... 1rM1)RISO.NlMENTFOleDEBI'-LETTEIVII. I Soon after the publication of the Commissioners' Report, in 1832, a bill to abolish irilprisonment, for debt, except ill cases of actual fraud, was submuitted to Parliament by Sir John Campbell, by whom the princil)le.5 ot the Iawvo.vhich, during thelast century, had~l egaiml and arin been examined, were labo- riousily and ponejully stated. The bill was ...

... THE Slit GE OF MONTE VIDEO. Cpiaoc,,A BIRAZILIANO PAPEIO.] MONTE VIDEO, 4CT .-W6 have a saying in this country, which conie~ s 0 from the Spaniards, viz., that on the 29th of S~epteml,,r (San Miguel's day), anda o Diabo solto (the D'evil rune 14 ...

... , ?? ISTORY and Li~GSLATION.I ?? rrRoM A COTRESPONDENxT.l heott attentive readers of the procoeedlugs of Parlia- h t most easily be eonvinted, and will most r ckowledge, that ths members draw the h for legislation from a very limited quarry. h itetl'e lav, of which only professional men venture d at all positively; a little history, v hioh st the 5dvns~tage only of a few; a sprinkling of o ...

... [P>ROMt A i oRRsr8oNDENT.] A young man, whose name was Dixon, and who for- merly rseided in the family of a clergyman of a neighbour- ing county, has committed self-destructioni, after attempt- ing the life of a girl, named Corolne Allen, to whom his affections were confided. The deceased was about 21 years of age, and about five years ago absoonded from service, in company with the ...

... EXPLOSION of a LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE near tBRADING, PE.VNSYLVANIA. [FROM THE tMEtCHANICS' MAtAZINEl | [Explodions of ecomotivi! engines are rare events, and those bhich have hitherto occurred have been attmnoed with o liltila damage ast Fnricely to have left any imprcs- J ?? on the public mind. The ecoldent which is thle subject o of the present paper is undoubtedly the most disastrous of the kind ...

... THE MORNING CHIRONICLE. LONDON: IVBDNESDAY, JAINUARY 1, 1845. It is desirable now and then to compare adminis- trations, not only Nvith their predecessors, but with themselves. It is by occasional surveys of this kind that their relative strength or weakness, usc- filness or uselessness, are brought before the pub]ic. The world sees whether they are governed by the same principles as well as ...

... HAMAMERSMITH. ROIBBERY IY A S5RVANT.-Ifeny IRicharOd LaWS, fore- man to Mr. H. Oak, butcher, of High-street, Kensington, w/as brought ut; before Mr. Clive, the sitting magistrate, for final examination, on a charge of having robbed his em- ployer of a quantity of meat; and Janies dariick, a jobbing butcher, who refused to give his address, was also charged with receiving the same, knowing it ...

... [l.:ROM GALIGNAMIO MESSENGER.| The Court of Assizos ot tihe Smine has been orcupied with the trial of Euge eae S tvard de Maupas, aged 28, ior lrvrrg on tiie 7th (if November laost c.:used tl:e deatl of V' ter Jacob, a piecking-c3se maker, by striking him witu a koufe, though without tirendiolu to kid him. All ithe seati reserved ito tbe bar and the public were oc- cupied, and the crowd would ...

... SIR-The Message of the American President has now received the judgment of the leading portion of the Eng- lish press, but you will probably think with me that it is, altogether, too remarkable a document to be permitted to pass without further notice. The American people have a much to boast of. They have the longest rivers and the c greatest waterfalls-the tallest trees and the most - free T ...

... MIANSION-HOUSE. A boy, named Riahard ilium ford, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having most cruelly ill-used a donkoy. William Harris, a labourer, residing in Castle-street, Bethnal-green, stated that on Friday last the prisoner bor- rowed his donkey. In the evening, in consequence of infor- mfttion which he received, he ran home, and found the don- key lying In the yard as if ...

... IM11PRO OVE'MENTS IN TIHE AT]IOSPJIF- I I RIC RAILWVAY. [FROM THE LEEDS MERCURY.] l. Hallette, an experienced engineer and maker of steam- engines, at Ar as, near Calais, in France, has patented an invention, wbibih bis regards nie an important improvement on the atmospherio iailwqy of Messrs. legg and Samuda, and likely so far to perfect that priciple of railway co;:- struction as to give it ...

... CONSTANTINOPLE, D)HECmnit 11. [PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.] The Porte hag promised to accord to Sir S. Cancniig the 'I satisfaction he demands for the insult offered to the Bicltish oil consul at Trebizond. Looking upon the past acts of the yes Turkish government, we can attach but little faith to iets professions. and recent changes and appointments serve but to confirm the reputation it had ...