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THE PRESS . ( BT 3 £ RS . ABDT ) Ob ! the "ffondrotis Press has a magic sway In its great and giant force . To the East and West it bends its "way , A-na it takes o ' er the seas Ito coarse ; CJ 37 < 2 sslnig * torea may the good ship fin , Id the pride of vain excess , But it Ixmts & treasure moro precious still , In the -wealth of the mighty Press . Tiie sun of genius , unsought , unknown , 3 Iay his heaTen-born themes pnisne , Their brightness gladdens himself alone , For fc » friends are far and few ; Bat sea in the tmiVh of fame he stands : Lo ; thousands his lays possess , ind his name ia hlsz ^ ned in distant lands , Through the aid of the mighty Press .
The poet's nnmBers , the scholar ' s lore , Cast their radiant spell o ' er all ; Those strains are conned in the cottage poor That enchant the lordly hall ; And the bookaorehely than all beside , WMch alone can trnly bless , To the heathen xhines as a lamp and snide , By the power of the mighty P « Ba > Alas ! thai a scene so bright , so dear , Saonld & dark revere * discloss , Ala *! that a boon so great , so dear , Should be ever linked with woes ; Bnt the lawless -doctrine of men profane , To tbe world their guile address , Proving to thousands a snare and bane , Thron ^ h the sway of the mighty Press .
Tet the summer sky has its "wintry VJlom , And the rose reveals a thorn , And evil most ever mix with good In a race to evil born j We must bear the pangs of a thwarted will Where we fondly hoped success , We mnst sigh o ' er the mass ef social ill , Diffused by toe mighty Press . Tet the light of faith let ns humbly seek To illume our dangerous road , Let us deem all knowledge poor and weak That would lead our hearts from G-od ; Then may we welcome instruction ' s tide , As ft flaws our land to bless , And greet with nnmingled joy and pride The gift of our glorious Press .
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CH 1 XA A 2 ? D INDIA . { From the Times . J The monthly express from Marseilles has brought , in saficpstJon ol the Overland Mail , letters and papers from Bombay to the 3 d of February . TbB intelligence which they eomnmnicste is of the huhest importance , and in particular that relating to Ob the 333 of Xovambes , Sir Henry PottLnger published a proclamation , declaring that he had , since his airml at Amey , learned with extreme horror and astonishment that many more than one hundred British subjects , who had been wrecked in the ship Ner-Bndda and brig Ann in September , ISil , and March , 1 S 12 , on the coast of the island of Formosa , had been lecently pat to death by the Chinese authorities
aero , wio alleged that this cold-blooded act had ieen perpetrated by order of the Emptror . This proclamation goes on to describe the atrocity of this nnguinary and inhuman crime , and concludes with bating that the British Plenipotentiary was resolved to demand from tbe Emperor that file losil auQtolitisa , who , by false representations , had led to the commission of the enormity , should be dt-grsded and eanSignly punished , and that their property should be confiscated , and the proceeds handed OTer to the tiEwrs of the British Government for tbe relief and urgport of tbe families of those who iad been thus mszalsssij put to death , A threat ol renewal of hosfTTilifg tfss held < mt in case tiie demand ahonid not be Complied with . It "was . however , sappossd thai ths T . TlPETa ? "would not jrtfuse complianet ' -
On the 7 ih of December a formidable riot broke ont in the neighbourhood of Canton , which soon extended itself to the foreign factories , Tbe immediate canse is stated to be the irregular conduct of tha crew of some ships , and in particular cf that of the Fort William , who were ^ Slowed to go asbore in numbers withant any proper officer to control them . The mob had , it is said , been excited previously by certain anti-British partisans ; they soon quiitted the saUors , who had by retreating from the original place of combat lei them towards the factories . The first gr = at o ^ ect of attack was the British factory ; they burned the flagstaff and the fl-ig , snd soon afterwards the windows and doors of the buildings wet * forced open , the mob entered , and the
¦» orfc of pillage commenced . Fire was then set to the edifies , which was coasnHied . luckily , the steamer Proserpine , having en l » ard Sir Hngh Gongh , arrived it Gsntoa , xn 3 tiie "rioting ctased . The- merchants at Csztcn , -who remained ttjere until tiie 14 th , and also * fth Sir Henry Pottinf er , who was at Hongkong , requesting the latter to -order a protective force to be sent to Cantcn , in order that th&y might carry on their commerce in security . This application rece = m * l a decided refusal from Sir H . Pottinser , who , in Ms reply , made same severe comments on the conduct of the merchants The latter "then made a replication in their defence . All the correspondence has been remitted to the British Government Sir H- Portineer . in his last letrer to ths
merchants , dated December 24 , states , that tbe Viceroy at Canton bad , is reply to the letter addressed to him , declared his great anxiety , -as well as his perfect ibility , to protLct all foreigners ; and'had also expressed his Tfadrneyss to repay such losses as might have been incmrBd during the late riots , after they aho \ ild brve been correctly ascertained and submitted tb rongb her ilsJBstys Government . Anaflier letter of the 21 st states , that sir Henry "PnttfngPT had applied for h > s recall , and that be had grren his opinion tiat tire -powers of tb e jGovemment
« f 3 ongkoDg should "be very strong , e TBn to that of deportation , in order to counteract ti-. e lawlessness of the sHUgglers . The difficulties in forming the commercial regulations would , it was feaj ~ d , be Tery great , ia const quence ol the Chinese being nfeely to demand a redproety of duties on their goods when imported into ths British territories . Mr . Thorn , the destined British CoxlbuI at Canton , was busy ther * in investigating the esses of the riots . Fire of tt iS leaders of the anti-SsjSsa party were then in the hands of the local Government , and were in Ganger of biing " iqnetZsd" perhaps to death .
In the mean time the arrr ^ 3 Singapore , on the 1 st of January , of forty-three transports , ha" ? ing on board the Sepoy part of tbe Chir ^ expedition , proTes that the fijroy had not then ei . tfcrt ^ ned auy strio us appreheiiHon of the renewal of hostilities . Htr ilaju . ty's ingstfes Endjmion sn » j Uido . haYing on bt ^ rd Sir H . 6 engh and stsff , with three steamers , had accompanied ibe tz&nsporis . Sere j ^ j recimeals liad reached . Madras 13 JaJKl&iy . Thb' ^ -were , n £ Terti > fc 5 e £ s , EQcre liiau t « BHy British "VfcS ? ^ -Ja of - ^ xr , with fire steamers rettaiDing on tha f , hinfess coast . The land force then eanmsted princrpj j ] y of aboUt g 000 European troops , Host of them Ir nng jjj ^^ gaxriso-s of the still oituifca places . Two stearnf rs had arriTed at Bombay in the month cf Janaaiy . -r ^ ith desoatches from the British Plenipotatiary .
_ In Icdia the newsiapers ha ? e oeen bnaiy employed m sbass o . 1 ^^ Eilenborongh . The gates of Somnauth isve beer j ne notorious from the fact that all nought to ^ SMla t jj e pagtaafay of the procssion to that temple , 'e ~ % Jt either an absurdity er an irrelicions act , ^ pkar ^ h few cr none had pt"t ""«^ closely into the = 5 »* e either or the temple itself , or of the Hindoo feel-? B&i on the subject . The assembling of an army of « r * rre on the SnUtj , alth-n ^ h manL ' estiy an arrange *^ nt for the < Jonble purpose of securing the retreat xrom Cabal and of obliging Share Singh , the ruler of fi » ^ HEEjsnb , to enter into some specific terms of adTan-&ge to xhe British QoTernment , luu « foreied another iopie of criticism . The festiTities at Ferczepore given m honour cf the -victorious armies haTe al&o been ridiculed by some . The Goremor-General has most tffrc-* afly done his dnty , particnLirly by establishing psace es India , and on ita confines . Shere Singh is about to Knd Tamable presents to the British Sovereign ,
m toktn of iis friendly disposition . Bandltknnd ^ described as quiet : its tianqniiity will be ^ Seetnally supported by thB force of fourteen thousand ^¦ oops lately sent thither for tbe purpose . Lord Hteaborongh , who receiTed a Tisit at Ferrzpore "Bffi the son and Prime Minister of Sliere Singh , and ^ ho tb * n ssnt his secretary and other c-ficial persoaa to Akn > e io return It , has brcicn up tin camp at Perczs-Jore and proceeded to Delhi , in crdtr to i 37 e an tx-S ^ asion xesptcting cert ^ n intrigues with tbe old « Bperor and present ihadow or its Grand MoguL It " ^ tsted that his Lordship contemplates fixing his official ^ ience for some time at Agra , or perhaps Meerut £ oe courts-martial held on Colonel Paimer for the
sur-I 2 aaer of Ghszaee , and on Captains Andercon , Troup , * 7 fl . Syre , and Waller , hare terminated in the acquit-« 1 of those officeia from tiie « haxgts feronght against tkeni for csjtiin acts -during tha latt campaign in Aff-Samitan . The Inresligation into the eonduct of G&-jem Shelfcon and of Major Pottinger was still going lonrara . KoUnng certain appears to haTe been known ol ths * sie of afi ^ irs at CafenL JbiaitelDgeBcs from Scinde is to £ ha effect that tie
AOieers , whose doubtful policy and intriguing conduct «* a daring some weeks iept np the alternation of war * eq peace , ha"se been influencfcd by the presence of Major ^ &m , with whom they are all personally acquainted , » enter into tsnns , which will , it is expected , establish a ^ item of good intelligence between them and the J ^ ernment of India . One of the youths of thfeir £ O 2 y had aitempted , by flying to a fort in a desert " ^ ct , to bifib the intentions o ! the British com-^ Jdet , SirG Kapler , bat a force ha- ' , been despatched , " ¦ bach S&an oHiged bha to qait ti-e fort , triiiEh was
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then destroyed . The aecessity of requiring the most -vatisfactory conditions from the Ambers is obvious , for without such conditiens neither the namation of the Indus nor the progress cf civilization on ita tuuks can be secure -for a year . The attention of the Indian Government is directed towards its finances . The extra company added last year to each Indian regiment has been ordered to be abolished , and the men are to be absorbed into the anny , whereby a diminution of 18 . 000 men will be effected , and a consequent saving of expenditure will accrne . The Five per Cent Loan has been closed . Thb prospects of India are considered as satisfactory , and attention is now directed towards its internal improvement- An act has been proposed in the Leg'ola tive Council which tends to put a final stop to all descriptions of elavery in its extensive districts .
The present Rajah of Sattara , who has no children , was near dying of a fever , but has recovered . The intrigues of some natives at Bombay , alluded to last month , and which would have contributed much to deteriorate the reputation of the Bombay Government , have been fully discovered , and are thoroughly neutralized . The case of the Belvedere , burnt lately near Singapore , is likely to come under investigatien on a trial for arson before the Supreme Court of Bombay . Mr . Henry Chamier has been sworn in & member of Council at Madras , in lieu of . Mr . Lushington , who has retired . Mr . Escombe , the active and Intelligent Postmast er-eeneral at Bombay , has been appointed a Secretary to the Government there , in the room of ilr . Pringle , appointed Revenue Commissioner
The Hindosu ¦ started from Calcutta on her first trip to Sntz on the 14 th of January , and reached Madras on the 20 th . It was possible that on passing Point de Galle she might have learned the late news from Canton . Lord Elphrnstone , the ex-Governor of Madras , had proceeded to Europe on board the Hindustan from Ceylon . Another steamer , the Tenasserim , had been placed on the Calcutta station by tbe order of tbe Government , for the purpose of proceeding to Sutz from the Hooghly on the 5 ih of March .
TBE UNITED STATES . The packeSthip Rochester , Captain Woodhouse , which Bailed from New YoTk on the 16 th nit , aDdthe packet ship England , Captain B-irtlett , which sailed from tie same port on the 20 th , arrived at Liverpool on Saturday morning . The proceedirgs in Congress are brought down in the papers i-f theism nit , inclusive . " The Ssnate cannot , " says the Washington correspondent of one of the jOJirnalS , " rid itstlf of the troublesome subject of the StatfcB * debts . Feara axe felt or feigned' that the new mobster of Assumption will soon swallow np the constitution , the union , acd tverythinj ; else . " The sn * -j < -ct was almost a caily topic of debate , reso ^ nrion after resolution K-iDg moved , some for and some against
assnmption . Thr question on Mr . Rive's resolutions was taken on the lB'M nit ., when it was resolved by a vote of 25 to 22 . that the subject shouhl lie ever to the first MoDday in December . 3 Jr . M-Dcfiie then moved . i resolution that the Government of tbe United States had no constitutional power to assume the debts contract « l by the siatta Sot their o-irn proper purposes , by tbe issue of st <> ck , whatever fund may be pledged for tbe payment of the interest or principal . The resoln- ' tion was ordertd to lie over for a day ; bnt as there were only twelve working days left < f the session , it > s i evident the re ^ ointjeoa on tbe subject of assumption Wonld come to nothing daring tie present year . Ttie ; sther proceedings in Congress were devoid ef interest for the English reader . i
The s ~ ock and the money market remained as described in the prevk » us accounts . L » te accounts from Canada stated that Sir C . Bsgot was beyond recovery . Dropsy had set in . and he had been given up by hia medical attendants . An arrival from Hayti had brought intelligence , that an insurrection had broken out in the southern part of tbe island . letters had been received from the American consul at Tahiti , one of the Society Islands , dated Septemtisl 11 , which stated that the French admiral , Dupetit Thouars , arrived there on the Sth . and made a demand on the TaMtans of the sum ef 10 . 000 dollars , in reparation for abuses , and as a guarantee for their future adherence to the treaties . A n « -go'iitiou was commenced , which ended in the surrender of the island to France .
Advjces had been recerred from Mex ico and YncataTi , but they did not bring any news of interest The accounts from Ttxas wtre expressive of the alarm felt in the new republic of an attack from Mexico . The English sloop of »« Elsctra had arrived off the bar of Gulveston , with despatches for our Minster at Howton .
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CATHiTSIiE . CraiBEBUND Assizes . The Commission for this di .-tric ; opeuea on S 3 turoay , before Mr . Baron Rolfe . There were thirty-mx prisoners for trial , bat ihe oifencss were generally light . . SCAFFOLD HILL —A meeting of the miners of Northnmberland was held hers on Saturday , to take into consideration lh « propriety of petitioning Parliament for a repeal of tbe export coal duty , and the necessity of a union of the miners to protect their labour from the tyranny of employers . The folowicg resolutions were carried : — ' That a nnion of the miners is necessary ? o repress tbe power of the masters . " * That it is the opinion of this meeting that a petition be presented to Parliament for a T ' epeal of the export coal duty , and for the
prevention of women and girls working in mines . " ** That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Right Honourable Lord Ashley for his iadefAigable exertions in the canse of the coal miners , and the working classes in general . " Thanks were also voted to the Star and to the Newcastle Covrant , and the meeting broke np . A meeting of delegates was then held when the following sums were handed in for tbe relief of the colliers on tbe Holytown district : —From Wingate , £ 3 St . ; Coxhoe , £ 2 3 s . 8 d . ; Westmoor . £ 1 lOs . ; Haswell , £ 1 6 ? . ; St . Lawrence , £ 1 Os 6 d . ; Shinchffe , 15 s . ; Walker , 143 . lOd . ; Kingpit , 9 s . ; StghilJ , 8 s . 2 d . ; Elemore , lls . 6 £ d ; North Hetton , 6 s . Oil . ; Sheffield , 63 . ; total £ \ Q 8 s . 3 d . The delegates transacted some 9 ther bosiDess . and then separated nntiJ Monday next .
SHEFFIELD . —Fibe . —About six o ' clock on j Sunday morning last , a fire was discovered on the j premises of Messrs . Joseph Rodgers and Sons , Nor- ¦ fo'k-sireet . The flames -were soon got under ; not ' however , before the greater part of the contents of two sllvt r-workers' shops aDd the table-knife hafters ' shop had been destroyed . How tbe fire originated is involved in mystery . Oh Saturday night at nine o ' clock , ihe rime-keeper went the round of the premt * s ? , and obsrrredtbat all the fires had been extinguished ; again at five o ' r " lock on Sunday morning , ' only one hoar before the fre was discovered , the time- 'iet-psr wen * , his inspecting round , and al ! : appeared to be right at that rime .
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Six Flag ? , captured during onr late war with the Chinese , have been suspended in Chelsea College . Upwabus of 200 persons were summoned for arrears of poor-rates , a : the Olaham Petty Sessions last week . Owisg to the gpuoral stagnation of trade at Bristol , there art 6 ' - -i ) 0 persons receiving relief from the funds of tbe corporation of that city . Last Yeab 40 , 000 persons visited the Thames TnnueJ . It is to be opened as a public thoronghfare in the course of the preseiii month . Tiie charge to be one penny for each person . Two Gold Crowds , set in diamonds , one dedicated-to the Virgin , and the other to the Infant Jesns , and a gold chalice , weighing upwards of three pounds , were stolen on the night of the 27 th nit . from the Aix-la-Chapelle .
At a Recet trial in Dublin , damages to tha amouns-of £ 10 , 000 were awarded against a bonded ¦ w arehonse-keep € r , for irjnry done to a large quantity of tea which he had deposited in a lofi over a place in which © ranges were stored . On Mokdat "week , ths annual meeting of the Printers' Feusion Society was held at the London Tavern , "when a statement of the afiairs was read . The capital stock amounts at present to £ 3000 . The expenses for the last year were £ 1 ,-09 , and the income was £ 1369 . leaving a balance of £ J GO . There arc at present 106 pensioners , and 44 are receiving the benefits of this Institution .
The New Zealand Gazette contains an account of the death , of Captain W . Hobson , the first Governor of that settlement . He died at Auckland 9 n the 16 th S 5 p ; ember ,, and he was atiexided to the urave by a great number of natives , who , on the rooming of the ceremony , performed the '" whangs * ' ( funeral dirge ) as if he had been one of their most respected chiefs . Thb Ohservateur de Boulogne states that assistance might very easily have been rendered to the Conqueror , out that the boatmen on the coast were prohibited from putting to sea by the Custom-hcnse officers , who were drawn np in a liae on the beach , and threatened to shoot any one who attempted to disobey the orders , and tims very many lives were lost which , m all probability , but for thi 3 interference , might have been saved .
The- Receipts of the Great Western Steam Ship GompaBy for 1842 , were £ 30 , 830 83 2 d and the expenses £ 28 , 61578 Id ; both being about £ 2000 less than last year . Seventy shares had been forfeited dnriDg the year . After deducting all the expenses , the clear year's profit was £ 430 13 s which was added to the reserved fund , making it £ 11 , 074 , 0 a 3 d . A Mad Wohak , who calls herself the wife of Jesus Christ and Queen of England , was taken into custody Jor obstructing the members of Parliament in the lobby of the House of Commons , on Wednesday last . She has been three times in a lunatic asylum , is abom fony years of age , and dresses remarkably well . Her " name is Sarah Newell . On pronriaing to behave herself , and noi to go there again , shs -eras alsvsred to go at liberty .
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A Son Oldrb than his Father . —It is stated that a lady living near Berli n , in Prussia , who has only attained the asp o < " 103 years , has jnst ouiitrac ' cd a fourth mirna ^ e wr , h a youth of seventy . But the cream of the joke is , thai , an . ons the children which the bride brought to her new husbaud was a boy of eighty-three . In a becent book on Chancery Practice , vel . i . p . 125 , is the following choice specimen of legal perspicuity . — " When a person is bound to do a thing , and he does what may enable him to do tho thing , he is . supposed in equity io do it with a view of doing what ha is bound to do !'
The widow of an eminent composer , recording her husband ' s death in the newspapers , hazarded the observation— " He has left this life , and gone to that blessed place where only his harmony can be exceeded . " This flourish took the fancy of a pyrotechnist ' s widow , who adopted it with a variation . "He is gone , " said she ( writing the obituary notice of her husband ) " 10 that bkssed place where only his fireworks can be exceeded !" Information was received in London on Wednesday last of the total loss of the East India-man , the Washington , from Bengal to London , which foundered at sea , in lat . 120 N ., Ion . 86 36 E . The crew were saved by the Sir Robert Peel , from Calcutta to London , and the Washington was seen to go down in deep water soon after sbe had been abandoned . A fearful hurricane was raging at tbe time . She left Bengal on the 16 th Oct . last , and was lost on the 25 : h Oct .
Earthquake at Leipsic . —We learn from Lripsio that , about ten in tbe evening of the 18 : h ulc , a shock of earthquake was felt in the environs of that city , and it was repeated several times during the night , attended by a noise like the rumbling of a heavy carriage over a wooden bridge . The last shock was so violent , that many houses were shaken , and the inhabitants roused from their sleep . The atmosphere was perfectly serene . Insanity has okeatlt increased within the last twenty years . The number of lunatics in England is stated to be 6 , 806 ; idiot ? , 5 , 741 ; together , 12 , 547 : but , allowing for defective returns , tho number may be stated at 14 , 000 or one to every thousand of the population . In Wales—lunatics , 133 ; idiots . 763 ; total , 869 : and , adding for parishes which have made no return , it may be stated at 1000 , or one to 000 . In Ireland , lunatics and idiots together exceed 8 , 000 , or one to 1000 of the population ; and in Scotland , lunatics and and idiots , 3 , 653 , or one in 700 .
The King of ths French received , on Saturday week , a deputation of the Lyons silk manufacturers , to represent the distress of their trade , resulting from the restrictive policy of France ; Spain , Austria , Italy , and Russia had almost closed their doors ; Germany was diminishing the demand ; England imposed duties of from 20 to 40 per cent . ; and the United States duf . es of 2 f ) to 25 per c < nt . on rich silks , nnd 40 to 50 on common . Tbe King listened altentively to that part of the address in which it was stated that the trade exported 160 . 000 . 000 francs of produce , independent of the supply for home consumption , one-third of which , was hand labour .
Shropshire Bog Mines . — A very rich vein of lead ore has been discovered at these mines on the property of Henry Lyster , E ? q . A fortnight ai : o the miners , in drawing a level of 148 fathoms , c , * me upon a vein of ore producing lumps weighing as much as 3 cwt . each , and giving promise of continuing long at tho same abundant rate . In the course of the following day another vein vastly more rich was discovered in the adjoining mine ot Pennerley , on the property of Earl TankerviUe and J . A Lloyd , E ? q . On the latter occasion the borers at once cut into a large cavern of ore , distributed in lumps so heavy that several men could not move them , and showing several hundred tons of the metal exposed to sijjht—being the riches * , discovery ever made in this part of the kingdom . Tha mine is perfectly dry , and the ore only requires to be wound up to become immediately available . —Shrewsbury A ews .
Last week at the Police Court , Manchester , Nathaniel and Edwin Lucas , carrying on business at Leigh and Macclesfield , as silk manufacturers and dyer ? , were charged with having in their poa-? e .= 3 ' . on a quantity of silk , which was said to have been stolen in the following manner : —The parties ( the two Lucas ' s ) were said to have entered the war-nouses of different merchants and tradesmen in the way of business , and then to have taken the opportuniry of examining the different fastenings of the doors , and getting to know where the most
valuable things were placed . They then informed their workmen , who were thus easily enabled to get into the warehonse by night , and carry away whatever they wanted . The articles were then consigned to the dye tools , so as to defy detection . It 13 said that property to the amount of £ 10 , 000 * has been stolen in this way . A quantity of goods were produced , and where identified by the different manufacturers and tradesmen as part of the property which had been stolen from them . The prisoners were remanded , the magistrates refusing to take bail .
A Ghost Story . —Sunderiand is in an uproar about a ghost . ' A young mariner ol the Myrtle , near Cairus , saw his sister ' s ghost at sea , and again a few nights ago , in his vessel on kite Wear . On ihe latter occasion sbe promised hiia a second visit in a short time , wiien she would reveal something of imDonance . A rnmour went abroad that twelve o ' clock on Thursday night was the appointed hour , and long before that time upwards of A thousand persons were congregated near Sanderland churchyard , to cateh a glimpse of the ghost as it wended its way from its own narrow bed to the bedside of the haunted sailor . But although they had the
patience to remain at their past until one o ' clock in the morniBjt , in the midst of a delightful drizzle , their curiosity went unrewarded . Spirits , perhaps , are not exempt from the roguery of bodies , but take a malicious pleasure in tantalizing poor silly mortals ; or it may be true , as has isen gravely affirmed , that the public had mistaken the night , and that the ghost had haunted the young man in his hammock in the night of Wednesday , and unfolded to him a tale of horror , which it forbade him to repeat to any living person , save and except her husband , who is now at sea . But why could not the gl . oat iiself convey the story to the husband ?
Extraobdihart Marriage—The following has been communicated to us by a highly respectable gentleman , and we shall not make further comment upon it , than to say , that the facts are anything but creditable ( to say the least ) to the parties concerned : On Wednesday week the daughter of a comfortable farmer Jiving in the vicinity of Barne was to have been married to a young man to whom she had been engaged , and every thing was arranged for the interesting event . However , the fickle fair one changed her mind , and on ihe morning appointed for the wedding she eloped with her lather ' s servant > oy , who , it appears , had more faveur in her sight . For some time all was consternation and surprise , but after a little refk-ction , the father and
disappointed bridegroom determined that a wedding there should he by hook or crook , and it was not long until they selected the granddaughter of the former , a child un «" . er twelve years of age ! The only thing now necessary for the consummation of the marriage was the presence of his Reverence , but soon that obstacle was removed , and he made his appearance in all due form ; his " fist was greased ' with a £ 10 note , and the little girl became a bride . The bridegroom gave the father £ 50 to live with him , and thus terminated an event which has caused feehiags of gwnera ! disgust amongst the respectable classes in the neighbourhood . We have since learned that the poor child has been sent to a school at some distance from the locality whero this strange sc-ne occurred . —Carlisle Journal .
A Laughable Occurrence . —Oa Tuesday last , a large bison or bonassus was forwarded by Mr . Herring , from the establishment in the New road , per railway , to a collection of wild beasts , exhibiting in Liverpool . The huge animal came encased in a large iron-bound cage or den , and seemed to enjoy his quick transit with great equinamity . He arrived safely on Wednesday morning at ths Wapping station ; but , in removing him from the carriage , his immense weight completely forced out the bottom of his den , -when the unwieldy beast , feeling J ? i 3 legs at liberty , bounded off at railway speed , and did not stop until the front of the oage came in rontact with a barrel of ale that some brewers were lowering into a cellar of Mr . Hill ' s vaults , in the Ticinity of the Custom-house , the head of which was
completely staved in , and the heavy wet soon saturated the feet of the passers by . The collision broke the front of the cen , which admitted out the head and horns of the infuriated monster , who , wildly glaring and foaming at the mouth , seemed to be debating which of the draymen ( who were , in their endeavour to escape , falling helter-fkelter over each other , ) he should attack . At this moment , Mr . James Lee , who had followed with breathless haste , arrived , and , by throwing a blanket over hithead , succeeded in leading him to the Haymarkct , followed by a concourse of spectators , whero he was safely delivered into tbe custody of hia future master . The above occurrence , luckily unattended with any serious accident , has been the means ot attracting crowds of visitors to the menagerie . — Liverpool Journal .
SPRING TIME IS COMING . The spring time is coming , and shower , And many a green leaf , and blossom and flower ; And bljthe birds are singing , while echoes deoiare , The sweet tones of love that are murmuring there . The spring-time is ooming—and balmy the air—With rambles through nature her beauties to share ; When lover meets lover away from the cot , Where woodbine entwines the sweet moss-beded grot . The spring-time is coming—old age at the door Looks oat with delight o ' tf the woodland and moor ; Tne young ones are sporting like wild mountain deer , And the village games now on the fresh &reen appear . The spring-time is coming—be choice in your food . Let your health be regardt-d , by cleansing your blood ; Would you still against sickness successSully war , Then choose the Lo » g Life and the Fills of Old Fan .
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- — ¦ - . ^ " ^ u - ^ rfo ^ r ^ Another letter of the same date say a : — "Pointe-a-Pitre no longer exists ; what was sparnd by the earthquake has been destroyed by the flinies . I' i ^ said thuc the 73 are two thousand victims at least . Marky and Sainte-Rose are two resiliences belonging to Count de Chazvlles , delegate &i Guadaloupe ; the former is level with the ground , not the smallest particle of roascm-yvork being left Standing . At the latter the mill is totally destroyed ,, and the sugar buildings , though standing , are in aruinous and dangerous state . U 4 fortuna » ely , all accounts represent the other habitations , at Cinq ? Etang , Moulin-aVent , evorywhsre . jin tact , to be in a similiar condition . In the ceminune of Sainte-Ann , the mills at Chateauprun , Ghissac , and Beis-Jolan , are the only on * s left standing . " Another letter , of February 11 , says : —
"At Pointe-a-Pitre the number of the dead is so great that no interment takes place . They are thrown outside the passes , and the number is unknown , la several places the earth opened , and threw up water and sand . The hour at which the disaster occurred , although less fatal ; than that of the similar calami y at Martinique ( six in the morning ) , nevertheless considerably augmented the loss of lite , for it surprised the population at { breakfast . The shock must have been of exceeding ( violence , for the mills , which wore actual towers , with walls of mason work six or seven feet thick , were completely levelled with the ground . Guadaloupe , which is divided into two islands , separated by an arm of the sea some metres wide , and a few feet deep , s range
enough ! only suffered iu the fl * t parts . T « e mountainous and volcanic regions have ! no serious disaster to deplore . Thus the towns which have been destroyed are situated in the Grand-Terre , which is the low flat part of the colony . On the contrary , Guadaloupe , properly bo called , which contains Basae-Terre , the seat of government , has only s'ightly suffered , although its soil is placed over lava , and it holds in its centre the Soufriere , an ever-burntng volcano . A mixture of mud and water was , it may be remarked , thrown out of the earth in some places . The Soufriere , ia its last eruption , also threw out a vast quantity of water and mud , and at
the present minute is sending forth steam in abundance . The loss of property , particularly at Poiutea-Pitre , must bo immense . It will fall principally on the merchants . The country parts will no doubt be severely visited , since a grett number of mills and othejt buildings—very expensive matters in the Antilles—have been destroyed ;; but the loss of buildings , aud ao interruption of business , cannot be compared to the destruction of a town eontaining 15 , 000 souls , where an immense quantity of merchandise was consumed . Nevertheless , those acquainted with Guadaloupe , and ies elements of wealth , ouiht not to despair . "
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Leeds Cobn Market , Tdesdat , Mahch 14 th . — The arrivals of Wheat aud Boaris to this day ' s markjt are larger than last week . Oats and Barley rather smaller . The demand for Wheat has be < : n limited , fine qualities have scarcely made last week ' s prices , other descriptions very dull , and Is . per quarter lower ; there is scarcely any demand for old . Barley has been slow sale at last week's prices . Oats rather lovfer . Beaus 6 d . to Is . per quarter lower . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT ,: FOB THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 14 , 1 K 43 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pew Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . «^ tb . Qtr . Qr . s 3796 2212 594 — 558 10 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ a . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d 2 6 ' 11 1 10 4 * 0 18 44 0 0 0 19 8 19 0
Leed * Cloth Market , Tuesday , March 1 4 tr . —The last two market days have been again of a very dull cast . Not much business was doue on either Saturday or Tuesday ; in fact , very little cloth was taktm out of the Halls except by " hawking " manufacturers , and these are doing ! business on the worst terms possible , both for themselves and others . HUDDERSFIELD ClOTH MARKET , TuESDA . " ? , MaKCH 14 th . —Our market has been of a heavy description again . Light goods continue to be in request but not to any great extent . It being the second Tuesday , cloth was generally looked for , a sight not generally obtained . The market was not an improvement upon the last .
Liverpool Casn Market , Monday , March 13 . —A change of wind in the early part of the wetk brought up a numerous fleet of vessels , and the arrivals of British Grain , & « . contain 3987 , qra of Wheat , 6084 qra of Oats , 3 ^ 72 qrsi of Barley , 6237 qrs of Malt , 10 , 115 sacks of Flour , and 23 , 759 loads of Oatmeal , coastwise and from Ireland . We have also to report from abroad 975 qM of Wheat ( from Wolgast ) , 1100 qrs of Oats , and 800 qrs of Beans . Inactivity and tendency towards lower prices have continued to be the prevailing characteristics of the Corn trade . Wheat generally most be noted 2 d per bushel cheaper than at the elose of last week ,
7 s 5 d having yesterdav heen taken for tho newlyarrived Wolgast , and 63 51 per 70 lbs for fine Polish Odessa . The increased quantity of sack Flour on the market has reduced ns value ; by 2 s per sack ; and this description having drawn the chief attentiou of the dealers , foreign has been almost neglwted . Tha b ^ a ' , Irish mealin ? Oats have bwn pold at 2 s . 4 Ai ., good runs at 2 s . 4 d . per 4 &bs . 2 Q- > . 3 d . per load is a top quotation for Oatmeal , at which a few parcels have changed hands . The bettpi- supply of Barley has rendered purchases easy to effect ; 32 s to 33 s per quarter are now top quotations for English Chevalier , j For Beans and Peas we have had the merest retail demand at
previous rates . Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , March 13 . —The supply of Cattle at market ! to day has been much the samo as last week , with ! a little advance in price . We have had 75 Bullocks from Spain , the greatest portion of very inferior quality . Beef 5 d . to 6 d ., Mutton 5 d . to 5 f d . per lb . Number of Cattle at market -Beasts 821 , Sheep 2578 . Manchester Corn Market . —Saturday , March 11 . —A steady consumptive , demand has been experienced throughout the week for good and middling qualities of Flour , and choice cuts of Oatmeal , the trade , however , limiting their purchases to quantities suitable for present use ; and to effect sales
lower prices were submitted to . With a change of wind the arrivals coastwise and from Ireland are large ; the supplies of Flour from the interior kept pace with the demand ; but there is no accumulation of stock in first hands . At our market this morning there was very little inquiry for ! Wheat , and we nominally repeat the quotations of this day se ' nnight . Excepting choice superfine whites , the flcixcifcy of which enables factors to obtain 37 s . lo 38 s . per 2801 ba ., the value of FlouK was not supported , and the business dons was at a decline of 6 d to Is per sack . Oatmeal must likewise be noted 6 d per load lower . Oats and Beans were slow of sale , but we make no change in the currency for the finest qualities of either article .
State of Tradr . —Tho mercantile accounts from India and China , though somewhat chequered in their character , are on the whole , considered favourable ; and they had the effect of igiving additional firmness to the market for manufactured goods yesterday ; many of the manufacturers of wide cloths decliuing to take orders at the rates of last wetk ; but no great amount of busiueps was done . The yarn market was also , on the whole , rather firmer than last week , and a somewhat larger business was done , though without any improvement in prices . — Manchester Guardian of Wednesdav .
London Corn Exchange , Monday , March 13 th . —The stands beiBg heavily supplied , and the attendance of dealers ( most of whom purchased with extreme caution ) by no means large , the demand for English Wheat was excessively slow , at an abatement in the figures of Monday last of from Is to 2 d per qr . Foreign Wheat was Is per qr . lower . Best malting Barley at full qnotationg , but grinding and distilling sorts hung heavily on hand . Malt quite as dear . In most instances holders of Oats were compelled to give way 6 d to Is per qrj Beans and Peas the turn cheaper . The same observation may be applied to Flour . ;
London Smithfield Cattle Market , March 13 th . —Notwithstanding the attendance of both London at ) d country buyers was rather numerous the beef trade ruled excessively heavy , and the prices declined , on those noted on this day se ' iinight , quite 2 d per 81 bs . Sheep were abundant , and though currencies suffered an abatementfrom those obtained on Monday last , of 2 d per 8 lbs , nearly 400 Kents , out of their wool , were on sale , but the demand for them was heavy . The inquiry tor Lamb was in a dull state , at from 4 s 4 d to 5 s 3 d per 8 lba . Ofcalves , their value was almost nominal . Porkers , were a mere drug , and the turn cheaper . The imports of Block from abroad , since our last report , have consisted of 8 oxen in the port of London , iind G oxen and S horns , at Hull , all from Hamburgh . The former were on sale to-day , but were taken out of the market , for the purpose of being strengthened . The condition of these animals was not to say good .
Borough and Spitalfields . —There has been a fair arrival of potatoes in pool since our last report . For the best samples we have ai steady inquiry at full quotations , but the middling' and inferior qualities go off slowly . Wool Markets . —The stock of both British and Foreign Wools being still large , the demand rules very dull , at barely stationary prices . Borough Hop Market . —We continue to be very moderately supplied with most kinds of Hops , yet the inquiry for them rules inactive , at prices barely equal to those noted on this day se ' nnight .
Tallow . —In the early part ] of last week , the price of Y . C . on the spot was firm at 43 s . 3 d ., and the dimand was very fair for the time of the year , as will be seen by the delivery . On Friday evening , one of the holders showed a determination to realise , and hence arises our quotations of this morning : if holders generally evince this disposition , it is impossible for us to say when the decline may stop . For new Y . C . in the autumn 42 s . 9 d . to 43 s . last three months , and 43 s . 6 d . i ' or separate months , August to December inclusive . ; Town Tallow 443 , nett cash .
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From Ite London Gazette of Friday , March 10 . BANKRUPTS . Thomas DavieV , 55 , Qrosvenor-street , draper , March 18 , at eleven ; aad April 25 . at naif-past eleven , at tha Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . W . Whitmore , offiuial assignee , 2 , B . isiughall-street ; Mr . James , solieitor , Basingball-street Henry Clarke , late of Wolverhampton , Staffordshire , and now of 13 , Cteorge-street , Mansion-house , City , lock manufacturer , March 21 and April 20 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Pennell , official assignee ; Mr . Steal , solicitor , 1 , Lincoln ' s-innael «! s . Gaorge Butler , Witham , Essex , bnildei , Match 17 , at two , and April 2 i , at e ' oven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Lsndon . Mr . Lackington , official assignee ; 3 , Colenkan-atreet-bnildings j and Mr . Digby , selicitor , Alaldon , Essex . '
William Jobn Chetwynd , El'Zibeth-place , Westminsterroart , picture-de 3 ler , Marsh 21 , at eleven , and April 28 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . London . Mr . . George CHbaon , iffisial assignee , 72 , Baeinghall-street ; Mr . W- H . Gtobs , Surrey-street , Strand . John Wilshin , R-ading , Berkshire , draper , Afarci 1 & , at eleven , and April 28 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George Green , official assignee , IS , AWermanbury ; Mr . ASCurst , solicitor , CheapBide Henry Hughes and William Hunter , of St . Leonard's on Sea , Sussex , builders , March 21 , at half-past one , nnd April 21 , at eleven , at the C-urt of Bankruptcy , Londou . Mr . George John Graham , official assignee , 21 ., Bisinghall-street ; and Mr . Cutler , solicitor . Bellyard , Doctors ' -commons .
James Peters , Merstham , Surry , coal merchant , March 24 and April 22 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . James Foster Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abchurch-lane , Lombard-street ; Mr . W . Bevan , solicitor , 21 , Old Jewry . John Saunderson , Cambridge , horse dealer , March 28-, at half-past eleven , and April 25 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mh Edward Edwards , official assignee , 7 , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry ; Mr . H . W . Ravenscroft , solicitor , 21 . Guilfori-street , Russell-square ; Mr . Charles Henry Cooper , solicitor , Cambridge . Bdward de Carle . Norwich , ctone mason , March 24 , at eleven , and April 26-, at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Gteorge Lackington , official assi gnee , 3 , Coleman-street-buildings ; Mr . Shearman , solicitor , Trinity-place , Cnaring . cross ; and Mr . Winter , solicitor . Norwich .
Nathaniel West Corp , Yarmouth , merchant , March 17 , at one , and April 26 , at obb , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , 2 jO , BasinghBU-Btreet ; Messrs . Bartrum and Son , solicitors , Bishopsgate-street , London . Francis Szar&a and George Szirka , New Bond-street , furriers , March 17 , at half-past eleven , and April 19 , at three , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , 20 , Basinghall-street ; Mr . Robert Blackinore , solicitor , St . Martin's-place , Charing-cross . Thomas Cox , Gloucester , plumber , March 20 , at eleven , and . April 21 , at or . e , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Mr . £ . M . Miller , offieial assignee , Bristol ; Messrs Milne and Co ., solicitors , Temple , London ; an < i Mr . Elward Burces , solicitor , Bristol .
Evan Hall , Narbetb , Pembrokeshire , draper ,. Marcn 28 and April 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . . Mr . £ . M . Miller , official assignee , Bristol ; and Mr . Leman , solicitor , Bristol . Thomas Dickson , Tbirsfc , Yorkshire , woollen draper , ftl&rch 31 and April 26 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . George William Freeman , ( facial assignee , Leeds ; Messrs . Robert Edward Smithson and Oswald Smithson , solicitors , York ; and Mr Bulraer . solicitor , Leeds . George Robson , jun , Osbaldwick , Yorkshire , cattla dealer , March 21 , and April 25 , at eleven , at tha Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Henry Philip Hope , official asaignee , Leeds ; Mr . John Wood , solicitor , York .
Edward Butler . Carrington . Nottinghamshire , iron , merchant , Mareh 21 and April 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Charles Fearne , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Shilton , solicitor , Nottingham . George Holroyd and Joseph Waller , Sheffield , stone masons , March 23 and April 25 , at one at theConrt of Bankruptcy * Leeds , ftlr . Henry Philip Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Henry Brootahead , solicitor , Shield . Tbomas Goodwin anil William Henry Griffin , Loscoe , Derbyshire , lime burners , March 21 , at twelve , and . April 21 , at eleven , at thH Court or Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Ricbird Vilpy , official assignee , Birmingham ; Messrs . W . and S . Parsons , Jan ., solicitors , Nottingham . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED .
George Eastburn and Samuel Kirk , of Woodhousa Carr , near Leeds , stovers—Jubn Fowler and William Dav' . es , Liverpool , ir-m founders—T . CHrnetfc and G Garcett , Morley , Yorkshire , cloth manufacturers—John S : ee . lman and Thomas Canby , Kmeston-upon-Hull , hnp merchants—Waitar Stead , Jeremi . ih Stead , and J > hn Kirkhouse French , L- ; eris and Giidersome , Yorkshire , vierchants—Gso . Hatton and John Stretch , lata of Warrinaton , Linees ' iire , tanners .
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0 From the Gazette of Tuesday . March 14 . BANKRUPTS . Daniel Gover , carpenter , M irquis-court , Drury-lane , March 24 , at twelve , and April 25 , at half-past twelve , at the Court of Binkruptcy . Mr . Alsager , official assignee , Birchin-lane ; Mr . Vallancs , solicitor , Essex-street , Strand . William Gorten , merchant , Cornbill , March 21 , at two , and April 21 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Belcher , official assignee ; Messrs . Dickson and Overbury , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry . William Jehu Beazley Hall Lofty , ship owner , Bennett-street , Blackfriars-road , March 21 , at two , and April 24 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Tuiquand . official assignee , Copthall-buildinga ; Mr . Tate , solicitor , Basinghall-str « et .
William Aslett , grocer , BiUerne , Southamptonshire , March 22 , at half-past twelve , and April 21 , at one , at the Court of Bankraptcy . Mr . Tmquand , official assignee , Copthall-buildings ; Meeass . Hicks aad Braekenridge , solicitors , Bartlett's-buiidings . John Hannon , victualler , St . Martin ' s-lane , March 21 , at one , and April 24 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Graham , official assignee , Basinghallstreet ; Mr . Fry , solicitor , Cbeapside . Edward Butt , linen draper , Great Surrey-street , Blackfriars-road , March 28 , at twelve , and April 25 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Edwards , rffieial assignee , Frederick-street , Old Jewry ; Mr . Ashurst . solicitor , Cheapsido .
Huijh Pantoii , Thomas William Paiiton , Goo . Foster , and John W ; ilberforce Morley , iron-manufacturer , Sunderland , April 4 , at twelve , and May 2 , at one , at tho Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Baker , official assignee , NewcasUe-npon-Tyne ; Solicitors , Messrs . Capes and Stewart , Field-eourt , Gray's Inn , London ; Mr . Harrison , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and Mr . Wright , Sunderland . Alexander Frazsr , lodging-housekeeper , St . George , Hanover-EquaTe , March 23 , at one , tnd May 2 , at eleven , at the < 3 ourt of Bankruptcy . Mr . Green , official assignee , Aldermanbury ; Mr . Leakes , solicitor , Charlotte-row ^ Mansion-house-Thomas Wright , Richard Burgess , and Ralph Taylor , earthenware manufacturers , Tunstall , Staffordshire , March 25 , at half-past twelve , and April 17 , at twelve , at the Birmingham District Court of BunKruptcy . Mr . Whitmore , official sssignee , Birmingham ; Mr . Ward , solicitor , Burslem , Staffordshire .
William Wbitley . merchant , Liverpool , March 20 , at twelve , and April 20 , at eleven , at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy Mr . Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; Messrs . Knapper and Woolwright , solicitors , Liverpool . William Pugh , auctioneer , Gloucester , March 22 and April 27 , at one , at the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Hutton , offiuial assignee , Bristol ; Mr . Lovegrove , solicitor , Gloucester . Thomas Sanderson , woollen draper , Leeds , March 24 and April 28 , at eleven , at the LtedB District Comt of Bankruptcy . Mr . Freeman , official Assignee ; Mr . Brodley , solicitor , Leeds . Thomas Baines , worsted spinner , Bradford , Yorkshire , March 25 and April 25 , at twelve , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Fearne , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Morris , solicitor , Bradford .
Frank Pupplewell , blanket manufacturer , Battey , Yorkshire , March 24 and Apr il 28 , at twelve , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Young , offi . cial assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Dean , solicitor , Batley . Daniel Greatbatch , jun ., cabinet-maker , Newcastleunder-Lyme , March 22 , at two , and April 21 , at one , at the Birmingham District Court of Bmkruptcy . Mr . Christie , official assignee , Birmingham ; Mr . Stonier , solicitor , Kewcastle-under- Lyme . . Samuel Middithani , vrine merchant , Clifton , Yorkshire , March 28 and April 25 , at eleven , at the Lseds District Court of Bankraptcy . Mr . Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Higham , solicitor , Brighouse , Hu . JdersfleW .
William Whiting Robinson , linen draper , Beverley , Yorkshire , April 1 and 25 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , and Wetherell , Temple , London ; Messrs . Payne , Eddiaon , and Ford , Leeds ; and Mr . Blair , Manchester . Timothy Duggan , calico printer , Cheapside , Cheadle gtove , near Cheadle , Cheshire , March . 24 , at twelve , and April 28 , at one , at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Stan way , official assignee , Manchester ; Solicitors , Mr . Gibson , Manchester ; Messrs Chisbolme , Hall , and Gibson , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , William Howarth and William Williams , drysalters , Manchester , April 3 and 28 , at twelve , at the Manchester District Court 0 ! Bankruptcy . Mr . Eraser , official assignee , Manchester ; Solicitors , Mr . Blair , Manchester ; MeaaiB . Johnson , Son , andWeatherall , Temple , LondoD .
John Buxton , builder , Manchester , March 24 and April 28 , at eleven , at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Fraser , official assignee , Manchester ; SoiieitoiB , Messrs . HumpbrvB , Cunliffes , Chariwood , and Bury , Manchester } Messra . Walmsley ^ Keighley , and Parkin , Chancery-lace , London .
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EARTHQUAKE AT GUADALOUPE . We learn from the Paris papers that particulars had at last been received in Franca of the earthquake at Guadalmipe , and , we regret to say , that they are of a painful character . Tho damage-of the property was enormous ; but that is nothing compared with the vast loss of human beings . We give the melancholy details from the Government papers . The Messager gives the following aocount : — A new and cruel disaster has just fallen on one of our principal colonies . The earthquake oi Feb . 8 ,
whion only caused partial disasters in several islands of the Antilles , has covered with mourning the grande terre of Guadaloupe , and the important town of Pointe-a-Pitre no longer exists . We lay textually before our readers the report which the Governor-General GourbeyM has addressed to the Minister of Marine from the scene of the disaster . Orders have just been sent by telegraph to Brest , ToHlon , and Kochefort for money , medicines , and a million of rations to be sent immediately t > Guadaloupe . The following is the dispatch of the Governor General : —
Basse Terre , Feb . 8 , three o'clock , p m . "An earthquake , which lasted seventy seconds , has just thrown the inhabitants of Guadaloupe into theutmo 8 t consternation . This event took place this morning at half-past ten o ' clock . At IJaase Terre several buildings have fallen down , and a number of houses are so injured as to be no longer inhabitable fortunately , no life has been lost . At Saintes all the houses built of mason work have beeu overturned . The quarters to leeward have' much suffered ; persons have been killed and wounded . 1 have this moment learned that Pointe-a-Pitre no longer exists . I am about to get on > horseback and proceed to the scene ot the disaster .
Pointeia-Pitre , Feb . 9 , three o'clock . " Pointe-a-Pitre is entirely destroyed . What was spared by the earthquake has since perished by fire , which burst out a few minutes uft jr the houses fell . I am writing in the midst of the ruiusof this unfortunate city , in presence of a population without food and without asylum , in the midst of the wounded , of whom the number is considerable ( ic is said from 1 , 500 to 1 , 800 !) The dead are still under the ruins , and their number is calculated at several thousands . The fire is still raging . All the quarters of the colony have suffurd . Tue town of Moule has been destroyed , and thirty persons have lost their lives . The small towns of St . Francos , St . Anne , Port Louis , Bertrand , and
bt . Roso , have been overturned , and in all there are dead and wounded . I implore , in favour of the inhabitants of Guadaloupe , that inexhaustible Goodness which , from the throne , pours forth so many benefits I implore all France to Btretoh forth an aiding hand to us , as the has already done to Martinique . She will not abandon this population , entirely French , nor leave tu wretchedness the widows and orphans whom this terrible disaster has overwhelmed . I shall speedily sei » d you such details as I shall be able to collect . I fear that the sugar crop will be lost , for ihe mills are all destroyed . Famine stares us in the face ; prompt succour is absolutely necessary . Joinviile has much euff . red : Petit-Bourg is destroyed . 11 Gourbeyre , Governor . "
The Messager adds— By a happy circumstance the soldier * of the garrison of Puinte-a Pitre had time to evacuate their quarters , and we have only to deplore the loss of three of them . Martinique only felt the earthquake slightly . Wo hear of no victims or of any important dartage . " The Moniieur Parisien says— " The calamity was increased by the occurrence of a vast fire . l \ vo thousand bodies are said to have been dug out of the ruins , and it was reckoned chat there was an equal number of wounded . At the moment when the account left , five hundred persons had undergone amputation , and died after the operation . ''' The Patr ' xe states that most of the houses , and more than fifty sugar establishments , were destroyed . The Commerce has a letter from Martinique , datsd the 14 th ult ., from which vre take the following extracts : —
On the 8 t , h , the day of the catastrophe which reduced Pointe-a ,-Pitre to a heap of ruins and ashea , I was going towards tho Savannah , about twenty minutes past ten o ' clock , in order to reach th « palace , when I heard cries of distress issuing from every side of me . The people rushed from their houses , the women carrying their children in their arms—all hurrying to the open promenade . I then felt the earth tremble under my feet , and began to hasten my own steps . The shocks continued with inoreased violence for nearly two minutes ; but * fortunately , there was no vertical movement , which would have inevitably thrown down our houses as in 183 & . We soon ascertained that our town remained uninjured , but the old aad experienced inhabitants
soon decided that what they felt was only the tail of an earthquake , aad that we should shortly hear of some great disaster at one or more of the noighoonring islands . This terrifying prediction was awfully verified on the 9 th by letters from Basse Terre , which made us acquainted with the total destruction of the finest city of the Antilles . Our Governor and Admiral DeMoges proceeded to take measures for the relief oi' the auffirins ; inhabitants of Ponte-a-Pitre . The Admiral , on the sam- » day , sailed for Guadaloupe , followed by tho stpanj'frigate Gomer , sent by the Governor . They took with them linen , mediciuos , provisions , and stores of all kinds , and several surueous . The inhabitants of St . Pierre dispatohed them a largo
collection of similar supplies and moiioy . The first cr ^ oa who has arrived at Fort Royal from the afflicted island is an old retired captain , aged 7 ' 2 , who escaped as by a miracle . He was buried in the ruins , and there remained for more than an hour . He states that , at the moment after the shock , fires broke out and consumed much : that it had sparod . In this additional calamity the hospital was included ; such of the patients as were able ' aho made their escape , but many were burnt alive in the building . No calculation can yet be made of the number of the killed , but it ia estimated at one-third of the population . Among the billed are two distinguished advocate ^ M . Borne de Grand Pre and M . Cardose ; M . Grtffier , the avoue ; two notaries : the wife and
seven children of Captain Nadau des Hots , of tho Sappeurs , and superintendant of bridges and roads at Point-a-Patre ; M . Deville , senior , formerly member of the Colonial Council , MM . Marganand O'Ogremont , and M . Noirtin and hisfamilj , composed of twelve persons . M . Foignet , Procurcur du Roi , has one of his legs "broken , and M .. Farinole , Counsellor of the Court Royale , has a contusion of the ihiyh so severe as to create apprehension that it is fractured . These two am the only magistrates of Guadaloupe who have suffered , and happily not one wa' killed . ' Taebest built and consequently tho richest quarter of the town has suffered gmost , and it is said that the elite of the inhabitants have perished . Wo are told that at the raomeut of the
earthquake , upwards of 200 ppople were assembled at the Cafe American , to witness the drawing of a lottery ' or a small vessel , aud nono escaped . Of the detachment of the 1 st Reyiment of Marines quartered at Point-a-Petre , only four mai were killed , and one of tho captains was slightly wounded . Some wretches took advantage of the dire confusion to plunder . At first they wure said to be negroes , led on by a man ot colour ; bnt this , it has since appeared , was an error , and that the unfeeling robbers were all sailors—some say Americans , headed by their captain , all of whom have been arrested and confined in the hold of some ship . I have just learned tho return of the Gomer , which the Governor is on tbe point of sending to Fiance . On her arrival
at Pointa-Pftre , the steam Frigate found the town almost entirely evacuated , and no one of authority to receive the provisions and money she had brought from Martinique . She carried 160 wounded to Basse-Terre , wnere they received all the aid their condition required . Jt was found necessary to amputate b ^ m the legs of one lady , an operation which she boro with truly Christian fortitude , and she will , it is hoped , recover . When the frigate left the island , Poiut-a-Pitre was still burning . A great number of bodies had been got out of the ruins , and carried by a schooner into the channel of the Saintes where they received a watery grave . The site of the town had become pestilential , and every one fled from it "
The following are extracts from letters in the Press : — " Pointe-a-Pitre , Feb . 9 . " Basse Terre has suffered but little , and although a number of houses are uninhabitable , all remain standing and no person has been injured ; but at Pt > iute-a-Pitre all was overturned , except the wooden house * . Immediately after the shock tires broka out in 200 or 300 places together , and totally consumed the houses . At present the flames are playing over the remains , and in the whole of the town , which contained 16 , 000 souls , there are not ten houses inhabitable . No description can give an idea of this disaster . We can scarcely credit what we see before oureye 8 . I left Basse-Terre with the Governor yesterday , a few hours after the accident , and came here . We are about to set ont for Moule , which has , alas ! been destroyed . Tho numbet of victims
is considerable , but much smaller than could have been expected . Only one soldier haa perished . There are under tho ruins a number of dead bodies , which are being gradually taken ont , and the presence of which causes great uneasiness , on account of the corruption that must speedily take place . M . L'Haridon , a medical man , who lately arrived , perished in the ruin ?; his family was saved . M . Nadan , ofiuser of engine ers , has lott eighteen of his household , thirteen ' oeing relatives and five slaves . He succceeded in saving one of his children . The number of wounded is exceedingly great . Women and ycung girl ? may be seen with two and three Iiiab 3 fractured . The scene is a hundred times more horrible tha-a a field of battle , Most of the sugar-mills are de > % troyed , and tho crop of sugar-canes will b ' e ost , Tae Governor is admirable iu the midst of all liifi afflicted population . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1204/page/3/
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