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      ^ hame on the mlera , who for lengthened years mTe landed at Ireland ' s woes , » nd mocked her tears . ' ghame on the nobles , who have spent their store . Of -wealth on other than their native shore ! gfcsme on the priestly crafl and mitred head , ¦ ijjj . * xob s a nation of its daily bread ; mjjose pampered pride begets a sad reverse , Aufl Biakes a Chri ^ ian Church a country ' s curse ;

      • aftat I hath not Erin spirits bold and brave , j 5 ist in the rash of " » ar on land and "wave ? gjTe not her sons in fiery combat stood , per ingrate England shed" their dearest blood ? 5 ath the not names recorded on the scroll Of immertality's eternal roll ? I s Grattan blotted onfcfrom history " * page ? Or Corran's glory set in halt an age ? Doth she not turn -with more than British glow At honour ' s call , and melt at tales of -jfo « ? Doth not her minstrel -wake a Btrain divine , j ^ a who , but yioore , is B 3 rd of Beauty ' s shrine . Foremost in battle , loftiest on the lyre , . And yet oppression damps her noblest fire !

      Bear this , oppressors . the Almighty ' s ban Tfill surely scourge you , and Ms winnowing fan Cleanse the foul blot which your misdeeds have brought , By wrong on / wrong , and cruelty o erwrought >" o looter prate of ill-begotten rigtt , _ Yocr every word is perjury black as night 1 That -which was wrung by arms , and filched at first , Mast be again restored , or trebly curst 1 AnS they who grasp the firmest ,- must at last Be s-srej t away by retriiration ' a blast 1 Hear this , oppressors!—hear it while ya may !

      A cation ' s thunder broods en your delay ! Jfoi always shall the supplicating cry Bell o ' er the British Chancel to ths sky , And roll in vain ; or only in return Waft ba ck fresh fnel for revenge to burn . ' Hot ihways shall a prostrate people plead , And beg for justice fools trill not concede . ' Ha , no i the red volcanic fire within Shall one day burst , their liberty to -win ; Per Ireland hath , the germ of glory sown . And shall be beauty ' s gem and freedom ' s throne ! B 2 XJAHIX GOCGH .

      The Corn Laws Alyd Eiugkatio^

      THE CORN LAWS AlyD EiUGKATIO ^

      Because cur lords have taxed the staff of life , The working man , his children , and his wife All slave together , yet they must not eat—Toil gives an appetite , but brings no meat ! ! The price of bread by law ia kept so high , That what we earn suffices not to buy . Bat , why is this ? what makes our bread so dear ? far cheaper 'tis abroad than it is here . ' Yes , but a tax is laid on foreign grain , To make oar home-grown corn its price maintain ; And half-fed men may toil , and starve , and die , That idle lords may lift their heads on high . We might bny cheap , but landlords want great rents ,

      To spend in keeping grand establishments . Their feasts , their fancies , jewels , balls , and plays , The poor man ' s nakedness and hunger p 3 ya . The tenant says , if corn comes dnty free , Twill bring down prices here , and ruin me : Taxes and rents in England are so high , I cannot sell so cheap as ysn could buy . Pensions , and perquisites , all other prices Hast corns down too , save luxuries and vices . The honest ioshandmsn must emigrate , And leave poor peasants to increase the rate , "U nless our lords consent to live on Ies 3 , And pride succumb to humble happiness ! J . Watkixs

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      THE SOCIAL REFORMERS' ALMANAC for I 3 i 2 . Leed =, J . Hobson ; London , Cleave ; Manchester , Hejwood ; Glasgow , Paton and Lore . A modification of the Poor Man ' s Companion aad Political Almanac to the views , uses , and purposes of tie Socialists . The principal new feature being a memoir of the-Socialist Lecturer and Missionary , Mr . James Rigby , which "we give : — Bxaors of jjjies bigbt , dxvvtt govessoh OF T 1 TBZBLT COJI 3 IOITT . The * n > gectof the following sketch affords a striking Illustration of the extent to which perseverance , industry , aad btnevolent intentions , can overcome the difficulties of ta originally defective edncition , limited means , and an inferior position in society . In these respects , hb career is at once instructive and cheering , a ? d ofias the strongest incitement to tther 3 occupying t similar station in life to copy his

      example-Jilnes Kigby was born in Salford , in 1802 . His iatber , Thomas Kigby , had a large family , —twelve children ; and was for many years in the employment of Joseph Brotherton , Esq ., the present member for Uiit borough . At the early age of seven years James commenced to -work in s cotton mill , and attended a * cfcool on Sundays , established by that gentleman for the purpose of educating the children who had been ujschsrged from the church , . schools , "because their jartnts wore " white hats , " and avowed themselves K&rnjers . In this school Mr . Rieby formed an acqnaint-Eipe-Kiih the late Rowland Brtresier . A strong friendship grew up between them , which was of the greatest Kmce to the young scholar in deciding the tone and ^ section of bis future career . It was a maxim conti-£ Ea 31 j in the mouth of the lamented Detrosier , that " tvery man shon ! d do something to mate the world betar for having lived in it ; " and the saying sunk detp in the niiad of bis young friend . He continued thus

      slteniEt ^ l y occupied in labour and receiving occasional EsmjcSon cntij he retched " the age of sixteen , when he * as . apprenticed to Mr . Joseph Smith , plumber and ifcz-er , of Salford . 2 \ o B&oner was he . relieved irom tae < iradgfcry of the mill , than the effects of his friend Jfcroskfs maxim became evident in his conduct The »» mental condition of those he had left behind him in the mail excited his warmest sympathy , and impelled to exertions to rednce the comprehensive and benevolent lason to practice . His first attempt fcii this purpose ** s the establishment of a school for twelve factory boys , for whom he found books , slate 3 , pencils , and , in ttor t , every description ef school apparatus , grapuioady ; adding to this his equally gratuitous services f cQKnaumcs . ttng to them such knowledge as he himself cad acquired , in a short time be was joined by another yomg man in this " labour of love , " and by his assistace was enabled to extend the sphere of his usefulness , fuiy took a large room , and furnished . accommodation

      w Beany sxty pupils , ail of whom were taught upon ~ b * 5 * princi ple , and provided -with the necessary ^ ais f or pursuing their studita . In a short time they toad thtt more applications for admission -were made wsn thej had the means to accommodate ; and having , a tfc 6 meantime , bear ^ a lecture on the necessity and Wantages of female education from Detrcsier , Mr . r'Sby deter mined to add the means for imparting fraction to that stx also . He therefore tecurcd addi-* jj * j » l te&chen , engaged larger premises in Factory-lane , 7 ™ J J - Bateman , Esq ., and charged the came ** = a the ¦ ' Ri gby School" to the " Mutual Instruction rotation . " The arrangements were entirely remcdel-*< jj * corporat e body was formed ; and a small weekly "" Ascription was paid hj each member to defray the Necessary apensea . The labour of the teachers , howf « r , continued to be gratuitous . A library of one Poured ma twentv vtf . wme * ¦•*» formed bv the

      contri-**« ioiiB of the members ; classes for instruction in read"t Writing , accounts , music , and elocution , "were "TOied nnder the general superintendence of Mr . ** j * b y as preadent . While thus engaged in commn-^» ting instruction to the young persens -whose « ucation bad been so wofully ueglected in early «« Mr . Bigbj ' s attenUotfwas directed to the agitation «** shcrt-tinre bill for the factory workers , which to **»* that Cme commenced by Richard Oastler , the ^ T . G . S . Bull , the late Michael Thomas Sadler , and "eers ; and teeing how materially such a measure ? cold aid his tn ^ tavcura to elevate the mesial sad

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      moral character of that class of the population , by leaving them more time for the acquirement of knowledge , he directed his attention and energies to thu question with his usual zeal and activity . The Mutual Instruction Institution having secured a solid standing , enabled him to devote much of Mb time to this object ; and , is conduction with other friends , & vigorous agitation \ ras carried on by means of public meetings , lectures , petitions to Parliament , &c , for the purpose of influencing the public and the Legislature . The end of thesa exertions will so donbt be recollected tjr most of the readers of this memoir . Instead of passing an efficient ten hours bill for all , as was originally

      advocated by Mr . Owen ( the father of the movement on this subject ) , by the late Sir Robert Peel , who became the Parliamentary leader of the question , and more recently by Mr . Rigby and the parties mentioned , the Legislature passed & 5 aet requiring eight hours work irom children under thirteen—an act which experience has shewn to be what the sincere friends of the factory labourers pro * phesied it would be , quite impracticable , and a hardship both to the operative and the employer . Justice has yet to be done in this respect ; but -what has been effected in the face of the tremendous opposition which Mr . Higby and his coadjutors had to face , testifies to the energies of their exertions , and assures ultimate

      success . In the year 1829 Mr . William Pare visited Manchester , and announced a course of lectures on the Means for Removing Poverty and its Causes without Injury to Person or Property . The lecturer elucidated the leading moral and economical features of the new views of society in Euch a manner as , combined \ rith several p rivate interviews , to win orer Mr . Kigby to the support of that cause , of which he has since that time been an ardent , persevering , and elcquent advocate .

      The first movement made in this direction by Mr . Kigby , was in connection with Mr . Joseph Saiith , to found a Co-operative Store . The intention of these stores was t- > -purchase goods with the deposits of the shareholders , at the wholesale price , and to sell them at ordinary retail prices ; the profits being designed for the formation of communities of united interests , upon the plan laid down by Robert Owen . However wellintentioned these institutions were , it was soon found that in consequence of the poverty of their members , the system of giving credit -which axosa in consequence of that poverty , and other causes , that they presented very little hope of realising the object for which they were formed ; and the Salford Society having engaged large premises which they c uld not profitably occupy , Mr . Rigby and some other friends took them , and

      converted'them into a school and Mutual Instruction Institution . Upwards of three hundred persons joined this institution ,-which was like the preceding , supported by small contributions , the labour of the teachers being gratuitous . The managers of this institution commenced the piactice , since so generally adopted by Lyceums , i-i , of giving tea parties , balls , and concer ts , to the working classes , at a cheap rate . In these exertions they were encouraged by the countenance and liberal support of'JLady Byron , the Misses Pearson , Sir BeDjamin Heywood , Bart ., Sir Thomas Potter , J . Fielden , Esq ! , M . P ., J . M . Morgan , Esq ., "William- degg , Esq ., and others . This insti tution laid the foundation of a new public opinion in S ^ lfcrd , and gave a tone and elevation to the working classes , which they never previously possessed .

      In 1833 , Mr . Kigby was elected by the members of the institution to represent them at the Co-operative Congress , held this year in London . The reports of its proceedings jshew him to have taken an active and leading-part He lectured to various societies in the metropolis and its vicinity ; said -while his warm and fervid advocacy of the rights of labour and the advantages of education made a strong impression on his auditors , the nesr and extended sphere of observation which was then opened to him for the first time , doubtless exercised a beneficial irflaenee on his own mind , and prepared him for the yet wider circle of usefulness in which he has subsequently distinguished himself .

      Shortly after his retnrn from this Congress , Owen and Fielden . farmed the National Regeneration Society , composed of manufacturers , merchants , and workmen , for the purpose of creating a public opinion in favour of limiting the labour in factories to eight hours per day , by general- consent of the employers , and without reference to governmental or legislatorial influence . A nnmber of missionaries to explain the vievrB of the society were appointed , amor . g whom "was Mr . Rigby . He continued engaged for twelve months in this capacity ; and though the object of the society was not attained , tBere can be no doubt but that through its instrumentality sound views on various important questions of national economy were made plain to and popular among all classes of the commnnity .

      Upon the termination of these labours Mr . Rigby returned to his former situation with " Mr . Smith , and continued to dtvote his leisure hours to the Salford School . In the course of time a public opinion in favour of Mr . Owen's views was formed ; and , at length , Mr . Smith built an elegant institution for the express purpose of advocating these views , which wsjb opened to-the ' public in January . 1 S 36 . In the variong departments connected with this institution , as lecturer , teacher , and manager , Mr . Rigby took a conspicuous part It was shortly after it was opened that the writer first had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with him , and , throngh his instrumentality , with the views which he so earnestly and eloquently advocated . That eveBt had the donble effect of lajine tbe

      foundation of a warm and lasting friendship , and of enlisting all our sympathies in favour of , and exertions for , the pronution oftae same cause . Mr . Rigby ' s life since , may be read in the progress or the society of Socialists . When in 1837 the Central Board and Xew Moral World was removed from London to Manchester , Mr . Rigby 'was appointed one of the members of th « Board . His strenuous and gratuitous txertions in connection with those of Messrs . Smith , Jones , Fleming , &c , gave the cause an impetus which po amount of opposition or obloquy has since been abls to obstruct . Tor upwards of two years , Mr . Rigby thus gratuitously devoted his exertions to further the interes £ s of the cause in which he had tmbsried ; but at the Congress ot 1838 , he was elected

      and set apart to the effice of miisionary togttner w ; th several others . In this capacity he was successively stationed in' the Leeds , Liverpool , and Birmingham districts ; and had just returned to the former a second time , -when he was unanimously called npon to take the superintendence of the Establishment of the society in Hampshire . In this situation , his urbanity of manner , conciliatory spirit , and practical knowledge of the world , have proved of icvaJu 3 ble Bervice to the society . He possesses tbe affection of the members and the esteem of all around him ! and has shewn in this new and trying position as much ability to understand and carry forward large practical measures , as he formerly did in eloquently expounding and enforcing those principles he is now ah honoured instrument in reducing to practice :

      Mr . R'gby has 'been married many years and has had six children , of whom two only are now living . In concluding this . brief outline of a life , every step of which has been maik&d by the purest and most untiring benevolence , and which has bee : n productive of an amount of public and tltvated benefit far beyond the apparently narrow limits of his original humble position , we cannot avoid saying a few words as to the principal charactarjitics of the mind which has effected so much fur itself and others . The principal feature of Mr . Rigby ' s character—( and in saying this we feel vre shall have the spontaneous assent of ~ the thousands who know and love him)—is , his power over tbe affections of those with whom he comes in contact As a lecturer , he was less diitinguishfed by depth of reasoning , extensive research , or rigid logic , than for the fascination which his varied ,

      apt , and touching- illustration of his subjects , and appeal to the . feelings of his auditors , universally excited . The writer , who was associated with him constantly during aJeng period of the early ages of the Socialists' agitation has witnessed with wonder the effects of ilia oratory upon crcwded audiences ; now melted to tears by his pathos ; and , anon , moved to irresistible laughter by his quick but always kindle humour . Perhaps no man who ever lived so long and so constantly in public life made so many friends or se few enemies . We doubt whether he has any of the latter . " Take hkn for all in all we shall not soon see his like again ; " and , we are certain , that , in closing this sketch , we merely give utterance to a heartfelt wish which exists in many thousand minds , —may be be long Epared to pursue his useful and truly noble career !

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      GrZiOSSOP . — AsciExr Fouestry . —On Saturday Jast , Court No . 70 , of tbe Ancient Order of Foresters , held their anniversary at the house of Mr . James Collier , Commercial Inn , Rose-GreeD , Glossop , when upwards of eighty of the members partook of aB excellent and substantial dinner . HORSFORTH . —The members of the EveniDg Star Lodge , Nv > . 40 , in the Leeds District of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows , assembled on Christmas-day to wOebrate their anniversary at the Horse and Jockey Inn . The dinner was served up by the -worthy host and hostess , Mr . and Mrs . Craven , in a first-rate style .

      STBOUD . —The weavers in tie Borough of Strcrad a few years ago had £ 2 0 s . 6 d . for weaving what is called a stripe doth , it is now wove three yards longer , when any can be got , at 12 s ^ -which is more than 16 s .-in the pound less . Ani mark , out of the 12 s , there is 8 d . or sometimes Is . to be paid out of that for setting to work , besides the man ' s own trouble , and 2 s . for quilling . Sometimes the poor man is a month in performing the task , and some *

      times less . The reason he is longer in weaving the thirty © Us is because it is made out of what in Queen Elizabeth ' s refgn " was called waste , but it is better known now by the name of * linge , and he is often told by the nincompoop . in the wool loft not to come tronbling him any more for a month , lxq . vi . STS . —On Saturday week , an inqnest was taken before J . G . Ball , Efq-, Coroner , at tbe Clothiers' Arms Inn , Nailswonb , on the body of Philip Barafield , . of the parish of Horsey , -weaver

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      who died , it was said and thought by many , from starvation ; but the verdict was , * ' Died from natural causes , accelerated from the want of proper nourishment . " Mr . Ball said he had held thirty-three inquests in thirty days , , and the undertaker , or io other words , the coffin-maker to the Union , makes from a dozen to fifteen coffins a week . —On Friday last , an inquest was taken by G-Barnett , Esq ., at the Boot Inn , Horsley , on the body of Thomas Jones , but adjourned to the Black Horse Tiltup 3 Iun . The fac's of the casa were these z—Poor old Jones , like inoffensive old Barn&eld , was a panper . He received his bread from the relieving officer , and his son Jack , when the victuals arrived , generally took the liberty ef helping himself first , which caused a good deal of quarrelling between them . Jack ,

      though young m years , was old in iniquity , and was constantly in the habit of robbing his father ; but this was the last . Jack jobbed the old man in his side with a walking-stick , which caused his death . A post mortem examination was taken by E . Bowen , Esq ., with the assistance of Thomas Stokes , Esq . surgeon , whose evidence went to prove that the old man had had a chronic disorder ; but from the ipjury he had received in the side , acute inflammation was occasioned , which ended in mortification . The Jury returned a verdict against John Jones , for tbfl manslaughter of his father , and against Ann Jones , the mother , for aiding and abetting the said John Jones j and they were both committed , on the Coroner ' s warrant , to take their trial at the next assizes for the county of Gloucester .

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      Cbbistius Stuffing foh Geese and Pigs . —Ob Tuesday afternoon thirteen geese , which had been landed from the City of Aberdeen stsamer , on the Aberdeen "wharf , at St . Katharine ' s , and were intended as presents to various individuals in London , were inspected by an Excise waterman , named Young , who found them to be unusually heavy , and on opening one of them , he found it to contain a bottle of over-proof whisky , which had never befor « passed under the eyes of the Customs or Excise . This discovery induced him to cut open the others , and they were all in the same

      conditionthere was a bottle of real Ferintosh in each . Young seized the geese and their contents , on behalf of our Sovereign Lady the Queen , and removed his prize to the Excise-office . A number of fine young sucking pigs have been lately seized , with their insides filled with Scotch whisky ; and on Saturday no less than thirty Dutch turkeys were captured in front of the Custom-house , which were stuffed with Hollands gin . The geese and turkeys from Scotland- . and Holland have carried an unusual quantity of whisky and geneva , and the youns pigs have contained the same stuff for the purpose of carrying on the Christmas festivities .

      A P ^ TfiiAKCH . —A well-known character , called " Old Blanket Hall , " died lately at Witney , at the advanced age of 120 . He lived in the reigns of seven Sovereigns . His great age may be partlyascertained by letters patent granted him by Queen Anne herself , and the old gentleman prided himself on a fine portrait cf her Majesty , given to him many years ago , by one of her old stewards , Earl Harcourt . He was much pressed to join the Teetotal Society , but the venerable patriarch shook his head and said , it was too late for him to begin , and that he had belonged to the old school too long for any such change to have any good effect on him . A threatened dis ^ traint for poor-rates was the immediate cause of his somewhat sudden decease . To some individuals who wished him to join the teetotalers he left his pump and rain-water butt — Oxford Herald .

      Englishmen -wobkixg fob Fourpesce a "Week . —Erery day is making awful disclosures of the unparalleled sufferings and total destitution of the working classes . These disclosures contain facts which cannot be contemplated without feelings of the greatest , horror . On Thursday night the- skeinsilk dyers held a public meeting in the Social Hall , High-street , Whitechapel , to adopt some plan calculated to rescue their fellow-workmen from their present frightful distress . Mr , Weekly presided . He * a : d that the men who worked at the skein-silk < iye-trade were not receiving on an average , eight shillings a-weck , and that they were enduring the most frightful distress . Mr . Edmonds said , that three hundred belonged to thaC branch , some of

      ¦ whom earned eijjht shillings , others five , and many not more than three shiliings a-week . Jt was stated that they were worse off in 182 C . -That he denied , for he could prove that they were now paying 40 pe * cent , more for provisions than in 1826 . So wretched were the weavers that they were compelled to conceal the boiled potatoes from their children , lest from hunger they would devour them before they were cooled . Mr . Sydney paid that he was most fortunate , because he had fire days work in the week . Ih houses which employed only twelve hands they were tolerably well paid , but were thirty or sixty hands were engaged the men often received but Jour pence a week , as those houses gave but one day ' s work in the week . Mr . 'Bo ! ton said , he knew

      numbers without homes , without food , and without covering . It is impossible to read these details without horror . It is truly heartrending to consider , that in a land where upwards of j £ 70 , 0 C 0 has been expended on stabling for horse ? , that hutran beings stamped with the image of the living God should have but fourpence a week for their support . It is past endurance to behold one noble lady enjoying a pension of £ 4 C 0 , CC 0 a yfar . Same othernoble personage £ 50 . 000 ; this bishop £ 15 , 182 , and that bishop i'l . 0 , 000 a year , while the people , who in the hour of danger should be their country ' s hope , pride , and bulwarks , are daily and hourly decaying and disappearing in prc mature graves , through dire want and actual starvation .

      Botish Magnammitt . —On going to school , Frank Tiueman sat next to Charles , with a view of showing him the figure of a vessel which he had drawn upon a s ' ate , when a boy named Smith , who occupied a seat behind them , pointed out an error in the drawing ; Frank bad , he said , made the vessel go against the wind , and no vessel , with sails , could do that ; a steamer could do it , but she must have no sails set . Charles was appealed to , he having been for some time on board a ship cf which a near relative was the commander ; but the little fellow hesitated , not liking to takp part against Frank , after what bis moiher had said the day preceding ; he , however , felt bound to speak the truth , and he said , therefore , that some vessels would sail within a very few points

      of the wind , though not exactly against it . Each of the disputants claimed this decision as favourable to hiiuself , and Charles added that neither could be said to be quite right nor quite wrong ; if a vessel was to be drawn as if standing to windward , they might certainly make her flags stream behind . Here the master , who had several times called * silence , ' summoned the three boys byname , and Master Overreach , who sat on the next foim , exclaimed with ill-natured exultation , ' Won't you catch it ! ' But what he said , and the manner of it , were not unobserved by the master , who directed him to be sent up alsr , much to his discomfiture . On being

      questioned , Overreach said the boys had been quarrelling about the wind , but he totally exonerated himself , and imputed the largest share of blamo to Charles , who was thereupon ordered to hold out his hand ; but just as he was about to receive whafc boys usually ; erm a pancake , Frank stepped forward and declared that he would not suffer another boy to be punished for him ; he alone had been to blame , and the statement of Overreach was entirely false . He then related all that had passed , and the truth became so apparent , that the master sentenced Overreach to receive the punishment about to be inflicted upon Charles , and the others were dismissed . —Parley ' s Penny Library . .

      A Case of Starvation . —On Friday last , a man , named Stephen Futter , and his wife were charged j before the county magistrates at the Shire-hall , I Norwich , -with exposing their son , William Fuller , h a boy twelve years of age , to starvation , through ! . cold and want of food . Mr . Edmund Slingsby Drury Longe , of Catton , who had made full and particular - inquiries into the case , having been sworn , stated— That from information -1 received I proceeded on Friday , the 11 th of December , to the cottage now j occupied by Stephen Fatter , sitnate in the parish of Calton , where I found William Futter , a boy aged twelve years , the son of Stephen Futter , lying [ upon a bedstead , with only some wet straw and an j old cloth to cover him , in an out-house or shed attached to the said cottage . The rain was pouring through at the time , and the boy was suffering , and ; bad been suffering , from cold and want of nourish-1 nient , and to the best of my belief the boy could not j have Jived many days longer , had he continued H where he was ; I applied for an order to have the boy admitted into St . Faith ' B Union Workhouse , to which place he was taken on Saturday , Dec . 11 . { Mr . Priestley , surgeon at St . Faith ' s Union , deposed j —I attended at St . Faith ' s Workhouse on Saturdays December 11 , and found the boy IVilliam Fitter suffering from extremo debility , aggravated by neg- lect , and apparently suffering from want of the com- mon necessaries of life . I saw the boy half an hour after he was brought into the workhouse , and I think if he bad not been immediately attended ' o he ! must have perished . The boy has kept his I . 'er since he was admitted inio the house . I exam . ued him and found he was wasting from want of food .

      His Tight arm is rheumatic , and he will never regain the proper nse of it . He is too ill to attend here to-day , and has scarcely the power of articulation . Yesterday he could hardly walk across the room . Stimulants trill be neceesary to enable him to appear at the sessions , and it is not probable that he will be able to appear next Saturday . I consider him still in a very dangerous state . It appeared farther that the nnnamral parents had a design to starve the boy , and that he had been for some time previously supplied witb _ food by Mr . Longe . The prisoners in defence , said with great indifference , that they did not consider that there was anything the matter with the boy . As it appeared to the magistrates very probable that the boy would not live , they remanded the prisoners till the following Saturday , when it was expected some of the neighbours would attend . ^

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      Liverpool "Workhouse contains , at the present moment , a larger nnmber of inmates than it ever held before . There are now nearly 2 , 000 paupers in the house . ; ¦; , : ¦ - ¦ .. ;;( . ¦; . . ' ¦ ¦ ; .. . -, ; ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ v- ; .- \ - i " ¦' ¦ A Discriminating 0 Phecbpijob .- —A ^^ schoolmaster in Cornwall , advertising his establishment , says : — " Every boarder must be supplied with a Bible and Prayer Book , a knife and fork , three towels , and a silver des 3 ert spoon ; all of which , except the- books , become the proprietor ' s perquisite on the pupil quitting school . " The conscientious pedagogue seems to think that the Bible and Prayer Book may be well for the pupil : he prefers , however , the steel and the silver . ; - '¦• • ¦ • ' ¦ " .: ¦ . . " ' .. . > " . .- ¦ ¦¦ ¦ •' , ¦¦ ' : ' - . : ¦ ' ¦ ¦'

      Not Bad , if Thue . —The Bishop of London , a short time since , made a speech to the chapters of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , against the wooden block pavement which the chapters thought of patting down round St . Paul ' s Church-yard . When the Bishop had finished , the Rev . Sydney Smith replied to him thus- " After the speech with which your Lordship has favoured us , I will only say , that I tnmk there will be no . difficulty in putting down this wooden block pavement , if we tan only lay all our heads together . "

      Hydrophobia . —A lamentable instance of the effect of this fatal malady has occurred within the last few days to a respectable working man occupying a small cottage about a mile north of St . Alban ' s . His name was John Harding . In the month of October last , whilst in the act of holding a stick before a dog near his cottage * the animal suddenly snapped at it , and in doing so the animal slightly grazed his wrist . Very soon after , the dog was shot ; and although Harding felt a presentiment that he should ultimately fall a victim to the insidious disease of hydrophobia , he studiously avoided all mention of his suspicions to his friends , anxious , as he said during his sufferings , to prevent uneasiness in their minds on the subject . He continued in hid usual health until Saturday evening , when he felt a painful sensation in the arm and shoulder , and early the

      following morning other symptoms presented themselveSj which exciting alarm : in his friends , medical aid was called in , and subsequently Reveralgentlemen of the medical profession attended , who-. did every thing in their power to alleviate the patient ' s sufferings . On Tuesday morning the' -sufferer refused all liquids , and appeared agitated at the sight of his tea ; the symptoms gradually increased , and in the afternoon he became so violent that it was found necessary to have recourse to & straight waistcoat and othv * menns of restraint . He foamed at the mouth , his tongue being constantly in motion , and his pulse at 120 , still at times he was perfectly sensible , and a few minutes before eleven p . niy . his sufferings were terminated in death . He was in the 26 th year of hia age , married , but fortunately has not left any family to deplore his loss .

      Dreadful Co ^ l Pit A ' ccident . —At a coal-pit accident belonging to Messrs . Job and Page Taylor ^ at Darlaston , a frightful accident occurred on Tuesday morning . Three men and a boy were descending to their work , | Wheu the skip on which they iyere standing :, before their heads were lower than the mouth of the pit , got detached from the rope , and they fell a depth of more than thirty yards . They were all pitiably mutilated . Henry Itch , who has left a wife and aix children , was killed on the spot ; and two others , Henry Sedley and George WhitehousD , without families , have died since . Richard Simcox , the boy , is in a dangerous state , with both his legs and one arm broken—StaffordsUireExdrnxner .

      Si ^ gulau Death . —A lady arrived in Exeter last Monday week , bringing a female servant with her . On the day after her arrival the latter broke a looking-glass . She beuame greatly alarmed at the tniling accident , covered the glass over with a handkerchief , and turned it to the wall that she might not see it . She expressed her conviction that ii foreboded a life of t ' ouble and misfortune ; and could not dismiss the subject from her mind . She satiii " she should never prosper in the world again . " Haunted by this idea , she became sad and dejected .

      and went to bed on Wednesday , two days after the accident , poorly and miserable , retiring earlier than usual on account of her illness . The next day she was worse , and her mistress desired her not to get up . On Friday one of the most experienced : of the medical gentlemen of the city was called in . He found her free from bodily pain , but suffering under a perfect prostration of strength and spiri's . She continued to sink till twelve o ' clock the next day , when she expired , a victim to tho absurd superstition of the dreadful consequences of breaking a looking glass !—Hampshire Standard ,

      Shocking Catastbophe at bouTHAMProN . —A fine youth , about fifteen years of age , named Hewitt , a son of the coachman of the Southampton and Bath mail , and an apprentice to Mr . Ball , brass-founder j was on Monday repairing , with another apprentice , the gasometer at the gas works near the Itchen river . As they were obliged to breathe gas while they were at work they were desired to walk into the open air occasionally . Unfortunately they neglected this request ; and when Mr . Ball , their master , went to the works at half-past two in the afternoon , he found one of his apprentices , who was his brother , lying on his back insensible , and the boy Hewitt suspended over a reservoir of water , through which the gas was passing ; and only prevented from falling by his legs being fastened between the person of his

      fellow apprentice and the gasometer . Mr . Ball , on seeing the dreadful situation of the poor youths , immediately dragged , his brother away , arid on attempting to pull Hewitt away also , he lost his senses by inhaling from five or six jets of poisonous gas , and relaxing his grasp , the poor boy fell into the water . Nearly one hour elapsed before he could be taken from the water . On being taken out , medical assistance was procured , but all attempts to restore him to life wpre useless . The youth Ball recovered by means of the medical aid , which he received . A coroner ' s inquest sat on the body of Hewitt , and the Jury returned a verdict of "Died from suffocation " and that Mr . Bali was deserving of censure for suffering two yovths ! to work : in a dreadful atmosphere without causing assistance to be immediately at hand in case of an accident . "

      Fatal Accident on the Livebpool and , Manchester Railw ay . —It is with deep regret we have to state the particulars of another fatal railway accident resulting from that long-acknowledged evilj the permitting of railways to cross thoroughfares long ago dedicated to the convenience and accommodation of the public . The Newton Junction , which takes its name from the junction there formed between the Grand Junction and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway , is confessedly one of the most dangerous spots connected tvith railway traffic in the kingdom . In addition to the two curbed lines branching from Liverpool and Manchester to the Grand Junction line there is the mainline leading between Liverpool and Manchester , another line

      communicating with Messrs . Turner and Evans's colliery at Haydotk , and a fifth line leading to the chymical works of Messrs . Muspratt and Co ., as also innumerable brar . cb . es connecting the whole together , and effecting a union between the several railways . The Grand Junction and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Companies use every effort for securing a degree of eafety to the public . A large number of policemen and pointmen are on duty day and night ; bells , signal lamps , and other means of giving notice of the approach of the trains have been adopted ; but , notwithstanding these arrangements , and the general vigilance displayed by the company ' s officers , accidents are a matter of much too frequent occurrence . This has , in some

      i : ' J I i i 1 1 , degree , arisen from the circumstance of two roads crossing the railway within a distance of 200 yards of each other , oneleadingfroni the Vulcan Foundry and the other from Messrs . Muspratt and -Co . ' s works ( establishments employing a vast number of labourers ) , to the town of Newton . Shortly after firo o ' clock On , Tuesday evening , James Taylor , a fiue lad between twelve and tbizv teen years of age , the son of the lock-keeper atWajfr wick-locks , on the Sankey canal , was sent for some milk to a shop , or provision store , on the Newton side of the rail ivay ; he was accompanied by another lad about his own age . Their road lay on the line leading from Messrs . Muspratt ' s works across the Liverpool and Manchester Railway . On reaching

      1 ] ] i i i ^ ; i J - < the gate opening on to the railway a very long luggage train from Manchester to Liverpool was passing along the line on the side of the road on which they were standing . They quietly waited until the last waggon had passed them , and then , fearing that the passenger train from Manchester would be upon them , they rushed across the line , thinking by so doing to avoid the possibility of an accident . At this moment John Dawson , a pointman , stationed on the side of the line to which they were running , saw the Liverpool and Manchester five o ' clock passenger-train approaching at its usual rate of travelling , somewhere about thirty miles an hour , and he and another Of the company ' s servants called to the lads , but were unable to make them

      1 i i « » fully acquainted with their danger ; the one lad sprung across the line almost in front of the engine , and , by a •** hair-breadth : ¦' . escape , " avoided the threatened destruction , James Taylor , the deceased , who was not more than a yard behind his companion , jumped right in the ! front of the engine . It Btruck him with dreadful and death-like violence . So soon as the train had passed , bis body was found in the centre of the rails at'a distance , as afterwards measured , of thirty-six yards from the spot at which he received the blow . Both his legs wore cut off by the wheels , and his head and ether parts of his body

      were dreadfully mutilated- He was lying quite dead in a pool of blood . No assistance , of course , conld be rendered to him , and he was carried a lifeless corpse to tha * . home which he nad left not mote than half an hour before in all the pride of jpouth and perfect hevlth . The inqnest was held On Thursday afternoon . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death , * with a nominal deodand on the engine . ; they also unanimously recommended that the ' Railway Company should erect a foot bridge ar ross the railway , and requested the coroner on their behalf to make known their wishes in that W 9 P «/ 4 to the directors of the . company .

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      Firb-Damf Expeosjon and Loss of Three LiVESi—An explosion of fire-damp took place at Horn , aear Halesowen , in the colliery : of ; Mr . Attwood . A man named Churchill , another named Jones , and a boy , were in the pit , and fell a sacrifice . Their bodies have not yet been recovered ; repeated attempts were ' made on Wednesday last to descend the shaft , but tho atmosphere was foond to be too impure to » sustain Ijfe , and the attempt t 6 recover the bodies waB necessarily abandoned . When the explosion ffrst commenced the fire spread with fearful rapidity , consuming all the wood work in the pit , together with the ropes , &c , and could not be extinguished for several days . Five horses were in the mine at the time , and were , of course destroyed . —Worcestershire Chronieie .

      MEtAKCHoLVr Ocgcilrejice . —A woman named Mary Stuart * or Peebles , residing in the- Wallace Fees , was found lying lifeless in bed ^ betwixt her two children , on the : morning of Thursday week . It is thought that she died from utter starvation , her husband , James Peebles , a labourer , having deserted her without making the smallest provision for her or her family . She had become sickly ,, and had received a small sum for her support from the Kirk-Session j but the man returned , and the poor woman ' s pittance was withdrawn ; In this helpless condition , with increasing sickness , the cold-hearted villain again abandoned her ; and , after disposing of the whole of her household effects , she had to have recourse to the cold hand of charity ; which , in her distressed Condition , she found it impossible to do . — Dundee Advertiser .

      Pahsons' Fmsvato Fpkerat . Service , Baptisms , &c . —The amount received by clergy men for reading the funeral service over their deceased parishiorierdi for the erection--of tombstones , &c , yaries in almost every parish . It is usually regulated by a eCale of fees j hung up in trievestry , room , which at some period has been agreed to by the minister and par rishioners ^ and afterward ^ Seen confirmed by the vicar-general . The confirmation of this officer has been supposed to give greatweight to the document , to invest it , some persons have declared ^ w ' Hli * all the authority of positive law / In the recent Hackney Church Rate case , the scale which governs that parish was produced in evidence . One of itsr regulations is , that * forevery corpse removed out of the parish , to be paid the whole . dues to the minister

      churchwardens , plerk , and sexton , as if buried in the churchyard . ' Dr . Lushington declared that regulation to bej 'illegal from beginning to end ;' that the yicar-genefars authority amounted to nothing in snoh ; matters ; and that the fees usually demanded by clergymen at intermeats , marriages . &c , were inere gratuities , de&titute of any legal sanction ; and couid not be enforced * The opinion of this eminent judge ought to be generally known , as thexsommon imprefision among the clergy Is , that their title to these fees is as well grounded as their right to tithe , and they usually exact the one with as much pertinacity as the other . Their own impress sion of right must be beyond a doubt , or they would hevor take , as is custonwy , a fee for the intarment ofpaupers . —Moriiing Chronicle .

      Bevehle y TowK Council . — -Bdrning of a Letter FROM THE QUBE . v ' s SeCKETARY OF STATE —A few weeks ago , » he Beverley Town Council seat up a memorial to the Home Secretary , to remonstrate with him upon the nomination of several gentlemen of Conservative principles to be justices of the borough . Sir J . Graham ' s answer came in due course , inforining tho Mayor that the Council had nothing whatever to do with the recommendation of justices ; and at a meeting of the Town Council , which was forthwith convened , the Mayor in the chair , Mr , Alderman Simpson moved that the memorial sent to the Home Secretary , V together- ' with his answer , be read , which was done ; and then it was moved by him , and seconded by Mr . Fussey , that tho reply be entered on the minutes . Mr . Daniel BoVes moved ,

      as an amendment , " That it be committed to the flames ^ as an insult to the Council ; " arid this was seconded by Mr . Edward Page , and Carried by ten to three ; and the beadle was called in , and the letter handed to him by his Worship , and he forthwith put it into the fire , to the great amusement of the audience . On a division , there appeared for the burning—Mr . Thomas Sandwith and Mr . John Jackson , aldermen arid justices cf the borough ; Mr Daniel Boyes , Mr . Charles Brereton , Mr . Edward Page , Mr . William Farvah , Mr . Bell Robinson , Mr . James M . Robinson , Mr . Wm . Hodgson , and Mr . Richard Carter , councillors ; and the whole ten Liberals . Against it—Mr . Thomas Simpson , Mr , Wm . Fussey , and Mr . George Stephenson , grocer ; Tories . . ¦ ' ¦ -. ' ¦

      VVondehfui . Instance of Sagacity in a Dog , — About eight months ago , a gentleman belonging to . this city embarked at Port Philip for Scotland . In the bustle and confusion of preparing for so long a voyage a favourite dog disappeared about a couple of days before the vessel in which he returned left Port Philip ; and as all the inquiry he was able to make turned Out t « be fruitless , no was under the necessity of leaving his four-footed friend behind him . He arrived' in Edinburgh about two months ago , and , wonderful to tell , within the last three weeks was surprised by a visit from the animal he had left in Port Philip about eight months before . Upon inquiry it turns out that the dog had gone aboard of a ship on the eye of sailing for London ; that once aboard , he resolutely refused to be put ashore , and by dint of sheer resolution obtained a passage . On

      his arrival in London it is ascertained that he visited the lodgings formerly occupied by his master , and , failing in discovering the object of his search , immediately disappeared , and was not again heard of until his arrival in Edinbiirgh . Familiar as we are with instances of the affection and sagacity of the dog , this is perhaps the most extraordinary example On record . His going on board of an English ship many thousand miles from home , his refusal to quit it , his visit to the former lodgings of his master on his arrival in London , and the journey from London to Edinburgh , rank the subject of this brief notice as one of the most wonderful animals of : his species . The gentleman to whom he belongs is well known in Edinburgh , and is ( he son ofa gentieman who , within the last twenty years , has filled various offices of civic dignity . —Scotsman .

      Irish Electioneeking . —Mr . Thomas Clarkson has published a . letter to the Lord Mayor to contradict the " ridiculous romance" to which Mr . O'Conne ! l gave currency at the previous Repeal meetingi about one Reilly , a coal-porter , whose '' gallantry " was said to have converted the said Clarkson from a Tory to a supporter ' of- Mr . O'Connell ^—" . The siinple facts ( says Mr , Clarkson ) are , that Roilly was one of a furious mob , who , in order to coerce me to yet 3 for you , aitxoked my house , and by vpllies of pavingstones smashed not only all of the glass but the wood-work of the sashe 3 of the windows in fro 2 > fc ; and that being anxious to avoid a collision , but determined to defend my person , I armed myself with a gun , and ehdeavoured to escape from the back of my house , but was iiitijrcepted by eome of the niost daring of the mob breakiDg into the rear of the premises ; the foremost of . whom , was the ' sober and

      industrious Reilly , who waa wounded when endeavouring to seize me . He was by this means placed horsde combat , so that I never was in his power for a moment . I did ; however , fall into the hands of his associates ; who appear to have been mostly coal-porters , to whom you or your committee , as it would seem , let tne cars hired for the election , and on which your own name appeared most conspicuous . I received from the * pitrio ' tic body of men , ' as they are called at the Corn Exchange , each treatment as I was led to expect . They robbed mo of every article in my pockets ; they took most of the pockets themselves too ; my clothes were torn to rags ; I was bruised by blows from fi ^ tiand sticks ; a naked knife was hold to my throat ; and I was at length dragged yioleiitly into a dark cellar , exactly under your own tally-room , where I was threatened with instant death . It was under these circuoutince , Sir , that you obtained my vcte . " ,

      pRKADFiri . Destitution . —On Thursday evening week , Mr . Hi / pga held an inquest at the Grange Inn , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , on view of the body of Elizabeth Sym ' ondsv aged 45 . It appeired from the evidence of George Wood , of Grange Yard , Carey-street , that deceased lived 1 with one Of witness ' s tenants in Grange Yardr About ten o ' clock on Wednesday inorning , information was brought to witness that it was believed deceased had died suddenly . Witness accordingly went to her room , and found the door locked . He kfiocked and called , but deotased did not answer . He then broke the door open , and found deceased dead , and in a kneeling ; posture before the fire-place . A knife and a piece of wood ; were Iyioff heat her , as if she had been

      attempting to light the fire . Surgical aid was instantly procured , but it was found that life Was completely extinct . Deceased was suffering nnder consumption ^ and was in a very destitute conditioo , her only means of subsisbence being a trifle that she got every week by going as cb arwoman to- the house of a futend in Cramer-street . Her husband had deserted hs ? for several years past .. Some time ago she haid applied to the parish where she then lived , but all she could get consisted of a few eoals and a loaf of bread . Mary Ballantine , of Grange Yard , Cfcrey-atreet ; stated that deceased lited with her in tbe room where she was found dead . Witness had bsen out of town a week , and did not return till after deceased ' s death . Deceased had been stopping with her during the last eight months .

      She often wanted a crust , and must have gone without » had hot witoesj given her food . When she codd she paid witness a shilling a week for being allowed to lodge with her , but latterly she had not been able to pay anv thing for a long time . She was without the proper necessaries of life , but could no * be persuaded to go into a workhoose- She was suffering irom consumption . Thomas Godfrey , housesurgeon of King ' s College Hospital , stated thai he was sent for when deceased was found lying dead . Ho did not believe that consumption was the immediate cause of her death . She was afflicted with disease of the lungs , which disease Would naturally be accelerated by want of proper nourishment . He believed deceased bid died of convulsions . The Jury , after an investigation which lasted nearly two hours , returned a verdict of "Natural death , greatly accelwated b j waat of proper uourishjnwt . '

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      Suicids op ^ -MisKR . —On Wednesday week , ia wretched old miser , who is said to be worth upwards of £ 10 , 000 , named Thomas TattershalJ , of Stead , near Rochdale , cominitted suicide by drowning himself in a stream of water near his own hOnse . He had been in a low state of mind for some months past , he having lately lost £ 400 through the failnre of a relutiye . Thedeceased > vas upwards of seventy years of age ;? - } ' 'y ;' j' ¦ - ¦ ¦' ' :. ¦ , " ¦ ¦ '¦'¦ ' •¦ : '¦ : ' ¦ . -V / ' : -: ' ' ¦'¦ . Ckoobx -iif Timet—Samnel Heywatd ^ a cjerk ia the service of the Manchester and Boltoji Railwaj Company , was cbarged before the magistrates , at the Salford Towh ^ Hall , with em bezzling money to the amount of j £ l , 000 , the property of his em ployerg . Hewas pursued ;' to Liverpool , and apprehended oa Wediesday morning in a vessel which had / jasfc - cleared the port for Philadelphia .

      Scene iiir a Chubch . —The following ludferons scene occurred aJfevr weeks a"go , at a village chareh not a hundred miles from Stallingborou « u ; Thei ciergyman , observiHg a boy in the gallery behaving in an unbecoming mannir , reproved him . An old and worthy member of the church , in the plenitude of his zeal for order and decorum , instantly jumped up , and called out , " Bring the rascal down > and 111 kiok his a-na . " No sooner was the" threat uttered , than the young urchin ijyas dragged down , and handed over to the tender merciesi of the old zealot forthe honour of ' ' God ' s house , * ' who , having come out of his pew to meet him , took him by tne collar , and very plentifully applied his foot to thsboy ' s posteriors , to the no small amusement of the congregation , and the moral benefit of tho offender , whom he told to " go in peace , and sin no mote . "Lincoln Mereurv . . ; ;

      , Bardarous M . vvLT ) En in Hants . —SopTHAMPTosi Dec . 23 , —Intelligence has just been received here of a most barbarous murder , committed on a serant girl , by a party of three excavators , on the road between Winchester and Southampton . It appears that the young woman was walking towards Sonthampton , rathex la , teMast jeverving , having been engaged as a servant to a family in . this neighbourhood . She was accompanied for some distance on the road by her father , and when he separated from

      her she gave him a shilling to go into a public house on theroadside to : refresh himself . While he was sitting : there , three excavators walked in , one car > rying a bundle , which the father knew to belong to his daughter . He , of course , took immediate steps to have them taken into custody . Several persona went immediately in search of the young woman , arid found her murdered , which atrocious act was committed : ( there is not the shadow of a doubt of tho fact ) by the three ruffians who had just been bqcared . " ¦ ' . < ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ '" : . ¦ .:.. . ¦ .- ¦ ¦¦« - -:.

      -Distressing Loss . of Life in the Hdmber . — On Friday morning last , a distressing loss of life occurred on thoother side of the river , near New Holland . ' The schooner Stourbridge was coming up , haying a boat in tow , when tho painter giving way by which it was attaohed to thai vessel , the Captain , Jeremiah Smith , anxious to prevent it 3 being lost , t \ irew himself overthe stern of the yessel into the boat , but unfortunately , alighting with hi 3 back on tho gunwale , ho was stunned arid fell into the water ; the boat drifting away at the same time ,

      his own crew were deprived of the power to : assist him , and alter hanging by the broken painter attached to the 'drifting beat , until seemingly * xha ^ sted , he sank to rise no more . It is lamentabla to add that Mrs . Smith was on board the vessel , iad consequeijtly a spectator of her husband ' s melancholy death . A light sloop was going down the river , with tho w . md in her favour , at the meinent of the catastrophe , and although passing within twenty or thirty yards , those' on board-were deaf to the hail of the schooner and the cries of the crew to save their Captain ; ^ ; ¦'

      ThREATENIAG OP H 0 STIi « TI £ S BETWEEN ENGLAND and the United States . —We have reason to be- > lieyp that a very serious misunderstanding novr exists between the British Goverumeiit and the United States , arising on | the one hand from the unwillingness , of the , American President to apologise for the detention of a British subject CH'Leod ) on an unfounded charge ; and , on the other , from thealleged fact thav vessels engaged in the slave-trade , are notoriously ; fitted : out /_ ia American p . iris . Lord Aberdeen , as we learn , has writ ^ ten repeated and decided notegon both these subjects ^ without as yet receiving eatisfactory answers ; and . cohsiderijig the fr ^ sh , obligations imposed on this couiitryby the new' anti-siave treaty , it is much to be feared that somothing unpleasant ; may occur between both Governments . Our information on this subject is derived , fron ; & most authentic sources—Morning Herald , :

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      From the London Gazette ¦ ¦¦ of Friday , Dec 24 . BANKRUPTS . Frederick Thomas : West , OommercJal-wfaarf , Commercial-road , Lambeth , coal-merchant , Jan . 7 , at two , Feb . 4 , at twelve , at the Comt of Bankruptcy , B Birighall-8 treet . Solicitors , Messrs . T Stevens , Wilkinson ^ and Satchell , Queen-street , Cheapsiile ; olBcial assignee , Mr . iackineton , Coieniai-street-buildiDgs . . . . Thomas Berriman ,.. "Peckham-grove i Camberwell ^ builiaer , Jan . 5 , at two , Feb . 4 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcyj BasinghaH-streei . Solicitors , Mejswrs . TUleard and Son , 01 d JCwry ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson . - . '¦ . ' :: ' : V : ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ' ; , . ¦ - . ; - 'v- ' ' . ' ¦; : : ¦¦ ¦ ' . .

      Charles Robottom , Jffolborn-hill , tivern-keeper > Jan . 11 , at two , Feb . 4 , aV . elevetii at the Court of Bankruptcy , BaMnghall-street . Solicitor . Mr . WarJtsrs , Castle-street , Holborn ; official assignee , Mr . £ d vrords , Fredericks ' -place , Old Jewiry . f < Henry Ciai-ki Fleet-istreet , brush-manufacturer , ' Jan . 8 , at half-past twelvej Feb . 4 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baainghall-street . Solicitor ; Mr . Weaton , St . Jahies ' e-sqiiare ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederi ^ k's-place , Old Jewry . > j Ann Phillips andJ ^ aies Phi llips , Wflitecnapel-road , window-glass cutters , Jaii , 4 , Feb . 4 , at eleven , at tha Court of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street . Solicitor , Mr . Henderson , ManseU-streeti Goodman ' s Fields ; official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbnry .

      Robeit Kicbard 8 , Jawiea Briant , and Janies Cokerp Shadwell , rope-makers , Jan . 4 , Feb . 5 , at twelve , afc tbtCourt of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitor , Mr . Pike , Old Burlington-street ; bfBcial assignee , Mr . Gibson , BaainghaH-street . John Fowkos , Beestpni- Nottinghamshire , Rrocer , Jan . 5 , Feb . 4 , at twelve ,- at the George the Fonrth Inn , Nottinghatn . Solicitors , Messrs . Jones , Trinder , and Tudway . John-stre , et , Bedford ; row , and Mr . Brown * of Nottingham . ~ ~ " ¦ _ ¦ ¦ Thomas Barnsley , Tipton , Staff- > rdshfre , enginemaker , i > ec . 31 , Feb . 4 , at two , at the Waterloo Rooms ^ Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Miller and Fallow * , Piccadilly ; and Mr . Hill , Birnilneham . :

      James Ford ,: Bristol , cooper , Jan , 7 , Feb . 4 ; at the Commercial Rooma , Bristol . Solicitors ; Measra . ^ ' /" White and Eyre , Bedford-rpw ; alnd Messrs . Bevan , Bristol . ' y , ¦¦ ' - . ' ¦ ¦ ' : ¦"¦ ¦ - ' - ¦ .. -. ¦ : ¦ : ' - . ... - ' .: / -:- :. ¦ - ' ¦"'¦ WilUani HotjsnaUl , Dover , carpentei , Dec . 31 , afc one , Feb . 4 , at twelve , at the Shakspeare Hotely Dover . Solicitors , Mr . Kennett , Dover ; and Messrs . Hawkins , Bloxani , arid Stoker , New Boswell-cpurti Garey-ttreet , Lincoln ' s Inn . * . v ' ' Thomas Benrese , Spalding , Lincolnshire , grocer , Dec . 31 ,. at ten , Feb . 4 , at one , at the White Hart Innw Spalding . Solicitors , Mr . Edwards , Spalding , ah * Messrs . Tooke and Son , Bedford-row .

      Partnerships dissolved . R . CoJton and E . Colton , Kuignton-upon-Hall , vbipmanufacturers . —J , Parlano and R . Buchannan , Liverpool , timber-merchants ! . —J . Watson and J . Booth , Wath-upon-Dearne , . ^ yorjksnire , - ' comnion-brewergr—T . Klgby and Q . ; "fiigbjr , " Xiverpool , cart ^ owners . —P . Jackson and T . Malley , I ^ ncaster , coach-bnilder 8 .--Qv Parke and R . Parke-, \ Vhitby ; Yorkshlte , wpolieiidrapers—J . Harper ; E . Harper , and G . Woodall , Vorl ^ soap-raanufacturers . —A . Hall and K . Hall , Blackburn , Laacashire , grpcera . —A ; Boe and A . Petty , Cowliiigi Yorkshire , niillers . —ft , Bothwell and T . Holcrolt , Manchesterj silk-throwstera— -D . Smith and J . W . Holland , Manchester , pliimbeBJ .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Dec 28 . BANKRUPTS . Joel Gatdlner . common brewer , Bristol , to surrender Jan . 14 and Feb . 8 , at eleven , at ; the Gommereialrooms . Bristol ; © ingell , Henbnry ; Meredith and Reeve . Lincoln ' s Inn . ^ : ' ¦"¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦ . ¦' ¦ " ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ - . ¦¦ ¦"¦ ' John Stevens , brickmakor , Limehonse , Jan . 14 , at two , and Feb . 8 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . ( Jroom , Abcharch-Uae , official assignees Tucker , Bank Chambers ^ Lothbury ., Thomas Fitt Balls , coaeh and omnibus proprietor , Brixton , Jan . 6 , at one , and : Feb . 8 , at twelve , at th « Court of Bankruptcy . PeWMsll , official assignee ; Gauiit » Newgate ^ itreet .-.. :-jf } ' - " ¦ ¦" .. "¦'• ; .- . . ; . ' - . ;¦;•• ¦ ; : . ; :: ; ' ; ;

      Josiah Close , glove manufacturer , Worcester , Jaa 6 , and Febv 8 , at eleven , at the Hop Market , Worcester Bedford , Gray's Inn- » quare , London ; Bedford andPidcock , Worcester . ¦ \ ¦> . ; , ; . ¦ : ¦ ¦ _ : . ¦ '•'; ' , ; .. -:- , . ' -... . . : - : V -. ; . - a Ellfett Whiteey , soap-boiler , Liverpool , Jan . 12 . and ffeb . 8 , at one , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool Booker , ^ ^ XlTerpooi ; Holme > Loltns , and Yowog , New ip » ,: Londoru ' > ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' - . . ; : ' . ' - ' . ¦ ¦ . -- '" : V ¦ ¦ --: ¦ - . . ; James Bedford , chemist , Hunslet Moor-side , Leedsv Jan . 13 , and Peb . 8 , at two , at tbe CommiaiionerB * - yoonu , Letds . Bobinson and Barlow , Essex-street , Strand , London ; Ward and Son , Lveda .

      Samuel Sbingler , linen-draper , Liverpool , Jan . 10 , an 4 Feb . 8 , at eleven , at the Clarendon-roonu , LWerpoof Sale and Wortbington , Manchester ; Baxter , LlnoolnV j ' nn-FJelda , XondoQ . ;¦ ' v - ' ' ' ¦ : ¦¦ ' : 1 . ' ' . ' ¦ ' ¦'¦ ';' . ' - . . ' - \ : Michael Marshall , money-scriTener , Cheir Magsa , Sbmersetshlre , Jan . 14 ; and Feb . 8 , at one , at tha Commercial-rooms , Bristol . R . G . Burnfoot , and H R . Burfoot , Kings-Bench-walK , Inner Temple ; Daviea and Foster , Market-place , Somersetshire . Amos Proctor and Robert Proctor , coacn-proprietow Kingston-upon-Hull , Jan . 11 , and Feb . 8 , at eleven , at the Gsorge Inn , Kingston-upon-HulL Bell , Brodrick , and Bell , Bow CuQKb . y&td , Cheapclde , London { Temwraoa SUibottom , HulL

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      POETRY FOB 1 BELAKD . «¦ Vert thon all thai I "wish thee , great , glorious , and first fiower of the earth , and first gem . of the sea—I mient hail tbee with prouder , happier brow , 5 nt ofi : could I love thee more deeply than now ? - « Ifo ! thy chains as they rankle thy blood as it runs , But niskes tfcee fflore painfuDy dear to thy sons ; ¦ wiose hearts , like tie young of the desert-bird ' s nest , J ) rmk love in each life-drop that flows from" thy Thomas Mooee .

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      ^ - A SOXXET , TO SB . EXGALX , OF THE fXITERSITT COLLEGE , On receivix ? fie letter wherein fte slates if I could raise the means to come io London , he tcc-uld ojeraie < jratzi-cntf ' y , icliidi J intend as soon as the " needful" bt aoj sired . Aid me , ye tanefa ] nine , in grateful strains To sing of Dr . Eugall's generous son ] , TTho kno ^ s my "helpless state^— -would disenthrall ,

      Trpaid , my fettered hopes from palsy ' s chains , As I am low in plight , and small c f means . Should I contract , in time , some debts but email , 3 Iay I by gratitude erase diem all ; 15 si if in after-times my parse retains The situation it "wss formed to held , I -will rcqtiite you for the plenitude Of goodness that your feeling lines unfold . Bst I consider , to receive an offered good From generous minds , half pays in sterling gold , The rest i 3 paid in heartfelt gratitude . James Tes > oj > Sonic 3 Io ! ton , D = e . 21 st , -1841 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 1, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct411/page/3/