingin the river, instantly throw otf his tapas-l belt, and ran down the steps of the slip adjoining, and plunging ito the water, swam to her assistance. She was not at the time tnclre yards from shore, but as soon as he neared her she suddenly caught him by tlts dreast, and having then entangled in him, he lost ail power, although he endeavoured to disengage himself from her grasp. Both were drawn under the side cf the arch of the .‘few bridge by the currentmud a rope was quickly lowered frcm the battlemtat. but untbrttzn-xtefy not long enough» reach the water. The artillerfmn, however,made attempts to catch hold of it,but without ctfect, and opposite. the C ustnm-house, in the presence rvl hundreds ofzgc-nizrg spectatorstth sufferers sank exhausted to rise to more. This fatal occurrence rinsed a considerable sensation, and them.“ ofthc bratt- soldier “’31-! 536mm his life in the chimirorzs attempth save the life of a fellowcreature w the topic of universal rrgnt.

5"! Struts-oat) C sxxrvo -—'l'la Frankfort Journal has letters fret! Constantinople of the 4th. 'bfcu mention the return of Sir Strathml Canning. They represent the TH" hish Minister as having promised [9‘ paration of the Trebizond 033735“ in case the circumstances are to be as stated.

Eight men ofu'ar carrying {MRI to 20 guns were commissioned Saturday week.

. it Bulzver, our ambassador t '- Madrid, has obtained a seguka the arrears due to the British “’3‘” ﬁt it is contemplated by ‘Ofm'g’ to send out another expeditiol ‘° . Mr Artie Regions. Iith a new 0 m; covering the or a North \Vest between the .trlantic and Puﬁc‘ c The weather in Engllﬂ'l 5” . remarkably cold this winter- The repeal of the stall: 1'" 2

being agitated in El"!!!-