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POETKT FOR IRELAND . » Wert thou all that I / man ifc . ee , great , glorious , and free , - _ First flower of S » earth , and fiat gem . of the sea—I might hail thee with prouder , , happier brow , But oh . ' ' could I loTe tkee more deeply than now ? « 2 * o . < thy chains as tfiey rankle thy blood as it mas , But TTntVas thee more paiBfnUy dear to thy sons ; Whose hearts , Hke tbe young of the desert-bird ' s nest , Drink lore in each' file-drop that flows from thy breasts" , ; THOMAS MOO&E . SSame on ' the rulers , who for lengthened years Bare langaed at Ireland 1 b woes , and mocked her tears I Shame on tbe nobles , who have span * their stare Of wealth on-other than , their native shore I Shame on She priestly craft and mitred head , . That robs a nation of iW daily bread ; Whose pampered pride begets a sad reverse , A . ndm akes «( aB 3 » tu ^^ B ^ acottntry fljeai 8 ei ¦
¦ re-hat ! bath not Erin spirits bold and brave , jfirstin the rcab . of "wax on land and wave 2 Have not bei sons in fiery jsombat steod , Fer innate England shed their dearest blood ? jZsib she not names recorded on the scroll Of immsrtaWs eternal toil ? Is Grattan blotted out from history ' s page ? Or Curran ' s glory set inhalf an age ? Doth she not burn with more than British glow At hoBOttr * call , and melt at tales of woe ? Doth not her minstrel wake a strain divine ,. Anel yrho , but Moore , is Bard of Beauty ' s shrine ? Poremost in battle , lof tiest on the lyre , And yet oppression daiaps her noblest fire- !
Hear this , oppressors ! the AKnighty * 8 ban ¦ Will sorely : aconrge you , and his "winnowing fan Cleanse the fool blot which your misdeeds have brought , By wrong on wrong , and cruelty o v erwrought No ionser prate of ill-begotten right , ¦ Your erery word is perjury black as night 1 That which was wrung by arms , and niched at first , Hust be again restored , or trebly curst I £ nd they who grasp the firmest , must at last Be swept away by retribution's bfavst I Hear this , oppressors '—hear it while ye may !
A nation ' s thunder brood » tra your delay ! Not always shall the supplicating cry BsQ o ' er the British Channel to the sky , > th 1 roll in vain . ; or only in return "Waft back fresh ' fuel for revenge to burn ! Not a 2 « sys snatt * prostrate people plead , And beg for justice fools will not concede ! No , no ! the red Tolcanic fire within Shall one day burst , their liberty to win ; F « Irelard hath the gem of glory sown , And »> "rii be beauty ' s gem and freedom ' s throne !
Be > 'Ja : mi 3 Gocgh . m A SONNET , TO MB . E 5 GAL 1 , OF THE " rSITEBSITT COLLEGE , On receiving ihe Idler wherein tie stales if I could raise ike means to come to London , he ircutil operate grat-auovsy , tcliich I istexd as soon as ihe " need / ui" be acquired . Aid me , ye tuneful nine , in gratefnl strains To sing of Dr . Eng&lTs generous soul , Who knows my helpless state—would disenthrall ,
Unpaid , my fettered hopes from palsy ' s chains , As I am Jowin plight , and small of means . ' Should I contract , in time , some debts but small , May I by gratitude erase them all ; But if in after-times my purse regains Ihe situation it was formed to held , I will requite yon for the plenitude Of goodness that yoar feeling Hnes uafold . But I consider , to receive an offered good From generous minds , half pays in sterling gold , The rest is paid in heartfelt gratitude . Jjxes Tessos South Molton , Dec . 21 st , 1841 .
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. THE CORN iAWS . AND EMIGRATION . Becatse out lords have taxed the staff of life . The working man , his children , and his wife AH slave together , yet they must not eat—ToO gives aa appetite , but brings no meat . ' The price of bread by law is kept so high , That what we « arn raffiees not to buy . Bat , why is this ? what makes our bread so dear ? Fur cheaper 'tis abroad than it is here ! Yes , but a tax is laid on foreign grain , To make our home-grown eern its price maintain ; And half-fed men may toil , and starve , and die , That idle lords may lift their heads on high .
We might buy cheap , but landlords want great rents To spend in keeping grand establishments . Tiunr feasts , their faneies , jewels , balls , and plays , The poor man ' s nakedness aad banger pays . The tenant says , if earn comes duty free , i TwiU bring down prices here , and ruin me ; Taxes and rents In England are so high , I cannot sell so cheap as yea could buy . Pensions , and perquisites , &Q other prices Host corns down too , save luxuries and vices . The honest fcnabancfaaan most emigrate , And leave poor peasants to increase the rate , Unless our lords consent to live on less , And pride succumb to bumble happiness I J . Watkixs .
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THE SOCIAL REFORMERS' ALMANAC fox 1842 . Leed 3 , J . Hobson ; London , Gears ; Manchester , Heywood ; Glasgow , Paton and Lore . - A modification of the Poor Man ' s Companion and Political Almanac to the views , uses , and purposes « f the Socialists . The principal new feature bang 4 memoir of the Socialist Lecturer and Missionary , Mr . James Rigby , which we grre : — KEMOIB . OP JAXES XaGBT , DEPCTT GOTEB . XOB
Oy T 1 THEBLT COMMUNITY . The Eubjeet of the following sketch affords a striking illustration of the extent to which perseverance , industry , and benevolent intentions , can overcome the difficulties of aa originally defective education , limited means , * 3 d an inferior position in society . In these respects , his career is at once instructive and cheering , and offers the strongest incitement to others occupying a Eimflftr station in life to copy bis example James Rigby waa bom in Salford , in 1802 . His father , Thomas Rigby , had a large family , —twelve « MWrea ; and waa for many years in the employment of Joseph Broiherton , Ssq ., the present member for that borough . At the early age of seven years James commenced to work in a cotton mill , and attended a
school on Sundays , established by that gentleman for the purpose of educating the children who had been discharged from the church schools , because their parents wore " white hats , " and avowed-themselves reformers . In this school Mr . Rigby formed an acquaintance with the late Rowland Detrosier . A strong friend-^ M p ^ grew up between them , which was of the greatest service to the young scholar in deciding the tone and direction of his future career . It was a Tnaxim continaally in the mouth of the lamented Detrosier , that " every man should do something to make the world better for having lived in it ; " and the saying sunk deep in the mind of his ycung friend . He continued thus alternately occupied in labour and receiving occasional instruction until he reached the age of sixteen , when he
was apprenticed to Mr . Joseph Smith ,-plumber and fjarer , of SalfonL No sooner was he relieved from the drudgery xA the mfll , than the effects of his friend J > strosier B maxim became evident in his conduct . The k >» mental condition of those he had left behind him in the mill excited Ms warmest sympathy , and impelled to exertions to reduce the comprehensive and benevolent «*» to practice . His first attempt for this purpose *« the establishment of a school for twelve factory wya , for whom he found books , slates , pencils , and , -J 'kort , every description ef school apparatus , grawrtously ; adding to this his equally gratuitous services m coBmmnicating to them such knowledge as he himself " d acquired , la aahortiime he was joined by another young man in this " labour of love , " and by bis assist-^ w was enabled to extend the sphere of his usefulness . 2 hey took a large room , and furnished accommodation l
« nearly sixty pnpns , all of whom were taught upon the same principle , and provided with the necessary nieans tot pursuing their studies . In a short time they wmd that more applications for admission were made "aatfcfcj had the means to accommodate ; and having , a the meantime , heart a lecture on the necessity and advantages of female education from Detrosier , Mr . £ *| by determined to add the means for imparting faction to that sec also . He therefore secured addijwnal teachers , engaged larger premises in Factory-lane , £ * a J . Bateman , Esq ., and changed the name &om the " Rigby School" to the " Mutual Instruction J ^ kSon . " The arrangements were entirely remodel-** »¦* crapoate body waa formed ; anda small weekly Ia * ' « tip&n was paid by each member to defray the aecesBarj expensea , Tbe labour of the teacher * , how-< Ter , eontnaned to be " gratuitous . A library of one famdred and twenty Tolames waa formed by the
contrik&oei of the members ; elawe * for instruction breadag , writing , accounts , Boafe , and elocution , wee tosied under the general superintendence of Mr . B »* byas president . While thus engaged Incomnrawttting instruction - to the yonng persons whose *™ aa ° a had been bo wofully neglected in early fife , Mr . Bigby * attention was directed to the agitation washort-time bill for the factery workers , which was *« wt that time commenced by Richard Oastler , the e « t . G . & Bull , the late Michael Thomas Sadler , and ° thers ; and seeing how materially such a measure * wld aid his endtavours to elevate the mental and
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moral character of that class of the population , by leaving them more time for the acquirement of knowledge , he directed his attention and energies to this question with Ms usual zeal and activity . The Mutual Instruction Institution having Becured a solid standing , enabled him to devote much of his time to this object ; and , in " conjuction ; witbL other friends , a vigorous agitation was carried on by means of public meetings , lectures , petitions to Parliament , &o ., for the purpose of influencing the-public and the Legislature . The end of . these exertions will no doubt be recollected by most of the readers of this ' memoir . Instead of passing an efficient ten hours bill lor- all , as was originally
advocated by Mr . Owen ( the father of tbe movement on this subject ) by the late Sir Robert Peel , who became the Parliamentary . leader of the question , and more recently by Mr . Rigby and the parties mentioned , tbe Legislature passed an act requiring eight hoars work from children under thirteen—an act which experience has shewn to be-what the sincere Mends of th « factory labourers prophesied it would be , quite impracticable , and a nardsfaip both to the operative and the employer . Justice has yet . to be done in this respect ; bat what has been effected- in the face of the tremendous opposition which Mr . Rigby and his coadjutors had to face , testifies to the energies of their exertions , and assures ultimate
success . . r . - - - - In the year 1829 Mr . William Pare viBited Manchester , and announced a course of lectures on the Means for Removing Poverty and its Causes without Injury , to Person or Property . The lecturer elucidated the leading moral " and economical featuresof the new views of society in such a manner as > combined with several private -interviews , " to win over Mr . Rigby to the support of that cause , of which he has since that time been an ardent , persevering , and eloquent advocate . .-...- ¦
The first movement made in this direction by Mr . Rigby , was in " connection with Mr . Joseph Smith , to found a Co-operative Store . The intention of these stores was to purchase goods with the deposits of the shareholders , at the wholesale price , and to sell them at ordinary retail prices ; the profits being designed for the formation-of communities of united interests , upon the plan laid down by Robert Owen . However welliDtentioned theBe institutions were , it was soon found that inconsequfincs . of the poverty of their membere , the system of giving credit which arose in consequence of that poverty , and other causes , that they presented very little hope of realising the object for which they were formed ; and the Salford Society having engaged large premises which they could not profitably occupy , Mr . Rigby and some other friends took them , and
converted them into a school and Mutual Instruction Institution . Upwards of three hundred peraons joined this institution , -which was like the preceding , supported by small contributians , the labour ol tbe teachers being gratuitous . The managers' of this institution commenced the practice , since bo generally adopted by Lyceums , &c , of giving tea parties , balls , and concerts , to the working-classes , at a cheap rate . In these exertions they were encouraged by the countenance and liberal support of Lady Byron , the Misses Pearson , Sir BeDjamin Heywood , Bart ., Sir Thomas Potter , J . Fielden , Esq ., M . P ., J . M . Morgan , Esq ., William Clegg , Esq ., and others . This institution laid tbe foundation of a new public opinion in Salford , and gave a tone and elevation to the working classes , which they never previously possessed . -. ' , .. ¦ .-. - ¦•
In 1833 , Mr . Rigby was elected by the members of the institution to represent them at tbe Co-operative Congress , held , this year in London . The reports of its proceedings ahew him to have taken an active and leading part He lectured to various gocietiea in the metropolis and its vicinity ; and while his warm and fervid advocacy of the rights of labour and the advantages of education made a strong impression on his auditors , the new and extended sphere of observation which was then opened to him for the first time , doubtless exercised a beneficial influence on his own mind , and . prepared him for the yet wider circle of usefulness in which he has . subsequently distinguished himselt
Shortly after his return from this Congress , Owen and Fieiden fermed the National Regeneration Society , composed of manufacturers , merchants , aud workmen , for the purpose of creating a public opinion in favour of limiting the labour in factories to eight hours per day , by _ general consent of the employers , and without reference to governmental or legislatorial influence . A number of missionaries to explain the views of the society were appointed , amoDg whom was Mr . Rigby . He continued engaged for twelve months in this capacity ; and though the object of the society was not attained , there can be no doubt but that through its instrumentality , sound views on various important questions of national economy were made plain to and popular among all classes of the c / jmmunity .
Upon tha termination of these labours Mr . Rigby returned to . his former situation with Mr . Smith , and continued to devote his leisure hours to the Salford School . In the ., course of time a public opinion in favour of Mr . Owen ' s views was formed ; and , at length , Mr . Smith built an elegant institution for the -express purpose of advocating these views , which waa opened to the public in January , 1 & 36 . In tha various departments connected with this institution , as lecturer , teacher , and manager , Mr . Rigby took a conspicuous part . It was " shortly after it was opened : that tbe writer first bad the pleasure ef becoming acquainted with him , and , through his instrumentality , with the views which-he so earnestly and eloquently advocated . That event had the double effect of laying the foundation of a warm and lasting friendship , and of enlisting all our sympathies in favour of , and exertions for , the promotion of the same cause . '
Mr . Rigby ' s life since , may be read in the progress of the society of Socialists . Wben . ln 1837 the Central Board and Xew Moral World was removed from London to Manchester , Mr . Rigby was appointed one of the membere of tho . Board .. His strenuons and gratuitous exertions in connection -with those of Messrs . Smith , Jones , Fleming , &c , gave the cause an impetus which no amount of opposition or obloquy has since been able to obstruct . For upwards of two years , Mr . Kigby thus gratuitously devoted bis exertions to further ihe interests of the cause in which he had
embarked ; but at the Congreaa of 1838 , he was elected and set apart to the office of missionary together with several others . "In this capacity be was successively stationed in the Leeds , Liverpool , and Birmingham districts ; and had just returned to the former a second time , when he was unanimously called upon to take the superintendence of the Establishment of the society in Hampshire . In this situation , his urbanity of manner , conciliatory spirit , and practical knowledge of " the world , have proved of invaluable Bervice to the society . He possesses the affection of tbe members and the esteem of all around him ! and baa shewn in this bew and trying position aa much ability to understand and carry forward- large practical measures , as he formerly did in eloquently expounding and enforcing those principles he is now an honoured instrument in reducing to practice . Mr . Rigby has been married many years and has had six children , of whom two only are now Jiving .
In concluding thfa brief outline of a life , every step of which has been marked by tbe purest and most untiring benevolence , and which has been productive of an amount of public and elevated benefit far beyond the apparently narrow limits of his original humble position , we cannot avoid sayinj a few words as to the principal characteristics of the mind which has effected so much for itself and others . The principal feature of Mr . Rigby ' s character—( and in saying this we feel we shall have the spontaneous assent " of the thousands who know and Jove him)—is , his power over the affections of those with whom he comes in contact . As a lecturer , he was less distinguished by depth of reasoning , extensive research , or rigid logic , than for the fascination which his varied , apt , and touching illustration of his subjects , and
appeal to the' feeliDgs of Ms auditors , nsirersally excited . The writer , who waB associated with him constantly during a l&Dg period of the early ages of the Socialists' agitation haB witnessed with wonder the effects of his oratory upon crowded audiences ; now melted to tears by his pathos ; and , anon , moved to irresistible laughter by bis quick but always kindle humour . Perhaps no man who ever lived so long and so constantly in public life made so many friends or so few enemies . We doubt whether he has any of the latter . " Take him for all in all we shall not soon see his like again ; " and , we are certain , that , in closing thiB sketch , we merely give utterance to a heartfelt wish which exists , in many thousand minds , —may he be loBg spared to pursue his useful and truly noble career I s
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GXiOSSOP . —Ancient Forestbt . —On Saturday last , Court No . 70 , of the Ancient Order cf Foresters , held their anniversary at the house of Mr . James Collier , Commercial Inn , Rose-Green , Glossop , when - upwards of eighty of the members partook of so excellent and substantial dinner . HOBSFOBTH . —The members of the Evening Star Lodge , ~ No . 40 , in the Leeds District of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows , assembled on Christmas-day to celebrate their anniversary at the Horse and Jockey Inn . The dinner was served np by the worthy host and hostess , Mr . and Mrs . Craven , in a first-rate style .
STROUD ^—The weavers the Borough of Sfrroud a few years ago had £ 2 Os . 6 d . for weaving -what is called a stripe cloth , it is sow wove three yards-longer , when any can be got , at 12 s ., which is more than 16 s . in the pound less . Ani mark , out of the 12 s . there is 8 d . or sometimes Is . to be paid ont of that for setting to work , besides the man ' s own trouble ; and 2 s . for grilling . Sometimes the poor mas is a month in performing the task , and sometimes less . The reason he is longefin weaving the thirty ells is because it is made oat of what in Qjaeen Elizabeth's reign was called waste , but it is better known now-by the name of ilinge , and he is often told by thfrnincompoop in the wool lofi not to come tronbling him any more for a month .
IjfQtrssTS . —On Saturday week , aa inquest was taken before J . G . Ball , Esq ., Coroner , at the Clothiers' Arms Inn , Nailsworth , on the body of Philip Barnfield , of the parish , of Horsley , weaver ,
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who died , it was said end thought by many , from starvation ; but the verdict was , Died from natural causes , accelerated from the want of proper nourishment . " Mr . Ball said he had held thirty-three inquests in thirty days , and the undertaker , or it ) other words , the coffin-maker ip the Union , makes from a dozen to fifteen coffins a week . —On Friday last , an inquest was taken by G . Bamett , Eeq ., at the Boot Inn , Horsley , on the body of Thomas Jones , but adjourned to the Black Hors& Tiltups Inn . The fao ' s of the case were these : —Poor old Jones , like inoffensive old Barnfield , was a pauper . ' . He received his bread from the relieving officer , and his son Jack , when the victuals arrived , generally took the liberty ef helping himself first , which caused a cood deal of quarrelling between them . Jack .
thoDgh yonng in years , was old in iniquity , and was constantly in the habit of robbing his Jather ; but this was the last . Jack Jobbed , the old man in bis side with a walking-stick , which caused his death . A post m $ rtem examination was taken by E . Bowen , E ? q ., with the assistance of Thomas Stokes , Esq ., surgeon , whose evidence went to prove that the old man had had a chronic disorder ; but from the injury he had received in the side , acute inflammation was occasioned , which ended in mortification . The Jury returned a verdict against John Jones , for the manslaughter of his father , and against Ann Jones , the mother , for aiding and abetting the said John Jones ; and they were both committed , on the Coroner ' s warrant , to take their trial at the next assizes for the county of Gloucester .
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Christmas Stuffing fob Geese and Figs . —On Tuesday afternoon thirteen geese , which had been landed from the City of Aberdeen steamer , on the Aberdeen wharf , at St . Katharine ' s , and were intended as presents to various individuals in London , were inspected by an Excise waterman , named Young , who found them to be unusually heavy , aud on opening one of them , he found it to contain a bottle of over-proof whisky , which had never before passed under the eyes of the Customs or Excise . This discovery induced him to cut open the others , and they were all in the same
conditionthere was a bottle of real Ferintosh in each . Young seized the geese and their oontents , on behalf of our Sovereign Lady the Queen , and removed his prize to the Excise-office . A number of fine young sucking pigs have been lately seized , with their lnsides filled with Scotch whisky ; and on Saturday no less than thirty Dutch turkeys were captured in front of ths Custom-house , which were stuffed vrith Hollands gin . Tlie geese and turkeys from Scotland and Holland have carried an unusual quantity of whisky and geneva , aud the young pigs have contained the same stuff for the purpose of carrying on the Christmas festivities .
A Patbubch . —A well-known character , called " Old . Blanket Hall , " died lately at Witney , at the advanced age of 120 . He lived in the reigns of seven Sovereigns . His great age may be partly ' ascertained by letters patent granted him by Queen Anne herself , and the old gentleman prided himself on a fine portrait of her Majesty , given to him many years ago , by one of her old stewards , Earl Harcourt . He waa much pressed to join the Teetotal Society , but the venerable patriarch shook his head and said , it waa too late for him , to begin , and that he had belonged to the old school tod long for any such change to have any good effect on him . A threatened distraint for poor-rates was the immediate cause of his somewhat sudden decease . To some individuals who wished him to join the teetotalers he left his pump and rain-water butt . —Oxford Herald .
Englishmen ¦ wobking fob Foubpence a Week . —Every day is making awful disclosures of the unparalleled sufferings and total destitution of the working classes . These disclosures contain faots which cannot be contemplated without feelings of the greatest horror . On Thursday night the skeinsilk dyers held a public meeting in the"Social Hall j High-street , Wbiteohapel , to adopt some plan calculafced to rescue their fellow-workmen from their present frightful distress . Mr . Weekly presided . He said that the men who worked at the skein-silk dye-trade were not receiving on an average , eight shillings a-week , aud that they were enduring the most frightful distress . Mr . Edmonds said , that three hundred belonged to that branch , some of
whom earned eight shillings , others five , and many not more than three shillings a-week . It was stated that they were worse off in 1826 . That he denied , for he could prove that they were now paying 40 per cent , more for provisions than in 1826 . So wretched were the weavers that they were compelled to conceal the boiled potatoes from their children , lest from hunger they would devour them before they were cooled . Mr . Sydney paid that he was most fortunate , because he had five days work in the week . Ib houses which employed only twelve hands they were tolerably well paid , but were thirty or sixty hands were engaged the men often received but fourpence a week , as those houses gave bat one
day ' s work in the week . Mr . Boltbn said , he knew numbers without homes , without food , and without covering . It is impossible to read these details without horror . It is truly heartrending to consider , that in a land where upwards of £ 70 , 000 has been expended on stabling for horse ? , that hun-an beings stamped with the image of the living God should have but fourpence a week for their support . It is past endurance to brhold one noble lady enjoying a pension of £ 400 , 000 a year . Some other noble personage £ 50 , 000 ; this bishop £ 15 , 182 , and that bishop .- £ 19 , 000 a year , while the people , who in the hour of danger should be their country ' s hope , pride , and b ulwarks , are daily and hourly decaying and disappearing in premature graves , through dire wast and actual starvation .
Uotish Magnanimity . —On going to school , Frank Trneman sat next to Charles , with a view of showing him the figure of a vessel which he had drawn upon a slate , when a boy named Smith , who occupied a seat behind them , pointed out an error in the drawing ; Frank had , he said , made the vessel go against the wind , and no vessel , with sails , could do that ; a steamer could do it , but she must have no sails Bet . Charles was appealed to , he haviug been for some time on board a ship of which a near relative was the commander ; bat the little fellow hesitated , not liking to take part against Frank , after what his moiher had said the day preceding ; he , however , felt bound to speak the truth , and he Baid , therefore , that some vessels would sail within a very few points of the wind , though not exactly against it . Each of
the disputants claimed this decision as favourable to himself , and Charles added that neither could be said to be quite right nor quite "wrong ; if a vessel was to be drawn as if standing to windward , they might certainly make her flags stream behind . Here the master , who had several times called ' silence , ' summoned the three boys by Dame , and Master Overreach , who sat on the next form , exclaimed with ill-natured exultation , 'Won't you catch it ! ' But what be said , and the manner of it , were not unobserved by the master , who directed him to be sent up alse , much to bis discomfiture . On being questioned , Overreach said the boys had been quarrelling
about the wind , but he totally exonerated himself , and imputed the largest share of blame to Charles , who was thereupon ordered to hold out his hand ; but just as he was about to receive what boys usually ierm a pancake , Frank stepped forward and declared that he would not suffer another boy to be punished for him ; be alone had been to blame , and the statement of Overreach was entirely false . He then related all that had passed , and the truth became so apparent , that the master sentenced Overreach to receive the punishment about to be inflicted upon Charles , and the others were dismissed , —Parley ' s Penny Library .
A Case of Starvation .- ^ Oii Friday last , a man , named Stephen Futter , and his wife were charged before the county magistrates at the Shire-hall , Norwich , with exposing their son , William "" Fatter , a boy twelve years of age , to starvation , through cold and want of food . Mr . Edmund Slingsby Drury Longe , of Catton , who had made full and particular inquiries into the case , having been 6 wora , 6 tated—That from information I received I proceeded on Friday , the 11 th of December , to the cottage now occupied by Stephen Futter . situate in the parish of Catton , where I found William Futter , a boy aged twelve years , the son of Stephen Futter , lying upon a bedstead , with only some wet straw and an old cloth to cover him , in an out-house or shed
attached to the said cottage . The rain was pouring through at the time , and the boy was suffering , and had been suffering , from cold and want of nourishment , and to the best of my belief the boy could not have iived many days longer , had he continued whi-rehewas ; I applied for an order to have the boy admitted into St . Faith's Union Workhouse , to which place he was taken on Saturday , Deo . 11 . Mr . Priestley , surgeon at St . Faith's Union , deposed —I attesded at St . Faith ' s Workhouse on Saturday December 11 , and found the boy William Futter suffering from extreme debility , aggravated by neglect , and apparently suffering from want of the common necessaries of life . I saw the boy half an hour after be was brought into tbe workhouse , and I think if he had not been immediately attended to he must have perished . The boy has kept his bed ever since he was admitted into the house . I examined
him and found he was wasting from want of food . His right arm is rheumatic , and he will never regain the proper use of it . He is too ill to attend here to-day , and has scarcely the power of articulation . Yesterday be could hardly walk across the room . Stimulants will be necessary to enable him to appe *> at the sesHJone , and it is not probable that he will be able to appear next Saturday . I consider him si ill iu a very dangerous state . It appeared further that tbe unnatural parents had a design to starve the boy , and that he had been for some lime previously supplied with food by Mr . Longe . " The prisoners in defence said with great indifference , that they did not consider that there was ar . ything the matter with the boy . As it appeared , to the magistrates very probable that the boy we uld not live , they remanded the prisoners till tb . e following Saturday , when it was expected some - of the neighbours would attend .
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Livebpool Wobkhouse contain * , at the present moment , a larger number of inmates than it ever held before . There are now nearly 2 , 000 paupers in the house . .- . - " - ¦" \ : ' - . - : . '! ' \ . - ¦ ' > , ¦ ¦ . ¦' ¦¦• ¦ . ¦ A Discriminating : Pbecbptor ;— -A schoolmaster in Cornwall , advertising his establishment , says : — **• Every boarder must be supplied with a Bible and Prayer Book , a knife and fork , three towels , and a silver dessertspoon ; all . of yfhicfa exwpt the fyoUs , become the proprietor ' s perquisite on the pupil quitting school . " The conscientious pedagogue seems to think that the Bible and Prayer Book may be well for the pupil : Ae prefers , however , the steel and the silver . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ' w . '¦ - .: ; / r :.: .- ¦ ¦ -. ' : y ' "/ - ¦
Not Bad , it Tbcb . —The Bishop of London , a short time since , made a speech to tho chapters of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , againat the Wooden block pavement which the chapters thought , OF putting down round St . Paul's Churdh-yar * . When the Bishop had finished , the Rev ; Sydney Smith replied to him thus—J' After the speech witb , which your Lordship has favoured us , I will only say , that I think there will be nd difficulty in putting down this wooden block pavemeut , t / we can only lap ail our heads : together . " x i . ; ; / . j : ¦
^ Htdrophobia . — -A lamentable instance of the effect of this fatal malady has occurred within the last few days to , a respectable working man occupying a small cottage about a mile north of St . Alban ' s . His name was John Harding . In the month of Ootober last , whilst in the aot of holding a stick before a dog near hiB cottage , thei animal suddenly snapped at it , and in doing bo the animal slightly grazed his wrist . Very soon after , the dog was shot , and although Harding felt a presentiment that he should ultimately fall a yio ' tuh to the insidious disease of hydrophobia , he studiously , avoided all mention of Ms suspicions to his friends , auxious , as he said during his sufferings , to prevent uneasiness in their minds on the subject . He continued in hid usual health until Saturday evening * wheni-hefelt ' . apainful sensation in the arm and shoulder , and earlv the
following morning other ¦ symptoms . presented themselves , which exciting alarm in his friends , medical aid was called in , and subsequently , several gentlemen of the medical profession attended , who did every thing in their power to alJeviate the patient ' s suffiariug 8 . On Tuesday morning the sufferer refused all liquids , and appeared agitated at the Bight' of his tea ; the symptoms gradually inbreaSed , and in the afternoon he became so violent that it was found necesBary to have recourse : to a -straight waistcoat and other means of restraint . He foamed at the mouth , his tongue being constantly in motion , and his pulse at 120 , still at times he was perfectly sensible , and a few . minutes before eleven p . in . ; his sufferings were terminated in death . He was in the 26 th year of his ag « , married , but fortunately has not left any family to deplore his loss .
Dreadful Coal Pit Accidenti . —At a Coal-pit accident belonging to Messrs . Job . and Page Taylor , at Darlaston , a frightful accident , occurred on Tuesday morning . Three men and a boy were descending to their workj when the skip on which'they were standing , before their heads were lower than the mouth of the pit , got detached from the rope , and they fell a depth of more than thirty yards . They were all pitiably mutilated . Henry" Itch , who has left a wife arid six children , was killed bn-theispot " i and two othew , Henry Sedley and George Whitehouse , without families , have died , since . Richard Simcox , the boy , is in a dangerous state , with both his legs and one arm broken- —StaffordshifeExariiiiier .
Singular Deatb . —A lady arrived | in Exeter last Monday week , bringing a female servant with her . On the day after her arrival , the latter broke a looking-glass . She became greatly alarmed at the trifling accident , covered the glass over with a bandkerchief , and turned it to the wall that she might not see it . She expressed her conviction that ii foreboded a life of trouble and misfortune , and could not dismiss the subject from her mind . She said " she should never prosper in the world . again . " Haunted by this idea , she became sad and dejected
and went to bed on Wednesday , two days after the accident , poorly and- miserable , retiring earlier than usual on account of her illness . Tho next day she was worse , and her mistress desired her not to get up . On Friday one of the most experienced of the medical , gentlemen of the city was called in . He found her , free from bodily pain , but suffering under a perfect prostration of strength and spirits . She continued to sink till'twelve o'clock the next day > when she expired , a victim to tho absurd superstition of the dreadful consequences of breaking a looking glass lr-Hampshire Standard , > ;
Shocking Catabtbophe at bouTHAMProN . —A fine youth , about fifteen ! years of age , named Hewitt , a son of the coachman of the Southampton and Bath mail , and an apprentice jfco Mr ^ Ball , brass-founder ^ was . on Monday repairing , with another apprentice , the gasometer at ihe gasworks near the I tohen river . As they were obliged to breathe gas while they were at work they were desired to walk into the open air occasionally . Unfortunately they neglected this request ; and when Mr . Ball , their master , went to the works at naif-past two in the afternoon , he found one of his apprentices , who was his brother , lying on his back insensible , and the boy Hewitt suspended over a reservoir of water , through which the gas was passing , and only prevented from falling by his legs being fastened between the person of his
fellow apprentice and the gasometer . Mr . Ball , on seeing the dreadful situation of the poor youths , immediately dragged his brother away , and on attempting to pull Hewitt away also , be lost his senses by inhaling from five or six jets of poisonous gas , and relaxing his grasp , the poor boy fell into the water . Nearly one hour elapsed before he could be taken from the water . On being taken out , medical assistance was procured , but all attempts to restore him to life were useless . The youth Ball recovered hj means of the medical aid which he received . A coroner ' s inquest sat on the body of Hewitt , and the Jury returned a verdict of ^ Died from suffocation '' and that Mr . Ball was i deserving of censure for suffering two youths to work in a dreadful atmosphere without causing assistance to be immediately at hand in oase of an accident . "
Fatai Accident on th £ LiyEEPoori and Manchester Railway . —It is with deep regret we have to state the particulars of another fatal railway accident resulting from that long-acknowledged evil , the permitting of railways to cross thoroughfares long ago dedicated to the convenience and accommodation of the public . The Newton Junction , which takes its name from the junction there farmed between the Grand Junction and the Liverpool and Manchester Rail way , is confessedly oho of the most dangerous spots connected wit h railway traffic in the kingdom . In addition to the two curved lines branching from Liverpool and Manchester to the Grand Junction line there is the main line leading between Liverpool and Manchester , another line
communicating with Messrs . Turner and Evans ' s colliery at Haydock , and a fifth line leading to the chymical works of Messrs , Muspratt and Co ., a , 8 ; also innumerable branches connecting the whole together , and effecting a union between the several railways . The Grand Junction and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway , Companies use every effort for securing a degree of safety to the public . A large number of policemen and pointmen are on duty day and night ; bells , signal lamps ; and other means of giving notice of the approach of the trains have been adopted ; but , notwithstanding these arrangements , and the general vigilance displayed by the company ' s officers , accidents are a matter of much too frequent occurrence . This has , in some
degree , arisen from the circumstance of two roads crossing the railway ^ within a distance of 200 yards of each other , one lead ing fromthe Vulcan Foundry , and the other from Messrs . Muspratt and Co . ' s works ( establishments employing a vast number of labourers ) , to the town of Newtpn . Shortly after five o ' clock oh ' Tuesday evening , James Taylor , a fine lad between twelve and thirteen yeara of age , the son of ihe lock-keeper at Warwick-locks , on the Sahkey canal , '' . was sent for some milk to a ebop , or provision store , on the Newton side of the railway ; he was accompanied by another lad about his own age . Their road lay on the line leading from Messrs . Muspratt's works across the Liverpool and Manchester Railway . On reaching
the gate opening on to the railway a very Jong luggage train from Manchester to Liverpool was passing along the line on the side of the road on which they were standing . They quietly waited until the last waggon had passed them , and then , fearing that the passenger-train from Manchester would be upon them , they rushed across the line , thinking by so doing to avoid the possibility of an accident . At this moment John Dawson , a pointman , stationed on the side of the line to whica they were running , saw the Liverpool and Manchester five o ' clock passenger-train approaching at its usual rate of travelling , somewhere about thirty miles an hour , and he ana another of the company's servants called to the lads , but were unable to make them
fully acquainted with their danger ; the one lad sprung across the line almost in front of the engine , and , by a " hair-breadth escape , " avoided the threatened destruction . James Taylor , the deceased , who was not more than a yard behind his companion , jumped right in the front of the engine . It struck him with dreadful and death-like violence So soon as the train had passed , his body was found in the centre of the rails at ^ distanee , as afterwards measured , of thirty-six yard ' s from the spot at which he recaived the blow . Both bis legs were cot off by tbe wheels , and his head and other parts of bis body
were dreadfully mutilated . He was lying quite dead in a pool of blood . No assistance , of course , could be rendered to him , and he was carried a lifeless corpse to that home which he had left not more than half an hour before in all the pride of vouth and perfect health . The inquest Was held on Thursday afternoon . The jury returned » verdiot of "Accidental Death , " with » nominal deodand on the engine ; they also unanimoHBly recommended that the Railway Company shooW erect a foot bridge across the railway , and requested the coroner on their behalf to make known their wishes in that respect to the directors of the company .
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_ Fire-Damp Explosion and Loss ^ o # Thres LiVEs .-, An explosion of fire-damp took : place at Horn ^ near Halesowen , j n the colliery of Mr . Attwood . A man named Churchill , another named Jones , and a boy , were in the pit . and fell a sacrifice , iiieir bodies have not yet been recovered ; repeated attempts were made on Wednesday last to descend the shaft , but the atmosphere was foand to be too impure to sustain life , and the attempt to recover the bodies waa necessarily abandoned ; When the explosion first commenced the fire spread with fearful rapidity , consuming all the wood work in the pit . together With the ropes , &c , and could not be extinguished for several days . Five horses were in the mine at the time , and were , of course destroyed . ¦—Worcestershire ChroiiieM ' ^ '
Melancholy O ' ccorbencb . —A woman named Mary Stnart , or Pjwbles ; residing in the Wallace Fees , Was fbniid lying lifeless in bed , betwixt her two chirdretfi ; on the morning of Thnrsday week . It is thought ihat she died from , ptter stervation , het husband , James Peebles , a labourer , having deserted her without making the smallest provision'for her or her family . ; She had become sickly , and had r # ceived a small sum for her support from the Kirfc-Sessjon ; but the man retarned , and the poor woman ' s pittance was withdrawn . In this helpless condition , with increasing sickness , the cold-hearted villiin again abandoned her ; and , after disposing of the whole of her household effects , Bhe had to have recourse to tha cold hand of charity , which , in her distressed condition she found it impossible to do . — Dundee Advertiser *
Pabs 6 ns' Fbes for Funeral Service , Baptisms-&c ; -r-Tha amount received by clergymen for reading the funeral service over their deceased parishioners , for the ! erectionM tombstones , &c ., varies in almost every parish . It is usually regulated by a scale of feesi hung up in the vestry room , which at some period has been agreed to by ' the minister and parishioners , and afterwards been confirmed by the vicar-general . The confirmation of thi 3 officer haB been ^^ supposed to give ; greatweight to the dpeunient , to invest it , some persons have declared , with * all the authority _ of positive' lavf . ' In the recent Hackney Church Rate oase , fcbi scale which governs that parish was produced in evidence . Qiae of its regu ^ lations is , that * . for every corpse removed out of the parish , to be paid the whole dues to the minister .
churchwardens , clerk , and sexton , as if buried in the churchyard . ' : Dr . Lushingtoh declared that regulation to bej Villegal , from beginning to end ;' that thevicar-generars autnorityamounted to nothing iri'Buch matters ; and that the fees usually demanded by clergymen at interments , marriages , &c ., were mere gratuities , destitute of any legal sanction , and could not be enforced . The opinion of this eminent judge ought to be generally known , as the common impression among the clergy is , that their title to theso fees is as well grounded as their right to tithe , and they usually exact the one with as muoh pertinaoity aa the other . Their own impression of right must be beyond a doubt , or they would never take , a 3 ia customary , a fee for the interment of paupera . —Morning Chronicle . ¦ :
Beveblet Town CouNCiL .--Bt ; RNiNG of aLetteb from the Ruben ' s Secretabt of State —A few weeks ago , the Beyerley' Town Council sent tip a memorial to the Home Secretary , to remonstrate with him upon the Tibmination of several gentlemen of ConBervative principles" to be justices of the borough . Sit J . Graham ' s answer came in due course , informing the Mayor that the Council had nothing whatever to dowittt the recommendation of justices ; and at a meeting of the Town Council , which was forthwith convened , the Mayor in the chair , Mr . Alderman Simpson moved that the memorial sent to the Home Secretary , together with his answer , be read , which was done ; and then it was moved by him , and seconded by Mr . Fussey , that tho reply be enteredon the minutes . Mn Daniel Boyes moved ,
as an amendment , "That it be committed to the flames , ' as an ihsult to the Council ;' and this was seconded by Mr . Edward Page , and carried by ten to three ; and the beadle was called in , and the letter handed to him ^ y his Worship , andhefdrthwith put ; it into the fire , to the great amusement of the audience . ' On a division , there appeared for the burning--Mr . Thomas SaftdWith and Mh John Jackson , aldermen and justices of the borough ; Mr Daniel Boyes , Mr . Charles Brereton , Mr . Edward Page , Mr . Williarii Farrah , Mr . Bell Robinson , Mr . Jamea M . Robinson , ; ' 5 fr ; Wm . Hodgson , and Mr . Richard Carter , councillors ; and the whole ten Liberals . Against it—Mr . Thomas Simpson ; Mr . Wm . Fussey , and Mr . George Stepherisori , grocer ; Tories . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ "' : ¦ ' - ¦ . ¦ - . ¦ ¦ .: ¦ ¦ ¦ . ;¦¦ ¦ ¦ "• ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ .. . ;
WoNDEBFtJL Instance of Sagacity in a Dog , — About eight months ago , a gentleman belonging to this city embarked at Port Philip for Scotland . In the bustle and confusion of preparing for so long a voyage a favourite dog disappeared about a couple of days before thq ybssel iri which he returned left Port Philip ; and aa all the inquiry he was able to make turned out t « be fruitless , he was under the necessity of leaving hia font-footed friend 'behind him . He arrived in Ediriburgb about two months ago , and , wonderful to tell , within the last three weeks was surprised by a visit from the animal he had left in Port Philip about eight months before . Upon inquiry it turriET out that the dog had gone aboard of a ship on the eve of sailing for London ; that once aboard , he iregolutely refused to be put ashore , arid by dittt of sheer resolution obtained a passage . On
his arrival in London it is ascertained that he visited the lodgings formerly occupied by bis master ; and , failing in discovering the object of his search , immediately disappeared , and was riot again heard of until his arrival in Edinburgh . Familiar as we are with" instances Of the a'ffectiori and sagacity of the dog , this is perhaps the most extraordinary example on record . His going on board of an English ship many thousand miles from home , his refusal to quit it , his ^ visit to the former lodgings of his master on his arrival iri London , and the joarney from London to Edinburgh , rank the subject of this brief notice as one Of the most wonderful animals of his species . The gentleman to whom he belongs is well known in Edinburgh , and is the son of a gentleman who , within the last twenty years , has filled various offices of civic dignity ,-rScotsmdn .
Irish Electioneering . ^—Mr . Thomas Clarksori has published a letter to the Lord Mayor to contradict the " ridiculous romance" to which Mr . O'Gonne ! l gave currency at the previous Repeal meeting , about one Reilly , a coal-porter , whose ? * gallantry " was said to have converted the said Clarkson from a Tory to a supporter of Mr . O'Connell- — " The simple facts ( says Mr . Clarkson ) are , that Reilly was one of a furious mob , who , in order to coerce me to vota for you , attacked my house , and by vojlie ' s of pavings stones smashed not only all of the glass but the wood-work of the sashes Of the windows in front " i arid that being anxious to avoid a collision , but determined to defend my person , I armed myself with a gun , and endeavoured to : escape from the back of my house , but wa 3 intercepted by some of the most daring of the inob breaking into the rear of the premises { the foremost of whom was the ¦ * Bober and
induttfiousReillyj ' who-was wounded wheai endeavouring to seizeme . Heiwas by this means placed hors de combat , so that I never was in his power for a moment . I did , however , fall into the hands of his associates ; who appear to have been mostly coal-porters , to whom you or your committee , as . it would seem , let the cars hired for the electioHj and on which -your own name appeared most conspicuous . I received from the ' patriotic body of meB , ' as they are called at the Corn Exchange , such treatment as I was led to expecfc They robbad me of every article in my pockets ; -they . teok most ofthe . pockets themselves top ; my . ' clothes were torn to rags ; I was bruised by blows from fiitsand sticks ; a naked kaife was held to my throat ; and I was at length dragged violently into a dark cellar , exactly under your own tally-irooiafr where I was threatetied vrita instant death . It was under these circumstance , Sir , that you obtained my vcte /' ^ v' . ;
Dreadfui DESTiTOTipN . — -On Thursday evening week , Mr , Higgs held an invest at the Grange Ian , Carey-street , Lmcolri'a Inn / Fields , on ' . view of the body of Elizabpth Symonda , aged 45 . : It appeared from the evidence of George Wood , of Grange Yard , Carey-street , that deceased lived with one of witness's tenants in Grange Yard . Aboot ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning , information was brought to witness that it was believed deceased had died suddenly . Witness accordingly went to her room , and found the door locked . He knocked and called , but deof used did hot answer * He then broke the'door open , and found deceased dead , and in a kneeling posture before the fire-place . A knif » and a piece of wood were lying near her , as if she had been
attempting to light the fire . Surgical aid was instantly procured , bat it was found that life was completely extinct . Deceased was suffenag under consumption , and was in a very destitute eoadition ; her only means of subsistence being a trifle that she got every week by going as eharwoaan to the house of a friend ia Cramer-street . Her basband had deserted her for several yeans past . Some : time ago she had applied to the pariah where she then lived , but all sh * could get consisted of a few eoals and a loaf « f bBead ? Mary Ballantine , of Grange Yard , Carey-street , statetf that deceased lived with her in tbe room where she was fooad dead . Witness had bsea out of town a week , aBd did sot return till after deceased ' s death . Deceased had been stopping with her during the last eight months . She often wanted a cruet , andmast have gone
without , had riot witness given , her food . When she could she paid witness a shilling a week for being allowed W lodge witk her , bat latterly Bhe had not been ; 'tiM » toipay asa thingfor * long time . She waa without tho proper necessaries of life , but could not be persuaded to go into a workhouse . Sha was suffering- from oonaumptioa . Thomas Godfrey , houseeargeon , of King ' s CoUege Hospital , stated that be was sent for when deceased was found lying dead . Ho did not believe that consumption waa the immediate cause of her death . She was afEioted with diaease of the lungs , which disease would naturally be accelerated by want of proper nourishment . He believed deceased had died of convulsions . The Jury , after ari investigation which lasted nearly two hours , returned a verdict of " Natural death , greatly accelerated by wani of proper nourishment . "
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Suicide or a Miser . — -On Wednesday week , a wrek'hed old miser , -who is said to be worth upwards of £ 10 , 000 , named Thomas Tattershall , ol Stead , oear Rochdale , committed suicide by drowning him ^ lf in a stream of water near his own house He had bt'eu in a low state of mind for some months past , he having lately lost £ 400 through the failure of a relative . The deceased was upwards of seventy years of age . ¦¦ : ¦ : '¦ '• ¦ :. / ; ' - . ' ; ';' - ' , ¦ ' ¦; ' - "' ' ';' - v ; - ' ' -. - Caught lit I ' ime . —Samuel Hey ward , a clerk in the service 6 fth 3 Manchester and Bolton Railway Company , was charged before the magistrates at the Salford Town-Hal ^ with em bezzling money to the amonnfc of £ 1 , 000 , the property of his employers . He was pursued fo Liverpool , ; arid apprehended on Wednesday morning in a vessel which had jast cleared the port for Philadelphia . -
Scems j » a CHyacH ^ . —The foHowiDg ludicrona scene occurred a few weoks ago , at & village church not a hnndred jniles fri > m StaJlirigboroBgb . The clergyman , obseiviDg a bo . v in the gallery behaving in an unbecoming irianrie r ^ reproved him . An old and worthy member of ihe cburch , in the plenitude of his zeal for order and decorum , instantly jumped up , and palled out , . Bring tho rascal down , aad 111 kiek his a--e . " No sooner was the threat uttered , than the young urcjiin Tvaa dragged down , and handed over to'the tender mercies of the old zealot for the honour of" God ' s housej" who , having come out ofhis ^ :. ' . ' ffm ' U > meet him , took him by the collar , arid Very plentifully applied his foot to the boy ' s posteriors , to the no small amnsement of the congregation , and ; $ he moral benefit of the offender * whom hs told to " go in peace , and sin no more . "— . Lincoln Mercury . "
Bakbarous Mubdeb in Hants . —Soothamptoit Dec . 25 . —Intelligence has just been received here ot * a most barbarous murder , committed on a ser > aafr girl , by a party of three excavators , on the road be tween Winchester and Southampton . It appears that the' young woman was walking towards Southampton , rather late last evening , haying been engaged as a servant to a family in this neighbour hood . She was ^ accompanied for some distance oa the road by her father , And when he separated front
her she gave him a shilling to go into a public house on the roadside ta refresh himself . While he waa Bitting there , tbree excavators walked in , one carrying a bundle , wHich the father knew to belong to his daughter . He , of course , took immediate Btepa to have them taken into custody . Several persons went immediately in search of the young woman , and found her murdered , which atrocious act waa committed ( there is not the shadow of a doubt of tha fact ) by the three ruffians who had just been secured . -, " : ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦¦ :- ¦ , ¦ -.. . ¦¦ . ¦ ' . ' . ' ;¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ - , . ¦ , ¦ -. ; ¦/ . ¦ .
Distressing Loss qf Life in the Humbeb . — Oa Friday inbrniog last ; a distressing loss of life occurred on thebtber side of the river ,-near New Holland . The schooner Stourbridge was coming up , having a boat in tow , when the painter giving way by which it was attaohed to the vessel , the Captain ; Jeremiah Smith , anxious to prevent its being lost , tbxew himself over the stern of the vessel into the boat , but unfortunately alighting with his back on the gunwale , hVwas stunned and fell into
the water ; the boat drifting away at the same time , his own crew were deprived of the power to assist him , and after hanging by the broken painter attached to the drifting boat , until seemingly exhausted , he sank to rise no more . It is lamentable to add that Mrs . Smith was on board the vessel , aad consequently a spectator of her husband ' s melaneholy death . A light- sloop was going down the river , with the wind in her favour , at the mement of the catastrophe , and although passing within twenty or thirty yards , those on board were deaf to the hail of tho schooner and the crins of the craw to
save their Captain ; s v : Threatening of HosTiLiTiEs between Englaioi and the UNitED States ;—We have reason to be lieve that a vepy serious misunderstanding now exists between ¦ ¦ . '¦ the British Government and the United States , arising on the one 'hand ; from the unwillingness . of the American President to apologise for the detention of a British subject ( M'Leod ) on an unfounded' charge ; and , on the other , from the alleged fact that vessels engaged in the slave-trade are notoriously fitted out in American ports . Lord Aberdeen , as welearn , has written repeated arid decided noteson both these subjects , without as yet receiving satisfactory answers ; and * considering the fresh obligations imposed on this country by the new ariti-slaye treaty , it is much to be feared that something unpleasant may occur between both Governments . Our information on this subject is derived " -from a most authentic source .- — Morning Herald , i •" . > : ¦ ; . ' : : v : C ;
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TriMihet 6 nd ^ Gazeit ^ pfFHiayyJ ) ec . % i . ¦ - ¦ : :- , ' . ' : ' - . ¦ : ¦ ¦ . " > ¦ ; BANKBDPIS . > ' ' ; ¦ ;¦ ::. ; . ; ' : ' ¦ ¦ . - . Frederick Thomas West , Commercial-wharf , Commercial-road , Lambeth , coal-merchant , Jan . 7 , at two , ^" eb . 4 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Biaing hall-street . Solicitors ,. Messrs . Stevens , Wilkinson , and Satchel ] , Queen-street , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . Lackineton , Coleman-street-buildiDgs . Thomas Berriman , Peckham-grove , Camberwell , builder , Jan . 5 , at two , Feb . 4 , at eleven , at the . Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Means . TiHeard and Son , Old Jewry j official aaslgnee , Mr . Johnson , .. > ^ ' . \;{ . -- -V- "' .. ¦ ¦¦ . '¦ ' •• . : . ' " ' ¦ . '¦ . : ¦ ¦ . •" ¦ . Charles Robottom , Holborn-hill , tavern-keeper , Jan . 11 , at two , Feb . 4 , at eleven , at tbe : Court of Bank fuptcy ^ Basinghall-slreet . Solicitor . Mr . Warlters , Castle-atreet , Holborn ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Fredericks-place , Old Jewry .
Henry Clark , Fleet-street , brush-manufacturer , Jan . 8 , ' at half-past twelve , Feb . 4 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , ] Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . Weaton , St . Janies ' E-square ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederijk ' s-piace , Old Jewry . Ann Phillips and James Phillips , Whitechapel-road , wintlow-glass cutt ; er 8 > Jau . 4 , Feb . 4 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . Henderson , Mansell-street , Goodman ' s Fields £ official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbury . . ; ; Robeit Richards , James Briant , and James Coker , Shadweil , rope-makers , Jan . 4 , Feb . 5 , at twelve , at theCourt of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street Solicitor , Mr . Pike , Old Burlington-street ; official assignee , Mr . Gibson , Basinghall-street '
John Fowfces , Beeston , Nottinghamshire , rtocst , Jan . 5 , Feb . 4 , at twelve ; at the Gaorge the Fourth Inn , Nottingham , Solicitors , ileasrs . Jones , Trinder , and Tudway , John-street , Bedford-row , and Mr . Brown , of Nottingham . . . V ; Thomas Barnsley , Tipton , Staffordshire , enginemaker , - 'Dec .: sly Feb . 4 , at . two ; at , the ^ Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Miller and Fallows , Piccadilly ; arid Mr > Hill , Birmingham . v / JamesFord , Bristol , cooper , Jan . 7 , Feb . 4 , at the Commercial Rooms , BristoL Solicitors , Messrs .. White and Eyre ,: Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Sevan , Bristol . . ' ¦ - . ' ¦¦ . y ' ¦ . ¦ ' . ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ¦• ¦' ' '¦ ' ¦ ¦> . ' ¦ ¦• • : ' ¦ ' . ' ; ¦'¦'¦•¦;' . Wiiiiam Horsnaill , Dover , carpenter , Dec 31 , at one , Feb .. 4 , at twelve , at the Sbakspeare Hotel , Dover . Solicitors , Mr . Kennett , Dover ; and Messrs . Hawkins , Bloxam , and Stoker , JNTe w Bos well-court , Carey-itreet , Lincoln's Inn , > ; " '
Thomas Benrese , Spalding , Lincolnshire , grocer , Dec . 31 , ' at ten , Feb . 4 , atone , at the White Hart Ion * Spalding . Solicitors , Mr . Edwards , SpaWing , and Messrs . Tooke and Son , Bedford-row .
P , ARINEBSHI » S DISSOLVED . / R . Cotton and E . Colton , Kingston-upon-Hull , v / hrpmanufacturera . —J . Farlano and B . Boebahnan , Liverpool , timber-riierchants . —J . Watson and J . Booth , Wath-upottTDearne , Yorkshire ,: common-brewers—T . Rigby and Gv ' Rigby , Liverpool , cartw > wners . ^ -P . Jackson and T . : Malley , ' ^ Lancaster , coaeh-buiideri . — :. Cfc , Parke and B . Parke ; Whitby , Yorkshire , woollendrapers—J . Harper , B . Harper , and G . Woodall , Yorlp , soap-naannfactnrers . —A . Hall and it Hall , Blackburn , Lancashire , grocers . —A . Roe and A . Petty , Cowling , Yorkshire , millers . —R . Bothwell and T . Holcroft , Manchester , silk-throwstersJ—D . Smith and J . W . Holland , Manchester , plumbers . : ^ . :
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 1, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1142/page/3/
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