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•"' "Ttrelcoine , Christinas—irelcorae , ChiLstraas , 01 : '• a reveller bold art tlioa ! ^• j tli the misletoe aaO Lolly ^ ftM around tiiy jocund hrow ; Tliond * * &e blast ** l > ltter Pwrcinjj , And t he year is well nigh dead , tran'i' } ' smile & 5 irankrougli features Oat atneug thy berries red . " . inopportunely for our Ghrlstmas reflections , . nditical world h just now agitated by the old tltf , rnsntomime , "The IliahUriol Crisis ; or , 5 i jjj'V < wi «*« OatV wKch , though often perl f . ( Ka and always terminating in giving dissaiisfac I ^ tiIO th « sr < jatnl : l J ' - ' ' Joast Bull's family , never-Vtss , when repro !> ueed . is sure to be immensely active—& >" a t '" 18- Ihe movements , meetings , ? g , and trickeries of Whigs and Tories" A plague on ootu tlielr houses"
—^ resen t form a"n ° st « e only subjfor report 3 « innuaif in the press , daily and weekly . We " } j& " a 3 wel 1 be out of t 1 de worid ^ of * Sihion . " auu - tnerefore , the Mrtlum Star is conraised to , in some measure , devote its columns to ^" absorbingtopic" of the time . Not , however , i jikiteffbing , " for there is one other matter which « rv largely occupies our columns this week—the Lsewlhissof the Chartist . uand Conference . The tjigice of our contemporaries on the meeting and ' iknS * of that " Conference" is a remarkable proof oi ^ e corruption and partisanship of the public journals rest-wily . TJie great majority of onr contemporaries la just now chanting their songs of triumph
iret the downfall of the Peel administration , t * X also , labouring to outvie the other in fierce jeno iCJations of what they call the "Land-] grds monopoly , " each devoting column after column , snd page after page , to the doings and sayings of petv seaeming politician , ambitious agitator , and party parasite , who , " at this crisis , " mumbles by jie minute , or harangues by the hour , against the "horrid bread tax . " While the " teachers and j-adera of public option" are thus aiding and jisttiaj an agitation which they know has for its object not the benefiting of the people , Int the transferring the monopoly of power from one class of oppressors and schemers to
sn ' atucr class equally the relentless enemies of bbour ; at the same time they pass over , as utterly © worthy of notice , the proceedings of a body g men who really belong to the people , and f iuse constituents are of the people . The inference between the Chartist co-operators on lie one hand and the Whig League agitatora on the other , is , that the former are honestly bent nt-on destroying the "Landlords * monopoly , " and , i oilier monopolies , while the latter only aim at the transfer of monopoly from one class
tu another , erecting the despotism of money in Era of the despotism of hereditary privilege , ¦ flierefiire it is that the precious " anti-monopolistf journals , the tools of the profitocracy , will not report ihe doings of the really honest and consistent "antimiaoponsts . " Hence , too , a reason why so much of tjis paper should be occupied with the proceedings of flie Manchester Conference . The which proceedings Hug reported at great length , renders it imperative that ^ ffe should , on this occasion , be as brief as possible . ... __ .. .
if we have no sympathy with the sham " anti-monopolists , " we have as little with theavowed " monowiiste , " and if , as the " sisjes of the times" betoken , their fall is near , we shall hail it with exultation , — K * re especially as we shall then have but one enemy Ij combat with , an enemy strong and insolent , but Tdw will present the last obstacle between us and feedon ) . Well would it be for the millions if the lour of that Last combat had come . Crucified benraea the conservative land-robber on the one hand , aad the ambitious money-juggler on _ the other , Christmas time presents gladsome associations to but for of the unhappy toiling people , and the time isaoured greeting , "A merry Christmas , " sounds a mockery in the ears of
TUB SHELTERLESS POOR ! There ' s joy U the palace , there ' s grief in the cot , The rich have abundance , but poverty ' slot l ! fugitive hope , ever chased by grim care , Till xhe vision dissolves in the gloom of despair ! There ' s spor t for the squire , for the lords of the son , list i = lu £ is to solace the children of toil ? ¦ Riere revels are r »* 3 in the mansion and Court , & spurt is for # ci . «—they ' re of fortune the sport ! Ifore are laws the sworn wealth of the rich to secure , Stt tlie " Poor laws" aloue are tlie laws of the poor .
Sifrn winter approacheth , he rides on the blast , iKi M jriais must pcrisn bafoie lie hath passM ; Tie ragged , the wretched , must shiver and die , Ire the ice-crested monarch , stern Vvlntiarpass by . T « rtte jule-iog shall blaze in tUe homesteads of mirth , Pailc penury firoops o ' erits emberless liearth , Aui the storm-gusts rush cold thro' the windowless shed , A-x-l pierce the gaunt inmates—unclothed and unfed . Hal is there no pity . for those who endure the sharp-Wring season—ilie shelterless poor » Let the poet Southet answer the two last lines of the above : —
" Petitioning for pity is most weak , Tlie sovereign people ought to demand justice . " And , let us add , ought to take it What spectacles of misery this huge metropolis presents ! What a liueons contrast of wealth and woe , riches and rags , nay be seen any hour ,-in the great thoroughfares where the rich exhibit their splendour to gratify their raaitv , and the destitute make public their loath-» me " wretchedness to obtain the miserable means of jmlonging the burden of life . We happen to be feealiarlr well or ill situated for observing these re-Tjltin" contrasts—tho bloated idler and tbs destitute toiter , the pampered lady and the female mendicant , tlie petted lap-dog and the famishing child—the icy indifference , the " brutal cruelty of the one class , and the despairing misery and spirit-broken demeanour of the other . Our London readers must all be conversant with the reality of the following sketch : — " STAUYHfG !"
'Xls a co \ & and "loomy winter ' s day , Heavy and damp with fog ; And a squalid wretch on the pavement way Is crouching down like a dog ; like a poor and Auabhed dug that , noiv , 2 f either cart nor track may draw , Iliat squalid -wretch with care-worn brow , Pats forth his skeleton paw . On the surface flat of the pavement stone-Cleansed with his ragged cuff-He chalks , lie chalks , -with moan and -with groan , * Sketching his worl ; in the rousn . Chalking—chalking—chalking away , Characters fair , in colouring gay ; A record of misery , talent , and want , With hungry btlly and fingers gaunt .
Passengers hurry , hurry along , With sorrowful iiearts , or gay ; rdch and poor—a motley throng—Pass over the pavement way ; Uutnoue save the neady , slacken their speed , To gaze on the writing there ; Sonebutthe wretched can tarry , to read Tliat £ untshed wrtiteh ' sprayer He has chalked and chalked all his chalk away , -Making the very pavement pray ; Aud showushowslonesniaycaineoutin print , To soften with pity men ' s liearls ofjlhit ilockery : —cruel mockery all i In a land of mocking and groans TVhere the pamper'd stesd feeds hig h in the stall , While Jfen starve on the stones . '
One word , one on ?^—appears stone . In characters bold and fair ; lut oli ! ibA word is of skin and bone ! " Stanhtf is written there . Starving , in nourishes chalked on the gronnd , Starring in colours so gay , like the rich w ho can rerel in luxury round Our famishing forms of clay . Swrviag—starving—starving ! ¦ Wiih maddening hunger and cold , "While fliD holy bishop is carving His viands on disbes of gold ! Oh , tlie shiv ' ring wretch may hide h 5 s head , And his eye so hollow and dim , Por life to tte fat ohurch livings has fled ,
And DeaOi may grapple him . Oh , land of mockery , wealth , and wo , A land of riches and rags , * # here the idler rides in pomp and show , AnS the toiler starves on the flags I—^ Mockery—mockery—mockery all ! A laud of mocking and groans , where the pamper'd steed feeds high in the stall , VUtte » e » staree on the stones . London has its hundreds of churches and chapels , aad Us thousands of parsons , priests , ministers , am oilier " religious teachers ; " all sects , at lrast all Ciiristian sects under thesnn , are to be found here , so that the "Irish gentleman in search of a religion fcightvery well hare acco mmodated himself witt-^ t extending his travels beyond the " greatwen ; i ? t , despite this arrav of priestcraft ' s forces , London *> the best place in the world for bringing all religi-? aa systems into ecntemnt . We defy any man who
JQS 1 heart to feel and a brain to think . —unless be " * a wretched coward , who dares not think , —wedety aay such man to witness "life in London , " and not f & himself the question of the Leicester stockinger , # a God existed , -would he permit such a state ot things ? " A state of things in which the men who * ave tilled the land and grown the food are landless aad foodless , and , therefore , wander through ^ o ° Wreets starving ; in which those who make the cloth-J ? s are destitute of all needful raiment ; in which wose who build the houses are themselves houseless , ' the foxes have holes , and the birds have nests , bol we sons of men have not where lo lay their heads . »* etLinkit is Vfsirusa , the German Communist , ^• A in one of his discourses observes , on the home-« f state of the English poor—homeless , and exposed to bitter frosts and chiilin ? Gamps , whilst idle consumers tiy to the south , their wavin nests left empty : - " The Mvaiiows also fly to the south , leaving empty
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theu- nesta , which the spam s take possession of for ta . eir . own comfort . Wl , . sk - « W homeless , naked creatures , in sight of sj . iendou . and luxury , slowly be trozen to deaih ? Havc not " the people built and tnraished all those nests ? Have they not a greater right to them thnu tlie sparrows wk » I' -w not built those of the sw ; illu « s ? " Header ponder on ' the question , ami answer . * ' We have before us a htet of poetical favoure from corresponaents who have offered their su ,. Stance in twining our garland , to each and all we rt'turn our thanks , at the same time , we must confess - that our iriends contributions offer but Yerv little suitable lor tiie occasion .
Wjllhm Johxsos , Knaresborouch sends us two piece s entitled " The Chartist ' s Grave , " and a Christmas Ode to Liberty . " The first of these is really good , and , though not suited for the " GarunH ,, - ha 11 be insertcd at a future time . The UUe IS not 80 good , it contains many good ideas , and some good lines , but there is no perfect verse bui the first : — Arise , ye sons of Freedom , Chartists , rise ! 'Tis jollj Christmas pays her visit here , Behold she comes fresh from the Eastern skies , Aud claims a merry portion of the year . Arise , aud with lieart . pleasing Bacchus cheer Her glad approach . Let all be joy and glee , Lo J happiness and mirth with her appear . To drive away each trace of misery , Giving tUe jocund season to festivity .
Mr . Jonxsos can write if he will only take a little trouble ; a very little would enable him to furnish us with a" Christmas lthyme" we could give entire , Perhaps we may hear from him before next Christmas . Amos Horseman-, the " mill-boy , " sends us " a piece of humble and original , poetry , " accompanied by a very sensible note . We are desirous to give our friend every encouragement , and it affords us pleasure to observe that his present is superior to his former attempts ; we , However , cannot give the entire ot the " mill-boy ' s" rhyme , it is too faulty , as well as somewhat too lengthy . The following are fragments of : —
THE WORKING MAN'S CHRISTMAS COMPLAINTS AXD HOPES . BY AMOS HORSEMAN , THE HIM BOT . How pale ! how meagre is my haggard frame ! Horrid my prospect , hated is my name ! I live , 'tis true , yet living scarcely know , Or fatl the gifts of heaven toman below . But in this noisome cell I draw my breath , "Worse than the chamJ house , the abode ot death ; Por there no hunger haunts the sacred gloom , No wretchedness invades the silent tomb .
I drag of life the length ' ning toil , And as daj follows day in misery moil , Destroy my happiness and waste my health To appease the insatiate , greedy gorge of wealth ; While idlers filling high the sparkling bow ] , Their worthless limbs on Tyrian purple roll , And drink to welcome this their Christmas Day , That comes , they say , to " drive dull care away . " Welcome : oh , heavenly time , to this dark cell , And from my soiil each cloudy thought dispel . * * # * Thou dos't before me a clear mirror place , Which shews the past , when many a merry face , Sprightly with happiness and joyful glee Around me smiled away sad misery . Behold the loving partner of my life ,
Too plain I see my ever faithful wife ; And as I gaze through Time ' s sad loolcing-gkss , ^ lefhinks I natch her wretched by me pas ;) , Hungry and ragg * d , but no one to assuage The pangs of famine or fierce winter ' s rage , I lov * d her dearly , yet would hasten by Her death , attended by the Poor law spy ; How from her wasted form they shut me out , When Death on dismal pinions play'd about . They heeded not her death-bed ' s last request : — That in my aroi 3 once more she might be prest ; That I should closu her eyes in quiet death , And with a Iciss receive her latest breath . Yearly remembrancer to me of grief , Thou bring ' st no soothing comfort , nor relief .
Time was , when seated near the merry blaze , Hy children form'd the joys of happier days : Three lads , robust and str ng , were then my pride , Two daughters chaste my chief delight supplied . Woe pierces deep my heart since they are gone , And I thus destitute am left alone . Some o er the glassy face of ocean ' s wave Have crossed , themselves from England ' s ills to save Have torn the tender ties that bonnd them here To seek on foreign shores a land more dear—AVhere bastfles ne ' er arise for misery ' s sound To groan within , nor signs of want are found ; But bread to fill the starving poor is given , And on them smiles the favouring face of heaven , Others , but why -with sorrow rack my heart 1 Why pierce my soul with undeserving smart ! But Jist ! the solemn sound breaks on my ear - Of our church bells : by heaven , 'tis sweet to hear
The peals which draw us to the house of God , And bid us tread the steps which he ne ' er trod , With holy sanctity and reverence due , The wolf , who from the pulpit dares to view And blame the poor , and preach contentment' . ' , lot To him who starves fceneatu a straw thatch'd cot , Sarest thon , O Impious wretch , tliou tool of gold , By whom heaven ' s precepts ever have been sold , Insult the poor ! Did'st ever thou proclaim To great and wealthy in God's holy name , That they should give from their unbounded store Of mammon ' s heaps to fill the starving poor I Biil ' st ever thou proclaim the lesson grand ! " They should enjoy tlie fruits who till the kind- " The variegated web that they who weave An ample wage should for that web receive . Ah ! no ; the fatten'd parsons no such Dreed believe But bursting the thick mist of tyranny , I see the glorious form of liberty .
Beware , ye people , lest the glorious b ' ght Of liberty be veiled in dismal night Of never-ending tyranny again . Beware , And like the golden-belted bees , prepare To drive each drone far from the honied hive , That those who labour hate may never thrive On the rich produce of your toiling hands . Cling to the brilliant boon , herself commands That ye now raise the flag of liberty , And on this island gem let all be free , Tlieveovle ' s righto and CliarUr your grand motto be
J . E ., Derby , is quite right a 9 to the species of poetry we desire to see in the Star , but , unfortunately , he has failed in his attempt to work out his food ' intentions . W- C , Derby , is thanked for his enthusiastic letter , but his " poetry " is inadmissible . We should be but deceiving . him were we to encourage him to "try again . " He mites very sensibly in prose , and by that we would advise Mm , in all friendship , to abide . W . B ., Doncaster , is but fifteen veare of age ^—a very reasonable excuse for writing
impoetical " poetry . " We advise our correspondent to read and think for the next five years , by the end of which time he , probably , may be no indifferent rhymester . G . A ., Stalybridge—The subject and aim of your lines do you honour , but the lines are not poetry . W . C . S ., Arbroath ; J . B ., Durham ; T . W .. Commereial-TOad ; Q . W ., Westminster ; and several other correspondents , have our best thanks , although their contributions are inadmissible . The favours of one or two other friends we reserve for other and more suitable occasions .
But it Is time we said something about " Christmas . " Hapnily , the poets have not left its altogether unprovided with the means of gratifying the expectations of our readers . The piece we are about to » ive we extract from that talented periodical , the "Dublin University Magazine" for the present month . It is not too much to say that , beautiful as is Bukxs ' s "John Anderson my Jo , " Mr . Falmeb ' s "Son " ' " is a vast improvement on that of the immortaT Scottish bard . We must find fault with its title , which is certainly a misnomer ; it would undoubtedly , have been more properly called "Ihe Christmas Song of a Happy Old Wife to her Husband , " seeing that the husband does not sing at all . Like "John Anderson , " he is merely a listener to the song of his happy partner : — A SOXO OF A riiEASAST OLD W 00 DMAX A >* D EIS WIFE JOAX , AT A CHKI 8 TJIAS FIRE .
BT T . P . PALMES . Come ! Jock o ' the wood , my jolly oid man ! get up and bar the door , The feathery sleet , with frosty feet , is dancing on the moor ; With a whoop and a call , in every hall , the Chnstmag sports abound , And ditties are sung , and the sweet bells rung , the simple villnge round . TJntethcrand fling the curtain down , and cuddle in the Yon shaUbe the Jang of the feast , and / shall be the queen . And we'll aiinltgood resttothe merry old times ! well chirrup of kith and kin , ( The nut-brown ale 1 brewed myself , before the frost Soho ^ o therule of reverend Yule , in sunshine and in And 25 your shoulder next to mine , to keep your old wife warm .
Gaffer ! my joy ! how many a time , we ne er shall see again , ... I pressed my drabby cheek to thine , at yonder g listening And beckoned you in to the sanded floor , with infant love and glee , And lured you with your blushing face , to laugh along ¦ w ith me ; I tmnedyour locks with the dingle flowers , whilit wild berries you pre « t Unta niv lips , then sank to sleep upon my baby breast . My mother stayed her whispering wheel , and gave us She loved so much to hear the sound of our little dancing feet * look np ' my dear old charming chuck ! ana never turn TouS ashamea of me I trust J-I ' m never ashamed of youl
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Okwern'twe glad , what fun we had ! at yonder village school ! And how I screamed to see you stand , a 3 unc&!—upon the stool—And how w » canibolled in the lanes , on nUmy a breezy morn , And how you kept my kirtle wide , and draifffed it from the thorn !—And how we went , with coat and hood , to sing the carols round-Sitting before the vicarage door , at moonlight we were found , And will and nill ! they dragged us in , and made us dither and stare , ¦ . To have to sir . g our song 3 again , before the lady ' s chair . Your gatherings nil you gave to me , full twelvepence was the fain , And you kissed meunder the sycamore tree , and / kissed you again .
Loud waved the flame in the winter s wind , the winking glides were red , My mother nursed the baby dear , my father was in bed , When , oil for siiamc' that night you cama , with misletoe bough to call , With bungling words ( and" " a lame excuse is worse than none at all ' }; And aye we sat iu the brave old screen , and aye we looked and sighed Alack ! our simple hands were fre ? , our cunning hearts were tied . Mother she brewed the battered quart , and bade us drink it up ; But aye , you looked at me and sighed , and aye , looked in the cup . Yon nerer nestle se near to me—or play such antics now ! You always drink your measure up . God bless your dainty brow !
Think of the gay December timey you took me / or your bride ! Up and down th » bells were rung ; ]> never left your 8 Me , So proud of me a » jour loving brideyjou called me pin !* and rose , And we danced bentath a holly-bough , in all our Sunday clothes . Lord help me ! how yon twirled me rouiSJ , and made my colour rise ! And I can't tell which were brightest then , your buckles or your eyes . The squire he gave a thuwping goose , you * sfeal s * nt a curee , ITy lady sent a silver pound , tied in a silken purs ? ;—Heaven forgive your wicked face , and all your youthful sins , Nest Christmas eve , the parson came , and blessed our lovely twins .
Soon , soon the boney-moon unwilling was to bide , Father and mother went to dust , our pretty children died ; A famine casae , the labouring men committed crime for bread , You hinted 6 » ee of doing so j I wished that you were dead ; "Struggle on bravely . ' " still I cried . You did , my dear ! and won , 'Twas bitter strife well ended , and fortune well begun , We'd a cow and a nag , a pig and a cart , aud hearty children three , And merry we danced each first of May , around the hawthorn tree ; Ah ; then came happy Christmas , they almost drove us mad , The cradle always squeaking—the children always glad .
We ' re grey old people , Jock o' the Wood ! but gtfevingwon ' t avail , We ' ve seen our younkers settled , so we'll sit and drink our ale . Come , take your fiddle from overhead , and never y » u whisper nay , I'll show you the lilt I danced for you upon our wedding day ; I ' ve got the same blue kirtle on , the same red kerchief , too , And you ' ve the self-same smiling face , which looks "as good as new . " Strike up ! strike up ! my lithesome lad , twang out a lusty strain ! . - ¦ I'll foot it on the Christmas hearth , around and round again . There's music ! music ! in my heart , and mirth upon my tongue , You never plaved so well before—I never felt so young .
Give me a kiss ? you Jocko ' my heart ! as sweet as love can tell ! Give me a dozen , you Jock o' my heart ! dost love thy old wife well ? You bring the tears into my eyes , and burn my heart . strings too . But why should I weep ? sweet lad of my love ! Let ' s drink a drop with you ! For my cup is out , and I think I hear , or the wind talks over ihe moor , There ' s some one tittering , yirking , whispering , joking at the door . Sure it must be our children ' s sons , coming with wonted rhymes To sing a carol round the liearth , and wish us happy
times ! I guess thej ' ve heard our silliness . I'll set me down and spin—Jock ! hide the fiddle on the rack , and let the darlings in ! I' good faith this heavtsome song has , with its sweets , not a little mitigated the sourness of spirit in which we commenced this " thing of shreds and patches . " What would we net give to see the reality of the above happy picture ? What would we not give to be listening to the song of some " canty auld wifu" pouring forth her hearts overflowing fceHngs in the words of Mr . Palmer ( a genuine and right worthy son of the muse ) ? Even the imaginary picture is enough to almost make us unmindful of the sin and suffering , wrong and sorrow , so rife in this '' best of all possible worlds . " But a truce to
moralising" Come send round the bowl and be happy awhile ; May we never meet worse in our prilgrimage here , Than the tear that enjoyment can gild with a smile , Aud the smile that compassion can turn to a tear . " For this week we must pause ; next week we hope to give the second wreath of our " garland . " Reader , in all sincerity , we wish thce a " merry Christmas . " Would that we could become possessed of the fbui - ] eaved shamrock , " a " merry Christmas" we would ensure thee . But though even Samuel Lover , himself , might search in vain
" In all the fairy dells , " and not find the " charmed leaves , " still there cannot be much difficulty in cultivating that charm of life , a kindly heart , wanting which even magic powers wouia be useless , if not mischievous . The generous-hearted man , though he may be poor , and consequently comparatively powerless , and although his inability to entirely banish the sufferings of his still more unfortunate fellow-creatures , may cause him the severest of his mental disquietudes , still , possessing the will
to" Dry the mourner ' s tears , " a thousand means will present themselves to him , by the exercise of which he may at least alleviate the sorrows he cannot wholly dispel , and thus earn the blessings of the unfortunate , and the self-approval of Lis own heart Reader , again -wishing thee a " Merry Christmas , " a happy home , a blazing hearth , a wellloaded table , a " friend and a bottle to give him , " we wish thee to act toward thy fellow-creatures in the spirit in which we would act towards thee , could we hut realise the noet ' s
dream" For we would play the enchanter ' s part , In casting bliss around , And not a tear nor aching heart , Should iu this world bo foand . "
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THE MURDE RS ON BOARD THE TORY . UIFTII EXAMINATION OF CAPTAIN JOHx \ STOJfB . On Tuesday , after the disposal of the night charges , George Johnstons , late master of the Tory from Hong Kong , nsw again brought before Mr . Broderip , at tlie Tiumes Police-court , charged with the wilful murder of William ttambert , William Mars , and Thomas Reason , on the high seas , within the jurisdiction of the Admiraltv O . f England . ¦; The prisoner was in a very weak state , and was lifted out £ f Me van . Soon after twelve o ' clock he was assisted into tlie court , and accommodated with a seat in tlie dock , when he resumed his old position—resting his head on tilii edge of the dock , and grasping it with both bands . He occasionally raised his head to listen to the more important portion of the evidence when it affected him .
The v . ilunnnous evidence relating to the murders of Humbert a'tld Mars , the first and second mates , and Beason , able setMnan , has been so full y detailed that it would be needless to recapitulate it . No additional testimony was gone into relating to the deaths of the three men , and the case , US fura 9 ' tho alleged murders wore concerned , may be regarded as . 'iomplcte . The proceedings ot Tuesday related entirely to" occurrences which took place ia the British Channel , and " were of a most appalling nature . The witnesses ( with one exception ) who appeared yesterday to charge tho prisoner' with wounding , cutting , and
maiming , exhibited scars aiid wounds , and the faces of several were disfigured by repeated discharges of gunpowder . The suainan described as Joseph Morris , who was conveyed on hoard the Dreaa nought hospital-ship the day the Tory arrived in the river , wa « examined for the first timo . He is lame and disabled f "' M& . The evidence of the wounded man in some treasure implicated another purson , named French , who , a fter the death of Rambert , was appointed chief mate , and it also came out that tbe captain was frequently intoiicated " on aud after the 23 ru of September , when the disastrous occurrences which afterwards took place commenced .
Thomas 9 air , seaman , was first sworn and examined . He deposed ' . I wae put in irons on the 1 st of November , previous to lMaking land , on a fnUc charge of threatsning to take away the life of frencli , one of the crow . I Waa m irons eleven days .- On the 7 th of November the cap Rr in sent for mir intu the cabin . % on entering the cabin I found Andrew Nelson and Burton there . The captain ordered me'tipoit my knees directly 1 entered the cnMn' / and then conrmenefcd cutting at ma with his cutlass . Be ordered the' man Freiiuh to tare * his pistols and fira-at me , and to put » double charge of bafls in the pistols . Ihe man put no-bails in , but he fired at my face and head several times with- charges of po ?? dbri Tim captain sai » if he didnot toed ' ancf fire as quick asposeible he would tafSse his life . After that tlie captain- cut me several times-on the head , anff then placed the point of the cutlass to- my side , aud his Hip- against the liilt-off ' rB ,
intending to tlaiist mo through . Mr . Svmons : ' State what he did ,.-not what he intended Gair : He sai £$ e would run me t ! iroagh . He was ire iexieated and staggered , and the sword made a slip and wentthrough my dbtlies inflicting Oniya 3 ligut wound Oil the- side , lie then took the cutlass and' hove it at me . It went through my elothes and entered- my shoulder . He then took the cutlass in his hand and ordered French to fire at me again , but R « did not do it tliirt time . Ho then ordered me on the tafrle , and when T g >)« upon it he shoved me off with the poiB * of the cutlass . Sttortly after that the carpenter called ou * to pump the ship ' , I went upon deck , but was not able to man the pump ! - I tried to do it , but could not . A very few minutes aftlirwards I was ordered down into thu eabis . I stopped tti&e some time , and as the captain did no" malic his appear&vse , I was taken up and put in irons , svad put into the ' . rower forecastle .
Hr . Symons : How many cuts did' you receive ?—Witness : I received eighteen euts on my head and face , end two stubs in my left shoulder , two in i » y luft breast , We in mj left sidu , one in my left thigh , and one in my right arm , I had several more cuts in ' different parts of my arm . Joseph Morris , seaman , who has been on board tho Dreadnought hospital-sliip since the arrival at the Tory , was now brought from that placu for the first time . On being desired to state all that he knew after the ship had arrived ia . the Channel , he saiu lie was a Pi'snchmari .
The witness began to speak in English , but ex-pressed himself so- imperfectly , that Hr . Beyerman , an interpreter , was- sworn to translate his evidence . He then deposed as follows : —The day the pilot came on . boa * d I was called down into the cabin , and the captain asked me if I had heard- the crew say anything about him forward . I was upon my knees . He said to- me , " You know all ' about it , you son of a b . " A't the 3 ame time the captain was striking Die with the cutlass , and here is the mark . [ The Ifrenchman pointed to a scar on his temple . ] Mr . Urodcrip : With the flat or tlie ecfge of the sworn ? —Witness : With tlie edge of the sword . He then called
tho cabin-boy , and ordered him to bring : a loaded pistol . He aimed at my stoisncli , but tlie pistol missed fire by burning the primhij eflly . lie then called the boy to bring him more powder , to prime afresh . He then fired , turning bis bead aiide fiem me , and dropping his hand rather . The ball went through my thigh and through ray leg , as I iVftS upon my knees . 1 ihen ran upon deck as soon as I was wounded .- The cook then caught me , and brought mo down again . When tho cook took me below , he said , " This man is wounded . " The captain answered , " Take him away . " I went then upon deck , and stowed myself away under tho long boat , under some sails . This is all I have to saw
Mr . Broderip directed the interpreter to ask the witness how he spelt liis name , and to write it if he could . The interpreter put the question , and he said the man could uot write , and that Joseph Morris was a borrowed
name . . Mr . Broderip : What is his veal name ?—Mr . Beyerman : Josuph Itueleou . The witness was immediately taken so ill , that he was obliged to leave the court , and Barry Yelverton , an apprentice , was called , and tol < 3 to confine himself to what occurred in the English Channel . He said tlie day the pilot came on board , the captain was speaking to me and French about the men being cut so , aud said , " Now , boys , we will send them all aft , and sweat * a mutiny against them . " The night before that he took me into the cabin and tool ; a strand , tore the shirt off my back , and leathered me for the space of an hour ' or two . The next morning my eyes were black , and my neck all swelled , and he said to me , " Yelverton , I am sorry for what I have done to you ; it ' s a wonder I did not kill you , " When the crew came aft , I got up and went into the larboard after cabin . They were firing away with pistols .
Mr . Symons : Who was firing?—ielvcrton : The captain and French , Sometimes the captain fired , sometimes French . Mr . Symons : In what state were the crew ?—Yelverton : They were all quite sober . Sometimes they were staudingand sometimes kneeling , as the captain ordered them . When I went into the cabin , I saw French and tlie captain shoot at Kelson and Gair , and cut them a good deal with a cutlass , but French-cut the most at that time , more severe than the captain . Well , sir , I was in the cabUi when Morris , the Frenchman / was shot . William Burton , a seaman , deposed . I performed tlie duties of second mate after the ( . loath of Mars . On the 7 th of November I was put in irons . About ton o ' clock on that day the pilot came on board . The captain and pilot went down below . In about half an hour they came
up again , and the pilot took _ a parcel on shore , but I can t say whatitcontained . About half-past one or two o ' clock the captain sent for me into the cabin to read the logbook , lie said he wanted to read the log-book over to me . I told him I knew partly what was in it , for it had been read over to me , and before I told him the evidence I had to give was , that Rambert and ilars came and pulled me out of my berth to come aft anil secure the cabin doors . He suid that was not what I told him , and that they came to bring me aft . I related to him the evidence I had g iven before . He took a soup plate he was drinking soup out of , and threw it at my head , but it Oid not strike me . He ordered French to put me in irons . About seven o clock that night lie called me into the cabin , and said I was going to give false evidence , and said I was a rascal . Then he cut me in three places with a cutlass .
Mr . Broclerip : Where you in irons at the time ?—Burton : I was , sir . Mr . Broderip : Where did he cut you t—Burton : He cut me on the ear and divided it . He run the sword right through my check , and he inflicted a wound on my wrist . Gair was then called down , and the captain cut him unmercifully . He ordered Dunn , the coolc , to go upon deck and bring the crew aft , and he brought Nt-lson , Allison , and Tneker . They got to the bottom of the cabin stairs , when the light was extinguished . The captain and French sung out , " Mutiny , mutiny ' . toj arms ' . " They began to pull the crew into the cnbin—the three persons I have mentioned , I mean—and the captain begun cutting at tUem . Mr . Broderip : Now had the crew anything in their hands at that time ?—Burton : None , sir . There was no mutiny going on . There had been no threatening or mutinous language used by the crew .
Mr . Broderip : Did the crew make use of any threatening gestures !—Burton : None , sir . 'A light was brought , and he began cutting at them for his own plensnrei They were on their Knees at the timo . He ordered French to load his pistols and fire them as quick as ht possibly could , and said if he did not he would have his life . Trench began firing at Gair and Nelson , Ke fired four Or five different times , and then he jmt the pistol to my ear , and said , " You- , I'll shoo * you . " Jlr . Broderip ' - Who said that*—Bv ('< on ; French , sir . Mr . Broderip : Wero you in ij-Qlis at that time?—Burton : Yes , sir ; in handcuff * > Vrench put the muzalc of the pistol to " my ear am , P lMjj | v It was loaded with powder only . He struck * ^ ' twa ^ blows with tho lock of a pistol on the head . Ah ou - ijj ftn j 10 ur afterwards t" * - carpenter called 0 U , t 0 pmnp ship , and we were all or . dered ou deck . I went j n ' l 0 the long-boat , where I was ordered , and thr ^ j ; to pped all nisht . Henry Slac ^ c , an apprentice , confirmed the e \ $ ? w : GOf Burton ,
evil * f f « ' 7 ' t 0 confirming the evince of the preceding witnesses , added some partitulars respecting the conduct of the monster French Mr . Broderipa ^ Wi < i French firewith powder and ball , or with powder only « r 'Witness : He fired with powder and crumbs of breaO He thc-n asked the captain if ho should go up and ri" ' , ' whip to hanjr Thomas Gair . I « lont know whether tl \ t captain made him any answer or not . Frencb , howevcalk-d me upon deck to lend him » hand to rijj th , e- *!
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but we were both called i oto the cabin again . Tlie men were sent on deck again . In a few minutes I was again sent for them , and I sent dov . 'u three only . Thomas Gair was one . Tho captain was in tlie water-closet asleep at the time , and I told the three rum to go upon deck . Thomas Gair was put iu irons ngnin ' - I tan't say at what time Gair came out of irons . No raoiv injuries were done afterwards . Mr . Broderip : Were you in the cabin wJten the French , man who shipped as Joseph Morris was shot- ?—Witness : Yes , sir . Mr . Broderip : State what took piVe . The witness conririned the statement of the
Frenchman . Robert Thompson deposed : On the day the pi ' Jot came on board , I was sit the wheel . The . top-gallant sail was carried away , and the captain sunu'out t ' orliis cutlass and pistol , aud told the men if they would not look sharp ami stow the sail , he would Mow their brains out , lie gave me a cut on tlie head with a cutlass , and a cap I liant on was cut through . The fore-topsail blew away , and lie sent for me down into the cabin . He told me to go on my knees , and lie asked me what inade mo give my arms up to Mr . Rambert . the chief mate , to take his life t I
told him I did not . He called for Richard French , and said , "Did not this fellow give up his arms to the chief mate , to take my life V " French said , " Yes he did ; if it was me I would take his life this minute . " The captain held up a cutlass , and was going to run me through , but he altered his mind , and struck me on the arm with the handle of it , and struck ine with the point of it on the arm and on the side . He sent for David Johnson , and began cutting at him too . He began kicking botli of us with his feet , and after he had been doing that for some time he told us to kiss the sole of his foot .
Mr . Humphreys : Stop—did you kiss the sole of his foot ?—Witness : Yes , sit- ; both of us . I was ordered to the royal mast-head , and David Johnson was ordered to bend another topsail . ' In about an hour I was sent for into the cabin again , and he sent for William Bcresford , and questioned him about a log-book one ot * the men was keeping . The remainder of Thompson's evidence was a confirmation of the statements of the other witnesses , describing the cutting and wounding of tlie crew generally iu the Channel , and the shooting of Morris . Andrew Nelson , a Norwegian , corroborated the evidence of tfhompson . Tliis witness was also stabbtd by the Captain who cut him about in a dreadful manner . Be received several cuts on tlie shoulders , and was stirJ > bcU in tlie groin . ( The witnogs then tuniod himself rounc ' , and exhibited a large plaster , which covered the back Of his head . )
Mr . Svodetip . Dia ihe prisoner cat you there ?~ Nelson i Yes lie did , lie gut my head open with n sword . He cut ami made slashes at ' me , and I bled most dreadfully . The poor' fellow , who wa 5 in a weak condition , was ^ ordered to sta 3 < l down . Ml . Broderip asked the prisoner If he had any tLlag to aay in defence .. Mr . Humphreys' advised his client to ssy nothing ; anti ifce exclaimed in a low tone , "No , sir , * ' _ &r . Broderip ; Than it is my duty t » remand you on tfose several charges until Tuesday . next . -fee prisoner , who v ? as in a very exhausted state , was then' assisted out of the d ' sek , and , af terpartaking of some refresJiaient , was sent away in the police van to Westminster- Bridewell , As the vau drova' away the mob outside gave rent to their feelings by a yell of execratios , _ _ dha-n i
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Death by Fire . —On Tuesday Mr . Bedford licit ! an inquest at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of Frances Allen , aged forty-five years , lately residing at No . G , Alfred-road , Kensall New Town , who died unclor tho following dreadful circumstances : —Frederick Saunders stated that lie lodged in the same house as the deceased , who occupied a room on the first floor with her husband , a bricklayer . On the morning of Sunday last , about a quarter to oils o'clock , witness was awakened by hearing loud cries
of " fire , fire . " "Witness got out of bed and ran totlie room , am ) there discovered the deceased envelspedin a body of flame . Her husband was in the roora , nr . vl rolling her on the floor , endeavouring to extinguish the fire . Witness procured a jug of water , and threw it over the deceased , who appeared to bo burned completely over the whole surface ef the body . She was placed in a cart and removed to the abovs-hospital , where she expired at half-past one on Sunday at ' cei--noon . Witness asked hep several times-how it
occurred , but as she was in sach a deplorable state she i could not speak as to the euigin of the S ? e . Verdict , " That the deceased died from the effects of buras , but how caused there was- no evidence- to- show . Melancholy Accj » k » t at the Black wall . Rau-. way . —On Tuesday , about eleven o'clock in tlm tore-. ; noon , a young man named Francis Burnand , in ttia service of the Blackwst . il Railway Company as ga » i"j at the Limehoiise station met with the followir ^ ar j . dent : —The poor fellow , who is but twenty-taw ee ' r ?
of age , and only three weeks married , ha < S jUstveturnedfrom breakfast to assume his duties ^! ^ , e sta . Man . Having goton tlio wrong side i ' twitf- Cim . m , re lie was about to cross the line , whe » p \ a , ' (; ' ^ renw ^ j £ fcf o ' clock tha S ap * ' < K ^* % rt « L At £ CQverv was . »>?' £$ .. « or no hope of his re
York <} 1 T f" 1 S Iia 7 ? been reeeivC ( 1 at Not ft , - the oSS of the ship European . Captni . ^ . f 'de , which sailed hence on the inornin * of tin 1 st , nsb . for Glasgow , with a valuable cargo oi wheat flOur , ashe ,, &c . It is stated that . he was cast Si \ ra the Mille Roches Point , during the late gale fron the east , and will be a total wreck ; her masts In ' been cut to prevent her falling over . Three of till m £ ^ i oT - ille , P ?^ W , Mr . Auk ! an / LA P - ° n h ' ( da » S »» ter of an officci ol the 14 th Regiment ) , oi Montreal , were all save ! and are now at one of the posts in good With '
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BANKRUPTS . fFrom Tuesday ' s Gozeiie , J ) ccemhcr 16 , 1 & % 5 . J William Kcurton , of 13 and 14 , Ijiiinu-sU-iMfc , Spit : ilfields , checjuuio'igoi *—iMicli : toI Jones , of 48 ami K >; 'i ' lieoli . 'ild ' sj-rojul , sfruuer—Tlioimis Pool , <> f 0 , l'rimss-roail , Nottmp-hill , builder—William Gil ! , of Leailciiliall auirUet ,. poulterer— William Humj'lirves ,- of 38 , Ilavsnsu-ltuJ , hotel keeper— Frcdciisk Corrluroy , " of Liverpool , hutter—JiiniCJ lie . vnolds , <> f 1 ' av . aUei-ly , Lancashire , i-O'vUui'per— . Taiiies " lluline , of Manchester , paper de : ilei—Thomas Iblietsoi * Kcllniveli , James . Northflirfb , and Jolin IJeuuinont Jlellawelt , of Thornhill Brings , YorUsliirc ^ ilydrs . DIVIDENDS DECLAlVaP . Thomas Toploy . Darker , of Sau'liacro , Derliyshirej . cotton doublet * , iivst diviilcml of 3 s . !><] , in the pouml , payable at 13 , Waterloo-street , liivminghnsn , any Tliui-siduy . John Palmer , sen .,, anil Thomas Tujiley Uarkcr , of * Staplcford , Nottinjrli . imsliii'o , cotton doubioVs , ilcst dividend of Ss . 8 d . in the utmiiiu , payable at 18 , Waterloostreet , Jiinninu'linm , any Thursday .
Tfmmas JJourne , of Liverpool , corn factor , first dividend ' of led . in the pound , payable at 11 , Eldon-ciiiiinber . s , Liverpool , any Thursday . Richard Nicholson , of Stocton , booksellsiyfirst dividend of 3 s . 3 d . in the pouud , giiynulc at 37 , Gii-y-strert , Ji ' ewcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday . William Itony , of Walker , Xurthiiml ) erlanfl ,. s ] iip buildory first dividend of Sd . in the-pound , payable at 07 , Groystroet . Newcastle iipon-Tyiiu . -.-oiy Saturday . Thomas Johnson , sen ., William , ) ulin . < on . anil Charles 3 Ianu , of llomford , Kssex , bankers , dividend « if Is . iu the pound , * * i > ay : iMo at I , 3 nmUri ; t > 1 c-courf , l ^ ifriijijlutll-street ,. on the 17 th instant , and any subsequent I ' mtay . DECLAHiTroN 05 ' DIVIDENDS . At- ths Court of Baniuwleih Aomtoit .
Edward Phillip TTnrding , of Oraveseml , Kent ,, hosier * January (! , » t twelve—Joseiih Tinson . of l ? arrmj ? don » Uerfcshire , inkuepur . January Gr at one—Frangois G . nitieiv now or litta of Gould-square , Crutehed-lVisir !; , City , nieircliiint , Jnnmirr C , at ulcvoii— William Uuttinur , of 50 ,. Upper Miirylcuimc-strGvt , pianoforte iiiiiiiufiieturw , . Jaiifl , at half-past eleven—James Hart ,, of Grwmvich , Kunt , builder , January t ; , at half past twelve—William Dutton Tuwnsemi , oi' 0 , Little ItusseH-street , Coveut-jiarilen . pawnbroker , January V , at liitlf-p : ist eleven—John SpofforO , of Chatham , Kent , liuc ? iilr : i ] iur ,. January - U , uC eleven—Frederic }; William Hngvnc Mai'middi ! , of 10 , 1 'lliU put-liine , City , merchant , . inuunry 10 , at halt-past twelve . In the Country ,. John renrson , of Ifcwcnstlv-iipu'i-Tyiic , fellinonijer , January U , ot eleven , at the Court of Kaul .-ruptcy , Neweastle-unon-Tyne — Charles Yatesj . of Staliiml . banker , January 16 , at twelve , at the Court of lianlviayti-y , Mr miugliain . Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the ilav of mat-tin ;; .
Edward Wiillip Harding , of Gravescnd , hosier , January 8—Thomas Pemellcr , ot Si , Tysne-strcct ,. Sp . it ' u-ids , coal merchant ,-January 8—Marie Uavnes , of Wuodbridgi * , Saffnil ; , chemist , January 16—John- £ poi ! 'i > rd , <>( Cisatiiani ,. Uucmlv-ApcY , Januuvy 19— . lulm llnrvwu , uf * •* . } , lU'nokstrcet , f ' oiid-strcet , Innipin . 'ikcr , t !; niii ; iry D-Charles ^ cst , of 5 , St . Jnines ' s-wnllc , Cierkeimell , printer-, January?—Hush Jones Owen , of Marteky , Shri-pshire . surgeon , January IS—Hubert Shanklin , of PaUVinl ,- drujigist , January 7—Alfred Lack , of li , Stuckbridgv-lurrciuu , l ! imlico , January 7 . Certificates to be granted by tJio Court of Keview , unless cause bu shown to the contrary , on or before January G . O-eorue Luckhi , of : ? 27 , lli ^ i ) Tlolbnrn , boot niaicer—John Dairson , ot'Spntland mid Manchester , cniico printer-—Thomas Wavies , of Liverpool , merchant—Jamus Thompson aud John Thun > i > son , of Levels , stock broUitr . --. P . UlTVEUStllVS DISSOLVED ,
John Stevens ami George A'cxamTcr , of & ,. Glcmcnt * s-Jnn , civil engineers—William Jluiit and TIiouhis Jaoksoiv of Lttyton , Essex , bricklayers—6 liarS . cs James and Arthuv James , uf Jfewuustlo-iiuoii-Tyiic . share brokers— Gburgv Taylor and William i ' uord , of Oid-Ilreiitlorc ! , piutultcrs—Hubert l- ' oot aad iiobcrt Taylw :, fit" CillU'cll-sti ' vi't , Stulitf K < swiiigtoii r greengrocers—Jr » li : ii l- 'iuvcurt , Thomas Newman Hardwi ' . 'l , Jan ., and Frederick liardwell , of . S . ' : e ! lic ! d . stock brokers— Jonathan Sw .-viiic ,- John Sivaine , William , Wood , William Hell , and John- Wilc-el ; , of Goll-mill , North Kierley , Yorkshire , worsted spinners ( bo far as-ri--. Sards William Wood)—John liurltor , JoliaJJarhor , jtin .,. Alfred Willsen ISarbttr , a : id Frederick William Thompson ,, of Xorwieu , wholesale jp'ocsrs-fso far as regards Alfred W'lllsea Karbrr)—William Mellnnil and John Jiradnhaw , of Chesterfield , attorneys—Jl > im Walton and Joint Smith ,, of Coventry , brick makers—Daniel AM red and James .
Ijainson , of llotberhithe , liueu drapers- —J . «> un lrest ,. Francis Stewart Hall , awl ; Hubert FurJws , of Jf ; ilifi \ s , linen draper *—John ] try ; i * a . Lucas ami fihiirles Trusun , off Kingsthor ;> s . ' -K > dj ; e , Ki > rt ! iain | : tuushir Joshua Sclmneld and James ( Joliin , i »« - Oldhnm , iiinciiiliemaUeis—Gewfje Smith Csnd iiulr . -l ' t VFtirthilljrtuil , of AI ; tn » - ehestev , bankers — llc- 'ivrt 11 . Clark ,, and Vi'iHiiim Clarify , jun ., of JJii'iiiingham ,. grocers—VY'iiSam U :-ii ! . u-ts A « J : itu » ,. Samuel Ad : uns , and William Alexander Adams , of Fair-., field Wwks , B >> w , eavvw ;; c builuVrs ( So i ' nr as rcsiirds-. William Alexander Adams)—Timothy Genu and Daniel ' G-enn , of Shflticld , grocers—William Wai-. l anil Tii' . nias . Borrow , of Jlsiucliestcr , shirt ui ! XW * . ft « 5 tui cvs—Jsni « sl'latt « w _ James Tocb , and William Vliittj . of OidliiiDi . Jn )) i fomnh'iUi . Jso far as ivgards fnnies 1 'latl ) , —John 0 m : » and AbrahauXt , Uupkius , of Swansea , wool ' au lauviUtucUwvvs .
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The Royaji . Free IIosqisAT ., —0 or , s * "Ru ' 3 . Tj « t fiS' £ T . 1 —An inquestaiuliu body af . Susaimali St . uiiiiuiis . i'A ! it > died cm Frhlay last , nrnVwitlirefcreacQ to wUosu > oase several Ic + tars . signoil " Iniroanitas , ' * havo : q ) par . red in the TimiSf was Uci (\^ n Tuesday , at-the-Sun . p : « WtC ' house , GrA ?' s-inn-r j ' ifi ,. before Mir . Wakisy .. - ' ^ n Uii sv occasion there wevc ' in-escnt tlii > licv . l )* -. Wortliiugton , tha- 3 * . » v .- Mr . Packman , Mr .. Pritcliavil , liij | lihailiffoSSoathwiA ; Mr . Wnlmesly , DivMnr 3 ilcn , aud other- <; enU < T-jitGn conncsHied with and intcrMted iu tlna- ^ rce Ho ^ Uat . 'L ' tio rcceivec and sther oittcora . of tWa- Iicndor , Union wore in attunilnnce-. A rtei- tay > usttfti prelia »" jnari 05 the coi-onoi- aiuljury prcccciled tc « \ i ^» . lhc \) P xiy , and on . theiv return tha i-nvoner \ a ~ ( juiyed if the ofticer of iho City of Lomluu Union . was present . The answer was in the iiinrma ^ ve ,.
The co j-onov askad if he liatl taken tliroo patiou-is * c the }' . ospital on Wednesday , the 10 th ol' November '!— . ' '• ' h ' i officer : My son di « l . The coroner . Wbavc arf > , t \ , cso patieuts now ?—Officer : One is still in tilie hoc-! pital , but I don ' t know where thu othev two , Ana I Morgsin nnil Ann l . evev are . The corontv said ihat j in his opinion it was essential to the inquiry thato ' i * i i three girls should be present . After a warm discus- - ] I sion , the inquiry was adjourned until Tuesday J nest .
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Fatal Effects op "Good Fortune . " — On Monday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Old George , Stanhope-street , Clare-market , on the body of Henry Solomon , aged 73 , for many years a respectable tailor , living in the above streot . It appeared that a few ( laj' 9 Since deceased was the successful candidate at an election for pensioners in the Holborn Estate Charity , and that ever since he displayed great excitement , caused by joy at hia good fortune . His election insured him £ 30 and a residence in the almshoHses , when completed . He received the first instalment of his pension on "Wednesday last , and this augmented his excitement , and on Friday evening last he \ va 3 found in an apoplectic fit in his bedroom . The attack terminated fatally in a few hours . Mr . Lovett , the parish surgeon , who attended , him , and afterwards opened the body , attributed death to sanguineous apoplexy , produced hy great mental emotion . Verdict—' ' Natural deaVn .
Accident os the Great ^ Vewsrh Rmlway . — Bristol , Iuesdat . —An acc ' . dent of a melancholy description occurred to the guara of the eoods down train , which left Bristol ar . &elve lasfc n $ lt . Upon the tram starting from t > Weston-snner-Mare Jonctwn , the guard attar _ ipted to jump upOn it , but mused his footing , ar d hj 3 head sfcriking against the pillar ot the camser he was thrown under the train , which passed o-rer I lcff traoturing it . The poor fellow was talcor , to V | reston > wh ( , ^ - ,. fo * und necessary to a' iiputate ^ ieg- Rt ¦ - m iavorably . c a b °
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_ ^ p .. SHOCKING EXPLOSION AT BOLTON , NIXE LIVES LOST . Boltox , TUjSjdav . —Yesterday afternoon an explosion of a steam-boiler , attended by a frightful Ios 3-oi ' life , took place 3 $ the cotton-mill of Messrs . Rothwell and Kitts , iu this town , Tlie mill in question is an old mil ) , to which-, in the year 1 S 3-3 ; a new end was built , and about 230 lianas were employed on tlie premises in the various departments . During the dinner-hour yesterday , it is understood—for at present nearly all ia conjecture—the engineer was preparing to sfiiirt the engine , for tlie purpose of the mill working after dinner , when if was found that tlie air-pump was'owt of order . At a-little past one o ' clock nearly all the hands were upo » the premises , and every cxertios was being maueto get the air-pump in order ,
the engiseer . Mr . Kitts , and one oi the overlookers , assisting at ; the work , when- one of the boilers—an old one—situate inside tlie mill near the enginehouse , blew up with a tremendous explosion . Tho entire of the sew end of th p building was shattered to fragments * , falling principally inside , and burying great part of $ iepersons employed thereabouts , and iii the rooms above , in ^ tlie ruins . The workpeople in the old part"of the mill being completely astounded ai the explosion ; , and imagining that the building W . 13 goin . i ? to fal'l about their eai-st , rushed to the main staircase , But these being blocked up with briulcs and rubbish ,- they tore up the floors and got out at the lower windows . Many of them were much hurt in their endeavours to escapo , but it is quite preposterous to attempt any enumeration or description to their injuries .
Of course the report made by the explosion drew many people , including the county police , to the spot , and tlie good natured-people of the neighbourhood used their utmost exertions until midnight to extricate the bodies from the ruinous mass . The entire of the new end was aheap of rubbish , and the defective boiler was hurled , torn in an indescribable form , into the yard of the railway company , on the opposite side of the mill wall . Several surgeons , including Mr . Sharpe ( of the Dispensary ) Messrs . Ferguson , liampson , and Chad ' wicke , were speedily on the spot , and many persons were extricated from the ruins , some of them severely injured , but we give a list of those found dead in the ruins , and the others who were taken to the Bolton Dispensary , where we understand they are doing well .
The following is a list of the ( lead and wounded , so far as is known to the authorities of the police . Dead . —Edward Rothwell , aged 23 , nephew of the late owner . His parents live at Carlisle . He was learning the business , and was instantly killed in the street adjoining the mill , by some missile striking him . Alice Hampson , a young woman , taken dead out of the ruins . Peter Greenhalgh , the manager , taken out of the ruins quite dead . Priscilla Seholes , taken dead out of the ruins . Alice Edge , a young woman , taken dead out of the
rums . Thomas Mort , a boy , about seven or eight years of age . Had taken his brother ' 3 dinner , and was warming himself at the boiler door . His brother Richard was also much hurt , and was taken to the dispensary . A young man , named William Fletcher , was also much hurt , near the same place ; but it is believed that both the latter will recover . Missing . —Agnes Coulston and Elizabeth Cou ' ston , sisters ; both buried in the ruins , and no doubt both dead . At seven o ' clock last evening the groans of both were heard under the ruins . Mary Allen , also known to be under the ruins . Much Hurt . —In addition to the others above named , the following are much hurt , though not seriously : The engine-driver likely to recover . A youth named Ileaton , a mechanic . lie had fallen from the top story of tho building , and i 3 much lacerated about the leg .
A young woman named l ' anngton , and two others whose names we did not learn . Mr . Kitts , one of the owners of the mill , who is much stunned , but is believed not to be much otherwise hurt .
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CirTAix JoiiNsrosE ov the Ship" 'lonr . —fhis individual , whose name is familiar to iJio whole kingdom , and by this time in many places ' u'yoml it , as being accused of fearful and nppallin . " miui'liTs on the high seas , is a native of the parish oi' Dunnei" , in the county of Caithness . He served l . is appi-cnticeJif ^ to the sea , on beard the George Sinclair , of Wick , and since he had command of the Tory , ' resided , when , home , at Liverpool . He is married to a- cousin of his own , who belongs to Orkney . His father . ' was long an elder in the church and parish of Pw-net . — John o ' Groat ' Journal .
Collecioks of books will not be sorry to learn , that a fen- drops of oil of lavender will ensure their libraries from mould . A single drop of tlie same will prevent a pint of ink from mouhliness for any length , of time . Paste may be kept from mould entirely by this addition ; and leather is also effectually secured from injury by tlie same agency . Symptoms of Dj'cmjh . n « Tjude . —The two woollen mills in Preston are now only working from light to * d arfc' A cotton mill in Moor-lane , and another in Whittle , are also running short , time . Notice is given of a reduction of the weavers' wages at Mr . FSleddon ' s mill . —Frefton Guardian . ExTEXSIVE Failuhe . —It was rumoured in Liverpool , a few days ago , that a large house in Yorkshire had failed—that tho liabilities amount lo nearly-£ 500 , 000—that it was extensively concerned in the South American trade , and thai several houses , ice , in Liverpool are deeply implicated .
Whitkcrosb-stkeet Prison . —There are 130 prisoners in Wliitccross-gtreet for debt , ef whom only seven have been committed under the Small Debts' Act . Paiswsy . —State ov Tkade . —Trade here is , we ? are sorry to say , in rather a languid state at present . There is still a difficulty of obtaining constant employment experienced by many of the best tradesmen . On Moday . last , Oatiseysi ' de-struet was literally crowded with workmen on the look out for employmentt—lienfrewsMre Reformer . Foreign Cork . —Luith . —Foreign grain , in anticipation of the speedy removal of the duties , is pouring in here in immense quantities . Lofts and warehouses are nearly filled , and the demand /' or them daily increasing .
v ivlkgv . Misery . —A labouring man of the name ? of Harden , of Stratton A tuUcy , liCiir Biccatcr , haa , with liia wife and child , for some weeks boon residing in the cattle openpoiind in that ' village , with only such temporary covering as they could throw over themselves . This village , like most others , does not ; contain cottages enough for the poor . —Ayle ^ hmr News . Bologka Sausaoes . —Tlie police of Brussels , sarsa Brussels paper , tost week made a seizure at tlie shop " of a carcidier , of twenty killogramnics of horso flc » br in a very high state or putrefaction , which had been in preparation for making the famous Bologms sausages .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1346/page/3/
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