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      Fi Murders In Ireland. I—Wa—*Mm«Iw—I-^ >...

      THE NORTHERN STAR . _D-WMttt 6 , _ib _^ _—~—— _" _^——^ - — —? — . .. . I

      Amel Ilcas Affairs. Peacetand War. Ifrom...

      AMEl ilCAS _AFFAIRS . _peaceTand war . IFromthe _^ ewi ork J ' _oaniafof Commerce . | Tf there ever was a reason in tiir-e of peace for _maintainin _? a military force it appears to us mat now Lsthe time , especially if , as our _Uasntngton corresDondent intimates , we are _abimt to terminate the joint occupancv of Oregon and extend oar territory to latitude 51 _^ 40 / . if such he our intention , we _oucht to increase both our army and our navy on a scale commensurate with the dangers we ineur . At the same time we ought , much mote than England , to be fortify ing our coasts and girding on our armour . The ide a that we can take possession of Oregon , as a substitute for _titejolut _^ eupaTicy , _-wittiout bringing on a war , is not fouaded upon any argument drawn from the nature of man or from the 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 abnut the spirit of the age while wc practise the "

      spirit of past ages is absurd . If we take separate possession of Oregon England will do so too . If we fortify and _garri ? on important points she will do the sanies If we send aimed ships there , she will send mow . Bow long can sueh a . state of semi-hostile competition exist without producing actual hostilities ? It matters little whether the war beghi in Oregon or on the 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 . & c , have beeoine enveloped in the direful conflagration . And how or when will it end ? Who will first cry 'Peccavif" Who will first make overtures for peace ? Neither , until exhausted by loss of blood and treasure , until restored to rig ht 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 bv their dread realitv .

      But suppose actual war should not ensue , —suppose only a stile of uncertainty , distrust , and preparation should exist , until the expiration ofthe year ' s notice , and until some fortunate plan of adjustment should be hit upon , which might just as well be adopted now , —who will restore to us the millions upon millions wasted upon such precautionary measures , and the millions npon _niiliioES more lost through the derangements of business , the uncertainty of commercial calculations , and the innumerable train of evils connected with the serious apprehension of war with _snch a power as England ? When Mexico growls and snarls at us , we look on calmly , or perhaps with a _smiiej _knowing 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 us to sit down and count the cost . The plea that she has more to lose by 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 his foe . This is precisely the spirit of war ; it is also ihe spirit ol hell . It fires the vilest passions , converts men into fiends , and then send- ? them to destruction . Admit , for the occasion , that England would lose most by a war ; should we gain what she lost ? Suppose we could blot England from the page of nations , or even from 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 this day tlie most powerful nation on the globe . At the same time , she appreciates the strength and resources of the United States . This is evident from her efforts for the peaceable adjustment of the dispute ; and also from her formidable preparations of defence as well as offence when the prospect of a friendlv issue recedes . If these views are "

      anti-American , " as the Hartford Times is pleased to term them , we cannot help it . If to be an American it is necessary to play the bully and the fool , we will leave ihe honour to others .

      Speech Os The Oregon .Question By Daniel...

      SPEECH _OS 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 party ; hut it must be remembered that bis party are " the Whigs—the " outs" —whohaveno power , save the power of public opinion , and that , or at least the opinion ofthe _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 our readers all the information we can on this " momentous question , " and as ,-with that view , -we gave last week the views aud declarations of the Polk men , it is not only fair , but is also necessary , that Englishiuen should hear the other party ! .

      I suppose it is the sentiment of every sensible and just mac 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 . I suppose I may take it for granted " that , in the judgment of this assembly , the public peace of two great eommereial countries , which hold together a daily _mtereourae exceeding that between auy other two countries in the world , shall not be lightly disturbed ; and npon 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 which have excited attention between the countries , is the question of

      the Oregon territory . What xs the question ? How does 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 not 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 is ia dispute between England and the _Tinited States . , and has been in dispute for forty years . This controversy seems now to be approaching a sort of crisis ;" ai : d " there are , from time te time , symptoms ef alarm on one side ofthe Atlantic or the other , as to the consequence of the course of policy which either Government may pursue . Let us look fairly and calmlv to see how it stands . The territory , as 1

      have said , has been the subject of claim , in whole or In part , by both Governments for a great many ? cars . It Sas constantly been the subject of negotiation , aud yet the Government has not been able to agree . As far _backaslSIS , not being able to come to _termsof agreement , they stipulated by a convention , which is in force at thisprescntmomeuti thatthewhcle territory should be thrown open to both _countries until tac boundary was finally settled . That was the _pyovUvan - . _»! " convention , which was confined at ¦ first to limit often years ; afterwards continued by agreemeat indefinitely—or until one of the two nations expressed a disposition to terminate it . That signification of a _dispositlen to end it as never been given bv either parfcv , and the whole cauntry of

      Oregon at this moment is open to the hunting , the settlements , tlie commerce , and the ships of both nations , under treaty stipulations . Now , Gentlemen , I desire to speak with the utmost care , aud 1 hope that I may not be in the slightest degree misunderstood , while 1 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 ha subject for negotiation , for discussion , for amicable settlement-, and so it has been TegavdeiWjy both Governments for the wholclength of time . It was because the two Governments could not agree as tothe properdivlslon of the territory , _oj-upon _anyotherarrangetaent , that in ISIS thev determined oh joint

      occupation until they could come _tesomeunderstauding " about it . And , withthesamespirit , this Government , at three different times , in ISIS , inlS 21 , in 1 S 2 C , has _proposed to the British Government a straight line of division , the parallel of 49 deg ., all north of which should be assumed 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 upon any right to the whole of Oregon . Therefore the position of the question , by the _admission of both Governments , through this long series of years , is that of a question for discussion and negotiation , and compromise , and amicable settlement . ( Probnged applause . ) Now , Gentlemen , I read , with interest of course , the discussion upon this subject in the Jiouse of Commons iliree months aim .

      resulting in an expression of opinion by the British Premier , which received the sanction of that house ; and J am willing to 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 complain of as to ihe temper of that language ; 1 am free to say that it was a temper becoming a largeminded , liberal , and just statesman . But what the British Minister said in the House of Commonsin Its sum and substance—was , that England had rights in regard to this question that must be and would be respected . I adopt the same language on our side , aud say that we also have rights that ought to be , must be , and will be , respected . ( Cheers . ) Now , Gentlemen , I do not propose to express to you an opinion upon this _subject , lhave no better opinion than anv one of vou as to the manner iu which

      this adjustment ought to be made , but I have fail confidence , the utmost confidence , that it can be made ; that 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 _conSdcut of this when I look a little forward and see the state of things which h not far in advance . Where is Oregon ? "n the stores ofthe PaeiSe , 3 , 000 miles from us , and twice as far from England . Who is to settle it ? _Fs _^ _? , _iuaiuly > some settlers undoubtedly from In nor - ; H *? Anglo-Saxons ; all men educated _self-dewmlw _^ Pfndent governinent , aud all _wffl ¦ w _feT _* - _*• whole United States who Spi -awSsS SET _^ *« riptfcii bhrdi

      Speech Os The Oregon .Question By Daniel...

      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 now present , and those not among 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 English and American descent , whose power will be established over the country on the shores of the Pacific ; and tbat all those rights of natural and political liberty , all those great principles that both nations have inherited from t -eir fathers , will be transmitted through us to them , so that there will exist at the mouth of the Columbia , or more probabl . _t further south , a great Pacific ltcpublic , a nation where our children may go for a residence , separating themselves ftom tMa " Government , and ( ovin ' vag an

      integral part of a new government , half way between England and China , in the most healthful , fertile , and desirable portion 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 wliich intelligent and weU-di * posed men might _vety -readily _eo-mft to aw agreement . Hut , Gentlemen , in this point of view , is this a subject upon wliich it is proper by popular appeal , or by loud representations of patriotism , or by a sort of stormy defiance of the 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 either side of the ocean , these two great communities are to be embroiled and plagued in all their commercial and friendly relations , or to be 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 _quesniay 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 this 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 extention of this same line westward ; that the two should keep on abreast , side by side , with the same line of division till they reach the 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 , _thh river , which has been making westward , sweeps to the northward ; instead of making with it a _greal 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 inlS 24 , andin _! 82 G , again and again , to follow up the 49 th parallel westward from the Lake of the Woods , not onl y 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 Bay , 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 oi bringiug on a war between two nations like Great Britain and America , upon a question of this hind , until he is prepared to show that anything and everything that he could do has been done to avoid such a terrible ultimate result ? ( Mr . Webster was interrupted hereby 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 ,

      uetore we are aware ot it , plunge us into a war npon this question , it must expect te 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 the pride of successor _theloye of war—all that it could do tokeepthe nation safe from so great a calamity , with the preservation of its rights and its honour . —Gentlemen , it appears to me that any man , Priaie Minister of England , or President of the United States , who should unncessarily light up the flames of war upon such a _subjeci —flames , let me add , that will burn over the whole globe— -may well consider the genius of his country addressing to him the words which the orator of Rome supposed the geniu 3 ol his country would address to him , if he die

      not quell the Cataline conspiracy : "An cum hello Vestabitur Italia vexabuntur nrbes , tecta ardebunt ; turn te non existiraas _invidiam incendio conflagratiirum . " ( Applause . ) No , Gentlemen ; the niai .. who shall , incautiously , or led on by false ambition or party pride , kindle those fires of war over tbe glob < on this question must look out for it—must expect t « . be himself consumed in a burning conflagration of general reproach . ( Prolonged cheers . ) There will be a public indignation before which no popularity _, public or private , can stand—it will melt down even monument ofthe dcasl , it will destroy aU respect _foi the living , it will burn up every vestige of respect for individual worth , if unnecessarily , it recklesslv , i * ambitiously , it has plunged the subjects and citizens of two civilized Christian states ofthe 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 smokin * _- cities , and that destruction of property , and tha _: 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 sonic oi the Southern cities there is now some agitation for fear of war . I regret this much . I hardly say 1 regret thefceling ; that is natural . But I regret the cause . It is a common mistake of men not in tho 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 ot a war with England and any other nation : and get credit for their patriotism and lofty love of country , but keep the game m their own hands . That may not happen . At any rate , that is not the way nor the

      course widen 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 nlans . What we want is settled peace " , and the conviction that peace will remain until there is some _j-ust and sensible cause for war . On this subject 1 have only further to say , that while itis our duty not to take 01 '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 ns claim all that is right , and ask for nothing that is wrong , freely and ma-p-animouslj and without any parti cular array of patriotic declaration .

      Worcester.—Dreadful Attack Os A Mas Nr A...

      Worcester —Dreadful attack os a Mas _nr a Wilb Boar . —On Saturday last , as John Hardman , one ofthe shareholders of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society , in the employ of Mr . Bircli _) 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 Ilardman , lacerating his thigh dreadfully . Hardman tried to escape , but the ferocious beast again seized him , and tore the calf of one of his legs . Ilardman again tried to escape , and , jumping over a hedge , got clear away _, liis 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 hoar was secured and taken back to his den .

      Child Mcrdbk and Atiempied Suicide . —A melancholy case of murder and attempted suicide has occurred at Pittington , near Durham . It appears , from the particulars that have reached 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 beimr borne 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 Pittington with her father and atep-raother , the latter of whom treated hervery harshly ; and that , added to a course of ill-treatment bv the man who betrayed her , drove

      her to desperation . She went out with the _chim on Monday evenine and returned without it . When asked by her father where it was , she replied it is safe now , and would be no more expense to them . She let-rayed great uneasiness of mind during the whole of that night , and on the following morning her father bid her go and bring the child back . She went out , proceeded to the river there , aud threw herself in , and would have perished , but her conduct was observed by a man , and he plunged in and secured her . Observing what he thought was a shawl , he went in for it , and on taking hold of it the body afsi caiki dropped from it . The woman _acknowi-ii-rcd the child was hen , and that she had thrown it into tJ ; e river the preceding night . She was _subsequently taken into custody _.

      The Murder At Newington. Isqubsr.—Saturd...

      THE MURDER AT NEWINGTON . IsquBsr . —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 murdered man , Daniel Fitzgerald , at the Peacock Tavern , on the Ne wington-road , to which 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 . The jury having been sworn , they proceeded to tho club-room on the first floor to inspect the body . Having returned to tho inquest-room , the evidoneo of the witnesses was immediatel y gone into without the accused being present at the inquiry . -sua . , , _.

      Owen M'Carthy was the first witness sworn . He repeated tlie evidence he gave on Friday at tho Lambeth Police-court , at the examination of Samuel Quennell , the individual accused of the murder . After Samuel Q _, uenndl was taken , he went io acq uaint his brother of what he had done . It was quite light enough for him to see who the person was who met them . He had not the slightest doubt that S . Quennell was the cause of the deceased ' s death . Mr . W . Heavy _Cuttuvg , of No . 8 , Frederick-place , Vauxhall , was the third witness called , lie merely r epeated 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 I 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 be had a pistol or anything else in his pockets , to which he replied in the negatiye . I desired him to be taken into a back room , aud told a policeman to search him . Just as Lockyer was going to do so , Queunell 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 wliich was upwards oi 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 Wm . He said nothing _» n its being read . By the jury : The hammer at the lock was down upon the nipple _whenj examined the pistol . I afterwards examined the prisoner ' s lodgings in Frederickplace , Newington-road , and found eleven bullets and eleven percussion caps of a small size , a small quantity of gunpowder , and a small quantity of shot . Eachof the latter was screwed up in pieces of paper on the mantel-shelf _..

      The witness here produced the bullets and caps , and alto 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 _absut 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 this house and saw a man , 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 _iaw 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 . His 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 the 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 , wliich hadappatcntly been made by a gun or pistol shot . The unfortunate man was sinking fast , and he died in a few miuutes . He probed the wouud , 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 of the 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 tho 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 tothe 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 of a particular individual was towards the deceased . Inspector Carter : I have heard that tiie brother of the accused can give evidence as to that point . . The Coroner : And havo 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 wore , however , called in , and at twenty minutes to seven o ' clock the inquiry was adjourned until _Wednesdas .

      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 39 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 beard of his death about five minutes after witness had paid him half-a-orown : then tho other labourer came back and said he was shot . Witness went to Peacock-street and found deceased had been carried into 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 , nfter he had been so kind to yonl" Prisoner said , " 1 don't know that [ 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 bgood 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 _-jaiu , and that it was through Fitzgerald thathe 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 _^ vnd indistinct . Witness never heard him speak against Fitzgerald . To the best of witness ' s knowledge , prisoner and Fitzgerald were always on the best of terms . Before the Saturday , witness heard of these words from Fitzgerald , but had said nothing of It , lest it should ex . cite jealousy between them . Witness's _^ wile , seeing some difference between witness and prisoner , asked Fitzgerald what the reason was , and thus came to know aud 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 publicliouse , but had no conversation with him since the cenversation in question till the death of Fitzgerald . Witness is not aware whether prisoner ever after came to his yard . Prisoner lives in Frederick-street , which ia near Peacock-street . One might go from Kennington-lane to Frederickstreet through Peacock-street . Five o ' clock is tho proper hour for leaving off since last Saturday week . Witness believes prisoner knew this . Twelve o ' clock is the dinxcr hour . Had 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 , and thought them too familiar . Had hot seen his brother lurking about the premises . By " sullen" witness means a 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 last witness ) : Recollects Saturday week , and the prisoner coming in to be paid by her husband , about 1 p . m ., and asked him now he could be so unkind as to speak so to Fitzgerald about his master ? In the morning Fitzgerald fold her , that at the building were prisoner was at work , prisoner came and stuck the shovel into tlie . nortar , and said lie had a good mind to go and knock ! _= is brother on the head , aud if he had mo * ey ho would go and set up against him . Witness told prisoner all this , and prisoner replied it was aU Fitz-

      The Murder At Newington. Isqubsr.—Saturd...

      gerald ' s fault ; he had urged him on to it . Fitzgerald had said to the prisoner he knew Quen » ell better than ho ( prisoner ) did . Mrs . Quennell added , " That was no excuse for you ; you ( prisoner ) ought to have come aud told us what Fitzgerald had been saying . Witness thought she saw tears in prisoner s eyes that _evening ; be appeared much hurt . Thinks _1-itzcerald and prisoner were on good terras ; botli were wrestling together about a fortnight before , when deceased hurt himself so as to be off work about a _fortnight 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 ? He i ( t jo " - rt Sal Mr . Games : She knows prisoner knew where Fitz gerald lived .

      Mrs . Quennell was re-called : She certainly did not know of any quarrel , or intimation of intention to quarrel , by either party . Witness has been at prisoner's lodgings . Never knew prisoner had a pistol , but has never been into -prisone r ' 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 Mr . 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 , aud 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 the 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 not heard . Witness recognised the shopman in court . After some words between the shopman and prisoner

      prisoner went a little way from the 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 , " I did intend buying one , but not tonight . " After this , having put the pistol into his pocket , prisoner took up an accordion . Tho pistol bought was oue of a kind tlie 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 him after . Had kept his eyes closely upon prisoner all thc time ; and is certain he is the same person . Is quite sure . Prisoner wore a cap at the time , but does not know what kind of cap . By Mr . Games : Witness did see 5 s . paid ; it waa 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 live months . Prisonec 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 the best . He said nothing more , and _witness said nothing about it . There might be about half an ounce , certainly not an ounce . It was not weighed . He left the 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 Denver , 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 _Teacock , 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 she knows now was Fitzgerald ; he was standing in Peacock-street . The

      pistol was fired immediatery after . Prisoner came up Peacoek-street , 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 sure 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 rnn when he got up to the pump near the Peacock . Witness is certain of the prisoner . Has no doubt he is the same who passed her . On thi 3 evidence the magistrate committed the prisoner to take his trial at the sessions . Mr . Games thought it proper at present to refrain from mailing any observations .

      Destructive-Fire At Poyle, Near Colnbllo...

      DESTRUCTIVE-FIRE AT POYLE , NEAR COLNBllOOK . Slough , Sunday . —Last night , at a quarter-past eight o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out in the farmyard of Ml ' . John 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 tho 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 . Bulcy , of Colnbrook , and the constables

      of the adjacont villages , assisted by a strong party of labourers , the live stock , with the exception of the poultry , was rescued from the flames . The inhabitants of the neighbourhood , notwitstandlng the inclemency of the weather ( the rain descending in torrents during the time ) made strenuous exertions to save the thrashed corn and other property . The 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 whicli a large quantity of oats and wheat had been housed for thrashing , the granary stored with wheat , only a small portion of whicli had been saved ; part of a rick of hay , a large stack of straw , the farming _titensils , 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 carls , 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 , « fce . Mr . Cane is understood to be insured in the Sun Five-office for £ 1 , 500 , but the amount of his loss is stated to be nearly £ 2 , 500 .

      _APrRKHENSIOX OP A MAN OX SUSPICION " . During the progress of the conflagration , policeserg eant Regalesford 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 other persons having expressed tlieir 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 the Waggon and Horses beer-shop , at Colnbrook , and on searching him there was found on him a number of Inciter matches , and a small bottle containing oil of aniseed . He was immediately conveyed to the police station at Staine 9 , for the purpose

      of being examined before the local magistrates on Monday . On Monday he was removed from Staines to the Red 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 . Tlie bench asked him how he came to have lucifier matches in his possession , and for what purpose he carried about essential oil ?—The prisoner said thelucifers were to light his pipe , aud the bottle of oil of aniseed he carried in case he could get a

      job at rat catching . Sergeant _^ Moore said the prisoner , vvlien he first questioned him about the bottle , said he had picked it up at _Epsoni . The prisoner admitted that he had said so , but he hardly knew what he said at the time . The bench , after some furthcr aucstions , said they did not think themselves justified , after the evidence that had been given , that the prisoner was the perpetrator of the vile deed , in detaining him longer in custody . The ori gin of the fire was quite a mystery ; but Mr . Cane having always had the yeputation of being a very kind muster to all his servants and labourers , some ol whom had been with him upwards o . " twentv years , they had no reason to suspect that an-,- individual connected with the neighbourhood wouVfliavc cauied it . The prisoner waa then discharge- ' . ! ,

      Murders In Ireland. Shockitftf Jiurdelt ...

      MURDERS IN IRELAND . SHOCKItftf JIURDElt OF AIADT IN _ENNISKILLBIT , The Bublin Evening Mail contains the following :-" _Eshiskilm-n _, November 20 . —A very shocking murder—happily , however , unconnected with the agrarian system—has just come to light in tho vicinity of this town . , , „ . T • i " On Wednesday was a week-, a Miss Irvine , sister to the clerk ofthe e ' rown for the , county of Fermanagh , was found dead , under the fset of her horse , in the stables attached to her house , which stands almost in the suburbs of _Enniskiilen . She was covered with wounds and bruises , particularly on the head ; one of her arms was broken , and the baud of it very much damaged . MTTR . DK RS IN IRELAND .

      * ' It was supposed tbat Miss Irvine , who , though an elderly lady , was of very active habits , had , upon this occasion , gone to fetch some apples from the loft above the stable , ' where they had been stored , and that in her descent , either the step-ladder had 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 . Tho death , however , was considered accidental , and the bodv way buried without an inquest .

      • ' Things remained in this state until Into yesterday ( Friday ) evening , when a lad about sixteen or seventeen years of age , who had recently been taken into _Misslrvin _' s service , came forward under the direction of his father , ami gave such information as induccd the magistrates to arrest the woman servant who lired 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 moraine . Two hpvsicians , Doctors Ovenden and _^ Nixon ,

      deposed , I understand , that tho injuries of wliich 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 had been one in the house which cannot _bafeund ) . The boy deposed that a few evenings previous to the murder , her fellow servant bad said to him , _« Now , if some st * anger should como and murder the 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 her an apron , and other articles of clothing , from some distant place , 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 _dow for him , he observed blood upon her 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 wliich water had been thrown , flowing from under the stable door , and on entering it found his mistress dead as described , " This is the material part of the evidence , as far as I have heard it ; and 1 have reason to think it is _essentially correct . The woman and the 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 ascertained . Some impute it to the 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 having existed between him and the woman . "

      Hobrible Murder. — It Appears That A Wom...

      Hobrible Murder . — It appears that a woman named Bridget Barrett cohabited with a man of the name of Mannion , by whom she had a child . It having lately come to her knowledge that he was about being married to another woman , she being aware ol his mode of living and some secrete connected 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 the most strict secrecy , stating that lie had no money , and tbat his friends would be enraged at hini 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 of

      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 heart ) , and lie being curious to see them off , hid himself behind a rock on the shore , and plainly saw 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 the boat . At this very time , on the opposite shore , there were a number of persons playing at cards ; the door of the house they were in being 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 be heard of , Suspicion having fallen on those parties , one of them , Mannion , was sent to our country gaol a few days ago . After a good deal of search and inquiry bad 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 one ? recognised as that of Bridget Barrett , although much disfigured , the hands and legs having been literally torn oft '; it is thought 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 the body , and love it away from the 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 , Tuara , who held an inquest on the body , on the days of the 24 th , 25 th , 20 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 _llosnenule , in the county of _Galway , by James Mannion and Thomas Cosgrove ( Dominick ) _, both of whom wilfully murdered the said Bridget Barrett . on the high seas , ill the bay of Roundstone , on the night of the 10 th day of September last . "—Galway Vindicator .

      A-sothek Trer-ERARY . Murder . — "Since the first meeting of magistrates , on the 10 th ult , consequent upon the niurderof the late Mr . Patrick Clarke , two extensive robberies of arms took place . Mr . Lloyd , of Longford-house , was fired at ; a poor man named Guihnartin , at Lateragh , was also fired at through the window of his dwelling , and severely wounded in the 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 , which had been evicted , or in dispute , fifteen years ago , and had been in possession of it ever since .

      Ihe provincial executive , however , being under the impression that the " existing laws" had no power to check tlieir course of legislation , sent some fellows about six . months ago to give Molowney warnin _« to quit . They then attacked him , and drove him ° off his own land . This warning not producing the desired effect , OU last Sulldaj , the day generall y selected for deeds of blood , four men , two of whom were armed entered his house after dusk , and beat the unfori tunate man to such an extent , that his death ensued m about twenty-four hours after . He was a cripple and could make no resistance . " '

      Arrest op a Murderer . —On the night of the 20 th , Constable HolineB , of the Clomanto station , with a party of the constabulary , alter the most unwearied exertions , in a remote part of tho county of of Tipperary , succeeded in arresting James Dillon , a native of the Queen ' s County , charged witli havin _" brutally murdered his uncle , 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 lett Paddington , and three up express trains arrived at that station , conveying parties _conivected with projected lines of railway , charged with tlie necessary plans to be deposited at the office ofthe Board ot lrade , Whitehall . One of . these express trains consisting of only the engine , tender , and a first-class carnage ( in the latter were two or three gentlemen proceeding to Exeter with railway plans . _& C , to be deposited with the clerk of the peace for the county of Devon ) left Paddington on Sunday _aUernoon at twenty minutes past five o ' clock . Aa it passed by __ Slough , Mr . Howell , the superintendent at mat station , observed the burning coke fallin" out apparently through the bars of the furnace , in _consil

      ueraDJc 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 tender ot one first and oneseeond clas scarriage . wasohwvpri approaching Slough from Paddington ? £ Howe , l immediately , made the usual signal , for this train to stop , fearingfrom what he had witnessed of tho tprmcrone : that it won d not be enabled to proceed far beioroit came to a dead stop for the want of fuel Iu this tram were three or four gentlemen en « a " ed upon a similar errand o those on the _formerone Mr . Howell having informed the engine-dr 5 cr and guardlot thecircumstances _hehadobse _^ edconnected with the first tram , and giving them strict Suctions to exei-c . se he greatest eave , suffered _SJmto proeceu , alter delaying the train for n ,., _vK . n * _7 ZZ

      or an hour The first train , having a disabled e " be t having been iound that scveraf of tho _bai of the luinavo had _tlroppod out ) , was only enabled to proceed

      Collision On The Great Western Railway. ...

      _i—wa —* _MM « _IW—i- _^ _>^—fc-W _^^ _, _^ t i . i I _.. — _-. I — ' .. ... — _^^ _^^^^^^^• _"' _- _^^• _a—| about a mile beyond Maidenhead station , " _ashn t distance over the . bridge which wosses the Thani I At this time it was quite dark . The guard Was tl . sent back towards Slough , for the purpose of si _<» n Using any train , whicli might be _proeeedinu-do'vn « line to stop . Observing the train , w )) ich ° had boen detained a short time at Slough , by Mr . Howell proceeding towards him , and being unprovided with a light , an unaccountable omission , he pulled of h _; i jacket , in the hope that his white shirt _slccv . a might attract the attention of the driver , ay made the usual signal , by holding both his hands up above his head for the train to stop . The distance between the two trains at this time was nearly about a mile beyond Maidenhead stat . _V _. n -w _^

      n miln ' _jPJts-i mutt _i-ifi _rliimmi Iif-iMfSlfrYiM _luit ,,. ? rl / a mile . The engine-driver , however , passed the man unheeded , and in less than two minutes afterwards a most fearful collision took place . The hist train riltl into the one which was stationary with a dreadful crash , shivering tho only first-class carriage which was attached to it literally into a __ thousand pieces scattering the fragments over the line . Fortunately the engine-driver , stoker , and guard , and the two or three passengers had left the train , and werestaud . ing by the side of tlie bank when the crash occurr ed * Had the latter remained in the carriage , then- Uvea could not have been saved . As it was , however , thoy providentially escaped , as well as those who were with the other train , with the exception of some slight bruises of but little importance . The engine

      which ran into the carriage sustained no injury , except to one of the buffers . Tho whole of the parties who were travelling by both the special trains then proceeded with the sound engine ( which , after some delay , was shifted by the moveable rails on to the other line , as soon as it waa cleared of the wreck ) to their places of destination . It is stated that the engine attached to the first train was without asingio light , and that it was the intention of those entrusted with it to provide themselves with lamps upon their arrival at the Reading station . It was not until nearly midnight that the down line was cleared of all obstruction , and open for traffic . Several of the trains , both up and down , were considerably delayed in consequence of the accident .

      The Oxford train , which 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 tea o'clock , did not arrivo till nearly midnight . The 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 ,

      Sanftnipte, &U

      _Sanftnipte _, _& _u

      Bankrupts. (From Tuesday's Gazette, Dece...

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , December 2 , 1815 J Lucy Lang and Ann Bayley Smyth , of 33 , Charterhouse-square , and ll _. _CIuu-terhouse-street , boarding-housekcupers—Jolm Clark , of tlie Crescent , Miuories , City , merchant—Edward liedwood , jun ., now of 16 , Windmill _, street , Lambeth , and late of SI , Upper King-street , filoonisbury , china dealer—John Maylard _. ' of 12 o , Fetterlane , City , grocer—Benjamin Baldwin , of Liverpool and Manchester , and of Old Jewry , City , warehouseman—John Bromiley , of Bolton-Ie-Moors _, Lancashire , imuiu * _fiieturer—Samuel Phillips , uf _KingSton-upon-Hull _, liattcr and ship broker—William Guy Taylor and Elizabeth Guy , of Liverpool , hosiers .

      _DECLAUATFONS OP 1 _SSOLVENCV . Thomas Sieger , of Holborn-hill , and Coventry-street , Haymnrket , poulterer , Novembers !) . . \ iioLmel Jones , of in and 43 , TheubaWs-roud , Holborn , grocer , December 2 . BANKHDPTCIES ANNULLED . Joshua Swallow , of Manchester , sharebroker . Samuel ilay and _I _' ryce _Alotti-ani , of Shrewsbury , drapers , DIVIDENDS DECLARED . George Elwell Jackson , of Birmingham , dealer in iron , second and final dividend ot ' uid in ihe pound , payable at 7 , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , auy Friday , Thomas _Sinnllwood , of Birmingham , grocer , third and final _dividend of Is 'i _^ d , payable , at 7 , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Friday . William Menzics , ot Gloucester , drapov , first dividend of 5 s . in the pound , _payable at l ' J , St . Augustin ' s-plucc . Br ' _3-tol . any Monday .

      DIVIDENDS TO BI DECLAEED . At the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Jonathan Thomas _Jlaund , of Birmingham , Iaccman , December 23 , at eleven—Edward Mansfield Marks , of 21 , . Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square , and 10 , Stanhopestreet , llegent ' _s-park , upholsterer , December 23 , at hallpast two—Thomas Weils Wright , of Devonshire-street , _i'oi-tliUHUpUicc _, merchant , _Dseembcr TA , at three . Ja the Coimtrj-. Alexander Bower , of Busford , _Stiftbrdshiro , and Manchester , banker , December 23 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—James Scliofield , now or late of Gl'euliacre _' s Moor , near Oldham , grocer , December 23 ,

      at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—Joah Sugdeii , of _Springfield and Huddersfield , Yorkshire , fancy cloth manufacturer , December 23 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds—Thomas Bodily , of Leeds , malio . g & uy merchant , December 23 , at eleven , at tlie _Colll't Of Bankruptcy , Leeds—Henry Waiburtcn , of Hnrpurhey , Lancashire , joiner , December 2 : _i , at twelve , at the Court _ui Bankruptcy , Manchester—John Itailtoii ami Company , of Manchester and London , merchants , December 23 , at twelve , at the Court ui _Bankruptcy , Manchester , _CEUiincATEs to be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of _inectiiuc . Benjamin Hornby , of HoylaUe , Cheshire , innkeeper , December 23 .

      Certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause _bs shown to the contrary , on or before December 23 . Jolm Giles , of Headless Brass , Worcestershire , publican —Robert Buckler , of Fortscu , Hampshire , Grocer—James Coupihoun _ltemlne , of Liverpool , merchant—Matthew Murphy , of Shrewsbury , Shropshire , haberdasher .

      • _PARTNEHSHirS DISSOLVES . John Calvert and James Procter , of Bradford , Yorkshire , smiths—Charles Husbaudaud John HeuryAruold IteinoUl , of EingSton-upon-Uull , ship brokers—Peter _Muens and Lopez Fonseca , of 32 , Bread-street , City , perfumers—George Haines , Joseph Ward , and William Ward , of West Broniwich , Staft'ordsiiire , general _agents ( so far . is regards Georse Haines ) — Owen Thomas _l'rich . 'ird aud Evan _Prichai-d of Oxtcn and Hock Ferry , Cheshire , joiners—Benjamin Baker and Francis Martin , of 75 , Aldenuanbury , City , commission agents — James Morris and William Gray , of Manchester , shnrebrokcrs—Joseph Bullen and John Hignett , of Liverpool , tobacco manufacturers—Sir Stephen Richard Glymie , Lord Lyttleton , William Ewarfc Gladstone , James Boydell , and Charles Townsend , Oak Farm Iron , and Coal Company , Staffordshire—Tliuinas

      _lt-iigh _a-ftd Charles lidwavd Smith , of Sheffield , brass casters—Robert Yates and Robert Cronipton , of Great Bolton , Lancashire , grocers—Thomas _England and John Beaumont IleHawell , of Huddersfield , Yorkshire , attor . nejs—James Riches and Henry Napoleon Deeriug , of 19 , Carey-street , Lincoln's-inn-fields , law stationers—Charles Bowman and John 1 aiue _, of Tallington , Lincolnshire , millers—J . Bloor and Robert Archer Ilackett , of Tutbury , Stuiibrdshire ,. taiiners—Thomas Griffin and William Hudson arittin _, of 1 _DB , liolywtll . stveet , Shorediteh , wine merchants—Jonathan Kubinson Asliwoi'tii and George Cart _, wright , of Manchester , manufacturers—William Crips , William Wright , _Alfi-ed Large , and William Lottimer , of New York and Nottingham—James Slack , Samuel Willi _, fer , and William Slack , of Manchester , filtering machine _muiiufiicturers-Johu Perry and John fowls , of ilnnley , Staffordshire , ironmongers .

      Atkocious Cuueltv.—A Case Of Horrid Crue...

      _Atkocious _Cuueltv . —A case of horrid cruelty came before the mayor and magistrates at the Guildhall , Rochester , on Saturday , in which Mary Ann Vigo , a girl , aged 13 , was charged with forcing Sarah Oeuld , an infant betvvecn three and four years of ago , into a quantity of hot tea , by which she was so dreadfully scalded that the skin fell from the soles of her feet , and the effect of wliich cruelty will be , _alioidd tho sufferer survive , that the feet will be contracted aud she will become a cripple . The evidence of Mr . Baker , the master of the union , of Mrs . Burnham , the schoolmistress , and other witnesses detailed the following revolting particulars;—One witness stated that in a conversation with the 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 key of the gate leading to the kitchen , whicli she opened and went out ; she shortly afterwards returned with a pail which she had partly lilled from a copper of boiling tea , and placed it en a stool ; she then took one of the children and attempted to place it in the boilling 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 mouth , at the samo time Dressing its knees so as to pro-cut the Withdrawing ofthe feet from the horrible _torturo it was enduring . Mr . Jacob , the surgeon of the union , described the injuries the poor child had received ; he said he found both her feet severely scalded ; the skin ofthe sole ofthe right foot had come off in one

      piece , and that on the . left was very loose . Ho thought there would be a contraction and deformity ofihefeet , and , on account of the constitutional disturbance and depression arising from the severity of the scalding , he did not consider her out of danger _, ihe prisoner , who is illegitimate , was formerl y in the old workliouse at Strood , and when the union was termed she was removed to that establishment . In 1 S 43 she was taken out b y parties supposed to be ber parents , but in August last she was again found at a gate Of the union workhouse , where she said she had been left by a woman named Phillips , her mother having run away . She admitted the offence , and told an improbable story of having assisted her father in skinningcats 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 tho next quarter _sessaions for Rochestert

      _Darhsio-s Misers . —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 . _Greenaway ' s pit , 3 s . IOiL Mr . Bills pit , 4 s . 6 d . ; Mr . Walford ' _s pit , 3 s . id . ; George Reynold , Is . ' National . Association op United Trades , for TU Employment of Labour . —At a meeting of the board of directors ( T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., in the chair ) , 30 , _Hyde-street _, Bloomsbury , Mr . James Harris was unanimously appointed tlieir secretary , in place of Mr . Storey , who has previously held the office , i > ro tem . Several shares have been takeii up since our previous report , and tho _AssowQALorj _gciWrally _beiu-jj a very promising _lupeet-.

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_06121845/page/6/