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T- > the Editor of Hm Times . Sir , —Li venturing to seek the insertion of the enclosed in your journal , I am influenced by a grate ™ sense of theoflieient protection which the Tones affords to tiia vindication of the civil rights of all classes in this country . I would not thus address you , sir , out of undue comiilinient , but bring one » f that numerous and lsieiily-respectablc body of men , the tenant fanners , I re-pectfully beg yoi , as the conservator of such rights , to place before the public the injuries which thVy and we sustain from the present Unreasonable iei-jus imposed on us by the OWHCfS Q . f laud .
According to the recent statement of Lord Radnor , tiie rent of land is calculated as follows , and if " the landlord takes less , he takes less than his due " : —There is , liist , the expense of cultivation ; secondly , the wear and tear of his live and dead stock , and the cost of keeping them up ; thirdly , ifhe makes improvements , the interest of capital expended on this object , and ifce re-placing that capital during Ills tenancy ; fourthly , remuneration to" himself for labour and care . These are the outgoings . Then , on the other aide , -will be the probable value of the produce ; and the rent will be determined by the probable average of excess of ibis over and above the probable averages of tiie foregoing expenses .
Such a statement from his Lordship has , indeed , 3 . tendency to make us dwell upon our prospects . I woidd , in the name of justice , ask , what clnim has the landowner to the profits arising from his tenant ' s skill , or to any part or portion of his capital , beyond the rent estimated according to the nature and productive qualify of the soil , ar . d such as it will reasonably Jet lor in the market—such a rent , for instance , as is now the basis of the poor-rate assessment ? His Lordship ' s claims " appear unprecedented in their exorbitance , when he says "the rent is determined by the probable average of excess of this ( the produce ) over and above the probable average of the Jbefore-goui ; : expenses . So that the rent , in fact , is
determined according to the sum total or benencia result arwirg from the industry , experience , and capital of thfe tenant ; for from * these proceeds not merely the " probable , " but the actual , average of ... excess ( if any ) over and abovsrtJie expenditure commonly teraieii the tenants' profit . Allow me to ask , - whai would be the feeling ofJiis Lordship ' s teuanttradosuisu—his grocer or draper—if he were coolly told , by dircition of his Lordship , that the rent of his house or shop would be fixed according to-the probable- average of excess of tiie produce of Ids trade over aad atwe the ' probable interest aud outlay on stock , and the general expenses of carrying on the business ? Surely the relation existing between landlord .- aid tenant is not in-the nature of a partnership . . ..
I reiic-at . the rent of land can only be fairly ascertained by a reference to its nature and productive quality . , The so" ! of this country having been for a length of time uudcr grain crops , and so exhausted of the - ¦ greater portion of fertilizing . matters as to render it ; almost y-Jioliy unproductive ,- a serious outlay of capital is in most , cases necessaryj -in order successfully , to . jeatry out agricultural operations , the full-benefits df which are not experienced until after a series of seasons . Seven years are not of tufficient duration -sto isuable the fanner confidently to work either the ' " land ; or hi * capital to the best advantage . Short f _ leases and tenancies from year to year are a great check to Ms prosperity , and cruel hi their effects . , ¦ "What hope » 'f remuneration has he , in the event of -the teiTuiiiation of the tcnancv bv some unforeseen
. eircninsiaiiee , for permanent improvements , such as draining , high and cleanly culture , applications of lime , « sc , effected at a reasonable yet "very-consider able cost ? - ^ one wliatever ; and yet , under a lease , in case of ifo disposal , he would realise a considerable sum . This benefit now tacitly falls within , the grasp of the landlord—under what right or privilege , 1 know not , except the possession of arbitrary power . The ^ present system of Jetting land is most blighting to the energies of the tenant . It prevents a wore generous cultivation , ftom the risk to which , monev
so engaged js liable . Fanns do not produce in quantity nearly one-third of what they ought and would do . The public are deprived of the blessing of abundance , and the wages of the labourer arc unavoidably reduced to a meagre and shameful pittance . And why is all this hardship ? Simply because Sie- landowner , in defiance of relative duties , his obligations to society , his duty to his tenantry , and - despite ^ his own pecuniary interest , still cliiigs to some fancied boon in the exercise of an absolute and unqualified ownersbio .
It may yet be said , sir , whatdo these tenant farmers ¦ w aut ? 1 answer—Freedom from oppression at home ; rent fixed according to the natural and just value of the soil , aud not according to the means or intelligence of the man who cultivates it ; security . from the danger to our personal property , incidental to tincertaiii tenure , or compensation for permanent improvement on the loss of such tenure and a moderate preservation oF game . ' T " - Believe me , sir , there is a great degree .: of anxiety now present in the breasts of these industrious men . relative to their future welfare , financial measures
taring-rendered a vigilant exertion necessary to overcome consequent difficulties ; and if they are disposed audibly to express their injuries . -and publicly advance their claims to greater consideration from the landowner , with the view ably to . meet the trials to which the Minister of the country Las-lu Ids wisdom subjected them , it is , I humbly sujmiit , sir , a movement of some moment In a national -point ot ' " view , and one greatly creditable to ^ them as an industrioHS . . class . of men striving to maintaurtheir proper interests and station in the community . . . "I rc-main , Sir , your obedient servant ,
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Johs Tawell ' s Coxfessiox . —Ayxesbuiit , Suxday . —The public must for the present content themselves with what has been revealed to them relative to the guilt and confession of John Tawell . The document which contains his confession is brief and conclusive , but from reasons which mny be hereafter explained , its contents will not be , for some tune to come , presented to the public . That the murderer did confess himself guilty is beyond all doubt . He never denied the factwhichheuUimatclyadmUtcd - . andheiUdnot commit his avowal of the deed to paper without some reluctance , nor until all prospect ot escape was gone . Mr . Cox , the chaplain , to whom the important memorandum was committed , declines to sav one word udoii the subject of his trust . Hi
silence , however , is likely to be limited , 'lawell went so far as to observe to his wife , that his love for her had brought him to his prison ; implying that , in order to avoid degradation in her eyes , ho had murdered Sarah Hart , but inducing her to believe that his clandestine visits , kept secret soiely out of re g ard to her , had brought about the fatal position in which she was placed . Tawell at the time of his execution made certain conditions with Mr . Cox , to which that gentleman will reliijiouslj ^ adhere . When he is at liberty to make a disclosure ? , he will do so . Tawell would not otherwise havo vaitfcii : the ineniorandum in question merely according"to [ . promise , and for perusal of one man * to whom ' a verbal
confession would have been in that case as conclusive of his guilt . Mrs . Tawell feeling so convinced of her husband's innocence—a fact of which he was well aware—Tawell was anxious that his wife should have overcome the shock of his executiou before she received what to her would be a still greater shockthe admission of liis guilt by his" own confession . This was on the presumption that the newspapers would be still kept from her . _ Much remains to be told connected with this affair besides the mere particulars of the murder . Some disclosures of an extraordinary nature are promised , and likely to be given , in the course of a few weeks . In the interim public curiosity , like the law upon this occasion , must be satisfied . . _ ...
The Biddulph Muhdeb . —Stafford , Saturday . — The accounts which have , appeared in several of the London papers with respect to the confession of John Brough , convicted of murdering his brother at Biddulph , in North Staffordshire ; are incorrect . Yesterday afternoon the unforlfcunate man made a statement , from which It would appear that he had no deliberate intention ofperpetratingsofoulacrime , and scarcely supposed that the blow he inflicted could prove fatal ! He , yesterday evening , made the following statement , for which we are indebted to the Staffordshire Advertiser : —After describing what took place when liis brother Thomas came to the house , the conversation about the boxes , &c , Thomas ' s refusal to listen to his mother ' s entreaties , and this
departure of the two bailiffs , the prisoner said , ' * Thomas shortly afterwards left . I followed him and kept begging and entreating him to let me have the boxes back again . I promised he should have the rent . He said he would not let me have them again that night ; but he would consider of it by the morning , or by to-morrow at noon . A little lmnuucr , for breaking stones , was reared up against the stone wall in the meadow . As I went along 1 took it up , and held it in my hand while talking to him . We stood still a little bit . Then we walked side by side talking to each other . I kept on asking for the boxes back again , and said he should have his rent if he would only let the matter drop . He still refused . His selling us up and getting papers printed about
the sale of the stock and things on the farm , and his takingaway the boxes , aggravated me . Ithen struck him on the head one blow ; ' whether on the back or on the side I ' m not sure . I do not know whether he had his back or his face turned towards me at the time . He stood a little bit after I hit him and then fell down . I do not remember whether he spoke after the blow was given . 1 took the hammer part of the way up the meadow , and then flung it away . 1 then went straight home . I lighted a candle and went to the barn with it . I swept up some oats , and shut the barn-door . The barn is about forty yards from the house . I went to the cowhouse and looked at the eows and the calves . I then went into the house , and sat me down by the fire . My mother and
the little boy were there . I remained but a few minutes and then got up and walked to the meadow to see whether my brother Thomas was gotten up and gone home . He was sitting up . I stood looking at Thomas , and I perceived a person atihe contrary side . Thomas was in a bit of a hollow . The person I saw stood on the top of a bank . He was looking straightforward in the direction where Thomas was . I was fri < ptencd lest he should see me , and stooped down by a ditch , a little distance off from Thomas . The person was about twenty ' or thirty yards off . I was about five or six yards off from Thomas . Thomas was sitting on a . place that sloped down to the ditch , and I afterwards Jieard a splash In the water , from Thomas ' s falling , in . It Js possible
for a man to slip down into the . water even ifhe had not been hurt . At this moment I saw the person who had been looking towards the place where my brother was , move on ; I heard liis st -p , and thought he was coming where Thomas was . If he had come to his help , I think Thomas would have lived . I was afraid to go myself , and went off home immediately as fast as I could and washed myself . I walked out again , and called on Ishmael Lancaster , and told him what my brother Thomas had done with the boxes . Lancaster went with me to where my brother James was employed in service at a farm house about four miles from our house . Lancaster , and my brother James and me , after stopping a little while with James , came hack to our house . On our way , we
had to pass my brother Thomas ' s , and 1 asked James to go in and inquire if my brother Thomas had come home . I thought he perhaps might have recovered and got home again * James said he had not come home , and that they Ivsvd heard nothing of him since he went over to the 3 FJuteneld . Lancaster left us for liis own house just . before we got to Thomas's . Janies and me went to our house together . I said to James 'I am frightened by Thomas not coming home . I fear I have killed him ,, as I ' ve hit him with a hammer / James said , ' 0 surely you have not done such a thing V As we went along we met my brother Thomas ' s servant , and a young man with him . James asked them where they had been ? They said ' to see where Thomas was . ' The servant
swore before the coroner that Janies called Thomas at this time ' Gunncr-o ' -Erough , ' but he-was mistaken . 1 told the coroner so at the time . [ This is correct . ] I told James he had better g ©> -with me and see whether Thomas was dead . 1 said he must help me cany him off further from the house , as folks would think I had killed him from his being so near at hand . Janies said he could net go near him if he was dead . Janies then went into , our house while I milked three eows . Afterwards I went in . James soon after left , saying to my mother ami me , he could not stop all night . I went across the fields with him , about five minutes walk , towards my In-other Thomas ' s house . James tried the door , and it was locked . Jvo one answered . We parted by Thomas ' s yard gate . I walked back home again , and James went to his master ' s . I sat up by the fireside all that night . I went out about five or six o ' clock the next
morning , before my mother came down stairs . I returned to the meadow to the place where I left Thomas the night before . I found his head and arms , and half his body in the water . His feet were upon the bank . I pulled his body out of the . ditch by the feet . I carried it ill my ' aims several yards , and then lifted it into a barrow , which was close to our house . I wheeled Jt a little distance and then earned it again a considerable way , arid put it . on the edge of a pit , and let it roll down to the place where it was bund . 1 then returned towards home . On my way Kick I wheeled away the barrow which I had left behind when I took the body io the edge of the pit . I declare most solemnly 1 did not intend to kill my brother , or even to strike him , ten minutes before 1 did so . " The execution of Brough is fixed for Saturday next , \ mt strong hopes of a commutation of punishment are entertained .
FnniHER Particulars . — Stafford , April 2 . — The greatest exertions continue to be made to procure a mitigation of" the sentence of death passed upon John Brough , who is ordered for execution , at Stafford gaol , on Saturday next , for the murder of his brother Thomas , under peculiarly ; melancholy and distressing circumstances . .-The fact of the unhappy man having been most strongly recommended to mercy by the jury—his previous excellent character —the , extraordinary provocation he received , and the absence of all premeditated malice in the commission
of the crime—will , it is confidently believed ,- induce the Home Secretary to reprieve the wretched culprit , and transport him for life , instead of consigning him to the gallows . On Tuesday last the attorney tor the convict had a lengthened interview at Stafford gaol with the governor and the exemplary chaplain , the Rev . Mr . Sedgcr , from whom ho procured curtain important particulars connected with liis unhappy client , and forthwith , despatched the same to Mr . Baron Platt , before whom the trial was heard , and strong hopes are entertained that his lordship will consider the case one in which the mercv of the
Crown may be safely exercised , without detriment to the interests of society , aud without violation of the requirements of justice . On Tuesday Judith Brough , oneof the sisters of the prisoner , in the pi'esence of the ' chaplain , gave her unhappy brother a most exceHenjfcharacter for affection and undeviating kindness'to everv member of the family , even to the man he slew , whose reputation both among his relatives and throughout the neighbourhood was the reverse . The mother of the prisoner is now in her 70 th year , and the agony of mind she endures is wholly indescribable , she having been compelled to g ive evidence against her son , by whom she has long been supported , for the murder of another of her children .
Another Catastropuk at Blackwali ,. — On Saturday evening , about half-past Jive o ' clock , a fatal accident happened in the iron-boat building yard ot Alessr-s . Ditchbum anil Mare , whose immense " premises aresrtnatc on either side the Oreha . d-vMd , * ft > iit 2 W yank Mow the eastern boundary-wall of two
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East India Docks , and not far from the engine-manufaetoryofthe Messrs . Samuda , so lately the . scene of a-fatal accident . One of the large iron-yards for Jhe construction of iron boats and their machinery is on the river side of the Qrchard-ioaci , not very fin distant from tho BlflCkWiill-pier . It was just inside the gate of this yard that the fatal calamity occurred . On the right-hand side of the gate , just within it , is the workmen ' s pay-office , and exactly opposite , on the left-hand of the gate , is some framework used for the support of a iavge collection of long iron rods or bare . This framework is constructed against a wall running on the left side of the gate , along the entrance io the yard , and towards the riverside . Sleepers , or transverse pieces of timber , extend from the wall , and
are affixed to a longitudinal border beam , which is supported by perpendicular lengths of timber , or piles driven into the ground . Xeaning obliquely against the sleepers was the collection of iron-bars alluded to , in weight from ten to fifteen tons . About thirty workmen were standing ^ in the gangway , between the bars and the pay-office , waiting to receive their week ' s wages , when one or more of the sleepers gave way on the outside , and forming but an inclined support , the bars sli pped offfrom the wall side and toppled into the gangway , burring wholly or partially seven of the unfortunate workmen beneath their weight , arid slightly injuring with their sharp angles and ends many more . So soon as the fall of the iron was made known , all the uninjured workmen in the vard , to the number of more than
a hundred , hurried to the spot , and knowing that some of " their comrades were beneath the ponderous mass , they began with alacrity to remove it , and completed ' their sorrowful task in seventeen minutes , having broken down the gate to expedite their efforts . They then found that the fall had proved fatal to two fellow workmen , the ono a labourer named John Payne , aged twenty-five ; and the other an engineer named Bates . Their banes and bodies , to use the expression of one who saw them , were completely "smashed . " They were taken to the Poplar dead-house to await a coroner ' s inquest . Of the five other men , two were so severely injured that it was deemed advisable to convey them speedily to the London Hospital . Their nmnes are Edward
Burster , aged twenty / and William Jackson ,. aged twenty-two . They received the necessary attention at the hands of the house-surgeon , Mr . Gumming , who reported that they were going on favourably . Burster's injuries are lacerations of ; the head and contusions about the feet ; Jackson ' s a very severe laceration of the back part of the scalp , and a general shaking of the whoksystem . Tho wounds inflicted on the other men were dressed by local surgeons , ar . d they repaired to their homes without fear of dangerous results . Messrs . Ditchbum aiid Mare employ about 1 , 000 men and boys , and at the time of the accident upwards of 100 of them would have been
thickly congregated in front of the pay-ofiice , anil by the side of the large pile of iron rods , had they not been engaged in launching a newly-built boat . Tliia accidental occupation prevented an accumulation of misery frightful to contemplate . On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at Poplar on the bodies of Thomas Bates and John Payne . From Mr . Ditchburn's evidence it appeared that he had ordered the iron to be laid upon the ground , but that the men had left it standing for their own convenience . Mr . Baker administered an appropriate warning to Mr . Xtftchburn , and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . " ¦ ,
Severe Siokm at Glasgow . —Loss of Life . —In the course of Thursday night and Friday morning Glasgow and its neighbourhood were visited with one of those \ iolent storms of wind which , at the time of the equinox , so frequently burst over us . Throughout the whole of Thursday the wind was Wowing fresh from the south-west , but towards night it began to blow with increased vehemence , and latterly assumed all the fury ' of a hurricane , startling . tlie citizens from their- repose , shaking tenements In exposed situations to their base , and strewing the streets with chimneytops , slates , and other dangerous materials , besides injuring other descriptions of property to a considerable extent . So irresistible in certain exposures was the force of the wind , that large trees in the country
were torn up by the roots , and prostrated on the ground , while others too deepl y seated in the earth were snapped by the trunks like tender saplings . Small outhouses were in many places wholly unroofed or thrown down ; palings overturned , many of the city lamps blown from their posts , and in some instances the windows of dwelling-houses driven into tho apartments within . Among these ( the smaller casualties which have been caused by the storm ) we may mention part of the premises of Campbelltield pottery , which were blown down ; a portion of a gable in Gallowgatc ; an entire shop window , shutters included , in High-street , which was completely demolished ; a large paling in St . Vincent-street , by the falling of which a watchman was severely injured ;
resides heavy masses ot lead torn from the roofs of buildings and thrown into the street . A great number of similar results took , place , which , however , it is needless to-enumerate . At the Brodnuelaw the storm was felt with great severity ; but aspreenntions had previously been taken to have tliQ shipping firmly secured , little damage has been sustained in that quarter compared -with what might , have been anticipated . A brig broke from its moorings in the harbour about three o ' clock in the morning , and was driven up the stream with great violejtce , till its progress was arrested by Glasgow-bridge , against which it several times struck with tremendous force , and displaced about twenty yards of the balliistrade which forms tho parapet " of that fine
structure . Perhaps nothing could show the extreme vehemence of the wind more than this illustration of its power . The stones in Glasgow Bridge are of large , heavy granite , joined together by strong iron fastenings ; yet the vessel had been propelled against them with such force as to tear a- long ranije of them from their rivetings and precipitate them into the river , one or two falling upon tiie deck of the vessel itself . The brig was , of course , also considerably injured ; aud , aftcir being beaten about for a considerable time , was taken in tow by . ' a tug steamer , and restored to her berth . The Queen of the Isles steamer was also driven ftom her moorings , as far up as Glasgow Bridge , a » il likewise- sustained , a little damage ; but these ( with some trifling exceptions )
were the only casualties that ,, so far aa we have heard ; occurred in the harbour . As the morning advanced , the wind gradually modeuated ,. ami Friday , though boisterous aud squall }' ,, bore- no- comparison to the frightful severity of the previous- night . ¦ We regret that we cannot clsse this-notice without being called upon to record n fatal incident caused by . the Storm , of a . very distressing nature , viz ; , the- death of five individuals , residing in . the village of ¦ Pollokslmws , ' who- were buried in the ruins of a fallen honse . These consisted of an aged nwwi ,. named Morton , about 80 years ol-J , aud his wife ,, also-much advanced in years , two of their grandchildren ,, and a young woman , named Brown , who- was- a . temporary inmate of the amilv . The unfortunate snffi >«> rs were all in bed in
a small , one-story , tuaichedi house , beside which was a new tenement ia course- of erection . About four o ' clock in the moraiug one- of tho gables of the new building was blown over by the wind , and fell upon the house , the greater pact of which it reduced to ruins , and deprived of life the unfortunate parties already named . In addition to this . tbu mother of the two children was-in the house , but lay iu : v separate bed with an , infant child , where , providentially , she and her little- one escaped the fate which had overtaken so many of tlieirnear relatives , The okl mail , it appears , was ia very infirm health , and the young woman , Brown ,, who . was a neighbour , had been called
m to attend to . lib wants during the night . Some time before the accident she had gone out and brought in the old man ' s-son , along wjthlus . wife , to see their parent , who liad become much worse than usual ; and these parties had only left the house a short time when the melancholy occurrence took place . This event has caused a great sensation in Pollok ' shaws , ' where deep , sympathy is felt for the tateof tliesiifferers , who , tliougfi poor , were highly iespectablb ; pe 6 ple . A large crowd collected round the locality sp ' soon' as the accident became known , and the most active exertions were used to get out the bodies , ' which . was , however , a work of no small labour .
A Djjspejratjb Ruffiax . —A little- before the November assi 2 es , an abandoned scoundrel , named John RciUy , escaped from Trim gaol , where he had been lodged by Premier of the Detective ; force , on a charge of burglary . The companions of his crime were found guilty ami transported for life . Reilly contrived to cut the bars of the cell in which he was confined , and get into the Governor ' s room s , dress himself in the Governor's clothes , and be allowed by tho turnkey quietly to walk out of the gaol as the Governor Mmself ! Subsequently this daugereus person led a freeand-easy life , assisting in the robbery of forms and pillaging houses . He broke into the house of Mr . Kinsalingh , of Clonsilloil , in that county , and carried
off a double barrelled gun , a brace of pistols , and other articles . On Thursday week he attacked the house of Mr . O'Keefe , who resides near Kilcullen , ami when resisted by a man-servant he fired off a pistol and was nearly adding murder to his other infamies . Ahe crack of the pistol aroused the neighbourhood , and Reilly was apprehended . On his person were ound nineteen rounds of ball cartridge , a doablcjarrcllod gun which he had cut down to make handy ior Jus pocket , and in his belt a brac » of pistols . He broke through the roof of Kflculleh gaol and again very nearly eluded justice . However , he . is now safe , and at the next assizes will in all liFeiihood , meet the penalty of his numerous offences .
Mystemous Disappearance . — Considerable and painful interest has been caused in Maidstono by the sudden and mysterious disappearance of a Mr . Smitherman , an elderly person , well known in that neighbourhood , and formerly foreman of a paper-mill at Case Horton , from which situation lie had recently retired to reside on his means in this town . The deceased on luesdaj- last called at Little Ivy Mill , Loose , and entered into conversation with the foreman , respecting two recent suicides in that neighbourhood . He leiV the mill in good health and spirits , and lias not since been heard of . It is strongly suspected in some quarters that lie has met an untimely end , and some do not scruple to express their belief thai lie lias been murdered . He w ; is known to have money iu his possession . — -MulHoiW Journal ,
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Mysterious Disappearance . —On Monday morning information ' was received by the metropolitan police of the mysterious disappearance of a young man named Piper , who resided in the vicinity of Sudbury , under circumstances which havo ' cause : considerable excitement . It appeal's he has been missing aince the night of the 15 th ult ., and the most persevering inquiries have been made , but without any intelligence being obt ; iined of him . Some companions admit having been with . him on the night mentioned , and that a disagreement took place between them on the road , when he left them , and has not since been heard of . It was thought possible that ho might have missed his road and fallen into the river Stour , which was dragged , but no trace has been discovered of him .
Extensive Fiiie . —About one o ' clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out in the premises of Mr . Kirby , oil and colourman , 83 , Min q ries , which was attended by an extensive destruction of property . The dense smoke which entered the bed-room of Mr . Kirby and his wife first informed them that the lower part of the building was on fire , and they instantly rushed out in a state of nudity , with their child in their anus , and alarmed the other inmates whom they succeeded in warning , and who fortunately all escaped through a trap-door in the roof , and thence through an adjoining- ' house into : the
street . The fire spread most fearfully , - notwithstanding the efforts of the firemen , who speedily arrived with their engines , and at two o ' clock had extended to the aj ' oining house , occupied by a Mr . Orner and numerous families , and a very few minutes elapsed before this house was entirely consumcil , and the roof fell in . The Hames then reached an adjoining house , occupied by a Mr . Gregg , but there the firemen fortunately succeeded in arresting the destruction , and at three o ' clock all farther danger was at an . end . The property destroyed is very « onsiderable , and the origin of the lire is at present
unknown . : Fire at the Prince ' s Dock . —About eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon a quantity of smoke was observed to issue from the fore-hatch of the Syria , of Liverpool , a splendid ship belonging to Messrs . , Hamilton and Bnincs , merchants of this town , lying at the west side of the Prince ' s Dock . The alarm was ; immediately conveyed to the fire-station , and in a very short , time Mr . Hewlit proceeded to the spot with three fire-engines and a strong detachment of the fire-brigade . Previous to his . arrival Mr . Dowling , the head constable , and several inspectors and officers wont on board and had the hatch broken open and a number of buckets of water thrown upon the smoking
embei-s . In the course of about twenty minutes they were enabled to descend into the hole , and there they discovered tiiat some billets of oak , intended to be used for the purpose of stowing the cargo , had by some unacc » untable means caught fire , and that a few of these were charred and burned to the depth of two or three inches . With this exception , trifling in value , no further damage was sustained . It was a most fortunate circumstance that the fire was discovered at so early a s * age , for the vessel was fully laden with a cargo of manufactured goods , worth about £ 18 , 000 , and intended for the China market . The probable value of the -vessel and cargo is £ 30 , 000 . — Liverpool Albion .
Fouufold Accident o . v the Thames . —On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Spotted Dog , High-street , Poplar , on the body of William Day , aged 31 , a fisherman . It may be recollected , that on the 5 th of Feb . the deceased and three other persons , named Byford , were drowned near the GalHons , off Woolwich , by the upsetting of a fishing-boat at night , during a squall . The body of one of the Bylbrds was found soon after the accident , and an inquest held on it by Mr . Lewis , coroner for Essex , at Barking . The verdict was Accidental death . The body of the deceased man , Dny , was found on
\ VetlnDsi ] ay last , floating in ihc river , off Bow-creek . The bodies of two of the Byfords have not yet been found . The evidence yesterday proved that the men , at eleven o'clock at night , were coming up- the river ill a hatch-boat , laden with fish , and sailing in the wake of a brig . They gained upon the brig , and as they shot by its stern a sudden gust of wind , blowing off the shore , caught the boat ' s sails and upset her . Only one man escaped—a good swimmer , named Joseph Leach , who related the above facts . Verdict —Accidental death .
FirtB ox Bdahd a Ship in- thk Thames . —On Monday afternoon the brig Betsy , of Periryn , lying off King Edward Stairs , opposite Rotherhithe , was discovered to be on fire . The flames originated in the overheating of the stove , and when first noticed they Ltd obtained a firm hold of the after-cabin . The crew of the vo id , under the command of Captain J . Bink , set to work and endeavoured to extinguish the fire , but it defied the utmost exertions- of all present . The large floating engine belonging to the brigade was quickly moored alongside the burning vessel , and set to work , being manned by nearly 10 Q men . After about half an hour ' s hard working ttto fire wag extinguished , but not until the . after-cabin and its content * were nearly destroyed . ., - I
JExtRAOuwjMKV Case ofPoisoxixo . —On Saturday night ,, about eight o ' clock , a circumstance that placed the lives of . five individuals ( four men and a woman ) in . the greatest jeopardy took place at Mr . Heath ' s callee' -printing factory ,- in Garrat-lane , Tooting . In the course of the afternoon the party had purchased' sm t e fish with the intention of cooking them on the premises , and having them for supper . A man named Reynolds left off work before the others , and prepared to cook the fish , but wanting some flour to utess the fish with , ho applied to a person named Emehv who had charge of the colour room , for sonic-.. FIneh toltl Reynolds he had not got anv , but the-hitter not believing him , as ho knew
that flour was- usual in thickening the colours , watched Finch out of the colour store , and perceiving something in one off the ban-els , which he believed to be flour , he took some of it aad used it in cooking the fish . ; The-party had hardly , commenced their repast , when tiiay were all seized with violent retching , and it was then' discovered that Reynolds , instead of using flour , had taken a composition of arsenic and starch . Mr . Hfcnifeh sent . for Dr . Bainbridge , of Tooting , immediately , and en that gentleman ' s arrival lie instantly applied tlia- stomach-pump and strong emetics . The men were so far recovered as to be enabled to resume-their work on Monday ; but the young woman , who > i * single , but enceinte , is in a state that almost preludes-hopes of retovcrv .
Collikry A \ ccfflMSM » . —On Monday last a fatal accident occurred at Swingle Hill Colliery , neai Longton . Four off the men had ju 3 t placed themselves , in the cortfe Jov the purpose of ascending the shaft . The corfei . on bejjtn-ning to ascend , not having been properly steadied ,, swung from side to side ; and , at the- distance ofa few yawls up , struck the side of the pit so < violently that the four men were thrown out almost shuuttaneeusly . One of them , named Edward Bhirton , was-instantly killed , and the others were-iuore orless-injured ; . —North Staffordshire Mercury .
Moral Ebfects of Capstan Punishments . — On Monday morning two- boys > named Henry Eden and Francis- Johnson , of the ages of twelve and fourteen years , were charged ! at the Town Hall . Windsor , before Thomas- Clark , Esq . ( Mayor ) , and "William Lqgh , Esq ., with having broken open a tin box , containing' monies-belonging to the mother and brother offlEden , and stolen-the whole of its contents amounting , to £ 1 18 » . It appeared that the boys left Windsor as soon a&tliftjr had effected the robkci ? and returned , penniless * , on Saturday , the day after theexecuinon of Tawelll at Aylesburyi Oti being ap \« elxen < 2 ted-the . boy ISfea admitted that he had broken oneh the box by forcing ' "the staple of the padlock ,, and taken the money , in order to ehabJd liim to gs > to Aylesbuvy " to see the Quaker hung !!' Aylesbury is upwards- of thirty miles from VindsoDL
Gambuxo Doings ExTnAonDisjutY . —Information has reached us of gambling transactions of an ex ^ traordiaary character which have recently taken place both at the crack " metropolis of hunting '" in ^ eicesicrshire and at tlte late nieeting at Northampton . The " pigeon . '" after being well plucked nb the former place , has bee-n compelled to box himself } up , i on tl&e Continent ,, owing to the enormous amouafc ot " his tosses , exceedin g * it it said , £ 100 , 000 . l IDkatiisby Fire . —An inquest was held on Tuesday before'Mr . Wakley , at the Middlesex Hospital ,, © n tire- body of a woman , named Caroline Connellv a widow" of about fifty , years of age . Ifcappea » adj that ske was admitted into tiie above hospital on the- Iftb nJTMarch . last in a state of dreadful suffering ; fSrom
the effects of fire ; her head , neck , and shoulders , being fearfully scorched , or rather roaste& . Fromthe evidence of two w omeri who resided in the same house ( 10 , Cress-lane , St . Giles ' s ) , with the dmnsed , ! it was proved that she had on St . Patrick / iHlay gone out for the purpose of selling fruit , and hayiag met with some acquaintances had indulged with- them too freely in drinking . Shortly after her return to her room , one of the women experiencing a strong smell of fire , entered hoi ? room , and found the deceased enveloped in smoke , and with her clothes . sBJOuhlerin "I oh her back . -With the-assistance of the other woman , they were taken off her , but ttaly bit by bit and not until the poor creature was k such a atata that the fiuwnftn of . the jury said it . seemed as if she ' had been roasted before a slow fire . She lingered for some days , being kept alive , as the house
surgeonstated , only \> y stimuli , till death put an end to her sufferings . A verdict of Accidental Death was returned . —Another inquest was held before Mr . Wakley on the same day , at the Marylebone Workhouse on the body ol agn-1 aged 18 , named Anne Hatherly who having been left to take care of two children by the mother , who had gone out on business , had probably approached too near the fire , and her clothes liaviiig oeconic ignited , she lad very naturally , but injudiciously , made her eseape into the street , where the fire was extinguished by buckets of water beinc thrown over her . She was scorched on the neck and dlCSt , DUt lor tllC first few days alter her bein " brought to the workhouse appeared to be doin « - welf A change , however , took place two days before her dissolution , sim \ she ujed on Monday last in consequence 01 the injuries She had sustained . The verdict , as in the preooillng case , w ^ 4 cci'Wi . V Death . " """
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Loss ov inn Thomas Lowry . —Suicide of thb Pilot . —The ship Thomas Lowry , from . Sydney to London ,: arrived " off Dartmouth oh the 27 th ult ., landed her letters , received a supply of provisions , and shipped at the same time one ol the most experienced pilots out of that port . By some unforeseen circumstanced the ship struck on some sunken rocks , became watei'log&ed , and was run ashore near the harbour , where she filled . ' Ihe pilot the day after put an end to his existence by hanging himself in his own house .
Sinoixar Kqurery . —On Friday night a daring robbery was committed in the office attached to the bi-ewhouse of the late Mr . J . lleatliorn , at Maidstone . An iron chest of the common kind was broken open by the application of gunpowder , inserter ] at the keyhole of the lock . The iron chest standing upright , &ome portion of the powder ran down to the bottom ledge of the false door , or frame , containing the three bolts . The ignition of the powder in the lock caused the explosion of that which had fallen * below , and it
together blew the false back sufficiently away to admit the insertion of a bar of iron or chisel to prize open the door ; great force had been used to accomplish this ; from tho innrks left upon the iron near the bolts , a steel chisel must have been used . No report was noticed , and from the nature of tiie explosion it is not probable a very loud one was macle The thieves Svere adroit in tlieir work , but then : booty , was very small , being only a few halfpence . ; fortunately the books , « Sic , sustained ne injury , ^ - Maidstone Journal . ¦
ftxrLOSiox . —The boiler of the steam-boat Victoria exploded on Saturday evening , while she was engaged in towing a vessel into the harbour at Shields . The force of the steam , which was fortunately upwards , severely scalded John Thompson , the engine man , who was standing on deck , but no other person was injured . Attempted Murder of a Wifb by iikr IIusba > ' » ix Liverpool . —On Tuesday morning the inhabitants of Yauxhall-road and Tithebarn-street were thrown into a state of great excitement by a rumour , rapidly circulated , that » man had stabbed his wife at No . 11 , Lower Milk-street , and . that the most serious apprehensions were entertained that the wound was mortal . It unfortunately turned out to be but too
true that the diabolical act had been perpetrated ; and we fear that by the time this sheet meets the public eye , the unfortunate female's life will have fallen a sacrifice to the revengeful spirit of her husband , The parties had only removed the evening before ( Monday ) from Cockspur-street to Milk-street , where they took lodgings on the first floor . After the lodgings were taken , tiie husband , who Jms g iven his name as John Morris Murphy , and who is an Irishman by birth , anil an oil and colour-mixer by occupation , went out and remained at some publichouse during the whole of the night . On his return horse vestoruay morning , he requested his wife , who was lying upon a wretched bed in the apartment , to L ot up and prepare him some breakfast . She
refused , upon the ground that she had no victuals in the house , and no money to purchase any , whereupon he seized hold of .-in old table-knife and atnbbcd her with it behind the ear and on the right side of the neck . Her screams brought several of the neighbours to the spot , and there they beheld blood flowing copiously from the wound , and Murphy in the act ot holding , with one hand , a washhand-basin to receive it , and endeavouring with the other to stop the bleeding by applying a cloth to the wound . The account he gave of the transaction was , that it was purely accidental ; that she fell against a large pan which was lying on the floor , anti that the broken edge of the vessel caused the injury . The storv , however , was looked upon as very improbable ,
and was rendered sfill more so by the medical men being of opinion that the wound was caused by a sharp instrument . A rusty table-knife waa { wind in the room . The prisoner was apprehended by Superintendent Lawson , and conveyed to VauxhaU Bridewell , where he remained during the dny , and repeatedly made , inquiries as to how his wife ws » getting on and whether she was likely to survive . She was conveyed on a stretcher to the Northern Hospital , where everything was done for her that medieal and surgical skill could accomplish . Tiie great object , of coui-se , was to stop the bleeding , and tluawas almost wholly effected in * short time ; but the danger likely to arise from stirring her , by causing the wouwl to bleed afresh , prevented a minute examination of the injured part from being made . In answer toour . inquiries , we learned that it was impossible tcaay
how deeply the knife had extended , as the neck was covered with her clotted hair , hut that the wound bore every appearance of having been inflicted by some sharp instrument . Her life , yesterday afternoon , was considered in imminent danger ; there wasa chance that she might survive , but the probabilitieswere that she was fast sinking into the jaws of death .. She alluded constantly to her husband , spoke-of him in the-kindest'terms , and said his misfortune was-[ that he could not bear up against poverty . It appears that - though he is a journeyman colour * manufacturer , he has not been in the habit of following his trade , and that , in fact , he had no means of livelihood except wbat lie made by selling newspapers . The parties have seven children , the youngest oi * whom is only 'Wo months old and the eldest only ten years . Milfe-street , during the greater part of the day , was visited by crowds of persons .
Mfojiscaovr Acchwjst . —We regret to announce a melmwb&ly occurrence which took place at Botesdale ^ on Thursday last . As- James Amys , Esq ., of Hick-5 ng ] i » i > mis riding through the streets « n horseback , with Hts lady , the raare on which he rode was observed to > cany him qtwietljr , but it is supposed that while-in the act of stooping to put some letters into the post-office , ne aceuSeratally touched her with tho spur-,, as she immediately plunged ai \ d started off at a rapid pace ; and that Jiv endeavouring to keep his seat ( having lost his stirrsps ) , lie unconsciously used the-apw 9 wklel * increased the animal ' s speed , and at the lower part of the town befell off , pitching upon his-hesM& . and received ! a concussion of the brain and a fracture- of the base of the sfcnM , from which he expired- iii ) about five urinates , not having spoken after lis ML— Bttvy Post , April 1 .
MfniBER ix Geo ' iuse-s-trekt ,. St . Giles ' s . —On Monday night a middle-aged woman , . named Tape , was iBJM'tTeretl in a uisrepufeaibte house in Georgestreefc ,. St ? . Giles ' s . Sue is said : to- have gone thither witiiiai iikWi unknown , and , after he left the house , was-found dcail , having been stabbed in the neck and hreasfe , and aknifc laft sticking iia one of the mortal wountfe . A surgeon was sen * for and the police were-called' in , .. but theve-weire- no traces of the supposed murderer ; The liouse in which the deed \ vas-clbnei '» aiTOry oMione , m& &said to have been the residence oi'Mr :. J ' iistice'Bwa * S .
FoBaaosn P . umcui .. uiSN—Snvce the murder of EU ? . a -. GttuuAvGod , iii the- . Waterloo-asad , no case of that description equals' in . atrocity and cold-blooded deterjmihoiion tlw > B&wil ' er . penpefmaitgd on Monday night , lonithe-bodiy of" Ann 'li ' ape ^ bad who is a married wo-. niunvof thenaiac of'BtajfcheuSv&i' some years separai tedifiionii horfouBuandi . Mui-Mtagerald , the surgeon , icaUedin on- the spur of the- nwsnent , states that on ihis-nn'i ' tval he- was shown , int-e . a small room on the-IgroundiflW ,. aaul in one- ooirasr of it he found thejniurdered : wwnan compltete % doubled up . On exiamination lie- found that site w \ s dead . On endea . vourikig ! to-DBfrb the body u |) » . l » found the blood still ! jppuring freta a wound ,. long , * enough for him to place llslifwwl ib . pnasiui : front bite Mck of the neck
completely tbraigh to the front ,, dividing all the principal artei-ies . The wound fnonii which the constable had ! drawai e » fc the earving-kniik was deep , and the force ofthe-W&whnd beonso-g » sa > i thatalarge piece of theknife- near the point -had ! been broken by coming in contact vrwh a bone . There were four other wounds about the neck and breasi . Tiie murdered womaa . waa tfelugad with blood ,, arc ^ i had eviden tly straggjtetl . violently with her coldibl ««) cd assassin , as on entering ihe bed-room adjojiasi ^; , Mr . Fitzgerald found blood on the bed and a targe pool on the Hbei ^ The- deceased ' s bonnet ami shawl were lying ; ® n . a chair ; but in the roeea where the body was lwad there was nothing in the- place but an ' old chest of drawers . —Mrs . IlaweH , tho woman of the Sfluse-, says , that the deceased * a 3 well known to her . Slie came there accompaiiSed by a man , about liaJ £ past tea o ' clock , and hir « 5 att apartment . Thev kid ; been
in the house about tea minutes , when shehesafdiwhat she considered to be-smuffling , which induead-hen-to leave her own room , ^ the front parlour ) and ceme- into the passage . She bad . scarcely done so , wllea the man came along tto * passage towards the street-door at a rapid pace . She seized him by the s&irfc of the coat as-he was pacing h « r , and exclaimcdi . " "What have you been about with the woman ?'" He made no reply , but pushing her from him , rssfced out at the street-door , which was at tho time partially open . Finding the deceased did not follow , she- wont into the back ante-room , and thore found ; her lying as above described . She heard . no screaia or cry of" kind before she heard the scuffling . The man she dxd not know > but said as near as poesiWotliD following was the description of his person ,, which was forwarded to Scotland-yard , and by roateto every police station in th » police : —
Station-HoMse , E Division , March 31 , ' Halftpast EleYenJ .. p . M . "Description of the person who murdered a-woman this night at brothel , ' No . 11 , George-street , 8 t . ' 6 il « s '* . About thirty years of age , five feefrftro or six inches high , rather da * k complexion with fuW face ana black hair , hail a spot or mole on the right chee-k near tho nose . Dress —a velveteen coat ( dark ) , long pockets at the sides , % i « coloured trousers , and dark irough cap , " The next step taken by the police was to endeavour to discover where the knife ,-which ' was perfectly new
had ; been purchased , ; In tho course of-Tuesday morning some of tho police went to the shop of Mr OWham , cutler , of High-street , St . Giles ' s , who stated that he sold a'cawing-knife exactly answerin " the description , at ten o ' oloek on Monday » 5 ° ht ° to a man , who , with { fee exception that he kla hat on instead ot a cap * also answered the description "iven aV * m !? ' * OHte - Ont » clvnifo being produced Mv . Oldl \ aw , ai once identified it as . tho one lie had sold on tho ijmious evening . Mi-. Oldl . am states that- at about ; ten o ' clock ho am ? - his . daughter were in tlws . shaB J . v ?| iS ' n the man ca ? v $ sn g ^ asked "to * the
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cheapest small earring knife t « f had . " EeAovreA him three , and having examined their points , he selected that which had the narrowest Wade , and for which he paid a shilling . He was about to take the knife away naked in ' hia band , when Mr . OJdham said he would put it in ' paper . He then took the knife , and having set the edge , put it m paper , and the man went away . lie did not observe the man very minutely , but his daughter did , and they botu state that he had a hat and not a cap on , but that his coat was such a one as described , either oi uarK velvet or fustian . Shortly after the murder was discovered , a woman , who is of the same class as the unfortunate deceased , gave information to the p olice which will , in all probability , lead to the apprehension
of the murderer . She stated that she Knew the man Veil by sight / and had seen him with deceased on a previous occasion .. On Monday night , shortly after ten o ' clock , she ' was standing at the corner of Georgestrcet , when he accosted her and asked her if she had seen tho deceased that night . On her replying that she had not , he said "he was looking for her . " On Tuesday a number of persons were taken into custody , on account of their answering in some measure the description of the murderer , ' but the only one upon whom strong suspicion still rests is a man named Medows , and who was taken into custody by Mr . Inspector Tedman at nine o ' clock on Tuesday morning . This man lodges in SouthmoUon-iucws , and ! works with Mr . Frost , a brass-fitter , near l ) avies-street .
On the inspector ' s ) telling Medows that he wanted him for the murder ot" the woman he had cohabited with , he said , " I am not the man . " Observing , as he thought , something which looked like blood on the man ' s clothes , he examined him , and found a good deal of b . ' ooil on hia right hand , and in his pocket a handkerchief having a great quantity of blood on it . On questioning Medows as to this , he said that it had come from liis-nose which had been bleeding violently that morning ; . On his way t& the stationhouse , Medows admitted . that he had ccibabitcd with the deceased some time since , but slip absconded
from him with his property several mouths back , and that he hail only seen her once since , whsn ho met her last Christmas in llolborn . On their arrival at the station-house , the two women at the hotae where the murder was committed were sent for , as also the other woman previously alluded to , and their positive declaration that he was not the man , indues *! the inspector to release him . The husband of the jniudered " woman has been discovered . He resufes at No . -8 , George-street , Oxford-street , with two daughters , anil is in-the employ oi Messrs . Tratfc Mid , AJt « field , upholsterers , Lrook-street , Grosvenor-square . lie has Ijcen theremanv vears .
Tuksd . vt livraixG , Mxk O ' clock . —Up to th-El hour the police have been unable to apprehsud the murderer , but a clue it is understood has been obtained , which will iu all probability plnce him in the custody of Inspectors Shaukcl and Ilaynes , of the detective police tore * , before morning ; it is stated tiiat this clue is founded on information forwarded to the police by a medkal practitioner , who has had a man under him exactly answering the amended description of tho munlerer , which was circulated among the police between seven and eight o ' clock last evening . It is as foilowss : " Correct Descri p tion of the Murderer . —EDivision . —21 years old , 5 feet 5 incites high , rerv pale , sallow complexion , thin face , long nose , very dark hair , no whiskers , black eyes ; sometimes dressed in a fustian jacket , dark trousers , black hat or cap with peak , fit other times in dark velveteen shooting-jacket , and dark check trousers , lias the appearance of a costermonger . "
Later Particulars . —TuuRmvv . —Notwithstanding the exertions of Inspector * Shackel and Hayiics , aided by the whole body of the detective force , as well as most of the inspectors of the- metropolitan police , up to eight o ' clock last evening i « v clue hail been obtained to the murderer of Miaisy Brothers , alias Tape . Between ten and eleven o > elock in the morning of yesterday , information -ws » received by'the police . that a young man , exac % answeriinf tho description last circulated of the murderer ' s person , had on ' -Tuesday applied for the purpose of enlisting at the-recruiting quarters of the .. lion . East Imtia Company , Soho-sfjuare , and that he ton ! been ordered to be there at eleven o ' clock that iKflming . On the receipt of this information , Inspector Ilaynes , of the detective force , and Inspector Hell , of the B division ,
proceeded to Soho-square , and having , esainined the men , and also the books showing tiie names and description of those who applied , they felt convinced : that the information was not correct . With reference ; to the man Medows , who was on Tuesday sunning ! taken into custody , all . suspicion has beea removed . In addition to- the declaration of tlw iwo-women belonging to the- Rouse where the murder was coin-! uHtt « l that he was not the murderer , Ife Old-ham , ! the cutler , and hfc daughter , have also sci-nMnv , and state that he i * not the man who purchased tli » carving knife on ; Monday night . The body of the immteral woma ^ still lies at the house , No . II , Geo » -ge- » treei ; in the same position in which it was f&uncf , Harvey , the- summoning officer of the district , keeping the key © FShe apartment .
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BANKRUPTS . ( J- ' rom Fritiiy ' s < w <;«< , March 28 J LuitfMj Johnston , Hammersmith , wine-merchant—Daniel Mbrlwiiy Eastflienp , fishmonger—Elijah May ,. A-ldgate Higli-stii'e 6 t r ( Iraner—John Phillips , Pinner's-uoiuTt OU Broad-str-ovt , tailor—Gkwgn Gardner , Graresend ) ta-rernkeejien—J-ouus mul Dtwuel Woodhead , Netherthoug ; l ' ovksliir& . woolltfi-elo ' tl ) manufacturers .
DiVfPEiiSS ; Ap ril 13 } . w . and R .. Smith , Uow-lane , City , warehousemen—Ajuril 18-, II . SfautQlewortli , Cro \ rit-cuurt ,. Ghua ] Miil « , Citivpin-manufaetitrer—April 18 , N . Heard , Beeuli-street , ltarbic : in ,. City rleiitIier-eellcT—April 18 , C . Doti ! sio ,.. Sluugn . . Huokinglijuiishire , hotekkeener—April 19 , J . NidUs * Warwick . ciirpciitur—April 25 ; W . WjTiU , Bradford , Yorkshire , ironmonger—April 24 , T . Jartnuin , Bristol , moner-seriyener—April 2 . > , 13 . Norman anil K . Buckman , ClioltenliaiTi xi-onuMHi ^ Ji-s—April SSy-G-iltnr . vey , Hau-tlsaisre , Staffordshire , sjiivit-inoroliaut . ' .- .
• BaHKRUPTS . ( From Taestikijfis-Gaxetle , April 1 st , 1345 , / . John Suhaffi-r , . € ku&s ' -p'lace , High-street , Islington , friiigoiiKHi—John Bi-eckels , NonH-stveet , Finslmr . jV bedstead-maker—Job * Uet \ y . aud .. Totin Robert U «; iy ,. M-. u-k lnne , wuie-inerehajits—Mfcbert Cann , Woolwich , boot and . shoemaker—Augustus Kaddiffe , sen ., and Augustus IJadulilVt *; , jnn ., HeriiMtutfe-ylaue , St . Johu-street-ruiid ,. patent glaziers' diamond manufacturers—Joseph North * JJirstal , Yorkshire , bliiiiket-iNanufiiuturer— Thomas Ifolvliuul Wil-Uiuna v Cliclmsfovtl ,. wincHnerchant—John Atkinson Hick , Leeds , carver and gJ&leiv-Joliii Wliittaker , Swansea , Glamorganshire , druggist—William Harrington Lagoe , Athevstoue . WarvvickstoUi Watuallur .
niVlDl'ND 9 . . ASpril 24 , T . Sherwoodj . Tilehurst , Berkshire , brackmakcr —April 22 , F . J- _ lk . M \ vler , Addle-street , Wood-street , Glty , furrier—April 22 ; . T . Pearce , Bermoudscy-street , Southwark , tripenum ^ -April i' 2 , II . F . Bellenger , Great Pulteney-street , ( Joklentsqutire , licensed-victualler—April 23 .. T . Coruidli , Great ilarlborough-strcet , wine-merchant —April 22 , H . limulc ^ Jjpper York-plncc , Portland Town , builder—April 23 , E . and A . Rule , LeadenhaU-stveet , slni > - oivner *—April 23 , W . M . Thompson , Liverpool , merchant —April 22 , J . HerdlmuKtndE . ] IerUman , jun > ,. Goii ; jleton , Glkisliire , millers—A }| i ) il 22 , It . Swainson and J . Gardner , Liverpool , groeern—A ^ ril 22 , J . Donnelly , Liverpool , luevubttnt—April 23 , \ V .. Giwss , Chester , lead-merchant—April 25 , J . Whitlow , Manchester . laceman .
DECtAIt ^ TJIOXS OF DIVIDENDS . J . Drewe , Kejnuliiimv . scrivener , first and final dividend . Ofi 2 S !) d ill tllU pound ; any Monday , at ' the .-office of Mr . . taiunan ,, Bristol ,. J . 11 . King , Batbi .- 'Jniggist , first dividend , of Is 9 din the pound , any Monday , at the office of Mr . Aeraman , Bristol . - . ' ¦ ; ¦ '••'" . . J . Hilton , Crostoiik . Lancashire , surgeon ,. first dividend of 4 s 3 d in the pouud , on Thursday , Ap ? al 10 , andaiiy subsequent ThuKsUay , . at the office of Mr . Cazenovc , Liverpool . .-- ;"" - M . Tonikinsonj : Kidderminster , Worcestershire , linendraper , first dividfiujJ of 4 s in the pound ,. ay Tuesduj , at tho office of Mr . Whitmore , Birmingham . T . Benson , Jtoath-plaee , Gray ' s-inn-road , stationer , first dividend ot 3 b . Sd in theponiul , nn $ Wednesday , at the office of 3 U '; . ( tteahnin , Colemaiustreet .
% J . 1 \ Garnet * ,, Welljngton-street , Southwark , hatter , first dividend of' l » 4 d iu the pound , any . "Wednesday , at the office of Me- _ fev . vhum , Coleman-street ~ T . Pearson ' ,. Mitre-court , Fencliuraltstneet , wine-merchant , " first dLvMisivd of ' 2 Jd in the couiid , on Saturday next , and tlicce-following Siiturdays . fa . taie office of Mr . Groom , AbcluuKb-lanc . J . lloldroyd i Iforth Moor , Northumberland , farmer ,, first and final tfivideud of 7 d and l-12 th < cf a penny in tlu * nound , any Saturday , at tho office o £ 2 ir . Baker , Ji Wcastle-upon-ifyuc . M . Atkinson , Temple Sowerby , "Wsitniorland , hanker , fourth and final dividend of 2 s ( id aial l ~> rd of a penny in the pound ,, any Saturday , at the offifce of Mr . Baker , A ' eVcasUe . upoiiiTjiiG . . ¦— , . ;• ..: ' . , J . Laidnj&n . -s eh ., I'enrith , Cumberland , bank « r , secovi and final dividend of Id and 1-160 ) part of a penny in tUe pound , auy Saturday , at thtTofiSce-of'Mr . Baker , Swcastle-upttn . Tjne . . ' .., . ' .-. /¦ . ; ¦ > V , Fletcher , Birmingham , oilman , ¦ ' first ditiilond of 6 s 8 d in tho pound ,, any tUuysOay , at the office of Sir . Christie-, Birmingham .
Cekti * -icate 3 to lie granted , unless cause be shown , to tl'B COUtl'avy on thu itvy of meeting . April 23 , E . Sengwid ; , Hytb * , Kent . scrivener-April 22 . C . Lewis , Bnth / innkeaner—Auril 22 , P . Potliergill and J . M'lnnes , Seots \ vot > -I , ¦ KorthunibBi-land , lamp-bluckmauufaeturers—April 22 , li- Atkinson , Penrith , Cumberland , banker—April 2 S , J . liooth , Brownhai , VorksliiiC woolIen-clotJi-manufactuiw—Aprils * , J . Barff , LiveriiouK uierc ' ta ' arit—April 32 , T . llowell , jun ., Liverpool , bookseller -yVpril 23 , T . " Griffiths . i « m ., VTam , Shropshire , -irinamercliant-April 24 , J . Hoiuian , Exeter , -rictuaUer—A" * % W . Broadbent , Dwtoii , Lancashire , flour-dealer-April 22 , > Y . Tydenuvn ,. Chelmsford , Essex , timbiv-uwfchaat—April 22 , G . Jackson , jun ., Hertford , « p &olsterei—April 22 , J . G . Sehatt and J . C . Lavater , Ald , win ; m buryposturn , merehants . —April 22 , II , II . FuotUeadji ' ore-stw t . Cripplegate , wholestile milliuer . .
PART . SK 1 ISHIPS DISSOLVE * . J . Foweraicttr ' amf T . UaVef , Exeter , stationers—IT . B > Ingleby and IV . Briddon , Liverpool , cottOn . brokoiM- ' ^ DroniL'ole anft 3 . Linton , Barbican , win ^ OW-glaiS dealt" , rS —E . Empson and II . B . Holman , CrtKUton , Devonsli ' ive , surgeoiw—A » Abraham and J . B . L \« iow , M » n (;> ie . stifi " i opticians—C . a » d A . M . IJicknell , MaiSswiie , ladies' S ol : o « iimstresaO 3 .- » -lV . Ghurchus andW . Com Yaikon , ^ cnieraetsliire , cjtfjMniteri—J . Fraukland ' M \ i \ Vf . Coopc . Mieklcv , l ) erb j *\* f e , coalowncrs—J . > ViHmof « , J . Y apPl and i-Woortw » i"d , Tharies-iiin , silrerstvdths ; as f xl . •[ = wgavds J . wa « noi-e —» . Gaparn aiu \ \) . 0 . 1 'arV e \ . HuyncastWi Lincolnshire . ckemists-J . ll : n- v and r xiui't' -. ^•" it - strwt , ifanchester-sii 5 : a-. 'exeiigiu . w . * ps— - < w ! , erlandand A , W . Gwyn , City , shinwnei ^ C . . i f ., ' " l « » nd V . Ili ' - bei't , Sheffield , c . iv % Vs am \ siWt-v . V- H- e "I and K . . ^ iHHh , GreatTar « jouth , bUtteiii' '
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¦ . " ^ PSfcASitE . —It is said to \) c in contemplation to adorn , the splendid Hish Levels Eridgc ^ aci-oss the Tyne , ; ii ) out to be constructed under the auspices of 3 Ir- Ilu « lsou , \ vith a noble statue in honour of George Stephenson . Esq ., tne eminent civil engineer , a » ative ol" > x- » vcastle-upon-T yne , aud beyond all doubt vOhe of the greatest inen of the day . - R \ riu Tratoiixg . — - "We understand that swift " teasn&arclikely to be started very sliortly , which vrill p ^ rrohn the distance from London to Liverpool , and ftoiffiLi'roi- {» ool . to London , in six hours . The present jjIfe : 3 Sj&ift . these trains should leave London and iii ^ eqjooifll'ont three o ' clockr . M ., thusgivingparties . tinie ^ ojfet throughagootiday ' s business , and con-^ ey in ^ : jtue : n a couple of liunilicd miles , in either i diBeeuoi .-liviune o ' clockin the evening .
\ -Giiii . AXT , ncr Disastrous Excou . vtkb with a SavE Felucca ox tiik Coast of Akiuca . —The following is an extract from a letter , dated her Majesty ' s steam vessel Growler , January 19 th , off Sea JJar : — . " On the 13 th of this month Lieut . Lodwick ( the first .-Lieutenant of that ship ) , who had been away cruising » in the ] iIuhucc , on the look-out for slavers , off this I plaxxj ( the Growler being left to go dowu to Gallinas ); < while lio w ; is guardlujj durinj ; our absence , iellin with , afelue «» , which , on seeing the pinnace , hove to ; -and , of course , Lieut . Lodwick thought , as she . might have got away if she had chosen , she would isliow ho resistance . When ti ; e pinnace , however , ^ jsas vfitUiii thivt y yards , tbey observed a whole ran ^ e tof niuskfts fore and aft of the felucca ; after this
vLieufenaut Louwiek cheered lus men on to get up to ilier before she discharged this fearful battery j but no sooner was the cheer out than the felucca opened on the boat . This was a staggerer for the poor boat ; but fortunately this time they fired too high { the felucca had now filled , and was going just as fast as the boat couldpull ) . Lieut . Lodwiek now returned this with u round shot , and ISO balls in a bag . In the first volk-r from the felucca the rim of Lieut . . LotKrick ' s bat was shot tbrougli ; but their second * Tolley toiil with mortal effect . Two men were shot -. dead , and Lieut . Lodwick and two men severely J 5-w 0 nndi . il , Lieut .. I ^ odwick having been struck on the -ileftknee and-thigh . This left the pinnace with ~^ o few men , and having had six of its oars shot away .
, ? 5 fc iras-obligcd to leave the field . We picked the boat , np sHiuding . towards the Gallinas . J am happy to isay Lieut . Xsdwiek is reportetl out of danger , and ithat lie v > 'ill ^ ilso save his leg ; the other two men are rdoiug v . 'eli . Captain Buckle has represented to the ; eoinmodorc , in glowing terms , the gaflanUy of Lieut . j Lodwiek on this occasion . The boat aud gear were ^ Hiterallv riddled ; - - There are aboutseventy wien on ^ 3 » ard this felucca ; and the crew of a prize , captured ~ ia short time since , say that she is commanded by an Englishman , the crew consisting of English , French , . and Americans . She was here about four months ago , and chased hy every vessel on the coast , but always got clear . She carried away hsr rudder : going over a bar ,- and was obliged to return to Havannali . There must Live been a great many tilled and wounded on board lier , as the crew of the ^ inuaee could bear the groans . "—Hamjuliire Tdc-I ' orwah . .-- ' i _ - —
* REIIMMECT OF Mb . WaiuCE , 1 £ P _—Mr . Wallace lias intimated to liis . constituents in Grecnock , tlis . t - " / ' lie hits ' taken the usual measures for vacating liis seat" in Parliament . - TkeSion . member assigns as liis reason some recentattacks of severe indisposition . 'A Conservative candidate is announced , but not ; aamcd . The announcement is to the following ¦ effect : — "A gentleman of moderate politics will . come forward , whose attachment to the present Go-TOramcnt may justiy be expected to , ensure to the - - ^ p ublic -wovks oi ihe town -what the extreme politics "of the late member has bitherfo denied us—a due jShare Of the public patronage . "—Evening Faper . Holloway ' s Okimext axd PitLs . —A dreadful ease of wieumatism of six years , standing cured in i H ^>^ ssmmss V ^ St « n " n " ^ fti * » « ia »»» S ^ S ^ HH- " ^ - ^^ ^ T sasfttt
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1309/page/6/
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