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EMIGRATION . ^ THERE TO , AND HOW TO PROCEED . SOTES OF X 1 OVE XHEOPCH X POSTJOy O ? CAHADX i 5 D SKTKRaI OF THE ST . iT . ES OF NOBTH ASEBJCA . PABTICCLABLT IBB STATES OF 3 Ii = SACHDSETTS , SHODB lSi . xJfD . SSV TOBK .. PF > SSTXTJLS 1 A , OHIO , MICHIGAN , ILLtNOU , -WISCOXSI 5 , ASB > £ TT JKB 5 ET , TSDKKliSES V 1 TH A TIE-H- OP ASCBBXilMSG THE DESIRABILITY . OB . OTHERWISE OF EMIGUaTIOX ; ATiD TO JtTDGK OF THB BEST LOCATION , FOB 1 > GL 1 SH EiU « RASTS , FBOH ACTCaX OBSEBTaTIOX . BT LAWRENCE PITKETELT , of HudderEEeld . ( Continued from our last week ' s paper . J JOURNAL .
MosuAT , 4 Uj- —Dick Gordon , one of the sailors , was at the -wheel , -where the captain and he had a flnarreL Dick had frequently said he should be delighted at the opportunity of giving him a sound beating . The sailors complained of the beef , and after same altercation , better -was given them . TTfcst a humble man this captain must be ! This morzivg he condescended to speak to me , observing that hid 1 been in America , to-day , 1 should have had » fine holiday , it being the anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence . I told his I shonld have been light glad to have been there , lor more reason * tbv ^ one .
Tht r . igbt has been proj > 5 t 5 on 3 , a ^ d we have kep t in enr s- tirse at the rate of from seven to Un knots , -with aifcoa- r&tasea . 1 learn that we are about six degrees iron ; i * e ftaTiVa i , / Jiewfounillaxid . The Banks are about a degree across ; and from thence to Boston it is OJ-Jy four days sail for a fishing best ; so that -with favc-ia-able weather we may expect to be in Boston in eight days . This account tended much to draw off the glooni -which for some days had pervaded the minds of Use passengers , created by a statement to the effect that we - w-re very likely to have a sixty day ' s passage . TcksdaT , 5 th . —Not a sail to be seen this morning . Durum the greater part of the night it has been a dead calm . Towards morning a bret 2 £ sprung up f rcm the 2 fortr » , which sent as forward for a short time , at the rate » f nina knots It veered about in the sitexnoon and foTC « i us to tack .
Tie Captain ' s curiosity seemed U > have l 3 en excited froiii some circumstance or other . He came and asked me if 1 intended to stay in . Boston or 2 few Yorfc . 1 described my intended route and return * to England , and " eft Vm without an opportunity to make any remark . WedxesdaT 6 th . —This morning Talbot , the second mate , sent John HargroVB , a young sailor of small siza , aJoft -o do some cuty , { he doing of -which Sid not please ftf ™ He therefore abased Hargrove in very rough language , and called him down to give him a rougher handling . As soon as hp reached deck , Talbot . commenced kickir . f him , ffTui havinjj pushed ^ down , ha d&sthed his bead for some time against the deck . This might have ended in a tragedy , for the fellow , who was a native of Malta , and of a ferocious br ^ ed , was in a perfect fury—had not a sailor , named Tom , have run from
tbe forte ? sUe to the release of Hargrove , and succeeded in separating the combatants , Taibot asied " If be inteuaed to interfere . '' Tom replied "Ko ; but he thougfet he had done enough , " Some further altercation eniit-d , when Talbot collared Tom ; but Tom told him to * ' leave 3 0 , er he would very soon s * rve him out " Talbot was wise -enough to do so ; bnt when Ton was returning down the foreastle steps , Talbot aimed a blow at him with aluvndFpike , which fortunately missed him or he would no doubt have been killed . Tom returned BDd asked him "if he intended to strike him wi : h that tleaaly weapon ?" and said "he would not do it with impunity . " Tom and Hargrove were ordered over the side , to scr-pe the outside of the ship , and , as punishment , ¦ wer e kept there during their watch- They both BWore that Talbot should not go withont his reward .
TiiLfiSDAT , 7 th . —The night has a ^ ain been calm , and no progress made . About noon , a brt * z «^ oi up , but nearly a-head , accompanied by a thick fog , which r-mstd the wet to fall like rain from the rigging , making it vsry uncomfortable . No sail to fee seen . 1 saw a barrel of far-west port opened for the first time . It veSgheA 2 tiwt , and cost 25 s . at Jfew Orleans . The , bams were mixed with the other parts . It was large , and appeared to be in £ vod condition . It was to me a , proof of the productiveness of the country to which we "were bound . i
FB . IDAI , Sib . —The breesa has kept Tip a little during the night , hut our progress has been slow—the same ] mil day . The captain said , that unless we had some favourable weatLer , we should not reach Boston for i three weeks . We have been on the tack all thfl way , ' Hot being able to ascertain latitude on longitude ; one » yirf it was so and bo , and another contradicting . Now It Wa 3 said we were forty-foiir north , and between forty- J iour and forty-six west ; scarcely half- " - " ay . I now re- j gretted much that I had not gone by the Siddons , at allh&zards . SaTCBDat , 9 th . —Wind Btall -a-head . The mates ' ¦ differs ! in opinion as to best course ; one thought it best 10 run nerfh ; aaother thought south would answer better . The captain inquired bow the provisions Were . He T ""* not , as he -oaght , iad the praririons of tie passengers examined before leaving tha port ; howeTer . ihey stood very well We could still hold out ioi thnee weeks .
This TTiprp'Tiir the sailors were put on short allowance of water . Thty had given a deal to the Irish girls at sights , and bow began to experience the hardships their conduct fry * isiicted on the main portion of the passenstrs . Sc ? sdat , 10 th , —Dsring Oh * night a strong brefae got up , but right a-head , and continued till morning , ¦ when ft veered round to the north , and . carried us forward / or a few hour ?; it howeyer veered to the west , and v&s very weak towards evening , as was the case on the two previous days . It was a strange sight to see Papists , Methodists , and every kind of religionist * asshiDg and drying their clothes to-day , Sim day though it be .
iiOJDAI , USb . —The night tea been a- perfect calm and th 3 day by far the hottest we have had—not a breath of windj ^ and th « sea quite smooth . I never saw toe Mersey at Liverpool so smooth as is this -wide ocean ; of course we made no visible progress . A fear was cow generally expressed that we should run short « f provisions . Ko sail seen to-day . Thejporpeises rolling around ss in TSLSi numbers . As Martin Flinn was carrying coals from below to the cooking place along the deck , one of the sailors , who was aloft , let a marlingsplke fall from the rigging , which touched some part of Pjynn s clothes and sunk above an inch into the deck ! Tlynn had an hair-Iwfeaath escape . The poor fsllo"w -wept ax tbe very thought of it .
Wt had now been four weeks at sea . I had calculated upon being in Boston , and here w ^ wpre little mere than half-way . Th « day was csncluded with singing and dancing , a person playing the finte—sailors and passengers all joining . ^ largsret Nolan , a young Irishwoman , having finished her provisions , applied to the Captain ; he said he "was glad that her provisions were done , as be should not be troubled with so much cooking in future . Tcssdai , 12 a . —The night has been calm , but towards morning we had a fair wind , and during the « arly part of the day we got on " very well .
Wedszsdat , isth , —We have heen highly favoured during the ni > 'ht . and went on well till two p . m ., when it kept fa . THti p and veering round muil evening , frnen it get right a-head . Clonds , black and ^ nmn ^ collected a-hesi The Captain was evidently alarmed ; 1 thought he apprehended the bursting of a waterspout upon ns , or that we should have some severe BquaOa ; the cleuds , however , disappeared , but left the Triad a-head . "W * saw a ship in Inil saD a head el as this sorning , with studding sails jset , and very soon a second , in the same style , bound for Europe , and soon after this , a third one . They passed us most gallantly . How enviable ! We soon s& » f two more Teasels , but at a neat distance .
Thtjbsdat , 14 th . —The night has been very boisterous , with the wind a head the whole tame , and we were told we had been drawn back a very long way . It was not so , however , but ; we had made v « 7 litae way . The day was fair ; and the eveniuit broBg . it a favourable bretzs i eveiy sail was hoisted , the side BaQ 8 set , and all prepared to proceed to Boston- Alas I we lust our moving power almost immediately , and again lay motionless on the surface . Thjit ^ . 1 ^ X 5 tb- —After a stfll night , we have had a perfrcdy calm day ; we did feel the air at intervals , but it was quite against us . One sail passed this morning tbout six . Satttedai , 16 th . —Wind sonth west , nearly against ns , very 'Weak , by tacking -srs sained a very little -sray . Tae Captain laid out some waste pot&tess , not fit for hogs , aad told the jpassengers they might have them . H « also ^ ve away a portion of salt beef which the aaDors had refused to eat
C . V 5 DAT , 17 th . —Favourable tut a very slight bre « H . Sincreassa during tbe day and at night at it was very ttrong . Some of the passengers were much alarmed and « m » were sick . . JiosDAT , 18 th—Dark , and much lain falling . The poor sailors have had to be expesed to a most dreadful sight , but were gratified by the progress we had made for they seemEd as anxious as the passengers to get on shor * . They did not sing ' Tne more days the more deBars . " At nine am ., the rain ceased , an < J the wind abated and soon got near a-head , and remained so Hll Boon . " An iaTsno of ice , or as l « berg , was quite visible , bnt a ^ reat distance , to the north . 1 thought it was a , atrip , bul it seemed whiter and lower . The Captain , onseeinf ft aeni the second mate aloft to look for mote a-head . but be saw none .
This morning , the passengers bad their allowance in lain water . Thii was very wrong . It had washed a good part of the ship , it might have bees-put into casks to be used in case of scarcity , or have been used lox washing purposes . The Jailors had waded through It , and the dirty Captain had been spitting about on all sides . Tha passengers , however , are no more cared Ira than pigs . The air is very cold and we make but little way . Numerous porpoises are rolling around us . Tc ^ SDiT , 19 th . —An immense iceberg was the first ViasR sees , slwut fire aJles to issiranL It tare the
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appearance of an immense building raised to the height « rf the window bottoms , the corners in Bight being sqnare and perpendicular , the height apparently twelve feet , bnt la reality it was not less than one hundred feet high ; the two Bides in view seemed nearly equal in length ; the top was square and flat The Captain called me to " see the like of what I had never seen in my life , " and said " that I must put it in my journaL * ( He did not seem to like the " journal . " ) . He went for the glass to ascertain if there were any people upon it , and evidently wanted to make me believe there was smoke arising from it For « nce , he was so civil as te offer me his glass to look through . This I dirt . It was to me a great natural curiosity . I had always thought these bergs were formed of shelves of ice ; hut neither ¦ wit-h tbe glass nor naked eye could I perceive any joints or fissures . It appeared a solid mass of ice .
The night has been still and calm ; me same during the day ; and now , at eight p-m ., not sufficient wind to stretch a sail . In tbe forenoon we discovered another iceberg in the opposite direction . It had a most curious towering appearance . Now , at eight p-m ., it has assumed the appe * rance of a cottage between us and the moon ; and it being too dark to show the absence of windows , it makes tbe illusioD more complete . Tbe flat part consists of three small pieces of snow , on a row , npon the surface of the water . A small piece of ice al »« rested upon the water , about a mile from tht " cottage . " A fishing schooner was sa ! d to have been seen to-day . It now turns out to be a pieee of ice . Wedsesdai , 20 th . —At ten last night , a fine favourable bretza overtook us , and every sail was Bet with all possible expedition . We went at a fine rate all night . Now , at ten a-m ., we are going at eight knots .
1 am jnst disturbed in my mixmtes by the cry of " The carcass of a whale a-head . " 1 ran to the side , and saw a large floating mass , which sent forth a most berrible stench . There was no doubt of its being a dead whale ; its colour was a yellowish one , with spots , and its form indiscribaWe . It lay flat upon the ¦ water , and appeared to have br « n partly devoured by birds . It was not one hundred yards from the ship , so that it could be very distinctly Been . The colonr was as near that of the leopard as anytbiBg I could imagine . We next » aw vhe spar of a ship , and then a very large dead cod-fish , all very near us .
At six this morning , the first object which struck my eye was another mass of ice of an oblong shape or nearly square , in size a hundred and fifty by three hundred yards , and ferty feet atwve the surface of the water , -with an inclined plane from twelve to sixteen feet It appeared about two miles distant . A number more were in sight , and one closely resembling a cottage in shape and size , bnt in reality vastly larger ; while my eyes , and those of several who stood by me , were fixed upon it , it disappeared and a cload of
smoke seemed to rise from the water , and a noise , aa of faint thunder was heard . F / om the heat of the sun and other causes it tumbled to pieces , and seemed to form three large and many very small lumps , forming a kind of floating island . The captain came to me and said he had crossed many tones and at all seasons , but had never seen tbe quantity of ic * as at present He was loBt what to do should it become foggy . I said , I thought when we got off the Banks we should be clear of the ice . Yes , be said , But we are just now entering the Banks . 1 had concluded we -were just about to
leave them . 11 Hope told a flattering tale . " Many bergs , or islands of ice were seen during last night and many during the day . The man on watch at the mast-head has just reported more in view , bo that we are not out of danger . The evening brought a dense fog , and one sail and then another was reefed . A man was constantly kept on the watch , and tbe ship moved » t a very slow rate , although the wind was fair . The danger wo were in of running foul of the ice kept us back . Thcrsdav , 21 st—We are favoured with a good and fair bretza this morning . The fog has almost disappeared and no ice has been seea during tbe night , nor is there any in sisht this morning .
Seven p-m . —Tbe breeaa has favoured us mil the day , but the sea being rough we have not progressed so well as yesterday . We have just had a little rain and the bretza has left us with it . The ma . te cheers tie by stating that we shall very soon have it from a better quarter . Friday , 23 nd . —We were surprised this morning by the appearance of another island of ice ; it passed on the right at a short distance . We soon espied another and a larger one , s-bead ; it passed us on the left at not more *>"" i a mile distant We soon after percaived a third . The morning was very fine indeed . It has been calm all the night , and has kept the same during the day . The second mate keeps cheering us by saying that & more favourable breaa will shortly overtake us .
What handy fellows the Yankee sailors are . Not one of them has been put to learn carpentry ; yet they all work wonderfully well at it They * are now preparing all things for going into port , so that they may look clean and in order . How surpriaiDg it is that the sailors cannot be spoken to by their " superiors , " but as a West India planter would speak to his slsvbs , before he commands his whipper-in to cut them with the lash . Not a word has been spoken to ttaese fine fellows by the Captain , so f « as 1 have heard , during the whole voyage , except in the way of " orders , " and 1 really should not have been surprised had they thrown hifti overboard . They certainly expressed their feeling in strong terms . fi
Satbkday , 23 rd . —Abont seven this morning , a sail heve in sight behind us , which made upon us very regularly until she passed us in fine style . She was from Malaga and bonnd for Boston , laden with wine and frnifc . At dns"k she was considered twelve or fourteen milrt a-head . We could not learn her name . It was calculated she had travelled thirty miles more than ns during the day . The Captain said I had better get my luggage ready and go on board the brig ( for such she was ) as she was making upon us . I said I had just been thinking of doing so . Immediately after , the Captain asked Charles Ear&shaw how the provisions stood ; he was answered that they would hold out till we reached Boston if we got along atalL
After this conversation with myself and Charles , we expected a signal » onld have been givwo for the brig to lay to , but no such signal was given , and aha patsed close astern , and being spoken with by the Captain , cut through the water rapidly , and was speedily out of hearing . We had calculated on having an opportunity to purchase such things as they had and which we re * quired ; but this was denied us . The reason given for our slow sailing was , that tbe vessel which had passed was light , and tbe wind just suited her , it being light also . She had left Malaga on the 28 th , while we left Liverpool on the 14 th , the two places being about equi-distant ; bo she had gained fourteen days upon us , while the weather had been more unfavourable for them than us . Our ship lay like a log upon the water all the day . I had porridge and raisins to my breakfast , both this morning and yesterday , for want of other sweetening . 1 could eat nothing but oatmeal—no tea , no coffee , nor biscuits . To dinner I bad a little salt fish , with oaUake .
Sdsdat , 24 TH . —No progress during the night ; all was as still as death At four a . m ., a slight breeze got np , -srhich increased till six , when we got on at the rate of seven-and-a-half knots ; but , alack-aday , all at once it became calm , and continued so during the whole day . Two ships , apparently for Europe , have gone on their way to the left Mr . Bywater , in speaking of the ladder by which we ascend and descend , which is both dangerous and indecent for females , told me that a few days after we came on board , the captain wished he ( Mr . B . ) might be the first who fell , and that he might break his neck .
Monday , 23 rd . —A calm night again . Two vessels crossed as on theb oatward coarse . Tfce first , a fishing smack , crossed us about two ; at the same time , we observed a ship not twelve miles distant , in the hBza ; she kept making upon and passed us at eight . It was too dark to ascertain what she was . The crew said she was the Sea . I told them I was certain that although the Sea left Liverpool after us , she was in New York a week ago . The captain exchanged signals with this ship , but he would as soon have given us his teeth as have told us anything that would afford us a ray of pleasure . The Sea left Liverpool after ns . This ship appeared bound for Boston .
The passengers consulted together this morning upon the propriety of making & formal application to the captain for a supply of provisions , as many -were now entirely out , A person , named William Cnmmings , went by himself . Tbe captain told him "he must apply to that power which rules all . '' He also said , " he did not know in what latitude or longitude we were in , " although he and his brother captain { Marshall } had jaBt been ascertaining the position , with the quadrants . Cnmmings told him his provisions -were doiie , as also were those of some others ; indeed , all were nearly without ; and that those who had any were willing to divide with the rest , could they obtain any idea of tbe time we should be likely to land -, but nothing could be elicited from the fellow , only that " he had nothing to do with the provision ^ Boche , at Lvterpool , being the only person to apply fa "
This afternoon , about three , tbe best and fairest bretss sprang up ; the ship was put in order , and we were going along at the rate of from to nine ten knots an hoar . A small whale was sees astern , but few passsngers had an opportunity of seeing it Tdksdat , 26 th . —The wind kept favourable till two or three o'clock this morning , vrhen it veered and we were driven out ol our course several points . A ship which passed last night , is from fifteen to twenty miles a-head this morning . The "wind is now right against us . We observed the other ship tacking till evening ; her masts & » only visible . \ W 3 DKKSDAT , 27 ia—Wind vhead during the "whole night ; tbe ship rode hard upon a high sea , tacking all the time , which is rather dangereus . In changing oar coarse we had much spray breaking over the bows , which continued till nightfall .
The captain gave away some salt beef to-dayj the passengers wanted rice , potatoes , and fresh food of any kind ; salt provisions not agreeing with them . The sailors charged tbe steward with giving them snort allowance of beef and -vinegar j they had it increased . The secona and last pig mut slaBchtered to-day .
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Only one ship seen to-day . The weather has been very dull and hazy . THuasDAY , 28 TH . —We hare had a very uneasy night , with a strong wind right a-head ; the vessel bas heaved very much , and we have had little Bleep . * A shark has been seen to-day , and a strong line and hook has been baited and put oat to try if it would bite . The captain has given away some more salt beef today , and he has given Charles some loaf-sugar . This waa attributed to my " journal , " of which we had proof he was greatly afraid , A British brig was very near ; the passengers applied to tbe captain to bail her , and see if they would sell ns any provisions , his answer was that he would rather jump overboard than ask an English ship ; and assured us that we should meet with plenty of American vessels before night when we conld be supplied ; and that we ehould reach the port in three days .
A regular fight to-night , between Dick Gordon and jack tbe Stowaway , who , being Irish , some of his countrymen struck Dick in the fight , which caused some threats of vengeance on shore . The captain separated the combatants and threatened Jack with tbe rope ' s eod . Fhidat , 29 th . —No sight of land , and very faint hope of a favourable wind . A brig was in eight behind us this morning , making rapidly towards us ; when Bhe came near , she turned off to the S . S . West in tbe direction of New York . The passengers again appealed to the captain to get her to lay to for provisions . He told them that tbe ship left Liverpool on the Sunday we did , and , or coarse , was 89 badly off for provisions as we were . This vessel had gained upon us , at least , eight mties ia a few hours , which proved the statement to befalsB and a mere subfU .
We have had a quantity of birds about the ship all the way ; they are called Mother Carty ' s ckickens . To-day we have bad an extra quantity . Last night , at the conclusion of the battle between Stowaway and Gordon , the Captain called up the passengers , and told them that if he found any of them beyond the long boat alter nine at night , he would put them in irons . If this was a law , it ought to have been enforced from the time of our coming on board , and not now , because some one or two Irishmen interposed in the fight Saturday , 30 tb . —The night has been entirely to my wish ; going at the tate of eight to nine knots on the average , bret-ae from the soutb , which has kept up till bed-time , but veered , and took us two points out of our course .
Some pork was given away to-day ; it was very strong , and had been bought at about a penny a pound at New Orleans , where an immense quantity is sold . It comes down the Mississippi in' boats , after being shot like game and cured ; it costs nothing but the trouble . Others , of coarse , are tuktn , -which are kept and killed in the usual way ; but that is generally fed in the woods upon hickory bush , hBBel , and other roots , with fruit which falls from the trees , or that grows on the gtound , or near enough for them to reach . Yesterday -we were informed that eighteen hoars ' Bailing would take as into port ; now we are told ttiat when tbe breeze got np last night , we were 4 » 0 miles from Boston . Thus we are kept in continual suspense .
SUNDAT , 31 st . —In the night we had a squall one moment and a calm the next ; on the average , however , we have done middling , say six to seven knots ; from six to eight thii morning she was at the rate of seven knots ; and what is the reverse of what we have seen during the whole passage , we have actually passed two brigs this morning since day-light . Two ships in sight this afternoon , but not near enough to know what they are . A fishing smack bas gone close past us . We are now convinced that we are about one hundred miles from Boston .
Moswi , August 1 st—After breakfast we discovered land . It was that famous spot , " Cape Cod . " This head , or cape , is tbe point of a very long neck of land , which forma a large bay from Cape Ann , on the noith , and named Massachnsset ' s Bay ; an ! on tbe lfcft is Plymouth Bay , Boston Bay , and other small bays . On Cape Cod the first pilgrims from Europe landed and settled at Plymouth , enduring great hardships . Soon after we saw tbe Cape , we discovered a numerous leet of fishing boats within the bend , occupied in their vocation 1 have just counted eightyfour , but th « re must be near double that number in the bay . We have had an unfavourable wind—afterwards a cairn .
Tbe passengers are busy scrubbing and washing in preparation for landing . One of them took the liberty to loosen a rope to which was affixed one of the sailor ' s red shirts , which bad been let down into the sea at the bead of the ship , as is the common practice , to soften the dirt before washing—they often have them thus dragged through the water for several days . This man thought of following tbe example , and tied a shirt of his own along with tbe sailor ' s , and let them both down again ; bnt not fastening the rope properly , both were passing away . Dick Gordon was engaged at the stern , and seeing his comrade's shirk in danger of being lost , without hesitation jumped overboard , having bis
trousers on at tbe time . I did not know of tbe circumstance till tbe alarm was given , when I ran to tbe stem and saw poor Gordon at the distance of four hundred , yards ; tbe ship was pnt abont and a barrel cast overboard , also a cope tied to a billet of wo * d , which , after a struggle , aad all bat going to the bottom , Gordon succeeded in laying hold of , and was dragged towards the ship ; in tbe mean time the boat was let down and sent off to meet him , into which be was got , and thereby saved . A life bad nearly been lost for an old red shirt . The Bay appeared bounded by fist and sandy shores —no rocks , nor mountains , or anything to give skelter from the storm .
Tho evening brought a calm , and we had not entered Boston Bay when we retired to bed . Tuesday 2 nd . —Now we had got into Boston Bay , with its many islands , formed by the encroachments of the sea , as at Hornt > ea , in Yorkshire , and several other parts of tbe Engliah coast . Those islands ore so situated , so numerous and so surrounded on all sides with vessels passing to and fro , as greatly to surprise me . We bad Boston before us , which in a moment was lost of , but very soon found it In another direction . We were apparently near the city , when turning a few rounds -we seemed to be more distant from it We confidently expected being in BoBton during tbe night , but tbe wind beaded us and we despaired . Last night , at dusk , a pilot came on board ; be informed us that the Onerka and William Goddard were both In port One of them left Liverpool a week after us .
At four o ' clock we run aground at tbe entrance to one of tbe wharfs , and bad to wait for tbe rising of the water to carry us in . The Custom , House officers have been on board and have taken the papers on shore . They counted tbe number of passengers . The inspectors , or seaTCbera , or the surgeon have not yet been , and UBtil they come we must remain prisoners . We have seen the Bay of Islands , for such it may with propriety be termed . It is beautifully picturesque , and from thence the city appears to very great advantage . ' The State House ia the moit prominent of
its public buildings ; it bas a most magnificent dome , and is erected on the highest of tbe three mounds of the island upon which tbe city is built To the right , and at no great distance , stands tbe noble monument , which is just completed , in commemoration of tbe memorable battle of Banker ' s HilL It is 220 feet high . To the left of tbe bay , and close to the c \ ty , stands the House of Refuge , the Poor House , tbe Asylum for tha Blind—formerly an hotel , the Lunatic Asylum , and tbe House of Correction , all of which appear very clean , with the exception of one , a brick building .
I am informed that persona found drunk in tbe streets are taken to tbe workhouse and then before the magistrates , and if they cannot pays fine of ten dollars and expences , they are sent to the House of Correction for various periods ; the terms of their imprisonment being in accordance with tbeir habits and reputation . The ground on which these institutions stands is the spot where Washington raiBed bis defences in the night , which drove General Gage asd the British army out Of Boston . They stand upon a sloping bank , rising to a ridge from the water ' s edge . Upon an island lower down the bay stands tbe school where indigent and vicious boys are taught a common education and are trained to habits of industry in agricultural putbuUs .
Adjacent to these institutions and a little more distant from tbe city is the Castle iBland , upon which stands a lofty , strong-built fortification or fortress . On an opposite island is a fort and bastion , and still lower is Fort William , upon which large additions are being made to the strong works , which , with the Bcaffolding and tackle , nave very much the appearance of a powerloom factory . The Ohio , which is callsd a 74 , bnt I am told carries 120 guns , is here , and is used aa a school ship , for drilling and training seamen . She is a splendid ship , with a covering over her whole upper deck . Here I saw the first States soldier and uniform ; tbe man was on sentry outside the ship , upon a sort of platform , to which the descent was made by a kind of temporary stairs . At tbe entrance of tbe bay lay a war frigate . A large ship ef war also lay at the entrance of the dock , which ia one of the principal in the United States . A sb < p was on tbe stacks , which I was told was to carry 180 gnna .
The Assembly of the States is not at present sitting . 1 was surprised to find that tbe county of Suffolk , which contains only Boston and Chelsea , —a small U > ym-Bhip , thinly inhabited—formerly sent fifty six and now sends thirty-seven representatives to tbe legislative assembly—thirty-six for Boston and one for Chelseaquite sufficient to -make laws for the whole of tbe United States . In addition to which , this county sends four or six senators for the State of Massachusetts . There are above 200 representatives and ifty ox sixty senators . This is one of tbe worst watered cities in the Union . Some tolerably bard water is procured from the pomps , and the soft ia brought in pipes a distance of four miles . Suffolk county contains a population of 86 , 161 . ( To be continued . )
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THE EOWDEa MILLS AT WALTHAM ABBEY . DREADFUL EXPLOSION . On Thursday , one of those mournful accidents occurred which have from time to time been deplored at every gunpowder manufactory , and which unhappily harried seven unfortunates into eternity . The gunpowder mills at Waltham Abbey stand at some distance out of the town , on the side of a broad running stream , which branches out of tbe river Lea , is the property of Government , and is called " Powder Mill River . " Here a serieB of erections connected with the public servica are found . They are built of wood , with slated roefs , and are termed " Corning-houses , " " Prewj'boufleB , " ' Washing-houses , " and " Glazing Mills . " Four of these edifices , about eighty feet in length , and twenty-nine or thirty feet in depth , have been destroyed—so completely demolished , that nothing lifce tbe form of any one of them remains ; each is a black shapeless ruin . It is proper to state , that they bad been constructed on a plan which promised , in the
event of an acoident , to prevent the evil from extending beyond the place in which it originated . Between the corniog-h use and the pressing and washing houses , a Btrong brick buttrsss , twenty feet high , fifteen feet thick , and thirty feet deep , bad fcaen built , which it was supposed would have proved an effectual barrier to tbe progress of fire . The hope , however , has proved vain . On Thursday afternoon , the business being carried on in the usual way , about five minutes after three o ' clock , from some cause at present unknown , an explosion took place in the more northern coming-house . A few seconds afterwards , the press-bouse and washinghouse , separated , as already explained , from the corning-house by the buttress , also blew up . In a minute or two from that time , the next coming-house , distant from the former about 200 yarda , shared the same fate , and that in a few seconds was followed by a fourth explosion and a second press-bouse and washing-house , separated , an in the other case , from the coming-house , were in an instant destroyed .
It would be well if the ruin of the buildings , and the destruction of the stons , were all ; but , unfortunately , in the works which first blew up a number of unfortunate persons were employed , not one of whom survives . Seven men were in an instant dismissed from life ; five of them were carried over the river to a very considerable distance , and fell lifeless fragments io the marshes . One corse was recovered from the ruins , and one dead body was found out of the building , but on the same aide of the river . It was difficult to recognise tbe deceased , they were so blackened , shattered , and disfigured . The names of the unfortunate men who have perished are as follow : —Thomas Sadd , Eiward SsBex , John Newland , John Dudley , James Luck , Samuel Brown , and James Cole . Mr . Sadd waa the master
worker . On Thursday he bad been in the building but about ten minutes when the event occurred . The victims were all coming-house men and persons of respectable character . Essex had worked on the establishment for more than half a century . Sadd ' a remains were soon identified by the blue coat which he wore , and by the loss of one tooth . He was said to have been carried not less than 130 yards from the cerulng-houso , and to have lost one foot when he reached the grouud . At a considerable distance from the ruins the impression made by the fall of one of the sufferers remains very distinct . The marks of the head , the shoulder , the hip , and the leg , were yesterday most distinctly traced ; and the indentation made by the body was in some parts nearly six inches deep .
Immediately after the accident many hundreds of persons repaired to tbe marahes . Tbe bodies wore cal-1 noted , wrapped in sheets , and deposited in one o / the buildings belonging to Government , at some distance from the ruins , thereto await the orders which may be given for holding a Coroner ' s ioquesb Those who lost tbeir lives were all in tbe corninghouses , and pres 3 , and washing-houses that were first destroyed . The others were under repair , aad contained but little gunpowder , enough , however , to have Caused a melancholy additional loss of life bad the inmates not fled from the danger when the first explosion was heard . Mr . Austin , tbe superintendent of the machinery , with two other persons was thwre . Tbe escape of th . it gentlemaD was almest miraculous .
He was engegod in ascertaining the dimensions of some of the machinery , when tbe report of the blowing up of the first oorning-beuse was beard . Tbe character of tbe explosion was not to be mistaken by him or by those who were with him , and they thoroughly understood that the question ef life or death was in that moment to be decided . One of his companions exclaimed they must run for it , and Mr . Austin found himself left alone . He rushed out of the second coming-house , in which he had heard tbe erash of the first , and reached the front of tbe buttress adjoining , when the second explosion took place Though bewildered , be felt that his danger was imminent , and attempted to continue his retreat . He
passed from the buttress , went through the wash-house attached to it , and bad just reached the outside when the second corning-house , in which he had been so recently engaged , and which joined the buttress he bad that moment left , became a mass of smoking ruins . He saw tho glan , and could expect nothing teas than the destruction of the building by which he now stood . In this distressing situation , when a moment's pause would have cost him bis life , he happily moved from the spot , and had taken but a few steps when the fourth explosion occurred . A piece of wood , as he supposes , struck bim when tbe bouses blew up . At all events he received a severe blow from Bome fragment of tbe building , from which be suffered much pain , but no dangerous consequences are apprehended .
Tbe alarm caused by this accident it is not easy to describe . A third and fourth building having been fired , from others that had exploded , distant from them some 600 feet , it was not immediately clear that those which were still further off were safe . Net only were many windows in tbe town , and especially in the church , broken , but the effects of the shock were felt at a much greater distance . * A considerable number of persons yesterday repaired to Waltham Abbey to view the ruins . On approaching the remains of the works last destroyed , a man ' s jacket and some other fragment of male attue were seen lodged in a lofty ash tree , the trunk of which bad been blackened nearly up to the branches by the blast . A willow tree , which had stood close to the building , was almost shattered , and rafters , joists , blocks , and pieces of machinery , and innumerable slates , bad been carried across tbe river , and scattered to an immense distance in the marshes .
l"he last explosion here at all comparable to tkis occurred in 1811 .
( From the Hertford County Press . ) Position of the Buildings . —The Corning-housa was built about forty-two years ago , on the banks of a stream which runs through the meadows north of Waltham Abbey , ita gables pointing due north and south , it is composed of two parts , separated by a traverse or buttress of solid material , 20 feet thick . In the first of these were , as near as can be ascertained , about 2 3001 bs . of gunpowder , aad in the second about 2 , 000 lbs . ; the explosion in the two chambers took place almost simultaneously . It is remarkable the buttress was shattered but was not blown away , and it is very feasibly indeed supposed that the wind , wbiob at the time was blowing strongly from tbe north , bad , in whiffling round the angles carried
he gas or flame to the second apartment . The men who lost their lives were all at work in or near these two buildings . At a distance of about one hundred and seventy yards from the southernmost of these stood the granulating house , similar to the one just spoken of , with two parts , separated by a buttress . In these several men were at work ; they bad barely sufficient time , after hearing the explosion of the coming-house , to escape from the building into the open air , when flakes of fire ( it was supposed ) fell upon the very roof they bad just quitted , and coming in contact with tbe powder , of course exploded . Fortunately , those who just ran out had got a sufficient distance , before this explosion took place , to be out of danger , with the single exception of Mr . Austin , tbe superintendent of
the machinery , who was somewhat injured by a piece of solid material ( Supposed to be timber ) in its descent , which struck him on the back ; but we are happy to say the injury was not great , considering the risk . At a distance of seventy yards from this last building ia the glazing-house , containing from twenty to thirty barrels of powder , and , strange to say , it fortunately escaped tbe dangerous element that had been set in motion by the combustibles of the other buildings . The buildings that have been blown up were built of the slightest materials , as all places of tbe kind are , or the injury would probably have been felt at a greater distance , had any considerable force been opposed to tbe exploding matter . Of course we cannot vouch for tbe uccuraoy of the rumours , but
there may be some truth in them , and , in cases like the present , involving considerations for the safety of human life , independent of tbe preservation of property , it wonld be criminal in tbe highest degree in a public journalist to suppress for a moment any of the floating opinions that may be gathered and promulgated for the information of the public Some attribute the explosion to a very small portion of stone or grit that might by some means have been introduced into some parts of the machinery . Others attribute it to the friction of the machinery , supposed to arise from the too rapid revolutions of the wheels ; some again lay some blame to the master worker , the unfortunate
Mr . Sadd , who , in his lifetime , was known ia Waitham and among the workmen , as a very severe overlooker , or , aa the principal officers under whom be served probably thought , a zealous and efficient servant . Be this as it may , in the' absence of any real proof aa to the causss of the explosion , rumours are set afloat of the ' probability that the unfortunate men whose lives were lost , acting under the dread entertained of Sadd ' s supervision , that they should be found loitering , bad harried their work when they saw him approaching the building , and , in so doing , had accelerated the revolutions of the wheels , and brought on the friction . Again we say . we give this as mere rumour . We cannot vouch
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# Almost incredible as it may appear , the report of the two explosions was distiotly audible in the metropolis . In Hyde Park , abouc tan minutes past three o ' clock , they were heard , and amidst the prevailing stillness appeared so loud that several persons Imagined them to proceed from tbe guns fired in celebration of her Mojeety's accouchment .
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for ita being founded even in probability , but w . e lay it before the public with the view of eliciting remarks from such as ate competent to form a correct judgment an snob matters , and not for casting a slur upon the memory of Siidd , or of hurting , even momentarily , tbe feelings ot bis surviving relatives and friends . We are bound , however , to place in juxta-position with this tbe fact that ! the principal officers of Ordnance are themselves at a loss for any cause for this sad catastrophe . 1 CORONER ' S INQUEST . It having been announced that the Inquest on the bodies of the deceased would take place at ten o ' clock on Saturday rnorning , a large concourse of persons had assembled at the station-house , the place fixed en for the purpose , long before tbe hour appointed for commencing the proceedings ; and when the coroner ( Mr . Lewis ) and jury made their appearance , the place was crowded to excess .
Mr . Jessopi of Waltham Abbey , deputy solicitor to the Crown , was in attendance to watch the proceedings on behalf of government . The first witness called by the coroner was^—' Henry Castell , a labourer , employed in the mixinghouse . Knew all tbe deceased . The bodies which the jury had seen he believed to be their bodies . He could give no information as to their death , but heard an explosion somewhere about three o ' clock on Thursday last , when he was at Pain's Island , a quarter of a mile from the building that was blown tup . AH the deceased answered tbe call at one o ' clock , after which they went io the direction of the coming-bouse .
Rabert Walker , carpenter in the storekeeper ' s office—Saw all the deceased alive on Thursday at one o ' clock , with the exception of Mr . Sadd . It was usual for witness to call tbe names over at one o ' clock , and he did so himself that day . The reason why Mr . Sadd did not answer to his { name wn that he was a master workman . The whale of the men who answered to their names he saw going up . the walk to the corning-house , but no further . The ; six men who were killed were working in No . 3 coming-house . Heard the explosien about a
quarter to three . Went to tbe spot , and saw the ruins . Sarah Adams—Lives in a cottage about 150 yards from the corning house . About ten minutes past three o ' clock , saw Mr . Sidd going across the meadows to the corning-house , and saw him enter . Believes that waa tbe hour , but she had no clock . He had scarcely got in when she heard the first report The secmd blew out the window , and split the door . She looked out and saw No . 1 , corningf-hoase in a blaza , and directly after Mr . Finlay carne down and rang tbe bell . That is all she knew about the occurrence .
Benjamin Stroud , labourer in the powder-mills—Saw all the deceased , with the exception of Mr . Sadd , alive about ten minuoes after one on Thursday . Saw thsm at the one o ' clock call , when they went on their way to corning-hovise , No . 2 , where they were employed . About three o ' clock he beard aa explosion He ran out and aaw nothing bat a cloud of smeke ; but when it cleared away be saw that the building was gone , and knew the consequences . Went to the ruins , and saw part of the body supposed to be that of James Luck . By a Juror—Was at Pain's Island at the time , of the explosion , and wan painting barrels .
William Adams , workman in No . 1 coming-bouse , deposed that the deceased Sadd was master workman . Essex was frame-house or calling-house man , Luck was pressman , Cole was corn-bouse man , Newland was superintending as foreman in the reel-house in the place of Thomas Baldock , Dudley and Brown were corn-bouse men , the latter doing Bratsman ' s duty at the corning-ltouse . Did not recollect seeing tbe deceased alive that day , but they were generally employed in Now 2 corning-house . Witness was himself ' in No . 1 corning-house on Thursday afternoon , with Mr . Austin and Robert Dickson , when tbe Brat explo- , sion took place , which shook the building h » was in . j Immediately be said , " That is an explosion ; let us i make our escape . " He ran out . followed by Mr . Austin j and Robert Dickson . He looked back over his shoulder , aud Baw the fire coming in torrents from the bouse be had left , which blew up in abont a third of a minute afterwards , and he saw Mr . Austin . When about fifteen
yards from the house , he turned about and saw a board knock Mr . Austin down . In a few minutes afterwards , be went to the ruins , and saw the shoulders and arms of a man whom he thought to be Lu « k . He saw another man , j whom be t » ok to be Newland , in the reeling-house . ; Tbe other five men were thrown over the river , and he did not see them . Saw Sadd about eight minutes before tbe explosion , when he left him going towards the corning-house . Cross-examined by Mr . Jess sp—Believed Sadd said he was going to meet Captain Tulloh at the corninghouse . During the whole period that he bad been employed there bad never known but one explosion attended with loss of life . This took place in 1811 , when eight lives were lost . There was nothing unusual in
the rapidity of the works . Had often worked at No 2 corning-house i himself , and knew it to be an oldfashioned house , with nothing about it . Every precaution was taken to prevent accidents . Visitors going to see the machinery bad goloshes put on their feet . Sadd generally went to that place once a-day , so did Captain Tulloh and Mr . Austin . The machinery was txamined once or twice a-week , and tbe cog wheel soaped to prevent friction . Was engaged in a build ' ing where machinery bad been lately erected for granulating powder en a new system . This machine was introduced &t the expense of Government , and for tbe purpose ot saving human life . It was being conducted under the superintendence of Captain Tulloh . The works were always carried on , while he had been in the Ordnance employment , in the same way that they were when tbe deceased met their deaths . They could not have ) worked hurriedly , for they were making
rme pewder , which required a slower process than tbe common description of powder . Every precaution was used to prevent accidents . Visitors coming to inspect the gunpowder mills were always supplied With goloshes , which they put en their feet when they entered tbe building , to prevent tbe possibility of the introduction of grit or sand . Indeed , ever since Capt Tulleb had had the superintendence , nothing could exceed the care or attention that was paid to prevent accidents . So satisfied was he with the precautions , that be ( witness ) should not have the slightest objection to work in the same mill under the same management were the works rebuilt He was persuaded that there were fewer accidents at the Walthain Abbey powder mills than at any mills in tbe country . There might have beep about l , 5 Q » lba . of powder ia the reelhouse , fiOOlbs . ! in the corning-house , aad 2 , 0001 bs . in the press-housa
Mr , Thomas Austin deposed that he was superintendent of the machinery at the mills . He inspected the machinery once a month , under tbe direction of tbe commanding engineer . The last time he inspected it was on the Monday week previous to the explosion , when it was found to be in its usual working state . He heard no complaints from the men at the time , although it was their duty to shnt off the machine whenever anything defective appeared ia it , and to report the fact to the proper authorities . On the day of explosion witness i had gone up to tbe granulating mills ,
by the direction ; of Captain Tulloh , to take tbe dimensions for a eliding clutch , a technical term for an instrument to throw the gear out of work when it waa found to be out of order . In his opinion there was do possibility of increasing tbe speed of the machinery in No . 2 house , where this unfortunate occurrence took place . He ( witness ) had been in the service since 1807 , aad never knew bo much care taken as while it had been under Captain Tulloh . It was impossible for tbe machinery to go too fast without the men immediately knowing it . . '
Captain George St Vincent Wbitmore , commanding tbe Royal JBogioeers , deposed to the fact that a formal report was made to his office monthly of the state of the machinery , and the report he received on the 3 rd inst . was perfectly satisfactory . This witness corroborated the evidence of Mr . Austin . Captain Alexander Thomas Tulloh , Royal Artillery , and inspector of the Royal Gucpowder Establishment at Waltham Abbey , deposed that he was in the corninghouse No . 2 almost tbe whole of tbe day previous to the explosion , when everything appeared to be in working order , and the men bad no complaints to make to bim ,
although he repeatedly enquired if they had any . Had made an appointment with Mr . Sadd to meet him on the very day the ! explosion took place , and was only prevented doing so by his being obliged to remain at home to write an official letter . Had never heard any complaint from Mr . Sadd of the men not doing enough of work , and there . was no reason in a Government concern to do anything in a hurry , as might be the case in a merchant's concern , where an order might require to be made up within ja given time . He considered that an electric shock in passing through might have ignited the powder . ;
Col . James Cock burn , director of tbe Royal Laboratory , Woolwich , ^ corroborated the evidence of Captain Tulloh and Captain Whitmore as to the satisfactory state of the machinery , and the precautionary measures taken to prevent accident It was his duty to inspect the machinery and premises periodically . The Rev . John ; : Lewis Capper , resident clergyman of Waltham , had frequently visited the powder mills , and deposed to the precautions which were taken to prevent accidents . { These precautions were so excellent that he never felt the slightest timidity in passing through the works . This closed the evidence .
The Coroner then briefly addressed the Jury , who retired for a few j minutes , and then returned with a verdict of " Accidental death , " accompanied by an expression of their unanimous and decided opinion that the manufactory appears to have been conducted by Captain Tulloh , the inspector , with every possible precaution for the safety of the men employed under his superintendence , j The deceased were all married men . Mr . Sadd had left a widow and ] one child ; John Newland a widow and eight children , most of them , however , are grown up ; Edward Essex a widow and two grown-up children ; James ; Cole a widow and four children ; James Luck ft widow and one child ; John Bndleya widow and one child ; and Samutl Brown a widow and two children . i The interment [ of the bodies , with the exception of that of Mr . Sadd , ( which waa removed to a family burial ground at some distance , took place yesterday afternoon at five o ' clock in the parish churchyard .
An immense number of persons assembled to witness the solemn scene . jand a feeling of the deepest sorrow for the fate of the unfortunate men filled the minds of
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all present The tragical occurrence bas made an i ^ , presBion on the people in the place and neighbourhood which will never be effaced duripg life . The quantity ef gunpowder in the place at the time is supposed to have exceeded 4 , 000 lbs . in weight , ana the amount of property destroyed ia-estimated at nearly £ 12 . 000 . The mills are literally a heap of ruins ; even the form of the building could not be ascertained by * person who inspected the rains . Fragments of Qis building were blown by the force of the explosion a di * tance of several hundred yards . The inhabitants in the neighbourhood think they heard three , if not four , separate explosions , though only a f « w seconds of inter * val elapsed between them . "She death of one of the unfortunate men ( Mr . Sadd , the foreman ) was particn . larly affecting , he having entered the works but a few seconds before the catastrophe took place .
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The conveyance of the Order of the Garter to the King of Saxony cost this country £ 1065 . An explosion took place at the gunpowder works of Messrs . Wakefieldand Bainbridge , near KeudaL last week , which did considerable damage , and two of the workmen were seriously hart . An explosion took place on board the steam packet " Cutter , " plying between Ptttsburg and Cincinnati on the 17 th ult . by which three men weie killed and ten very much injured .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , April n . BANKRUPTS . James Wilson , of Liudfleld , Sussex , cowkeeper , April 21 , at half-past twelve , and May 26 , at twelve , atthe Court of Bankruptcy , London , Mr . T . M . Alsager , official assignee , 12 , Bircbin-lane , London ; Messrs Rickards and Walker , solicitors , 29 , Lincoln ' -inn-aeldSj and Mr . S . W . Bennett , solicitor , Brighton . James Wfeitfleld , of 67 , Teoley-street , Southward grocer , April 26 , and May 25 , at one , at the Court d Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George Gibson , official asaig nee , 72 . BasinghaU-street ; and Mr . Qeotge Stephen , solicitor , Skinners-place , Sise-lane . William Hitch , of Eingsland , Middlesex , grocer , April 24 , and May 25 , at eleven , at the Court ot Bunt rnptcy , London . Mr . George Green , official assignee , 18 , Aldermandbury ; and Mr . Rutherford , solicitor , Lombard-street .
Thomas Pottinger , Henry Howell , and Alexandej Oswald , late of 27 , Austin-friars , City , merc hant ^ April 20 , and May 17 , at eleven , at the Court < f Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Lsckington , official assignee , 3 , Coleman-Btreet-buildings ; aud Mr . Bentall . solicitoi , Coleman-street , London . Elizabeth White and Elizabeth Leitb , of Workscp , Nottingham , machine makers , April 26 , and May is , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Jit George Young , official assignee , Leeds ; Messrs . Walta and Pemberton , solicitors , 4 , Symond ' s-inn , Cbancerj . lane , London ; Messrs . Payne and Co ., solicitors , Lee ^ and Mr . Henry Stephen Wake , solicitor , Worksop . Edmund Smith , of Sheffield , innkeeper , May 3 , | J ten , and May 17 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankrupt ^ , Leeds . Mr . George William Freeman , official assigns , Leeds ; Mr . Bromhead , solicitor , Sheffield ; aud Hi W . Sykes , Solicitor , Leeds .
George Ratcliffe , of Sheffield , fender manufacture ^ April IS , and May 9 , at twelve at the Court of Bast , ruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Henry Philip Hope , official assignee ; Leeds ; Mr . Albert Smith , and Messrs . Hay wood ajj Bramley , solicitors , Sheffield . William Gregson Pitt , of Cheltenham , GloucetUrshire , banker , May 3 and 25 , at eleven , at tbe Courtof Bankruptcy , Bristol ; Mr . Stradford , solicitor , Chelta . ham ; and Messrs . King and Son , solicitors , Serjeant ? inn , London . Robert Biggs , of Bath , chemist , April 28 at one , mJ May 26 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Btistd Mr . E . Miller , official assignee , Bristol ; and Mr . ( J . Stalland , solicitor , Bath .
Charles John Gaussen , and James Gsussen , of Liter pool , corn factors , April 26 , at half-past twelve , a&j May 26 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liia pool . Mr . William Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; Messrs . Stockley and Thompson , solicitors , Liverpool ; and Mr . Henry Weeks , solicitor , 12 , Cook ' s-court , Ik coln's-inn-fields , London . Joseph Edmund Robinson , of Liverpool , wine macbant , April 28 , at twelve , and May 26 , at one , at tin Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . Charles Tuna , official assignee , Liverpool ; Mr . Hostage , soMln , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Chester and Toolmin , soliciton , Staple-inn , London . Anthony Merga , of Nantwich , Cheshire , waldi maker , May 5 , at twelve , and May 26 , at half-paj one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . Wo , Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; Mr . Henry Field , solicitor , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Sharpe , Field and& ,, solicitors , Bedford-row , London .
William Jones , of Wolverhampton , mercer , A $ I 21 , and May 18 , at twelve , at the Court of BankrupUj , Birmingham ; and Mr . George Robinson , solicitor , Wolverhampton . John Johnston , of Manchester , banker , April 25 , «< May 16 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Mand& ter . Mr . James Stansall Pott , official assignee , Mm-Chester ; Mr . S . Appleby , solicitor , Harpar-street , M Lion-square , London ; and Mr . Alexander Oliver , soli citor , Manchester . Kenneth M'Leod and John Boyle Wood , of lirapool , ship chandlers , May 4 , at eleven , and May 26 , it twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool ; Hi John Follett , official assignee , Liverpool ; Duncan , solicitor , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Gregory , Peters , aM Abbot , solicitors , Bristol .
Charles James Morley , ef Liverpool , flour desk ) 1 , May 2 , at one , and May 24 , at eleven at the Court tf Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . James Cazenove , offlml assignee , Liverpool ; Mr . John Cornthwaite , solidtor , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Corathwaite and Adama , « & citors , Deaa ' s-court , Doctors ' -commons , London . James Green , of Oldbury , Shropshire , licensedlifr tualler , April 24 , at eleven , and May 20 , at twelve , st the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham ; and Mr . Baton , solicitor , Birmingham .
PARTNEBSHIPS DISSOLVED . T . Ogilvy , G- Arbuthnot , G . G . Gillanders , and A&o S . Gladstone , of Liverpool and Calcutta ( so far as rejsrii Thomas Ogilvy ) . John Seymour Smith and Leonird Simpson , late of Liverpool , merchants . Edward Btofi , Sarah Raleigh , and Rachel Raleigb , of ManchaSa » drapers . William Woodhead and Ezra WoodbesM Idle Colliery , Calverley , Yorkshire , coal owners .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Ayt } i 17 . BANKRUPTS . David Ellis , Jan ., draper , Haverhill , Suffolk , tow render April 27 , at two , and May 26 , at onesSSa Court ot Bankruptcy . Mr . Pennell , official assign * Mr . Ware , solicitor , Blackman-street , Southward Henry Walton , Jan ., wheelwright , Crowland , & > colnshire , April 28 . at half-past two , and May 26 , u twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Belcher . oncial assignee ; Messrs . Watson and Broughton , soHofWi Falcon-square , City . William Penn , cabinet-maker , Canterbury , April s , and June 2 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . ^ Whitmore . official assignee ; Mr . Fiddey , solidW Paper-buildings , Temple . 3
Richard Watkins , carpenter , HoHoway , April S , at two , and June 2 , at half-past one , at the Optrt « Bankruptcy . Mr . Alsager , official assignee , BiKfcfr lane ; Mr . Wright solicitor , London-street , City . William Fuller , currier , Ciiffe , Sussex , May *•" one , and 29 , at twelve , at the Court of BankraBT Mr . Graham , official assignee , BasingbalI-atreet ; Me «* Sowton and Co ., solicitors , Great James-street . Nathaniel Wegg , victualler , East Greenwich , M » J « at two , and 29 , at eleven , at the Court of BsnlfWpw ' Mr . Turquand , official assignees , Copthall-bttuWi Messrs . Parnell and Co ., solicitors , New Broad-street George Harris , tailor , Dorking , Surrey , ^ P *^ % ! 5 two , and May 22 , at half-past twelve , at the Coon « Bankruptcy . Mr . Graham , official assignee , BasiugW" " street ; Mr . Parry , solicitor , Gtorge-street , Jfans »* house . ..
John Prat , surgeon , Adelaide-street , Strand , Af ™ 28 , at two , and May 19 , at one , at the Court of B » fl * ruptcy . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , Basil ** " street ; Mr . PiU , solicitor , Hatton-garden . i Jabez Vines , miller , Reading , April 28 , at t hree , sm May 24 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , ^ "r ?! ington , official assignee , Coleman-street-buiwW ' Messrs . Pain and Hatherley , solicitors , Gtreai MB ' borough-street . ureeL John Philipps Davies , apothecary , Davies-sn « e ^ Berkeley-square , April 29 , at two , and May 30 , « eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Grwm > ? £ cial assignee , Abchurcb-lane . Lombard-street ; Mr- w * solicitor , Pinner's-hall , Old Broad-street . .,,.. John Morgan , merchant , Weodside , Chesh ire , J » J 6 , at one , and May 3 d , at twelve , at the l **^ District Court Mr . Turner , official assignee . SojUcMO ^ Mewra . Lowndes , Uobinson , and Bateson , Liverpoo l Messrs . Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-rowi
Loadsn . ^ -, Joseph Edmund , Robinson , wine merchant , llT € i ?^ April 28 , at twelve , and May 26 , at one , at the TW * pool District Court Mr . Turner , official aKn | W £ Solicitors , Mr . Jenkins , Liverpool ; Mesara . Sfl » F ? Field , and Co ., Bedford-row , London . rihotiti Anthony Merga , watchmaker , Nantwich , C" ^ May § , at twelve , and May 26 , at half-past one , Liverpool District Court Mr . Bird , official «^ £ ~ Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Hostage , Liverpool ; » e » T Chester and Touimin , Staple Inn , London . ff n Charles Webb , timber merchant , Ktagston-upon-B ** May 1 and 26 , at eleven , at the Leeds BLstrteH **™ Mr . Freeman , ' official assignee , Leads . Mr . W » Solicitor , St . Paul's Churchyard , London . ^ , , William Peate , grocer , Shrewsbury , April * 6 , ™? 1 past eleven , and Jane 2 , at eleven , at tbe B iflD J ^ DUtriot Court . Mr . Christie , official assignee , BirW « r ham . Solicitors , Mr . Teece , Shrewsbury ; Mr . »** *»
Birmingham . , # ¦ John Parker , cotton-waste-spinner , Botton-le- ^ . Lancashire , April 29 , at one , and May 16 , at "Sjd the Manchester District Court . Mr . Hobson . tw * r assignee , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Norris , A " and Simpson , Bartlett's-buildings , Holbom , ' a 110 * Glover . Bolton-le-Moors .
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On Mondat wbek , 100 convicts from the Leviathan , and 100 from the York hulks at Portsmouth were shipped for Van Dieman ' a Laud , in the Cressey The Managers of the aerial steam ship concern are building their wings at Montpeliier [ gardenBi Walworth .
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fi THE NORTHERN STAR ^_____ „
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct647/page/6/
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