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TEE FATOrBED LAND . BB 1 TA 5 NIA ^ mu sn ? upon her loTed share , ; Tfce vrfnds were asleep , and the waves kissed her The [ Shad gone down , and day's splendour -was o ' er , And si ' ence had talloWd her lonely retreat ; * ' So the ' sun of cur glory , " she sighed , " takes its fliabt , So the bright hopes of Britain seem shrouded in night" O land of the ocean and rock of the wave , Tie irorshipp * & of earth , and the f % ronred of HeaT " n , Wh < -re the beautiful dwell "with the free and the brave , Where ProTidence smiles , and an Eden is given ; J £ o u has : shone * mid the nations like Europe ' s bright star , A beacon when , dark tempests threatened afar .
Jl Tfct a nation of freemen seem clanking their chains , A famed laad of beiof s ate crouching like slaves , Tbe peasant ' s bold song is now hush'd on thy plains , Ana the rough seaman ' s tear mingles with thy blue waves ; Per Faction has crippled the lotm acd the plongb , And thy white ssjIb o ! commerce nap heavily now . «• Tes . ' Mammon now mocla the starv'd Englishman ' s sigh , The oligarch laughs at caurt poverty ' s tear , Tie songsof the pasnper"d drown misery ' s cry , Ard -where plenty once smil'd , famish'd faces appear ; Proud wealth seemB to lord it o ' er Heav ' n ' s favour' d land , And ihe temple prcf ane ' s rais'd by Freedom ' s own hand , " And when will the spirit awaken again ?
"What breath shall rekindle the patriot flame ? What voice shall arouse the bold sens of the main , To wipe eff the stain that now darkens their fame ? O , when wm prosperity gladden out Me ? When commerce shall flourish , and Liberty smile . " Through the gath ' ring gloom burst the Star of the night" That otV said Britannia , " a ngn seems to be , That my country again shall sbine forth in her might , And h er own moral energy render her free ; Behold the bright symbol appeals in the skies , And the pfcteaix again from its ashes shall rise !" Jesse Hammond .
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"UNITED STATES . The steamer Acadia , Captain Eyrie , arrived at Liverpool at three o ' clock on Friday morning , after a voyage of twelve and s half days , from Halifax , which port she left on the 12 ' . b . The Acadia took the place of the Caledonia , and sailed from Liverpool on the 19 th of February ; she experienced very Touuh weather on her outward voyage , which occupied sixtrfin and a half days . At Halifax , the Unicorn had been got ready for sea , and , having fetched the mail from Bv > jton , proceeded to sea for England on the 7 th . She had , however , only been at sea a few hours , and got some distance beyond Sambro' Head , when she was descried by the Acar dia . which bore dewn to meet her : it was a joyful
meeting , and the news of the safety of the Caledonia excited the liveliest feelings of satisfaction and joy The two steamers returned to Halifax together , and , though ii was midnight , the cannon they fired brought crowds of anxious inhabitants down to the wharfs , and as they were tailed and answered as ibey passed " Acadia , " ** Unicorn , " with the welcome addition of B Caledonia safe in England , " the Bhouts and cheers of the multitude were most exciting . A passenger describes it a ? a scene of the most exhilarating nature . The mail and passengers brought by the Acedia were transferred to the Unicorn , which proceeded to Boston on Tuesday night , and the Clyde west Indian steamer sailed same day direct to 2 sew York , bearing the news there .
Omngto the mails being made sp at Boston on the 2 ad we have no new 3 from the United States by this arrival later than we received by the Oxford . From Halifax we have dates w the 12 th inclusive , bat they do not contain any matter of importance . The sailing packets to the westward having all made long passages , the Acadia took out to the states intelligence more than a month later . Intelligence has been received from Is ' ew York to the -Uh instant Tne tssA of the Creole had been hroupht up in the Senate by the introduction of a report in answer to a resolution of the House adopted some time ago .
The report was presented in the form of instructions to the American Minister in London .. It states the contents of a brief correspondence between the Secretary of State and the American Minister in London , and the facts connected with the case . It is assumed that a great injustice has been done to the owners of the slaves , and a serious insult offered to the American Union ; and it is contended that the duty of the anthsrities of Nassau , as a friendly power , should have been to have aided the master and crew of the Creole iu bringing the " mutineers " lo justice . The American Minister is requested to inng the subject before Lord Aberdeen as clearly a ca > e of indemnification .
Tie North-eastern Boundary had been alluded to in the Senate and by the Governor of Massachusets , is a message to the State Legislature ; but there was nothing new on the subject . Mr . Clay had , in the Senate , made a long speech in recommendation of his resolutions respecting the best mode of raising a revenue for national purposes from duties on goods imported from foreign countries . The Chamber was excessively crowded to hear what was understood to be Mr . Clay ' s farewell speech .
In the House of Representatives , a petition was presented from Ohio , praying that the House would take immediate measures to dissolve the Union . The petition sets forth , that the citizens of the free States hare been suffering incalculable evils for the last thirty years , and are now Buffering from the institution of slavery . A motion that the petition be not received was carried by one hundred and sixteen to twenty-four . Lord Morpeth was at Richmond , on hi 3 way to the South . Mr . Dickens has not left New York , where he was detained by the serious indisposition of his wife .
FRANCE . The Paris papers of Thursday contain little important news . Referring to the proposed duty on coals , the Courtier Francois publishes the following : — 11 The duty which the British government intend to levy on the export of coal will turn to the detriment of English trade . Our foundries and steamers will supply themselves with Belgian coal , or draw that article from the inexhaustible mines Of the AEturias In all esses the mines of Si . Etienne and Anzin will gain whw those of Newcastle will lose . The
treasury and industry of Great Britain will be the only soSerers , for our commerce and navy will not pay the contribution which the Tory ministry purposes laying upon them . " The weather wa 3 still excessively cold , though fine , in Paris . The difference of temperarare between Thursday last and the precedes Thursday was no less than 25 degrees . There was a severe frost on the night of Wednesday . The chamber of Commerce of St . Malee 3 had re-B £ Bed , on being oScially informed of the adjournment of the sugar bill .
SPAIN . — The Coresponsal announces that a courier of the Bnush embassy had been stopped on the highway near Madrid and robbed of a sum of 30 . 0 GOf , the property of Mr . Aston . —The Spanish frigate Coites aimed &t Tangier on the 21 ct uhM for the purpose of claiming a vessel belonging to Estepona , which had teen confiscated by the Morocco authorities . The . punish , commander , attended by the consul and v 3 C £ -cod ? q ] of Spain at that residency , waited on the goveraor , w ho received them with great distinction , aud immediately ordered the vessel and cargo to be Jernraed to _ their owners . —The CasleUano states that a Carlist conspiracy had been discovered at ronievedra , the chief of which had fled into Portugal , where he had been arrested .
TURKEY . _ Accounts from Constantinople of the 1 st instant , £ tase , that Marroeordato , the new envoy of Greece , lad arrived in tbst capital , and been received "wUb tne honours due to his rank According to the cotxespondeijee « f the Gazelle of Upper Germany , M . Alavrocordato was instructed by his government to demand the mediation of the ambassadors of brew Britain , Prance , and Russia . The A ugslurgh bczetle of the 20 th instant brings intelligence from the frontier of Turkey down to the 12 th . A conspiracy , having for its object to deliver up Braila to Snf ^ W t * diseoTered b J the authorities on the -Ann nit ., the day on which it was to have exploded .
fcrovernor Jacobson , on being apprised of the designs ot toe conspirators , sent as officer to order the woops to hold themselves in readiness to act . On to way he fell in with a band of twenty persons , Wflo assailed him in the Btreet and mortally wonnded Dim , Some soldiers having repaired to the assistance of their officer , a conflict ensued , in which several men were wounded op each side . Many of the conspirators had been arrested , but their leader , a teacher of languages , named Yigorides , had made his escape . They consisted princiially of Bulgarians , and a few Greeks and Servians . Turkish troops wer « still inarching towards the frontier of Greece . Their numbers were estimated at 15 , 000 Ben ,
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Letters from Sussex state that at the Lewes market . last week , Messrs . Wigney ' s £ 5 notes were offered at Is . each . A blackbird , shaving several pure white feathers , was shot on Wednesday , at Milbourne-hall . —Newcastle Chronicle . The Tweed Bank , it is expected , will pay fully 10 s . 6 d . in the pound . It appears that the liabi l . ties of the estate are £ 275 , 000 , and the assets £ 145 , 000 . — Durham Advertiser . The number of fish in the Tweed is unusually great , and it rarely happens that , at so early a period of the season , so many clean salmon have been taken with the rod . —Kelso Chronicle . OsSiTUEDAT evening the members of the Society of London Daily Newspaper Compositors held their twenty-second annual festival at the Freemasons ' Tavern . Nearly one hundred and fifty members sat down to dinner .
The Laegest Cabgo . —The new ship Rappab . aunock , Captain Drummond , cleared at New Orleans on the 13 th ult . for Liverpool , with 3 , 856 bales of cotton , jveighing 1 , 668 , 213 lbs . This is by far the largest cargo ever despached from the United States . —Liverpool Journal . Thkhe is , we believe , lit tie doubt , that the command of the British troops westward of the Indus has been offered to Sir Henry Hardinge ; but the gallant officer had not , on Saturday , we are informed , signified his acceptance of the command . The Iscome Tjx . —Several public meetings have been held in the metropolis , at which resolutions condemnatory of this impost have been agreed to . A strong feeling is also getting up in the provinces against it .
TheDuK-E of Bedfobd has already received from tho Treasury upwards of £ 100 , 000 for the purchase of his property , to enable the Commissioners to carry into operation the projected improvi-mects by the extension of Oxford-street in a direct line through the rookery of St . Giles , in Holborn . The Cbown Jewels . —Orders were on Monday issued by the lord chamberlain for the immediate removal of the crown jewels and regalia from Messrs . Rundell and Bridges , on Ludgate-hill , to whose custody they have beeu intrusted since it e great fire at the Tower , to the new jewel-house in the Tower , which will be opened for public inspection on Monday next .
Ths Gobgon has brought home 11 , 000 medals from the Turkish Government , to be distributed among the officers seamen , and marines engaged in the Syrian warfare . The medals are of different sorts , according to the various ranks of the parties for whom they are intended . Those for Sir R . Stopford , Sir C . Napier , &c are geld , and set round with diamonds , * the others are gold , silver , and bronze . Depxrtcre of Troops for India . —Monday morning the first division of the 10 th regiment , whicn has been quartere at Glasgow for several months past , left that town for Portsmouih , and were on Thursday followed by the second and third divisions of the regiment . On their arrival at that port they will embark on board one of her Majesty ' s troop ship 3 , and , it is expected , will forthwith proceed to India , to reinforce the troopa in Affghan Stan . . -
Creosote rs Whiskjey . —A recent case of the sudden death of a police constable in London , has brought to light an adulteration practised particularly by illicit distillers and venders in whiskey , in the introduction of creosote , to give the celebrated peat-reek flavour to common spirits . This adulteration , which is of the most noxious nature , it is to be feared , is very extensively practised , and should command the utmost vigilance of the Excise . Sudden death would be a certain result of its being taken in any quantity , particularly in an excited stite of the sys'em .
" Salmos Fishebt . —Tbe salmon fishery on both sides of the Solway Frith has proved so far very successful ; indeed the take of new fish on the English side was never before known to be so few , although the number of stake neis on this , as well as the other side , far exceeds that of any previous season . The curious in those matters have been led ta inquire 3 e 1 o tbe causes of the rapidly diminishing importa tion of caw salmon in each succeeding spring , and the generally received opinion attributes this falling off to the wholsale havoc among the brood fish during the clo 3 e Season . —Carlisle Journal .
- Norfolk Circuit . —A Mr . Long , an agent of Manners Sutton in the contest at Cambridge carried on against Milner Gibson , was convicted , on Friday , on . a prosecution instituted by order of the House of Commons , of bribing aa elector of the name of Smith , at that election , with a gift of £ 10 , to a vote tor Sutton . The evidenee was of the most conclusive character ^ The penalty is £ 500 , and a total disqualification from voting or holding any public office for ever . ¦
Da 5 Geeocs Co > "sr < jcE : rcES op Yaw > 7 . \ g . —A day or two ago , Mary Ann Nichol&on , abont thirty , five years of age , the wife of a respectable mechanic was brought into Westminster hospital with dislocation of the jaw-bone on both sides oi the neck , which , it appeared , had suddenly occured to her , a short time previously , while indulging in the full luxury of an unequivocal yawn , on her awakening in the morning . With considerable difS . cu : ty the joint was replaced on one side , but the other has not yet been effected . —Sun .
The most seckxfss man of the day—of course we mean the Marquis of Waterford—has just had rather a bad accident . In an annual steeple-chase near Dublin , on Wednesday , he fell from his favourite mare Columbine , and the beast rolled over him . He was picked up in a swoon , bathe soon recovered . The mischance to the popular resident landlord excited much sympathy in the crowd . It is to be hoped that it will not interfere with the Maiquis ' s matrimonial projects ; for it is eaid that ue is about to marry the Honourable Miss Louisa Stuait , the daughter of Lord de Rothesay ; only awaking » he consent of the father , which has to be sent for from St . Petersburg !! .
The mcsicifal council of Calais have voted a silver cup , worth 300 f , to Mr . J . Siater , mate of the Widgeon packet , for his conduet in saving the c ew of the Minerva on the night of the lOib . Tne Humana Society of the same town have also decided on applying to the General Shipwreck Society for a gold medal for Slater , and silver ones for the English sailors who assisted him on that occasion ; also gold medals for the pilots , and silver or . es for the French sailors who attempted , though in vain , to save their countrymen .
A letter , has been received from an intelligent officer , dated Kernoul , 18 : h January . Sir Jasper : Niehoil 3 , tbe Commander-in-chief , was thffl et ,-tamped at that place with the finest army England had seen collected together for many years It consisted of the Q leea ' s third dragoons and three regimei . t 3 « f light cavalry-, two European infantry regiments , and four regiments of native infantry , with a stroDg body of horse and foot artillery , and a numerons staff corps , in all about 11 , 000 . besides the local corps and camp followers—for Sir Jasper ' s movements were secret ; , but the army expected daily orders to march . —Plymoulh paper .
Packet Station for the South of Ireland . — The following communication ha * been received from the admiralty in reply to a memorial fr . jin the city of Cork Grand Jnry . — "Admiralty , March 18 , 1842 , Sir—I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acknowledge the receipt of the memorial of the Grand Jury of the crty oi Cork , recomme , nding the port of Cork as the lri ~ h mail packet station between the west of Ennl&nd and the ? onth f Ireland , which was transm . t ' . ed with y » ur letter on the 14 th iKStant ; and I am to acquaint you that my Lords see many ^ reat objections to the p ! an proposed , but will pay every attention to the subject I am" Sir , &e ., Std . net Herbeht . —W . J . Shaw , E > q . "
Fracds on the Poor . —In the lajt poor law circular , a iener appears from a London tradesman , containing an admission of hav ; ng served a uniou in the country '' with tea that had been immemd m salt water , and sugar that had been adulterated ; and offering in censiderstitn of the Board of Guardians withdrawing proceedings , that he will pay the bill of costs as between attorney and client ,, and . give £ 5 to any charitable purports the Board , mav . point out ; coneiiicnally that t \ io Board does not " publish his letter , but , forward it to the Com- j missiop " ers ,-to be made such use of a ? they may tiiiuk fit . " The Commissioners allow tha compromise , ] but publish the letter , as a proof , they say , " Boarus i of Guardians have the means , if they exercise proper vigilaiice , of ( ffectually protecting thJr own body , and the poor , against any frauds which may be attempted . "
A Dodgt . Canvasser . —The hall steps were spotted with green moss—the windows bad glass of a thousands hues , the white-painted thuttera closed on many of them ; the place had altogether a cold , forbidding look . Its possessor was a bachelor , an old man , a gentleman by birth . , a formalist by habit , and a miser by perverted inclination . His name wasSimon Gripefast ; his estate was large , and his politics doubtful * After many a weary pull , the rickety door was opened by an asthmatic servant in faded green livery , and the earl and his protege -were received by Mr . Gripefasr . The room iuto
which they were shown was cold and dinj ; y : the walls were cracked , the roof almost black , the carpet faded , and the small portion of fire nursed in -j the corner of the grars , struggling for life under an economical covering of dusty ashes . Falconer felt j bis spirits sink the moment be entered the place . ' Its ocenpant was in keeping with if * , he was irou-. visaeed , sparely-built , aud shabbily dressed . BJ . s very hands were hard and cold ; and the cat t ' r . at shivered by the hearth looked as l ? an and p ^ Timonious as her master . "My friend Falconer starts for the county in the room of poor Sir Guzale Grubbinetoa "
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Shockin g Result of a Pettt Prosecution . —A few weeks ago , a woman , with an infant in her arms , was committed to prison for cutting a small quantity of birch at Besbury , the damage which she did being valued at one halfpenny . We understand tbvb the child died in prison on Sunday last , and that the mother stated at the iuqucst that it was her belief the child died in consequence of a cold wbich it caught in the Ledbu ' ry lock-up-house . The wonder is that many inquests have not been the consequence of confining prisoners in such a damp and filthy den . The feelings of this woman ' s persecutor , who sent her and her child to prison for such a venial offence as cutting a bit of birch , are not to be envied . — Worcestershire Chronicle .
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway . —Susday T . RA 1 XS . —The second day of the Sunday trains has passed off as quietly as the fmt . At the Edinburgh terminus the Rev . W . Burns was again in attendance , roaring and shoutiDg , to the great annoyance of peaceable persons ; but the railway train proved as deaf to his remoustrances as before , and slid away with the gre&itit sang froid imaginable . The people assembled were respectable and well-conducted . The total number of passengers carried along the line was 841 . Oi' these there came along the whole line from Glasgow 34 , while 254 were taken up or set down at the intermediate stations . The number conveyed along the entire line from Edinburgh was 58 , and to intermediate distances , 495 . Except on the pait of Mr . Burns , at the iLdinburgh station , not tne slightest disposition was manifested , either in ihe morning or evening , to mar the tranquillity of the Sabbath . —Scotsman .
Fasting by Compulsion . —At the weekly meeting of the guardians oi the South Dublin union on Wednesday , Captain Kowlaii complained , on tho part of the protestant paupers jn the establishment ( nearly 500 in number , ) that they were compelled , contrary to the natural craviDgs of their stomachs , to svvallow thin oaini' a \ porridge , ibe same as that taken by the Roman Cathlic inmates , during the period of Lent ; The gallant captain concluded by moring that the whole ; arrear of flesh and broth withheld from tho
protestants during the last week be added to the allowance doled out on Easter Sunday . A guardian suggested that the usual week ' s notice should be given of so important a motion ; but it having occurred to some of the members of the board that Easter was but three days off , it was finally agreed that the aggrieved parties should have double rations on Sunday next , as some slight compensation Tor the purgation they had been forced to undergo , in common with their more devout companions of the workhcynse .
Desperate and Extraordinary Scene in Mews Barracks . —The following are the authentic particulars relative to this extraordinary occurrence : — It appears that Thomas Hutchms , who is the subject of this narrative , is a private iu the third battalion of the 1 st Regiment of Grenadier Foot Guards , now stationed in the Mews Barracks , Trafalgar-square , and was considered the finest man in the regiment , measuring six feet two inches -in height , and stout in proportion , and when uninfluenced by liquor was a quiet , inoffensive person , but a little drink would sometimes excite him to a most extraordinary degree , and cause him to quarrel with his comrades . On Wednesday night , about nine o ' clock , after haviug indulged rather freely , he retired with three
others to one of the barrack sleeping-rooma at the top of the building for the night , where , however , he had not been many minutes before he commenced quajrellmg with a man named Greene , whom hear length threatened with his venueance , and , fearing the consequences , Greene made his escape down stairs , and informed the serjeant that Hutchins was drunk . The serjeant immediately repaired up stairs , and ordered him down to the orderly-room , for the purpose of tes'ing his sobriety . He , however , s-truck the serjeant under tho ear with his bayonet , and slightly wounded him . Another man was slightly wounded in the facs in endeavouring to rescue the serjeant , who , but for his interference , would no doubt have been murdered . All ,
however , ran out of the room with the exception of one maD , who had got iuto bed ; to ¦ whom Hutchins md , " You hive never injured or given me any offence ; I shall not , therefore , hurt a hair of your head . " Hutchins , however , now commenced firing at the door , imagining , no doubt , that some of them were on the other side of it . Six bullets passed through the door , which is about two inches in thickness , one © f them lodging in another door at the end of the passage , which is about twelve feet in length . He also fired through the front window at the sestries in the yard , who , however , fortunately escaped . Hearing several persons coming up the stairs , hb threw up the back window , and flung out his belt and poach , and having exclaimed , " N « w , you , follow me , " precipitated himself
from the window into tke back-yard , a height of about fifty feet , when a rush was instantly made , and he was found lying upon hi ^ back in a state of insensibility . He was immediately placed upon a stretcher , and conveyed to the Barracks Hospital , in RfChester How , Westminfter , where be was attended by Drs . Johnson and Bellam , of the regiment , who discovered that his left arm Vf a ^ broken , but the extent of injary sustained could not then be discovered . On inquiry on Thursday , at the Hospital , it was ascertained that he had been spitting blood the whole of the day , which proceeded from the internal injuries he bad received , and which are of so semus a nature as to preclude aU liope of his recovery . The flag-stone upon which he fell was broken into several pieces , but not a spot of blood was to be seen . HutchinB is in the 28 ; h year of his age .
Executions . ——The period has now arrived , when the great experiment of replacing by more moderate penalties the exterminating enactments of former timea—nas been tried by the test of full experience ; and the Committee of the Anticapital Punishment Society congratulate the public upon the eminent Butcess which has marked the transition from a system of indiscriminate rigour to one of great comparative mercy la the year 1821 there was 114 executions in England and Wales . In 1828 , the number was reduced to 59 ; in 1836 , to 17 ; and in 1838 . it was only 6 . Tnat this change has been effected without diminishing , even in t / ie slightest degree , the security of the persons and properties of men , is a matter of
the clearest evidence , the evidence of actual expe rience , which cannot be disputed or falsified . The Government Returns prove , that there have been jeicer highway robberies in the last seven years , with 5 executions , than in the preceding seven years , wivh 58 executions ;—that there have been fewer acts of burglary and housebreaking in the last seven years , with only 2 executions , than in the preceding seven years , when 57 persons suffered death for those crimes;—that there has been less horse-stealing iu the last seven years , without any execution , than in the preceding Stvea years , during which , for that offence alone , 22 convicts were sent to the scaffold . Whatever experience has been acquired by this unexampled reform in the administration of public
justica , has , at least , been safely and isnocentlY gained . Some hundreds of offenders , had they committed their crimes a few years before , would have died by the hands of the executioner . They had been allowed to live . Life , the only season of repentance , with all its opportunities of regaining the iavourof an offended t > ehy , has com m rcifully continued to them ; and , fjom this lenity , society has dirived no injury , no loss . Who , then , can fa-1 to rejoice at a result ao consoling to humanity ? One question only remains . — Reflecting men will a > k , after so many accumulated proofs of the inefficacy of capital punishment , why should it be retained at all ? Kt asonJDg miuas will inquire , —Is the execution of six persons in a year so essential to
social security , that we must still continue to uphold the revolting machinery of the scaffold 1 For murder no less tTxm other crimes , the penalty of death , as an example , is momentary , and of no beneficial effect : —it disgusts the good , and brutalizes the bad , who witness the speotaclc of man cruelly destroyed by man;—as an act of extreae violence , it teaches violence to the people : — as an act of deliberate homicide , it diminishes the regard due to the sanctity of life , and renders murder less revolting to the uuinstructed mind . For murder as well as other crimes , it too often leads fa impunity through the suppression of evidence by the associates or acquaintance of the criminal , who recoils at the thought of becoming accessory to the
death of one , with whom they had formerly lived on terms of familiar intercourse . The Ccscmittie invit-- the attention of ihe public to the important fact , tbat there have been fewer commitments for murder in the last five years , when the executions for that crime were 40 , for 8 annually , } than in the five years preceding , when the executions were 66 , [ or 13 annually j Similar results hfive followed the partial disuse of the punishment o f death for murder in France and Prussia ; and \ n Belgium , tho discontinuance of the capital r > enalty , during five successive years ending wi ' , h 1834 , was accompanied by a diminution in tbe number of murders- Thus experience proves , tha * , in order to render the laws against crime reform iiory , they must cease to be revengeful . It is tn je the punishment of death is
judicia . ly said , like a ]] other punishment , to be ; not for revenge but exa ; ^ p le : —but as it has notoriously failed in the way a ' . example , what purpose can its infliction Berve ur Jess the gratification of revenge ? Let it then be en tirely repealed , and somo punishment substituted which does not shock the natural feelings of man } jnd , and is therefore more capable of uniform execur' joq ' By the abolition of it we should teach men ftr bearance by the high example of the laws , and ir culcate the sacredness of life on that supreme au * aority ; while the retention of it for murder answe- t-3 none of the real ends , of justice , but serves on } - by exacting blood for blood , " to encourage the' , avage spirit of retaliation , in utter variance with ih' j entle temper of Christianity , and itself the fruitfu ' , parent of atrocious crimes . Wilijam Allen ,
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Death fhom Destitution . —An inquest was taken on Saturday , in the Board Room of Marylebone workhouse , on the body of James Simmorids , aged 18 , whose death occurred in that institution , 'fha poor fellow had been an occasional porter ; bat JatteTly he could get nothing to do , and at -length , from want of nourishment , he was found in a sinking state on the cell of a door in Gee ' s Court , Oxford-Btreet , by policeman D 125 ^ who took him to the station-house , where the Inspector ordered him to be takon to the workhouse ; but deceased said ho would not go ; he had been there once , aud would rather be hanged than go again . It was evident the poor creature ' s Iimb 3 had been frost-bitten , for at the tinie of death self-amputatiori had so completely performed its work , that the bones of the ancle , joint and foot were completely cut through , and only , left hanging , to- the leg by a piece of skin Verdict— "Thatthe deceased died from mortifica . tion , produced by cold and hunger . ^
Adventures of a £ 5 Notk . —On Sunday last , a collection yrm . made at St , Martin's Church , for the Colonial . Bishops '' . Fund , and a religious old lady had , in the exuberance of her love for bishops , placed on the plateia £ 5 note . While the churchwardens were carrying the treasure from the portico ofthe church to the vestry , guarded by the beadles , a strong gsst of , wind carried off the five pound note . It remained ovpr the roof of the church for some time ; the beadles , in their robes of office , looked at it m wild astonishment , and , as it floated towards the river , they set off as fast as their Ieg 3 could carry them , shouting" stop it ! " " catch it S" The public ran in all directions , believing that the cry was' stop thief I " . A general pursuit ensued , but no one could see either the thief or the object of pursuit , till the beadles stopped in Northumberland-street , and cried out , "It ia caught by the churchwarden ' s chimney . " On ascending the roof of Mr . Cobbott ' s house , they found tho note all Safe .
Effects of Railway Travelling on Sight . —It has often been remarked by railway travellers , how fatiguing it is to the eyes , and consequently injurious to the sight j to look for any length of time at objects through the railway carriage windows . This is quite true , and easy of solution . Every one aoquainted with physiology , knows the intimate connexion and sympathy of action between the five Reuses and the brain . The sensation which is felt and complained of is caused by the velocity at which you travel—the transient view yon obtain of the
objects you pass—and looking at them in a direct line , whioh is generally the ease by looking through the side window nearest the Seat . All these unpleasant sensations and consequences ( which are more serious than appear at first sight ) are obviated by simply looking at the objects you pass in an oblique or angular direction ; you thus command a longer view of every thingV wtiich entirely relieve the eye—it destroys this magical and uncertain sight you obtain by looking , as before described , at objects in a straight line . —Glasgow Paper .
A curious Incident , has occurred at Northampton Assizes . A " fracas" took place between Sergeant Goulburn and Mr . Becke , a solicitor ; in consequence , it seems , of an old feud between the two . In 1836 , or earlier , and repeatedly since that time , Mr . Goulburn made some attacks on Mr . Becke ' s professional character ; and Mr . Becke com plains , that as Mr . Goulburn screen ' s himself under his privilege as an advocate ; he has no redress at law . His only resource therefore is to attempt to . provoke Mr . Goulburn to take some proceedings against him , and he endeavoured to do so in the said " fracas , " but it appears without saccess ; and so he has written to the papers a letter , in which he thus throws down the gauntlet : - ^ - If , as I fully expect , he should fail to proceed against me , the public will then judge between myself and" Air . Goulburn : I have done all in tho power of man , short of personal violence , to force him to wipe off the foul stigma I
have now several times catt upon himv I acoused him of wilful falsehood and , gross perversion of truth in the imputations he cast oh me I accused him of fabricating circumstances detrimental to my professional character , for the sole purpose of indulging bis malevolent feelings towards me . I now repeat these accusations deliberately and adviaedfy . Mr . Goulburn has all along omitted to take any steps either to clear his character orattempt to justify his conduct towards mo . I leave it therefore to all men of honour and courage to put their own construction on this line of conduct of a sergeant-at-law , an exofficer of the Blues , the author of a satire ; and one who has figured in . his early career » s a horse-jockey . With all these varied qualifications , he appears destitute of those feelings which persons moving in his pr sent station are generally found to possess , when a man , equal in birth and education to himself , demands satisfaction fsr his insulted honour . "
Curious Coincidence . —Some months ago , the premises of Mr ; Wilson , a watchmaker at SpaldiDg . were broken open , and all . the watches and plate stolen from his shop . For some time nothing could be discovered ^ and malicious people were not wafttiug to make the vilest insinuations . By a remarkable coincidence the burglar went the other day to Lincoln , a distance of more than 5 Q miles , to dispose of part of his plunder , the affair having become almost forgotteD , and it eo chanced that the first place he went to wa . 8 the shop of Mr . Wilson ' s father iu High-street , Saint-Peter-atGowtSj and it also singularly happened that the watch he preseutsd for sale was one that Mr . Wilson personally knew had belonged to his son . The man was detained , and
some other property was found in Lincoln . He was removed in custody to Spalding , where it was learned that he had been residing for six years past , under tho name of Morley ^ On his house being searched , no trace ofthe rest of My . Wilton ' s property was found , but oh a subsequent search , a large stone bcttle was found upon a shelf , and on being taken down , it proved that , a hole had been broken in the bottom and the watches and jewellery put therein , carefully packed in hay to prevent it from rattling . Mr . Wilson has thus singularly recovered the whole of his property ( except tw » watches ) , and a burglar ih most extensive practice has beeii detected , and committed to the hoase of correction for the division of Holland .
..-Match to Gallop One Horse Twenty Miles , within the Ho mi . —It will be recollected that Mr . Grey , a gentleman riding nearly fourteen stone , undertook to perform this feat , but failed in completing his task , having unfortunately broken his horse ' s legs in three places before he had made the first turn of five miles . immediately after the above named affair , Mr . Goodman , a member of the turf , matched himself in a similar undertaking for £ 100 , to take place on the same spot , viz .- ^ -a three mile piece of ground on Sunbnry Common , and on Wednesday last the affair came off . Mr . Goodman had been up to the day in close training , weighing about ten stone ; and having purchased a fine old
steeple chaser , named the Knight , * expressly : for the occasion , was' ready : at all points for the ; start at four o ' clock . The betting had risen -considerably in favour pf Mr . G- ^ -in many instances if > 6 to 4 , and in some even 2 to 1 ^—which must be in some measur * attributed to Mr . G . ' a well-known energy , perseverance , and strength of nerve . Mr . G . went off at a steady pace , . which he continued to the close , and completed his task apparently with great ease , having nearly four minutes to spare , neither horse nor rider showing any symptoms of distress . Consider ^ able sums of money changed hands upon the occasion , and the wound was well attended , there being a good sprinkle of fashionable equipages and great numbers of equestrians .
Palm Sunpay . —The annual ceremony of cracking a gad-whip three times in the church porch of Caistor , at the commencement of the reading of the lessons , with the folded whip , and the mummery of waiving it-three times aver , the minister ' s head ; then holding it in a steady diagonal position till he ha concluded above seventy verses * < &p ., delighted tho " gaddites" of the town and their ; country friends ^ on Sunday week , the cracks being very loudly and distinctly given , and the rest of the performances strictly seciindwn artem . We understand that Mr ..
Spring , saddler , of Brigg , -thw year completed the £ 2 , id whip he has made tui the occasion . There are religious persons in Caistor who assert that the custom is impious—that it is a desecration » f the Sabbath belonging to the darkest ages , < fec . ; and of this opinion was au influential gentleman who a few year 3 ago sought to put aside the whole ceremony , but did not succeed . The . " gaddites" lejoiced greatly at his failure , for as much as , they eoiitend , it induces a larger attendance on the " means of grace ! " O -meres' !'" ' There certainly was a good congregation on Sunday .- —Stamford Metcuvy .
Madness and Smcii > e produced by Destitution . —On Thursday a long investigation wa 9 entered into before Mr . T . Wakley , M . P ., in the chapel of the Strand Union Workhouse , Cleveland-street , Fitasroysqaare , on the body of Charles Heathcote , agedlD , the son of a journeyreau painter and glazier , living in We&ttninster . Charley Heatbeate , deceased's father , said his son had been in the employ of a Cowkeeper in Westminster , but about seven weeks since he was discharged ; his master having no longer occasion for his cervices . He was unable to find employment , or witness inany way to assist him , being out of work hims » lf . The deceased wandered about from day to day , suffering ihe deepest distress and hunger , but would not apply to the parish . The effect of star ration caused him to become insane and a nicht or two after he was found by the police
raving mad in the streets , and conveyed by them to St . Margaret ' s workhouse ,: where he had beehbot a lew days when he tought an opportunity to out his throat , but was detected before he bad done so to a great extent . A week after , he again cut bis throat to a greater extent , at which time he was under an order of removal from St . Margaret ' s ^ parish to the Strand union . He was removed to the Strand Union workhouse on the 5 th instant , at whioh time he was so weak as to be unable to walk . By the Coroner" I have no complaint as regards bis treatment , but I think his removal from St . Margaret ' s workhouse to this accelerated his death ; " The Jury ultimately returned a verdict ; That the deceased died frbin the effects of a wound in hi 8 throat , inflicted by himself whilst in a state of insanity , produced from hunger and destitution . "
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Wignet ' s BANK .-r-M £ ETiNG of Ckedhohs . —On Thursday evening , a privatenieeting of the principal creditors took place at the house of Mr . Dash , Castkh&quare , Brighton . > About sixty persons were present . From various statements made , accordifig to present sppeararices , ihe largest dividend that can bo expectei is sixpence in the poxi ^ d . From inquiries made by some of the creditors , it was deemed expedient that they should obtain the assistance of one of the leading counsel from London in order that the whole affair may be thoroughly inyestigatedj as slight hopes are entertaihed of recovering certain property for the benefH of the large body of creditors .
At the Leicester Assizes , an extraordinary case of eiander / was tried * - The action was brought by Dempster Hemming and wife against Mr . Power , a solicitor . Mr . Hemming is a gentleman of fortune , acquired in India , and sixty years of age . His wife is ¦> fascinatJug lady , of about twenty-eight . Their marriage was solemufzed in tho year 1639 ; and Mr . Power was charged with spreading a rumour that Mrs . Hemming was the wife of one Henry Alleyne , whom she called her brother . Mrs ; Hemming was married as Rhoda Alleyne ; and she and her brother were strabgers in the neighbourhood when Mr . Hemming became acquainted with her . The counsel for the plaintiff simply proved the uttering of the words by Mr . Power . In reply , ihe Solicitor-General indignantly commented upon the case being
presented in this naked manner . He would allow the description Mrs . ^^ Hemming had giveft of herself , as to her maiden name , to be correct ; bat with regard to her pretended brother , it was clear that his name was Henry Chard ; that he wa 3 a superannuated tide-waiter from Liverpool ; that ht had been living at Finchley , or Hampatead , with Mrs . Hemming , ostensibly as brother aud sister , in 1838 . If he proved these eircumttances , the jury would be satisfied Mrs . Hemming and her brother were mere adventurers ; that Mr . Hemming was their dupe , and that the verdict should pass for his client . Mr . Balguy , on the other side , insisted that the jury had nothing to do with Alleyne , and the Judge inclined to that opinion . The jury , however , gave the plaintiff only one farthing damages .
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EXTRAOBDINARY CHARGE OF ASSAULT ON A LADY . Monday , Mr . Robert Caldwell , solicitor , of 1 . ,- . Great Brunswick-street , tor whose apprehension two warrants bad been outstanding for many days , was brought in custody of Police Serjeant Kennedy , 8 B , before the M » gi 8 tratefl of College-street Police Office , Dublin , charged with having assaulted , with intent to commit violation , the wife of Mr . Corbett , of Fitzwilliam-place , barristet . From the evidence of the proaeeatrix , as given by The Freeman ' s Journal , it appeared tho prisoner bad been ou friendly terms with Mr . Corbett for the space of a year and a haJf , during which they had various transactions in the way of business , Mr . Ca ! d-
well taking to Mr . Corbett all the briefs he could muster . The prisoner had been frequently at Mr . Corbett ' s house , his presence there being , however , occasioned , for the tnost part ; by professional affairs , though on two oeeaaiona he had dined there . Oa Monday ee ' nnlght he dined with Mr . Corbett aud hia lady , and on the Saturday following he proceeded to the house of the prosecutor is . Fitztrilliara-plaCe , under the pretence of paying the visit usBolly exacted by etiqaette , after the acceptance of such a complimbUt . Having knocked afe the door , he inquired ot the servant if Mr . Corbett were at home ? The eervan t answered in the negative , saying that his master bad just gone out ; ¦ which , however , was hot the ease ; but Mr ^ Corbettj being in disabillo at the time , had
given directions tbat he should t > a- denied . The prisoner then inquired whether Mrs . Gorbett was at home , for that if so her presence would suit his purpose aa well > The servant replied that his mistress was in the study , to which apartment the other was unhesitatingly admitted . The prisoner having found the lady seated in an anb chair saluted , her courteously , and , drawing ov e * his own chair isu the vicinity of the lady ' a > they co n , i » r 8 ed for a few minutes apon ordinary topics . Presently , however , his conversation assamed adiiFereni tone—he talked rapidly with great fervour , and began to praise the eyes of hk companion , which he averred were bright above those of ail othermortal ? . He then speke mere undiaguiaedly , and throwing . himself on his knee he lamented the situation of his fair
companion , and assured her with great impassionuient that he grieved that : her heart fras not at her own disposal . : for that if she were single she should not be ¦ without ; ah offer . Fired with indignation at hearing hersblf addressed in such a strain , the lady roBe in high displeasure , and told tb © prisoner that such words were unfit for the- ears of a married ¦ woman , and informed him that if he did pot immediately leave the room she should ring for the Bervant to turn him put She -was proceeding accordingly across the room , with the design of summoning the servant -with the bell , when the prisoner sprang from his seat with desperate violence , and spreading his hand over the lips of the lady , in order to ! atifle her so eflfectually as to render UtteraDCe impossible , he told her that all her realstauoe would be in Tain . The prisoner then proceeded to take liberties of the most infamous nature with the lady , the details of which are , of coarse , utterly , unfit for publication . A deadly struggle ensued , the foitone . . which
wasas yet doubtful , when the lady , descrying a large case-knife lying in a silver bread-basket upon the table , seiied it in desperation , and made a fierce plunge at the breast of her assailant . The prisoner , in his effort to etude the blow , whioh must have been fatal had it taken effect with snch excessive violence was it aimed , let go his hold of the lady ' s month , and succeeded in wringing the weapon out of her hand . The lady , uttering the most clamorous shrieks , rushed to the door , closely pursued by her assailant , vsho brandished the kflife in the air , and had almost felledher to the earth , when Mr . Corbett , who was in the lower part of the house , id the act ot'fastening hia ttraps , when hia wife ' s screamB first reached his ear , ran up Btairs , haying seized , in the exigency of the moment , a fork > the only weapon which lay at hand , On the instant of ^^ Mr . Corbett ^ ar ; iying , his lady had effected her escape frea the : room , and having excaimed , ia tones of agony , " The knife ,
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tbe knife ; look , look to CaJdw ' aJlj " . she fell upoh ^^ be lobby almost lifeless from exhaustlon . Mr . Corbetfc stepped over her and rushed ia the direction of ths study , where the prisoner yet remained , but one of the servant maids , apprehensive lest blood might be shea * in case her mister and the prisoner shoukl meet , ran pas fc tho former with the speed of lightning , and succeededin enterihg the room before him , shut the door in bis facej and bolted it firom within . Mr . Corbetfc conceiving that his lady was dying , so utterly devoid of animation did she appear , then turned to her asautincei and haying raised her drooping bead from the ground , was leaning over her on the lobby , when the prisoner , suddenly darting from his ambuscade , sprang down stairsL Mr ; Corbett seized a boot-jack and
hurled it at the head of the pr fsoner , whom he pursued down the stairs with terrific sp € edi aud might , perhaps , have succeeded in oyettaking him , were it not that the same servant maid who had already inteifered , threw herself in the course of the parsuer , and terminated the chase , and secured the present escape of the prisoner . Mrs . Corbett , a yoang lady of very prepossessing manners and great parsonalattraction , was examined at great length , and deposed in a very becoming inauner to the facts detailed in the foregoing statement . The prisoner , > tall , athletic , : ; weli-propottioned " man , aged thirty-six years , and who was dressed in very fashionable attire , wien called upon , for his defences
stated that the lady had made warm : and repeated professions of attachment to .-him , ' , and he was only presuming on the encouragement he had thus Kcevved in acting as he had . The prisoner then produced four or five letters , signed for the most-part , " Your affectionate Caroline , ' ! and all of which ; contained professions of the most passionate regard . Mrs . Corbett being ciosaexamined . by Mr . Fi ' aiibbon , denied in terins of the most unmitigated indignation , all knowledge whatsoever of these dbcumettSj the production of which appeared to excite ih no one more surprise than in herself , it ; was " false as hell , " the assertion that she bad penned any- « uch composition . She had ninver given the prisoner more countenance than became an honourable
woman . She never walked with him in the street , nor never had had interviews > rii , h him in private . Mr . Corbett deposed that he did rust censider tne letters to be written , any one of them , in the hand writing of his lady . Mr ; Curran observed that there were no post marks whatsoever upon the letters , and many of them , were written in different hands . The magistrates said that such a case had been made out as left but one course open for them , namely , to take the informations « f the complainant , and hold the prisoner in iurety . to stand his trial at the next commission . The prisoner entered into hia own recognizance for ^ glOO , and two sureties of £ 50 each , to stand hia trial at the commission , and was thereupon liberated ^
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From the London Gazette of Friday , March 25 . BANKRDPia . David Nufct , Stratford-garden , Essex , merchant , to surrender April 8 , May 6 , at doyen o ' clock at the Bankrupt ' s Court Solicitors , Messrs . Oliverson , Denby , and Lavie , Frederick's-placo . Old Jewry ^; official assignee , Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane . Dean . Samuel Walker , Great-street , St Helen ' s , india-rubber manufacturer , April 5 , at one o ' clock , May 6 , at twelve-o ' clock , at the Bankrupt ' s Gonrt . Solicitors , Messrs . Mayhew and € o ,, Carey-steeet , IiincolH ' s-inu : official assignee , Mr . Graham , BasingtoaU-street ¦• • ... . /¦• . ' ¦;¦• . •' : V' ; - . ; ¦ . ' - '¦ ¦ : ¦'¦ : ¦ - ' ¦ Charles Graydon , St . Anne's-pl 4 ce , Limehouse , shipchandler , April 5 > at twelve o ' clock , May six , at eleven , at the Bankrupt ' s Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Gole and Co ,, Xime-street-square ; official assignee , Mr . Turquhand , Copthall-buiUings . ¦ ^
Richard TurviH , Kingston-upon-Tnames , Surrey , baker , April 6 , at two o ' clock , May 6 " , at elevenj at the Bankrupt's Court . Solicitors . Messrs . Addis and Guy , Great Queenrstreet , Westminster ; official-assignee , Mr . Lacbington , ColejnaD-street-buildings . Piers Lowe , Norley , Cheshire , shoemaker , April 6 , at one o ' clock , at the Clarendonrooms , Liverpppl . Solicitors , Messrs ^ Adlington , Gwgory , Faulkner , and Foliett , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Nicholson and Sous , Wattington . ¦ -. ;¦ / ' . -J ' , Thomas Thomas , Leintwardine , Herefordshire , miller , April 8 , May 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Angel Inn , Ludlow , Shropshire . Solicltora , Mr . Rogerson , Norfolkstrett . Strand ; and Mr . Collins , Hereford . ; Edward , Ypung , Bircbington , Isle of Tuanet , Kent , Wackamith , April 6 , May 6 , at ten o ' clock , at the tondon Hotel , Margate . Solicitors , Messrs . Egan , yVaterman , and Knight , Essex-street , Strand ; and Messrs . Boys and Son , Margate .
Hugh Wickham , Bristol , linendraper , April 9 , May 6 , at two o ' clock , at the Commercial-rooms , Bristol . Solicitors , Mr , Frampton , South-square , Gray ' s-inn ; and Messrs . Daniel , and Mr . Smith , Bristol . John Bennett , Manchester , calico-printer , April II , May 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at tha Commissioners ' - rooms , Manchester .: Solicitors , Messrs . Campbell and Witty , Ess 6 x-street , Strand ; Mr . Fox , Nottingham ; and Messrs . Atkinson and Saunders , Manchester . Richard Turner , Manchester , flourTdealer , April 8 , May 6 , at . twelve o clock , at the Commissioners ' - rporas , Manchester . Solicitors , Messra . Bower and Back , Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Barratt , Manchester . John Cunard and / James Ingram , New Broad-street / London , merchants . April 4 , May 6 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Clarendon-rpoms , LiverpooJ . Solicitors , Messrs . Sharpe , Field * , and Jackson , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Harveyand Falcon , Liverpool . " :
William Darlington , Liverpool , wine-merchant , April 5 , May 6 , ' at twelve o ' clock / at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpoo ?; Solicitors , Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple ; and Mr . Fisher , Liyerpool . ¦ .. ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ : ¦; "¦ ; . . ; - ' . ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ' - . ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ :. . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - '¦ ' ¦ John Alfred "Wood , Bromsgrove , Worcestershire chymist , April 13 , May G , at eleven o ' clock , at the offices of Mr . Cameron , Worcester . Solicitor , Mr Herbert ; Staple-inn , Holborn .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . J . Scott and Co ., Halifax , Yorkshire , linendnipers . ; Winstanley and Marshall , Manchester , Beed-makcrs . E . Day and J . S . Hirst , Bradford , Yorkahire , wobl-Btapiers ; W- Barker , Brothers , Hayton , Lancashire , common brewers . ¦ -J . Ifc and T . Horner , Manchester , Eour factera . J . Sampson and son , Stockport , Cheshire , rag merchants . Smith and Cnnliffee , Bedfordmill , Lancashire ^ " corn millers . Murray , Strachan , and Co ., Liverpool , -sail-makers ; as far as regards H . LintonV Crook and Cottonj Liverpool , earthenware dealers . ¦ ' . ~ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ " ' ¦' . '• ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ' " . "¦ - ¦'
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Mweb 29 . BANKHDPTS . V Joseph Kitsby , shoe manufacturer , Roade , Northampton , to surrender April 8 , at el » ven , and May lo , at two , at the BoVpbin , Noithamptou ; SolicitoiSj Mr . Lowe , Staple Inn , London ; Mr . Becke , Northampton . . - /•; :.-: ; . .. ¦ - ¦ ¦• - . . ¦ . ' - ¦;¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ . V-. . / ::..- ' " ¦'¦ -.-John Crowe , innkeeper , Durham , April 14 , at twelve , and May 10 , at eleven , at the Bridge Hotel / Sunderland . Solicitora , Messrs . Shield and Sarweod , Qaeen r street , Cheapsida , London- Mr . Preston , Newcaatleupon-Tyne . y Siniuel Wild , coal dealer , Manchester , April 22 , and May 10 , at two , at the Commiaaipfcets ' -tooms , Mtuttcheater . Solicitors , Mr . Wright ^ New Inn , Londen ; Mr . Taylor , Maachester . v I - : ; v :
Edward Smifch , grocer ^ Southampton , April 9 j and May 10 , at twelve , at the George Inn , Southampton Solicitor , Mr . ' Sandell , Bread-street , Gheapsidc , London . - - . ; •¦ ' •' . > . - ¦¦" . V--.. ' - ; '" . ¦ ' ¦ * •¦ ¦; .. ' ' '¦ ¦ -.. ' . ¦ . - - ; ; * . " " r Samuel Magnus , slop-aeller , Dover , April . , and May 10 , at two , at the SnakBpeare Hotel , Dover , Bass , Dover . V . - ' - : - - ' -:: ' : -,: ' \ ... . ' .: . ¦¦ .:- " ¦ ¦ : Elizabeth Frahkland , widow , innkeeper , Reading , April 11 , and May 10 , at the George Inn , Keading . Solicitors , MessK . Weedon and Sloeomba , Beading ; Mr . Hill , 23 , ; Throgmortonistreet , London . Edward Till , butcher , Worcester , April 5 , and May 10 , at twelve , at Ibe New Greybound Inn , Worceater . Solicitors , Messrs .: Becke an 4 Flower , Lincoln ' s Imi-Helds , Londou ; Mr . Hill , Worcester .
Charles James Williams and Edward Nevill , coma makers , Birmingham , April 6 , and May 10 , at ttro , Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs Tooke and SoO , Bedford-row , London ; Messrs . Unett and Sons , Suckling , Birmingham ^ < Robert Martin , carpenter , Becclea . Snflblk , April 12 , and May 10 , at twelve , at the White ^^ lion Inn , Beccles . Solicitors , Mr . Read , Halesworth ; Messrs Francis and Son , Monument-yard , London . . John Darbyshire and Samuel . Pope , calico and moussellne delaiae printers , Manchester , April 13 , and May 10 , at two , at the Commissioners ' -roomf , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . R . M . and C . Baxter , Lincoln ' s Inn-fisWs , London ; Messrs . Sale and Worthingtpn , Manchester- : ' :- ; ;> - : ¦ - ' ' > . ¦ - - ¦¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦¦/ - ^ - ' - : ' -. '' ¦; : ' -
Thomas Scott , brickraaker , Barnwood , Gloucester , April ll , and May 10 , at twelve , i at the office of Messra Winterbotiiam and Thomas , Tewkesbury Glouoeater . Solicitors , Mr . Baylis , Devonshire-square , London ; Messrs . -Winterbotham and Thomas , Tewkesbury . . . ¦ . ¦;; ' ¦ . - ¦¦ . - ¦ : : - .. - ;^ r- . : ¦; ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ : :, ; , ~ . ¦ : . ^\ y-Samuel Palmer , Gladstone , shipwright , Crisp-street , East India-road , Poplar , April 7 i " at : elBTen , and May 10 , at tw « lve , at the Court of Bankrnptcy . Mr . Whitinore , Basinghall-street , official assignee ; Solicitor , Mr Gole , itime-street , Leadenhall-Btteet . : ;
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Another" delicate " ' affair" came before one of the Police-offices , oh Saturday . Mr . F ., a geutleman of property , charged Miss M ., a lady , with a conspiracy to rob ; fiiB house . The prosecutor did hot appear to support tho charge . Miss ii . then explained , tbat Mr . F . b 3 d been paying hia addresses to her ; when she found that he was already married , and broke off the intercourse . Ho then proposed to settle £ 1000 a year upon and to marry her after his wile ' s death , should that ectur within a certain period ; upon condition ^ which she indignantly rep elled ; and in revenge he instituted the present accusation . The lady was discharged from custody .
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TREMENDOUS HURRICANE . DESTRUCTION OF PROPEKTY AND LOSS OF LIFE AT GLASaO W AND GREENOCK . GB . EEN 0 CK—Throughout Friday it blew a violent wind , which increased to a gale that betokened something worse- About eight ©' clock the gale increased to a perfect hurricane , and we ar « sorry to say that the ship Scotland ( bound for St . John ' s , N . B . ) lying at the patent raoorioga in the stream off the East"ihdfa Quay , broke loose , carrying the patent moorinff with her , ran
foul of a schooner , and H . M . gun-brig S&ylark , at anchor in the stream . The Scotland , a vessel of large tonnage , carried every thing beforo her , and in a ehoit time eight vessels , including the gun-brig , were dashed ashore at Gammels Point , eatt of Cartsdyke . Three of the small craft , one of them the Oban packet , knother a sloop laden with potatoes from Girvan , and a coal gabbert , were rendered complete wrecks . The gun-brig is still ashore , and the : Scotland has a crew aboard pumping her incessantly .
On shore the hurricane was no loss destructive . In all parts of the town , chimney stalks and stalks of various public works were blown down , and serious loss sustained . A considerable part of Messrs . Leitch and Co . ' ropework was hurled to the ground ; and we are sorry io say that this hurricanes did . not end in the destruction of property ; only . About half-past eight O ' clock , the chimney top of a house situated at the highest elevation of Mearns-street , hear the Mount ,
was blown upon the roof—the roof was carried away , and the dense mass of rubbish broke through the ceiling , and fell into abed , room , where two children ¦ were asleep . A number of heavy stones fell on the children , and one of them , aged twelve years , was killed instantly . The other had her leg broken . We also learn that a , large house in coarse of building abQourock , has been partly blown down . The large hew steamer Precursor , which was lying in Gairlock , fitting out , drifted' from her moorings , and ia nshere in Rodneath Point .
GLASGOW . —On Friday night , this city was visited with one of the most severe storms of wind that has been experienced here for many years past . The gale during . the afternoon was considerable , but abont six or seven ; O ' clock it increased to a perfect hurricane , ao much so that the streets were nearly cleared , peoplo finding it next to impossible to maintain their footing ; while the danger was greatly increased from the vast number of chimney tops arid slates which were hurled with violence from the' tops of many houses , of "which the streets this morning bear ample evidence . During the gale there were ; many vivid flashes of lightning . In the Gallowgate , during the height of the storm , a sigh-board was wrenched from above a shoemaker ' s
shop , and by the force of the wind borne nearly sixty yards farther up the street . We lament to jearn that , about ten o ' clock , last night , an accident of a serious nature , ocpuneil at Garnkiik Fira BrJck and Lime Works . ' Two of the stalks were blown down by the hurricane ^ which swept over the city aud sub urbs , and as this unfortunately happened to be thenight on which the men at thesa works commenced a double shift ; ail those engaged in that department were buried in the rains . By the most active exertions the sufferers , five in number , were extricated from tlieir dreadful situations , two of them dead , and the other three much injured—one of them so much that he is not expected to recover .
Paislei . —On Fnday night this town was visited by the most severe inland hurricane we ever witnessed . The wind blew a furious noith-wester , sometimes dry and at others accompanied with heavy falls of sleet and rain , This morning the hills in all directions are white with snow , and the streets are abundantly strewed with the wreck of chimney cans , slates , large pipes of lead , ic . In town we have not beard of any injury being sustained by these exposed descriptions of property , but at Blackland Mill , in the neighbourhood , we learn that aome of the stalks have suffered from the 8 torm . ^ G / asflot « Post of Saturday .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct884/page/3/
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