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    To The Engineers, Millwrights, Mechanics...

    LOUD _RADXOR AND THE RENT OF LAND Tb the Editor of Vie Times . Sir _. _-Inv _^ _tomjrto _^ dosedinyonr journal , I am influenced by a gr _^ eful _-KeT _& Sonof the civil rights of all classes in _thfaeourfry . I-would not thus address you , sir , out o _? _S _^ np lmient , but being one of that numerouslindBig % -respectable body of men , the tenant farmers , I respectfully beg you , as the conservator 01 such rights , to place before the public the injuries -which ftey and we sustain from the present - unreasonable terms imposed on ns by the owners of land . Apcordinf to the recent statement of Lord Radnor ,

    the rent ofland is calculated as follows , and it "the _landlordtakesless , hetakeslessthanlis due " : —There ib , first , the expense of culfivation ; secondly , the wear and tear of lis live and dead stock , and the cost of ieepimjthem np ; thirdly , if he makes improvements , fte interest of capital espended on this object , and fhe replacing that capital during his tenancy ; fourthly , remuneration to himself for labour and care . These are the outgoings . Then , on the other side , will be the probable Take of thc produce ; and the rent will be determined by the probable average of excess of this over ami above the probable averages of "Bae foregoing expenses .

    Such a statement from his Lordship has , indeed , a tendency to make us dwell upon our prospects . I -would , in the name of justice , ask , what claim has flie landowner to the profits arising from his tenant ' s _bMD _, or to any part or portion of his capital , beyond the rent estimated according to the nature and productive quality of the soil , and sueh as it will reasonably let for in the market—such a rent , for instance , as is now the basis of the poor-rate assess ment ? His Lordship's claims appear unprecedented in their exorbitance , when he says " the rent is determined by the probable average of excess of this ( thc produce ) over and above the probable average of the before-going expenses . So that the rent , in fact , is

    • determined according tothe sum total or beneficial result arising from thc industry , experience , and capital of the tenant ; for from these proceeds not merely the " probable , " but the actual , average of excess ( if any ) over and above the expenditure commonly termed the tenants' profit . Allow me to ask , what would be the feeling of liis Lordship's tenanttradesman—his grocer or draper—if he were coolly told , by direction of his Loi * dship , that the rent of liis bouse or shop would be fixed accordingto the probable average of excess of tho produce of his trade over and above the probable interest and outlay on stock , and thc general cxponges of carrying on the business ? Surely thc relation existing between landlord and tenant is not in the nature of a

    partnership . I repeat , thc rent of land can only be fairly ascertained by a reference to its nature and productive _quality . The soil of this country having been for a length of time under grain crops , and so exhausted of the greater portion of fertilizing matters as to render it almost -ffholly unproductive , a serious outlay of capital is in most cases necessaiy , in order successfully to carry out agriciitural operations , the full benefits of which are not experienced until after a series of seasons . Seven years are not of tufficient duration to enable the farmer confidently to work either the land or his capital to the best advantage . Short leases and tenancies froni year to year aro a great check to his prosperity , and cruel in their effects .

    What hope of remuneration has he , in the event of the termination of the tenancy by some unforeseen circumstance , for permanent improvements , sueh as draining , high and cleanly culture , applications of lime , < fcc ., effected at a reasonable yet very considerable cost ? __ _INone whatever * and yet , under a lease , in case of its disposal , he would realises considerable sum . This benefit now tacitly falls within the grasp of the landlord—under what right or privilege , I know not , except the possession of arbitrary power . The present system of letting land is most blighting to the energies of the tenant . It prevents a more generous cultivation , from the risk to -which money so engaged is liable . Farms do not produce in quantity nearly one-third of what they ought and would do . The public are deprived of the blessing of

    abundance , and the wages of the labourer are unavoidably reduced to a meagre and shameful pittance . And why is all this hardship ? Simply because ihe landowner , in defiance of relative duties , his obligations to society , his duty to his tenantry , and despite his own pecuniary interest , still clings to some fancied boon in the exercise of an absolute and unqualified ownership . It mayyet be said , sir , whatdo these tenant farmers want ? I answer—Freedom from oppression atlionie rent fixed according to thc natural and just value of the soil , and not according to the means or intelligence of the man who cultivates it ; security from the danger to our personal property , _^ incidental to "uncertain tenure , or compensation for permanent improvement on the loss of such tenure and a moderate preservation of game .

    Believe me , sir , there is a great degree of anxiety now present in the breasts of these industrious men -relative to their future welfare , financial measures "having rendered a vigilant exertion necessary to overcome consequent difficulties ; and if they are disposed audibly to express their injuries and publicly advance their claims to greater consideration from the landowner , -with the view ably to meet the trials to which the _Minister ofthe countiy has in liis wisdom subjected them , it is , 1 humbly submit , sir , a movement of some moment in a national point of view , and one greatly creditable to them as an industrious class of men striving to maintain their proper interests and station in the commnnity . I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , inarch 29 . A Tssasi Farmer us Bucks .

    Newcastle . —It is said to be in contemplation to adorn the splendid High Level Bridge across the Tyne , about to be constructed under the auspices of Mr- lludson , with a noble statue in honour of George Stephenson , Esq ., the eminent civil engineer , a nat ive of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , and beyond all doubt one ofthe greatest men of the day . Ripio _TraveuiIsg . —We understand that swift trains are likely to be started very shortly , which will perform the distance from London to Liverpool , and from Liverpool to London , in six hours . The present idea is that these trains should leave London and Liverpool about three o'cloekr . ii ., thusgivingparties time to get through a good day ' s business , and conveying them a couple of hundred miles , in either direction , by nine o ' clockin thc evening .

    _GiLLSST , BUT DISASTROUS ExCOCSIEB WITH A Slave Felucca os the Coast of Africa . —The follow ing is an extract from a letter , dated her Majesty ' s Steam Vessel Growler , January Mb , off Sea Bar ;—" On tne 13 th of this month Lieut . Lodwick ( the first Lieutenant of that ship ) , who had been away cruising in the pinnace , on the look-out for slavers , off this place ( the Growler being left to go down to Gallinas ); while he was guarding during our absence , fellm with a felucca , which , on seeing the pinnace , hove to ; and , of course , Lieut . Lodwick thought , as she might have got away if she bad chosen , she would show no resistance . _> Yhen the pinnace , however , "was within thirty yards , they observed _. a -whole range of muskets fore and aft ofthe felucca : after this

    Lieutenant Lodwick cheered his men on to get up to her before she discharged this fearful battery ; but no sooner was the cheer out than thc felucca opened on ihe boat . This was a staggerer for the poor boat bnt fortunately this time they fired too hi g h ( the felucca had now filled , and was going just as fast as the boat could pull ) . Lieut . Lodwick now returned this with a round shot , and ISO balls in a bag . In the first volley from the felucca the rim of Lieut . Lodwick ' s hat was shot through-but their second volley told with mortal effect . Two men were shot dead , and Lieut . Lodwick and two men severely -wounded , Lieut . Lodwick having been struck on the left knee and thigh . This left the pinnace with so few men , and having had six of its oars shot away , it was obliged to leave the field . "We picked the boat up standing towards the Gallinas . I am happy to

    say Lieut . Lodwick is reported out of danger , and that he will also save his leg ; the other two men are doing "well . Captain Buckle has represented to the commodore , in glowing terms , the gallantry of Lieut . Lodwick on this occasion . The boat and gear were literally riddled . There are about seventy men on board this felucca \ aud the crew of a prize ! captured a short t ime since , say that she is commanded by an Englishman , the crew consisting of English , French , and Americans . She was here about four months ago , and chased by every vessel on the coast , but always got clear . She carried away her rudder going over a bar , and was obliged to return to Havannah . There must have been a great many hulled and wounded on board her , as the crew ofthe pinnace could hear the groans . "—Hampshire Telegraph .

    RjimEMEXT of Mr . "Wallace , M . P . —Mr . Wallace las intimated to his constituents in Greenock , that "he has taken the nsHal measures for vacating his seat" in Parliament . The hon . member assigns as his reason some recent attacks of severe indisposition . A Conservative candidate is announced , but not -named . The announcement is to the following effect : — "A gentleman of moderate politics will come forward , -whose attachment to the present Government may justly be expected to ensure tothe public-works of the town what the extreme politics of the late member has hitherto denied us—a due share of the publie patronage . "—Evening Paper .

    Hoixowat ' s OraiMExi axd Pills . —A dreadful « ase of _rheumatism of six years , standing cured in _^ _£ y _?^ _T _* _? _-. T 0 tter > _-aiding at I _^ amington , widow ofithe late James Potter , Esq ., M . P was _^ mlong _and eEe _meiaVmg Va \ red _\\^ tolSe _mJk £ - hcr h »?» - " A ™ **» _: these wonderful _andpabUf " _mS _SfT afac _^ ions _^ e ointment the S _dVn _^ _K" * ' _^^ _wrtaialy _, cme they ma v _^* _* «> -ses , however long standing

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    Jobs Tawell ' s _Coxfessios . _—Atlbsdwry , Sunday , —The public must for the present content themselves with what has been revealed to them relative to the guilt and confession of John Tawell . The document which contains his confession is brief and conclusive , but from reasons whichmaybehereafterexplained , its contents will not be , for some time to come , presented to the public . That the murderer did confess himself guilty is beyond all doubt . He never denied the _fact-which he ultimately admitted * , andhedidnot commit his avowal of the deed to paper without some reluctance , nor until all prospect of escape was gone . Mr . Cox , the chaplain , to whom the important memorandum was committed , declines to say one word upon the subject of liis trust . His silencehoweveris likely to be limite d , lawell

    , , went so far as to observe to his -wife , that his love for her had brought hini to liis prison ; implying that , in order to avoid degradation in her eyes , he had murdered Sarah Hart , but inducing her to believe that his clandestine visits , kept secret solely out of regard to her , had brought about the fatal position in which she was placed . Tawell at the time of his execution made certain conditions with Mr . Cox , to ¦ which that gentleman will religiously adhere . When he is at liberty to make a disclosure , he will do so . Tawell would not otherwise have written the memorandum in question merely according to promise , and for perusal of onc man , to whom a verbal confession would have been in that case as conclusive of

    his guilt . Mrs . Tawell feeling so convinced ofher husband ' s innocence—a fact of which he was well aware—Tawell was anxious that his wife should have ova-come tho shock of his execution before she received what to her would be a still greater shockthe admission of Ms guilt by his own confession . This was on the presumption that the newspapers would be still kept from her . Much remains to be told connected with this affair besides the mere particulars of the murder . Some disclosures of an extraordinary nature are promised , and likely to be given , in the course of a few weeks . In the interim public curiosity , like tiie law upon tliis occasion , must be satisfied .

    TnE _BromiLFH Murder . —Staffobb , Saturday . — The accounts which have appeared in several ofthe London papers with respect to thc confession of Jolm Brough , convicted of murdering Ms brother at Biddulph , in North Sfciftbrdshirc , are incorrect . Yesterday afternoon thc unfortunate man made a statement , from which it would appear that he had no deliberate intention of perpetrating so foul a , crime , and scarce ] - ' - supposed " that the blow he inHicted could prove fatal ! lie , yesterday evening , made the following statement , for which wc arc indebted to the Staffordshire Advertiser : —After describing what took place -when hia brother Thomas came tothe house , the coiiversationaboutthe boxes , & c , Thomas ' s refusal to listen to liis mother ' s entreaties , and the

    departure of the two bailiffs , the prisoner said , " Thomas shortly afterwards left . I followed hini and kept begging and entreating hini to let me have the boxes back again . I promised he should have the rent . He said he would not let me have them again that night ; but he would consider of it by the morning , or by to-morrow at noon , A little hammer , for breaking stones , was reared up against the stone wall in the meadow . As I went along I took it up , and held it in my hand while talking to him . We stood still a little bit . Then we walked side byside talking to each other . I kept on asking for the boxes back again , and said he should have his rent if he would only let the matter drop . He still refused . His selling us up and getting papers printed about

    thc sale of the stock and things on the farm , and his taking away the boxes , aggravated me . I then struck him on the head one blow ; whether on the back or on the side I ' m not sure . I do not know whether he had his back or his face turned towards me at the time . He stood a little bit after I hit him and then fell down . I do not remember whether he spoke after the blow was given . I took the hammer part of the way up the meadow , and then flung it away . I then went straight home . Ilighted a candle and weut to the barn with it . I swept up some oats , and shut the barn-door . The barn is about forty yards from the house . I went to the cowhouse and looked at the cows and the calves . I then went into the Louse , and sat me down by the fire . My mother and the little boy were there . I remained but a few minutes and theii got up and walked to the meadow to see whether my brother Thomas was gotten up and gone home . He was sitting up . I stood looking at Thomasand I perceived a person

    , atthe contrary side . Thomas was in a bit of a hollow . The person I saw stood on the top of a bank . He was looking straightforward in the direction where Thomas was . I was frigntened lest he should see me , and stooped down by a ditch , a little distance off from Thomas . The person was about twenty or thirty yards off . I was about five or six yards off from Thomas . Thomas was sitting on a place that sloped down to the ditch , and I afterwards heard a splash in the water from Thomas's falling in . It is possible for a man to slip down into the water even if he had not been hurt . At this moment I saw the person who had been looking towards the place where my brother was , move on ; I heard liis step , aud thought he was coming where Thomas was . If he had come to his help , I think Thomas would have lived . I was afraid to go myself , and went off home immediately as fast as I could and washed myself . I walked out again , and called on Ishmael Lancaster , and told liim wliatmv brother Thomas had done with the boxes .

    Lancaster went with me to where my brother James was employed in service at a farm house about four miles from our house . Lancaster , and my brother James and me , after stopping a- little while with James , came back to our house . On our way , we had to pass my brother Thomas ' s , and I asked James to go in and inquire if my brother Thomas had come home . I thought he perhaps might have recovered and got home again . James said he had not come home , and that they had heard nothing of him since he went over to the Whitefield . Lancaster left us for his own house just before we got to Thomas ' s . James and me went to our house together . I said to James ' I am frightened by Thomas not coming home . I fear I have killed him , as I've hit him with

    a hammer . ' James said , ' 0 surely you have not done such a thing 5 ' As we went along we met my brother Thomas ' s servant , and a young man with him . James asked them where they had been ? They said ' to see where Thomas was . ' The servant swore before the coroner that James called Thomas at tliis time ' Gunner-o ' -Brough , ' but he was mistaken . I told thc coroner so at the time . [ This is correct . ] I told James he had better go with me and see whether Thomas was dead . I said he must help me carry him off further from the house , as folks would tliink I had killed him from his being so near at hand . James said he could not go near liim ii' he was dead . James then went into our house while I milked three cows . Afterwards I went in . James

    soon after left , saying to my mother and me , he could not stop all night . I went across the fields with him , about five minutes walk , towards my brother Thomas ' s house . James tried the door , and it was locked . No one answered . We parted by Thomas ' s yard gate . I walked back home again , and James went to liis master ' s . I sat up by the fireside all that night . I went out about five or six o ' clock the next morning , before my mother came down stairs . I returned to the meadow to the place where I left Thomas the night before . Ifoundhisheadand arms , and half his body in the water . His feet were upon the bank . I pulled Ids body out ofthe ditch by the

    leet . 1 carried it in my anus several yards , and then lifted it into a barrow , whicli was close to our house . I wheeled it a little distance and then carried it again a considerable way , and put it on the edge of a pit , and let it roll down to the place where it was found . I then returned towards home . On my way back I wheeled away the barrow which I had left behind when I took the body to the edge of the pit . I declare most solemnly I did not intend to kill my brother , or even to strike liim , ten minutes before 1 did so . " The execution of Brough is fixed for Saturday next , but strong hopes of a commutation of punishment are entertained .

    r ( ± unTiiER Particulars . — Stafford , April 2 . The greatest exertions continue to be made to procure a mitigation of the sentence of death passed upon John Brough , who is ordered for execution , at Stafford gaol , on Saturday next , for the murder of his brother Thomas , imder peculiarl y melancholy and distressing circumstances . The fact of the unhappy man having been most strongly recommended to mercy by the jury—his previous excellent character —the extraordinary provocation he received , and the absence of all premeditated malice in the commission ofthe crime—will , it is confidently believed , induce the Home Secretarj' to reprieve the wretched culprit , and transport him for life , instead of consigning him to the gallows . On Tuesday last the attorney forthe convict had a lengthened interview at Stafford gaol with the governor and the exemplary chaplain , the Rev . Mr . Sedger , from whom he procured certain

    important particulars connected with his unhappy client , and forthwith despatched the same to Mr . Baron Piatt , before whom the trial was heard , and strong hopes are entertained that his lordship will consider the case one in -which the mercy of the Crown may be safely exercised , -without detriment to the interests of society , and without violation of the requirements of justice . On Tuesday Judith Brough , one ofthe sisters of the prisoner , in the presence of the chaplain , gave her unhappy brother a most excellent character for affection and undeviating kindness to every member of the family , even to the man he slew , whose reputation both among his relatives and throughout the neighbourhood was the reverse . The mother of the prisoner is now in her 70 th year , and the agony of mind she endures is wholly indescribable , she having been compelled to give evidence against her son , fey whom she has long been supported , for the murder of another of her children .

    Another Catastrophe at Blackwall . — On _Saturday evening , about half-past five o ' clo .-V , _, _-, fatal accident happened in the iron-boat buildi _* . . _; _* d of Messrs . Ditehbum and Mare , whose immense premises aresituate oneithersidethe Orchard-road , about 200 yards below the eastern boundarv-wall of the

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    East India Docks , and not far from the engine-manufactory of thc Messrs . Samuda , so lately the scene of a fatal accident . One ofthe large iron-yards for the construction of iron boats and their machinery is on the river side ofthe Orchard-road , not very far distant from the Blackwall-pier . Itwas just inside the gate of this yard that the fatal calamity occurred . On the right-hand side of the gate , just within it , is the workmen ' s pay-office , and exactly opposite , on the left-hand of the gate , is some framework used for the support of a large collection of long iron rods or bars . This framework is constructed against a wall running on the left side of the gate , along the entrance to the yard , and towards the riverside . Sleepers , or transverse pieces of timber , extend from the wall , and are affixed to a longitudinal border beam , whicli is

    supported by perpendicular lengths of timber , or piles driven into the ground . _Leaning obliquely against the sleepers was the collection of iron-bars alluded to , in weight from ten to fifteen tons . About thirty workmen wore standing in tho gang-way , between the bars and the pay-office , waiting to receive their week ' s wages , when one or more oi the sleepers gave way on the outside , and forming but an inclined support , the bars slipped offfrom the wall side and toppled into the gangway , burying wholly or partially seven of the unfortunate workmen beneath their weight , and slightly injuring with their sharp angles and ends many more . So soon as the fall of the iron was made known , all the uninjured workmen in the yard , to the number of more than a hundred , hurried to the spot , and knowing that

    some of their comrades were beneath the ponderous mass , they began with alacrity to remove it , and completed tlieir sorrowful task in seventeen minutes , having broken down the gate to expedite their efforts . They then found that the fall had proved fatal to two fellow workmen , the one a labourer named John Payne , aged twenty-five ; and the other an engineer named Bates . Their bones and bodies , to use the expression of onc who saw them , were completely " smashed . " They werc taken to the Poplar dead-house to await a coroner ' s inquest . Oi the five other men , two were so severely injured that it was deemed advisable to convey them speedily to the London Hospital . Their names are Edward Burster , aged twenty , and William Jackson , aged twenty-two . They received the necessary attention at the hands of the hc-use-suvgebn , Mr . Cummmg , who reported that they werc going on favourably . Burster's injuries are lacerations of the head . and contusions about the feet ; Jackson ' s a very severe

    laceration ofthe back part ofthe scalp , and a general shaking of thc whole system . Thc wounds inflicted on the other men were dressed by local surgeons , and they repaired" to their homes without fear of dangerous results . Messrs . Ditehbum and Mare employ about 1 , 000 men and boys , and at thc time ofthe accident upwards of 100 of them would have been thickly congregated in front of the pay-office , and by tho side ofthe large pile of iron rods , had they not been engaged in Launching a newly-built boat . __ This accidental occupation prevented an accumulation of misery frightful to contemplate . On Monday Mr . Baker held an inquest at Poplar on the bodies of Thomas Bates and John Payne . From Mr . Ditchburn ' s evidence it appeared that he had ordered the iron to be laid upon thc ground , but that the men had left it standing for their own convenience . Mr . Baker administered an appropriate warning to Mr . Ditchburn , and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "

    Severe Storm at Glasgow . —Loss op Life . —In the course of Thursday night and Friday morning Glasgow and its neighbourhood were visited with one of those violent storms of wind which , at the time , of the equinox , so frequently buret over us . Throughout the whole of Thursday the wind was blowing fresh from the south-west , but towards night it began , to blow with increased vehemence , and latterly assumed all the fury of a hurricane , startling the citizens from their repose , shaking tenements in exposed situations to their base , and strewing the streets with chimneytops , slates , and other dangerous materials , besides injuring other descriptions of property to a considerable extent . So irresistible in certain exposures was the force ofthe wind , that large trees in the country were torn up by the roots , and prostrated on the ground , while others too deeply seated in thc earth

    were snapped by the trunks like tender saplmgs . Small outhouses were in many places wholly unroofed or thrown down ; palings overturned , many of the city lamps blown from their posts , and in some instances the windows of dwelling-houses driven into the apartments within . Among these ( the smaller casualties which have been caused by the storm ) we may mention part of the premises of Campbehneld pottery , which were blown down ; a portion of a gable in Galiowgate ; an entire shop window , shutters included , in _High-stycct , which was completely demolished a large paling in St . Vincent-street , by the failing of whicli a watchman was severely injured ; besides heavy masses of lead torn from the roofs ol buildings and thrown into the street . A groat number of similar results took p lace , whieh , however , it is needless to enumerate . At the Broomielaw thc

    storm was felt with great severity ; but as precautions had previously been taken to have the shipping firmly secured , little damage has been sustained in that quarter compared with what mi g ht have been anticipated . A brig broke from its moorings in the harbour about three o ' clock in the morning , and was driven up the stream with great violence , till its progress was arrested by Glasgow-bridge , against which it several times struck with tremendous force , and displaced about twenty _jjards of the hallustrade -which forms the parapet of that fine structure . Perhaps nothing could show the extreme vehemence of the wind more than this illustration of its power . The stones in Glasgow Bridge are of large , heavy granite , joined together by strong iron fastenings ; yet the vessel had been propelled against

    them with such force as to tear a long range of them from their rivetihgs and precipitate them into the river , one pr two falling upon the deck of the vessol itself . The brig was , of course , also considerably injured ; and , afteir being beaten about for ii considerable time , was taken in tow by a tug steamer , and restored to her berth . The Queen of the Isles steamer was also driven from her moorings , as far up as Glasgow Bridge , and likewise sustained a little damage ; but these ( with some trifling exceptions ) were the only casualties that , so far as we have neard , occurred in the harbour . As the morning advanced , the wind gradually moderated , and Friday , though boisterous and squally , bore no comparison to the frightful severity of tho previous night . Wo regret that we cannot close this notice without being called

    upon to record a latal incident caused by the storm , ot a very distressing nature , viz ., the death of live individuals , residing in the village of Polloksliaws , who werc buried in the ruins of a fallen house . These consisted of an aged man , named Morton , about 80 years old , and his wife , also much advanced in years , two of their grandchildren , and a young womannamed Brown , who was a temporary inmate of the family . The unfortunate sufferers were all iri bed iri a small , one-story , thatched house , beside which was a new tenement in course of erection . About four o ' clock in the morning one of the gables of the new building was blown over by the wind , and Mnpon the house , the greater part of which it reduced to ruins , and deprived of life the unfortunate parties already named . In addition to this the mother of the two children was in thc house , but lay in a

    separate bed with an infant child , where , providentially , she and her little one escaped the fate which had overtaken somanyoftheir near relatives . Theoldman , it appears , was in very infirm health , and the young woman , Brown , who was a neighbour , had been called in to attend to his wants during the nig ht . Some tune before the accident she had gone out and brought in the old man ' s son , along with his wife , to see their parent , who had become much worse than usual ; and these parties had only left the house a short time when the melancholy occurrence took place . This event has caused a great sensation in PoIIokshaws , where deep sympathy is felt for the fate ofthe sufferers , who , though poor , were highly respectable people . A large crowd collected round the locality so soon as the accident became known , and the most active exertions were used to get out the bodies , which was , however , a work of no small labour .

    A Desperate Ruffian . —A little before the November assizes , an abandoned scoundrel , named John Reilly , escaped from Trim gaol , where he had been lodged by Prender of the Detective force , on a charge ot burglarv . The companions of his crime were found guilty and transported for life . Reilly contrived to cut the ban ofthe cell in wliich he was confined , and get into the Governor ' s rooms , dress himself in tho Governor s clothes , and be allowed by the turnkey _fle etly to walk out ofthe gaol as the Governor himself ! Subsequently this dangerous person led a freeand-easy hie , assisting in the robbery of farms and pillaging houses . He broke into the house of Mr . _Ivinsallagh , of Clonsillon , in that countv . and carried

    on a double barrelled gun , a brace of pistols , and other _"I _^ J ? - ? y _* _" _-- , lay _we _» _k he attacked the house oi Mr . Okeefe , who resides near Kileullen , and when resisted by a man-servant he fired off a pistol and was nearl y adding murder to his other infamies . the crack of thc pistol aroused the neighbourhood , and Reilly was apprehended . On his - person were found nineteen rounds of ball cartridge , a doublebarrelled gun wliich he had cut down to make handy for his pocket , and in his belt a brace of pistols . He broke through the roof of Kileullen gaol and again very nearly eluded justice . However , he is now safe , and at the next assizes will in all likelihood meet the penalty of his numerous offences .

    Mysterious Disapi- -eakaxce . — Considerable and painful interest has been caused in Maidstone by the sudden and mysterious disappearance of a Mr . Smitherman , an elderly person , well known in that neighbourhood , and formerly foreman of a paper-mill at Case Horton , from wliich situation he had recently retired to reside on his means in this town . ' 1 he | deceased on lucsday last called at Little Ivy Mill , Loose , and entered into conversation with the foreman , respecting two recent suicides in that neighbourhood . He left the mill in good health and spirits , and has not since been heard of . It is strongly suspected m some quarters that he has met an untimely end , and some do not scruple to express their belief that he has been murdered . He was known to have money in his possession . — _-1-. ' _* tme Journal .

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    ¦ " _Mtstewous 'DisArPEAHANCE . —On Monday morn in" information was received by the metropolitan police of the-mysterious disappearance of a young man named Piper , who resided in the vicinity of Sudbury , under circumstances which have caused considerable excitement . It appears he has been mi ssing since the night of the loth ult ., and the most persevering inquiries have been made , but without any intelligence being obtained of liim . Some companions admit having been with him on th e night mentioned , and that a disagreement took place between them on the road , when he left them , and has not since been heard of . It was thought possible that he might have missed his road and fallen into the river Stour , which was dragged , but no trace

    has been discovered of him . Extensive Fire . —About one o'clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out in the premise _^ of Mr . Kirby , oil and colourman , 83 , Minories , whicli was attended by an extensive destruction of property . The dense smoke which entered the bed-room ol Mr . Kirby and his wife _fii-st informed them that the lower part of the building was on fire , and they instantly rushed out in a state of nudity , with their cliild in their aims , and alarmed thc other inmates whom they succeeded in warning , and who fortunately all escaped through a trap-door in the roof , and thence through an adjoining house into tho

    street . The fire spread most fearfully , notwithstanding the efforts of the firemen , who speedily arrived with tlieir engines , and at two o ' clock had extended to the ajoining house , occupied by a Mr . Orner and numerous families , and a very few minutes elapsed before this house was entirely consumed , and the roof fell in . Tho flames then reached an adjoining house , occupied by a Mr . Gregg , but there the firemen fortunately succeeded in arresting the destruction , and at three o ' clock all farther danger was at an end . The property destroyed is very considerable , and the origin of the fire is at present unknown .

    Fire at the Pbixce ' s Dock . —About eleven o ' clock yesterday forenoon a quantity of smoke was observed to issue from the fore-hatch of the Syria , of Liverpool , a splendid ship belonging to Messrs . Hamilton and Baines , merchants of this town , lying at the west side ofthe Prince ' s Dock . The alarm was immediately conveyed to the five-station , and in a very short time Mr . Hewitt proceeded to the spot with three fire-engines arid a strong detachment ofthe fire-brigade . Previous to his arrival Mr . Cowling , the head constable , and several inspectors and officers went on board and had the hatch broken open and a number of buckets of water thrown upon the smoking

    embers . In the course of about twenty minutes thoy were enabled to descend iuto the hole , and there they discovered that some billets of oak , intended to be used for the pin-pose of stowing the cargo , had by some _unacceuntable means caught fire , and that a few of these were charred and burned to thc depth of two or three inches . With this exception , trifling iri value , no further damage was sustained . It was a most fortunate circumstance that the fire was discovered at so early a s t age , for the vessel was fully laden with a cargo of manufactured goods , worth about £ 18 , 000 , and intended for the China market . The probable value of the vessel and cargo is - £ 30 , 000 . — Liverpool Albion .

    FOURVOLD AtVLWEm OS TBE THAMES . —Oil Mondav Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Spotted Dog , High-street , Poplar , on the body of William Day , aged 31 , a fisherman . It may be recollected , that on thc oth of Feb . the deceased and three other persons , named Byford , were drowned near the Gallions , off Woolwich , by the upsetting of a fishing-boat at night , during a squall . The body of onc of the Byfbrds was found soon after the accident , and an inquest hold on it by Mr . Lewis , coroner for Essex , at Barking . The verdict was Accidental death : The body of thc deceased man , Day , was found on

    Wednesday last , floating in the river , off Bow-creek . The bodies of two ofthe By fords have not yet been found . The evidence yesterday proved that the men , at eleven o ' clock at night , were coming up the river inahatch-boat , laden with fish , and sailing in the wake of a brig . They gained upon the brig , and as they shot by its stern a sudden gust of wind , blowing off the shore , caught the boat ' s sails and upset her . Only one man escaped—a good swimmer , named Joseph Leach , who related the above facts . Verdict —Accidental death .

    _Fiue on _Boaud a Smr- is the Thames . —On Monday afternoon the brig Betsy , of Penryn , lying off King Edward Stairs , opposite Rothcrhithe , was discovered to be on fire . The flames originated in the overheating of thc stove , and when first noticed they had obtained a firm hold of the after-cabin . The crew of the vessel , under the command of Gaptain J . Bink , set to work and endeavoured to extinguish the fire , but it defied the utmost exertions of all present . The largo floating engine belonging to the brigade was quickly moored alongside the burning vessel , and set to work , being manned by nearly 100 men . After about half an hour ' s hard working the fire was extinguished , but not until the after-cabin and its contents were nearly destroyed . F _. vTtiAORDixARY Case op Poisoxino . —On

    Saturday night , about eight o ' clock , a circumstance that placed the lives of five individuals ( four men and a woman ) in the greatest jeopardy took place at Mr . Heath's calico-printing factory , in Gavrat-lanc , Tooting . In the course of the afternoon the party had purchased some fish with the intention of cooking them on the premises , and having them for supper . A man named Reynolds left off work before the others , and prepared to cook the fish , but wanting some , flour to dress the fish with , he applied to a person named Finch , who had charge of the colourroom , for some . Finch told Reynolds he had not got any , but thc latter not believing him , as he know that flour was usual in thickening the colours , watched Finch out of the colour store , and perceiving

    something m one of the barrels , which lie believed to be flour , he took sonic of it and used it in cooking the fish . The party had hardly commenced their repast , . when they were all seized _withviolentretehiiig , and . it was then discovered that Reynolds , instead of using flour , liad taken a composition of arsenic and starch . Mi * . Heath sent for Dr . Bainbridge , of Tooting , immediately , and on that gentleman ' s arrival he instantly applied the stomach-pump and strong emetics , The men were so far recovered as to be enabled to resume their work on Monday ; but the young woman , who is single , but enceinte , is in a state

    that almost preludes hopes ot recovery . Colliery Acoi-dests . —On Monday last a fatal accident occurred at Swingle Hill Colliery , near Longton . Four of the men had just placed themselves in the coife for thc purpose of ascending thc shaft . The corfe , on beginning to ascend , not having been properly steadied , swung from side to side ; and , at the distance of a few yards up , struck the side ofthe pit so violently thatthe four men were thrown out almost simultaneously . One of tliem , named Edward Blurton , was instantly killed , and the others were more or less injured . —North Staffordshire Mercury .

    Moral Effects of Capital Punishments . — On Monday morning two boys , named Henry Eden and Francis Jolinson , of the ages of twelve and fourteen years , were charged at the Town Hall , Windsor , before Thomas Clark , Esq . ( Mayor ) , and William Lcgh , Esq ., with having broken open a tin box , containing monies belonging to the mother and brother of Eden , and stolen the whole of its contents amounting to £ 1 18 s . It appeared that the boys left Windsor as soon as they had effected the robbery and returned , penniless , on Saturday , the day after the execution of Tawell , at Aylesbury . On being apprehended the boy Eden admitted that he had broken open the box by forcing thc staple of the padlock , and taken the money , in order to enable him to go to Aylesbury " to sec the Quaker hung !" Aylesbury is upwards of thirty miles from Windsor .

    Gambling Doi . vgs _Extraordinary . —Information has reached _na of gambling transactions of an extraordinary character which have recently taken place both at the crack " metropolis of hunting" in Leicestershire and at the late meeting at Northampton . Thc " pigeon . " after being well plucked at the former place , lias been compelled to box himself up , on the Continent , owing to thc enormous amount of his losses , exceeding , it it said , £ 100 , 000 . Deaths bv Fiue . —An inquest washeld on Tuesday before Mr . Wakley , at the Middlesex Hospital , on the bod y of a woman named Caroline _Connell _, a widow of about fifty years of age . It appeared that She was admitted into the above hospital on the _Vttk of March last in a state of dreadful suffering from the effects of fire ; her head , neck , and shoulders

    being fearfully scorched , or rather roasted . From the evidence of two women who resided in thc same house ( 10 , Cress-lane , St . Giles ' s ) , with the deceased ; it was proved that she had on St . Patrick ' s-day gone out for the purpose of selling fruit , and having met with some acquaintances had indulged with them too freely in drinking . Shortly after her return to her room , one of the women experiencing a strong smell of fire , entered her room , and found the deceased enveloped in smoke , and with her clothes smouldering on her back . With the assistance of the other woman , they were taken off her , but only bit by bit , and not until the poor creature was in such a state that the foreman of the jury sajd it seemed as if she had been roasted before a slow fire . She lingered for some days , being kept alive , as the house sur eeon

    stated , only py stunuli , till death put an end to her sufferings . A verdict of Accidental Death was returned . —Another inquest was held before Mr Wakley on the same day , atthe Marylebone Workhouse on the body of a girl aged is , named Anne Hatherly who having been left to take care of two children by the mother , who had goueout on business , had probably approached too near the fire , and her clothes having . hecome ignited , she had very naturally , but injudiciously , made her escape into the street where the fire was _cxtinguhhed b / _buckctfof _ScVbeng thrown over her She was scorched on the neck and chest but for the _^ first . few days after her being brought to tho wovlihoi . se _appwwd to be doin < r well A change , however , took place two days before lier dissolution . and die died on Monday list in consequence ot the injuries she had sustained . The verdict , as m the preceding ease , was Accidental

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    Loss of the Thomas Lowry . —Suicide of the Pilot . —The ship Thomas Lowry , from Sydney to London , arrived off Dartmouth on tbe 27 th ult ., landed her letters , received a supply of provisions , and shipped at thc same time one of the most experienced p ilots out of that port . By some unforeseen circumstances the ship struck on some sunken rocks , became waterlogged , and was run ashore near the harbour , where she filled . The pilot the day after put an end to his existence by hanging himself in his own house -- „ ,. .. _. .

    Singular Robbeuy . —On _1-nday night a daring robbery was committed in the office attached to the brewhouse of the late Mr . J . Heathorn , at Maidstone . An iron chest of the common kind was broken open by the application of gunpowder , inserted at the keyhole ofthe lock . The iron chest standing upright , some portion of the powder ran down tothe bottom ledge of the false door , or frame , containing the three bolts . The ignition of the powder in the lock caused the exnlosion of that which had fallen below , and it

    together blew thc false back sufficiently away to admit thc insertion of a bar of iron or chisel to prize open the door ; great force had been used to accomplish tliis ; from the marks left upon the * iron near tlte bolts , a steel chisel must have been used . No report was noticed , and from thc nature of the explosion it is not probable a very loud one was made . The thieves were adroit in their work , but their booty was very small , being only a few halfpence ; fortunately the books , & c sustained ne injury . — Maidstone Journal .

    Explosion . —The boiler of the steam-boat Victoria exploded on Saturday evening , while she was engaged in tewing a vessel into the harbour at Shields , lhc force of the steam , which was fortunately upwards , severely scalded John Thompson , thc engine man , who was standing on deck , but no other person was injured . Attempted Murder op a Wipe by _heji Husband in Liverpool . —On Tuesday morning thc inhabitants ofVauxhall-road and Tithebarn-strecfc were thrown into a state of great excitement by a rumour , rapidly circulated , that a man had stabbed his wife at No . 11 , Lower Milk-street , and that the most serious apprehensions were entertained that the wound was mortalIt unfortunatelturned out to be but too

    . y true thatthe diabolical act had been perpetrated ; and we fear that by the time this sheet meets the public eye , the unfortunate female ' s life will have fallen a sacrifice to the revengeful spirit of hor husband . The parties had only removed the evening before ( Monday ) from _Cockspur-streot to Milk-street , where they took lodgings on the first floor . After the lodgings wero taken , the husband , who has given his name as John Morris Murphy , and who is an Irishman by birth , and an oil and colour-mixer by occupatioii , " went out and remained at some publichouse during the whole of the night . On his return home yesterday morning , he requested his wife , who was lying upon a wretched bed in thc apartment , to get lip and prepare hiin some breakfast . She

    refused , upon the ground that she had no victuals in tlic house , and no money to purchase any , whereupon he seized hold of an old table-knife and stabbed her with it behind the ear and onthe right side of the neck . Her screams brought several of the neighbours to the spot , and there they beheld blood flowing copiously from the wound , and Murphy in the act of holding , with onc hand , a washhand-basin to receive it , and endeavouring with the other to stop the bleeding by applying a cloth to the wound . The account he gave of the transaction was , tliat it was purely accidental ; that she fell against a large pan which was lying on the lioor , and that the broken edge of the vessel caused the injury . The story , however , was looked upen as very improbable , and was rendered still more so by the medical men

    being of opinion that the wound was caused by a sharp instrument . __ A rusty table-knife was found in the room . Thc prisoner was apprehended by Superintendent Lawson , and conveyed to Yauxhnll Bridewell , where he remained during the day , and repeatedly made inquiries as to how his wife was getting on and whether she was likely to survive . She was conveyed on a stretcher to the Northern Hospital , where everything was done for her that medical and surgical skill could accomplish . The great object , of course , was to stop thc bleeding , and this was almost wholly effected in a short tune ; but the danger likoly to arise I ' rom stirring her , by causing thc wound to bleed afresh , prevented a minute examination oi the injured part from being made . In answer to our inquiries , wc learned that it was impossible to say how deeply the knife had extended , as the neck ivas

    covered with her clotted hair , hut that the wound bore every appearance of having been inflicted by some sharp instrument . Her life , yesterday afternoon , was considered in imminent danger ; there was a chance that she might survive , but the probabilities were that she was fast sinking into the jaws of death . She alluded constantly to her husband , spoke of him in the kindest terms , and said his misfortune was that he could not bear up against poverty . It appears that though he is a journeyman _colourmiuiufhcturer , he has not been in the habit of following his trade , and that , in fact , he had no means of livelihood except what he made by selling newspapers . The parties have seven children , the youngest of whom is only two months old and the eldest only ten years . Milk-street , during the greater part ofthe day , was visited by crowds of persons .

    Melancholy Accide . vt . —We regret to announce a melancholy occurrence which took place at Botesdale , on Thursday last . As James Amys , Esq ., of Rickinghall , was riding through the streets on horseback , with his lady , tiie mare on which he rode was observed to carry him quietly , but it is supposed that while in the act of stooping to put some letters into the post-office , ne accidentally touched her with the spur , as she immediately plunged and started off at a rapid pace ; and that in endeavouring to keep his seat ( liaving lost his stirrups ) , he unconsciously used the spura , which increased the animal ' s speed , and at the lower part of the town he fell off , pitching upon iris head , and received a concussion of the brain and a fracture of the base of the skull , from which he _cxpii'cd in about five minutes , not havin g s p oken after his fall . —Bury Post , April 1 .

    Murder in _GteonoE-sTRKET , Sr . Giles ' s . —On Monday night a middle-aged woman , named Tape , was murdered in a disreputable house in Gcorgcsfcreet , St . Giles ' s . She is said to have gone thither with a man unknown , and , after he left thc house , was found ( load , baring been stabbed in the neck and breast , and a knife left sticking in one of the mortal wounds . A surgeon was sent for and the police were called in , but there were no traces of the supposed _mm'dei'OT . The house in which the deed was done is a very old one , and is said to have been tlic residence of All " . Justice Dyott .

    Further Particulars . —Since the murder of Eliza Qriniwood , in the Waterloo-road , no case of that description equals in atrocity and cold-blooded determination the murder perpetrated on Monday night , on the body of Ann Tape , but who is a married woman , ofthe name of Brothers , for some years separated from her husband . Mr . Fitzgerald , the surgeon , called in on the spur of thc moment , states that on his arrival he was shown into a small room on the ground floor , and in one corner of it he found the murdered woman completely doubled . up . On examination he found that she was dead . On endeavouring to lift the body up , he found the blood still pouring from a wound , large enough for him to place his hand in , passing from the back ofthe neck

    completely through to the front , dividing all thc principal arteries . Tlic wound from which the constable had drawn out the carving-knife was deep , and thc force ofthe blow had been so great that a large piece ofthe knife near thc point had been bvoken by coming in contact with a bone . There werc four other wounds about the neck and breast . The murdered woman w _* as deluged with blood , and had evidently struggled violently with her cold-blooded assassin , as on entering thc bed-room adjoining , Mr . Fitzgerald found blood on the bed and a large pool . on the floor . Tlic deceased ' s bonnet and shawl were lying on a chair ; but in the room where the body was found there was nothing in the placo but an old chest of drawers . —Mrs . Hawell , the woman of the house , says , that the deceased was well known to her . She came there accompanied by a man , about half-past ten o ' clock , and lured an apartment . They had been

    in the house about ten minutes , when she heard what she consider ed to be a scuffling , whicli induced her to leave her own room ( thc front parlour ) and come into the passage . She had scarcel y done so , when the man came along the passage towards thc street-door at a rapid pace . She seized hini by the skirt of the coat as lie was passing her , and exclaimed , " What have you been about with thc woman V Ho made no reply , but pushing her from him , rushed out at the street-door , which was at thc time partially open _, fin ding the deceased did not follow , she went into the back ante-room , and there found her lying as above described . She heard no scream or cry of any land before she heard the scuffling . The man she did not know , but said as near as possible the following was the description of his person , which was forwarded to Scotland-yard , and by route to every police station in the police : —

    Station-IIouse , B Division , March 31 , Half-past Eleven , p . m . "Description of thc person who murdered a woman this night at brothel , No . 11 , George-street , St . Giles's . About thirty years of age , five _fuet five or six inches hi gh , rather dark complexion with full face and black hair , had a spot or molfi on tbe right cheek near the nose . Dress —a velveteen coat ( dark ) , long pockets at the sides , light coloured trousers , and dark rough cap . " The next step taken by the police was to endeavour to discover where the knife , wliich was perfectly new had been

    purchased . In the course of Tuesday morning some of the police went to the shop of Mr Oldham , cutler , of High-street , St . Giles's , who stated that he sold a carving knife exactly answering the description , at ten o ' clock on Monday night , to a man , who , with the exception that he had a hat on instead of a cap , also answered the description -riven _\' r tl > _J _' _* _* -- f 1 ' 0 "t 0- . P _l , " _bo-ng procuiced Mr . Oldham at . once identified it as t _* : » one he had sold on _^ previous evening . Mr . i . _;* iham states that at about ten o clock he and his daughter were in the shop , when the man came in and asked "for the

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    cheapest small carving knife they had . " He showe ] Win three , aud having examined their points , he sc . lectcd that which had the narrowest blade , and fot which he paid a shilling . He was about to take the knife away naked in his hand , when Mr . Oldham said he would put it in paper . He then took the knife , and having set the edge , put it in paper , and the man went away . He did not observe the man very minutely , but his daughter did , and th ey both state that he had a hat and not a cap on , but tliat his coat was such a onc as described , either of dark velvet or fustian . Shortly after the min der was discovered , a woman , who is of the same class as the unfortunate deceased , gave information to the police which will , in all probability , lead to the apprehension „ i , „; .., / .,, j . n , „ nii / lomriiiff Ifnifb _: tliov . 'had : " Tin ok- _~ ,

    of tho murderer , sue siaieu _mai sue Knew the _m-m well by sight , and had seen him with deceased on ' _-T previous occasion . On Monday night , short ) v after ten o ' clock , she was standing at the corner of ( _leove street , when he accosted her and asked her If she Iwd seen tho deceased that night . Ou her replying tliat she had not , he said "he was looking for her . " on Tuesday a number of persons were taken into custody on account of their answering in some measure _tfie description ofthe murderer , butthe only- one upon whom strong suspicion still rests is a liutn wmed Mcdows , and who was taken into custody by Mr In specter Tedman at nine o ' clock on Tuesday _nioriiin-r " This man lodges in Southmolton-mews , and wor ks with Mr . Frost , a brass-fitter , near Dari _cs-strcct

    On the inspector's telling Medows that lie wanted him for the murder of the woman he lmd cohabite d with , he said , " I am not thc man . " _Obacmnn- _ag he thought , something which looked like Wood on ' the man ' s clothes , he examined him , and found a "ood deal of blood on his right hand , and in his _pocfet a handkerchief having a groat quantity of blood on it On questioning Mcdows as to this , he said that it had come from his nose wliich had been bleedintviolently that morning . On his way to the stationhouse , Medows admitted that h e hail cohabited with the deceased some time since , but site absconded

    from him with his property several months back , and that he had onl y seen her once since , when lie ' met her last Christinas in Holborn . On their arrival at the station-house , the two women at the house where thc murder was committed were sent for , as also the other woman previously alluded to , and tlieir positive declaration that he "vas not the man , induced the inspector to release lum . Thc husband of the murdered woman has been discovered . He resides at No . S , George-street , Oxford-street , with two daughters , and is iu tho employ of Messrs . Tratt and Attfleld , upholsterers , Brook-street , Grosvenor-square . He has been there many years .

    Iuesdav _liVJvKI . _VCr , NlSE O ' clock . —Up to this hour the police have bceu unable to apprehend the murderer , but a clue it is understood hits been obtained , whicli will in all probability place him in the custody of Inspectors Shaehel and llayncs , of tlic detective police force , before morning ; ' it is stated that this clue is founded on information forwarded to the police by a _medicid practitioner , who has had a man under him exactly answering the amended description of the murderer , which was circulated among the police between seven and eight o ' clock last evening . It is as follows ; " Correct Description of tiie Murderer . —V . Division . —21 years old , 5 feet 5 inches high , wry pale , sallow complexion , thin face , long nose , very dark hair , no whiskers , black eyes ; sometimes dressed in a fustian jacket , dark trousers , black hat or cap with peak , at other times in dark velveteen shooting-jacket , and dark check trousers . Has the appearance of a costcrmoiigcr . "

    Later _Particuurs . —Tiiursdav . — _Notwithstanding the exertions of Inspectors Shackcl and iliiynes _, aided by the whole body ofthe detective force , as well as most of the inspectors of thc metropolitan police , up to eight o ' clock last evening no clue hud been obtained to the murderer of Mary Brothers , alias Tape . Between ten and eleven o ' clock hi thc morning of yesterday , information was received by thc police that a young man , exactly answering thc description last circulated ofthe murderer ' s person , had on Tuesday applied for the purpose of enlisting at the recruiting quarters of the Hon . East India Company , Soho-square , and that he had been ordered to be there at eleven o ' clock that morning . On the receipt of this information , Inspector Haynes , ofthe

    detective force , and Inspector Boll , ol t ! ie _1-. division , proceeded to Soho-square , and having examined the men , and also the books showing the names and description of those who applied , they felt convinced that the information was not correct . With reference to the man Mcdows , who was on Tuesday morning taken into custody , all suspicion has been removed . In addition to the declaration of the two women belonging to tho house where the murder was committed that ho was not the murderer , Mr . Oldham , thc cutler , and his daughter , have also scon hini , and state that he is not the man who purchased the carving knife on Monday night . The body of the murdered woman still lies at the house , No . 11 , Georgc-strcet , in the same position in which it was found , Harvey , thc summoning officer of the district , keeping the key of the apartment .

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    BANKRUPTS . ( From , Friday's Gazette , March 28 . ) Laing Johnston , Hammersmith , wine-merchant—Daniel "Morton , Eastebeap , fishmonger—Elijah May , Aldgate High-street , draper—John Phillips , _Tinner's-court , Old Broad-street , tailor—George Gardner , Gravesend , tavern _, keeper—Jonas and Daniel Woodhead , Netherthong , Yorkshire , woollen-cloth manufacturers . dividends . April 18 , *\ V . and R . Smith , Bow-lane , City , warehousemen—April IS , 11 . Shuttleworth , Crown-court , Cheapside , City , pin-manufacturer—April IS , N . Beard , Ueech-street , Darbican , City , leather-setter—April 18 , C . Dotesio , Slough , Buckinghamshire , hotel-keeper—April 19 , J , Nicks , _ffa ~ - wiL-k , _cnrjicuter—April 23 , TV . Vf yrUl , Bradford , Yorkshire , ironmonger—April 24 , T . Jarmain , Bristol , _nioney-scrivener—April 25 , II . Norman and E . Buckman , Cheltenham iror . i » u ! i £ t !> .-s—April 29 , 6 . Harvey , Haiwlsacre , _Statlbrdshire , spirit-merchant .

    BANKUUPTS . ( From , _Tiientlai / _s Gazette , April 1 st , 1815 . ) John Schatter , Clark ' s-place , High-street , Islington , fringenmn-tlolm Breckels , _North-street , Finsbury , bwlstead-maker—John Keay and John Robert Kcay , Marklane , wine-merehants—ltobert Cann , Woolwich , boot anil shoemaker—Augustus Radeliffe , sen ., and Augustus ltadcliiie _, jun ,, _HeniiUage-placo , St . _Jolubstreet-roiul , patent glaziers' diamond manufacturers—Joseph North , Uirstal , Yorkshire , blanket-manufacturer—Thomas lloljland Vi'il . Hams , Chelmsford , wine-merchant—John Atkinson Hick , Leeds , carver and gilder—John Whittaker , Swansea , Glamorgaiislih'c , druggist—William _Ilui'i'iiigton lagoe , Ather . stone , Warwickshire , victualler .

    DIVIDENDS . April 24 , T . Sherwood , Tilehurst , Berkshire , briokmakcr —April 22 , F . J . II . Midler , Addle-street , Wood-Street-City , Airr ier—April 2 !* , T . Pearce , Bernioiidscj-strect , Southwark , tripeman—April 22 , II . P . Bellenger , Great I _' ulteney-stvcct , Golden-square , licensed-victualler—April 23 , T . Cornish , Great Marlborough-street , wine-merchant —April 22 , II . Bundey , Upper York-place , Portland Town , builder—April 23 , E . and A . Rule , _Loadenhall-strect , shipowners—April 22 , W . C . Thompson , Liverpool , merchant —April 22 , J . HerdmanandE . Herdman , jun ., Congleton , Cheshire , millers—April 22 , R . Swainson and J . Gardner , Liverpool , grocers—April 22 , J . Donnelly , Liverpool , merchant—April 23 , W . Cross , Chester , lead-merchant—April 2 a , J . Whitlow , Manchester , laceman .

    DECLARATION'S OF DIVIDENDS . J . Drcwc , Kcynshani , scrivener , first and final dividend of 2 s 9 d in the pound , any Monday , at the office of Mr Acramaii , Bristol . J . It . King , Bath , dvuggist , first dividend of ls 9 d in the pound , any Monday , at the office of Mr . Acraman . Bristol . J . Hilton , Croston , Lancashire , surgeon , first dividend of Is 3 d in the pound , on Thursday , April 10 , and a « y subsequent Thursday , at the office of Sir . Cazenove , Liverpool . ' il . _Tomkinson , Kidderminster , Worcestershire , linendraper , first dividend of-Is in the pound , any Tuesday , at the office of Mr . Whitmore , Birmingham , T . "Benson , " North-place , _Gray ' _s-imuroail , stationer , first dividend of 8 s 3 d in the ponnd , any Wednesday , at the office of Mv . Graham , Coleman-street . J . F . Garnett _, _Wellington-strcet , Southwark , hatter , first dividend of ls 4 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Graham , Coleman-street . T . Pearson , ilitre-court , Penchurch-street , _wine-mer chant , first dividend of _2-Jd in the pound , on Saturday next , and three following Saturdays , atthe office of Mr . Groom , _Auchurch-lunc .

    J . Itoldroyd _* , North Moor , Northumberland , farmer , first and final dividend of 7 _d and _l-12 th of a penny in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . M . AtkillSOn , Temple Sowerby , Westmorland , bank" ' . fourth and final dividend of "Js Cd and l-3 rd of a penny m the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Raker , Sc »* _- castle-upon-Tyne . J . Laiclman _. ' sen ., Penrith , Cumberland , banker , second anil final dividend of Id and 1-lGth part of a pennv in me pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Baker , S _eircastle-upon- 'fyne . W . Fletcher , Bmningham , oilman , first dividend of fis Sd in the pound , any Thursday , at thc office of _$ _> : _Clu'istie , Birmingham . Certimcates to be granted , unless cause be shown to die contrary on the day of meeting .

    . ,, April 23 , E , Sedgwick , llythe , Kent , serivenev-April ' -- C . Lewis , Bath , innkeeper—April 22 , P . FothcrgiU ana J . M _* Innes , Scotswool , "Northumberland , lamp-blackmanufacturers—April 22 , M . Atkinson , Penrith . Cumbe rland , banker—April 23 , J . Booth , Brownhill , _Yorkshirewoollen-cloth-manufacturcr—Apvil _24 , J . _Rnvff , _iAveupooh merchant-April 22 , W . nowell , jun ., Liverpool , bo okseller —April 23 , T , Griffiths , jnn ., Wem , Shropshire , _m" _' _- merchant—April 24 , J . Holman , Exeter , victualler—AF " 24 , W . Broadbent , Denton , Lancashire , flour-dcalef-Aprii 22 , W . Tydeman ,- Chelmsford , Essex , timber-merchant—April 22 , G . Jackson , jun ., Hertford , _upholslcrcr-Apnl 22 , J . G . Schott and J . C . Lavater , _AldennaiibuiJpostem , merchants—April 22 , 11 . H . Foothead _. _Fove-stye" * _CripplcRate , wholesale milliner .

    PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . „ J . Powcrakcv and T . Baker , Exeter , stationers—H- * i Ingleby and W . Briddon , Liverpool , cotton-brokers-- ' - Dromgole and J . Linton , Barbican , window-g lass dealer '" —E . Empson and II . B . Holman , Crediton , Devon shire , surgeons—A . Abraham and J . B . Dancer , Manchester , opticians—C . and A . B . Bieknell , Maidstone , ladies' schoolmistresses—II . Cliurchns andW . Copp , _Yatton , So mersetshire , carpenters—J , FrsmWand and W . Cooper , Miew «& Derbyshire , coalowners—J * . Willmoro , J . Yapp , •' •'•' * : ' Woodward , Tha _»* ics-iiin , silversmiths ; as far as vegan" * J . Wilbnore—D . Caparn and D . C . Parker , Homcastie , Lincolnshire , chemists—J . Barrow and T . T urner , Eaststreet , Manchester-square , engineers—n . _Cunibcri' " ' ) ' ! A . IV . _Gn-yn , City , _shipowners-O . Marplcs and W . j ' _-r bert , Sheffield , carvers and gih . . ?—G . Bacon and i _^ Smith , Great Yarmouth , _blacksn-. - _.- _' s .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05041845/page/6/