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      Eerald's Faulthe Had Urged Him On To It....

      THE NOR THERN STAR . ., _ Deoembebjs ^ j ^ * ! : IN

      American Aff^Irs.

      AMERICAN AFF ^ iRS .

      PEACE AND WAR . IFrom the Ifew l ' ork Journal of Commerce . | Tf Sever was a reason in tune of peace for - * * ZL « a military force it appears to us that " SSSSSJL ^ A if , as ouriashington cor-JSo ' denSimaL , we are about to terminate the Soccupancy of Oregon and extend oar territory tn latitude 51 " 40 ' . It such be onr intention , we traahtto increase both our army and our navy on a scale commensurate with the dangers we meur . At the same time we ought , much more than England , to be fortifvine our coasts and girding on our armour .

      The idea that we can take possession of Oregon , as a substitute for the joint occupancy , without bringing on a war , Is not founded upon any argument drawn from the nature of man or from the lessons of experience . The millennium has not yet come , and will not until nations learn not to provoke war as well as to abstain from war . To stand here and talk about the spirit of the age while we practise the spirit of past ages is absurd . If we take separate possession of Oregon England will do so too . If we fortify and garrison important points she will do the same , " If we send armed ships there , she will send more . IIow lonir can such a state of semi-hostile

      competition exist without producing actual hostilities ? It matters little whether the war begin in Oregon or on the Atlantic , whether with or without a declaration . Begin where or how it may , the flame will spread swiftly over land and sea till two great nations , bound together by the ties of nature , religion , language , laws , commerce . & c , have become enveloped in the direful conflagration . And how or when will it end ? Who will first cry * Peccari ? " Who will first make overtures for peace ? Neither , until exhausted by loss of blood and treasure , until restored to right reason and a proper regard to the claims of others , until made to appreciate the blessings of peace by their loss , and the horrors of war by their dread reality . But supnosc actual war should not ensue , —suppose

      only a state of uncertainty , distrust , and preparation should exist , -until the expiration of the year ' s notice , and until some fortunate plan of adjustment should be hit upon , which might just as well be adopted bow , who will restore tons the millions upon millions wasted upon such precautionary measures , and the millions npon millions more lost through the derangements of business , the uncertainty of commercial calculations , and the innumerable train of evils connected with the serious apprehension of war with snch a power as England * When Mexico growls and snarls at us , we look on calmly , or perhaps with a smile , knowint ; that she cannot seriously harm us ; but before -we encounter the power of England , figpeelulj with a bad canse , and having refused friendly overtures , it becomes us to sit down and

      count the cost . The plea that she has more to lose by war than we have , even if it were true , is of no importance . Men are not always governed by considerations of dollars and cents . A madman is willing to perish , if he can destroy his foe . This is Erecisely the spirit of war ; it is also the spirit of elL It fires the vilest passions , converts men into fiends , and then sends them to destruction . Admit , for the occasion , that England would lose most by a war ; should we gain what she lost ? Suppose we could blot England from the page of nations , or even from the earth , how much should we gain by it ? Would not her destruction rebound with terrible

      effect upon ourselves , and in a multitune of ways ? . But we need not borrow trouble on that bead . £ ngland can take care of herself . She is unquestionably at this day the most powerful nation on the globe . At the same time , she appreciates the strength and resources of the United States . This is evident from her efforts for the peaceable adjustment of the dispute ; and also from hor formidable preparations of defence as well as offence when the prospect of a friendly issue recedes . If these views are " anti-American , " as the Hartford Times is pleased to term them , we cannot help it . If to be an American it is necessary to play the bully and the fool , we will leave the honour to others .

      Speech On The Oregon Question By Dax1el ...

      SPEECH ON THE OREGON QUESTION BY DAX 1 EL WEBSTER . [ Mr . Webster has made a long speech on this subject at Boston , which may be regarded as expressing the sentiments of his party ; but it must be remembered that his party are the Whigs—the " outs" —who have no power , save the power of public opinion , and that , or at least the opinion of the majority , was declared against his party when Claywas rejected and Polk elected . We are no admirers of Daniel Webster nor his parly ; but as we wish to give our readers all the information we can on this " momentous question , " and as , with that view , we gave last week the views and declarations of the Folk men , it is not only fair , but is also necessary , that Englishmen should hear the other party ! .

      I suppose it is the sentiment of every sensible and just man that the preservation of the peace of the country on honouraole terms , and under circumstances favourable to the great interests of the country , is an object in itself highly desirable . I suppose 1 may take it for granted that , in the judgment of this assembly , the public peace of two great commercial countries , which liold together a daily intercourse exceeding that between any other two countries in the world , shall not be lightly disturbed ; and upon the foundation of these general ideas to say a word or two npon a subject which seems witliin a few days to have excited considerable alarm . The only question now remaining out of all those which have excited attention between the countries , is the question of the Oregon territory . What is the question ? How

      does it stand ? The Oregon territory embraces that part of the continent which lies west of the Stony Mountains , and between the Stony Mountains and the Pacific . It is not necessary to go into the history of the discovery of the territory , or of the rights which one or other party find to it . It is enough to say it is In dispute between England and the United States , and has been in dispute for forty years . This controversy seems now to be approaching a sort of crisis ;' and there are , from time te time , symptoms ef alarm on one side of the Atlantic or the other , as to the consequence of the course of policy which either Government may pursue . Let us look fairly and calmly to see how it stands . The territory , as I have said , has been the subject of claim . , in whole or in part , by both Governments for a great many

      years . It nas constantly been the subject of negotiation , and yet the Government has not been able to agree . As far back as ISIS , not being able to come to terms of agreement , they stipulated by a convention , which is in force at thispresentmoment , that the whole territory should be thrown open to both countries until the boundary was finally settled . That was the provision of convention , which was confined at first to limit of ten years i afterwards continued by agreement indefinitely—or until one of the two nations expressed a disposition to terminate it . That signification of a disposition to end it as neVerbeen given by either party , and the whole country of Oregon at this moment is open to the hunting , the settlements , the commerce , and the ships of both nations , under treaty stipulations . Now ,

      Gentlemen , I desire to speak with the utmost care , and nope that I may not be in the slightest degree misunderstood , while I proceed to make a few remarks on this subject . And , in the first place , I say to you , and through you to the country , what all know , that in the whole scope of this question it appears that this is a subject for negotiation , for discussion , for amicable settlement ; and so it has been regarded by both Governments for thewholelength of time . It was because the two Governments could not agree as to . the properdivision of the territory , orupon anyotherar rangement , that in 1 S 18 they determined on joint occupation until they could cometosome understanding about it . And , with the same spirit , this Government , at three different times , in 1 S 18 , in 1824 , in 1 S 2 G , has proposed to the British Government a straight line

      of division , the parallel of 49 deg ., all north of which should be assigned to England , and all south belong to America . While the English Government did not accede to this proposition of our Government , it did not insist upon any right to the whole of Oregon . Therefore the position of the question , by the admission of both Governments , through this long series of years , is that of a question for discussion and negotiation , and compromise , and amicable settlement . ( Prolonged applause . ) Now , Gentlemen , I read , with interest of course , the discussion upon this subject in the House of Commons three months ago , resulting in an expression of opinion by the British Premier , which received the sanction of that house ; aud I am willing to avail myself of the language of that Minister upon this subject , and apply it to one

      side of the question , as he did to his . I have nothing to complain of as to the temper of that language ; I am . free to say that it was a temper becoming alargeminded , liberal , and just statesman . But what the British Minister said in the House of Commonsin its sum and substance—was , that England had rights in regard to this question that must be and would be respected . I adopt the same language on our side , and say that wo also have rights that ought to be , must be , and will be , respected . ( Cheers . ) Now , Gentlemen , I do not propose to express to you an . opinion upon this subject . I have no better opinion than any one of you as to the manner in which this adjustment ought to be made , but I have full confidence , the utmost confidence , that it can be made ; that it can be made , bv wise and

      moderate measures in a manner perfectly consistent with the honour and with all the rights of all parties . ( Cheers . ) I am the more confident of this when I look a little forward and see the state of things which is not far in advance . Where is Oregon ? On the shores of the Pacific , 3 , 000 miles from us , and twice as far from England . Who is to settle it ? Americans mainly ; some settlers undoubtedlv from x-nglaud ; but all Anglo-Saxons ; all men educated u V- * ot , ons of independent government , and all sett-dependent . And now let me ask if there be = ay sensible man in tho whole United States who hundr ? Ji ° » ™> nuait that when fifty or a fiadW ?" 1331 " ^ reons of « " » description shaU S tKScf 6 8 toresof the Pacific 0 ce ™ . « ther oFtSnf ^ Tp 36111 to k under the rules Ihmeni TW ^ i * S »* s « the British Pariwnem . They willraue a ^ niwA for tuemselve

      Speech On The Oregon Question By Dax1el ...

      and they ought to do it . I look forward to the period when they will do this as not so far distant , but that many now present , and those not among the youngest of us , will see a great Pacific Republican nation . I believe that it is in the course of Providence and of human destiny that a great state is to arise , of English and American descent , whose power will be established over the country on the shores of the Pacific ; and that all those rights of natural and political liberty , all those great principles that both nations have inherited from tieir fathers , will be transmitted through us to them , so that there will exist at the mouth of the Columbia , or more probably further south , a great Pacific Republic , a nation where our children may go for a residence , separating themselves fiom this Government , and forming an

      integral part of a new government , half way between England and China , in the most healthful , fertile , and desirable portion of the globe , and quite too far remote from Europe and from this side of the American continent to be under the governmental influence of either country . This state of things is by no means so far off aa we may imagine , by no means so remote from the present time as may be supposed ; and , looking to this state of things , this question becomes one upon which intelligent and well-disposed men might very readily come to an agreement . But , Gentlemen , in this point of view , is this a subject upon which it is proper by popular appeal , or by loud representations of patriotism , or by a sorfcof stormy defiance of the power of a great nation on our side—is it proper , on the other

      side , by cries about the maritime ascendancy of England , the great wealth , the dignity , the power , the martial prowess of England—it is a question on which , by outcries of this sort on either side of the ocean , these two great communities are to be embroiled and plagued in all their commercial and friendly relations , or to be compelled to run into the horrors of war ? No , Gentlemen ; the spirit of the age is against it . I have said I will not undertake to express an opinion as to the manner in which the quesmay be settled . I will say , however , what appeal's to be natural . It is well known that the forty-ninth degree of latitude is the boundary line between the western part of this country and the British provinces , as far as the foot of the Stony Mountains . It seems to be natural enough , if the two Governments

      contemplate a change , that they should agree to an extention of this same line westward ; that the two should keep on abreast , side by side , with the same line of division till they reach the Pacific Ocean . It is well known that , about where the Columbia river crosses on the forty-ninth parallel , it makes a turn , and flows nearly southward . Very well . Suppose it made as sudden a sweep to the northward . England would then naturally say , this river , which has been making westward , sweeps to the northward ; instead of making with it a great bend to the north , we will leave it and go on straight to the Pacific Ocean on this parallel of 49 degrees . For the same reason , it is not unnatural for the United States to say , since it proves that the river makes a circuit to the south , instead of following that

      circuit , we will go straight upon the 49 th parallel till we meet the shore of the Pacific Ocean . This very proposition has been made to the British Gtvernment three successive times . It was made in 1818 , in 1824 , and in 1826 , again and again , to follow up the 49 th parallel westward from the Lake of the Woods , not only io the foot of the Rocky Mountains , but over the mountains and onward to the ocean . 1 am not about to say whether this is a proper division of the territory or not . But I do say , that it has been so often repeated in this manner twenty-five , and twenty , and eighteen years ago , it is an admission that there is something to negotiate about and treat about for either side—that it is not a question free from difficulty on either side . ( Applause . ) Now , Gentlemen , who is the

      man at the head of either Government who will take upon himself the responsibility of bringing on a war between two nations like Great Britain and America , upon a question of this kind , until he is prepared to show that anything and everything that he could do has been done to avoid such a terrible ultimate result ? ( Mr . Webster was interrupted hereby renewed cheers . ) If a British Minister , under whose administration a war should ensue on the question , cannot stand up in Parliament and show that it is not his fault—cannot show that he has done everything which an honest and sensible man could do to avert the conflict , I undertake to say that no power or popularity can uphold his shaking position for an hour ( cheers ) . And in the same sense and spirit , I say , that if , in this country , any party shall ,

      oetore we are aware ot it , plunge us into a war upon this question , it must expect to meet a very severe interrogatory from the American people—must expect to prepare itself to show that it has done all it could , without any bias from the pride of successor thelove of war—all that it could do to keep the nation safe from so great a calamity , with the preservation of its rights and its honour . —Gentlemen , it appears to me that any man , Prime Minister of England , or President of the United States , who should unncessarily light up the flames of war upon such a subject —flames , let me add , that will burn over the whole globe—may well consider the genius of his country' addressing to him the words which the orator of Rome supposed the genius of his country would address to him , if he did

      not quell the Cataline conspiracy : "An cum bello Vestabitur Italia vexabuntur urbes , tecta ardebunt ; turn te non existimas invidia ? incendio conflagraturum . " ( Applause . ) No , Gentlemen : the man who shall , Incautiously , or led on by false ambition or party pride , kindle those fires of war over the globe on this question must look out for it—must expect to be himself consumed in a burning conflagration of general reproach . ( Prolonged cheers . ) There will be a public indignation before which no popularity , public or private , can stand—it will melt down every monument of the dead , it will destroy all respect for the living , it will burn up every vestige of respect for individual worth , if unnecessarily , it recklessly , !! ambitiously , it has plunged the subjects and citizens of twocivilized Christian states of the world into

      wara war which shall cause the loss of millions of wealthshall turn cities to smoke—shall cost thousands and hundreds of thousands of lives ; and those smoking cities , and that destruction of property , and that sacrifice of life , shall be found over the whole globe , in every latitude and longitude , surrounding the ball on which we live . Now , Gentlemen , I do not propose that on this subject we take any alarm . I propose that we keep ourselves cool and calm . In some of the Southern cities there is now some agitation for fear of war . I regret this much . I hardly say I regret the feeling ; that is natural . But I regret the cause . It is a common mistake of men not in the most elevated position , that they think they can play the small patriot safely in a small style . ( Laughter j These are those who think that they can talk of a war with England and any other nation ; and get credit for their patriotism and lofty love of country , but keep the game in their own hands . That may not happen . At any rate , that is not the way nor the

      course which just , and lofty , and respectable men feel on the great question of peace or war . This constant speculation , this supposition that war may come , is half as bad as war itself . It interferes in all the business and arrangements of life . It confounds and confuses men in regard to their own business plans . What we want is settled peace , and the conviction that peace will remain until there is some just and sensible cause for war . On this subject I have only further to say , that while it is our duty not to take or to spread alarm , to believe and trust that the government , that the country will act soberly and wisely and justly , it is a less difficult thing than some people imagine to begin a dispute whose result no man in the end can control . Let the government only be sure that it is right ; in the words of one of the late Presidents of the United States , let us claim all that is right , and ask for nothing that is wrong , freely and magnanimously and without any parti cular array of patriotic declaration .

      Worcester.—Dreadful Attack On A Mas Bt A...

      Worcester . —Dreadful attack on a Mas bt a Wild Boar . —On Saturday last , as John Hardman , one of the shareholders of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society , in the employ of Mr . Birch , of St . John ' s , after cleaning out the piggery , went to the field to drive to the stye the boar , when the animal made a most ferocious attack on Hardman , lacerating his thigh dreadfully . Hardman tried to escape , but the ferocious beast again seized him , and tore the calf of one of his legs . Hardman again tried to escape , and , jumping over a hedge , got clear away . His cries for help brought several men to his aid , who removed him immediately to the infirmary , where he received all necessary attention , and is now in a fair way ef recovery . The boar was secured and taken back to his den .

      Child Murder axd Attempted Suicide . —A melancholy case of murder and attempted suicide has occurred at Pittington , near Durham . It appears , from the particulars that have reached us . that a young woman , who had lived servant in Durham , had a child by the son of her master , which was put to nurse with a woman residing in this town , the expenses being borne by thc reputed father , where it remained till Monday , a period of about ten months . The father , some time ago , discontinued his payments , and the mother of the child was obliged to take it home on Monday . She lived at Pittington with her father and step-mother , the latter of whom treated her very harshly ; and that , added to a course of ill-treatment by the man who betrayed her , drove

      her to desperation . She went out with the child on Monday evening and returned ; without it . When asked by her father where itwas , she replied it is safe now , and would bo no more expense to them . She betrayed great uneasiness of mind during the whole of that nisht , and on the following morning her father bid her go aud bring the child back . She went out , proceeded to the river there , and threw herself in , and would have perished , but her conduct was observed by a man , and he plunged in and secured her . Observing what he thought was a shawl , he went in for it , and on taking hold of it the body of a child dropped from it . Thc woman acknowledged the child was hers , and that she had thrown it into the river the preceding night . She was subsequently taken into custody .

      The Murder At Newington. Ikqubsl—Saturda...

      THE MURDER AT NEWINGTON . iKquBSL—Saturday afternoon , at half-past three , being the time appointed by Mr . William Carter , the coroner for the eastern division of Surrey , for holding the inquest on the body of the murdered man , Daniel Fitzgerald , at the Peacock Tavern , on the Ne wington-road , to which the unfortunate man had been earned , was long before that hour thronged by persons of the neighbourhood , who continued congregated outside of the house throughout the day , notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather . The jury having been sworn , they proceeded to the club-room on the first floor to inspect the body . Having returned to tho inquest-room , the evidence 01 the witnesses was immediately gone into without the accused being present at the inquiry . - -MA . m ^»™^„ ""~

      Owen M'Carthy was the first witness sworn . He repeated the evidence he gave on Friday at the Lambeth Police-court , at the examination ot Samuel Quennell , the individual accused of the murder . After Samuel Quennell was taken , he went to acquaint his brother of what he had done . It was quite light enough for him to see who the person was who met them . He had not the slightest doubt that S . Quennell was the cause of the deceased ' s death . Mr . W . Henry Cutting , of No . 8 , Frederick-place , Vauxhall , was the third witness called . He merely repeated the evidence he ; gave at the police court as to stopping Samuel Quennell , and taking him to tho station house . By the Coroner : At the station-house a pistol and some pieces of lead , or chips of lead rolled up , were

      taken from the person ot the individual witness stopped . They were taken from his trousers pocket . Inspector Carter was tnen sworn , and deposed : I belong to the L division . On the evening of Thurslast I was on duty at the station-house in Kennington-lane when Samuel Quennell was brought there by the witness , Mr . Cutting , and Mr . Allaui , and other persons . Mr . Cutting said the man they had brought had shot another man . I questioned the prisoner as to his name , when he replied , " Samuel Quennell . " I then asked him if he had a pistol or anything else in his pockets , to which he replied in the negative . I desired Iiim to be taken into a back room , and told a policeman to search him . Just as Lockyer was going to do so , Quennell placed his own hand in his right-hand trousers pocket , and said , " Hero , " and I immediately seized hold of his arms and pulled out the pistol produced , and some pieces of lead rolled

      up , each of which was upwards ot an ounce in weight . On Quennell was also found apiece of twisted worsted rope , upwards of two yards long . I examined the pistol , and found on it a portion of a percussion cap ; it had evidently been recently discharged , and smelt strong of gunpowder . It was not then charged . The charge was then entered on the police sheet , but not in the presence of the accused , but it was afterwards read over to him . He said nothing » n its being read . By the jury : The hammer at the lock was down upon the nipple when II examined the pistol . I afterwards examined the prisoner's lodgings in Frederickplace , Newington-road , and found eleven bullets and eleven percussion caps of a small size , a small quantity of gunpowder , and a small quantity of shot . Each of the latter was screwed up in pieces of paper on the mantel-shelf . '

      The witness here produced the bullets and caps , and also the pistol . The latter was a small pocket

      one . Examination continued : The bullets and caps fit the pistol . Found nothing else at the lodging relating to the subject of this inquiry . Mrs . Anne Westwood repeated the evidence she gave at the examination of Quennell . Thomas Slater , a policeman , deposed that about five o ' clock on Thursday evening he was on duty in the Newington-road , when he heard that a man had been shot . He came to this house and saw a man , who proved to be tho deceased , up stairs . He appeared to be in a dying state . Blood was coming from his body . A surgeon was then present . He saw the wound probed , and afterwards found the bullet produced on the floor of the passage . There was a hole through deceased ' s pocket-waistcoat and shirt in front . His clothes were not perforated

      behind . Mr . John Marnes , gunmaker , 31 , Walworth-road , deposed to a person having come to his shop , and having purchased a bullet-mould , but he could not swear to the man , as it was rather dark at the time . Mr . William Popham , apothecary , of High-street , Newington , was taken to see the deceased by a policeman . He opened his clothes , and found a wound on the left of the middle of the chest , which hadappatently been made by a gun or pistol shot . The * unfortunate man was sinking fast , and he died in a few minutes . He probed the wound , and found it extended the whole length of the probe . The wound in the back resembled a wound made by the exit of a bullet . The witness then went on to describe the appearance of the body upon a . post mortem examination , and said the wound was such a one as would cause instant death .

      The Coroner then asked if there were any witnesses to prove the animus of the party who shot the deceased . He was informed that there were not . The Coroner : Well , it is most extraordinary . It is not my duty io search out the evidence , but to receive that which you have searched out . I am aware that there are many reports in circulation on the subject , as to the causes that led to so fatal a result , and [ have received private information that , if the inquiry is adjourned for a day or two , a witness will be in attendance , who will speak to what the feeling of a particular individual was towards the deceased . Inspector Carter : I have heard that tfce brother of the accused can give evidence as to that point . The Coroner : And have you not summoned him here to-day ? Inspector Carter : No , I have not .

      The Coroner then made some remarks as to the impropriety of keeping back evidence for the policecourt which was not produced at the inquest , and considerable discussion took place between the Coroner , Inspector Carter , and the jury . No more witnesses were , however , called in , and at twenty minutes to seven o ' clock the inquiry was adjourned until Wednesday .

      RE-EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF SAMUEL QUENNELL . On Monday Samuel Quennell was brought up before Mr . Henry , for re-exam ination , charged with the wilful murder of Daniel Fitzgerald . Wm . Quennell , Kennington-lane , is half-brother to the prisoner by . the sameiather . Prisoner is about 22 ; witness is 39 years of age . Prisoner was in his employment as a labouring man . Knew Daniel Fitzgerald , the deceased , who was also in his employment up to his death on Thursday last . Witness heard of his death about five minutes after witness had paid him half-a-crown ; then tho other labourer came back and said he was shot . Witness went to Peacock-street and found deceased had been carried into the public-house . Witness had not discharged

      the prisoner . He worked on witness's premises last Wednesday week . Witness told him last Saturday week , at night , on paying him his wages , that he had better look out for work somewhere else , as they should be slack . This he told prisoner on Wednesday previously . On Saturday he added as a reason what Fitzgerald told him . Witness's wife first began , " Samuel , " said she , " how came you to say what you did say against William , after he had been so kind to you ? " Prisoner said , " I don't know that I have been saying anything wrong . " " What you have been saying to Dan , that you had a good mind to go and give your brother a b good hiding ; and if you got money you meant to set up in business against him , and go round to his customers . " Prisoner said he had said some things , but Dan had told more than what he had said , and

      that it was through Fitzgerald that he had said what he did say . That Fitzgerald had tried to get him to say things against witness . It was all Fitzgerald's fault . A person came in at this point of the conversation to pay witness an account , and stopped its pro * gress , when prisoner went out . Prisoner gave no reason for Fitzgerald ' s doing this . His manner of saying this was his usual manner , sullen and indistinct . Witness never heard him speak against Fitzgerald . To the best of witness ' s knowledge , prisoner and Fitzgerald were always on the best of terms . Before the Saturday , witness heard of these words from Fitzgerald , but had said nothing of it , lest it should excite jealousy between them . Witness's wile , seeing some difference between witness and prisoner , asked Fitzgerald what the reason was , and thus came to know and to speak of it . After Wednesday week prisoner did not work for witness . The conversation happened on tho Saturday following . Witness saw prisoner on Sunday morning near the Ship

      publichouse , but had no conversation with him since the conversation in question till the death of Fitzgerald . Witness is not aware whether prisoner ever after came to his yard . Prisoner lives in Frederick-street , which is near Peacock-street . One might go from Kennington-lane to Frederickstreet through Peacock-street . Five o ' clock is the proper hour for leaving off since last Saturday week , Witness believes prisoner knew this . Twelve o ' clock is the dinxer hour . Had not seen the prisoner on Thursday . Fitzgerald had been in witness ' s employment seven or eight years , and the prisoner for five months . Had observed prisoner and Fitzgerald , and thought them too familiar . Had not seen his brother lurking about the premises . By " sullen" witness means a disagreeable manner of answering . By Magistrate : Witness expected prisoner to apply for work again on Monday , but he did not . The conversation took place in the front kitchen , where they are in the habit of paying the men .

      Mrs . Quennell ( wife of the la « t witness ) : Recollects Saturday week , and the prisoner coming in to be paid by her husband , about 1 p . m ., and asked him how he could be so unkind as to speak so to Fitzgerald about his master ? In the morning Fitzgerald told her , that at the building were prisoner was at w- ;; rk , prisoner came aud stuck the shovel into thc mortar , aud said he had a good mind to go and knock his brother on the head , and if he had monev he would go and set up against him . Witness told prisoner all this , and prisoner replied it was all Fitz-

      The Murder At Newington. Ikqubsl—Saturda...

      eerald ' s fault ; he had urged him on to it . Fitzgerald had said to the prisoner he knew Quennell better than he ( prisoner ) did . Mrs . Quennell added , " 1 hat was no excuse for you ; you ( prisoner ) ought to have come and told us what Fitzgerald had been saying . " Witness thought she saw tears in prisoner's eyes that evening ; he appeared much hurt . Thinks Fitzgerald and prisoner were on good terms ; both were wrestling together about a fortnight before , when deceased hurt himself so as to be off work about a fortnight . Witness did not see prisoner after that . Mrs . Quennell expected him up on Monday . She had seen Fitzgerald afterwards . On Tuesday she asked whether Fitzgerald had seen prisoner ? He said "No . " By Mr . Games : She knows prisoner knew where Fitzgerald lived . did not ^ :- . . iim ^

      Mrs . Quennell was re-called : She certainly know ot" any quarrel , or intimation of intention to quarrel , by either party . Witness has been at prisoner's lodgings . Never knew prisoner had a pistol , but has never been into prisoner ' s room . Owen M'Carthy ; Does not know whether prisoner and deceased had seen each other last week , before the occurrence . Witness as he went to dinner saw prisoner opposite the Horse and Groom . Does not know when Fitzgerald was there . Witness was not near prisoner . Prisoner was in the road ^ before the Horse and Groom with his face towards Kenningtonlane . By Mr . Games : Witness saw a person coming towards him before the flash , but had not time to speak before . Immediately on deceased saying , " I ' m a dead roan , " witness saw prisoner quite clearly , and followed him up . Prisoner began to run when near Kennington-lane . Witness lost sight of him at the

      corner . James Parker , plane maker , has seen the prisoner before . Never but once before , and that was Saturday night week , nearly about eight o ' clock , at Mrs . Tubbs ' s , in the New-cut . Her shop is a general sale shop . Prisoner came up to the shop front and handled a _ pistol , which was hanging at the shop door . Witness was then in the shop . Prisoner turned it round and examined it ; he then pulled the trigger and broke the hammer . Tins called witness's attention to the prisoner , for he thought it a bad thing for his family , it being Saturday night . Witness heard the shopman say it was a bad job , but he must pay for it . Something passed between Erisoner and the shopman after that , but it was not card . Witness recognised the shopman in court . After some words between the shopman and prisoner ,

      prisoner went a little way from the shopdoor , but returned , and both came into the shop . He bought the pistol , and paid 2 s . for the accident , and 5 s . for the pistol , adding , " I did intend buying one , but not tonight . " After this , heaving put the pistol into his pocket , prisoner took up an accordion . The pistol bought was oue of a kind the same as that in court . He turned the accordion , and smiled when asked to buy it , and laid it down and went out . Witness never saw him after . Had kept his eyes closely upon prisoner all the time , and is certain he is the same person . Is quite sure . Prisoner wore a cap at the time , but does not know what kind of cap , By Mr . Games : Witness did see 5 s . paid ; it was paid outside the shop . Is quite sure it was 5 s . By the Magistrate : Knows the whole amount was 7 s .

      W . Welling , oilman . Walworth-road : He had seen prisoner before more than once . Is acquainted with him as a customer . He may have come to make purchases for the last four or live months . Prisoner was last at his shop last Thursday afternoon , about four or a quarter-past four o'clock . He bought a pennyworth of gunpowder . He said , " Let me have a pennyworth of gunpowder , and let it be the best . " He had the best . He said nothing more , and witness * said nothing about it . There might be about half an ounce , certainly not an ounce . It was not weighed . He left the shop without any observation . Witness observed nothing unusual in his manner . Ho might be in the shop about a minute altogether . It was his usual manner—his usual mode of addressing witness . He seemed quite sober . There was nothing to excite suspicion . Witness asked no question of him .

      Harriet Denyer , a girl about 12 years of age , No , 8 , Peacock-street : Has lived with her father there better than five months . He is a labourer . Knows the prisoner . Saw him first on Thuredayevening at the top of Peacock-street , near the Peacock , about a quarter past five o'clock . She was close by when the pistol went off . Before that she saw two men , and said to her companions ( little girls ) she would not go that way ; she saw something white , that was the men in white clothes . Witness had scarcely said so when the pistol was fired . Witness saw prisoner leaning with his back against Mrs . Brent ' s door , and saw a man , whom she knows now was Fitzgerald ; he was standing in Peacock-street . The pistol was fired immediately after . Prisoner came

      up Peacock-street , and passed witness , and knocked against her , nearly knocking her down . Prisoner was walking then up Peacock-street . Witness then saw Fitzgerald near Mrs . Brent ' s , and saw Mrs . Brent lift the dead man up . Witness is not snre that it was the prisoner who leaned against Mrs . Brent ' s door . She is sure it was prisoner who passed her ; she looked up into his face . Prisoner began to ran when he got up to the pump near the Peacock . Witness is certain of the prisoner . Has no doubt he is the same who passed her . On this evidence the magistrate committed the prisoner to take his trial-at the sessions . Mr . Games thought it proper at present to refrain from making any observations .

      Destructive Fire At Poyle, Near Colnbroo...

      DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT POYLE , NEAR COLNBROOK . Slough , Sunday . —Last night , at a quarter-past eight o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out in the farmyard of Mr . John Cane , an extensive farmer at Poyle near Colnbrook , about three miles and a-half from the Slough station on the Great Western Railway . For the time of its duration it raged with inconceivable fury . A considerable time elapsed before any engines were on the spot ; at last the Colnbrook engine arrived , followed by those from Windsor , Staines , and Uxbridge , accompanied by a number of labourers , and a party of the P division of the metropolitan police . At this time the flames had reached three stacks of corn , two barns , the granary ,

      stables , and other outbuildings . By the great exertions of Mr . Buley , of Colnbrook , and the constables of the adjacent villages , assisted by a strong party of labourers , the Jive stock , with the exception of the poultry , was rescued from the flames . The inhabitants of the neighbourhood , notwitstanding the inclemency of the weather ( the rain descending in torrents during the time ) made strenuous exertions to save the thrashed corn and other property . The engines were at length got into full play , and there being an excellent supply of water from the neighbouring mills , the fire was subdued , The property destroyed consisted of a rick of wheat , one of barley , and one of beans , two barns in which a large quantity of oats and wheat had been housed for

      thrashing , the granary stored with wheat , only a small portion of which had been saved ; part of a rick of hay , a large stack of straw , the farming utensils , and all the outbuildings . The property totally consumed consisted of two barns , containing about fourteen loads of wheat ready for market , a large quantity of old beans and wheat , two bags of barley , and three bags of oats in the straw , three stables , eow-houso , pig-sties , fowl-house , and about thirty fowls , a shed containing fifteen loads of wheat straw , and five loads of oat straw , a waggon , two carts , eight harrows , all the barn implements , all the harness of eight horses , two ricks of beans , a rick of oats , one large rick of barley , and part of a rick of hay ..

      APPREHENSION OF A MAN ON SUSPICION . During the progress of the conflagration , policesergeant Regalesford ascertained that in the early part of the evening a young man had applied at Mr . Cane's farm for permission to sleep in the barn , which had been refused , and Mr . Cane and other persons having expressed their conviction that the homestead had been wilfully fired , that officer lost no time in endeavouring to trace that person , which he succeeded in doing , and about midnight he was apprehended at the Waggon and Horses beer-shop , at Colnbrook , and on searching him there was found on him a number of lucifer matches , and a small bottle containing oil of aniseed . He was immediately conveyed to the police station at Staines , for the nuroose

      The remaining stacks , of which two are of wheat and four of hay , are more or less damaged by water * & c . Mr . Cane is understood to be insured in the Sun Fire-office for £ 1 , 500 , but the amount of his loss is stated to be nearly < £ 2 , o 00 .

      of being examined before the local magistrates on Monday . On Monday he was removed from Staines to the lied Lion Inn at Felsham , where at twelve o ' clock he underwent an examination before Captain Carpenter , of Sunbury , and Mr . G . Patterson , of Poyle , the sitting magistrates . None of the evidence went further than to prove the fact that the prisoner was in the neighbourhood at the time of the fire , whilst one of the witnesses went far to establish an alibi . The bench asked him how he came to have lueifier matches in his possession , and for what purpose he carried about essential oil ?—The prisoner said the lucifers were to light his pipe , and the bottle of oil of aniseed he carried in case he could get a job at rat catching . Sergeant Moore said the

      nrisoner , when he hrst questioned htm about the bottle , said he had picked it up at Epsom . The prisoner admitted that he had said so , but he hardly knew what he said at the time . The bench , after some further questions , said they did not think themselves justified , after the evidence that had been given , that the prisoner was the perpetrator of the vile deed , in detaining him longeiu in custody . The origin of the fire was quite a mystery ; but Mr . Cane having always had the reputation of being a very kind master to all his servants and labourers , some of whom had been with him upwards ol' twenty years , they had no reason to suspect that any individual connected with the neighbourhood would have causer it . Ihe prisoner was then discharged ,

      Murders In Ireland. Shocking Murder Of A...

      MURDERS IN IRELAND . SHOCKING MURDER OF A ^ ADT IN ENNISICILLEX . The Dublin Evening Mail chains &* following :-" Exmskiiaen , November ^» . -A very shocking murder-happily , however , ant'onnected with , the agrarian system-has just come Ws ^ tue ™ ln , t / of this town . ''• , T . . , " On Wednesday was a week , a Mis *? Irvine , sister to the clerk of the crown for the : comity : otl-ermanagh , was found dead , under thefeet 0 ! he . " , horse , in the stables attached to her house , whicu' stands almost iu the suburbs of Enniskillen , She was covered with wounds and bruises , particularly OK the MURDERS IRELAND .

      head ; one of her arms was broken , and the hand ol it very much damaged . " It was supposed that Miss Irvine , who , though an elderly lady , was of very active habits , had , upon this occasion , gone to fetch some apples from the loft above the stable , where they had been stored , and that in her descent , either the step-ladder had slipped , or that she had fallen from it under the horse ' s feet , and had thus been kicked and trampled to death . This would have been the more extraordinary , as the animal was known to be very gentle , and , moreover , very familiar with , and attached to , his mistress , who frequently used to feed him . The death , however , was considered accidental , and the bodv way buried without an inquest .

      '' Things remained in this state until late yesterday ( Friday ) evening , when a lad about sixteen or seventeen years of age , who had recently been taken into Miss ' lrvin ' s service , came forward under the direction of his father , and gave such information as induced the magistrates to arrest the woman servant who lived with Miss Irvin at the time of her death . This woman had been reared by her Mistress from her childhood , and no suspicion whatever liadpreviously attached itself to her ; nor , indeed , to anybody else . " The body was this day ( Saturday ) exhumed , and an inquest was held , but at so late an hour that thc sitting was obliged to be adjourned to Monday morning . Two hpysicians , Doctors Ovenden and . Nixon ,

      deposed , I understand , that the injuries of which thc lady died were not such as could have been produced by the hoofs of a horse , and that some at least of them were inflicted by a sharp instrument , such as a hatchet or cleaver , ( of the latter there had been one in the house which cannot be -found ) . The boy deposed that a few evenings previous to the murder , her fellow servant had said to him , ' Now , if some stuanger should come and murder the mistress , what would become of us V He also stated that , on the day of the murder , this woman had sent him out of the way , on the pretext of fetching her an apron , and other articles of clothing , from some distant place , and that on his return she would not admit him by the shortest and most usual entrance , but sent him a long round . On her opening the doir for him , he observed blood upon her hands , but supposing she had been killing a turkey , he took no further notice of it

      at the time . The woman said nothing about the murder , and he went about his business , until having occasion to go into the stable , he saw blood , upon which water had been thrown , flowing from under the stable door , and on entering it found his mistress dead as described . " This is the material part of the evidence , as far as I have heard it ; and 1 have reason to think it is essentially correct . The woman and the lad are , of course , both held in custody until the result of the inquest shall be known . " The motive to this horrid deed is not yet ascertained . Some Impute It to the desire of robbery , as tlie old lady was rich ; and the woman has been observed to have more money than usual about her . Others think it arose from resentment and revenge for the mistress having recently discharged a manservant , on the grounds of too great a familiarity having existed between him and the woman . "

      Horrible Murder. — It Appears That A Wom...

      Horrible Murder . — It appears that a woman named Bridget Barrett cohabited with a man of the name of Mannion , by whom she had a child . It having lately come to her knowledge that he was about being married to another woman , she being aware of his mode of living and some secrets connected therewith , threatened to expose and prosecute him if he did not marry her . In order to quiet her he held out some promise of marriage , and induced her to sell a cow she had to pay the marriage expenses . He enjoined on her the most strict secrecy , stating that he had no money , and that his friends would be enraged at him if they heard it . It was arranged that on a given night they would be married , and that they should go to the mainland on that evening from the island they lived on , Errislannen , a distance of

      little more than half a mile , to Roundstone , where the priest lived . Bridget , Barrett , however , before going to the mainland , told her sister the particulars , enjoining on her to keep the matter secret . The sister did not do so , but told a male acquaintance of hers all she heard , and he being curious to see them off , hid himself behind a rock on the shore , and plainly saw Mannion , with his brother-in-law , Thomas Cosgrove , and Bridget Barrett , enter a boat together , and push off towards the mainland . He remained there a considerable time , awaiting their return , but there were then only two men in the boat . At this very time , on the opposite shore , there were a number of persons playing at cards ; the door of the house they were in being open , one of them remarked that he surely had heard the scream

      of a woman * crying out , Oh . my back is broken . However , Bridget Barrett was nowhere to be heard of . Suspicion having fallen on those parties , one of them , Mannion , was sent to our country gaol a few days ago . After a good deal of search and inquiry had been made , the body of a woman was washed ashore where the accused and Bridget Barrett had previously got into the boat . The body was at once recognised as that of Bridget Barrett , although much disfigured , the hands and legs having been literally torn off ; it is thought they were tied together , and then tied to an anchor , which is missing from one of the neighbouring boats . The place about it was dragged , and it ia supposed that the drag came it was dragged , and it ia supposed that the drag came

      in contact with the body , and lore it away from the anchor . Much praise is due to Mr . Jones , R . M ., for the diligent exertions he made to discover the perpetrators of this murder . On the body being found , he sent for Mr . Andrew Hosty , coroner , Tuam , who held an inquest on the body , on the days of the 24 th , 25 th , 20 th , and 27 th uf fc . The following is the verdict;— "We find that the said Bridget Barrett was allured into a boat in tlie harbour of Rosnenule , in the county of Galway , by James Mannion and Thomas Cosgrove ( Dominick ) , both of whom wilfully murdered the said Bridget Barrett . on the high soas , in the bay of Roundstone , on the night of the 10 th day of September last . "—Galway Vindicator .

      Another Tipperary Murder , — " Since the first meeting of magistrates , on the 10 th ult , consequent upon the murderof the late Mr . Patrick Clarke , two extensive robberies of arms took place . Mr . Lloyd , of Longford-house , was fired at ; a poor man named Guilmartln , at Lateragh , was also fired at through the window of his dwelling , and severely wounded in the head ; and another act of atrocity has just been perpetrated . A poor man named Molowney , in the parish of Drom , near Templemore , took some land , which had been evicted , or in dispute , fifteen years ago , and had been in possession of it ever since .

      The provincial executive , however , being under the impression that the " existing laws" had no power to check their course of legislation , sent some fellows about six months ago to give Molowney warning to quit . They then attacked him , and drove him off his own land . This warning not producing the desired effect , on last Sunday , the day generally selected for deeds of blood , four men , two of whom were armed , entered his house after dusk , and beat the unfortunate man tp . such an extent , that his death ensued in about twenty ^ fdur hours after . He was a cripple and could make no resistance . " '

      . .. Arrest op a Murderer . —On the night of the 20 th , Constable Holmes , of the Clomanto station with aparty of the constabulary , after the most unwearied exertions , in a remote part of the county of of Tipperary , succeeded in arresting James Dillon , a native of the Queen ' s County , charged with having brutally murdered his uncle , John Dillon , at Lavally during the noonday , in the month of December last The prisoner has been committed for trial to the county gaol , by Mr . J . S . Lane , justice of the peace .

      Collision On The Great Western Railway. ...

      COLLISION ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . In the course of Saturday night , and up to a late hour on Sunday evening , no less than ten express down trains left Paddington , and three up express trains arrived at that station , conveying parties connected with projected lines of railway , charged with the necessary plans to be deposited at the office of the Board ot Trade , Whitehall . One of these express trains consisting of only the engine , tender , and a first-class carnage ( in the latter were two or three gentlemen proceeding to Exeter with railway plans , & c ., to be deposited with the clerk of the peace for the county of Devon ) left Paddington on Sunday afternoon at twenty minutes past five o'clock . As it passed by Slough , Mr . Howell , the superintendent at that station , observed the burning coke fallina nut .

      apparently through the bars of the furnace , in considerable quantities , leading him to suppose that some ot the bars had become displaced . Within ten minutes after this train had passed , another express tram consisting , in addition to the engine and tender of one first and onesecond classcarriage , was observed approaching Slough from Paddington . Mr Howell w ™ f y - ma r e the Tua , 1 si S nals *» this train fnnS ' „ n o ai tJ ? /? 0 m ^ h ? had witnessed of the former one , that it would not be enabled to proceed far before it came toa dead stop for the want of fuel . In this tram were three or four gentlemen engaged upon a snnilar errand to those on the fom « one Mr . Howell having informed the engine-driver and guard of the circumstances he had observed connected SS ' - ^ ' and & ivin S tliem strict instructions to exercise the greatest care , suffered them to proceed , alter delaying the train for nearlva quarter of an hour . Ihe farst train , having a disabled engine ( tt having been found that several of the bars of the iuniace had dropped out ) , was only enabled to proceed

      Collision On The Great Western Railway. ...

      about a mile beyond Maidenhead stntioiT ^ distance over the bridge which crosses the 'Vi asll ° t * At this time it was quito dark . The uuarrf , ai » es . sent back towards Slough , for the purpose If ^ K lising any train , which might be proceediii ? rln ,, Slgl ) a - hne to stop . Observing tho train , which 1 ,, u "'« detained a short time at Slough , by Mr 11 c ° - proceeding towards him , and being unprovijZi *?" , a light , an unaccountable omission , ho p n .,, i J ^ h jacket , in the hope that his white shirt , 1 lis might attract the attention of the driver l > 5 made the usual signal , by holding both hjs L ^ up above his head for the train to stop . The ilk s between the two trains at this time wns 1 e ainile . The engine-driver , however , passed " tlm ? Wy unheeded , and in less than two minutes afterwav 1 " most fearful collision took place . The last triih a into the one which was stationary with a d ' ren w crash , shivering the only first-class carriace whi 1 was attached to it literally into a thousand nip scattering the fragments over the line . FwtuniM ' the engine-driver , stoker , and guard , and the t or three passengers had left the train , and maw , } about a ^^^ J ^^ T ^ rr >

      ing by the side ot the bank when the crash occan ' Had the latter remained in the carriage , their hv could not have been saved . As itwas , however tH ° ? providentially escaped , as well as those wlioVcr * with the other train , with the exception ol ' 6 slight bruises of but little importance . The en > . . which ran into the carriage sustained no injury " ef cept to one of the buffers . The whole of tlie partin " who were travelling by both the special trains then proceeded with the sound engine ( which , alter some delay , was shifted by the moveable rails on to \\ t other line , as soon as it was cleared of thc wreck ) to their places of destination . It is stated that the engine attached to the first train was without a siiini 0 light , and that it was the intention of those entrusted with It to provide themselves with lamps upon thci * arrival at the Reading station .

      Itwas not until nearly midnight that the dowa line was cleared of all obstruction , and open for traftio . Several of the trains , both up and down , were considerably delayed in consequence of the accident . The Oxford train , which started from Paddington at seven o ' clock , did not reach that city until nearly an hour beyond its usual time ; and the last up-train , instead of reaching Paddington at half past ton o'clock , did not arrive till nearly midnight . The accident is solely attributed ( independently of the neglected state of the bars of the furnace ) to the guard proceeding up the line to endeavour to cause the down train to stop , without being provided , on a dark night , with a lamp of any kind whatever .

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      Bankrupts. (From Tuesday's Gazette, Dece...

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , December 2 , 1845 J Lucy lung and Ann Bayley Smyth , of 33 , Charterhouse-square , and ll . Cliavteihouse-stveet , boai-ding . liouse . keepers—John Clark , of the Crescent , Minories , City , mer . chant—Edward Redwood , jun ., now of 1 C , Windmill street , Lnmbctli , and late of 31 , Upper Kiiijf-strec-t , Bloomshury , china dealer—John Maylard , of 120 , l- ' uttoi-l lane , City , grocer—Benjamin Baldwin , of Liverpool and Manchester , and of Old Jewry , City , wavehoustnitin-Jolm Bromiley , of Bolton-le-Moors , Lancashire , maim , facturer—Samuel Hiillips , of Kingston-upon-llull , hattci and ship broker—William Guy Taylor and Eliza belli Guy , of Liverpool , hosiers . nECIiARATTONS OP INSOtVESCV . Thomas Meger , of Holborn-hill , and Coventry-street ] Haymarket , poulterer , November 2 D . Michael Jones , of 48 and 40 , Tlieubuld ' s-road , IIollJOIll , grocer , December 2 .

      BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED . Joshua Swallow , of Manchester , shurebroker . Samuel May and Pryee Mottram , of Shrewsbury , drapers . DIVIDENDS DECLARED . George Elwell Jackson , of liirininghain , dealer in iron , second and final dividend of y | d in ihe pound , payable at 7 , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Triday . Thomas Smullwooil , of Birmingham , grocer , third and final dividend of Is SJd , payable at 7 , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Friday . William Menzies , of Gloucester , draper , first dividend of 5 s . in the pound , payable at 19 , St . Augustiu ' s-place , Bris . tol , any Monday .

      DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED . At the Court of Bankmptcy , London . Jonathan Thomas Maund , of Birmingham , Iacoman , December 23 , at eleven—Edward Mansfield Marks , of 21 , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square , and 10 , Stanhopestreet , llegent ' s-park , upholsterer , December 23 , at half , past two—Thomas Wells Wright , of UavonshirQ-sti'ttut , Portland-place , merchant , December 23 , at three .

      In the Country . Alexander Bower , of Busford , Stiffordshire , and Manchester , banker , December 23 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—James Suliotield , now or late of Greeuacre's Moor , near Oldham , grocer , December 23 , at twelve , at thc Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—Joan Sugden , ot ' Spriuyfield and Iluddersfield , Yorkshire , fancy cloth manufacturer , December 28 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds—Thomas Boddy , of Leeds , mahogany merchant , December 23 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , _ Leeds—Henry Warburton , of llnrpurhey , Lancashire , joiner , December 23 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankru ptcy , Manchester—John Iiailton and Company , of Afancliester and Loudon , merchants , December i'S , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting . Benjamin Ilornby , of Iloylake , Cheshire , innkeeper , December 23 .

      Ceuthicates to be granted by tke Court of Review , unless cause hu shown to the contrary , on or before December 23 . John Giles , of Headless Brass , Worcestershire , publican —Robert Buckler , ot'Portsea , Hampshire , Grocer—James Colquhoun lvemble , of Liverpool , merchant—Matthew Murphy , of Shrewsbury , Shropshire , haberdasher .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . John Calvert and James Procter , of Bradford , Yorkshire , smiths—Charles Ilusbaud and John Henry Arnold UeinuUl , of Kingston-upon-llull , ship brokers—Peter Nuens and Lopez Fonseca , of 32 , Bread-street , City , perfumers—George Haines , Joseph Ward , and William Ward , of West Bromwich , Staffordshire , general agents ( so far as regards George Haines ) — Owen Thomas Prichard and Kvan Prichard of Oxtcn and Rock Ferry , Cheshire , joiners—Benjamin Baker and Trancis Martin , of 75 , Aldennanbui'v , City , commission agents —James Morris and William Gray , of Manchester , sharcbrokers—Joseph Bnllen and John Hignett , of Liverpool , tobacco manufacturers—Sir Stephen Richard Glynne , Lord Lyttleton , William Ewart Gladstone , James Boydell , and Charles Townsend , Oak Farm Iron and Coal Company , Staffordshire—Thomas

      Haigh and Charles Edward Smith , of Sheffield , brass casters—Robert Yates and Robert Crompton , of Great Bolton , Lancashire , grocers—Thomas England and Jolin Beaumont llellawell , of Iluddersfield , Yorkshire , attornoys-James Riches and Henry Napoleon Deering , of 111 , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , law stationers—Charles Bowman and John faine , of Tallington , Lincolnshire , millers—J . Bloor and Robert Archer Hackett , of Tutbury , Staitbrdsliire . januers—Thomas Griffin and William Hudson Griffin , of 1 !) C , llolywell-strect , Shorcditch , wine merchants—Jonathan Robinson Ashworth and George Cartwright , of Manchester , manufacturers—William Crips , William Wright , Alfred Large , and William Lottimer , of New York and Nottingham—James Slack , Samuel Willlfer , and William Slack , of Manchester , filtering machine manufacturers—John Perry and John Powis , of Hauley , Staffordshire , ironmongers .

      Atrocious Cruelty.—A Case Of Horrid Crue...

      Atrocious Cruelty . —A case of horrid cruelty came before the mayor and magistrates at the Guildhall , Rochester , on Saturday , in which Mary Ann "Vigo , a gild , aged 13 , was charged with forcing Sarah Gould , an infant between three and four years of age * into a quantity of hot tea , by which she was so dreadfully scalded that the skin fell from the soles ofher feet , and the effect of which cruelty will be , sliou'J the sufferer survive , that the feet will be contracted and she will become a cripple . Thc evidence of Mr . Baker , the master of the union , of Mrs . Eurnhaiu , the schoolmistress , and other witnesses detailed the following revolting particulars : —One witness stated that in a conversation with the prisoner on Sunday . 23 rd ult ., she distinctly told her that she hated tne

      child and would do her some harm . On Wednesday she watched the opportunity when the schoolmistress was gone to her tea , and stole into to * room , where she procured the key of thc gate leading to the kitchen , which she opened and went out ; she shortly afterwards returned with a p ail which she had partly tilled from a copper of Ming tea , and placed it en a stool ; she then took <» of the children and attempted to place it in the todling liquid , but it got away from her ; she then seized her innocent victim ; and , pulling offlier shoea and stockings , placed it in the pail , and in order }' stifle its cries , she forced a leather ball into its nioutli at the same time pressing its knees so as to pr event the withdrawing of the feet from the horrible tortus it was enduring . Mr . Jacob , the surgeon of the unio «> described the injuries the poor child had receited . he said he found both her feet severely scalded ; the

      skin of the sole of the right foot had come oil'in one piece , and that on the left was very loose . l . J thought there would be a contraction and defornw of the feet , and , on account of the constitutional an * . turbance and depression arising from the severity 0 I the scalding , he did not consider her out ofdangof-The prisoner , who is illegitimate , was formerly « . «« old workhouse at Strood , and when the union was formed she was removed to that establishment . ] " 1843 she was taken out by parties supposed to be h » parents , but in August last she was again found at a gate of the union workhouse , where she said she » au been left by a woman named Phillips , her mother lii »* ing run away . She admitted the offence , and tola a » improbable story of having assisted her father w skinning cats after they had been worried by dog ! < and put in hot water , and said that her father » " » mother had threatened to kill her if she did not sc »' the child . She was committed to Maidstone gaol i < k trial at tho next quarter sesssions for Rochester .

      Darliston MiNERs . —The following sums of money have been collected from the undermentioned pi » » account of the Victim Fund : —Mr . P » ? w 5 2 s . 8 d . ; Air . Greenaway's pit , 3 s . 10 i . Mr . W * pit , 4 s . 6 d . ; Mr . Watford ' s pit , 3 s . 4 d . ; George WJ nold , Is . Natwsm . Assocutiox of Uhited Tk ^ vdeS , r the EuriiOYMEiix of Labour , —At a meeting ol , board of directors ( T . S . Buncombe , . ^ . P ., in «" ; chair ) , 30 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbup ; , Mr . J « " « Harris was unanimously appointed their secrcta 1 . * in place of Mr . Storey , who has previously held i « office , p-o tern . Several shares hp ^ -e been taken ^ i since our previous report , and t ' jc Association g < - rally bears a very proaiisiug aspect ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06121845/page/6/