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«« Onr trials liavuig been made in JJublin , and but on a small scale , aud also the pressure of circum ^ stances forcing us to make known every plan , likely to prove useful without loss of time , we do not wish to nave this notice considered as decisively stating that steeping in bog-water will stop the progress of the disease ; but we consider it highly important that the plan should be tried by persons residing in beg districts , where circumstances render a possible failure in a certain quantity an object of no importance . ¦¦ - ~ "ROBEM EASE . , . . ' .-. ' " John Lisdebx . ,. " LtokPlaxfjuh . "
Fifth Report Of The Irish Commissioners....
FIFTH REPORT OF THE IRISH COMMISSIONERS . * ' To hisExciUcncy Baron Heyteibury , Lord-lieutenant of Ireland , de , "Board-room , Royal Dublin Society , Nov . 1 "M y Lord , —Having laid before your Excellency onr views as to the best means of storing the pstatoe , Bud converting to useful purposes such as are too much diseased to offeraprobability of beiogpreserved , we now have the honour to bring under your ; conaderaiura the question of seed for a future year ! : If in our former reports we have found it difficult to determine what course , utder the peculiar circumst & nces of Ireland , it might be most advisable to
pursue , we are still more embarrassed ; on the present occasion , in consequence ofthe conflicting testimony that has been presented to us , and the absence of all decisive evidence as to the ^ cause of the potatoe disease . The want- of experience derive from pi evions visitations ofthe same nature also renders it impossible fo affirm in what manner the potatoe may be afleetedin ihecourse of the next few months ,-" We have , however , endeavoured to ascertain all that is positively known upon these subjects , by the examination of agre * t Tariefy of publishing documents , both foreign and domestic ; by personal observation ; and by inquiries addressed to persons of practical experienceorscientiflGrepntation . "It 15 a very general opinion , and ona entertained
by men whose extensive knowledge entitles it to respect , that parasitical fungi , similar in their nature to those which produce mildew and dryrot , are the real cause of the malady . It is stated that one of these plants belonging to the genus botrytis , ; an « similar te that which some years since produced great misehief among the silkworms ofFrance ' and Italy , hasattacked the potatoe crop . It is described as entering the potatoe plant by the breathing pores of its leaves , and then passing down through ; the interior of the stem into the tubers , in which its mycelium or spawn Sxesitself , traversing the cellular Tnass , separating the cells themselves , causing alteration in their ekymieal condition , and thus producing -Jecay . In other eases , where the spawn is not ap ° patently distinguishable in diseased portions of potatoes , even by tho most practised observers , it is ui ^ ^ / iiuaicu
" "go" . *** " *«••» .-uuo w . « ( jauoiuajr wo by the parasite which destroyed the leaves , and that particles of it too obscure to be distinguished by the eye may be circulating with the juices and producing disease by irritation . The presence of the parasite is not to be detected by the naked eye , unless it make itsappearanee on the outside ofthe potatoe in the form of mouldy tufts ; but ite spawn may be detected in the diseased portions by the microscope , whether any external indications of its presence can be perceived or not ; hence it is inferred that , it ia produced exclusively from within . It is , however , within our knowledge that when apparently sound potatoes are pitted in places where the mouldiaess of a diseased potatoe is able to appear , thai mouldiness rapidly establishes iteelf on the sound potatoes at every point where there surface has been wounded or bruised ; and that , under such circumstances , the disease is immediatel y extended through the entire
mass . " That the spawn or fungi is present in a large qnantitp in diseased potatoes is undoubted ; the evidence \ if the bast microscopical observers would be with us conclusive on that point , even if we had not verified the fact by personal observation . "We also regard it as well ascertained , that these parasites spread rapidly Inwarm and damp situations , pro . ducrng infinite mischief under such circumstances , and that their ' advance is only to be successfully resisted by dryness ^ Bat it does not appear to us that their beln « the original cause of the disease has leen wellestabiiehed ; if it wereso , itis difficult to conceive why fields of potatoes placed very near each other should be differently : affected , or why certain varieties of thisplantshould bsmuchlessinjured than
othersthe Irish apple potatoe for instance , which appeal's to have sufiered mora extensively than others . We are also unable to reconcile with-Jhetheorvof the potatoe disease Mng caused by parasitical fungi the remarkable face that salts present form it is certainly of modern origin . That it may have always existed is possible , though of this we have ho proof ; but at least there can be ne doubt tljat is has only manifested itself to any considerable degree within the last few years . We cannot suppose the botrytis . which observers find to be the kind of fungus that attacks the potatoe , to be a recent creation . We must assume it to have been co-existent with the potatoe itself ; and , therefore , we must conclude that
some recent causes have come into operation favourable to its increase to the present alarming degree . ""Without pretending to decide what the cause really was , we may state that it seems to be connected with the cold , cloudy , ungenial weather which has characterised the ' present year over the north of Europe—conditions hi ghly unsuited to the constitution of a plant which , like the potatoe , is a native of a warm , ary , eaany country , and insufficient for the ripening of the tubers . Without adverting to solitary cases , which require to be examined with more care than vre have the means of giving to them , we may state , that amidst tna mass of conflicting evidence which we have obtained , the following facts appear to be established : — *
" 1 . That potatoes planted early in the season are more healthy than ilisse planted later . " 2 . That the crop has suffered less in dry , elevated , sand districts , where the influence of tlie season waa mitigated by slowness of growth , or compensated for by the natural warmth of the soiL ^ " 3 . That the late varieties of potatoei are more diseased than early ones . " i . That the present disease seems to be confined to the northern parts of Europe and North America , and to hs unknown in th « coantrias to the southward .
"If we are right in the conclusion at which we have thus arrived , there will not be cause for serious alarm as to the crop of another year , unless an equally unfavourable season should be experienced , Or the supply of healthy seed should be insufficient , or that the parasite should be found to have so entirely taken possession of this year ' s plants as to overcome tkeufctursi power of living bodies to repel the attacks of such enemies to healthy vegetation . " To Providence we must turn in the hope that a tecond season luce this may not be visited upon us . Should the Almighty , in his infinite mercy , avert such a misfortune , we entertain confident hopes that the other two sources of danjrer may be guarded against fay human foresight and diligence .
" In providing seed for a future year we may look with con & dence to such potatotoes of home growth as shall have resisted all tendency to decay during ihewinter ; and wo trust that a considerable quantity ci them will be found remaining where the precautions for storing which we have recommended shall have been observed . We do not anticipate any danger in the nse of them if they are planted early , especially if before being planted they are exposed to light till they become green . x \ . nother source of supply may doubtless be found in the southern parts of Europe , where , we have reason to believe , that disease has not shown itself , and we would strongly ad-Ise £ he p ublic to lose no time in securing what may be procurable from that quarter .
" It is statsd hy JvL Seringe , seerelaiy to the commission appointed in the department oi' the Rhone , in a report just published by him on the potatoe disease , that it is unknown at Genoa and the warmer countries . Gnr own advices describes the crops about Marseilles as being perfectly healthy , and therefore we may conclude tliatmereantile enterprise will make up by importations a large part of the deficiency to be apprehended . "It has also been , ascertained bv actual
experiments that potatoes , although diseased , will grow and produce apparently healthy plants . The Rev . Air . Berkley , a gentleman eminent above all other nataralisis of the United Kingdom in his knowledge of the habits of fungi , and whom we have consulted on this occasion , states that although there would certainly be some risk of raising a diseased pregenv from a diseased stock , yet the growth of fungi SO evidently depends on atmospheric conditions , that it does not follow that because germs are present thev should be develorta .
* We cannot , however , recommend the use of diseased tubers for seed , except by way of exoeriment or in cases " of absolute necessity , and it wilfaiwavs beprudent to dust them with powdered lino before thev wHlf ^ t ' sron ! d ' & deedoe proper to do so When tuoL ^ r ^ S ?? ™* soana - « appearance , are eiu' fcviJS ^^* wiU des & ° J ' m ™* e seeds &^ P % ftBgV which may be sticking to the «^^ f MTepem ? S those which are Tying in ^ sround pf course these potatoes being Med
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which on careful inspection , show no sign of disb and hence a fford the fairest prospect ol a sound and healthy gj * p j & yk »«»*«*»« "r »^^ ^ t ^ f ^^^^^^^^^ m ^ yea *{ Sr aaother crop , ywes . would suggest with very . great co n- ; fidence the . adoption of . the system of autumn plant- " ing ; a method iof cultivations which ^ has proved advantageous in regard to the crop , ' which is attended ' with no unusual expense , and-. wJiich seems ^ particiilarly adapted to the . circumstances \ of the vpreseht . case .. It has ; , been shown . by-Mms Grey , of Dilstbny that , 'inNorthumberland , ; his potatoe crop has been considerably increased in . quantity by this practice , and that ho had no disease in it this * year . In 1 S 44 his autumn-planted crop produced 100 andlll loads .
when the , same quantity of spring-planted land yieldedbut eighty loadsunder the same circumstances . And in the present season this gentleman sUtes that his autumn-planted is one-third-better than hiV spring-planied crop . There can ,: therefore ,: be no doubt that autumn planting may be safely practised . On this occasion it has those , peculiar advantages , that it offers an additional chance of security against renewed attacks from ihe parasitical fungi . On this point the evidence of Mr . Borkely . is positive . 1 Autumn planting , ' he states , ;' seems to me to offer the best cnance of obtaining-healthy sets . . What are now planted , will produce their . ; tubers before the atmospheric conditions requisite for the . growth of the parasite in the leaves can-be realised , and without
such growth the particles , if present , will bo too few to cause much oviQ . I think , under existing circumstances , the commissioners cannot do a greater service than by encouraging and eniorcingas much as possible autumn planting . ' Concurring , as we antirely do , in this recommendation , we trust that the planters of potatoes who have it in their power to adopt it will do bo at once . " All that we conceive it necessary to state with reference to the practice is , that it should be ! performed at any time before the end of January ; that the sets should be thoroughly dried by exposure to light and . air ; that they should also be well dusted with lime ; and they should be planted in drills six inches deep , with farm-yard manure below the sets . We also recommend that where the potatoes are sot
large , they should be planted whole , and even large potatoes should be cut into not more than two pieces . "We have ascertained that autumn planting ; has been already practised throughout Fingal for the early supply of the Dublin market ; aud that although the practice has been nearly discontinued , that has not happened for any reason that affects the present question . , . Neither do wc learn that the early period at which the leaves appear above the ground in spring is attended with any greater risk than what attends precarious crops like the potatoe in any season , The effect to be anticipated from autumn plant ing consists , not merely in a probable increase of quantity in next year ' s supply , but in the saving of potatoes which may perish before spring if the slow growth which goes on during winter is arrested , and in the early ripening of next year ' s crop in the event of a second unfavourable season supervening . We
may add , that experience has . shown the small refuse potatoes of the year to be suited to autumn planting , if sound , and prepared in the manner we have recommended . " : It has been supposed by many persons that the potatoe has arrived at a state of great debility , and that the crop will continue liable to disease like the present until new varieties shall have been raised from seed . We donot find any satisfactory evidence to support this opinion . It is doubtelss true that great constitutional differences exist among the varieties of the potatoe , and that some are much more delicate than others ; but we do not find that the oldest varieties are most tender , or the newest ihe most hardy . On tbe contrary , it is within our own knowledge , that in the present season very healthy- varieties , recently raised , have suffered much more than kinds that have lorn : been in culti- *
vation . : . - .. . , - " While , however , we withhold our assent to the proposition that newly raised varieties ofthe potatoe are exempt in any peculiar degree from the attacks of disease , we fully admit the fact that some varieties are much more subject to it than ethers , and we therefore recommend ., the cultivation of the tender kinds to be discontinued ; and that those alone be used for future cropping which the experience ofthe present year shows to he the best suited to unfavourable seasons ; and on this point we may further remark , that all concurrent testimony points out the
Irish ' cup '' variety as that which has suffered least from the attacks of the disease . "We are also of opinion that it will be imprudent to plant potatoes for the next crop in land which has been just cleared of them . Thelatleris in all probability filled with the seeds of fungi , countless myriads of which must have been scattered over the tainted field ; and although they probably have DGCn borne by the winds to every portion of the country , yet it may be conceived that the soil will be more impregnated where diseased pstatoes have just been growing than in fields in which decay ing matter was not actually present .
" Under these circumstances , we are decidedly of opinion thai / prior to putting any kind of crop for the coming year into laud that has beenthisseason under potatoes , it will be prudent , if not absolutely necessary , that the ground should be turned up and exposed to the action of the atmosphere with care , and that it should be thoroughl y manured with lime . Wc Lave already recommended that the potatoes , whether whole or cuttings , used for seed , should be dusted over with lime previous to planting ; and we further urge , that in the case of corn or seed crops of every kind , the seeds should be steeped in lime water ) or in the solution of blue stone and salt well known to farmers . Evidence has already been laid before us of injurious effects where precautions such as we have described have been neglected .
" We forbear from adverting to the possibility of replenishing the diminished supply of potatoes by sowing the seeds formed by the flower . This is an operation which can onl y be carried on successfully ia a garden—is unsuited to the means of the small cultivator—cannot in any way affect the question of immediate supply—and may be safely left to the intelligence of the gardeners scattered throughout the country . -.- ¦ ¦; .. . "Hitherto , we have laid bsfore your Excellency , for the purposes of publication , several reports , in a merely popular form , suited to the present emergency . We are confident that the recommendations contained in them , if carried into effect , will tend to
mitigate the evils arising from the attacks of tlie disease in the potatoe crop . We now propose to proceed forthwith to apply ourselves to the investigation of the important scientific questions involved in the subject ; and to report in due time the result of our inquiries , in order that , from past experience , we may derive knowledge for future guidance . These investigations will occupy us ibr a considerable time ; and , while we do not contemplate the necessity of publishing further popular directions , we shall hold ourselves in readiness to give our immediate attention to any question which your Excellency may submit for our consideration , or to report from time to time for your Excellency ' s private information . Wc have the honour to be your faithful and obedient servants . "Robert Kane . "Johx LlSDLKT . "LVON PiATFAIK . "
Tes Totatoe Disease. [From The Liverpool...
TES TOTATOE DISEASE . [ From the Liverpool Times of Tuesday . ] This destructive malady still continues to rage in all parts of the three kingdoms , and daily to sweep away large quantities of ths feed ol the poor . In this part of the country it is as bad as ever , and on the eastern side of the island it is so intense , that whole cargoes of potatoes , shipped in the Ilumbcr for London dnrimj the last week , which were apparently in good condition , have been found to be decayed before half the voyage was accomplished , and have been brought back to Hull as worthless . Many of the accounts from Ireland are quite unfavourable as these ; and , notwithstanding the bold assertions of persons who are afraid to face the truth ,
there is no doubt that , great as the evil now is , it is becoming greater every day . Even in these few cases in which the potatoes were quite sound when they were got up , and in the still fewer ones in wliich they have been kept sound by the only effectual method , that is , by causing abundance of fresh air to circulate through them in the bean , they will not bear the usual treatment . The cargoes brought back to Hall on Thursday last , were quite sound when shipped , and under ordinary circumstances WQllW have reached London just as sound , but like all the potatoes of the present year , they had much more than the usual quantity of moisture , and much less than the usual quantity of alluvia , and the consequence was , that they heated and decayed after a few hours confinement in the hold ol' the ship . This shows that the best potatoes are unusuall y tender this year , and that the slightest relaxation < f care in keeping them is fatal to them . Under these circumstances it is absurd to expect that the malady will cease .
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Ixcendiauy Fire . — -On Sunday night last , a lone barn , containing a quantity of barley and oats , in the occupation of Mr . Scroggs , of Houghton Regis , near Dunstable , was discovered to be on fire between eleven and twelve o ' clock , and its contents , together with a hovel adjoining , were entirel y consumed . It is supposed to have been the vileactof an incendiary . The same night , three ploughs , tho property of Mr . Cook , of Houghton Regis , were broken in such a manner as to be rendered totally useless . —Aylesbury News .
Another Wixrson Election . — ' The rumour which has been current at Windsor lor some days past that Mr . Neville was about to receive a government appointment , which would necessarily compel him ttvacate his seat for the bo ough , has resolved itself ita more definite shape ; the report how being , thin Mr . Neville is to have a coniniissionership ( said to b . of customs ) to which a salary is attached of £ 1 , 200 ayear . In that event another election for the borough would not be far distant .
Great Meeting In St. Pancras,„To Petitio...
GREAT MEETING IN ST . PANCRAS , „ TO PETITION FOB ? TJH'E ; mEST-o ^ ATlONI QF ^ jQSXJg & L & li ^ In compliance with resolutions passed , at the . late ChartiBtConvra ^ rnltteVtoe Somers Town localityjippointed ' ^ deputation to wait on the " gentlemen composing . the St . . Pancras vestry ; to requestth ^ use of the vestry room s , fpr . the purpose of holtoga public meetm address her Majesty to restorethe exiles to . their . country . ' . " ^ The . vestry , with , theiriusual liberality , immediately grante ' dthe request , and on Monday evening , November 17 th ,. wa had the pleasure of wit ; iVessihg / one . of the largest . ( ' meetings ever congregated togetheria this part of the great metropolis . The voonis , ' staiicase ,, and large ' hall leading . thereto , being most densely crowded . At half-past seven o ' clock Mr . Hornby was unanimouslycailed to the chair , and , briefly stat-cu * Hie objects of the , meeting ; -also that Sir B . H & ll , Bart ., and Sir C . Napier , Knight , . members ibr . the borough , had bien written to requesting them to attend / but neither of them had returned . au answer ^ ( Oroahs and hisses ) . _ :. _ — - _— _ . _ ..
. Mr .. John . / Abbott .. said ,.. thai ^ rost ^ Williams , and Jones had been convicled for takingjjaYt in the unfortunate outbreak / at Newport , Vin / the ; ' year 1859 . At the trial counsel raised a poiiit of law in their favour , and the judges seemed to agree that theindictment was not good ; nevertheless , by a gross piece of inconsistency , they decided that the ' trial should proceed . Of oourse they were found guilty . The raised point of law was again brought forward , when the judges came to the marvellous conclusion that yesterday and . to . day . was one and the same time , and ordered thosehighly moral and strictly virtuous
patriots for , ' execution . ; ( Shame , shame . ) Fortunately this part of the tragedy was not . carried out , but , instead , they were senteaced to transportation for life . Messrs ^ Daniel O'Connell and Gray had -been liberated from prison , and the Canadian " rebels , !? who were taken with arms in their hands , had received , & free pardon ; and he did think that the severe punishment already undergone by those banished men were far more than , commensurate for any crime they might have committed , and that the time had arrived when clemency should be showed them . , { Great cheering . ) He had much pleasure in moving the following resolution : — .
" That this meeting are of opinion that no one should be punished ohlyin accordance with the injury inflicted on society ; . and arefurther of opinion that John Frost , Zephaniuh Williams , and William Jones , have fully atoned , by the punishment they have already received , for the crimes alleged against them , ; , and seeing that Gray , O'Connell , and others ; have . teen liberated , and the Canadi » n " rebels" pardoned , do consider that the said exiles should also be restored to their homes and families . Resolved , therefore , that this meeting petition the House of Commons to present an : address to her Majesty praying for a free pardon to the above-named exiles , " Mb . Gamble seconded the motion , : ' •¦¦ : ¦ ¦¦
Ms . C . Doxlb in rising to support the motion was received with great applause . He said , the resolution was one embracing such weighty matters , that even a man Who had been much before the public could scare * do it justice . The gentleman who had moved it had given the meeting a brief history of the trial and subsequent proceedings . The counsel employed in tlieir defence were certainl y some ofthe most , eminent men that had at any time adorned the bar , including the present llaron , Sir Frederick Pollock , and her Majesty ' s present Solicitor-General , Sir Fitzroy . Kelly , both . of whom were opposed to those great principles of democracy which he ( Mr . Doyle ) deemed essential to the political salvation of the masses . ( Loud cheers . ) Yet these men pledged their professional . honour that the indictment was bad in
point of law . The talent ofthe advocates , backed by the energies of the . people , had the effect of saving the victims'lives j ^ but they were taken in the dead of the night , dragged from their beds without being allowed to take a last look at / tlieir wives , ' families " , and friends , and banished to torture , w -rse than death , in a , felon land . ( Gn , at sensation . ) , ; ile would hot " defend . insurrection , but this he would say , that any man had a right to take a barn or other place in which to advocate . any political opinions ' he might hold , and iii this opinion he was borne out by th « learned judges who presidedat the late Chartist trials . He deplored the attempt made in 1 S 30 , but what was done , ne bad no doubt was merely the effect of reading English history . ' ( Hear , hear . ) The , people seeing aU thtir prayers treated with the utmost contumely , no
doubt said , we will no longer parte } with them , but use our sovereign might and right to achieve our liberties as our fathers did of old . ( Tremendous cheering . ) He reiterated his objection to physical force ; he wished to see an holy union of brotherhood established to effect the triumph of liberty , and only let the mass of wealth-producers be thus banded together , and such an union must prove irresistible . Siuco 1812 ho body would be rash enough to charge the great democratic body with being the advocates of- violent measures . He decidedly concurred with a previous speaker , that more than ample punishment had been administered to meet any offence these unfortunate men might have committed , and sure lie Wtts , that there was not one friend of humanityi but would agree with him , that these men ought now to be restored to their native land , their families , " and friends . ( Loud cheers . ) He had visited Newport . -and made it his business to inquire into the character of John Frost ;
men of all shades of politics agreed that he was a good citizen , a worthy neighbour , a kind magistrate , and an excellent mayor ; in a word , a philanthropist , ( Loud cheers . ) Williahs and Jones , although not so widely known , were equally respected in tho neighbourhood in which they had resided . He thought , after the endurance of six years exile by these patriots , it was high time that the people should raise their voices for their restoration . He trusted this meeting was only a beginning , and that the excellent example set by the men of Somers Town would be followed throughout the United Kingdom . Mr . Doyle resumed his seat amid the loudest acclamations of applause . The resolution was carried unanimously . : ¦ Ma . Stall wood read the following petition : —• " To the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parlia ment asseinblcd . The Petition of the inlutbitants of tin Parish of St . Patterns , in the Borough of ifarylehonc , in PuMie Meeting in the Vestry-ibont assam & ted ,
' * Shewcth—That your petitioners view with feelings of sorrow and commisseration tke long and painful sentence of transportation inflicted upon John Frost , Zephaniah "Williams , and John Jones , for participating in an outbreak at Newport , in Wales , ' in November , 1839 . Your petitioners 1-elieve that the time has at length arrived when clemency may be shown to these misguided men without any forfeiture of national justice or national interests . Your petitioners have seen ' with great pleasure that her Majesty ' s Government is favourably disposed to this humane measure , as evinced by the mitigation of the sentence of banishment passed upon the Canadian prisoners , taken in arms in the late insurrection in that country ; they , therefore , pray your Honourhlo House to present an humble address to hcr . Mitjcstyypraying hc-r to take the case of these men into her consideration , and be graciously pleased to remit the remainder of their sentence , and thus restore them to their distressed wives and families , And in return for this boon your peti . turners will ever pray . "
In moving the adoption of the petition , Mr . Stallwood recounted the several enthusiastic meetings held in the parish of St . Panevaa for a similar purpose , and was sure this meeting would be chayactevis . ed by a like unanimity . The petition he had read spoke for itself . It required no help from him to ensure its adoption ; and , knowing so well as he did their humane feeling aud devotion on this subject , it would be an insult to their better understanding were he to say more . He should , with great pleasure , move the adoption of the petition . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Llewellyn , a compatriot of John Frost , seconded the motion , and recounted many an interesting scene in the Welsh movement ; and , from a thirteen years' acquaintance with John Frost , sxioke highly of his great integrity , humanity , and patriotism . Mr . Llewellyn was loudly applauded .
Mr . Divm Ross , of Leeds , res * to support the motion , and met with a most hearty and enthusiastic welcome to London . He said he had entered the metropolis on Sunday , and had heard by accident of this meeting , and thomrhthe should have been highly , culpable had he not attended and added his mite of , sympathy to theirs . The persecution of these virtuous men had first converted him to democracy . Frost had suffered worse than death . He had been compelled to herd with thieves and mur . derers , in a foreign land far away from home , far from the wife of his bosom , and the . children of his affection . None could appreciate the value of their native land so well as the compulsory exile , more especially such a one as Jolltt frost , who strove to make it "The home « f the Briton—the land of the free . " ( Great cheering . ) Suroly
it was high time that mercy interceded . ( Loud cheers . ) But the Government was not to be blamed ; the people , and the people only , were to blame ; had they only exerted themselves as they ought to have done , those truly great and good men would have been restored to their country and friends long ere this . ( Cheers . ) It was not yet too lute . He was proud to sue on the platform one whose poesy gave light and life to his duageon . He had but once before had the pleasure of seeing Mr . Cooper , and then , as the song said , "' Twas in a crowd . " He had , in conjunction with 3 Ir . Cooper and many otliers , appeared as a representative of the people In Carpcnters ' - hall , Manchester , in time of peril . They separated , Mr . Cooper to his dungeon , and he ( Mr . Ross ) to be hunted as a fugitive through the land ; but now both were here , and the cause still progressing , ix proof— .
"That freeedom ' s battle onee begun , Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son , - Though baffled oft is ever won . " —( Loud cheers . ) The petition was unanimously adopted amidst loud hpplauso . Mr . Faebee had much pleasure in moving the subjoined resolution , and hoped the members of the present committee would not be scared from thtir purpose bv police spies as former committees had been , but stick to their purpose until their object was effected . Without doubt Mr . Ellis had been treated with Indescribable baseness .
" That tins meeting are of opinion that "Wm . Shcrrat Ellis was innocent of the crime with which ' lie wascharged , and that his conviction was based oh evidence [ jrocured at the expense of honour and conscience ; under these circumstances this meeting therefore resolve to petition the House of Commons to cause an address to be presented to her Majesty , praying the exercise of the Royal clemency for the restoration ofthe said Wm Sherrat Ellis to his country and disconsolate family . " - Mr . EnwA BDs seconded the motion , which was carried unanimousl y ,
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Mr . Thomas Coopbb , author *©* " The-Purgatory of ^^ 68 ) * ' ros £ Dog | ly Tpplaudea , and read the following "'ToniumndvraimhTComnwSsof GreafBrdam andIre-{' - Mte , KJin * Partiamriiea ! s «^«« ^ ^?« W « PeOtton of the vmamtants > opSUPcmiras ^ 1 M Borough ' of Maryi Jx : lebone ; inpMidmeeting in the Vestry-room - auevMeA ?? "H '" Sheweth—Thatyour petitioners are deeply impressed with'the conviction- thatiWilliam Ellis ; at preseut a tran : sport in Van iDiemhn ' s-land , ' for the alleged-crime of aiding and abetting the burning of the Rev . * W . Aitken ' s house ; at Hanley ,: in " the Staffordshire Potteries , on the night of ; the . 15 th of August , 1842 , is entirely innocent of the said crime . '' - ¦/ , - ¦; , - .-. _ .
iv . ' . f . Tb . at your- Petitioners have : learned from evidence , which they believe to be worthy of entire credibility , that the said William Ellis was ; at all times , opposed to violence and , disorder , and-was distinguished for the unswerving honesty and uprightness of his life ; and that the said-William Ellis most solemnly denied all participation in tho crime laid to his charge , and for which he was sentenced to twenly-oneyears' transportation . , ; . " That your petitioners entreat y * ur Honourable House to weigh in your minds the important facts that an alibi , comprising-the evidence of several highly credible witnesses , was produced-for the said William Ellis at his
trial ; and -that - the' evidence against the said William'Ellis ' depended on one - witness only ^ who first stated , that he saw , at the fires , a tall figure whh its back towards him , and that he afterwards saw only the side -face' blacked , of the said figure , aud yet could swear it was William Ellis . That your petitioners , de . pending on the high sense of justice which ought to characterise the English mind of your Honourable House , entreat you to review the- circumstances : new severally brought beforeyour consideration , and to reccointnend to Her Most Gracious . Majesty , the Queen , tlie immediate full and free pardon of the said William Ellis , and your petitioners-will ever pray . " .- ¦ .,- ¦¦
Mr . Coopee said—bearing in mind ; night and day , his solemn pledge to poor Ellis iu the dungeon , he had Incessantly laboured , privately , to secure interest for that injured andinnocent man ' s restoration to his native land . Yet he thought he had a right to complain of the indolent neglect shown by'the Exiles Hestoration Committee . He was told they had called tke meeting now held : he could only say they had not called it before the proper time . It was necessary for some one to speak out . He bad often purposed to try and get up a meeting of this hind in London ; but it so happened that the god-like cause of freedom was disgraced by the evil partisanship of petty spirits , who were ever ready to calumniate men for ovcr-busyirig themselves , and so his ifforts had been confined to privacy , with the -exception of starting two benevolent funds : for the relief of sufferers at home . He
would tell that meeting , however , that he hadjaboured iu this great cause privately . On account of having pub-Hshed a book ha had been sent for by certain great peopie ; but whoever sent for Thomas Cooper , the Chartist , always heard something about Chartism , much about the injured Ellis , and still more about the wrongs and sufferings of working men throughout this country . ( Cheers . ) He did not hold himself at liberty to mention names , generally , but the name of one noble-hearted and nobleminded , as well as titled lady , he would- msution : it was tho Countt gj of Blessington , ( Cheers . ) That lady listened , not only with patisnt attention to a description of the wrongs of Ellis , and ofthe sufferings of working men , and the injustice and oppressions practised upon them , but her tine countenance evinced a
deep sympathy with what she heard , and her eloquent tongue gave utterance to the indignation she felt for the tyrants and oppressors . "I know that we have bad laws , " was her language , " and I have long said that they who labour for all we enjoy are unjustly and ungratefully used . -Nothing fills me with greater abhorrence than the New Poor-law ; and it is my daily wonder that such a law remains unaltered . Wherever I go I state this openly and unflinchingly ; and you may depend upon it , Mr . Cooper , that I shall take cafe to spread , in my own circle , the truthful and distressing details you have given me this morning . " Mr . 0 . then related the account he had given to the countess of the fraud practised on the Duke of Rutland , when he went to view the union-bouse , or " bastile , " at Melton Mowbray , ia Leicestershire . The
grim prison-house was '" got up , " to use a milliner ' s phr :: se , to receive his grace . It was' arrayed iu such " apple-pie order , " that the . duke proclaimed himself surprised and delighted Willi it . Thus , these horrid j dens were displayed in such a state as to deceive influential visiters . The dreadful misery they contained was concealed , and a false and pernicious impression raised . in their favour . The duke had gone to visit the place in consequence of a conversation with his generous-minded relative , Lord John Manners , who was well known to be most energetically opposed to that hateful Jaw ; but though he went there halfdisposed to believe ' that Lord John Manners was righthe was so completely duped by the vilain-showmen ot" the Melton baatile , that he declared , on his return to Belvoir
Castle , he was satisfied with his first convictions , and he Would nok Jo ' iu his relative in opposing tlie Kew l * ooi Law . Lady B . would , no doubt , take care to spread that fact ; and it was one that he ( Mr . C . ) could easily substantiate . ( Cheers . ) Mr . C . then made a few brief observations on the petition for the recall of Frost , Williams , aud Jones , which had been already adopted by the meeting . ; He was glad , he said , that it had bien worded in such a way as to take nway offence ; none of the middle classes could refuse to sign it , because of what they might have termed "inflammatory language : " it was so -worded , tint even the members of the so-called " People ' s House" - might tako out their quizzing-glasses and scan it through , and yet be compelled to pronounce it respectful : " they could have no excuse for not
receiving it—no pretence for rcjectiiig it—oil account ot any offensive phraseology . In the sumo spirit , and with the same impressions as theso which had evidently guided the ' framers of that petition , he had drawn up the petition for poor Ellis ' s recal . ( Hear . ) True , if he had to choose the way of proceeding in this business / without regard to the prejudices and hostile feelings Of iutiUuutial parties , it would not be In tho lar . gunge of humanity , that he would approach them . He would be bold to proclaim either there , or at the bar of what was called "justice , " or on the scaffold itself , that if Hampden were justifiable ; if that great patriot ought to have a column raised to his memory on Chalgrove-field , and they had raised one ;—if he ought to have a ' statue in the new Houses of Parliament , —aiid ' Prince Albert , and the
rest of the committee had decreed that ho teas to have one;—then was John Frost justifiable , —then ought he to have a column at Newport , —then ought he to have a statue in the People ' s House —( cheers , )—and when that house truly became the people ' s he would have one . ( Cheers . ) Noble as Hampden ' s struggle was , it was less noble than Frost ' s—if the purpose that moved the breasts of either were considered . ILimpden " drew the sword and threw away the scabbard" to overthrow high tyranny iu government and religion , —but his mind , large and comprthensivc as it was , did not design the enfranchisement of every Engliihman arrived at the age of manhood : ho was not rilled , like generous Frost , with the wish to see every toiling son of labour exercising the rights and possessing the substance of the rights of a veritable
iree-man . ( Much cheering . ) Passing the strict truth of the ease by , h » wever , in order that our combat with prijudice inigUt not injure still more deeply , the suffering Exiles , these petitions had boon worded in such a tone ' as to avoid offenco ; and he was sure , from the feeling now evinced , they could , each and all , have but one wish , namely , that the petitions ' might speedily succeed . Mr . C . then entered into a feeling recital of William Ellis ' s case , especially pointing out the facts that Ellis himself most solemnly denied the crime alleged against him ; that an alibi was produced at his trial , proving that ho was at home and iu his bed at tho hours when Aiikeu ' s house was oh fire ; and that his conviction depended on but one witness who first said he saw the tofc of a toll figure at the five , and , then , for a few
moments , saw its side-face , Hacked , and y « t could swear it was Ellis . Great indignation was expressed by the meeting as Mr . 0 . recited these facts ; and , after malting an earnest appeal on behalf of poor Ellis ' s wife and three children , who have been , driven to setk relief from the parish authorities , Mr . C . concluded by holding up to the imitation of all present , the example of toiling patriots in all ages . They had been maligned , persecuted , chained , exiled , or martyred , but their spirits were unbroken , and their struggle bad not been in vain . Whenever one of these great and good beings had stept forth to hold up the lamp of truth , he was assailed , seized , and perhaps dragged down into the mire ; but soto another was found to take up the lamp , as it lay flickering , and to hold it up again . "See , " cried the minions of tyranny ,
" that fellow is now flashing the lamp in the people ' s eyes they will soon be too many for us—seize him!—down with him ! " And no sooner wjis he seized , and the lamp thrown down again into tho mire , than another high and generous spirit viewed it , and said "That is truth !""Do not say so , " whispered ihe tyrants , fawning round tho new advocate ! " Say that this is truth < " " 1 will not ! " wied out this new bold spirit ; " what you call truth is a lie , and I will proclaim it to the deatii ! " and again he rushed forward and plucked the lamp from the mire , and flashed it a ^ aiu upon the multitude , till they began to feel its glorious spirituality of light . Aye , spirituality ! for there was no cant , no priestly mockery in employing that : word on such a
theme 1 The light ot truth was so veritably spiritual that it could penetrate the bead and the heart , and vivifyboth . And that lamp had never been extinguished . No ! it was even now being lifted up and flashed in the eyes of the multitude , and they were vectiving and welcoming its light—and tyrants were trembling , " thrones , and dominions , and powers" were quaking , and dreading the mighty result . "Try to hold up the lamp ! " concluded the speaker ; "lightyour lesser lamps at the pure beam ! spread the effulgence on every hand , till every child of man catches the renewing influence , and at length the united human family—a band of brothers—together rise to swell tho choral shout on every shore , and from sea to sky— 'Liberty , liberty , liberty !'" ( Prolonged aud reuewed cheering followed this thrilling peroration . )
The petition was then put , and adopted unanimously . The petitions were ordered to lie at convenient places iii tho parish during the ensuing two months for signatures ) then to be placed in the hands of T . S . Buncombe , M . P ., ' for presentation . ¦ ; ..-.. Mr . Thomas Laurie moved , that- the best thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given to , tlie vestrymen of this parish , for the handsome manner in which they granted the use of the rooms ' on ihis occasion . The motion was seconded and carried by acclamation . ¦ - A vote of thanks was then giver , to the chairman , and the densely crowded , meeting departed , highly gratified with the good feeling exhibited for the exiled patriots .
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: DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF TWO LIVES . On Sunday morning , shortly before one o ' clock , a jfire , ' ; attendfld-wjJhjloss ; pfdife ; i 0 . courredin the anticjete , and interesting building hiiown as tlie Baths of St . " A ! jjhes le Clair , ' famed for Many . yearsr for iaedicinal virtues said , to . characterise thewatei's . " ; ^ ' ; , ' The .. 'fire was . first "discovered by policV-cbn ' stable DeaManj' 162 ^ burning ' in tho lower part of the front 'dweiling ^ attaclicd : to tho baths ; in the occupahey of Mrs . Mp ' ore , and wliich' are situate in Tabernade-square ,. Slioreditch , - ncario thejunction of the OJd-street-road and Pitficld-street . The premises we ' re built many years " since ; and were full of timber . They ; possessed a considerable frontage , great depth , and the house consisted of hot less than twelve or fourteen rooms . The communication between this and * the ' adjoining buildings was very slight , the only protection being a thin wainscoting of wood , which aided the progress , of the destructive element from north to south , and from east td west . nnrinunr TjtDf A VTi T noc nU 'Tttfn TIVPO
It was not without considerable trouble that the constable succeeded in arousing the inmates , not less than ten of whom were asleep iii the building at the time , and they were rescued with great difficulty from the flames . One of the young Mr . Moores was saved by police-constable Poller , 214 G , who courageously nioutitoda ladder ; and , talcing the young man upon his back , brought him down and lodged him in a neighbouring house . The poor fellow appeared to be nearly suffocated , and his face was severely burned , the eyebrows and hair ofthe headheing muchsinged ; A brother of hi 3 , -f ' earing to perish in tho flames , jumped from the window of the second floor , and fell
with fearful violence upon the edge of . a waterbutt iu the yard , by which hewassevcreiy cutabout tliehead and face ; andhis back considerably contused . He was picked up hy the constable 178 G , who took off his great coat to cover the naked and wounded man , and conveyed him to the house of Mr . G . Titterton , a licensed victualler ; in the Old-street-road , who received tlie sufferer , and sent for medical assistance . Several other persons escaped by jumping out of the windows , and some of them were considerably in juredi Mr . Charles Moore , whoescaped in this manner , was so seriously injured that he still lies in a very precarious state .
While" these efforts were being made to save the lirc g of the inmates , tho flamce progressed with frightful rapidity , mounting from the lower to the upper floors . Messengers wei-o dispatched to the several'engine-stations , and in a brief space the Whitecross-street , Jeffry-squnre , and Watling-street engines of the brigade , under the superintendence of Mr . Braidwood , and the direction of Mr . Crockland : the parish engine of Shoreditch , and the West of England , with Mr . Connorton and the company ' s firemen , arrived at the scene . The fire-plugs were iuuuediaUly drawn , and copious streams of water were directed . upon the fire , but it was quite clear that , all attempts to save the dwellings in iront of the baths must prove fruitless . The attention of the firemcft was . conssquently directed to the critical state
ofthe adjoining property , and extraordinary exertions were made to confine the fire to the area in which it was then burning , and especially to prevent its extension to the spirit stores of the Angel and Crown , in the occupation of Mr . Gurney . This was happily effected by the judicious conduct of Mr . lirahlwood , who , perceiving the progress the fire was making in that quarter , ordered his men to tear down part of the pannelling and carry the branch of one of the engines into the bar , for the purpose of keeping down the flames . This had the desired effect ; for although the flame was so strong that it penetrated through the partition and burned , the paper off the ceiling of tho bar , it was stayed from proceeding further . Shortly after this ,
the flame ' s having reached the roof , a heavy mass of tiles , it fell in , and at that moment the fire exhibited a brilliant and striking , appearance . The attention of the firemen was then especially directed to the rear of the building , and there the West of Ehglaud and Brigade engines rendered efficient service—the baths being saved from utter destruction by the united efforts of the firemen belonging to both . At the rear of the Angel and Crown the flames committed great havoc , the side front being much damaged , the roof of the spirit-room . being partly burned off , and the back of the building seriously injured . On the north side , the premises in the occupation of Mr . Peel , coffee-house keeper , and those of Mr . George Beeson , , potatoe dealer , numbered two
and thre * , in Tabernacle-square , are seriously damaged by fire and water , and the contents by removal , during the excitement which prevailed when the fire was at its height . Upon . making inquiries at this juncture as to the fate of tlie inmates , it was ascertained that two of them , a mother and her child , were missing . The feeling of sympathy which' prevailed at the . time this appalling fact became known was most intense , and the utmost efforts of the bystanders were put into requisition to trace the missing parties . Up to half-past five o ' clock no tidings were' heard of either of them , and shortly before six the body of Mrs . . 0 . Moore was found by one of the firemen who was engaged in exploring the ruins . The poor creature was stretched upon one ofthe rafters on the second floorher head
, aud arms hanging over a charred beam , as though she had fallen in attempting to escape . ' The body was most frightfully burned , one of the feet bein > f quite consumed , and the whole of the breast and baek being completely calcined . Samuel Girard and Edwin Perrier , two of the brigade , assisted by the West of England firemen , took steps for the removal ofthe remains , and a vhell having been subsequently procured , the body was couveyedto the wovkhouse of Shoreditch . Shortly before e ' ight o ' clock one of the firemen discovered the body of a youth , shockingly burned , lying upon the wreck of a bedstead , on a
portion of the floor which still continued standing . He was quite dead , and much disfigured , Blankets were procured , and the body wrapped in them , and another shell being obtained , the poor lad , whose name is George Hall , son of the unfortunate woman who slept in the same room , was conveyed to the same place where his mother ' s remains await the inquiry of a coroner ' s jury , flow the lire originated is at present a mystery . It is , however , supposed by Mrs . Moore to have been caused by some embers from cigars , as there had been parties smoking in the coffee-rooms the previous evening .
I ho following is a copy of the official report ofthe damage . Nov . 1 G , 1845 , 12 . 30 . a . m . —Fire at the Agnes 1 c Clair swimming baths , 8 , Tabernacle-square , occupied by Mrs . R . M . Moore . Cause unknown . Nearly the whole of the front dwelling-house is consumed , as well as the contents therein ; the roofs of the baths at the back damaged' by fire and water . Engines that attended—Three of the Brigade ; the West of England , one ; and another from Shoreditch parish . Building insured in the Royal Exchange . The contents not known if insured . No . 3 . —Charles Peel , coffee-house keeper ( adjoining ); house gutted , and the whole ofthe contents of a 7 or 8 roomed house destroyed . Insured in the Pb » nix and Royal Exchange offices .
'Ihe Angel and Crown , Mr . II . Gurney , victualler . Side front considerably damaged , part of roof off the spirit room , bar and back parlour materially injured by fire and water . Insured in the Sun and Phoenix offices . No . 2 . Tabernacle-square . —Mr . George Beson , potatoe-dealer . Building severely injuied . Insured in the Royal Exchange office .
INQUEST OX THE BODIES . On Tuesday Mr . "William Baker , coroner for the eastern division of Middlesex , held an inquest at the Black Horse , Kingsland-road , on the bodies of Sarah Moore , aged 42 , and George Hall , aged 11 , the unfortunate individuals who perished in the above fire . The jury having been sworn , and a foreman chosen , they proceeded , accompanied by the coroner , to Shoreditch Workhouse , for the purpose o : viewing the bodies . Upon their return to the inquest-room , the following evidence was taken : —
Mr . Richard M . Moore said that he was the proprietor of the St . Agnes LoClairswimming-baths , in Tabernacle-s-quare , Finsbury . The deceased , Sarah Moore , was the wife of Charles Moore , an assistant at the baths . On themorning of Sunday last , about a quarter before one o ' clock , he was awakened by his brother Frederick- , who told witness that he thought the place was on fire , lie then ran down the stairs and traced the smoke to the parlour , and upon openmgthe door smoke rushed out , but he could not see any fire . Witness told his . brother to go down into the kitchen and procure a pan of water , which he did , and which he threw in the direction the smoke arose from . Witness nt ' tcrwivrda escaped upstairs , and was found nearly suffocated upon the roof of the
cold bath , and was rescued by a policeman . The kitchen adjoins the parlour . Mr . Charles Moore , his wife , the deceased George Hail , slept in the same room . They were all alarmed ; but Mrs . 0 . Moove and her son were unable to escape , and they were burnt in tho building . He could not tell Low the fire originated . It was not from gass . The baths were lighted only by oil and candles . There was no combustible material in the parlour except the furniture . Witness was in the parlour about eleven o ' clock , and turned the oil-lamp out , but left another burning in the passage . There was a report that the fire arose from cigar smoking , but ho was positive that it did not arise from that cause . The baths had been insured for the last ten years and upwards in the Royal Exchange Fire-office .
. B y the Coroner : I had not smelt fire during the previous evening . By a juror : The smoking and bagatelle room was at the back' of the building ,- in a different part to where the fire commenced . . . Mr . Frederick Augustus Moore gave similar testimony . William DeomaU i police constable 162 G ., deposed to having discovered aud having aroused tho inmates ofthe house . Witness bad no reason to believe that the ^ hre had arisen- from any other eauso than mere accident .
A question having arisen as to the identity ofthe bodies , the Coroner in quired Of Mr . Charles Moore if he had any doubt 8 S to whether the remains were these titlm wife and child ; ho having answered in the negative , the Coroner asked him if he could throw
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of a winch , which is not so laborious as tlJ" ^ churn . uc usujj Post-office Regulation with Rkferev the Transmission of NEWsi \\ pjats . ~ Consifi , J misapprehension has for some time existed witli ^ ence to the following point iiithe practice f * Post-office—the right of newsvendors , and then v * * generally , to write the name of the sender «* initials of such party , in addition to the addr e the person to . whom such newspaper is huemf i C ' be delivered / It has been , at length , officially de .-, that newsvendors may have their names and a S \ ^ printed on the covers of newspapers , but ilk- ^ not permitted to write them . } *&
Detection * op a Murderer . —Some months , we published in " this journal the detaiU of a horKhi and deliberate murder , perpetrated at Clareuior in the county of Mayo , by ai man named 0 , Dunnrii , upon a person named Mannion , a cousin of thZ ' derer . O'Dohnell , who escaped at the time , has si !!' been captured in America . , " '' Seduction akd Manslaughter . —Last week : _ quest was held at Liverpool , on the bodv of amnamed John Ratcliffe , who was killed bv AVill ; ' !?
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DlSCOVEBY OF A NEW DIAMOND MlNE IN BRAXIL . v . An immense diamond mine was discovered in ( V , province of Bahia , in October , 1 S 44 , by a slave , ^ in twenty days had gathered TOO carats of diamonds and carried them a considerable distance for sale * Arrested and imprisoned , the'slave obstinatel y ^ fused to disclose the locus in quo . They therefore icj him loose , and put a number of intelligent Judians upon his "trail . " The latter pursued him for several days , and found him working for the extraction of the . diamonds not far from Caxoeira , the secous ! ci-v of Bahia . Investigations were then made on a larVe scale along a chain of mountains called the Sincura which have given the name to this mine . The pi ' ol duce is immense . The works already coyer a supj r . fices of more than thirty leagues !
Death -amongst the- 'Amstockaot . —Lord Hart . land died or . Tuesday the 11 th inst ., at Stokes-tewn . house , county Roscommon , Ireland . The deceased leaves no issue ; the title is now extinct . The Ui 4 t Hon . Wm . Dundas died at Quarry House , hisrei dence at St . Lconards-on-Sea , on Friday , Kn \ : utj , He was second son of the Right Honourable Robert Dundas , Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exehe . qv . er in Scotland . He held , at his death , the oStc of Lord Clerk Register , Keeper ef the Signet , ai j
Register of-basines , in bcotlaud . He received a sum little short of £ 4 , 000 annually from the public pu ^ e , The Earl of Verulam died on Tuesday morning last . at Gorlmmbury , the ancient family seat , near sV Alban ' s , Herts . The deceased was in his 7 l » t year ! His son . Viscount Grimston , M . B ., succeeds to tlie title . The Dowager Lady Holland died on Tuesday morning last , at her residence in South-street . Viscountess Canterbury died on Monday last at Clifton Wells . Her husband died only in Jiily Jast .
Dreadful Accident . —As a miner , of the name of John Rae , was ascending from his work on Tluifcthv , 6 th current , up the No . 3 pit , Wishaw Colliery , near Glasgow , through some cause the machinery ran at such a velocity that the unfortunate man ' s biains were smashed to pieces in coming up the pit . Rae has left a widow and two children to deplore his loss .
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BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , November 18 , 1315 . J John SciiltliorjiC , of Brick-hill-lnne , Upper Tliamwstreet , colournian—William Victors , late of 12 , llowgate . street , but now ot' 4 , Carter-street , Walworth-road , bill broker—James Crane , of 11 , Croolceil-lane , City , and late of Stamford-bridge , Fulham , maltster— William Absalom Darry , of 3 , Ch .-irles-street , 'Westbourne-terrace , l ' ailiVing ton , ' builder—Benjamin Pnrnell , late of liiipert-strcet , lVliitechiipel , and now of New-street , Stepney , dealer in vinegar— John Lovegrove , of 57 , EotLorhitlie-street , lto .
therhithe , barge builder— Thomas Wilkinson , oi' 77 , Quad , rant , Regent-street , an J 9 , Uuthurst-plaee . Sussex-sijuare , ironmonger—Benjamin Wiide , of 111 , Strand , tailor—Hugh Vushe Vriee , of Holy well , Flintshire , linen draper—Samuel Abbott , of Nether Stowey , ' Somersetshire , linen draper—Thomas Bailey , of Bristol , builder— Thomas Simpson , of Stourbridge , Worcestershire , livery stablekeeysi- — William Asliton , of Vicfcering , Yorkshire , spirit merchant—Chuuncev Robbing and William Smith Martin , of JJirminjrtiam , merchants—John Ownsworth Harvey , of Xewarfc , Kottiashmnshire , grocer .
DIVIDENDS DECLARED . John and William Herring , of Ncwcastk . iipon . Tvne , timber merchants , sce-ind and linal dividend of i'ld ia the pound , payable at 57 , Grcy-strcet , Kcwcastle-upuii-Tyne , any Saturday . Martha Chec-tlia > . i and William Cheetham , of Manchester , piece dyers , first dividend of u ' s ( id in the pouuJ , payable at 72 . George-strcet , Manchester , any Tuesday . John Lowtliin and Kit-hard Jackson Briiiley , ol ' Xwcastle-upon-Tyne , printers , first dividend of * 12 s in : ! : e pound , payable at 111 , Pilgrim-street , Kewcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday . Benjamin Cohen , of Bishop $ w « armouth , hawker , fist and linal dividend of Sd in the pound , payable at 111 , I'll grlm-strect , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday .
DIVIDENDS TO DE DECLARED . Al ( hi Court of Bankruptcy , London . Theodore Loekhart and Charles Loekhart , 15 G , Cheapaide , and Fulham , Jiiddlectx , florists , December 2 , » U « —David Low , of Adam ' s-cuurt , Old Broad-strect , Ca merchant , December 9 . at half-past one—Joseph Wife " , of 114 , Jermyn-street , St . James ' s , hoot maker , Dccciultt 9 , at one— John Jinowles , Ilem-y Iioduell , GeorgoI ! us . il PavUev , and John Thomas King , ot * Throgmorton-sUtfi City , silk brokers , December 9 , at half-past one .
In the CounSry . John Law and Eli Hudson , ol ilamsdenwood , lane * shire , cotton summers , December 12 , at twelve , at it * Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—John Backliuiir- ' i *' Liverpool , merchant , December 10 , at twelve , at fin- C *' " of Bankruptcy , Liverpool—llobert Edwards , of Abrrd « ' * i Merionethshire , draper , December lo , at eleven , ' , | : e Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool—John Milne , of J- " pool , painter , December 10 , at twelve , at the Cot **?"' Bankruptcy , Liverpool—John Britain , sen ., of Din "'' : ' ham , jeweller , Ducember 12 , at twelve , at the CuW ' . ' Hankruptcy , llirminghnm — Joseph iUhbam-, ef l [ om Lacy , Herefordshire , farmer , December lo , at clew" -. ?
tho Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham— William Dime' "' - of Sheffield , grocer , December IS , at eleven , at tUeCuw ' of Bankruptcy , Leeds—Venwick Loraine , of * S " c » w * upou-Tyne , bookseller , December 11 , at two , at tlif f ^ j « £ Bankruptcy , Ifewcastle-upon-Tync—Vctcr Hansel * - ° , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , merchant , December 11 , at onf . ' the Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne- ^* : ! ' * Jobling Avion , of South Shield ? , linen draper , lkcei- ' " 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Nowc ; i 3 r " w * i * Y Tyne—William Broomhead , of Birmingham and Sherd '" 1 '; - merchant , December 11 , at eleven , at the Court of W- " ruptcy , Birmingham . Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to * ts contrary on the day of meeting . . 1
John Lambert , of New lilvet , Durham , grocer , l' * .- ;' ber 9—Christopher Wakefield , lato ot Hampton '¦*' » K ' ! i " tuallev , December 11—John Hill , of Hammers- ' " * " ' ' ' . ' •' iuailer , December O-Feter Hansen , of Newcastle- " !*' Tyne , merchant , Bcuembei-9—James Thompsonan , , JB Thompson , * of Leeds , stockbrokers , Decsnibc-r M-- " - ' Wild , of Bristol , glazier , December 0—IViUiam w * ^ Hall , of Liverpool , victualler , December 0—George -.. ^ Baron , of Plymouth , money scrivener , Bccciii lw" * . ' ¦ John Dawson , of Spoth-. nd and Manchester , calieo l > t ' ' » ; » December 11-John Adamson , of Stockport , P' f '• December 13-Geoi-ge Frederick-Stanley Ishe-rwoo * i , Hulme , Lancashiro , engraver , December 13—Hc-m-v " - ' of Blackburn , Lancashire , ctrvsalte )' , December Id . CEJvnncATiss to he jjranted by tke Court of neriew , «** ** cause be shown to tho contrarv , on or before Deccniu j Henry Kohne , of Lawrence Pouiitney-lane , City , a ' Dovchestw-pliice , Kew HortU . road , wholes ale staj *» t facturer-Joseph Thorn , of New Brentford and w Ealing , paperhanger-John Londe , Tabkijuer , o nungliam , auctioneer-Charles Uidinas , ot M * - * - " - ' ., „ , cotton manufacturer — William Best , ot Sout'W ' - 'r printer—John Shorland , of Bristol , grocer .
. JAlTXZaSHlPS DlSJOlVKB . ,. \ t & Isaac Green and Henry Green , of Halifax , " '"' „* —Joseph Lindon , Joseph White Linuon , and i » { ii Angell Lindon , of Plymouth , merchants , solar » ?* " ^ J Joseph White Lindon)—Thomas Frederick -U * J ,. Samuel Beetie Cator Barrett , of 176 * , Sloane-Strcev . sea , surgeons-William Wrefovd ; Edwin CM- ? 'V ^ aud William EUicombe Wreford , of Bristol , s ^ . " . ^ , -Thomas Kemvorthy Kowbothnm , Henry Bo * w c , and Robert Johnson Kenworthy , of M ;> nu " ,,. Viioiii ' Brinksway , Cheshire , bleachers ( so far as reS : , t [ ., i ; 1 ; C '* > Kenworthy Kowbothmn-J . Bloor and R . Area eii j . of Tutbuw . Staffordshire , farmers—John Attan = ° j * Wai .
ton and llobert Stanslield Kerell , of 24 , ^ n n'Z ^ worth , booksellers—Henry Louis IVinter and - >• ¦ ' ; f t | , 8 Cranvnern , of 21 , New North-s & veet . proi" - * 10 ^ \\ t & North-green Saw-mills-John Srodrick , J ""; ' ; '' joK 1 . Clarke , of Kiiigston-upon-Haa , wine i «« . -rcu «» ^ i Itidsdale , Arthur Hirst , anu Chavte Edward i < - 5 ^ Manchester , stock brokers ^ -John Clarke ai m , „ Carter ' Bennett , of Long Sutton , Lincolns iuro , u * -- , tlltt r agricultural implements — Frederick Macww jot-Mackie , and John 'William Ewing , of "ta' ^" " j joW with , nurserymen--E . W . Pernie and Companji ) ts ( jJ Williams , jun ., av . d Brothers , Manganese iuc »¦ ' anJ ) - far as regards thf ,. firm of E . W . Ferine aj ^^ s ' er / , ' William Masters ' . Collings and Anthony Jo . m - ^ & A Newport , Monr . louthshire , painters- » ano J »¦ » j ^ lvP Emma Owen ' of Catterall , Lancashire , P * 'f ' " „ ,, ' ' -Francis M- orris , and Thomas Morns , » L ' ! j rpP , road , Surtttjy , t ^ e OW Swan , Lon-10 » -W ' o i I Xhames-str . cot , wharfingers .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22111845/page/6/
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