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SIR , O'C 0 SN 0 R 3 ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC , IK HBFSEJL . NCE TO THE INCSBASED PSICE OF THE EVZMSG STAR . Mit ? nearly Sve years experience , as sole proprietor cf the leading Provincial Paper cf the Expire , I may . without presumption , lay claim to some , knowledge of the izflaence of the press , and the CDns . qutnt necessity of suhj ^ xting that important estate to the most virtuoua ana r' . iiii criticism . The press cf a country should be the dial cf opinion—the regulator of actios . and the mainspring of ihonghU It should Es : va as a doable mirror cpon society , heraaiirg in-i magnifyirg acts of virtue as brishj examples r > 1 . ;<' . a ' . ion , in the concavescd tkttchiBg vice *> - - - -:. c :: Drsis = bi 8 fcanii m the conytx—thus Icav ' i . . ike iiiiclU'Ctual qua : it s of man ,
the p ! eas : ag dsty i triuini > b . io 2 . l-y exi :-. ¦;• over hia grvsssr passions . In cases of hss-tation o ^ conflict , the pres 3 . from its character , thould bo an arbiter to whose decision none but the cor . sdrus vSender would object to mbmit A . press established for such purposes would cot only compel ite conductors to Ee ' . ect persons remarkable for their virtue and upriahtness fnr its management and control , thus net liminng its matter to ttie etude and singu ar notions of mere mechanical E . iitors , but would present a £ att . eiicg i : \ Yitalion to ail whose contributions ¦ would be received for thsir general rather lhaa for their particular merits—more for their good tff-cte upon tbe "whole community , \ han for their value to any particular class . With such a general and with eucu a staff as Would fbek to the standard , the discipline of the mind
¦ would be speedily co : ? p : eted , and the bXercisa of genius in the cause of vinu-s , morality , an 4 rizht , "would be a pleasing servic ? . in which no moral soldier ¦ would blush to carry hia knapsack . Rsader . contrast in your mind , discharged of prejudica and part ? bias , the cff . ct thai such a prtss would have upon all those relations in which man should stand to his fellow-man , with the effects produced upon socitty in . its several rainificitions by the pr-.-ss as at present conducted in this country . Its heaviest censure ia accepted as praise by the political antagonist ; the triumph of a vicious partisan over the most virtuous opponent , is hailed as the victory cf party , without reference to its general tendency ; and ail csnsicerution of the public good is merged in aatieipitioii of ths profit and loss of faction
With sneh . a General , the .:, is it wonderful that the standard shonld be surrounded by such a staff ; that the discipline should be varied , irfcsoine , and unequal ; the exercise humiliating and degrading ; the soldiers dissatisfied and uneasy ; and the "wholt army threatening disorganisation and mutiny ? I * it wonderful , that for such base purposes , base tools should be sougnt for their accomplishment , while the virtuous , scared by the hopelessness of success , are c > nipc ' : ' . ed to abandon tbe proHpect of aiding Y ; r ; ue in her struggles by their councils and tht-ir contributions ? Is it wonderful that men , like prostitutes , should be hired in such a service for tbe : r piiaccv an . lack of character , rather thin fvi-r . their
integrity , inflexibility , and virtue ? Xo ; it is rather to be wondered at that Euch a combination cf E . il the evil passiens , with such ready raeins for their dissemination , have not long since laid virtue prostrate , and completed the triumph cf th-j grosser qualities of our n _ tur j It ia because I h ^ ve witnt&sed the continuous , the t'old , and the manly struggles of the mind aeainst the mina ' s oppressors , and * it is btcas . 'e I have beheld the unequal "SriKia which virtno hasitrtn lung engaged against vice , and the stand that the moral iinny has made , —that I have rt-solved t /> gather its scattered elements for one gKind sssault against tha citadel of corruption . " \ Yith that view , and no oiicr—for my services are gratuitously rendered—have I undertaken the management and control ef the Evening Star newspaper , whxa , in my oi tf
hands , shall b ^ advocate oppressed all ciassea , tbe r * rector of all opinions , the impartial critic of all actions , ar . ii the ho ^ tst arbiter in all controversies , to whose judgment the juit vrvil cheerfully d&fer , as it shall be uapsxuaj . Tnose principles which I have tvrr advocated , it shall continue to support whole and entire , taking sdvantace cf a'd incid = n-s that fortune , fate , or circam 6 ' 3 nce 3 may present , for their furtherance . Seven years ago this cay 1 established tLe Radical Association of Marjiebone , the pareut frem which has sprung our present ch'ld—Chartism . In f * r > years after its formation , and niy circulation vf its principle * and objtct 3 , I found it necessary to eatablish a paper for their rt-presentation , and hence tbe appearance cf the Northern Star . At that time I found public opinion ' wild as the
mountain brtez ? , " B&ittering but not gathering . I laid down the maxim , that in every political movement there ¦ Wire three rt quisites—firstly , the creation of public opinion ; stcoLdly , the orcairzition of pabiic opinion ; and thirdly , the direction of public opinion . How far my labours , backed by the Northern Star , have accomplished the tvro former , 1 st those testify who reccLect ihe ease with which faction made n-ady merchandise cf popular will and action before 1 took the field ; and contrail it with tbe proud authority which th-t will and action now command , despite tha perscutione , dangers , threats , ai ; d p .-oisecatiocs to whicb they have b <~ a Euhjecled . The latt « r stage , the direction of the public mind , requires a mere active Bgt-iit than a vetkly press , and therefore h&ve I chierfuily , and at
great atuDie , and bemo txpence , taken the hi ; lm of thi ¦ retsel . Having thus laid down the principles upon ¦ which the Evening Siar eb . a ) l be conducted , and my motive in undertaking its managunuit , it . becomes a pwt of my auty to tell you the reasons why I have not oniy auctioned but counselled an inc ease in the price of the paper . Its price hitherto has been 3 d-, out of ¦ which the proprietor has to p 3 y a penny for the stamp , a penny to the newsvendor , and a peujy for paper and machinery , thus Ewaliowin ? up the entirs- price , leaving nvt a fraction to pay any of tha exr-ences of composing , reporting , sub-editing , pnbiishir . g , keeping accounts , rent , gas , taxes , pens , paper , ink , casualties , spoiled stamps , and tha thoasand-and-ooo other contingencies , all tending to make an increased circulation aa increased eviL Prior to my connexion ¦ with tbe paper , its weekly losses amounted to about £ 100 ; fcar in mind that it is a daily paper ; since my connexion the losses have increased " in proportion to
the increa e in its circulation , for which I am bold to assert no daily paper has ever furnished a parallel . Jfow , it ia because , as a losing concern , it may one day , without notice , leave me and my party without its support , thft I have thought it prudent towards you . just tewtrds the proprietor , and right to myself , to place it upon a foundation , from which tbe" gale of faction cannut shake it ; still keeping its price fourpence , twenty per cent , under all ether daily papers- The rnagccnimity with which the proprietor has borne h : s losses , and the spirited mannei in which he baa carried oat ray every suggestion , many of wlacb have been expensive , demand for him , at my hands , all that protection which my counsel can fcfford . The whole question is low btf-Te you ; it is for yon , and you only , the worting men , fcr whom I write , to judge , whether or rot tte circumstances justify and warrant the step I have taken . I am , your fsithful Friend ,
PEAE . GUS O CONSOKOSce , 252 , Strand . COLLIERS' STRIKE IN AYRSHIRE . ( From , the Kilmarnock Journal ) Oa Wednesday last , a large body cf colliers , nrsountini ? to upwards of 600 , princip-Jly from Sievenbton , KilwLnning , and that neighbourhood , assembled as early as two o ' clock in the morning at the works of Gflteshead anu K ; imari ) ock Colliery , pnd snecteded in preventing the men belonging to those works frem going to their Ubour . They afterwards assembled at Old Rome Gardens , and addresses were made to the miners cf this district , urging them to insitt upon the increased wages , and reduction in weight of ont-nut of coal , frum the masters .
Intimatk-n of these proceedings having been communicated to the authorities at Ayr , Sheriff E ^ ton came to KiLmirnock in ttp cours-2 of the morning , and , accompanied b 7 Mr . Andrews , Procurator-fiscal ,-3 > Ir . Bioce , Saperi-. uesdtnt of Police ; aud Mr . Mann , County Constable , proceeded to Gargiestcn and Satehead , to mat * the requisite icvesiiiatium . The Sheriff considered it his duty to orcer out part of the Ayrshire Tcomanry , and accordingly three troops nssembieci a ^ Kiimamctk in the evening , under the command of Major Janits Fairlie . Officers , Sir James Boswell , Mr . T . S . Cunninghrme , jun .. of Caprington , and Mr . Wm . Hamihon , of Braeheid . At an early hour part of thi 3 force was despatched to
Irrice , accompanied by the Sheriff , and two troops remain at Kilmarnock , in erder to act in the event of any emergency . We trust that although these precautions b ^ ve been taken , still they wi . l not be required to be called into serious operation by aggressive acts on the part of the stsnd-outs , and that tiie miners will act upon the resolution adopted by them & " . the meeting of delegates on Monday . Those who are urging tham to the contrary course are their worst enemies ; for they may rest assured , that no interference wiil be allowed ¦ with the freedom of action of those who desire ta coatinne at their employments , and that any attempted infringement on this ri ^ hi will be visiied by promp t and severe psnifehment
This morning the workers at GateEhead and Gargieston , who had been prevented going down the pits yesterday , resumed their operations undisturbed Another meeting of the stand-ouu is to take place to-day at Manxhcltn . A rumour having peached Sheriff Eaton yesterday that an attempt was to be mad .- to damage the coal work * at Cdirington , Mr . Biane , superintendent here , wa « despatched , at seven o ' clock last night , with several of his ovrn force , and two of the rural police , to orginiss measures for the protection of the property
there . The workers turned oat with thtf greatest alacrity , and were formed into a formidable force to protect the extensive machinery cos&ected with tbe works . It happened that , after watching until the Earning , no molestation was offered , and we cannot beliere that my operatives connected with the county » illresort to such lawless proceedings ; but should any desperadoes from the East make any . such attempt , no other force will be requisite at Caprington than the colliecs themselves to repel any attack that mar be mada .
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EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF T £ E PARTIES WHO WERE SHOT IN ATTACKING MR . SEEPLEY"S MILL . GLOS 3 OP . "WEDNESDAY EVENING . This morning , three prisoners , named Thomas Winterbottom , Oliver Fry , and Thomas Smith , v ? ere removad from the New Bailey House Of Correction , in custody of Mr . R . Beswick , chkf superintendent of the Manchester police , per railway to Goodley , and were escorted thence to Ho ward-town , by a party of the 11 th Hussars , for the purpose of being examined before the magistrates .
The prisoners were all wounded by Mr . Shepley when his mill was attacked by a large body of people on the SOih ef August They appeared to be suffering still from tbe effects of tbe wounds , particularly Winterbottorn , who had been shot in the right hand , right thigh , and groin . Sraith was the person who received the contents of the pUtol , and had the ball extracted from bis shoalder at the Salfcrd Dispensary . Previous to the inquiry , a Mr . Part , an attorney from Wigan , who is employed by Mr . Gregory , the Government Commissioner , to write , on espying a reporter present . 8 u » ri ; et . ttd to the magistrates the propriety of compelling him not to mention the names of any parties in tbe course of the inquiry who were not in custody Hd also app « artid anxious that no report should ba &ken at all . Tha magistrates informed Mr . Part that they should leave the matter to the dscrtlion of the reporter .
The charge agsinst tho prisoners was for riot , conspiracy , and with beginning to demolish the factory a : id premises of Mr . Shepley , on Tuesday , the 30 th of August . Mr . Pomfret , surgeon , sta t ed , that on the 30 th of August , as he was passing the shop of Mr . Sellers , druggist , at Woolley-bridge , he was cailed in to examine Witertoltouu He had received several gunphot wounds , and some of the pellets bad perforated the abdomen . Witness recommended that he should be sent to the Manchester Infirmary , and offered to write him a neie to the touse-surgeon . Winterbottom said he had received tbe wounds at Mr . Shepley ' s mill , that he was there doing nothing , and that be had been shot by Mr . Shepley , to be revenged on him . Witness afterwards found another man on the Cheshire
side of Woolley-bridge . He waB wounded in the tni ^ h , and his trousers appeared Jo be perforated with shots . Witness could not say whether it v > as Fry , the other priso er , who bad been removed to the Manchester Infirmary , but ha ordered him to that place . He thought the per .-on must have stood near Mr . Stupley when thu gun was fired , as the shots were closer together than in the man whoai witness saw at Woolie ) -bridge . He said he came from Hyde . Witness recommended him also to be taken to the infirmary .
The next witness examined was Mr . W . Sellers , who keeps a druggist ' s stiop at Woolley-bridge . He Eaid he recollected the day of the stuck oa Mr . Shepley ' s milL Wit&es 3 had been frum home that morning , and returned about or 6 o'clock . He found the prisoner VViutcrbotiom then in his shop . He told witness hu had bet . n shot at Mr . Shtpity's , at Brook-field . He said he ha 4 gene there vrith tae people . There were tuen manj persons in wkni-fis's shop . Witness had previous y sten a mob go towards Brook 2 e ! d . The shop was crowded with people , rtanj of whom asked the prisoner questions . Tie prisoner said he was shot before there was any disturbance . He was shot in the right ha :: d ,
the groin , and the bottom of the belly . Some of the persons in the shop called in Mr . Pomfret , the surgeon , who was passing at the time , and he examined the wounds of Wiiiterbott'im . The hand did not appear to b « much hurt , but b . ood was dropping from it , showing tLat it had been recently done . It was said in the prisoners presence , that he came from Stalejbridge or D jckinfield , but witness could not tell who said it . He appeared to be in great agony , and complained much , but more of the wounds at the bottom of the belly Mr . Pomfret recommended him to get home as fast as he cocM . lie was carried cut and placed in a ceach . Witness did not Eee any other of the wounded men .
Winttrbo ; tom , being asked by the magistrates if hs had any question to put to the witness , said , —I did not say I was going with tfce people , did I ? You must think of that , because I did not say so , I am certain . Witness . —I have told as near as I can what I heard you eay . A Magistrate . —Do you believe he said that he went with the people ? "Witness . —I'll not be certain he mentioned the people , but I understood him to mean that he went with the cro vrd of people to Mr Sbepley ' B milL la answer to other questions , the witness statad that he did not kuow whethtr the prisoner was conveyed to his fahap by the crowd who had been at Mr . Shepley s mill . The people about tha tbop and in the shop appeared to be on intimate tsrais with the prisoner , and there was one woman who seemed to own him . Some of tbe crowd had sticks with them .
James WarhnrEt was then called in . He said he was a joiner , and lived at Had&eid , near Glossop . On the cay Mr . Sbepley ' s mill vraa attacked , witness removed two of tbe prisoners in his spring-cart from thu Gun Inn to the Manchester Infirmary . On thtir way to Manchester they passed three persons , one of wl : om rtcognized ihe prisoners , the latter of whom afterwards tcld witness one of the three had been shot at Shepley ' s mill , but witneas could not say whether either of the three persons wa 8 the prisoner Smith-Mr . Rhodes , a gentleman residing at Tintwistle , about two miles from Mr . Sheplty ' s mill , deposed to hearing the bell of Mr . E . Platt's factory ring , abo : 't ten o ' clock on the rnorniDg of the 30 th of August , and as it was seldom run ; ho went to inquire the cause ,
when he ascertained that a mob had turned out the hands , and when he was on the Mottr ^ m road he saw a large crowd proceeding in tbe direction of Mr . Shepley ' s mill . Witness crossed over 8 i > me fi . lda , and when be got within a quarter of a mile of the tpot he heard thu neise cf the attack on Mr . Shepley ' s mill . There was a tremendous noise of the smashing of windows , and knockiDg against the doors . Witness could then see the crowd going across the fields in different directions , and one pare of them was in the road . About two minutes after hearing the noise of break ng the windows witness heard the gunB fired . There were reports of three guns , and between the second a :. d third firing about two minutes elapsed , and between the first and second abGut one minute . About
a minuts after hearing the reports witness got in tight cf the cro ^ d , who were then ruoviDg from the warehouse door . As the hindmost part of the rioters were going aaray they broke the lower windows of Mr . Shepiey s house with their sticks , and the upper part with stones . The mob then retreated about one hundred or one hundred and fifty yards from the piaco , and held a coniultaiiou . Tli ^ y formed again , aud witcess heard some called back vrho were going away . One of ihe mob ' went to witness on the side of a hill ntar * . he factory , and said they had agreed to make another attack and pull the mill dowa to the foundation . Witness remarked to him that they hari set themselves too big a job to accomplish that day . The man seemed surprised , said he thought &o too , and went away .
vV ; tQts 3 then went to inform Mr . Sidebot ' . om , a CiifrrLire magistrate , but he was not at home . Witness then went to iLe Gun Inn , and there saw a person who ba ; i been stot in the thi ^ b . He did not tUink it was any uf tha prisoners . He atk \; d his name , but the P ^ rsuLs ab-jut refuted to give it . They , however , said ha tinis from Fiovrcry-fleld . Witness then wei ; t towards BroukSeld , ana on his way passed threuph a crowd who were carrying a wounded person , whom be believed to he the prisoner Winurbottom . He appeared faint and much exhausted , and blood was running through trie bondages on his hand . When b . 9
arrived at Mr . fehcplTj ' s , witness found the military there , anti the family of Mr . Shep ' . ey in a state o * great aiarci . Witness should think the mob was composed of between 4 , 000 and 5 , 000 people . Their cecdnct ai ; d language were very outrageous , so es to occasion tLuch alarm , It was said Mr . Shepley ought to be banged , ar . d they would have his life . The womtn were particularly violent . Fry—He svid the wmdows were broken tfter they had done firing—were they ? Witness—The house windows vrere . Fry—I don't know wher * the house is . When I came up
A magistrate here interposed , and cautioned the pri ^ sonernot to criciitate tiiuself . Fry—Af ler the windows were broken he fired again , didn't he ? Witness—I heard ; he windows broken , but I did not see the first attack . Mr . R . Btswick , chief superintendent of the 3 Ianchester police , deposed to taking the prisoners into custody under" warrants . He removed Winterbottom and Fry from the infirmary on the 5 ' . h iust On their way to the New Bailey , Winterbottain Eai 4 , in the prs-Eecce of Fry , that he had joined the people at Staiybridge , and had gone to Shepley ' s mill at Gios ^ op . He also eaid , " We told Mr . Shepley to turn out his hands —we did not wish to harm him . He came to tbe door
and pulled the trigger cf a pistol twice . It was old Mr . Shepley . We did not think he was going to shoot us . He then brought a double barrelled gun and shot me and Fry . We were standing together . We wanted to take the gun frem him . I had nothing to do with the mills . He should have done as the masters at Stalybridge , not allowed the hands to go to work wheu all were out . " On the 7 th , witne ; s apprehended Smith ia Salford . He at first said his name was James Wright , but afterwards admitted it was Smith , and that he had been shot at Shepley ' s mill , and had had the ball extracted from his shoulder at the Salford dispensary , which witness found was the case . He stated that he had come into the street that morning for the purpose of being taken .
Mr . Shepley was ntxt examined—He deposed as follows ;—I recollect the attack on my mill en the 30 th of Anguit . Abont five o ' clock that morning , as some men parsed the mill , they said they should have plenty of company that day from Hyde and Stalybridg * , and that they would level tbe milL I sent one of my own hands to scout at the top of the nei ghbouring bills , and about ten o ' clock he returned , and said there waa a largo mob coming from towards Ashton and Stalybridge . I then aent off my so » to Giosaop for the military . During tha whole cf the forenoon crowds ef persons had been passing and re-pawing tbe mill , and used Tery abusive language . Between ten and eleven o ' clock , s crowd ( topped opposite the doer .
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I told them they -would not bd allowed to atop there . They said they were on the King ' s highway , and I had no right to interfere with them . One of them said I would be attacked , on which I showed them that I was armed with pistols , and told them I was prepared to defend myself . They then weat away a short distance , and on turning round I saw a large mob about half a mile off on the road , coming towards the factory . I stopped tbe engine of the factory , collected about fifteen of my bands , who were sworn in as special constables , and I stood in the road in front of the milL The mob had then crossed over Woolley-bridge , and they commenced innning and shouting , and making the most terrifying noise . I fetched a double-barrelled gun oat of the house , and
met them in the road . I told them several times if they came I should m « st as&uredly fire on them . Some stones were then thrown from the back part of the mob . I then retreated until I got into the warehouse , previous to which I was struck by stones three or four times on the head and body , and some of the special constables weie also struck . Immediately the windows on the top of the waiehouse door were broken . Tbe door was then open about sixteen or eighteen inches , and was held to that position by a crowbar , by some of my work-people , who were behind . I pointed a gun at the crowd several times . Stones were then thrown into the warehouse through the door and through the fanlight over it , and the door was beaten against by some heavy instrument , Before the attack , I bad repeatedly heard tbe persons passing the mill Bay it would be pulled down . I am satisfied that the mill would have been destroyed if we had not resisted , and I
believe our lives were at that time in great danger . I then struck two locks of a double-barrelled gun , bnt both missed fire . I had repeatedly warned the rioters that I would fi . e on them . Another gun was then given to me , and I pointed that twice before I pulled the trigger . After I had fired the first barrel two or three bands seized tbe gun , and tried to pull it out of my hands . I then took a pistol from my pocket and fired it , and fired also the other barrel of the gun . In a short time afterwards I opened the door , and fonud the mob was retreating towards Mottram . Several of the rioters had attempted to gain admittance into the warehouse , but were beaten back by the bands . All the windows in the warehouse , in my house , and in that belonging to my son-in-law were broken . There were at least t « ro wheelbarrows full of stones thrown into the warehouse , and one of the constables had two of his teeth knocked out .
James Jackson , constable of Simondile , corroborated the principal part of tho evidence of Mr . 8 hepley . TMb was the person whose teeth was knocked out whilst attempting to prevent the mob from entering the milL Th 8 prisoners were tben fully committed for trial at the next Chester assizes for rioting and beginning to demolish the prosecutor ' s mill . —Evening Star .
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CAPE OF GOOD JiOPE . GOYERNNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY . PORT NATAL . His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct the following despatches , from the officer commanding her Majesty ' s troops at Port Natal , to be published for general information . Colonial-office , Cape of Good Hope , July 16 , 1812 . By command of his Excellency tbo Governor , J . Moore Craig , Acting Secretary to the Governor . Sir . —I have the honour to lay before you the following particulars respecting the position of the force under my command , from tbe date of my last despatch nnlll the psriod of their being relieved ou the 2 ( th of this month by the troops Bent for that purpose from the colony .
Various reports bavins been brought to me on the 25 th of May , respecting the intention of the farmers to make a combined attaek en the camp that night , I kept the troops under aims , but nothing transpired until a short time previous to cay-break on tbe following morning , when vollies uf mu . ^ ketry , accompanied by the fire of large gnns , was heard at the Point , which post , I recret to say , the Boers carried , after a desperate resittince en the part of the detachment stationed there . By this untoward event an eighteen-pounder , which
there had net been time to remove , fell into their hands , as well as tho greater portion of tbe Government previsions landed frem the Pilot . Fortunately all the powder , with the exception of a small portion for the eighteen-pcunder , Lad bten brought to the camp , in which I had caused a field mBgnzlno to be constructed . The engineer stores wtre also saved , but there being no place as this post wherein the provisions could be protected from the weather , I Iwd been obliged to leave the the greater portion at tbe Point , merely bringing up a few waggon loads from time to time as required .
Finding myself thus cut , ( . fi from my supplies , I resolved to concentrate the remainder of my fsree in the cp . mp , and there await the reinforcement which I made no doubt wouW . be sent from the colony on the receipt of the despatch forwarded by me overland on the eve :. ing of the 25 th of Hay , and intrusted to Mr . King . The farmers l . rnn ' ne dt sired the captains of the Pilot and Mazeppa tj write and express to me their willingness to enter into arrangements for the removal of the troops , which letter reash « d tho day after the Point fell into their possets-ion , 1 accepted their proposal for
a truce , being desirous of gaining time to strengthen the post as much as possible . During its continuance , they sint in terms so ridiculously extravagant , that , although tbe quantity of provisions in the camp was extremely limited , I immediately broke ofi ail communication with them , being fully determined , tooner tban submit , to endure the extremity of privation . I . therefore , placed the men on half allowance , destroyed a imaJI post wliu-b I ha < 4 caused to be erected between the camp and s : mo buiUiijgs occupied by the English residents , and ma i * my position as secure as 1 possibly c . md ; with , a view to holding out to the last . ts
Tlieir arrar ^ ecoe- beinc ; completed , the farmers about six a . m ., on tbe 31 st inst ., made s desperate attack < rn the camp , throwing into it during the course ot the d . iy oj ?« hundred and twenty-two round ehofc , btsides keeping up an incessant fire of musketry . Oil the following day [ Jan- li tbey slackened tbe fire of musketry , but threw in ono bunored and twenty-four round shot , and on the 2 nd opened a fire frem tho 18-pounder , which they bnd contrived to brin ^ from tke Point , wbile they still continued their discharges of musketry . During the course of this day they sent the Rev . Mr . of
Arcbbell witb a flj ^ truce , proposing to allow the women to qtiit the camp , and to tend back two wounded men , bnt this was fione merely to gain time to repair some Works thrown down by the fire from our batteries . Here I th'nh it right to observe that they were incessantly employed every nfght In making approaches towards tbe post , which were constructed with considt-rable skill ; thin tbe nature of the ground enabled them to do with much facility , and from thence a niest galling fire was constantly kept up , particularly on the two batteries , wherein I had placed the ISpounder and howiljrir .
Finding that the few cattle remaining at the krall were dying either from wounds or want of sustenance , I directed that they Ehould be killed and made into biltong , reducing the issue to half a pound daily . I also had a well dug in the camp , which gave good water , there being a risk in going to the valley at night , from whenca we had hitherto procured it In resuming my detail of proceedings , I may stats p . enenlly that the attacks on the camp were contiuued f .-om day to day with more or less spirit by the farmers , who , having soon exhausted their iron ball , fired leaden balls from their large gunB , in some instances sendin g them with much precision . Our practice from the camp was excellent , a shot from the 18-pounder having dismounted one cf their six-pounders on the 3 d instant , besides wounding several of those attached to it
On the night of the 8 th , I sent oat a party to destroy somo works in our front , which was acc \ mplished without loss . In a subsequent tortie made on the night of tbe 1-8 th instant , we were less fortunate , although the duty was prrformed with great gallantry , the Boers being Eurprised in the bush , and many bayoneted after a stout resistance . In this attack , which was headed by Lieutenant Molesworth , 37 th Regiment , I had to regret the loss of Ensign Prior and two privates of the same corps , who were killed , besides four others being severely wounded . Upon inquiring into the state of the provisoes fhi * day , I found Uut only three days' ia = us of meat ie-
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mained . I therefore directed that such horses as wera living might ba killed and made into biltong . We had hitherto been issuing biscuit dust , alternating with biscuit and rico , at half allowance . The horse-fleah , of which thero was but little , we commenced using on the 22 d , and by a rigid exactness in the issues , I calculated we might certainly hold out , although without meat , for nearly a month longer , for we had eleven bags of forage corn in store , which I had commenced grinding into meal ; and by every oue contributing what remained of private into the pnblio stock , a tolerable
quantity of various articles of sustenance was procured . Ou the night of the 24 th , several rockets , apparently from a vessel ia the bay , assured us that relief was nigh at hand ; these we answered . On the night of the 25 tk the many rockets from seaward assured as that not only was a vessel in the bay , but that Bhe waa communicating with another in the offing , a surmise corroborated on tbe following day by the landing of the party under Colonel Cloete , and their fiua \ relief of the post in gallant style , between three and four o ' clock in the afternoon .
To the dry detail of the proceedings I have given I beg to add a few remarks ; and first , with respect to our loss . Within the period embraced between the 31 st May and 25 th fune , 651 round shot of various aices had been fired at the camp , in addition to a continned and watchful fire « f musketry , and yet our loss during this period was but one sergeant and two privates of the 27 th killed , and three wounded , one Cape rinsman and one civilian killed , and one wounded , exclusive of the loss I have previously noted as occurring during the sortie on the morning of the 18 th inst The damage to the waggons and tents , and private na well as public property , was , howeuer , great , for these it was impossible to secure in such a manner as to preserve them from injury .
Among tbe serious disadvantages I had to contend with , I may mention that tb . 9 numerous people attached as leaders and drivers to the different waggons , many having large families who required to be fed , hampered me sadiy in the trenches , while the vast number ef cattle originally with the waggons were a very great incumbrance . These , however , were soon driven off . for nearly all the Boers ( contrary to the opinion entertained by the colony ) were mounted , and thence enabled to move from point to point with a celerity which bafflad nearly every movement that the infantry could make against them .
I have thus given a detail of the ebief circumstances connected with the commands entrusted to me . That it should have been so far unsuccessful I regret ; but the resistance on the part of the farmers since ny arrival has been universal , those few who professed themselves friendly having carefully abstained from giving assistance , in most cases using that profession as a convenient screen for the purposs of hiding their disaffection from observation . All the property of the English residents tbe Boers plundered and sent to Pietermaritsburg . They also took out the gteater part of the freight of the Mazsppa ( including the whole of my own property ) , which they sent to the same place . The prisoners taken at the Point ( English residents as well as soldiers ) have also been marched thither ; and the former have , I understand , been treated with great harshness . After being plundered , the Mazeppa escaped from the harbour on the night of the 10 th instant
In conclusion , I beg to state that , nothing could exceed tha patience and cheerfulness evinced by the troops under the privations they suffered , and I feel satisfied , that had it been necessary to have h > -: ld out for a longer period , they would have endured their further continance without a a murmur . I havv 1 , the honour to be , sir , your most obedient bumble servant , J . C . Smith , Captain , 27 th Regiment His Honour Colonel Hate , C . B . and K . H ., Leiutennnt Governor . P . S . —I omitted to mention in its place that a round shot on the 18 th inst . broke the carriage of the eighteen pounder iu two places , but we repaired it bo as to be parfectly serviceable . J . C . Smith . Port Natal , June , 28 , 1842 .
Sir—On the 27 th inst . I availed myself of a Caffer messenger to report to your Excellency , in a few words , that Captain Smith waa extricated , and Port Natal in our possession . It is now my duty te give the details of my proceed * tags . Her Mujesty's Bhip Southampton arrived and anchored off Port Natal on the night of the 25 th Instant Here was found at anchor the schooner Conch , with Captain Duraford , 27 th Regiment , and a detachment of 100 men two small howitzers , and some stores despatched by Colonel Hare from Algoa Bay , on the 10 th instant
Captain Darnford reported that the insurgent Boers had refused all communication with Captain Smith who was still holding his post ; that the headlands at the entrance of the harbour were armed with guns , and that the Boers had collected in force to oppose our landing . Signal guns and rockets were fired from the frigate to intimato our arrival to Captain Smith , and every arrangement made for carrying the place aa soon as the tide served , and the frigate could be placed so as to cover our landing . At two o ' clock P . M . on the 26 th inst ., the Southampton was in a position , and tbe troops were embarked in tho boats , which , however , could only ttko eighty-five man ; thirty-five had been previously added to Captain D urn ford ' s detachment on board the Couch , tho sea beach being impracticable in the previous erders , the attack was changed , and I directed Captain Wells , with a detachment of thirty-five men , to land on the first point of the High Bluff within the bar ,
and drive the Boers out of the thick bush , whilst the Conch , the launch armed with a carronade , and the cargo , were to proceed direct into the harbour , land , and take possession of the port . A fresh sea brcrzi fortunately set into the harbour at tho very time of onr advance : the Conch taking thus the boats in tow crossed the bar at three o ' clock . Captain Wells lauded where directed , when a br ; sk flre was opened on the Conch and boats from both shores , that from the high wooded bluff within twenty yards of the boats ; yet in spite of the short range and cross fire , under which the boat a had to pass , so quick was our advance , aided by both wind and tide , that but little effect was produced by their fire . When opposite tbo landing-place , from whertee the fire still continued , I ordered Major D'Urban to land , who immediately jumped on shore , and we rushed to the flag staff to pull'down the colours and give her Majesty ' s frigate notice that we were in possession , and to cease firing .
Tbe Boers abandoned their strong ground the instant we landed , yet so thick was the bush nnd so broken the ground , that though from the smart fire kept up they must have been in force , yet not half a d < zen of them were ever seen ; and on the southern bluff so thick was the wooded covering that nothing but the smoke from their flrelocfes was ever seen . 1 have since leerned that the number of Boera who defended the Port amounted to 350 men . Taeir loss it has been impossible to ascertain . Having thus seized the Port and lauded the men from the Couch , the troops were immediately formed . Captain Durnford was ordered to enter the bush on tbe right and drive the Boers before him , whilst I placed myaiilf on a road way in the centre , Major D Urban taking the left along the harbour beach .
In this order wo advanced through a bush , the character of which it is difficult to describe , and which might havo been held by a handful of resolute men against any assailants . On reaching the open ground we found the direction of Captain Smith ' s entrenched camp by the firing of hia heavy gun . Wo marched upon the point ; Captain Smith now throw out a party , and we joined him at four o ' clock . Having tkus executed your Excellency ' s commands with all military promptitude , by « atricatin « tho bravo detachment under Captain Smith ' s command , I strengthened bia po * fc by Captain Durnford ' s detachment , nnd directed Major D Urban to hold Stellar ' s farm , returning myself to the port to arrange a p .- > st of defence uiih such of the troops as I expected wouid have been landed .
The gallantry with which Captain Smith defended his post for a whole month , under no ordinary circumstances of privation , having been reduced to horse flesh for food , cJo ^ ely hemmed in by a desperate and vigilant fo 4 , with-no . less thnn twenty-six wounded within hia clotely confined camp , is highly creditable to him and his patty . Thus was accomplished , within the incredibly short space of ona month , from the date of Captain Smith ' s report of his position , the relief of his party , at a distance of one thousand flve hundred miles from Cape Town , whence therelitf was despatched , hia communication having had to pass through hostile hands and a savage country .
I have now reported to your Excellency the proceedings which have placed ino in possession of Port Natal ; and I havo kept them distinct from any mention ef the naval co-oyeratlon and assistance I received from her Majesty's ship , Southampton , feeling it to be due to Captain Ogle , commanding , to Commander Hill , and the officers and seamen of that frigate , that their services to ns should ba separately noticed , whether as to their cheerful good will displayed towards us whilst on board , or snbseqaeutJy in the moro important service performed , in covering our landing by the admirable practice from the ship ' s heavy battery , and spirited assistance given us by Captain Hill in command of the boata In my order of the day I have inadequately endeavoured to express my thanks to thOBa effiwre , and I should not be doing them justice without repeating it here in the strongest terms . .
If our bucccbb be not absolutely indebted to the opportuno presence of the Conch , to her protection must be mainly ascribed the very small loss we suffered in forcing the entrance . The troops conducted themselves with tbe greatest steadiness , and lam much indebted to Major d'Urban for his prompt landing , and the assistance he has afforded me throughout these operations . I also received the best support from every officer under my orders in conducting these operations , and particuinriy so from Lieut . William Napier , who acted as my aid , and has been of the most service to ma , r . ot only
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by his spirit in our active operations , but equally so by bis attention to all details and arrangements so essential on such occasions . I have the honour to be , Sir , Your most obedient humble servant , A . J . Cloexb , Lieut-Colonel , Deputy Qaarter-Master-General Commanding . His Excellency Sir George Napier , K C . B . Governor and Commander-in-chief , &e .
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THE NEW PARISH CONSTABLES' ACT . Among the acts of the British Legislature to which Her Majesty Queen Victoria gave her Royal assent in person before tha prorogation of Parliament on the 12 th of August was " An Act for the Appointment and Payment of Parish Constables" ( 5 and 6 of Victoria , c 109 . 1 , which will effect an important change in the mode of appointing and remunerating parish constables . As the statute is about to come into immediate operation , and as it affects every parish and township in England , it may not be amiss to call public attention to its leading provisions .
The preamble recites , that whereas it will increase the security of persons and property , if further provision be made for the appointment of fit persons to act as constables in the several parishes of England , and if power be given to pay them for the performance of their duties ; and it proceeds to enact that after the expiration of eighty days , and before the expiration of one hundred days next after the passing of the set ( which , as we have stated , was on the 12 th of August ) , and on somo day after the 24 th of March , and before tbe 9 th of April in each following year , the justices of the peace of every county in England shall hold a special petty session of the peace in their several divisions , for the appointment of parochial constables , of which session due notice shall be given to every justice usually acting in that division .
The second section requires the justices within thirty days next after passing of the act , and within the first seven days of February in each following year , to issue a precept under the hands of any two of them to the overseers of each parish within the division , requiring them to make and return , within eighty days next after the passing of tbe act , and before tbe 24 th of March in e . ich following year , a list in writing of a competent number of men within their respective parL-hes qualified and liable to serve . - By tbe third sootion it is enacted that the overspers of every parish , upon the receipt of such precept , shall summon a meeting of the inhabitants in vestry , to be
held within fourteen days afcer the receipt of said precept ; and the vestry at such meeting are to make cut a lint in writing of such number as shall be stated in the precept of men residing within their parish who thall be qualified and liable to serve aa constables , with tho Christian name and surname , and with the true place of abode , the title , quality , calling , or business , of each written at full length ; and the vestry are empowered to annex to the said return tbe names of any number of men willing ie serve the office of constable ,, and whom the vestry will recommend to be appointed , although not having the qualification hereinafter mentioned .
Section four empowers the justices to make orders for uniting parishes , or annexing extra-parochial places to any paiish for the purposes of this act . Section five enacts , that every ablebodied man resident witbiu the pariah , between the ages of twenty-five and fifty-five year 3 , rated to the relief of the poor or . to the county rate on any tenement of the net yearly value of fmr pounds , or upwards , except such persons as shall bo exempt or disqualified , as hereinafter mentioned , shall be qualified and liable to serve as constable of that parish . Section six enumerates a great many classes ef persons who are to bo exempt from serving the office of constable under this act .
Section seventh enacts , that all licensed victuallers , and persons licensed to deal in exciseable liquors , or to sell bear by retail , all gamekeepers , and all persons who have been attainted of any treason or felony oz convicted of any infamous crime , shall be disqualified from serving the office of constable under this act Section eight enacts , that the overseers shall make out true copies of the list bo agreed to in vestry ; and whtre any of the persons named in the said list shall have been chosen to serve , or shall have served , tho office of constable in the said parish , in person or by substitute , the overseers shall set against his name in the liat the date oi the year of such service , and shall on the three
Sundays next before the day limited for making their return in this year , and on the first three Sundays in the mouth of March in each following year , fix a true copy of such list upon the principal door of every church , chapel , and ether public places of religions worship within their parish , caving first subjoined to every ouch copy a notice stating that all objections to tbe lhii , will be beard . , by the justices at a time and place to be mentioned ia such notice , and shall keep a copy of tbe liat , to be inspected by any inhabitant , at any reasonable time , during the three weeks next before the day limited for making their return in this year , and during the first three weeks of tbe month of March in each following year , without any Fee or reward . -
Section ninth empowers two justices to fine the overseer' not more than £ 5 for any neglect or omission of any of tho duties herein required . Section ten requires the overseers to attend before the justices with their lists ; and it empowers the justices to amend tbe lists in their discretion , and to allow the same . Section eleven enacts , that the justices sbali choose from the lists allowed the names of such number as they shall think necessary to act as constables within the parish during the yevr thm next following , and until othur constables shall be chosen and sworn to act in their stead but any person who shall have been chosen and served , in person or by substitute , Ehall not be liable to be again chosen until every other person in the parish linVle or qualified to serve shrill have served the office either in person or by substitute .
Section twelve prescribes the form of oath' to be taken by constables so chosen , and enacts that if persons so chosen Bhall be unwilling to serve , they shall find a substitute to b < : approved by the justices . . By section 13 the penalty on any person who shall refuse to act as constable , or t <> find a substitute , shall not exceed £ 10 ; and every person who after being sworn shall refuse or wilfuliy neglect to act in the execution of his office shall be liable io pay not exceeding £ 5 . for every offence . Section 14 provides for the publication of tbe names of the constables appointed ; and section 15 defines the powers of the constables ao appointed . They are within their county , and within all adjoining counties , to have all the powers , privileges , and immunities . an . to be liable to all the duties : ind responsibilities of a constable within hia constablewick , but shall not be bound to act as a constable beyond the parish for which they are severally appointed and sworn without the apucial warrant of a justice of the peace .
Section 16 provides for supplying vacancies that may occur during the year . Section seventeen empowers tbe justices in general or quarter session , with the approbation of the Secretary of State , to settle tables of fees and allowances to justicea ' s clerks and constables , and names the funds from which they are to be paid . Section eigbteon empowers tha vestry assembled for the purpose of making the returns aforementioned , to resolve that one or more paid constables shall be appointed for their parish , and to fix the amount of hia salary .
Section 19 enacts , that if the justices shall be satisfied with the amount of salary agreed to be paid , they shall appoint so many paid consti-blea to act for that parish us shall be agreed to by tho reRolution ; or if tbe same resolution shall have been agreed to by moro parishes than one adjoining each other , may , if tbey shall think fit , appoint the same paid constables to act conjointly for all such iaat-meutioned parishes ; ¦ and in every pariah in which a paid constable bhall be appointed under this act , the justices , if they shall think fit , need not appoint any unpaid constable , or may appoint a amulier number ef unpaid constables tkan thuy bad otherwise resolved on appointing for that pariah ; and every paid constable shall hold his appointment until he resign or b- / dismissed for misconduct by the justices of the division in petty session assembled , or untilthe veatry shall rescind the resolution for his appointment at any meeting of vestry ho ' . Uen for making such return as aforesaid .
Scctian 20 directs that tbe salaries of paid constaWes thail be paid by the overseers out of the poor-rates in their hands . Section twenty-one enacts , that after the passing of thisacuno petty constable , headborongh , borsholder , tithingmau , or peace officer of the like description , under any name of office , shall be appointed for any parish , township , or ville within the limits of this act , except for the porformance of duties unconnected with the presarvation of the peace or with the execution of this act , at any court leet , but nothing herein is to prevent the appointment of special coaatables , or to apply to the city of London , or the metropolitan police district , or to any municipal borough or to any parish , town , in which rates are or shall be Isvied for tho payment of constables , under 3 and 4 William IV .,- c . 90 , or any local aci ; and nothing herein is to be taken to apply to the county palatine of Cheater .
Section twenty-two empowers the justices in general or quarter teasions , under certain restrictions , to order lock-up houses to be provided , according to plans approved by the Secretary of State . Suction twenty-three , When a lock-up house shall have bsen provided , the justices are to appoint a superintending constable to have the eharge thereof , who shall also have the superintendence of all the parish constables appointed in such parishes as shall be ordered by the justices and under such regulations as they shall make ; every such superintending constable to hold office until dismissed by the justices in general or quarter sessions assembled , and to receive his salary out of the county-rate . ,
Sections twenty-four , twenty-five , twenty-six , twentyseven , provide for the recovery and application of penalties , and for the interpretation of the act
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* ' A SCENE . . . . : ,-.: : THE CORK POOB LAW 0 C 1 BDUH 8 . ( From the Southern Reporter . / , ¦ ,. ¦ A meeting « f the Cerk Poor law Gaardkn * waa held on Monday last . The Clerk stated that it had been reported by the master that the supply of milk by the contractor had been Irregular during the -week , In regard to quality , quantity , and time of delivery . Mr . John Roberts , of Passage , tbe contractor , » u then called in , and stated that a combination had been entered into against him ; that he was charged 2 Jd . pet gallon for any he bought in the North market mote than he himself charged , and that those who hod , it would sooner upset a churn and spUl it abont the road than sell it to him . Mr . T . G . Wise—I deny that ( Confusion . ) I say I deny it plumply , Sir . ( Confusion . ) Mr . Voules ( to Mr , Roberts)—What quantity ynll JTOtt be able to supply ?
Mr Roberts—I could give the full supply , bat for the combination in the North market . Mr . Wise—I say it is false . ( Clamour . ) Mr . Roberts—I have enough to say against Mr . Wise if I am only heard . ( Confusion . ) Let him enter the list with me , and I'll show him up . ( Great confusion . ) I say he is unfit to be a Guardian , and has no right tobe one . Mr . Wise—I say again it is false . ( Confusion . ) Mr . Haynes—This is very impreper language . Mr . Wlas—It is all a falsehood . How dare he say I am unfit to be a Guardian 1 ( Great clamour . ) Mr . Manr . ix—I move , Sir , that Mr . Roberta ' s explanation is satisfactory . ( Hear . ) Mr . Wi 8«—I say he is a liar , sir . ( Awful uproar . ) Mr . Roberts ( turning upon Mr . Wise in a menacing attitude )—Get out , yon scoundrel I only you are an old nian I'd pull the windpipe out of yon , you old rascal t ( Uproar . ) ' _ . .
Mr . Wise—I am not an old man , I am as good a guardian as you , and you're a liar . ( Uproar . ) Mr . Roberts—I am what ? Mr . Wise—You ' re a liar . Mr . Roberta—Take care what you say , or 111 let out on yon , you old ruffian . ( Clamour . ) Chairman and several voices—Oh , for shame ! for Bharae ! Mr . Roberts—I am no guardian . ( Confusion . ) Mr . Wisa— You ' re a lying blackguard , and yoa know where to find me , ( Uproar . )
Mr . Roberts—By , yen old rascal , I'd pnll you * windpipe np your gullet only you ' re such an old scoun drel . ( Deafening uproar here followed , both gentlemen placing themselves in attitudes as if about to enter ' into personal conflict . After considerable difficulty , delay , and confusion the belligerents were separated by several of the guardians , who rushed in between them at the moment it was expected that blows were about to be dealt , and Mr . Roberts was tak 6 n into the adjoining room . ) The Chairman said he was not upon terms of InU > macy with Mr . Wise , and did not expect much forbear ance from him ; but he did think that as a member of this board he should have bad some forbearance and reapect for the board . ( Hear , hear ) He should "beret have used such language as that he had just given utterance to , to an officer of this board , which Mr . Roberto was , as a contractor . Mr . Wise—Didn't he call me ? ( Clamour . )
Chairman—If a personal collision was intended it Bhould have been settled oulsido this board . ' Mr . Wise—I would be very s « rry to give offence to anyone , and I don't think I did in this case . ( Loud cries of " Order , erder , " and great confusion ) Captain Irvine—I can answer for it that Mr . Wise is the aggressor , and all I regret is , that I cannot move his expulsion from this board . ( " Oh , oh . " If I could I would do so . ( Order . ) Mr . Voules conceived that Mr . Wise had grossly violated the respect due to the board . ¦¦¦ '• ¦ Captain Irvine—As a magistrate I must compel Mr . Wise to remain here until he finds security to keep the
peace . Mr . Haynes—Oh , they fight , indeed ! Blather . There is too much batter-milk between them for that . ( Cries of " Oraer , order . " ) Mr . V' ? n ! es never before beard such language made use of in an assembly of gentlemen as that to which he had just listened ; and he did conceive that the gen - tleman who used it should make a most ample apology for it Mr . Wise—Oh , I do apologise to this board for any improper language I may have used ; but mind , gentlemen , let it be distinctly understood that it is to this board only that I do apologise . Captain Irvine—Oh , very well ; well take care of the rest . Mr . Wise—I never insulted any gentleman in all my life ; and I never was called an old rascal or scoundrel until this day .
It was finally agreed upon that Mr . Roberts should keep up the supply he had contracted for for this week , and that he should supply the house during the remaining period of his contract with two hundred gallons of milk daily , and that another contractor ehould be advertised for to supply the deficiency . After some farther discussion , Mr . Wiso b , ' « : ? ed U tender bis resignation as guardian ot St . Mary ' s Ward . He said he bad been bound over to keep the peace for the first time these sixty-five years , for his conduct daring that period hod been such as never to deserve it
Mr . Mtinnix moved that his resignation be not accepted . Carried . The board adjourned at flve o ' clock .
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From ihe London Gazette of Friday , Sept . 16 . BANKRUPTS . George Cole , of the Toy Hotel , Hampton , Middlesex innkeeper , to surrender Sept . 26 , at one , and Oct 28 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghallstreet Solicitor , Mr . Gaorxe Pike , Lincoln ' s Inn Fielda ; Mr . George Gibson , official assignee , 72 , BasinghaU-street . John Ball Boucher , of Birmingham , shawl-dealer , Sept . 21 , at one , and Oct 28 , al eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Bjsinghall-street Solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shaw , Friday-street ; Mr . Gaorge Green , official assignee , 18 , Aldermanbury .
Robert Craig , of Manchester , innkeeper and brewer , Sept , 30 and Oct 28 , at two , at tbe Commissioners ' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Gregory and Co ., Bedford Row , London ; and Mr . Edward Lees , Manchester . i Stephen Thomas , late of the City of York , victualler and tavern-keeper , but now of Lancelot j Cottage , Heworth , Yorkshire , Sept 27 , at two , and Oct 28 , at three , at the Guildhall , York . Solicitors , Me 33 ra . R . E . and O . Smithson . York ; and Messrs . Wi 6 leoworth and Ce .. 5 , Gray ' s Inn Square , London . Richard Womeraley , late of Northampton , but now of Sconcy Stratford , Buckinghamshire , hat manufacturer , Sept 24 . at eleven , and Oct 28 , at two , at the Peacock Ion . Northampton . Solicitors , Mr . G 3 orge Weiler , 8 . King ' s Road , Bedford Row , London ; and Mr . George Pel ! , jun ., Northampton .
George Heathcote and William Lsvesley , of Sheffield , spring knife manufacturers , Sept 24 and Oct 28 , at twelve , at the Town Hall , Sheffield . Solicitors , Mr . Andrew Duncan , 70 , Chancery Lane , London ; and Mr . William Unwin , Sheffield . William Mearn 3 , of Liverpool , shawl-dealer , Sept 28 and Oct 28 , at eleven , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liver * pool . Solicitors , Messrs . Kay and Co ., Manchester . GdOTRe O ' . dhara , of Manchester , wine-merchant , Oct 8 and 28 , at two , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . S 3 liciters , Messrs . Gregory and Co ., Bedford Row , London ; and Mr . William Christopher Chew , Manchester . ¦ ¦ ' :. '
James Vardy , late of Wolverhampton , Staffordshire , bra ? j ? -founder , Oct . 12 aud 28 , at eleven , at tbe Smu HcteJ , Wolverhampton . Solicitors , Messrs . Cox and Stone , 24 , Poultry , London ; and Mr . Joseph Green James , WaLsall , Staffordshire .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . William Beaver and Joseph . 'Foster , of BraJford » Yorkshire , woolstaplers . Samuel Parsons and John Stones , of Manchester , paper hanging manufacturers William Maury , Matthew Maury , aod Rutson Maary , of Liverpool and New York . Edmunu" Butler Rowley nnd Jesse Blew , of Manchester , manufact urers . Samuel Hutchiuson and John Hcldswortb , of Wa ^ efield , Yorkshire , drapers . John Sjkes , late of Mill Bridge , but now of Littletown , and Joseph Sykes , of Mill Br . ' dge , Yoilshire , corn millers .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Sept . 20 . BANKBUPTS . Edmund Henry Labatt , commission-agent . Minting Lone , London , to surrender Oct . 6 and Nov . li •* eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baainghall-strtet Solicitors , Messrs . Coe and Paterson , Queen-street Place ; Mr . George Green , Aldermanbury , office assignee . Henry Adams , dealer and chapman , Totness , Devon * shire , Oct 6 and Nov . 1 , at twelve , at the Royal Hot * Plymouth . Solicitors , Mr . Charles Michelmore , To *" ness ; and Messrs . Fronde and Edwards , Lincoln's Io » FieldsLondon . ~ ¦""'''
, . — — ^ — —» WJ HVHWVW - - - - ~ George Olden , grocer , Salisbury , Wiltshire , Sept H and Nov . 1 , at ten , at the Black Horse Hotel , Sslisfw ^ Solicitors , Mr . Alford , Salhbary ; and Mr . Wall * Southampton-street , Bloomsbnry Square , London . Jehn Jenkins , draper , Cardiff , Sept ' SO and" No *** atone , at the Commercial Rooms , Bristol- Soltoto * Mr . Clarke , Bristol ; and Messrs . Abbott , Jenkins , •*> Abbott , New Inn , London . Vflf * . James Bromley , coach proprietor , Koottingley , > -fJ } shire , Sept 27 and Nov . 1 , at eleven , at the Town JB *? Doncaster , Yorkshire . Solicitors , Mr . England , w * den , Yorkshire ; and Messrs . Williamson and Hi *
Verulam Bttildings , Gray ' s Inn , London . ' i-jj * John Spence , gas manufacturer , Alford , Lincow " ^ , Oc » . 7 aad Nov . 1 , at eleven , at the PoWieBn ^ Mercer-streee , Loath . Solicitors , Messrs . B 0 ""^ Son , Alford ; aad Mr . Scott , Uncola ' a Inn *« " ¦ " » London ,
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Lord Mobjeth , we understand , is not expected to reton from bii tour is the United Spates smd Canada Bfitil tbo h * £ inning pf froveaiber .
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APPREHENSION OF MR . BAIRSTOW . Bristol , Sept . 16 . The Chartists of this city , aided by Mr . Biirstow , having agitated the working cliissf'S of Bristol and of the county of Gloucester , by holding Sunday meetings , and pointing out to thora the proceedings gnu ?; on in tbe north , the county magistrates it-sued n warrant for the apprehension of Bairatow , " for having , on Sunday , the Hth of August , at Mangots-fle ' . d , in the county of Gloucester , at an unlawful and illegal meeting , or aes « nibiy , of one hundred and upwards of evil-disposed perrons , used violent , inflammatory , and seditious language , to the great disturbance of our Lady the Queen , aud the terror of her liege 8 uW <; ctP . "
The warrant was placed in tbe hands of Superintendent Hilleott . who was unable to execute it , in consequence of Bairstow ' s being absent from the neighbourhood . He . however , rtturned to Bristol yesterday , and it was announced by printed placards that he would lecture last evening upon the Cbartar , at Bsar-lane Chapel . The lecturer had not , however , long ascended the pulpit , before SuperintesdentHillcott , assisted by some of the city police , walked into the chapel , and , having ascended the pulpit stairs , apprehended him in the middle of his discourse , and conveyed him to tho station-house , from which he was brought up for examination at half-past one o ' clock this day , at the Justice Room , in tbe County House of Correction . The following magistrates were on the bench : —The Rev . W . Mirehouse , Messrs . J . George , Edward Sampson , and W . Munroe . He was bound over in £ 100 to keep the peace for twelvemonths .
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— . ~» i g THE NORTHERN STAR —_^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 24, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1180/page/6/
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