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      the potatoe does not appeal * in any way to suffer . " Onr trials having been made in Dublin , and but on a small scale , and also the pressure of circumstances forcing us to make known every plan likely to prove useful without loss of time , we do not wish to have this notice considered as decisively stating that steeping in bog-water will stop . the progress of the disease ; but we consider it highly important that the plan should be tried by persons residing in beg districts , where circumstances render a Possible _fsilnrein a certain quantity an object of no unport-»« . "Bobbbi Kane . "JOHH _LlKDLST . _"LrOsPtAtTAlB . " FIFTH REPORT oF THE IRISH

      COMMISSIONERS . " TO _MsEXO _^ _hTMBxTronlleylAllury , lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , & e , "Board-room , Royal Dublin Society . Not . 1 . "My Lord , —Having laid before jronr Excellency onr vie wa as to tbe best means of storing the _pfttStOB , and converting io nseful ' purposes such as are too much diseased to offeraprobabilityofbeingpreserved , we now have the hononr to bring under your _consideration the question of seed for a future year . If in onr former reports we have found it difficult to determine what course , under the peculiar circumstances of Ireland , it might be most advisable to pursue , we are still more embarrassed , onthe present occasion , in consequence ofthe conflicting testimonv

      that has been presented to ns , and the absence ofall decisive evidenee as to the cause of the potatoe disease . The want of experience derive irom pre-- vions visitations of the same nature also renders it impossible to affirm in what manner the potatoe may he affected in the course of the next few months , "We have , however , endeavoured to ascertain all that is positively known npon these subjects , by the examination of a great variety of publishing documents , both foreign and domestic ; by personal observation ; and by inquiries addressed to persons of practical experience or scientific reputation . ' It is a veiy general opinion , and one entertained hy men whose extensive knowledge entitles it to respect , that parasitical fund , similar in their nature

      to those which produce mildew and dryrot , are the real cause of the malady . It is stated that one of these plants belonging to the genus botrytis , and similar to that whieh some years since produced great mischief among tiie silkworms of France and Italy , hasattacked the potatoe crop . It is described as entering the potatoe plant by the breathing pores of its leaves , and then passing down through the interior ofthe stem into the tubers , in whieh its mycelium or spawn fkesitself , traversing the cellular mass , separating the cells themselves , causing alteration in tbeir cbymical condition , and thus producing _-leeay . In other cases , where the spawn is cot _apparently distinguishable in diseased portions of potatoes , even by ihemost practised observers , itis suggested that the juices of the plant may be vitiated by the parasite which destroyed the leaves , and that

      particles of it too obscure to be distinguished by the eye may be circulating with the juices and producing disease by irritation . The presence of the parasite is not to be detected by the naked eye , unless it make itsappearance on the outside ofthe potatoe in the form of mouldy tufts ; but its spawn may bc detected in the diseased _portions by the microscope , whether any external indications of its presence can be -perceived or not ; hence itis inferred that itis produced exclusively from within . It is , however , "within our knowledge that when apparently sound potatoes are pitted in places where the mouldiness of a diseased potatoe is able to appear , that mouldiness rapidly establishes itself on the sound potatoes at eveiy point where there surface has been wounded orbruised and that , under such circumstances , the disease is immediately extended through thc entire

      "Thatthe spawn or fungi is present in a large quantity in diseased potatoes ii undoubted ; the evidence of the best microscopical observers would be with us conclusive on that point , even if we had not verified the fact by persoral observation . We also regard it as well ascertained , that these parasites spread rapidly in warm and damp situations , producing infinite mischief under such circumstances , and that their advance is only to be successfully resisted by dryness . _^ But it does not appear to us that their being the original cause of tbe disease bas been -well established ; if it wereso , itis difficultto conceive why fields of potatoes placed very near each other should be differently affected , or why certain varieties of thisplantshould _bemuchlessinjured than othersthe Irish apple potatoe for instance , which appears

      to have suffered more extensively than others . We are also unable to reconcile with the theoiy ofthe potatoe disease _beingcaused by parasitical fungi the remarkable fact that inifs present-form it is certainly of modern origin . That it may have always existed Is possible , though ofthis we haveno proof ; but at least there can be no doubt that is has only manifested itself to any considerable degree within the last few yeara . We cannot suppose the botrytis , which observers find to be the kind of fungus that attacks the potatoe , to be a recent creation . We must assume it to have been co-existent with the potatoe itself ; and , therefore , we must conclude that _somerecent causes have come into operation favourable to its increase to the present alarming degree . "Without pretending to decide what the cause really was , we may state that it seems to be connected with the cold , cloud v , nngenial weather which

      has characterised the present year over the north of Europe—conditions highly unsuited to the constitution of a plant which , like the potatoe , is a native of a warm , dry , sunny country , and insufficient for the ripeningof the tubers . Without adverting to solitary cases , wliich require to be examined with more care than we have the means of giving to them , we may state , that amidst the mass of conflicting evidence which we have obtained , the following facts appear to be established : — " 1 . That potatoes planted early in the season are more healthy than those planted later . " 2 . That the crop has suffered less in dry , elevated , sandy districts , where the influence of the season wa 3 mitigated by slowness of growth , or compensated for by ihe natural warmth of the soil . " 3 . That the late varieties of potatoes are more diseased than early ones .

      " i . That the present disease seems to be confined to the northern parts of Europe and North America , and to be unknown in the countries to the southward . "If we are right in the conclusion at which we have thus arrived , there will not be cause for serious alarm as to the crop of another year , unless an equally unfavourable season should be experienced , or the supply of healthy seed should be insufficient , or that the parasite should be found to have so entirely taken possession of this year ' s plants as to overcome the natural power of Uviag bodies to repel the attacks of such enemies to healthy vegetation . " To . Providence we must turn in the hope that a second season like this may not be visited upon U 3 . Should the Almighty , in his infinite mercy , avert sneh a misfortune , we entertain confident hopes that the other

      two sources of danger may be guarded against by human _foresight and diligence . " In providing seed for a future year we may look with confidence to such potatotoes of home growth as shaU have resisted all tendency to decay _during the winter ; and we trust that a considerable quantity of them will be found remaining where the precautions for storing which we have recommended shall have been observed . We do not anticipate any danger in the use of them if they are planted early , especially if before being planted they are exposed to light till they become green . Another source of supply may doubtless be found in the southern parts of Europe , where , we have reason to believe , that disease has not shown itself , and we would strongly advise tbe public to lose no time in securing what mav be procurable from that quarter .

      " It is stated , by M . Seringa , secretary to the commission appointed in the department of the Rhone , in a report just published by him on the potatoe disease ; that itis unknown at Genoa and the warmer countries . . . Our own advices deseribestbe crops about Marseilles as being perfectly healthy , and therefore wemay conclude thatmereant _' ile enterprise will make np by importations a large part of the deficiency to te apprehended . "It has also been ascertained bv actual experiments that potatoes , although diseased , will grow and produce apparently healthy plants . The Rev . Mr . Berkley , a gentleman eminent above all other naturalists of the United Kingdom in his knowledge of the habits of fungi , and whom we have consulted on this occasion , states that although there would certainly be some risk of raising a diseased progeny from a diseased stock , yet the growth of fungi so evidently depends on atmospheric conditions , that it _

      _ahonldtederelojed , . " We cannot , nowever , recommend the use of diseased tubers for seed , except by way of experiment , or in cases of absolute necessity , and it will always be prudent to _dnst them-with powdered line before they are used . It would , indeed , be proper to do so when I ?— . * ** - however sound in appearance , are _emw " _^ - _^ _^? _process wffl destroy the minute seeds _ifei _^^^ J ? _' _^ ' which may be sticking to the _^ _Cte _^^^^ _S ' _^ ose which are . lying , in «« ground , of course those potatoes being _Elected

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      _whicbTcn _rarefuHnspectionv _thmjn _' j _^ jp _^ _SvMdTiehce ; afford ; the _^ _fairestpwpect _' of a sound and _i _^ thygrowth : , 7 " 7 " i '' ,. i . ' : ' '' ¦ ' ' ' ' ' - _^ , 7 ' : ¦'** Where _homei-grown Bets ate to se _empioyeo . for anothercropi 7 we would _sugg _^ t ' with ve'iry great cbhfideiicetheadoption 76 f " the system of aiitUIhtf _planting ; a _^ etKod of cultivation which _haVproveajadvantajeous _^ in re gard to tha crop , which js attended with no unusual expense , arid which seems particularly _adapted to the circumstances of the present case . It nils been shown by-Mr . Grey , of Bilston , that , in Nofthumberland , his potatoe crop -has been considerably increased in quantity by . this practice , and that he had no disease in it this year . In 1814 his autumh-plauted crop produced 100 and 111 loads ,

      when the same quantity of spring-planted land yielded bnt eighty loadsunder the same circumstances And in the present season this gentleman states that his autumn-planted is one-third better . than his spring-planted crop . There can , therefore , be no donbt that autumn planting may to safely practised . On this occasion it has these peculiar advantages , that it offers an additional chance of security against renewed attacks from tlic parasitical fungi . On this point the evidence of Mr . JBork' ely is . positive . 'Autumn planting , ' he states ,, ' seems to me to offer the best chance of obtaining Healthy sets . 7 . What are now planted will produce their tubers before the atmospheric conditions requisite for the _. ' growth . _Jo f the parasite in the leaves cau be realised , and without

      such growth the particles , if present , willbe too lew to cause much evil . I think , -under existing eifenmstances , the commissioners cannot do a greater service than by encouraging and enforcing as niuch as possible autumn planting . ' Concurring , as _weeatirely do , in tbis recommendation , We tl'Uat . tliat the planters of pota ' t _^' _j wliohayefit in theirpower to adopt it will do so at once . , . .. " All that we conceive it necessary to state with reference to tbe practice is ,. tbat itJ should : be performed at anytimebefore the end of January j . that the sets should be thoroughly dried by exposure to light and air ; that they should also be well dusted with lime ; and tbey should be planted in "drills six _inched deep , with farm-yard manure below the sets .

      We ako recommenu that where the potatoes are not large , they should be planted whole , and even large potatoes should he cut into not " more than two pieces ; "We have ascertained that autumn planting has been already practised throughput Fingal for the early suppl y of the Dublin market ; and ' that although the practice has been nearly discontinued , that has not happened for any reason that affects the present question . Neither do we learn that the early period at which the leaves appear above the ground in spring is attended with any greater risk than what attends precarious crops like the potatoe in any season . The effect to be anticipated from autumn plant ing consists , not merely in a probable increase of quantity innext year ' s supply , but in the saving of potatoes which may perish before spring if the slow growth which goes on during winter , is arrested , and in the early ripening of next year ' s crop in the event

      of a second unfavourable season supervening . We may add , that experience has shown the small refuse potatoes of the year to be suited to autumn planting , if sound , and prepared in the manner we have recommended . "It has been supposed by many persons that the potatoe has arrived at a state of great debility , and that the . crop will continue liable to disease , like the present until new varieties shall have been raised from seed . We do not find any _satisfaetoiy evidence to support this opinion . ! It is doubtelss true that great _ _constitutional differences exist ' . among . the varieties _^ of the potatoe , and that some are much more delicate than others ; but we do not find that the oldest varieties are most tender , or the newest the most hardy . On the contrary , it is within our own knowledge , that in the present season very healthy varieties , ; recently ; raised , have suffered much more than kinds that have long been in

      cultivation . "While , however , we . withhold our assent to the proposition that newly raised varieties ofthe potatoe are exempt in any peculiar degree from , the attacks of disease , we fully admit the fact that some varieties are much more subject to it than others , and we therefore recommend the cultivation of tbe tender kinds to be discontinued , and that those alone be used for future cropping which the experience of the present year shows to be the best suited to unfavourable seasons ; and on this point we may further remark , that all concurrent testimony points out-the Irish 'cup' variety as that which has suffered least from the attacks of the disease . - ' ' ¦ - ' ' ' _- ' - " We are also of opinion that it will be imprudent

      to plant potatoes for the next crop in land which has been just cleared of them . The latter is in all probability filled with the seeds of fungi ,, countless myriads ofwhich must have been scattered over the tainted field ; and although they probably have been borne by the winds to every portion of the country , yet it may be conceived that the soil will be more impregnated where diseased _potatoes have just been growing than in fields in which decaying matter was not actually present . .. . 7 "Under these circumstances , we are decidedly of opinion that , _prior to putting any kind of crop for the coming year into land that has been this season under potatoes , it will be prudent , if not absolutely necessary , that the _ground should be turned up and exposed to the action of the atmosphere with care , and that it should be thoroughly manured with lime . We

      have already recommended that the potatoes , whether whole or cuttings , used for seed , should be dusted over with lime previous to planting ; and we further urge , that in the case of corn or seed crops of every kind , the seeds should be steeped in lime water , or in the solution of blue stone and salt well known to farmers . Evidenee has already been laid before us of injurious effects where precautions such as we have described have been neglected .. . "We forbear from adverting to the possibility of replenishing the diminished supply of potatoes by sowing the seeds formed by the flower . This is an operation which can only be carried on successfully in a garden—is ansaited to the means of the small cultivator—cannot in any way affect the question of immediate supply—and may be safely left to the intelligence of the gardeners scattered throughout the country .

      "Hitherto , we have laid before your Excellency , for the purposes of publication , several reports , in a merely popular form , suited to the present emergencv . We are confident that the recommendations _contained iu thera , if carried into effect , will tend to mitigate the evils arising from the attacks of the disease in the potatoe crop . We now propose to proceed forthwith to apply ourselves to the investigation ofthe important scientific questions involved in the subject ; and to report in due time the result of our inquiries , in order that , from past experience , we

      may derive knowledge for future guidance . These investigations will occupy us for a considerable time ; and , while we do not contemplate the necessity of publishing further popular directions , we shall hold ourselves in readiness to give onr immediate attention to any question which your Excellency may submit for our consideration , or to report from time to time for your Excellency ' s private information . We have the honour to be your faithful and obedient servants . "Robert Kane . "John LiRWiBr , "Lyon Plawair . "

      The Rotatoe Disease. [From The Liverpool...

      THE rOTATOE DISEASE . [ From the Liverpool Times of Tuesday . ] This destructive malady still continues to rage in all parts of the three kingdoms , and daily to sweep away Jarge quantities of the foed ol the poor . In this part of tho country it is as bad as ever , and on the eastern side of the island it is so intense , that whole cargoes of potatoes , shipped in the Humber for London during the last week , which were apparently in good condition , have been found to be deeayed before half the voyage waa accomplished , and have been brought back to Hull as worthless . Many of the accounts from Ireland arc quite unfavourable as these ; and , notwithstanding the bold assertions of persons who are afraid to face the truth , there is no doubt that , great as the evil now is , it is becoming greater every day . Even in these few cases in which the notatoes were Quite sound when

      they were got up , and in the still fewer ones in which they have been kept sound by the only effectual method , that is , by causing abundance of fresh air to circulate through them in the heap , they will not bear the usual treatment . Thecargo ' es brought back toHull on Thursday last , were quite sound when shipped , and under ordinary circumstances would have reached London just as sound , but like all the potatoes . of the present year , they had much more than the usual quantity of moisture , and much less than the usual , quantity of alluvia , and the consequence was , that they heated and decayed after a few hours confinement in the , hold of the ship . This shows that the best potatoes are unusually tender this year , and that . the slightest relaxation of care in keeping them is fatal to them . Under these circumstances it is absurd to expect that the malady will cease .

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      _Incenmabv Finn . —On Sunday night last , a lone barn , containing a quantity of barley and oats , in the occupation of Mr-Scroggs ; of Houghton Regis , near Dunstable , was discovered to be on fire between eleven and twelve o ' clock , and ite contents , together with a hovel adjoining , were entirely ¦ consumed . - It is _Bupposedto nave been _thevUeactof an incendiary . The same night , three ploughs , the property . of Mr . Cook , of Houghton Regis , were broken in such a manner as to be rendered totally useless . — -Aylesbury News . ¦¦•¦¦ ' _-, ¦ ¦ . *¦ - ¦ . ' ¦

      _AsoiksR Wiotboe _Election . — The rumour which has been current at Windsor for some days past that Mr . _TNevilte was about to receive a government appointment , which would necessarily compel liim to vacate his seat for the borough , has resolved it-self in a more _definite shape ;; the report now being , thai Mr . 'Nevilleistohavekcomniissionership ( saidto be of customs )' ' which a salary is attached of £ 1 , 200 _a-, year . ' In that event anotherelectionfor the borougl _. woidd riot be fair distant . * _" - '! - _-- - _^"

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      . GRlXTnSIE _^ 'nNG _^ N ~ ST ~ _PAT ! fCRltS :--TO PETITION-TOR THE { RESTORATION . OF : _FRXJST / waEiAMs , ' _jonks ; and _eleis . ; In _cempllonce with resolutions passed : at the / late Chartist Convention ; and by the Exiles Restoration Committee , the Somers" Town-locality : appointed a deputation to wait on the gentlemen composing the St . Pancras vestry , to request the use ofthe vestry rooms , for the pur * pose of holding a public meeting to petition Parliament to address herJMajesty to restore the above-named patriotic exiles * to -their country . ) The vestry , with their usual

      liberality , immediately granted tne request , and on Monday evening , November Wthi ' . we had tlie pleasure of witnessing one of the largest meetings ever congregated togetberin this part of the great metropolis , The rooms , _staiicaae , ' and-large : _hall-leading- thereto , - being most densely crowded ; At half-p _' _ast seven o ' clock Mr . Hornby wa » unanimously called to the chair _. _JaUd'briefly stated the objects of the meeting ; also that Sir _^ Bc _Hall , Bart ., and Sh' C . Napler , ; Knight , members for the borough , had been written _toreqwestlutf them to attend , ; bufcneither , of them had returned an answer . ( Groans and hisses ) .

      " : ¦ ¦¦ Ut . - Johk _AaifOTx said , that Frost , Williams , ! and Jones had been convicted for taking part in the unfortunate outbreak at Newport , in the year 18 S 9 .- At tbe trial counsel raised a point of law in their favour , and tbe judges seemed to agree that theindictment was not good ; nevertheless , by a gross piece of inconsistency , they decided tliat the trial should proceed . Of course they were fount * guilty . The raised point of law was again brought forward , when the judges came to the marvellous conclusion that yesterday and to day was one and the . same time , axd ordered those highly -moral and strictly virtuous

      patriots for ( execution . ( Shame , shame . ) Fortunately this part of the tragedy was not carried out , but ' instead , they Wer * sentenced to transportation for life , ' Messrs . Daniel O'Connell and Gray had been' liberated from prison , and the Canadian " rebels , " who were taken with arms in their _hnnde , had received '» free pardon ; and he did thinK that the severe punishment already undergone by those banished men were far more than commensurate for any crime they might have committed _^ and that tKe time had'arrived-when' clemency should be' showed them . ( Great-cheering . ) He had milch pleasure in moving the foUowing resolution : — " 7

      " That thiii meeting are of opinion that no one should be punished only in accordance with the injury inflicted on society ; and are further of opinion" that' John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , ' and William Jones , havefully atoned , by the puniihmeut they have already received , for the crimes alleged against them ; and seeing that Gray , O'Connell , and others , have been liberated , and the Canadian " _robelt" pardoned ; do consider tb . it the said exiles should also be restored to their homes and families . Resolved , therefore , that this meeting petition the House of Commons to present an address to her Majesty praying for a free pardon to the above-named exiles . " ¦ ¦ " ¦¦ ' !' ' . ' Mb . _GiMBlE seconded the motion .

      : Mb . ; G . Dovle in rising to support the motion was received with g ; reat applause . He said , tlie . rcsolution was one " embracing such weighty matters , that even a man who had been much before the public could scarce do it justice . - " : ' ¦ The gentleman who had moved it had given the . meeting a brief history of the trial and _Subsequent proceediugs . The ; counsel employed in'their Jdefence were certainly some ofthe mosfeminerit ' men ' that hiid at any time adorned the bar , including the present Baron , Sir Frederick Pollock , and hei * Majesty ' s present Solicitor-General , Sir Fitzroy Kelly , both of whom ' were opposed to those great principles of democracy which he ( Mr . Doyle ) deemed essential to the political salvation of the masses . ( Loud cheers !) Yet these men pledged their professional honour that the indictment was bad in

      point of law . The talent of the advocates , backed by the energies of the peoplei had the effect of saving the Victims' lives ; but they were taken in the dead ofthe night , dragged from their beds without being allowed to take a last look at their wives , families , and friends , and banished to torture , Wjrse than death , in a : felon land . ( Gnat sensation . ) _, He ' would not defend insurrection , but this he wo . u ! d say , that any man had arightto take a barn or other place in which * to advocate any political opinions he might hold , and in this opinion he wits borne out by the learned judges who presided at the _laJS Chartist trials . He deplored the attempt made in 1839 , but what was done , he had no doubt was merely the effect of reading English history . ( Hear , hear . ) The people seeing all their prayers treated with the _. ntmost contumely , no

      doubt said , we willno longer parlej with _tbem , but use our sovereign might and right to achieve our liberties as our fathers did bf old . ( Tremendous cheering . ) He reiterated his objection to physical force ; he wished to Bee an holy union of brotherhood established to effect the triumph of liberty , and only let the mass of wealth-producers be thus banded together , and such an union must prove irresistible . Since 18 * 12 no body , would be rash enough to charge the great democratic body with being the advocates of violent measures . He decidedly concurred with a previous speaker , that more than ample punishment had been administered to meet any offence these unfortunate men might have committed , and sure he was , that there was not one friend of humanity , but would agree with him , that these nieh ought now to be restored to their native land , tlieir families , and friends .

      ( Loud cheers . ) He had visited Newport , and made it his business to inquire into the character of John Frost ; men of aii shades of politics agreed that he was a good citizen , a worthy neighbour , a kind magistrate , and an excellent mayor ; in a word , a philanthropist ! ( Loud cheers . ) Willians and Jones , although not so widely known , were equally respected in the neighbourhood in which they had resided . He thought , after the endurance of six years exile by these patriots , it was high time that the people should raise their _roices for their restoration ; He trusted this meeting was only a beginning , aiid that the excellent example set by the men of Somers TOwn would be followed throughout the United Kingdom . _Mri Doyle resumed his seat amid the loudest acclamations of applause . The resolution was carried _unanimously . ' Ma . _SiAtLweon read the following petition : —

      ' . ' To the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . The Petition of ' the inhabitants ofthe Parish of St . _Paxxeras , in the Borough of Marylebone , in PublwMeeting iii the _Vesiry-ioomassemtxled , ' ' ... " Sheweth—That your petitioners' view ' with feelings of sorrow and commisseration the long ' and painful sentence of transportation inflicted upon John -Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and John Jones , for participating in an outbreak at Newport , in Wales , in November , 1839 . Your petitioners _lelieve that the time has at length arrived when clemency may be shown to these misguided men without any forfeiture of national justice or national

      interests . Your petitioners have seen * iyith great pleasure that her Majesty ' s Government is favourably disposed to this humane measure , as evinced by the mitigation Of the sentence of banishment passed upon ' the Canadian , prisoners , taken in arms in the late insurrection in-that countiy ; they , therefore , ' pray your Honourble House to present an humMe address to her Majesty , prajing her to take the case of these men into her consideration , ' and be graciously pleased to remit the ' remainder of their sentence , and thus restore them to their distressed wives and families . And in return for this boon your petitioners will ever pray . "

      In moving the adoption of the petition , Mr . Stallwood recounted the several enthusiastic meetings held in the parish of St . Pancras for a similar purpose , and was sure this meeting would be . characterised by a like unanimity ; The petition he had read spoke for itself . It required no help from him to ensure its adoption ; and , knowing so well as he did their humane feeling and devotion on this subject , it would be an insult to their better understanding were he to say more . He should , with groat pleasure , move the adoption of the petition . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . _iLEWEltTN , a compatriot of John Frost , seconded tne motion , and recounted many . an interesting scene in the Welsh movement ; and , from a thirteen years' acquaintance , with John Frost , spoke highly of his great integrity , humanity , and patriotism . Mr . Llewelljn was loudly applauded .

      Mr , David Ross , of Leeds , rose to support the motion , and met mth a most hearty and enthusiastic welcome to London , He said he had entered the metropolis on Sunday , and had . heard by accident of this meeting , and thought he should have been highly culpable had he not attended and added his mite of sympathy to theirs . The persecution of these virtuous men had first converted him . to democracy . Frost had suflered worse than death . He had been compelled to herd with thieves' and murderers , in a foreign land far away from home , far from the wife ofhis bosom , and the children of his affection . None could appreciate the value of their native land so well as the compulsory exile , more especially such a one as John Frost , who strove to make it " The home of the Briton—the land ofthe free . " ( Great cheering . ) Surely

      it was high time that mercy interceded . ( Loud cheers . ) But the Government was not to be blamed ; the people , and the people only , were to blame ; had tliey only exerted themselves as they ought to have done , those truly great and good men would have been restored to tbeir country and friends long ere this . ( Cheers . ) It was not yet too late . He was proud to see on the platform one whose poesy gave light And life to his dungeon . He had bnt once before had the pleasure , of seeing Mr . Cooper , and then , as the song said , _"'Twas in a crowd . " . He had , in conjunction with Mr . Cooper and many others , appeared as a representative of the people in Carpenters ' - haU , Manchester , in time of peril . They separated , Mr . Cooper to his dungeon , and he ( Mr . Boss ) to be hunted as a fugitive through the land ; but now both were here , and the cause still progressing , a

      proof"That freeedom ' s battle once begun , Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son , Though baffled oft is ever won , " . ¦ '• ' - —( Loud cheers . ) The petition was unanimously adopted amidst loud hpplause . ) t Mr . _Fabree had , much pleasure in moving the subjoined resolution , and hoped the members of the present committee would not be scared from their _purposoiby police spies as former , committees had been , but stick-to their purpose until their object was effected .. Without doubt Mr . Ellis had been treated with indescribable baseness .

      "Thatthis meeting are of opinion that Wm . Sherrat Ellis was innocent of the crime with which he was charged , and that his _eonyietion was based on evidence procured at the expense of honour and conscience ; undcr _these circumstances this meeting therefore resolve to ' petition the House , of Commons to cause an address to be presented . to her Majesty , praying the exercise of the Eoyal clemency for the restoration of . the said Wm _jherratEJlis to his country _, and disconsolate family . " .. Mr . En _. _wiaDs seconded the motion , which was earned _unammpusly , ,,.. ¦ . . ¦ ,., _* . . 7 i . 7

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      _-MrTWomrCoomfmtfio _^^^ Suiciae 8 , " _. rdse ; loudly applaude 3 , and _^ readthe following [ petition : — . _^ _i _.- ? _- " - " . _^ _^ _J-Jrc'V" - _; ' _* - ' _•> * = ' l '; - ' ¦"• ¦' _- _'>> ' _>¦ _' - « To _fhe _HonoiiraUelhe Common * of Great Britain * mid Ire' _,:- ?• - ;; _Jond-in _Parlkmtntassembled : : _TheiliumbU Petition- of 7 _ihe-inluwitaMs oj \ Sl . Paneras , _tiifaBorokgh of Mary-, _hi-Ubone ; _inpttbliomeetiW _^ « Sheweth--That you r petitioners are deeply impressed with the conviction that William Ellis , at preseut a transport in Van Dieman ' s Land , for the-alleged crime of aiding and abetting the burning of . the Bev ; W' AUken _' s _houeei at Hanley , in the Staffordshire Potteries , on the night of the 15 th of August , 1842 , is entirely Innocent of _thesriid Crime ; _¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' 7 " : . ¦ •;•; -- .. " _•• : - ¦ '; r . r ; _- _-i ' . > - _, I i rr"TTr i

      - ; i « That yonr _^ _Petitioners have learned from evidence , which they believe to be worthy of entire credibility ; that the said William Ellis was , at air times , opposed to vio _^ l « hce and disorder , and was distinguished for the unswerving honesty and uprightness of his life '; and that tlie said William Ellis most solemnly denied all participation in the crime laid to his _charge , and for which he wis sentenced to ( wen ( i / -ibii « years' traiisportationi ' " That your petitioners entreat your Honourable House _foweigh in your minds the important facts that ah alibi , comprising the evidence of several highly credible witnesses , was produced for the said William Ellis at his

      trial ; and that the evidence against the said William Ellis depended on one witness only , who first stated- that he saw , at the fires , ai tall figure with its back towards him , and that hei afterwards saw only the side face blacked , of the said figure , and jet . could swear it was William Ellis . That your petitioners , depending on the high sense of justice which ought to characterise the English ; mind of your Honourable House , entreat yoa to review , the circumstances npw'seyerallj - _bl'OUght before your consideration , and to _reecominend ( 0 Her Most Gracious Majesty _; the . Queen , the immediate full and free parden of the said Wlllinm Ellis , and your petitioners wiU ever pray . " ¦ •¦ - _;

      • Mr , _voorsB _said—btanng in mind , night and day , his solemn pledge to 'poor Ellis in the dungeon , he had incessantly laboured ; privately , to secure interest for that injured and innocent man ' s restoration to bis native land . Yet he thought he had : a right to complain of the indo . lent neglect shown by the Exiles Restoration Committee . 'He was told tbey had called the meeting now held : he could only say they had not called it before the'proper time , it was necessary forsome one to ; speak out . He had Often purposed to try and get up a meeting of this kind in LOhdOIl but it so happened that the god-like cause of freedom was disgraced by the evil partisanship of petty spirits , -who were ' ever ready to : calumniate men for over-busying themselves , and so his _ifibrts had been con . fined to privacy , witli the ¦ exception - of "starting two be _^

      _nevolentfundsifor the relief of sufferers at home . * He would tell that meeting ,-however , that he had laboured in this ' great cause privately . On account of having published a book he had been sent for by certain great p ' eoi pie ; but whoever sent for Thomas Cooper , the Chartist ; always heard something about Chartism , much about the injured Ellis , and still more about the wrongs and suffer ! ings of working men throughout this country , ( Cheers . ) He did not hold himself at liberty to . mention names } generally , but the name of one noble-hearted and noble r minded , as well as titled lady , he would _meution ' : it was the _iCountis-i of Blessington . ( Cheers . ) That lady listened , not only with patient attention to a description of the wrongs of Ellis , and of the sufferings of working men , and tlie injustice and oppressions

      practised upon them , but her fine countenance evinced a deep sympathy with what she heard , and her eloquent tongue gavo utterance to the indignation she felt for thc tyrants and oppressors . "I know that we have bad laws , " was her _languages" and I have long said that they who labour for all we enjoy are unjustly and ungratefully USOd . Nothing fills me witli greater abhorrence than the New Poor-law ; arid it-is ' . my daily wonder that _such-a law remains unaltered ; ¦ Wherever I go I _n state this openly and unflinchingly ; and you may depend upon it , Mr . Cooper , that I shall take care to spread , in my own circle , the truthful and distressing details you have given me this morning . " Mr . C . then related the account he had given to the countess of the fraud practised on _tlie'JOuke of Rutland , when he went to view the _union-hoifie' or

      "bastile , at Melton Mowbray , m Leicestershire . The grim prison-house was " got up , " to use a milliner ' s phrase , to receive his grace .- 'It ;' _was arrayed in such " apple-pie order , " that ; the 'duke proclaimed himself surprised and delighted with it . Thus , these horrid dens ' were displayed in such a state as' to deceive influential visiters . "The dreadful ' misery they contained was _concaaled ; and a false and pernicious impression raised in their favour . ' -The duke had gone to visit the place in consequence of a conversation with his generous-minded relative , Lord John Manners , who was well known to be ' most energetically opposed to that hateful law : ' but though he went there halfdisposed to believe that Lord John Manners was righthe . was so completely duped by the _vilalhlshowmen of the

      Melton bastile , that he declared , on his return to Belvoir Castle , he was satisfied with his first convictions ; and he would hot join his relative in opposing the New Poor Law . Lady B . would , no doubt , take care to spread that fact ; and it was one that he ( Mr . C . ) coiild easily substantiate . - ' ¦ ( Cheers . ) Mr . C . then- made a few brief observations on the petition for the recall of Frost , Williams , and _Joties , which had been already adopted by the meeting . He was glad , he _saidy that it had been worded in such a way as to take away offence : none of the middle classes could refuse to sign it , because of what they might have termed "inflammatory language * . " it was so worded , that even the members' of the so-called " People ' s House" might take out their quizzing-glasses and scan it through , and yet be compelled to pronounce ho

      it respectful _^ thoy could have excuse for not receiving it- _^ no'pretence for ' rejecting it—on-account of any offensive phraseology . ' 'In the same ' spirit , and with the same impressions as those' which had evidently guided the framers of that petition , he had drawn up the petition for poor Ellis ' s recal . ( Hear . ) True , if he had to choose _^ the way of proceeding in this business , without regard to the prejudices and hostile feelings of influential parties , it _^ _^ would not bein the ' language of humanity , that he would approach thein . He wouldbe bold to proclaim either there , or at the bar of what was called "justice , " or on the scaffold itself , that if Hampden were justifiable ; if that great patriot ought to have a column raised to his memory on ChalgroVe-field , and they had raised one;—if he ought to have a statue In the

      hew Houses of Parliament , —and Prince Albert , and the rest ofthe committee had decreed that he mas to have one;—then was John Frost justifiable , —then ought he to have a column at Newport , —then ought he to have a statue in the People ' s House —( cheers , )—and when that house truly became the people ' s he would have one . ( Cheers . ) Noble as Hampden ' s struggle waaj it was less noble than _Frost-s—if the purpose that moved the breasts of either were considered . Hampden " drew the sword and threw away the scabbard" to overthrowhigh tyranny in government and religion , —but his mind , large and comprehensive as it was , did not design the enfranchisement of every Englishman arrived at tho ago of manhood : he was not filled , like generous Frost , with the wish to see every toiling son of labour exercising the rights

      and possessing the substance of tlie rights of a veritable free-man . ( Much cheering . ) Passing the strict truth of thie case by , however , in order that our combat with , prejudice might not injure still more deeply , the suffering Exiles , these petitions had been worded in such a tone as to avoid offence ; and he wis sure , from the feeling now evinced , they could , each and all , have but one wish , namely , that the petitions might speedily succeed . Mr . G . then entered into a . feeling recital of William Ellis ' s case , especially pointing out the facts that Ellis himself most solemnly denied the crime alleged against him ; that an aZi 5 i was produced at his trial , proving that he was at home and in his bed at the hours when Aitkcn ' s house was on lire ; and that his conviction depended on but one witness who first said he saw the

      bach of a tall figure at the fire , and , then , for a few moments , saw its side-face , blacked , and yet could swear it was Ellis . Great indignation wns expressed by the meeting as Mr . C . recited these facts ; and , after making an earnest appeal on behalf of poor Ellis ' s wife and three children , who have been driven to seek relief from the parish authorities , Mr . C . concluded by holding up to the imitation ofall present , the example of toiling patriots in all ages . They had been maligned , persecuted , chained , exiled , or martyred , but their spirits were unbroken , and their struggle had not been in vain . Whenever one of these great and good beings had stept forth to hold up the lamp of truth , he was assailed , seized , and perhaps dragged down into the mire ; but soon another was found to take up the lamp , as it lay flickering , and _toxoid

      it up again / "See , " cried the minions of tyranny , "that fellow is now flashing the lamp in the people's eyes they will soon be too many for us—seize him!—down with him ! "" And no sooner was he seized , and the lamp thrown down again into the mire , than another high and generous spirit viewed it , and said " That is truth l ""Do not say so , " whispered the tyrants , _fawninj round tho * new advocate ! " Say that this is truth I" " 1 will notl" cried out this new bold spirit ; " what you call truth is a lie , and I will iiroclaim it to the death 1 " and again he rushe _^ forward and plucked the lamp from the mire , and flashed it again upon the multitude , till they began to feel its glorious spirituality of light . Aye , spirituality ! for there was ho cant , no priestly mockery in employing that word on such a

      theme 1 The light of truth was so veritabl y spiritual that it could penetrate tho head aud the heart , and vivif y both ; And that lamp had never been extinguished . No ! it was even now being lifted up and flashed in the eyes of the multitude , and they were receiving and welcoming its light—and tyrants were trembling , " thrones , and domi . _nions , and powers" were quaking , and dreading the mighty result . "Try to hold up the lamp ! " concluded the speaker " lightyour lesser lamps at the pure beam ! spread the effulgence on every hand , till every child of man catches the renewing influence , and at length the united human family—a band of brothers—together rise to swell the choral shout on every shore , and from sea to sky— ' Liberty , liberty , liberty I '" ( Prolonged and renewed cheering followed this thrilling , peroration . )

      The pe tition was then put , and adopted unanimousl y . The petitions were _orderedtolie nt convenient places ' in tho parish during the ensuing two months for signatures then to be placed in the hands of -T . S . Duncombe , M . P . / for _presentation . Mr ; Thomas Laubie moved , that the best thanks of this meeting aro due , and'hercby given to , the vestrymen of this parish , for the handsome manner in which they granted _Jlie use of the rooms on ibis occasion . ' The motion was seconded and . carried by acclamation . : A vote of thanks was then givento : the chairman , and the densely crowded meeting departed , highly gratified with the good feeliiig exhibited for the exiled patriots . .. '

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      iOn'Sunday morning ,. shortly _^ before _^ one o'clock , a fire , attended with los 3 oflife , . occurred _m theantique and interesting building known as the , Baths of bt . Agneale OJair ; . _'famed ' for < many -yeare for medicinal virtues said to _characterisetthe waters . ' - ; _,, .... The fire was ' first : discovered _byi-police-constable , Dearraan _. _aeZGr _, burning , in the lower . part . of the front dwelling-attached to the baths , m the , occupancy of ' Mr * . Moore , * and which are , situate in . laV _iiernaclc-square , * Shoreditch , near to the junction ot the 01 d _4 treet-road ? and Pith ' _eld-street . The ; premises were built many years _since _>* and were full : 0 f timber . They . possessed ., a . considerable frontage , great depth , and the house consisted of not less than twelve- or fourteenroonis , The communication between , ' this and" the adjoining _bin'ldinga was Yery slight , the only , protection being a thin wainscoting of . wood , which aided the progress f > f tho destructive element from north to south . " and from east to west . _inrirrTTTTTrr T _^ °° "' ,, T '

      . j It was not without considerable , trouble that the constable succeeded inaidusing the inmates , not less than ten of . whom were asleep in the building at the time , and they were rescued with great difficulty from the flames . One of the young Mr . Moores was saved by police-constable . Poller , 214 , G , who courageously mounted a- . ladder , aiid , taking ' the young ' man upon his back ,, brought -him down and lodged him in a neighbouring house . : The poor fellow , appeared to be nearly suffocated , and his face yas severely burned , the eyebrows and hair of the head being _muchsihged . A brother ; of his , fearing ; to . perish ; in the flames , jumped from the window of the second floor , and fell with fearful violence upon the edge of a waterbutt in the yard , by which K 4 . Was severely cut about thehead

      and ; face , and his back considerably . contused . He was _pickedjupbyjthe _.: constable 1 * 73 G , who took oft his great coat to cover the naked and wounded man , and conveyed him to the hoiise of Mr . G . _Tittei'ton , ia licensed "victualler , in the _Old-strect-road , who received the sufferer , and ; sent for medical assistance Several other persons escaped by . jumping out of the windows , and some of . them were considerably in * j ured . Mr . Charles Moore , who escaped in this manner , was so _ seriously injured thai he still lies in a very precarious . state . : While these ; efforts were being made te _saye the lives of the ; _iiimates , the . flames progressed with frightful rapidity , mounting irohi the lower to the , upper floors . Messengers were dispatched to the several engine-stations , " and in a brief space , the

      Whitecro ' _ss-street , _Jeffry-square , and Watlihg-street engines of the brigade , uiider the superintendence of Mr . Braidwood , and the direction of Mr . Crockland : the parish , engine of Shoreditch , and the West of Enghind , —with' Mr . Connbrton and the company ' s firemen ; arrived at the -scene .-A The fire-plugs were immediately drawn , and copious streams of water were directed upon the fire , but it * was quite clear that all attempts to save the dwellings in front of the baths must prove fruitless . The attention of the firemen was consequently directed to the critical state of the adjoining property , and extraordinary exertions were made to confine the h ' re to the area in which it was then burning , and especially to prevent its extension to the spirit stores of . the Angel 1

      andCrown , in the' . occupation of Mi * . Gurney _^ This was happily _» effected by the : judicious conduct of Mr . Braidwood , who , perceiving the progress thefire'was making in that quarter , ordered his men to tear'down part of the pannelling and carry 'the branch of ono ofthe engines into the bar , for the purpose of keeping down the flames . This had the desired effect ; for although the flame was so strong that it penetrated through the partition and burned the paper off the ceiling of the bar , itwas stayed from - proceeding further . Shortly after this , the flames having reached the roof , a heavy mass of tiles , ' it fell in , and at that moment the lire exhibited a brilliant and striking appearance . The attention of the firemen was then especially directed to the

      rear " of the building , and there the West ot Englaud and Brigade engines rendered efficient service—the baths being saved from utter destruction by the united efforts of the firemen belonging to both . At the rear ofthe Angel and Crown the flames committed great havoc , the side front 1 being much damaged , ' the roof of the _spirit-room being partly burned off , and the back of the building seriously injured . On thb north side ; the premises in the occupation of Mr . Peel ; coffee-house keeper , and those of Mr . _George Beeson _; potatoe dealer , numbered tSvo and three , in Tabernacle-square , are seriously damaged by fire and water , and the contents by removal , during the . excitement which prevailed when the fire was at its height . Upon making inquiries at this juncture as to the fate of the inmates , it was

      ascertained that two of them , a mother and her child , were missing . The , feeling of sympathy which prevailed at the time this appalling fact became known- was most intense , and the utmost efforts of the bystanders were put into requisition to trace the missing parties . Up to half-past ftre o ' clock no tidings were heard of either of them , and shortly , before six the body of Mrs . 0 . Moore was found by one ofthe firemen who was engaged in exploring the ruins . The poor creature was stretched upon one of the rafters on the second floor , her head and arms hanging over a charred beam , as though she had fallen in attempting to escape . The body was most frightfully : burned , one of the feet , being quite consumed , and the whole ofthe breast and back being completely calcined . Samuel Girard and Edwin Pcrrier , two ofthe brigade , assisted by the

      West of England firemen , took steps forthe removal ofthe remains , and a shell having been subsequently procured , the body was conveyed to the workhouse of Shoreditch . Shortly before eight o ' clock , one of the firemen discovered the body of : a youth , shockingly burned , lying upon the wreck of a bedstead , on a portion of the floor which still continued standing . He was-quite dead , and much disfigured , Blankets . were procured , and the body wrapped in them , and another shell being obtained , the poor lad , whose ranie is George Hall , son of the unfortunate woman who slept in tlie same room , was conveyed to the same piace . where his mother ' s remains await the inquiry of a coroner ' s jury . ' How the fire originated is ' at present a mystery . It is , however , supposed by Mrs . Moore to have been caused by some embers from cigai * _s , « is there had been parties smoking in the coffee-rooms the previous

      evening . The following is a copy of the officialreport ofthe damagei . . ¦ NOV . 16 , 1845 , 12 . 80 . a . m . —Fire at ihe Agnes le Clair swimming baths , 3 , Tabernacle-square , occupied by Mrs . R . M . Moore . Cause unknown . Nearly the whole ofthe front dwelling-house is consumed , as well as the contents therein * the roofs of tho baths at the back damaged b y lire and water . Engines tliat attended—Three of the Brigade ; the West of England , one ; and another from Shoreditch parish . Building insured in the Koyal Exchange .

      The contents not known if insured . No . 3 . —Charles Peel , coffee-house keeper ( adjoining ); liouse gutted , and the whole ofthe contents of a . 1 or 8 roomed liouse destroyed . Insured in the Pliienix and Royal Exchange offices . The Angel andCrown , Mr . H . Gurney , victualler . Side front considerably damaged , part of roof off the spirit room , bar and back parlour materially injured by fire and water , Insured in the Sun and Phoi ' nix offices ,. _Nol 2 . _Tabeirnacle-square . — -Mr . George Beson , potatoe-dealer . Building severely injuied . Insured in the Royal Exchange office ,

      INQUEST ON THE BODIES . On Tuesday Mr . William Baker , cor oner for the eastern division of Middlesex , held an inquest at the Black Horse , Kingsland-road , on the bodies of Sarah Moore , aged 42 , and George Hall , ¦ aged 11 , the unfortunate individuals who perished in the above fire . Thejury having been sworn , and a foreman chosen , they proceeded , accompanied by the coroner , to Shoreditch Workhouse , for the purpose . oi * viewing the bodies . Upon their return to the inquest-room , the following evidence was taken : —

      Mr . Richard M . Moore said that he was the proprietor of the St . Agnes Le Clair swimming-baths , in Tabernacle-square , Finsbury . The deceased , Sarah Moore , was the wife of Charles Moore , an assistant at the baths . On themorning of Sunday last , about a quarter before one o ' clock , he was awakened by his brother Frederick , who told witness that he thought theplacewasonfire . He then ran down the stairs and traced the smoke to the parlour , and upon opening the door smoke rushed out , but he could not see any fire . Witness told his brother to go down into the kitchen and procure a pan of water , which he did ; and which he threw in the direction the smoke arose from . Witness afterwards escaped upstairs , and was found nearly suffocated upon the roof of the cold bathand

      , -was rescued by a policeman . The kitchen adjoins the parlour . Mr . Charles Moore , his wile , the deceased George Hall , slept in the same room . They were all alarmed ; but Mrs . C . Moore and her son were ; unable to escape , and they were burnt in the building . He could not tell how the fire originated . It . was not fromgass . The baths were lighted only by oil and candles . There was no combustible material in the parlour except the furniture . Witness was in , the parlour about eleven o ' clock , and turned the oil-lamp out , but left anothor burning in the passage . There waa a report that the fire arose from cigar smoking , but he ' was positive that it did not arise from that ehuse . The baths had been insured for the last ten years and upwards in the Royal Exchange Fire-office .

      By the Coroner : I had not smelt fire during the previous evening . 7 By a juror : Tlie smoking and bagatelle room ; was atthebaekof the . building , ina different part to where the fire commenced . " _l Mr . Frederick Augustus Moore gave similar testimony .: ' ' ¦ ' ¦ "'' ' _]' . '•' ' " ¦¦ ' ' - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ William Deoman , police constable 162 G ., deposed to hairing discovered aiid having aroused the inmates of the house . Witness had no reason to believe that the fire had arisen from any other cause than mere accident . ' ! _- ; _, -. 7 , A question ; havihg arisen as to the identity of the bodies , the Coroner inquired of Mr . Charles Moore if he had any doubt as toi . * whether the remains were those ofhis wife and child ; he having answered in the negative , the Coroner aslvedhim if he could throw

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      unable to do so . " _^ _--r _' -.- _^ hxsn , , The Coroner having summed up ; the _in-ro t « i _verJicVof" accidental-death . ''' ¦ J , ™ ii-tU { _d , , _"""'"—*^ - i ' _i'Imi

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      New Air Churn . —The Bishop of Deny i ln " _- "' vented an atmospheric churn . Instead of tiro " sent unscientific mode of making butter bycW _^ his lordship accomplishes this measure by tW _* Vi _' lll _? ' lar manner of forcing a lull current of _atmoinl _^ air through the cream , by means of _wellAv _- forcing-pump . The air passes through a glass _W connected with the air-pump , descendin » _^ _VarW the bottom of the churn . Tho churn is of tin it fits into , another tin cylinder provided with -i f _" _^ ncl and stop-cock , so as to heat the cream to a li - ' sary temperature . The pump is worked by ra « 7 ofa winch , which is not so laborious as the ii , m churn . _^

      Post-office Reoulatiox witu _Refi * i- : _escithe Tbassmissiox of Ne ' _wspapers . — _-Consider-M misapprehension has forsome time existed with rclii ence to the following point in the practice of n _, Post-office—the right oi' newsvendors , and the nuS generally , to write the name of the sender , _ortu initials of such party , in addition to the address of the person to whohi such newspaper is intended tn be delivered . It has been , at length , officially decided that newsvendois may have their hames and aMtm printed on the covers of newspapers , but they am not permitted to write then * ,

      _Dbieciiox of a _Mubobreb . —Some months sW we published in this journal the detail * of a horrible and deliberate , murder , perpetrated at Claremon-is in the county of . Mayo , by a man named O'DODflDU ' Upon a person named Mannion , a cousin of the _niutl derer . _O'Donnell , who escaped at the time , has since been captured in America . Seduction and _MANsi . AnGnTEB ,--Last week an in , quest wa 3 held at Liverpool , on the body ofa man named John Ratcliffe , who was killed by "William

      Charnock . Ratcliffe had seduced Charnock ' s daugh . ter , who had borne him a child . In spite et _warning to the contrary , Ratcliffe persisted ; in visiting the daughter at her father's house . In his last visit , the father ordered the deceased to leave the house ; he refused , a . struggle ensued , and thc father struck the deceased down with a poker , from the effects of which violence Ratcliffe died . The jury returned a Verdict of manslaughter , and Charnock was committed lot trial .

      Discovery or 7 i raw _Dijoiosd Mink in _Brazh ,, . _* An immense diamond mine whs discovered in tlie province of Bahia _. in October , 1844 , by a slave , _w-J io in twenty days had gathered 700 . carats of diamonds , and carried them a considerable distance for safe _. Arrested and imprisoned , the slave _obstinatel-- _^ fused to disclose the locus in _qito . They therefore let liim loose , aiid put a number of intelligent Indiana upon Jiis "trail . " The latter pursued him for several days , and found him working for the extraction of the diamonds not far from ¦ _Caxoeiray the second city of Bahia . Investigations were then made on a large scale along a chain of mountains called the Sincura , which have given the name to this mine . The produce is immense . The works already cover a superfices of more than thirty leagues !

      Death amongst . mE _Awstochact . —Lord Hart land died on Tuesday the llth inst ., at Stokes-tewn house , county Roscommon , Ireland . TJie deceased leaves no issue ; the title ia now extinct . The Right Hon . Wm . Dundas died atQuany House , liis residence at St . Lconards _t _bn-Sea _, on Friday , Kov . Mth . He was second son of the Right Honourable Robert Dundas , Lord . Chief Baron of the Court of Exdie . quer in Scotland . lie held , at his death , the oHite of . Lord Clerk Register , Keeper ef the Shrnef _. and

      Repister of Sasines , in Scotland . He received a sum little short of £ 4 , 000 annually from the public purse . The Earl of Vcrulam died on Tuesday morning last , at Gorhambtiry , the ancient family seat , near St . Alban's , Herts . The deceased was in his 7 lst year . His son , Viscount Grimston , M . P ., succeeds to the title . The Dowager Lady Holland died on Tuesday morning last , at her residence in South-street . Vis countess Canterbury died on Monday last at Clifton Wells . Her husband died only in July last .

      Dbeadful Accident . —As a miner , of the name of John Rae , was ascending from his work on _Thursday Cth current , up the No . 3 pit , Wishaw Colliery , near Glasgow , through some cause the . machinery ran at such a velocity that the unfortunate man ' s brains were smashed to pieces in coming up the pit . Rae has left a widow and two children to deplore his loss .

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      BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette ; November 18 , 1845 J John Sculthorpe , of Brick-hilllane , Upper Thamesstreet , colouraian—William Viekers , late of 12 , _JIoOTg'ite . street , but now of 4 , _Cai'ter-street ,: _Walworth-road , bill broker—James Crane , of U , _Crooked-lane , City , and late of _Stamfovd-hvMsc , _IJviUi & Tn , maUslet—William Absalom Darry , of 3 , Charles-street , Wcstbourne-terrace , Paddington , builder— Benjamin Purnell , late of Kupert-street , Whiteehapel , and now of _New-street , Stepney , dealer in vinegar—Jolm Lovegrove , of 5 T , RotherhitUe . street , Rotherhithe , barge builder—Thomas IVilkinson , of 77 , Quadrant , _Regent-street _, and 9 , Bathurst-place , Sussex-square , ironmonger—liclijamin Wade , of 111 , Strand , tailor-Hush Pugbe Price , of Holywell , Flintshire , linen draper-Samuel Abbott , Of Nether Stowey , Somersetshire ; linen draper—Thomas _llailey , of Bristol , builder— Thomas Simpson , of Stourbridge , Worcestershire , livery stable _, keeper— William Ashton , of Pickering , Yorkshire , spirit moreliant—Cliauncey _lloMrins and William Smith Martin , of ioirmingliam , nii'rchants-John Ownsworth Harvey , oi Newark , Nottinghamshire , grocer .

      DIVIDENDS _DECLARED . ¦ Jobn and William Herring , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , timber merchants , second and final dividend of i \ d in tha pound , payable at 57 , _Grey-strcet , _Newcastlcupon-Tyue , any Saturday . Martha Clieethnxi and William Cheetham , of Manchester , piece dyers , first dividend of 6 s 6 d in the pound , payable at 72 . George-street , Manchester , any Tuesday . John _lowtliin and Richard Jackson Brinley , of Newcastlc-upon-Tyne , printers , first dividend of 12 s in tlic pound , payable at 111 , Pilgrim-street , JNeivcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday . Benjamin Cohen , of BishopsW » arniOUtll , liawker , _fil'St and final dividend of 8 d in the pound , payable at 111 , 1 _'ilx grim-street , _Ifewcastle-upon-Tyue , any Saturday , _,

      DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLAEED . Atthe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Theodore lockhart and Charles lockhart , 156 , Cheap-. side , aud Puiham , _siiddieses , flurists , December 2 , at one —David low , of Adam ' s-court , Old . Uroad-street _, City , merchant , December 9 , at half-past one—Joseph Wilson , of 114 , Jermyn-strcet , St . James's , boot maker , December 9 , at one—John Knowles , Hemy Kodwell , George Russell Parker , and John Thomas King , of Throgmorton-street , City , silk brokers , December 9 , at half-past one .

      In the Country . John Law and Eli Hudson , of Ramsdenwood , Lancashire , " cotton spinners , December 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—John Backhouse , of Liverpool , merchant , December 10 . at twelve , atthe Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool—Robert Edwards , of Aberdovcy , Merionethshire , draper , December lo , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool—John Milne , of Liverpool , painter , December 10 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool—John Britain , sen ., of Birmingham , jeweller , Dacember 12 , at twelve , at the Court of _bankruptcy , Birmingham—Joseph Ashbarry , ef Holm Lacy , Herefordshire , farmer , December 10 , at eleven , at

      the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham—William Buttenll _, of Sheffield , grocer , December IC , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Lecd 6—Penwick Loraine , of Newcastleupon-Tyne , _booliSCller , December 11 , At two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Peter Hansen , of Newcestle-upon-Tyne , merchant , December 11 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Josep h JoMing Ayton , of South Shields , linen draper , Dccemlitr 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne—William Broomhead , of Birmingham and Sheffield , merchant , December 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bank _, ruptcy , Birmingham . Cebtificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to the

      contrary on tlie day of meeting . John Lambert , of SewElvct , Durbam , grocer , " December 9—Christopher Wakefield , late oi Hamilton Wick , victualler , December 11-John Hill , of Haiiimevsuiitli _, victualler , December 9—Peter Hansen ,. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , merchant , December- )—James Thompson and-Joha Thompson , ! of Leeds , stockbrokers , December 10—J *>' Wild , of Bristol , glazier , December 9—William Laivtoa Hall , Of Liverpool , victualler , December 9—George _Stonft Baron , of Plymouth , money scrivaner , December 1 " - - ** John Dawson , of Spotland and Manchester , calico printMi December 11—John Adamson , of Stockport , gro _< : er _'

      December 13—George Frederick Stanley Ishenvoou _, " Huhne , Lancashire , engraver , December 13—Henry _RW _" of Blackburn , Lancashire , drysalter , December 13 . Certificates to be grauted by the Court of-Review , _¦* nk ss cause be shown to the contrary , on or before December v . Henry Kohne , of Lawrence Pountney . lane , City , a' * 111-' _Dovchester-place , New _North-road , wholesale stay manufacturer—Joseph Thorn , of New Brentford and Orm Ealing , paperhauger — John Londe , Tabberaier , of hu > _niiiigham , auctioneer—Charles Ridings , of -Manchester ' cotton manufacturer —William Best , of _Southampton printer—John Shorland _, of Bristol , grocer .

      PABTXERSHIPS _DISSOLVBB . Isaac Green and Henry Green , of Halifax , woolstapie " -Joseph Lindon , Joseph White Lindon , * and Thomas Angell Lindon , of Plymouth , merchants , so far as vegaN " Joseph White _LindonJ-Thonias Frederick Clay a « ° Samuel Beetle Cator Barrett , of 17 G , Sloane-street , _^' sea , surgeons—AVilliam Wreford , Edwin Cox Nicno' _^ aud William Ellicomhe Wveford , of Bristol , stock brokers —Thomas Kenworthy Rowbotham , Henry Rowbo tuan 1 ' and Robert Johnson Kenworthy , of Manchester , ai ' ° ' Brinksway , Cheshire , bleachers ( so far as regards Tb 0 ! 1 " Kenworthy B . owbotham—J . Bloor aud R . Archer _HacRc * , Of Tutbury , Staffordshire , farmers-John Atkinson HanilJton and Robert Stansfield Ilevcll , of 14 , Penton-row . i » _' _- worth , booksellers—Henry Louis Winter and John 1 W of _taa

      Crampern , of 21 , New _North-street , proprietors _ North-green Saw-mills—Jobn Brodrick , jun ., _Tina Jiuj , Clarke , of Kingston-upon-llull , wine merch ants-Jo- " Ridsdale , Arthur Hirst , and Charles Edward msAule , oi Manchester , stock brokers-John Clarke aud _beor _. Carter Bennett , of Long Sutton , Lincolnshire , deawrs i agricultural implements — Frederick Mackie , hiuw * Mackie , and John William Ewing , of Lakenham , _Norwich , nurserymen-E . W . Fernie and Company , and J _»''" Williams , juu ., and Brothers , Manganese merchants _*^ far as regards the firm of E . W . Fernie and Company ' William Masters Collings and Anthony John E _^ _ery , " Newport , Monmouthshire , painters-Jane Houg hton au Emma Owen , ot Catterall , Lancashire , provision _™™* —Francis Morris and Thomas Morris , of _Camoeiweu road , Su _.-rey , the Old Swan , _London-bridge , and _lipp _" _Thames street , _wharfingera ..

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 22, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_22111845/page/6/