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THE NORTHERN STAR .. December3Q, I84& fi...
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The Northern Star .. December3q, I84& Fi...
THE NORTHERN STAR .. December 3 Q , I 84 & fi _______^__^_ - ______ - __ - _— - — ; " " ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ " " '" ¦ "' ' ¦ "" " ' ' " —**
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tae ie inhabitants of _Uaadm Wall we « snwd -. ... t , aa broken out upon the _exten-„_* _ fire _^* . _^ 0 _^ _essrs _Wejfiuemeie and m te _^ ° 5 _Sf no . _i , circus Place . * Before to , - * , fa « f _syg ; J _? _iS „ the flames broke _SUf-S _^ he windows and roof , aud ascended to a SSSdS . The supply of tvater w abundant , _SSssl _* twouours elapsed tefinn the fire ** as _cSKuMued , the premises aud tbeir valuable ¦ _SSST lU _^ _oUf _consuiaed . The total loss " _^ considerable , fortunately , Messrs , _Wer
_^ a _&« ta _»* i « th Alliance Fire Office _, [ rhtfhe braiding was th ? property of Mr Dalton , of _Sffaffatford , and it is not known whether or not he _sraeas insured . The orig in ofthe disaster could not ¦ _w oe accountedfor . About three hours p-eviouslya ante , which , at oae period , threatened to be attended wifcritbthe most disastrous results , broke out ia the NMorth Green Saw Mills . North Street , Finsbury , in aisasbop used for sharpening tbe saws . Tbe worki 5 h < 3 hopin which the fire commenced was destroyed , . _anand soniestacks of timber in the yard were slightly
UDJlDJ FiRKS . -Oa Mondav , between the hours of one unand two , a fire that did considerable damage broke _coutint in the premiss belonging to Mr S . C . Chapman , is ta p lumber , painter , and glazier , known as Seymour _IHcHouse , No . 38 , Seymour Street , _Easton _Sqiare . It _iwswas discovered by the police constable on the beat _sanand an instant alarm waa raised . In a very brief _ipeperiod the engines of the parish , _North-Western _IRjRailvray Company , London Brigade , and West of _lEiEngland Fire-offices arrived , and the flames were _ispepeedtty extinguished , but not until every article in Iththe front warehouse was much burned . The owners lofof the premises were from home at the time ofthe lOtontbreak _, having left about ten minutes pteviously .
Whilst the firemen were engaged at this fire , mformmation was conveyed to them that another had " bihroken out in the parcels ofi * e oi the _^ _orth-VfesteTn EBailway , in _Whittlebury Street Various engines hhaving been despatched to the spot , _tlte firemen fcfound that some sulphur had become ignited , and fifiredthe partition in the offices , but the damage ddone was inconsiderable , although the alarm was titer ? great . —About half * past eleven o ' clock in the xnnorning a fire , which , had it not been opportunely _didiscovered , mig ht have been attended with serious oconsequencs , broke out in the first floor of the prenmises belonging to Messrs Newton and Co ., the aiadvertising agents , in Warwick Square , Newgate _SStreet It was caused through making a large fire
iiin the drawing-room stove , which set the timbers _tnmder the hearth in flames . The firemen , by ripping nop the hearth and bond timbers , succeeded in _gettiling the fire out . —About the same hour a fire broke _eeu _"; in Hi * _, h Street , Poplar , to which the fire-engines were called , but owing to the timely aid afforded , t ' the damage done was confined to tbe destruction of ssome furniture , & c—At a late hoar ou Christmas * eeve a fire occurred at No . 6 , St Martin ' s Court , Lud-Sgate Hill , in _theoccupa-ion of Mr Wise , fishmonger . lit was caused from a defect iu the flue of the house ivrhich set tbe landing stairs on the second floor in f flames ; thefiremea were unable to get tbe fireex-Itinguished until tbe flooring , joists , and part of the
'stairs , and the landing and ceiling below were cut 'away . — -About half-past eig ht , a . m ., a distressing i accident happened by fire at IS , Clare Court , Drury _ILane . which it is feared will terminate fatally . A jgirl , sixteen years of age , named Fanny Turner , by 'tome means not clearly ascertained set ber dress iu ¦ flame ? , and in order to ob ' aia assistance she ran . frora the first flwr into the shop with the fire raging rorud her . As speedflr as possible , the fire was got out , but not until the poor eirl was frightfully burned . She was removed to King ' s _Co'Iege Hosp ital without the sli ghtest hope of recovery . — -On Monday nigbt , shortly before eight o ' clock , a fire , attended with a _serieos destruction of property ,
broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr Plumxner , a coal-dealer and timber-merchant , situate at 100 , Great Dover Road , Southwark . The premises , which were fonr stories hi g h , extended backwards a considerable distance , the back portioa being filled witb piles of timber . Tbe discovery was madeandan alarm given by Sergeant Hay of the M division . The flames soon shot through the various windows , and extended almost over tbe road in one immense body ; at tbe ssme time they ascended so high that the metropo'is was completely illuminated . So strong was the reflection that multitudes of spectators lined tbe various bridges to witness the progress of the flames . With all possible expedition the engines
of the London Brigade , with Mr Superintendent Braidwood and Mr Henderson arrived , as veil as the _^ est oi England engine . At that period the whole ofthe timber in the open yard , as well as the front premises , were enveloped in one broad sheet of flame , aud the noise occasioned by tbe combustion of the wood was like the discharge of sundry firearms . Fortunately there was an immediate and an abundant supply of water furnished by the Lambeth Company , from which the several engines were set to work , bnt , in spite of tbe most strenuous exertions _, the fire continued to spread , and' it was not
extinguished nntil the whole of Mr Plummet ' s extensive premises were gutted , the bare walls only remaining . Besides which the adjoining premises of Mr Penny , trimming-seller , are extensively damaged , the roof being burnt off . The loss is considerable , and at present it is unknown whether the sufferers were insured . Owing to the absence of all parties connected with the premises of Mr Rummer , fears were at one time entertained that tbe inmates had been burnt to deatb , but , from the examination made by the firemen , tbere is every reason to believe that no one was in the place when the disaster commenced .
_Fatal Waser . —* An inquest was held before Mr Baker , at the Black lion . New Montague Street , Spitalfields , on the body of C . _Dslany , aged 36 , a plasterer . —G . Croft , a plasterer / deposed to having known tbe deceased , who , up to the previous Sunday evening , was in good health . On tbat evening witness was in company witb thedeceased , in tbe taproom ofthe Black lion , when the deceased wagered , that he would drink twelve pints of porter , within an hour , allowing himself fire minutes to each pint , or forfeit ten shillings ' worth of drink . The bet was accepted ; and tbe deceased having drunk ten pints within tbe specified time , wu in the act of drinking the eleventh , when he fell to the ground , and was immediately conveyed to his lodgings in a state of msen & lbilitv , where he was a'lowed to
remam on the floor , wholly unattended , till the follow ing morning , when , not having rallied , a surgeon was called in ; but the man died ou the next day . — - The coroner having animadverted in severe terms npon the gross impropriety of such wagers , the jury returned a verdict of _~ Died from excessive drinking . ' Audacious Street Robbery—On Saturday last , a little girl , nine years old , the daughter of Mr William Redgrave , of York Street , Covent Garden , was returning from the house of an acquaintance of her father ' s and when in Drury Lane , she was asked by au old woman , who wore a handkerchief over her eye , to hold some money whilst sbe tied ber shoe . This she did , and the woman was very
profuse in complimenting the child upon her appearance , and having got out of her who her parents were , and where tbey lived * , ahe said she would see ber home , at the same time taking her hand . Sbe lad ber throogh some courts and back streets into Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , when tbe child eaid that was not the way to her father ' s . Tbe woman said sbe was going to make a call on the way , and prevailed on the child to accompany her up a court in Chancery Lane . There the old wretch dragged her into a water closet , and , threatening to murder her if she screamed , proceeded to stri p her tt her clothes .
She took from her her shoes and stockings , a small woollen paletot cloak , bonnet , and her frock , all of which were new and said she should return in a minute for the remainder of her clothes . The chfld * had allowed herself to be thus stripped from fear , but no sooner had tbe old hag disappeared , than she ran away , and crying , told a gentleman what had occurred , and be took hex home half dead with cold . Information waa given to the police , and they have obtained a clue to the thief . Tbis is the third case of the kind that bas come under the notice of tbe police within the last week .
_Dsirtw n * _Muaoia _Panox . — On Tuesday , Mr Bedford held two inquests at the Milback Prison , apon the bodies of George Matthews , aged _tweaty-six , a weaver , and John Broagh , aged eighteen , nlok smith , primers . . Tat ) fin * , named prisener died of fsver , acd tht second of _coagestwaef the brain . Verdiets aeexdiagly . A _Boaauar waa committed en Sunday night at the house of Count Carlo Pepelio , at Kensington . ' The robbery ia supposed ts have been committed-While tte family were at dinner ; The property stolen _cjwisted . of jewellery , foreign coins , and __ _% _?? ° * - * _, of England nates _, numbered 80 , 117 to j » . l 3 * massive , and amounted to upwards of £ 500 . '' " . ¦ ' .:
- _Jsttflusr ash Smcmr _^ -OrrTuesday evening between five and su , o _' _ctojk , ayoung woman _com-nitted ¦ _juioj-fe b / _presicita jag herself into the Tnahiei ,
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at Bihkaide , Surrey . It appears that sho had been drinking at a public-house in _BUckfrian-road , with a young man , when another female entered , to whsm he paid greater attention , and the unfortunate woman , martins- under the alight . leftim tears , and though followed by her male friend , _wfco failed in reconciling her , ahe must have imme « iiately proceeded to pnt her design in execution , as be had not parted from her more tb an ten minutes when the alarm _ofhertelf-deitraction reaohed bio , on his re . turn home . _Maxsuuurrna . — On Taesday night an inquiry , adjournedfrom Saturday last , was concluded before Mr W . Carter , the coroner , atthe Mitre , Broad wall , Blackfriars , as to the death of Louisa lies , aged sixty-eight , who was alleged to have been killed by the reckless driving of a _yeong man named Jobn Wether , who is in the service of Messrs M Leod and Harrison , brewers of Stock well . Mr Jones , of that he
Blackfriars Road , surgeon stated , last ni « bt , hsd made a pott mortem examination of the body . On _opening the head , he discovered about three ounces of _extravattted _bloody from a rupture of a vessel of the dura mater ; and above it was a scalp wound . The rupture was the < eause of deatb , andhad been produced by violence . Other witnesses were examined , who deposed to seeing the deceased crossing Blackfriars Road on the afternoon of Thuraday last , whea the prisoner _Wetaer drove from the direction ef the bridge in a four-wheeled chaise at a rapid pace , and the deoeased was knocked down . Tbe driver could not help seeing her , but the moment she was down he whipped bis horse and drove away . He was stopped at Rowland Hill ' s Chapel , when he was found to be quite tipsy , and had to be pulled out by a policeman before he would surrender . Tho jury returned a verdiet of manslaughter against George Wether , and the coroner gave his warrant of committal to Neweate .-
_Suicid ** *» bom Fruai , Aftectio ?* . — On Saturday latt . Mr Mills held an inquest at the Red Lion . Waihim Green , Fulham , on Mary Anne Partridge , aged thirty-five . About four months ago deceased ' s mother died , and since then she had been exceedingly dejected , through grief for her mother's death . Lately she betrayed symptoms of insanity , and cave ap a house whioh ber mother bad bequeathed her to live with ber brother-in-law . On Friday morning week , she put a wheelbarrow olose to the water butt , aad , mounting the barrow , pitched herself head _, foremost into the butt , where she was soon afterwards discovered by her brother-in-law . Verdict , ' Deceased destroyed herself , bnt there is no evidence of ber Btote of mind at tbe . time . '
Fatal _AecTossr on thk Bbiohton awn South Coast Railway . —On _Wednesdayevening , Mr Payne , the coroner , held an inquest at Gu y ' s Hospital , on tbe body of Cstiar Augustus Page Butnstead , aged twenty-one , late a guard in tha employ of the above railway company , wbo came by his death on Taesday last nnder the following ciroumstances . Henry Davie , railway oorter _, deposed tbat , on Taesday . he travelled ou the line by the quarter-past two Craydon train , from London station , of wbich train deceased was guard . The train stopped at New Gross , where it remained the usual time . The starting bell having ranr , the train proceeded to move slowly from the platform . Witness then observed _deceased to make a soring at tbe projecting handle of tbe last
carriage but three , with the view of assisting himself to his seat on tbe roof of the carriage . He appeared , however , to miss his grasp , and was immediately pre * eioitated on to tha line between the steps of the carriage and the platform . He seemed to bave fallen in a longitudinal direction , aud rarallel to the plat * form , for he was . carried along by the train some slight distance witbout receiving any injury . Ia his struggles to extricate _himself , however , bis body got transversely acroH the rails , and before the progress ofthe train could be arrested , the three carriages passed _ovar his body . The practice was no doubt a dangerous one ; but it was no unusual thing for easrds to mount their boxes when tbe carriages were in motion . _Deceased was conveyed to town by the first no-train , and was removed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he expired from . the extensive injuries he had received , in tbree quarters of an hour after his . admission . These facts having been corroborated bv
Benjamia Ford , another railway porter , and Mr Buckle * tbe surgeon , the coroner _simmed up , and remarked npon the numerous fatal accidents resulting from the dangerous and . foolish practice of attempting to enter a carriage when the train was in motion . Verdict , ' Accidental death . ' Gas _Exnoanw at Kino ' s . _C'ilsge . —An explosion of gas took place on Taesday evening at King ' s College . Some fresh piprs have been laid down to convey gas to some portions of the building in which it had not been hitherto employed , One of the workmen engaged in laving down the pipes cut through one of them , not knowing that it was already in connexion with the main pipe . This being the esse , however , a quantity escaped into a large passage on the lower story . About six o ' clock some one went into this _passage with a tight , and an explosion immediately occurred . No other damage was done , _bawever , than the breaking of about 112 squares of glass . No one wai injured .
_PosT-OrncB Noncf . —On and after the lst of January , 1819 , the British rata of postage of 6 d the half-ounce on letters fromithe United Kingdom , addressed to _Meckleuburgh-Scbwerin , and conveyed by the direct Hamburg packets , or by private ship , direct from London or Hull to Hamburg , will bs combined with id the rate due to _Meckleaburg-Schwerin , which includes tbe transit rate payable to Hamburg . This combined rate of lOd the half-ounce , may either be paid in _advaaoe or left unpaid at the option of the lender ; but the payment of the British rate only , according to the existing practice , will not be permitted .
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MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AND LOSS OF LIFE AT THE VICTORIA . THEATRE . _OaTaesdty _righta terrible catastrophe occurred at the Victoria Theatre , by whieh two _lirea were lost end many persons serionsly injared . It appears thst darin g the afternoon an _iamensa number of perions had congregated at tbe gallery door of tbe theatre anxious to witness the pantomime , and the instant the place wu opened a general rush to the top of the gallery stain ooeorred . The _consequence was that fa a few seconds the entire stairs were crowded with men , women , and ohildren . For eome time thsy remained packed together withont evincing any disposition to create a not , bat at length they felt the inconvenience of being sa closely wedged to (¦ ether that thay oould scarcely breathe , and the
parties on the spper part of the stairs made an endea vour to get ont , when the weaker portion were thrown down and trampled npon . The cries at this period became truly appalling . Those whe were at the bottom of the stein , not liking to lose the position they had taken , _reTased to move an inch backward . The crowd above cried as load as they were ab ' e to those belowto let them get down , bat with oat avail , when all- of a widen the pressors from above forced those below against the hand rail , which gave way , add aboat thirty persons were thrown down upon the crowd standing there * . At that time the clearance of the lower stain caused these above to _desoend , and a general movement from tbe top to the lower part ef the stairs naturally followed . Two parties were thrown down and trampled npon at the landing jnst abore the spot wbere
tbe hand rail was meed down . Ona or two men who were on the _ttain , on seeing the people fainting from the want of air . handed them down as well as they were able , and they _e-iimated the number thos rescued at nearly thirty . They were forthwith taken * to MrSe well ' s surgery , when it was found that two of _thrtmforttmate snfferere were qaite dead . They were both lads , asd apparently about the ages of fifteen and sixteen respectively . They were forthwith removed to the vaults of St John ' s Church to be ideatified . The other sufferen were alio taken te Mr Sewell ' s , and were attended to by that gentleman , and also by Mr _Broofeea and Mr _Fairbrother , two othersDrgeona living in the immediate vicinity . Every assistance wss rendered te the _partler , two of whom were sent home , although suffering faHnsevere braises .
_ASbmOSAt _PiRnCOHRf . On Wednesday morning an inquiry was instituted by the lessee and other offioials of the theatre , with a view of ascertaining the precise cause of the disaster _, and for the adoption of saoh steps as should prevent tbe recurrence of a similar calamity ; bat the particulars stated upon gnoh an examination—it not being aaofiuial one—cannot with safety be relied upon . No coroner ' s inquest has yet been held . — Daring the forenoon of Wednesday the bodies of the deceased were identified by their rela « T- # , when it was ascertained that tbeir names were William Phillips , of No . 5 . Turk ' s Row : Chelsea ; he was aboat 11 years efage ; and Jobn Costello , aged 15 , of No . 2 . Plough Court , Fetter Lane . Several anxious
parents , who had children missing ! visited the churoh in the eoarce of the day for tha parpoie of viewing the bodies—thos affording melancholy evidence of the fact that a number of children and young persons are frequently lost in London in the coarse of a night ot whom the publio hear nothing , and tbe knowledge of whose loss is confined to tba bereaved family circle . —Workmen were enga * jed daring the day in repairing that part of the hand rail whieh had been torn down . —The following were among the persons injured : —Leonard Tachin , of . S 3 , Causton Street , Regent Street , Westminster , severely _injured ; Henry _Frazjr , Providence . Yard , Vanxhall bridge Road , seriously . Dinted ,, witb _coacuwiou of the brain' ;
Henry Neat , 97 , Wicktm Street Vanxhall , slightly injured ; George Astell , 3 , ' Jahn ' s Place , While Horse Street , severely injured . There were severai other persons who were hurt , but they were taken hqme by their friends . —Hid it not been for the . exertions of the _police itis more than probable _tjiat several other peraons would have , lost ; their ' lives . So groat was the crowd outside the theatre that it required the services of between . thirty and forty police constables , whowere under the direction of Mr Sntierintendenk Rutt , Inspector _Rogers , and Serj _3 ant _Roales to beep tba _peopleibjcfc , to that _theipjured could be removed from tne stairs . The whale of the other parties injared were found to be , upon making inquiries at
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their respective residences in the afternoon , going on aawe _las oould beexpaotedY aad nothing fatal in _eUherease wa * apprehended . thi -Kquur _, On Friday Me W . Carter held an inquest at tha Hero of Waterloo Inn , Waterloo Road , _Lambeth-on fie bodies of J . Costello , aged fourteen , and W . Philli ps , aged eleven , the two parties who lost their lives at the Victoria Theatre on Tuesday _evening last Franklin said that on the afternoon in quest-on ha went te the gallery stairs of the theatre and to ' , aafar as the jeoond landing when he seated him-¦ elf on the turarail . He was there at four o ' clock , _andveryioonafterwarfs _theentiregallarystamwere or _wdedi He assisted to pull several boys _^ who wei _a fair tingoat of the crowdand they were handed to
, , those below . The heat at ths time was nMtoppra * lira . There was no light on the statrs , the lamplighter feeing unable to get np' on account of the crowd . Witness pulled oat six or seven personi , and one was bleeding at the faoe . Some of the _persbnshad sunk from exhaustion and were afterwards trodden npon . He had great diffioulty in raising them up , and he was obliged to pull one out by the hair of his head . — By tbe Coroner : The parties were tolled down , not thrown . They were got out _ai- 'beat practicable * ' Some time before the boys fainted the lower rail broke . There wai a window on the landing where the boyi fainted , which had no _glatain it , but the atmosphere waB so hot that it was almost impossible for any one to Hand on the stair * .
Mr H- Knight , assistant to Mr Sewell , surgeon , of the New Cat , deposed as to tfae state of the bodies when brought to Mr Se well's house on the night of the acoident . L . Titohner . Baid that on the day mentioned . he went to the Victoria Theatre at half-past two o ' olook . The door was opened at half-past three o ' clock ,-when he went on to the top of the _ataira- About four o ' olook a man laid hold of bint and pitched him down the first flight of stairs , where he remained , wben four men pushed by ' and squeezed htm very muoh . They forced him against the wall under the window . Witness asked tho men to let him piss , bit they said they conld not ; The plaoe got so hot that witness oalled ont murder , and slipped down
between some of tha parties . A man at length bid hold of the hair of hia bead and pulled him up , aud bunded bim to another man . Whilst he wai down , a man had hia feet on his chest so that he could not breathe . He therefore tried to bite hia leg to make him get off . He never laid that be had been thrown over the banisters and had fallen on another lad . ' Mr J . Sewell . surgeon , had made t . post morttna examination ofthe bodies , and he found that they had died from suffocation . The boy Titohner , when in his _surgery , made a statement to the effect that he had been thrown down the gallery stairs , and had been thrown on to another —Tfae boy was recalled , and still persisted that no one had thrown him over the landing , and denied that any one bsd told him to make a different statement . Other witnesses
were examined . The Coroner haviag summed up , thejury returned a verdiot that thedeceased were accidentally suffocated , tnd they wished to impreison the mind of tbe lessee the necessity of an inoreased ventilation , to prevent a similar occurrence ; and that , in future , the outer doors shoald not be opened at so early an hour . At the close of the proceedings the foreman of tbe jury called np Franklin and , after eulogising his conduot , handed him over 10 s . from thejury . in addition to his expenses . A like sum was also given te Mrs Phillips , whe is a widow , and mother of one of the deoeased boys .
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MARLBOROUGH STREET _.-Boxwo Day .-The sitting magistrate , Mr Hard wick , was engaged all Wednesday morning in disposing of cases of drunk and incapable , whioh figured in the police sheets to the number of aboat fifty , a proportion considerably less than pr evious 'Boxing Days ' have generally furnished . The excuses . were pretty much of the aame oharaoter—namely * tho necessity at this particular season of accepting the hospitable offers of friends and . acquaintances—and thiB plea was allowed to have its weight , as far as lightening the usual . fine , wherever it could be done with propriety . At the other offices the magistrates were similarly engaged daring a great part of the day . Numerous oa _* ea of attaok upon the polioe were also heard , some of them of a very severe and desperate character .
_SOTJTHWARK .- > Anoibbb _ATmiprsD Suicide . —Mary Moss , a respectable-looking woman , was charged with making two attempts to throw herself off Waterloo Bridge into the river . —A gentleman named Biokerton Btated that on the preceding night , as he was walking over . Waterloo Bridge , be b » w the prisoner frem the opposite side enter one of the _reoesses and get upon the parapet . Suspecting that ahe was about to throw herself over , he ran to the spot , and seis * d her clothe * , while she straggled to get free and to precipitate herself into the river . He had some diffioulty in holding her , and being a strong woman , she did break away from his graap , and again attempted to ascend the parapet , but he prevented it , and a policeman coming up at the time , he gave her into custody . Tbe witness added that he subsequently heard her state that she was prompted to mako the attempt
upoa her life owing to the brutal treatment she experienced at the hands of ber husband . She was perfec _tly sober at the time . _« -The policeman said that tbe prisoner ' s husband had been keeping up tbe Christmas holidays , and that he was drunk night and day , and beat and abused her in * uch a manner that she was compelled to quit the house —The magistrate inquired if her husband Was made aware of what had occurred , and tbe reply being in the affirmative , the husband ' s name was then called aloud , hot no answer was returned , and the magistrate having remarked on the heartless conduct of the man , said that after the unfortunate woman had made such a determined attempt to put an end to her life , he would not feel justified in permitting ber to go at large , although ahe promised not to repeat the attempt , without responsible persons becoming surety for her , and he therefore committed h _* .- :
WORSHIP STREET . — Bobbsry . _ Edwin Davis , a man of ratber stylish appearance , was _placjd st tfae bar before Mr Hammill , charged with haviag feloniously rectlved a quantity of woollen cloth and numerousrticles of haberdashery , tbe property of Mrs Citberlno Standon , aa outfitter at Oxford . It appeared from the evidence that about three months since _ayounjr man named Samuel Marshall was engaged by tbe prosecutrix in tbe capsolty of shopman , and it having been recently discovered that he bad carried , on a systematic course of robbery almost ilaoe tbe first dsy be bad entered her ¦ ervlce be was given into enstody _, and subsequently consigned to Osford gaol to await his trial , Upm searching bis papers , a number of letH ?| . were discovered amongst them addressed to bim by the prisoner _Divis _,
urging him tc transmit te bim various articles of clothing _, wbich were partlcnlarly specified , and a large parcel , containing a paletot and other property , so direoted by Uarehall , haviag ; been stopped in transitu , Mr _Nloholls ; tbo _asasger of tbe establishment . Immediately posted to town , and proceeded on Saturday night , _wbh the officers Fi'sg - erald and 6 fiord , to the prisoner Davit's house , in Dake Street , Spitalfields . Upon asking the prisoner whether he had recently reoeived any parcels from tbe country , he replied not ( batafterwardsaoknowledged tbat several had been sent to htm from Osford , containing various property , no part of whlob , excepting a EaUn ( catf , remata ( d In hli possession . On learchlD /* the house , however , tbey _ditcivered , besides tho scarf In qaestion ,. which was valued at a guinea , a number of
silk and _oambrlo handkerchiefs , artloles of wearing ; ap parel , and a remnant of clotb , the ; whole of Wbicb were identified by Mr _Nlcbglle » o forming part of the pro . perty stolen from bis , employer ' s premises . A large packet of letters wai alto found , relating to the different consignments , in tbe handwriting of Ida-shall , and in answer te _carreipond _' ng ones from Davis , which were , taken from the former at the time of hts pprehensidn ; _- Amongst the letters in ths _prlse ' aer ' s hsndwrltlnp > , addressed to Msrtball , sad produoed by the foreman , wis one wblob , after adverting to a previous proposal to send bim something ' for Christmas , proceeded in these words' i — 'You are poking your _kindnsis again upon _ms , my boy , but Twill nit tax your generosity , so muoh this thne . You write rne that you areatlcklb- ' it ' in ' t 6 'tiis Oxford tradesmen . That ' s right , my boy , keep up your dignity at their expense ; gentlemen like you can't , of course be expected to wear shabby clothes . But I ' ll tell
you what you can do for me _;'—and the letter then wound up with a request that he weuld send htm a paletot and other articles , whleh exactly tallied with tbe centeuts of the parcel above referred to as having been tatarceptsl ta Its course to the prisoner ' s address in J * "' -A * ' of g 0 J d rtIrUUn _** _s , trained at a gulde-i , but which bad been _pledged by the prisoner Davis for 8 j . , were produced by the shopman of Mr'Darker , a pawnbroker in _Houndeditcb , and were also identified by Mr ,. Hlonolli , as the property of the _proeecntrla , _—Mr Pelham , onbehalf of theprisoner , submitted that the evidence taW « _ntlncatlonof the property was of too loose _!!? i ? t ? ' _^ ' Mt « to justify a committal ! - " ' but Mr Hammill considered that tbe ownership sod unlawful possession had been fully established , sud there ; tore ordered the prisoner to be conveyed forthwith to Osford , In the _oastody of _| _be _cfSoers _, to _BBdargo bis trla | before the local authorities . " .. '
_CLBBKBHWEMi . _—a . yonng man of respectable but very _dejwted appearance , who gava his name : _Henrj _" _? ' ••» was placed at the bar before ilr . Oomb . _a , obargbd under the following _efc-onmstaneaa - —Police constable No . 62 'G said , that on Taesday _mCrning , at an early Ko ' ar he was oa duty in St John Street , Clerkenwell ) wben the prisonerojtme nd , ' and _accostinghlin ' , said that he was very uneasy . In bla mind , and ' rjobtd not get any . rest . He added , that k % ~ reeks ago ba ' picked up ti letter In . the ' street , ' on opening whioh he found It _tocentaln a B * nk past ' bill for £ 20 te , _payabls to Mr Samuel Girdemr , residing In the ntlgbbtrtirbood of _Breniford ' _^ He immediately . proceeded to , the Bank bf _Bnglind _,
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where It was eaibsd _, and he receipted It In Mr Gardener *» name ., _Hsf-ad _. ' aver since ben , _i-jaanderinff away tbe money la profligacy , aud bavlng _^ _spent the whole of it his mind was seised with compuriotlon _, snd he deter mined on delivering _blmtelf at onoe to the polioe , In order tbat be might be broug M « d justice , A . elerk from the Issue-offioe Inthe Bankof England _depVSied that the bill was brought to tha Bank and paid In on the 20 sb _ofHovembsr , and hsd bten drawn ot * the 18 ih ofthe Mine month , and the , value was received through Coutt * aad Co . Mr Combs asked tho prisoaer If he wished to sty anything In his defence to tbs charge ? P-Uoner \ IhavenotWdg at all to say , only that aU stated Is _qaltt trne . Ho was then remanded until Monday next .
Dasiko _HioHWit _RobIjsbt . — Alfred Pinner , an un employed toll collector , was placed at the bar before Hr Hammill , obarged with ' having been conoerned With ethers in assaulting and robbing Jeremiah Drams , a decent looking labouring man , living inthe East Boad , Hoxton . Th _» _prasecator , whose fate wat mnch swollen and discoloured , stated , that haviag-been apprised on the preceding day that , the prisoner had offered bim an Intuit , ke proceeded In search of him * and found bim , at two o ' olock in tbe afternoon , with several other men , la front of _becr-sbop in Plimmer Street , City Boad . ' The _ondment be made bis ' appearance be was surrounded aad hustled by the whole party , and while _adesvourlug tt disengage himself from' tbem , one of them struck bim a violent blow In tbe face ; and knocked
him down . Before he could recover his feet , ths _' _prlsoner and another knelt upon bis _obest and held" bla down , whlltt a third man oommenoed rifling bis pockets , from which he abstracted all the _leoie oath he had about him , amounting to about eight shilling * , in sliver and copper money . As soon as be bad _seca-ed Hj be Instantly started off , but wss intercepted , by e person who witnessed the outrage , and who was attempt . Ing to _selae bim when he was knocked down ly two of tbe _gaag , and robbed of his pocket _baridker . Chief . Witness , In the meantime , continued _atrnggllng with his assailants , butever J time he attempted to rite be was struck to tbo grooadby the prisoaer , wbo kepi bim forcibly down until his confederate effeoted bis
escape with tbe money , wben he and the others al-o made off in different directions . _Wltnens afterwards Went to the station-hews , a » d furnished luchs deiorlp . Hon of the personal appearance of the prisoner as led to bis » pp- * hen _*! oB , Upon _belag asked If be wished to put any questions te the witness , the prisoner unguardedly _anowerod , thatit would be useless to do so , as be ( tbe preiticutor ) wat ia _ssch a _druuken state at the time tbat be could sot poiilWy recollect any thing about It . Pollee . constabl * Jenkinson , , however _^ proved that ( he ' prosecutor was perfeotly sober when he lodged his com . plaint at the etat ' _oi . houio , and that bis face and person ¦ exhibited severe marks of recent ill-usage . The prisoner , In defenoe , repeated the same statement , and was remanded for a week .
THAMES , — _Robbest . — . _Tdr George Wall , a respeot _oble-looking mao , advanced In years , was charged wltb being concerned , with others , in stealing four pieoes of valuable damaek , the _property of . _Mettra _Drnoe and Co ., tho extensive upholsterers ofthe Bmar , . _Porlman Square . —On Thursday week , Cobley , 65 E , arrested a man named Arment , _baWbltebha-wl , who had on bim a piece of damask , of wblpb . be could give no satltfactor- , aocount . The constable , after , much labour , ' discovered that fie damask belonged to Messrsi Druoe and Co ., who had lest from their stook several other pieces . He alto found that tbree of these pUoei had beta told to Mr _'Jackton , an upholsterer In Shoreditch , at a very low price , and _anetherpleoe to an upho ' sterer named Carter , In tbe Minories ; and though the private marks had been cut off thoy were recognised by the maker as
well as by Mr Tray , who condnot * the business tor Meiers Druce , Whea Arment was at this court on Saturday , Mr Ballantine , the banister , wbo was engaged by Messrs Druce- to condnot tbe prosecution , said bis olleata were resolved to _InstltuU a strict Inquiry Into tbe whole affair . It was then ascertained that Wall had sold one of the pieces for Arment to Jack-on , and Cobley arrested him on Sunday last , at 42 , Charles Street , Hoxton , wbere he appeared to be living ia a very respectable style , He admitted having sold the piece of damask for Arment to Jaokaon , but as it appeared thathe oaly acted in his professional capacity ef a commission agent , ha waa released on bis own recognisances to attend here on Fiiday next , when Arment will be brought np for final _examl . nation .
_Chbutius _Faoiie _. —James Perry , a mechanlo , wa * . brought before Mr Yardley , obarged under tbe following olrcumstanoes - —The oomplainant , _Jjmes Parcell , re . siding ln Shakespeare ' s Walk , Shadwell , said he was alarmed at a late hoar on Christmas night by a man entering hit roam aad palling him . oat of bed .. As soon at he _reb'Vered from the fright , he collared tbe _In'rader , and asked bim who he was and What he wanted , on which tbe stranger sold hs was In hit own room and wanted to go to bed . He _esdearoured to get the man from the room wben a violent struggle ensued , and bis nlgbt shirt , the only garment be bad on , was torn ta pieces . The _nolae brought several persons to the apartment wltb lights , and the prisoner
was seoured , but not before be made a desperate _reslstance . —The prisoner said , be had been enjoying the festivities of Christmas with bis friends , and feeling ill , he 1-ft them , with the intention of returning boms , and strayed Into tha complainant's house , the door of which was open , by mistake , he believing It to be his own , He was far gone wltb liquor at the time , snd scarcely knew what he was about . —Mr Tardley asked the prisoner where he lived , and he named a street _half-a-mlle from Shakespeare ' s Walk ; on whioh the magistrate said it was strange Indeed he should have committed suoh » mlBtake * , and although he acquitted him of any intention ef committing a felony , he mnst order bloa to pay els ebllllnge for the man ' s sblrt he had destroyed , or U be imprisoned for firs days ,
. Mobdbboui AssAuvt . —John Kelly , an Irish mendicant , in tbs garb of a sailor , who has been in custody a fortnight , was charged with feloniously cntting and wounding Charlotte Connell . . The protsoutrix _, a woman ofthe town , who was dlseharged . fr om the boe *> pitat on Saturday , ttated that on tbe night of the Uth Instant she was In the Sir Sidney Smith pnblio house in Dock _.-treet , Whltechapel , in company wltb sailor , when the [ prisoner entered and demanded relief In a very improper manner , and on her tilling bim to go away , he said to ber youag mas , ' Can ' t you help a poor——shipmate I' She told bim if he asked for relief in a proper manner sho wonld not'binder her companion from giving bim some money , but if be insisted upon it as a right , he had better take himself
awsy . He then off _. red a jacket for sale , but the sailor refaeed to purchase , and the prisoner then abused her In a gross manner , using the most foul language and epithets of a revelling description , of which the _wltnoss gave the Court a sample . She then gave tbe prisoner a shove with both hands , sad told him to get sway . He Immediately knocked ber down wltb bis fist , aad aa the was rising he stabbed her in the face with some blunt lnttrameat , and ths fell again ; She got behind a man for protection , and the prisoner again struck her and Inflioted another wound , It was suoh a dreadful blow th & t it took her senses away . Frauds Smith , a respectable man , who keeps a sailors'boarding ho-. se in'Glasshouse street , Upper last Smlthfieid ,
confirmed the evidence of the _proseontrla , and stated that the Instrument vrith wblob the prosecutrix was stabbed was the blunt heel of a razor . The prisoaer ran away after he hsd inflioted tbe injuries , aad tbe witness pursued bim , and upon overtaking bim In tbe street , he made a furious attaok upon bim , and said , ' . Hers goes , for life or death , ' and aimed « blow at bis bead with tbe _rtsor in . bis band , Witness stooped and the blow fell oa Us breut , and his coat was cut and torn . He then tripped up the prisoner , fell upon bim , sad prevented bim doing any further misohief . Tbe prisoaer made a long and somewhat ingenious defence , ' and endeavoured to make it appear that the prosecutrix fell npon the heel of the razor wbioh he held Id his band , the prisoner wu committed .
- _HARTLEBONE . — _Uttemhq Couhibbki _** Com . —A youag man who gave bla . name Thomas _Pheny , wat plaoed at tbe bar before Mr Broughton , charged with haviag uttered counterfeit coin , and It la supposed that bo ls connected with oihers who for some time past bare gone about defrauding tradespeople in various parts of . town . —It appeared , from / the evidence which was gone into , that one dsy last week tbe ' tjrlioner wen _^ tb e bpuieof Mrs _Humphreys , who keeps a , small coffee ' shop near theEaston station of the London and North Western . Baitway , and there called for a cup of ooffje , for which he paid with a piece purporting to ba a crowu , and which was put awsy bj the poor woman , who was anxious to make up her _quarter ' s rent . A night or two afterwards be hid a cop of tea and bread and butter , for which he paid with « coin _wiemWIsga half sovereign ead be then _received as change 9 s . 9 d . On Friday night last he came
in a different attire , and asktd for a pup of caffee , which was Immediately given to him , and upon this occasion the prosecutrix alio gave him change forahslf sovereign , and amongst the silver which she banded to bun were three half crowns , He returned to her ene of thtm wblot he said was bad , and sbe gave another In exohahge , upon which he went awa * . She than examined a bag , in wbich she kept her money , and ascertained that In It were a crown piece and four half-sovereigns all of them counterfeits . On the next day ( _Satardsy ) the prisoner again attempted to pass off a spurious half-sovereign In the tame way at before , and . be was | _bsa given Into _cuttody . Two of the half-sovereigns produced and tha _orown-pleoe were distinctly traced to the prisoner ,, some of whose companions had no doubt leagued with him in his nefa . rious practices . —Theprisoner wis remanded till _Thnrsd * y . . ; '' .
_AWKKPriD Sr / icipr , _fboh . Distseis , — A _deoentldcesied female , named Elisabeth Trench , wis . charged with * having attempted to _oemaiit-ulolde bythrewing herself Into the Regent ' s Canal _. _—lTi D said that , - after seeing theprisoner thro *? herself Into tbe water , be succeeded In getting her out ; she was quite Insensible , and ilfe swifted nearly extinot . Other evidence was gone Into , from whioh it appeared that the poor creature was really inthe greatest distress imaginable -bar husband was oat of employ , and she bad ten ohildren _^ o support ; It was nothing bnt tbo prospect , of , starvation which _Impaled her te throw herself in the water , she baying bee n unable to obtain more , than a loaf or two _pooailoiaily frbtn' the' Workhouse ,-. The' prisoner , who regretted having mada tho suicidal attempt , was discharged * , atd the worthy magistrate .. gave Whipp , tho offictr , Hi , to to la | d on " , by bim in the _. ' _purchasa of suoh _u-ccs-afloj as tte family ' might require !' _pA . . . ' " . .- - . . • ¦ . - _-. . _.-, -v .- ¦ . ¦ ' " . ;* . s > ' _i- -j _^ _A . ,
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THE RATIONAL MODE OP PERMANENTLY AND PEACEABLY ADJUSTING THE PRESENT DISORDERED STATE OE EUROPE . ( Concluded from the Star , Dec . 23 . ) Law 13 . "Thatit is a law of nature , obvious to our senses , that the internal or external character of aU that have life upon the earth , is formed for them and not' by them ; that in accordance with this law , the internal and external character of man is formed / or him and not % him , and therefore men cannot ration * ally have merit or demerit attributed to them , or be praised or blamed , or rewarded or punished . -
_ ' REASONS POR THIS LAW . No one possessing the power of accurate observation and .. redection , can doubt that that which is created or formed is unconscious of its . own ., formation ,, and that that which has life becomes conscious of its own existence only when-formed . But such has been the insane state of mind of our ancestors , that they have attributed the possession of the qualities given to the individual human being
created , or formed , the merit or demerit of creating those qualities himself , although he could have had no knowled ge whence those qualities proceeded , or any control over their formation or combination . This mistake has been the GREAT ERROR of the human race , from the _beginning of known history ; the origin of evil , the source of every crime , and now the chief , if not the sole cause Of misery throughout all nations and people .
It is the most fatal error ever made by man , and now bars his progress to rationality , deranges his mental faculties , and divides him from his fellows all the world over . On this fatal foundation have all the institutions of man been based ; This has been the source of his religions , governments ,. codes of laws , and classification of society ; of his injudicious rewards , and unjust and cruel punishments ; of his fears in this life of a future diabolical
everlasting punishment , and of hopes in another state of existence of happiness * happiness which , but for this error , might be soon securely enjoyed in this life , and renewed and improved through every succeeding generation . In short , it is the cause of making man irrational , disunited , uncharitable , and miserable , when he might now be made hi ghly intelligent , charitable , kind , united , and happy . The first step to ameliorate the condition of the human race , and to put it in the direct
road to union , rationality , and happiness , will be for the authorities of the world openly to abandon this fatal falsehood , and all its misery-producing consequences in practice . Law 14 . "That the knowledge of this fact , ( see previous law , ) with its all-important consequences , will necessarily create in every one a new , sublime , and pure spirit of charity fer the convictions , feelings , and conduct of the human race , and dispose them to be kind to all that has life , seeing that this varied life is formed by the same Incomprehensible Power tbat has given man his peculiar faculties . "
REASONS POR THIS LAW . Without charity—pure ] practical charity for mankind—there can be no real virtue or rationality in the mind or conduct of men ; but this charity has never yet existed among any nation or people . It is not to be given by precept ; as well may the human race be told to fly without giving efficient wings , as to tell them to feel universal charity without creating the cause which can alone produce it . Charity is a necessary effect , emanating alone from an accurate and extensive knowledge ol human nature ; from knowing that the natural
qualities and propensities of men are formed forjhem at birth , without their consent and knowledge , and that their subsequent character and conduct are the necessary result of the inferior or superior circumstances in which they are placed by society . Did the authorities ofthe world possess this invaluable knowledge , they would know how easily and certainly all men might be made from their birth to receive this knowledge , and be made to become not only charitable in mind and conduct to the full extent of its divine expression , but , in consequence to be
also good , wise , and happy . With this knowledge of humanity , the most important knowledge yet acquired by man , the human race will attain a new life ; anger , and all the vicious and inferior passions , with all falsehood , will die their natural death ; truth , unalloyed with deception of any kind , will become the universal language of men ; they will have new minds and feelings formed within them ; strifes and contests will cease universally ; man will hot only be kind to his own species , but , to the extent practicable , to all that has life . The earth , as population can
be made to increase , will be reclaimed from its original wild condition , drained , fertilised , made health y and beautiful ; and humanity , for the first time , will be enabled to enjoy , in innocence and purity , its natural ri ghts , unrestricted except by the mind highl y cultivated , knowing how anddesirous to create the greatest permanent amount of happiness for all . If there be wisdom and intention in creation , it must be to produce , at the earliest period , the happiness of all sentient beings . Increased knowled ge in man will stimulate him to aid , with alibis wondrous powers , this great advent of all existence .
Innumerable , illimitable new powers from science have been g iven to aid man ' s limited natural power , to enable him to become an active agent in making our planet a terrestrial paradise . Pure , genuine , universal charity is the only true motive power that can work these all-powerful means for their rightful purposes , and secure , in perpetuity , the happiness of terrestrial existence ; and thus
will man cease to contend with his Creator , and longer to oppose his ignorance or inexperience to the wisdom of nature . Law 15 . "That it is man ' s hig hest interest to acquire an accurate knowledge of those circumstances which produce EVIL to the human race and of those which produce GOOD , and to exert all his powers to remove the former from societ y and to create around it the latter only . ' '
REASONS FOR THIS LAW . Of all the sciences yet acquired by man , the knowledge of the science ef the overwhelming influence of circumstances over human nature , is , beyond all estimate , the most important . The future happiness or misery of all of the human race depend upon it , and are now under its immediate control . With this . knowledge , immediately , wisel y acted upon , the population of the world may
soon be relieved from its present sin aud misery . Were all the late scientific great improvements and discoveries introduced over the world , metal money reduced to dross , and industry and wealth everywhere made to _superabound , and to be superabundant for the rational wishes of all , Europe and North America may be made rational and happy in less than five years , and Asia and Africa " in less than ten . ' _'
EVIL is the effect of ! bad circumstances , created and maintained b y inexperienced- and hitherto ignorant man . GOOD is an _effect that will be produced by superior circumstances that will be created b y man assoon as he can be made a rational being , with , . sufficient practical knowled ge to properly _combine those superior circumstances — circumstances to enable him , in the best manner , to create and
distribute wealth , form character , and govern so as _toinkre the greatest permaneut amount of happiness for all and for ever . ' The time rapidly , _approachesi ' _^ when the worW will be more astonished and confounded than it has lately been with" the discoveries of the 'electric speed : and light , when it _: shall plainly percteiye and ; clear ! j * understand , with _hP-r _fiwca ; _& ise ahd with" _vj-hat rapidity the 'i ; . ' . .- i - . _, j . _...-mi . fx . ... ' _.-i _**? _¦ ' '* . - . _¦; : ' _¦* ¦ , ,. : * _»
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causes of evil over the , earth may be removed and the causes of good _vaif be made td : tjiper _» _sedethem . Is it not , then / man ' s highest interest to exert all his power to acquire the knowledge to remove the causes of evil from his race , and to supersede them with those causes which shall produce good only , and to apply this divine knowledge to immediate practice ? True charity , based on the Knowledge ofi the laws of humanity , applied to practice , under the direction of the science of the
overwhelming influence of circumstances over human nature , will easily , and , speedily effect this great change in the condition of man over the earth , and in its wondrous results greatly surpass the accumulated wonders of the past period of human existence . Thus will the cause of good ahd evil become familiar to man , and for the future be placed , b y this new knowledge , under his control ; he will thus be new-formed in mind , regenerated , made rational , intelligent , beautiful and highly refined in person , manner , and conduct .
Prepared thus , by the influences of superior aud good circumstances only , he will be ready to receive the wedding , garments to enable him te become an inhabitant , not of aa imaginary heaven in or above the clouds , but of a-substantial paradise upon our own earth . Then , and not till then , will there be real Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity ; and this is the change for which Europe is today so blindl y contending for and against * The Socialists blindl y attempting , with inefficient knowledge and an erroneous spirit , to attain it ; while their opponents , possess _, ing only the errors of past times , vainly oppose , and desire to retain the unjust and absurd state of things as they are , producing to all , endless evils and miseries .
The contest between the existing false and irrational system which is most injurious to all , and the true and rational system which will be permanentl y most beneficial to all , may , arising from the present irrational state of both contending parties , be severe and cruel in its progress ; but as Truth is about to prevail over , error , the . ultimate result admit _* of no doubt . Robert Owen .
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EmcT or Fbioht . —One of too moBi Mooting occurrences in the life of Campbell was the convey * ance by himself and wife of their only son to a maa * house as an incurable lunatic . All the particulars about that melancholy episode are of the roost painful intereit . Describing man ; of the inmates , ths poet says : — 'You may remember a horrible inci * dent , a few years ago , on tbo Salisbury road , when a lion broke loose from a caravan ., All escaped into a house bit two men , one of vhom was killed by the wild beast on the spot ; the other flew to au adjacent house . It waa looked by those who fled to it for shelter . The poor fugitive taw the Hon . after killing bis ., companion , stalk slowly towards tba bouse . He shrunk up to the aide of tbe wall . Tht monster glared upon him , bat , by some _uaaccoaot *
able accident , passed hia , and went oo . At tbtt moment , he said , he felt exactly as if half of his head had _bsen torn off . Nevertheless his senses did nob immediately forsake him , for he proceeded to London , and had composure enough to draw op a distinct account of the catastropbe ; but his intellect _tooa after fell to rains , and be is now iccarable . '— Stab _, tie ' s Life of Campbell . Wrecks . — -The brig Margaret , of and from Stockton , coal laden , and bound tor Aberdeen , wai wrecked on the morning of the 20 th , ih attempting to make the harbour . The _Bea at the time waa running very high , and a strong gale blew from tha --rath east . Ne sooner did the vessel get among tha broken waves than , she ceased to obey her helm- ' When almost olose to the pier-head , and just about to enter , a heavy sea struck her on the starboard side , and hove her to the north of the pier ; _while a
succeeding one carried her farther ti the back of tha breakwater , where she struck . Immediately after , a tremendous swell swept the deok , and washed away the master . The mate and rest of the crew got on shore by means of life buoys . The body of tha master was recovered the same evening , —Tha Clydesdale , of Glasgow , Thomas Auld , master , laden with cotton , from Charlestown for Glasgow , wag totally wrecked on the island of Colonsay on the night of the 15 th . The crew , including the master and mate , consisted of twenty-two ; of that number fifteen were taken on shore , and the rest drowned ; nine of tho number were first Baved by some b » at 8 belonging to _Colonsay . The captain and five men remained on the wreck for several houra , aod would have perished had _nat the wreck left the rock oa whiob it first struck , and come to the shore of tha island , when they got on shore .
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CORN . GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OP BRITISH CORN For tba Week , ending December 28 tb , 1848 , made up from the Returns of tbe Inspector * in the different : Cities and Towns in England and Wales , per Imperial Quarter . , __ ' 1 Wheat I Barley I . Oats I Rye I Beans Peas PRICE 17 s 6 d I 81 b Id lSs 4 d I 29 s Id I 83 s 7 d 1 37 » 10 d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN . Wheat I Barley I Oats I Rye I Beans I _Peas 6 s Od j Ss Od I 3 s Oi \ 2 s I'd | 2 s Od 12 s Od Bread . —The prices of wheaten bread iu the mttropo * lis ara from 7 | d to 8 d ; of household ditto , 5 Jd to 7 d per 4 B » loat
CATTLE , & C _SmTHiiEio , Monday , Dec . 25 . —Pox the time of year our market to-day was very scantily _supplied with beasts , both as te number and quality . Although the attendance of _bujers was limited , the beef trade was somewhat brisk , at , ta most Instances , an advance in the quotations of quite 2 d per 8 ttu , and at which a clearance was readily effeoted . At least two thirds of the beasts came to band from Lincolnshire . The supply of sheep ( 5 , 509 head ) was rery small . All breeds were in good request , and the currencies had an upward tendency . Only four calves were in the market , and which sold at late rates . The sale for pig" was steady , at fully previous rates . Head of Cattie at _Smithhelp . Beasts 1 , 6171 Calves ... . ... ... 4
Sheep and Lambs ... 6 , _^ 00 1 Pigs . ... 59 Sheep and Lambs ... 6 , _^ 00 1 Pigs ° _» Price per stone of SB > 9 ( sinking the offal . ) Beef ... 8 s . 2 d . to 4 s . 2 d . I Veal ... ts . Od . _toBs . 83 , Mutton ... 8 0 ... 6 0 I Pork ... 8 19 ... 4 8 tfEWQATi asd LEAMNHAit _, Monday , December ll . —• Inferior beef 2 _s' 6 d to 2 b lOd , middling ditto 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d , prime large _fs 2 d to 3 b Id , prime small 8 s 6 d to 3 i 8 d _, large pork 3 s sa to ; 4 s id , inferior mutton 8 b 2 d to 3 s id , mid * dling ditto 8 s _dd to 3 s lOd , prime ditto 4 s Od to 4 s 4 . d _, veal 3 sl 0 d to Is 8 d . small pork Is 6 d to Is 8 d , per 81 _ba by the
carcase . PROVISIONS . London , Monday , Dec . 25 th . — We experienced a seasonable demand for hotter during the past week , and a moderate amount of business transacted , chiefly in low priced descriptions ; and in some oases an advance of ls to 2 s per cwt . was realised towards the close of the week . The beneficial change in the weather has given holders increased confidence . We have to notice but a sluggish demand for bacon , and the sales effected wor * quite of a retail description . Prices range from 60 s to 51 s landed .
POTATOES , Sooth wabkWatebsidb , Dec . U . — The arrivals ofthe _pnstweek _, both coastwise and continental , have be , n so extensive that sur market is supplied with a larzer quantity of potatoes than it has been any one week the last three _jears , -wtecta , with a -very dull sale , has caused prices to go down considerably with all sorts . Tbere were a few choice York Regents sold the early part of the week at a high figure , but , with that exception , every sort fans been and is heavy , at the following quotations : — Yorkshire Regents , l _8 us to 151 s ; Newcastle and Stockton ditto , 100 s to 12 . ' _s ; Scotch ditto , IOL ' b to 120 s ; ditto cups , 60 s to 90 s ; ditto reds , 60 s to 80 s ; ditto whites , 69 s to 83 a ; French whites , 60 s to 93 s \ Dutch , tea to 60 * .
WOOL . _Citt , Monday , Dec . 25 h . —The wool market bas been steady . The imports into London last week were mora limited ; comprising 131 bales from Germany , 271 from Egypt , 171 from South Australia , ' and 16 ) fron Odessa . Tnereare fair orders for fabrics to hand , by'the last steamers from North and South America aad India .
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. . ( Frem the * c-H « of Taesday , December 16 . ) _BANKRUPTS , William Bruce , _Albany-street , Regeht ' _s-park , baker-Thomas Tilbury Haydon , Wandsworth , Surrey , butpher —Andrew Davidson Young , _Gracechurch-street , commission agent-Patrick _Cruickshank , Johu _MelviHt , and William Fauntleroy Street , _Austin-friars , merchants—Andrew Smith , _Marylebone-street , _Recent-street , wirerope manufacturer—Owen Parry , Fleet-street , carver-Charles White Dillon , _Rathbone-phoe , Oxford-street , _rtlsts _' colourman -Francis Douglas Havilaud , Burwasb , Sussex , hopmerohant-John Hall , Shrewsbury , timber _, merchant—Anthony Gardiner , jun ., Chepstow , ' Monmouthshire timber-merchant '— William Toms , jun . Honlckumle , Devonshire , victualler—William Bryan , jnn ,, Gat . t 6 ii . on . the . Wold * . and'Great Driffield , York _, shire , " 9 al dealer-Joseph Elliott , Liverpool , draper ,
SCOTCH SEQURSTRATIONS . Robert Thomson Mehteith _, Glasgow , ' manufacturer—Ge > rge Robertson , Roseneath _, Dumbartonshire , share _, broker — _Andrew Phillips , Aberdeen , cabinet-maker-Alexander _Drysdalo _, Glasgow , merchant—John Craig , Forfar , ironmonger . ' , ' _.-.. ..,- . .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30121848/page/8/
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