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*~ u Welcome , Christinas— -welcome , Christmas , Oh ! _aieveller hold art thou ! Witfi the misletoe and holly Wreath'd around thy jocund brow ; Though the blast is bitter piercing , And the year is well nigh dead , Pransly smile thy frankrongh features Ont among thy berries red . " _3 lost _inopportiuiely for our Christmas reflections , _* he political world is _jnst now agitated hy the old _jjock pantomime , "The Ministerial Crisis ; or , _R ein ' s and the Out ' s , " which , though often performed , and always tenninating in giving _dissatisfacjionto thegreatmajority of Jons Ben ' s family , nevertheless , when reproduced , is sure to be immensely attractive—for . a time . The movements , meetings , ¦ _f _ntrigues , and teekerieB of "Whi gsand
Tories"A plague on both their houses ' " ' — ai present form almost the only subject for report aid comment in the press , dairy and weekly . We _jaight " as well be out of the world as out of the jashion , " and . therefore , the Northern Star is _congtiamed to , in some measure , devote its columns to ihe " absorbing topic" of the time . Not * however _, " all-absorbing , " for there i 3 one other matter which very largely occupies onr columns tlm week—the proceedings of the Chartist _^ . and Conference . The silence of our contemporaries on the meeting and doings of that " Conference" is a remarkable proof oi the corruption and partisanship of the public journals generally . The great majority of our contemporaries _gre just now chanting their songs of triumph
over tne downfall of the Peel administration , each , also , labouring to outvie the other in fierce denunciations of what they call the "Landlords' moaopoly , " each devoting column after column , and page _^ fter page , to the doings and sayings oi every scneming politician , ambitious agitator , and party parasite , who , " at tbis crisis , " mumbles by the minute , or harangues by tbe hour , against the "horrid bread tax . " While the "teachers and leaders of public _opinion" are thus aiding and abetting an agitation which they faiow has for its object not the benefiting of the people , but the transfciTing the monopoly of power from one class of oppressors and schemers to another class equally the relentless enemies of labour ; at the same time they pass over , as utterly
unworthy of notice , the proceedings of a body of men who really belong to the people , and whose constituents are of the people . The difference between the Chartist co-operators on the one hand and the Whig League agitators on tbe oiher _, is , that the former are honestly bev » t upon destroying the " Landlords * monopoly , " and aU other monopolies , while the latter only aim at the transfer of monopoly from one class to another , erecting the despotism of money in lieu of the despotism of hereditary privilege . Therefore it is that the precious "anti-monopolist " journals , the tools of the profitocracy , will not report the doings ofthe really honest and consistent " _antijnonopohsts _. " Hence , too , a reason why so much of this paper should be occupied with the proceedings of the Manchester Conference . The which proceedings being reported at great length , renders it imperative
that we should , on this occasion , be as brief as possible . If we have no sympathy with the sham " anti-monopolists , " we have as little with the avowed " monopolists , " and if , as the " signs of the times" betoken , their fall is near , we shall hail it with exultation , — more especially as we shall then have but one enemy to combat with , an enemy strong and insolent , but who will present the last obstacle between nsand freedom . Well would it be for the millions if the hour of that last combat had come . Crucified between the conservative land-robber on the one hand , and ihe ambitions money-juggler on the other , Christmas time _presentsglAdsome associations to hut few ofthe unhappy toiling _pt-Gple , and the time honoured greeting , "A merry Christmas , " sounds a mockery in the ears of
TUB SHELTERLESS POOIt ! There's joy ia the palace , there ' s grief in the cot , The rich have abundance , but poverty ' s lot ' 3 s fugitive hope , ever chased by grim care , Till the vision dissolves in the gloom of despair ! There ' s sport for the squire , for the lords of the _soB , But what is to solace the children of toil ? Where revels are ri _' _a in the mansion and Court , 3 fo sport is for tie * . !—they ' re of fortune the sport ! There are laws the swoln wealth of the rich to secure , Bnt the " Poor laws" alone are the laws of the poor .
Stern winter approacheth , he rides on the blast , And Myriads must perish before he hath _pass'd ; The ragged , the wretched , most shiver and die , Ere the ice-crested monarch , stern Winterpass by . Yet the-yule-log shall _blaie in the homesteads of mirth , "WhUe penury droops o ' er its emberless hearth , And the storm-gusts rnsh cold thro' the windowless shed , And pierce the gaunt inmates—unclothed and unfed . Ah ! is there no pity , for those who endure The sharp-biting season—the shelterless poor ! Let the poet _Souiiiet answer the two last lines of the above : — "Petitioning for pity is most weak ,
The sovereign people ought to demand justice . " And , let ns add , ought to take it . What spectacles of misery this huge metropolis presents ! What a hideous contrast of wealth and woe , riches and rags , may . be seen any hour , in the great thoroughfares where the rich exhibit their splendour to gratify their Tanity , and the destitute make public their loathsome wretchedness to obtain the miserable means of prolonging the burden of life . We happen to be peculiarly well or ill situated for observing these re-Tolting contrasts—tho bloated idler and ths destitute toiler , the pampered lady and the female mendicant , ihe petted lap-dog and the famishing child—the icy indifference , the brutal owelty of the one class , and the despairing misery and spirit-broken demeanour of the other . Our London readers must aU be conversant with the reality of the following sketch : —
«• STARTING !' lis a cold and gloomy winter ' s day , Heavy and damp with fog ; And a squalid wretch on the pavement way Is crouching down like a dog ; Jake a poor and faaashed dog that , now , Neither cart nor truck may draw , That squalid wretch with care-worn brow , Pats forth his skeleton pftw . © n thesnrface flat ofthe pavement stone—Cleansed with his ragged cuff-He chalks , he chalks , with moan and with groan , Sketching his work in the rongb . Chalking—chatting—chalking away , Characters fair , in colouring gay ; A record of misery , talent , and want , " With hungry beUy and fingers gaunt .
Passengers hurry , hurry along , With _sowowful ' flearts , or gay ; Rich and poor—a motley throng-Pass over the pavement way ; But none save the needy , slacken their speed , To gaze on the writing there ; * Nonehntthe wretched can tarry , to read Thatfamishedwretch ' sprayer He has chalked and chalked aU his chalk away , ¦ Making the very pavement pray ; And shownshow stonesmayceme outin print , To soften with pity men's hearts of flint . Mockery J—cruel mockery all !
Ihalandof mocking andgroans Where the _pamperM _steedfeeds high in the stall , While _JTe-ivstarve on the stones ! One word , one onh /—appears on the stone ! In characters bold and fair ; But Oh 5 tfart word is of _eldo and bone ! " Starving" is written there . Starving , in flourishes chalked on the ground , Starving hi colours so gay , lake the rich who can revel in luxury round Our famishing forms of clay . S tarving—starving—starving I With maddening hunger and cold , While the holy bishop is carving His viands on dishes of gold ! Oh , the shiv'ring wretch may hide his head , And his eye so hoUow and dim , Por life to the fat fihurch livings has fled ,
And Death may grapple him . Oh , land of mockery , wealth and wo , A land of riches and rags , Where the idler rides in pomp and show , And the toiler starves on the flags VMockery—mockery—mockery all ! A land of mocking and groans , Where the pamper'd steed feeds high in the stall , While men starve on the stones . London has its hundreds of churches and chapels , and its thousands of parsons , P _^ _J" ™ _^ _"g other " religious teachers ; " all sects , at least all Christian sects under the son , are toihe . found . here , sothatthe "Irish gentleman _»«^ _£ " _£ _P ! 2 . mightTery well have _acc ommodated hymseH j nth c _^ exte _& g his travels bey ond the " great-wen _^ forcesLond
yet , despite this array of _priestcrafts , on _IsfteSpIace iu the WW _forbrmgmgzllrehgioursySScoutempt . We defyany _manj ho hasa heart to feel and a brain to _W £ _™| _J £ tea wretchedceward , who dares not _^ _Sf-Jjffl any sueh man to i _^ _" - _^*? * . _^ aJB _^ _aihimself the question of the I » _Sf _^ _"gg 5 "If a God existed , would l » J _^*^ £ * JSSo _thingsf' _Afitateofthb _gsm which th _^ _menwjo have tilled the land and grown the food awi _hwdiess _aadfoodless , and , therefore ,. wander- _^ SSiSE ttreetsstarving ; in _whichtoose who _^ _™ e dotting nS of all needful raiment ; _angji those who build thehouses are _$ emse lvea _Jouwlew , "the foxes have holes , and the birds _^ _ffigS the sobs of men have not where to lay their head * _, _mthh & it is _Wsmcio , the German _Comnunut _, Who , in one of his discourses observes , on thei _homefcwstate ofthe English poor-rhomeless , and _emoseu to bitter frosts and chafing damps , white-idle con-Bumenny to the _souths their warm _nestsleft _^ _"Pg ; - "The swallows also fly to the south , leaving empty
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te 3 * H _t ! i ?? 1 T 0 W 8 teke _Pulsion of for _S _^ Wort . Why should homeless , naked creatures _msight of splendour , and luxury ; slowly _fete _^ _ft * _- _^ I _^ _tthepeoplel . uUtan 5 _SS _^ frt . _- _^ " S _^ ' Ha _^ they not a greater right to them than the sparrows who have not built those of the swallows ? " Reader , ponder on the question , and answer . We have before us a host of poetical favours from correspondents who have offered their assistance in twining our garland , to each and all we _mtnm _'«¦» tn ,,, .
fr \ 3 _T _? _-K ame tim l ? _^ must confess a * our Inends _contabutions offer but verv little suitable tor tne occasion . William Johnson , Knaresborough sends us two pieces entitled "The Chartist ' s Grave , " and a Christmas Ode to Liberty . " The first of these is really good , and , though not suited for the " Gar-! 55 S » - be in 5 ertctt at a future time . The Ode _rs not so good , it contains manv good ideas , and some good lines , but there is no perfect verse but the first : —
Arise , ye sons of Freedom , Chartists , rise 1 ' Tis jolly Christmas pays her visit here , Behold she comes fresh from the Eastern skies , And claims a merry portion of the year . Arise , and with heart-pleasing Bacchus cheer Her glad approach . Let all be joy and glee , Lo 3 happiness and mirth with her appear . To drive away each trace of misery , Giving the jocund season to festivity . Mr . Jonxsox can write if he will onlv take a little trouble ; a very little would enable him to furnish us with a" Christmas Rhyme" we could give entire . Perhaps we may hear from him before next Christmas .
Amos Horseman , the " mill-boy , " sends us " a piece of hum We and original poetry , " accompanied by a very sensible note . We are desirous to give our friend every encouragement , and it affords us pleasure to observe that his present is superior to his former attempts ; we , However , cannot give the entire ofthe " mill-boy ' s" rhyme , it is too faulty , as well as somewhat too lengthy . The following are fragments of : —
THE WORKING MAN ' S CHRISTMAS COMPLAINTS AND HOPES . BT AMOS HOUSEMAN , THE HILL BOT . How pale ! how meagre is my haggard frame ! Horrid my _prospect , hated is my name ! I live , 'tis true , yet living scarcely know , Or feel the gifts of heaven toman below _. But in this noisome cell I draw my breath , Worse than the charnel house , the abode of death ; For there no hunger haunts the sacred gleom , So wretchedness invades the silent tomb .
I drag of life the length _' ning toil _. And as day follows day in misery moil , Destroy my happiness and waste my health To appease the insatiate , greedy gorge of wealth ; While idlers filling high the sparkling bowl , Their worthless limbs on Tyrian purple roll , And drink to welcome this their Christmas Day , That comes , they say , to " drive dull care away . " Welcome : oh , heavenly time , to this dark cell , And from my sonl each cloudy thought dispel . * * # # Thou dos't before me a clear mirror place _. Which shews the past , when many a merry face , Sprightly with happiness and joyful glee Around me smiled away sad misery . Behold the loving partner of my life , Too plain I see my ever faithful wife ; And as I gaze through Time ' s sad looking-glass , Methinks I watch her wretched by me pass ,
Hungry and ragjr * d , but no one to assuage The pangs of famine or fierce winter ' s rage . I lov _* d her dearly , yet would hasten by Her death , attended by the Poor Law spy ; How from her wasted form they shut me cut , When Death on dismal pinions play'd about , They heeded not her deatii-bed's last request : — That in my arms once more she might be prest ; That I should close her eyes in quiet death , And with a kiss receive her latest breath . Yearly remembrancer to me of grief , Thou bring _^ t no soothing comfort , nor relief . Time was , when seated near the merry blaze , My children form'd the joys of happier days : Three lads , robust and str ng , were then my pride , Two daughters chaste my chief delight supplied . Woe pierces deep my heart since they are gone , And I thus destitute am left alone .
Some o erthe glassy face of ocean ' s wave Have crossed , themselves from England ' s ills to save Have torn the tender ties that bound them here To seek on foreign shores a land more dear"Where hastiles ne ' er arise for misery ' s sound To groan within , nor signs of want are found ; But bread to fill the starving poor is given , And on them smiles the favouring face of heaven » Others , but why with sorrow rack my heart ? Why pierce my soul with undeserving smart ? But list ! the solemn sound breaks on my ear Of onr church bells ; by heaven , 'tis sweet to hear The peals which draw us to the house of God , And bid us tread the steps which he ne'er trod , With holy sanctity and reverence due ,
The wolf , who from the pulpit dares to view And blame the poor , and preach contentment ' c lot To him who starves beneath astraw thatch'd coR Barest thou , 0 impious wretch , thou tool of gold , By whom heaven's precepts ever have been sold , Insult the poor ? Did ' st ever thou proclaim To great and wealthy In God ' s holy name , That they should give from their unbounded store Of mammon ' s heaps to fill the starving poor S Did ' st ever thou proclaim the lesson grand ! . " They should enjoy the fruits who till the land . " The variegated web that they who weave An ample wage should for that web receive . Ah » no ; the fatten'd parsons no such creed believe . But bursting tho thick mist of tyranny , I see the glorious form of liberty .
Beware , ye people , lest the glorious light Of liberty be veiled in dismal night Of never-ending tyranny again . Beware , And like the golden-belted bees , prepare To drive each drone far from the honied hive , That those who labour hate may never thrive On the rich produce of your toiling hands . Cling to the brilliant boon , herself commands That ye now raise theflag of liberty , And on this island gem let aU be free , Thepcoplc ' s rights and Charter your grand motto be . J . E ., Derby , is quite right as to the species of poetry we desire to see in the Star , but , unfortunately , he has failed in his attempt to work out his good intentions . W . C , Derby , is thanked for his enthusiastic letter , but his " poetry" is inadmissible .
We should be but deceiving him were we to encourage him to "try again . " He writes very sensiblyin prose , and by that we would advise him , in all friendship , to abide . W . B ., Doncaster , is but fifteen years of age—a very reasonable excuse for writing unpoetical " poetry . " We advise our correspondent to read and think for the next five years , by the end of which time he , probably , may be no indifferent rhymester- C . A ., _Stalybridge—The subject and aim of your lines do you honour , but the lines are not poetry . W . C . S ., Arbroath ; J . B ., Durham ; T . W ., Commercial-road ; H . W ., Westminster ; and several other correspondents , have our best thanks , although their contributions are inadmissible . The favours of one or two other friends we reserve for other and more suitable occasions .
But it is time we said something about "Christmas . " _Dapnily , the poets have not left us altogether unprovided with the means of gratifying the expectations of our readers . The piece we are about to give we extract from that talented periodical , the "Dublin University _Magazine" for the present month . It is not too much to say that , beautiful a 3 is _Bun- ' s "John Anderson my Jo , " We . _Palmer ' s " Son" * " is a vast improvement on that -of the immortal Scottish bard . We must find fault with its title , which is certainly a misnomer ; it would , undoubtedly , have been more properly called "The Christmas Song of a Happy Old Wife to-her Husband , " seeing that the husband does not sing at all . Like " John Anderson , " he is merely a listener to the song of his happy partner : — A SONG OF A PLEASANT OLD WOODMAN AND HIS WIFE JOAN , AT A CHRISTMAS FIRE .
BT F . P . PALMER . Come ! Jock o' the wood , my jolly old man ! get up and bar the door , . The feathery sleet , with frosty feet , is dancing on the moor ; « ... With a whoop and a call , in every hall , the Christmas sports abound , And ditties are sung , and the sweet _beUs rung , the simple viUage round . . TJntetherand fling the curtain down , and cuddle in the screen—You shall be the king of the feast , and Jshall be Hip quern . And we'll drink good rest tothe merry old times ! well chirrup of kith and kin , ( The nut-brown ale I brewed myself , before the frost came in . ) ,. So bow to the rule of reverend Yule , m sunshine and m
storm , ,. And thrust your shoulder next to mine , to keep your old wife warm . Gaffer ! my joy ! how many a time , we ne ' er shall see _IpreSmy chubby cheek to thine , at yonder glistening And Coned you in to the sanded floor , with infant love and glee , , . , Ana lured you with your blushing face , to laugh along with me ; ... I twined your locks with the dingle flowers , whilst wild berries you prest Unto my lips , then sank to sleep upon my b & by breast My mother stayed her whispering wheel , and gave ns kisses sweet , She loved so much to hear the sound of our little dancing feet ; " Look up my dear old charming chuck 1 and never turn askew ! . At Your not ashamed of me I trust !—I ' m never ashamed ot
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Oh _wern'twe glad , what fun we had ! at yonder village school ! ' , " And how 1 screamed to see you stand , a dunce !— _-upon the stool—And how wp gambolled in the lanes , on many a breezy morn , And how you kept my kirtle wide , and dragged it from the thorn !—And how we went , with coat and hood , to sing the carols round—Sitting before the vicarage door , at moonlight we were found , And will and nill ! th * y dragged ns in , and made us dither and stare , To have to sing our songs again , before the lady ' s chair . Tour gatherings all you gave to me , full twelvepcnce was the gain , And you kissed m . . nd . er the sycamore tree , and IMssed j / _ou again .
Loud waved the flame In the winter ' s wind , the winking glades were red , My mother nursed the bab y dear , my father was in bed , When , oh for shame ! that night you came , with misletoe bough to caU , With bungling words ( and " a lame excuse is worse tban none at all" ); And aye we sat in the brave old screen , and aye we looked and sighed Alack ! our simple hands were free , our cunning hearts ware tied . Mother she brewed the buttered quart , and bade us drink it up ; But aye , you looked at me and sighed , and aye , looked in the cup . You never nestle sa near to me—or play such antics now ! You always drink your measure up . God bless your dainty brow !
Think of the gay December time , you took me for your bride ! Up and down the beUs were rung ; I never left your side , So proud of me as your loving bride , you called me pink and rose , And we danced beneath a holly-baugh , in all our Sunday clothes _, lord help me ! how you twirled me round , and made my colour rise ! And I can't tell which were brightest then , jour buckles or your eyes . The squire he gave a thumping goose , your rival sent a curse , My lady sent a silver pound , tied in a silken purse;—Heaven forgive your wicked face , and all your youthful sins , Next Christmas eve , the parson came , and blessed our lovely twins .
Soon , soon the honey-moon unwilling was to bide , Father and mother went to dust , our pretty children died ; A famine carae _, the labouring men committed crime for bread , You hinted once of doing so ; I wished that you were dead ; " _Struggle on bravely ! " still I cried . You did , my dear ! and won , _'Twas bitter strife well ended , and fortune well begun , We'd a cow and a nag , a pig and a cart , and hearty children three , And merry we danced each first of May , around the hawthorn tree ; Ah ; then came happy Christmas , they almost drove us mad , The cradle always squeaking—the children always glad .
We ' re grey old people , Jock o' the Wood ! but grieving won't avail , We've seen our younkers settled , so _we'U sit and drink our ale . Come , take your fiddle from overhead , and never you whisper nay , I'll show you the lilt I danced for you upon our wedding day ; I ' ve got the same blue Mrtle on , the same red kerchief , too , And you ' ve the self-same smiling face , which looks " good as new . " Strike up ! strike up ! my lithesome lad , twang out a lusty strain ! I'll foot it on the Christmas _Vcarth , around and round again . There ' s music ! music ! in my heart , and mirth upon my tongue , You never played so well before—I never felt so _yoang .
Give me a kiss ? you Jock o ' my heart ! as sweet as love can tell ! Give me a dozen , you Jock o' my heart ! dost love thy old wife well ? You bring the tears into my eyes , and burn my heartstrings too . But why should I weep ? sweet lad of my love ! Let ' s drink a drop with you ! For my cup is out , and I think I hear , or the wind talks over the moor , There ' s some one tittering , yirking , whispering , joking at the door . Sure it must be our children ' s sons , coming with wonted rhymes To sing a carol round the hearth , and wish us happy times ! I guess they ' ve heard our silliness . I'll set me down and spin—Jock ! hide the fiddle on the rack , and let the darlings in !
P good faith this heartsome song has , with its eweets , not a little mitigated the sourness of spirit in which we commenced-this "thing of shreds and patches . " - What would we net give to see the reality ofthe above happy picture ? What would we not give to he listening to the song of some " canty auld wife" pouring forth her hearts overflowing feelings in the words of Mr . Palmer ( a genuine and right worthy son of-the muse ) ? Even the imaginary picture is enough to almost make us unmindful of the sin and suffering , wrong and sorrow , so rife in this " best of all possible worlds . " But a truce to
moralising" Come send round the bowl and be happy awhile ; May we never meet worse in our pxilgrimnge here , Than the tear that enjoyment can gild with a smile , Aud the smile that compassion can turn to a tear . " For this week we must pause ; next week we hope to give the second wreath of our " garland . " Reader , in all sincerity , we wish ' thee-a "merry Christmas . " Would that we could become possessed ofthe " four-leaved shamrock , " a " merry Christmas" we would ensure thee . But though even Samuel Lover , himself , _might search in vain
" In all the fairy dells , " and not find the " charmed leaves , " still there cannot be much difficulty in cultivating that charm oF life , a kindly heart , wanting which even magic powers would be useless , if not mischievous . The generous-hearted man , though he may be poor , and consequently comparatively powerless , and although his inability to entirely banish the sufferings of his still more unfortunate fellow-creatures , may cause him the severest of his mental disquietudes , still , possessing the will
to" Dry the mourner ' s tears , " a thousand means will present themselves to him , by the exercise of which he may at least alleviate the sorrows he cannot wholly dispel , and thus earn the blessings ofthe unfortunate , and the self-approval of his own heart . Reader , again wishing thee a " Merry Christmas , " a happy home , a blazing hearth , a well loaded table , a " friend and a bottle te give him , " we wish thee to act toward thy fellow-creatures in the spirit in which we would act towards thee , could we but realise the poet ' s dream" For we would play the enchanter ' s part , In casting bliss around , And not a tear nor aching heart , Should in this world be foand . "
Mackenzie's New Asd Imfroved Toast-Maste...
Mackenzie ' s New asd Imfroved Toast-master . — At this festive season this little work will be found highly useful . The purchaser thereof will find an immense supplv of toasts and sentiments suitable for public dinners , convivial meetings , harmonic assemblies , and private parties . Not the least important feature of this little work is , the " Hints to speakers when required to give a toast , or return thanks . " Aided by these " hints , " no one can be at a loss to " say his say" when " called on . " An immense addition to the oratorical force of the country cannot fail to be the _resalt of Mr . Mackenzie ' s " hints . " We had intended to have given several specimens of the good things contained in this little work , but cannot find room . Its price , however , places it within the reach of all , and to all we recommend it as a most agreeable and useful companion ,
Fatal Effects Op "Good Fortune."—On Mond...
Fatal Effects op "Good Fortune . "—On Monday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Old George , Stanhopc-street , _Clare-market , on the body of Henry Solomon , aged 73 , for many years a respectable tailor _, living in the above street . It appeared that a few days since deceased was the successful candidate at an election for pensioners in the Holborn Estate Charity , and tbat ever since he displayed great excitement , caused by joy at his good fortune . His election insured him £ 30 and a residence in the almshouses , when completed . He received the first Instalment of his pension on Wednesday last , and this augmented his excitement , and pn Friday evening last he was found in an apoplectic fit in his bedroom . The attack terminated fatally in a few hours . Mr . Lovett , the parish surgeon , who attended him , and afterwards opened the body , attributed death to sanguineous apoplexy , produced by great mental emotion . Verdict— " Natural death . "
_AccmKsi on the Great _Westbbn Railway . — Bristol , Tuesday . —An accident of a melancholy description occurred to the guard of the goods down train , which left Bristol at twelve last night . Upon the train starting from the Weston-super-Mare Junction , the guard attempted to jump upon it ,, . but missed his footing , and his head striking against the pillar of the carriage , he wasI thrown under the train , which passed over bis . leg , fracturing it . The poor fellow was taken to Weston , where it was found necessary to amputate his leg . He is going on favorably .
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THE MURDERS ON BOARD THE TORY . _riFTH EXAMINATION OF CAPTAIN JOHNSTONE . ¦ ' On Tuesday , after the disposal ofthe night , charges , George Johnstone , late master of the Tory from Hong Kong , was . again brought before . Mr . Broderip , at the Thames Police-court , charged with thewilful murder of William Hambert , William Mars , and Thomas Reason , on the high seas , within the jurisdiction ofthe Admiralty of England . The prisoner was in a very weak state , and was lifted out ofthe van . Soon after twelve o ' clock he was assisted into the court , and 'accommodated with a seat in the dock , when he resumed his old position—resting his head on the edge of the dock , and grasping it with both hands , He occasionally raised liis head to listen to the more important portion ofthe evidence when it affected him .
The voluminous evidence relating to the murders Of Sambert and Mars , the first and second mates , and Reason , able seaman , has been so fully detailed that it would be needless to recapitulate it . No additional testimony was gone into relating to the deaths of the three men , and the case , as far as the alleged murders were concerned , may be regarded as complete . The proceedings of Tuesday related entirely to occurrences whicli took place ia the British Channel , and were of a most appalling nature , The witnesses ( with one exception ) who appeared yesterday to charge the prisoner with wounding , cutting , and
maiming , exhibited scars and wounds , and Ihe faces of several were disfigured by repeated discharges of gunpowder . The seaman described as Joseph Morris , who was conveyed on board the Dreadnought hospital-ship the day the Tory arrived in the river , was examined for the first time . He is lame and disabled _for life . The evidence Of the wounded man in some measure implicated another person , named French , who , after the death of Ramhert , was i . ppointed chief mate , and it also came out that the captaiii was frequently intoxicated ou and after the 23 rd of September , when the disastrous occurrences which afterwards took place commenced .
Thomas Gair , seaman , was first sworn and examined . He deposed : I was put in irons on the 1 st of November , previous to making land , on a false charge of threatening to take away the life of French , one of the crew . I was in irons eleven days . On the 7 th of November the captain sent for me into the cabin . Upon entering the cabin I found Andrew Nelson and Burton there . The captain ordered ine upon my knees directly I entered the cabin , and then commenced cutting at me with his cutlass _, lie ordered the man French to load his pistols and fire at me , and to put a double charge of balls in tlie pistols . The man put no balls in , but he fired at my face
and head several times with charges of powder . The captain said if he didnotload _andfire as quick as possible he would take his life . After that the captain cut me several times on the head , and then placed the point of the cutlass to my side , aud his hip ogainst . the hilt of it , intending to thrust me through . Mr . Symons : State what he did , not what he intended . Gair : He said he would run me through . He was in . toxicated and staggered , and the sword made a slip and went through my clothes inflicting only a slight wound on the side . He then took the cutlass and hove it at me . It went through my clothes and entered my shoulder . He then took tlie cutlass in his hand and ordered French
to fire at me again , but he did not do it that time . He then ordered me on the table , and when I got upon it he shoved me off with the point of the cutlass . Shortly after that the carpenter called out to pump the ship . I went upon deck , but was not able to man the pump . I tried to do it , but could not , A very few minutes afterwards I was ordered down into the cabin . I stopped there some time , and as the captain did not make his appearance , I was taken up ani put In irons , and put into the lower forecastle , Mr , Symons : How many cuts did you receive ?—Witness : I received eighteen euts on my head and face , and two stabs in my left shoulder , twoinmyieft breast , two in my left side , one in my left thigh , and one in my right arm , I had several more cuts in different parts of my arm . - ' ¦
Joseph Morns , seaman / who has been on hoard the Dreadnought hospital-ship since the arrival of the Tory , was now brought from that place for the first time . On being desired to state all tbat he knew after the ship had arrived ia the Channel , he said he was a Frenchman . The witness began to speak in English , but expressed himself so Imperfectly , that Mr . Beyerman , an interpreter , was sworn to translate his evidence . He then deposed as follows : —The day the pilot came on board I was called down into the cabin , and the captain asked me if I had heard the crew say anything about him forward . I was upon my _linees . He said to me , "You know all about it , you son of a b ¦ . " At the same time the captain was striking me with the cutlass , and here is the mark , [ The Frenchman pointed to a scar on his
temple , ] Mr . Broderip * . 'With the flat or the edge of the sword ? —Witness : With the edge of the sword . He then called the cabin-boy , and ordered him to bring a loaded pistol . He aimed at my stomach , hut the pistol missed fire hy burning the priming only . He then called the boy to bring him more powder , to prime afresh . He then fired , turning his bead aside from me , and dropping his hand rather . The ball went through my thigh and through my leg , as I was upon my knees . I then ran upon deck as soon as I was ' wounded . Thc _' cook then caught me , and brought me down again . When the cook took me below , he said , " This man is wounded . " The captain answered , " Take him away . " I went then upon deck , and stowed myself away under the long boat , under some sails . This is all I have to say .
Mr . Broderip directed tho interpreter to ask the witness ho w he spelt his name , and to write it if he could . The interpreter put the question , and he said the man could not write , and that Joseph Morris was a borrowed name . Mr . Broderip : What is his real name ?—Mr . Beyerman - . Joseph Rueleou . The witness wns immediately taken so ill , that he was obliged to leave the court , and Barry Yelver ' _ton _, an apprentice , was called , arid told to confine himself to what occurred in the English
Channel . He said the day the pilot came on board , the captain was speaking to me and French about the men being cut so , and said , "Now , hoys , we will send them _, all aft , and swear a mutiny against them . " The night before that he took me into the cabin and took a strand , tore the shirt off my back , and leathered me for the space of an hour or two . The next morning my eyes were black , and my neck all swelled , and he said to me , " Yelverton _, I am sorry for what I have done to you ; it ' s a wonder I did not kill you . " When the crew came aft , I got up and went into the larboard after cabin . They were firing away with pistols .
Mr . Symons : AVho was firing?—Yelverton : The captain and French . Sometimes the captain fired , sometimes French . Mr . Symons : In what state were the crew ?—Yelverton : They were all quite sober . Sometimes they were standing and sometimes kneeling , as the captain ordered them . When I went into the cabin , I saw French and the captain shoot at Nelson and Clair , aud cut them a good deal with a cutlass , but Trench cut the most at that time , more severe than the captain . Well , sir , I was in the cabin when Morris , the Frenchman , was shot . William Burton , a seaman , deposed . I performed the duties of second mate after the death of Mars , On the 7 th of November I was put in irons . About ten o ' clock on < that day the pilot came onboard . The captain and pilot went down below . Ia about half an hour they came
up again , and the pilot took a parcel on shore , but I can't say what it contained . About half-past one or two o'clock the captain sent for me into the cabin to read the logbooh . He said he wanted to read the log-book over to me . I told him I knew partly what was in it , for it had been read over to me , and before I told him the evidence I had to give was , that Ramhert and Mars came and pulled me out of my berth to come aft and secure the cabin doors . He said that was not what I told him , and that they came to bring me aft . I related to him the evidence I had given before . He took a soup plate he was drinking soup out of , and threw it at my head , but it did not strike me . He ordered French to put me in irons . About seven o ' clock tbat night he called me into the _cauhi ) and said I was going to give false evidence , and said I was a rascal . Then he cut me in three places with a cutlass .
Mr . Broderip : Where you m irons at the time ?—Burton : I was , sir . Mr . Broderip : Where did he cut you t—Burton -. He out me on the ear and divided it . He run the sword right through my cheek , and he inflicted a wound on my wrist . Gair was then called down , and the captain cut him unmercifully . He ordered Dunn , the cook , to go upon deck and bring the crew aft , and he brought Nelson , Allison , and Tucker . They got to the bottom of the cabin stairs , when the light was extinguished . The captain and French sung out , "Mutiny , mutiny ! tojarras ! " They began to pull the crew into the cabin—the three persons I have mentioned , I mean—and the captain began cutting at them . Mr . Broderip : Now had the crew anything in their hands at that time ?—Burton : None , sir . There was no mutiny going on . There had been no threatening or mutinous language used by the crew .
Mr . Broderip : Did the crew make use of any threatening gestures ?—Burton : None , sir . A light was brought , and he began cutting at them for his own pleasure . They were on their knees at the time . He ordered French to load his pistols and fire them as quick as he possibly could , and said if he did not he would have his life . French began firing at Gair and Nelson . He fired four or five different times , and then he put the pistol to my ear , and said , ' * You —— , I'll shoot you . " Mr . Broderip : Who said that?—Burton : French , Bir . Mr . Broderip : Were you in irons at that time ?—Burton : Yes , sir ; in handcuffs . French put the muzzle ofthe pistol to my ear and fired . It was loaded with powder only . He struck me two blows with , the lock of a pistol on the head . About half an hour afterwards the carpenter called out to pump ship , and we were all ordered on deck . I went into the long-boat , where I was ordered , and there I stopped all night . Henry Slack , an apprentice , confirmed the evidence of Burton .
William Dunn , the cook , in addition to confirming the evidence of the preceding witnesses ; added some par ticulars respecting the conduct of the monster French . Mr . Broderip asked , did French fire with powder and ball , or with powder only ? _WitneBB : He fired with' powder and- crumbs of bread . He then asked the captain , if he ; should go up . and rig a whip to hang Thomas Gair . I dont know whether the captain made him any answer or not , French , however called me upon deck to lend him a hand to rig the whip
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but we were both called into the cabin again . ' - The men were sent on deck again ...: la a few minutes I was again sent for them , and I sent down three . only . Thomas Gair was one . . The captain- was in _tbewateri-closefc asleep at the time ,-and I told the three men- to , go : _* uponVd ' ecki Thomas Gair was put in irons again ; i _Ican'tsay . _atjWhat time Gair came out of irons . No _moreinjuries-wesedone afterwards . . . ' . < ¦ . , '• , i . _iT . _<« . . ;» ,: ; V Mr . Broderip : Were you in the cabin . when the Frenchman who shipped as Joseph Morris _was'spot _*!— -Witness : Yes , air , Mr , Broderip : State what _« to 6 kplace .-: ; j ¦ The witness confirmed the statement , ofthe . Frenchman . , _-. ¦ „; :.: . ; _; - / . , ;¦; ,. ¦
Robert Thompson deposed : On tho day the pilot camo on board , I was at the wheel .. The top-gallant sail was carried away , and the captain _suugoutforhis cutlass and pistol , and told the men if they would not look sharp and slow the sail , he would blow their brains out . He gave me a cut on the head with a cutlass , and a cap I had on was cut through . The fore-topsail , blew away , and he sent for me down into the cabin . He told mo to go on my knees , and he asked me what made me giro my arms up to Mr . Ramhert , the chief mate , to take his life ? I told him I did not . He called for Richard French , and said , "Did not this fellow give up his arms to the chief mate , to take my life ? " " French said , " Yes he did ; if it was me I would take hislife this minute . " The captain held up a cutlass , and was going to run me through , but he altered his mind , and struck me on the arm with the handle of It , and struck me with the point of it ou the arm and on the side , He sent for David Johnson , and began cutting at him too . He began kicking both of us wiih his feet , nnd after he had been doing that for some time ho told us to kiss the sole ot his foot .
Mr . Humphreys : Stop—did you kiss the sole of his foot ?—Witness : Yes , sir ; both of us . I was ordered to the royal mast-head , and David Johnson was ordered to bend another topsaih In about an hour I was sent for into the cabin again , and he sent for William Beresford , and questioned him about a log-book one of the men was keening . The remainder of Thompson's evidence was a confirmation of the statements of the other witnesses , describing the cutting and wounding ofthe crew generally iu the Channel , and the shooting of Morris . Andrew Nelson , a Norwegian , corroborated the evidence of Thompson . This witness was also stabbed by the Captain who cut him about in a dreadful manner . He received several cuts on the shoulders , and was stabbed in the groin , ( The witness then turned himself round , and exhibited a large plaster , which covered the back of his head . )
Mr . Broderip _: Did the prisoner cut y 6 _u there ?—Nelson : Yes , he did . He cut my head open with a sword . He cut and made slashes at me , and I bled most dreadfully . The poor fellow , who was in a weak condition , was ordered to stand down , Mr . Broderip asked the prisoner if he had any thing to say in defence . Mr . Humphreys advised his client to say nothing ; and he exclaimed in a low tone , " No , sir . " Mr . Broderip : Then it is my duty to remand you on these several charges until Tuesday next .
The prisoner , who was in a very exhausted state , was then assisted out ofthe dock , and , afterpartakingof some refreshment , was sent away iu the police van to Westminster Bridewell . As the van drove away the mob outside gave vent to their feelings by a yell of execration .
Shocking Explosion At Bolton. Nine Lives...
SHOCKING EXPLOSION AT BOLTON . NINE LIVES LOST . . Bolton , Tuesday . —Yesterday afternoon an explosion of a steam-boiler , attended by a frightful loss of life , took place at the cotton-mill of _Mosrs . Iiothwell and Kitts , in this town . The mill in question is an old mill , to which , in the year 1833 , a new end was built , and about 250 nanus were employed on the premises in the -various departments . During the dinner-hour yesterday , it is understood—for atprcsent nearly all is conjecture—the engineer was preparing to start the engine , for the purpose of the mill working after dinner , when it was found that the air-pump was out of order . At a little past one o ' clock nearly all tlie hands were upon tlio premises , an d ever y exertion was being made to get the air-pump in order , the engineer , Mr . Kitts , and one of the overlookers ,
assisting at the work , when one of the boilers—an old one—situate inside the mill near tlie enginehouse , blew up with a tremendous explosion . The entiroof the new end of the building was shattered to fragments , falling principally inside , and burying great part of thepersons employed thereabouts , and in the rooms above , in _' the ruins ,. The workpeople in the old part ofthe null being completely astounded at the explosion , and imagining that the building was going to fall about tlieir cars , rushed to the main staircase , but these being blocked up with bricks and rubbish , they tore up the floors and got out at the lower windows . Many of them were much hurt in their endeavours te escape , but it is quite preposterous to attempt any enumeration or description to their injuries .
Of course thereport made by the explosion drew many people , including the county police , to thespot , and the good _natured-people of the neighbourhood used their utmost exertions until midnight to extricate the bodies from the ruinous mass . The entire of the hew end was a heap of rubbish , and the defective boiler was hurled , torn in an indescribable form , into the yard ofthe railway company , on the opposite side ofthe mill wall . Several surgeons , including Air . Sharpe ( of the Dispensary ) Messrs . Ferguson , Hampson , and Chadwiclie , were speedily on the spot , and many persons were extricated from the ruins , some of them severely injured , but we give a list of those found dead in tho ruins , and the others who were taken to the Bolton Dispensary , where we understand they are doing well .
The following is a list of the dead and wouuded . SO far as is known to the authorities of the police . Dead . —Edward Rothwell , aged 23 , nephew of the lato owner . His parents live at Carlisle . He was learning the business , and was instantly killed in tho street adjoining the mill , by some missile striking him . Alice Hampson , a young woman , taken dead out of the ruins . Peter Greenhalgh , the manager , taken out of tlie ruins quite dead . Priscilla Scholes , taken dead out ofthe ruins . Alice Edge , a young woman , taken dead out of the
ruins . Thomas Mori , a boy , about seven or eight years of age . Had taken lm brother ' s dinner , and was warming himself at the boiler door . His brother Richard was also much hurt , and was taken to the dispensary . A young man , named "William Fletcher , was also much hurt , near the same place ; but it is believed that both the latter will recover . Missing . —Agnes Coulston and Elizabeth Coulston , sisters ; both buried in the ruins , and no doubt both dead . At seven o'clock last evening the groans of both were heard under the _ruinB . Mary Allen , also known to be under the ruins . Much Hurt . —In addition to the others above named , the following are much hurt , though not seriously : The engine-driver likely to recover . A yoath named Heaton ; a mechanic . He had fallen from the top Btory ofthe building , and is much lacerated about the leg .
A young woman named Farington , and two others whose names we did not learn . Mr . Kitts , one of the owners of the mill , who is much stunned , but is belioved not to be much otherwise hurt .
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Death ev Fire . —On Tuesday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at St . George's Hospital , on the body of Frances Allen , aged forty-five years , lately residing at No . 6 , Alfred-road , Kensall New Town , who died under the following dreadful oivcumstane & s _*—Frederick Saunders stated that he lodged in the same house as the deceased , who occupied a room on the first floor with her husband , a bricklayer . On the morning of Sunday last , about a quarter to one o ' clock , witness was awakened by hearing loud cries of " fire , fire . " Witness got out of bed and ran to the room , and there discovered the deceased enveloped in
a body of flame . Her husband was in the room , and rolling her on the floor , endeavouring to extinguish the fire . Witness procured a jug of water , and threw it over the deceased , who appeared to be burned completely over the whole surface ofthe body . She was placed in a cart and removed to the above hospital , where she expired at half-pa 9 t one on Sunday afternoon . Witness asked her several times how it occurred , but as she was in such a deplorable state she could not speak as to the origin of the fire . Verdict , ' ¦ That the deceased died from the effects Of bums , but how caused there was no evidence to show .
Meusctioiy Accident at the Black-wall Railway . —On Tuesday , about eleven o'clock in the forenoon , a young man named Francis Burnand , in the service ofthe Blackwall Railway Company as guard , at the Limehouse station met with the following accident : —The poor fellow , who is but twenty-two years of age , and only three weeks married , had just returned from breakfast to assume his duties at the station . Having goton the wrong side for his carnage , he was about to cross the line , when seeing a carriage coming in he became undecided , hesitated for a moment , and then attempted to retreat . In doing so , befell , and the flange of the wheel passed over his legs , crushing the left thigh in the rail , and grinding the bone and flesh to a jelly , The other foot was also severely lacerated . He was removed to the London Hospital , where the leg was amputated . At one o ' clock the same day , but little or no hope of his recovery was entertained .
Shipwreck . — -Accounts have been received at New York of the loss of the ship European , Captain M'Bride , which sailed hence on the morning of the 1 st inst . for . Glasgow , with a valuable cargo of wheat ; flour , ashes , Ac . It is stated that she was cast ashore on the Mille Roches Point , during the late gale from the east , and will be a total wreck ; her masts had been cut to prevent her falling over , Three" of the crew were drowned . The passengers , Mr . Auld and Mrs . Auld , and a young lad y ( daughter of an officer ofthe 14 th Regiment ) , of Montrea l , were all saved _, and are now at one of the posts in good health ,
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- Captain _Johnstome- _Oj ? THB . bfflP lOEYi—itaa _mdmdual _^ _whosename'is familiar ' _-to'tha whole tang . dom , _itnd < by this time iff many places'beyond i # , as being- accused'of fearful and appalling _invwrsytt the high seas , is a native of the parish ' of _Dunnetpiri the county of Caithness . ¦ _He-se-rvedaiis _' _apprennceship to the _season * board the George _Sinelafoeof- 'WioK _* , and _Bmce'he'liad ' coinmand of theTory , resided ; when home , at * Liverpool . He is married to a cousin of his own , ' * who belongs to Orkney . ' __ His father waa long an elder in the church and parish of Dehnet . — John o' Groat Journal .
_CoLLEcrons of books will not be ; sorry to learn , that a few drops Of oil of lavender _wUl ensure their libraries from mould . A single drop ' of the ¦ same ; will prevent a pint of ink from _mouldiness for any length of time . Paste may be kept from ; mould entirely by thi 3 addition ; and leather is also effectually secured from injur ) 'by the same agency . ,, Symptoms of Declining Trade . —The two woollen mills in Preston are now only working from light to dark . A cotton mill in Moor-lane , and another in Whittle , arc . also running short time . Notice is given of a reduction of the weavers' wages at Mr . F . _Sleddon's mill . —Preston Guardian . Extensive FmunE .--It was rumoured in Liverpool , a low days ago , that a large house in Yorkshire had failed—that the liabilities amount to . nearly £ 500 , 000—that it was extensively concerned in the South American trade , and that several houses , & o „ in Liverpool aro deeply implicated .
WniTEcnoss-sTOEET Prison . — - "There are 130 prisoners in iVhitecross-street for debt , of whom only seven have been committed under the Small Debts' Act . ' Paisley . —State op _Thaue . — Trade here is , we are sorry to say , in rather a languid state at present . There is still a difficulty of obtaining constant employment experienced by many ofthe best tradesmen . On Moday last , Ga _* ascysidc-street was literally crowded with workmen on the look out for employment . _—Renfrewshire Reformer . Foreign Corn-. —Leith . —Foreign grain , in anticipation of tlie speedy removal of ihe duties , is pouring in here in immense quantities . Lofts and warehouses are nearly filled , and the demand for them daily increasing .
"YilijAGe Misert . —A labouring man ofthe name of _Hardon , of Stvatton Awlley , noav- Bicester , has , with his wife and child , for some weeks been residing in the cattle open pound in that village , with only such temporary covering as they could throw , over themselves . This village , like moat others , does not contain cottages enough for the poor . —Aylesbury News . _....,-Bologna Sausages . —The police of Brussels , sa y s a Brussels paper , last week made a seizure at the shop of a carculicr , of twenty killogrammes of horse flesh , in a very high state or putrefaction , which had been in preparation for making the famous Bologna sausages .
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BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , December 10 , 1815 , _^ . William Kearton , of 13 and 14 , Lamb-street , ' Spitalfields , cheesemonger— Michael Jones , of 48 aud 49 , Thcohald ' s-road , grocer—Thomas _l'ool , of 0 , Princes-road , NottiiiK . hill , builder—William Gill , of _Leadenhiill market , poulterer—William lluinplirj-es _, of 58 , Haymarkct , hotel keeper—Frederick Cordaroy , of Liverpool , batter—J nines lleynolds , of Eaznlcorly , Lancashire , eowkcnpev-James Ilnhne _, of Manchester , paper dealer-Thomas Ibbetson Ilellawell , James _Northcliil'c , and John Deaumoiit Ilellawell , of Tnomhil ! Brigss , Yorkshire , flyers . DIVIDENDS DECLAnr . 0 . Thomas Toploy Darker , of Sandiacre , Derbyshire , cotton doublcr , first dividend of 3 s . 9 rl . in the pound , payable at IS , ' Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Thursday . John Palmer , sen ., and Thomas Topley Darker , of Stnpleford , Nottinghamshire , cotton _doublers , lirst ilivi . dend of 3 s . 3 d . in the pound , payable at 13 , Waterloostreet , Birmingham , any Thursday .
Thomas Bourne , of Liverpool , eorn factor , first dividend of lod , in the pound , payable atll , Fildon _> chanibers , Liver _, pool , any Thursday . Richard Nicholson , of Stocton , bookseller , first dividend of 3 s . 3 d . in the pouud , payable at 57 , Grey-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday . William Itenv , of Walker . Kortlumiberland , $ hip builder , first dividend of Sd . iu the pound , payable at 57 , Greystreet , Newcastle _unon-Tjiie . any Saturday . Thomas Johnsoii . sen ., William Johnson , ar _. a Charles _Slann , of Romford , Essex , bankers , dividend of is . in the poutul _. 'payablo at 1 , _Snmbrook-court , _jSasinghalt-siycet , ou the _I 7 th instant , and any subsequent Friday .
DECLARATION OP DIVIDENDS , A t the Court of Bankruptcy , London Edward riiillip Harding , of Gravesend , _Kenr . hosier y January 6 , at twelve-Joseph Tinson , of _Famngdon , Berkshire , inkeeper , January ( i , at one—l ' rangois _Gautier _, now or late of Gould . square , _Cvutched-fi-iars _, City , merchant , January ( J , at eleven—William Dettmer , of 50 , Upper _Mai-ylftbone-strcet , pianoforte manufacturer , Jan . 0 , at half-past eleven—James Hart , of Greenwich , Kent , builder , January 6 , at half . past twelve—William Button Townsend , of 6 , Little _Ilusnell-stroet , Govcut-garden , pawnbroker , January 9 , at half-past eleven—John Spoffortl , of Chatham , Kent , linendrapcr , January 20 , ; at eleven—Frederick William _Engone Dar : iudon ,. oi' 15 , l'hil . pot-lane , City , merchant , January 16 , at half-past twelve , In the Country . John Pearson , of _Newcastlcupon-Tyno _, _fcltmonger , January 0 , at eleven , at the Court of Lankruptcy , Sewcastle-upon-Tyno — Chillies Yates , of Staftbrd , banker , January 10 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bir liiinghaui .
Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting , Edward Phillip Harding , of Gravesend , hosier . January 8—Thomas PeinelliT , of 31 , Tysoe . street , Spafieids . coal merchant , January S-Mark Barnes , of Woudbridgc , _Saffolk , chemist , January ID—John Spofford _, of Chatham , linenuraper , January 13—John Harvard , of S 3 , 13 _roolcstreet , _Doiid-strcet , lampmaker , January 9—Charles Best , of 5 , St . Jiuuts ' _s-wnlk , ClcvkenwcU , pv wtov , January 7—Hugh Jones Owen , of Madeley , ylin . pshire , surgeon , January 10—Robert Shaukliu , of Salford , druggist , Jannary 7—Alfred Lack , of-12 , Stuckbridge-tcrrfice , Pinilico _, January 7 . CEimncATES to he granted hy tho Court of _fti'vioir , unless cause be shown to the contrary , on or before January C . George Luckin , of _«? 27 , High Holborn , _buot maker—Jolm Dawson , of _Spotland and Manchester , calico printer —Thomas Davies _, of Liverpool , merchant—James Thompson and John Thompson , of Leeds , stock brokers .
_PABTN-EKSmrS DISSOIiVED . John Stevens and George Alexander , of 6 , Clement ' sinn , civil engineers—William Munt and Thomas _Jacltson i of Leyton , Essex , bricklayers—Charles James and Arthur James , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , share brokers— George Taylor and William Foord , of Old Brentford , plumbers—Robert Foot and Robert Taylor , of _Churcli-itrcet , Stoke Newington , greengrocers—John Fawcett , Thomas New _« man Itardwell , jun ., and Frederick Bard well , of Sheffield , stockbrokers—Jonathan Swaine , John Swaine , William Wood , William Bell , and John WHcock , of Coil-mill , North Bicrley , Yorkshire , worsted spinners ( so far as regards William Wood _} -John Barber , John Jhirucr , jun ., Alfred Willsea Barber , and Frederick Willia 111 Thompson , of Norwich , wholesale grocers ( so far as regards Alfred ! Willsea Barber )—William Melland and Jolm Dradshaw , of Chesterfield , attorneys—John Walton and John Smith , of Coventry , brick makers—Daniel Aldred and James
Lamson , of Rotherhithe , linen drapers — John Prest * , Francis Stewart Hall , and Robert Forbes , of Halifax , linen drapers—John Bryan Lucas and Charles _Ireson , of Kingsthorpe-lodge _, Northamptonshire , lime burners — James Wyllic , Mary Wyllie , and Andrew Wight , of Long _Island-mill , near Carlisle ( sofnr as regards Andrew Wight ) Joshua Schoficld and Jamos Collin , of Oldham , machine makers—George Smith and Robert _VTortlungton . of Man . Chester , bankers — Robert II . Clark , and William Clark , jun ., of Birmingham , grocers—William Bridges Adams , Samuel Adams , and William Alexander Adams , of Fairfield Works , Bow , carriage builders ( so far as regards William Alexander Adams )—Timothy Genu and Daniel Genu , of Sheffield , grocers—William Ward and Thomas Borrow , of Manchester , shirt manufacturers—James Piatt , James Toole , and William Piatt , of Oldham , iron founders ( so far as regards James Piatt )— John Owen and Abraham Hopkins , of Swansea , woollen _manlifacturers ,
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Tue Royal Free Hospital . —Coroneu ' s _llfQ . V'KST , --An inquest on the . body of Susannah Stephens , who died on Friday last , and with reference to whoso case several _leters signed " Ilumanitas , " have appeared in the Times , was held on Tuesday , at the Sun publichouse , Gray ' s-imi-road , before Mr . Wakley . . On . tiiia occasion there were present the Rev . Dr . Worthing ton , the Rev . Mr . Packman , Mr . Pritchard , highbailiff of Southwark ; Mr . Walmesly , Dr . _Marsden , and other gentlemen connected with and interested in the Free Hospital . The receiver and other officers of the London Union were in attendance . After the
usual preliminaries the coroner and jury proceeded to view the bod y , and on their return the coroner in * quired if the officer of the City of Loudon Union was present . The answer was in the affirmative . The coroner asked if he had taken three patients to the hospital on Wednesday , the 19 th of November ?—The officer : My son did . The coroner : Where are these patients now ?—Officer : One is still in the hospital , but I don't know where the other two , Ann Morgan and Ann Lever are . The coroner said that in his opinion it was essential to the inquiry thatfcha three girls should be present . After a warm discussion , the inquiry was adjourned until Tuesday
next . , 3 w Acci i _? _? , Greax _WsBnHBMtam way .-West _Dhavton , Monday Eveniso _.-a special train , containing some scientific gentlemen , left the Paddington terminus at seven o ' clock for Exeter , ta test the speed on broad and narrow guages . _Immediatelyafter pag 8 in g theatat j on at this place , a labouring man named : Green , who happened to be on + m ? " ne » . « i 8 knocked down and literally cut in two . The accident occurred on the same snot whom
tw persons met their death in a similar mannec about thirteenmonths since ; - The unfortunate man was rather late , and not being aware _thata _^ special nam was expected , kept on the-down _liWas there was _* o regular tram to pass beforeeight _o'cltok _^ and noblame canbe attachoa tothe driver ;* _tuembfifing _wwy dark , and he had blown his whistle iii pa *? deceased , which are shockingly mutilated , were foe _thepresent conveyed to the'luggage warehouse , but will be removed this evening to await tho _awmart inquest . ¦ The deceased waa _forty-seven years of age , mamed , but has not left any family . * * -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_20121845/page/3/
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