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TEE TJNION WOBKHOTJSE . "Man , Tain man 1 Drfjs'd in s litfle brief authority , Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven A 3 makes the zngela -weep !" Shakspebb . " 111 fares tte land , to hastening ilia a prey , Where -wealth accumulates and men decay . " Goldsmith . Jon . tomb of living thousands and their joys . ' B * ceptade of cares that , like cold voims , C 3 inf to the heart which many an ill sdbovb—Where pestilence presides o ' er squalid swarms—3 & 9 tomb of Irving thousands dost thoa stand , i . monument of shame to all the land 1
Whj is this crowd of victims hnddled here , In one infected , miserable maw ? Is it because lank paupers are too dw , They ' re treated as a crime-convicted class ? I know not—but I know there is employ Tor those who , through their means , fat luxury enjoy . Joe prond trinniTirate , with snrereign sway , And breasts that soft compassion never moves , Daily behold lean myriads waste away , Their code while coJd economy approves ; And wherefore nol 1 Why sbcnld the worthonss gronp 3 * surged at once with—sympathy and sonp ?
Mansion of grief , where comfort never comes I Affection ' * interchange is neTer there ; Whtre destitution slaives upon the crumbs Britain ' s munificence v ? j so well can spare " : Yet tiese Bcant fr ^ meBts may for months snstainj And keep the -maityr lingering in his pain . Daik pile ! where happiness can never dwell . Where discontent sita brooding o ' er the past , And all the present is a torturing hell , Till dtstb relieves tie sufisrer at last : Where social ties are rent , and Pity starts Lest ske should tread on tyrant-trampled hearts . Let none yon toil-worn artisan deride , D-jectedly who droops his hoary head ; E ? hones , industry it was his pride
Jo earn and eat Ms independent bread : Jill with hia fate he could no longer cope , Deprived of health , deserted e ' en by hope ! In their two dens an a ? ed pair , apart , Are mourning bitterly in life ' s decay She inckless bonr that tors them h&art from bout , Lite an eclipse , extinguishing their day - . And yet this solace stars their g ' oomy night—That they , beyond the . grave , miy reunite . Seethe-pale mother— not 3 mother now . ' Her-infant offspring torn from her embrace ; Ah 1 who can lell what tortures wriBg her brow , Ado" drive the "burning tear-drops down her face Tet mad she is not , though her looks are wild . — She knows and feds that absent is iter cbild . Ah ! stop mine ears I—I hear the helpless cry
Of the lorn babe , that seeks its mother ' s breast , Denied life ' s nourishment— "who dares deny , Or tear the yearning youngling from its nest ? O ! there are mtii—if men they may be called—Who laugh at natnre while she stands appalled ! 2 o be immured , if e ' er it be my fate , Within yon precincts { and it may be soon ] , "Eh > £ Htaven , in mercy , open wide the gate That leads to deaUi—ab , that would be 3 boon ! And whrn I shall have ceased to be life ' s slave , This single epitaph may suit my grave : — 11 Here rests a man , who , though of humble birth , A-d who , while living , felt misfortune ' s stings , Ivow he is mingled with his parent earth , Is placed on an equality with kings . Escaped from prison thraldom , he ' s as free As squire , or lord , or monarch e ' er can is . "
Dismal abode of . sorrow I dark bastile 1 On prostrate hopes and rained pleasures built ; Where cnmelesa indigence is doomed to f » el More than the legal punithment of guUt . Well , it xa&y all be right , since in this dime Than psverty there is no greater crime . la there no mercy-bearing sprite from heaven ? 2 » o cherub on fcthtre-J wing thai flie 3 , To -shum the blessed mission has been given , 6 rirf to assuage , and still the mourner ' s cries ? Thert is—and tbert ' * a Ttlnge-htyasc en high , Where : man thall cease to feel man ' s tyranny .
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THE POOR . I so not mourn my friends are false , 1 dare sot grieve for sins of mine ; I weep for those who pite to de » th , Great God ! in iMs rich world of thine . So many trees there are to see , And firlds so wsvin-j broad with grain ; And jet—what ntvei misery ! Oar very brothers lie in pain . These by their darkened hearth-stones sit , Their children shivering idly round ; As true as livcth Gcd , twere fit For these poor men to curse the ground . And those who daily bread have none , Half-starred tfce lung , long winTtr ' s day Fond parents gazing on their young , Too whullj sad cue woid to say .
Ti > them it stems their God has cursed Tiiis race of curs since they were born ; Willing to toil , and yet deprived Of common wood or store of com . do not weep for my own woes , Tney are as nothing in my eye : 1 weep for them who , starved and frcZ 2 , Do curse their God and long to die ! C-HAlfSlSG
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THE POOS MAN'S COMPLAINT . Wsjlsi I , alas . have not the coarsest fere , How many idlers icxnries obtain , Who never fell want ' s withering touch—who drain Their richest viands from our toil , nor care Toi oui wild woes ; but mock our tears , our prayer , And m-t the dungeon , sword , and felon ' s chain To cfcecfc resistance , whilst they raise the grain Abore war parehaeing . This , can we bear ? Best , mj sweet ; fesbes 3 I know jonr huBgeri keen ; B ^ i iTe bo food nor hope . O G jd . ' my breast I Tear ¦ st ^ Hing tears my heart ? Would I'd ne ' er been , Oi w-re in my cold grave , at last , in rest ! "VThy talk I thns ? 1 crave no coward ' s death ; Josd 1 would have , or struggling yield my breath ! BjTUHL Ji . 3 J £ S TaILOB .
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IRISH SKETCHES . ( From the Metropolitan Magazine ) TOSHES STATE TKlAlS . Sot to go farther back than the Defenders , in 1793 , a tcrbalentand misguided movement , but instigated by the -anirereal suffering to which the conntry was exposed , xine-tecths of the accused were miserably executtd . WtLk and creel policy 1 All was high treason —plotting against his Majesty ' s precious life , thongh lot one of the peor Defenders ever contemplated the iShsion of royal blood . They plotted only against Stfcci and rack-rents—against proctcrs and bailiffs—* fi : nst h 3 y-stacks snd cora-ricks . However , the sound MCftractive principle was revived , snd they suffered
13 high treason . Than came the majestic justice of "» 5 , when an ore ^ lli £ e ^ i confedtrary of mercenary rnf-£ sas . drilled -within the precincts of the Gastle , were « lowe on society . ' The law * " says Curran , " is becciae the protector of villains . Instead of acting as * twjt iuctor to draw eff the lightning from the heads of Hie innocent , we bfcbcld it blasting them with wild-** Kii ? desolition , while the accursed of & : > d ana the Mto med of man not oiO ] escape with impunity , but riot a the wages of their iuqnity . - Even they who , on the Kth of the Crown , were p-omised the pleaiure of ^ Cdihment in Leu of certain xsvelations , were impri-* ° 2 td for Bfcver » l yeart after . »• Don't yon know vs e 2 huxs you ? " was the bumare repl" of Secretary C ^ le toSsmud Neilson , when that functionary was upbraided with the brtach of ministerial faith . The ^ f-cbarac l £ es of the "prolonged drama were the
entbu-SiKs of ISO . ' . They were guilty , it is tree , but , on P 55 ncs of policy , they mivht have "been spared . We S ^ ' -son not the expediency of resorting to "rigour in sfoKt cases ; but cur argument is , that it has been * ° ? bi to vindicate the laws by upturning them—that ™ 9 were converted iato instrnmects of popular tor-^ t initead of popular protection—that justice was not ^ f crUd , bat iEJustice committed—that if crime was S j ^ bed , innocence was confounded and sacrificed in •* leneral caixa * e— that there existed no well-defined « fe , or any line at all , in the eye of the law , between gilt and suspicion—that , to be a state prisoner , was to *^> state Tictim—and that the Bole outlet from the j * s $ &on was to the block or the convict-ship . The apt Serials of aanguinary Government—on the one aide r * faafe of the assassin , on the other the pike of the *^ s rat and the torch ef the incendiaiy—were tte ^ * ntive fruits of this infamous
jmtem-IHB "TBJiTEESEBS '" COTJSSIL . j ^ BKrs . _ Mr . Henn is & Tart accession to the l ^ rsers" cansa . Keither ambltiotu of effice uoi ^ jw money , he takes no p * ina to biing himself pro-^ aj foiwaid in the public eye . Many in Westv SB f 1 ' ^* u ba 1 " © never heard the name of Jonathan ^^ thcugh hLs superior ia not found in that bar , ^* >*» it 3 a . When he works be works like a obm » L ^ occasions are rare when he chooses to ^ tts flepa of his faculties . He would , on any Cj ^ ^ oinmg , prefer the hooking of a salmon to a Uj ^* 7 brief . laaai would Iotb him , and Sir Homphtf tj . ^ . e Iess ons from him in the art std myssery ^™ & Ihe Bequesteied and prolific mountain
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la } e has more pleasure from him than the crowded court . This parenthesis will show the natural complexion of the man better than the most laboured disqnisition . 0 ' all the able men for the defence , he ii the first in intellectual pewer , professional tkill , and commanding anUiority . He is alike eminent for the soundness ai ; d general elevation of his views—the unlaboured clearness and compactness of his reasoningand the calm but earaeal simplicity of hia style and manner . He li collected , deliberate , consecutive without ever sinking into tamenesj or swelling into extravagance . There is about him no affectation—no endeavour—no pretence ; for true mental power is of all things the most unpre tending—the most sentle ^—the inost able to repose on
itself , and th « most willing to do bo . In directness of purpose and manliness of aaderstanding b » has no equals . What he says once la -always well said ; and never -weakened by repetition . Not a word he niters is thrown away . Each kas a distinct meaning and direct application . Some lawyers will seek to impress by painful reduplication . The Attorney-General will strike the same Bail a dozen times , and , after all , perhaps not drive it borne . Mr . Henn strikes once , and the object is attained . His knowledge of the law is a solid structure on a firm foundation , not a tottering erection on piles driven Into the quicksands of technicality and sophiBtry . He resembles Mr . Moore in hiB abstinence from bosk learning , relying more on general principles tk&n particulai cases . There is a weight in
his style and a gravity in his manner which tell powerfully on juries . He does not bluster or play the Bobadil \ o coerce , or the smooth-tongued adulator to cajole into a verdict He does cot . like certain swaggerers , assault with coarse vehemence , or startle with rtijJe remonstrance . Beginning * with a winning quietness as gentle as unsuspecting , he shorn ?* , for some Bfcoods , the papers wisich lie before him , and throws ont a few cold and hesitating periods . Gradually be evolves bis case , and warms as he progresses . It is not the warmth of snptrficial declamation , but of an intense conviction , which iie asfumes with the most consummate art , so as to justify the expression of Lord Er » kine to one of his contemporaries , that a " rotten cause looks more convincing in his hands than a sound one in the hands of another . "
Mr- WHIIESIDE . —Though his speeches are not without a portion of the usual professional prolixity and redundancy , yet there is about him a vigour and prlginality , a facility and fertility of diction , which , considering the impossibility of preparation in mosi instances , stamp him as a man of no ordinary mould . His mind is a healthy natural fountain , not a dull forcingpump . Whatever flows , flows from him freely and spontaneously . The waters may not be always pure , but yet they gush forth without mechanical assistance . We therefore listen even to his greatest extravagan c : es with pleasnre , with diffe ; enffaelinss from those with which we listen to the dreary frigidity of many of . Mb contemporaries . He is not a very sound lawyer , or , with the knowledge he possesses , a safe one . He
is too bold and adventnrous , striking away light and left , more with the abandon of a heated gladiator than the cautious self-posseesion of an experienced master of fence . He throws eut multitudinous points over the fitJd of argument—disperses at random a cloud of skirmishers in the shape of cases—all formidable enough when no other enemy appears on the wide champaign , fcnt soon driven in under the pressure of heavier metaL His principle appears to be . that the greater the number of cases , the greater the chances that some will stick—and , besides , attorneys place little faith in . one who is not dropsical with reports , and can tap in tvery emergency . Still Mr . Wbiteside is a
clever man . As an advocate , he is a favourite with the most fastidious . Few can more ably stimulate attention . At the Irish bar , at present , be is the only representative of the old eloquence . Rapid , earnest , and enthusiastic , he launches forth , though not without cozspass and rudder , and all the echoes of the court are called into resonant requisition . He is a tall , thin man , with a face indicative of strong emotion , and expressing even in its most tranquil mood the fire with which . he is animated . His voice resembles the fierce puffing of a steam-engine , rushing ont in quick and violent blaits . as though they would burst asunder his unsubstantial frame .
Mfi . 5 I'Do > "or « H . —The ablest tactician on the side of the traverters is Mr . -tt ' DaDongh . Who like him to bnttej np or slidder down—to wind his approaches to the favour of the court by the most sractful condescension , backed with the most finished subtlety , and a proportionate dash of jray sffrontery ? Nothing can disconcert—nothing can overreach him . He Is a thorough piaster of his business , and none can do it with more effect . Hi » manner is good , though adulatory—bis learnirg ever ready—his temper iroperturable . Let Ijo man depreciate the abilities of Mr . MDononph . He has talents of a tetv high order , without which be could n » t have risen to his present position . There is a class of men at the bar—always moving about en stiits —vain , conceited , pompous , artificial —very learned in
their ewn high esteem , but labouring under the misfortune of being unable to turn their profundity to jrrfltable account . This frivolous set are envious of Mr . M'DoBon £ h , and ran him down within their own narrow circle : but he langhs at them alL He has the cream , let them enjoy the sour whey . A short tale will illustrate the auspicious commencement of bis career , which be has improved to a very lucrative maturity . The ador fabu ' m is bow a high dignitarywe give it in ntarly his own words : — " One day as 1 was conversing with Mr . H , M'Dunon £ h , then youn ? at the bar , bnt intelligent in bis profession , was making a moticn in the K E . a ' s Bench . ' A clever fellow that ; ' said Mr . B I answered approvingly . 1 Did you ever hear , ' said he ' what Lord Eldon said of
O Connell ? The first time he appeared to argue in the House of Lords , there was a great anxiety among the English lawyers to hear him . and even old Eldrn shared in the excitement He « at near one of the bishops When O * Gonn * D opened the case , he waa all cold attention , neither approving nor disapproving . When , however , Dan got fast in the argument , bis lordship grew fldgetty—drumming on the btneb with delight at O'Connell's masterly argument—and in the height of bis enthusiasm stooping down to the right reverend father , * Do you know what , my lord ?— Thai is a damned clever roscal . '"—The application w « u on the surface . Mr . M'Donough is exactly hit off in Lord Eldona illustration of a faT greater man , omitting the last suspicious compliment
Ms . FJTzeiBBOJi—Mr . Filz ^ ibbon a shrewd , clearheade < 3 , hard-cheeked lawyer—tough as yew and unbending as oak . Without the address of Mr . M'Donough , hi is his match in all thirds else . He is good at . a cross—bold and yet circumcptct in a # peecb . —lucid and wiry in argument . His style is modelled n that of Chief Justice Penne / ather when at the bar . He enuaciates his propositions separately and in order , not suffering them to trip up tbe heels of each other ; and tbe result is , a well-arranged system of disciplined reasoning . Of all tbe combatants whom Mr . JJ'DoEough has had to encounter the toughest and most iEfirrXifele is Mr . Fitz ? ibbon . He inows all the varied arts of his antagonist , and seeks to refute or ridicnle them with a severity that mnkes Mr .
M-Donough laugh outright , though bis feelings run in & lees joyous current If Mr . Wbiteside is a mastiff Mr . Fitsgibbon is the Irish wolf-dog—r staid and sober until roused , and then he attacks with bitter ptlinacity . We have much faith in the firmness of Mr- Fitz ^ ibbon . Some say he is too dogmatical , never retre-ating from a position until he has defended it to the last breath , dor-, ing even to incur tbe manifestations o ! impatience exbi- ; bited by tbe jaded court sooner than abandon tbe post which he still hopes to make good . This is not dog- ' matiexn—it is earnestness ; and no man ever dc-serred & , fee , nngifted with that sterling and sincere quality , j Others assert that he has a wicked toi ; gne . It is ; doubtless cutting and caustic betimes , but when it wags offdnsiveiy , be assured the victim deserves his j flaying . ; i j
THE " CROWS ' COUNSEL . THE Attobkst-Ge > e : raL . —His enemies do not deny that Mr . Smith baa a bold end maiiy spirit , and would scorn to commit himfcelf to dishonour ; Lut even his warmest friends must acknowledge that his ttmper is irritable—that his deportment in tbe earlier stages of the prosecution has hetn often iiijudicious , and thai his dislike to the accused or tbeir cause wonld vent in gusts of extreme bitterness , most unbecoming lu a public effictr . ilaking due allowance for trivial infirmities of disposition , for all Att-jri . eyp-General are not invested with the impasbiventss and iBipeisonality of Sir Frederick Pollock , his conduct has been that of ; i
gentleman . This , it may be said , is Lut a poor panegyric ; bnt the objectors should reflect on tbe many causes suggestive of violence an . d r * crimination which our political condition affords , and more particularly when the snares of the law are laid to encompass tUb feet of such a person as llr . O'ConntlL Sir . Smith has once acted with revere and reprthcnBib !* injustice . He prtjndged the case . The law of E .: £ lai . d presumes innocence—he has presumed guilt . There is no verdict without evidtnee—he hus pionouncea on& without any . He attacked the press for seeking to influence the public mind—how was tbe Attorney-General more within the constitution when he denounced untried men as " conspirators ? " That was beyond his duty .
I The SoLiciTOB-GEKEiAL . —He is rather a nervons I man , unfitted for times of peril , when extraordinary ; occasions rtquire vigorous and energetic minds , whether to subdue or resist The Solicitor-General would pTei fer walking quietly through office , insteaa of sharing . the weight of such a burthen . Moving from Chancery to tbe Exchequer all the live-long day is more suited to to his quiet habits , than entangling his character in state prosecutions . He is no petrel—he loves not the tempest . His mind is essentially calculated for repose . He baa alwajs endeavoured to avoid popular collision . Serving under opposite administration ! , no servant of
tbe Crown has less elicited the dislike of contending [ parties . He has been from the beginning a commisaiorei of national education—& fair test of moderate opinions . Tbe elear intellect of Mr . Hsnn , and the logical precision of Mi . Moore will find in the Solicitor-General a ready and ekilfnl adversary . The grand reply will fall to his lot , embodying a mass of matter such as no recorded cause contains—and thongh be cannot be eloquent , h * will be lucid and argumentative . He will lay down principles clearly and forcibly . This 1 b his peculiar power . Without the earnestness of the AUorney-General , he will make a deeper impression on the jury by the sincerity and sobriety of his language and masser .
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Mr . Bkewstbb . —Mr . Brewster is the real Attorney-GeneraL He is the me / a agiians molem—tbe influence which pervades the mass , and directs it towards its destined end . Mr . Smith is the conduit-pipe which conveys his feelings and opinions , so 'that he bean tbe doable weight of his own and Mr . Brewster ' s sentiments . He is unquestionably a clever man—a geod tactician , but a coarse one—one skilled in the conduct of a case , but exaggerating bis importance by jmtting himself too prominently forward , aud arguing moat unarguable points , rather to prove his zsal than establish his caa&e . He is fond of saying sharp things which apeak more for the ill-nature of the mind than the quickness of the intellect or the solidity of the judgment A keen and polished sarcasm is power
misdirected , but still power—while a lax and angular rudeness , witheut wit to vivify , or common humour to make it palatable , can never be mistaken for strength . It is the merest , most worthless husk . There were times when this quality was in high repute in our courts—when the old practitioners of the Common Pleas , under the able direction of a Nerbury , rivalled each other in garrulity and grote 6 queness—when abusive brow-beatlng waa tbe pass-word t » favour , and the scenes of the penny theatre were enacted in the grave temples of justice . Advocates then played to applauding galleries , while the judge shook with convulsive laughter , and exploded in a pun . Of this system Mr . Brewster is a mitigated representative . He is the last shoot ef the decayed tree , and we hope the species will not be further propagated .
Ms . Toms . —He is a most able lawyer—a finished gentleman , and a most crafty advocate . In him the crown hag a choice man , quiet a Somnus , but vigilant as ATguB and cunning as Mercury . We rank him above all the officers of the crown in caution and shrewdness . His judgment is of the first order . In tbe prosecution or defence of prisoners , no man approaches him in the delicate art of eliciting an important admission from a hard-graizied falsifier , or in deadening the effects of one which operates against himself . He scratches the lower region of his ear with the forefinger , and with the semblance of the most nnafivcted- fair dealing , puts
in a sober question , technically called a " luvchtr . " I * the answer be not to his satisfaction , he skims the palate of his mouth with his versute tongue , as if be were about to stammer , and * repeats the dose with a different gilding . Thus he goe » on—probing with exquisite keenness , and generally succeeds in his filch . Mr . Tomb enjoys the soubriquet of the "Artful Dodger , " to which he is eminently entitled . He looks the subtle trepanner . Mr . Holmes said , " bis face would make his fortune as a comio actor ' ; and certainly there is a touch of Liston about his features , but without any of his solemn nellnesa .
Mr . Napier . —Mr . Napier ia facile pnnceps at the head of our pleaders . "Whatever of the abstruse or perplexing in that department is to be accomplished , fimfc its way into his ingenious hands . He tikes as much delight in elaborating a difficult set of pleas as Burke Bethel in a venison party and a bottle ef ctaret . He is a very walking machine of points and crotchets . He would detect a curve in the straighest line , and demonstrate the perfect inequality of two right angles . Tbe plainest surface is with him uneven—where a billiard ball would roll fur miles , hiB inventive genius would raise mountains . There is nothing impossible to biB powers of arguments e-amtra . Where all is clear and direct , he will take the opposite side , and raise up a pyramid of contradictions . " most marvellous to see . "
When his feelings are earnestly enlisted in any cause , he is apt to grow rhetorical , and enliyen the dreary landscape of a law argument with tbe hues of fancy 1 He is wonderfully acute as a reasoner , but often refined beyond intelligibility . We would consider him tha most law-learned man at the bar . Dowling ' s Practice cases " are not too hot , " or Lutwich and the year boohs " too cold for him , " Like the player in Hamlet , he is thoroughly at home in every tbiog . But Mr . Napier has not chewed the leaves of old reports alone—tbe labour of a life , anc a long one—he is a person of cultivated mind and literary taste , in which he is forbidden to indulge , more from bis business than bis inclinations . Mr . Nipier is nnhappily affl cted with a degree of deafness which militates against hiB court success , and mars tbe enjoyment of his high position .
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aewlt Discovered Explosive Power—We have received some information , on which we can safely rely , respecting a discovery which is likely to triumph over the difficulties that have hitherto seemed insurmountable to those who have previoualy pursued their experiments in the department of science to which it pertains . The discovery relates to a combination of chymlcal substances so subtle , and yet , wien brought into action , so immense in tbeir explosive results , as to bid defiance to resistance by opposing substance , how . ever powerful ; while the period of tbe explosion can be so nicely regulated as to enable those who employ them to calculate with precison the time when the explosion shall take place . Tbe farm of this tremendous miBsile is globular ; tbe t » of it regulated to tbe
purpose for which it iB to be employed . It may be propelled from a musket , a cannon , or a bomb , and may be thrown with tbe tame precision as common balls or shells . At fuur yards distance , a ball prepared of the substance we have alluded to , and after lying in a perfect quiescent state for several minutes , split amnder a large tree , in the presence of our informant So peifectiy harmless is this extraordinary agent , except under tbe conditions which are essential to bring occult powers into action , that tbe balls may be carried about in the pocket , or conveyed fiom place to place , in any numbers in boxes or barreh , without tbe slightest da ger ; it may even be cast down , with any force , upon iron or stone , and no other effect be piociuced than if the ball itself were a solid mass of stone or iron . The attention of the Board of Ordnance has , we understand , been called to this newly discovered application of chemical properties to the purposes
of military operations . Several experiments , each exceeding the former in the fore * opposed to the explosive power , have been made in the presence of the master-general of the Board of Ordnance , and several of tbe most eminent officers of engineers , and with the most decided success , both as to tbe destructive energies of the explosions , and tbe precision with respect to time ard place , when and where the effects were to be accomplished . As a final teat of the nature ai . d extent of this newly discovered power , we understand that tbe Board of Ordnance h . is directed a building to be constructed in the Woolwich marshes , of tbe strongest description ; its several parts to be fastened together by bolts aDd bars , so as to bid defiance to any mode of bombardment now in use . The inventor haa , we are assured , requested that no effort should be aparr' 1 to render this buiMing impregnable , and places the » fficiency of his discovery on the test . —Globe .
Engine op Destkuctio ? . ' . —An engine of this kii d has been constructed for barbonr defence , and is called a bomb-proof and pf ^ am floating battery . We now learn , from the New York Sun , that one of these n ^ inea ia in bnildmg by the genera ] government at Hoboken , under the dirtction of M r . Stevens ,-which will not be completed bif >> re two cr three years , and Will cost nearly a million of dollars . A basin , or cofferdam , has been constructed for tbe purpose , the interior of which is to be 300 by 130 feet When finished , the Cfffrr-dam will be our a \» aj , and this thing of life will mt' ^ e out of irs duck , not showing the l&ist means whereby it moves , and without a sinsle person being seen about it ; while in reality a powerful steam-engine in at woik within , and bundrrds of persons are concealed there , ready to deal out death and destruction upon an enemy alongside , or miles < -ff . It is intended that the mode of conbtructini this powerful engine of death shall be kept strictly private .
steam Carriages o > Cummon Roads . —We hear bat thi-re is a cuiiipuny i < rnniitf to run steam carriages on turnpike roads , not in <» pp sition to tbe railway , bnt in connexion with tbt m . Tie cariiaxe intended to be 1 brought forward is that of a Jlr . Hill , of Greenwich or 1 Dtrpiford . It is said that by civing iDcreast d elasticity , : &c , to the pprii . gi ; &c ., h * bv' -hIs the umjur part of the i wear and ii jury to Uib carriage and machinery . What j there may be in this we do n-1 pretend to say ; but the ; great obstacle to tbe introduction » f road locomotives , ! has been the enormous road faction , compared to the i weight necessary te propel ibe locomotive , and the con-| sequent expense , an lifficulty o < obtaining power , to ; produce any useful iff-ct- Boilers of an endless variety have been introduced to ccconiphsh it , but none hitherto have come up to thn mark , and supplied the | desider&tnm . Tee weight of the machinery , and aliiJjmt for the boikr and fire to run any distance at a time , that is to make the application practically useful ,
has hitherto bem tbe real object Art . therefore , has bten almost exhausted to lessen the weight of the locomotive , and to k » -fp the power uDtmpared , for the purpose of diminishing the ica ' i resistance , but as yet with very little succi ps . Mr . Hill ' s p an of increasing the elasticity . boweveT go <> rt to lei-sen wear , does not consequently meet tbe difficulty . Our opinion is that before load locomotives can be advantageously introduced , the increase of powir must be sought in thu bettering of the roads , that is in lessening the profitless work they have to do , which is in tffect giving them increased power . With regard to locomotives running on common roads , we have never for a moment denied ibe problem , but the reverse . We are qaite satisfied they wiil tun and with advantage too ; but never to compete in ispeed with railways . Supposing it practica ble that they could , the danger of collisions and of accidents from vehicles squiring unceasing watchfulness , wonld render them very objectionable at any thing like faith velocities . —Herapath ' s Journal .
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The Pibkoch . —This is a speeto of turje peenliar to the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland . It i » performed on a bagpipe , and differs tor . ally from all other music Its rhythm is so irregular , and its notes , especially in the ^ uick movement , so mi ? . ed and huddled together , thst a stranger finds it imr possible to reconcile his ear to \ t , so as to peiceiv 0 Us modulation . Ssme of the pibrochs , being inter ( je ( j to represent a battle , begin with a grave movr miri % resembling a march ; then gradually quicken ir to the onset ; run off with noisy confusion and turfeaW jt rapidity , to imitate the conflict ami pursuit ; then a' Xf . \ i i ^ to a few flourishes of triumphant joy ; and perb apS c ] 0 He -Kith the wild and # tow wailmgi of a funere' procession . —Dr . BeatdCt
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The Empress of Pal * yra . —Z * nobia waa a handsome woman , of dark com * 'lexion , with an aquiline nose , quick piercing eyes , and a masculine voice . She had the commanding qualities i ° f Cleopatra , from whom her flittererfl traced her decem / . and she was without her vices . She could not speak 8 » many languages as flattery had attributed to that fascinating queen ; but , while Syrlac was her native tongue , she waa not ignorant of Litln , which she was can . ful to have taught to her children ; she carried on ht'f government in
Greek , and could speak Coptic with the Egyptians , whose history she had studied and written npoa . In her dress and manners , she joined the pomp of the Persian court to the self-denial and military virtoes of a camp . With these qualities , followed by a success in arms which they seemed to deserve , the world eowld not help remarking , that , while Gallienus was wasting his time with fiddlers and players in idleness that would have disgraced a woman , Zanobia was « overnrn # her half of the empire iike a man— Sharpes Egypt under the Romans .
The Grotta del Cane — At the appearanca of the Grotta dftl Cane , mast travellers will be disappointed : it is literally a hole bewn out of a sandy soil to the depth of seven or eight feet , and about the breadth of four . Its effects are as generally stated . The showman ( who demands half a dollar from every party , ami who , I believe , rents the hole from the Neapolitan government ) leads into it a dog , which at first struggles very considerably , but in about two minutes becomes to all appearance lifeless . T ^ e animal is then withdrawn Into the open air , and immediately revives . The effect
would be the same upon all small , but not tall , animais , or man , as the carbonic acid gas , by which it is produced , doeB not riBe more than five or six inches above the ground . Had the dog been allowed to remain in the hole much longer , it would have died . To thia catastrophe the poor animal is compelled daily , sometimes hourly , to submit ; yet this it takes but little pniaB to avoid ; for when about half a mile from the grotto , we were greeted by a dog , which followed us till our arrival , and to our groat surprise turned out to be the very animal which was to satisfy our rather cruel cariosity— A Scamp Ihrowjh Italy .
Natures Nobility—It iB from the ranks of 1 bour and from the Very peasantry of the people that so numerous a host of tbe sons of genius rise up and take tbeir stations amongst tbe great and shining lights of the world . Burns left the fields , where he " followed the plough along the mountain side , " to Write the sor . ga and poains that ensured him an " undying name . ' James Hogg marched out of Eitrick forest , and went waving hia grey tartana up the streets of Edinburgh , strong in the resolve to enrol faitnsolf among the poetB of his land . Allan Ramsay sat ia his lowly but , cbaunting of "Tbe Gentle Shepherd ; " and a greater Allan came after him from the depths of Nitbsdale , who , casting down h's mallet and chisel , dared to enter London and seat himself amid the fair handiworks of Chantrey , singing mighty ballads of " A wet sheet and a flowing sea . " William Koscoe left bis mother ' s tap
and gave over carrying out pots of beer to leave a heritage to his children richtr than " ruby mine . " Bloomfltjld and Giffoid quittud their shoemakers' stalls and dared to become famous . The draper ' s son . Pope , presumed to think he could write poetry , and those poor apothecaries , Crabbe and Keatea , entertained the same strange notion . Ben Johnson threw down his hod of mortar , and Shatspere left off poaching to write immortal dramas . Washington left his farming to liberate his country , and Franklin bia types to frame a constitution for her . Milton was but a "blind old schoolmaster , " and Homer begged hia kread , though seven cities contended for hia birth-place . Unnumbered nainesjrise before ua , but the list would swell to too great a length for insertion her e . Be proud , ye children of fclory , who " hold the patent of your Nobility from God . "
DEFEt < CE of the Doo— Is the dog called filthy ? Heisinucii less so than certain men of your acquaintance and mine . Is he exclaimed against as greedy ? " I should like to see you ( retorts his advocate ) , If you had only a single mesa for your dinner , and some one attempted to snatch it away . " St . Chrysostom speaks of tbe dog as fa wing on you when you face him , and slyly biting you when your back is turned . I ask pardon of St . Chrysostom ( sayB his defender ) but ho h&B libelled the doir ,. I havu known , and btill know , many men of this description , but never a dog . " At least , then , be is a . thief \ " No , because be has no idea of meum and iuum ; and if you will but teach him , you may leave him to sleep when he is famished near a roasted fowl . Moreover be is often accused of theft fie has never committed . Thu servants charge him with their iniquities , and he has no tongue to defend himself . Blaze ' s History of the Dog .
The Hot wind op the Desert—The most distressing and destructive of all the varieties of wind is , perhaps , tbe hot wind of the desert . In central Africa , in Lybia , in Syria , and in Arabia , where the soil is covered with o thick stratum of loose sand , » Bd where the sun ' s rays are very powerful , and tbe wind is often Insupportable : at such times it is e . illed simoom ! or tbu " poison , " by tbe Arabs ; and khamsin by the Syrians , from a word rxpresaive of the pt-riod during which it prevails , namely , during the equinoxes . Volney has given a very minute account of this simoom . He compares tbe beat and suffocating effect to that which would be felt when standing ever the open , mouth of an oven . When the wind iB about commencing , the atmosphere takes an unquiet aspect ? tbe sky becomes
overcast , the sun loses hia brilliancy ; the air is not cloudy , properly speaking , but is loaded with small gritty parcels , which penetrate every thing . At first the wind is not very hot ; but , as its duration continues , the temperature rises . Kespiration becomes short and dfficult , the skin becomes dry , and the body seems consuming hy a scorching heat AH objects are aiifct ) heated—iron , stone , and even water , fail to yield any cooling effect . The inhabitants of townB and villages shut ttu niBelv « B up in the houses ; while those in the open desert take refuge in their tents , or in the pits dug in tbe ground . " If this wind lasts more than three days , " says "Volney , "it becomes insupportable . '' Miserable is the fate of those travellers who are surprised by such a wind ut a diataoco from any asylum .
They feel the full effects , which frequently end in death . When the hot blast is passing rapidly , the heat is so increased as to take away life almost instantaneously . This death is a sure suffocation ; the lungs , respiring in a kind of v . icuum , enter into convulsion ; the circulation becomes disturbed in the vessels ; the blood fl ea from the heart to the head or the chest ; and hence ensues hemorrhage at the nose and mouth after death . The wind attacks especially men of a full habit of body , and also those whose muscles are weakened by fatigue . The only mode of checking these violent effects is to cover the mouth and nose with a handkerchief ; the camels bury their mouths und noses in the sand , and there keep them till the violence of tbe blast is abated .
Naval Flcggikg at Woolwich . —The horrible punishment of the lash has again been put into force against individuals employed in the service of their country . Yesterday week two sailors were flogged at Woolwich , for having deserted from the Styx steam-vessel , and they wore then discharged from the Navy . The latter portion of the sentence passed upon them should have saved them from the former ; because , if it were found necessary to rid the naval service of two incorrigible seamen , why inflict a barbarous and cruel torture upon them first 1 With the expulsion we perfectly coincide ; but from the humanity , the justice , or the polioy of the flogging we totally dissent . The old apology will here bo
offered by the advocates of corporeal punishment , viz ., the necessity of making an example , as tho desertions from the Styx appear to have been frequent . To this we remonstrate , that there are other penalties which operate with equal efficacy as examples , and that flogging never yet improved either man in public life , or boy at school . The obstinate aro confirmed in their doggedness by it—the weak-minded are cowed and spirit-broken—and the criminals are stimulated by a moody hankering after revenge . We should afco like to know how it happened that desertions took place eo frequently from the Styx . We are totally unacquainted with Captain Vidal , the Commander ; but we cannot help thipking that there must be something defeotive in the disoip ine ,
conduct , or treatment maintained by the officers of these ships , whence desertion ia so frequent . We know that the tyranny of some of the naval officers of the old school , and also of the modern one , has often driven those under them to the very verge of despair . When the mutiny at the Nore broke out , the Government was more to bo blamed for its injustice , and the officers for their severity towards the seamen , than the latter were for their rebellion . F / ogging was in those times a matter of every-day occurrence on board of every ship in the English s-ervice , and ior tbe most trivial offences- Leave of absence was ehamelully curtailod , the pme-money was most unjustly distributed , arrears of pay were allowed to accumulate in snch a manner that the
families of the poor sailors were compelled to suiftr every privation at home , aud tho provisions were of the worst description . These evils were enough to drive aay sort of menparticularly those who possessed any spirit at ail —to desperation . It is true that the treatment of sailors is in our times somewhat altered . Pay is punctual , and provisions are good . But the horrors of the lash still continue , and leave © f absence is still difficult to obtain . The commanding officer of a ship has , moreover , so many opportunities of exercising the tyranny of hia disposition , and enjoys ^ power so extensively despotic , that he can , if he ohoseB , render the condition of bis Bailors a very hell upon earth , and this is too often the case . When , then , desertions take place , we mast not be inclined
to blame the delinquent without any reference to the conduct of bis superiors . The boy will run away from the school where be is ill-treated ; the domestiowill quit the place where he or she is the object of tyranny and malicious caprice . Wherefore should the poor sailor be judged harshly when he abandons a service to which , in tbe first instant , be voluntarily devoted himself ! The presumption is , that he would havo remained in it had he been well treated ; and whenever it is ascertained that desertions from one particular ship are frequent , it should be the business of the Admiralty to inquire into the conduct of the commander . We cannot understand why the statement of tbe officer is always to obtain credit , and tbe sailor to be refaaed a hearing . —Weekly Dispatch ,
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Sheffield Old Bank . — In the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy , on Monday last , Mr . Commissioner West gave judgment , ; a 9 to the granting of Certificates of conformity to the : bankrupts , under the fiat of bankroptcy issued on the lrjch of January , 1842 , against Mr . Hugh Parker , Mr . Ofihy Shore , Mr . John Brewrsa , and Mr . John Rogers , ot Sheffield , bankers . The Learned Commissioner went throagh the principal transactions of the bankrupts , and in the eonree of doie » bo , noticed tbe different oiroam ^ tanceg which hud been urged on a previous day against granting the certificates . He concluded by saying 5— " There 13 ( me observation which I t > iink ought to > be made in reference to all the bankrupts , and that ie . that they ckr not appear to have lived at
all in an extravagant way . It is admitted on all hands that they havo liv&d in a manner only suitable to their station in life , and which was necessary to keep up-the credit of ifue house . I hare looked through the account of their income and expenditure , and it appeara-to mo that they lived in an economical manner . They did not ta&e any profits ou&ftf the bank , and Mr . Shore and hie father brought an immense sum into it . But I am forry to say there is one circumstance which was brought before raethat is not equally free from objection—that is , an objection on the part of Mr . Barker . ; The circumstances of that case are these : —In J \ ily , 1842 , Mr . Bsrker brought £ 750 into the bank , and placed £ 500 of it with Mr . Rogers- in order to haVeit transmuted to
a house in Liverpool . Mr . Rogurs observed that the best way would be to transmit it to their London agent ; but as there would be some expense in doing so , they would keep it in their possession for about a fortnight . Instead , however , or" paying that £ 5 $ & into the bands of their London axent and thence transmitting it to the house in Liverpool , they appropriated it to their own use . That is a circumstanoo for which I am extremely sorry , because I hoped I should be able to grant the certificate of the bankrupts immediately , which I should have done had it not been for that circumstance . I wished likewise that Mr . Rogers was the onlyiportner affected by . that trausaciion , but I am sorry to say that it wasadmitted bv Mr . Baxtnr , for the bankrupts , tha , t Mr . Rogers brought the affair before the other partners every week . I hoped it waa a mere legal knowledge affecting all tbe partners : had it been so .
I should have only visited . vir . Rogers with the consequences arising from that conduct . But it , was an actual knowledge—every one of . the partners knowing of this £ 500 . It is necessary 60 state also that Mr . Barker kept no account with the bank ; it was a single transaction , and therefore there could be no mistake mipeotia /? it , They were bound to transmit that £ 500 to the house in Liverpool , which they wilfully neglected to do . 1 am worry for it , because it in some measure affects the c haracter of all tho partners . The most lenient way in which I can view it is , that they intended from time to time to transmit the momy , to Liverpool . Tnis , however , thej did not do , but appropriated it to their own use . Under these circamstanci a I tHink their certificate should bo delayed until the lOfch of April ; and in delaying it until that time , I take into consideration 'he period which has elapsed sinoe the issuing of the fiat . ' ¦
Life in Ireland . —Patrick Gleeson , of Kisatoney , who had two balls sent through hia body , still lives , but no hopes are entertainod of ; his recovery . It is said that a portion of his clothing was driven into the wound .-t , and still remains there . John Kennedy , of Ballymackey , who was beaten on tho head with a loaded butt and a spade handle , on the 8 th inst ., and whose skull was trephyned on tho 12 th , is dead . John Gleeson , who was struck with a stone in the head on his return to his residence ia an ass ' s car , accompanied by his wife , lies in a daugeroua state Irom a bad fracture of the skull . The Finnoe Murders . — One of the supposed murderers of Mr . Walier and Miss Wreker , a person named Andrew Whelan , was arrested in this city on Wednesday evening , by Inspector O'Connor , of the duiecivo force .
On Saturday evening a man in tho employment of Mr . Painck O'Keefe , at hia mill near Newport , was on his way home from bis . work , when a man , whom he did not know , pounced ; from behind a wall and knocked him senseless with a stone . A few Days ago Alexander Chalaaers , steward to Richard W . Gason , E ? q , of Richmond , was about leaviug his present employment and accepting a vacant stewardship under the Rev . Standish Grady Parker , of Castlelough ( lately filled by a man named Ralph ) , when he received a rockite notice threateniug him with death it' he dare to do so , Montgomery Martin has been appointed to Hong Kong iu the official capacity of auditor , < Sco . A . Giant . — A clergyman in the north of Ireland , has a son only fourtoou years of age , who is six feet three inches high , and stout in proportion , his foot measuring thirteen and a half ; inches in length . Both his parents are below tho average stature .
A Dwarf —The smallest dwarf alive I " General Tom Thumb , " now exhibiting in New York . He was born the 11 th of January , ! 1832 , and is , therefore , now eleven years of age , is now only twenty-five inches in height , and weighs but fifteen pounds . His parents are people of the ordinary size , with nothing at ail remarkable in their mental organization . At his birth he weighed nine pounds and two ounces , which is rather greater than the average weight of children at their birth . Sublime—The shades of night gathered thickly around ; dark masses hung portentously over tho earth ; the wind whistled mournfully over the horiz > n ; while the deep toned thunder , in muttering accents , proclaimed the fearful itempest ' s near approach ; and , as the big drops of rain began slowly to descend , one little pig , with a look and manner not to be mistaken , curled up its tail and ran like the .
Chinese Je-ts . —A man of letters , who spent a great part of the night in study , kept a kettle on the fire to make tea , as a stimulus when he should bo wearied . One night , hearing a thief breaking in through tbe wall , ho took post by it with the kettle in his hand ; and when the thief had thrust both his legs through the aperture , the student seized them , and poured the boiling water upon them . The robber roared out for meroy . " Wait , " replied the other , coolly , " until I empty the kettle . "
ACROSTIC UPON HKK MAJESTY . V ictoria rules , but OI her proudest throne 1 s based upon a faithful people' love ; C an prouder tribute to her worih bo shown T nan the affection which her subjects prove t 0 bright will be the annals of her reign , 1 < ound which a halo is by science placed ; 1 n fame ' s immortal record will remain A 11 great discoveries which this age hath graced It ecount , 0 muse ! that panacea ' s fame , E xcelhng all that Esculapian lore G ave , when disease availed the human frame , 1 mparting health where hope of life was o ' er . N ever was yet , for all corporeal ills , A remedy so sure as Parr's Life Pills .
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Liverpool Corn Market , Tuesday , Jan . 30 . — At to-days market Wheat met only a limited demand , holders , however , were very firm , and prices fully sustained , London Corn Excha \ oe , Monday , Jaw . 29 . — We received about au average quantity of Wheat from Essex , but an unusually small supply from Suffolk and Kent . The stands exhibited on the whole a fair show of samples of Wheat of home produce , while the demand for it was steady , at prices about equal to those obiained on this day se ' nnight . At the close of business most of th - ; best descriptions bad found buyers ; but a portion of the middling and inferior kiaas was left over for Wednesday next . The supply of fine Foreign Wheat offering was rather
limited , yet the amount of business doing in it was scanty . Holders were firm , and for the few transactions reported , last week ' s rates were supported . So little was doing in com under lock , that the prices must be considered next to nominal . Tho supply or barley has fallen off considerably since our last , lhe Hertfordshire maltsters took off a | large portion ot the malting qualities , at full prices but the va . lue ot grinding and distilling was with difficulty maintained . Malt was held on full as good terms as late . Irish Oats were barely an average in amount , thejr quotations underwent no change . Beans , peas , ana flour moved off slowly . The two former at barely , the latter at fully , last Monday ' s value .
London Smithfield Cattle Market , Jan . 29 . —Wo had a lull average supply , ana there was an evident improvement in the general quality of the bcots , short horns and Devons . The attendance of buyers was- numerous , but the Beef trade was in a sluggish state . Tbe prices obtained on . this day se ' naight— those of the be&t sorts riiliag from 3 a lOd to 4 s per 81 bs . were well supported , though some difficulty was experienced on the part of the Balesmen in effecting a clearance . The numbers of Sheep were fully adequate to meet tbe wants of the butchers . Jf rime old Downs sold steadily . Keats , halfbreds , &c , slowly , at last week's quotations . There were aboat 100 shorn bheep and fifty Lambs , but
their quotations were very uneven . ; The number of Calves were email , while the sale for them was active , at full currencies . In Pigs , ; a good business was doing tu late rates . No importations of Foreign Stock since our last . \ Wool MARKBT . ~ For public sale on tbe 1 st , 2 d , 3 d , and 5 th proximo , about 7 , 000 bales of Colonial and other wools have been declared . By private contract only a moderate amount of business is doing , yet pievioas rates are steadily supported . The imports have consisted of about 1 , 300 packages , chiefly front Hobart Town .
Tjllow .-Tho price of P . C . Tallow on the spot is rather on the decline , although the demand through-Out the week has been somewhat better . 1 here is no speculation , and the holders are ready sellers . There iB Mijitle business doing in new Tallow ; tbe price is now 41 s 9 d to 42 s for new Y . C ., deliverable the last three months of the year . Town Tallow is 42 s nett cash .
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Borough Hop Market . —A very active demand has sprung up for Weald of Kent and Sussex pockets , the quotations of which have improved fully 1 \ per per cwt . la other yearling bops , a steady business is doing , at prices fully equal to those noted in our last . Old . hops are commanding considerable at ten * tion , and their rates havo improved from £ 2 to £ 4 per ewt . The supply of hops is miserably small , with every prospect of farther advanced currencies . Bobough and Spitsivields . —Fr ©» Scotland , Yorkshire , and most other quarters , tbe arrivals of potatoes at tho water-side continue extensive for the thneof year , yet the demand for the very descriptions intolerable steady , at full prises , but all other kinds are a mere drag . Richmond , Saturday , Jan . 27 . —We had a tolerable supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 6 s 6 "d to 7 s 6 d ; Oats , 2 s is to 3 s ; Barley , 4 s to 4 S 6 d ; Boaas , 4 s 3 d to 5 s per bushel .
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From the London Gazette ofFridfyy , Jan , 26 . B& 9 KBTJPTS . Richard Tefesy , Winchester , ptumber ,. Feb . 2 , at halfpast twelve , and March 8 , at one , zt the Court of Bankruptcy , Lendon . Whifcmore , official asai ^ nee , 2 , BaBingh&U street ; Finob sdcJ Neate , soliators , 57 , Lincoln ' a-inii -fields . Marshall Beswick , Norwich , wint merchant , Fob . 2 , at half-past one , and Ma ? eh 8 . at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . London . Pennell , official assignee ; Sharman , solicitor , l , Trinity-place , Cbarrng-cross . John Rolfe , late of TJsbrid ^ e , coal merchant . Fab . 2 at half-past eleven , and March 5 , at hulf-p * at twelve * at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abchurch-lcae , Lonibard-strest ; Sieap solicitor , 2 , Middle Temple-lane . »
William Evans , Birth wen , Merionethshire , miller > Feb . 7 and March 7 , at elovan , at the Court of Bank * tuptcy , Liverpool . Biro , official assignee . Iiiverpeol ; Lowe and Co ., solicitors , Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane . London ; Jones , Bolgelly ; aud Curry and Co . * Liverpool . John Rusbton . Jan ., Nottingham , livery stable-keeper , Feb . 6 , at half-past twelve , and March 5 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham ; Srewater , solicitor , Nottingham ; and Smith . Birmingham .: George Morgan , Gtoucester , currier , Feb . l , at twelve , ard March 14 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Miller , official assignee , Bristol ; Lovegrove , solicitor , Gloucester .
Joseph Wilson , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , lines manufacturer , Feb . 7 , at eleven , and March 18 , atone , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tvne . Baker , official assignee , Newcastle-upon-Tvne ; Plumptre , solicitor , Temple , London ; and Cram , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . \ John Fothergill , sen ., Selby , Yorkshire , apothecary , Feb . 6 and 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Ljed « . Hope , official assignee , Le « ds ; J . icques and Co ., solicitors , Ely-place , London ; Haigb , Selby ; and Ward and Son , Leeds . Henry Kitchen , Halifax , Yorkshire , ironmonger , Ftib . 12- and March 11 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Young , official assignee , Leeds ; Slaney , solicitor , Birmingham ; and Blooms and GatlifF , Leeds .
D 1 TIDENDS DECLABED . Richard Ainsworth , Warrington , Lancashire , cotton spinner , first dividend of 15 a 2 d in the pound , pay . able at 7 , Charlotte-street , Manchester , on January 30 , and every following Tuesday . Thomas Booth , Sheffield , and Tinsley-park , Rotherbaui , irpn-master , first dividend of 6 s 8 d in the pound , payable at 7 , Commercial-buildings , Leeds , on any ; Tuesday after January 30 . WiHiam Hoole , Sheffield , leather dresser , firafc dividend of 5 s in the pound , payable at 7 , Commercial * buildings , Leeds , on any Tuesday after Jan . 30 . Rjburt Watson , York , silk mercer , farther dividend of Is C'l , and dividend of Hi 2 d ia the pound , payable by Mr . George Yttung , official assignee , ou any Monday after Jan . 29 . James Gordon , Liverpool , merchant , first dividend of 16 * lid in tbe peund , payable at 19 , South Castle-street , Liverpool , on Jan . 29 , or any subsequent Monday .
Swann and Kully , Fleet wood on Wyre , Lancashire , bricklayers , firht dividend of it 2 d in the pound , and 20 a on the separate estate of John Swann , payable at 19 . South Castle-street , Liverpool , on Jan . 29 , or an ; subsequent Monday . Charles Benn Buchanan and William Cunningham , merchants ,. Liverpool , first dividends of 10 a and 203 in the pound , , payable at 19 . South Castle-street , Liverpool , on Jan . 2 U , or any subsequent Monday . William E iwards and George Walker , Chester , nurserymen , dividend of 11 ^ I in the pound , Is in the pound on tbe separate estate of William Edwards , and llj 1 on the separate estate of George Walker , payable at 19 , South Castle-street , Liverpool , on Jan . 29 , or any subsequent Monday . Betty Tborniley , Broadbottom , grocer , dividend of 2 = i Ci in the pound , payable at 35 , Gaorige-street , Manchester , on Jan . 30 , or any subsequent Tuesday ,
Joseph Massey , of Habergham Eaves , near Burnley , worsted spinner , dividend of Is in tbe pound , payable at 35 , Gaorge-street , Manchester , on Jan . 30 , or say subsequent Tuesday . Samuel Joseph Clegg and John Witby , Liverpool , merchants , third dividend of la 7 d in the pound , payable at 1 , Liver-court , Sonth Castle-street , Liverpool , on Jan 27 , or any succeeding Saturday . DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED IN THE COUNTRY . William Sohw . Stafford , sadler , Feb . 19 , at half-past eleven , at tho Court of Ban&rupcy , Birmingham—Benjamin Dorral , Iron-bridge , Shropshire , mercer , Feb . 28 , at one , at tho Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to tbe contrary on tbe day of meeting .
Theophilus Gamauf , 2 ? , Fetter-lane , wholesale furrier , Feb . 16—William Atkinson , Wood-street , Cheapside , warehouseman , Feb . 16—John Harm an , Meadow bank Brewery , Whitefrars . London , of Edinburgh , and of Cheater-square , Loadon , common-brewer , Feb . 16 —Win . Edward Filbey , Norwich , wine merchant , Feb . 16—Joseph Pearsou , Darlaston , Staffordshire , cut nail manufacturer , Feb . 22—Timothy Ross , Leicester , hosier , Feb . 21—WUliam Taylor , Springhead , Yorkshire , wool merchant , Feb . 21—James Hudson and James Broadbent , Jan ., ( Jile , near Littleborough , and of Manchester , calico printers , Feb . 19—Luke Frith Bingham , Bite well ,. Derbyshire , floor seller , Feb . 19—William Blatters and John Slattera , Mellor , Lancashire , cotton spinners , Feb . 19 . certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause be shown to the contrary , on or before Feb . lfi .
George Weldon , Dudley , Worcestershire , clothier—Benjamin George Drury , Dudley , Worcestershire , iron merchant—Thomas Cartwright , Heuton Norris , Lancashire , banker—Edward Bossey , Sbeffild , broker—Samuel Thurston , Grosvenor-row , Pimlico , corn merchant—Thomas Colernan , St . Albans , Herefordshire , licensed victualler—Sarah Ross , Leicester , hosier—Geo . Frederick Widnall , B-igeware-road , stationer—James Brough Pow , N . ewcastte-apon-Tyne . ahip broker—James Nucter , Cambridge , brewer—Edward Hilton , Over Darwen , Lancashire , paper maker—Cbarlea James Morley , Liverpool , flouv dealer .
FARTNEBSHirS DISSOLVED . Richard Cihowand John HoBgbtou Braocker , Elton , Lancashire , cutton spinner—George Traviss and John Horsfall , of Worsbrough , Yorkshire , colliery proprietors —William HoMsworth aad Hanson Irving , Bradford , Yorkshire , stuff merchants—John Rishton Lonsilalo and Abraham Ellis , Liverpool , stationers—James Batterworth and Thomas Frederick Beales , Manchester , drysalters—William Tune and Thomas Bailey , Barnsley , common brewers—William Renshaw and Joshua Beck , Gjrton , Laneashiie , farmers—James Jamieson and Alexander Jamieson , of Leede and Huddersfield , commission agents—Edward Tatham and Gaorge Tatham , Holbeck , Yorkshire , flax spinnera—Edward Webster , sen ., and E . lward Webster , Jan ., St . Helena , Lancashire , wine merchants—J . and J . Williamson , Liverpool , wine dealers—John Mil thorp and Simual Burnley , Pool , Yorkshire , scribbling millers .
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Fr » m the Gaxeite 0 / Tuesday , Jan . 30 . BANKRUPTS . John Tubb , draper , Bisingstoke , to surrender Feb . 13 , at half-vast twelve , aud March 19 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Ba -feruptcy . Green , official assignee , Alderman bury ; Asburst , Cbeapside . Thomas Balls , iron-merchant ; Thameu-Btreet , Feb . 8 , at half-past tweUe , aad March 19 , at twelve , at tbs Court of Bankruptcy . Green , official assignee , Aldsrroanbuiy ; Tucker aud Stevenson , Threadneedle-street . George Hiller , varnish manufacturer , Sua-street , Biahopsgate-street , Feb . 13 , at ha If-past one , and March 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Graham , official assignee , Coleman-street ; Rutherford , Lombard-street
William Batcher , commission agent , G reat Marlborough-atreet , Frb 13 , at two , and March 8 , at eleven , at the Court of Bmkruptcy . Groom , official assignee , Abchurch-lano ; Maybew and Mayhew , Catey-street , Lincoln ' 8-inn Alphonso Leqaentre , miller , Chingford-inillfl , Essex , Feb . 6 , at twelve , and March 13 , atone , at the Courfc of Bankruptcy . Johnson , official assignee , Baalnghallatreet ; Adatason and Cjoper , Ely-place . Thomas Rodham , grocer , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Fab-8 , at twelve , and March 20 , at one , at the District Court of Bankruptcy . Baker , offioial assignee , Newoastle-apon-T yne ; Williamson and HIH , Gray ' s-ion , London .
John Leech , ironmonger , Newc * stle-npon-Tyne Feb . 19 , at eleven , and Much 19 , at half-past one , at the District Court of Bankruptcy . Baker , official assignee , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Harle , NewcaaUe upon-Tyne ; Cbiabolm , Liall , and Gibson , Lincoln'sinn-fields , London . Thomas Berrklge , tobacconist , Manchester , Feb . 9 , and March 6 , at twelve , at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Pott , official assignee , Manchester ; Johnson and Weatherall , Temple , London ; Eershaw , Manchester .
Henry Murcb , sail-cloth-manufacturer , Norton-nnder-Hamdon , Somersetshire , F » b . 14 , and March 7 , at eleven , at the Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy Hertsal , offioial assignee , Exeter ; Nicholeta , Bridport ; Stodon . Exeter ; Brace , Essex-steet , London .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1250/page/3/
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