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THE MURDER AT NEWINGTON. Ixqubst.—Saturd...
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AMERICAN AFF- AiRS . peace " and war . _nr _mthP New York Journal vf Commerce . ! [ From the ivewx _™ f e ftr _? _^ _JTiSirTS it appears to ns that _maintainms a »™ _S Tif as our Washington cor-D 0 WB £ Sffl _«?»««»¦«* termfnat _? tl , e _j _^ ondent mti mates oar territ _JfSS 3 _Kf-S ? T such be our intention , we _? UEhtto _incrie bath onr army and our mvyona _^" commensurate with the dangers we incur At _^ same time we ought , much mote than England , to be fcrtiMng our coasts andgirmng onour _ai-mour . The idea that we can take possession ol Oregon , as a _substitute for the joint accupaucy , without bringing on a war , is not founded upon any argument drawn from the nature of man or from thB lessons
of experience . The millennium has not yet come , and will not until nations learn not to provoke war as well as to abstain from war . To stand here and talk about the spirit of the age while we practise the spirit of past ages is absurd . If we take separate possession of Oregon England will do so too . If we _fortjfV and garrison important points she will do the same ] If we send armed ships there , she will send more . Dow long can such a state of semi-hostile competition exist without producing actual hostilities ? It matters little whether the war begin in Oregon or on tlie Atlantic , whether -with or without a declaration . Begin where or how it may , the flame will spread swiftly over land and sea till two great nations , bound together by the ties of nature ,
religion , language , laws , commerce , « fcc , have become enveloped in the direful conflagration . And how or when will it end ? Who will first cry _'Peccavi ? " Who will first make overtures for peace ? Neither , until exhausted by loss of blood and treasure , until restored to right reason and a proper regard to the claims of others , until made to appreciate the blessings of peace by their loss , and the horrors of war by their dread reality . But suppose actual war should not ensue , —suppose only a state of uncertainty , distrust , and preparation should exist , until the expiration ofthe year ' s notice , and until somo fortunate plan of adjustment should be hit upon , which might just as well be adopted now , —who will restore to ns the millions upon
millions wasted upon such precautionary measures , and the millions upon millions more lost through the _derangements of business , the uncertainty of commer _ciafcalenlationB , and the innumerable train of evils connected with the _serious apprehension of war with such a power as England ? When Mexico growls and snarls at us , we look on calmly , or perhaps with a smile , knowinc that she cannot seriously harm us ; but before we encounter the power of England , especially with a bad cause , and having refused friendly overtures , it becomes U 3 to ait down and count the cost . The plea that she has more tolose hy war than we have , even if it were true , is of no importance . Men are not always governed by considerations of dollars and cents . A madman is willing to perish , if he can destroy liis foe . This is precisely the spirit of war ; it is also the spirit of hell . It fires the-vilest passions , converts men into
fiends , and then sends them to destruction . Admit , for the occasion , that England would lose most by a wm * ; should we gain what she lost ? Suppose we could Wot England from the page of nations , or even Irom the earth , how much should we gain by it ? Would not her destruction rebound with terrible effect upon ourselves , and in a mnltitune of ways ? But we need not borrow trouble on that head . England can take care of herself . She is unquestionably at _tiiis day the most powerful nation on the globe . At the same time , she appreciates the strength and resources ofthe United States . This is evident from her efforts for the peaceable adjustment of the dispute ; and also from hor formidable preparations of defence as well as offence when the prospect of a friendly issue recedes . If these views are " anti-American , " as the Hartford Times is pleased to term them , we cannot help it . If te be an American it is necessary to play the bully and the fool , we will leave the honour to others .
Speech On The Oregon Question By Daniel ...
SPEECH ON THE OREGON QUESTION BY DANIEL WEBSTER . [ Mr . Webster has made a long speech on this subject at Boston , which may be regarded as expressing- the sentiments ofhis parly ; bnt it must be remembered that his party are the Whigs—the "outs '—wholnwe no power , save tho power of public opinion , and that , or at least thc opinion of thc majority , was declared against his party when Clay was rejected and Polk elected . We are no admirers of Daniel Webster nor his party ; but as we wish to give oar readers all the information we can on this " momentous question , " and as , with that view , we gave last week the views and declarations of the Polk men , It Is not only fair , but is also necessary , that Englishmen should hear the other party ] . I suppose it is the sentiment of eveiy sensible and
just man that the preservation of the peace of the country on honourable terms , and under circumstances favourable to the great interests of the country , is an object in itself highly desirable . Isuppose I may take it for granted tliat , in the judgment of this assembly , the public peace of two great commercial countries , which hold together a daily intercourse exceeding that between any other two countries in the world , shall not be lightly disturbed ; and upon the foundation of these general ideas to say a word or two upon a subject which seems within a few days to have excited considerable alarm . The only question now remaining out of all those wliich have excited attention between the countries , Is the question of the Oregon territory . What is the question ? Howdoes it stand ? The Oregon territory embraces that
part of the continent which lies west of the Stony Mountains , and between the Stony Mountains and the Pacific . It is uot necessary to go into the history of the discovery of the territory , or of the rights which one or other party find to it . It is enough to say it ia in dispute between England and the . United States , and has been iu dispute for forty years . This controversy seems now to be approaching a sort of crisis ; aud there are , from time te time , symptoms of alarm on one side ofthe Atlantic or thc other , as to the consequence of the course of policy which either Government may pursue . Let us look fairly and calmly to see how it stands . The _territory , as I have said , has been the subject of claim , m whole or in part , by both Governments for a great many years . It has constantly been the subject of
negotiation , and yet the Government has not been able to agree . As far back as 1818 , not being able to come to termsof agreement , they stipulated by aconvention , whichisinforccattliispresentmomeiit _. thatthewhole territory should be thrown open to both countries until tlic boundary was finally settled . That was the provision of convention , which was confined at first to limit of ten years ; afterwards continued by agreement indefinitely—or until one of thc two nations expressed a disposition to terminate it . That signification of a disposition to end it as never been given by either party , and the whole country of Oregon " at this moment is open to the hunting , the settlements , the commerce , and the ships of both nations , under treaty stipulations . Now , Gentlemen , I desire to speak with the utmost care , and I
hope that I may not bo inthe slightest degree misunderstood , while I proceed to make a few remarks on this subject . And , in the first place , I say to you , and through you to the country , what all know , that in the whole scope of this question it appears that this is a subject for negotiation , for discussion , for amicable settlement ; and so it has beeu regarded by both Governments for the whole length of time . It was because the two Governments could not agree as to the properdivision ef theterritory , or upon anyotherar _rangenienktfhat in ISIS they determined on joint occupation until they could come tosome understanding about it . And , with the same spirit , this Government , at three different times , in 1818 , in 1824 , in 1 S 2 G , has proposed to the British Government a straight line of division , the parallel of 49 deg ., all north of which
sliould be assigned to England , and all south belong to America . While the English Government did not accede to this proposition of our Government , it did not insist npon any right to the whole of Oregon . Therefore the position of the question , by the admission of both Governments , tlirough this long series of years , is that ofa question for discussion and negotiation , and compromise , and amicable settlement . ( Prolonged applause . ) Now , Gentlemen , I read , with Interest of course , the discussion upon this subject in the House of Commons three months ago , resulting in an expression of opinion by the British Premier , which received the sanction of that house ; and 1 nm willing ta avail myself of the language of that Minister upon this subject , and apply it to one side of the question , as he did to his . I have nothing
to ooinplain ' of as to the temper of that language ; I am free to say that it was a temper becoming a largeminded , liberal , and jnst statesman . But what the British Minister said in the Bouse of Commonsin its sum and _substance—*** _*« , that England had rights in _regai-d to this question that must be and would be respected . I adopt the same language on onr side , and say that we also have rights that ought to be , must he " , and will be , respected . ( Cheers . ) Now , Gentlemen , I do not propose to express to you an opinion upon thl 3 subject . I hare no better opinion than any one of you as to the manner in which this adjustment ought to be made , but I have full _confidence , the utmost confidence , that it can be made ; tiiat it can be made , by wise and moderate measures in a manner perfectly
consistent with the honour and with all the _rights of all parties . ( Cheers . ) I am the more confident 01 this when 1 look a little forward and sec thc state of wings which is not far in advance . Where is Oregon ? On the _sheres ofthe Pacific , 3 , 000 miles from ns _^ and _twio ? as far from England . Who is to settle it ? Americans mainly ; some settlers nndoiibtculT from _England ; but aU Anglo-Saxons ; all men educated in notions of independent government , and al * _seu-oependent . And now let me ask if there be _^ _** _£¥ _» «» _&<> _wlwJe United States who _brcidreLv , _" - _» JF * *™ _* at _™ cn fifty or a fi _^ _ttiSSSS' ITT rf _^ « e _^ P « on shaU _fcat C _^? ? B fhfl _^ res of thc Pacific Ocean , _•*^ rf _^ £ _152 | "" a * 3 * ** _™* _5 er tbe rule _^ l _^ eai . _Tk _* _SS Cocg « ss or the British _Par-*¦* _= * _TOtt raise _n _, standard for themselves _.
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and they ought to do it . I look forward to the period when they will do this as not so far distant , but that many nowpresent , and those notamong the youngest of us , will see a great Pacific Republican nation . 1 believe that it is in the course of Providence and of human destiny that a great state is to arise _. of Eng . lish and American descent , whose power will be established over the country on the shores of thc Pacific ; and that all those rights of natural and political liberty , all those great principles that both nations have inherited from t ieir fathers , will be transmitted through us to them , so that there will exist at the mouth of the Columbia , or more probably further south , a great Pacific Republic , a nation where our children may go for a residence , _separating themselves fiom this Government , and forming an
integral part of a new government , half way between England and China , in the most healthful , fertile , and desirable pertion of the globe , and quite too far remote from Europe and from this side of the American continent to be under the governmental influence of either country . This state of things is by no means so far off as we may imagine , by no means so remote from the present time as may be supposed ; and , looking to this state of things , this question becomes one upon which intelligent and _well-deposed men might very readily come to an agreement . But , Gentlemen , in this point of view , is this a subject upon whicli it is proper by popular appeal , or by loud representations of patriotism , or by a sort of stormy defiance of tlie power of a great nation on our side—is it proper , on the other
side , by cries about the maritime ascendancy of England , the great wealth , the dignity , the power , the martial prowess of England—it is a question on which , by outcries of this sort on cither side of the ocean , these two great communities are to be embroiled and plagued in all their commercial and friendly relations , or to bc compelled to run into the horrors of war ? No , Gentlemen ; the spirit of the age is agaiust it . _ I have said I will not undertake to express an opinion as to the manner in which the quesmay be settled . I will say , however , what appears to be natural . It is well known that the forty-ninth degree of latitude is the boundary line between the western part of tliis country and the British provinces , as far as the foot of the Stony Mountains . It seem - to be natural enough , if the two Governments
contemplate a change , ~ that they should agree to an exten tion of this same line westward ; that the two should keep on abreast , side by side , with the same line of division till they reach thc Pacific Ocean . It is well known that , about where the Columbia river crosses on the forty-ninth parallel , it makes a turn , and flows nearly southward . Very well . Suppose it made as sudden a sweep to the northward . England would then naturally say , thi . * river , which has been making westward , sweeps to the northward ; instead of making with it a greai bend to the north , we will leave it and go on straight to the Pacific Ocean on this parallel of 49 degrees _. For the same reason , it is not unnatural for the United States _^ to say , since it proves that the river makes a circuit to the south , instead of following that
circuit , we will go straight upon the 49 th parallel till we meet the shore of the Pacific Ocean . This very proposition has been made to the British _Government three successive times . It was made in 1818 , in 1824 , and in 1 S 20 , again and again , to follow up the 49 th parallel westward from the Lake of the Woods , not only to the foot of the Rocky Mountains , but over the mountains and onward to the ocean . I am not about to say whether this is a proper division of the territory or not . \ But I do say , that it has been so often repeated in this manner twenty-five , and twenty , and eighteen years ago , it is an admission that there is something to negotiate about and treat about for either side—that it is not a question free from difficulty on either side . ( Applause . ) Now , Gentlemen , who is the
man at the head of either Government who will take upon himself the responsibility of bringiug on a war between two nations like Great Britain and America , upon a question of this kind , until he is prepared to show that anything and everything that he eould do has been done to avoid such a terrible ultimate result ? ( Mr . Webster was interrupted here by renewed cheers . ) If a British Minister , under whose administration a war should ensue on the question , cannot stand up in Parliament and show that it is not his fault—cannot show that he has done everything which an honest and sensible man could do to avert the conflict , I undertake to say that no power or popularity can uphold his shaking position for an hour ( cheers ) . And in the same sense and spirit , I say , that if , in this country , any party shall ,
before we are aware of it , plunge us into a war upon this question , it must expect to meet a very severe interrogatory from the American people—must expect to prepare itself to show that it has done all it could , without any bias _from tlie pride of successor _thclove of war—all that it could do to keep the nation safe from so great a calamity , with the preservation of its rights and its honour . —Gentlemen , it appearto me that any man , Prixie Minister of England , or President of the United States , who should unncessavily light up the flames of war upon such a subject —flames , let me add , that will burn over the whole globe—niay well consider the genius of his country addressing to him the words which the orator of Rome supposed the genius oi his country would address to him , if he did
not quell the Cataline conspiracy : "An cum _bello Vestabitur Italia vexabuntur urbes , tecta ardebunt ; turn te non existimas _invidise incendio conflagraturum . " ( Applause . ) No , Gentlemen ; the man who shall , incautiously , or led on by false ambition or party pride , kindle those fires of war over the globi on this question must look out for it—must expect to be himself consumed in a burning conflagration of general reproach . _( Prolonged cheers . ) There will be a publie indignation before which no popularity _, public or private , can stand—it will melt down even monument of the dead , it will destroy all respect for thc living , it will burn up every vestige of respect for individual worth , if unnecessarily , it recklessly , i * ambitiously , it has plunged the subjects and citizens of twocivilized Christian states of the world into
wara war which shall cause the loss of millions of wealthshall turn cities to smoke—shall cost thousands and ' hundreds of thousands of lives ; and those _smoking cities , and that destruction of property , and thai sacrifice of life , shall be found over the whole globe , In every latitude and longitude , surrounding the ball on which we live . Now , Gentlemen , I do not propose that on this subject we take any alarm . I propose that we keep ourselves cool and calm . In some ol the Southern cities there is now some agitation for fear of war . I . regret this much- I hardly say I regret the feeling ; that is natural . But I regret the eau 3 e . It is a common mistake of men not in the most elevated position , that they think they can play the small patriot safely in a small style . ( Laughter . ) These are those who think that they can talk of a war with England and any other nation ; and get credit for their patriotism and lofty love of country , but keep the game in their own hands . That mar not happen . At any rate , that is not the way nor the
course which just , and lofty , and respectable men feel on the great question of peace or war . This constant speculation , this supposition that war may come , is half as bad as war itself . It interferes in all the business and arrangements of life . It confounds and confuses men in regard to their own business plans . What we want is settled peace , and the conviction that peace will remain until there is some just and sensible cause for war . On this subject I have only further to say , that whfle itis our duty not to take or to spread alarm , to believe and trust that the government , that the country will act soberly and wisely and justly , it is a less difficult thing than some people imagine to begin a dispute whose result no man in the end can control . Let the _government only be sure that it is right ; in the words of one of the late Presidents of the United States , let us claim all that is right , and ask for nothing that is wrong , freely and magnanimously and without any particular array of patriotic declaration .
Worcester.—Dreadful Attack Os A Mas Bt A...
Worcester . —Dreadful attack os a Mas bt a Wild Boar . —On Saturday last , as John Hardman , one ofthe shareholders of the Chartist Co operative Land Society , in the employ of Mr . Birch , of St . John's , after cleaning out the piggery , went to the field to drive to the stye the boar , when the animal made a most ferocious attack on Hardman , lacerating his thigh dreadfully . Hardman tried to escape , but the ferocious beast again seized him , and tore the calf of one of his legs . Uardman again tried to escape , and , jumping over a hedge , got clear away . His cries for help brought several men to his aid , who removed him immediately to the infirmary , where he received all necessary attention , and is now in a fair way ef recovery . The boar was secured and taken back to his den .
Chilo Mukder axd Attempted Suicide . —A melancholy case of murder aud attempted suicide has occurred at Pittington , near Durham . It appears , from the particulars that have readied us , that a young woman , who had lived servant in Durham , had a child by the son of her master , which was put to nurse with a woman residing in this town , the expenses bein ? _borns by the reputed father , where it remained till Monday , a period of about ten months . The father , some time ago , discontinued his payments , and the mother of the child was obliged to take it home on Monday . She lived at _PiUingion with her father and step-mother , the latter of whom treated her very harshly ; and that , added to acour > e of iil-treatment by the man who betrayed her , drove
Ucv to desperation . She went out with the child on Monday evening and returned without it . When asked by her father where it wns , she roplied it is safe now , and -would bc no more expense to them . She l-etrayed groat uneasiness of mind during the whole of that night , and on tlic following morning her father bid her yo and bring the ehild back . She went out , proceeded to thc river there , and threw hcreelf in . and would have perished , but her conduct wns observed by a man , and he plunged in and secured her . Observing wliat he thought was a shawl , lie went in for it , and on taking hold of it tlie body ofa child dropped from it . The woman acknowledged the child washers , and that she had thrown it into the river tiic preceding night . She was _aubf _cequtntly taken into custody _.
The Murder At Newington. Ixqubst.—Saturd...
THE MURDER AT NEWINGTON . _Ixqubst . —Saturday afternoon , at half-past three , being the time appointed by Mr . William Carter , the coroner for the eastern division of Surrey , for holding the inquest on the body of the raurdored man , Daniel Fitzgerald , at the Peacock Tavern , on the _Newington-road , to whieh the unfortunate man had been carried , was long before that hour thronged by persons of the neighbourhood , who continued congregated outside of the house throughout the day , notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather . Thejury having been sworn , they proceeded to the club-room on the first floor to inspect the body . Ilaving returned to the inquest-room , the evidence ol the witnesses was immediately gone into without the
accused being present at the inquiry . Owen M'Carthy was the first witness sworn . He repeated the evidence he gave on Friday at the Lambeth Police-court , at the examination of Samuel Quennell , the individual accused of the murder . After Samuel Quennell was taken , he went to acquaint his brother of what he had done . It was quite lieht enough for him to see who the person was who met them . He had not the slightest doubt that S . Quennell was the cause ofthe deceased ' s death . Mr . W . Henry Cutting , of No . 8 , Frederick-place , Vauxhall , was the third witness called . He merely repeated the evidence he ; gave at the police court as to stopping Samuel Quennell , and taking him to the station house-By the Coroner : At the station-house a pistol and
some pieces of lead , or chips of lead rolled up , were taken from the person of the individual witness stopped . They were taken from his trousers pocket . Inspector Carter was tnen sworn , and deposed * . I belong to the L division . On . the evening of Thurslast 1 was on duty at the station-house in Kennington-lane when Samuel Quennell was brought there by the witness , Mr . Cutting , and Mr . Allam , and other persons . Mr . Cutting said the man they had brought had shot another man , I questioned the prisoner as to his name , when he replied , " Samuel Quennell . " I then asked him if he had a pistol or anything else in his pockets , to which he replied in thc negative . I desired him to be taken into a back room , and told
a policeman to search him . Just as Lockycr was going to do so , Quennell placed his own hand in his right-hand trousers pocket , and said , "Hero , " and I immediately seized hold , of his arms and pulled out the pistol produced , and some nieces of lead rolled up , each of which was upwards ot an ounce in . weight . On Quennell was also found a piece of twisted worsted rope , upwards of two yards long . I examined the pistol , and found on it a portion of a percussion cap ; it had evidently been recently discharged , and smelt strong of gunpowder . It was not then charged . The charge was then entered on the police sheet , but not in the presence of the accused , but it was afterwards read over to him . He said nothing _« n its being read .
By thejury ; The hammer at the lock was down upon thenipple when ! examined tho pistol . I afterwards examined the prisoner's lodgings in Frederickplace , Newington-road , and found eleven bullets and eleven percussion caps of a small sixe , a small quantity of gunpowder , and a Bmall quantity of shot . Each of the latter was screwed up in pieces of paper on the mantel-shelf . The witness here produced the bullets and caps , and also the pistol . The latter was a small pocket one . Examination continued : The bullets and caps fit the pistol . Found nothing else at the lodging
relating to the subject of this inquiry . , Mrs . Anne Westwood repeated the evidence she gave at the examination of Quennell . Thomas Slater , a policeman , deposed that about five o ' clock on Thursday evening he was on duty in the Newington-road , when he heard that a man had been shot . He came to tliis house and saw a roan , who proved to be the deceased , up stairs . He appeared to be in a dying state . Blood was coming from his body . A surgeon was then present . He saw the wound probed , and afterwards found the bullet produced on the floor of the passage . There was a hole through deceased ' s pocket-waistcoat and shirt in front . liis clothes were not perforated behind .
Mr . John Marnes , gunmaker , 31 , Walworth-road , deposed to a person having come to his shop , and having purchased a bullet-mould , but he could not swear to tlie man , as it was rather dark at the time . Mr . William Popham , apothecary , of High-street , Newington , was taken to see the deceased by a policeman . He opened his clothes , and found a wound on the left ofthe middle of the chest , which hadappatcntly been made by a gun or pistol shot . The unfortunate man was sinking fast , and he died in a few minutes . He probed the wound , and found it extended the whole length of the probe . The wound in tho back resembled a wound made by the exit ol a bullet . The witness then went on to describe the appearance ofthe body upon a post mortem examination , and said the wound was such a one as would cause instant death .
The Coroner then asked if there were any witnesses to prove the animus of the party who shot the deceased . He was informed that there were not . The Coroner : Well , it is most extraordinary . It is not my duty to search out the evidence , but to receive that which you have searched out . I am aware that there are many reports in circulation on the subject , as to the causes that led to so fatal a result , and I have received private information that , if the inquiry is adjourned for a day or two , a witness will be in attendance , who will speak to what the feeling ofa particular individual was towards the deceased .
Inspector Carter : I have heard that tke brother of tiie accused can give evidence as to that point . The Coroner : And have you not summoned him here to-day ? Inspector Carter : No , I have not . The Coroner then made some remarks as to the impropriety of keeping back evidence for the policecourt which was not produced at the inquest , and considerable discussion took place between the Coroner , Inspector Carter , and the jury . No more witnesses were , however , called in , and at twenty minutes to seven o ' clock the inquiry was adjourned until Wednesday ,
RE-EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF SAMUEL QUENNELL . On Monday Samuel Quennell was brought up before Mr . Henry , for re-examination , charged with the wilful murder of Daniel Fitzgerald . Wm . Quennell , Kennington-lane , is half-brother to the prisoner by _. the same father . Prisoner is about 22 ; witness is 38 years of age . Prisoner was in his employment as a labouring man . Knew Daniel Fitzgerald , the deceased , who was also in his employment up to his death on Thursday last . Witness heard of his death about five minutea after witness had paid him half-a-crown ; then the other labourer came back and said he was shot . Witness went to Peacock-street and found deceased had been carried
iuto the public-house . Witness had not discharged the prisoner . He worked on witness ' s premises last Wednesday week . Witness told him last Saturday week , at night , on paying him his wages , that he had better look out for work somewhere else , as they should be slack . This he told prisoner on Wednesday previously . On Saturday he added as a reason what Fitzgerald told him . Witness ' s wife first began , " Samuel , " said she , " how came you to say what you did say against William , after he . had been so kind to you ? " Prisoner said , " I don't know that
I have been saying anything wrong . " " What you have been saying to Dan , that you had a good mind to go and give your brother a b good hiding ; and if you got money you meant to set up in business against him , and go round to his customers . " Prisoner said he had said some things , but Dan had told more than what he had said , and that it was through Fitzgerald that he had said what he did say . That Fitzgerald had tried to get him to say things against witness . It was all Fitzgerald ' s fault . A person came in at this point of the conversation to pay witness an account , and stopped its progress , when prisoner went out . Prisoner gave no reason for Fitzgerald ' s doing this . His manner of saying this was his usual manner , sullen nnd indistinct . Witness never heard him sneak against Fitzgerald .
To the best of witness ' s knowledge , prisoner and Fitzgerald were always oh the best of terms . Before the Saturday , witness heard of these words from Fitzgerald , but had said nothing of it , _le 3 t it should ex . cite jealousy between them . Witness ' s wife , seeing some difference between witness and prisoner , asked Fitzgerald what the reason was , and thus came to know and to speak of it . After Wednesday week prisoner did not work for witness . The conversation happened on the Saturday following . Witness saw prisoner on Sunday morning near the Ship publichouse , but had no conversation with him since the _conversation in question till the deatli of Fitzgerald . Witness is not aware whether prisoner ever after came to his yard . Prisoner lives
in Frederick-street , which is near Peacock-street . One might go from Kennington-lane to Frederickstreet through Peacock-street . Five o ' clock is the proper hour for leaving off since last Saturday week . Witness believes prisoner knew this . Twelve o ' clock is the dinv . er hour . Ilad not seen the prisoner on Thursday . Fitzgerald had been in witness ' s employment seven or eight years , and the prisoner for five months . Had observed prisoner and Fitzgerald , aud thought them too familiar . Had not seen his brother lurking about the premises . By " sullen" witness means & disagreeable manner of answering . By Magistrate : Witness expected prisoner to apply for work again on Monday , but he did not . The conversation took place in the front kitchen , where they are in the habit of paying the men .
Mrs . Quennell ( wife ofthe la 4 witness ) : Recollects Saturday week , and the prisoner coining in to be paid by her husband , about 7 p . m ., and asked him how ho could bo so unkind as to speak so to Fitzgerald about his master ? In the morning Fitzgerald told her , that at the building were prisoner was at work , prisoner camo and stuck the shovel into the mortar , and said lie bad a good mind to go and knock his brother on the head , and if he had money he would go and set up against him . Witness told prisoner all this , and prisoner replied it was all Fitz-
The Murder At Newington. Ixqubst.—Saturd...
gerald ' s fault ; he had urged him on to it . Fitzgerald had said to tho prisoner he knew Quennell better than _L ( prisoner ) did .. Mrs . _Quegnelladded , " lhat was no excuse for you ; you ( prisoner ) ought to have come and told us what Fitzgerald had been saying . " Witness thought she saw tears in prisoner ' s eyes that evening ; he appeared much hurt . Thinks _Fitzgerald and prison _etwere on good terms ; botli were wrestling togetb _essbout a fortnight before , when deceased hurt himself so as to be off work about a fortiii < 'ht . Witness did not see prisoner after that . Mrs . Quennell expected him up on Monday . She had seen Fitzgerald afterwards . On Tuesday she asked whether Fitzgerald had seen prisoner ? Ho said"No . " . . .
„ By Mr . Games : She knows prisoner knew where Fitzgerald lived . Mi _* s . Quennell was re-called : She certainly did not know of any quarrel , or intimation of intention to quarrel , by eitlier party . Witness has been at prisoner ' s lodgings . Never knew prisoner had a pistol , but has never been into prisoner ' s room . Owen M'Carthy : Does not know whether prisoner and deceased had seen each other last week , before the occurrence . Witness as he went to dinner saw prisoner opposite the Horse and Groom . Does not know when Fitzgerald was there . Witness was not near prisoner . Prisoner was in the road before the Horse and Groom with his face towards Kenningtonlane .
By Ma Games : Witness saw a person coming towards him before the flash , but had not time to speak before . Immediately on deceased saying , " I ' m a dead man , " witness saw prisoner quite clearly , and followed him up . Prisoner began to run when near Kennington-lane . Witness lost sight of him at the
corner . James Parker , plane maker , has seen the prisoner before . Never but once before , and that was Saturday night week , nearly about eight o ' clock , at Mrs . Tubbs _' s , in the New-cut . Her shop is a general sale shop . Prisoner came up to tha shop front and handled a pistol , which was hanging at the shop door . Witness was then in the shop . Prisoner turned it round and examined it ; he then pulled the trigger and broke the hammer . This called witness's attention to the prisoner , for he thought it a bad thing for his family , it being Saturday night . Witness heard the shopman say it was a bad job , but he must pay for It . Something passed between prisoner and the shopman after that , but it was hot heard . Witness recognised the shopman in court .
After some words between the shopman and prisoner , prisoner went a little way from tlie shop door , but returned , and both came into the shop . He bought the pistol , and paid 2 s . for the accident , and 5 s . for the pistol , adding , " 1 did intend buying one , but not tonight . " After this , having put thc pistol into his pocket , prisoner took up an accordion . Tho pistol bought was oue of a kind thc same as that in court . He turned the accordion , and smiled when asked to buy it , and laid it down and went out . Witness never saw hira after . Had kept his eyes closely upon prisoner all the time , and is certain he is the same person . Is quite sure . Prisoner wore a eap at the time , but does not know what kind of cap . By Mr . Games : Witness did see 5 s / f > aid ; it was paid outside the shop . Is quite sure it was 5 s .
By the Magistrate : Knows the whole amount was 7 s . W . Welling , oilman , Walworth-road : He had seen prisoner before more than once . Is acquainted with him as a customer . He may have come to make purchases for the last four or five months . Prisoner was last at his shop last Thursday afternoon , about four or a quarter-past four o ' clock . He bought a pennyworth of gunpowder . He said , " Let me have a pennyworth of gunpowder , and let it be the best . " He had tlie best . He said nothing more , and Avitnes ? said nothing about it . There might be about half an ounce , certainly not an ounce . It was not weighed , ne left thc shop without any observation . Witness observed nothing unusual in his manner . He might be in the shop about a minute altogether . It was his usual manner—his usual mode of addressing witness . He seemed quite sober . There was nothing to excite suspicion . Witness asked no question of him .
Harriet Denycr , a girl about 12 years of age , No , 8 , Peacock-street * . Has lived with her father there better than five months . He is a labourer . Knows ihe prisoner . Saw him first on Thursday evening at the top of Peacock-street , near the Peacock , about a quarter past five o ' clock . She was close by when the pistol went off . Before that she saw two men , and said to her companions ( little girls ) she would not go that way : she saw _something white , that was the men in white clothes . Witness had scarcely said so when the pistol was fired . Witness saw prisoner leaning with his back against Mrs . Brent ' s door , and saw a man , whom sho knows now was Fitzgerald ; he was standing in Peacock-street . The
pistol was fired immediately after . Prisoner came up Peacoek-strcet , and passed witness , and knocked against her , nearly knocking her down . Prisoner was walking then up Peacock-street . Witness then saw Fitzgerald near Mrs . Brent ' s , and saw Mrs . Brent lift the dead man up . Witness is not snre that it was the prisMier who leaned against Mrs . Brent ' s door . She is sure it was prisoner who passed her ; she looked up into his face . Prisoner began to rnu when he got up to the pump near the Peacock . Witness is certain of the prisoner . Has no doubt he is thesame who passed her . On this evidence the magistrate committed the prisoner to take his trial at the sessions . Mr . Games thought it proper at present to refrain from making any observations .
Destructive Fire At Poyle, Near Colnbroo...
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT POYLE , NEAR COLNBROOK . Slouch , Sunday . —Last night , at a quarter-past eight o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out in the farmyard of Mr . Joha Cane , an extensive farmer at Poyle near Colnbrook _, about three miles and a-half from the Slough station on the Great Western Railway . For the time of its duration it raged with inconceivable fury . A considerable time elapsed before any engines were on the spot ; at last the Colnbrook engine arrived , followed by those from Windsor , Staines , and Uxbridge , accompanied by a number of labourers , and a party of the T division of the metropolitan police . At this time the flames had reached three stacks of corn , two barns , the granary , stables , and other outbuildings . By the great exertions of Mr . _Bxley , of Colnbrook , and the constables
of the adjacent villages , assisted by a strong party of labourers , thc live stock , with the exception of the poultry , was rescued from the flames . Tlie inhabitants of the neighbourhood , notwitstanding the inclemency of the weather ( the rain descending in torrents during the time ) made strenuous exertions to save the thrashed corn and other property . Tlie engines were at length got into full play , and there being an excellent supply of water from the neighbouring mills , the fire was subdued . The property destroyed consisted of a rick of wheat , one of barley , and one of beans , two barns in which a large quantity of oats and wheat had been housed for thrashing , the granary stored with wheat , only a small portion of which had been saved ; part of a rick of hay , a large stack of straw , the farming utensils , and all the outbuildings .
The property totally consumed consisted of two barns , containing about fourteen loads of wheat ready for market , a large quantity of old beans and wheat , two bags of barley , and three bags of oats in the straw , three stables , cow-house , pig-sties , fowl-house , and about thirty fowls , a shed containing fifteen loads of wheat straw , and five loads of oat straw , a waggon , two carts , eight harrows , all the barn implements , all the harness of eight horses , two ricks of beans , a rick of oats , one large rick of barley , and part ofa rick of hay . The remaining stacks , of which two are of wheat and four of hay , are more or less damaged by water , & c . Mr . Cane is understood . to be insured in the Sun Fire-office for £ 1 , 500 . but the amount of his loss is stated to be nearly £ 2 , 500 .
APPREHENSION OF A MAS OX SUSPICION . During the _progress of the conflagration , policesergeant Regalestord ascertained that in the early part of the evening a young man had applied at Mr . Cane ' s farm for permission to sleep in the barn , which had been refused , and Mr . Cane and otlier persons having expressed their conviction that the homestead had been wilfully fired , that officer lost no time in endeavouring to trace that person , which he succeeded in doing , and about midnight he was apprehended at tho Waggon and Horses beer-shop , at Colnbrook , and on searching him there was found on him a number of lucifer matches , and a small bottle containing oil of aniseed . He was immediately conveyed to the police station at Staines , for the purpose
of being examined before the local magistrates on Mondav . On Monday he was removed from Staines to the feed Lion Inn at Felsham , where at twelve o'clock he underwent an examination before Captain Carpenter , of Sunbury , and Mr . G . Patterson , of Poyle , the sitting magistrates . None of the evidence went further than to prove the fact that the prisoner was in the neighbourhood at the time of the fire , whilst one of the witnesses went far to establish an alibi . The bene ?! asked him how he came to have luoitiGi' m ' atehes in his possession , and for what purpose he carried about essential oil ?—The prisoner said the lucifers were to light his pipe , and the bottle of oil of aniseed he carried in case he could get a job at rat catching . Sergeant Moore said the
prisoner , when he first questioned him about the bottle , said he had picked it up at Epsom . The prisoner admitted that he had said so , but he hardly knew what lie said at the time . The bench , after some f urther oucstions , said they did not think themselves justified , after tho evidence that had been given , that thc prisoner was the perpetrator of the vile deed , in detaining lum longer in custody . The origin of the fire was quite a mystery ; but Mr . Cane having always had the reputation of being a very kind master to all his servants and labourers , some of whom hud been with him upwards o . twentv years , they had no reason to suspect that any individual connected with the neighbourhood would have canted it . The prisoner was then _discharged _.
Destructive Fire At Poyle, Near Colnbroo...
MURDEjRS IN . IRELAND . SHOCKING MURDER OF A I _/ AiyY IN _ENNISKILLEIT . The Du blin Evening Mail contains the following : ~ - "Esniskillen , November 2 D .- -A very shocking murder—happily , however , _unconnected . with tho agrarian system- —has just come to Iig . _' ftin t " vicinity of this town . . . " On Wednesday was a week , a Miss Irvine , sister to the clerk of the erown for the connt > ' of Fermanagh , was found dead , under the feet of Jk ? r worse , in the stables attached to her house , whi ch stands almost in the suburbs of Enniskillen . She was covered with wounds and bruises , particular * y on the head ; one of her arms was broken , and the i _' land of it much damaged . MTTRT ) _ERS Iff IRELAND .
very " It was supposed that Miss Irvine , who , tL ' wugh an elderly ; lady , was of very active liabits , had , I ' Pop this occasion , gone to fetcli some apples from the ' . loft above the stable , where they had been stored , su * id tliat in her descent , either the step-ladder ha . ' slipped , or that she had fallen from it under the horse's feet , and had thus been kicked and trampled to death . This would have been the more extraordinary , as the animal was known to be very gentle , and , moreover , very familiar with , and attached to , his mistress , who frequently used to feed him . The death , however , was considered accidental , and the bodv way buried without an inquest .
" Things remained in this state until lata yesterday ( Friday ) evening , when a lad about sixteen or seventeen years of age , who had recently been taken into Miss lrvin ' s service , came forward under the direction of his father , and gave such information as induced tlie magistrates to arrest the woman servant who lived with Miss Irvin at the time of her death . This woman had been reared by her Mistress from her childhood , and no suspicion whatever had previously attached itself to her ; nor , indeed , to anybody else . "The body was this day ( Saturday ) exhumed , and an inquest was held , but at so late an hour that the sitting was obliged to be adjourned to Monday morning . Two hpysicians , Doctors Ovenden aniLNixon , deposed , I understand , that the injuries of _wfiicli the lady died were not such as could have been produced by tho hoofs ofa horse , and that some at least of them were inflicted by a sharp instrument , such as a
hatchet or cleaver , ( ofthe latter there hod been one in the house wliich cannot bo found ) . Tho boy deposed that a few _evenings previous to' tho murder , her fellow servant had said to hira , ' Now , if somo stranger should come and murder thc mistress , what would become of us ? ' He also stated that , on the day ofthe murder , this woman had sent him out of the way , on the pretext of fetching hor an apron , and other articles of clothing , from some distant p lace , and that on his return she would not admit him by the shortest and most usual entrance , but sent him a long round . On her opening the _doir for him , he observed blood upouher hands , but supposing she had been killing a turkey , he took no further notice of it at the time . The woman said nothing about the murder , and he went about his business , until having occasion to go into the stable , he saw blood , upon which water had been thrown , flowing from under the stable door , and on entering it found his mistress dead as described . v
" This is the material part of the evidenee , a _^ fains I have heard it ; and I have reason to think it is _essentially correct . The waihan _aiuHhe lad are , of course , both held in custody until the result of the inquest shall be known . " The motive to this horrid deed is not yet aseertaincd . Some impute it to tho desire of robbery , as the old lady was rich ; and the woman has been observed to have more money than usual about her . Others think it arose from resentment and revenge for the mistress having recently discharged a manservant , on the grounds of too great a familiarity havine existed between him and the woman . "
Honmnle Muhdeb. — It Appears That A Woma...
_HonmnLE _Muhdeb . — It appears that a woman named Bridgot Barrett cohabited with a man ofthe name of Mannion , by whom she had a child . It having lately come toher knowledge that he was about being married to another woman , alio being aware of liis mode of living and some secrets _connicted therewith , threatened to expose and prosecute him if he did not marry her . In order to quiet her he held out some promise of marriage , and induced her to sell a cow she had to pay the marriage expenses . He enjoined on her tho most strict secrecy , stating that he had no money , and that his friends would be enraged at him if they heard it . It was arranged that on a given night they would be married , and that they should go to the mainland on that evening from the island they lived on , Errislannen , a distance oi
little more than half a mile , to Roundstone , where the priest lived . Bridget , Barrett , however , before going to the mainland , told her sister the particulars , enjoining on her to keep the matter secret . The sister did not do so , but told a male acquaintance of hers all she heard , and he being curious to sec them off , hid himself behind a rock on the shore , and plainly Baw Mannion , with his brother-in-law , Thomas Cosgrove , and Bridget Barrett , enter a boat together , and push off towards the mainland . He remained there a considerable time , awaiting their return , but there were then only two men in thc boat . At this very time , on the opposite shore , there were a number of persons playing ai cards the door of the house they were in wing open , one of them remarked that he surely had heard the scream
of a woman , crying out , " Oh , my back is broken . " However , Bridget Barrett was nowhere to bo heard of . Suspicion having fallen on those parties , one of them , Mannion , was sent to our eountry gaol a few days ago . After a good deal of search and inquiry had been made , the body of a woman was washed ashore where the accused and Bridget Barrett had previously got into the boat . The body was at once recognised as that of Bridget Barrett , although much disfigured , the hands nnd legs having been literally torn off ; it is ttiougkt they were tied together , and then tied to an anchor , which is missing from one of the neighbouring boats . The place about it was dragged , ' and it is supposed that the drag came
in contact with tho body , and tore it away from ths anchor . Much praise is due to Mr . Jones , R . M ., for the diligent exertions he made to discover the perpetrators of this murder . On the body being found , he sent for Mr . Andrew Hosty , coroner , Tuam , who held an inquest on the body , on the days of the 24 th , 25 th , 26 th , and 27 th ult . The following is the verdict;— " We find that the said Bridget Barrett was allured into a boat in the harbour of Rosnonule , in the county of Galway , by James Mannion and Thomas Cosgrove ( Dominick ) , both of whom wilfully murdered the said Bridget Barrett _^ n the high seas , in the bay of Roundstone , on thc night of the 10 th day of September last . "— Galway Vindicator .
Another Tipperaot Murdeb . — "Since the first meeting of magistrates , on the lOfch ult , consequent upon the murdcrof the late Mr . Patrick Clarke , two extensive robberies of arms took place . Mr . Lloyd , of Longford-house , was fired at ; a poor man named Guilmartin , atLateragh , was also fired at through the window ofhis dwelling , and soverely wounded in tho head ; and another act of atrocity has just been perpetrated . A poor man named Molowney , in the parish of Drom , near Templemore , took some land , whieh had been evicted , or in dispute , fifteen years ago , and had been in possession ofit ever since .
The provincial executive , however , being under the impression that tho " existing laws" had no power to check their course of legislation , sent soma fellows about six months ago to give Molowney warning to quit . They then attacked him , and drove him off his own land . This warning not producing the desired effect , on last Sundaj , the day generally selected for deeds of blood , four men , two of whom were armed , entered his house after dusk , and beat the unfortunate man to such an extent , that his death ensued in about twenty-four hours after . He ~ was a cripple , and could make no resistance . . . ¦ _»«'
Arrest of a Murderer . —On the jpight of the 20 th , Constable Holmes , of the Cloriianto station , with aparty of the constabulary , after the most unwearied exertions , in a remote part ofthe county of of Tipperary , succeeded in arresting James Dillon , a native ol the Queen ' s County , charged with having brutally murdered his undo , John Dillon , at Lavally , during the noonday , in the month of December last . The prisoner has been committed for trial to the county gaol , by Mr . J . S . Lane , justice ofthe peaee .
Collision On The Great Western Railway. ...
COLLISION ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . In the course of Saturday night , and up to a late hour on Sunday evening , no less than ten express down trains left Paddington , and three up express trains arrived at tliat station , conveying parties _connected with projected lines of railway , charged with tlie necessary plans to be deposited at the office of the Board of Trade , Whitehall . One of theso express trains , consisting of only the engine , tender , and a first-class carriage ( in the lattor were two or three gentlemen proceeding to Exeter with railway plans , & o ., to be deposited with the clerk of the peace for the oounty of Devon ) left Paddington on Sunday afternoon at twenty minutes past five o ' clock . As it passed by Slough , Mr . Howell , the superintendent at that station , observed the burning coke falling out , apparentl y through the bars of tho furnace ,
inconsiderable quantities , leading him to suppose that some ot the bars had become displaced . Within ten minutes after this train had passed , another express tram consisting , in addition to the engine and tondor oi one first and onesecond class carriage , was observed approaching Slough from Paddington . Mr . Howell immediately made the usual signals for this trail to stop , fearing , from what he had witnessed of the termer one , that it . would not be enabled to proceed far bcioreit came to a dead stop for the want of fuel In tins train were three or four gentlemen eii _^ ed upon a _simdar errand to those on tlic former o ° _ne Mr . Howell having informed the engine-driver and _guai'dofthecircuinstaiiceslie liadobsemd connected witk the first tram , and givi „ g them strict instructions to exercise tue greiUcst caro , slfcd thmt 0 _oT-ui hour _Vh _^ _^ _^ f « _^* y a quarter ot au houi . Ihe fi ra t train , having _a'disablodon-ine { _irv _^ _hlfe 11 f 0 U d _tl mt _^ veiaf of the ban _W nu _bmb _lud _dipped out ) , was onl y enabled to proceed
Collision On The Great Western Railway. ...
about a mile beyond Maidenhead station _-ZTT _" — ' distance over the bridge which crosses the Tha At this time it was quit * dark . The guard \ va il" *' sent back towards Slough , for tho purpose ofV n lising any train , which might be proceeilincdoivn ?! * line to stop . Obsorvmg the train , which had u ! detained a short time at Slough , by Mr _lln _/ h proceeding towards liim , and being unprovided « * 7 a light , an unaccountable omission , he pulled of 1 jacket , in the hope that his white shirt s ' c . might attract the attention of the driver *? mado the usual signal , by holding both his ]> , n i up above his head for the train to stop . The dist ' n between the two trains at this time was 1 _^ 1 a mile . The engine-driver , however , passed them , unheeded , and in less than two minutes afterwards most fearful collision took place . The last trainir- into the one which was stationary with a dreadn crash , shivering the only first-class cama » e wl . ii about a mile beyond Maidenhead _ijtatwCT _~ "
_„ ... _ ... .. _ . _ . 1 1 *__ : _ . 1 : * 11 .. _ . __ .- _ j . i *\ "UlCh was attached to it literally into a thousand p _ ccc « scattering the fragments over the line . Fortunate ?! the engine-driver , stoker , and guard , and the t \ v or three passengers had left the train , and were stand " ing by tho side of the bank when the crash occurred / lad the latter remained in the carriage , their \\ vr l co uld not have been saved . As itwas , however _ther pro videntially escaped , as well as those who ' were with' the other train , with the exception of soma slight * * bruises of but little importance . The eiieinp whieh . ran into the carriage sustained no injury _^ eept to one of the buffers . The whole of the parties both the ecial
who wer . e travelling by sp trains then proceeded with the sound engine ( which , after some delay , was shifted by the moveable rails on to tlle other line , s _» soon as it was cleared of the wreck ) to tlieir _places of destination . It is stated that the engmo _attaeht'd to the first train was without a single light , and that it was the intention of those entrusted with it to _provide themselves with lamps upon their arrival at the Reading station . Itwas not until nearly midnight that tho down line was cleared of all obstruction , and open i ' or traffic . Several of the trains , both up and down , were considerably delayed in consequence ofthe accident .
The Oxford train , wliich started from Paddington at seven o ' clock , did not reach that city until nearly an hour beyond its usual time ; and the last up-train , instead of reaching Paddington at half past ten o ' clock , did not arrive till nearly midnight . Tho accident is solely attributed ( independently of the neglected state of the bars of the furnace ) to the guard proceeding up the line to endeavour to cause the down train to stop , without being provided , on a dark night , with a lamp of any kind whatever .
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Bankrupts. (From Tuesday's Gazette, Dece...
BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , December 2 , 1815 J Lucy Lang and Ann llayley Smyth , of 33 , Charter _, house-square , and ll _. Charterliouse-strcet , boarding-house _, keepers—John Clark , ofthe Crescent , Minwies , City , mcr chant—Edward Kedwood _, jun ., now of 16 , WiudmilL street , fjamheth , aud late of 31 , Upper lung-street , Bloomsbury , china denier—John MajlarU _, of 120 , Fetter _, lane , City , grocer—Benjamin Baldwin , of Liverpool ana Manchester , aud of Old Jewry , City , warehouseman—John Bvomiley , of _lMton-lcMoors , Lancashire , maim _, t ' acturer—Samuel Fhillips , of _Kiiigston-upon-IIulI . hatter and ship broker—William Guy Taylor and Elizabeth Guy , of Liverpool , hosiers . DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCr . Thomas Megur , of Holbora-hill , and Coventry-streef Haymarket , poulterer , November 29 . Hiichacl Jonas , of-IS aud IS , Theobald ' _s-road , Ilolborn , grocer , December 2 .
BANKRm"rClES _ANSULIiW _) . Joshua Swallow , of Manchester , sharcbroker . Samuel May aud Pryee ilottram , of Shrowsbury , dra . purs . niVIDEHDS _OEetARED . George Elivell Jackson , of _Uirminghttin , dealer in iron , second and final dividend of 5 _Jd in iho pound , payable at r , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Friday . Thomas SinaUnood , of _Birmingham , grocer , third and final dividend of ls 3 {& , payable at T , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Friday . William Menzics , of Gloucester , draper , first dividend of 5 s . in the pound , payable atl !) , St . Au _^ ustiu ' s-place , Bristol , any Monday ,
DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED . At the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Jonathan Thomas _ilaund , of Birmingham , laccmnn , Deceniber 23 , at eleven—Edward Mansfield Marks , of 21 , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square , and 10 , _Stauhopa _. street , _Itegent ' _s-park , upholsterer , December 23 , at half past two—Thomas Wells Wright , of Devonsliiro-stieet , Portland-place , merchant , December 23 , at three ,
In the Country . Alexander Bowor , of Busford , Staffordshire , and Man . ehesier , banker , December 2 S , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—James Sehofield , now or lata of Greenuere ' s Moor , near Oldham , grocer , December 23 , ut twelve , at the Court of 'Bankruptcy , Manchester—Joah Sugden , of _Springfield and Huddersfieid , Yorkshir * , fancy cloth manufacturer , December 23 , at eleven , at the Court of Uankruptcy , Leeds—Thomas Buddy , of Leeds , mahogany merchant , December 23 , at eleven , at the Court of Ifi ukruptey , Leeds—Henry Warburton , of Harpurhey , Lancashire , joiner , December 23 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—John Itailton and Company , of -Manchester and Londou , merchants , December 2-3 , at twelve , at the Court of _B-inkniptey , Manchester . Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to tha contrary on the day of meeting . Benjamin Hornby , of Hoylake , Cheshire , innkeeper , Deceniber 23 .
Ceutii . _icates to lie granted by the Court of Review , unlcsa cause be shown to the contrary , on or before December 23 . John Giles , of Headless Brass , Worcestershire , publican —Hubert Buckler , of l _' _ortsea , Hampshire , _Groct _ r—James Colqulioun Kemble , of Liverpool , merchant—Matthew Murphy , of Shrewsbury , Shropshire , haberdasher .
_FAHTNEBSHIPS DISSOLVE ? . John Calvert and Jamos Procter , of Bradford , Yorkshire } smiths—Charles Husband and Jolin Henry Arnold Remold , of Kingston-upon-HuU , ship brokers—l _' eter Nuens and Lopez Fouseca , of 32 , Broad-street , City , perfumers-George Haines , Joseph Ward , and WilUam Ward , of West Bromwich , Staffordshire , general agents ( so far as regards (? eorgc Haines ) - Owen Thomas I ' richard aud Evan Prichard of Oxtcn and Rock Ferry , Cheshire , joiners—Benjamin Baker and Francis Martin , of 75 , Aldermanbury , City , commission agents — James Morris and William Gray , of Manchester , sharebrokers—Joseph Bullen and John _Hignett , of Liverpool , tobacco manufacturers—Sir Stepheu Richard Glynue , Lord Lyttleton , William Ewart Gladstone , James Boydell , and Charles Townsend , Oak Farm Iron and Coal Company , Staffordshire—Thomas
Haigh and diaries Edward Smith , of Sheffield , brass casters—Robert Yates and Robert Cromptou , of Great Bolton , Lancashire , grocers—Thomna England aud John Beaumont _llcllawell , of Huddersfieid , Yorkshire , attorneys—James ltichos and Henry Napoleon Deering , of 10 , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , law _stationers—Charlea Bowman and John l _' _aine , of Tallington , Lincolnshire , millers—J . Bloor and Robert Archer Ilaekctt , of Tutbury , Staflbrdslure ,: t . tnners—Thomas GritHn and William lluu » son Griffin , of WC , lfolywell-street _, _Sliorediteh , wine mcr _« chants—Jonathan Robinson Ashworth and George Cartwright , of Manchester , manufacturers—William Crips , William AVright , Alfred Large , and William Lottimer , of New York and Nottingham—James Slack , Samuel Willi _, fer , and William Slack , of Manchester , filtering _machitld manufacturers—John Perry and John Fowis , of Hanley , Staffordshire , ironmongers .
Atbocious Cm/Elir.—A Case Of Horrid Crue...
_Atbocious Cm _/ _ELir . —A case of horrid cruelty came before the mayor and magistrates at thc Guildhall , Rochester , on Saturday , in which Mary Ann Vigo , a girl , aged 13 , was charged with forcing Sarah Gould , an infant between three and four years of age , into a quantity of hot tea , by which she was so dreadfully scalded that the skin fell from tho soles of her feet , and the effect of which crueltywill be , should tho sufferer survive , that the feet will be contracted and she will become a cripple . The evidence of Mr . Baker , the master of the union , of Mrs . Buriihwu » tlie schoolmistress , and other witnesses detailed the following revolting particulars : — -One witness stated that in a conversation with tlie prisoner on Sunday . 23 rd ult ., she distinctly told her that she hated the
child and would do her some harm . On Wednesday she watched the opportunity when the schoolmistress was gone to her tea , and stole into her room , where she procured the kev of the gate leading to the kitchen , wliich she " opened and went out . she shortly afterwards returned with a pail which she liad partly filled from a copper of boiling tea , and placed it en a stool ; she then took one of the children and nttompted to place it in the boil * ling liquid , but it got away from her ; she then seized her innocent victim ; and , pulling off her shoes and stockings , placed it in the pail , and in order to stifle its cries , she forced a leather ball into its month _, at tlie same time pressing its knees so as to prevent the withdrawing ofthe feet from tho horrible torture it was enduring . Mr . Jacob , the surgeon of the union , described the injuries the poor child had received ; ho saidhe found both her feet severely scalded ; the skin of the sole of the right foot had come off in one
piece , and that on the left was very loose . Ih > thought there would bc a contraction and deformity ol the feet , and , on account of the constitutional u ' _* turbance and depression arising from the severity ot the scalding , he did not consider her out of danger . Iho prisoner , who is illegitimate , was formerly in the old workhouse at Strood , and when the union was formed she was removed to that establishment . In 1843 she _wiistakeu out by parties supposed to bc her parents , but in August last she waa again found ft * * gate of the union workhouse , where she said she had been left by a woman named fhillips , her mother having run away . She admitted the offence , and told an improbable story of haying assisted her father i » skinning oats after they had been worried by dogs , and put in hot water , and said that her father and mother had threatened to kill her if she did not scald the child . She was committed to Maidstone gaol tor trial at tlio next quarter _soBSsions for Rochester ,
_Daulasion Minims . —The following sums of money have been collected from the undermentioned pits on account of the Victim Fund-. —Mr . Pugh _' s pit * 2 s . 8 d . ; Mr . Grcenaway ' s pit , 3 * . lQd .. Mr . Bill 3 pit , 4 s . Gd . ; Mr . Walford _' s pit , 3 s . 4 d . j Goorge Reynold , ls . Natioxai , _Association of Vsited Trades , J" * - * tub Employment of _Lauoub . —At a meeting of tne board of directors ( T . S . Buncombe , M . P ., in the chair ) , SO , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury , __ Mr . Jamra Hams was unanimously appointed their secretin ' . , in place of Mr . Storey , who has . previously held _tuo office , pro tern . Several skaros have been taken UP since our previous report , aud the Association g _* * rally _beiu'd a very promisirm a _ped .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06121845/page/6/
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