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LAST WORDS OF EMMEXT . I hare tut tew more ¦ words to say : I ' m going to the silent grave : Soon o ' er my tomb the cypress bough Its broad and drooping leaves -will ware 1 My lamp of life i 8 bcst burnt outily race is run—pronounced my doom ; One after or / e around me falls The cold , damp curtains of the tomb J On leafing this ungrateful world , I make but only one request—I ask its sflenee ; in the grave Let me and mine together rest , Till other times and other men Can justice to my memory do ; ¦ Till ages shall Jiave slumbered by , And reason can my act revie-w .
TU 1 then no monumental slab ilay mark the place where rests my head , jjo lettered marble to the world Tell that he lived—that he is dead , jjat ¦ when among the powers of earth 5 ly country shall assume hei stand , pro cdly erect—her flag -unfurled , Acfcno-ST ledged free by every 1 _ . < JThen may my epitaph be traced Upon the marble ' s snow-white face ; And it may stand above my head , To mark a patriot ' s resting place . The stranger , as he passes by , H ay pauss to think of other years , And &s > fee calls to mind my fate , May pay the tribute of his tears .
And now farewell ! I am going where My fathers have before me cone ; 3 Iy d&iihicss spirit takes its flight To regions yet untried , ntiknswn ; I give my body to the earth ; Tis all that it can justly claim ; And , dearer than the life I yield , Bequeath posterity my fame .
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A SONNET . To t he Agenis of the Xorihem Slar throughout England , JFa ' es , and Scotland , or to any other Subscribers to my prri&led Pubiioaiicm . requesting them to open a List for Subscribes , azd transmit them to Mr So ' xon , at tfie Slar Office , as speedy as possible , JDtid friends , who ' ve seen my rhyme and fain would lend Tour band to ce ! p me from tfct * thorny roai "Where unavoidable misfortunes goad And lank tMiction does with liie contend ; If ye will succour , ere the strife s _ -U end , I mean to publish what I ' ve wrote abroad ,
For half-a-crown , and while I thus hare sow'd , Hsy sweet compassion harvest many a friend . Let all subscribers' names be sect with speed To the Star oSce—all who thus will raise Their purse in my defence would have me freed From the cold chaios of palsy ' s dire disease . If you -weald aid tie fallen in uttti need . Haste the subscription to my artless lays . James Yebsos Southmoiton , January Sd , 1842 .
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HANDY ASDY , Part 1 . London , F . Glover , Aldine Chambers , Patera osier-row ; Groombridge , Paajer Alley ; Dublin , Camming ; Edinburgh , Sutherland ; &c . This is a rattling gay delineation of Irish Rustic life both " gentle" and " simple . " Its hero is a peasant , who throughout the whole piece plays off the drclltst praaks imaginable ' , with the be ^ t inventions ia ike irorid , getting always him-eif avd every oce connected wiibhim into some confounded scrape through his ingenious mode of dc . nj ev ^ ry thing exsctiy a = > it should not be done- We know not that we hare laughed more heartily this Ivnx time , inn . n at the irresistibly comic adventures of poor Handywho , by the bye , is admirably supported by oiher well drawn and executed characters .
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IiOK ^ DCN . —Dissolution of the Took L ^ ty Usios . —A public meeting of ratepayers was held at me Crowit and Sceptre , BrompionHoad , oa Wednesdsv evening week . Mr . "W . 6 . Hanson w _ iS called to Vhe-chair , "who . in . a . most business-like manner , opened the proceedings of the evening . John Percival , E ? q ., son of the iaie Spencer yercivaS , moved a resoitiiion similar to the one adopted at Kensington , which was seconded , ar > d carried unanimously . Mr . Balls , churchwarden of Kensington , ? a ; d a few
¦ words in support of the establishing an Association in support of ihe anti-New Poor Law principle . Mr . L . H . . Leigh , a Chartist lecrartr , and a ratepayer of the district , then steps forward and delivered a most splendid , Icmicou 3 , axgnrneiitaxive , and forcible appeal against the continuance vf the New Poor Law Unions , and clearly ferac : uff their existence to class legislation , and shewed the only remedy to be tee Charter . Ke was most rapturously applauded . A sieeiing will speedily be held at Kaxamersmith for the same purpose .
CASXjISXiE . —Hobeible Distress . *>~ d Dxsntutios . —We mentioned , last week , that a Committee of working men had been formed for the purpose ' ef taking a complete enumeration of the circnin- j Etaaoea and condition of the poorer classes . Tiiey j have since completed their labours , which they hava been enabled to perform in a most correct and satis j factory manner , through the kindnes 3 of 6 . H . S Head , Esq ., banker , who ystj generously paid aii the ; « xpences of books and labour . As the repat of ! the Committee wiH best convey an adequate id . a ef the result of its inquiries , we hasten to lay it before > the public , as opening up a mass of misery and de = titntion which is heart-reeding to contemplate .
ABEBJ 3 ABE . —A meeting of the gentleman j farmers and rate-payers of the parish of Aberdare was held at the Boot Inn , on Monday , the 3 rd day Of January , to take into consideration their present j distressing circumstances , and the best means to ; ascertain in what manner the-rales they p 2 y j < which are advancing every quarter ) are expended , 1 and who receives them , as there is less relief paid \ te thepoor at present than at any oiher penod for icar . y years past . After they met , they did not know how to proceed , and ultimately separated "Without effecting auy good at alL I
BRADFOHD . —Highwat Egbbeetes . —On j Thursday Eight iaHt , as 3 ir . James Lee and ilr . Jtsaph Priestley , of Woodside , near Sielf , were , reiuming home from Bradford Market , they were ] beset by five hiuhwaymen , at the Junction Roads- ; ficdsali Moor . They took from the former person ' tWcnu-fiTe pounds in C 3 . ~ h- and from the Jatteraj Elker " watch , and about eighteen shillings in silver , wiih which thfy gr-t clear tS . On the same even- i ing , ss Mr . Joan Wright , farmer , of TV ' ibsey , was ; returniBg home from ^ Bradford , he was robbed of i four fKitrnds aid some siiter . -ilso , on the . * aae night , a hatter , frcm Sowerhy Bridge , who had been : hawking ta ^ Sj having sold all but one , was return- j icghome , when he was met and robbed of the rat i he had not so ) d and the one he had oa his head , j besdes a pcund in silver .
BorsiBEEAKixG . —On Thursday night , or early on Friday morning last , some villain or villain ? broke into the house of a widow svomaD , named Hartha Duckit . in Bowlirig-lanc , and had gos a ; fiitch of bacon , so ! 2 . e candlesticks , and neai-iv all i lie wearing apparel packed up ready for taking ; away , but tbey were fortunately disturbed , ar , d : decamped leaving the booty , and a ccuple of hens j Vnich they had no doubt stolen from Eome other \ per = cn , as both their heads were cat off . ' KIDEIJE . TON ' . —Stats ot Trai > e — The silk trade of Middletcn asd its vic-niiy is in a vtry bad ' Etste . >" es . rly cne-third of the weavers are out of : e P-ojn ? ent , " sn-i a great deal more are only par-: felly employed .
LEEDS . —Tkibute of Hestect to the Rev . Teohas Walsh , late Cciuxb o ? St . iss ' s Ca- ; tholic Chcbch . — On Tuesday evenir-g last , a nu-j laeroEs and h : ghly respectable assembly met in the ** rgerooci of the Commercial Buildings , who , aner ' *? nakiEg of an excelled tea , provided by Mr . G . j ^ wd , ilarket-strect , proceeded to the ' gratifying « n ? iness of presenting a splendid and suptrb gold wakh of the rarest workmai ship , together with two ] fn ite of vestments , to the above revered and respected UJdiridnai , who bad been suddenly exiled aw ^ y from ) the Leecs Mission at the instance of his superior , but ] tniirel y agaicst the -wishes of the flock ever which j it had pleased Providence to appoint him the j % pherd . Alderman Jsxc € 3 HcMfertb , E = q . was ] caiied to th « chair acid the Bicst enthusia . ne ap- ' p ' -ause , - who . after conjphmestiug the auditnee for '
tts posinon in which tl . ey had pi seed him , took a retrospective view of the eoa 3 uct of Mr . Walsh , in- so feeling and touching a manner , as to < iraw tears-from nearly the vrhole of Lis auditcry , "^ erpeciaTiy -wiifn he a > ltnffed to a portion oi the vestments beisg the wenS'oftivo pocr factory girls , who , after having toijfdlcng ar . £ i incessantly "wi thin the vraik of tie factory " , frequently laboured till afttr Eiidcight at their , vrhat Eii ^ h : net be miscalled , E&crcd caViing . We Fuxcexeiy regret that want of space precludes a full report c-f the excellent and pathetic speech of the Chairmau , whicb lifleeted the greatest honour od his head snd heart , tod fhoTFeJ hs i-ad a misd purely C ^ hollc . SarsrsJ titter speakers acdresstd the meeting in a truly do queat and appropriate strain , when ilr . TVaisS rosf to acknowledge the mark of rctpect conferred upon iim , which he did in a masterly mai-ncr , and as became tke ghepaerd ot a flock att ached to him by the stxongest ties of aSsc-
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t ; on . H ! 3 » ddre 83 was one of the most noble and feeling we have ever heard . Wo regret that we cannot give insertion thereto , yet we think it worthy of general publication , and would suggest that those more immediately interested would se « that it be extensively circulated , as ' mnch good to the Caiholic cause would doubtless result therefrom The following is a copy of the address presented to Mr . Walsh . It was read by Mr . Harrole : — De < l : r Rev . Sir , —Feelingly convinced or the great obligations under which ^ wb lie to your beievolence and nnremitting zeal as our late pastor , and daljr appreciating the many virtues you displayed in the exercise of your E&cerdotal foncttona when amongst ns . we are
assembled to-offer you a tribute of love and esteem in the testimonial of which we now humbly beg your acceptance . Words are bat an erspty and a valueless proof of gratinde ; thty are spoken and pass away with the moment at which they fall from the lips , they are uttered but to be ' forgotten . It has been our wish to present you with a more lasting memorial of our affection , one tkat more forcibly than words will a'sure you we remember you with snch sentiments of frratituae as your disinterested zeal in the salvation of eouIs , your affectionate and consoling administration of the comforts of our holy religion to those who ¦ were deprived ot almost . every woridly comfort , could not fail to crodnoe in our hearts .
. Througn your instrumentality , the Lord has spoken to many , whose feet were wandering from the ways of pesce , and who were sitting in the region of dark-Bess , and in the shadow of death . The terrors of the Gospel might have besn thundered in their ears , yet would they have beard them not ; the awful vengeance of God's wrath might have been denounced againit taiin , in strains of the most magnificent and enb ' iime e ' oqaence , yet would they have passed from the temple of the Lord and heeded not . The prea ; hing of the Limb was in meekness arid humility ; such also has been yours , and the blessed fruits of it we well know .
By th « permission of Providence , the days of youi ministry fcrno ;; . ^ us were few indeed and goon numbered ; jet were iLey full dayB , and repltte with blessings to the Catholics of Leeds . During the short three months yuu were here , you adopted such a method of reclaim ing the deluded victims of vice , and of teaching the consoling trnths of Christianity to tneee who had vainly sought rest and peace of mind in the emptiness of falbe doctrines , that ere long would have yielded an abundant harvest of souls ; your
relaovsl . therefore , is to us a cause of deep and unfeigned regrer . Br your kind and charitable attentions , tha sorrows of the ai ; ed have been soothed , the distresses of the indigent and helpless relieved , the tears of the widow wiped away , and the cries of the fatheries 3 * havt > been hushed . Nnmber 3 have experienced , in the pursuance of your counsels , a tranquillity of mind to which they had long been strangers , » nd u-und in you a treasure of infinitely more worth than all the riches of the eanh—a faithful friend , and an unerring director of tb . eir steps in tlie ways of
peace . The testimonial which we now present for your scct-p : anctf , -we beg of you to rearard as a proof of our gratitude , and in presenting it entreat the intercession of yoar prayers in out behalf . Long as we inhale the breath of life , shall yoar name Hve ershrined i n our hearts , avid the reeoMection of you be coiinscted with svery i-ffectionate assoeiation of which we are susceptible . Daiiy -shall the united voice of the thousands of Leeds be ra-issd to the throne of the Almighty to luniJoro benedictions upon your head , and to pray Vbat you may long be a labourer in the vineyard of the Lord , ami that when you shall be gathered to you fathers , you may shine like a star to all eternity .
EDINBURGH . — Awvm . Wa-rntsq . —No less than thret men lost their lives in this city , through drunkenness , during the . New Year ' s revels ! One by fighting with a sailer , received a blow which knocked him down , and he never stirred afterwards ; th-j second -was a naan employed to light and put out the ga 3 Tamps in froui of the Theatre Roya ' i ; he had got inu > xieated , when ho went to put out the lamps , and he fell from the ia-ider npon the pave raeat upon his head , and was killed upon the f-pot : the third was a young man wha had been drinking -whiskey until he could crick eo loDger , and the landlord employed a man to carry him home on his back ; he did so ; bat he would not suffer the man to take him np the stairs , so the man left him . In the morning , on his family g-y-iing up , he was found dead ry his own brother as the door !
BASrarOCKBTTB !* . —Trade is in a wretched had state ; the ptopie have nothing to do , and very many are in actual starvation . A new tartan has just been started here , and is called after our champion—* ' the . O'Connor taitan . " It will be much worn in Scotland by the working classes , and will turnoura go . od speculation to the manufacturer . LOT 3 GE 3 OSOUGH- Ib consequence of great distress , arising from wan : of work and the low price of la jour , sereral meetings of the working
elates have besn held on ibe subject ; and on Tue-day the wealthy class had one also , at which the distress was recognised , and a subscription entered into for its relief . The town has been divided into dis : ric : s , to inTestigate the same , and a Committee is appointed . ¦ If its investigaiion is properly attended to , euch a scene of misery will present itself that few are aware of—families without fire or food , m ? ny without covering to their beds , and some wth scarce aay bed ^; a nd this in a Christian country , and that happy England i
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A Sixpev . ce . — " Why are you ho melancholy I " said the L ' uke of JIarlboroui ; li to a soldier , after the battle of Blenheim . "I am thinking , " replied the man , " how much blood I have shed for sixpence . " Pkimroses have already made their appearance in the hed ^ e-ro ws in the grounds of Mr . W . Rookes , Heavhree-road , near this city ( Exeter ) . — Western Luminary . What do tte Toil Fob ? — The diver -wears-not the p ^ dri he ' risks his life to win : that which he dared all to obtain d > --cks some proud court beauty . The anxious cares of the parent adorn the daughter ¦ wi th ev ^ ry grace to bles 3 a suangtr ' s home . The so uitr £ 'Afc 5 his life ' s biuod , ana the chief wears the laureL Wherever we turn , we see that those wlio sow are seldom those who reap
Shocking Ccccrkencc . —On Friday night Ia « t , a woman Darned Mar ? Digncy , the wife of a small iarmer residing at bruanoujih , near liathfriland , Ireland , while labouring under a fit of insanity , took advantage of her hu = baud ' s absence to attempt the destruction of her own Me , and the lives a m > ot her two children . Having , it appears , previously provided herself wish a quantity of arsenic , f-he administered some of it , to the younger child , seven years of 2 ge , ~ a-t the same time herself swallowing a Jarge portion \ A the same deadly drug . The eider clril-J , aged ten vea ; s , obiiiDateJy rdnsei the
proffered draught ; ujun ¦ which she was laid hold of by her wretched parent , a :: d violently strangled . Shortly afterwards the husbar . d arrived , and was by his wife iDJ ' onned of all her proceedings . He instantly alarmed his neighbours , and fens for a doctor . In the meantime , the dose having , it is probable , been larger than ordinary , both the mother and child who had taken the arsenic dischareed the contents off their stomachs , and were ihenby preserved . The oth ' . r child was discovered entirely bereft of hie . On the day fuilowiag an inque .- - wa ? held upon the body , and a verdict oi " Wiii ' ul murder" recorded .
I > FLVENC £ OF THE PaSSIOSS 0 > ' THE SeSSKS . — Our ? eii £ v » ar-i itncvTc . a sirikingiy acute : u anything that has reference to what « e iuve , or fear , cr hate . Jviiss Johanna Baiiiie , in her noble tragecy of Pt M ^ ustlbrt , h-j . « ^ ivt-jj powfrffil tfft . ct to the vrorkiiJt ; i / Ut of this iuca . De iioitiurt , wno bus twice btrore i-tarteti and bctrsyed signs of listtning af . emion , at Itngth , threwn ctfhis guard , exclaims" Tis Kezenvftlt . ' I heard his well-known foot . F / om the firsc st 3 ircaie , mounting step by step I "
Freherg , hi 3 friend , replies" How quick an ear then hast for distant round . ' I heard him not . " Walter Scott , with due acknowJecVny-nt , make ? himself debtor ro Miis iJaiL'ie in his Rekeby . Oswald ( one cf the eharacitrs ot his pa-iL ) is impatiently awaitiDg the arrival of a roffian vrhoin he has employed * ' to alay his ieader in the fight , " when ws are £ oid that"Far town-ward sounds a distant tread , And Oswald , starting from his bed , Hath caught it . ihi-ugh no busiai : ear , UnsiiaTi ;? in .-u by revenue or fear , Could e er . Gis ' iis&uis-h horse ' s clack , Until it leschtd the CD .-i ) - _ -b : iBk . " Faney s Penny Library .
Soub Milk . —To prevent milk from turning sour and curding , as it is ajt to do , especially in the htat of summer , the Eiilkmtn of Paris add a small quantity of suhcarboDate of potash or soda , which saturating the acetic acid as it fcrics , prevents the coagulation or separation of curd ; and some of them practise this with so much success as to gsin the reputation of selliDg " milk that never turns sour . " CorcBS and Colds . —The immense q ^ anties of rain almost wiibout in , erniisMon for maty months , has been productive of coughs and colds to an alarming extent in the metropolis ; these predisposed to coLbumption in ed be jariicularly careful , and should not be exposed to the night air , or damp fogs ; an
eminent . physician recommends that the chest shonld he protected , . asd the feet keps warm and dry ; and a gentlemen , celebrated for Lis botanical researches , has produced from the weii-kiiown Danzic Spruce , a Balsam of a u , oct agreeable character , which is faid to exert a most wonderful influence in arresting the progrtss of those ccrop ' . aiiits ; it is tren zepated bv the inventor , that wheu consumpriou has commenced or astfcma ccnSrmtd , its peculiar properjies wiil stop the progress of the iormer , and certainly relieve the worst symptoms of the latter . li is now £ > -L'ing ' m extraorcin . aj-y quantities under the name , of Holland's Bslsam of Spruce , at a price that tiuigs ii witbun lat Bicana of e" ? ery one .
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Si . vcitlvlh Instancb of . Vegetation . —On the 28 th of September ,, 1813 , a grave . y ? as . opened in Tockholes churchyard , in which a cof 5 . n was taken up which had beea buried twenty-two years . The coffin was opened , and in it were dissovered some sprigs of box , which appeared to be ' quite- 'iresh ; One of thesa was planted in a garden belonging to Peter Catterall , Tockhples , and it now forms a tree about three yards in circumference , after yielding successive supplies of sprigs for the decoration of other corpses .- —Bolton paper .
EXTBAORDINART SCENB IN WaTEBFORD CaTBBdiul . —On Sunday Jaet , a member of the Society of Friends , named Joslixa Jacob , with a female friend leaning on his arm , both of whom vrere attirtd in white garmeLts from head to foot , entered the Cathedral Church during divine service , and took up their position , standing under the organ loft , close by the stalls cf the dean and chapter . They remained in that position both perfectly mute til ) the service had concluded , and the congregation were preparing to depart . Mr . Jacob arid his fair friend then advanced in front a few paces , when the former proceeded to address the congregation . He looked about the church , first at the gorgeous fresco ceiling , and turned up his eyes with a look of pity towards the organ , which was then pealing in loud
tones , and anon at the beautiful and fashionably dressed ladies , for which our city is remarkable . He then uttered , wilk a firm and deliberate voice" This is not tho house of the Lord Jesus Christ , this is tho house of Babylon . " The deep-toned voioo of the man , his extraordinary dress , and the peculiar manDer in which ho uttered the sweepiug anathema , caused an extraordinary and general sensation among those assembled . The Rev . Mr , Ryland approached , took him by the arm , requested him to leave tho church , and gently pushed him towards the door . Mr . Jacob remenstrated in that quiet manner characteristic of the Society of Friends , an < 3 said the Lord had sent and inspired him to raise his voice against the abominations practised there . On being gently pushod towards the door the two Friends retired from the Church . — Waterford Chronicle .
The deodasd of £ 1000 , issued against the Great Western Railway Company by tho Coroner ' s Jury , on the late dreadful accident , falls to R . Palmer , Erq ., M . t * ., for Berkshire , as the Lord of tha Manor . The Hon . Gentleman intends to dispose of it by giviag £ 100 to the friends of each of the deceased , and distributing the remainder among the surviving sufferers from the accident . Stirling . —We regret to have to state that trade in Stirling and the surrounding district still remains in a most depressed and discouraging condition . Not less than three failures of houses connected with the woollen trade huvs taken place in the town within the last few days , and but too much reason exists for apprehending > hat these form but tho firs : lick in a series of similar calamities . In the meantime , numbers of working people are thrown out of employment , and gloom and despondency arc rapid i y extending in all directions . —Stirling Observer .
A . Neighbourly Sheep . —A respectable farmer , resideiit in Iroogray . mentioned in our hearing on Wednesday last a circumstance which we should suppose is exceedingly rare , and on that account interesting from its notability . While lately passing alonn the public road opposite to the farm of Fourmerklaud , he observed a sheep stretched on its back unable to rise , with a neighbour standing over it , endeavouring with its nose to help its unfortunate congener up . In this it was unsuccessful , and alter a time retired , as our informant supposed , to join
the rest of the herd . But in this he was mistaken , for on looking back , previous to seuding a servant to th-j spot , he distinctly observed the neighbourly bleater advancing to the invalid in ram-raee fashion , and pouncing upon it with so much force that it renamed its feet in a twinkling . This deliverance effected , the twain looked fixedly at oi a another , probably exchanging thanks and congratulations ; aud auon toddled lovingly away together to join tho more unconcerned portion of the hirsel . —Dumfries Courier .
Extraordinast Affair at Wexfoud . —We were on Tuesday treated here to a little romance . Some time aao the daughter of a man , named Bolgcr , procured a suii of boy ' s ciothes , and went to " seek her fortune" at Livevpcol , as a "' dashing young Irishman . " She wa 3 hired by an En ^ iisn gentleman as ^ room , and for months rode after him aY such . On his leaving the conniry , he recommended his groom in the strongest terms , and Miss Bolger was next hired as inside servant . One o ' . " the maids . hoTvever , became attached to her , and to e .-cape her importunity , Miss Bolder joined a twopenuy show , where
she soon attained tho exalted station of tumbling on the st 3 f ; e , and of describing figuratively the letters of the alphabet . Toe show booth arrived last week here , and her b'other , by a singular coincidence , was employed in one of the departments connected with the building , and recognised his long lost sister in the interesting posture master . Her father , with the assistance of the police , conveyed her to his house , but she is so pleased with the male attire that neither threats nor persuasion can prevail on her to " part with the breeches . " The incidi nt has , of course caused quite a sensation here . —Wexford Paper .
Serious Case of Embezzlement at Glasgow . — We regret to state that one ef the tellers in tho Glasgow and Ship Bank , named Robtrt Smith , has becu taken inte custody on a charge of breach of trust jnd embezzlement to a very serious extent ; and likewise that another individual , a spirit-dealer in the High-street , has been apprehended for examination , as to some connection which he is suspected to have had with Smith ' s delinquencies . So far as we have been able to learn , the circumstances which led to the apprehension of Smith and hi 3 supposed accomplice , were these : —On Monday afternoon , on the balancing of the transactions of the bank for the day , it was discovered that there was a deficit of about £ 2 , 000 in the amount of cash to be accounted
for by Smith . This caused seme inquiry , and excited some suspicion that all wa 3 not right ; but on looking slightly into the matter again , the defalcation appeared to be a comparatively trifling amount , and Smith was allowed to go away as if nothing had occurred . Daring the evening , however , on a strict exaiB'nation being made , it was discovered that a false entry had been made , which accounted for the difference in the sums which appeared to be deficient on the previous exzmlmiions . This having fuliy co . ' ifirmed xh ^ form er suspicions the police were apprised of the natter , and about two o'clock on
Tuesday morning Smith was apprehended and looped in the Police-office . From some documents found in his possession , it was apparent that money transactions , to a large anioim * , had passed between him and the spirit-dealer referred to , and this led to the subsequent apprehtu .-ion of the latter . Both prisoners unricrwewt a long examination yesterday , and were u timately remanded , that the matter might be further investigated . The total gum now knows to be deficient is £ 10 , 590 , but we . believe it still remains a complete mystery how tho thing , has been managed for a length cf time without detection . — Glasgow Chronicle .
The Fruits of the Earth . —From reason and rrveiation , it app . ars that God intended the fruits of the earth . ' or m ^ n ' s support ; but as ke did not intend any waste or misapplication of these productions , such acts are , like others more expressly mentioned , wront , as contrary to God ' s will . Hence thecanrersiou of corn fieldj into parks for deer or covers for foxes ; the Don-cultivation of lands , by parties in pos-pj ^ ion , or the refusal to let them to those who will cultivate th > m ; the destruction or waste of food , with a view to increase the price of s : ock 3 on hand ; the expending on dog * and horses the sustenance of man , or t ' e conversion of grain into ardent spirits ; these , and in short , all acts by which the fooo of man 'S diminished : either in quantiry or quality , are siiiftiJ , as opposed to God ' g des-ire for the happiness of his creatures . —Paky ' s Moral Phifaiophy .
Likelihoods . — Is it likely—that the young Prince can k : \ rt » r . y ott « ttan the life of a soldier , since he is already in arms 1 Is it liicly—tbn * you can ride , in an omnibus , without catching onri pane , tbrcui-h the absence of another ? Is it l : ke . ly—tLat you can ever get the work yon particu larly -want , at a Subscription Library ? Is it jikeiy—that you chu be ridiag within half a mile of the theatres , in tue evening , -without having twesty plsybills thrust in at your ceach windows ? Is it liktly— -wbtn attending a meeting of creditors , vhcre time is a ^ ked for , that you wiil ever hear of leys thr . n the probability of thirty shillings in the pcusd ? Is it likely—that aiybody on the Free List ( ' ¦ the puMic pn-Es " ixoEpttii ") can gain admittance at a theatre , when there is anything worth seeing or hearing ?
Is it iikely—that cny acccurt cf a fire can bo in-£ trt ? Q in two EfcTvJti . aperfl , uBacconij-acied by " further paiticnlars ?" Is it iikely—that an unfavourable review of a work can aprear without the atlbor ' s declaring that the writer las been actuated by private malice ? Is it likely—tLat ycu -Bill find the National Gallery , cr British Museum , open at the day or hour a country cousin has eelected for visiting it ? Is it likely—thut you can receive a . present of game , from the country , without paying , in carriage , more than it is wortb , and being expected to send a basket of fish in return ? Is it likely—that your servant wi ] l find a coach or cab , on thn nearest stand , when yon are in a hurry ? la it likely—that 3 friend will remember to return your nnibrtilia until the dry weather stts in 1
Is it iikely—wbt-n ys-u-jctt into an omnibus at tbe Back , tbat you win arrive at Bond-street in tho time in which y ? u could h ^ v .- pcdtJtria : ; ised the distance twice over ? Is it likely—test the " positively last night" of a dxanmtie star will be the end of his performances ? Is it likely—that a publisher wi 3 l omit to annonnce a wo ? k ss "ji ' st ready , '* wben it is not even written by the mitho * ?— Comic Almanac
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An immense mass of Earth fell upon the Croydon Railway on Friday morning , at Finch ' s Bridge , close to tho spot where the cuWing gave my before . A'train had passed only , a few minutes preyiouflly . The earth covered the rails'to the depth'of nine feet , and for a distance of 140 . la the course of the day , a tJiousand men . were set to work to repaoye it , but the line canaot be properly cleared for some time . ¦ . '¦'¦ ¦ ¦ . ; : ¦ . •¦¦ ., . ¦ '' . . ¦; . ; ¦ v , ^ :.. - . ' . ;\ - ' . ¦¦ . . .: /^ Z ' - _ Distrfss in the Metsopolis . —It is a inelahcnoly circumitaaicfl that the : nuoiber of applicants for relief at the principal chariSable institutions of the metropolis has been rnuch greater this season tban the last , Notwithstanding its les 8 "BaverJty . Up to Saaday night , the number of applications from
persons who were completely des . tnujte of the ; Refuge for the Houseless , in Playhouse-Yard , Wuitecross-Btreet , was 1 , 762 , being 475 more than daring the corresponding uumberjof nights that this institution was open last year ; and this number would Jbave been much greater , but . for the sudden and casual call for employment of upwards of 100 hands , who were navigators , on account of the last slip ou the Croydon railway , On the first night of last year , the number admitted was 40 , whilst on the first of the preseDt season it was 112 . The nightly average ziumber of inmates has been about 360 j and on the last day of the year they were 393 ; The great majority of the applicants are strangers to London
* haying no claim upon any parish , and each inmate receives a ration of half a pound of bread night and morning . The accommodation is limited to a bed of straw , ' which is renewed twice a Week \ and every applicant , before reception , ia examined by one of the medical men of the 'institution . At the Western Refuge for the Houseless , in Marget-street , Edgeware Road i where admission is obtained only by tickets frGm subscribers , whilst in the former it is on mere application , the number of applicants has been much more numerous than iu previous yeare ; and . although nightly accommodation is only provided for 100 , on one night , last week no less than 136 were admitted . v , . :
An"Affbat" in the United States . —A number of the New York Morning Herald contains the following paragraph , the . details of which , as occurring in a civilised . country * if ever equalled can seldom have been surpassed ;— " A ¦ cabinetmaker , named Robert Harris , aud a priutor , named James M'Per * mott , got into a drunken : ' figh »; the former stabbed the latter in nealrly 100 places , cutting tho throati laying , bare the windpipe and carotid artery , through the nose , in the left shoulder , in the . cheat , in his thighs , and indeed literally slashed him to pieces . M'Dermott fought . -till he fell , when Harris mounted
him and hacked his body at hw pleasure , during the whole of which five menwero looking on , and not interfering at all . Dr . JTohneon was called in , and strange to say , the Wounded man will probably recover , although the surgeon pronouiicad it the moct perfect piece of butchery he © ytr witnessed , *' A Pledge—kot of Ai'FEcrioN . ^ -A . fine chubby boy , about a month old , wrappod in a couple pf bedgowns and patched blankets , was found on Wednesday , placed in one of the pledging boxes of a pawnbroker in the Mile ^ End-road , and has not yet been redeemed .
The Chinese Ransom . —On Monday a portion of the ransom paid by the Chinese for the evacuation of Canton arrived in London , and wa , s transferred to the Royal Mint , in which establishment it was deposited at two o ' clock . The treasure was landed at Portsmouth from her Majesty ' s frigate Conway , and thence conveyed to Gosport . A special train was engaged to bring the treasure by the Southampton Railway to Loadon , under an escort of the < 52 ud Regiment . On the arrival bf the train at the Vauxhall terminup , the boxes of silver , about one hundred in number , wero transferred to thirteen vans and carts , each drawn by two horses , and guarded by tne soldiers of ike 32 iid , in commaua of an officer .
Hoax os Loud Stanlky . — 'Lord Stanley has been mads the subject of a hoaxj by an ingenioud and impudent ' rogue ,- who has not , however , been able to escape detection . A few days ago , a respcctablelookinu and plausible individual , called at . tho .-Go'lonial-Offifie . and ' inquired for the Colonial Secrttaiy . He was told what he probably knew befpre-Land , that Lord and Lady Stanley were out of tovvii on a visit to her Majesty , at Windsor , He had with him a heavy package , which he said he had been commissioned by the Custom-house officers to deliver to the noble Colonial Secretary , and intimated that it contained a magnificent cbandeler , a Christmas present , which had arrived from oue of the foreign courts for Lady Stanley . He was also
instructed to say that there wero ¦' th-irtyrfive cases of wine awaiting his Lordship , which would be delivered the next morning . After ¦ g iving , particular directions for the safe custody of tbo box , he pulled out some papers , which appeared to ; be ; regular Custom-house certificates , and upon giving his receipt for the sum , received from the office-keeper , £ 3 . 5 s . 4 d ., as the amount of tha regular dues . The costly present was removed with due core to Lord Stanley ' s mansion in Se . James ' s-equare , and upon his Lordship ' B arrival in town was as carefully opened , aud found to contain a few brick-bat ? , packed so as to prevent their rolling in the bos . Information was of course given to the police of the affair , and the suspected individual was discovered in tho neighbourhood of the Custom-house ,
and taken into custody . It is , perhaps , needless to add , that the "' . thirty * five cases of wine have not yet been heard of . On Wednesday , the rogue , whose Jiameia Dodsworth , xvas committed for trial by the Bow-street magistrates . . . . : Stiuxge if True . —A Belgian paper , the Gazette d'A th , states that a poor old couple , who resided at Aleslin Levegue , have just died under extraordinary circumstances . Shortly before Chrisimis the wife said to her husband , li We have been married 40 years . " To which the husband replied , V Yea ; and we have endured great misery . If Gob would call us both away , it would not be a misfortune . " A few days afterwards they were both taken ill , and on Christinas-day ,-whilst the priest of thevvillage was with them , they both died so nearly together , that the priest could not say which had died first .
Fuacas in Court . —While an appeal was in progress of trial on Thursday , in the VVest Riding Sessions Court , at Wakefield , in which Sir Gregory Lewin appeared as counsel , a point of law , raised by Sir Gregory , Was over-ruled by the chairman Notwithstanding this , Sir Gregory persisted in proceeding with his argument ; this , being in defiance of the chairman ' s Order ? , eventually produced a rupture between the learned knight and the bench . Sir Gregory tvas prereinptQrily ordered to sit down . This he flatly refused'to ; do , and the chairman J . B . Greenwood , Esq ., m great excitement vacated the chair , but immediately returned and called upon Sir Gregory again to take hisseat . Again meeting with a denial , the chairman ordered Mr . Senior , the crier of the court , to "do his duty , " when Sir Gregory finding affairs assuming a serious aspect , obeyed tho order by sitting down , .
Mr Toilette in India . —I aweke about seven o ' clock on the morning after my arrival , and , for an in 6 tant , Bcarcely recollected where I was . I was lying od a hard bed , enclosed in . a tightly drawn yellow gauze voil , Daylight was forcing its rays through 1 . he closed Venetian blinds . A feverish unrefreshed sensation shed a disagreeable lassitude through my f / ame ; I recalled my present situation , and soon after happened to cough . la an instant , a dusky form stood beside me . The watchful Kidtmnt « ar had been listening for hours , to catch a sin ^ lo loud-drawn breath to annourico my waking . He had remained in silence , salaming his respects to me . " What hour is it ? " demanded I . Tho poor Mlow seemrd terror-struck at Ending I could not
speak Hmdostante . Ho placed . " h } 3 two hands together , as we do , in an attitude of prayer , apparently bescechirg me not to punish him for not being abie to understand me . In another instant , a sudden thought sermed to strike him . He glided noiseless y avvaj-. Presently he returned , accompanied by another eervaut , who professed to speak English . " Massa , make ready , for make fihabee . " I scarcely understood what he meant ; but as I considered it the ' safest , way , I nodded . In the next moment his companion raised the mugquito curtain ; and before I was aware of his intention , he had lathered my chin all over ; then seiz ' ng me by the nose , with a finger and t 'u mb ef icy coldness , began to shavenie . This operation he performed , seemingly , in the back
most expert manner , as I lay on cy , I say seemingly , because the real truth wits ! that I could bo no Judge , having as yet no beard requiring tonsorial skill . The man , however , went mechanically through the job , wiping the suds on his naked a : m , ' arid looking as grave as if he was mowing down the bristling stubble of a ha , iry veteranv His Operation , completed , he salamed , and withdrew . Another servant now entered ^ bearing my linen , &c . I could scarcely believo that his black paws would not sully thei" ; bright whiteness of the objecta he carried . I afterwards , however , became 'thoroughly ccuvinced that no human being on earth is so ¦ scrupulbusly clean as the aingy Indian . This fancy was a mrte passing idea ; but as I am determined to set down each thought that shot across my brain during iny first morning in Bengal , I have accordingly noted it . The new comer unclosed the curtains at my bed's foot , and without saying a word , put on niy stpek--the bed / he held
ings ; then coming to tho side of , open a pair of silk prgamdhs ( loose drawers made of the finest material , extremely large , . and drawn rcund the waist with a silken cora and tassel , ) for me to jump into . Thi 3 I did , and approaiohed the dressing-: able with an intent to finish my toilette . But all this trouble , all this exertion was spared me . OffioiouB servants surrounded me , and not only handed me , but actually put on me every part of my habiliments , seemingly rather annoyed that I even took the trouble of washing my own hands ; which , however , they dried for me . " Well / ' thought Ij ' this is the most lazy t > rdceeding I ever yet met with . No wonder old Indians oa their return to Europe fancy themselves sadly neglected by their domestics . I shall , however , shut my door to-morrow morning , and insist on dressing myself . ! ' With this noble resolution , I strutted into the breakfast parlour . — My First Morning in Calcuttaf in Benthos Miscellany for January .
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MuiiDER AT ThORNE , IN YORKSHIRE . —iMONDAT Afternoon ^—Another dreadful murder , indu - " " ' ed by drunkenness , jwas committed onV Sunday ev ening last , at the above place , a market town , abou . ^ ten miles to the north-east of Dohcaster , on an nnoffe ndin ^ lad about thirteen years of age , aiid of defiv " 4 ; . iQ ^ tect . ;^ 4 ^ ut- ^ , Q ^ rter ' pastsuc '' olo pk ^ a'jbdx- ' - - , neyman fihoemakert a Btrahger to the town , rushed ou |( of a house in Kipg-strtet , and conducted himself very viol eritly , fahd' attempted to attack several girls and . boys walking by , ba't- 'tb ' ey all eluded him except a boy of the name of Pashley , the sonof poor parents , whom the intoxicated ruiHau desperately and ¦ .. ¦ i ' udden-: ly slabbed in the back between the shoulder-blade
bones . The poor child fell immediately , Dathed in blood , and a constable secured the prisoaer . Mr . Mirfiiu and Dr . 0 uy were in prompt attendance upon the sufferer , who was removed . to a house hear at hand . As soon as these gentlemen inspect-3 d the wound ; , they expected little hope of Pashley ' s recovery ,- and notwithstanding every attention was paid to him , he ; died in aboui three houra of internal hemorrhage . The murderer * 8 name is Tho $ . Timms , Hut he gave his came as William Abbots at first . He is about twenty-nin 6 years of age , and slender in person , ma . rned , but abandoned his wifo a Iew years ago , since which time he has been trampiDg about the country .- ^ Standard . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦ . . ' ¦' ; . > : ' ' . - ¦ ' . •'¦ . ¦
Birjukgham ,: Jan . 9 . —A Wife Shot by her Husbanp . —A dreadful occurrence took place in Birmingham on the evening of Friday last . A \ &xa named Ez » "a Steapenhiil , who is either beadle or sexton as St . Matthew ^ Churoh , about a month ago , found a j » un , as he stated , and a few days after he was showing it a friend , stating that it Was unloaded ; his wife , Bassilesa Steapenhill , was then present , and , in joke , pulled the trigger ¦ over his shoulder , and it went off , shattering the r 6 lock case to atoms , Qii Friday evening he was cleaning the same gun , and , most unfortunately , did so whilst it was heavily ^ loaded and capped . His wife was sitting at the end of the table on Which the gun re 6 tedj and , when in the act of rubbing the lock , it went off , and the contents , unhappily , entered the chestof the unfortunate creature , and she dropped
down a lifeless corpse ; she was about thirty years of age , and -was by birth a , n Hanoverian . A great seusatipn exists in the neighbourhood where the tragedy took place . The husband is tinder the surveillance of the . police . Hasting * Union . —At the last sitting of Hastings magistrates , a man named James Cloake , late relieving officer of the No . 2 District of trie Hastitigs Union , wa » charged with deiranding the Guar - dians of several sums of money , by withholding it from the paupers , » . nd cbargins ; it in his account a 3 paid . He had nothing to tay in answer to the charges , and the magistrates , after censuring him severely for his conduct , convicted him in the full penalty of < fi 20 on each charge , or three months hard labour . The defendant , who said he had no means of paying the fine j was then committed to Lewes House of Correction for twelve months .
Railway Accidents . —A correspondent informs us , that in consequence of the agitation , aJarm , and horror excited iu the public inintl by the late most disastrous occurrerico on the Western Rail way , and tho avowed impossibility ; of preventing such destruc ^ tive accidents , it is very probable that several of the coach proprietors of xhia city and Bristol Will resume their late daily public conveyances to London . — Balk Journal .
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^ ^ r ^ F ^^ ^^ ^ r ^ " ^ ~^ ^^^*^^^^^^^^ — *^ . ^ " ^ CASE OF THE WIDOWS OF ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS AND WILLIAM JONES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —It appears , from letters in the receipt of the Birmingbani General Committee for the restoration of Frost * Williams , and Jones , that both Mrs . Williams aud Mrs . Jones are in a very distressed atate , and quite dependent upon their own limited exertions for support . A letter from Mrs . Jones says , " ehe considers herself deseitod by her husband ' s pretended friends . She has nothing to depend . upon , only what Bhe can % tt through her own industry ; but her health is ir , such . ; adelicabe state that she is unable to follow her daily occupation : heir delicate frame has received euch a shock -that ' she bcIiGves she wiil naver recover from it . "
Tfle widows of the victims ^ and tnore especially of the three " ' iVtsish ones , are entitled by the bravery , the self-devotion , and the suftefings of their husbands in the cause ofthe people , to - the support of that people for . wiiom . they suffercci— and when vre consider to whiit an amount tven a halfpenny subscription would come , the-wonder is , that it ia not given ; but the . fact is , that it has not been set before the public bo frequently as the necessity of the case demanded and though there is great distress and many to relieve in the country , yet a small subscription from a number of individuals thoiigh scarcely missed by the giver , yet , would form a
means of relieving the distress of the partiea towhoi * itwas given . If a generous public should think proper to respond to this call any donation that they niay send , wil I be thankfully received , and duiy acknowledged in the Star . ; .- ' ' ¦ .-, / . ¦ . . ' ¦ "' . ' N . B . The money may be transmitted to the Treasurer of the BirinihghamCoinmivtce for the Restoration of Froit , Williums , anil Jones , Mr . James Guest , bookselier , Stecinouss-lane , Birmingham . I am , deav tiir , Your niost obedient Servt , John Wilkinson .
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THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE FRflJI THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT , AND NELSON ' S MOKUJIENT , XOMDON , AND THE WOOLWICH DOCKYARD , To the Public and the Trades of Great Britain arid Ireland . ** Accordingly as mankind exert themselves for the benefit of each other , uccordinKly will they be enabled to enjoy individual comfoit and happiness . " Brethren , —The pow ? r and application by our late employers of the wealth with which existing usages of societies have compelled us to furnish them , makes it necessary for us to address you In the seventeenth week of cur struggle against their cruelty .
Since the issuing of last sheet , every effort has been made by them to procure granite , but without success . Johnson , the acting manager of the Hay tor Granite Company , has advertised for a number of granite masons to scapple stone for Grissell and Peto , but as yet has been unable to procure any . The trio have sent agents through : Devon and Cornwall for that purpose , but where , to their no small astonishment , they were met by delegates from us , and through whose vigilance the exertions of the enemyJn that direction have been rendered fruitless . We have also received letters from Dublin , promising as the support from the trades of that city , and declaring that every effort shall be made in that locality to frustrata the designs of Grissell and Pcto , should they apply there for granite . We receive similar eneouragt ! - ment fromull other quarters where there is a probability of t' jeir applying for stone .
A quarry magter in Cornwall informs us , by letter , " That had he been ao disposed , ha might be preparing stone for Grisaell and Peto , but ; that he possessed too much Christian feeling to become a party ti the perpetuation of auch a system of cruelty as that practised byAlltri . " The first fruits of th ? se movejnent 3 oh our part wero made manifest on Saturday evening last , when a number of the " black diamonds" were discharged from tha Monument for want of material : some have also been dismissed from the Parliament Houses ; Allen having , according to their own confession , damned them up and dovvp , swearing that he could not put up with " such masdiis" any lopger . At Woolwich the device of
lowering the wages has been adopted , the most of them being now reduced to 3 s . 6 d . per day . A general meeting ot tho " Waok diamprids" has iu consequence been held , and strocgly worded resolutions adopted by them , but what the result will be is yet enveloped in mystery—at least to us . We are , nowever , prone to believe that Grissell find Peto , Beriou 3 ly sensitive o ? the drain they have suCiircd frcm their breeckes ' -pockets , sre adopting these steps aa preiiminaries tp a general disbanding of the incohgraoud and heteregeneous corps they have taken so much pains to collect The turnouts at Plyniouthand i . artm'jor are in excellent spirits ; and we are as ' determined as ever not to relinquish one iota of our position ,
"We will be free—we register that vow In every heart that feels a fxeeman ' a love . " And in proof that we are determined , we call your atteEtion to the great number of us who struck—the length of tiiae we have been , out—and tv the more pleasing part of the business , tlie few who have turned traitors—only five traitors in a turn-out of above three hundred men , during the long period of seventeen weeks , -Which , we believe , ia unprecedented in the history of strikes . A few of the turn-out 8 have thia week obtained other employment , and a few more expect to do s 6 ahortly . We now feel fissured that the worst is past ; at alt events , the timt f we most feared ia . gone by , and wq feel persuaded that our prospects are considerably more cheering now than when we last addressed you .
From the necessary extensiveness of our operations , our expenditure continues heavy ; and partly in con-8 equeuce of the Cbristmaa holy days , and partly from the too general depression of trade , our income has been considerably less during the last fortnight than it previously had been , but by the timely aid of our Scottish brtthren , from whom , since the issuing of last address , we Bave received £ 100 , we have been enabled to press forward with coafidence and vigour . ; While thanking all who bava ao nobly and generouslysupported us , we feel it our duty to / state that we still look to them with considerable hope and confidence for its undimlnished continuance , that we may be enabled to pursue the contest until might ia compelled ^^ to sield to riflM , —till ¦
•¦•• The victima of labour and care , ShaU reap for reward what is Ubour ' s full share . " We remain , gratefully yours , The Masons'Society . Tbomas Shoiitt , Sec 6 , AgqeS'Street , Waterloo-road , Lauibetb , January 5 th , 1842 .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Dec 31 . BANKRUPTS . WilJiam Barmfield , jun ., Mark Lane , City , winemerchant , to surrender "Jan . 14 , at two , arid Feb . 18 , at twelve o'c'ock ,, it the Cnurt of Bankruptcy , BasinKhal ! - stwet . ¦ SoJicitor , Mr . Wadeson , Austin Friars ; official assiunee , ; Mr . Pcnnell . . ftiary Parkes . GoWen Square , print-seller , Jan . 22 , at &aif-pa 3 t one , and Feb . 18 , at eleven , at the C-iurt of Bankruptcy , EasinghnU-s-treet . Solicitor , Mr . Parker , St . Pani's Churcliyftfd ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , AbohuTch Laiie , tombtvid-atreet . . ' _ George Swift , . Manchester , tailsr , Jan . . 21 and Feb-18 , at ten , at the Commissieneiis' Rooms , Manchester Solicitors , Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood , King's Btinch Walk , Temple ; and Mr . Simpson , Manchester . .
William ; Williams , Bristol , builder , Jan . 18 and Feb 18 , at two , at the Commtrcial Booms , Bristol . Solici tors , Messrs . Clai-ke and Medcalf , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields ; and Mr Smith , Bristol . ¦ ; . ; y Thomas Wood , jun , Heatbiields , Yorkshire , merchtvr . t , Jan . 13 avnV Ftsb 18 . at twelve * at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leeds . Solicitors , Mr Fiddey , Paper Buildirigs , Temple ? and Messrs .. Barr , Le > fthonse , and Nelson , Leerls . Sasiuel Tariiotton , Leeds , chenjisfc , Jan . 13 and Feb . 18 , at ten , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leeds ; Solicitors , Mr . Fiddey , Inner Temple ; and Messrs . Ban , Loftbouse . aud Nelson , Leeds .
William . Darrant , Southwfck , ; Sussex , wharfinger , Jan . 8 , at two , and Feb . 18 , at eleven , at the Town Hall , Brighton . Solicitors , Mr ; Bennett , Brighton ; and Messrs . Rlckards and Walker ^ Lincoln ' a Inn Fields . / ¦; . ¦ " '¦ . - ¦; . ' ';/'¦¦¦ . \ " ' " " " John Siiand , Liverpool , victualJer , Jan . 19 j and Feb 18 , at one , at the Clarendon Keoms , Liverpool . SoHci ' tors , Messrs . Norris , Allen , and Simpson , Birtlttt ' s Buildings , Holborn ; and Mr . Toulmin , LiverDool .
PAUTNEnSHIPS DISSOLVED . T . Clark and J . Fabert , Kingston-npon-Hnll , sWpr chandlers . P . Clayton , J ; Clay ton , L ; Clayton , and Or . Clay : ;> n , 3 Ianohester , cotton-spinners . E . Clegg and D . Percival , Manchester , commissioh-agenta . F . Hollin * and T . Turner ,. Liverpool , cotton-brokers . J . ftl . Wells and J . Fildes , Mancbestery W . Andrews arid J . Bridson , Jiiverpbpl ; shipsmiths . H . Duckworth , J . B . Mawden ,- and N . Duckworth , Liverpool , cotton-brokers ; aa far a 3 regards ' 'H . Duckworth . R . Harrieon , A . Harrison , and H . Harrison , Liverpool , merchants ; as far as r ^ ards R . Hurrison . G ; P . K « nnan and A . Samson .
Manchester , calico-prmters . R . Jones ann J . Rowlands , Rochdale , Lancnshiro , linenrdra . pers . E . Biikett and C . Tay-Jor , Monchpster , coal-merchants- S . Berry and T . W » Berry ,: Manchester , hatrmaijufactarers . ; P . J . Edwards and E . Catherall , Wigan , Lancashire , coaoh-makera R . Hatkness arid -R . Thompson , Lancashire , licen-drapers . J . Greenwood and D . Greenwocti , Bury , Lancashire , joiners . T . Bradford arid ¦ T . Forrest , Bradford , Yorkshire , coach-proprietors .: W . Bird , C . A . PreHer , and G . Gabain , Liverpool , tin-plate merchants ; as far as regards C . A . Preller . J . Barkeri W . Barratt , and W . Henshaw , Manchester , inerchants ; as far as repard 3 W . Barratt ¦ ;
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Jan . 11 . BANKKUPTS . David Stevenson , sen ., wholesale stationer , Comptonstreet , Bruns wick Square , to surrender Jan . 20 , at halfpast twelve o ' clock , and Feb . 23 , at twelve , tt the Court of Bankruptcy , Basir ighall-stieet .. Mr . Gibaori ^ cfficial assignee ; Messrs . Burrell and Pat ^ rson , White Hart Court , Lpmbard-street . : ; Samuel Moore , draper , King William-street , London Bridge , Jan . 20 and Feb . 22 . at eleven , ;; it , the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghali-itreet . Mr . Green , offieial assignee , Aldermanbury ; Mr . BUUng , King-street , Cheapsid& : '¦;• ¦ . . v ' . ¦ _ . . ¦ ' _;/<¦
John Francis Batsson , merchant , Brabant Court , Philpbt Lane , Jan . 21 and Feb . 22 , " at- eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy ^ Basinghall-street . Mr . Groom , official assignee , Abchurch Lane , Lombard-street ; Messrs . Hine and Kobinson , Charter House Square . Arthur Strachan , warehouseman , Friday-street , Cheapside , Jan . 19 ; at . twelve , arid Feb . 22 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bi 8 irighallstreet . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , Basinghaa-street ; Mr . Gole , Liroestreet . - ¦ . . - ¦ - .. ¦¦ - . - - ' - '' :- . ;' - - '¦ . '¦' ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ : ¦ . . - : - James Godwin , Innkeeper , Biehop ' s Storlford , Jan . 21 , at halt-past eleven ; and Feb . 22 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-stieet . Mr . Alsager , official assignee , Birchia Lurie ; ilessra . Fry , Loxley , and Fry , Cbeapside . . ¦'; . ¦ :
ThomaB Bartrani ; linen-draper , SsveBoaks , Kent , Jan . 20 , atone , " arid Feb ; 22 , at twelve , at the Cciitb of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-street . Mr . Turquand , cnl cial cssignee , Coptha . il BuildiBga ; Meisrs . Sole and Co ., AWermanbury . Thoniaa Kitchener , engraver , Arunilel-stxeet , Coventry-Rtreet , Jan . 18 and Feb- 22 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BaaiDghall-Btreet . Mr . Belcher , official assignee ; Mr ; Pik ^^ OTS ^ urlington-Btreet . David Davies , Job ,, flannel manufacturer , Glancnytrai . dog , Xlanidloes , Moni ^ omeryehir o / Jan . 24 nrid Feb . 22 ; at eleven , at the Wyncstay Arms Inn ; Machynlkth , Montfiomeryshire . Solicitors , Mr . Smith ; Southampton Buildings , London i Mr . Hay ward , Llariidloes .
George Howarthi corn-dealer , Todmorclfo , Lancaster , Feb . 3 and 22 , at ten , at the Golden Lion Inn , Todmorden . Solicitors , Mr . Hall , Meorgate-street , London ; Mr . Leadbeatter , Mirfleld . Dyer Berry Smith and Joseph Wheeler Smitb . paptrmanufacturere , Alton , Staffordshire , Jan . 21 and Feb . 22 , at twelve , at the Cat tie Hotel , NeWcsstle-under-Lyne Solicitors , Mr . Chaplin , 3 , Gray ' s Inn Square , London ; Mr . Harrison , Birmingham . , . / '' ¦ : ¦ ¦ .. ' ¦ ' : ; Richard l urner , ; snoa-manrifacturer , Northarnpton , Jan . 18 , at eleven , and Feb . 22 , at two , at the Cross Keys Inn , Northampton . Solicitors , Messrs , Turner and Hensman , Baaing Lane , London ; Mr . Henaman * Norfchamnton . " ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' . ¦< ; / s
William Roberts , grocer , RawmMih ^ YfafrrthfaJaa 26 and Feb . 22 ,. at twelve , at the SmimiUftMUMa . Solicitors , Messrs . Wialesworth , Rid ^ dag SHygrnttock . Gray ' s Inn Square , Middlesex ; Mf ^ SHdtftlaM ^ H&cqfo near Rotherham . ¦ , /; ' j 5 i 5 ^ John Stepaens , iron-foutidenWghftftfla , w ^ wft Jen . 20 and Feb . 22 , ut « leven- ^^| g ^» M ^ £ mouth , ^ Solicitors , Mr . Sorr , M&Qp&eftgfgpm Measws . Locbyei sad Bvkltwi , WpW ^ i ^ 'ttl-
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SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT SHEFF 1 ELI ) . The tovvn of Sheffield has been the scene of a verj shocking occurrence , the result of intemperance . ' A yoiing man , aged twenty-five , named Henry Vaughari r ' a table-sriife manuracurer , living ia Wbitecrofi , had , it appears , paid attentions to Sarah Poole , who , with her two sisters , lived at Pye Bank Bridgehouses , and obtained ii respectable livelihood by dressmaking ; but about eighteen raonths . ago , ia earieequenco of his dissolute conduct and iutenipc-rata ¦ hOMts , she refuted any longer to keep company with hun . $ ocm &f . terthis pericd , ' he called upon her , and end flavoured to induce her iq revoke herdeterminition to discard him as a lover . But iiudirig hia per-8 ua 3 it-iis 4 n vain , he drew out a razor , and attt-mpted
ker lifi ) . She , hovrever , with $ reat promptitude and spirit , threw him down , and got his razor from bis hand , i . u October he had fired a pistol at the house , und on la ' onday last h < 21 visited h 6 r and uttered raeh alartoing . threats thaVsho applied to the Magistratea for protec Sioti , and obtained a peace warrant Va-u ^ han Wiis summoned to appear before the bench on Friday . The sisters had , in conseqDC-nqs of his violence , been latterly in the liabit of fastening the do ^ r and window > 3 hutters in the evening ; bus on Friday night unfortunately forgoVor negleeted to do so ; At about a . qiiarter before . ' . eith ' t . o'clock they were sitting at their work , when Vaughan suddenly rushed in at the outer door , closing it after Kirn as he entered , and cried , ' * Revenge ! revenge this night , if I go but a corpse ! " He then drew his hands from his pockets with a pisio ] in each . Sarah Poole
immediately , rushed to the door , JolloWad by heir sister Harriet , who ,, perceiving ihat he was aiming at Sirah , shut the door , but he fired one pistol beforo it was c ' osfld . Sarah escaped down the stairs , but Harriet , by closiji ^ . the door , shut herself in with the infuriated man , whiJe tbe third sister , Hannah , escaped out at the front door , and ran over to give alarm at th > p ' ub ' H ' c-hpuse opposite Vaughan essayed to foliow Sarah , but JFIarriet , with great pressnee of miudand wonderful intrepidity , pushed him backwards and he fell . At this moment she snatched from him . what she supposed to be the other loaded pistol , threw it down , and escaping into the next room , made for the-. witidbw . ' She threw open the sash , and pushing open the unfastened shutters , was in the act of jumping out , when the villain fired at ' hrir . ; : ^ - / .: ' ' ¦'¦• ' ¦ •''¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ' ¦" ' " ¦ ' ¦ ; : ¦ - ' "
Theball struck her upon the , shoulder , inflicting a superficial ivcund , and passed by . her cheek . At this moment tha landlord of the Barrei publichouso , and Mr . Palfrey man , a . commercial traveller , canie over , upon which the desperate fallow fired a third pistol through the paimel of the door , the ball from which enured the front of Mr . Palfreyniari ' B trovFsers and tore bis s ' lirt , but , wonderfiil to say , passed over his thigh without wounding him . ¦ ¦ -. . - >¦ The door still , remaini ; d fustened , and they were afraid to make any further attempt at entering until the police should arrive : In the interval three other shots Were heard in the room , and when they at length entered they found , the miserable roan in his last agony . He had discharged one of tha pistols at him th
his o ^ ri breast : Near lay ree pocket p istols , one discharged , ono loaded , arid iho third "with the barrel ,. partially unscrewed , as if an attempt had been itnade a second time to reload it . IVoor three bullets were , found on the floor , and that fired at Sarah Poole , which had touched her left temple and raised a small lump , had flattened against the wall , and fallen down thtvcellar steps . An inquest was held on tt . e body of the suicide on Saturday afternoon , and a verdict of Felo dese returned , after the facts above related had been deposed to before the jury by the witnesses to the dreadful transaction . The Coroner accordingly gave the uaual directions for the interment of the body at midnight , witnQut Ghristian barial .--Abridged front theSheffield'Independent .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct876/page/3/
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