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      "*" V ,,Tfjiconie, Christmas-R-Welcome, ...

      " *" ,, _tfjiconie , Christmas-r-welcome , Christmas , Oh 1 a reveller bold art thou 1 _^ _yjtj , the misletoe and hoBy ¦ Wreath'd around thy jocund brow ; Ihoug h the blast is bitter piercing , . And the year is weU nigh dead , FranKly smile thy frank rough features Out among thy berries red . ifost inopportunely forom . Christmas reflections , .. " political world is just now agitated by the old 5 _LJT pantomime , "Thc Mnisterial Crisis ; or , _mJjn ' s and the Out ' s , " which , though often _perfttmed _. _-ind _^ waystermmajangin _givingdissatisfactionto _thegieatmajontyofjoiaBTOL _' sfamOy _. _iieverrtgless , when reproduced , 13 sure to be immensely _^ active—for a time . The movements , meetings , _Issue s , and trickeries of _TvTii gsaud Tories" A plague on both their houses"

      _^ ipiesent form almost only subject for report t _$ comment in the press , daily and weekly . We _^ _g bt " as well be ont of the world as out of the - _" ssbion , * "' and , therefore , the Northern Star is _cont ained to , in some measure , devote its columns to jj , ' 'ateorbing topic" of the time . Not , however , " all-absorbing , " for there is one other matter which very largely occupies onr columns this week—the proceedinijsof the Chartist __ , and Conference . The silence of our contemporaries on the meeting and doing * of that " Conference" is a remarkable proof of _jie corruption and partisanship of the public journals generally- The great majority of our contemporaries Ire just now chanting their songs of triumph over the downfall of the Peel administration , _jadh , also , labouring to outvie the other in fierce denunciations of what they call the

      "Landlords' monopoly , " each devoting column after column , awl page after page , _to the doings and sayings of every scheming politician , ambitions agitator , and party parasite , who , "at this crisis , " mumbles by the minute , or harangues by the hour , against the "horrid bread tax . " While the "teachers and leaders of public _opinion" are thus aiding and abetting an agitation which they know has for its object not the benefiting of the people , hut the transferring the monopoly of power from { me clas 3 of oppressors and schemers to another class equally the relentless enemies of _febour ; atthe same time they pass over , as utterly unworthy of notice , the proceedings of a body of men who really belong to the people , and

      whose constituents are of the people . The difference between the Chartist co-operators on ihe one band and the "Whig League agitators on tiie other , is , that the former are honestly bent spon destroying the " Landlords' monopoly , " and fdl other monopolies , while the latter only aim _$ t the transfer of monopoly from one class to another , erecting the despotism of money in Hen of the despotism of hereditary privilege . Therefore it ia that tbe precious " anti-monopolist " journals , the tools of the profitoeracy , will not report the doings ofthe really honest and consistent" antimonopolists . " Hence , too , a reason why so much of this paper should be occupied with the proceedings of the Manchester Conference . The which proceedings heing reported at great length , renders it imperative

      Hat we should , on this occasion , be as brief aa possible . If we have no sympathy with the sham " anti-mo nopolists , " we have as little with tbe avowed " monopolists , " and if , as the " signs of tbe times" betoken , thm fall is near , we shall hail it with exultation , — more especially as we shall then have but one enemy to combat with , an enemy strong and insolent , but who will present the last obstacle between us and freedom . Well would it be for the millions if the hour of that last combat bad come . Crucified between the conservative land-robber on the one band , gad the ambitions money-juggler on the other , Christmas time presents gladsome associations to but few of the unhappy toiling people , and the time honoured greeting , "A merry Christmas , " sounds _jl mockery in the ears of

      THE SHELTERLESS POOR ! There ' s joy ia the palace , there ' s grief in the cot , Ihe rich have abundance , but poverty ' slot Js fugitive hope , ever chased by grim care , TiU the vision dissolves in the gloom of despair 2 There ' s sport for the squire , for the lords of the soil , Sat wfatis to solace the children of toil \ "Where revels are ri _s in the mansion and Court , Ko sport is for thet . —they ' re of fortune the sport ! There are lavs the swoln wealth ofthe rich to secure , But the " Poor laws" alone are the laws of tho poor .

      Stern winter approacheth , he rides on the blast , And Myriads must perish before he hath pass'd ; The ragged , the wretched , must shiver and die , Ire the _ice-crested monarch , stern _Winter pass hy . let the yule-log shall blaze in the homesteads of mirth , While penury droops o ' er its _emberless hearth , And the storm-gusts rash cold thro' the windowless shed , And pierce the gaunt inmates—unclothed and unfed . Ah ! is there no pity , for those who endure The sharp-biting season—the shelterless poor ? Let the poet Soothe ? answer the two last lines of the above : — "Petitioning for piiy is most weak ,

      The sovereign people ought to demand justice . " And , let us add , ought to take it . What spectacles of misery this huge metropolis presents ! What a hideous contrast of wealth and woe , riches and rags , may be seen any hour , in the great thoroughfares wheretherich exhibit their splendour to gratify their vanity , and the destitute make publie their loathsome wretchedness to obtain the miserable means of prolonging the burden of life . We happen to be peculiarly well or ill situated for observing these revolting contrasts—tho bloated idler and _tbs destitute _iofler , the pampered lady and the female mendicant , ihe petted lap-dog and tiie famishing child—the lev indifference , the brutal cruelty of the one class , and the despairing misery and spirit-broken demeanour of the other . Oar London readers must all be conversant with tbe reality of tbe following sketch : —

      " _ST-MtYESGI " -lis a cold and gloomy winter ' s day , Heavy and damp with fog ; And a squalid wretch on the _pavement way Is crouching down like a dog ; like a poor and famished dog that , now , Neither cart nor truck may draw , That squalid wretch with care-worn brow , Puts forth bis skeleton paw . On the surface flat of the pavement stone—Cleansed with his ragged cuff—He _rhwll _" . he chalks , with moan and with groan , Sketching his work in the rough . Chanting—ehalking—chalking away , Characters fair , in colouring gay ; A record of misery , talent , and want , "With hungry belly and fingers gaunt _. Passengers hairy , hurry along ,

      With sorrowful hearts , or gay ; Rich and poor—a motley throng—Pass over the pavement way ; But none save the needy , slacken their speed , To gaze on the writing there ; 3 ? one bnt the wretched can tarry , io read That famished wretch ' s prayer He has chalked and chalked aU his chalk away , Hating tbe very pavement pray ; And shownshowstonesmaycemeontln print , To soften with pity men ' s hearts of flint . Mockery!—cruel mockery all £ In a land of meeting and groans "Where the pamper'a steedfeeds high in the stall , While MeMtarve on the stones !

      One word , one _ontjp—appears on the stone 1 In characters hold and fair ; Bnt oh ! that word is of ddn ana bone . ! " _Stomjwj" is written there . Starving , in flourishes chalked on the ground , Starving in colours so gay , lake the rich who can revel in _lujuryrouna Our famishing forms of day . Starving—starving—starving ! "With maddening hunger and cold , ¦ While the holy bishop is carving His viands on dishes of gold J Oh , the shirting wretch may hide his head , Ana his eye so hollow and dim , Tor life to the fet ehurch livings has fled ,

      And Death may grapp le him . Oh , land of mockery , wealth and wo , Aland of riches _andrags , "tf here the idler rides in pomp and show , And the toiler starves on the flags!—Mockery—mochery—mockery all 1 A land of mocking and groans , "Where the pamper'a steed feeds high in the Stall , "While men stone on fhe stones . London has its hundreds of churches and chapels , and its thousands of parsons , priests , ministers , ana other " religious teachers ; " all sects , at least , aU _Cnrisfenlwits under tbe sun , _m » to be found here so that the "Ksbgentieman in search of arebgion might very well have accommodated himself wrffiout extending bis travels beyond the " great wen : Jet , _despitetbbanayof priestcraft's forces , London is tbe bet place iu the world for bringing aU religi ons svsteHM into mntemiifc . We defy any man who

      has * heart to feel and a brain to think , —unless he » e a wretched coward , who dares not think , —weideiy anysucbmantowitnes 3 "life in London , " and not _^ _luWelf the question of tho Leicester stocfanger , '' If a God existed , would he permit such a state of things ?" . A state of tilings in which the men who _aave tilled the land and grown the food are __ andless aad foodies , ana , therefore , wander through I *™" _f freets starring ; in which those who makefile clothin g are destitute of all needful raiment j in wbich those who build the bouses are themselves houseless ** thefoxes bare holes , and the birds haTe nests , _h" * the sons of men hare not where to lay their beads . Wethinkit is _Wxoxnw , the German _Conannnist , _yhc-i in one of bis discourses observes , on tiie _homelessstaie of tbe English poor—homeless , and expo sed to bitter frosts and chilling damps , whilst idle consumers 3 y _. to tbe south , their warm nestsleft etapty : •— "The -wallows also fly to the south , leafing fflnpty

      "*" V ,,Tfjiconie, Christmas-R-Welcome, ...

      te _« ests _whiA _theSarr 0 W 8 teke possession of for Su _£ ? — u " A ? _f" _* _Mess , naked fj _™*\» _Bghiof splendour and luxuiy ' slowly fo _^ _S _^ n * _** _^ ave not the people Vuilt _anS nght to them than the sparrows who havenot mult those of the swallows r Reader , ponder on the question , and answer . We have before us a host of poetical favours from correspondents who have offered their assistance in _tmnin

      _gour garland , to each and all w < _TretuTn _Z # _&* _^ ££ " 5 ® % ' _^ mu 8 t _c 0 _^ that our friends contributions offer but veiy little suitable lor the occasion . _Wniuu _JoffiiBON , Knaresborough sends us two pieces entitled « The . Chartist' / Grave / ' and a Christmas Ode to Liberty . " Tbe first of these is reall y good , and , thongh not suited for the _"Gar-™ J _^ U be inserted at a future time . The ¦ Joe is not so good , it contains many good ideas , _andsomegood lines , but there is no perfect verae but the first : —

      Anse , ye sons of Freedom , Chartists , rise ! 'Tis jolly Christmas pays her visit here , Behold she comes fresh from the Eastern skies , And claims a merry portion ofthe year _. Arise , and with heart-pleasing Bacchus cheer Her glad approach . let all be joy and glee , "Co ! happiness and mirth with her appear . To drive away each trace of misery , Giving the jocund season to festivity . Mr . -Johssos can write if he will only take a little trouble ; a very little would enable bim to furnish ns with a" Christmas Rhyme" we could give entire . Perhaps we may hear from him before next Christmas .

      Amos Houseman , the "mill-boy , " sends us " a piece of humble and original poetry , " accompanied t _£ a very sensible note . We are desirous t » g ' we onr friend every encouragement , aud it affords us pleasure to observe that his present is superior to his former attempts ; -we , however , cannot give the entire ofthe " mill-boy ' s" rhyme , it is too faulty , as well as somewhat too lengthy . The following are fragments of : — - THB _WORKING MAN'S CHKISTilAS COMPLAINTS

      AND HOPES . BV AMOS HOUSEMAN , TUB MILL EOT . How pale ! how meagre is my haggard frame ! Horrid my prospect , hated is my name ! I live , 'Ik true , yet living scarcely know , Or feel the gifts of heaven to man below . But in this noisome cell I draw my breath , Worse than tbe charnel house , the abode of death For there no hunger haunts the sacred gloom , No wretchedness invades the silent tomb . * » * I drag of life the length'ning toil , And as day follows day in misery moll , Destroy my happiness and waste my health To appease the insatiate , greedy gorge of wealth ; While idlers fining high the sparkling howl , Their worthless limbs on Tyrian purple roll , And drink to welcome this their Christmas Day , That comes , they say , to "drive dull care away . " Welcome : oh , heavenly time , to this dark cell , And from my soul each cloud ; thought dispel .

      Thou dos't before me a clear mirror place , Which shews the past , when many a merry face , Sprightly with happiness and joyful glee Around me smiled away sad misery . Behold the loving partner of my life , TOO plain I see my ever faithful wife ; And as I gaze through Time ' s sad looking-glass , Methinks I watch her wretched by me pass , Hungry and ragg * d , but no one to assuage The pangs of famine or fierce winter ' s rage . I lov'd her dearly , yet would hasten by Her death , attended by the Poor law spy ; How from her wasted form they shut me out , When Death on dismal pinions _plaj'd ahout . They heeded not her death-bed ' s last request : — That in my arms once more she might be prest ; That I should close her eyes in quiet death , And with a kiss receive her latest breath .

      Yearly remembramcer to me of grief , Thon bring * st no soothing comfort , nor relief . Time was , when seated near the merry blaze , My children form'd the joys of happier days : Three lads , robust and str ing , were then my pride , Two daughters chaste my chief delight supplied . Woe pierces deep my heart since they are gone , And I thus destitute am left alone . Some o ' er the glassy face of ocean ' s wave Have crossed , themselves from England ' s ills to save ; Have torn the tender ties that bound them here To seek on foreign shores a land more dear—Where bastiles ne ' er arise for misery ' s sound

      To groan within , nor signs of want are found ; But bread to fill the starving poor is given , And on them smiles the favouring face of heaven . Others , hut why with sorrow rack my heart 3 Why pierce my soul with undeserving smart ? But li 3 t ! the solemn sound breaks on my ear Of our church bells ; by heaven , 'tis sweet to hear The peals which draw ns to the house of God , And bid ns tread the steps which he ne ' er trod , With holy sanctity and raverenee due , The wolf , who from the pulpit dares to view And blame the poor , and preach contentment's lot To him who starves beneath a straw thatch'd cot !

      Darest thou , 0 impious wretch , thou tool of gold , By whom heaven ' s precepts ever have been sold , Insult the poor ? Did ' st ever thou proclaim To great ana wealthy in God ' s holy name _. That they should give from their unbounded store Of mammon ' s heaps to fill the starving poor % Did ' st ever thon proclaim the lesson grand t " They should enjoy the fruits who tiU the land . " The variegated web that tbey who weave An ample wage should for that web receive . Ah ! no ; the fatten'd parsons no such creed believe . But bursting the thick mist of tyranny , I see the glorious form of liberty .

      Beware , yepeople , lest the glorious light Of liberty be veiled in dismal night Of never-ending tyranny again . Beware , ¦ And like the golden-belted bees , prepare To drive each drone far from the honied hive , That those who labour hate may never thrive On the rich produce of your toiling hands . Cling to the brilliant boon , herself commands That ye now raise theflag of liberty , And on this island gem let all be free , Tkepeople ' s rights and CharUr your grand motto he . J . E ., Derby , is quite right as to the species of poetry we desire to see in the Star , but , unfortunately , he has failed in his attempt to work out his good intentions . W . C , Derby , is thanked for his enthuBiasticletter , bnt his " poetry" is inadmissible .

      "We should be but deceiving him were we to encourage him to "try again , " He writes very sensibly in prose , and by that we would advise him , in all friendship , toabide . W . B ., Doncaster , _isbutfifteen years of age—a very reasonable excuse for writing unpoetical " poetry . " We advise our correspondent to read and think for the next five years , by the end of which time he , probably , may be no indifferent rhymester . C . A ., Stalybridge—The subject and aim of your lines do you honour , but the lines are not poetry . W . C . S ., Arbroath ; J . B ., Durham ; T . W ., Commercial-road ; H . W ., Westminster ; and several other correspondents , have our best thanks , although their contributions are inadmissible . The favours of ono or two other friends we reserve for other and more suitable occasions .

      But it is time we said something about " Christmas . " Hapnily _, the poets have not left us altogether unprovided with the means of gratifying _^ the expectations of our readers . The piece we are about to give we extract from that talented periodical , the "Dublin University Magazine" for the present month . It is not too much to say that , beautiful as ib _Bubss ' s " John Anderson my Jo , " Mr . P _ u _ mbr ' s " Song" is a vast improvement on that of the immortal Scottish bard . We must find fault with its title , which is certainly a misnomer ; it would , undoubtedly , have been more properly called "the Christmas Song of a Happy Old Wife to her Husband , " seeing that the husband does not sing at all . Like "John Anderson , " he is merely a listener to tbe song of his happy partner : — A SONG OF A PLEASANT OLD WOODMAN AND HIS WIFE JOAN , AT A CHRISTMAS FIRE .

      XT T . _? . P _4 HIEB . Com «! Jock o * the wood , my jolly old man ! get np and bar the door , The featheiy sleet , with frosty feet , is dancing on the moor ; With a whoop and a call , in every hall , the Christmas sports abound , And ditties are sung , and the sweet bells rung , th « simple Tillage round . Untetherand fling the curtain down , and cuddle in the

      screen *" " row shaUbe the king of the feast , and / shall 1 be 1 the queen . And we'll drink good rest tothe _meny old times ! well chirrup of kith and kin , ( The _noTbrown ale I brewed myself , before the frost So _DOWtoSe _raleof _reverendTnle , In sunshine . ndin AndS yonr shoulder next to mine , to keep your old wife warm . _Caffer ! my joy ! how many a time , we ne ' er shall see I _pre _^ my chubby cheek to thine , at yonder glistening

      _AndSoned _youin to thesanded floor , with infant love _And lurtl _^ ou with your blushing face , to laugh along with me : ... .. ... I tinned jour locks with the _duula _flowen , whilst wild . berries yon preit « , _„ ,.. * Unto my lips , thensank to sleep upon my baby breast . My mother stayed her whiipering _whsel , and ga _* f « ns She S _^ sTmuch to _hearthesound of our little dancing feet * _____ took _ap ' _s-y dsar oU ( inarming chuck ! and never turn Your _wt Mhamed of me I _trustJ-I _' m never ashamed of yw '

      "*" V ,,Tfjiconie, Christmas-R-Welcome, ...

      Ok _wern't we glad , what fan we had I at yonder village school ! And how I screamed to see you stand , a dunce!—upon the stool—And how we gambolled inthe lanes , on many a breezy morn , And how you kept my kirtle wide , and dragged it from the thorn . 'And how we went , with coat and hood , to sing the carols round—Sitting before the vicarage door , at moonlight we were found , And will and nil !! th _« y dragged us in , and made us dither and stare , To have to sing our songs again , before the lady's chair . Tour gatherings all you gave to me , full twelvepence was the gain , And you kissed meunder the sycamore tree , and J kissed _wu again .

      Loud waved the flame in the winter ' s wind , the winking glades were red , My mother nursed the baby dear , my father was in bod , When , oh for shame i that night you came , with misletoe bough to call , With bungling words ( and " a lame excuse is worse than none at all "); And aye we sat in the brave old screen , and aye we looked and sighed Alack ! our simple hands were free , our cunning hearts were tied . * Mother she brewed the buttered quart , and bade us drink it up ; But aye , you looked at me and sighed , and aye , looked in the cup . Tou _nerer nestle so near to me—or play such antics now ! Ton always drink your measure up . God bless your dainty brow !

      Think of the gay December time , you took me for your bride ! Up and down the bells ware rung ; I never left your side , So prond of me as your loving bride , you called me pink and rose , And we danced beneath a holly-bough , in all onr Sunday ¦ clothes . Lord help me I how you twirled me round , and made my colour rise ! And I can't teU which were brightest then , your buckles or your eyes . The squire he gave a thumping goose , your rival sent a curse , Hy lady sent a silver pound , tied in a silken purse;—Heaven forgive your wicked face , and aU your youthful sins , Next Christmas ere , the parson came , and blessed our lovely twins . .

      Soon , soon the honey-moon unwilling was to bide , Father and mother went to dust , our pretty children died ; A famine caaie , the labouring men committed crime for bread , You hinted once of doing so I wished that you were dead ; " Struggle on bravely ! " still I cried . Tou did , my dear ! and won , 'Twas bitter strife well ended , and fortune well begun , We'd a cow and a nag , a pig and a cart , and hearty children three , And merry we daneed each first of May , around the hawthorn tree ; Ah ; then came happy Christmas , they almost drove us mad , The cradle always squeaking—the children always glad .

      We're grey old _people , Jock o the Wood ! but grieving won't avail , We ' ve seen our younkers settled , so we'll sit and drink our ale . Come , take your fiddle from overhead , and never you whisper nay , I'll show you the lilt I danced for you upon our wedding day ; I ' ve got the same blue kirtle on , the same red kerchief , too , And you ' ve the self-same smiling face , which looks " as good as new . " Strike up ! strike up ! my lithesome lad , twang out a lusty strain ! I'll foot it on the Christmas Vearth , around and round again . There ' s music ! music ! in my heart , and mirth upon my tongue , You never played so well before—I never felt so _JOOTg ,

      Give me a kiss ? you Jock o' my heart ! as sweet as love can tell ! Give me a dozen , you Jock o' my heart ! dost love thy old wife well ! You bring the tears into my eyes , and burn my heartstrings too . But why should I weep ? sweet lad of my love ! Let ' s drink a drop with you ! For my cup is out , and I think I hear , or the wind talks over the moor , There ' s some one tittering , yirking , whispering , joking at the door . Sure it must be our children ' s sons , coming with wonted rhymes To sing a caiol round the hearth , and wish us happy times ! I guess they ' ve heard our silliness . I'll set me down and spin-Jock ! hide the fiddle on the rack , and let the darlings in !

      I' good faith this heartsome sone has . With its _aweets , not a little mitigated the sourness of spirit in which we commenced this "thing of shreds and patches . " What would we not give to see the reality ofthe above happy picture ? What would we not give to be listening to the song of some " canty auld wife" pouring forth her hearts overflowing feelings in the words of Mr . Palmer ( a genuine and right worthy son of the muse ) ? Even the _imarinary picture is enough to almost make us unmindful of the sin and suffering , wrong and sorrow , so rife in this " best of all possible worlds . " But a truce to

      moralising" Come send round the bowl and he happy awhile ; May we never meet worse in our prilgrimage here , Than the tear that enjoyment can gild with a smile , Aud the smile that compassion can turn to a tear . " For this week we must pause ; next week we hope to give the second wreath of our " garland . " Reader , in all sincerity , we wish thee a " merry Christmas . " Would that we could become possessed ofthe "four-leaved shamrock , " a " merry Christmas" we would ensure thee , But though , even Samcei _. Lover , himself , might search in vain

      " In all the faiiy dells , " and not find the " charmed leaves , " still there cannot be much dihicully in cultivating that charm of life , a kindly heart , wanting which even magic powers would be useless , if not mischievous . The generous-hearted man , though he may be poor , and consequently comparatively powerless , and although bis inability to entirely banish the sufferings ofhis still more unfortunate fellow-creatures , may cause him the severest ofhis mental disquietudes , still , possessing the will to" Dry the mourner ' s tears , " a thousand means will present themselves to him , by the exercise of which he may at least alleviate the sorrows he cannot wholly dispel , and thus earn the blessings ofthe unfortunate , and the _gelfapproval of his own heart . Reader , again wishing thee a " Merry Christmas , " a happy home , a blazing hearth , a wellloaded table , a " friend and a bottle to give bim , " we wish thee to act toward thy fellow-creatures in the spirit in which we would act towards thee , could we but realise the poet's

      dream" For we would play the enchanter ' s part , In casting bliss around , And not a tear nor aching heart , Should in this world be found . "

      Mackenzie's " New And Improved Toast-Sia...

      Mackenzie ' s " New and Improved _Toast-siastbr . — At this festive season this little work will be found highly useful . The purchaser thereof will find ah immense supply of toasts and sentiments suitable for public dinners , convivial meetings , harmonic assemblies , and private parties . Not the least important feature of this little work is , the " Hints to speakers when required to give a toast , or return thanks . " Aided by these "hints , " no one can be at a loss to " say his say" when " called on . " An immense addition to the oratorical force of the country cannot fail to be the result of Mr . Mackenzie ' s "hints . " We had intended to have given several specimens of the good things contained in this little work , but cannot find room . Its price , however , places it within the reach of all , and to all we recommend it as a most agreeable and useful companion .

      Fatai; Effects Of "Good Fortune."— On Mo...

      Fatai ; Effects of "Good Fortune . "— On Monday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Old George , Stanhope-street , Clare-market , on the body of Henry Solomon , aged 73 , for many years a respectable tailor _, living in the above street . It appeared that a few days since deceased was the successful candidate at an election for pensioners in the Holborn Estate Charity , and that ever since he displayed great excitement , caused by joy at his good fortune . His election insured him £ 30 and a residence in the almshouses , when completed . He received the first instalment of his pension on Wednesday last , and this augmented his excitement , and on Friday evening last he was found in an apoplectic fit in his bedroom . The attack terminated fatally in a few hours . Mr . Lovett , the parish surgeon , who attended him , and afterwards opened the body , attributed death to sanguineous apoplexy , produced' by great mental emotion . Verdict _^ - " Natural death , " Accident on the Great Western Rajxwat . — Bbistoii _; TuESDAT . —An accident of a melancholy description occurred to the guard of the eoods down train , which left Bristol at twelve last . night . Upon the train starting from the Weston-super-Mare June * tion , the guard attempted to jump upon it , but missed his footing , and his _hetid striking against the pillar of the carriage , he was thrown under the train , which passed over ni _ j l <* g , fracturing it . The poor fellow was taken to Weston , where it was found necessary to amputate his leg . He is going on _farcrably .

      The Murders On Board The Tory. Pifth Exa...

      THE MURDERS ON BOARD THE TORY . PIFTH EXAMINATION OF CAPTAIN JOHNSTOHB . On Tuesday , after the disposal of the night charges , George Johnstone , late master of the Tory from Hong Kong , was again brought before Mr . Broderip , at the Thames Police-court , charged with the wilful murder of William Rambert , William Mars , and Thomas Reason , on the high seas , within the jurisdiction ofthe Admiralty of England . ' The prisoner was in a very weak state , and was lifted out of the van . Soon after twelve o'clock he was assisted into the court , and accommodated with a seat in the dock , when he resumed his old position—resting his head on the edge of the dock , and _gracing it with both hands . He occasionally raised his head to listen to the more important portion ofthe evidence when it affected him .

      The voluminous evidence relating to the murders ol Bambert and Mars , the first and second mates , and Reason , able seaman , has been so fully detailed that it would be needless to reoapitulate it . No additional testimony was gone into relating to thc deaths of tho three men , and the case , as . far as the alleged murders were concerned , may be regarded as complete . The proceedings of Tuesday related entirely to occurrences whieh took place la the British Channel , and were of a most appalling nature . The witnesses ( witli one exception ) who appeared yesterday to charge the prisoner with wounding , _cuttinjr , and

      maiming , exhibited scars and wounds , and the faces of several were disfigured by repeated discharges of gunpowder . The Beaman described as Joseph Morris , who was conveyed on board the Dreadnought hospital-ship the day the Tory arrived in the river , war * examined for the first time . He is lame and disabled for life . The evidence of the wounded man in some measure implicated another person , named French , who , after the death of Rambert , was appointed chief mate , and it also came out that the captain was frequently intoxicated on and after the 23 rd of September , when the disastrous occurrences which afterwards took place commenced .

      Thomas Gair , seaman , was first sworn and examined . He deposed : I was put in irons on the 1 st of November , previous to making land , on a false charge of threatening to take away tbe life of French , one of the crew . I waB in irons eleven days . On the 7 th of November the cap . tain sent for me into the cabin . Upon entering the cabin I found Andrew Nelson and Burton there . The captain ordered me upon my knees directly I entered the cabin , and then commenced cutting at me with his cutlass . He ordered the man . French to load his pistols and fire at me , and to put a double charge of balls in the pistols . The man put no balls in , but he fired at my face and head several times with charges of powder . The captain said if he did not load and fire as quick as possible he would take his life . After thatthe captain cut me several times on the head , and then placed the point of the cutlass to my side , and his hi p against the hilt ofit ,

      intending to thrust me through , Mr . Symons ; State what he did , not what he intended . Gair : He said he would run me through . He was intoxicated and staggered , and the sword made a slip and went through my clothes inflicting only a slight wound on the side . He then took the cutlass and hove it at me . It went through my clothes and entered my shoulder . He then took the CUtlass in his hand and ordered French to fire at me again , but he did not do it that time , He then ordered me on the table , and when I got upon it he shoved me oif with the point of the outlass . Shortly after that the carpenter called out to pump the ship . I went upon deck , but was not able to man the pump . I tried to do it , but could not . A very few minutes afterwards I was ordered down into the cabin . I stopped there some time , and as the captain did not make his appearance , I was taken up and put in irons , and put into the lower forecastle .

      Mr , Symons : How many cuts did you receive ?—Witness : I received eighteen cuts on my head aud face , and two stabs in my left shoulder , two in my left breast , two in my left side , one in my left thigh , and one in my right arm , I had several more , cuts in different parts of my arm . Joseph Morris , seaman , who has been on board the Dreadnought hospital-ship since the arrival of the Tory , was now brought from that place for the first time . On being desired to state all that he knew after the ship had arrived in the Channel , he said he was a Frenchman .

      The witness began to speak in English , but expressed himself so imperfectly , that Mr . _Beyerman , an interpreter , was sworn to translate his evidence . He then deposed as follows : —The day the pilot came on board I was called down into the cabin , and the captain asked me if I had heard the crew say anything about him forward . I was upon my knees . He said to me , "You know all about it , you son of a b . " At the same time the captain was striking mo with the cutlass , and here is the mark . [ The Frenchman pointed to a scar on his temple . ] Mr . Broderip : With the flat or the edge of the sword —Witness : With ihe edge of the sword . He then called

      tha Cabin-boy , and ordered hira to bring a loaded pistol . He aimed at my stomach , but the pistol missed lire by burning the priming only . He then called the boy to bring him more powder , to prime afresh . He then fired , turning his head aside from me , and dropping his hand rather . The ball went through my thigh and through my leg , as I was upon my knees . I then ran upon deck as soon as I was wounded . Thc cook then caught me , and brought me down again . When tho cook took me below , he said , " This man ia wounded , " The captain answered , " Take- him away . " I went then upon deck , and stowed myself away under the long boat , under some Sails . This io ftll I _boro to nay .

      Mr , Broderip directed the interpreter to ask the witness how he spelt _hisname , ahd to write it if he could . The interpreter put the question , and he said the man could not write , and that Joseph Morris was a borrowed name . Mr . Broderip ; What is his real name ?—Mr . Beyerman ; Joseph Rueleou . The witness was immediately taken so in , that he was obliged to leave the court , and Barry Yelverton , an apprentice , was called , and told to confine himself to what occurred in the English

      Channel . He said the day the pilot came on board , the captain waa speaking to me and Trench about the men being cut so , and said , " Now , boys , we will send them all aft , and swear a mutiny against them , " The night before that he took me into the cabin and took a strand , tore the shirt off my back , and leathered me for the space of an hour or two . The next morning my eyes were black , and my neck all swelled , and he said to me , " Yelverton , I am sorry for what I have done to you ; it ' s a wonder I did not kill you . " When the crew came aft , I got up and went into the larboard after cabin . They _wera firing away with pistols .

      Mr . Symons : Who waB firing?—Yelverton ; The captain and French . Sometimes the captain fired , sometimes French . Mr . Symons : In what state were the crew ?—Yelverton : They were all quite sober . Sometimes they were standing and sometimes kneeling , as the captain ordered them _. When I went into the cabin , I saw French and the captain shoot at Nelson and Gair , and cut them a good deal with a cutlass , but French cut the most at that time , more s _» vere than the captain , Well , sir , I was in the cabin when Morris , the Frenchman , was shot . William Burton , a seaman , deposed . I performed the duties of second mate after the death of Mars . - On the 7 th of November I was put in irons . About ten o'clock on that day the pilot came on board . The captain and pilot went down below . In about half an hour they came

      up again , andthe pilot took a parcel on shore , but I can't say what it contained . About half-past one or two o ' clock the captain sent for me into the cabin to read the logbook . He said he wanted to read the log-book over to me , I told him I knew partly what was in it , for it had been read over to me , and before I told him the evidence I had to give was , that Rambert and Mars came and pulled me out of my berth to come aft and secure the cabin doors . Ho said that wag not what I told him , and that they came to bring me aft . I related to him the evidence I had given before . He took a soup plate he was drinking soup out of , and threw it at my head , but it did not strike roe . He ordered French to put me in irons . About seven o ' clock that night he called me into the cabin , and said I was going to give false evidence , and said I was a rascal . Then he cut me in three places with a cutlass .

      Mr . Broderip : TV here you in irons at the time ' —Burton : I was , sir . Mr . Broderip : Where did he cut you!—Burton : He cut me on the ear and divided it . He run the sword right through my cheek , and he inflicted a wound on my wrist . Gair was then called'down , and the captain cut him unmercifully . He ordered Dunn , the cook , to go upon deck and bring the crew aft , and he brought Nelson , Allison , and Tucker . They got to the bottom of the cabin stairs , when the light was extinguished . The captain and French sung out , " Mutiny , mutiny ! _tojj'arms I" They began to pull the crew into the cabi *—the three persons Ihave mentioned , I mean—and the captain began cutting at them . Mr . Broderip : Now had the crew anything in their hands at that time ?—Burton : None , air . There was no mutiny going on . _fPhere had been no threatening or mutinous language used by the crew .

      Mr . Broderip : Did the crew make use of any threatening gestures '—Burton : None , sir ., A light was brought , and he began cutting at them for his own pleasure . They were on their knees at the time . He ordered French to load his pistols and fire them as quick as he possibly could , and said if he did not he would have his life . French began firing at Gair and Nelson . He fired four or five different times , and then he put the pistol to my ear , and said , " You ¦— -, I'll shoot you . " Mr . Broderip : Who said . that 1—Burton : French , sir . M * . Broderip : Were you in irons at that timet—Burton : Yes , sir ; in handcuffs , French put the muzzle of tbe pistol to my ear and fired . It was . loaded with powder only . He struck me two blows with the lock of a pistol on the head . About half an hour afterwards the carpenter- called out to pump ship , and we were all ordered ou deck . I went into the long-boat , where I was ordered , and there . I . stopped all night . . Henry slack , an apprentice , confirmed the evidence of Burton .

      William Dunn , the cook , in addition to confirming the evidenee of the preceding witnesses ,.. added some par . _ticulars respecting the conduct of the monster French , " Mr . Broderip asked , " did French _& i with powder and bill , or with powder only ? ' Witness : He fired with powder and crumbs of bread . He then aiked the captain If h _* should go up and rig a whip to hang . Thomas Gair . I dont know _whether the captain made Min ' any answer or not . ' French ' , however , called me upon deck to lead him a hand to rig the whip

      The Murders On Board The Tory. Pifth Exa...

      but we Were both called into the cabin again . The men were sent on deck again . In a few minutes I . was again sent for them , and I sent down three only . _^ _TlibmaB Gair was one . The captain was in the waler- ' closet' asleep . the time , and I told the three men _"jo " g < J upon ' deck . Thomas Gair was put in irons again . ' 1 can't say . at what time Gair came out of irous . No ' more Injuries were do _' iie afterwards . ., _, " ' , ' _, ' . ' ' ** ' ' .. ' . ' Mr , Broderip : Were you in the cabin When _theTrehcTi man who shipped as Joseph Morns _wasshpt . t- _^^ itn « _flfi . Yes , sir . Mr . Broderip : State what , _tookplace ., ' The witness confirmed the statement " ofthe

      Frenchman . Robert Thompson deposed : On the day the pilot came on board , I was at the wheel . ' . The _topgallant sail was carried away , and tbe captain sung out for his cuflass and pistol , and told the men if tbey would not look sharp and stow thesail , he would blow their ; brains out . He gave me a cut on the bead with a cutlass , ahd a cap I had on was cut through . The fore-topsail blew away , and he sent for me down into the cabin , He told me to go on my knees , and he asked me what made me give my arms up to Mr . Rambert , the chief mate , to take his life ? I

      told him I did not . He called for Richard French , and Said , "Did not this fellow give up Us arms to the chief mate , to take my life V " French said , " Yes he did ; if it was me I would take his life this minute . " The captain held up a cutlass , and was goingto run me through , but he altered his mind , and struck me on the arm with the handle ofit , and struck me with the point of it on the arm and on the side . He sent for David Johnson , and began cutting at him loo . He began kicking both of uo with his feet , and after he had been doing that for some time he told us to kiss the sole ofhis foot .

      Mr . Humphreys : Stop—did you kiss the sole of his foot ?—Witness : Yesj sir ; both of us . I was ordered to the royal mast-head , and David Johnson was ordered to bend another topsail . In about an hour I was sent for into the cabin again , and he sent for William Beresford , and questioned him about a log-book one of the men was keeping . The remainder of Thompson's evidence was a confirmation of the statements of the other witnesses , describing the cutting and wounding ofthe crew generally in the Channel , and the shooting of Morris . Andrew Nelson , a Norwegian , corroborated the evidenee of Thompson . This witness was also stabbed l > y the Captain who cut him about in a dreadful manner _. He received several cuts on the shoulders , and was stabbed in the groin . ( The witness then turned himself round , and eihibited a large plaster , which covered the back of his head . )

      Mr . Broderip : Did the prisoner cut you there ?—Nelson : Yes , he did . He cut my head open with a sword , He cut and made slashes at me , and I bled most dreadfully . The poor fellow , who was in a weak condition , was ordered to stand down , Mr . Broderip aBked the prisoner if he had any thing to say in defence . Mr . Humphreys advised his client to say nothing ; aud he exclaimed in a low tone , "No , sir , " Mr . Broderip : Then it is my duty to remand you or these several charges until Tuesday next . The prisoner , who was in a very exhausted state , was then assisted out ofthe dock , and , after partaking of some refreshment , was sent away in the police ran to Westminster Bridewell . As the van drove away the mob outside gave vent to their feelings by a yell of execration .

      Shocking Explosion At Bolton. Nine Lives...

      SHOCKING EXPLOSION AT BOLTON . NINE LIVES LOST , _Boi-Tok , Tuesday . —Yesterday afternoon an explosion of a steam-boiler , attended by a frightful loss of life , took place at the cotton-mill of Messrs . Rothwell and Kitts , in this town . The mill in question is an old mill , to which , in the year 1833 , a new end was built , and about 250 hands were employed on the premises in the various departments . Daring the dinner-hour yesterday , it is understood—for at present nearly all is conjecture—the engineer was preparing to start the engine , for the purpose ofthe mill working after dinner , when it was found that the air-pump was out of order . At a little past one o ' clock nearly all the hands were upon the premises , and every

      exertion was heing made to get the air-pump in order , the engineer , Mr . Kitts , and one of the overlookers , assisting at the work , when one of the boilers—an old one—situate inside the mill near the enginehouse , blew up with a tremendous explosion . The entire of the new end of the building was shattered to fragments , falling principally inside , and burying great part of the persons employed thereabouts , and in the rooms above , in'the ruins . The workpeople in tho old part of tho mill being completely astounded at the explosion , and imagining that the building was going to fall about their ears , rushed to the main staircase , but these being blocked up with bricks and rubbish , tliey tore up the floors and got out at the lower windows . Many of them were much hurt in their endeavours to escape , but it is quite preposterous to attempt any enumeration or

      description to their injuries . Of course the report made by the explosion drew many people , includimt the county police , to the spot , and the good natured-people of the neighbourhood used their utmost exertions until midni « ht to extricate the bodies from the ruinous mass . The entire of the new end was aheap of rubbish , and the defective boiler was hurled , torn in an indescribable form , into the yard ofthe railway company , on the opposite side of tho mill wall . Several surgeons , including Mr . Sharpe ( of tlie Dispensary ) Messrs . Ferguson , Hampson , and Chadwicke , were speedily on the spot , and many persons were extricated from the ruins , some of them severel y injured , but we give a list of those found dead in the ruins , and the others who were taken to the Bolton Dispensary , where we understand they are doing well .

      The following is a list of tbe dead and wounded , so far as is known to the authorities of the police . Dead . —Edward Rothwell , aged 23 , nephew of the late owner . His parents live at Carlisle . He was learning the business , and was instantly killed in the street adjoining the mill , by some missile striking him . Alice Hampson , a young woman , taken dead out of the ruins . PeterGreenhalgh , the manager , taken out ofthe ruins quite dead . _Priscilla Scholes , taken dead out of the ruins .

      Alice Edge , a young woman , taken dead out of the ruins . Thomas Mort , a boy , about seven or eight years of age . Had taken his brother ' s dinner , and was warming himself at the boiler door . His brother Richard was also much hurt , and was taken to the dispensary , A young man , named William Fletcher , was also much hurt , near the same place ; but it is believed that both the latter will recover . Missing . —Agnes Coulston and Elizabeth Coulston , sisters ; both buried in the ruins , and no doubt both dead . At seven o ' clock last evening the groans of both were heard under the ruins . Mary Allen , also known to be under the ruins .

      Much _HuRi . —In addition to the others above named , the following are much hurt , though not seriously : The engine-driver likely to recover . A _youth named Heaton , a mechanic . He had fallen from the top story ofthe building , and is much lacerated about the leg . A young woman named Farington , and two others whose names we did not learn . Mr . Kitts , one of the owners of the mill , who is much stunned , but is believed not to be much otherwise hurt .

      Death By Fire.—On Tuesday Mr. Bedford He...

      Death by Fire . —On Tuesday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of Frances Allen , aged forty-five years , lately residing at No . 6 , Alfred-road , Kensall New Town , who died under the following dreadful circumstances : —Frederick Saunders stated that he lodged in the same house as the deceased , who occupied a room on the first floor with her husband , abrickkser . Onthe morning of Sunday last , about a quarter to one o ' clock , witness was awakened by hearing loud cries of fire , fire . " Witness got out of bed and ran to the

      room , and there discovered the deceased enveloped in a body of flame . Her _huaband was in the room , and rolling her on the floor , endeavouring to extinguish the fire . Witness procured a jugof water , and threw it over the deceased , who appeared to be burned completely over the whole surface of the body . She was placed in a cart and removed to the above hospital , where she expired at half-past one on Sunday afternoon . Witness asked her several times how it occurred , but as she was in such a deplorable state she could not speak as to the origin of tne fire . Verdict , " That the deceased died from the effects of burns , but how caused there was no evidence to 8 how _

      Me __ _ancholy Accident at the Blackwaix Railway . —On Tuesday , about eleven o ' olook in the forenoon , a young man named Francis _Biirnand , in the service ofthe Blackwall Railway Company as pard , at the Limehouse station met with the following accident : —The poor fellow , who is but twenty-two years of age , and only three weeks married , had just returned from breakfast to assume his duties at the station . Having goton the wrong side for his carriage , he was about to cross the line , when seeing a carriage coming in he became undecided , hesitated for a moment , and thon attempted to retreat . In doing so , he fell , and the flange of the wheel passed over his legs , crushing the left thigh in the rail , and grinding the bone and flesh to a jelly . The other foot was also severely lacerated . He was removed to the London Hospital , where the leg was amputated . At one o ' clock the same day , but little or no hope ofhis recovery was entertained .

      Shipwreck . —Accounts have been received at New York of the loss of the ship European , Captain _M'Bride , which sailed hence on the morning of . the 1 st inst . for Glasgow , with a valuable cargo of wheat , flour , ashes , dec . it is stated tbat she was cast ashore on the Mille Roches Point , during the late gale from the east , ' and will be a total wreck ; her masts had been cut to prevent her falling over / ' Three of the crew were drowned . ; The passengers / Mr . Auld and Mrs . Auld , and a young . lady ( daughter of an officer of the 14 th Regiment ) , of Montreal , were all saved , and are now at one of the posts in good health .

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      Captain Johnstone Of The Ship . Toby.—Tb...

      Captain Johnstone of the Ship . Toby . —Tbi » ifl B i dividual , . whosename is familiar , to the . whole King * : ddm , aiklhy this time in many ; places beyond '* _**?*• being accused of fearful and . appalling murders on th _« -high - fleas , is a native of the parish . pFDunnet , * j in . , th _« _countyjof Caithness , He served bis ; apprenticeship to the : _sep , on board the Geoi _* ge Sinclair , ; of Wicfe * and since he had command of the . Tory , resided , when home , at Liverpool , fie is married to a cousin of his : own , who _belongs to Orkney . His father yraB long an elder in the church and parish of Dennet .-a John 0 'Groat Journal .

      Collectors of books will not be sorry to learn » that a few drops of oil of lavender will ensure theii libraries from mould . A single drop of the Bame will prevent a pint of ink from mouldiness for any _ length of time . Paste may be kept from mould entirely by this addition ; and leather is also effectually secured from injury by the same agency . Symptoms of Declinikg Trade . —The two woollen mills in Preston are now only working from light _td dark , A cotton mill in _Moor-lane , and another in Whittle , are also running short time . Notice is given ofa reduction of the weavers' wages at Mr . F . _Sneddon's mill . —Preston Guardian .

      Extensive Failure . —It was rumoured in Liverpool , a few days ago , that a large house in Yorkshire had failed—that the liabilities amount to nearly £ 500 , 000—that it . was extensively concerned in the South American trade , and that several houses , Ac , in Liverpool are deeply implicated . _"Whitkcross-stbeet Pmson . —There are 130 prisoners in Whitecross-street for debt , of whom only seven have been committed under the Small Debts' Aot . Paisley . —State op Trade . —Trade here is , we are sorry to say , in rather a languid state at present . Thero is still a difficulty of obtaining constant employment experienced by many of the best tradesmen . On Moday last , Causeyside-street was literally crowded with workmen on the look out tor employment . —Renfrewshire Reformer . Foreign Cobn . —Leith . —Foreign grain , in _anticapation of tlie speedy removal of the duties , is pouring in here in immense quantities . Lofts and warehouses are nearly filled , and the demand for them daily increasing .

      Viixage Misery . —A labouring man ofthe name of Hardon , of Stratton Audley , near Bicester , has , with his wife and child , for 9 _ome weeks been residing in the cattle open pound in that village , with only such temporary covering as they could throw over themselves . This village , like most others , does not contain cottages enough for the poor . —Aylesbury News . Bologna Sausages . —The police of Brussels , says a-Brussels paper , last week made a seizure at the shop ofa carculier , of twenty killogrammes of horse flesh , in a very high state or putrefaction , which had been in preparation for making the famous Bologna sausages .

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

      BANKRUPTS . ( From . Tuesday ' s Gazette , December 10 , 1845 . J William Kearton , of 13 and 14 , Lamb-street . SpiteL fields , cheesemonger—Michael Jones , of 48 and 49 , Theobald ' s-road , grocer—Thomas Pool ,. of 9 , Princes-road , Notting-hill , builder—William Gill , of Leadenhull market , poulterer—William Humphries , of 58 , Haymarket , hotel keeper—Frederick Cordaroy _, of Liverpool , hatter—James Reynolds , of Pazakerly , Lancashire , cowkeepcr—James Ilnlme , of Manchester , paper dealer—Thomas Ibbetson nellawell , James Northcliffe , and John Beaumont Hella . well , of _TllOl'Uhiil Briggs , Yorkshire , dyers .

      DIVIDENDS DECLARED . Thomas Topley Barker , of Sandiacre , Derbyshire , cotton doublcr , first dividend of 3 s . 9 d . in the pound , payable at 13 , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Thursday , John ( Pahner , sen ., and Thomas ' Topley Barker , of Stapleford , Nottinghamshire , cotton doubters , first dividend of 3 s . 8 d . in the pound , payable at 13 , Waterloostreet , Birmingham , any Thursday . Thom . _tS Bourne , of Liverpool , corn factor , first dividend of lOd . in the pound , payable at 11 , Eldon-chambers , Liverpool , any Thursday . Richard Nicholson , of Stocton , bookseller , first dividend of 3 s . 3 d . in the _pouufl , payable at 57 , Orey-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday . William Reay , of Walker , Novthumberland _. ship builder , first dividend of 8 d . in the pound , payable at 57 , Greystreet , Newcastle upon-Tyne , any Saturday . Thomas Johnson , fen ., William Johnson , and Oharlei Mann , of Romford , Essex , bankers , dividend of Is . in the pound / payable at 1 , Sambrook-court , Basinghall-street , on the 17 th instant , and any subsequent Friday .

      _OECLAIIATIOV OB DlVinEHJJS . At the Court of Bankruptcy , . Condon . Edward Phillip Harding , of Gravesend , Kent , hosier , January 6 , at twelve—Joseph Tinson , of Farringdon , Berkshire , inkeeper , January C , at one—Frangois Gautier , now or late of _Gould-squiue , Crutched-friars , City , merchant , January 6 , at eleven—William Dettmer , of 50 , Upper Marylebone-street , pianoforte manufacturer , Jan . 6 , at _half-past eleven—James Hart , of Greenwich , Kent , ouitder , January 6 , at half . past twelve—William Dutton Townsend , of 6 , Little Russell-street , Covent-garden , pawnbroker , January 9 , at half-past eleven—John Spofford , of Chatham , Kent , linendraper , January 20 , at eleven—Frederick William Engene Barandon , of 15 , Phil _, pot-lane , City , merchant , January 16 , at half-past twelve . In the Country . John Pearson , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , fe'imonger , January 9 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne — Charles Yates , of Stafford , banker , January 16 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bir mingham . . . _Cebtificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to the

      contrary on the day of meeting . Edward Phillip Harding , of Gravesend , hosier , January 8—Thomas Pemeller , of 31 , _Tysoe-street , _Spufieids , coal merchant , January 8—Mark Barnes , of Woodbridge , Saffolk , chemist , January 16—John Spofford , of Chatham , linendraper , January 13—John Harvard , of 59 , _Bruokstreet _, _Bond-strcet , lampraaker , January 9-Charles Best , of 5 , St . James ' _s-walk , Clerkenwell , printer , January 7—Hugh Jones Owen , of Madeley , Shropshire , surgeon , January 16—Robert Shanklin , of Salford , druggist , Ja » nuary 7—Alfred Lack , of 12 , Stockbridge-terrace , Pimlico , January 7 . Certificates to he granted by the Court of Review , unless cause be shown to the contrary , on or before January 6 . George Luckin , of 827 , High Holborn , boot maker—John Dawson , of Spotland and Manchester , calico printer —Thomas Davies , of Liverpool , merchant—James T _ io _ np _« son and John Thompson , of Leeds , stouh _brokers .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . John Stevens and George Alexander , of 6 , _Clement _' sinn , civil engineers—William Munt and Thomas Jackson B of Leyton , Essex , bricklayers—Charles James aud Arthur _J-ames , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , share brokers—George Taylor and WUliam Foord , of Old Brentford , plumbers-Robert Foot and Eobert Taylor , of Church-street , Stoke Newington , greengrocers—John Fawcett , Thomas Newman Bardwell , jun ., and Frederick Bardwell , of Sheffield , stock brokers—Jonathan Swaine , JohuSwaine , William .-Wood , William Bell , and John Wilcock , of Coll . mill , North Bierley , Yorkshire , worsted spinners ( so far as re _» gard 9 William Wood)—John Sarber , John Barber , jun , _^ Alfred Willsea Barber , and Frederick William Thompson , of Norwich , wholesale grocers ( so far as regards Alfred Willsea Barber )—William Melland and John Bradshaw _, of Chesterfield , attorneys—John Walton and John Smith _,, of Coventry , brick makers—Daniel Aldred and James

      Lninson , of Rotherhithe , linen drapers—John Prest ) . Francis Stewart Hall , and Robert Forbes , of Halifax _,, linen drapers—John Bryan Lucas and Charles Ireson , of Kingsthorpe-lodge , Northamptonshire , lime burners _— - James Wyllie , Mary Wyllie , and Andrew Wight , of Long Maud-mill , near Carlisle ( so far as regards Andrew Wight } Joshua Schoiield and James Collin , of Oldham , machine makers—George Smith and Robert Worthington , of Manchester , bankers—Robert H . Clark , and William Clark , jun . _ of Birmingham , grocers—William Bridges Adams , Samuel Adams , and William Alexander Adams , of Fairfield Works , Bow , carriage builders ( so far as regards William Alexander Adams)—Timothy Genn and Daniel Genn , of Sheffield , grocers—William Ward and Thomas Borrow , of Manchester , shirt manufacturers—James Piatt , James Toole , and William Piatt , of Oldham , iron _founders ( so far as regards James Piatt)—John Owen and Abraham ) Hopkins , of Swansea , _wooUen manufacturers .

      The Roval Free Hospital.—Coroner's Inqvu...

      The _Roval Free Hospital . —Coroner ' s _iNqvusr , —An inquest on the bod y of Susannah Stephens , who died on Friday last , and with reference to whose case several _letters signed " Humanitas , " have appeared in the Ztmes , was held on Tuesday , atthe Sun public house , Gray's-inn-road , before Mr . Waklev . On this occasion there were present the Rev . Dr . " Worthington , the Rev . Mr . Packman , Mr . Pritchard , highbailiff of Southwark ; Mr . Walmesl y , Dr . Marsden , and other gentlemen connected with and interested in the Free Hospital . The receiver and other officers of the London Union were in attendance . After tha

      usual preliminaries the coroner and jury proceeded ta view thebody , and on their return the coroner in « quired if the officer of the City of Londou Union was present , The answer was in the affirmative . The coroner asked if he had taken three patients ta the hospital on "Wednesday , the 19 th of November ?—The ofneer : My son did . The coroner : Where ar « these patients now ?—Officer : One is still in the ho 3 « _S ital , but I don't know where the other two , Ann lorgan and Ann Lever are . The coroner said that in his opimon it was essential to the inquiry thattha three girls should be present , After a warm discus _, sion , the inquiry was _adjourned until Tuesday next * j

      FATAI , _ACCIUENI ON THB GrBAT Wkstrrw R ATr _* _WAT .-WB _8 T _pium _* . MoNDA t E _™ -S sp _^ & in » _fc _- 80 me x scientific gentlemen , left the * Paddington terminus at seven o ' clock for Ezeter , to test the speed on broad and narrow guages . Imme . _diately after passing ihe station at thisplace , a la . _touring man named Green , who happened to be on the down Iine _, was knocked down and literally outin two . 1 he accident occurred on the game spot whew ' _twoperaone met their death in a similar inannee about thirteen months _sincA . Thot _ nFAvf _ i . ___ t _ . ~~ r .

      , waa rather late , and not beingaware _thaSifcspeciai train ivas expected , kept on the down lin _' ei aaitem * was no regulas twinto » iu » beforeVight _ot _olfiKJi no blame can be attache & to the drivlr _-l S omiSS _* was very dark , and he hadblown _iJSiSfiBSSS ing through . the station , yawl . ' The _wSa of «« SSi _ff MBteMi _ro _^ ' & K » ge _wareWw . bufc will be removed this evening to await tlie corow ! inquest . The deceased waaWy _^ _ven _^ S _^ _S married , but fcu not left a » _K _^ _lT * _- ? _# *•

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20121845/page/3/