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      Maech 7, 1846. The Northern Star, -- ¦¦ ...

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      BEAUTIES OF BYRON . so . XXXII . " THE C 0 BSA 1 B . " The works of our poet are so voluminous , and the " beauties" of his writings so endless , that we should never be able to bring our extracts to a conclusion were we to give but a thousandth part of what we might fairly extract under the above head . In the poem before us , the passages we ought to copy would occupy this column for three or f our weeks to come ; hut this cannot be , we must confine ourselves to one notice ; and this course we shall pursue with most of the minor poems . Perhaps hereafter we may even cram more than one poem into one week ' s notice . Brief though our extracts must be , they will afford the reader at least a glimpse of the amazing beauty

      of this poem . " O ' er the glad waters of flte dark blue sea , Our thoughts as boundless , and our souls as free , Far as the breeze can bear , the billons foam , Survey our empire , and behold our home ! These are our realms , no limits to their sway—Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey . Ours the wild life in tumulc still to range rrom toa to resr , and joy in evtry change . Ob , who can tell ! not thon , luxurious slave 1 AVhose soul would sicken o ' er the heaving wave Not thou , vain lord of wantonness aud ease ! Whom slumber sooths not , pleasure cannot please—• Oh , who can tell , save he whose heart hath tried , And danced in triumph o ' er the waters wide , The exulting sense—the Julie ' s maddening play . That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way !

      Let him who crawls enamour'd of decay , Cling to Ms couch and sicken years away . Heave bis thick breath and shake his palsied head ; Ours—the fresh turf , and not the feverish bed . While gasp by gasp he falters forth his soul , Ours with one pang—one bound—escapes oontrol . His corse may boast its urn and narrow cave , And they who loath'd his life may gild his grave : Oars are the tean , though few sincerely shed , "When Ocean shrouds and sepulchres our dead . For us even banquets fond regret supply In the red cup that crowns our memory ; And the brief hour of joy in danger ' s day , When those who win at length divide the prey , And cry , Remembrance saddening o ' er each brow , How hud the brave who feU exulted now '

      HEDOKA WATCHING FOR THE COKSAIB . Oh ! many a night on this lone couch reclined , My dreaming fear with storms hath winged the wind And deem'd the breath that faintly fann'd thy sail The murmuring prelude ef the ruder gale ; Though soft , it seem'd the lew prophetic dirge , That _monrn'd thee floating on the savage surge : Still would I rise to reuse the beacon Are , Lest spies less true should let the blaze expire ; And many a restless hour outwatch'd each star , And morning came—and still thon wer ' t afar . Oh ! how the dull blast on my boscm blew , And day broke dreary on my troubled view , And still I gazed and gazed—and not a prow "Was granted to my tears—my truth—my row I At length 'twas noon—I hail'd and blest the mast That met mj sight—it near'd—Alas . ' it pawed 1 Another came—Ob , God ! 'twas thine at last !

      THE PABTIXG OP COSBAD AKD HEDOEA . She rose—she sprung—she clung to his embrace TiU his heart heaved beneath her hidden face . He dared not raise to his that deep-blue eye , Which downcast _droop'd in tearless agony . Her lung fair hair lay floating o ' er his arms _. In all the _wildness of dishevelled charms ; Scarce beat that bosom where his image dwelt So _full—ViatieeBnit seem'd almost unfelt ! Hark!—peals the thunder of the signal-gun ! It told ' twas sunset—and he cursed that sun . Again—again—that form he madly _press'd "Which mutely clasp'd , imploringly caress'd ! And tottering to the couch his bride he bore , One moment sated—as if to gaze no more ;

      _Telt—that for him earth held but her alone , _Kisi'd her cold forehead—turn'd—is Conrad gone ! Our remaining extract we give from the concluding portion of the poem , the purity and beauty o ! which it were Tain to praise . Let the reader turn to the poem , and read for himself the 19 th , 20 th , 21 st , 22 nd , and 23 rd sections of the Third Canto . We must content ourselves with the following lines , picturing Conrad over the dead body oiMedora : — _Hereach'dlds turret door—he paused—no sound Broke from vritaia ; and all was night around . He knock'd _andloudly—footstep nor reply Announced that any heard or deemed him nigh ; He knocked—but faintly—for his trembling hand Refused to aid his heavy heart ' s demand .

      The portal opens—' tis a weU known face-But sot the form he panted to embrace . Its lips are silent—twice his own essay'd , And feil'd to frame the question they _delayM ; He snatch'd the lamp—its light will answer all-It quits his grasp , expiring in the falL He would not wait for that reviving ray-As soon could he have lingered there for day ; But glimmering throngh the dusky corridore _, Another chequers o ' er the shadowM floor ; His steps the chamber gain—his eyes behold AU that his heart believed not—yet foretold ! He turned not—spoke not—junk not—fix'd his look , And set the anxious frame that lately shook : He gazed—how long we gaze despite of pain , And know , we dare not own , we gaze in vain ! In life itself she was so still and fair , That death with gentler aipect wither'd there ;

      And the cold flowers her colder hand contain'd , In that last grasp as tenderly werestrain'd As if she scarcely felt , but feigned a sleep , And made it almost mockery yet to weep : The long dark lashes fringed her lids of snow _. And veil'd—thought shrinks from aU that lurk'd below—Oh ! o'er the eye Death most exerts his might , And hurls the spirit from her throne of light ; Sinks those blue orbs in that long last eclipse , But spares , as yet , the charms around her lips-Yet , yet they seem as they forbore to smile , And wisli'd repose—bat only for a while ; But the white shroud , and each extended tress , Long—fair—but spread in utter lifelessness , "Which late the sport of every summer wind , Escaped the baffled wreath that strove to bind ; These—and the pale pure cheek , became the bier—But she is nothing—wherefore is he here !

      Sosgs For The People. So. Vat. Hasaxiell...

      SOSGS FOR THE PEOPLE . so . vat . _HASAXIELLO'S CALL TO THE _NEAPOLITANS . To my light-toned guitar , ' neath the sweet orange tree , I sang when my labour was done , TiU the voice of my country cali'd loudly on me" Awake from thy slumber , my son . " There ' s a spirit that lies iu the meanest disguise , That will burst into glory and power , "When the tiaie is at band for that spirit to rise—And now , brothers , now is the hour . ' Xotfor joys ofambition , orlustof vile . gold , Bo I quit my rude home by theses ; But to win back the " charter" of freedom of old , When our sires were chainlets and free : We have borne with our wrongs tiR forbearance is vain , TBI our tyrants hate strengthened in power , Bat the arm of the peasant shall burst through the chain , And now , brothers , now is the hour ! ,

      While bountiful _> ature spreads plenty around , Shall the fruits ofthe earth be denied To the wants ofthe workman who tiileth tlie ground , By the rich , from bis labour supplied ! To my light-toned guitar , ' neath the sweet orange tree , So more when the light shadows lower , "WiU I sing my wild lay till my country is / r <«—And now , brothers , now is the hour !

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      TAIT' 5 EDINBURGH MAGAZINE-March . Edinburgh : W . 'fait , Princes-street ; London SJmpkin , Marshall and Co . Burton ' s "Life and Correspondence of David Hume" is the subject of tbe opening article in this mouth ' s number of Tail ' s _Mtgazine . Judging by the extracts siren in this article , the philosopher does not appear to great advantage in this work . We gather from this review that Mr . Bbrtox objects but little to the scepticism of Hume , the philosopher having been a " respectable" atheist ! The ' * speculative philosopher , who does not directly interfere with the religion of his neighbours , " Mr . Bcrtox can tolerate ; but "the blasphemer , who raises his voice offensively and contentionsly against what his fellow-citizens hold sacred , invokes tbe public wrath

      , and is no just object of sympathy . " From the above , our readers will be at no loss to comprehend the "liberalism" of " Johk Dux Bcbtoh , Esq ., advocate . " His liberalism reminds us of an anecdote of the subject of his biography . If werememberright it was _Tjavid'Ucme who , in a conversation , remarked that " atheism was like champagne , a very good thing for the rich , but , like other luxuries , was not to be permitted to the mob . " " 'i'helteserted Farm ; a tale of the Game Laws / ' by Jons Mills , describes too truly the operation of those atrocious laws . " The Antigone of Sophocles" is a clever and _entertaining criticism , by Thomas De Quintet , on tbat famous Greek

      tragedy as represented on the Edinburgh S . f « - VP _^ s _]** Opium-eater" is in raptures with Miss Helbx Faucit ' s personation of Antigone , but the poor choru * " get an unmerciful quizzing ! We have a most interesting _continuation of the re-Tiew of " Lord Campbell ' s Lives of _Enjlish Chancellors . " The biography of Wolsey affords another proof of tbe truth ol tbe adage , tfcat " the deril is not so black as he is painted . " Sir Thomas Moore is a truly loveable character ; would that we had room to extract but a few anecdotes of his virtuous life and noble carter . Several other interesting articles will be fouud in this mouth ' s number of this _deservedly popular periodical .

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      _"Wicfaow , Fruht . EXTRAORDINARY SEDBCTION CASE . MABr _Cahkoll v . Jobs Ladaveze Auabw tx-Lom > JUyok of 1 ) cbii . « . —Thi » was an action brought by the plaintiff , to recover compensation for the seduction of her daughter Mary Anue Garroll . Bamages were laid at £ 5000 , and the defendant pleaded "Not Guilty . " Mr . Dwyer stated the case , from which it appeared that in the year 1 S 12 the defendant lived with his father at Clondalkin _. inthe county of Dublin , at which period he was about twenty-oneyear 6 of age , and seduced the plaintiff herself , who was then a young girl residing with her father , who lived in the same neighbourhood , and he bad b y her three children—a son , who was bom in 1818 ; a daughter , the girl alleged to be seduced in the present action , born in 1824 ; and a third child , also a female , born in 1834 . The defendanthe said , reared

      , this famil y well and _respectably , and educated his eldest daughter in the best manner up to the year 18 ii , when he seduced also her from the paths of virtue , and had a child by her in 1843 . The learned gentleman , in conclusion , said he would prove these facts by the unfortunate girl herself , and read a number of letters which were written by Mr . Arabin to her . —Mary Anne Carroll , examined by-Mr . Rollestoue : I am daughter of the plainti £ My mother lives in Bride-street , and has lived there for four years . We lived there in _JS 42 , during the summer , at the time tlie occurrence took place , and we lived before that in French-street , and previously in Cumberlandplace . My father is John L . Arabin . I saw him at my mother ' s place . Tie always came wherever we were . My mother kept no servant in Bride-street , in 1842 . I had a brother aud sister . He is older and she is younger than I am . I went to school to Miss Lord ' s , in Stafford-street ,

      and to Mrs . Allen's , in _Stepnen's-green . My father paid for my education . He paid Miss Lord , and £ 2 to Mrs . Allen by one of the witnesses . I used to do the work in my mother ' s house . My father wanted me to be a boarder at Miss Lord ' s , but my _moiher did not wish it , and I was only sent as a day scholar . My father had a country house at Corkagu , near Clondalkin . I was often there . Whenever I went to the country he used to bring me into town in bis car . He often brought me home from Clarestreet to my mother's when it was late . It was his own house in Clare-f treet , and his brother , the counseller , lived in it . I was frequently in that house . I remember making an appointment with my father , tlie defendant , iu the year 1842 . I appointed to meet him in _Sackvillestreet , or a little street off Sackville-street , the name of which I forget . He made that appointment in my mother s house . The defendant did not tell me what he

      wanted with me , for he often before met me and brought me to Harries , on Wellington-quay , and other plaees . I met him , according to the appointment , about five o ' clock in the evening . It was summer time . Mr . Arabin was in tbe house when I arrived . He was in the parlour , and he brought me up to the drawing room . We had some conversation theie . I forget what it was . I don ' t remember much what he said or did on that occasion . He told me I was his own property , and he could do what he liked with me . He did do what he liked with me . No man ever acted as he did on that occasion , before or since . I had a child by Mr . Arabin , which is alive . My mother has it . She is in this town . The defendant told me not to tell anybody what had occurred , and he sent me home in a car . I often saw my father after that . I was

      never in that house again with him , but he was in a house aftenrards with me , and treated me in the same way . He was very sorry for what occurred . He used to call me Mary and Polly . Ha frequently gave me money , and always gave me presents of money , both before and after this transaction , until lately . He often wrote to me since the seduction took place , but never before it . ( The witness here identified the several unsigned letters , which were read by counsel , and swore that they were iu the defendant ' s handwriting . } The child I bad by Mr . Arabin was a female . He often saw and nursed it . I never spoke to him about providing for tbe child . Upon my oath , the defendant is father of that child . —Cross-examined by Mr . Hateheil : It was in the house or cottage in Bride-street that I was delivered of the child . It will be three years old next June . I had left school at the time I went to the house off

      Sackvillestreet . I am certain of it . Mr . Arabin gave me £ 1 to get the child baptized . After I left Glasnevin I went to live with my mother . 1 fir 6 t saw Mr . Walsh , the plaintiff's attorney , since last Christmas ; my mother went to him . I bid her go because I saw his picture in the Mansion-house . ( Great laughter . ) A woman told me that it was his picture , and that he was a good man . My mother wanted to have Mr . Fitzgerald . Mr . Walsh told me that my duda disliked him , and I heard afterwards from Mr . Bmmethathe had been suspended by him , and not allowed to practice in his court . Mr . Walsh has given money to my mother within the last month ; a little . He gave me money also , bnt it was all my mother . I got my share of it to be sure . ( Laughter . ) I did not get a letter from England upon my oath , a few days after I

      went to Glasnerin , from a person named Thompson , but I got a letter every week from my father , with £ 1 in it . Elizabeth Arabin , a girl about 12 years old , was then put on the table , and having answered several questions to his lordship to show that she was acquainted with the nature of an oath , was examined by Mr . Coates as follows : —I am a daughter of Mr . Arabin . and sister of the last witness ; the plaintiff is my mother . I often saw Mr . Arabin in my mother ' s house in Bride-street ; I have gone to him for money for my mother , and got it ; he paid for my schooling . —John Smith , examined by Mr . Dwyer : I know William Murphy . Was the proprietor of No . 12 , New Bride-street , and is so , I think , since September , 1841 . He built the cottage in which the plaintiff resided , and it became occupied by her in September , 1842 , and

      her two daughters , Mary Anne and Elizabeth Arabin . The inmates of that cottage were all , I believe , weU ccnducted . I never heard anything against them , Mr . Arabin , the late Lord Mayor , paid the rent . He paid it tome last year in the Mansion-house . _TJgave him receipts for the rent for Mr . Murphy , and put the plaintiffs name in them as paying it . —The plaintiff ' s case then closed , and Mr . HatcheB , Q . C ., proceeded to address the jury for the defence . He stigmatised the entire case as a foul aud malicious conspiracy . Mr . Arabin did not , aud could not deny , that , when a young man , he had formed a connexion with the plaintiff , lived with her , and had some children by her , amongst whom was Mary Anne Arabin ; but he repudiated the atrocious allegation that he was her seducer . The true state of the ease was this —it was a conspiracy got up by some underhand party ,

      who urged on the plaintiff to make this charge for the purpose of extortion , and she was easily worked npon from jealousy , for Mr . Arabin , from her conduct , was obliged to discontinue all intercourse with her . She became a person of the most abandoned character , being constantly intoxicated , and in the habit of annoying him in the public street ; so much so that he was obliged to give up rendering her any assistance , and she then commenced her attacks upon him , and accused him of keep _, ing company with a female named Betsy Askins . As to the letters nrored to be in his handwriting ; by tlie first witness , no doubt they were written by him , hut not to h-r ; for they were addressed to her mother , Mary , and wert not shown to be addressed to any one else . Mr . _Rollestone replied for the plaintiff . The jury found a verdict for tbe plaintiff— £ 1 , 000 damages , and Cd . cons .

      Hebtvobd , Saturday . _Chame of Mcbdeb . —Levi _VTannan , aged 45 , was charged npon the coroner ' s inquisition , with the wilful murder of his wife , Elizabeth Warman . The eridence against the prisoner was entirely of a circumstantial character , but was of such a description as to leave verylittle doubt of his guilt It _appeared tbat he was a labourer , and resided at Standen , in this county . The deceased was represented to be a very well-conducted industrious woman ; but the prisoner had some bad connexions , and frequently quarrelled with and ill-used his wife . On the evening of the ICth of August , the deceased had been to market , and returned home with some little articles she had purchased about seven o ' clock , and the _prisoner questioned her as to what had become of some

      apples off tbe trees in the garden . The deceased replied that she knew nothing about them ; upon which the prisoner abused her , struck her on the head , and drove her out ofthe house . She went to a _neighbour's cottage for protection ; and the prisoner went there and told her to come out , at the same time making use of various threats towards her ; and , among other observations , he said if she did not come out he would " weed her in tlie neck-hole , and she should remember the day and tlie hour . " The neighbours , seeing the temper of the prisoner , _advised the deceased not to g « indoors until he was gone to bed , and she remained about the house , and was last seen alive , ciying in the garden of the cottage . Shortly after this the prisoner sent his daughter , who was the only person in the house at the time , te a beer-shop at some distance , to

      fetch him a pipe ; and immediately after she was gone , the prisoner was heard to come down stairs , and go into the garden : and he then again returned to the house . When tbe daughter came back , she found her mother lying in the garden , quite dead . An alarm was given , and the prisoner went down stairs , and on his seeing the body he exclaimed , "Ah , she is gone , and God bless her . " Upon the body being examined by Mr . Packman , a * _surgeon atPuckeridge , he could not discover auy external mark et violence , but upon opening the head he _discoverd a violent bruise under the skin upon the scalp , which had caused an extensive extravasation of blood , which pressing upon the brain had occasioned the death of the

      deceased , and he said he had no doubt the injury was occasioned by a heavy blow with some blunt instrument , such as a stick or a piece of wood . A heavy stick that was found in the cottage of the prisoner was produced by the constable ; and it was _Bkewise _statud that there was a large piece of wood in the prisoner ' s garden , which was U 6 ed to keep the gate thut , and which was moved from its place ou this evening , and it was suggested that the fatal injury had been inflicted by means of one or other of these weapons . The prisoner , when called upon for his defence , said , " 1 never hurt her ; she must have hit her head against the door . " The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter , and he was sentenced to be transported for twenty years .

      HicHWAT _Boblept . —Charles Hummerstone , 24 , a _weu-known Loudon thief , was indicted for a robbery with violence , upon Joshua Mley , on the Queen ' s highway , and taking from hi ,,, fourteen sovereigns ; and Lee Buckland Wade , 24 . was indicted for feloniously inciting and counselling the other prisoner to comn . it the offeuce . The _circumstance ofthe case were these : —The prosecutor was a fiiw , and on tbe evening ofthe 31 st of December he was returning uome from m : iliiet hl , cart , when he was attacked by five men , some of whom jumped into the curt , and held him while the others rifled

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      his pockets , andVobbed him of the amount mentioned . The prisoner Hummerstone pleaded guilty . The only evidence against the other prisoner was an extraordinary conversation which took place between him and Hummerstone , while they were locked in separate cells , but within hearing of eaeh other . The conversation referred to was proved by Barnes , an inspector of tlie Herts constabulary , and was to thefollowing effect : —Humnierstone began the conversation by calling out for « Buckey _, " and asked him where they " pinched" ( took ) him , and he replied at Cambridge . Hummers tone theu said he was quite sure they would pinch him , for they were all seen on the road together . Buckey then a « ked Hummerstone what he meant to "patter" ( his defence ) , and he replied that he should say he went to a public house , where the

      " sploder" ( witness ) wac , and had twopots ofbver , and that he overtook the other men b y accident on the road . The prisoner Hammerstoue then told the other prisoner that while he was in tbe cage he hearda respectable man say , "that the ' bloke * ( prosecutor ) could not , and would not rap to any of them , and that he had bettur lose the fourteen ' quid * than have to pay £ 50 or £ « 6 , whichit would costtogettheinlagged . " Headded , "If Cheeky is taken it will be the worst for me . " Bucky replied , " nonsense , keep to one story , if I had not done so I should have been ' ochered' ( transported ) long ago . " Hummerstone then said , " If I get my liberty again , you will not catch me in a ' chuck '( _liighway-robbery ) with any of the home ones' ( eouutry thieves ) agaiu . " Bucky then said , " I ai ' nt afraid of my Poll ' s cracking , for she does not know anything onl y what you told her on the road , and I told her not to know any of you . " Hummerstone replied to this , " I should be glad to take _' _seven * shekel '

      ( years ) for this , and glad of the chance . " Bucky said , " You begin to duck , but you will be square enough . 1 dont think any of you will be stuck to . " Ho then asked whether they didn't have a split ? Hummerstone said "Yes , Blood and Cheeky collared the 'prad' ( horse ) , and I jumped up behind the chaise aud gothold of the 'blokeV coUar , but the —drag shook about so that I lost my hold . " Buckey then asked what time they got homo , and Ilummerstona replied " About twelve o ' clock , and Blood and Nutty went away with the ' rowdy . ' I was a b fool for not sticking to the wik « " ( _liooty ) . —Mr . _Barou Alderson , there being no other material eridence , said there was no doubt that tbe prisoner Wade was perfectly wellaware of all the circumstances of the robbery , but the evidence was not sufficient to make out tbe specific churge in the indictment . Wade was consequently acquitted , and the other prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life .

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      THE MURDER NEAR MORPETH . Ralph Joicey was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of his father , Robert Joicey , by poison . — Mr . Otter stated the case , and the following witnesses were called for the prosecution > -Julia Coulson , examined by Mr . Grey : I live at the Portland Anns , on the road between Morpeth and Felton . Cockle-park is nearly two miles distant . I know the prisoner . I recollect Sunday , the _Sflth November last . Between six and seven o'clock a knock came to the door . I weut out , and a man was standing at the door . He gave me a parcel . He said he was desired to leave that parcel for Joicey , of Cockle-park . It was dark , I turned round and took the candle , and when I went to the door he turned quickly round and went away . I saw his back . He had a

      fustian coat on and a plaid . He went to the south . The parcel was a small one , folded up in a wbitey-brown paper . I gave it to a young man of the name of John Mitchinson . He was in the house . He said he was going to Cockle-park , and I gave it to him . I saw Robert Joicey on the Monday at the Portland Arms . He came for a glass of giu to take the medicine . He took it away in a small bottle . We have frequently had mediciue left at the Portland Anns for the pri » ii > er's mother . —John Mitchinson was examined by Mr . _Selby . The testimony of this witness went merely to show thut tbe parcel he received from Mist Coulson he gave to Isabella Brown the next day , about eight o clock in the morning . —Isabella Brown was examined by Mr . Grey . The witness stated that the parcel she received from Mitchinson she gave to Mr .

      Joicey as soon as she got home . —Isabella Joicey , examined by Mr . Otter : I am the widow of Robert Joicey . He was 67 years of age . We came to Cockle-park in May , 1845 . There were my son and myself , and a young woman , Euphemia Joicey . She left a few days after we came . Ann Richardson came and stayed till Martinmas , Margaret Joicey came home in Augu « t . We all lived in one room . My husband was bad with pains in his arms in the summer . In October we were attended by Dr . Hedley . We had medicine left for us at the Portland Arms . In the latter end of November my husband went over to Felton . He brought a box of pills and some powders . This was in the latter end of November . He took that medicine . I recollect getting a parcel on the Mondar . the 1 st of December , from Isabella Brown . It

      was between nine and ten , I met her just outside the house ; my husband was sitting shaving . I laid it dowu on the table . My husband took up the scissors and cut the string . He opened it out , and read tl edirection inside to himself . There were two powders . There were a largish one and a smallish one . The large one was tlatecoloared , and the small one was a snuff-colour . My husband went down to the Portland Arms tbat day . lie brought some stuff to mix the powder with . He took it about nine o ' clock— 'before he went to bed . I went to the ihclf by his direction , aud gave it to him with a tenspoon and a cup . He mixed it himself and drunk it . He took the slate-coloured powder . He had had his _supp « r before . 1 went to bed a short while after . He was sleeping when 1 went into bed . I fell asleep . He

      awakened me . He was making a work . I asked him what was the matter . He said he felt himself sick . Me was beginning to retch before I could get out of the bed . He vomited a good deal . There wasouce a little blood . He continued by times vomiting all night , till about four o'clock in the morning . It abated then . He was purged duriug the night . He complained of being sick , I gave him water , aud tea , and coffee , and anything he had a ui < h for . He had a good deal of cold water . I did nut give him the other powder , as he had been so bad with the first . I said I would burn it . He said I miglit burn it if I had a mind , and 1 put it into the fire . He continued sick by turns , and complained he had a pain at his breast . He drank very little more water that day . He got some powders from Dr . Hedley that day . _Ify sun

      brought them in the afternoon . When my son was going for tlie lime on Tuesday morning , I told him to go to Dr : Hedley . He brought back a dozen of powders . Four were to be taken , one every four hours . I told my son to tell Dr . Hedley that my husband had such a night after the large powder . My husband died on the Sunday following . He never vomited after the Tuesday . He took the powders regularly . Dr . Hedley came over on the Sunday night . My son had been sent for him . He came in with Dr . Hedley . Dr . Hedley saw my husband . I cannot say what was _zaid . — Sarah Thompson : I and my husband live at Cockle-park . I knew the prisoner ' s family gince May last . I was second neighbour to them . Old Joicey died on the 8 th of the month . I saw him on the Thursday before , in his

      own house in bed . He was very sick , and had a severe retching and hiccup on him . He was shifting about in the bed and tossing his arms about . He complained of a burning in his breast , and said he felt like to be choked . He complained of thirst . Nothing was given him while I was there . I remained but a few minutes . I saw him again on the Saturday . I stopped but a few minutes . He seemed no better . I saw bim next on the Sunday . He had fainted when I went in . He was nearly down on his knees , and two women and his wife were holding him up . We got him into bed . I did not sit down . He seemed in much pain . I did not see him again till night about six o ' clock . He was worse then . I went _> ack abuut * eight on Monday _evening , and remained there till he died . The prisoner was there when he died . I did

      not see him there till the Monday . —Hannah Brown gave an account of the state of the deceased , similar to that made by the last witness . Edward Brown : I am a hind at Cuekle-park . 1 worked with the son in the harvest . The father worked at the harvest too . I remember him and the son having some difference in the field . I did not hear all . I heard some words . The prisoner came to my house frequently in the evening . I have _oftwi heard him speaking about tbe disagreement he and his father had . I remember him on one occasion saying , he wished his father ' s corpse had gone from the place—he would not shed a tear , — Walter Weallens : I am farm steward at Cocklo-park . The prisoner came la 6 t May . He was hired for twelve months . I knew the deceased . I heard of his illness

      the first week in December . I saw him on the Sunday . _Isabella _Joiciy and Sarah Thompson were there . He was in bed . He ( aid he was very ill . I did not see him again until bis death . On the Saturday following I was at Joicey » again . I was told that Margaret wanted me . I weut . Margaret , her mother , and Ralph were th « re . Margaret set me in a chair . I asked her " What was her villi ! " She made no answer : Ralph said " It was he that wanted me . " He said , " He had sent for m _« to confess . " I said , " What ! " He said , " I did the deed . " I said , " What deed ! " He said , " I poisoned my father , " I said I was vary sorry to hear thut . He said , "There was no other person guilty but himself . " He said every other person was ' clear . I asked him , " What was his motive for doing so ! " He said , "He was so agitated by

      the old man almost pushing him into the fire one night , that he made up his mind to go to Morpeih and procure some stuff . " I asked him what he got ! He said , " Arsenic and jalap . " I think he tuid it was on Morpeth horse-fair uight . He also stated that he went straight through thefieldB as fast as he could go , to the Portland Arms , and gave it in , and then came round by Tritlington , and called at James Orr ' s in his road home . He said it wanted twenty minutes to eight when he got home . _Ihavesaen the prisoner write twice ; once when he was hired , and once when I paid him some money . He wrote only his name , _l think this paper now produced it Kalph Joiccy ' s hand writing . This { the paper sent with the medicine ) is not so lik « . I have no belief about it . ( First letter read—it was as follows ) : — " Ralph Joicey is

      the man that did tlie deed , and bought the arsenic en Breton the chemist , and there was jalap _amwigst it . there was no one auquent with it but myself . It was bought about 2 months since for the purpus , and there is some lying in a bush between Casey-park road end and the turn of the hellem bank on the went side of the roud in a bush near the hellem turn in a bleu p » per . " Dr . Hedley was next examined , and deposed to his treatment of the deceased . He had sent no powder * or other medicine to tha Portland Arms , at the time the fatal parcel was l * ft there . In the course , of his cross-oxamination he said : I cannot say his death was caused by arBenic . It was a metallic irritant poison . There arc other metallic irritant poisons which are used in medicine . I saw one case of poisoning b y arsenic before . Death usually

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      follows within twelve hours . A tongue such as the _deceased had—dry and parched—is a symptom of typhus fever . In tlie lust stages of typhus the griping at the bed clothes is a very common symptom . I have never known of any mistakes _iathe delivery of the medicine sent to the Portland Arms . Arsenic is kept in my shop—it is while . There is none of a _slate-colour . Calomel is metallic . The first packet the deceased got had from two to two and a half grains in each powder . In severe cases of cholera sixty grains have been taken with impunity . It is iu itself a metallic irritant poison , It would produce salivation . If taken in large quantities it would produce vomiting and purging , and inflammation of the stomach with the consequent symptoms . —George _t'ringle , _apprenficcto Mr . Creigiiton , at Morpeth , stated that In

      the latter end of October he sold some arsenic to u young man about twenty-five years of age . It was an ounce . Could not say it was the prisoner . The arsenic was wrapped up in blue paper , and the word poison written on it . —William Embleton stated that Morpeth horse fair was on Saturday , the 25 th October . Was in Mr . _Greighton ' s shop that evening . Thinks it was between darkening and six o ' clock . Recollects a man coming in to get arsenic . To the best of witness ' s belief it was the prisoner . Told him there were much better things thai ) arsenic to poison rats with—cork fried in grease . He said his master had ordered Mm to get arsenic . _Pringle asked him where he came from ? He said something like " Causey-park , " or " Cockle . _park . " On leaving Mr . Crcighton ' s witness went borne . On passing Mr . Hood ' s shop , looked in at the window , and saw the prisoner at the counter . Mr . Hood was behind the coumVr serving _customers . —James Hood stated thut he remembered selling come jalap in powder to a young

      man with the appearance of a country man , one evening in the end of October . —Aim Richardson : Went to live with the prisoner us _bondager on the 12 th of May . Was there six months . Margaret Joicey came home on the 12 th of August . Witness lived with them till November . The father and son agreed very badly . When his father has gone to the door , prisoner has said he wished he might never come in _iiguin , that he might be brought in a corpse . About a month before witness Wt , _aquarreUookplaceinthe family . Dr . Hedlej was cent for . Mrs . Joicey was bled . The old miin and Mar . garet were fi ghting one day , about the end of harvest , — John _Whighnm : Is a _polieerfdh ' cer . Went in search of the prisonerto Newcastle . Found him in his brother ' s house at Hutton ' s-yard , Pilgrim-street . Told prisoner he wanted him . Charged him with having poisoned his lather . He said he knew all about it . Took him away to Morpeth . On the road asked him if it was correct he had got the poison at Creighton ' s , He said it was , and he had told Weallens all about it . That he had left the

      poison at the Portland Arms with Julia Goulson . He said they would find part ofthe powder near tbe top of the Helm on the hill turn . He said he Hung it into a large bush . —Robert Hawdon : I am a surgeon at Morpcth . On the 10 th of December I made a post mortem examination of the body . The gullet was very much inflamed , as also the stumach . ' In one part it was in a state of mortification . I also examined the small bowels , they were also mueh inflamed . The other parts ot ' the body were healthy . The mortification was the cause of death , and was produced by some _acTid mineral poison . Arsenic would produce these _appearances . I took away the stomach and its content ? . The latter I put into a phial and delivered it to Mr , Creighton , the chemist , on the 10 th of December . —William Creighton : I am a

      surgeon and apothecary and practical chemist at Morpeth . I analysed the contents of the stomach . They would about fill a wine-glass . The liquid looked like coffeegrouts . The morning after I received it I tested it by Marsh ' s test . The principle of the test is to generate hydrogen gas in a fluid suspected to contain arsenic . Having produced some hydrogen gas with pure distilled water , I tested tlie gas by holding a clean plate over the flame while it was burning . It showed no trace of arsenic . I then took one half of the contents of the stomachanil put it in , Tlie gas then produced a distinct arsenical spot . I theu tried the same test on a known solution of arsenic , and obtained a precisely similar spot . I then tried if the metallic crust or spot so produced were volatile . It passed away by the heat of the spirit lamp , which is characteristic of an arsenical deposit , 1 tried to experiment on the other half of the contents , and the gas was accidentally dissipated by the assistant

      moving the apparatus . The parcel shown me by Whigham contained arsenic . I experimented on the stomach , but could trace no arsenic . —Dr , _Clover stated that hearing the evidence given , and supposing the account of the symptoms correct , he made no doubt the death was produced by arsenic . — Cross-examined : Would prefer Rehisch'h test for arsenic , producing a black stain on copper . I should not have been perfectly satisfied with Marsh's test , without testing the spot , I should hare expected to find arsenic in the substance of the stomacb , except ou a particular hypothesis . —Henry Glassford rotter gave a similar opinion as to the cause of the death . —Mr . Matthews addressed the jury for the defence . —His Lordship summed up the case with great care . His charges occupied nearly tivo hours . —The jury , after being absent about fifteen minutes , returned a verdict of Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy . —His Lordsuip , in a most impressive address , passed on the prisoner sentence of death in the usual form .

      Friday , _MakslApchteb . —Selby Green was indicted for the manslaughter of Ralph Parker . The prisoner , with one of his companions , was , in the latter part of September last , in the eating-house of a person of the name of Thomson , in the Pudding-chare , in the town of Newcastle . It was bttween twelve and one o ' clock at night . The prisoner and his companion were at supper . The deceased , who , with several others , had been rather disorderly in the street , entered the house with the intention apparently of creating a disturbance . " They did not order anything for themselves , but , entering the box in which the prisoner was sitting , snatched the meat off the plate ot

      tue parties , The prisoner got up and usked what that was for , on whieh the deceased struck him in the face with his open hand . The prisoner had the knife in his hand with whicli lie was eating his supper , and struck the deceased in tho left eye . The deceased immediately fell , the knife remaining sticking in the wound . The prisoner seemedmuch shocked at what had oocurrcd , slid assisted in removing the knife , which required considerable force to extract it . The deceased was taken home , and lingered fur some days , when he died . Verdict , Guilty . His Lordship , in consideration of the _prisoner having been in custody since the 1 st of October , sentenced him to be imprisoned one calendar mouth .

      Belanev v . the Hundred of Bambub & h . —This action , which was commenced yesterday , occupied the greater part of to-day . The plaintiff in this case is a person wiiose name was some time ago rather prominently before the public in a trial before Mr . Baron _Gurney , in which he was charged with the murder of his wife , and _wns acquitted . On returning to his house near Sunderland , the mob attacked it , and having driven out the inhabitants , set fire to tbe _house and destroyed it , with a great portion of its contents . This action was brought under a statute of 7 and 8 George IV ., against the bundled , to recover the amouut of the _dumugc so sustained . A good deal of evidence was given as to the value of the

      property . The Rev . Mr . Belaiicy said the house was well furnished , in some parts extravagantly , The greater part ofthe furniture had come to Mr . Belancy through his wife , who had received it from her mother . There _weru a number of books iu the house , ancient coins , and other curiosities . The books he thought could not be bought under £ 200 . Had himself furnished a house for between £ 200 and £ 300—not so well furnished as the plaintiff ' s , By other parties the furniture was valued at about £ 400 , the books at £ 100 . About £ 50 worth of plate , china , & c , were saved . The jury , after being absent an hour out ofthe box , returned a verdict for the plaintiff , allowing £ 10 for his interest in he house , £ 85 for the furniture , and £ 10 for the books . /

      _Swassea ( South Wales ) , Fbidat , niGUWAT _Robiiekt . —Charles Williams , 26 * , mid William Morgan , 27 , were indicted for highway robbery , with great personal violence , on the person of David Davies , from whom they were charged with stealing £ 170 iu sovereigns , half sovereigns , and silver , the property of the Governor and Company of Copper Miners in England . This was a robbery attonded with circumstances of great aggravation . The Company of Copper Miners have works at Morriston , three miles from Swansea , und for the last fifteen years have been in the habit of employing an old man , 82 years of age , named David Davies , to carry their post bag daily from Swansea to the works . Once a week be was in the habit of bringing money from the Glamorganshire Bank in Swansea , with which to pay the wage *

      of the workmen at the copper works . About ten o ' clock on the morning of the 15 th July , he attended the bunk , when the cashier put £ 170 in sovereigns , halt-sovereigm ; , and silver , iu the post-bag , which he locked , and delivered to the old man , who left the bank with a view of going to the works . About eleven o ' clock in the morning he had reached a pluce called Plaesmawr , two miles from tin town of Swausaa , and a place iu the immediate vicinity ot which were extensive copper works and collieries , —a spot apparently by no means well suited for the commission of a robbery , especially during broad daylight . Here the old man was attacked by two or three meu , one of whom cut the strap by whicli the post-bag was fastened around his shoulders ; he was immediately blindfolded by means of a kind of cloth which was thrown around his face , beat

      and kicked most violently until he became insensible , _uno thrown to a culvert which passed under the road on thai epot ; there happened to be but little water at that drj season of the year passing through the culvert . The sounds of groaning attracted the attention of some persons who passed that road , and on looking under the eulvert , they p erceived the old man , whom they at once recognised as the Forest H _'« rks postman . They took him out- he was in a shocking state of exhaustion , and when he recovered himself , he informed them of the circumstances attending the robbery , From some information received by InspuctorRees , ofthe Swansea police force—a very active officer—he took both prisoners into custody that n ight at _Llanelly , a place twelve miles distant from

      Swansea ; one being in bed in a _vugraut lodging-house , and the other in bed in a public-house . The case , as against Morpan _, depended chiefly upon tlie evidence of the old man , who positively swore to his identity as tlie person who first attacked him , and cut off the strap . The only other evidence being that he was at Swansea that morning , aud found at Llanclly in the evening , the spot being situated ( though not the direct road ) between those places . The evidence against the prisoner Williams wns entirely circumstantial : two coppermen , named Williams and Ley-show , having _gwonu that they met the prisoner ( Williams ) on the road , about thirty yards from thecalvert in company with tivojjother men and a woman , bul they could not say whether one of them was the other pri-

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      soner . It also appeared that Williams had called for Morgan at the house in which the latter lodged , about tivo hours _brfore the perpetration of the crime j while the lining uf a hat was found in the culvert in which the old man was found , and mi examination tlie lining was found wanting iu Williams' hat and it •• _"iild "Of , however , be ascertained whether the body ami 1 >»' >» S fou , Ml woul < 1 correspond , as the policeman hadsomehow lost the latter . There were some other unimportant circumstances disclosed . After an hour and a half ' s deliberation , the jury found both prisoners Guilty , whereupon Mr . _Justicn Wightman sentenced them to transportation for life . Reading , Toesdat .

      Chaxge or Manslaughter . —Thomas Fowler , 10 , surrendered to an indictment charging him _ffi " 1 tlie manslaughterof John Harnett , at Abingdon . It appeared that the deceased , who had formerly worked for Mr . Powler , went to his malt houses on the day named in the indictment , and abused and threatened him . A mannamed Middleton , who was there , saw _Barnectputhis fists up to strike prisoner , who took a malt shovel and struck _deceased on the side of the bead , unfortunately inflicting so much injury as ultimately to cause death after an interval of five days . The witness Middleton , in reply to the judge , said deceased was near enough to strike Fowler at tbe time he put up his hands , and that it appeared to him tlmt Fowler , who picked up the shovel on the in = taut , only meant to defend himself from the attack . The judge stopped the case and directed an acquittal .

      Melancholy Suicide Of A City Merchant. E...

      MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A CITY MERCHANT . EXTRAORDINARY CASE . On Monday afternoon , Mr . William Carter , the coroner for Surrey , held an inquest at the Hampton Court Palace , _Francis-stroet , Nowingtou , on the body of Mr . John Shaw , aged fifty-six years , lately residing at No . 5 , Walworth-terrace , _VYalworth-road , and recently connected with the firm of Messrs . Alderman Lucas , Pope , and Shaw , of Water-lane , Great Tower-street , City , who committed suicide . The jury having bcun sworn , proceeded to tbe deceased ' s late residenqe to view the body , which presented a very shocking spectacle , the head being nearly separated from tlie trunk . Upon the return of the jury to the _inqueBt-rooru ,

      Eliza Trail deposed that she was in the deceased ' s service . On the _rnorniin ; of Friday last , about half-past seven o ' clock , witness nent into deceased's room with a cup of tea . He was in bed at the time with Mrs . Shaw , and appeared rather excited . Ho desired witness to bring up some hot water , as he was about to shave himself . Witness returned in & few minutes , and placed the water on the side-boaru nf the dressing-room which immediately joined the bedroom , Witness then returned to the kitchen , followed by Mrs . Shaw , who left tlie deceased in tlie act of dressing . They had not been from the apartment more than five minutes before Mrs . Shaw went up _ stairs , when witness was alarmed at hearing her mistress screaming for assistance . Witness ran up , and saw Mrs . Shaw endeavouring to force the door

      of the dressing-room , who , fearing something had happened , directed witness to fetch a chisel , with which they forced the door open , and on entering they discovered the deceased on his knees , with a frightful wound in his throat , from which the blood was issuing copiously . There was a razor lying on the table , smeared with blood . Mrs . Shaw . placed a silk apron in the wound , whilst witness ran for medical assistance . Mr . Boddy attended with promptitude , but he gradually sunk , and died about two o ' clock in the afternoon . Wituess had frequently observed the deceased weeping and excited , exclaiming , " It will be so until the 1 st of March ; " and he would often refer to some property which he said he was fearful of losing by the anticipated American War .

      Mr . Shaw , a solicitor , here stated that the deceased had considerable property in the Pujet Sound * , and also in tlie Hudson's Bay Stock , which he h _» d some idea would be affected by tlie American War . Deceased was , consequently , much in the habit of crying when in the presence of his wife , who remonstrated with him and endeavoured to console him , but he was evidently in an unsound state of mind . Mr . W . B . Boddy , surgeon , stated that he was called in on the morning in question , and found the deceased on the floor with a wound in the throat about seven inches in length . The gullet , and all the branches of the neck were separated , and he had lost about three quarts of blood ; witness sewed up the wound , but he became violent and died about two o'clock from the effect of the injuries . The symptoms , subsequent to the wound , were certainly indicative of insanity . There being no further

      testimony , The coroner remarked on the distressing nature of the evidence , after wliich the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "

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      " Bankrupts. ' (From Tuesday's Goeette, ...

      " bankrupts . ' ( From Tuesday ' s Goeette , March 3 , 1846 , ) James Wilson , Woolwich and Chelsea , _cahinet-muker—William John Haddan , Tottenham , brewer—Abraham _Sterns Syer , Sudbury , grocer—Stephen Henry _IlauibJen , Haleswortli , Suffolk , grocer—Joseph Smart , _King-street , Stepney , watchmaker—James Nunu , Baker-street , _Portman-equare , haberdasher—Augustus John Halero , _Lseds , linen cloth dealer—George Gillard , Plymouth , grocer-John Audley Horace Jee , Liverpool , insurance-broker—George Hardier , Liverpool , merchant .

      DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDBNDS , W . H . andT . B . Turner , Blackburn , cotton-manufacturers—third div . of 2 _| d , on Tuesday , March 10 , or any subsequent Tuesday , atilr . Prater's , Manchester . E . T . Jones and II . M . Crosskill _, Rochdale , booksellers —first div . of 10 s . 8 rt . ; first div . ef Ud . on the separate _estatcof E . T . Jones ; and first div . of 1 'Jd . on the separate estate of II . M . Crosskill , on Tuesday , March 10 , or auy subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . Fraset ' s , Manchester . T . Todd , Manchester , dealer in cotton geods—first div . of 5 s ., on Tuesday , March 10 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . Fraser ' s , Manchester , J . Cummins , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , joiner—first and final div _. of 5 d ,, on Saturday , March 7 , or any subsequent Saturday , atMr . Wakley ' s , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . H . G . Gibson , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , chemist—first div . of 2 s . fid ., « n Saturday , March 7 , or any subsequent Saturday , at Mr . _Waklev ' s , Nevvcastle . upon . Tyne .

      E . Prodgcrs , Ludlow , hanker—fourth div . of 3 | d ,, _anj Thursday , at Mr . Christie's , Birmingham . ! J . Britain , sen ., Birmingham , jeweller—first div . offls ., any Thursday , at Mr . Christie ' s , Birmingham .

      DIVIDENDS . March 21 , I . Hague , W . Millar , and W . T . Grant , _Wapping-wall , engineers—March 21 , G . Clement and 11 Summons , Nelson-terrace , Stoke Newington , tea dealers —March 24 , li . L , Watson , Cornhill , _Golden-square , St . l _' ancras , and Qneenborough , Kent , manufacturer of flags —March 20 , A . S . Tucker and G . M . Bidwell , Melcoinbe Regis , grocers—March 25 , J . Vines , llattersea , miller-March ' 27 , H . Goertz , New Windsor , upholsterer—March 25 , G . Barnes , _Poitsea , innkeeper—March 27 , J . David , Langharne , Carmarthenshire , maltster—April 2 , J . and T . Gundry , Goldstthney , Cornwall , merchants—rMarch 25 , W . SmuthurBt , Manchester , Jacquardmachinemnker . _CiRTiriCATis to be granted unless eauit be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting .

      March 21 , A . Biinnet , Bridge-housc-place , _Newingtoncauseway , window-blind maker—March 24 , II . _Muggsridge , St . John-street , Smithfield , wire drawer—March 24 , C . Bartlctt , Southampton , merchant—March 2 G , T . Adams , Cheapside , calico printer—March 27 , P . Taylor , Orange-street , Red Lion-square , wax chandler—March 2 « , A . Palmer , Pel ' _twell , Norfolk , druggist—March _ifi , W . Wilts , Leeds , builder—March 2 ( i , II . _Agars , Kingstonupon-llull . woollen draper—March 2 G , W . Lockwood . Bintal , Yorkshire , worsted spinner—March _ii , W . W . Benn , Liverpool , merchant— . March 26 , J . Roberts and H . Hughes , Manchester , liueiidrapcrs . Certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause be 6 hown to the contrary on or before March 21 .

      J . Rothchild , Bristol , watchmaker—J . Peake , _Tollejliunt Knights , Essex , miller—A . S . Tucker and G . M . Bldwell , Afelcombe Regis , grocers—J . Brookes , Glastonbury , Somersetshire , currier—F , Cordaroy , Liverpool , hatter—E . Mallan , Lower Brook-street , Grosvenor-square , and _Oxford-strtet , surgeon dentist—W , Brown , Atherstone , Warwickshire , ironmonger—W . R . Edwards , Loudon-road , linendraper .

      PABTNEItSlIirs DISSOLVED , R . Gould and J . R . Hall , Manchester , merchants-Goodwin and Biddy , Birmingham , und King-street , Westminster , law stationers—Ayers and Amey _, Sutton _I'oyntz , Dorsetshire , millers—Spooner and Dunator , and Duustcr aud Co ., Castle-street , Long-acre , coach Ironmongers—T . P . and S . Adams , Birmingham , whip-thong makers—J . King , J . Witt , J , Long , and P . King , Southampton , merchants — T . Sands , _jun ., and J . Barker , Norwich , woollen drapers—J . and W . Turnbull , South Shields , builders—Thornton , Atterbury , and Co ., Manchester , Leeds , Iluddersfield , and Bradford , commission agents ; as far as regards B . B . Atterbury—Giles und Hayes , Old Pord , starch manufacturers—J . Hirst and J . Stocks , Iluddersfield , joiners— J . and J . Vero ,

      Ather-Btone , Warwickshire , hatters—A . and E . _Bufu-ry , Stratford-upon-Avon , upholsterers—Ross , Cairns , and Co ., Redruth , Cornwall , drapers —J . Warburton , and W . Parker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , shnrebrokers—T . Grissell . tndS , Jf . Peto , York-road , Lambeth , builders—Brooks and Nephew , Spital-squure , silk manufacturers—A . Silcock und J . llulpli , Langley Burrt-ll _, Wiltshire , engineers —R . and It . C . Judd , Beak-street , Rugent-street , bootmakers—J , Mulliuer and' T . Crook , Manchester , cotton ysrn dealers—J . R . Croft and Co ., Liverpool , brokers—J . Winter and Co ., Iluddersfield , manufacturers of fancy waistcoatings—J . J . Rippon and W . S . Burton ,

      Oxfordstreet and Newman-street , furnishing ironmongers — Suuthworth mid Porter , Mawdsley , Lancashire , meal dealers—E . Cuutrell , Son , and Baker , Manchester , stock _, brokers ; as far as regards E . L , Baker—Ilopkiuson and Benson , Iluddersfield , cloth manufacturers —0 . Gray , J . D . llultoir , T . Gray , A . D . Dangerlield , G . II . Lovegrove , J . Panics , C . Ashdown _, J . White , and R . Taylor , Salisbury-square , _Pleet-strcet , newspaper proprietors ; as far as regards 0 . Gray , J , D . _llulton , J . Panics , C . Ashdown , J . White , aud R . Taylor— W . C . Bell and T , Biiggs , Leeds , stockbrokers—Wilson , Arwiistead , and Co ., Leeds , merchants—Smith , Eiving , and Co ., and Ewiug , Smith , and Aird _, Calcutta aud Glasgow .

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      1'Hk Lath Duel Ai Gosport.—It Is Reporte...

      1 _' hk lath Duel ai _Gosport . —it is reported the surviving principal , Mr . Hawkey ( late first lieutenant ofthe Portsmouth division of Koyal Marines ) , and the seconds , Lieutenant Howies , R . N ., and Mr . Pym ( late second lieutenant of the Portsmouth division of lloysil Marines ) , will surrender and take their trials at the next assizes for the county of Hants , te beheld at Winchester , tor their participation in the death of the late Mr . Seton . ExrosuitK of a Child . —Mr . Bedford , the coronor , held an inquest in St . Martin ' s-strcet , on the body of a newly-born female child , which was found about ten o clock on Saturday night , by John Dean , in Leicester-square , under the rails of the inelosure , Ycrdict , " stillborn aud indecently exposed . "

      The Militia . —The Medical Times suggests that p hysicians and surgeons ought to be exempt from _, serving in the militia , and also from providing substitutes . Wc think that newspaper editors ought to he similarly privileged ; and no doubt members of every other profession and trade are ready to put in a similar plea , — Newcastle Guardian . Troops for India . — We hear that considerable reinforcements have been ordered to be sent immediately to India . Six regiments of infantry , and two of cavalry , are stated to be _actively preparing for that country .

      Thk Murderer Johnstone . —During the past week , George Johnstone , the late captain of the Tory , Samuel Overy , and Eliza Huntsman , who were triad at the Central Criminal Court , but acquitted on the ground of insanity , have been removed , under a warrant from the Secretary of State , to tho Crown side of Bethlem Hospital , where they will be confined during her Majesty ' s pleasure . Land in _Manciiksiiir , —We learn from the Manchester ffuarrfian that some land iu Market-street , in . that town , was sold during last week at the rate of £ 50 Us . _4 Jd . the square yard!—ike sum of £ 2 , 700 having been paid for less than fifty-four square yards ' of land , by the proprietors of the Manchester

      Exa-. Preparations for War . —In consequence ofthe present unsettled state of our relation with the United States , orders have been transmitted to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich to be in readiness to furnish * powerful armament , consisting of various pieces of ordnance of different calibres , gun-carriages , ammunition , Ac ., for the various ships of war and steamvcjsek at present stationed on the coasts and rivers of Canada , and the lakes that f orm the boundaries between that colony and the United States . More

      than three hundred pieces of _urdnance , with the necessary ammunition , will have to bo got ready for this purpose . A Reasok for a Divorck . —At New York , a short time ago , a person applied to the proper court to be divorced from his wife , because she would persist in putting her cold feet against him when in bed . Jerkmv _Diddlkr . —Mr . Joseph Ady has ensnared the Rev . Canon Rogers , of Penrose , near HelstoEe , into the Iobs of a sovereign . lie received in return for his sovereign some useless _warnings and advice about the railway liabilities oi clergymen .

      DriNo _Word 8 op Distinguished _AIkk . —The Pittsburgh Commercial gives the following account of the dying words of some of the most distinguished men that perhaps ever lived : — " Head of the Array "Napoleon . " I must sleep now ["—Byron . " It matters littlo how the he . _id lyeth "—Sir Walter Raleigh . " Kiss me , Hardy" —Nelson . " Don't give up die ship "—Lawrence . " I ' m d—d if I don ' t believe I ' m dying "—Chancellor Thurlow . " Don ' t let that awkward-squad tire over my grave "—Burns . The Last Nostrum . — The last patent medicine got

      up is called " FairfowPs California Vegetable Pills . " Another is in preparation , not out yet , to he called the ' Ichaboe " Guanorian Lozenges "—designed for dwarfs and generally undersized men and women , possessing extraordinary powers in producing growth M . Eugkne Sub has retired from Paris to his property near Orleans , where lie is engaged in writing a hook which , though in a different style , will at least rival in _interest his two last powerful romances , " Les Mysteres de Pari 6 " and " Le Jnif Errant . " Ovkrland Mail . —The government has determined on the route to India via _Tricsta .

      Great Number op Newspapers Despatched . —The despatch of newspapers on Saturday _nijht last from the General Post-office was so large , that it was found impossible to get through the duty before nearly three quarters of an hour beyond the usual time . The number posted , assorted , and despatched , is estimated at 130 , 000 , besides wliich 35 , 00 !) were forwarded by the morning mails . SOCIETV fOR TIIE AllOLITIO . V OP CAPITAL Pu . _VIgH " - mkxts . —A correspondent suggcts the formation of a Society of this nature in the metropolis . Such an

      association already exists in Glasgow , and ably advocates its principles in tracts which , as well from the talent and knowledge ofthe subject tliey display , as from their cheapness and extensive circulation , have materially helped the cause in Scotland , Such a body might be of much more service in the headquarters of hanging—the metropolis . —Daily News . Vote op Censure . —We are authorised to state that a vote of censure has been passed by the Council of . the College of Surgeons npon Mr . Lawrence , for the intemperate expressions made use of by him in his late Hunterian oration . —Times .

      1 he Cuckoo was heard on Tuesday week on the banks ofthe river Allan . —GJasoow _Argut . Famine is Ireland . —The Gahvay Vindicator says that there exist the . most appalling prospects of a _famini in _Irelaud in a few weeks , at " furthest , with regard to a large portion of the population of the western coast of Galway , as , in addition to a loss of their crops of potatoes , the inhabitants of that district are also difappointed of their usual supply of herrings—the fishery for the present season having been a failure . Representation op Westminster . —Lord Dudley Stuart is named as the probable successor of Mr . Leader , for Westminster , should that gentleman , as is expected , resign . —Globe .

      Mysterious . —M . Aversenc _, consul of France at Mobile , in the United States , has been found dead in a river in the neighbourhood , but it is not known whether he had committed suicide or fallen into the river , or been murdered . An inquiry was about to be made _. Horrible Crime . —A lady belonging te an honourable family , Mme . — , has been arrested at Bezieres , some days after she had married M . B— , with whom she was suspected of being criminally connected during her first marriage . This arrest has taken

      place in consequence ef the exhumation of the body of the first husband , caused by suspicions as to the nature of his death . It appears , from chemical experiments made on the contents of his stomach , there is little doubt that he was poisoned . Woods and Forests . —The Gazette of Tuesday evening announces the appointment of Viscount Canning as Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests , which puts an end to the rumour circulated on Monday , that Lord Lincoln was to give up the Secretaryship for Ireland , and return to that post .

      Alarming Fire . —On Wednesday morning , shortly after twelve o'clock , a fire broke out on the premises of * Mr . Clayton , tallow chandler and oilman , No . 39 , Commercial-road , East . Water was copious , and the engines were quickly on the spot . The fire was soon extinguished , but not before a deal of the stockin-trade was destroyed , and the premises severely burned . Butterfly in February . —A butterfly , now alive and in the possession of Mr . Fishwick , Little Bolton , was caught in that neighbourhood on the _Uth ult . — a remarkable proof of the extraordinary mildness of the season . The Smoke Nuisance . —Strenuous exertions are being made at Salfoid to abate the smoke _nuisance , by putting in force the S 5 th section of Act 7 th Vict ., cap . 33 . Several millowners have been summoned before the magistrates and fined .

      Illegitimate Children ( Ireland ) . —By a return issued on Monday , procured on the motion of Mr . Sliarman Crawford ( Rochdale ) , an account is issued of the number of women having illegitimate children , and also of the number of illegitimate children relieved in each of the several poor-houses in Ireland , during the half-year , ending Sept . 29 , 1815 . The total number of unions in Ireland is 130 , in eleven of which the workhouses were not open in the half year ended Sept . 29 , 1845 . In the other unions there are 119 workhouses which were open in the period mentioned . It seems that in six months as many as i 2 , 091 women , _barinjr illegitimate children , were re lieved , and the number of illegitimate children re- ¦ lieved was 3 _. 08 S . [ Remember that O'Conncll had I the beastly impudence to assert that the women of i England were _wh—s !]

      Earthquake . —On Monday , at half-past ten o ' clock k in the morning , a smart shock of an earthquake was a observed at _Comrie . The morning was pleasant , t , with a stiff northerly breeze , which fell very shortly ly after the earthquake . Wilful Murder op a Wife . —On Tuesday even- nit jg _. Mr . Wm . Payne , City Coroner , resumed , at at Guy ' s Hospital , the adjourned inquiry touching the he death of Jane Bridger , aged thirty-three , of Ami- aicable-row , Kent-street , who it was alleged had died ed from the effects of injuries received from Jesse _ss « Bridger , her husband , in the open street . The jury try returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Jesse ss Bridger . "

      Funeral of the Queen of TnE Gipsies . —At Win- incanton , on Friday , a funeral took place which created _tet a great deal of curiosity , and attracted hundreds of s o persons to witness it . It was that of Dove Burton , ; on commonly called the " Queen of the Gipsies . " The fin deceased , who was ninety-five years of age , with her he aued husband , tho " King , " was admitted into the th Wiiicantoii union house some time since , being un- ur able any longer te tramp the country , and she died _liei there on Monday last , and was followed to tho grave _i-av by her aged partner and some of the gipsy tribe , very rer ; respeetablv dressed , and who appeared to feel deeply epl _; their loss . ' Thev behaved themselves in a very be- be coming maimer , ' and paid all expenses attending the thi funeral . Some time before tho funeral , the road : _osu leading from the union house to the church was com- : om pletelv crowded with people , hundreds ot whom 101- lol lotved _' it to the church .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 7, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07031846/page/3/