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IN the Prospectus which tbe NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY has already published thoir views , it is hoped , have beea sufficiently exp lained as regards the promotion ot Emigration to Lands and Estates , purchased through its intervention in Canada , &o . The Agents confidently submit , however , that the same views , more fully developed , may be made essentially useful , not only to the unemployed classes in this country , but also to those who are possessed of somo capital , though insufficient in amount to secure , of itself , their permanent welfare and prosperity . It will be admitted that Emigration has heretofore been conducted on a system productive , in the aggregate , of much individual hardship and distress—and especially to the Emigrant of the poorer class ; for on arriving at hia port of debarkation , he has found himself , generally speaking , with little or no money , and no friends to assist him in procuring work , or even to point out in what part of the Province he would be most likely to obtain it , —while he who possessed some little capital has met with similar difficulties , in making choice of a location . Canada , thouKh all things considered , perhaps the most important of our colonies , is virtually a terra incognita—simply because there is no one willing , if able , to afford the requisite information to those who Beek it , and it is this deficiency which > t J the aim and object of the Agents effectually to remedt . ¦ ' . There are hundreds in Great Britain anxious to emigrate , but who , from w&nfc of sufficient means are deterred from , or unable to do bo . To such the A gents can off ^ r facilities heretoforo uuthought of , and unattainable ; for example : —A man having no more than ; £ l 00 , would not better hia situation by emigrating to Canada as an agriculturist—for the purchase of his Land , and the unavoidable preliminary expenditure thereon , the expence of conveyance thither , and his support , however frugal , until his first crops were gathered in , would absorb more than bis ; entire capital , even under tho most favourable circumstances . Such a capital , on the contrary , would be found not only sufficient on tho plan proposed by the Agentb , as hereafter explained , bat at the &ame time , immunity from the usual hardships and privations would be secured , and to tho prudent and industrious a comfortable and permanent oompetentcy in the future . , . But the great body of our emigrating population is composed of persona having no capital whatever , generally without even the means of paying their passage-money to a Colony , however approximate to the mother country . The sufferings which too often betal these poor people , are greater than would be generally believed—not on shipboard , for there they are now well-carod for , owing to the strictness with which the wholesome regulations of the " Passengers' Act ' are enforced by the Government Emigration Agents here and in Canada . Is is on their arrival in : tho Colony that the struggle really commences , a strusKie not confined to xhe mere labourer , but more or less participated in by tho small capitalist to whcua , reference was first made . He nroat search for his Land in a country , to the localities of which , its soil and seasons , he is a perfect stranger ; and when selected , however judiciously , ho must live upon his own resources until the ensuing harvest . He must erect his own log house , clear and fence his land , wasting valuable time , and spending much of his already too scanty capital unprofita . bly , from inexperience in the work he ha « undertaken . , l . The former , on landing at his destined port , applies for work , which if unattainable on the fipot , he must seek for elsewhere , or starve . If without funds , he is provided by the Emigration Agent appointed by Government , with a free passage in a steam boat to wherever he chooses to go , and then every resource but his own labour ceases . It may not be irrelevent to mention , that tho money thus expended jn Canada in 1842 , was £ 13 , 161 ; and in 1843 , nearly £ 9 , 000 ; Emigration m the latter year having fallen off 51 pur cent , as compared with the former : a plain proof of the generally helpless condition of our emigrating brethren , and that the distrews alluded to is far from beinft exaggerated . The Agents will now proceed to state aa brkfly &s possible , those remedial measures which they ar sanguine enough to hope may remove in a ^ reac degree , if not altogether , the evils complained of . It has betn observed in the first prospectus * that the Agent in Londoa has for sale upwards of 600 , 000 Acres of Land in different parts of Upper and Lower Canada ; and it is in a great degree owins to the exceedingly low terms on which the Agonts are authorised to dispose of some of the best of these properties , that thay are enabled to tffer to the consideration of the public tho following scheme : — The statement marked A shows , that with no greater capital than £ 77 , a single man , forming one of a pabty of not less THaN ten FAMILIES , OR PRINCIPALS , will acquire in fee simple , or . Freehold , Land io the extent of 100 Acres . That for a man and his wife , or two single men , the capital required will be only £ 87 , or £ 43 10 s . each ; with one child , £ 92 5 j ., or £ 30 15 s . each ; the amount per head decreasing as the numbers in a family increase . It has been remarked , that with so small a sum at command as £ 100 , the agriculturist would not better hiscondition by emigrating ; and it is presumed that the reasons given are a sufficient evidence of the faet . The plan now submitted goes , however , to prove that even this small stock of money can be made not ouly ample for all useful purposes , but will le * ve a fund to mtet contingencies . The statement marked B shows in like mauner tho capital required to entitle tho Em ' grant to 50 Acres of Land in Freehold , and this scale is intended to apply to those who depond upon the assistance of others , partially or wholly , to enable tnem to emigrate . To this table the Agenis btspeak the especial attention of those who support Emigration from benevolent views . Looking at the brightest side of the picture , it has been , to the poor man , merely a transition from labour in one country , io labour in another , with the prospect , if successful , of saving in the course of yearB , sufficient to procure those advantages which ate here offered him on setting foot in Canada . Not only will he be exempt from the prospect of want , provided of course he be prudent and industrious , but he will be spared those hardships and privations heretofore inseparable from the change of homo and country ; and secure to himself a state of comfort and independence beyond any expectations he could ever have ventured lo indulge in . The public may fairly require tome guarantee beyond the mere character of the Agents , that tkey hare the power as well as tho inclination , faithfully to carry out that which they undertake to perform . Such a guarantee they are prepared to offer , and in a form which they trust will be approved of They propose—That when the purchase is made , the money contributed b ^ each family or princi pal shall bo placed in tbe hands of tho Bankers of tbe Agency , in London , in the joint names of the Agent in London , and some ono appointed by ihe Settlers , to be applied in the manner following , viz .: — 1 . To pay the purchase money of the Laud eo soon as the Title Deeds of the same , legally executed in the Colony , are delivered over to the Purchasers . 2 . To defray the Passage Money of the Settlers in ihe manner usually practised in Emigrant Ships , and 3 . To repay all other disbursements undertaken by the Agents , so as , but not before , the Settlers shall have arrived on their location , and are therefore in actual possession of the settlement prepared for them . North American Land Agency , RICHARD NORMAN , No . 2 , New Broad Streett London . Agent in London . STATEMENT A Table , shewing the amount required to be paid by each Family according to the number of its members , to entitle them to a Freehold Farm of 100 Acres , a FreQ Passage to Canada ; three Months ' Provisions after their arrival at the Settlement ; and a participation in all the advantage offered by ihe Agencv , which are as follow * : — 1 . —A Log House to be built ou each Farm . 2 . —Five Acres of Land to be cleared on eaoh Farm , of which four acres to be cropped with Wheat , and one acre with Potatoes and other vegetables . 3 . —The settlers to be furnished with the necessary tools , such as Axes , Hoes , Sickles , &c ; and also 4 . —With one Yoke of Oxen for the general Hse of the Settlement . 5 . —A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to be engaged and paid by the Agents for three months , to work with and instruct the Emigrants in clearing Land and fencing it ; and in the erection of Log Houses , of which five will , for that purpose , be built after the arrival of the Settlers . 6 . —Three Months' Provisions to be supplied to the ' Emigrants after they have reached the Settlement , thus securing them against the possibility of want while iheir crops are ripening , and tbey are engaged in ho work referred to in the foregoing paragraph . TT , ., > T . Amount to be Paid . Under Above Number Members of each Family . 14 14 in D . D , Years . Years . Family . r ^? ?* , £ T ' Individual ramily . iNo . 1 . . ~~ £ ft iT £ b d A single man 1 1 77 0 0 77 0 0 No . 2 . A man and wife i ... 2 2 43 10 0 87 0 0 No . 3 . A man , wife , and 1 child 1 2 3 30 15 0 92 5 0 No . 4 . A man , wife , and 2 children 2 2 4 24 10 0 98 0 0 No . 5 . A man , wife , and 3 children 3 2 5 20 15 0 103 15 0 No . 6 . : A man , wife , and 4 children , 1 child above 14 year * - 3 3 6 18 17 6 113 5 0 No . 7 . A man , wife , and 5 children , 1 child above 14 year * - 4 3 7 17 00119 00 No . 8 . A man , wife , and 6 children , 2 children above 14 yrs 4 4 8 16 2 6 129 0 0 STATEMENT B Table shewing the Amount required to be paid by each Family according to the number of its Memberp , to entitle them to a Freehold Farm of Fifty Acres ; a Free Passage to Canada ; three Months ' Provisions after their arrival at the Settlement ; and a participation in all tho advantages offered by the Agency , which are as follows , vz .: — 1 . —A Log House to be built on each Farm . 2 . —Four and a Half Acres of Land to be cleared on each Farm , of whioh four acres to be cropped with Wheat , and Half an Acre with Potatoes and other vegetable ? . 3 . —The settlers to be furnished with the necessary tools , suoh as Axes , Hoes , Sickles , &c ; and also 4 . —With one Yoke of Oxen for the general nse of tho Settlement . 5 . —A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to be engaged and paid by tho Agents for three months , to work with and instruct the Emigrants in clearing Land and fencing it ; and iu the erection of Log Houses , of which five will , for that purpose , be built after tho arrival of the Settlers . 6 . —Three Months' Provisions to be supplied to the Emigrants after they have reachod the Settlement , thuB securing them against the possibility of want while their crops are ripening , and they arc engaged in the werk referred to in tbe f-regoing paragraph . UndeiAboTe Number Amount to be paid . Members of Eaoh Family . 14 14 in ' Years . Years . Family . Hv ^ , By each Individual , ramily . No . 1 . ~ £ h u ~ £ s d AsingleiMan 1 1 59 10 0 59 10 0 No . 2 . A Man and Wife 2 2 34 12 6 69 5 0 No . 3 . A Man , Wife , and Child 1 2 3 25 0 0 73 0 0 No . 4 . A Man , Wife , and two Children ¦ . 2 2 4 20 2 6 80 10 0 No . 5 . A Man , Wife , and three Children 3 25 17 5086 50 No . 6 . ! A Man , Wife , and four Children , one Child above 14 years ... 3 3 6 16 0 0 96 0 0 Ho . 7 . A Man , Wife , and five Children , one Child above 14 years ... 4 3 7 14 10 0 101 10 0 No . 8 . A Man , Wife , and six Children , two Children above 14 year * 4 4 8 13 17 6 111 0 0 N . B . —A party desiring to have a larger Farm than above deaer . be . ! , can obtain Land in any quantity , at the mere cost of such Land , free from any increase in the other items of exDcuditure .
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HOXTmSNT TO TBE SCOTTISH POLITICAL MABTYBS . A site for a monument to Thomas Muir , Thomas F . p » hner , William Skirving , Joseph Gerrold , and ] Maurice M » rfarot , who in 1793 94 suffered banish- j Btfnton a charge of " sedition , " bavin ? , after mnch ] difficalty , been obtained in the Old Cilton barying- j ground , Wednesday , August 21 st , vsa appointed for ] formally laying tbe foundation of the obelisk to be erected as a tribnte to their memory and sympithy lor ttrtfcfate . The Complete- Suffrage Asss > ciation , to the number of : sbont four hand red , assembled in the Meadow-walk j at three odo ± in the afternoon , for the most part ] dressed in biaek clothes , and marched in proceewoa \
¦ down fee High-street , through Parliaaen' -Eqnsre , . passing tbe tranrta of justice , to the Waterloo Hotel , ! ¦ where they were meiby Mr . Hcrae , several members of , the town « onnc l , 3 » d many respectable cifczins . The ] prmltaEB of ¦ wi » u ess : n § the cereBon j haviBg been limited ; by the trcstfes of the ground , only a portion ot the assemblage obtained admittance . Among those present on the ground , -we observed , beside the Hon .- Member : for Montrose , a son of one of the martyw , Mr . Skirling , ! who , we understand , is a mauufacttuer 1 b Kitkaldy , sad Mr . William Mofiatt , who acted as agent for i Ur . Maw at his trial , and in both of whom the pro- j ceediju ? s of yesterday seemed to awaken the most lively ] interest . ,
When the « 9 mpany had assembled , j Mi . Hthb addressed them as foliews ^— 6 ent 4 emen , j I am happy at meeting with you here to-day , ready to ; form an act of justice , and of respect to the memory of j those who were the pioneers of the « anse in which we j are all engaged—( cheers ) . 1 hare been long anxious to « ee aw day , fcaTiug from a Tery -etriy period of my j life formed opinions highly condemnatory of those pro j ceedings which took place towards the -close of the Jast eentary—Icheeraj . 1 am one of those who , in 1792-03 . ' . "While attending the university of this city , was witness to the proceedings which then took places and though ' I hsTe had occasion to be in d ftsrent parts of the ' , "world , I never failed to recollect the enormities of that ' ;
time It has been a feappy—a Tery happy—reflection to as , that I haTe beea instrumental in making amends , ; insose degree at least , ! or the sacrifices those men ' made . Yob are all aware how disgraesfal to Scotland j those proceedings weie—how the judge * demeaned themselves by becoming instruments in \ he hands of , 1 ' Will not say the ministers of the day , but of the man ! » ao , but a few days before , professed the same prin- j copies which afterwards he persecuted —( cries of " hear , ' bear' ') . Mary may sot perhaps be aware that the ) thing for which these unfortunate individuals WL-re j tried yeas for advocating "toe same cause , end con- j tending for tite same oHeel -srblcb in 17 $ 2 Mf . Pitt
and the Date of Richmond supported—( cries of \ hear , feearv bear ) . When in 1784 Mr . Pitt succeeded ' to cSLse he immediate } , } ' bacame a percecuior of tbosv ; Tery -doctrines by the profession of which he obtained office ; and like many others who desert from their . party , he showed an increased zsal in persecuting indi- Tidusls who continued to maintain those principles . ' The French Revolution alarmed those who held the '¦ ¦ leins of goTernment , aad they wielded then pow « on I the principles of despotism . I have said despotism ; j Jot 1 consider that wherever the people are not lolly ; represented , despotism is almost sure £ 6 exist—ihear ) .. "Whatever privileges the Crown may have and tbe ; aristocracy , I am ready and willing to concede all that ! is due ; but still the people have their ri&ht and title to ;
» share in the government . Mr . Pitt and the Duke of ; Richmond at one time introduced a bill into Porliamest : to obtain universal suffrage and annual Parliameou , ! and they laboured gloriously to procure those benefits to - the country ; but soon afterwards they deserted those ! principles and became zealous persecutors of ¦ wbi" tbey f Ti * rt foimeily pfafassed- Thos © men whose -devotion to ! principle we are boh met to commemorate saw that those Who then possessed office had so right to appropriate the country funds—to fatten at tbe public exposes—raised ' tke alarm and brought upon thsmselves the . pewecntion \ » hich we so deeply deplore—icbeers ) . It is to ' the dis-. grace of Scotland that it was through the labour and i perseverance of Mr . Dandas that those persons were j condemned . Their condemnation wai contrary to all
law , a moekeey of justice , and sufficient in itself to j disgrace any country—( hear . hear ) . 1 am ote of those ; who deeply regret and sympathise with the manner in ! Which the people were then treated , Mid tbe icsnlta which they received ; asd I cannot but think we who , profess to be advocates of reform have been Tery back- ' ward in not having many years ago raised a monument : to men who haTe done so much for our common cause . ' I trust this monument will prove a precursor of that ' Which we all so ardently desire ; for 1 am confident , as . We are claiming what is right and just , that soouer or later—it may be in my day and may not—the people of this land will have a fair and full representation in the Commons * House of
Parliament—( tremendous cheers ) . Without that it is impossible this country can go on and maintain that position in the world which its wealth , irlaence , and character entitle it to hole ? , and which we all desire to see it JBBJntain . Maay of you are better acquainted with the history of the times I have alluded to than I am . 1 haTe myself been an attentive observer in the cause of reform , and 1 would just recommend to every Reformer lo read the history of those times o ! persecution . 1 find a Tery concise ana correct history of these men has been published by Mi . Tait , which 1 would recommend to all who wish to be informed of what they suffered in the cause of reform . If there u anything about which I am more anxious than another , it is to relieve the characters of these men from the charges made against
Stem of being desirous to excite dissention and comsiotion among the people ; and with that Tiew 1 shall lead one single parapraph from the speech of Mr . Mnir himself to the jury , which shows tbe real motives by Which be and bis compatriots were actuated . ( Mr . Hume here read extracts from Mr . Hair ' s speech to the Jury , and to the conrt after receiving sentence , in the latterdof which be said : — " I have engaged in a good , a jurtjSnd a glorious cause—a cause which , sooner or later , must asd will prevail , and by timely reform , save thia country from destruction . " And ( continued the Honourable Gentleman ) so say I—ih »> ar , hear ) . —for it is only tine that is required to secure the reform which We so much require . I entirely concur in tbe sentiments of Mr . Muir which 1 haie read . I am sure
when it is known to any one that a person has been sacrificed foi the principles wbich be holds , the fate of that person will stir him up to sympathise with bis miafortune . And in such a spirit will be regard Ifeose five men who were treated as felons , compelled to work as such , and who , thongh every effort was made in the House of Commons , xeceived no redress , but were shipped off to a foreign land to associate with criminals , and to be subjected to the most ignominious punishment After spending eighteen months in banishment , an American Teasel succeeded in rescuing Mr . Muir from banishment , but , unfortunately , in consequence of having touched at Ifootka fee - » a » exposed to great peril and hardships . Ms . Hume here related some of tbe particulars connected
with Mr . Muir ' s arrival at Cadiz , when it was supposed be vat killed in the action with the English frigate in tbe harbour at the time , and also us to-his death at Paris , eighteen months thereafter . He ( Mr-Hume ) had been anxious to obtain possession of any papers whieh Mr . Mnir had left , and bad sent & person to the continent with tiiat view , bnt unfortunately Bone bad been found . Such was the fata ol one of tbe Tictims of Mr . Pitt " a apostacy— ( bear , bear . ) Mr . Palmer was pnnished on account of an article written , not by himself , bnt by another man ; and like Mr . Muir he was subjected to lirnflnT atrocious procedure . The others were all arrested in December , 1793 . Let any man read the trials , and be will rise from the perusal -with feelings of tbe most intense shame that they should ever have taken place —{ bear , bear ) . I may state that I appear bere in consequence of a public meeting held in London
in February last , in the Crown and Ancher Tavern , and Which was one of the largest I ever saw in that place . At thai meeting it was resolved to join together the two fund » saisad in London and Edinburgh for the purpose of erecting monuments to tbe martyrs in these two cities ; and in terms of tbe other resolutions then agreed to , 1 shall , with your permission , proceed "to deposit such documents as have been prepared , and which , though of noTalue in themselves , yet form part of the ceremony observed on such occasions . Allow me to hope , that we shall live to see that xelotm with which those men identified themselves triumphant . It is not tbe names or the individuals that we advocate and admire ; but it is thoBe principles fer which they suffered --aad it is for the maintenance of those principles—it is in tbe cause of liberty that 1 am anxious to lay this monument—( cheers ) . -
_ Mr . Hume then deposited in a cavity prepared for Gm occasion , a glass jar , containing copies of the newspapers of the day , Oliver and Boyd ' s Almanack Tait ' s Mapglne , containing a report of the trial of the martyrs , a list d tbe Scotch sub scribers to tbe monument and a few coins of tbe present reign- ' The covering stone having been deposited , Mi . Hume said— Gsntlemen , as there is ' no clergyman present , . yon will perhaps allow me to officiate , and in doing so . I shsll lead the following Temartawe pnya of Mi . Gerrald , which be offered np by permission of the sheriff at the last meeting of the British Convention in Edinburgh . ( Here Mr . Hume read the prayer , the company nncoTerinc ) .
Mt HrjtE expressed his great satisfaction at haTing , ' . after thB lapse of fifty years , tbe pleasure of seeing a monument about to be raised , wbich be hoped , together * fth Qi e one to be erected in London would prove a j beacon to warn tbe statesmen of the day . against per-KKfctlon , and encourage men to support tbe cause of ! liberty . > rJ ^^ t ^ 7 chee « "we « then given , and tbe cem-l P&ny left tbe ground . H 5 f wS PMattTely few conU ** accomodated within &mm The meeting was addressed by Counsellor S ' ott ( the ¦ Brockloeb / and then separated . R ° '
The _ 2 dinburgh committee of management and tbe enosenbers to the monument entertained Mr . Hume to '' dinner in CKbfe ' s-Boyal Hotel , Prince ' a-Btreet—Sir Jas . j Gibson Craig , Bart ., of Riccarton , occupied the chair ' appcrted on the right by tbe hononrable gnest , Bailie } &ay , Councillor Macferlan . Mx . Piulip , Lelti , Mr .
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Duncan M'Laren , it ; on tbe left , by tbe Right Honourable tbe Lsrd Provost , J . M . Bell , Esq ., advecato , Mi . Andrew Millar , Mr , Veltcb of Woodside , fcc Mr . Tait , discharged the duties of croupier . Tae speeches delivered were of & very " WhiggiBb character . Among tbe toasts were , Tbe memory « f Charles Jamea Fox *; and tbe " Health of Earl Grey . " The company broke up shortly after eight o ' clock .
THE BASQUE ! . Tbe banquet is the evening took place in the large Watailoo-room , which was by eight o ' clock completely filled . Mr . Hume did not arrive till after the proceedings were begun , having been detained at the dinner . Mr . Dunlop , of Brockloch was , on the motion of Dr . Pardie , called to tbe cbsir . Tbe CHAIRMAN intimated , that he bad letters of apology for absence from Mr . Sturce , of Birmingham , Mr . Wallace M . P ., Mr . Henry Vincent , &c . Rev . W . Marshall , Loitb , spoke to the first sentiment : — " The people , the sole element of national great ness , and tbe only legitimate source of political power . " He would offer only a few remarks in support of this sentiment , knowing that he was ts be succeeded by a
much hoaoured , admired , and loved , because a most ennsistent , straightforward , and bard working advocate of the peaple ' s rights , now among them—( ctoeers ) . The theory of the Bentimenthebad read , though very generally acknowledged by mankind , bad in practice been almost Kniversally trampled upon . Universal Snffrafje was the identical principle which tbe martyrs supported , and which , bad tbey been alive now , they would have been endeavouring to carry out to its legitimate results . Mr . Marshall then referred to Lord John Russell ' s late statement in Parliament , that Government did nut , at he present time , answer the purposes for which it ought to exist—tbe protection of the people . These was , his lordship said , abundance of wealth , but the comforts of the people were decreasing . Even if Lord
John Russell were really prepared to go hand in hand with Cobden for a rtp < al of the corn laws , he would flod that that was sot enough . He must , in addition to a repeal cf tbe bread tax , also renounce his finality . C ^ eap food and cheap institutions were no doubt good things ; bnt equal civil rights and the tqual distribution of political privileges were better than either—( cheers ) . If his lordship wished the evils of legislstinu dene away with , let him agree to make the House of Commons the people ' s house of representatives—which it ought to be —a bouse chosen by tbe people , and a bouse enjoying the confidence and having its sympathies with the people—( cheers ) . Feeling its responsibility to the people , the House of Commons would then be a house existing for tbe people , and not consulting only the interests of s faction— icneeTa ) .
Tbe CHiiKHiK then introduced Mr . Hume , as the loii £ tried and persevering champion of economy and popular ruhts . sir . BriiE spoke at some length , and concluded by intimating that , 86 soon as be returned to London he wosld have the pleasure of raising another monument to the martyrs in the British metropolis —( great cheering ) . He begged to proposr as a Bentiment , " Honour to the memory of Muir , Palmer , Gerrald , Skirving , Margarot &c-, and their compatriots , " Mr . Skirvi ? g . of Kirkaldy ( tbe son of one of the martyrs * , then addressed the meeting , whom be thanked for the interest tbey bad shown in the cause of the Reform strcsRle of 1793 and 1794 , and for their kind expressions towards those who had suffered in connectisn with it Might the generous efforts of the Reformers of the present day to perpetuate their sense of their worth , preve a stimulus to the patriot , and a terror to the oppressor—[ cheers ) .
Tbe R 3 V . D .-. Rjtchib spoke at some Jength to tbe n-xt toast , Success to the Principles for which the Martyrs suffered , " and -waa followed by Mr . Somers and Mr C . G Scott Tbe Ksv . P . BE . ETVSTEE ., in a long speech , moved a vote of thanks to Mr . Hume , and the other projectors and contributors to the monument A vote of thanks having been moved to tbe Chairman , the meeting separated at half-past eleven o ' clock .
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Hobbisle Case . —Suicide fbom Distress . —A few minutes after six o ' clock on Wednesday morning , Angust 21 , a shipwright , in proceeding to his work at the Deptford Dock-yard , had his attention drawn to two women walking along the towing path of tbe Grand Surrey Canal , near Deptford-brldge . Their appearance at such an earlv hour , and in a locality not much freqaented , even dnring the day , excited his suspicions , and indnctd him to watch their movements . Scarcely had five minutes elapsed before they stopped , and clasping each other's hands , precipitated themselves into the centre of the caDal . He instantly shouted for help , and with all speed hastened to the spot , bnt by the time be had gained it they had both disappeared . Wi ' -hout waiting to divest himself of any of his elothes , he plunged into that p&rt where be had seen them ge down , and succeeded in grasping one of the unfortunate creatures , and after much exertion managed to
swim ashore with her . Having placed her ou tbe bank , he again dived under the water , with the hope of regaining the other unfortunate woman , but ufter many attempts be failed in discovering her bedy . By this time several persons bad come to bis assistance , and by their united tff- > rta effected tbe resuscitation of the one preserved . The unhappy girl would have again attempted her life , bad not the police secured her , and fcr her better protection she was removed to the Rotherhitbe station , where she stated her name to be Mary Ann Kendall , agpd twenty , residing at Deptford , and that her unfortunate companion , who bad accomplished her destruction , was her sister Elizi , nineteen yean of age . The body of her unfortunate siBter was found in the course of tbe morning , and at one o ' clock on Thursday an inquest on tbe body was held at the Trinity Arms public-house , Deptford , when tbe following evidence was adduced : —
Richard Edwards , a lighterman , deposed , that on Wednesday morning , at about twenty minutes past six o ' clock , hearing an alarm that two young women had thrown themselves into tbe canal , be jumped into a boat and rowed to the spot with the drag . On arriving be found that one bad been got out , and was standing on the bank held by two men . He then nsed the drags , and found tbe body In tbe course of two hours afterwards . Jane Kendal said—I am the Bister of tbe deceased , and live with my father , at Deptford . I am the eldest of four girls , and am twenty-four years of age . Ei- ' z * ( the deceased ) would have been nineteen next month , and Mary Ann , pointing to her sister , is twenty . My mother has been dead five years . My father is b ship-scraper , but has been out of work for some time . The deceased was a single woman , and the lost time I saw her alive was on Tuesday afternoon , about two
o ' clock , when I left her with Mary Ann at home to go for soine wort . On my return at four o ' clock they bad gone out , leaving word that they bad bolh gone up High-street , and would soon return . Hours passing by without returning , I began to fear that something hod happened to them , and I went out for the purpose of making inquiry about them , and after searching for tbem till nine o'clock without finding them , 1 went home , and being much fatigued soon went to bed . On rising tbe next morning at half-past six o ' clock , I learned that they had come home in the course of the night , but bad gone out again—a neighbour having seen tbem leave the bonse about half-past five o ' clock . I still feared something wonld happen to tbem , and shortly afterwards a little girl came running ir-to the house and told me that two women bad jnraped Into tbe canal , and from tbe description she gave me of their dress , I was positive they were my bisters . I never knew my sisters to stop eut all night before .
The Corener . —Do ysn know any motive that could have induced them to make away with themselves t The witness merely bung down her head , and replied —I do not . A Juror—If , as / ou Bay , your fattier was out Of WOlfe , how were yoH all supported ! Witne&s—We all worked at home , Sir , when we conld gst anything to do . At best it was bnt tcinty . Tbe Coroner—What kind of work was it ? Witness . —Slops—slop shirts , Sir . On them we totally depended for a subsiitance—my father and all . A Juror—How much were yon paid for them ? Witness— Five farthings a-piece , Sir ; but sometimes we get threepenny ones , ¦ which required the best work , out of which amount we bad to purchase tbe trimmings . The same Jnror—How many of tbe five-farthing ones could yon make in a day ?
Witness—If we all worked hard , Sir , we could make eight each , bnt it was w-ry rare we cooid get enough to do . Tbe Coroner—Then , what is the utmost you can make a-week at shirt-making . Witness—If I stuck to it , end had as much as I could do , I might earn four shillings , but I should have to Wbrk very hard . A Juror— Then ho-w did yon manage when jou bad not fcnfficient wo » k » Witness—What there was was divided between my sister Mary Ann and myself . Tbe deceased h ? d not worked for tbp last week . The same Juror—Were you in want , then , if tbe deceased had nothing to do ? _ Witness— Not in particular want , Sir ; there was Tictnals in the house ; bid 1 have knovn the deceased of late to Jasl several days .
The Coroner—Had your sisters anything to eat onthe Tuesday before they went out ? Witness—Yes , Sir , a breakfast Tbe Coroner—Any dinner ? Witness- ^ , Sir ; U wat nota usual thing for them to have dinners , as they could not ogord it All we had was two meals a-day—breakfast at eight o ' clock and a meal , which we called supper , at six o clock in tbe evening . A Juror—What rent bad you to pay ? Witness—Pive shillings a-week , Sir . The Coroner—What has been the state of tbe deceased ' s mind of late ?
Witness—We have all observed her as being very melancholy . Formerly she was very cheerful and bad an oveifljw of spirits , but tbe toil and privation she bad recently undergone bad worked a complete change . A Juror bere mentioned to tbe Coroner that he had beard that the deceased girl bad been taken to a police-court a few weeks ago and ha « J beta fined . He wisbed to know it « k& w the fact ? "
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Tbe witness said such was tbe case . She bad had a quarrel with another woman and was fined three shillingB , the amount of costs ; but the magistrate , hearing of her distressed condition , gave her a fortnight to pay it in . She was not able to raise the sum , beiDg out of work the whole week , and on last Wednesday week a policeman called and told h r that if Bhe did not pay the money by tbe following Wednesday , she would go to prison . Tbe juryman who put tbe question then declared his opinion that the above threat teas tbe cause of ber destroying hersalf .
Tbe witness remarked that she did not think it was the threat , but another unfortunate affair . She bad borrowed a trfie from the rent-money , and , beiDg unable to make it op , Bhe pawned seme of the Bhlrts intrutted to them to make , or their chattels would have been seined . Tbe Coroner i \ djonrned the inquest , in order to procure other important evidence respecting this distressing affair . AD . WJBHE 1 > IK QUEST . On Monday morning tbe inquiry respecting the death of El-Ei Kendall , the p oor shirt-maker , aged 19 , who com * mitted self-destruction by jumping into the Grand Surrey Canal , was resumed' at tbe Trinity House , Churchstreet , Deptford , before Mr . Carttar , Coroner for Kent . The previous investigation * as adjourned for the purpose of ascertaining a medical op . ' nion as to the sanity of the unfortunate Bister , who , it wi ^ s reputed , bad also made an at * empt on her life with t . *»« deceased , prior to ber undergoing an examination .
John Cowan , a shipwright , stat ' ** t hftt on Wednesday morning , about six o ' clock , he wa * m ^ B garden , preparing to go to work , when he hear- ^ the Boreams of a female , as if near the canal . Xhinkin , ** was somebody in tbe water , be made baste to tbe to \ ting-path , to do which he had to jump over tiro ditches ' but before be could gain it , hs saw a young woman ( tb Q sister of the deceased ) standing on the verge of the cat ^ » with ber hands raised , and crying « o my sister . " w ^ Hen abe pre-
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cipitated herself into the stream . On arriving at the spot he plunged in also , and near the bottom st ' zud her apparel and safely got her aabere , when further assistance being rendered-, ahe was removed , or she would no doubt have thrown herself in again . By tbo Coroner—Saw no other female in the water , although he suspected there was oae , but he could not have saved her without endangering his life , as be was so much exhausted . Christopher Kendall , father of the deceased , deposed
that he resided in a email cattagu in Trencher '« -flel < ls , Deptford , foi which he paid 2 s a-week rent , and that tbe deceased was one of four daughters . He last saw her alive on Tuesday evening , when she went out with Mary Ann for the purpose of evading him , as be afterwards ascertained , and he saw nothing more of them that night , but on the following morning bearing something moving in tbe bouse , be got np and looked out of the window , and saw the back of Mary An&e aa she was turning the corner of Trenchard ' s fields .
By tbe Coroner—On Tuesday evening the landlord called for 6 s , two week ' s rent , and Is off a back account wbich he had entrusted to his eldest daughter Jane , who was then out . He could not find it anywhere in the house , and on Jane returning ehe said that she bad lent it to EUzi and Mary Add , who bad been unable to repay it , and were afraid to meet his anger . Hs was not angry with them , fur be was sure tbey would not have taken it had it not been for some very urgent circumstance . His daughters had tbe best of characters , ana they could have gone to service , bad they not been bo much distressed , and pawned their clothes .
By the Jury—They worked at slop shirts , but earned a very scanty pittance . Tbey could not do enough to gain a proper oubBistence , the price being ao very low , five farthings only given for making up some . They worked for Mr . Norman , a superannuated customhouse officer or txetesman , be did not know which , who got tbem ftom a warehoij ^ s * tbe city , and who
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employed a number of female ? , as many as 200 to make them up . ] Mr . Norman ' s wife had to manage the work girls , who lived in K ^ ating ' s-lan 9 , Bermopdsey . She got tbem from the warehouse to do at a very low sum , bnt those ] ahe employs must do them lower , as she geta a profit on thoir labour . They had bpeu much in want , but nsw he was in work they fared belter . He generally earned 8 s a-wet-k whbn in employment . His daughters have at times fasted for twenty-four hours . The unhappy girl , Mary Ann , who was rescued from the Canal , was here led Into the room to give evidenre . Her appi ar <« nce excited the deepest sympathy . She became at first quite insensible , but on some restoratives
beins ; applied , she recovered , and stated , in scarcely an auihbie manneT | that she and E' z \ , fearing to meet their fatber . slept in ithe garden on Tu ad ; iy nicht . Onthe following mornina , at five o'clock , they left , and Walkod along the path of the canal . Her Bister then wiped ber faca with a handkerchief , and witness , on turning ber head , noticed El zi in the water . Htrgowu floating on the surface , she thought * he could catch hold of it , but on jumping in , she sank also Her sister proposed walking down by tbe side of the canal . Tbey bed gone along tbe bar . fc once befoie that morning . . Deceased said she would give herself up to the police for the amount of three shillings , which she bad beea fined at a police court , i
The Cotoner then aumraed up the case , and the juTy , after a brief consultation , recorded the following verdict : —" That the deceased committed suicide whilst labouring under a fit of insanity ; and the jury cianot but deprecate the cruel practice of the slop-sellers , in London , of employing young females at needlework at so low a rate of wages as tu preclude the possibility of a subsistence . " ¦ Extensive IFirb is Surrey . —On Friday night last , a fire , which was not wholly extinguished till late on Saturday , broke out upon tho ppacioua premises belongincing to Mr . Nightingale , a farmer , carrying on an xtensivt ; huav ess ut Kersiinra . in Sarioy , about sixteen miieb from London . Tbe flames were first perceived at a few minutes past n \; . *> o ' clock , at which time they were
raging in a barn nearly 70 feet long and 20 wide , and which was filled with utithrashed barley , the produce of eleven acres . Tbe propre&s of the fire soon became unusually rspidi It flrst attacked Ihe barley , then came in contact with , the building , and lastly ebut tbr u ? L > the roof , and communicated to a range of stibling . Fortunately , there wer « oily four horses ia the latter place , and , more fortunately sill , tii ^ y were Ml « ot out uninjured , although not without considerable difficulty . The flames next extended to the bulloct ehads , and ffom them to the cart and agricultural implement depot , on the opposite side of tbe waggon-way . Ail these buildings were burning most ( uriou-ly at one period , causing the most lively apprehensions for the safety of tb 6 farm bouse and granary . The fire was Dot fully stifled until tbe middle of Saturday . Caverns m London . —Frauds on the Excise .
—A most extensive ganu of persons have bnen just discovered by Mr . Frederick Pargiter and Mr . John Cbarles K < jy , two active officers of the Excise . Fmm circumstances of a suspicious nature , tho officers were induced to visit the chemical factory of Mr . Barker , in Crojsatreet , Blackfriars road , and , upon examination , Parwriter found several secret trap-doora leading to an t xzzv . ition under-ground in the cooperage yard belonging to a person named Bryant Tbe upper portion of tbe range of buildings was used for chemical " purposes , strong acids being prepared with a view of counteracting the pungent smell arising from distillation . P < srgiU-r descended one of the secret trap-dorra , armed with , a crox > -b ; iT and fire-arms ; hut although he could discover ia a secret an 4 Inner chamber a man at work ; he was unable to effect an entrance to capture the offender . After considerable kx * rtir > ns the officers obtained a
forcible entrance into the distillery , and there found , on passing through massive oak doors , three stills in perfect working order , with the spirit running off from one of them , ft larqe quantity of molasses , molasses ' spirit , and upwards of five hundred gallons of wash . So perfect was every tbiug to enable a successful operation to he carried on , that tbe officers found h necessary to employ five waguons to remove the plant , &c , to the chief office in 'Broad-street . Tbe workmen , by wellconcerted signals , managed their escape in a most mysterious manner . Since the above effiiir a second discovery has been made of a minor establishment in Little Cjllicgwood-street , Btackfriara , supposed to belong to the same gang . : '
Death of a Miser . —A protracted investigation was Rone into before William Carter , E ? q , the coroner for Surtey , at the Jollj Farmers , in the parish of Horae , near Gods tone , : aa to the death of Qsorge Murray , aged 60 , a well known eecbnUic character , who has for many years travelled ; about that part of the country , which took place under very singular circumstance 5 , and led to tbe discovery ot an amount in money which , although he was knownjto be of a very penurious disposition , he was never thought to possess . The magistrates of tbo couDty having been informed of the particulars connected with his death , and tbe lar ^ e sum of money that had been f mnd upon him , immediately communicated the facts ta the coroner , who forthwith issued bis- warrant for the inquest . Upon tbe jury viewing tba body , it
was found to be in a loathsome state of filth . The flesh was actually covered with vermin ; his shirt , such as it was , must have been worn for months , while his outer garments were but a bundle of rags . Mr . Lane , the churchwarden of the parish , stated that he had known the deceased for seven or eight years , in consequence of his having travelled tiut part of the country , stilling tapes . thr > ail , and other UifLs . He was in tbe b&bit of sleeping in barus ami Bt'ibles , or any other place where he could get shelur , and usually cooked his dinners under hedges , having means to light a lire for that purpose , j About tbe middle of the day , on Monday wetk , witness ( who is an extensive farmer ) was passing through one of his fields when he saw the deceased Bitting under the hedge . He ( witness ; knew
tbat he bad been ailing for some time , and crossed the field to ask him how ho was , when he replied-that be felt very ill . i It was found that he was unable to walk , and a constable was seat for , who prosurei ! a chair , in wbich he was conveyed to a barn on tbe farm of Mr . Hoggitt , in which be said be had last slept He was bere provided with couris ing food , and Mr . George Chapman , of LingnVld , uurgeou , was Bent for . During the following day it mined heavily , and it was not thought prudent to remove him , especially as he refused to go into the union : be , however , had mutton broth , arrow-root , &a , during tbe wbule time he remained in the barn . At j the end of tbe week ho was again questioned whether he would go into tba union , but he persisted in rv fusing . Tbe constable , suspecting he bad some money , proposed to take care of it for him . After a great deal of persuasion , he said tbat be had £ 7 ,
wbich be produced . Tne Corocer : But was that all he had ?—Witness : O , no ; with great hesitation he " fumbled" his breeches-pocket , ac < i ac last produced an old dirty bag , nearly full of gold ; it was counted in bis presence by ( tie constable , and contaiuoti ninety-eight aovere ' gna , three half-sovere gns , and 4 s . 11 1 1 . A great deal of surprise was expressed in the court at this announcement , the state of the miser being fresh in the memory of the jury . Witness artded , that after this he got from his waistcoat pocket a £ h note , and the whole he handed to the constable . He then said be would go to Mr . Cooper ' s , for which purpose a catt was provided , in wbich he was plac&d , and propped up with pillows and straw . Having said that he felt Quite comfortable , the borae went on for a few paces , and upon the driver turning round to look at the deceased h" found tbat be bad fallen back and was quite dead . Tbe jury returned a verdict of " Died from natural causes . " It is said
that the deceased has some tmif sisters , who may yet bo living , and who wiil be e ; titled to this property , should they hear of his aeuth ; but it is thought that this is not tbe whole of what he was possessed of , as be was consi ( it red to be too cautious to carry the whole about Linx Distressing Cask . —Two yonng persons , named Mary Ann and Sarah Ann Juhoeon , of ladylike man * oers , and evidently of superior education , about four months ago engaged an up-trtment at the house of Mr . Stainsbury , No . 27 , Charlotte-steet west , White Conduit-fields , at ! tbe rent of 4 s . per week . They commenced a small school , and obtained » few scholars , but they were ; not enabled to support themselves , or to pay their rent , and they Ncanse involved in arrears to tba amount of £ 2 10 a . Xu « y were pressed for tbe
money , or a portion of it , but wer $ unable to answer the demand , and kept their distressed and fit rving condition a secret until it was discovered by their landlord , wbo tod tUem if they would leave the lodging be would forgave them the wholn of the rent . This , however , tbey declined doing . The youngest sister , Sarah Ann , whose previous system had been wrought upon by grief ; want of nourishment , and the anxieties attendani upon the school , feli ii 4 o a state of cossumption and insani ' . y . Every step she heard she fancied to be ; a freuh application fo * rent , and she indulged in loud exclamations to her sister , such as " Here they are ; they are coming for the rent . ' * LuEt Saturday week a noise attracted the attention of Mrs . Stainsbury , who proceeded np stairs to tne young laijies "
apartment , and found them struggling vioiensJy together . The younger sister sprang upon the other in a state of raving ! madness , palled and dragged her about , and would have choked her had Bhe not been prevented by timely assistance . It was not until now that tbe real destitution of the unfortunate creatures was exhibited . Medical aid was called in , and Air . Kltt , surgeon , of No . 15 , Upper Copenhagen-street , and Mr . Dui . eombe , attended , but the younger sister lingered until tbe following Monday , when she expired , the doctor having Ino doubt that ehe died , through want of nourishment . [ The remains of the deceased lay in the room with the surviving sister ( alone ) uDtil Friday , when , from their decomposed state , the sister having no friends nor means to bury the body , tbe landlord
applied to the parish authorities . A coffin was sent to the house , and the remains were interred on Monday last in the burial ground of the chapel of ease at Holloway , ber Bister being the only mour > er . The sister has been visited by one or two humane persons , who have afforded -her temporary relief . She is a most intelligent person , and states tbat tbey were orphans ef respectable parents , who citue from Dumfries , in Scotland , about ten years sfceo . The parents died and left property , i and the sisters lived for some time afterwards at Lewisham , in Kent ; but in their inexperience they speculated in building , and were cheated of tbeir money , and reduced to distress . Tkey were often starving . Her ] sister and herself bad repeatedly lived on a penny loaf and cold water , in preference to expoaiflg their < liatf »»; and « a being tufted if ( be ; ever
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applied to the parish for relief , she said they chose rather to bear tbeir misfortunes than go to tae work * house . Tbey bad no friends , and tbey entered upon a small Bobool , which was too precarious for a livelihood . Tke unfortunate young lady is still ia tbe bouse , depending upon casual bounty , and in great grief . Fatal Accident . —Athlone , Aug . 21 . —A sad and melancholy accident happened on Monday night to Captain Elliott , of the 1 th Dragoons , quartered here . H « and his boy , a lad about 14 or 15 years , left the town between twelve and one o ' clock on Monday , ia a
small sail-boat , for tbe purpose of duck shooting ; they went down the river towards Shannon-bridge . On theie return home , about two miles from this , they were both unfortunately drowned ; no one can tell bow . Tae ill . fated officer was to have been Captain of the day oa Tutsday . When his M ^ jor found that he was not returning he sent a boat after him ; the messenger found two hats in the" water not far from where their bodies were found on this d . y about three o'clock , as also the boa * , with about four feet of the topmast ab * ve water . This is ' all that is known as yet about the matter .
Death from taking Improper Medicine On Saturday evening , an inquest was held at tke G oba Tavern , Greenwich , before Mr . C . J . Cartar , on the body of Sarah Ei'zabeth Sage , aged 19 years date housamaid to Jirrett Dashwood , Eq ., surgeon , Royal-hill ) , who came by her death under the following circumst&nces . Ann Hushes Sage , aged 21 , deposed that she was sister to the deceased , and bad lived three months in Dr . Dashwood's family . Hor sister ' s health had beea very bad lately . She bad taken an old woman ' s advice belonging to a garden at the back of tbe circus . The old woman said she would get something for ber . Sbe took the prescription on Thursday . She look it in three doses , and it seemed to give relief . At eleven o ' clock on Friday night , she became much worse , and
Mis . Dishwood gave her a littlabrandy and water , and paid her every attention . She remained in great agony until half-past four on Siturday morning , when she expired . Mr . Jirret Diahwootf , surgeon , deposed that deceased had not been quite well in health for some time , and had tried various remedies . From Christmus lost she bad been in the habit of taking medicines from persons not qualified . Had also taken two oc thrr-e doses of Widow Welch ' s Pills . Al ! advertised medicines contain drugs of a deadly quality , such aa nlAes , gamboge , calomel , < &c . Tbe mucous membrane of tbe bowels was highly inflamed . Witness returned frow London at five «' clock on Friday afternoon , and found deceased in a very dangerous state . Her polsa
was at HO . She was safForintr from Tertigo , fainting , and nausea , with tbe extremities cold and rigid . Ha toot the moat energetic means , and orde'ed bleeding . Her hlood was still highly fafiiraed . Administered D . Jsmea ' s powders , chalk , &a ., and applied a blister to the abdomen , and saw her four times during the night . Had she consulted a professional roan instead of quacking hetself , ehe would , in all probability , have been still alive . Tbe mixture taken in the state ber s-omnch was then in caused it to be highly ic . fl . nned . The jury , after conferring for a short time , returned thg following verdict : —" That the , deceased died from natural causes , hastened by her taking a decoction of a vrtjetable herb , while the stomach was in a state of inflammation . "
Extraordinary Series of Calamities—Mr . Higgs held an inquest on Friday , the 23 rd of August , at the George , Geor-e-fctreet . Strand , on the body of Joseph Msrsbinan , tailor , of G-jorge-court , Strand , aged 53 , who banged himself on Thursday , while in a state of insanity produced by calamities tbat rare ' y fall to the lot of one man . It was stated that he bad been affected in his mini ! ever since tbo decease of his wife , who was accidentally burnt to death in St . Martin ' s workhouse itbout nine months ago . The day after that one of his sons , who was on board the Marine School ship , at Blackball , fell from the masthead , and was killed on tho f pot But a wefck or two following , Le sent another son with some work to Regent-street , and while he was on hia way there he was run over by a cab , and carried home dead . A third child fell down the steps ia
George-court , and fractured its skull , from the ( . Sects of which it ultimately expired . There are seven children now living , several of whom have lately been suffering from rheumatic fever , caused by the dampness of the house in which they live . The unfortunate deceased , borne dowH by this accumulation of heavy nfiT'ctions , would wander for miles about the country , he know not where nor why . Ou Friday he left home , and walked all that day and Saturday , and at night made a bed of some bay at Barnet . He then got into tbe town of Hertford , where he slept , and then walked home . He could give no reason for this , but said he knew be was out of bis mi d . It was said be had not eiten three pounds of meat since his wife ' s death . The jury said there could be no doubt in the case , and returned a verdict of " Insanity . "
Stabbing . —On Thursday afternoon , WiliUm New , a shoemaker , residing in tbe Marsh-Gate Road , Richmond , went home much ex . itftd by liquor , and commenced quarrelling with his wife , wbo is now far advanced in pregnancy . In a fit . of passion , be struck her a blow in her left side with some sharp instrument , inflicting a deep wound about an inch long . The ecrsarag of Mr 3 . New brought in some of ber neighbours , upon which her husband effected bis escape . Mr . Lamas , ft surgeon , of Richmond , was sent for , who examined the wouud , and pronounced it to be a flash wound , and not dangerous .
A new Railway Danger , —Oa Wednesday week , as the first down-train on tbe Eastern Counties Railway was passing through a cutting of about five feet in the parish ot Rivwnhall , half-a-mile from the Wittmn station , n spark from the engine set fire to a field of barley belonging to Mr . Upson . The barley was very ripe and uncut , and a heavy crop both of straw and grain , not lees than seven quarters per acre . The fliraes passed across tbe field with great rapidity , till tbey were stopped by tbe hedge or the bottom of tbe enclosure , which fortunately was at a distance of only eighteen rods . Tbe quantity consumed was about two acres , and altogether , including the straw , the damage sustained is not less tban £ 30 . Tbe straw is entirely consumed . Tbe field was in a blszs of fire before the train was out of sight
Confession and Execution . —On Friday week , Mark Sherwood underwent , at Newcastle , the extreme penalty of the law for the murder of his wife , on a drop erected en the Town-moor , within tbe circle of tbe race course . Dating tbe course of Thursday , and up to a late period of that evening , he was closely attended hy tbe rev . chaplain , and previous to Mr . Paige leaving him for tbo night he ma £ e the following declaration with respect to the murder of his wife : —He stated " that be entirely denied all premeditation in the com * mittal of the deed ; that be slept with his wife durin < the night , and that sbe got up once to know ( as aha said ) how the cursed still was going on . In tbe morn *
ing when he arose he partly dressed himself , and put on bia great coat , and while lathering bis tin ' s far the purpose of shaving , bis wife resurred in iiri * tating language to the quarrel of tbe preceding nigbt —and this , together with her gross and indecent con « duct before him , so , excited and enraged him that iu tbt moment he suddenly turned round , Beizad and threw h « down , and with the nzir which he held in bis bafll made several cuts on her throat ; after which he drank spirits to excess to destroy himself , and fell down at tt » place where he was found . He further stated , tbat with respect to tbe death of his first wife , be denied « H participation in it , and said that the reports agate * him about it were all false . " Sherwood also denied
most emphatically , to the chaplain , that he ever sw >« his- wife on the Bible to conceal any threat that he bw made , or any other fact whatever . Thi 3 dei . ial w * made while the chaplain and ho were reading in bij ( Sherwood ' s ) own Bible , when the chaplain irqaired . U that was tbe Bible en which he made hei take tbe oatn , and the denial was thus produced . At about twenty three minutes to one o'clock tbe mournful procession arrived on the ground , and the sheriff , tbe unaer-snerifl ) the chaplain , tha governor of tbe gaol , Ac . alighted , ina the criminal was assisted from his scat . At the footel the steps leading to tb » platform , tbe chaplain took him by the hand , and spuke a few words , aa we thought , of consolation to him . At this mom »; nt , and , indeed ^ we rmy say , throughout the brief but painful scene , tba flrameass of Sierwood astonished evory one . He
appeared perfectly cool , collected , and rtspsctfnl in nu demeanour , and spoke in a low but firm tone . He then ascended the steps to the fljor of the platfwrm , witB a steady , firm tread , accompanied by the chaplain * the shenflf , the governor , &c , and oa reaching tb 9 floor bowed to the assembled multitude ; efter wfiicB the chapkin read the appointed pravets with gre » eirnestDesa and feeling , to each of wbich the culprit listened with deep attention , Bud pronounced toa ' Araena" in a low , firm voice . He then stepped off to the drop , and the i-x-Jcutiontr , wbo bad been busily employed in a < 'justing the noose , epprouched him witB a whit : cup . which he put on the head of th 6 ealpnh who said " Take < ff uiy stock , but leave my eyes open , and , ut his r . qa-st , tbe cap was not drawn ~ 0 * J ?* faCO in thQ usual way . The chaplaia agsia toot Dlffl bv the hand . unA f-irnPsMv nntl r . fr . ' . ctiana . tely exbortea
him . He then abook bands with the chaplain , ebenn . governor , &c , and another prayer was said , and ^ * launched inio eternity . The drop fell about nuw minutes to one o ' clock , and the culprit may be saiaw have di « d without a struggle . Ee bad a small & «>» and a manuscript in his hand , and many thought tM « he meant to address the multitude , but he never manifested the least intention of doing so . Tbe cro wd w witaess the execution , notwithstanding a tremendous shower of rain , was immense . There could not b « b been less than 25 , 000 people present , independent * tbe hundreds who lined the streets on the way to w » place of execution . After banging the usual time , tn body was taken down and put into a cofflo , wnicn o » been placed in an eadosare beneath tbe drop ; « »»¦ then deposited iu a hearse , and canveyed to tbegw » within tbe precinta of which , in fufllment of tne remainder of tbe sentence , it was interred in the conns of the afternoon .
ALARMING FfRE . —Oa Saturday forenoon , *«***? ten and eleven o'clock , a gie was discoved m * ' ^' at tbe rear « f the Two Bells pnbUc-hou-e , «?»» Wbitechapel Church , in the occupation of Mr . u J' . deratein . jun . The prog / ess of the fife was very rapw as the workshops of Mr . Bradley , undertaker , » £ eaugbt . Fortunately there was a plentiful supply water , aad the parish eDgine , with those from " _ cloee-tquare and Jeffrey ' a-square , qaiekly arrived , fire wss aoon got under .
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NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY .
Untitled Article
g THE NORTRK RN STAR . j August 31 , 1844
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1278/page/6/
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