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LORD RABSOr ' & SD THE RENT OF LAM ) . To the Editor of Hie lima . Sir —3 b Tcnturing to seek the insertion of tie enclosed mToOTJ ^ S , I am influenced by a grateful sen ^ oTaSentproteetionwhichthc Times affords tothe ration of the civil rights of all classes in imfcounby- I would not thus address you sir , out ofundue compliment , but being one of that numerous andnighlv-respcctablc body of men , the tenant fanners , I respectfully beg you , as flie conservator of such * rights , to place before the public tho injuries wM ( mtne 7 andwe sustain from the present . unreasonable terms im posed on us by the owners of land . of Lord
* " Aecoi-ding to the recent sfetement Radnor , the rent of land is calculated as follows , and if" the landlordtaicsless , he takeslessthanhis due " : —There is , first , the expense of cultivation ; secondly , the wear aid tear of Ins live and dead stock , and the cost of keeping them up * thirdly , if he makes improvements , the interest of capital expended on this object , and the replacing that capital during his tenancy ; fourthly , remuneration to himself for labour and car * . These are the outgoings . Then , on the other side , - will be the probable value of the produce and lie rent will Tie determined by the probable average of excess of this aver and above the probable averages ofthe foregoing expenses .
Such a statement from his Lordship has , indeed , a tendency to make us dwell upon our prospects . I "would , in the name of justice , ask , what claim has the landowner to the profits arising from his tenant ' s stall , or to any part or portion of his capital , bcyend the rent estimated according to the nature and productive quality of the soil , and such as it will reasonably let for in the market—such a rent , for instance , as is now the basis of the poor-rate assessment ? His Lordshiii ' s claims appear unprecedented in their exorbitance , when he says "the rent is determined by the probable average of excess of this ( the produce ) over and above the probable average of the before-going expenses . So that the rent , in fact , is determined according to the sum total or beneficial result arisins from the industry , experience , and
capital of the tenant ; ibr from these proceeds not merely the " probable , " but the actual , average of excess ( if any ) over and above the expenditure commonly ternied the tenants' profit . Allow me to ask , what would be the feeling of his Lordship ' s tenanttradesman—his grocer or draper—if he were coolly told , by direction of Ms Lordship , that the rent of Ms house or shop would be fixed according to the probable average of excess ofthe produce of his trade over and above the probable interest and outlay on stock , and the general expenses of carrying on the business ? Surely the relation existing between landlord and tenant is not in the nature of a partnership . I repeat , the rent of land can only be fairly ascertained by a reference to its nature and productive quality .
The " soil of this country having been for a length of time under grain crops , " and so exhausted ofthe greater portion of fertilizing matters as to render it almost wholly unproductive , a serious outlay of capital is in most cases necessary , in order successfully to carry out agricdtural operations , the full benefits of which , are not experienced until after a series of seasons . Seven years are not of tufficient duration to enable the fawner confidently to work either the land or Ms capital to the best advantage . Short leases and tenancies from year to year arc a great check to his prosperity , and cruel in then ? effects . What lope of remuneiation lias he , in the erent of ihe termination of the tenancy by some unforeseen circumstance , for permanent improvements , such as
draining , high aud cleanly culture , applications of lime , < fcc , effected at a reasonable yet very considerable cost ? Hone whatever ; and yet , under a lease , in case of its disposal , he would realise a considerable sum . This benefit now tacitly falls within the grasp of the landlord—under what right or privilege , I loiow not , except the possession of arbitrary power . The present system of letting land is most blighting to the energies of tho tenant . It prevents a more generous cultivation , from the risk to wliich money so engaged is liable . Farms do not produce in quantity nearly one-third of what they ought and would do . The public arc deprived of the blessing of abundance , and the wages of the labourer are unavoidably reduced to a meagre and shameful pittance .
And why is all this hardship ? Simply because the landowner , in defiance of relative duties , his obligations to society , his duty to Ms tenantry , and despite Ms own pecuniary interest , still clings to some fancied boon in the exercise of an absolute and fhqualified ownersliip . It mayyetbe said , sir , what do these tenant fanners want ? I answer—Freedom from oppression athome ; rent fixed according to the natural and just value of the son , and not according to the means or intelligence of the man who cultivates it ; security from the danger to our personal property , incidental to uncertain tenure , or compensation for permanent improvement on the loss of such tenure and a moderate preservation of game . Believe me , sir , there is a great degree of anxiety
now-present mine urease ot tnese industrious men relative to their future welfare , financial measures laving rendered a vigilant exertion necessary to overcome consequent difficulties ; and if they are disposed audibly to express tneii' injuries and publicly advance their claims to greater consideration from the landowner , with tlie view ably to meet the trials to which the Minister ofthe country has in his wis dom subjected them , it is , I humbly submit , sir , a movement of some moment in a national point of view , and one greatly creditable to them as an industrious class of men striving to maintain their proper interests and station in the community . I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , iMareh 29 . A Ienaxt Fabmer ix Bucks .
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Newcastle . —It is said to be in contemplation to adorn tlie splendid High Level Bridge across the Tyne , about to be constructed under the auspices of 51 r . Hudson , with a noble statue in honour of George Stephenson , Esq ., the eminent civil engineer , a jaatlve of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , and beyond all doubt one of the greatest men of the day . Riraj TnATEtLKG . —We understand that swift trains arc likely to be started very shortly , which , will perform the distance from London to Liverpool , and from Liverpool to London , in six hours . The present idea , is that these trains should leave London and Liverpool about three o ' clock p . m ., thusgivingparties time to get through , a good day ' s business , andconveying them a couple of hundred miles , in either direction , by nine o clockin tlie evening .
G & LLKXT , BUT DlSASIKOCS ExCOCXIER WITH A Slate Felucca on ihe Coast or Aibica . —The follow ing is an extract from a letter , dated her Majesty ' s steam vessel Growler , January 19 th , off Sea Bar : — " On the 13 th of this month Lieut . Lodwick ( the first lieutenant of that ship ) , who had been away cruising in the pinnace , on the look-out for slavers , off this place ( the Growler being left to go down to Gallinas ); while he was guarding during our absence , felfin with a felucca , wliich , on seeing the pinnace , hove to ; and , of course , Lieut . Lodwick thought , as she might have got away if she had chosen , she would show no resistance . When the pinnace , however , was within thirty yards , they observed ^ whole range of muskets fore and aft ofthe felucca : after tins
Lieutenant Lodwick cheered his men on to get up to ler before she discharged this fearful battery ; but no sooner was the cheer out than the felucca opened on the boat . This was a staggerer for the poor boat ; fcui fortunately this time they fired too high ( the felucca had now filled , and was going just as fast as the boat could pull ) . Lieut . Lodwick now returned thiswitk a round shot , and ISO balls in a bag . In the first volley bom the felucca the rim of Lieut . Lodwick ' s hat was shot through ; but tlieir second volley told with mortal effect . Two men were shot dead , and Lieut . Lodwick and two men severely wounded , Lieut . Lodwick having been struck on the
left knee and thigh . This left the pinnace with so few men , and Laving had six of its oars shot away , it was obliged to leave the field . Wc picked the boat np standing towards the Gallinas . I am happy to say Lieut . Lodwick is _ reported out of danger , and that he will also save his leg ; the other two nicn are doing well . ^ Captain Buckle has represented to the commodore , in glowing ternis , the gallantly of Lieut , Lodwick on this occasion . The boat and gear were literally riddled . There are about seventy men on board this felucca ; and the crew of a prize , captured s . short time since , say that she is commanded by an Englishman , the crew consisting of English , French , and Americans . She was here about four months
ago , and chased by every vessel on the coast , but always got clear . She carried away her rudder going over a bar , and was obliged to return to Savannah . There must have been a great many killed and wounded on board her , as the crew ofthe pinnace could hear tiie groans . "—Hampshire Telegraph . RErmEMEXT of Mk . Wallace , M . P . —jUr . Wallace has intimated to Ms constituents in Greenock , that "le las taken the usual measures for vacating his seat" in Parliament . The lion , member assigns as lis reason some recent attacks of severe indisposition . A Conservative candidate is announced , but not named . The announcement is to the following effect : — "A gentleman of moderate politics will come forward , whose attachment to the present Go-Termnent may justly be expected to ensure to the PJillc "works oi the town what the extreme politics ° * the jate member las hitherto denied us—a due snare of the public patronage . "—Evening Paper .
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John Taweu / s Cosmsiox . — Aylesbury , Stoday . —The public must for the present content themselves with what has been revealed to them relative to the guilt and confession of John Tawell . The document which contains his confession is brief and conclusive , but from reasons wMch maybe hereafter explained , its contents will not be , for some time to come , presented to the public . That the murderer did confess himself guilty is beyond all doubt . He never denied the fact which he ultimately admitted ; andhedidnot commit Ms avowal of the deed to paper without some reluctance , nor until all prospect ol escape was gone . Mr . Cox , the chaplain , to whom the important memorandum was committed , dechnes to say one word upon the subject of his trust . ± lis silence , however , is likely to be limited , rawcll went so far as to observe to his wife , that his love tor her had brought Mm to his prison ; implying that , in order to avoid deeradation in her eyes , lie had
murdered Sarah Hart , but inducing her to believe that his clandestine visits , kept secret solely out of regard to her , had brought about the fatal position in ° wMch she was placed . Tawell at the time of his execution made certain conditions with Mr . Cox , to which that gentleman will religiously adhere . When he is at liberty to make a disclosure , he will do so . Tawell would not otherwise have written the memorandum in question merely according to promise , and for perusal of one man , to whom a verbal confession would have been in that case as conclusive of bis <* uilt . Mrs .. Tawell feeling so convinced of her husband ' s innocence—a fact of wliich lie was well aware—Tawell was anxious that his wife should have overcome the shock of his execution before she received what to her would be a still greater shockthe admission of his guilt by his own confession . This was on the resumption tliat the newspapers would be still kept from her . Muck remains to be told connected with this affair besides the mere
particulars' of the murder . Some disclosures of an extraordinary nature are promised , and likely to be given , in the course of a few weeks . In the interim public curiosity , like the law upon tliis occasion , must be satisfied . The Biddulfii Murder . —Stafford , Saturday . — The accounts which have appeared in several ofthe London papers with respect to the confession of John Brough , convicted of murdering his brother at Biddulph , iu Jforili Siaffordshlre , are incorrect . Testerday afternoon the unfortunate man made a statement , from , wliich it would appeal- that he had no deliberate intention ofpci-petratingsofoulacrime , and scarcely supposed that the blow he inflicted could prove fatal . He , yesterday evening , made the following statement , for which we are indebted to
the Staffordshire Advertiser : —After describing what took place when Ms brother Thomas came tothe house , the conversation about the boxes , « fcc , Thomas ' s refusal to listen to his mother ' s entreaties , and the departure of the two bailiffs , the prisoner said , " Thomas shortly afterwards left . I followed liiin and kept begging and entreating Mm to let me have the boxes back again . I promised he should have the rent . He said he would not let ine have them again thai night ; but he would consider of it by the morning , or by to-morrow at noon . A little hammer , for breaking stones , was reared up against the stone wall in the meadow . As I went along I took it up , and held it in my hand while talking to Mm . We stood still a little bit . Then we walked side by side talking to each other . I kept on asking for the
boxes back again , and said he should have his rent it he would only let the matter drop . He still refused . His selling us up and getting papers printed about the sale of the stock and things ou the farm , and his taking away the boxes , aggravated me . I then struck liim on the head one blow ; whether on the back or on the side I ' m not sure . I do not know whether he had bis back or bis face turned towards me at the time . He stood a little bit after I hit Mm and then fell down . I do not remember whether he spoke after the blow was given . I took the hammer part of the way up the meadow , and then flung it away . I then went straight home . I lighted a candle and went to the barn with it . I swept up some oats , and shut the barn-door . The barn is about forty yards
from the house . I went to the cowhouse and looked at the cows and the calves . I then went into the house , and sat me down by the fire . My mother and the little boy were there . I remained but a few minutes and then got up and walked to the meadow to see whether my brother Thomas was gotten up and gone home . He was sitting up . I stood looking at Thomas , and I perceived a person at the contrary side . Thomas was in a bit of a hollow . The person I saw stood on the top of a bank . He was looking straightforward in the direction where Thomas was . I was frigntened lest he should sec me , and stooped down by a ditch , a little distance off from Thomas . The person was about twenty or thirty yards off . I was about fire or six yards off from Thomas . Thomas was sitting on a place that sloped
down to the ditch , and I afterwards heard a splash in the water from Thomas's falling in . It is possible for a man to slip down into the water even if ho had not been hurt . At tMs moment I saw the person who had been looking towards the place where my brother was , move on ; I heard Ms step , and thought he was coming where Thomas was . If he had come to Ids help , I think Thomas would have lived . I was afraid to go myself , and went off home immediately as fast as I could and washed myself . I walked out again , and called on Ishmael Lancaster , and told him what my brother Thomas had done with the boxes . Lancaster went with mc to where my brother James was employed in service at a fami house about four miles from our house . Lancaster , and my brother
James and me , after stopping a little while with James , came back to our house . On our way , we had to pass my brother Thomas ' s , and I asked James to go in and inquire if my brother Thomas had come home . I thought he perhaps might nave recovered and got home again . James said he had not come home , and that they had heard nothing of him since he went over to the Wlutefield . Lancaster left us for Ms own house just before we got to Thomas ' s . James and mc went to our house together . I said to James ' I am frightened by Thomas not coming home . I fear I liave killed him , as I ' ve hit liim with a hammer . ' James said , * 0 surelv you have not
done such a thing 1 As we went along wc met my brother Thomas ' s servant , and a young man with him . James asked them where they had been ? They said ' to sec where Thomas was . ' The servant swore before the coroner that James called Thomas at this time * Gunner-o ' -Brough , ' but he was mistaken . I told the coroner so at the time . [ This is correct . ] I told James he had belter go with me and see whether Thomas was dead . I said he must help me carry Mm off further from the house , as folks would think I had killed him from Ms being so near at hand . James said he could not go near him if he was dead . James then went into our house wliile I milked three cows . Afterwards I went in . James
soon after left , saying to my mother and me , he could not stop all night . I went across the fields with him , about five minutes walk , towards my brother Thomas ' s house . James tried the door , and it was locked . No one answered . "We parted by Thomas ' s yard gate . I walked back home again , and James went to his master ' s . I sat up by the fireside all that night . I went out about five or six o ' clock the next morning , before my mother came down stairs . I returned to Hie meadow to the place where I left Thomas the night before . I found his head and arms , and half his body in the water . His feet were upon
the bank . I pulled liis body out of the ditch by the feet . I carried it in my arms several yards , and then lifted it into a barrow , wliich was close to our house . I wheeled it a little distance and then earned it sigain a considerable way , and put it on the edge of a pit , and let it roll down to the place where it was found . I then returned towards home . On my wav back I wheeled away the barrow which I had left beliind when I took the body to the edge of the pit . I declare most solemnly I did not intend to kill my brother , or even to strike him , ten minutes before I did so . " The execution of Brough is fixed for Saturday next , but strong hopes of a commutation of nuuishrnent are entertained .
Further PAnTicuLAns . — Stafford , Aran , 2 . — The greatest exertions continue to be made to procure a , mitigation of the sentence of death passed upon John Brough , -who is ordered for execution , at Stafford gaol , on Saturday next , for the murder of his brother Thomas , under peculiarly melancholy and distressing circumstances . The fact of the unhappy man having been most strongly recommended to mercy by the jury—his previous excellent character —the extraordinary provocation he received , and the absence of all premeditated malice in tlie commission ofthe crime—will , it is confidently believed , induce the Home Secretary to reprieve thew-retclied culprit , and transport him for life , instead of consigning him to the gallows . On Tuesday last the attorney for the convict had a lengthened interview at Stafford gaol with the governor and the exemplary chaplain , the Rev . Mr . Sedger , from whom he procured certain
important particulars connected with his unhappy client , and forthwith despatched the same to Mr . Baron Piatt , before whom the trial was heard , and stron" hopes are entertained that his lordship will consider tlie case one in wMch the mercy of the Crown may be safely exercised , without detriment to the interests of society , and without violation of the requirements of justice . On Tuesday Judith Brough , one ofthe sisters of the prisoner , in the presence of the chaplain , gave her unhappy brother a most excellent character for affection and undeviating kindness to every member of the family , even to the man he slew , whose reputation both among his relatives aM throughout the neighbourhood was the reverse . The mother of the prisoner is now in her 70 th year , aud the agony of mind she endures is wholly indescribable , she having been compelled to give evidence against her son , fey whom she has long been supported , for the murder of another of her children .
Another Catastrophe at Blackwall . — On Saturdav evening , about half-past fire o ' clock , a lata ! accidrat happened in the iron-boat building yard oi Messrs . Ditchbum and Mare , whose immense prenusesaresituateoneithersidethe Orchard-road , about -00 yards below the eastern boundary-wall of the
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East India Docks , and not far from the engine-manufactory ofthe Messrs . Samuda , so lately the scene of a fatal accident . One of the large iron-yards for the construction of iron boats and their machinery is on tbe river side ofthe Orchard-road , not very far distant from the Blackwall-pier . It was just inside the "ate of this yard that the fatal calamity occurred . On the right-hand side of the gate , just within it , is the workmen ' s pay-office , and exactly opposite , on the left-hand ofthe gate , is some framework used for the support of a large collection of long iron rods or bare . This framework is constructed against a wall running on the left side of the gate , along the entrance to the yard , and towards the riverside . Sleepers , or transverse nieces of timber , extend from the wall , and
are affixed to a longitudinal border team , wnicn is supported by perpendicular lengths of timber , or piles driven into the ground . Leaning : obliquely against the sleepers was the collection of iron-bare alluded to , in weight from ten to fifteen tons . About thirty workmen were standing in the gangway , between the bars and the pay-office , waiting to receive their week ' s wages , when one or more of the sleepers gave way on the outside , and forming but an inclined support , the bars slipped off from the wall side and toppled into the gangway , burying wholly or partially seven of the unfortunate workmen beneath their weight , and slightly injuring with their sharp angles and ends many more . So soon as the fall of the iron was made known , all the uninjured
workmen in the yard , to the number of more than a hundred , hurried to tho spot , and knowing that some of their comrades were beneath the ponderous mass , they began with alacrity to remove it , and completed their sorrowful task in seventeen minutes , having broken down the gate to expedite their efforts . They then found that the fall had proved fatal to two fellow workmen , the one a labourer named John Payne , aged twenty-five ; and the other an engineer named Bates . Their bones and bodies , to use the expression of one who saw them , were completely " smashed . " They were taken to the Poplar dead-house to await a coroner's inquest . Of the five other men , two were so severely injured that it was deemed advisable to convey them speedily to
the London Hospital . Their names are Edward Burster , aged twenty , and William Jackson , aged twenty-two . They received the necessary attention at the hands of the house-surgeon , Mr . Gumming , ' who reported that they were going on favourably . Burster's injuries are lacerations of the head and contusions about the feet ; Jackson ' s a very severe laceration ofthe back part ofthe scalp , and a general shaking of the whole system . The wounds inflicted on the other men were dressed by local surgeons , and they repaired to their homes without fear of dangerous results . Messi-s . Ditchbnrn and Mare employ about 1 , 000 men and boys , and at the time ofthe
accident upwards of 100 of them would have been thickly congregated in front of the pay-office , and by the side ofthe Targe pile of iron rods , had they not been engaged in launching a newly-built boat . This accidental occupation prevented an accumulation of misery frightful to contemplate . On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at Poplar on the bodies of Thomas Bates and John Payne . From Mr . Ditchburn ' s evidence it appeared that he had ordered the iron to be laid upon tlie ground , but that the men had left it standing for their own convenience . Mr . Baker administered an appropriate warning to Mr . Ditchburn , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Severe Storm at Glasgow . —Loss op Life . —In the course of Thursday night and Friday morning Glasgow and its neighbourhood were visited with one of those violent storms of wind which , at the time of the equinox , so frequently burst over us . Throughout tlie whole of Thursday the wind was blowing fresh from the south-west , but towards night it began to blow with increased vehemence , and latterly assumed all the fury of a hurricane , startling the citizens from their repose , shaking tenements in exposed situations to their base , and strewing the streets with chimneytops , slates , and other dangerous materials , besides injuring other descriptions of property to a considerable extent . So irresistible in certain exposures was the force ofthe wind , that large trees in the country
were torn up by the roots , and prostrated on tlie ground , while others too deeply seated in the earth were snapped by the trunks like tender saplings . Small outhouses were in many places wholly unroofed or thrown down ; palings overturned , many of the city lamps blown from their posts , and in some instances the windows of dwelling-houses driven into the apartments within . Among these ( the smaller casualties wMch have been caused by tho storm ) we may mention part of the premises of Campbellfield pottery , wMch were blown down ; a portion of a gable in Gallowgate ; an entire shop window , shutters included , in High-street , wliich was completely demolished ; a large paling in St . Vincent-street , by the falling of which a watchman was severely injured
besides heavy masses of lead torn from the roofs of buildings and thrown into the street . A groat number of similar results took place , which , however , it is needless to enumerate . At the Broomielaw the storm was felt with great severity ; but as precautions had previously been taken to have the shipping firmly secured , little damage has been sustained in that quarter compared with what mi ght have been anticipated . A brig broke from its moorings in the harbour about three o ' clock in the morning , and was driven up the stream with great violence , till its progress was arrested by Glasgow-bridge , against whichit several times struck with tremendous force , and displaced about twenty yards of the ballustrade wliich forms the parapet of thai fine
structure . Perhaps nothing could show the extreme vehemence of the wind more than tliis illustration of its power . The stones in Glasgow Bridge are of large , heavy granite , joined together by strong iron fastenings ; yet the vessel had been propelled against them with such force as to tear a long range of them from their rivetings and precipitate them into the river , one or two falling upon the deck of the vessel itself . The brig was , of course , also considerably injured ; and , afteir being beaten about for a considerable time , was taken in tow by a tug steamer , and restored to her berth . Tlie Queen of the Isles steamer was also driven from her moorings , as far up as Glasgow Bridge , and likewise sustained a little damage ; but these ( with some trifling exceptions )
were the only casualties that , so far as we have heard , occurred in the harbour . As the morning advanced , the wind gradually moderated , and Friday , though boisterous and squally , bore no comparison to the frightful severity of the previous night . "Wc regret that wc cannot close this notice without being called upon to record a fatal incident caused by the storm , of a very distressing nature , viz ., the death of five individuals , residing in the village of Pollokshaws , who were buried in the ruins of a fallen house . These consisted of an aged man , named Morton , about 80 years old , and his wife , also much advanced in years , two of their grandchildren , and a young woman , named Brown , who was a temporary inmate of the family . The unfortunate sufferers were all in bed in a small , one-story , thatched house , beside which was
a new tenement m course of erection . About four o ' clock in the morning one of the gables of the new building was blown over by the wind , and fell upon the house , the greater part of wMch it reduced to rains , and deprived of life the unfortunate parties already named . In addition to tliis the mother of the two children was in the house , but lay in a separate bed with an infant child , where , providentially , she and her little one escaped the fate which had overtaken so many of their near relatives . Theoldman , it appeai-s , was in very infirm health , and the young woman , Brown , who was a neighbour , had been called
in to attend to his wants during the night . Some time before the accident she had gone out and brought in the old man ' s son , along with Ms wife , to see their parent , who had become much worse than usual ; and these parties had only left tlie house a short time when the melancholy occurrence took place . This event has caused a great sensation in Pollokshaws , where deep sympathy is felt for the fate of the sufferers , who , though poor , were highly respectable people . A large crowd collected round the locality so soon as the accident became known , and the most active exertions were used to g et out the bodies , wliich was , however , a work of no small labour .
A Desperate Ruffian * . —A little before the November assizes , an abandoned scoundrel , named John Reilly , escaped from Trim gaol , where he had been lodged by Prender of the Detective force , oh a charge ot burglary . The companions of his crime were found guilty and transported for life . Reill y contrived to cut the bars of the cell in which he was confined , and get into the Governor ' s rooms , dress himself in the Governor ' s clothes , and be allowed by the turnkey quietly to walk out ofthe gaol as the Governor himself ! Subsequently tliis dangerous person led a freeand-easy life , assisting in the robbery of farms and pillaging houses . He broke into the house of Mr . Kinsallagh , of Clonsillon , in that countv . and carried
off a double barrelled gun , a brace of pistols , and other articles . On Thursday week he attacked the house of Mr . O'Keefe , who resides near Kilcullen , and when resisted by a man-servant he fired off a pistol and was nearly adding murder to Ms other infamies . Tho crapk of the pistol aroused the neighbourhood , and Reilly was apprehended . On Ms person were found nineteen rounds of ball cartridge , a double barrelled gun which he had cut down to make handy for his pocket , and in his belt a brace of pistols . He broke through the roof of Kilcullen gaol and again very nearly eluded j ustice . However , he is now safe , and at the next assizes will in all likelihood meet the penalty of his numerous offences .
Mysterious Disappearance . — Considerable and pahiful interest has been caused in Maidstone by the sudden and mysterious disappearance of a Mr . Smitherman , an elderly person , well known in that neighbourhood , and formerl y foreman of a paper-mill at Case Horton , from which situation he lad recently retired to reside on his means in this town The deceased on Tuesday last called at Little Ivy Mill , Loose , and entered into conversation with the foreman , respecting two recent suicides in that neighbourhood . He left the mill in good health and spirits , and lias not since been heard of . It is strongly si .- ••• ' -ted in some quarters that he has met an tmtii :. < .. y end , and some do not scruple to express their belief that he has been murdered . He was known to have money in his possession . —Mkktom Journal .
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Mysterious Disappearance . —On Monday morning information was _ received by the metropolitan police of the mysterious disappearance of a young man named Piper , who resided in the vicinity of Sudbury , , under circumstances which have caused considerable excitement . It appears he has been missing since the night of the 15 th Hit ., and the most persevering inquiries have been made , but without any intelligence being obtained of him . Sonic companions admit having been with him on the night mentioned , and that a disagreement took place between them on the road , when he left them , and lias not since been' heard of . It was thought possible that he might have missed his road and fallen into the river Stour , which was dragged , but no trace has been discovered of him .
Extensive Fire . —About one o ' clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out in the premises of Mr . Kirby , oil and colourman , 83 , Minories , which was attended by an extensive destruction of property . The dense smoke which entered the bed-room of Mi \ Kirby and his wife first informed them that the lower part of the building was on fire , and they instantly rushed out in a state of nudity , with their child in their- amis , and alarmed the other inmates whom they succeeded in warning , and who fortunately all escaped through a trap-door in the roof , and thence through an adjoining house into the
street . The fire spread most fearfully , notwithstanding the efforts of the firemen , who speedily arrived with their engines , and at two o ' clock had extended to the ajoining house , occupied by a Mr . Orncr and numerous families , and a very few minutes elapsed before tliis house was entirely consumed , and the roof fell in . The flames then reached an adjoining house , occupied by a Mr . Gregg , but there the firemen fortunately succeeded in arresting the destruction , and at three o ' clock all farther danger was at an end . The property destroyed is very considerable , and the origin of the five is at present unknown .
Fire at the Prixce ' s Dock . —About eleven o clock yesterday forenoon a quantity of smoke was observed to issue from the fore-hatch of the Syria , of Liverpool , a splendid ship belonging to Messrs . Hamilton and Baines , merchants of this town , lying at tlie west side ofthe Prince ' s Dock , $ he alarm was immediately conveyed to the fire-station , and in a very short time Mr . Hewitt proceeded to the spot with three fire-engines and a strong detachment of the fire-bri g ade . Previous to his arrival Mr , Dowling , the head constable , and several inspectors and officers went on board and had the hatch broken open and a number of buckets of water tin-own upon the smoking
embers . In the course of about twenty minutes they were enabled to descend into the hole , and there they discovered that some billets of oak , intended to be used for the purpose of stowing the cargo , had by some unacceuntablc means caught fire , and that a few of these were charred and burned to the depth of two ' or three inches . "With this exception , trifling in value , no , further damage was sustained . It was a most fortunate circumstance that the fire was discovered at so early a s * - -age , for the vessel was fully laden with a cargo of manufactured goods , worth about £ 18 , 000 , and intended for the China market . The probablevaluc of the vessel and cargo is - £ 80 , 000 . — - Livapool Albion ..
Fourfold Accident ox the Thames . —On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Spotted Dog , High-street , " Poplar , on the body of William Day , aged 31 , a fisherman . It may be recollected , that on the 5 th of Feb . the " deceased and three other persons , named Byford , were drowned near the Gallious , off Woolwich , by the upsetting of a fishing-boat at night ,- during a squall . The body of one of the Byfords was ' found soon after the accident , and an inquest held on it by Mr . Lewis , coroner for Essex , at Barking . The verdict was Accidental death . The body of the deceased man , Day , was found on
Wednesday . last , floating in the river , off Bow-creek . The bodies of two ofthe Byfords have not yet been found . The evidence yesterday proved that the men , at eleven o ' clock at night , were coining up the river in a hatch-boat , laden with fish , and sailing in the wake of a brig . They gained upon the brig , and as they shot by its stern a sudden gust of wind , blowing off the shore , caught the boat ' s sails and upset her . Only one man escaped—a good swimmer , named Joseph Leach , who related the above facts . Verdict —Accidental death .
Fire ox Board a Ship in the Ijiames . —On Monday afternoon the brig Betsy , of Penryn , lying off King Edward Stairs , opposite Rotherhithe , was discovered to be on fire . The flames originated in the overheating of the stove , and when first noticed they had obtained a firm hold of the after-cabin . The crew of the vessel , under the command of Gaptain J . Bink , set to work and endeavoured to extinguish the fire , but it defied the utmost exertions of all present . The large floating engine belonging ^ to the brigade was quickly moored alongside the burning vessel , andsetto work , being manned by nearly 100 men . After about half an hour ' s hard working the fire was extinguished , but not until the after-cabin and its contents were nearly destroyed .
: Extraordinary Case of Poisoning . —On Saturday night , about eight o ' clock , a circumstance that placed the lives of five individuals ( four men and a woman ) in the greatest jeopardy took place at Mr . Heath ' s calico-printing factory , in Garrat-lanc , Tooting . In the course of tho afternoon tho party had purchased some fish with the intention of cooking them on the premises , and having them for supper . A man named Reynolds left off work before the others , and prepared to cook tlie fish , but wanting some flour to dress the fish with , he applied to a person named Finch , who had charge of the colourroom , for some . Finch told Reynolds he had not got any , but the latter not believing him , as he knew that flour was usual in thickening the colours ,
watched Finch out of the colour store , and perceiving something in one of the barrels , which he believecl to be flour , he took somo ofitandusied it in cooking the fish . The party had hardly commenced their repast , when they were all seized with violent retching , and it was then discovered that Reynolds , instead of using flour , had taken a composition of arsenic and starch . Mr . 'Heath sent for Dr . Bainbridge , of Tooting , immediately , and on that gentleman ' s arrival he instantly applied the stomach-pump and strong emetics . The men were so far recovered as to be enabled to resume their work on Monday ; but the young woman , who is single , but enceinte , is in a state
that almost preludes hopes of recovery . CoM , ij-UY Accidents . —On Monday last a fatal accident occurred at Swingle Hill Colliery , near Longton . Four of the men had just placed themselves , in the corfe for the purpose of ascending the shaft , The corfe , on beginning to ascend , not having been properly steadied , swung from side to side ; and , at the distance of a few yards up , struck the side of the pit so violently that the four men were thrown out almost simultaneously . One of them , named Edward Blurton , was instantly lulled , and the others were more or less injured . — North Staffordshire Mercury .
Moral Effects of Capital Punishments . — On Monday morning two boys , named Henry Eden and Francis Johnson , of the ages of twelve and fourteen years , were charged at the Town Hall , Windsor , before Thomas Clark , Esq . ( Mayor ) , and William Legh , Esq ., with having broken open a tin box , containing monies belonging to the mother and brother of Eden , and stolen the whole of its contents amounting to £ 1 18 s . It appeared that the boys left Windsor as soon as they had effected the robbery and returned , penniless , on Saturday , the day after the execution of Tawell , at Aylesbury . On bchnjapprehended the boy Eden admitted that he had broken open the box by forcing the staple of the padlock , and taken the money , in order to enable him to go to Aylesbury " to see the Quaker hung !" Aylesbury is upwards of thirty miles from Windsor .
Gambling Doings Extraordinary . —Information has reached us of gambling transactions of an extraordinary character wliich have recently taken place both at the crack " metropolis of hunting" in Leicestershire and at the late meeting at Northampton . The ' * pigeon , " after being well plucked at the former place , has been compelled to box himself up , on the Continent , owing to the enormous amount of his losses , exceeding , it it said , £ 100 , 000 . Deaths by Fire . —An inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr . Wakley , at the Middlesex Hospital , on the bod ** of a woman named Caroline Connell , a widow of about fifty years of age . It appeared that she was admitted into the above hospital on the Vlth of March last in a state of dreadful suffering from the effects of fire ; her head , neck , and shoulders
being fearfully scorched , or rather roasted . From the evidence of two ivomcn who resided in the same house ( 10 , Cress-lane , St . Giles ' s ) , with the deceased , it was proved that she had on St . Patriek ' s-day gone out for the purpose of selling fruit , and having met with some acquaintances had indulged with them too freely in drinking . Shortly after her return to her room , one of the women experiencing a strong smell of fire , entered her room , and found the deceased enveloped in smoke , and with her clothes smouldering on her back . With the assistance of the other woman , they were taken off her , but only bit by bit , and not until the poor creature was in such a ' statc that the foreman of the jury said it seemed as if she had been roasted before a slow fire . She lingered for some days , being kept alive , as the house sur creon
stated , only by stimuli , till death put an end to her sufferings . A verdict of Accidental Death was returned . —Another inquest was held before Mr . Wakley on the same day , at the Marylcbone Workhouse on the body of a girl aged 18 , named Anne Hathei-ly ' who having been left to take care of two children b \ ' the mother , who had gone out on business , had probably approached too near the fire , and her clothes having become ignited , she had very naturally , but injudiciously , made her escape into the street wW the fire was extinguished by buckets of water beine thrown over her . She was scorched on the neck and chest but or the first few days after her bein » brought to the workhouse appeared to be dointr well A change , however , took place two days before her dissolution , and she died on Monday last in consequence of the injuries she had sustained . The verdict , as m the preceding case , was Accidental Death .
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' Loss or the Thomas Lowry . —Suicide of tiik Pilot . —The ship Thomas Lowry , from Sydney to London , arrived off Dartmouth on the 27 th ult ., landed her letters , received a supply of provisions , and shipped at the same time one of the most experienced pilots out of that port . By some unforeseen circumstances the ship struck on some sunken rocks , became waterlogged , and was run ashore near the harbour , where she filled . The pilot the day after put an end to his existence by hanging himself in his own house .
Singular Robbery . —On Friday night a daring robbery was committed in the office attached to the brew-house of the late Mr . J . Ilcathorn , at Maidstone . An iron chest of the common kind was broken open by the application of gunpowder , inserted at the keyhole ofthe lock . The iron chest standing upright , some portion of the powder ran down tothe bottom ledge of tho false door , or frame , containing the three bolts . The ignition of the powder in the lock caused the explosion of that which had fallen below , and it together blew the lalse back sufficiently away to admit the insertion of a bar of iron or chisel to prize open the door ; great force had been used to accomplish this ; from the marks left upon the iron near the bolts , a steel chisel must have been used . No report was noticed , and from the nature ofthe explosion it is not probable a very loud one wasmade . The thieves were adroit in tlieir work , but their booty was very small , being only a few halfpence ; fortunately the books , & c , sustained no injury . — Maidstone Journal .
Explosion . —The boiler of the steam-boat Victoriaexploded on Saturday evening , while she was engaged in tewing a vessel into the harbour at Shields . Ihe force of the steam , which was fortunately upwards , severely scalded John Thompson , the engine man , who was standing on deck , but no other person was injured . Attempted Murder of a "Wife by her Husband rs Liyerpooi ,. —On Tuesday morning the inhabitants of Vauxhall-road and Tithebarn-strect were thrown into a state of great excitement by a rumour , rapidly circulated , that a man had stabbed his wife at No . " ll , Lower Milk-street , and that the most serious apprehensions were entertained that the wound was mortal . It unfortunatel y turned out to be but too
true that the diabolical act had been perpetrated ; and we fear that by the time this sheet meets the public eye , the unfortunate female ' s life will have Mien a sacrifice to the revengeful spirit of her husband . The parties had only removed the evening before ( Monday ) from Cockspur-street to Milk-street , where they took lodgings on the first floor . After tlie lodgings were taken , the husband , who has given his name as John Morris Murphy , and who is an Irishman by birth , and an oil and colour-mixer by occupation / went out and remained at some publichouse during the whole of the night . On his return home yesterday morning , he requested his wife , who was lying upon a wretched bed in the apartment , to get up and prepare him some breakfast . She
refused , upon the ground that she nan no victuals in the house , and no money to purchase any , whereupon ho seized hold of an old table-knife and stabbed her with it behind the ear and on the right side of the nock . Hor- soroams brought several of the nei g hbours to tlie spot , and there they beheld blood flowing copiously from the wound , and Murphy in the act of holding , with one hand , a wash-hand-basin to receive it , anil endeavouring with the other to stop tho bleeding by applying a cloth to the wound . The account he gave of the transaction was , that it was purely accidental ; that she fell against a large pan which was lying on the floor , and that the broken edge of the vessel caused the injury . The storv , however , was looked upon as very improbable ,
and was rendered still move so by the medical men being of opinion that the wound was caused by a sharp instrument . A rusty table-knife was found in the room . The prisoner was apprehended by Superintendent Lawson , and conveyed to Vauxhall Bridewell , whore he remained during the day , and repeatedly made inquiries as to how his wile was getting on and whether she was likely to survive . She was conveyed on a stretcher to the Northern Hospital , where everything was done for her that medical aud surgical skill could accomplish . The great object , of course , was to stop the bleeding , and this was almost wholly effected iua short time ; but the danger likely to arise from stirring her , by causing the wound to bleed afresh , prevented a minute examination of the injured part from being made . In answer to our inquiries , we learned that it was impossible to say
how deeply the knife had extended , as the neck was covered with her clotted hair , but that the wound bore every appearance of having been inflicted by some sharp instrument . Her life , yesterday afternoon , was considered in imminent danger ; there was a chance that she might survive , but the probabilities were that she was fast sinking into the jaws of death . She alluded constantly to her husband ,-spoke of him hi the Idndcst terms , and said his misfortune was that he could not bear up against poverty . It appears that though he is a journeyman colourmanufheturer , he has not been in the habit of following his trade , and that , in fact , he had no means of livelihood except what he made by selling newspapers . The parties have seven children , the youngest of whom is only two months old and the eldest only ten years . Milk-street , during the greater part of the day , was visited by crowds of persons .
Melancholy Accident . —We regret to announce a melancholy occurrence which took place at Botesdale , on Thursday last . As James Amys , Esq ., of Rickinghall , was riding through the streets on horseback , with his lady , the mare on which he rode was observed to carry him quietly , but it is supposed that while in the act of stooping to put some letters into the post-office , ne accidentally touched her with the spur , as she immediately plunged and started off at a rapid pace ; and that in endeavouring to keep his seat ( having lost his stirrups ) , he unconsciously used the spurs , which increased the animal's speed , and at the lower part of the town he fell off , pitching upon his head , and received a concussion of the brain and a fracture ofthe base ofthe skull , from wliich ho expired in about five minutes , not having spoken after his fall . —Bury Post , April 1 .
Murder in George-street , St . Giles ' s . —On Monday night a middle-aged woman , named Tape , was murdered in a disreputable house in Georgestreet , St . Giles ' s . She is said to have gone thither with a man unknown , and , after he left the house , was found dead , having been stabbed in the neck and breast , and a knife left sticking in one of the mortal wounds . A surgeon was sent for and the police were called in , but there were no traces of the supposed murderer . The house in which tho deed was done is a very old one , and is said to have been the residence of Mr . Justice Dyott .
Further Particulars . —Since the murder of Eliza Grimwood , in the _ Waterloo-road , no case of that description equals in atrocity and cold-blooded determination the murder perpetrated on Monday night , on the body of Ann Tape , but who is a married woman , of the name of Brothers , for somo years separated from her husband . Mr . Fitzgerald , the surgeon , called in on the spur of the moment , states that on his arrival he was shown into a small room on the ground floor , and in one corner of it he found the murdered woman completely doubled up . On examination he found that she was dead . On endeavouring to lift the body up , he found the blood still pouring from a wound , large enough for him to place his hand in . passing from the back ofthe neck
completely through tothe front , dividing all the principal arteries . The wound from which the constable bad drawn out the carving-knife was deep , and the force ofthe blow had been so great that a large piece of the knife near the point had been broken by coming in contact with a bone . There were four other wounds about the neck and breast . The murdered woman was deluged with blood , and had evidently struggled violently with her cold-blooded assassin , as on entering the bed-room adjoining , Mr . Fitzgerald found blood on the bed and a large pool on the floor . The deceased's bonnet and shawl were lying on a chair ; but in the room where the body was found there was nothing in the place but an old chest of drawers . —Mrs . Hawell , the woman of the house , says , that the deceased was well known to her . She came there accompanied by a man , about half-past ten o ' clock , and lured an apartment . They had been
in the house about ten minutes , when she heard what she considered to be a scuffling , which induced her to leave her own room ( the front parlour ) and come into the passage . She had scarcel y done so , when the man came along the passage towards the street-door at a rapid pace . She seized him by the skirt of the coat as he was passing her , and exclaimed , "What have you been about with tho woman ? " He made no reply , but pushing her from him , rushed out at tlie street-door , wliich was at the time partially open . Finding the deceased did not follow , she went into the back ante-room , and there found her lying as above described . She heard no scream ov cry of any kind before she heard the scuffling . The man she did not know * , but said as near as possible the following was the description of Ms person , which waa forwarded to Scotland-yard , and by route to every police station in the police : —
htation-House , E Division , March 31 , llalf-past Eleven , j- . ji . "Description of the person who murdered a woman this night at brothel , No . 11 , George-street , St . Giles ' s . About thirty years of age , five feet five or six inches high , rather dark complexion with full face and black hair , had a spot or mole on the right cheek near the nose . Dress —a velveteen coat ( dark ) , long pockets at the sides , light coloured trousers , and dark rough cap , " The next step taken by the police was to endeavour to discover whttYc the knife , which was perfectly new .
nan been purchased . In the course of Tuesday morning somo of the police went to the shop of Mr . Oldham , cutler , of High-street , St . Giles ' s , who stated that lie sold a carving knife exactly answering the description , at ten o ' clock on Monday night , to a man , who , with the exception that he had a hat on instead of a cap , also answered the description given Vr t- X 1 ) 0 '" ce ro "' - ° " - - cmfe DCn ] 2 produced Mr . Oldham at oiac identified it as the one he had sold on the previous evening . Mr . Oldham -tntes that at about ten o ' clock he and his daughter v ere in tlie shop , when the man came in and asked "for the
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cheapest small carving knife they had . He showed him three , and having examined their points , he selected that which had the narrowest blade , and f 0 r which he paid a shilling . He was about to take tho knife away naked in Ivia hand , when Mr . Oldham said he would put it in paper . He then took th © knife , and having set the edge , put it in paper , and the man went away . He did not observe the man very minutely , but his daughter did , and they both state that he had a hat and not a cap on , but that his coat was such a one as described , cither of dark velvet or fustian . Shortly after the murder was dis . covered , a woman , who is of the same class as the unfortunate deceased , gave information to the police which will , in all probability , lead to tho apprehension
ol tho murderer , blie stateu that sue knew the man well by sight , and had seen him with decease * on a previous occasion . On Monday night , shortly after ten o'clock , she was standing at the corner of Gcoro-Q _ street , when he accosted her and asked her if she had " seen tlie deceased that night . On her replyin-r that she had not , he said "he was looking for ber . " on Tuesday a number of persons were taken into custody on account of their answering in some measure the description of the murderer , but the onl y one UI ) 0 n whom strong suspicion still rests is a man named Medows , and who was taken into custody by J [ v . ln . specter Tcdman at nine o ' clock on Tuesday morning " This man lodges in Southmolton-mcws , and works with Mr . Frost , a brass-fitter , near Davics-strcet
Ou the inspector ' s telling Medows that he wanted " him for the murder or the woman lie had cohabited with , ho said , " I am not the man . " Obscrvm" as he thought , something which looked like Wood on ' the man ' s clothes , he examined him , and found a food deal of blood on his right hand , and in ] , U poclret a handkerchief having a great quantity of blood on it On questioning Medows as to tliis , he said that it had come from his nose which had been bleedinnviolently that morning . Ou his wav to tho station house , Medows admitted that he had cohabited with the deceased some time since , but she absconded
from him with his property several months back , and that he had only seen her once since , when he met her last Christmas in Holborn . On their arrival at the station-house , the two women at the house where the murder was committed were sent for , as also the other woman previously alluded to , and tlieir positive declaration that he was not the man , induced the inspector to release him . The husband of the murdered woman has been discovered , lie resides at No . 8 , Gcorgcstreot , Oxfovd-stvoot , with W 0 dau « htcrs , and is in the employ of Messrs . 'Pratt and Attfield , upholsterers , Brook-street , Grosvenor-square . lie has been there many years .
I Tuesday Evesiso , Nixe O ' clock . —Dp to this | hour tho police have been unable to apprehend the murderer , but a clue it is understood has been obtained , which will in all probability place him in the custody of Inspectors Shack-el and Ilaynes , of the detective police force , before morning ; it is stated that this clue is founded on information forwarded to the police by a medical practitioner , who lias had a man under him exactly answering the amended description of the murderer , wliich was circulated amon £ the police between seven and eight o ' clock last evening * . It is as follows ; " Correct Description ofthe Murderer . —E Division . —21 years old , 5 feet 5 inches high , very pale , sallow complexion , thin face , long nose , very dark hair , no whiskers , black eyes ; sometimes dressed in a fustian jacket , dark trousers , black hat or cap with peak , at other times in dark velveteen shooting-jacket , and dark check trousers . Has the appearance ol" a costermongcr . "
Later P . uiricraARS . —Thursday . — -Notwithstanding the exertions of Inspectors Shackcl and Ilaynes , aided by the whole body of the detective force , as well as most of the inspectors of tho metropolitan police , up to eight o ' clock last evening no clue had been obtained to the murderer of Mary Brothers , alias Tape . Between ten and eleven o ' clock in the morning of yesterday , information was received by the police that a young man , exactly answering the description last circulated oi" the murderer ' s person , had on Tuesday applied for the purpose of enlisting at the recruiting quarters of the Hon . East India Company , Soho-sqnarc , and that he had been ordered to be there at eleven o ' clock that morning . On the receipt of this information , Inspector Hayncs , of the detective force , and Inspector Bel ! , of flic E division ,
proceeded to Soho-sqiiarc , and having examined the men , and also the nooks showing the names and description of those who applied , they felt convinced that the information was not correct . Withreference to the man Medows , who was on Tuesday morning taken into custody , all suspicion has been removed . In addition to tho declaration of the two women belonging to the house whore the murder was committctl that he was not the murderer , Mr . Oldham , the cutler , and his daughter , have also seen him , and state that he is not the man who purchased the carving knife on Monday night . The body ol" the murdered woman still lies at the house , No . 11 , George-street , in the same position in which it was found , Harvey , the summoning officer ofthe district , keeping the key of the apartment .
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BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Gazette , March 2 S . J Laing Johnston , Hammersmith , wiue-mcrchant—Daniel Morton , Eastcheap , fishmonger—Elijah May , Aldgate High-Street , draper—John Phillips , Piimci- ' s-com-t , Old Broad-street , tailor—George Gardner , Gravesenfl , tavernkeeper—Jonas and Daniel Woodhead , Netherthong , Yorkshire , woollen . eloth manufacturers .
DIVIDENDS . April 23 , Vf . and R . Smith , Bow-lane , City , warehousemen—April 18 , II . Shuttleworth , Crown-court , Cheapsidc , City , pin-manufacturer—April IS , JT . Beard , Beech-street , Barbican , City , leather-seller—April 18 , C . Dotesio , Slough , Buckinghamshire , hotel-keeper—April 19 , J . Sicks , "Warwick , carpenter—April 20 , lV . lVyrill , Bradford , Yorkshire , ironmonger—April 24 , T , Jarmain , Bristol , nioney-scviyencr—April 25 , B . Xoi-manand E . Buckman , Cheltenham ironmongers—April 20 , G . Harvey , Handsacre , Stafford , shire , spirit-merchant ,
BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , April 1 st , ISM , J John .- " chaffer , Clark ' s-place , High-street , Islington ,, fringcmaii—John Brcckels , Kbrlh-street , Finsbm-y , bedstcad-nial'er—John Reay and John Pvohert Il' -ay , Marlclane , wine-merchants—Robert Cann , Woolwich , boot andshoemaker—Augustus lladcliffe , sen ., and Augustus Radcliffe , jun ., Hermitage-place , St . John-street-road , patent glaziers' diamond manufacturers—Joseph North , Birstal , Yorkshire , blanket-manufacturer—Thomas Holyland Williams , Chelmsford , wine-merchant—John Atkinson Hick , Leeds , carver and gilder—John Whitinker , Swansea , Glamorganshire , druggist—William Harrington Lngoe , Atlierstone , Yt ' . 'invicksliirc , victualler .
DIVIDENDS , April 24 , X . Sherwood , Tilehurst , Berkshire , brickmaker —April - 22 , F . J . H . Muller , Addle-street , Wood-street , City , furrier—April 22 , T . Pearce , Bermondsey-street , Southward , tripeman—April 22 , H . F . Bellenger , Great Pulteney-street , Golden-square , licensed-victualler—April 23 , T . Cornii-h , Great Marlborough-street , wine-merchant —April 22 , II . Bundey , Upper York-place , Portland Town , builder—April 23 , E . and A . Rule , Leadenhall-street , shipowners—April 22 , W . C . Thompson , Liverpool , merchant —April 22 , J . HerdmanandE . Herdman . jun ., Congleton , Cheshire , millers—April 22 , R . Swainson and J . Gardner , Liverpool , grocers—April 22 , J , Donnelly , Liverpool , mcr . chant—April 23 , IV . Cross , Chester , lead-merchant—April 25 , J . Whitlow , Manchester , laceman .
DECLABATIONS OF DIVIDENDS . J . Drewe , Iveynsham , scrivener , first and final dividend of 2 s 9 ( 1 in the pound , any Monday , at the office of Mr Aevaman , Bristol . J . It . King , Bath , druggist , first dividend of Is 9 d in the pound , any Monday , at tlie office of Mr , Acraman , Bristol . J . Hilton , Croston , Lancashire , surgeon , first dividend of 4 s 3 d in the pound , on Thursday , April 10 , and auy subsequent Thursday , at the office of Mr . Cazenove , Liverpool . M . Tomkinson , Kidderminster , Worcestershire , linendraper , first dividend of 4 s in the pound , any Tuesday , at the office of-Mr . Whitmore , Birmingham , T . Benson , North-place , Gray ' s-inn-road , stationer , first dividend of 3 s 3 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Graham , Colcman-street . J . P . Gnrhett , Wellington-street , Southward , hatter , first dividend of Is 4 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr , Graham , Coleman-street .
r . Pearson , Mitre-court , Fcnclniveh-stveet , wine-me *" - chant , first dividend of ' . 'Jd in the pound , on Saturday next , and three following Saturdays , at the office of Mr . Groom , Abehureh-lane . J . Holdroyd , North Moor , Xorthumberland , farmer , first aud final dividend of 7 d and l-12 th of a penny in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . M . Atkinson , Temple Sowerby , Westmorland , banker , fourth and iinal dividend of 2 s Cd and l-0 rd of a penny in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , >' ewcastle-upon-Tyne . J . Laidman , sen ., Penrith , Cumberland , banker , second and final dividend of Id and 1 . 10 th part of a penny In the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . W . Fletcher , Birmingham , oilman , first dividend of Cs 8 d in the pound , any Thursday , at the office of Mr . Clnistic , Birmingham . Cehtificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting .
April 23 , E . Sedgwick , Hythe , Kent , scrivener—April 22 , C . Lewis , Hath , innkeeper—April 92 , P . PotheigJll a-id J . M-Innes , Scotswoo-1 , Northumberland , lamp-blackmanufacturers—April 22 , M . Atkinson , Penrith , Cumberland , " oankcr—April 23 , 3 . Booth , Brownhill , Yorkshire , woollen-cloth-maiiufacturcr—April 24 , J . Bavff , Liverpool , merchant—April 22 ,. W . Howell , jun ., Liverpool , bookseller —April 23 , T . Griffiths , jun ., Wem , Shropshire , winemerchant—April 24 , J . Hobnail , Exeter , victualler—April 24 W . Broadbent , Denton , Lancashire , flour-dealer—April 22 , W . Tydeman , Chelmsford , Essex , " amber-merchant—April 22 , G . Jackson , jun ., Hertford , upholsterer-April 22 , J . G . Schott and J . C . Lavater , Aldermanburypostem , merchants—April 22 , II . II . Foothcnd , Fore-Street , Cripplegate , wholesale milliner .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . J . Foweraker and T . Baker , Exeter , stationers—H . Ki Ingleby and W . Briddon , Liverpool , cotton-brokers—JDromgole and J . Linton , Barbican , window-glass dealers —E . Envpson and II . B . Ilolman , Credlton , Devonshire , surgeons—A . Abraham and J . B . Dancer , Manchester , opticians—C . and A . B . BickncVl , Maidstone , ladies' schoolmistresses—R . Churchus andW . Copp , l ' atton , Somersetshire , carpenters—J . FranWand and W , Cooper , Mitkley , Derbyshire , coalowners—J . Willinoi'C , J . Tapp , •"' " ** Woodward , Tharies-inn , silversmiths ; as far as regards J . Wilbnorc—D . Caparn and D . C . Parker , Horncastle , Lincolnshire , chemists—J . Barrow and T . Turner , Eaststreet , Manchester-square , engineers—W . Cumin -land ami A . W . GwynCityshipowners-G . Marnlcs aud W .
Hu-, , bert , Sheffield , carvers and gilders—G . Bacon and B Smith , Great Yarmouth , blacksmiths .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05041845/page/6/
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